Virat Kohli-Gautam Gambhir fight

Virat Kohli-Gautam Gambhir duel stuns IPL fans

NEW DELHI: Strong verbal duel between Kolkata skipper Gautam Gambhir and his Bangalore counterpart Virat Kohli during theirIPL clash took the fans by surprise on Thursday.

Kohli was on fire during Bangalore's chase of 155 when Lakshmipathy Balaji ended his challenge by getting him caught by Eoin Morgan.

Gambhir supposedly uttered a word to Kohli on his dismissal that made Bangalore skipper angry. On Kohli's reply, Gambhir was seen walking angrily towards Kohli before Rajat Bhatiaintervened to avoid a possible collision.

This was not the first spat between Indian players during an IPL encounter.

Microsoft developing 7-inch Surface tablet

Microsoft developing 7-inch Surface tablet: Report

Microsoft Corp is developing a new lineup ofSurface tablets, including a 7-inch version expected to go into mass production later this year, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the company's plans. 

Microsoft executives felt they needed to keep pace with the growing popularity of smaller tablets like Google Inc's 7-inch Nexus and the 7.9-inch iPad Mini introduced by AppleInc last October, one person told the paper. 

Microsoft declined to comment to the Wall Street Journal. The company could not immediately be reached for comment by Reuters outside of regular US business hours.

Cracking Knuckles myths

Cracking Knuckles:

Cracking your knuckles does not actually hurt your bones or cause arthritis. The sound you hear is just gas bubbles bursting. 

Cracking your knuckles (or any of your joints) can have therapeutic benefits. When you crack one of your joints you are pulling the bones that are connected at the joint apart from each other. This process stimulates your tendons, relaxes your muscles, and loosens your joints. Chiropractors do this for spinal joints when your back is sore and stiff, but you can do this on your own for your knuckles, toes, knees, neck, etc. 

Unfortunately, there can be too much of a good thing. Cracking your knuckles will never lead to arthritis (despite what your mom keeps telling you), but scientists have discovered that it can cause tissue damage in the affected joints. Knuckle-cracking pulls your finger bones apart which stretches your ligaments. Too much stretching of your ligaments will cause damage to your fingers akin to the arm injuries sustained by a baseball pitcher who throws too many pitches. In addition to making your hand really sore, this ligament damage can also result in reduced grip strength. 

How does this work? Your joints, the places in your body where you can bend, are where your bones intersect and are held together by ligaments. These joints are surrounded by a liquid called synovial fluid. When you stretch your ligaments by pulling the bones apart to crack your knuckles a gas in the synovial fluid escapes and turns into a bubble. This process is called cavitation. Cavitation ends when the bubble eventually bursts, producing that popping sound we know and love. After that, your joints won't be able to crack for another 25-30 minutes while the gas gets reabsorbed into the synovial fluid.