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Dhoni backs Kumble to lead

"Indian one-day and Twenty20 captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has come out in support of Test skipper Anil Kumble amid talks of the Test captaincy be also handed over to him. In Vadodara for the Irani Cup tie between Ranji champions Delhi and Rest of India, Dhoni revealed that he...

created by indianleads | 1 year ago
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nukemdomis

Fiddle her on the roof

" A RANDY couple stunned their neighbours — by enjoying a booze-fuelled romp on a city rooftop. The pair gave onlookers a sizzling X-rated show — and even stopped halfway through to give them the...

created by sweet east pearl | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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The Seven Ages of Search

"We have all trodden on it, some of us still do, some give up hope along the way, while a few lay the floorboards for the rest to follow. It is a journey of no fixed entry point and peppered with rabbit holes of which there is no return."

created by nsm2007 | 1 year ago
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Thumbs Race as Japan’s Best Sellers Go Cellular

"“Love Sky,” a debut novel by a young woman named Mika, was read by 20 million people on cellphones or on computers, according to Maho no i-rando, where it was first uploaded. A tear-jerker featuring adolescent sex, rape, pregnancy and a fatal disease — the genre’s...

created by polishd | 1 year ago
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Best Seller Written on a Cell Phone

"The cellphone novel was born in 2000 after a home-page-making Web site, Maho no i-rando, realized that many users were writing novels on their blogs; it tinkered with its software to allow users to upload works in progress and readers to comment, creating the serialized...

created by James Chutter | 1 year ago
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BlackBerry & iPhone at war

Target markets for the iPhone and BlackBerry are starting to overlap. The iPhone is a media consumer's dream, playing movies and music with ease. But it's not as finely tuned for the corporate user; large companies have resisted letting employees use iPhones on...

created by Obi-Akpere | 1 year ago
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julieb1975

Type 100 WPM and win $10,000

Warm up those thumbs. What's billed as the first text messaging competition will take place in Los Angeles on Saturday, pitting scores of players in a race to determine who is the fastest. The snag is that...

created by Leattle Pablo | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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Wikia Launches OpenServing Blog Platform

"Wikia, the for-profit project from Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales, announced a project called OpenServing today. OpenServing is a community content platform that will provide free storage, bandwidth, software and computing power. What's more, they'll give site owners...