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Format N ReloadFormat N ReloadA blog by Arry Potter.Computer,ploitics,social,engineering,internet,games,software Articles
Kissing Trouble!
2007-04-16 16:33:00 Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty is in the news again -- this time though for some wrong reasons -- as her kissing act with Hollywood star Richard Gere at a function on AIDS awareness has led to widespread protests from several quarters. In Varanasi, Shiv Sena and Bande Mataram Sangharsh Samiti activists as well as Muslims staged protests in various parts of the city and burnt effigies of Gere and Shetty to protest against their "indecent behaviour" which, the protesters claimed, was "an attack on our cultural ethos". Whats wrong with with what these guys did.... It was after all an AIDS awarness session and these two were telling you that AIDS does not spread through Kiss ing!.http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/pi ng More About: Kissing , Sing
Microsoft Stops focus on OS and starts to work on Web Technology!
2007-04-16 13:10:00 After the Vista conterversy , MIcrosoft has decided to change the focus to something else.Today, at the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) Show in Las Vegas, Microsoft is expected to launch Silverlight, a Web browser plug-in for playing media files and displaying interactive Web applications. High ImpactThe company intends to release a beta of Silverlight, formerly called Windows Presentation Foundation/Everywhere (WPF/E), at the Mix07 conference for designers and Web developers in Las Vegas later this month.Along with the public launch of Silverlight, Microsoft plans to announce a number of media and advertising agency partners that have shown interest in using the software. Partners include Major League Baseball, online video broadcaster Brightcove, Netflix and Akamai Tech no logies.Silverlight, which has been under development for at least two years, is a player that can display Web applications on both Windows and the Mac in Internet Explorer, Firefox or Safari. The downlo... More About: Technology , Tops
Go Noble! Fighting for a Noble Cause
2007-04-16 09:25:00 I still remember the day July 26, 2005. I was at Mumbai and was stuck in the worst rains the city had seen in years. Tears and rain poured down my eyes. It was hard. I had battled day one and end of day two was approaching. I did not have anything for two days. I was shocked,baffled and scared. But in the grim darkness, I saw hope. A guy who I had never met gave me biscuits to eat. God! bless thy!.I was inspired and reached home that day. And yesterday when I went through shruti's blog, my urge to give something back to this country increased. I really knew how hard it was for me to be stranded in a station for two days without food and shelter.This is what a lot of Indians are going through as well. Many of our countrymen spend their lives in footpaths ,stations and traffic signal battling nature , fear and a host of other problems. We dont do anything for them ... but do take the liberty to comment on how ugly our road is.No more can I take this and this post is dedicat... More About: Fight , Fighting , Cause , Noble
K'taka Govt, cops decided to sing !
2007-04-15 11:41:00 K'taka Govt , cops have decided to sing and the song is called " We are with you". Lyrics by Bappi Da and Music by Himesh Reshmiya.This happened following the incident of Narayana Murthy's remarks on National Anthem.Here is how the song goes.....We are with you.... day and nightWe support you... we damn care whats rightWe love you... whether you are Murthy or Politician with MightWe are a few... wandering in the city flashing the lightWe wont lodge a compliant against you (Mr Murthy)... lest the politicians biteWe will put you in a queue.... of which we have no sightWe have solved a few... and dont worry this matter might get sorted by tonighthttp://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping More About: Cops , Sing , Cide
Karnataka and its politics!
2007-04-14 17:00:00 _________________________________________ _________________________check my hot post! ..... Does chennai miss - Miss India!___________________________________ _______________________________Back to the story....."Mr Narayana Murthy made a statement that the instrumental version of the national anthem was played at the function on 8 April to avoid embarrassment to foreign students in the campus.And this became one of Karnatak a 's top issues.Especially, as home minister, Mr MP Prakash, in a statement in the Assembly today termed Mr Murthy’s remark as an unpardonable offence. The minister’s comment comes in addition to the two complaints which have been lodged against the Infosys chief mentor in Mysore,under Section 3 of the Insult to National Honour Act. One of the complainants is the former irrigation minister of Karnataka,Mr H N Nanjegowda. According to the home minister, irrespective of his greatness, no person should disrespect his country. The Infosys chief mentor might be a... More About: Politics , Nata , Poli
Does chennai miss - Miss India!
