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Microsoft (Bing) & Yahoo joins hands to battle Google
Jul 31st
Bing is getting ready for the huge chunk of Web traffic in one bite by becoming Yahoo’s search engine. In exchange Yahoo will get 88 percent of the search-generated ad revenue from its sites in the first five years of this 10-year pact.
This comes after two months of Bing’s bounce back onto the Internet. By this move, Microsoft’s rebranded search engine leaped a lot closer to posing a serious challenge to the online Google.
Carol Bartz (Yahoo Chief Executive) said it saw shares drop by 8 percent on news of the partnership. Meanwhile, Microsoft saw rise in the price of its stock.
HTC myTouch 3G
Jul 31st
HTC myTouch will start its sale in August 2009 at a $200 price tag. The myTouch looks similar to the G1, an has a slimmer, lighter frame that sports a touch-screen keyboard like that of the iPhone. myTouch has better battery life and is being rated for up to seven hours of talk time.
The myTouch comes with a 4 gigabyte microSD memory card that gives plenty of space for storing songs and videos.
myTouch users will also have access to the Android Market. It now has more than 6,300 free and paid applications and widgets you can download to the phone, including Shazam for identifying songs and Twidgit Lite for monitoring short messages on Twitter.
India lose T20 World Cup warm up match to NZ
Jun 2nd
India began their T20 world cup tournament with a lose to the Daniel Vettori’s New Zealand team by 9 runs in a practise match.
Ravinder Jadeja, Suresh Raina & Rohit Sharma were the only batsman who could put up any show against the Jacob Oram, Vettori & Franklyn’s inspired bowling.
Earlier Ishant Sharma took 4 wickets to help India restrict New Zealand to 271 runs.
Taxi driver from Hyderabad assaulted in Australia
Jun 2nd
Indian taxi driver has been beaten up by drunken passengers, which is the 6th attack on the Indian national in a month.
After Amitabh Bachchan, now Aamir Khan has condemned the ongoing Race attacks on the Indian nationals. The Race attacks have been targeted specially on Indians and this has an Australian name of curry bashings.
Thousands of students today came out in streets to protest againsts these OZ curry bashings. They have been manhandled by the Australian cops.
Australian PM Kevin Rudd, has also condemned these attacks and has assured that the attackers would be brought to justice.
Air France plane crashes into Atlantic
Jun 2nd
Air France confirms the Airbus A330-200 with 228 people (214 passengers & 12 crew) on board has almost certainly crashed into the Atlantic. Plane hit heavy turbulence over the Atlantic. Plane could have been hit by lightning.
Several of plane’s mechanisms malfunctioned and the Plane sent out automatic signals for the electronic faults. The Air France Flight 447 lost contact within 4hrs from its take and it couldn’t contact Paris airport.
Planes from Brazil & France searching for the wreckage site. 2 each from Spain, France, England & Morocco on board. French President Sarkozy has said, there is no hope of any survivors and he couldn’t believe this mishap has happened.
Air France has established following toll-free numbers for the relatives & friends of on board passengers
0800 800 812 in France,
0800 881 20 20 in Brazil,
and + 33 1 57 02 10 55 for calls from all other countries.
TV Programme claiming cure for cancer – Body Revival
May 27th
There are TV scoops which shows a product named Body Revival which has been developed by some Mr. Khan ( Munir Khan ). They are claiming that the use of product can cure even cancer and no additional medicines are required.
The ticker at the bottom says the product can cure cancer, aids, heart blockage, brain tumor, blood pressure etc.
There are even some patients like Ranjith Singh who says they have seen the product work on their relatives and the product is fully natural.
www.heartcurable.com
www.cancercurable.com
85 die in West Bengal, Kolkata because of Cyclone Aila
May 27th
85 people have been killed across Kolkata, Howrah and in South Bengal districts.
Cable connections have been disrupted, over 1500 trees has got uprooted across the city, electricity and water supply is effected in several pockets across Calcutta.
The storm Aila started around 1.30 p.m. Monday and it lasted till 8.30 p.m.
