One more swayamvar is just over, after the much talked n discussed Rakhi’s swayamvar. Well, this gimmick has become the order of the day to acquire national fame for sure and international fame in select countries up to some extent. The end result is national wastage, total foolhardiness and mere tamasha for all small screen lovers. Yet, we all watch with serious concern,,, coz we are fools , hehe.
Who benefits out of such trash REALITY shows,, it’s the promoters of these programmes, advertisers, tv channels, media and …

The latest release of Ubuntu brings the best open source technologies together on one platform, with the benefit of free updates for 18 months. Constant improvements, feature additions and extended machine and network support explain why Ubuntu wins more converts with every release.
Features :
Productivity tools: Ubuntu supports all of your favourite web-based mail programs like Yahoo(TM) or Gmail (TM). For the office, Evolution provides all the calendering, contacts and office email you need. Pidgin IM also puts you in instant touch with colleagues and integrates with your personal IM services …

Bluetooh Special Interest Group have confirmed multiple reports forecasting the launch of Bluetooth 3.0 on April 21. Bluetooth 3.0 specifications will be unveiled by Bluetooth SIG on April 21 along with groups latest Bluetooth standard.
What Can We Expect From Bluetooth 3.0 ?
:: Faster Short-Range Speeds
Bluetooth 3.0 will reportedly transfer files at rates of 480 megabits (60 Megabytes) per second in close proximity, and 100 megabits (12.5 Megabytes) per second at 10 meters. At those speeds, high-quality streaming video is a definite possibility, along with a host of other applications that …

Good News for all the metal-heads. The official release date for Guitar Hero: Metallica has been announced. The game will launch on March 29  in North America and will release in other regions later. So, start preparing your fingers for the inevitable calluses and start pumping yourself up with enery drinks, because Guitar Hero: Metallica is going to be one hell of a challenge. With twenty eight Metallica tracks along with some guest artists, it’s not a game for lightweights. No, you’ll need to be a serious fake musician if …

Twitter turned 3 years old on 21st March 2009 and in little time is has become leader in the world of micro blogging with 6 million (and growing) people communicating with each other.
A screenshot of an early tweet from Founding CEO Jack Dorsey :

According to Nielson, Twitter ranks on the top, leaving behind some of the largest social networking wesbites when seen between the duration from February ‘08 to February ‘09. Following stats gives you a better picture:

In our previous post, we had highlighted the age group using twitter. In …

Now you can download Microsoft’s new web browser, Internet Explorer 8 form Microsoft’s official website. It is supposed to be “one of the fastest web browser in the market” with some new features like Instant Search, Accelerators and Web Slices – basically right-clicking on highlighted text to bring up a list of routine tasks like mapping, e-mailing, definitions, translation, and much more.
This browser has been in beta version for over a year now, so it’ll be interesting to see how the final version will perform. Million dollar question now is …

Google has again proved that they are the number one when it comes to online advertisement. It now plans to improve ads by making a better connection between advertisers and users.
This is what Google announced in its official blog.
“At Google, we believe that ads are a valuable source of information — one that can connect people to the advertisers offering products, services and ideas that interest them. By making ads more relevant, and improving the connection between advertisers and our users, we can create more value for everyone. Users get …

Michael Jackson has confirmed his July residency at London’s O2 arena during a press conference at the venue, describing it as the “final curtain call.”
Hundreds of screaming fans turned up for the announcement, as well as members of the media, after promoters AEG Live posted a message on the 23,000-capacity venue’s Web site inviting people to attend.
“Thank you all… this is it,” said Jackson, who appeared an hour and a half late at 5.30pm. “I just wanted to say, these will be my final show performances in London. When I …

Frankly, I don’t think Slumdog Millionaire deserved the Oscar for best film. And even more frankly, I don’t think Resul Pookutty should have invoked “my country and my civilisation” in his acceptance speech for best sound mixing. India was not up there in the Kodak auditorium for approval. It was a British film financed by the indie subsidiary of an American studio which happened to be set in India and as a result they could not help but involve Indian actors (including Indian-origin Britishers) and shoot it in India. We …