Friday, December 31, 2004

The Cellular Explosion

The cellular explosion It was a year of living dangerously with your cell phone. Badly made or counterfeit cell phone batteries caused an unprecedented number of injuries in the United States in 2004. About a dozen people were seriously hurt by overheating cell phone batteries that exploded or launched shrapnel that burned at 800 degrees Fahrenheit. Handset makers and operators later in the year began to sharpen battery standards. It was hectic for two major U.S. operators, too. By year's end, the nation's top six wireless operators had nearly consolidated to four. In mid-November, Cingular Wireless closed its $41 billion deal to buy AT&T Wireless. In early December, Sprint said it would buy Nextel Communications for $35 billion. While the billions spent make Cingular Wireless the largest U.S. carrier, former No. 1 Verizon Wireless sank only to the No. 2 slot--without making any moves to counter Cingular's growth. China passed the United States this year as the world's largest cell phone market. By August, China had 315.1 million phones in circulation, almost twice as many in the United States. It was easy pickings. China still has one of the world's lowest per-capita cell phone rates in the world. In the United States, cell phone operators have very little room left in the way of quick and easy expansion because nearly two-thirds of the nation already owns a cell phone. Open-source software dialed into the cell phone in February, when Motorola introduced the first platform based on Linux, and said most models will follow suit. It's a major sign of the growing popularity of the operating system outside its stronghold in high-end computers. By late spring, cell phone makers were introducing Wi-Fi phones, bringing new threats and opportunities to wireless carriers and traditional phone service providers. The highly anticipated hybrid phones let people make connections through a local wireless Internet access point, switching over to a cellular network whenever necessary. The result: greater flexibility in mobile communications. By year's end, wireless data services began living up to some of the hype they debuted with three years ago. Both Sprint and Verizon projected billion-dollar annual revenues this year from selling data services such as instant messages, or downloading games and ring tones. The precedent isn't much to brag about. In Europe, data is up to a fifth of an operators overall revenues, while in the United States, it generates less than 4 percent. --Ben Charny @ CNet News http://news.com.com

Wednesday, December 29, 2004

Dangerous 26 !!!

Just amazing to note that many of the earthquakes that appeared all over the world in the recent past were all on the date 26. 2001 January 26 - Gujarat, India 2001 September 26 - Chennai, India 2002 December 26 - China 2003 January 26 - Newzealand 2003 May 26 - Japan / Taiwan 2003 September 26 - Japan(Hokaido) 2003 October 26 - China (Sunsu) 2003 December 26 - Iran 2004 December 26 - South east Asia

Interesting one !

A married couple in their early 60s were out celebrating their 35th wedding anniversary in a quiet, romantic little restaurant. Suddenly, a tiny yet beautiful fairy appeared on their table and said, "For being such an exemplary married couple and for being faithful to each other for all this time, I will grant you each a wish. "Ooh, I want to travel around the world with my darling husband." said the wife. The fairy moved her magic stick and - abracadabra! - two tickets for the new QM2 luxury liner appeared in her hands. Now it was the husbands turn. He thought for a moment and said: "Well this is all very romantic, but an opportunity like this only occurs once in a lifetime, so, I'm sorry my love, but my wish is to have a wife 30 years younger than me." The wife, and the fairy, were deeply disappointed, but a wish is a wish... So the fairy made a circle with her magic stick and -abracadabra! - the husband became 92 years old. The moral of this story: "Fairies are female."

