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Now flip newspaper pages on your cellphones 1970-01-01 00:59:59 In a first of its kind service, cellphone users will be able to read their morning newspaper on their mobile phones. The services called M paper would be launched nationwide(India) in December.Every morning the reader would receive the paper of his or her choice in the form of an MMS. Unlike the news alert in the M paper the reader would be able to get the whole news report, with pictures on mobile phone. The electronic paper will have different sections and the reader will be able to scan it without any time delay.Cellnext Solutions that has introduced M Paper has carried out its soft launch with Idea Cellular. Currently the paper is sent to some one thousand customers of Idea to get customer’s feedback. "The feedback is very encouraging," says Mr Ajay Vaishnavi, chief operating officer, Cellnext Solutions.Cellnext is talking with major dailies to launch their newspapers on cellphones.A subscriber of the M paper will have to pay only Rs 50 per month for the service. M paper will con
Amazing Job Application by a 17 year KID! 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Job applicationThis is an actual job application that a 17-year-old boy submitted at a McDonald's restaurant in Florida....and they hired him because he was so honest and funny.NAME: Greg BulmashSEX: Not yet. Still waiting for the right person.DESIRED POSITION: Company's President or Vice President. But seriously, whatever's available. If I was in a position to be picky, I wouldn't be applying here in the first place.DESIRED SALARY: $185,000 a year plus stock options and a Michael Ovitz style severance package. If that's not possible, make an offer and we can haggle.EDUCATION: Yes.LAST POSITION HELD: Target for middle management hostility.SALARY: Was less than I'm worth.MOST NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENT: My incredible collection of stolen pens and 'post-it' notes.REASON FOR LEAVING: It sucked.AVAILABLE FOR WORK: Of course. That's why I'm applying.PREFERRED HOURS: 1:30 – 3:30pm., Monday, Tuesday and Thursday.DO YOU HAVE ANY SPECIAL SKILLS?: Yes, but they're better suited to a more i Read more:Amazing
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Aussies slammed for nudging Pawar 1970-01-01 00:59:59 The Australian cricket is often accused of being boorish, over aggressive and rude. For many cricket fans, the team gave a display of their behaviour on Sunday.At the presentation ceremony of the ICC Champions Series final, the team was allegedly rude to BCCI President Sharad Pawar, who was on the dais to present the trophy.Eager to hold the trophy and pose for the cameras with his team-mates, skipper Ricky Ponting was seen tapping Pawar on the shoulder as a gesture to leave the stage. Batsman Damien Martyn came up from behind and nudged Pawar away from the stage in his eagerness for the group photo. Some say Martyn pushed Pawar.World champions Australia defeated West Indies by eight wickets in the rain-hit final to claim their maiden Champions Trophy, the second most important one-day tournament in world cricket. PAWAR PLAY: Damien Martyn is seen pushing Pawar off the dias"It’s not a major issue. I was not insulted or embarrassed or pushed. The Australians were just excited about wi Read more:Aussies
Amazing Air Magic!! 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Can you believe this??These are some photos of St. Maarten Airport and the planes impress most people on the beach flying over just seconds before touching down at Princess Juliana Airport. This is a just a little too close for comfort.12 Boeing 747s operate daily to St. Maarten. The heavy jumbo is the most impressive of all and attracts the looks of everybody around...This photo, from inside one 747 of Air France , it possible to have one idea of the small strip of beachjust before the head of the landing strip for planes in St. Maarten. Read more:Amazing
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Amazing website to soon display your salary!! 1970-01-01 00:59:59 SOON you will be able to compare your salary with those of your counterparts in other cities, organisations and countries, all thanks to a new website
— http://www.paycheck.in/ — that is being developed as part of a research initiative of IIM-A, IISc, Bangalore and IT Professionals Forum of India, Bangalore.And it is not just the salary description of blue-collared jobs that will be available online for a person to check where s/he stands in terms of getting salary; the website also includes a section on ‘minimum wage checkers’ that will indicate the minimum wage paid in different states of the country. The website, a part of a series of websites launched with international collaboration across the world, is one of the two websites that include the minimum wage checkers, with the other one being launched in The Netherlands.‘‘The new and improved wage data that will be made online through the website will help trade unions. Employers in IT, manufacturing and finance sectors Read more:Amazing
Madonna's plans to adopt African toddler 1970-01-01 00:59:59 US pop diva Madonna
is under fire in Britain for her plans
to adopt
an Africantoddler
, with her toughest critics dismissing her as a selfish star who could do much more to ease world poverty.Madonna, 48, who has a family home in London, left Malawi on a private plane Friday after a judge granted her an 18-month interim order allowing her to take David Banda, the son of an illiterate farmer, out of the country.Mother to 10-year-old Lourdes and Rocco, six, Madonna is not the first star to expand her family by adopting children from developing countries.In fact, US actress Mia Farrow was the first in the 1970s -- she is the mother of 14 children, including 10 adopted from overseas from countries like South Korea, Vietnam and India.US actress Meg Ryan adopted a Chinese girl, while the Scottish actor Ewan McGregor, famous for his role in the film Star Wars, gave his two children a little Mongolian sister.However, the adoptive parent who is perhaps best known is Angelina Jolie. In Cambodia
