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Orkut rules, dating, matrimonial sites follow
2007-09-27 14:18:00
Though Indians continue to use internet primarily for emailing, online dating, and matrimonials along with social networking are gaining prominence, says a survey."With almost half the online urban Indians (48 per cent) undertaking it, online matrimonial search has established itself as a 'mainline' online activity. Twelve million online urban Indians are using online matrimonial search, making it the 13th most popular online activity. It has also been one of the biggest 'gainers' in users among the online activities in last one year," says India Online 2007, a survey conducted by JuxtConsult, an online research solutions consultancy firm.The survey conducted to understand the Internet users in the country adds, " Almost 60 per cent of users of both the online activities are common, ie 37 per cent of all Internet users undertake both online matrimony and online dating/friendship."This is significantly higher than last year when only 9 per cent of all Internet users undertook bot...
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India win Twenty20 World Cup
2007-09-24 18:40:00
India are ICC Twenty -20 World Cup Cricket Champions!!! India have beaten Pakistan by just five runs to lift the first Twenty20 cricket World Cup - their first major trophy since 1983!India won the toss to bat first and Gautam Gambhir soon knocked up 75 runs to help his side reach 157-5.Pakistan started well in response, but Irfan Pathan and Rudra Pratap Singh took three wickets each to see them end on 152 all out in the final over.India had only played one Twenty20 game before the start of the tournament.Shahid Afridi has declared "Player of the Tournament" and Irfan Pathan as "Man of the Match"
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Yuvraj Singh hits a record 6 Sixes vs England
2007-09-20 06:18:00
Yuvraj Singh hits six 6s in an over for first time in Twenty 20 international India batsman Yuvraj Singh became the first player in a Twenty20 international to hit six sixes in an over Wednesday.The left-hander hit the first delivery from England bowler Stuart Broad out of the Kingsmead stadium, and followed with five more sixes in the 19th over of the Super Eight match at the World Twenty20 tournament.Yuvraj also scored the fastest 50 in this form of the game - off just 12 balls. He was dismissed for 58 off 16 balls and India won the match by 18 runs, scoring 218-4 to England's 200-6.Broad finished with 0-60 off four overs.As a bowler, Yuvraj was hit for five sixes by England allrounder Dimitri Mascarenhas at The Oval on Sep. 5 in a one-day international series.This is a video from the Live telecast..ball-by-ball : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bob85WbW8c U
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Gibson - World's Tallest Dog - Amazing
2007-09-14 17:34:00
There's a monster lurking around.No, it isn't Godzilla. His name is Gibson .When he stands on his hind legs, the 170-pound "Harlequin" Great Dane is more than 7 feet tall, and has a shoulder height of 42.6 inches (topping Harvey's old record of 41.5 inches). Thankfully for everyone, Gibson is just a big, friendly puppy dog. Actually, he's the tallest dog in the world. Gibson holds several world records, including the world's tallest dog, tallest therapy dog and tallest Great Dane. And he's been turning quite a few heads outside of his native Grass Valley.In fact, Gibson has appeared on these television, magazines and radio shows: Oprah Winfrey Show | Harpo Productions The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | NBCGood Morning America | ABC NewsInside EditionMontel Williams ShowGuinness World Record Amazing Animals | Animal PlanetMark & Brian Radio Show | ABC DisneyLarry King Live | CNNParade MagazineLadies Home JournalLife Magazine | photos by Pulitzer Winning Photographers David Hume Ke...

20/20 World Cricket Championship series to kick off today
2007-09-11 16:34:00
One may not be familiar with the ?20/20 cricket series? but the cricket enthusiasts around the world are all set to wel ..........One may not be familiar with the ?20/20 cricket series? but the cricket enthusiasts around the world are all set to welcome the wonder game .This is the first time in the cricket history that two world cups will be organized in a year especially in just 05 months duration. All the participating nations especially the top eight test playing countries are expecting to capture the cup, which became disappointed in the 50-50-world cup. On the other hand Australia is eyeing to grab all the top honors to prove its superiority to others.20-20 cricket was first introduced at county level by the England and Wales Cricket Board in 2003. In this format of cricket each team bats for a maximum of only 20 overs a side, with each innings lasting for 75 minutes.20-20 World Cup RulesA Bowler may bowl a maximum of only 4 overs per innings. Umpires may award 5-run penalty r...
