Thursday, November 24, 2005 


Google Inc. is testing a click-to-call service that lets users speak over the phone to an advertiser found on the search engine's results page.

Google did not say whether a third party was involved in making the call.

Google is not the first to offer such a service, which is available on rivals Yahoo Inc. and America Online Inc. The latter provides the service through partner Ingenio Inc.


Source : Information Week

 


53 percent of all peer-to-peer traffic owner, bittorrent and the MPAA announced Tuesday that they had reached a deal under which unlicensed copyright movies will be expeditiously nixed from BitTorrent.com's recently launched search engine.

But experts said the deal will have little practical impact on movie piracy in general. Because all-purpose search giants such as Google -- are not affected, because BitTorrent.com does not control them.

Wednesday, November 23, 2005 

Our mind is the final arbiter of truth.

How can the man go up all the time? Can such a staircase be built as a real object?


There are no gray spots at the corners of the squares.



You can read many more here.

Source : Digg.com

Tuesday, November 22, 2005 


Well, I thought most people spend their time on the net searching. But according to cnet news, about 52 percent of all U.S. Internet users are spending their online time with emails. The report also found that searching is the second most popular and reading the news is now the third most popular Web activity.

Source : Cnet News

 


This is a very strange story. This girl is 12 years old but she still looks like a 6 months old. I think that she is lacking something that normal people have, such as a gene responsible for early growth. Everyboday might feel sad about what is that family is going through. But maybe something will be gained in the end, or maybe not.
Watch the video and see for yourself.


Source : MSNBC

 



He is not only a president, he is also funny.

5) "There's an old saying in Tennessee — I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee — that says, fool me once, shame on — shame on you. Fool me
— you can't get fooled again." —Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 17, 2002

4) "I know the human being and fish can coexist peacefully."
—Saginaw, Mich., Sept. 29, 2000


3) "They misunderestimated me." —Bentonville, Ark., Nov. 6, 2000

2) "Rarely is the questioned asked: Is our children learning?"
—Florence, S.C., Jan. 11, 2000


1) "Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we."
—Washington, D.C., Aug. 5, 2004


I just found out some more unintentionally funny speeches.


If you don't stand for anything, you don't stand for anything!
- Nov 2, 2000 at Bellevue Community College


I know how hard it is for you to put food on your family
- Jan 27, 2000 in New Hampshire

Will the highways on the Internet become more few?
- Concord, New Hampshire, Jan 29, 2000


If you choose to do so, when Iraq is liberated, you will be treated, tried and persecuted as a war criminal.
- St. Louis, Jan 22, 2003, he likely meant 'prosecuted.'

We cannot let terrorists hold this nation hostile or hold our allies hostile.
- 2000 in Des Moines, Iowa

Sunday, November 20, 2005 


Myanmar will compete in 23rd Sea Games being held in Philippines.

Myanmar football team (MAN) is in Group B, along with Laos, Indonesia, Vietnam and Singapore.

The schedules are as follows:

Nov 20 : Myanmar vs. Laos
Nov 22 : Myanmar vs. Indonesia
Nov 24 : Myanmar vs. Vietnam
Nov 28 : Myanmar vs. Singapore

Semi-final is on Dec 2 and final will be on Dec 4.

Full schedules can be downloaded here.

Source : 2005 SEA Games

Saturday, November 19, 2005 



Google Inc. on Friday launched a program that gives ad publishers the option of displaying an "advertise-on-this-site" link that takes advertisers to the search engine.

The initiative is an extension of Google's site-targeted advertising program AdSense, which launched this year. The link takes potential advertisers to a page where they can create an ad that's target to the publisher's site.

"Advertise on this site" links in your ad units let advertisers know they have the opportunity to place ads on your site, and enable them to act precisely at their moment of interest with the click of a mouse.

More info : Onsite Advertiser Sign-Up

 


Lots of regret and respect and best wishes.

The precise details of Keane's departure remain a mystery to all but the overly certain practitioners of the tabloid arts. What we do know is that the relationship between Keane and Ferguson had deteriorated at a rate approximate to United's decline as a serious team. Everything else depends on who you believe.

If Keane's time at United ended badly yesterday, his abrupt departure suggests that there will be grimmer endings soon. For loyalists it will be hard to watch.

For 12 years Keane has been the luminous heartbeat and demanding conscience of a Manchester United side which achieved astonishing success.

Keane's rather sensational exit reminds us starkly that the Premiership is a planet we know little about. We know its native life forms evolved from us, but probably couldn't survive here on Earth. We know they are capable of thought, but not rational thought.

What we do know is that Keane's scabrous honesty and raging energy had begun to cause corporate Manchester United to shift uneasily from buttock to buttock whenever he started to speak. Downstairs, meanwhile, his caustic criticisms were scalding well-tended egos. In the end he was bundled away from sight, the boy who said that the emperor had no clothes.

Wednesday, November 16, 2005 


Tuesday, Nov. 22, is when Microsoft begins selling its newest -- and highly anticipated -- console, the Xbox 360.

The new console is much sleeker than its predecessor. The original Xbox never really caught on in Asia, and many analysts blamed its bulky design. Microsoft partnered with two design firms for the 360, Astro Studios in San Francisco and Hers Experimental Design Laboratory in Osaka, Japan.

Like the Sony PlayStation 2, the 360 can stand vertically or horizontally, and it's only slightly larger than a digital cable box. Optional faceplates -- a great way to customize your Xbox -- also will be available at launch.

Xbox 360 is built to be online every minute you play, making a broadband connection essential.

Microsoft is hoping the latest version of its gaming console will help propel it closer to its main rival, Sony. Currently, Xbox is the second in the console sales wars, well behind Sony's PlayStation2. Sony is going to be offering its newest console, the PS3, next spring.

Factor in a couple of games (at $59.99 each), and an Xbox 360 buyer easily can spend $600. Serious gamers will find it's worth it for cutting-edge technology, mind-boggling graphics and neighborhood bragging rights. Novices will just think it's plain cool.

Wednesday, November 02, 2005 


In case if you miss this news, another online service from Microsoft has just been released today. With integrated feed reader and different Gadgets.

What is Windows Live?

Your online world gets better when everything works simply and effortlessly together. That's the basic idea behind Windows Live. So the things you care about - your friends, the latest information, your e-mails, powerful search, your PC files, everything – comes together in one place. This is a brand new Internet experience designed to put you in control.

Just go, check & enjoy : Windows Live

Tuesday, November 01, 2005 


Well, this is funny and also reality.

10. 'That's weird...'
9. 'It's never done that before.'
8. 'It worked yesterday.'
7. 'You must have the wrong version.'
6. 'It works, but it hasn't been tested.'
5. 'Somebody must have changed my code.'
4. 'Did you check for a virus?'
3. 'Where were you when the program blew up?'
2. 'Why do you want to do it that way?'

and at last ...

1. 'I thought I fixed that.'