2007-04-10 05:51:00 New Delhi girl Puja Gupta was crowned Pantaloons Femina Miss India Universe, Mumbai's Sarah Jane Dias Miss India World and New Zealand's Pooja Chitgopekar Miss India Earth here amid much razzle-dazzle and suspense.Millions witnessed the trio's triumphs Sunday night, both as a live audience on the MMRDA grounds here and on TV screens।Puja dazzled renowned filmmaker and one of the pageant judges Madhur Bhandarkar with her wit and confidence in the semi-final round when he asked:" What matters to you - style or fashion and why?" Puja answered: "I think they both go hand in hand. Style is created by fashion and fashion makes you comfortable in your own skin."What really bogs me is the fact that Chen nai has never opened up to such competitions.Most of the women here are conservative. http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping
Iran Dampens Collation Movement
2007-04-10 05:49:00 Iran claimed yesterday to have made a dramatic leap forward in its nuclear programme by enriching uranium "on an industrial scale", a move likely to accelerate a collision with the US and strengthen calls in Washington for military action.In a gesture of defiance to President George Bush and the UN security council, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad trumpeted the claim, making the announcement with pomp and ceremony at the heart of Iran's nuclear programme, the uranium enrichment facility at Natanz.Could this mean a stop to the coallation forces aim to penetrate Iran ?. Could this mean the end of Road for US and its allies?.http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/pin g More About: Iran , Men , Pens , Move , Coll
Apple vs Apple - Ipod and its Competitor
2007-04-10 05:44:00 "The successful iPod , Apple 's biggest profit maker, has reached a new milestone as the company announced that the 100 millionth iPod has been sold, making the iPod the fastest selling music player in history".Apple truly came out with an ingenious invention.But now,it will be against its toughest competition .... IPhone. Apple might blow their top by introducing iphone which has ipod inbuilt into it. Will this dampen ipod's performance.... its yet to be seen.http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping More About: Ipod , Comp , Petit
City Corporation gets Tough!
2007-04-08 08:29:00 "Chennai City Mayor M. Subramanian and Corporation Commissioner Rajesh Lakhoni have said Corporation employees who do good work will be commended and those who neglect their duties would face disciplinary action. Over the past six weeks, the Corporation had suspended several employees who had shown disregard for work, while offering a round of promotions to efficient employees, also in order to motivate others who showed potential". Seeing this ,the Mumbai Corporation Commissioner "Jonny Joseph" has come out with his game plan !. Here it goes.... Step 1: All employees who do not complete the road before June rains will get to spend a night with "Abu Salem" at his all exclusive club resort at Tihar Jail (yes,tihar jail does have a club resort) Step 2: Major flyovers pending over the years must be completed or else the people involved get a free two months paid vacation to Kulu Manali for their complete family... as they need to stay away from the angry Mumbai crowd!. Charted flight ... More About: Gets , Tough
Chennai Metro and Chlorine!
2007-04-08 08:19:00 A recent article in Washington went like this....."People who live and work in the District might notice a change in the taste of their drinking water, officials said। But not to worry, it's just a change in the disinfectant the city uses.From now until May 7, people may notice a slight chlorine taste and odor coming from the tap while the Washington Aqueduct switches from chloramines to chlorine for a one-month period.Officials said the temporary change does not have any impact on the safety of the drinking water। But the level of chlorine could effect dialysis patients and fishtanks"Seeing this our Chen nai Metro water division officials have come out with a statement......"People who live and work in the District might notice a change in the taste of their drinking water, officials said. But not to worry, it's just a change in the water the city uses.We are substituing chlorine for water as it is cheaper today.We are also working at alcohol as an option.From now until May 7,...
