TheAnand

Author: TheAnand

  • Coming Soon > N-Gage 3rd Edition!

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    Nokia seems to be in a serious mood to compete in the hand-held gaming market with Nintendo and Sony. The initial try with the N-Gage was almost a complete failure, it was a piece of “junk” as many called it. Though the first N-Gage sold far less than what the company expected, there was loads…

  • Orkut & YouTube, Merged?

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    Today I was doing what every teenager does online, using the most popular social networking site on the net – Orkut. But what was different today was a new button on the sidebar – Video. Naturally curious, I went on to check it out, I was surprised, it enabled users to share videos. It is…

  • YouTube Users: Get a sniff of Money!

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    YouTube is now following the trends of a internet economic network like the Agloco, Revver and others. Its founder Chad Hurley, announced at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Friday that it is considering sharing its revenue with its users. This could mean a lot for the users of the most popular video sharing…

  • It bothers me that I have to go. . .

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    How is it to die? The other day while surfing, I came across a blog that is written by Donald Crowdis, the the first host of the CBC’s “The Nature of Things” and one of the key figures in the creation of the Ontario Science Center. He turned 93 years young few weeks ago and…

  • Kaun Banega Crorepati – Hosted by King Khan

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    Today the first episode of the new Crorepati, hosted by Shah Rukh Khan went on air today. Shah Rukh Khan a.k.a King Khan stepped into the shoes of Shri Amitabh Bachan as the host of the Indian version of – “Who wants to be a millionaire?”. The show had a mass following since it first…

  • Get rid of Mosquitoes – The Modern Way!

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    It is hell. My city – Cochin, also called the commercial capital of Kerala, is fast becoming the capital for advanced breeding of mosquitoes. These things are smart as far as I can see, they have survived the worst of human attempts to eradicate them, growing immune to most repellents. There is no such thing…

  • FREE Broadband Access with Airtel

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    Enjoy Airtel Broadband now with unlimited download limits and speeds more than 512kbps. And I mean FREE as in “Freedom”. The other day while aimlessly surfing the web, I came across a forum which discussed about Airtel Broadband Services. It contained a topic by a user in which he asks i know that the login…

  • Adsense TOS Updated – Do no Evil?…hmm…

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    Adsense updated their TOS [Terms Of Service] with a few changes that shows how much they hate competition! Competitive Ads and Services In order to prevent user confusion, we do not permit Google ads or search boxes to be published on websites that also contain other ads or services formatted to use the same layout…

  • Orkut Tip – Unban a member

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    The other day I was banned from my company community on Orkut due to some misunderstanding with the owner. When the issue was solved, the owner was at a loss on how to unban me and get me back to the community. After gooogling for a while I found this important post in Devil’s Workshop…

  • Guru – The movie review

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    Production Directed by Mani Ratnam, who has written the script with Suhasini Mani Ratnam and Vijay Krishna Acharya. Shooting for the film took place in Turkey and Badami, Karnataka, as well as in Chennai and Madurai, Tamil Nadu. The music is composed by A.R. Rahman, with lyrics by Gulzar. Cinematography for the film is handled…