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"Modesty is of no use to a beggar." -Homer Read more
"Modesty is of no use to a beggar." -Homer Read more
Hmmm.. interesting! So North Korean nuclear material has been found in Syria. And where did the North Koreans get their material from? Pakistan! Where did Pakistan get its nukes from? China! How did the North Korean missiles reach Pakistan (which were the consideration for the nukes)? Through land via .... you guessed it - CHINA!! Interesting huh! Round and round the world goes! Read more
While Apple has indeed hit it big with iPod and iPhone. But the market may be hotting up! And the lines between different providers may be blurring. Now, of all the companies - Intel, the chip maker, may be reading with the next iPhone killer product, reports Switched.com The big story out of this week's Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco is Intel's upcoming ultra mobile platforms codenamed Menlow and Moorestown. The technologies will be the basis for future generations of UMPCs (Ultra Mobile PCs) and MIDs (Mobile Internet Devices) -- the difference between the two product classes being that UMPCs run on Windows while MIDs use Linux.It's the MID that have caught many people's attention. The versatility, level of customization and low power requirements (which leads to longer battery life and cheaper hardware) of the Linux operating system make it a prime candidate for building an iPhone killer around. Intel showed off an iPhone-like MID with an ultra-wide screen form factor (pictured above). The touch screen device is never going to be mass produced, but was merely intended to show what would be possible with the Moorestown platform. Read more
Here are taxis in Italy - the Lamborghinis! .... and the Indian taxis... that is a real contrast! Read more
History of the world is full of how might was right and how he powerful changed the structure of the world. When the history is written of the post Christ era, one thing that will stand out if how Europeans decimated so many local ecologies, cultures and ethnicities! By the end of this century, half of the languages of the world will disappear! A lowdown: It has already been predicted that by the end of the century, half of the languages spoken now worldwide will be gone. Not by evolving into another language (like Latin into Italian, Spanish, French or Romanian), but by being wiped out by other languages. A team has detected five global "hot spots" of indigenous language extinction, with northern Australia and the center of South America being on top.The Enduring Voices project looks to document and revitalize doomed languages, like those of the Australian aborigines whose cultures have been trampled by European settlers and English. Read more
A comment was left on my quite an old post on xenophobic situation in Germany and how Indians were beaten, by a gentleman names - Wilder Robert. He has opened - and is encouraging people to also - one-page web site with the name of towns and cities in Germany where racial violence and incidents occur and host a "Domain of Shame" content. On his one pager he discusses - Mügeln a town in West Germany. His comment also discusses how the four Indian victims are being harassed in what is clearly victim intimidation. Please read it Read more
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Here is Sreesanth's dance - This is the # 10 batsman Sreesanth, of India, responding to the South African Andre Nel's comment "Man, just don't swing your bat, ..have a heart to hit the ball", by hitting the very next ball for the maximum six runs and by showing his "heart" in front of Nel's face.... Read more
Twenty20 World Cup 2007 for cricket is going on. And India has reached the semis. It is against the formidable Aussies. However, a record was set in the match against England, when Yuvraj hit 6 sixes in one over of Stuart Broad - a fast bowler. Just before the over, Flintoff made an off-color remark to Yuvraj - which spurred the ruthless massacre of Broad! It was Yuvraj Singh's on-field war of words with Andrew Flintoff that spurred the left-hander to unleash his fury and hit Stuart Broad for six consecutive sixes en route to the fastest half century in the Twenty20 World Cup, said India's cricket manager Lalchand Rajput. Read more
Are the Indian companies coming of age? From the also rans - to now ones that celebrate and harness the leadership and prepare leaders of the future, Indian companies have been a revelation in this year's "The Top Companies for Leaders 2007" list from Fortune. There are 4 Indian companies in the first 20. The age old HLL, which has arguably the BEST sales training program in the world is #4 in the world with respect to creating leaders (mind you the list does not say Unilevel but Hindustan Unilever - a rare case of a local subsidiary been a benchmark and better than the parent itself!). Apart from the US companies, you have one from Finland, One from Britain, two from Spain, one from Brazil and 4 from India! So, other than US, the next best place to work - if you want to become a leader is India! 1 General Electric Fairfield, CT, U.S. 2 Procter & Gamble Cincinnati, OH, U.S. 3 Nokia Espoo, Finland 4 Hindustan Unilever Mumbai, India 5 Capital One Financial McLean, VA, U.S. 6 General Mills Minneapolis, MN, U.S. 7 McKinsey None* 8 IBM Armonk, NY, U.S. 9 BBVA Bilbao, Spain 10 Infosys Technologies Bangalore, India 11 Inditex, S.A. Arteixo, Spain 12 Medtronic, Inc. Minneapolis, MN, U.S. 13 Eli Lilly and Company Indianapolis, IN, U.S. 14 McDonald's Corporation Oakbrook, IL, U.S. 15 Whirlpool Corporation Benton Harbor, MI, U.S. 16 Natura Cosméticos Itapecerica da Serra-SP, Brazil 17 GlaxoSmithKline Brentford, Britain 18 Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Melbourne, Australia 19 ICICI Bank Mumbai, India 20 WIPRO Bangalore, India Read more
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