Chappell gives a tip to Indian Team
2007-04-07 14:06:00 India coach Greg Chappell said that building a team was a neer ending process and the Indian team was a far better side than what results are shown in recent times.By this he meant that the Indian Players were better than Aussies except that they don't have time to play cricket.Speaking about individual players in the Indian team, the former Australian captain singled outSuresh Raina for special praise, saying he was a "complete package".Now why did he say that...Here is the account"I think he (Raina) had paid (me) dearly for the few good words I have said about him. Unfortunately, as a coach I do not measure success and failures by applying general yardsticks. In my book as also in the book of few others, he is a special kid". A rich kid with special powers!.Infact Raina has called chappall for his last supper in India.Other points made by ChappellOn why he rates Raina highly: "He is a complete package,for gods sake (he has got lot of money and can give youu an extra package to Sw... More About: India , Team , Give , Dian
Chappell rocks the town!
2007-04-07 07:21:00 Outgoing Indian coach Greg Chappell and his wife Judy are scheduled to leave tonight for Singapore after having postponed their departure by a day as the former Australian captain became indisposed ( Kewl! Chappell wanted to eat his last free meal!) . Chappell's wish not to renew his contract as coach for personal reasons (I would like to devote more time for my family.... few months back he said Indian players are my family. So which family is he reffring to ?) was yesterday accepted by the Cricket Board at its World Cup review committee meeting attended by its office bearers, the Australian, skipper Rahul Dravid, tour manager Sanjay Jagdale and selection panel chief Dilip Vengsarkar. The BCCI, however, has offered him the post of director or consultant at its Bangalore-based National Cricket Academy(The building is under construction and some of the players have joined other academies for better pay or have taken voluntary retirement or have decided to give a shot at becoming... More About: Rock , Town , Rocks , The Town
IPOD saves a soldiers life!
2007-04-07 06:58:00 What!. Yes its true.An iPod ,just an Ipod saved a soldier's life!.The music player stopped a 7.62 mm round from an insurgent's AK-47. Here's the Soldi ers Account of the Incident! My wife’s uncle works in a military hospital and told me about this. Its pretty amazing. Kevin Garrad (3rd Infantry Division) was on a street patrol in Iraq (Tikrit I believe) and as he rounded the corner of a building an armed (AK-47) insurgent came from the other side. The two of them were within just a few feet of each other when they opened fire. The insurgent was killed and Kevin was hit in the left chest where his IPod was in his jacket pocket. It slowed the bullet down enough that it did not completely penetrate his body armor. Fortunately, Kevin suffered no wound. I was wondering where else could an ipod help someone.....here are a few1) My door needs a stopper; help me?Dont worry!.Use an ipod. Just push it in between the gap of your door and presto! it stays open.2) My papers are flying all a... More About: Life , Soldiers
India's Most Foolish People
2007-04-04 19:21:00 I read tis article "April Fool s Day quite literally and in a whole new light was the annual list of America's most foolish people। And the top spot went to none other than Britney Spears for her panty shedding, head shaving and rehab-visiting spree.".I relly wondered how it would look if we saw the most foolish people of India ....Here is the listPlease give your votes for the most Dumbest Indian of 'em All.Sunil Gavaskar for suggesting on ESPN the Australian players might get physically attacked if they used similar language in a bar as they use on the field and using example of David Hookes.George Fernandes for saying that when he was the Defence Minister, then prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee had asked him not to open the Bofors file.Greg Chappell - For being unhappy with the seniors in the Indian team and had termed them as “mafia”.Rakhi Sawant about her preference to buy her own lingerie,Mallika Sherawat for signing up as the brand ambassador for a multinational new... More About: People , Most
Bollywood Pariwar!
