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Indian eves’ disastrous hockey World Cup campaign continued…
Indian eves’ disastrous hockey World Cup campaign continued as they lost 1-4 to Germany to complete a hat-trick of defeats in the quadrennial event. India’s third consecutive defeat in Pool A means the Surinder Kaur-led side is still without points in the tournament and are virtually out of the medal race. The comprehensive victory, however, [...]
Thumbs Down for A. R. Rahman’s in the Commonwealth Anthem
It’s unfortunate indeed! The man, who was getting standing ovations almost every other day, is now the butt of sneers, jeers and admonishing remarks from different quarters of society. Oscar and Grammy winning composer A R Rahman, would be a baffled man, with his CWG song being trashed by all and sundry. With barely a [...]
Mobile users spiked 62 percent for Twitter.com since mid-April
Twitter’s mobile user base has spiked 62 percent since mid-April, thanks in great part to the release of official Twitter applications for iPhone, Android and BlackBerry phones. During this timeframe, the proportion of Twitter users who sign up for the service directly from a mobile device has increase to 16 percent, up from five percent, [...]
Saina Nehwal world No.2 to the third place
Saina Nehwal slipped one place from her career-best position of world No.2 to the third place in the latest international rankings released Thursday. A quarters finish at the recently concluded World badminton Championship in Paris left the 20-year-old one place down the rung at the third position. In the men’s ranking, Chetan Anand, P. Kashyap [...]
College Football Predictions – Ohio State Football Schedule 2010
Ohio State Football Schedule 2010 – The schedule of Ohio State is among the most important in the sport of college football. The team has often been criticized of not taking on opponents of their own skill level, and instead opting to beat up on obviously weaker times. However, the team will be playing against [...]
Nokia C5 simplifies a smartphone experience for business users
The Nokia C5, Nokia have gone “old skool” in the design of this phone; it looks very trendy and very professional, though it is not touch screen, it is a smartphone, and it performs like one. Nokia have always had strict boundaries when designing a new phone; it has to look “Nokia”. The phone has [...]
Michael Jackson’s birthday celebrations falls on the same day as the Emmy Awards will be taking place!
Michael Jackson, even after he passed away, is setting new records. He is now the most downloaded artist of all time, according to Nokia’s Ovi Music Store. This year, Michael Jackson’s birthday falls on the same day as the Emmy Awards will be taking place, Sunday, August 29th. Director Spike Lee is having a huge [...]
The Last Exorcism (sci-fi-horror thriller) – a movie review
If there’s one thing that binds the best exorcism films, it’s that the really good ones all offer some great acting. The major players in The Exorcist give amazing performances, The Exorcism of Emily Rose is believable through the work of its solid ensemble, and, now, The Last Exorcism delivers a potentially star-making performance from [...]
Aashayein (John Abraham-Anaitha Nair) – Movie review
Melodramas about terminally ill protagonists must inevitably hark back to Hrishikesh Mukherjee. Nagesh Kukunoor’s long-in-the-cans Aashayein does just that. The film has a scene in which the hero watches Anand in the company of a cancer patient in a hospice. But there is one palpable difference. In the 1971 Rajesh Khanna starrer, the protagonist teaches [...]
Firefox bringing a mobile version of its Firefox browser to smartphone platforms.
Mozilla has been toiling away, slowly, at bringing a mobile version of its Firefox browser to smartphone platforms. In its latest progress report, Mozilla says an alpha version of Fennec is finally ready for Google’s Android OS. Mozilla said the goal in developing this alpha version of Fennec was to make improvements in the responsiveness [...]