Try a phone at www.tryphone.com

Now you can try out a phone before buying it. As of today, there are just a few phones including the iPhone that are listed there..but we expect more to be added soon, hopefully, don't we? Check this out here

Knols - Units of Knowledge may challenge Wikipedia

Google coins a new word 'knol' - unit of knowledge and is set to rollout encyclopedia-like collection of articles that could tighten the company's control over the user experience on the web.

Knol, an encyclopedia-like collection of articles written by selected experts, might drive revenue growth for Google, but that's probably not the motive behind it. The real value of the project is how it extends Google's control over the content that users see online. read the full article here

Evel Knievel, 69, Daredevil on a Motorcycle, Dies

Evel Knievel, a living legend and a famous daredevil, known to have performed rare stunts on his bike to packed audiences died yesterday at 69.

I was a personal fan of his and just recently watching a documentary program on him on TV. Nice guy. I thought he would die on the saddle of his bike but he contracted some lung disease that proved fatal. I feel he should have moved on from performing the stunts to maybe opening a stunt school, maybe he did too.
May his soul rest in peace.
News article here

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..

Cool spoof on Facebook, must watch

Ms Dewey from Microsoft, OMG

Wondering which way MS is headed. Check out this new search engine from the MS stable. OMG!!!

Synchronized driving skills

Check out the driving skills of this Hyundai team. Can you change a tire while your car is moving, these guys can.

Yuvraj's super 6 sixes on 19th Sep against England

Incredible score by Sunidhi Chauhan at the Asian Games

Gmail video, awesome

This vid is an edited version of vids sent by 1100 people from 65 countries worldwide. Awesome.

Mahindra of India does a Hummer

Here is the Mahindra Axe, touted to be the Indian answer to the Hummer. It will have variants of 4 liter engines in Petrol and Diesel and it sure looks a stunner.

Wait till it hits the civilian markets in a few years..

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gPhone announcement this September

This coming September the gPhone from Google may be announced. Touted to have inbuilt GPS and running a Linux kernel, it may be priced around $ 100 and Google may be looking at earning revenue from ads served on the device. They will not be 'competing' with the iPhone and their phone is touted to be a HTC manufactured entry. Read more here

ZunePhone lol

A nice lesson in Buoyancy

Check out this video on Buoyancy. The heavier gas (probably CO2) makes the aluminum foil boat float. Roll over Archimedes!!

Google launches Mobile You tube

Google launched mobile Youtube at http://m.youtube.com and it comes with a warning about the site being data intensive ....

Information: YouTube Mobile is a data intensive application. We highly recommend that you upgrade to an unlimited data plan with your mobile service provider to avoid additional charges. Continue

Copyright 2007 YouTube, Inc.

MadTv spoof on iRack, iRan and the public. Hilarious.

MadTv spoof on iRack, iRan and the public. Hilarious.