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India to Reach for the Moon Next Month

India making it's bid for the moon. Chandrayaan leaves for the Moon next month and all eyes are glued to the skies. Read on here

Book A World-Class Hotel Room For Only $19.28 Per Night

Come October 1, 2008 and the 'Leading Hotels of the World' is celebrating it's birthday by offering hotel rooms at $19.28 a night from a big choice of hotels all over the World. Check it out here

Participating Hotels of the World

Participating Hotels in Africa

South Africa
The Table Bay Hotel (Cape Town)
Pezula Resort Hotel & Spa (Knysna)


Participating Hotels in Asia & Pacific

Hong Kong
The Langham, Hong Kong (Kowloon )

Indonesia
The Legian (Bali)

Korea
The Shilla Seoul (Seoul)

Malaysia
The Club at The Saujana (Shah Alam)

Myanmar
The Strand (Yangon)

Taiwan, R.O.C.
The Sherwood Taipei (Taipei )

Thailand
Banyan Tree Bangkok (Bangkok)
The Chedi Chiang Mai (Chiang Mai)
Bo Phut Resort & Spa (Koh Samui, Suratthani)
Santiburi Golf Resort & Spa (Koh Samui, Suratthani)

Vietnam
The Nam Hai (Quang Nam Province)


Participating Hotels in Caribbean

Dominican Republic
Tortuga Bay (Punta Cana)

St. Lucia
Discovery at Marigot Bay (Marigot)


Participating Hotels in Central & South America

Argentina
Alvear Palace Hotel (Buenos Aires)

Brazil
Pestana Convento do Carmo Hotel (Salvador)

Ecuador
Royal Palm Hotel Galapagos (Galapagos Islands)
Hotel Oro Verde (Guayaquil)

Venezuela
Gran Meliá Caracas Suites and Conference Center (Caracas)


Participating Hotels in North America

Canada
Château Bonne Entente (Quebec, Québec)

Mexico
Presidente Intercontinental Cozumel Resort & Spa (Cozumel)
Marquis Los Cabos (Los Cabos)
Hotel Habita (Mexico City)
Grand Velas All Suites & Spa Resort (Nuevo Vallarta)
Paraiso de la Bonita Resort & Thalasso (Riviera Maya)

United States
Enchantment Resort & Mii amo Spa (Sedona, Arizona)
Bernardus Lodge (Carmel Valley, California)
The Hay-Adams (Washington, DC)
Biltmore (Coral Gables, Florida)
The James Chicago (Chicago, Illinois)
Wheatleigh (Lenox, Massachusetts)
La Posada de Santa Fe Resort & Spa, A Rock Resort (Santa Fe, New Mexico)
The Alex Hotel (New York, New York)
Participating Hotels in Europe

Austria
Hotel Loipersdorf Spa & Conference (Loipersdorf)

Cyprus
Amathus Beach Hotel Limassol (Limassol)
Amathus Beach Hotel Paphos (Paphos)
Anassa (Polis)

Czech Republic
Hotel Le Palais Prague (Prague)

Estonia
Schloessle Hotel (Tallinn )

France
Hotel Raphael (Paris)

Germany
Hotel Adlon Kempinski (Berlin)
Kempinski Hotel Bristol Berlin (Berlin)
Grandhotel Schloss Bensberg (Cologne/Bergisch Gladbach)
Schlosshotel Hugenpoet (Essen-Kettwig)
Hotel Hessischer Hof (Frankfurt am Main)
Schlosshotel Kronberg (Frankfurt am Main)
Hotel Nassauer Hof (Wiesbaden )
Hotel Atlantic Kempinski Hamburg (Hamburg)

Hungary
Kempinski Hotel Corvinus Budapest (Budapest)
New York Palace Boscolo, Budapest (Budapest)

Ireland
Killarney Park Hotel (Killarney)

Italy
Hotel Santa Caterina (Amalfi)
Grand Hotel Baglioni (Bologna)
Palazzo Arzaga Hotel Spa & Golf Resort (Brescia)
L'Andana (Castiglione della Pescaia)
Villa D'Este (Cernobbio )
Grand Hotel Villa Medici (Florence )
Hotel Regency (Florence )
Villa La Massa (Florence )
Carlton Hotel Baglioni (Milan)
Grand Hotel et de Milan (Milan)
Grand Hotel Miramare (Portofino)
Hotel Lord Byron (Rome)
Grand Hotel Palazzo della Fonte, Rome (Fiuggi)
Terme di Saturnia Spa & Golf (Saturnia)
Kempinski Hotel Giardino di Costanza (Mazara del Vallo (Sicily))
Grand Hotel Excelsior Vittoria (Sorrento)
Bauer Hotel (Venice)
Bauer "II Palazzo" (Venice)
Luna Hotel Baglioni (Venice)
San Clemente Palace Hotel & Resort (Venice)
Byblos Art Hotel Villa Amista (Corrubbio Di San Pietro In Cariano)

Netherlands
Hotel de l'Europe (Amsterdam)

Portugal
Vila Vita Parc (Algarve )
Grand Real Villa Italia Hotel & Spa (Cascais)
Bairro Alto Hotel (Lisbon )

Russia
The Hotel Baltschug Kempinski Moscow (Moscow)
The Taleon Imperial Hotel (St. Petersburg)

Spain
Gran Hotel La Florida (Barcelona)
Hotel Rey Juan Carlos I (Barcelona)
Fairplay Golf Hotel & Spa (Benalup-Casas Viejas (Cadiz))
Silken Gran Hotel Domine Bilbao (Bilbao)
Barceló La Bobadilla (Loja/Granada)
Hotel Puente Romano (Marbella)

Sweden
Grand Hôtel Stockholm (Stockholm)

Switzerland
Tschuggen Grand Hotel (Arosa)
Hotel Eden Roc, Ascona (Ascona)
Grand Hotel Quellenhof (Bad Ragaz)
Waldhaus Grand Hotel & Spa (Flims)
Hotel d'Angleterre (Geneva)
Carlton Hotel (St. Moritz)
The Dolder Grand (Zurich)

United Kingdom (UK)
Baglioni London (London, England)
The Langham, London (London, England)
The Gleaneagles Hotel (Perthshire, Scotland)

Come on, pack your bags already.

