HCL introduces $350 laptops

Indo-Asian News Service,New Delhi
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Small is definitely big this year. In less than a week after Tata Motors launched its Rs.100,000 ($2,500) car, Nano, another Indian firm, HCL Infosystems, Tuesday launched a laptop for the masses for Rs.14,000 (about $350).
HCL launched two variants of the laptops, called HCL MiLeap X Series priced at Rs.13,990 and HCL MiLeap Y Series at Rs.29,990.
“Our objective was to launch a laptop that will take technology to the masses. We have not compromised on any feature at all and it is just like any other laptop,” Ajai Chowdhry, chairman and CEO, HCL Infosystems Ltd, told a press conference here.

The laptops weigh less than a kilogram with a screen size of seven inches. Both the models have network ports, are Wi-Fi enabled and have the option for a data card.
The high-end MiLeap Y Series laptops are powered by Intel’s Ultra Mobile Platform and Microsoft’s Vista Home Premium operating system.
The Y Series weighs 960 grams and has a seven-inch swivel screen. It also comes with a hard disk drive of 80 GB with Bluetooth and Ethernet network ports, offering full functionality of a personal computer with Internet.The X series notebook looks a lot like and Intel Classmate PC, but rebranded, it has an Intel 915GMS chipset coupled with a Celeron ULV 353 processor running at 900MHz.Specifications

• Intel 915GMS chipse.
• Celeron ULV 353 processor – 900MHz.
• Half a gig of RAM, and 2 gigs of flash storage, which may or may not be expandable.
• A2-in-1 card reader.
• Apair of USB ports.
• Built in speakers
• WiFi in the b/g flavors.
• 6-cell battery that should last about 4 hours.
• weight 1.44 kilograms
• 7-inch 800×400 color LCD.

Sources:

• NDTV gadgets
• slashgear.com

The first side-effect of Indian Premier League “Harbhajan is obnoxious” – Hayden

The Australia batsman claimed his side are fed up with the complaints about their on-field behaviour from India during the tourists’ trip down under.
On a Brisbane radio show, Hayden called Harbhajan an “obnoxious weed”.
And he also stated he liked the idea of challenging 19-year-old bowler Sharma to “get in the ring” for a fight.
Three India players, including Harbhajan and Sharma, have been found guilty of breaching the player’s code of conduct during a tempestuous tour.

“It’s been a bit of a long battle with Harbhajan. The first time I ever met him he was the same little obnoxious weed that he is now,” stated Hayden.

The BCCI were less than impressed with Hayden’s remarks and immediately protested to Cricket Australia.
“We condemn such comments by the Australian players,” said chief administrative officer Ratnakar Shetty.
“Our secretary has already communicated our feelings to Cricket Australia.
“We’ve advised our players to show restraint but, despite that, if such comments are being made it is really unfair.”

After a lot of drama that took place during the test series, the players are till not ready to accept that leaving peacfully is the best way.
Aggeression is good for the game, but if goes in excess, it spoils the spirit of the game.

Speak India says

This also could be a move by Mathew Hayden to get into the limelight, the way andrew symonds came and fetch a hefty sum of money.
Moreover, IPL has made people like Hayden into Rakhi sawant type character, who can go to any extent for publicity.
This recent comment by Hayden and that by ponting to Ishant sharma is just the first side effect of the IPL show.

Also read:Indian Premier League : Facts and Figures

CRPF shame:Faking action to sustain Jammu and Kashmir succes story

SRINAGAR: From encounters to arrests, and now recovery of arms, fake actions have evolved as a standard fall-back system for showing consistent successes and disturbed conditions in the strife-torn state. The recent incident of CRPF jawans ‘finding’ a cache of arms from an isolated house at Teligarh Chinote in Bhaderwah hours before UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi’s visit to chief minister Ghulam Nabi Azad’s hometown is just the latest case in point.

Police investigations indicate that arms were planted and later recovered by the CRPF. Reports said three persons have already been picked up and the investigations are in an advanced stage. SSP Doda Manohar Singh, who has a vast experience in counter-insurgency operations, is entrusted with the case.

On Friday, CRPF IGP J C Dabas confirmed to reporters in Jammu that their men had busted a militant hideout at Teligarh Chinote on Thursday evening. Apart from three kg of RDX, the cache included two Chinese grenades, a grenade launcher, two detonators, seven rounds of AK-47 riffle, four rounds of Pika Gun, a wireless set and a mobile phone charger. B S Dara, who commands 113 Battalion, has claimed to have led the operation.