Wednesday, December 08, 2004

The 40 Richest Indians

1 Lakshmi N Mittal - Mittal Steel 2 Azim Premji - Wipro 3 Mukesh & Anil Ambani - Reliance 4 Kumar Mangalam Birla - A V Birla 5 Pallonji Mistry - Tata Sons 6 Sunil Mittal - Bharti Group 7 Shiv Nadar - HCL 8 Adi Godrej - Godrej Inds 9 Malvinder & Shivinder Singh- Ranbaxy 10 Dilip Sanghvi - Sun Pharma 11 Anil Agarwal - Sterlite 12 Shashi & Ravi Ruia - Essar 13 Om Prakash Jindal - Jindal Group 14 Rahul Bajaj - Bajaj Auto 15 N R Narayana Murthy - Infosys 16 Subhash Chandra - Zee Telefilms 17 Yusuf Hamed - Cipla 18 Brijmohan Lal Munjal - Hero Group 19 Habil Khorakiwala - Wockhardt 20 Vivek Burman - Dabur 21 Nandan Nilekani- Infosys 22 S Gopalakrishnan - Infosys 23 N S Raghavan - Infosys 24 Narendra Patni - Patni Comp 25 Ajay Piramal - Nicholas Piramal 26 Vijay Mallya - UB Group 27 Pankaj Patel - Zydus Cadila 28 Baba Kalyani - Kalyani Group 29 B Ramalinga Raju - Satyam 30 Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw Biocon 31 Karsanbhai Patel - Nirma 32 K Dinesh - Infosys 33 Uday Kotak - Kotak Mahindra 34 S D Shibulal - Infosys 35 K Anji Reddy - Dr Reddy's 36 Narottam Sekhsaria - Gujarat Ambuja 37 Jaiprakash Gaur- Jaiprakash Inds 38 Shyam & Hari Bhartia - Jubilant Organo 39 Keshub Mahindra - M&M 40 Desh Bandhu Gupta - Lupin Source: Rediff.com

Sunday, December 05, 2004


I wish, I can see this Auto Rickshaw in Ahmedabad soon ! Posted by Hello

Indian v/s Chinese

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VEER- ZAARA revisited

Main ID number 12345 cubicle ke dewaron ke us paar dekhta hoon apni hi tarah khaali baithe colleagues ko dekhta hoon kabhi mail karta kabhi coffee peeta kabhi CUG pe baat karta HR-site per apna sa koi dhoondhta rehta woh kehte hain woh PL hai woh kehte hain woh senior hai fir kyon mere jaisa lagta hai kyon din bhar Fw: padhta hai Main ID number 12345 cubicle ki dewaron ke us paar dekhta hoon cabin me baithe apne PM ko dekhta hoon kabhi phone pe kabhi con-call pe gussa utarta jaane kis pe who kehte hain project aane wala hai training complete karo , kaam aane wala hai fir kyon mujhe yeh jhootha sa lagta hai fir kyon yeh sapna sa lagta hai Main ID number 12345 cubicle ke dewaron ke us paar dekhta hoon Doosri companiyon ko join kar chuke purane doston ko dekhta hoon woh kehte hain bond ka kya hai, chale jao woh kehte hain kahin aur kismat aazmao fir kyon bond todne se dil darta hai abhi ek saal aur intezaar karne ko jee karta hai main ID number 12345 cubicle ki dewaron ke us paar dekhta hoon

What happens when you: 1) have nothing to do 2) own a sharp knife 3) have a large lime 4) own a patient cat 5) drink too much tequila 6) and it's football season?  Posted by Hello

Capricorn ! That's me ! Posted by Hello

TIME Asia Magazine: Hey, Big Spenders -- Sep. 01, 2003

TIME Asia Magazine: Hey, Big Spenders -- Sep. 01, 2003

Saturday, December 04, 2004


AIDS Day ! Posted by Hello

BRILLIANT WAYS GIRLS TURN GUYS DOWN!!

HE: I'm a photographer I've been looking for a face like yours! SHE: I'm a plastic surgeon. I've been looking for a face like yours!! HE: May I have the pleasure of this dance? SHE: No, I'd like to have some pleasure too!!! HE: How did you get to be so beautiful? SHE: I must have been given your share!!! HE: Will you come out with me this Saturday? SHE: Sorry! I'm having a headache this weekend!!! HE: Go on, don't be shy. Ask me out! SHE: Okay, get out!!! HE: I think I could make you very happy SHE: Why? Are you leaving? HE: What would you say if I asked u to marry me? SHE: Nothing. I can't talk and laugh at the same time!!! HE: Can I have your name? SHE: Why, don't you already have one? HE: Shall we go and see a film? SHE: I've already seen it!!! HE: Do you think it was fate that brought us together? SHE: Nah, it was plain bad luck!!! HE: Where have you been all my life? SHE: Hiding from you. HE: Haven't I seen you someplace before? SHE: Yes, thats why I don't go there anymore. HE: Is this seat empty? SHE: Yes, and this one will be if you sit down. HE: So, what do you do for a living? SHE: I'm a female impersonator. HE: Hey baby, what's your sign? SHE: Do not enter.