Love downloading software?

All you need is, to visit this site, and download the giveaway of the day for free. Check it out at http://www.giveawayoftheday.com

Working with MS India

Google digitising old newspapers for online search

Google announced Monday it is working with a growing number of newspapers to “bring history online” by digitising archives of articles ranging from lunar landings to local obituaries.

Read on here and here

Microsoft Launches Dual Purpose Mouse

Microsoft has introduced new mouse, named Arc Mouse, which can be used in two modes including as desktop mouse ( when fully extended) and as notebook mouse (when folded).

Read on here and here

Google Earth to Nokia Maps (.kml to .lmx)

- Start off in Google Earth. Select your location and save it. Be sure to save as .kml and not .kmz.
- Next, go to this website: http://poiconvert.free.fr/
- For the source format, select .kml
- Next upload your file.
- Finally, select your output format. You can choose formats for TomTom (.ov2), Garmin (.asc) and Nokia Maps (.lmx). I can’t test TomTom or Garmin, so I’ll talk about Nokia Maps.
- Send the .lmx file to your phone. I sent the file with bluetooth for ease of use. You can also plug in the USB cable and then transfer the file, then open it with a file explorer. You can also email the file to yourself as an attached file.
- Open the .lmx file and Nokia Maps will start up and find the location.

You're done. Check out more tips here.

Google's own browser goes live

Google announced it's own browser, Google Chrome, and it is available at http://www.google.com/chrome

Check it out.

IE 8 beta announced. Copies from other browsers

IE 8 beta is available for download and has many features that have long been available with other, better browsers. Check it out here

Cows have magnetic sense, shows study

Cows orient their bodies in the North - South direction while grazing and resting shows a study from images on Google Earth. Read on here

Create a website, right from your mobile..

Build your website right from your mobile phone. Now this is real convenient, isn't it? Check it out at www.mobisitegalore.com

HTC Dream video leaked

The Google Android based HTC Dream due to be launched shortly.

Wordle word curry

Wordle makes a work curry from the blog feed url. Like this word soup is from this blog feed. Check it out here.

World Disaster Map,

Here is a place where you can find most world disasters on the world map, with color codes and embedded information.

Check it out here.

Nokia Email goes live as beta.

Nokia's answer to Blackberry service goes live as beta, and it is not a bad thing really. It requires you to download a small app on your handsets and it has a pretty decent GUI.

Read on here, and sign up at http://email.nokia.com

A dozen reasons to bury your iPhone!!

Here are a dozen reason why you should think before getting the iPhone. And I am not counting that you can't change the battery yourself. Only Apple can.

1. You can only sync music and video through iTunes.
2. You can only install apps through iTunes.
3. Apple deletes useful applications.
4. Apple might not accept apps which might be detrimental to its own business.
5. You can only run one third-party application at a time.
6. Apple might not allow app vendors to open up their apps.
7. Limited Bluetooth use.
8. No copy-paste.
9. No MMS.
10. No video recording.
11. No voice command.
12. Hardware locked to carriers.
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Read on here

HC bans plastic bags in all city markets in New Delhi

The High Court banned plastic bags in all city markets...High time they tackled this problem from the supply side. Now they are also going to shut all plastic recycling units in the city. Hope the plan works. Read on here

Apple blacklisting hacked iPhones. Beware !!

Apple is said to have installed a small app on the iPhones, called blacklist, which contacts the Apple server and allows Apple to remotely remove unauthorized apps from the iPhone and even blacklist the phone. Blacklisting will prevent further use of the phone and withdraw services from Apple support. The media is referring to it as the 'kill switch'. Read on here and here.

Nokia introduces E71, the iPhone and BB contender

Nokia introduces the E71 Smartphone with all bells and whistles included.
It's got the following ticked on the specs chart

WiFi
Bluetooth
GPS
VoIP / Sip Support
Qwerty Keyboard
128 Mb RAM
256 Mb ROM
2 GB card included
FM Radio
Quad BAnd
3.5 G
3.2 MB camera with flash and AF
IR gate
and a 1500 mAh battery with 10 hours talk time
369 mHz Marvel Chip
a 10 mm thin form factor

Sounds quite a winner. Check it out here and here.

Now, $10 Laptop For Pupils!

Do I hear it right? A $10 laptop? Whoa !!!

Read on here..and here

BRB Evolution, the folding car..

Inspired by the Mercialigo, the BRB concept is a folding car that saves parking space. Check it out here

McKinnon being extradited to the US

McKinnon, the notorious UK hacker who broke into the Pentagon after the 911 attacks is finally being sent to the USA for trial and may face up to 60 years in jail. Read on here

Samsung launching an 8 MP Phone with Symbian S60

Samsung all set to launch an 8 MP phone, the i8510, with Symbain S60 and GPS, HSPDA etc. Quite a loaded phone this and should be a favorite with shutter bugs. Read on here

Google Knol goes live

Google announced their Wikipedia like authoring site known as Knol (Knol as in Knowledge) a few months back. It went live on 23rd July and you can check it out here at http://knol.google.com