Monday, August 11, 2008

Chak De India: a gold for India in Olympics

Indian shooter Abhinav Bindra wins the first every first ever individual Olympic gold medal in 10 metres air rifle event. Bindra was fourth after qualifying but had a brilliant final round and even hit a near perfect 10.8 on his last visit to pull in front of Henri Hakkinen of Finland, who dropped to bronze with a poor final shot of 9.7.

Milestones Set by Abhinav Bindra
  • Made a junior world record score of 597/600 in 2001 Munich World Cup and won bronze
  • Gold in 2002 Manchester Commonwealth Games
  • Became the first Indian shooter to win a World Championship gold
  • Recipient of Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna in 2001.

Tuesday, August 5, 2008

Pooja Bedi enters in the cut-throat arena of blogging

Apart from doing movies, partying and other social activities, another factor which is common among bollywood celebrities is blogging. After Amitabh Bachchan, Aamir Khan, Salman Khan, and Ajay Devgan, actress and anchor Pooja Bedi has made her foray into the world of blogging.

After returning from a month long shoot of Khatron Ke Khiladi, the lady find a new addiction in the form of blog. She said in her blog, "Internet is one of the best things that has happened to us, And I have decided to make the best use of it. I was already very active on Facebook when one day it dawned to me that here s another way where not only can I express myself but also can connect to you guys more. So here I am."

Hope that we will see some more celebrity blogs in near future.

Monday, August 4, 2008

Aishwarya didn't loose nakshatra's endorsement to Katrina: Abhishek Bacchan

Abhishek Bacchan has trashed the rumours about his wife Aishwarya Rai that she is losing out the Nakshatra diamond jewellery endorsement to Katrina Kaif. Addressing media persons on the sidelines of the Omega Olympics Evening he explains, "Nakshatra was discontinued by Aishwarya. It is false news that she lost out the endorsement to Katrina Kaif. Aishwarya had some conditions and the company did not come to terms with this, so she called it off.”

The actor flew in for the event from San Francisco, where he is busy with the “Unforgettable” tour.

Salman's blog explain his much hyped spat with SRK

Actor-turned- anchor, Salman Khan writes candidly about his spat with Shahrukh Khan. Needless to explain that Sallu and Sharukh have some fight on Katrina's 24th birthday bash. Lets see what exactly Salman Khan quoted in his blog, “Ha ha ha... I told you...didn’t I? Ki Farak Painda Hai (How does it matter)...You keep whacking a stick in water, what will happen to the water? Nothing. If the person doing this does not know that, then what does one do? Laugh because it’s funny or feel sad because it’s sad?”

The expulsion of Katrina Kaif from Shah Rukh’s Temptation Reloaded Tour itself explains the level of sourness in Sallu-Shahrukh's friendship. Hope that we will see both the stars in coming time.

Friday, August 1, 2008

Another search engine is preparing to end the monopoly of Google

It seems that Internet search has become the arena cut-throat arena among IT majors. Another search engine cuil.com is gearing up to end the monopoly of google, the name synonymous with the Internet search. A group of former engineers who have worked with IT majors, like Google , eBay, IBM and AltaVista have come up with an alternative called Cuil (pronounced cool). Cuil plans to not only break the monopoly of Google, but also change the surfing culture among users.

Cuil, which precisely means knowledge in Irish, is a start-up by led by husband-wife team Tom Costello (CEO of Cuil) and Anna Patterson, president, along with former colleagues Russell Power, vice-president of engineering, and Louis Monier, vice-president of products. Cuil has got venture funding of about $30 million from Tugboat Ventures, Greylock Partners and Madrone Capital Partners.