2007-04-04 10:07:00 Abhishek Bachchan ("bachaa is now trying to copy srk and become better than him... triology srk-bigb-ab") will exchange wedding wows with Aishwarya Rai ("before she gets old and loses all her makeup and the truth that she is not beautiful comes out") wearing an outfit designed by Sharbari Datta, the well known revivalist menswear designer here. It was Ash's mother Brinda Rai's wish that the Bachchan men wear clothes (as if you were ready to get them married without wearing one!) by Datta, India's 'only woman designer' who dresses up 'only men' in traditional attires. 'I've despatched about 30 pieces of classical Indian dresses for the marriage after Brinda Rai said that I should design the clothes for Abhishek and the menfolk of the Bachchan family".At the marriage the all pose for the marriage foto with datta's costumesFirst to stand BIG B -> PUT SRK next by default as he is going to do what big b does-> Put Small B (abhisek bachaa) as he will follow SRK -> Put Aish by de... More About: Bollywood , War , Wood , Olly
bollywood
2007-04-03 13:21:00 Wax statue of Shah Rukh Khan inaugurated at Madame Tussaud London, April 3 (PTI): A life-size wax statue of Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan was inaugurated at the world-famous Madame Tussaud's museum here today. Shah Rukh Khan, also called "King Khan" by his admirers, is the third celebrity from Bollywood to have his replica in the museum. He joins Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan and beauty queen Aishwarya Rai who made their wax presence in the Museum earlier. Amitabh Bachchan's wax statue is reportedly watched by 25 lakh visitors to the museum every year. Among the Indian leaders figuring in the Museum are former prime ministers Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi. Madame Tussaud's was set up by wax sculptor Marie Tussaud. One of the major attractions at the museum is the Chamber of Horrors. This features statues of several victims and murderers of the French Revolution. Madame Tussaud's is a major tourist attraction in London. It has branches in Amsterdam, Hong Kong, Las Ve... More About: Wood , Olly
Sivaji audio hits the market
2007-04-03 13:14:00 The much awaited audio of Sivaji is out. AVM Productions released the audio in a low key affair at their studios in Chennai on Monday.The movie starring Rajinikanth and Shreya in lead roles is directed by Shankar with musical score by A R Rahman.The movie has generated lots of curiosity and the fans of Rajinikanth and the whole of Tamil film industry is eagerly awaiting the release of the movie.The movie has Valee, Vairamuthu, Pa Vijay and Na Muthukumar penning the lyrics with A R Rahman, S P Balasubramaniam, Hariharan, Udit Narayan, Vijay Yesudas, Suresh Peters, Madhusree, Thanvi, Chinmayee, Sainora and Gomathysree lending their voice.The CDs are priced at Rs 100 and the audio cassette at Rs 45. As an introductory offer, a 3D sticker featuring Rajinikanth is given free of cost along with the CD.http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping More About: Audio , Audi , Market , Hits
Beware of Animated cursors!
2007-04-03 12:27:00 The news over the .ANI exploit is growing. There were three different PoC (Proof of Concept) scripts released this weekend that target this flaw. One of the new scripts removes the protection that was offered by eEye Digital Security. The recent one released by ‘jamikazu’ targets the eEye patch as well as Windows Vista. “Works on fully patched Windows Vista, I think it is first real remote code execution exploit on Vista,” the release notes say.The exploit scripts released this weekend; two of them target Windows Vista. Vista Ultimate and Vista Enterprise versions 6.0 with default installs and UAC enabled were exploited successfully. One of the exploits is being debated on several security mailing lists. The topic is over DEP and the .ANI Remote Overflow exploit released by ‘jamikazu.’Data Execution Prevention (DEP) runs in two modes: hardware-enforced DEP for CPUs that can mark memory pages as non-executable and software-enforced DEP with a limited prevention for CPUs ... More About: War , Ware , Anima , Cursor , Mate
License your "Diskless PC"
2007-04-03 11:50:00 Microsoft is loosening the reins on Vista licensing in an effort to let businesses try out some new computing possibilities, including "diskless" PCs.For the most part, the Windows licensing terms have assumed that the whole PC is going to be in one place; however, increasingly, that's not necessarily the case.Virtualisation technology means that one physical computer can act as many separate computers, while higher-speed networks mean that different parts of a computer can actually be housed in various locales. For example, it is now possible to have a diskless PC, in which the main hard drive of the computer is actually stored in a datacentre, while all the other parts -- processor, graphics chip and memory -- remain at a worker's desk.But until Sunday, there was no proper way to license Windows for such a computer. Under new licensing terms for Windows Vista Enterprise, businesses will be able to use the corporate edition of the operating system to handle this as well as other ... More About: Disk , Your , Ense , Less , License
License your "Diskless PC"
2007-04-03 11:50:00 Microsoft is loosening the reins on Vista licensing in an effort to let businesses try out some new computing possibilities, including "diskless" PCs.For the most part, the Windows licensing terms have assumed that the whole PC is going to be in one place; however, increasingly, that's not necessarily the case.Virtualisation technology means that one physical computer can act as many separate computers, while higher-speed networks mean that different parts of a computer can actually be housed in various locales. For example, it is now possible to have a diskless PC, in which the main hard drive of the computer is actually stored in a datacentre, while all the other parts -- processor, graphics chip and memory -- remain at a worker's desk.But until Sunday, there was no proper way to license Windows for such a computer. Under new licensing terms for Windows Vista Enterprise, businesses will be able to use the corporate edition of the operating system to handle this as well as other ... More About: Disk , Your , Ense , Less , License
Motorola,LG likely contender for Mozilla Minimo Browser for mobile!
