Soumya wins world junior girls title

Nov.07.2009 SPORTS, Un Categories (0)

PUNE: India’s Soumya Swaminathan won the World junior girls (u-20) title when she defeated Kubra Ozturk of Turkey in the 13th and last round at

Puerto Madryn (Argentina) on Tuesday.

The 20-year-old Woman Grandmaster tallied 10 points in this under-20 tournament. D Harika (girls) and Abhijit Gupta (open) had won the World junior titles on India’s Independence Day in Turkey last year.

This 45-player event has lost some of its sheen because many players decided to skip the event in the South American continent. Considering that Soumya (Elo 2297) was seeded ninth and needed a victory in the last round makes this achievement praiseworthy. The feat will give her a direct entry to the Women’s World Championship, the dates of which are not announced. (read more …)

Cricket came home again on Thursday night

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When Sachin Tendulkar batted the way he did in Hyderabad last evening, one imagines that Mohd. Azharuddin – if he wasn’t in the stadium but in front of his LCD TV – would be calling out to wife Sangeeta in typical Hyderabadi, “Arre begum suniye, iniko-ich dekhiye zara. He reminds me of my time…” (read more …)

Nayanthara glamorous appearance in Goa

Nov.07.2009 Entertainment News, Un Categories (0)

Venkat Prabhu’s Soundarya Rajinikanth- produced Goa is turning out to be a surprise package. The latest we hear is that Nayanthara has done a glamorous cameo appearance in the film, which is likely to be one of its highlights.

Nayan shot for the film in Chennai for a day with the lead cast of film (including Jai, Vaibhav and Premgi) without taking any remuneration, as she is a big fan of Venkat Prabhu’s movies. (read more …)

What’s new in Windows 7

Nov.07.2009 Tech News (0)

Microsoft’s Windows 7 is finally here! With the new operating system, which comes after the disappointing performance of the company’s (read more …)

16 Deputy Superintendents of Police transferred

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HYDERABAD: The State government on Friday transferred 16 Deputy Superintendents of Police and gave new postings to 10 of them. (read more …)

36 lakh mobile phones dead

Nov.06.2009 Tech News (0)

Srinagar: Few days after the ban on pre-paid connections in Jammu and Kashmir, around 38 lakh mobile connections are virtually dead after the recharge facilities were put on hold by the telecom operators. The pre-paid connections were getting snapped with the expiry of recharge or validity facilities, reports Greater Kashmir.

“For the past two days, I am running from pillar to post to recharge my phone but it is not available anywhere. I have no other option left but to switch over to expensive post-paid service,” said Inam-ul-Haq, a teenager from Habba Kadal, waiting outside an Airtel outlet at Raj Bagh.
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Indian techie at HP starts portal to sell vegetables

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Bangalore: A Hewlett-Packard (HP) engineer, RK Venkatesan, has started ‘Veggie Bazaar’, a web portal to order and buy vegetables, and deliver them to home on a 24 hour notice. Started in Chennai earlier in July this year, the portal has till now registered 3,000 users and made 7,000 deliveries at an average of Rs. 200 per order. (read more …)

Google introduces JavaScript programming tools

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Bangalore: With a project called Closure Tools, Google plans to start helping developers who aspire to match the company’s proficiency in creating Web sites and Web applications. Google is a strong proponent of using JavaScript to write Web-based programs, which is a part of its Web-centric ethos, reports CNET News.

Indeed, the company has pushed the language to its limits with services such as Gmail and Google Docs, and it developed its Chrome browser in part to enable JavaScript programs to run faster. But writing, debugging, and optimizing heavy-duty JavaScript can be difficult – in part because a given JavaScript program sometimes works differently on different browsers. Google’s open-source Closure Tools project is an attempt to help with some of these challenges. (read more …)

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 videogame to hit stores

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Bangalore: The new videogame called the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare two, the most highly anticipated game of the season is set to hit stores coming Tuesday. “It’s the biggest launch in our history, bigger than Halo three,” said Tony Bartel, Merchandising and Marketing Chief for videogame retailer GameStop, which has been taking pre-orders since April.

According to Wall Street Journal, the manufacturer, Activision Blizzard, has been advertising the first-person shooter game since March for which, Wal-Mart and Amazon are offering special deals. Analysts say that rivals have postponed the release of other big games to steer clear of Call of Duty, although the companies won’t admit it. Hopes are high that its sales will provide a much-needed boost to the whole industry. (read more …)

Texas cuts IBM contract due to security concerns

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New Delhi: The U.S. state, Texas, has reportedly pulled its voter registration system out of an ongoing $863 million datacenter consolidation project being handled by technology giant IBM. Texas Secretary of State’s office is said to have cut the project because of data security and disaster recoverability fears.

According to ComputerWorld, the decision was prompted by an incident in August when a server being managed by IBM crashed resulting in a 13-day outage of the office’s business records filing system. (read more …)