Firsts in International Cricket - I

Shane Warne becoming da first bowler to claim 700 Test wickets.Here's a look into details of Various first in international cricket arranged in chronological order:

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1.900 runs in an innings by team in test(2)
>>>Eng vs Aus at da oval on August 23 1938

2.1900 runs aggregate by team in test(1)
>>>SA(530&481) and Eng(316&654-5) in timeless draw
Test at durban on March 14,1939

3.10,000 individual runs in Tests(5)
>>>Sunil Gavaskar vs Pakistan at Ahmedabad on March 7 1987

4.190 Individual runs in an ODI(1)
>>>Pakistan's Saeed Anwar vs India at Chennai on May 21 1997

5.10,000 individual career runs in ODI(5)
>>>Sachine Tendulkar vs Aus at Indore on March 31 2001

6.500 individual career wickets in ODI(1)
>>>Wasim Akram vs Nethelands at Paarl on Feb 25 2003

Note:Figures in da bracket indicates total number of instances for tht particular milestone

Firsts in International Cricket - II

7.400 individual runs in a innings (1)
>>>West Indies' Brian Lara vs Eng at Antigua on April 12 2004

8.1,000 individual combined career wickets in Test and ODIs(1)
>>>Sri Lanka's Muttiah Muralitharan vs Bangladesh at Chittagong on March 2 2006

9.400 runs by tem in an ODI (4)
>>>Aus vs SA at Johannesburg on March 12 2006

10.800 runs aggregate in an ODI(1)
>>>Aus(434-4/50) vs SA(439-9/49.5) at Johannesburg on March 12 2006

11.25,000 Career runs (1)
>>>Sachin Tendulkar vs SA at Centurion on Dec 3 2006

12.700 Test wickets(1)
>>>Shane Warne vs Eng in his penultimate Test at Mwlbourne on Dec 26 2006

Note:Figures in da bracket indicates total number of instances for tht particular milestone

Top 15 Formula 1 Drivers of all time

As a little bit of Friday fun I decided to put together a list of the top 15 Formula 1 Drivers of all time based on the number of championship titles they have won.

And here it is …

Driver	Total Titles	Seasons
Michael Schumacher	7	1994-1995, 2000-2004
Juan Manuel Fangio	5	1951, 1954-1957
Alain Prost	4	1985-1986, 1989, 1993
Jack Brabham	3	1959-1960, 1966
Jackie Stewart	3	1969, 1971, 1973
Niki Lauda	3	1975, 1977, 1984
Nelson Piquet	3	1981, 1983, 1987
Ayrton Senna	3	1988, 1990-1991
Alberto Ascari	2	1952-1953
Jim Clark	2	1963, 1965
Graham Hill	2	1962, 1968
Emerson Fittipaldi	2	1972, 1974
Mika Häkkinen	2	1998-1999
Fernando Alonso	2	2005-2006

And this concludes my list of the Top 15 Formula One Drivers of All Time.

Enjoy.

Play da classic game of Prince of Persia

Today's Game

New Firefox Version Fixes 8 Security Holes

Mozilla on Tuesday released updates to fix at least eight security vulnerabilities in its Firefox

Web browser and related software. Five of the eight flaws received a "critical" label, meaning that an attacker could exploit them to break into machines running vulnerable versions of the software.

Patches are available for both the 1.5.x and 2.x versions of Firefox, each of which should automatically alert you when the updates are ready for installation. Users also can install updates by clicking on "Help" then "Check for Updates." Some of the same updates also are available Mozilla's Thunderbird e-mail client, and its Seamonkey Internet suite.

Mozilla did not address one particular flaw that has received quite a bit of press over the past month: A bug in Firefox's password manager that could be exploited to gain access to a victim's stored user names and passwords.

Dan Veditz, a member of Mozilla's security team, said the team members thought they had a fix for the password manager flaw ready a week ago Friday, but later learned that it really didn't solve the problem. He said Mozilla currently plans to ship a fix for the problem in January.