2007-04-03 10:36:00 The Internet market is huge and the potential is High for mobile!. With just over one percent using mobile internet .... I wonder if mozilla can create the impact that they created in the browser market. The bad part is however is that "While Nokia supports opera, Microsoft supports Microsoft IE" would love to see motorola or samsung or LG support mozilla. The best contender looking out to be LG as they have supporting Google Apps. Mozilla and google have long been promoting each other. Hope LG can get onto this relationshipMozilla fans can now download the latest version of the Minimo mobile browser to their smartphones। News of the release of Minimo 0।2 came last week as a posting on project leader Doug Turner's blog "DougT's Ramblings।" The browser is available via the Mozilla Project's Web page।http://www.mozilla.org/projects/mi nimo/This may, however, be the last Minimo release for a while, according to several blog entries posted by Turner, who in December wrote tha... More About: Mobile , Motorola , Motor , Moto
Electronic Paper in your hand!
2007-04-02 10:17:00 While the concept of a digital screen that looks, bends and folds like paper has been around for decades, E Ink has been a leader in bringing the technology to the marketplace.The company holds more than 100 patents on its "electrophoretic" ink technology -- which literally means "the movement of particles by an electrical field." Electric charges sent along a grid embedded in the paper cause tiny black and white particles to move up and down, creating text and images.It may take a cosmic cultural shift to make e-books mainstream, but the screens also use so little power that they may herald the birth of a whole new generation of displays, from e-newsprint to digital shelf labels.Unlike traditional digital screens, which form images using light that shines out of the display, e-paper reflects ambient light, adding up to big power savings.How kewl is that!. In future we will have just a single lcd paper which will have all news and it will update itself thanks to the internet .So no ... More About: Electronic , Electro , Your , Paper , Hand
April Fool With Google
2007-04-02 09:42:00 Complimenting its magnificent search engine service, Googl e on Sunday has launched a new service: Google TiSP (Toilet Internet Service Provider) BETA, a novel way to access the Internet - via the toilet. The service seems strange and unique but unfortunately it's only an April Fool 's joke from Google.On its Web page Google characterized the "Toilet Internet Service Provider" (TiSP) project as a fully functional, end-to-end system that provides in-home wireless access by connecting user’s commode-based TiSP wireless router to one of thousands of TiSP Access Nodes via fiber-optic cable strung through user’s local municipal sewage lines.According to the comedic Google site, users who sign up online for the TiSP system will get a full home self-installation kit, which includes a spindle of fiber-optic cable, a TiSP router, installation CD and setup guide. The site offers a step-by-step online installation manual. Home installation is a simple matter of GFlushing the fiber-optic ca... More About: With
Suchitra- Priety Zinta and Shekar Kapoor triology!
2007-04-02 09:29:00 If sources are to be believed, the Shekhar Kapur-Such itra Krishnamurthy divorce proceedings may just get uglier. Suchitra has already accused her film-maker husband of having an affair with actor Preity Zinta. Now we hear the couple is fighting over the custody of their daughter Kaveri and Suchitra is therefore allegedly using Preity to strengthen her case against Shekhar .Says a friend of Shekhar, “Shekhar loves Kaveri a lot and desperately wants his daughter to stay with him in London। He was here to sort out how he could get the sole custody of her. It will be difficult though as Suchitra is attached to the child and the court generally sides with the mother.”Sheese! What is going on ?. Stop it guys .... make good movies and dont make good movies your life!. You are spoiling a childs life!. And as far as priety .... you can date a guy like me why are you dating old guys?http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping More About: Poor , Trio , Ology , Heka
Good Morning to Microsoft Deepfish!