How to Create a Resume! 1970-01-01 00:59:59 How to Create a Resume
...That Wins Interviews !!A resume can either open doors or keep them closed. Never assume that people are going to read your resume because the fact is that most resumes get only a passing glance. You must do everything possible to spark immediate interest during that moment.Constructing a resume that earns interviews is remarkably simple.Here are six do's and don’ts to follow when composing your document.1. Begin with a summary.Showcase two or three of your most exciting accomplishments. Bullet these items and use numbers to illustrate their extent.By starting out this way, you'll be showing people how good you are, not just telling them that you're good. As a plus, you'll distinguish yourself from job seekers who begin by listing their functional specialties and a brief discussion of their strengths.2. Use a chronological format.The next section of your resume relates to your experience. Always list your experience in reverse chronological order, startin
Road of Death...Amazing! 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Road of DeathStremnaya road is called the road of death and its situated in Bolivia Read more:Amazing
From Chinese jail to Miss Tibet 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Three years ago, at the tender age of 17, Metok Lhazey sat in solitary confinement in a pitch dark, filthy and horribly cramped Chinese
prison cell in the Tibet
an capital Lhasa.This weekend, the nervous 20-year-old is dreaming about being crowned Miss Tibet in a small but controversial beauty pageant held by Tibetan refugees in northern India. "My main motive is to push the Tibetan cause all over the world, because I know what is going on in Tibet," she said in her hotel room, as she prepared for the contest, plastic beads in her hair and blue bangles on her wrists. The Miss Tibet beauty pageant is in its fifth year, a budget contest in small town of McLeodganj that attracts only a handful of contestants but plenty of controversy.For Complete story
Public Toilet in Switzerland Amazing right? 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Public Toilet
in SwitzerlandAmazing
right?Here's a picture of a public toilet in Switzerland.Now that you have seen the outside view of the Toilet,Just spend some more time scrolling down to see how it looks from inside ..!!........................... That's made entirely out of one-way glass. No one can see you in there, but when you are inside, it looks like you're sitting in a clear glass box. Read more:Public
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For all of you working in HP ODC 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Call to technical support:Caller: Hi, our printer is not working
.Customer Service: What is wrong with it?Caller: Mouse is jammed.Customer Service: Mouse? And how it is related to printer?Caller: Mmmm.. Wait, I will send a picture.SCROLL DOWN TO SEE THE PICUTRE HOW THE MOUSE IS JAMMED !!!..............................
Yahoo goes ‘desi’ with 7 Indian languages 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Internet brand Yahoo
on Thursday announced that Yahoo India portal is now available in seven Indian languages -- Hindi, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Punjabi and Gujarati.It also announced that Yahoo Messenger 8.0 now allows users to chat in nine Indian languages -- Hindi, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Punjabi, Bengali, Marathi and Gujarati.Managing Director of Yahoo India George Zacharias said the localization of the Yahoo India portal will revolutionize user experience and invite more users to access information on a daily basis for news, reviews and events happening around them."Innovation is key driver for our product development, in order to make Yahoo relevant to the next 200 million Indians that will come online in the next few years," Zacharias told reporters.Source: Expressindia.com
Britney Spears goes Bald! Hot or Not? 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Britney Spears
goes Bald! Hot or Not?Pop star Britney Spears has shocked observers again, this time by sporting a shaved head.She showed her new look when she dropped into a tattoo parlour in Los Angeles, swiftly attracting a crowd of curious passers by. She went to the Body and Soul store last night to get a couple of tiny tattoos on her wrist, a pair of pink and red lips.The surprising display came as the star was once more the subject of intense media scrutiny amid reports that she had checked in - and quickly out of - rehab. Syndicated entertainment TV show "Extra" first reported that Spears, who has been criticised for partying too much recently, had gone into a treatment facility.Celebrity website TMZ.com then said the 25-year-old had gone into a treatment centre but checked out one day later. Neither revealed their sources.People magazine's website, quoting "a source", said Spears had gone in and out of rehab, and identified the facility as Eric Clapton's Crossroads centre in Read more:Britney
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No Special Effects Here? This is REAL 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Do you remember the movie, the Mummy, no special effects here… This is REAL…Sand Storm, 26 April 2005. Al Asad, IRAQ. It's a wall of sand traveling at 60 mph. This picture was taken 1 min later and its dark as night. Read more:Effects
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Amazing Art Pics for Sharp Mind People Only 1970-01-01 00:59:59 1. Are they ships or pillers!!!!2. Are they audiences or buildings ?????3. How many horses are there in this picture? Should find seven??4. Impossible ring5. In the forest there are five hidden deers.......Can you find all of them???6. How many pillers are there ,three or two ????? Look at the middle column. Where does it end?7. Who is the tallest?8. What do you see here? Do you see the word "LIFT"? Or, a bunch of black splotches? Read more:Amazing