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Smile! Big Brother software is watching you
2007-09-11 16:32:00
A Japanese company has developed 'smile checker' software that can tell whether someone looks happy, sad or somewhere in between.By analysing facial features, such as wrinkles around the mouth and eyes and the space between the lips, Omron Corp's new software can spot a smile in less than one tenth of a second and rate it on a scale of zero to 100 per cent. The company envisions the software can be used in digital cameras so a photo can be snapped when everyone is grinning, to help robots figure out if humans are happy, and give 'smile ratings' to people working in the service industry.But can the software tell if the smiles are sincere?"The engineers said that they've never really tested this, but the percentage rating would probably drop with a forced grin," said Omron spokesman James Seddon.Source: Expressindia.com
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Amazing Truth
2007-09-08 08:13:00
The Most Selfish " 1 " letter word" I " ---> Avoid ItThe Most Satisfying " 2 " letter word " We " ---> Use ItThe Most Poisonous " 3 " letter word " Ego" ---> Kill ItThe Most Used " 4 " letter word" LOVE " --> Value ItThe Pleasing " 5 " letter word" SMILE " --> Keep ItThe Fastest Spreading " 6 " letter word" RUMOUR " --> Ignore It The Hardest working " 7 " Letter word"SUCCESS " --> Achieve ItThe Most enviable " 8 " letter word" JEALOUSY " --> Distance It The Most Powerful " 9 " word letter word " KNOWLEDGE " --> Acquire ItThe Most essential " 10 " letter word" CONFIDENCE " -- > Trutst It
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Rumours of 'Google Phone' launch
2007-09-03 16:33:00
Specialised blogs are abuzz this week with rumours that Internet giant Google will soon launch the "Google Phone " or "GPhone," a cheap mobile phone equipped with Google's operating system.High-tech product specialist Engadget said a Google announcement would come nextweek, adding that a Google operating system would be tailor-made for the new cell phone.According to another blog, CrunchGear, "Google is currently assessing over twenty (of Taiwan's) HTC models" and plans to launch its cell phone between January amd March of 2008. Photographs of Google's touch-screen handset are already on the Internet, and according to Rizzn.com, it will cost a mere 100 dollars.CrunchGear said the HTC/Google phone would have Google Talk enabled, allowing users to make free Internet phone calls. The blog said the Google phone will not only be able to surf the net but also will include "special version of Google Maps, compatible with built-in GPS, and compatibility with Gmail, Google's email service...
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Bosnia Lays Claim to World Kissing Record
2007-09-02 17:24:00
Close to 7,000 couples smooched late on Saturday in the Bosnia n town of Tuzla.Close to 7,000 couples smooched late on Saturday in the Bosnian town of Tuzla in an bid to break the world simultaneous kissing record. With fireworks, a giant TV screen, confetti and heart-shaped red balloons as the backdrop, the crowd kissed for at least ten seconds at 1100 p.m. local time (0900 p.m. GMT)."We broke the record, it's great," said Kristina Gligorovic, the event's public relations officer. She said the record should be recognised after they submit video footage and documentation showing 6,980 couples locked in simultaneous kiss.The organisers of the so-called Love Revolution hope to take over the crown from Hungary where 6,400 couples set the current Guinness World Record for the total numbers kissing simultaneously in June this year.Tuzla's Islamic community protested against the event, saying that public exposure of love was contrary to Islamic tradition. Muslims make up roughly a half ...
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FANTASTIC PHOTOGRAPH
2007-08-26 12:17:00
Have you ever seen an animal running on water ??It requires a speed of 85 k.m.p.h. with a foot placing of 1 inch to walk on water.So what ??See the photograph !!
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Leterial Thinking...beautiful DO READ
2007-08-22 17:24:00
1. There is a man who lives on the top floor of a very tall building. Everyday he gets the elevator down to the ground floor to leave the building to go to work.Upon returning from work though, he can only travel half way up in the lift and has to walk the rest of the way unless it's raining! Why? (This is probably the best known and most celebrated of all lateral thinking puzzles. It is a true classic. Although there are many possible solutions which fit the initial conditions, only the canonical answer is truly satisfying.)2. A man and his son are in a car accident. The father dies on the scene,but the child is rushed to the hospital. When he arrives the surgeon says,"I can't operate on this boy, he is my son! " How can this be?3. A man is wearing black. Black shoes, socks, trousers, lumper, gloves andbalaclava. He is walking down a black street with all the street lamps off.A black car is coming towards him with its light off but somehow manages tostop in time. How did the driv...
