We’ve heard many rumors and announcements of a Nokia laptop – the Finnish mobile giant has, so far, stayed out of this market – but now it’s truly official, pictures, specifications and all. Its name? Booklet 3G.
Why is it interesting? Well, when the largest manufacturer of mobile phones enters a completely different market for the first time, it’s definitely more than just another netbook. With ongoing rumors about an Apple tablet/netbook, Nokia may be trying to set itself as a player in this space before the competition does.
What are its specifications telling us? Well, it’s definitely big on connectivity: it’s got BluetoothBluetoothBluetooth, WiFi, 3G and a SIM card slot, which makes it a netbook with all the connectivity options of a mobile phone. It has an integrated GPS plus a copy of Ovi Maps, which is also different from most laptops. The rest of its features are, well…netbooky, albeit nearer to the high-end of the specter: an Intel Atom processor, Windows 7, 10.1 inch screen, and all that encased in a 0.78 inch aluminum body.
So, no huge surprises here: it’s a netbook you’d expect Nokia to make, but not a game changer. It’ll be interesting to see how Nokia follows up, especially when (if) Apple launches its fabled netbook/tablet.
Source: Mashable
Monday, August 24, 2009
Paul Muthoot's Murder
The arrest of 11 persons has been recorded on Monday in connection with the murder of Paul Muthoot George, who was killed on the Alappuzha-Changanassery Road on Saturday.
Announcing this at a press conference here, Inspector General of Police (Ernakulam Range) Vinson M. Paul said the 11 persons were part of a group of around 22 persons, allegedly hired for criminal activities including murder, who were on their way to Alappuzha from Changanassery. As per preliminary investigation reports, the group had an altercation with Mr. George, which ended in his murder.
Mr. Paul said that statements from the arrested and others who were questioned pointed to a sequence of events, which began with the vehicle driven by Mr. George hitting a motorcycle near Pallathuruthy while Mr. George and his co-passengers were on their way to his resort at Champakulam.
The group from Changanassery, who were travelling in four vehicles including two Tempo Traveller vans, saw the accident and shouted at Mr. George to stop his car, which he did not. A part of the group, who were fixing a flat tyre of one of the vans, then jumped onto the other van and went after him. They are said to have found his car stopped on the roadside around 2.5km from the accident site. They stopped their van in front of his car and got engaged in an argument with him. A scuffle ensued and in the melee, one of them stabbed Mr. George.
By this time, Mr. George’s driver Shibu, who had stopped at Pallathuruthy to get the resort’s keys, arrived at the spot on Mr. George’s personal vehicle. The group saw him and escaped towards Alappuzha. While Shibu took Mr. George and Manu, who was injured in the scuffle, to the Alappuzha General Hospital, two other persons were with Mr. George from Ernakulam, Omprakash and Rajesh, are said to have escaped with the Ford Endeavour, which was found abandoned near Chavara in Kollam on Sunday.
Mr. Paul said the person who is suspected to have stabbed Mr. George was yet to be apprehended. Efforts were onto trace Omprakash and Rajesh, both of whom have well-recorded criminal antecedents. Calls to mobile phones of all those involved in the case were being analyzed while the investigation would also check whether there was any conspiracy involved.
Almost all the persons in both groups, including Mr. George, were in an inebriated condition, Mr. Paul said, adding that the investigation was still very far from over. The 11 persons arrested on Monday were produced before court later.
Source: The Hindu
The Garrison Girls Calendar: Army wives pose naked
London: It appears that in the honour of their husbands a group of army wives have decided to pose naked for a charity calendar to raise money for the injured and scarred army personnel.
The wives are from all the three armed services in Britain who have been clicked nude in black and white for the ‘Garrison Girl' calendar. None of them have prior experience in modelling.
The props used are all related to armed forces like flag, items of military uniform. According to a website these wives hope to raise 60,000 pounds for the charity.
32-year-old Sarah Bennett Thurston, whose husband Paul serves in the Army said, “"I just wanted to do something positive as a military wife. It can be very very hard. It is hell waiting for the phone to ring. So there is a really strong bond of camaraderie between women involved in the military.”
The uniqueness about this calendar is that Garrison Girl represents wives of all forces, ranks and units.
The wives are from all the three armed services in Britain who have been clicked nude in black and white for the ‘Garrison Girl' calendar. None of them have prior experience in modelling.