Thursday, November 18, 2004

Recalling your emails

Even felt like recalling an email to your boss, colleagues but it was too late. If you are using Microsoft Outlook its possible,Just setup a delay rule following these steps. 1. Go to Tools....Rules Wizard 2. Click 'New' Rule 3. Select "Check messages after sending" 4. Click Next on "Which conditions you want to Check?" dialog. 5. Press yes to "This Rule will be applied to every message" message box 6. In the "What do you want to do with message?" dialog, Select "Defer delivery by a number of minutes" 7. Select your favourite number of minutes.... I usually select 2 mins. 8. Select Finish. and close the Rules Wizard. Now everytime you send an email it will sit in your outbox for specified number of minutes. If you ever wanted to change it, delete it etc, You have sufficient time to do it :)

Wednesday, November 17, 2004

Things You have Never known

* The liquid inside young coconuts can be used as a substitute for blood plasma. * No piece of paper can be folded in half more than seven (7) times. * You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television. * Oak trees do not produce acorns until they are fifty (50) years of age or older. * The first product to have a bar code was Wrigley's gum. * The king of hearts (in playing cards) is the only king without a mustache!! * American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one (1) olive from each salad served in first-class. * Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise. * Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking you up in the morning. * Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin. * The first owner of the Marlboro Company died of lung cancer. * Walt Disney was afraid of mice!!! * Pearls melt in vinegar!! * The three most valuable brand names on earth: Marlboro, Coca Cola, and Budweiser, in that order. * It is possible to lead a cow upstairs...but not downstairs. * A duck's quack doesn't echo, and no one knows why!!!!!!!!!!!!?? * Dentists have recommended that a toothbrush be kept at least six (6) feet away from a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush. * Richard Millhouse Nixon was the first U.S. president whose name contains all the letters from the word "criminal." The second? William Jefferson Clinton. * Turtles can breathe through their butts

Importance of Teamwork!

A bunch of smart MBA students about to give their final paper just got drunk the previous night & did not study. Next day morning remorse filled them & they thought of a brilliant idea of fooling their dean to cover their absence. They painted their hands & dresses with oil & grease &, with disheveled hair, they burst in the examination hall where the paper was going on. They painted a sob story of how their car developed a flat tyre the previous night on a desolate road & how they didn't get any help & had to rough out back to the campus which they reached just a few minutes earlier. They pleaded for a re-exam after a few days. The dean said he was a reasonable man & he would give the re-exam after three days. The boys worked hard for the three days & went to the hall confidently. The dean explained that since this was an extraordinary request, the four students will give the examination from four different halls, the question paper being the same. The question paper was given to the four halls.It had 100 marks.The first question which had just 5 marks was simple. The second question which had 95 marks was:- "WHICH TYRE??"

Wisdom

Wisdom: In the end what matters most is,
  • How well did you live
  • How well did you love
  • How well did you learn to let go.

Tuesday, November 16, 2004

Something Harvard University Missed...