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Nokia admits mobile battery issue
2007-08-14 15:05:00
Nokia is offering to replace 46 million batteries for its mobile phones after reports of overheating while charging. The problems are confined to BL-5C batteries made by Matsushita between December 2005 and November 2006. More than 250 million BL-5C batteries made for Nokia by other manufacturers are not affected, the company said. The mobile giant said there had been 100 reports of overheating, and that the problem battery had been used inside more than 50 different phones. In a statement, the company said: "Nokia has identified that in very rare cases the affected batteries could potentially experience over heating initiated by a short circuit while charging, causing the battery to dislodge." Nokia said there had been no reports of "serious injuries or property damage" as a result of the overheating. Customers can check on the Nokia website if the battery in their mobile phone is affected."Concerned consumers may want to monitor a mobile device while charging that contains a BL-5...
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Rare Occassion Once in Lifetime
2007-08-11 17:17:00
Hello everyone,Two Moons DayPlease, have this valuable information. Don't miss it.*Two moon on 27 August 2007**27th Aug the Whole World is waiting for......... ....*Planet Mars will be the brightest in the night sky starting August.It will look as large as the full moon to the naked eye. This will cultivate on 27 Aug 2007 when Mars comes within 34.65M miles of earth. Be sure to watch the sky on 27 Aug 2007 at 12: 30 am. It will look like the earth has 2 moons. The next time Mars may come this close is in 2287.Share this with your friends as NO ONE ALIVE TODAY will ever see it again.
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Celebration of Rakhi Festival in India
2007-08-10 12:34:00
Rakhi is a festival that celebrates the beautiful bond of love between brothers and sisters. The festival is celebrated by the tying of a rakhi ? a colourful and decorated band by a sister on her brother?s wrist. It is celebrated on the full moon of the month of Shraavana and in 2007 it falls on August 28.India is the land of festivals. Though all the festivals have their importance; Rakhi stands out as a unique gift of Indian culture. The simple threads of Rakhi symbolize the sacred love of brother and sister. When a sister ties a Rakhi on her brother?s wrist, her sentiments flow towards her brother that he should get each and every happiness. At the same time the brother thinks on the same wavelength that at in any cost he would protect the honor of his sister.It is immaterial whether a sister or a brother is in the same village, town or city in India or USA, Canada, Australia, UK. Personally tying a Rakhi on her brother?s wrist or sending online Rakhi Gifts, always strengthens af...
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'Fake Steve' blogger exposed as Forbes editor
2007-08-08 03:59:00
A blogger calling himself "Fake Steve Jobs," whose parody of the Apple Inc. chief executive amused and enthralled Silicon Valley, revealed himself on Sunday as an editor of Forbes business magazine.Dan Lyons, a senior editor at Forbes, admitted to writing as Fake Steve after a New York Times reporter found resemblances between the blog and Lyons' published work and asked him whether he was behind the long-running satire. Lyons told the Times he had started the fake blog last year to poke fun at the lack of candidness he saw in the growing number of CEO blogs that were attracting media attention.Forbes.com confirmed the Times' account and posted an audio interview with Lyons, who lives near Boston and who had managed to evade media sleuths for more than a year."I was hoping to stay anonymous for a while longer but on the other hand I knew I couldn't stay anonymous forever. It had to happen at some point," Lyons said."I hope that it doesn't ruin the fun of the blog that people kno...
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Tallest Man Takes On Tall Order: Marriage
2007-07-22 15:13:00
Tallest Man Takes On Tall Order : Marriage Bride Found After Worldwide SearchThe world's tallest man is now also the world's tallest groom. Bao Xishun, a 7-foot-9 herdsman from Inner Mongolia, got married Thursday. After a worldwide search for a bride, Bao found his lady love in his hometown.She's Xia Shujian, a saleswoman who's more than 2 feet shorter. It was a traditional Mongolian ceremony, with one exception. Bao didn't have to kneel and touch his head to ground.The official China news agency said the sign of respect to Bao's parents and new in-laws was skipped because of his extraordinary height and bad knees.
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The New 7 Seven Wonders of the World are Named
2007-07-08 11:32:00
The winners of the contest to name the new seven wonders of the world. The pyramids in Giza will retain their status as one of the original seven wonders of the world.PYRAMIDS OF GIZA, EGYPTThe only surviving structures of the original seven wonders, the three pyramids were built as tombs for 4th dynasty pharaohs about 4,500 years ago. The largest of the three pyramids, the 452-foot-high Great Pyramid, was built for King Cheops. Nearby is the Great Sphinx, a limestone statue with the face of a man and the body of a lion.COLOSSEUM, ITALYThe giant amphitheater in Rome was inaugurated in A.D. 80 by the Emperor Titus in a ceremony of games lasting 100 days. The 50,000-seat Colosseum, which has influenced the design of modern sports stadiums, was an arena where thousands of gladiators dueled to the death and Christians were fed to the lions.GREAT WALL OF CHINAThe 4,160-mile barricade running from east to west in northern China is the longest man-made structure in the world. The fortifica...
