Internet Explorer 8, the new version of Microsoft’s web browser for Windows XP and Vista, is slower than the open source Firefox, Apple’s Safari and Google’s Chrome, according to the Wall Street Journal’s technology guru Walter Mossberg. Here’s an excerpt from Mossberg’s review of IE8Â in today’s Wall Street Journal: [I]n my tests, IE8 wasn’t as […]
Online music destination AOL Music has rolled out a heavy metal and hard rock site called NoiseCreep. The new site aims to provide Metal and Hard Rock Fans with news, music, video and original editorial content in a blog format. AOL says the site will also serve as a launching pad for new artists and groups […]
Our vote goes for Padmasree Warrior, the Chief Technology Officer of Cisco. Maybe because we think old is gold. Although a Methuselah-like 48, Padmasree still oozes sex appeal. With a cute bindi gracing the midpoint of her eyebrows, at the base of her forehead just above the nose bridge, Padmasree looks yummier than a Cold Stone […]
News is what somebody somewhere is trying to suppress. The rest is advertising. – Lord Northcliffe, cited in New Yorker, March 9, 2009 P.21 Sadly, the news business is in dire straits in America these days. Every other day, it seems like a newspaper is folding in the U.S. The 150-year-old Rocky Mountain News shut […]
Hey guys, if you still haven’t watched Jon Stewart skewer the gasbag financial news network CNBC you are really missing something. Here’s an excerpt: If I’d only followed CNBC’s advice, I’d have a million dollars today provided I started with $100 million. – Comedian Jon Stewart. Related Links Jim Cramer gets F*&%$# by Jon Stewart
Lo, here comes the 15th instalment of Incredible India with those only-in-India stories. * Beggar Capital of the World – India’s capital New Delhi has 58,000 beggars, most of them children, according to the Voice of America. * Laddu Explodes in Cow’s Mouth: No kidding, folks. Read this story in Times of India. * SSC […]