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A .com domain for USD 35 ?? I can’t believe my eyes as what I am reading. In a time where Microsoft Live Office Apps are offering free domain to US business users, there, Yahoo small busiess service is charging USD 35 (34.95) for a single .com domain renewal. ChotoCheeta.com is registered with Yahoo back in 2006, and [...]
This is an interesting read which I come across at Gaurish Sharma Live. All though it is nothing which is directly related to technology, but in a country, which is crowned as one of the IT leaders in the world, there an university operates with such rule which suggests, A way to get expelled from [...]
BSNL revolutionized the Indian approached to Internet by introducing DataOne service via ADSL technology. It is seen to many as revolution because of the area covered by BSNL. BSNL happened to be the largest PSTN service provider of India by virtually having RJ-11 telephone wire every where in the county. Hence they were able to [...]
A report at PC-World suggests that Microsoft corporation is planing to spend USD 20 million on computer literacy programs in India. Incidentally, company has already spend USD 20 million since 2003 under project Shiksha, providing basic computer knowledge and training to over 2,40,000 Indian government / NGO employees / teachers / educators. Over next 3 [...]
It seems people are simply not willing to let go the humors relating to the Sharp Edges of MacBook Air. As recently HP’s VooDooPC CTO cut his birthday cake with MacBook Air. Voodoo CTO Rahul Sood apparently have used his birthday present MacBook Air as a knife to cut the birthday cake. Farther on he [...]
Recently on 20th May, WinVistaClub carried out a news stating, The Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer, was speaking at Corvinus University when a protester interrupted and started throwing eggs at him. and today the author of WinVistaClub, pointed me towards this web site allowing users to play a game based on that Egg throwing incident. [...]
The Planet, one of the largest operator in US lost their Houston H1 data center facility on 31st of May due to electrical fire. As per their official forum, the primary transformer suppling power to the facility caught fire and actually exploded. The explosion caused serious damaged to the buildings electrical system. It was so [...]
No wait, you are in no need to donate any thing any where. Its Microsoft who is donating. all you have to do is watch a 35 seconds commercial performed by a Kid. Microsoft Australia is running a donate / charity campaign in which as company they will donate $ 1 to Smith Family (a [...]
In just 5 years we have climbed a long way up in the Internet speed ladder. I can remember my self back in 2001, seating in the same chair, typing on the same keyboard, and accessing the Internet via BSNL landline (PSTN) with Satyam (Sify) dial up connection on my P-II 400 MHz with 128 [...]
Back in school, in our literature classes we read about poet Jibanananda Das, who died under a tram. I used to wonder how can one die under a tram ? As those who are in Kolkata or ever been in Kolkata would know, tram is one of the noisiest and slowest moving vehicle in the [...]
IPL T20 2011 Team standings and points table Yes, you are reading right, legally you can watch or stream IPL (Indian Premiere league) T20 (Twenty – Twenty) matches live via Internet. The official BBCI T20 web site, IPLT20.com is broadcasting / streaming the matches live. You may need at-least a 2 MBPS connection to stream [...]
Brief history of IPL England and Europe has their football league, where as USA as their NFL to support and chear about. Where as now, in India we have one of our own event to talk about. Cricket is the biggest religion of India and subcontinent and our cricketers are like god to us. The [...]
After I posted few jokes about Ranjikant, I received few emails asking about this all mighty and while preparing my email replies, I happen to find 2 contrasting photographs of this ever green super hero. We all know the almighty, king of industry always been seen in his movies, as an youth icon, where as [...]
The word “cheque drop box” is now an haunting factor for all Indian bank customers. Earlier it used to be just private banks, but now the government banks are joining in too. What is this problem ?? When you walk into your branch to make an account payee Cheque deposition, the bank branch may ask [...]
Indian economy is booming, no doubt about it, we are in race to produce worlds richest men, one after another… TATA motors is coming up with their stunning RS. 1 lakh (USD 3000) TATA NANO… NRI are returning to India and spending hundreds of dollars. Foreign citizens are choosing India as their residence.. Banks are [...]
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