Assam - The Flood Festival continues...

Strange to call a tragedy a festival... right ? But for Indian state Assam, floods are like festivals which keep coming back every year... But not with the joy one would associate with Festivals, only with sorrow and...

The Nuke Deal will hurt India..... Badly !

देश को ले डूबेगा परमाणु समझौताभारत-अमरीका परमाणु समझौता लागू होने के बाद भी हमारी...

Artist Beryl Cook dies aged 81

British artist Beryl Cook, who was known for her comical paintings of people, has passed away at the age of 81. "Beryl Cook, the populist and bawdy painter of a thousand iconic fat women,died at the age of 81...

Giant Telescope Links New York And London

"A transatlantic portal opened first Giant Telescope Links New York And Londonon"

Sightseers hold-up traffic on new bridge

I know that China is a very large country and that it is difficult for officials to ignore rules and regulations but one would think that they could have allowed a week or two for people to experience the wonderful...

Rugby striptease video hits the web

It is hard to believe that Lithuania beat Australia at rugby."The Austrian national rugby team tried to get over their 48-0 defeat by Lithuania by staging a mass striptease in the capital Vilnius late on Saturday, only to find they had been caught on video and put on the...

Corporate Hipster launches (two days ago, but whatevs)

They may only have five members so far, but the Corporate Hipster social network is off and running.  Now you can create valuable professional relationships with fashion-conscious, fiscally responsible young...

Google Launches Non-Profit Portal

Google has always touted itself as more than just a money makins business. And even though they generate billions in revenue I've always sensed there is something more to it. Perhaps I'm neive. However, the launch of...

Get On The Stick! ... With Cuba’s IT Underground :: Symblogogy

"Necessity is the mother of invention – or in this case adaptation. Information technology in Cuba, with its heavy-handed oversight of human activity, is in a process of breaking out of the grip of the government...

Just Because Someone Published it on the Web, Doesn't Make it News department.

"In that, with a very visible way to solicit submissions and a public hungry for perhaps something different, it should prove to be a financial success. The way they intent to go about it’s execution, though, may...

Microsoft wants to purchase Yahoo

"Microsoft has offered to buy the search engine company Yahoo for $44.6bn (£22.4bn) in cash and shares. The offer, contained in a letter to Yahoo's board, is 62% above Yahoo's closing share price on Thursday. Yahoo cut its revenue forecasts earlier this week and said it...

Hundreds of Layoffs Expected at Yahoo

Here is Yahoo's official statement on their plan to lay off hundreds of employees: "Yahoo plans to invest in some areas, reduce emphasis in others, and eliminate some areas of the business that don’t support the company’s priorities." Yeah, thanks, that's very...

Hudson launches iPhone/iPod touch gaming portal

If you remember Hudson soft, the company that propelled Bomberman into fame has now launched an exclusinve portal for iphone and ipod touch games. Do the Hudson is what they are calling the portal and BTW is all in Japanese, features free games that can be played online. We...

India-EU film site to be launched as a portal

A popular website www.iefilmi.com (India-EU Film Initiative), based in London, is soon going to be launched as a business-to-business portal, said its director Pervaiz Alam in London on Thursday, 6 December, 2007....

GSMA`s Global Mobile Awards 2008 - now open for entry

"The awards will be judged by independent analysts, journalists and subject matter experts, the winners will be announced on Tuesday 12th February 2008 at a gala dinner at the National Palace in Barcelona, during the mobile World Congress. The 2008 categories are as...

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