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Who is hosting this blog?

August 28th, 2008 at 2:58 am » Comments (0)

New bloggers always ask a question, who is hosting the blogs like TechCrunch, Gizmodo, Boing Boing, Lifehacker, Mashable etc.? There is a tool on internet through which we can find the hosting provider of any website or blog. It is called whoishostingthis.com, this tool will help you to find out who is hosting any web [...]



Highlights of the 6th Pay Commission Report

August 27th, 2008 at 7:44 pm » Comments (0)

The panel of 6th Central Pay commission was setup by Indian Government on October 5, 2006 for increasing the salaries of government employees of Indian Republic. This commission has been setup under Justice B.N.Srikrishna for a time period of 18 months. Other members were Prof. Ravindra Dholakia, Mr. J.S.Mathur and Secretary Smt. Sushama Nath. Report [...]



Design Patterns in Software Development

August 27th, 2008 at 6:32 pm » Comments (0)

If you are from computer science or any other engineering background then you must be familiar of programming languages. C is first powerful language in computer programming . It was developed in 1972 by Dennis Ritchie at the Bell Labs. Since then in 36 years dozens of programming languages come into picture. One powerful concept [...]



WordPress App for iPhone users

August 27th, 2008 at 2:55 am » Comments (0)

WordPress has released a new iPhone App for bloggers so that they can use their iPhone for blogging. This iPhone App will support WordPress.com blogs and all the self-hosted WordPress blogs(2.5.1+). It will let you write posts, upload photos, and edit your WordPress blog from your iPhone or iPod Touch. It is an open source [...]



Another century for Sir Don Bradman

August 26th, 2008 at 5:32 pm » Comments (0)

Sir Don Bradman is the greatest batsman in the history of world cricket. His Test batting average of 99.94 is said to be statistically the greatest record in any popular sport. His Test batting average established over a Test career of twenty years and 52 Tests. This has become a world record unlikely to ever be surpassed. Tomorrow [...]



How to do nothing at office and still get paid?

August 26th, 2008 at 4:56 pm » Comments (1)

Do you want to be the laziest person in your office? There are many ways to achieve this. You need not to do anything but you can always manage to get good hikes, appraisal and promotion. Today I am sharing a video which gives you excuses and nice tips on being lazy and how to [...]



IIMA alumni is selling vegetables in Bihar

August 25th, 2008 at 2:41 am » Comments (0)

This news completely amazed the big community of B school graduates in India. Kaushalendra is a 27 years old MBA graduate from IIM Ahmedabad. It is one of the prestigious B schools of world. He got exciting job offers after completing the MBA degree but he decided to hawk vegetables on the streets of Patna, [...]



Beijing 2008 Olympic Games :: The End

August 24th, 2008 at 2:36 pm » Comments (0)

Today the Olympic games has came to an end in Beijing. Google has also changed its logo on the home page. The logo represents the celebration after grand success in Olympic Games. It was an exceptional Olympic where US swimmer Michael Phelps and Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt created history. Beijing said goodbye to the world [...]



Biharis are beggars?

August 24th, 2008 at 12:53 pm » Comments (3)

Are you from Bihar? Oh! You are Bihari. Then you must be expert in corruption, have all the bad habits like smoking, drinking etc. You may have police record. So this is India’s opinion about Bihar. Actually this word ‘Bihar’ has become synonym of poverty, corruption, backwardness, violence and failed governance. Both print and Media [...]



Old Doordarshan TV ads part 1

August 24th, 2008 at 4:18 am » Comments (0)

I remember my childhood when I used to watch these ads before and between the films, TV serials and Cricket matches. At that time they were annoying, but they give real pleasure when you see them again after 10-12 years. So I have started a series of posts on old Indian TV advertisements. This is [...]



Always try to think different

August 23rd, 2008 at 6:32 pm » Comments (1)

Today I found one nice inspirational TV commercial by Apple Computers on YouTube. It is a black and white TV commercial video covering significant historical people of the past, including Albert Einstein, Bob Dylan, Martin Luther King, Jr., Richard Branson, John Lennon, R. Buckminster Fuller, Thomas Edison, Muhammad Ali, Ted Turner, Maria Callas, Mahatma Gandhi, [...]



iPhone or N96 which is better?

August 23rd, 2008 at 3:47 pm » Comments (0)

Both iPhone and N96 are out there in Indian market. Which one is better from the point of view of value for money. Let’s compare both the gadgets. As I have already mentioned in one of my articles that Airtel and Vodafone Essar will sell the phone for around 31,000 rupees (712 dollars) for the [...]



Why you should not use ICICI credit cards?

August 23rd, 2008 at 2:16 am » Comments (2)

Even without doing any transaction through my credit card last month, today I got my credit card statement with some interest charges. ICICI credits cards have become big source of income for this bank. They charge hidden service taxes, huge interest rate, change their policies and plans without informing the customers. I will never forget [...]



iPhone price is too high in India

August 22nd, 2008 at 1:55 am » Comments (1)

So the big time has come. Apple’s iPhone is going to be launched today. Now for the first time iPhone will be available in world’s fastest growing mobile market. But do you know why iPhone is so hot. Actually, it an Internet-enabled multimedia smart phone developed by Apple. It has a multi-touch screen with virtual [...]



Are Ranbir and Deepika getting married?

August 21st, 2008 at 2:44 am » Comments (0)

Yesterday I got the online issue of ‘People’ magazine with the love affair of Ranbir Kapoor and Deepika Padukone being the cover story. There I read the how the couple confessed about how they met and the person who was ‘actually’ instrumental in bringing them together. If you read this issue then you will observe [...]



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