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Next Gates, not an American, but an Indian 1970-01-01 00:59:59 The next Bill Gates
is born and he could be an Indian. This million dollar question is ticking all minds with Indians emerging as strong contenders in the race among the Asians.A report released by two Washington-based organisations -- Zogby International and 463 Communications showed that nearly half of all American
s (49%) believe that the next great technology leader will come from either China (26.7%) or Japan (22.4%).Twenty-one per cent say that "next Bill Gates" will come from the United States while 13 per cent believe he or she will come from India. Russia (2.1%) and Brazil (0.4%) were cited as other possibilities."The next Bill Gates has already been born, and time will tell what country is providing the environment of innovation, entrepreneurism and opportunity to enable him or her to flourish with the next great idea," said 463 partner Tom Galvin.With an "Internet everywhere" mindset, most Americans believe that soon there will be no place in the world where we won't be able
A New Way to ask boss for a Salary Increment 1970-01-01 00:59:59 HOW TO ASK YOUR BOSS FOR A SALARY INCREASE..?One day an employee sends a letter to his boss asking for an increase in his salary !!!Dear Bo$$In thi$ life, we all need $ome thing mo$t de$perately. I think you $hould be under $tanding of the need$ of u$ worker$ who have given $o much $upport including $weat and $ervice to your company . I am $ure you will gue$$ what I mean and re$pond $oon.Your$ $incerely,Norman $ohThe next day, the employee received this letter of replyDear NOrman,I kNOw you have been working very hard. NOwadays, NOthing much has changed. You must have NOticed that our company is NOt doing NOticeably well as yet.NOw the newspaper are saying the world`s leading ecoNOmists are NOt sure if the United States may go into aNOther recession. After the NOvember presidential elections things may turn bad.I have NOthing more to add NOw. You kNOw what I mean.Yours truly,Manager Read more:Increment
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West Indian Energy - World Cup Action Begins... 2007-03-11 14:57:00 Sobers ready to declare World
Cup openWest Indies legendary all-rounder Sir Garfield Sobers will officially open the World Cup
later on Sunday at the culmination of a two-hour, 45-minute ceremony. "It's a great honour to declare the Cricket World Cup open. I'm taking it in my stride and I'm looking forward to the occasion," said 70-year-old Sobers from his home in Barbados.The former West Indies skipper said he was excited that cricket's showpiece event was coming to the region for the first time. "It will be phenomenal for the Caribbean, especially for those people who haven't had the opportunity to see a Cricket World Cup. It will be a fantastic experience."The ceremony, which is being held at the Trelawny Multi-Purpose Stadium, comes two days before the first match of the seven-week event takes place. That will see hosts West Indies facing Pakistan at Sabina Park on Tuesday. The ceremony, which has been called 'West IndianEnergy
', will feature reggae star Jimmy Cliff as well Read more:Action
World Cup 2007 Opening Ceremony!! 2007-03-14 17:00:00 Cricket Fever ~ World
Cup 2007 Opening Ceremony
!!Performers dance as fireworks illuminate the night sky in presence of the all 16 countries cricketers during the opening ceremony of the ICC World Cup
Cricket 2007 in Trelawny, 11 March 2007Fireworks burst over Trelawny Stadium during the opening ceremony for the Cricket World Cup.India's cricket team enter the stadium during the opening ceremony of the Cricket World Cup in Trelawny, JamaicaEngland's cricket captain Michael Vaughan, left, and teammate Andrew Flintoff watch the opening ceremony of the ICC Cricket World CupAll 16 countries cricketers watch as illuminations light the night sky during the opening ceremony of the ICC World Cup Cricket 2007 in Trelawny, 11 March 2007.West Indies cricket legend Sir Garfield Sobers speaks during the opening ceremony of the ICC Cricket World Cup at Trelawny Stadium, JamaicaMembers of the New Zealand cricket team arrive in stadium to participate in the opening ceremony of the Cricket World Cup Read more:Opening Ceremony
'Wiki' is now a word 2007-03-18 06:43:00 If you think "wiki" doesn't sound like English, you are right. But it's English now.This word born on the Pacific Island of Hawaii finally got an entry into the latest edition of the online Oxford English Dictionary along with 287 other new words. It has earned it."Words are included in the dictionary on the basis of the documentary evidence that we have collected about them. A while ago this evidence suggested that wiki was starting to make a name for itself," OED chief editor John Simpson said in a statement."We tracked it for several years, researched its origins and finally decided it was time to include it in the dictionary," But "Wiki
Wiki", meaning "quick" in Hawaiian, has a very different meaning in its new host language: a type of Web page designed so that its contents can be edited by anyone who accesses it. That the word acquired a new meaning is attributed to the fact that commenting and editing on Internet websites became faster, the OED's principle editor of new words,
Forget the cup, get this ball! 2007-03-23 17:34:00 Indian Bollywood film actress Mahima Choudhary displays one of two diamond studded cricket balls at a function in Mumbai.Bollywood actress Mahima Chaudhary at the unveiling of the diamond-studded cricket balls which are to be presented to the best Indian and international players at the ongoing World Cup. The balls, valued at about Rs 30 lakh each, was launched by the jewellery firm Gitanjali Gems Limited along with a new sports range ‘Sporteratti’ in city on Tuesday. Indian women cricket team captain Mithali Raj was also present on the occasion.
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