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The Best "Out-Of-Office" E-Mail Auto-Replies
2007-07-07 15:49:00
1: I am currently out at a job interview and will reply to you if I fail to get the position.2: I'm not really out of the office. I'm just ignoring you.3: You are receiving this automatic notification because I am out of the office. If I was in, chances are you wouldn't have received anything at all.4: Sorry to have missed you but I am at the doctors having my brain removed so that I may be promoted to management.5: I will be unable to delete all the unread, worthless emails you send me until I return from vacation on 4/18. Please be patient and your mail will be deleted in the order it was received.6: Thank you for your email. Your credit card has been charged $5.99 for the first ten words and $1.99 for each additional word in your message.7: The e-mail server is unable to verify your server connection and is unable to deliver this message. Please restart your computer and try sending again.( The beauty of this is that when you return, you can see how many in-duh-viduals did thi...
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Mammatus Clouds - Amazing, Rare & Beautiful
2007-07-01 12:34:00
Ever seen anything like this?Jorn Olsen works for the Dutton-Lainson Co. in Hastings, Nebraska, and lives by Heartwell Park next to Hastings College . The other night he took these photos . The stadium lights are at the Hastings College stadium just east of his home.The clouds are called Mammatus clouds . They do not precede a tornado, or foretell a storm, but are formed when the air is already saturated with rain droplets and/or ice crystals and begins to sink. The worst of the storm is usually over when these kinds of clouds are seen.They are quite rare, but really beautiful. This is supposed to be one of the most beautiful Scenes in the Sky..
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Apple launches iPhone in USA Markets
2007-07-01 11:59:00
Thousands of US gadget fans flocked to stores on Friday to be the first buyers of Apple 's iPhone, a music-playing and Web-browsing device expected to shake up the mobile industry.Crowds lined up at some of Apple's outlets cheered as their doors opened at 6 p.m. local time, while smaller groups waited outside AT&T stores. AT&T Inc is the phone's exclusive wireless carrier for the first two years, which many early reviewers cited as the phone's biggest drawback."I haven't slept in a day and a half," said Grant Johnson, 41, an accountant from Brooklyn who was one of the first to walk out of Apple's Fifth Avenue outlet clutching the prize. "I need a nice hot shower and a bath."Early hitches included a hiccup in AT&T's retail computer system that delayed some East Coast sales for 45 minutes, and a sluggish response from Apple's online store shortly after it began offering iPhones.The iPhone melds a phone, Web browser and media player, and costs $500 to $600, depending on memo...
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Largest shopping mall now on your computer
2007-07-01 11:52:00
Having changed the way people communicate with products like e-mail and instant messaging, Internet is now playing a key role in the shopping pattern by bringing world's top brands under the click of the mouse.While a number of companies seeking to sell their products on the world wide web are establishing their online stores, they are also warming up to another route being offered by firms like eBay, which presents itself to the buyers and sellers as ?the world's biggest shopping mall?.Promising access to over 20 lakh registered users across 670 cities and 25 lakh unique visitors a month in India alone, eBay is attracting brands like Microsoft, Canon and Sangini as well as small entrepreneurs to set up shops on its website.The California-based online trading platform and auction giant, which has a market capitalisation of over 43 billion dollars and annual turnover of about six billion dollars, is providing similar platforms across all the major countries such as the US, UK and E...
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Atlantis & Sunita Williams: Makes a SAFE Landing in California
2007-06-24 08:09:00
After enormous hurdles and hours in the sky trying to safely land the Atlantis , the astronauts finally managed to do so at the Edwards Air Force Base in the Mojave Desert, California . Sunita ?Suni? Williams and shuttle commander Rick Sturckow were amongst the seven astronauts who landed safely.Suni Williams was happy to be back on Earth and was heard saying that she is looking forward to a slice of pizza and walking on the beach with her husband and dog Gorby. But she was sad to leave the International Space Station. She explained, ?When you?ve been somewhere for six months, it becomes your home and it?s hard to leave.? Sunita Willams has now set an endurance record for the longest single spaceflight by a woman at 195 days.Rick Sturckow, while standing on the landing strip, remarked, ?It?s just great to be back on planet Earth. There were a lot of challenges on this mission and they were all dramatic. All the solutions worked well.? As of now, the Atlantis? seven astronauts prepared...
