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Posted in Digg-News on Jan 31st, 2007
Jon Stewart just revealed “unedited” footage of Gates storming out of the set. We all suspected what really happened, and it makes perfect sense…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4suTsIIBWo – Link to original broadcast of interview on Daily Show
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The list of Indian squad for the upcoming cricket World Cup in the Caribbean would be selected on 12th February in Mumbai, among the list of 30 probables 15 would be pruned for the final.
The list of 30 probables for the World Cup would be pruned to final 15 members as 13th February is the [...]
Cricketing legend Kapil Dev urged the media not to sow confusion over the captaincy issue for the forthcoming World Cup by repeatedly raking the name of Sourav Ganguly as a possible candidate for the hot seat.
“Selectors are doing their job. Let’s support them,” Kapil said.
Kapil’s response followed a question from a scribe who asked whether [...]
Sachin Tendulkar earned lavish praise from captain Rahul Dravid who said his unbeaten 100 in the fourth cricket one-dayer against the West Indies should stop people from worrying about his form.
“I had said that we were not unduly worried about Sachin Tendulkar’s batting and after today everyone else can stop worrying about it. It was [...]
India bowled out the West Indies for 181 to win the fourth and final cricket one-dayer by 160 runs and clinch the series 3-1 at the IPCL ground in Vadodara while Tendulkar showed his wonted touch to score an imperious 100 not out, his 41st hundred.
West Indies were bowled out on 181 runs at the [...]
Posted in Digg-News on Jan 30th, 2007
This article explains how I managed to install over 50 various operating systems on my computer (1 hard drive) without having to burn the distro ISO to disk to boot from. (No floppy, usb, cd, dvd, etc. needed!)
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State-run Oil and Natural Gas Corporation, the country’s largest company by market value, today posted a 20.07 per cent jump in net profit for the third quarter this fiscal on higher sales of crude oil.
Net profit for the quarter ended December 31, 2006 stood at Rs 4,668.31 crore compared to Rs 3,887.76 crore in the [...]
Posted in Digg-News on Jan 30th, 2007
This week I’m going to show you how to burn those downloaded TV shows to a DVD you can play in your living room using the free (as in speech), open source application, DVD Flick. In a few simple steps, here’s how to burn almost any video file on your computer to a playable DVD.
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Posted in News on Jan 30th, 2007
Terming the delay in executing the death sentence of Parliament attack convict Mohd Afzal as “an insult to the law of the land”, Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray said there was no need for President A P J Abdul Kalam to refer Afzal’s mercy plea to Union Home Ministry.
“There was no need to pass over [...]
Global IT giant Microsoft introduced the retail version of Windows Vista and 2007 Office System with an aim to reach 18 million customers in a month.
Available in four consumer editions, Windows Vista will be sold through 1,500 outlets in India and is priced comparably with its last offering Windows XP, Microsoft India Chairman Ravi Venkatesan [...]