A lady in a faded gingham dress and her husband, dressed in a homespun threadbare suit, stepped off the train in Boston and walk timidly without an appointment into the Harvard University President's outer office. The secretary could tell in a moment that such backwoods, country hicks had no business at Harvard and probably didn't even deserve to be in Cambridge. "We want to see the president," the man said softly. "He'll be busy all day," the secretary snapped. "We'll wait," the lady replied". For hours the secretary ignored them, hoping that the couple would finally become discouraged and go away. They didn't and the secretary grew frustrated and finally decided to disturb the president, even though it was a chore she always regretted. "Maybe if you see them for a few minutes, they'll leave," she said to him. He sighed in exasperation and nodded. Someone of his importance obviously didn't have the time to spend with them, but he detested gingham dresses and homespun suits cluttering up his outer office. The president, stern faced and with dignity, strutted toward the couple. The lady told him, "We had a son who attended Harvard for one year. He loved Harvard. He was happy here. But about a year ago, he was accidentally killed. My husband and I would like to erect a memorial to him, somewhere on campus." The president wasn't touched.... He was shocked. "Madam," he said, gruffly, "we can't put up a statue for every person who attended Harvard and died. If we did, this place would look like a cemetery." "Oh, no," the lady explained quickly. "We don't want to erect a statue. We thought we would like to give a building to Harvard." The president rolled his eyes. He glanced at the gingham dress and homespun suit, then exclaimed, "A building! Do you have any earthly idea how much a building costs? We have over seven and a half million dollars in the physical buildings here at Harvard." For a moment the lady was silent. The president was pleased. Maybe he could get rid of them now. The lady then turned to her husband and said quietly, "Is that all it costs to start a university? Why don't we just start our own?" Her husband nodded at that. The president's face wilted in confusion and bewilderment. Mr. and Mrs. Leland Stanford got up and walked away, travelling to Palo Alto, California where they established the University that bears their name, Stanford University, a memorial to a son that Harvard no longer cared about. ADVERSITY CAUSES SOME MEN TO BREAK AND SOME TO BREAK RECORDS !!!

Indian Cricket Team

There was a married couple and they had a boy some 5-6 years old. The relationship between the couple was turning sour. Finally it reached such a stage that they thought it was better to be divorced than carry on. So they consulted a lawyer. But the big question was who would have the kid? In the court, it was decided that this choice should be left on the kid. So the judge asked, "Would you like to stay with your Mom?" Kid said, "No. Mom beats me". So the judge asked, "Would you like to stay with your Dad then?" Kid said "No. Dad beats me too". Now the judge was in a dilemma and was not able to decide what to do. After pondering for some time he smiled with the idea he had in his mind. And, he gave the judgment that the kid would stay with...... any guesses???????? The kid would stay with Indian Cricket Team because... ... They NEVER BEAT ANYBODY!

Wife & Husband Posted by Hello

Zoology Test

A college student needed a small two-hour course to fill his schedule and the only one available was wildlife Zoology. After one week, a test was held. The professor passed out a sheet of paper divided into four squares. In each square was a carefully drawn picture of a bird's Legs. No bodies, no feet, just legs. The test asked each student to identify the birds from their legs. The student sat and stared at the test getting angrier every minute. Finally he stomped up to the front of the classroom and threw the test on the teacher's desk. "This is the worst test I have ever given." The teacher looked up and said: "Young man, you have flunked the test. What's your name?" The student pulled up his pant showing his legs and said: "You tell me!!!"

We are Indian !

One Bengali is a poet. Two Bengalis is a film society. Three Bengalis is a political party. Four Bengalis is two political parties. One Punjabi is a 100 kg hulk named Pinky. Two Punjabis is a Pinky with his brother Twinky. Three Punjabis is an assault on the McAloo Tikkis at the local McDonalds. Four Punjabis is a combined IQ equal to one. One Bihari is Laloo Prasad Yadav. Two Biharis is a booth-capturing squad. Three Biharis is caste killing. Four Biharis is the entire literate population of Patna. One Mallu is a coconut stall. Two Mallus is a boat race. Three Mallus is a Gulf job racket. Four Mallus is an oil slick. One UP bhaiyya is a milkman. Two UP bhaiyyas is a halwai shop. Three UP bhaiyyas is a fist-fight in the UP assembly. Four UP bhaiyyas is a destruction squad!! One Gujju is a share-broker in a Bombay train. Two Gujjus is a rummy game in a Bombay train. Three Gujjus is Bombay's noisiest restaurant. Four Gujjus is a stock market scam. One Andhraite is a chilli farmer. Two Andhraites is a software company in New Jersey. Three Andhraites is a Naxalite outfit. Four Andhraites is a song-and-dance number in a Telugu movie. One Kashmiri is a carpet salesman. Two Kashmiris is a carpet factory. Three Kashmiris is a terrorist outfit. Four Kashmiris is a shoot-at-sight order. One Tam-Brahm is a priest at the Vardarajaperumal temple. Two Tam-Brahms is a maths tuition class. Three Tam-Brahms is a queue outside the U.S consulate at 4 a.m. Four Tam-Brahms is a Thyagaraja music festival in Santa Clara. One Bombayite is a footpath vada-pav stall. Two Bombayites is a film studio. Three Bombayites is a slum. Four Bombayites is the number of people standing on your foot in the train at rush hour.!! AND THEY ALL LIVE IN ONE COUNTRY--- I N D I A :-)

