Wednesday, August 26, 2009
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Thursday, July 2, 2009
Color Picker Technology
Designer Jinsun Park from Korea has come out with a simple tool called ' Color Picker ' . Place the pen against an object and press the scan button, the color will be detected by the color sensor and the RGB cartridges in the pen will mixed the required inks to create the target color.
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Michael Jackson live passes at 50
Several news reports have confirmed that Michael Jackson had died. The pop star had been taken to the hospital, where he remained in a coma. He suffered cardiac arrest and passed away. He was only 50.
Jackson was with the pop group the Jackson Five as a kid, and then went on to become one of the most popular recording acts of all time. He is survived by his large extended family and three children.
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Wednesday, June 17, 2009
India’s 3 consecutive loses in T20 world cup
India ignonimously crashed out of T20 world cup, losing to England by 3 runs. Exposed to some genuine pace bowling, the Indian batsmen yet again showed their frailty against the short and rising delivery, which once again proved to be their nemesis.
Exposed to some genuine pace bowling, the Indian batsmen yet again showed their frailty against the short and rising delivery, which once again proved to be their nemesis. Taking cue from the West Indies, which defeated Indian in the earlier Super8, the English team's fast bowlers managed to soften, contain and removed the Indians.
Chasing 153, India's rising star Rohit Sharma played on Ryan Sidebottom to the stumps and he soon followed by Suresh Raina, who tried to pull the fast bowler but landed one in the hands of deep square leg fielder.
Ravindra Jadeja, often described by many as the future of Indian cricket, came to the crease and struggled to make runs. Jadeja could make only 25 runs in 35 balls, too slow for Twenty20 cricket.
Monday, June 15, 2009
Low-cost phones, emerging markets to drive handsets sector
Juniper (Basingstoke, England) is forecasting that, for the next five years to 2014, annual sales of low cost mobile handsets will rise by 22 per cent to over 700 million.
The research house note that efforts by industry players to lower the TCO (total cost of ownership) for devices and services to the sub $5 mark are already reaping the benefits in markets such as Bangladesh, Pakistan and India.
Thursday, June 4, 2009
Actor David Carradine found dead
American actor David Carradine has been found dead, hanging by a nylon rope in a hotel room closet in Bangkok, Thailand, according to a Thai police official.
David Carradine became famous in the 1970s after starring in the television series "Kung Fu."
Carradine became famous in the 1970s when he starred in the television series "Kung Fu."
The rope was believed taken from the hotel room curtains, Bangkok Police Lt. Colonel Pirom Chanpirom said.
Investigators found no sign of a forced entry into Carradine's room, Chanpirom said.
An autopsy was being conducted at a Bangkok hospital, but no results will be available for another day, he said.
A Carradine family spokeswoman issued a short statement saying the family "is devastated by the news of David's passing."
"Circumstances surrounding his death are still unknown, and there will be no further comment until more information can be confirmed," the statement said.
"The family appreciates the many expressions of condolence, and asks for privacy at this time."
Carradine's personal co-manager, Tiffany Smith, said police provided the family with information about their investigation.
Carradine's friends and personal managers said they were in "complete shock" and brushed aside suggestions that Carradine might have taken his own life.
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Rohit dazzles as India crush Pakistan
London (PTI): Rohit Sharma tore apart Pakistan's bowling attack with a 80-run blitzkrieg as India bulldozed their arch-rivals by nine wickets with three overs to spare in their final warm-up match of the ICC World Twenty20 here on Wednesday night.
Chasing 159, Rohit and Gautam Gambhir (52 not out) raised 140 runs in just 16 overs for the opening stand to slam the door on Pakistan and India cruised to 159 for one in 17 overs to complete a facile win.
Rohit's was a sublime 53-ball knock, bejewelled with nine fours and two sixes. In contrast, Gambhir played the second fiddle to perfection and was unbeaten after a 47-ball knock that included five hits to the fence.
Earlier, Pakistan got off to a flier before suffering a mid-innings slump even though they eventually reached a competitive 158 for six, thanks to cameos from Ahmed Shehzad (25), Younis Khan (32), Misbah-ul Haq (37 not out) and Yasir Arafat (25 not out).
But with Gambhir getting his mojo back and Rohit continuing his purple patch, India's chase was off to a rollicking start on Wednesday and they never relaxed their grip.
Gambhir flicked the first ball from Umar Gul for a delectable four and ended the over in similar fashion.
Rohit, meanwhile, was not ready to be outshone.
Accordingly, Gul was hit over mid-on for a four, Yasir Arafat was dispatched in the stands for the first six of the match before copping two fours in his next over.
