BAD NEWS FOR CELL PHONE BUYERS IN INDIA:MOBILE HANDSETS TO COST MORE

The mobile phone buyers would have to spend more money to buy their new handsets, thanks to the new government’s rule. According to the new proposed rule the customer will be paying an extra 1% excise duty (Clever move made by the government when the cell phone sales are at their pinnacle)
Nokia and L.G have reacted quickly by voicing out the implications of this new Tax, felt that prices of the Mobiles would go up marginally.

LANKAN LIONS RESTORES SOME PRIDE.

In a Dead rubber match of the 2007-08 CB series, SriLanka defeated Australia by a victory margin of 13 Runs. India and Australia have already sealed a place in the Finals and this match turned out to be a Consolation Win for Australia. Earlier, Srilanka won the loss and elected to Bat, struggled after an early loss of the opener Diluwara Perara for 5 trapped infront of the Wicket by Lee. Jayasuriya, playing his Last game in Australia played some aggressive strokes and the Six of Lee delivery was a notable one. But Bracken accounted for Jayasuriya when he was on 23. After a Middle order batting collapse, Skipper Jayawardena and T.Dilshan restored the Lankan innings before Jayawardena fell for 50 Runs.


T.Dilshan and Chamara Silva added some useful runs at the end and SriLanka were all out for 221 in 50 overs. After a Dream Start by the Veteran Keeper Adam Gilchrist who scored 50 off 35 deliveries, Australians were very much in the Victory course. All of the sudden it changed when Hopes was dismissed on 28 by Muralitharan, when the team scoreboard read 107. It was the beginning of the end for Australia as their middle order collapsed by loosing 5 wickets for 8 Runs.

Australia were reduced to 142 for 7 before Hogg and LEE accomplished a recovery Job. After some recovery, Hogg fell prey to a beautiful delivery from Murali. Australian were further reduced to 173 for 9. But a brave last wicket Partnership of 35 Runs between Bracken and Lee helped Australia to reach the brim of victory before Sanath Jayasuriya ended the Australian hopes by Castling Brett Lee in his First and Last delivery of the Match. Australia were bowled out for 208 in 48.1 Overs with a equire target of 14 runs in 11 Balls. Adam Gilchrist was declared Man of the Match for his Blitzkrieg 83 of 50 Balls.

"PERCEIVED CONTROL" TO MAKE ASTHMA PATIENTS BETTER

Asthma: it’s a disease caused if the path of the air to the lungs get blocked, their symptoms are shortness in breath wheezing, cough etc. During an asthmatic attack the patients gets severely deprived of oxygen hence its still one among the dangerous diseases that affect man.

A group of scientists were researching this disease for about 3 years and have come up with startling revelations that perceived control will control would help in controlling the health status of Asthma patients. The researchers had take 865 subjects and had monitored closely for a long time. They had compiled enough data to prove their point.
Perceived control not only reduced the frequency of the attacks but also the strength of the asthmatic attack

INDIAN RAILWAY BUDGET 2008- LALU'S PEOPLE BUDGET AGAIN.

The Indian Railway Budget 2008-09 presented by the Minister of Railways Mr. Lalu Prasad Yadav in Parliament on Tuesday once again turned out to be a people's budget. Following are some of the important highlights of the recently concluded Railway Budget.

- Second Class Sleeper Fares cut by 5%
- 1st AC Fares cut by 7%
- 2nd AC Fares cut by 4%
- 3rd AC Fares cut by 3%
- Freight Rates cut by 14%
- Smart Card based Ticketing system.
- High Level Platforms in 135 Railway Stations.
- Introduction of Modular Toilets in Trains.
- Touch Screens across all major Railway Stations.
- Electrification and Doubling of lines across the important routes.
- Modernisation of Rajdhani & Shatabdi Express Trains.
- 50% Concession for AIDS Patients.
- 50% Concession for Senior Citizen Women.
- Wagon Leasing Policy
- Introduction of Automatic Ticket Vending Machines in 6000 Stations across India.
- 10 new Garib Rath Trains and 53 New Trains to be introduced.
- No unmanned Level Crossings.
- Rail Link for Ennore Port.
- Free Season Ticket for Girls till Graduation.
- Multi-Level Sophisticated parking in 30-Railway stations.

NVIDIA RELEASES MIDRANGE GRAPHIC CARDS

Nvidia launched GeForce 9600 GT 3D graphics card today for a modest price of 175$.The card allows the gamers to play all games at decent resolution, the only game that really tested the performance of the card was “Crysis” and it failed the test
The birghter side was 9600 GT clearly outperformed its rivals and supports HDMI ouput.

IPL: AN IN DEPTH ANALYSIS OF THE 8-TEAMS.

The much awaited IPL auction of the Star players is over and its still a pre-mature talk to tip the title favourites as the U-22 players are yet to be selected. But its’s worth in exploring the present line-up’s of the 8 Franchise teams so far.