CET update

Common Entrance Test for Admissions to First Year of
MBA/MMS/PGDBM/PGDBA and MCA Courses for the Year 2007-2008

Candidates seeking admission to AICTE approved MBA/MMS/PGDBM/PGDBA and MCA courses are hereby informed that a Common Entrance Test (CET) will be conducted for the admission to these courses as per the schedule given below:

Course: MBA/MMS/PGDBM/PGDBA
Date of CET: 25th February 2007 (Sunday)

Course: MCA
Date of CET : 11th March 2007 (Sunday)

The detailed notification regarding availability of information brochure, filling up on-line Application form, eligibility criteria etc. will be published in leading newspapers and will also be available on the official web site www.dte.org.in/mba or www.dte.org.in/mca in the third week of January 2007.

Sd/-
(Prof. N. B. Pasalkar)
Director, Technical Education,
Maharashtra State, Mumbai.
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PH:(022) 22620601, 22690602
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Guide the Copter through the maze of green blocks. Don't crash or you lose!

Today's Game

Bhagam Bhag

Starring Govinda, Akshay Kumar, Lara Dutta, Paresh Rawail, Rajpal Yadav, Jackie Shroff
Directed by Priyadarshan
Rating: No Clue!

In a Priyadarshan comedy one is always comforted in the chaos of colliding characters by the thought that somewhere in the on-going blizzard of bacchanalia there's a rhythm and a rationale.
It's that thought which keeps you smiling through the exasperatingly juvenile games of one-upmanship between Govinda and Akshay Kumar in the prolific director's latest ode to rude- awakening calls from the shudder-world.

While Bhagam Bhag lacks the working-class anxieties of Hera Pheri, it certainly captures some of the colour, flamboyance and friskiness of a dance troupe from Mumbai which arrives in London for a performance without a heroine. Both the heroes, tongue-in-cheekily named Bunty(Akshay) and Babla(Govinda) as tribute to Abhishek and Rani's ongoing boisterousness from the back-waters in Bunty Aur Babli, are asked to get a girl for the play.

Then begins the endless chase. It seems as if the director took the film's title so literally he had to have a supporting cast that could colonize a medium-sized island. Everyone runs and speaks incessantly. Neeraj Vora's lines include severely sexist dialogues like, "If you give izzat to a woman she gives her izzat to you,"…. And "You hold her blouse I'll hold her saree." This, when an unconscious woman needs to be carried.

The film takes us on a bumpy, boisterous, wickedly naughty ride. Although we see Akshay getting in and out of London roads and transportation in a slapstick equivalent of a road movie, he seldom gives us reason to apply any logic to the proceedings.

The plot keeps building up into a riot of screams and confusions signifying nothing more than a pesky penchant for a prattlingly pronounced parody that goes around in a dizzying circle.

Akshay Kumar shows a marked tendency to take over the show. Some of the dialogues like the one about cutting other actor's roles, are clearly indicative of his growing dominance as an actor. He continues to be funny, re-inventing his self-important character's body language to the extent that he appears to be another person altogether. Of course the grin remains unchanged. Comedy in Hindi cinema has become more a joy for the actors than the viewers.

Govinda is saddled with an under-written dithering role that requires him to be more supporting than aggressive. He's clearly not comfortable standing in Akshay Kumar's shadows. But seems to have little choice. In that sense he's one with the audience.

As in all of Priyadarshan's films there's a huge cast of mock-monstrous supporting players, like Shakti Kapoor(with two broken legs), Sharad Sexena(in dark glasses and a grimace), Jackie Shroff ( wearing what could be the most lost look ever in a Hindi film) and Rajpal Yadav(bravely looking confident in cabbie's role).

Lara Dutta plays a suicidal woman. She keeps jumping in front of cars and courting incendiary situations. You could call her the film's kinetic element if only her expressions matched her invisible passions.

The choreography and songs are like Bhendi Bazar versions of Broadway. Yup, the director and his cast go the broad way. Thankfully, the finesse that Priyadarshan brings to the London setting keeps the melee from collapsing in spite of multiple collision.

But at the end of it all you do wonder if the pointless bhagam-bhag(scamper) is the best remedy for the blues.

How about some weight in the wit next time, Mr Priyadarshan?

What is RSS?