Shahid Afridi also found himself at the receiving end of Rohit's wrath when the batsman smote him over midwicket for a huge six.
Though Rohit eventually fell in the 16th over, by then it was just a matter of formality for India.
Earlier, Pakistan got off to a flier but India's disciplined bowling unit staged a remarkable comeback to restrict them to 158 for six.
Despite losing an early wicket, Pakistan cruised to 45 in just over four overs before losing three wickets without a single run added to the score.
After winning toss, Pakistan captain Younis Khan sent out teen twins Shahzaib Hasan (0) and Ahmed Shehzad (25) to open the innings but Hasan was back in the hut soon after Praveen Kumar's fifth legitimate delivery pegged back his off-stump.
Shehzad's too could have been a brief stay but Harbhajan Singh grassed a sitter at mid-wicket off RP Singh when the batsman was on five and India were made to pay for the clanger.
Shehzad shed all inhibitions and went after the Indian bowlers and suddenly it was raining boundaries at The Oval.
R.P. Singh copped two in the same over and Praveen didn't escape unscathed either as Shehzad pulled and drove with elan.
Shehzad's aggression proved contagious as Kamran Akmal (19) too started freeing his arms to good effect.
It was probably too good to last and Pakistan lost three wickets over five balls with Suresh Raina in the thick of action.
An airborne Raina first did a Jonty Rhodes to swoop on a ball and hit the stumps to remove Akmal and then placed himself under Shehzad's miscued skier in the same Ishant Sharma over.
Shahid Afridi's was a blink-and-miss stay as the swashbuckling right-hander bottom edged Irfan Pathan and Mahendra Singh Dhoni took a diving catch to remove him for a golden duck.
Shoaib Malik (14) started well before Pragyan Ojha snared the former captain in his first over and Pakistan were without their top half when the score reached 63.
Younis (32) and Misbah (37 not out) raised 50 runs in 7.3 overs but boundaries had dried up by then. Harbhajan got rid off Younis but Misbah and Arafat (25 not out) threw their bat at everything to push the score past the 150-mark.
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
Air France airliner 'may have tried to turn back'
The doomed Air France airliner that crashed into the sea killing all 228 on board may have been trying to return for an emergency landing at the time, aviation experts said today.
Searchers found a plane seat, a life jacket, metallic debris and signs of fuel were in the middle of the Atlantic.
The debris was spotted from the air about 410 miles north of the Brazilian island of Fernando de Noronha, roughly along the path that the jet was taking before it disappeared, said a Brazilian Air Force spokesman.
There were no signs of life in two sightings of separate debris areas about 35 miles apart.
"The locations where the objects were found are towards the right of the point where the last signal of the plane was emitted," said the spokesman. "That suggests that it might have tried to make a turn, maybe to return to Fernando de Noronha, but that is just a hypothesis."
He said authorities would not be able to confirm that the debris is from the plane until ships arrive in the area tomorrow.
The discovery came more than 24 hours after the jet bound from Rio de Janeiro to Paris went down in an area of massive thunderstorms. Investigators have still no idea why it crashed.
Rescuers were continuing to scan a vast sweep of ocean extending from far off north-east Brazil to waters off West Africa.
The four-year-old Airbus A330 was last heard from at 3.14am Irish time yesterday.
Investigators on both sides of the ocean were trying to determine what brought it down. Potential causes included shifting winds and hail from towering thunderheads, lightning or a combination of other factors.
The crew gave no verbal messages of distress before the crash, but the plane's system sent an automatic message just before it disappeared, reporting lost pressure and electrical failure.
The plane's cockpit and "black box" recorders could be thousands of feet below the surface but will emit radio tracing signals for 30 days.
French transport minister Jean-Louis Borloo said: "The race against the clock has begun".
He added lightning alone, even from a fierce tropical storm, probably couldn't have brought down the plane. "There really had to be a succession of extraordinary events to be able to explain this situation," he said.
France's defence minister Herve Morin said "we have no signs so far" of terrorism, but all theories must be studied.
The Airbus A330-200 was cruising normally at 35,000 feet and 522 mph just before it disappeared nearly four hours into the flight. No trouble was reported as the plane left radar contact, beyond Fernando de Noronha.
However, a line of towering thunderstorms were strung out just north of the equator and bands of extremely turbulent weather stretched across the Atlantic toward Africa.
France's junior minister for transport, Dominique Bussereau, said the plane sent "a kind of outburst" of automated messages just before it disappeared, "which means something serious happened, as eventually the circuits switched off".
The pilot had 11,000 hours of flying experience, including 1,700 hours flying this aircraft.