Resume of Dr. Manmohan Singh – Prime Minister of India

Resume of Dr. Manmohan Singh – Prime Minister of India

By Sanjay Sharma, Section Election 2004 News
Posted on Wed May 19th, 2004 at 06:55:37 AM EST

Resume of Dr. Manmohan Singh, Prime Minister of India, and the original Architect of the Economic Liberlization.

• Born on: September 26, 1932
• Place of Birth: Gah (West Punjab)
• Father: Gurmukh Singh
• Mother: Amrit Kaur
• Married on: September 14, 1958
• Wife: Gursharan Kaur
• Children: Three daughters

EDUCATION:

Stood first in BA (Hons), Economics, Panjab University, Chandigarh, 1952; stood first in MA (Economics), Panjab University, Chandigarh, 1954; Wright’s Prize for distinguished performance at St John’s College, Cambridge, 1955 and 1957; Wrenbury scholar, University of Cambridge, 1957; DPhil (Oxford), DLitt (Honoris Causa); PhD thesis on India’s export competitiveness

OCCUPATION:

Professor (Senior lecturer, Economics, 1957-59; Reader, Economics, 1959-63; Professor, Economics, Panjab University, Chandigarh, 1963-65; Professor, International Trade, Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi, 1969-71; Honorary professor, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, 1976 and Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi, 1996) and Civil Servant

POSITIONS:

• 1971-72: Economic advisor, ministry of foreign trade
• 1972-76: Chief economic advisor, ministry of finance
• 1976-80: Director, Reserve Bank of India; Director, Industrial Development Bank of India; Alternate governor for India, Board of governors, Asian Development Bank; Alternate governor for India, Board of governors, IBRD
• November 1976 – April 1980: Secretary, ministry of finance (department of economic affairs); Member, finance, Atomic Energy Commission; Member, finance, Space Commission
• April 1980 – September 15, 1982 : Member-secretary, Planning Commission
• 1980-83: Chairman, India Committee of the Indo-Japan joint study committee September 16, 1982 – January 14, 1985: Governor, Reserve Bank of India
• 1982-85: Alternate Governor for India, Board of governors, International Monetary Fund
• 1983-84: Member, economic advisory council to the Prime Minister
• 1985: President, Indian Economic Association
• January 15, 1985 – July 31, 1987 : Deputy chairman, Planning Commission
• August 1, 1987 – November 10, 1990 : Secretary-general and commissioner, south commission, Geneva
• December 10, 1990 – March 14, 1991 : Advisor to the Prime Minister on economic affairs
• March 15, 1991 – June 20, 1991 : Chairman, UGC
• June 21, 1991 – May 15, 1996 : Union finance minister
• October 1991: Elected to Rajya Sabha from Assam on Congress ticket
• June 1995: Re-elected to Rajya Sabha
• 1996 onwards: Member, Consultative Committee for the ministry of finance
• August 1, 1996 – December 4, 1997 : Chairman, Parliamentary standing committee on commerce
• March 21, 1998 onwards: Leader of the Opposition, Rajya Sabha
• June 5, 1998 onwards: Member, committee on finance
• August 13, 1998 onwards: Member, committee on rules
• Aug 1998-2001: Member, committee of privileges 2000 onwards: Member, executive committee, Indian parliamentary group
• June 2001: Re-elected to Rajya Sabha
• Aug 2001 onwards: Member, general purposes committee

BOOKS:

Smoking lost in the war of egos

Union Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss said public icons who passed off smoking on screens as ‘creative liberty’ should take a leaf out of the book of actors like Aamir Khan how to use the artistic tool.

“Look at Taare Zammen Pe”, he said, saying the film has helped in changing the mindset of thousands of teachers and parents in looking at the problem of dyslexia.

According to Ramadoss, increasing tobacco abuse by students was a growing matter of concern.The Indian component of the Global Youth Tobacco Survey indicated that nearly 10 per cent of Indian high school going students used tobacco products.

It just seems a war of egos now. The main cause of “No smoking” has been lost somewhere in the smoke.

Ramadoss had last month said Bollywood stars Shah Rukh Khan and Amitabh Bachchan can learn a thing or two from superstar Rajinikant regarding smoking on screen. He had also said Khan should not have smoked in the stands while watching a cricket match in Mumbai.

Source: Yahoo.com

Indian Premier League : Facts and Figures

What is IPL ?

The Indian Premier League, created by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and sanctioned by the International Cricket Council, is a Twenty20 cricket competition.

When will it begin ?

The league is scheduled to start in April 2008 and will last for 44 days, involving 59 matches.

