Can Google’s Android Phone Stop iPhone Juggernaut?

With T-Mobile launching G1 – the first cell phone powered by Google’s Android operating system – today in New York City, the big question is whether the Linux-based Android phones can slow down the momentum of Apple’s iPhone. Manufactured by Taiwanese firm HTC, the T-Mobile G1 phone will start selling on October 22 in the […]

Cash for Trash Proves America is a Plutocracy

The latest move by the crooked politicians in Washington to purchase the bad assets of U.S. financial giants for a mind-boggling sum of over $700 billion, the bailout of AIG, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the golden parachutes of fatcat failed CEOs and earlier moves to successfully tighten bankruptcy rules prove beyond doubt – to even […]

Ashish Sharma Vows to Make Chutney of Movie Rivals

For a country of a billion plus people, Indians are a sickeningly mediocre bunch. Our desis win few titles and hold very few world records. But one Indian has done us all proud. And the champion is Ashish Sharma, the king of watching movies. Pera Ketta Odane Chumma Athirudille (the name that sends a shiver […]

Desperate Music Labels Try New Tactic – slotMusic

An alliance of music labels, retailers and a flash card vendor plans to offer pre-loaded, high quality, DRM-free MP3 music of top artists to consumers on microSD cards – called slotMusic cards – this holiday season. The partnership includes the struggling music labels EMI, Universal Music, Sony BMG and Warner Music, retailers like Best Buy […]

Soda Queen Indra Nooyi’s $500m Curse on Indians

PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi said the cola company would invest $500 million in India over the next three years to triple its business in the country. In our opinion, many of the products PepsiCo sells like soda (carbonated cola drinks) and snacks are just not healthy for the people consuming them. Further, cola companies have also […]

Zeenie Baby – Oomph Girl of the 70s

Long before the Mallika Sherawats and Rakhi Sawants were born, there was Zeenat Aman, her sumptuous bosom, voluptuous figure and all. The ultimate oomph girl of the 1970s, Zeenat Aman, or Zeenie Baby as she was fondly referred to in the desi filmi magazines, was your Hollywood pinup girls Betty Grable, Gloria Swanson, Ava Gardner and Hedy […]