Bill Gates Screws 100m Innocent People

At the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Bill Gates announced on Sunday evening that Microsoft had sold 100 million licenses of the company’s Windows Vista operating system to date. Assuming conservatively that each Windows Vista license is used by just one person, that means Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates has destroyed any hopes of happiness for […]

Billa Back in Bay Area

Billa, the horror show featuring Tamil movie star Ajith prancing around like a Korangu on the screen, is back in the Bay Area after being pulled from IMC 6 after a brief run. This time Billa is running in San Jose at the Century Berryessa. Click here for Billa showtimes.

Welcome – Unwelcome Bollywood Rubbish

Just when we thought our Bollywood purveyors of misery couldn’t sink any lower, comes along a lousy movie like Welcome.  We so enjoyed Anees Bazmee’s 2005 comedy No Entry that it was with much anticipation we headed for his new movie Welcome. Alas, all our hopes were belied. It would be an insult to the […]

Meraki’s Pipedreams on Wireless Internet Access

Meraki, a Silicon Valley wireless Internet startup co-founded by a desi entrepreneur Sanjit Biswas, seems to be on a tear these days but we are skeptical that this Formula car will ever reach its destination. The two-year-old Mountain View, California start-up offers networking widgetry that promises to make setting up wireless Internet access a snap. […]

Tatas are Nuts to Bid for Fading Jaguar & Land Rover

Why the heck is India’s Tata group itching to buy Ford’s dying auto brands Jaguar and Land Rover? Just doesn’t make sense to us as to why Tata – now the clear frontrunner to pick up Ford’s struggling Jaguar and Land Rover units – wants to acquire these two white elephants. Both Jaguar and Land […]

We’re Happy – Obama Wins in Iowa

American voters in the Iowa caucuses made a clear choice for change on Thursday by handing Illinois Senator Barack Obama a solid victory in the Democratic primaries. The African American Obama’s message of change and hope has resonated with the people of Iowa. Whether Obama can succeed in winning the Democratic primaries and then the […]