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Happy Father's Day to Our Dear, Precious Dads
2007-06-17 15:37:00
One of the most influential and enduring assets a child can have is a father who takes his paternal role seriously - and with delight. He lives the kind of life his kids are proud of - the way he hopes they will grow up and live as adults.Whether a doctor, letter carrier or insurance man, this father regards the title "dad" as his most important and inspiring position in life. He gives his children his unconditional love and support, and a green light to them embracing their individuality. He infuses in them deep passion for hard work, laughter and knowledge. He helps them know right from wrong, and then the strength to make wise choices based on that fundamental barometer. He also guides them toward being solid, altruistic stewards of the Earth and actively involved in helping mankind.In life's family fabric, these "grand" dads help create tapestries of fulfillment for their offspring - and generations beyond.I was fortunate to have had a dad like this, and to have borne my childr...
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Most People Swimming one length in a 24 hour Relay
2007-06-17 15:21:00
New Guinness World Record for Most People Swimming one length in a 24 hour Relay is set in Mallorca!Previous Portuguese record of 2,889 is beaten in Palma.----------------------------------- ----------------------Most People Swimming one length in a 24 hour Relay.Glamorous Palma de Mallorca was the location for a 24 hour attempt at breaking the record for most people swimming lengths in a relay. It was organised by the charity ?Projecte Home Balears? which is a large and successful organisation that helps people with drug-related problems rehabilitate their lives.The charity chose this record as it would involve a huge range of people of all ages and backgrounds reflecting the variety of people that their charity helps. The attempt was at the large pool next to the Real Mallorca football stadium. The guidelines stated that the attempt must be in strict relay form, only one length at a time from each participant, this of course makes it a lot harder to get a huge total and meant that ...
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Great Water Hole - Amazing Scene
2007-06-13 17:38:00
Located in northern California, the Monticello Dam's is the largest morning glory spillway all over the world. This funnel-shaped outlet, allows water to bypass the dam when it reaches capacity, as it swallows a rate of 48,400 cubic feet per second (1370 m³/s).
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Amazing: Finding taste-buddies just a click away!
2007-06-13 16:35:00
Internet, which for years now has helped link people through e-mails, chat rooms and matrimonial services, will now enable those with similar tastes to come together and share their gourmet preference.Future Today Inc, a new media company founded and run by an Indian origin Columbia University graduate Alok Ranjan, has launched a new online video community, iFood.tv aimed at bringing together food lovers of the world to a single platform.The formal launch of the community follows a four-month experiment with a Beta edition of iFood.tv, which incidentally received most of the traffic from the US, India, Canada and the UK.The service would help people find friends with similar eating habits--such as those who prefer 'gulab jamun' over 'chaats'."Food is a common thread which binds people across the globe. More individuals want to discuss their food habits or get cooking tips by leveraging the web as a medium," Future Today CEO Alok Ranjan said in a statement announcing the launch o...
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Get Paid To Be A Surf Junky!
2007-06-08 16:33:00
Sign up today and start getting paid to surf using our Surf Junk y browser. You can get up to $.75 per hour with regular activity and you will earn for 3 levels of referrals! Your statistics are updated in real time and you get paid every month!www.surfjunky.com/?r=rahulryd
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3 Human Wonders - Amazing worth Seeing It
2007-05-30 17:54:00
The Millau viaduct is part of the new E11 expressway connecting Paris and Barcelona and features the highest bridge piers ever constructed. The tallest is 240 meters high and the overall height will be an impressive 336 meters, making this the highest bridge in the world.Parking in GermanyA Volkswagen Polo is loaded in the care towers of hte VW Autostadt in Wolfsburg, northern Germany on Wednesday. The Autostadt, situated next to Volkswagen's headquater, is the company's theme park, and distribution centre where daily 5,500 visitors view Volkswagen brands like Bentley, Audi, Lamborghi.First Air Conditioned Bus Station in Dubai
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Microsoft Office bus in China
2007-05-20 07:49:00
Microsoft Office bus in China
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Gold Plane - Amazing
2007-05-16 17:41:00
Have a look at new plane designed by Boeing... for the sultan of brunei. All that shines inside the flight are made of pure gold like wash basin, frames,etc...
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