Statistic of the Day – Desis in Spelling Bee 2009 15 Desis Make it to Spelling Bee Semifinals Desis Fare Well in Spelling Bee 2009 Early Rounds Indian-American Sameer Mishra has won the 2008 Spelling Bee competition. Sameer Mishra is a 13-year-old, 8th grade student at the West Lafayette Junior/Senior High School in West Lafayette, […]
The bozos at ailing IT firm Sun Microsystems have done a bad job on servers yet again while rivals HP, IBM and Dell turned in a decent performance. In the first quarter of 2008, Sun’s server market share by revenue fell by 1.8% even as the worldwide server market grew 3.5% to $13 billion, according […]
Pentax has launched a 10-megapixels Optio W60 waterproof digital camera priced at $329.95. Optio W60’s design is said to allow the camera to be operated in up to 13 feet underwater for two hours and at temperatures well below freezing. Besides the waterproof feature, the compact Optio W60 digital camera is dustproof against dirt, sand and […]
IBM screwed American information technology workers by opening a Global Delivery Center in Pune (India) to provide its automotive clients worldwide with business consulting and application services. The Pune center will focus on product lifecycle management, manufacturing productivity, business consulting, human capital management, financial services, technology services, and solutions for small and midsize automotive manufacturers. […]
Sanjaya Malakar, an interesting former contestant on American Idol will feature in a new ad for insurance and financial services company Nationwide. Sanjaya will be the next star in the Life Comes at You Fast campaign, which has previously included Kevin Federline, Fabio and MC Hammer. In the Nationwide ad, Sanjaya visits a monastery in […]
BJP, the party of Ram Bhaktas notched up yet another electoral victory – this time in the South Indian state of Karnataka – but fell just three seats short of a clear majority. Here’s the latest Karnataka Election tally: Party       Seats Won    Seats Won               2008         2004               BJP           110           79   Congress    80           65 […]