2007-04-02 09:29:00 Net browsers for the smaller devices have always been a pain. Whether its Opera Mobile or Microsoft Internet explorer the pain continues.Deep fish technology (a Microsoft product) isn't really a browser, it's a browser feature. But it's a feature that Microsoft's Pocket Internet Explorer desperately needs.Microsoft announced Deepfish on Wednesday, and the company is being a bit cagy about it. According to them, it's a "new mobile technology ... designed to offer mobile users quick and convenient Web browsing." It's a solution to a real need: relatively few Web sites create special versions for mobile phones and PDAs, and desktop sites often look awful in Microsoft's Pocket Internet Explorer.I was among the first few in India who got GPRS activated (free trial thanks to orange mumbai)and used to check sites using my nokia 6600. It was terrible. I needed to scroll painstakingly and it often irrated and took the hell out of me. I then heard about this Deepfish thing and tested i... More About: Fish , Morning , Soft
Inzy blows the media away!
2007-03-31 21:25:00 An emotionally charged Inzamam-ul-Haq Saturday accepted the responsibility for Pakistan's pathetic performance in the World Cup, but attacked the media for harsh criticism of the players.Inzamam also took the Pakistani media to task for castigating the players after the unexpected ouster from the 16-team tournament.'If the media and people keep on criticising the team, I am sure we can't win any big tournaments. Fear of losing always follow our players and it puts them under a lot of pressure,' he said angrily.What this man said was true every word of it.... Why is the media not letting our players play?. Good teams are the ones where sportsmanship is better than anything. Winning is not everything, Playing good cricket is important. Of late, there is so much of pressure that it becomes must win situation.I heard Fleming telling this fact that "minnow teams try to play good cricket, there is lot of enthusiasm and support and if someone does well ( say even if he gets a 20 agains... More About: Media , The Media , Away , Inzy
Sourav Gets Fame and for what ?
2007-03-31 21:07:00 The scene at Kolkata's Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International (NSCBI) Airport on Friday morning was in sharp contrast to the homecoming of the other members of Team India who returned empty handed from the World Cup. Most team members, who crashed out in the first stage and lost to minnows Bangladesh, reached their hometown in scattered groupings, trying to melt into the darkness.However, Sourav's return was public and greeted with cheers.What is wrong with the Indian Audience ?. At one end they criticise every one from Tendulkar to Dravid .... in short,Team India and at the other end they welcome Sourav ?. Wasn't Sourav part of the team India?. His Individual contribution was not something spectular. No doubt he has made it into this team, but he was not a match winner for India. Why praise him?.Great players are the ones who single handily win matches for you... Kumble at the Bangalore test against Pakistan was one noticeable innings. This is what Indian Audience needs to che... More About: Hat , Gets , Fame
Designing your own customised Blog template
2007-03-30 14:40:00 All you need is photoshop and some good editor like frontpage. Put the template code in Frontpage and edit it. Thats it.... You could have your own customised blog template like mine.... More info coming up.....http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping More About: Design , Designing , Blog , Desi , Your
Yahoo Blows Roof Off E-Mail Storage
2007-03-30 08:17:00 Superb news Ppl!.Yahoo has announced that it will offer unlimited storage capacity to users of its e-mail service, surpassing competitors such as Google and Microsoft. Yipee!....also, the company has plans to implement measures against abuse from pranksters and hackers. Yahoo will roll out the unlimited storage feature this May in a structured release over several months.http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping More About: Mail , Storage , E-Mail , Rage
Competitors push Microsoft to its Limits!
More articles from this author:2007-03-29 11:31:00 Raymond Chen's blog, offers insights into Micro soft 's software and business design process.there was a recent customer who asked chen something like this"Does the Windows XP Add/Remove Programs control panel expose a scriptable object model? We want out program to open the Add/Remove Programs control panel and uninstall the programs of our competitors"How mean of this person!. Certainly such things must not be entertained by Microsoft. Microsoft must focus on ensuring that the customers are protected. Responding to such serious cases would not be right for Microsoft.http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/p ing More About: Comp , Soft , Limits 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
