Manny Pacquiao reveals Floyd Mayweather Jr guaranteed him $40 million for the fight The eight-division world champion and the current WBO welterweight champion, Manny Pacquiao, has revealed his welterweight rival, Floyd Mayweather, who is a five-division world champion and the current WBC welterweight champion, has guaranteed him $40million over the phone but nothing further for […]
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Gillani takes another U-turn Prime Minister of Pakistan, Yousuf Raza Gillani has said that his comments on the top military leadership earlier this month were because of the unclear situation prevailing in the country due to the memo-gate scandal and has taken back his statement. Gillani had earlier said that the Chief of Army […]
The most hotly anticipated smart phone of the year goes head-to-head with Motorola’s labour of love in Newspakistan’s review of the two. Motorola churned out the Droid Razr last year and it captured the imagination of the public, with it’s beautiful design and intelligent use of Google’s Android operating system. The phone itself has a […]
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The latest in a line of broadcast and media resolutions, 4K is due to replace 1080i/p (1,920×1,080 pixels) as the highest-resolution signal available for movies and, perhaps, television. Though there are several different standards, “4K” in general refers to a resolution of roughly 4,000 pixels wide and about 2,000 pixels high. That makes it the […]
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The industry needed a standard that works on the proposition that you’ll be sitting one-and-a-half times the screen height from the screen, and this required a higher resolution than 1080p. Digital Cinema Initiatives (DCI) was formed in 2002 with the goal of setting a digital standard. Based on these efforts, two new resolutions came about: […]
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James Cameron’s movie, Avatar (2011), about “the giant blue dudes” helped drive high-resolution 4K Sony projectors into theaters around the world, and made a lot of money in the process. Movie studios keen to maintain that momentum have released a slew of 3D films–mostly converted from 2D–and continued the expansion of 3D cinemas. However, this […]
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In the absence of 4K content, players and displays will need to upscale 1080p or even standard-definition content. To this end, Sony announced a new Blu-ray player at CES 2012, the BDP 5790, which will upscale to 4K. Looking to the future, Sony is reportedly keen to have the forthcoming “Spider-Man” reboot become one of […]
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In what appeared to be a quick response, Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has arrested an official of the Citizen Police Liaison Committee (CPLC) for allegedly leaking information of Federal Interior Minister Rehman Malik. Later, a scribe of private TV channel reported the leaked informed that was used for acquiring a cellular SIM card. While speaking […]
Priyanka Chopra doesn’t want to talk about her relation with Shahrukh Khan Former Miss. World Priyanka Chopra made a lot of headlines last year since she was rumoured of having a special friendship with the King of Bollywood, Shahrukh Khan, when the two were shooting for their film ‘Don 2 – The King is Back’ […]
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Lahore High Court accepts petition against medicines reaction case Accepting a petition against deaths of 100 patients by reaction of spurious medicines at the Punjab Institute of Cardiology (PIC), the Lahore High Court (LHC) has summoned Federal and Punjab Health Secretaries on January 30, 2012. Justice Umar Atta Bandial started the hearing of a petition […]
Sunny Leone says she never thought in a million years of being in this position The Indo-Canadian porn star, Sunny Leone, faced a lot of criticism when she was brought into the ‘Bigg Boss season 5’ house but today she has become a household name in India because during her stint in the Bigg Boss […]
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Supreme Court puts ISI, MI on notice Accepting a plea to investigate the death of four out of 11 missing prisoners who had been allegedly abducted by intelligence agencies from outside the Adyala Jail following their release in 2010, the Supreme Court Wednesday issued notices to the chiefs of Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) and Military […]