Prize money
The prize money for the league will be around Rs 13 crore (US $3million).

Team Composition
Each team will have a pool of 16 players, with a maximum of eight foreign players and a minimum of four under-22 players. Additionally, at least four players must be from the catchment area where the team is based.

Management
The governing council consists of Chairman and Commissioner Lalit Modi, Sunil Gavaskar, MAK Pataudi and Ravi Shastri, Rajiv Shukla, Chirayu Amin, Inderjit Singh Bindra and Arun Jaitley.
Television rights

On January 14th, 2008, it was announced that a consortium consisting of India’s Sony Television network and Singapore-based World Sports Group secured the rights of the Indian Premier League.The record deal has a duration of ten years at a cost of US$1.026 billion. As part of the deal, the consortium will pay the BCCI US$918 million for the telecast rights and US$108 million for the promotion of the tournament.

Franchises, owners and price

• Bangalore Royal Challengers Vijay Mallya / UB group $111.6 million
• Chennai Super Kings India Cements $91 million
• Delhi DareDevils GMR group $84 million
• Hyderabad Deccan Chronicle $107 million
• Jaipur Emerging Media (Manoj Badale, Lachlan Murdoch, Suresh Chellaram and investors) $67 million
• Kolkata Shah Rukh Khan’s Red Chillies Entertainment in partnership with Juhi Chawla and Jay Mehta $75.09 million
• Mohali Preity Zinta, Ness Wadia (Bombay Dyeing), Karan Paul (Apeejay Surendera Group) and Dabur’s Mohit Burman $76 million
• Mumbai Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries Limited $111.9 million

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Also read:Top player purchase at the Great IPL auction

Source:Wikipedia

Top player purchase at the Great IPL auction

The Top 17 players who got the highest amount at the GREAT IPL auction

1. Mahendra Dhoni (India) $1.5m to Chennai

2. Andrew Symonds (Australia) $1.35m to Hyderabad

3. Sanath Jayasuriya (Sri Lanka) $975,000 to Mumbai

4. Ishant Sharma (India) $950,000 to Kolkata

5. Irfan Pathan (India) $925,000 to Mohali

6. Brett Lee (Australia) $900,000 to Mohali

6. Jacques Kallis (South Africa) $900,000 to Bangalore

8. RP Singh (India) $875,000 to Hyderabad

9. Harbhajan Singh (India) $850,000 to Mumbai

10. Chris Gayle (West Indies) $800,000 to Kolkata

10. Robin Uthappa (India) $800,000 to Mumbai

12. Rohit Sharma (India) $750,000 to Hyderabad

13. Gautam Gambhir (India) $725,000 to Delhi

14. Brendon McCullum (New Zealand) $700,000 to Kolkata

14. Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka) $700,000 to Mohali

14. Adam Gilchrist (Australia) $700,000 to Hyderabad

17. Shahid Afridi (Pakistan) $675,000 to Hyderabad

17. Jacob Oram (New Zealand) $675,000 to Chennai

17. Albie Morkel (South Africa) $675,000 to Chennai

17. Mohammad Kaif (India) $675,000 to Jaipur

17. Manoj Tiwary (India) $675,000 to Delhi

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“Raj Thckeray admires Hitler and follows him too”.He is dividing India,killing innocents and spreading violence. He has no right to live

Source Rediff.com: Like uncle, like nephew. This seems to be the case with Shiv Sena leader Raj Thackeray, when it comes to his fascination for German dictator Adolf Hitler.

While Bal Thackeray is on record saying that he is a fan of Hitler, Raj, who celebrated his 37th birthday on Monday, said that when it comes to organisational skills, there are a few who can rival the Nazi dictator’s abilities.”Leave aside his negative aspects like the barbaric annihilation of millions of Jews. There are several other things about Hitler, which any leader would envy,” Raj told reporters at his Dadar residence when asked if he too was a fan of Hitler like his uncle.”Hitler had everything. The one thing he did not have was the ambition to conquer the world,”(Well we thought he wanted to conquer the world) Raj said, adding, “you can draw whatever conclusions you want from my remarks.”

People like Raj Thackeray who are responsible for the violence and killing of many innocent people should not be imprisoned, they should be hanged. They are a threat to the sovereignty of the country. India is a united nation. Such people should be allowed to stay in this country.

A word to Raj: Remember what happened to Hitler. God never forgives those who do wrong things and commit crimes against humanity. History has been a witness. But we will also not allow you to do the damage, what Hitler did.

You deserve the Hall of Shame in the SPEAK INDIA community