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For Students of Thiruvalluvar University - When will the UG results be announced??

Anybody has any information on when the results will be announced. Let us know.. more »
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India 330, Australia 44/4 (14.6 ov), Bucknor needed to save australia

Pathan takes 2 while Ishant Sharma & RP Singh takes one each.. Now Symonds in crease. Can he repeat Sydney performance??.. more »
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Shashi Tharoor joins the corporate world to fuel investments to India

Former United Nations Under Secretary General Shashi Tharoor has accepted a position as chairman of Afras Ventures, a new company based out of Dubai that seeks to promote foreign investment in India, specifically Kerala. While he has obtained legal residency in Dubai, he shuttle between New York, Dubai and India. Dr Tharoor told rediff India .. more »
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Sky's the limit for India flight boom

If you want to park your money somewhere, find some aviation stocks in India... "India is now the fastest growing aviation market in the world. A rapidly expanding economy, incredibly cheap fares and bullish new airlines are all driving the growth. Hundreds of new aircraft are being ordered and airports like Delhi are planning to handle up to 100 .. more »
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The Apple iPhone runs OS X - Engadget

The much awaited Apple iPhone details are out. But you will have to wait for six months to one year to get it. It looks great and will surely take the world by storm. Click on for the great photos. More details from Engadget: "It somehow runs OS X with support for Widgets, Google Maps, and Safari, and iTunes (of course) with CoverFlow out of the .. more »
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IITs planning to start a VC fund

Great move. It will be a big boost for the early stage companies sprouting inside the campuses. "The Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) are planning to soon have a venture capital fund (VCF) on their campuses. IIT Bombay is in talks with Infosys Technologies, Tata Consultancy Services, Wipro and other major IT players to seek help to start a .. more »
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What Happens To Your Body If You Drink A Coke Right Now?

The advice is: avoid coke. The article gives the timeline of what happens to your body once you drink coke. Now I know, why I was addicted to coke during my college days(After a game of cricket/football, I could not control my urge to take coke). Excess sugar, caffeine and depletion of calcium. I am horrified :-O "Have you ever wondered why Coke .. more »
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Global IT firms on a hiring spree in India

In order to hire people with required skills, more than 68 per cent of IT companies globally have started or planning to start business operations in India in the next three years, the global consultancy and research major said in a report. .. more »
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Karōshi: "death from overwork"

Interesting stuff from Wikipedia. Japanese workaholism at its worst results in karoshi. "Karōshi (過労死, karōshi) (pronounced /karo:ʃi/), which can be translated quite literally from Japanese as "death from overwork", is occupational sudden death. The major medical causes of karōshi deaths are heart attack and stroke due to stress." .. more »
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Another WebOS coming.. from Firefox Kids!!

Ross and Hewitt, members of the Firefox team, had started the company back in February 2005 with seed funding from2 Sequoia Capital, and since then have kept a very low profile. In an interview with IEEE Spectrum3, he reveals some details about the core offering of his startup he co-founded with Joe Hewitt. Ross describes Parakey as a WebOS that .. more »
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What is your GEEK code?

Use the above link to generate your GEEK code. Post it here to join the world of Indian GEEKS! .. more »
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Two Apple iPhones Coming

Expect a new mobile phone revolution. Apple iPhones are coming.. "Apple Computer CEO Steve Jobs always likes to have a good trick stuffed up the sleeve of his black mock turtleneck. Especially for a MacWorld conference. He is expected to pull a big one out in January: The highly secretive iPhone is supposed to finally take a bow at the show, .. more »
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GigaOM » Singapore’s Unwired Dream

Singapore's government said it plans to cover most of the island with public wireless Internet access by next year and offer nearly 10,000 subsidized computers to low-income students to offer digital opportunities to all its citizens. What is the free WiFi update from Bangalore & Hyderabad? .. more »
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Interesting technology: RFID tech to track airport passengers

The inventors of a new monitoring system that uses RFID tags claim it could improve airport security by tracking passengers as they mingle in the departure lounge. The plan is to issue an RFID (radio frequency identification) tag to every passenger at check-in so human traffic can be monitored throughout the airport via transponders and video .. more »
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Profile of the recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize 2006

When Dr Muhammad Yunus has been named the recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize 2006, it is not just a personal triumph for the 66-year-old but also for his Grameen Bank Project, which has fought poverty in Bangaldesh for decades through a micro-credit system. .. more »
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