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Sebastian Vettel might not enjoy such an easy ride this season, as McLaren confidence grows

Apple has sold 40,000 new iPads an hour since it launched last Friday.

Confidence high for the season at McLaren after strong performance in Australia

Button takes an easy victory, with Red Bull losing their dominance and Ferrari struggling for pace in Australia.

Landmark buildings including the London eye were all illuminated with green lights.

The St Patrick's Eve is celebrated across the world with parades, pub crawls and green beer.

A teardown analysis of the New iPad reveals that the actual component cost to the company is $310 for a 16 GB tablet with 4G facility against the selling price of $629.

Ireland's saint's day celebrated around world with landmark buildings getting makeovers in national colour

We bring you all the images from the launch of the new iPad at the Apple Store on Regent Street.

Harvard researchers recommend eating whole grains and warn Asian diet building up risk.

The 2012 Formula One season got off to a good start for McLaren's Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton, at the first official practice session for the season-opening Australian Grand Prix, on Friday afternoon.

Harvard University was again chosen as the top university by Times Higher Education magazine.

British universities lose grip on global listings as Asian learning institutions climb table of top 100.

The new iPad will be available at Apple's retail store and the company's Online store on March 16 at 8 am local time in the US and nine other countries.

Pacific Chorus frog- an amphibian found in the west coast of North America- is spreading a deadly fungal infection that is killing other amphibian species, according to a new study.

Global ambassador for Special Olympics takes message to students in Shanghai.

Experts have warned about Apple's New iPad running out of stocks, and their prediction seems to have come true.

Banks with Asian focus hit by rising wage bills from regional expansion though strong growth boosts revenues.

As part of an ongoing campaign to increase its Western market share, ZTE has joined the global tech patent war joining Apple, Samsung and Google, becoming the fourth biggest smartphone patent filer in the world.

With the New iPad's release date just a week away (16 March), fans eager to grab the tablet would be scampering for information on its availability.

The Cupertino-based technology giant unveiled its latest tablet at the Yerba Buena Centre for the Arts in San Francisco

Apple has not launched the iPad 3 or the iPad HD, simply launching "a new iPad," featuring a new Retina Display, a new A5X chip, 5 megapixel camera and 4G support.

The new iPad will be released on 16 March in the US and UK

Google Play could Lead to Apple and Amazon’s Demise?

Google is set to challenge Apple's iCloud by storing all your content in the cloud and syncing with all your devcies.

Quality of Life reveals where expat Britons are most at home.

Wagga Wagga in state of emergency and 13,000 on the move as record-breaking rains strike huge swathes of Australia.

The Australian services sector saw a deep slide in February, with the Performance of Services Index (PSI) retreating by 5.2 points to 46.7 in the month, clearly indicating an alarming contraction level that was last seen more than two years ago.

The final day of the last pre-season multi-team test session has concluded, at the Circuit de Cataluña in Barcelona, Spain.

Check out photos from the parade...