RSS is a format for delivering regularly changing web content. Many news-related sites, web blogs and other online publishers syndicate their content as an RSS Feed to whoever wants it.

RSS is a family of web feed formats used to publish frequently updated digital content, such as blogs news feeds or podcasts. Consumers of RSS content use special browsers called aggregators to watch for new content in dozens or even hundreds of web feeds. The initials "RSS" are variously used to refer to the following standards:

• Really Simple Syndication (RSS 2.0)
• Rich Site Summary (RSS 0.91, RSS 1.0)
• RDF Site Summary (RSS 0.9 and 1.0)

RSS formats are specified in XML (a generic specification for data formats). RSS delivers its information as an XML file called an "RSS feed", "webfeed", "RSS stream", or "RSS channel".

On web Pages , web Feeds (RSS or Atom) are typically linked ith word "Subscribe",an orange rectangle , or with the letters or Many news aggregators publish subscription buttons for use on Web pages to simplify the process of adding news feeds.

HISTORY

Created by Netscape in 1999. First version is 0.90.

The 0.91 version has been improved by the Userland company in 2000.In 2000 the version 1.0 based on RDF is created and named RDF Site Summary, it comes from O'Reilly and is not related to other versions.RSS 2.0 was defined by Dave Winer (previously worker at Userland) at Harvard University in 2002.

Before RSS, several similar formats already existed for syndication, but none achieved widespread popularity or are still in common use today, as most were envisioned to work only with a single service. These originated from push and pull technologies. Two of the earliest examples are Backweb and Pointcast

RSS, how it works?

The RSS system to publish articles and news over the web is very simple:

1. There are firstly some web pages, one want to be displayed by other websites.
   This set of pages is the RSS feed.
2. An XML file that defines the RSS feed. This file holds URL, title and summary of each page to display.
3. A person which want to read the feed on its computer. He (she) uses a RSS reader and just adds the feed with the proper command of the program.
4. Or another website that wants to display the feed. It has to load the RSS file from the provider, to extract URL of pages, and display titles and summaries. This may be performed by a php script.
5. When someone visits the website of the receiver, the script is launched, it recalls the RSS file from the provider's website and displays a list of news from extracted data.
6. By a click on a line of the list, visitors display a page from the provider.

How to use RSS?

Now the question is What do I need to do to read an RSS Feed? RSS Feed Readers and News Aggregators

1 - Using RSS on a desktop

A RSS reader (or aggregator) must be installed first, compatible with your operating system (Windows, Linux, Mac OS, etc...). See in resources. There is one that is built with XUL.
Accessing the content depends upon the reader. This may be accomplished just by a click on an "add" button to get the URL of the RSS feed, and let it added to a list of feeds.

Feed Reader or News Aggregator software allow you to grab the RSS feeds from various sites and display them for you to read and use.

A variety of RSS Readers are available for different platforms. Some popular feed readers include Amphetadesk(Windows, Linux, Mac), Feed Reader (Windows), and NewsGator (Windows - integrates with Outlook).

RSS-aware programs are available for various operating systems. Client-side readers and aggregators are typically constructed as standalone programs or extensions to existing programs such as web browsers and Email readers. Many browsers have integrated support for RSS feeds. There also are other applications that can convert an RSS feed into several usenet articles, viewable through the major newsreader software such as Mozilla Thunderbird

Once you have your Feed Reader, it is a matter of finding sites that syndicate conent and adding their RSS feed to the list of feeds your Feed Reader checks.

2 - Using a feed on a website

The RSS feed is displayed as a list of titles (and optionally summaries). A click on a title displays the new. Titles are updated automatically. A script in php or other language, builds the list each time the page is displayed by loading the RSS file and extracting the data from it.

Why RSS? Benefits and Reasons for using RSS
RSS solves a problem for people who regularly use the web. It allows you to easily stay informed by retrieving summaries of the latest content from the sites you are interested in. You save time by not needing to visit each site individually. You ensure your privacy, by not needing to join each site's email newsletter. The number of sites offering RSS feeds is growing rapidly and includes big names like Yahoo News and Amazon.com.

