BMW X5

BMW launches the X5 in India. Now how exciting is that. #$%^&^%$#

GM Posts Its Biggest Quarterly Loss- $ 39 Billion

General Motors reported a loss of nearly $39 billion this third-quarter, its largest ever, after it took a huge non cash charge to write down deferred tax credits.

Man, that is a huge amount. Just to put things in perspective, the annual business that Microsoft does is $ 51 Billion. The annual business that Apple does is $ 24 Billion. Now $ 39 billion (or more precisely $ 38.6 billion) is a huge amount to lose.

Hope the GM guys know what they are doing. My wheels are from GM and I hope they keep rolling..

Read the news article here

Tata Motors unveils the Tata Elegante Concept

Tata Motors unveils the new concept car called Elegante. This the first time Tata Motors is naming a car that does not start with Indi (for India). Deep in my heart I think they should not have broken the trend. But the car looks good no doubt. Check out the news article here
and more pictures here.

Google GPS sans a GPS on your mobile phone

Now Google knows where you are, without a GPS device. If you have a GPRS or EDGE or 3G enabled mobile device and use mobile google maps, then you will probably not need a GPS receiver device anytime soon. Google uses triangulation method to locate you and points your location on gmaps mobile screen with a blue dot. It claims an accuracy of a 1700 m radius, but I have rarely seen it farther than a few meters from my true location. Good work GOOG. Well, Read the details here..

Ishmeet bags 'Voice of India' title

Ishmeet became the 1st Star 'Voice of India'. Though not a big fan of either the show or the winner, it needs a mention on my blog here, especially because Madame M announced the winner.

Skype encryption too tough for German police

Skype's encryption creates serious problems for law enforcement, according to the president of Germany's Federal Police Office. They are not able to crack the encryption to track the messages sent by criminals.. Read the full article here

Microsoft looks like a turkey

MICROSOFT engineers worked frantically over the US Thanksgiving holiday to fix a design flaw in Windows that has exposed millions of computers to hijacking by computer criminals. Read the full article here

China moon pictures

China posts the first pictures of Lunar surface taken by it's probe. These guys sure look happy. Read the full article here.

Sabeer Bhatia supports 30 new ventures

Here is Sabeer Bhatia, the founder of hotmail, making another attempt at success. He floats a company called instacoll which provides online documents. Not sure what it is like since it is 'invites only' right now, and I am still waiting for the invite. Here is the news article about his 30 ventures.

ZOHO online docs and more... Watch out GOOG

Check out this website that has online docs and more stuff like CRM and DB all done very nicely. Makes Google docs look pale in comparison and looks like a big target for a buyout by one of the giants in the marketplace if you ask me.

Check it out here..