BANGALORE ROYAL CHALLENGERS:
STRENGTHS:
1. Strong Pace battery with Zaheer Khan & Nathan Bracken, the two Contrasting Left arm fast bowlers who possess an excellent capability of bowling at the death.
2. Dale Steyn provides the speed required for an early breakthrough in the opposition batting –line up’s.
3. Presence of World-Class and experienced batsmen like Rahul Dravid, Jacques Kallis, Shivnaraine Chanderpaul, Mark Boucher and a 20-20 specialist for the Australian domestic cricket, Cameron White
WEAKNESS:
1. The Batsmen are probably World Class but not the ideal set when it comes to chasing a huge total in the 20-20 format.
2. Anil Kumble, the only regular spin bowler so far ( Cameron white is a part-time spin bowler) whose cricket reflexes are not suitable for the 20-20 action.
3. Absence of Pinch Hitters who could be handful in the 20-20 situation.

CHENNAI SUPER KINGS:
STRENGTHS:
1. Presence of 6-Left Hand Batsmen including Big-Hitters - Matthew Hayden, Jacob Oram, Mike Hussey and the presence of World-class bowlers -Makhaya Ntini, Muttiah Murali and All-Rounder Albie Morkel, Chennai Pose a formidable side to clinch the title.
2. Stephen Fleming provides to be a useful batsmen taking into account his Cricket Experience.
3. M.S. Dhoni is a prized catch for this event for a whooping sum of US$1.5MILLION.
WEAKNESS:
1. Murali is the only spinner so far in the team.
2. Lack of slow bowlers in the team.
3. Fielding Unit seems to be a bit weak.

DELHI DAREDEVILS:
STRENGTHS:
1. Best fielding side in the fray with specialist fielders- Dinesh Karthik, A.B.De villers, Tillekaratne Dilshan and Sohaib Malik.
2. Gautham Gambhir and Manoj Tiwary proves to be a good back-up.
3. Deadly pace combination of Glenn McGrath and Mohammad Asif.
WEAKNESS:
1. Absence of Local Fast bowlers
2. Daniel Vettori's bowling style may not be a suitable in the Indian Sub-continent.
3. Limited Bowling resources.

HYDERABAD:
STRENGTHS:
1. It is the team packed with Power hitters- Adam Gilchrist, Andrew Symonds, Sahid Afridi, Herschelle Gibbs, Scott Styris turns out to be an explosive Batting Line-up.
2. Rohit Sharma and Chamara Silva provides a batting solidity.
3. Left-arm pace battery of Chaminda Vaas, Nuwan Zoysa and R.P.Singh pose a major threat to the Right hand batsmen.
WEAKNESS:
1. Bowling lacks in pace and variety
2. Lack of regular spinners
3. Lack of bowlers who possess the ability to bowl at the death.

JAIPUR:
STRENGTHS:
1. Presence of World-Class players - Shane Warne, Greame Smith, Younis Khan, Justin Langer adds spice to the side.
2. An even composition of the Foreign and Indian Players.
3. A blend of Youth and Experience.
WEAKNESS:
1. Except Mohammad Kaif, there's no athletic fielder present in the side.
2. With Munaf Patel, Warne and Justin Langer- its one of the weak fielding units in the League.
3. Absence of Power-Hitters.

KOLKATA:
STRENGTHS:
1. The best Crowd Puller side consists of star players- Chris Gayle, Ricky Ponting, Sourav Ganguly, Brendon McCullum ,Sohaib Akthar and the new found boy wonder- Ishant Sharma.
2. Sohaib Akthar and Ajith Agarkar turns out to be one of the formidable bowling pairs in the tournament.
3. Canny Fast Bowler Umar Gul and Ishant Sharma are the prized bowling catch for the Team IPL Kolkata.
WEAKNESS:
1. Absence of Match-Winning All-Rounders.
2. Sohaib Akthar is prone to frequent injuries and Ajith Agarkar sometimes, may be Very Expensive.
3. Presence of untested Stars- David Hussey, Tatenda Taibu and Murali Karthik.

MOHALI
STRENGTHS:
1. Fine balance in the Bowling Department.
2. Presence of Genuine quick bowlers- Brett Lee & Sreesanth and a swing bowler I.Pathan adds strength to the team
3. Piyush Chawla & Ramesh Powar turns out to be a handy spinners for the team.
WEAKNESS:
1. Apart from Yuvraj, there's no Batting Fire power present in the team.
2. Lack of Match Winning All-Rounders.
3. Fielding department seems to be a little weak.

MUMBAI:
STRENGTHS:
1. Presence of World's best batsmen- SACHIN TENDULKAR and SANATH JAYASURIYA, whose opening stand can turn any world-class bowling into nothing.
2. Pricey bowling combination of Shaun Pollock and Lasith Malinga.
3. An experienced spinner Harbhajan Singh has an excellent ability in bowling at the death and turns the course of the match.
WEAKNESS:
1. No Wicket Keeper in the team is a Major Draw back
2. Its difficult for a Local-Wicket Keeper to live upto the Pressures of an International Match standards.
3. Weak Fielding Unit.

YAHOO MUSIC JUKE BOX BOT SAFE

Users using yahoo jukebox version 2.2.2.056 are in for a surprise, there are many security vulnerabilities found making it easy for attackers to manuplate the users computer. The main flaw lies within the Activex controls which allow the attacker to execute malicious codes and web browse through the users computers.yahoo is preparing to send an update which is expected to put an end to this menace.