Monday, November 15, 2004


Skills, found only in China Posted by Hello

Skills, found only in China Posted by Hello

Skills, found only in China Posted by Hello

Skills, found only in China Posted by Hello

Difference between boys and girls while using ATM

Difference between boys and girls while using ATM (Bank's cash dispenser machines) Boys: 1. Drive to the bank, park and go to the Cash Dispenser. 2. Insert card 3. Dial code and desired amount 4. Take the cash, the card and the slip Girls: 1. Drive to the bank 2. Engine stalled 3. Check make-up in the mirror 4. Apply perfume 5. Manually check haircut 6. Park the car - failure 7. Park the car - failure 8. Park the car - Success 9. Search for the card in the handbag 10. Insert card, rejected by the machine 11. Throw phone card back in handbag, 12. Look for bank card. 13. Insert Card 14. Look for Secret Box (where secret code is written) in Handbag 15. Enter code 16. Study instructions for 2 minutes 17. #Cancel# 18. Re-enter code 19. #Cancel# 20. Call Boyfriend/husband to get correct the code 21. Enter desired amount 22. #Error# 23. Enter bigger amount 24. #Error# 25. Enter maximum amount 26. Cross fingers 27. Take cash 28. Go back to the car 29. Check make up in rear mirror 30. Look for keys in handbag 31. Start car 32. Drive 50 meters 33. STOP 34. Drive back to bank machine 35. Go out of the car 36. Take card and ticket back from machine 37. Go back to the car 38. Throw card on passenger seat 39. Throw slip on the floor 40. Check make up in rear mirror 41. Manually check haircut 42. Go into roundabout - wrong way 43. BRAKE 44. Go into roundabout - right way 45. Drive 5 kilometers 46. Remove hand brake 47. Call boyfriend/husband to tell how miserable she was because of HIM.

Useless but interesting facts

The world's youngest parents were 8 and 9 and lived in China in 1910.The youngest pope was 11 years old. Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history: Spades - King DavidHearts - CharlemagneClubs - Alexander the GreatDiamonds - Julius Caesar If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in theair, the person died in battle. If the horse has one front leg in the airthe person died as a result of wounds received in battle. If the horse hasall four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes. Q. What do bullet-proof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers, and laserprinters all have in common?A. All invented by women. In Shakespeare's time, mattresses were secured on bed frames by ropes. Whenyou pulled on the ropes the mattress tightened, making the bed firmer tosleep on. Hence the phrase "goodnight, sleep tight". It was the accepted practice in Babylon 4,000 years ago that for a month after the wedding, the bride's father would supply his son-in-law with all the mead he could drink. Mead is a honey beer and because their calendar was lunar based, this period was called the honey month - or what we know todayas the honeymoon. In ancient England a person could not have sex unless you had consent of theKing (unless you were in the Royal Family). When anyone wanted to have a baby, they got consent of the King, the King gave them a placard that theyhung on their door while they were having sex. The placard had F.*.* K(Fornication Under Consent of the King) on it. Now you know where that word came from! Last but not least: In Scotland, a new game was invented. It was entitled "Gentlemen Only,Ladies Forbidden"... and thus the word GOLF entered into the Englishlanguage.