Fly cheaper now to London with Jet Airways
May 18th
India’s premier international airline, Jet Airways, has introduced special fares to London from several Indian cities. The fares are effective for travel from 11 May, 2009 to 30 June, 2009.
There are attractive offers from Jet Airways airlines for return Economy fares to London. To avail of these fares passengers must complete their booking by May 31, 2009.
* Mumbai London economy return base fare would now cost Rs 11,990 /-.
* Delhi, Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Kolkata, Ahmedabad, Vadodara and Pune London via Mumbai economy return base fare would now cost only Rs 11,990/-.
* Goa, Nagpur, Rajkot, Trivandrum, Kochi, Coimbatore, Jaipur London via Mumbai economy return base fare would now cost only Rs 12,500/-.
* Amritsar, Chandigarh, Jaipur London via Delhi economy return base fare would now cost only Rs 12,500/-.
All Jetlite flights from Delhi to depart from Terminal 1D
May 18th
All Jetlite passengers traveling on JetLites domestic flights from Delhi have been informed that flights will now depart from Terminal 1D.
The passengers may enter from Gate 5 to 8 for departures and the check-in locations are:
- Première guests, JetPrivilege Platinum / Gold members can Check-in at Row F
- Guests travelling in Economy class can Check-in at Row G
- Guests travelling on JetLite can check-in at Row H
Domestic check- in closes 30 minutes prior to departure. The Arrivals still continues to be at the current terminal i.e Terminal 1C .
Kolkata Knight Riders
May 17th
About Kolkata Knight Riders
The squad in the company of the biggest blockbuster movie star as its holder, lived upto his icon last year. They began on a hit, but could not maintain any more period, they merely frittered away it all to resist in the last phase of DLF-IPL1. Of all the teams, they flattered to mislead. But now comes the big chance to set the record straight. But even before a ball is bowled the Knight Riders have a crisis. Coach John Buchanan wants four-man captaincy team and wants it to be rotated forcing the iconic Sourav Ganguly to brood. Will this feud eat up Knight Riders? Wait and watch
Captain-Coach combination: India’s most booming captain with a eccentric image on and off the field combines with one of cricket’s most thriving coaches for the most unlikely combo.
Last year’s record: Played 14, Won: 6, Lost: 7, N/R: 1
STRENGTHS: Explosive batting ability at the top of the order with players like Brendon McCullum and Chris Gayle set to open. In-form McCullum’s availability for the whole season will be a enormous bonus. The inscrutability spin of Ajantha Mendis will help the Knight Riders get some cheap wickets, specially when the slog is on.
WEAKNESSES: Not too much seam bowling depth apart from Mashrafe Mortaza and Ishant Sharma. The lack of Pakistan players Umar Gul and Shoaib Akhtar might hurt the team poorly. One also has to search long and hard for the presence of a quality all-rounder as Laxmi Ratan Shukla doesn’t quite fit the bill as a bowler. Ganguly, it seems will need to roll his arm over in every game.
OPPORTUNITIES: For Sourav Ganguly to show that he is as a team man after being removed as captain. For John Buchanan to prove that his multiple-captain theory works.
THREATS: The Buchanan-Ganguly spat might do to KKR what the Chappell-Ganguly fall out did to the Indian team. A disinterested and dispassionate Ganguly might be poisonous for team spirit. Buchanan might not rate him too high, but he is father figure to many Indian youngsters in the Knight Riders camp. A fractured team is a real possibility.
Owners: Shahrukh Khan and Juhi Chawla (Bollywood stars)
Coach: John Buchanan (AUS)
Captain: Brendan McCullum
Foreign players: Ajantha Mendis (SRI), Angelo Mathews (SRI), Brad Hodge (AUS), Brendan McCullum (NZL), Chris Gayle (WIS), David Hussey (AUS), Mark Cameron (AUS), Mashrafe Mortaza (BAN), Moises Henriques (AUS).
India stars: Sourav Ganguly, Aakash Chopra, Ishant Sharma, Murali Kartik, Sanjay Bangar
