Intel’s $1.25b Mea Culpa for Buggering AMD

Sweet. We always knew that this is how it would play out in the end – Intel on its knees in front of AMD’s open fly. Uncork the Dom Perignon Today Intel agreed to fork out a whopping $1.25 billion to AMD to settle all outstanding legal disputes between the two companies. The settlement covers […]

Meet an Indian Heroine

Schmucks, we’re not talking here of those skimpily clad Bollywood things swaying their hips and thrusting their pelvis forward in one of those crude Hindi film dances. We’re speaking here of a real life Indian heroine, not the reel-life Bollywood or Kollywood bimbos. Lost Cause Given the rampant exploitation and injustice in India, we’ve often […]

After 1,000 Swine Flu Deaths, U.S. Declares National Emergency

These are good times for the folks in the funerals business. In the so-called richest country in the world USA, 1,000 people have died of Swine Flu. Folks, given that the flu season is upon us, the terrible shortage of vaccines and the 75 million uninsured and underinsured people, you may expect more people to […]

Where there’s a Scandal, there’s a Desi. 5, Actually

This is kinda amazing. Sure, scandals and desis are never far from each other. Close acquaintances, really. Desis in the U.S. are forever involved in some nasty case or the other. But the Galleon Group hedge fund scandal currently rocking Wall Street is a new high water mark – Five desis count among the dramatis […]

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