The props used are all related to armed forces like flag, items of military uniform. According to a website these wives hope to raise 60,000 pounds for the charity.
32-year-old Sarah Bennett Thurston, whose husband Paul serves in the Army said, “"I just wanted to do something positive as a military wife. It can be very very hard. It is hell waiting for the phone to ring. So there is a really strong bond of camaraderie between women involved in the military.”
The uniqueness about this calendar is that Garrison Girl represents wives of all forces, ranks and units.
Imran in love with Shenaz Treasurywala!
Everyone is so tightlipped about the cast of Aamir Khan Productions Delhi Belly that it becomes hard to say whether they’re making a film or designing the blueprint for the national defense.We all know that the film’s leading man is Aamir's nephew Imran Khan. Beyond that everyone is silent on the cast, including Imran himself.When asked about the cast he chuckled, "Sorry I’m not at liberty to talk about the rest of the cast, besides myself."Ask him if it’s Lisa Ray who was to earlier play the female lead when Ranbir Kapoor was to play the lead."No it isn't Lisa Ray. Beyond that you won't get anything out of me," Imran laughs.The cloak of secrecy further deepened recently when veejay-turned-part-time-actress Shenaz Treasurywala was mysteriously quoted as saying, "…It's a fantastic production. And my costar…there is not a single young lady in India who doesn’t believe he's the most adorable thing around."The "fantastic production", as it turns out, is none other than Delhi Belly. And the "the most adorable thing around" is Imran Khan.Shenaz, who made her screen debut opposite Shahid Kapoor in Ken Ghosh's Ishq Vishq, also did a walk-on part in Kunal Kohli’s Hum Tum.
NHPC IPO allotment status and listing price
Those who have applied for NHPC IPO, can check their NHPC equity allotment status here. If you are retail investor and you have applied for 4 or more lot for the bid price of Rs 36, It is 100 % sure that you will get IPO allotment.
Here is the important date for NHPC IPO
Allotment Date - 24th August 2009
Refund Date - 25th August 2009
Listing Date - 1st September 2009 at NSE and BSE
Check your status of NHPC IPO allotment at THIS LINK
Those who have applied throgh online broking house, they will get refund of money online in your trading account in case of non allotment of IPO.
Listing price of NHPC is expected to be Rs 50. There may be chance that it will fall soon after listing as NHPC employess bought only 0.56 time of IPO in their catogry.
Make more that 20% profit just afer listing.
Here is the important date for NHPC IPO
Allotment Date - 24th August 2009
Refund Date - 25th August 2009
Listing Date - 1st September 2009 at NSE and BSE
Check your status of NHPC IPO allotment at THIS LINK
Those who have applied throgh online broking house, they will get refund of money online in your trading account in case of non allotment of IPO.
Listing price of NHPC is expected to be Rs 50. There may be chance that it will fall soon after listing as NHPC employess bought only 0.56 time of IPO in their catogry.
Make more that 20% profit just afer listing.
Bad Luck for Ekta Chaudhary
India’s drought at the Miss Universe pageant continued as Miss India Ekta Chaudhary failed to reach the top 15 for the 2009 edition of the event, but the designers here feel she was a “deserving candidate” and lost because of sheer “bad luck”.
“Bad Luck!” designer Vijay Arora said after he got to know the result.
“Bad Luck!” designer Vijay Arora said after he got to know the result.
The Miss Universe 2009 contest took place in the Bahamas early Monday (India time) and Stefania Fernández from Venezuela was crowned the beauty queen.
This is the first time in many years that an Indian contestant has failed to make it to the top 15.
“I am very surprised by the fact that Ekta didn’t even come in the top 15. Indian beauties have always managed to come in either top five or top ten. But this is a complete surprise,” designer Ritu Kumar told IANS.
Kumar has been looking after the wardrobe of the Indian contestants in international beauty pageants like Miss Universe and Miss World since 1994.
The last Indian to wear the Miss Universe crown was Lara Dutta who won the title in 2000.
“There must be some discrimination. One can’t digest the fact that no one from India has won the crowd for past so many years. Ekta was a very deserving candidate and I believe there is something wrong going on,” Rahul Jain of designer duo Rahul-Gunjan said.
Ritu Kumar said: “A lot has changed in the format. What I feel is that a lot depends on the sponsors there who might be dictating their terms. All we can do and have been doing is try and give our best. After all we have to take our chances.”
Many people were sceptical about Chaudhary’s short hair as Indian beauties are always associated with long tresses.
Leena Singh of Ashima-Leena designer duo feels that it might it one of the reasons for her early elimination.
“She looks very pretty and has Indian looks but I feel her short hair was the main drawback. It didn’t gel very well with her Indian looks and costumes,” Leena said.
But she maintained that to represent India at the pageant is an achievement in itself.
With India failing to win for so many years, designer Alpana of label Azara feels that it is the time to introspect because the quality of models representing India at the international pageants is deteriorating.
“These things happen and it is very unfortunate. But I feel that this is the time to introspect and think what went wrong. For so many years we haven’t produced a winner which means there is something wrong with the selection criteria. This is the time to start doing something about it,” Alpana maintained.
Source: The Indian
Arun Shourie attacks BJP Leaders
NEW DELHI: The simmering crisis in BJP deepened on Monday with senior leader Arun Shourie attacking the party leadership, saying that even raising questions within the party forum was being dubbed as "indiscipline" and that some leaders at the top were behaving as 'Humpty Dumpty'. Shourie raised the banner of revolt against the leadership by demanding that RSS take over the party and change its top brass lock, stock and barrel.
He also virtually dared the party to take action against him but said if it did it, "they are only killing the messenger".
Joining the ranks of dissidents in the party, which is reeling under internal dissidence after the Lok Sabha defeat, the journalist-turned-politician, who was a minister in the Vajpayee government, hit out at party president Rajnath Singh calling him an "Alice in Blunderland" and that the party was a kati patang (kite without a string).
"In my view, the BJP is a kati patang. Unless it is got hold of swiftly by....I don't see people within the party who now have such authority....if anybody can do it, it is only the RSS (that can do it)," he told a private television channel.
He later told reporters that like once Mao Ze Dong had said, "Bombard the headquarters. Clean up everybody from the top. Bring ten-fifteen people from the states who are competent, honest and dedicated and reconstruct immediately."
"Even raising these questions (within party forum) is becoming indiscipline," the former union minister told a private television channel while responding to a question on expulsion of Jaswant Singh.
Without naming anybody, he said there were people in the party who have "brought about this situation and brought the party to this pass. They are the ones who are hurting the party."
Shourie said there are some people in BJP who have been "planting stories for the last five years against each one of us, including Mr (L K) Advani and including Rajnath Singh in the press by six journalists".
Questioning whether that was "discipline", he said "if you want to call this (his action) indiscipline, ok, call it. But we feel it (party) is an important institution, the party is an important institution."
Throwing a virtual challenge to the party leadership to act against him for his utterances, he said "So, you want to be Humpty Dumpty and make words mean what you say and act, then I presume you already have in your mind to act against me or anybody, so act."
Source: Times of India
He also virtually dared the party to take action against him but said if it did it, "they are only killing the messenger".
Joining the ranks of dissidents in the party, which is reeling under internal dissidence after the Lok Sabha defeat, the journalist-turned-politician, who was a minister in the Vajpayee government, hit out at party president Rajnath Singh calling him an "Alice in Blunderland" and that the party was a kati patang (kite without a string).
"In my view, the BJP is a kati patang. Unless it is got hold of swiftly by....I don't see people within the party who now have such authority....if anybody can do it, it is only the RSS (that can do it)," he told a private television channel.
He later told reporters that like once Mao Ze Dong had said, "Bombard the headquarters. Clean up everybody from the top. Bring ten-fifteen people from the states who are competent, honest and dedicated and reconstruct immediately."
"Even raising these questions (within party forum) is becoming indiscipline," the former union minister told a private television channel while responding to a question on expulsion of Jaswant Singh.
Without naming anybody, he said there were people in the party who have "brought about this situation and brought the party to this pass. They are the ones who are hurting the party."
Shourie said there are some people in BJP who have been "planting stories for the last five years against each one of us, including Mr (L K) Advani and including Rajnath Singh in the press by six journalists".
Questioning whether that was "discipline", he said "if you want to call this (his action) indiscipline, ok, call it. But we feel it (party) is an important institution, the party is an important institution."
Throwing a virtual challenge to the party leadership to act against him for his utterances, he said "So, you want to be Humpty Dumpty and make words mean what you say and act, then I presume you already have in your mind to act against me or anybody, so act."
Source: Times of India
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