Hynix intros super-fast 60nm DRam

1Gb and 2Gb UDIMM modules unveiled

Korean chipmaker Hynix Semiconductor has introduced a family of components and high capacity modules based on 60nm 1Gb DDR2 DRam.

The 1Gb and 2Gb Unregistered Dimm modules boast operating speeds of 800MHz, which Hynix claims to be the fastest in the industry.

As the 60nm process ramps up, manufacturing costs of the 1Gb DRam is expected to decline up to 50 per cent when compared to first generation 80nm technologies.

The resulting 1Gb package size will allow Hynix to cost-efficiently manufacture 4Gb and higher density Registered Dimm and Fully Buffered Dimm, the company said.

"Our 60nm process has been highly stable, even under worst case conditions," said Hong Sung Joo, vice president of product development at Hynix.

"Additionally the 3D transistor architecture and triple-metal layer process significantly improves speed-power characteristics of the components."

The 60nm process-based 1Gb 800MHz DDR2 DRam component and the 2Gb module will go into volume production as the market matures early in the first half of 2007.

BitTorrents

How exactly does BitTorrent Sharing work?

Answer: Torrent sharing is about "swarming and tracking", where users download many small bits from many different sources at once. Because this format compensates for bottleneck points, it is actually faster than downloading a large file from a single source.

• “Swarming” is about splitting large files into hundreds of smaller “bits”, and then sharing those bits across a “swarm” of dozens of linked users.
• “Tracking” is when specific servers help swarm users find each other.
• Swarm members use special Torrent client software to upload, download, and reconstruct the many file bits into complete usable files.
  
• Special .torrent text files act as pointers during this whole process, helping users find other users to swarm with, and enforcing quality control on all shared files.

Kazaa. BitTorrent is different from the competing Kazaa network in one significant way: BitTorrent is true P2P sharing. Instead of “publisher servers” dishing out files, BitTorrent users do the file serving. Torrent users voluntarily upload their file bits to their swarm without payment or advertising revenue. You could say Torrent users are motivated, not by money, but by a "Pay-It-Forward" cooperative spirit. If you recall the Napster.com model of the 1990’s, BitTorrent swarming is the same, but with sharing incentive added.

Torrent sharing goes like this: if you share files on BitTorrent, you will be rewarded with increased download speed. Conversely, if you choose to "leech" and not share your files upwards, you will be punished with slow Torrent download speeds.

Download speed is controlled by Torrent tracking servers, who monitor all swarm users. If you share, tracker servers will reward you by increasing your alotted swarm bandwidth (sometimes up to 1500 kilobits per second). Similarly, if you leech and limit your upload sharing, tracking servers will choke your download speeds, sometimes to as slow as 1 kilobit per second. Indeed, the "Pay It Forward" philosophy is digitally enforced! Leeches are not welcome in a BitTorrent swarm.


Unlike most P2P networks, however, BitTorrent stands out for 5 major reasons:

1. BitTorrent networking is NOT a publish-subscribe model like Kazaa; instead, BitTorrent is true Peer-Peer networking where the users do the actual file serving.
   
2. Torrents enforce quality control by filtering out corrupted and dummy files, ensuring that downloads contain only what they claim to contain.
   
3. Torrents actively encourage users to share (“seed”) their complete files, while punishing users who "leech".
   
4. BitTorrent can achieve download speeds over 1500 kilobits per second.
   
5. BitTorrent code is open-source, advertising-free, and adware/spyware-free. This means that no single person profits from BitTorrent's success.

Torrent networking debuted in 2001. A Python-language programmer, Bram Cohen, created the technology with the intent to share it with everyone. And indeed, its popularity has taken off since 2005. Although its user base and variety of available files is smaller than the Kazaa network, the torrent community is growing exponentially. Because torrents screen out dummy and corrupt files, are free of adware/spyware, and achieve amazing download speeds, torrent popularity is growing fast. At its current rate of growth, BitTorrent networking will become the largest true P2P file-sharing community within the next year.

New Rules Make Firms Track E-Mails, IMs

U.S. companies will need to keep track of all the e-mails, instant messages and other electronic documents generated by their employees thanks to new federal rules that go into effect Friday, legal experts say.

The rules, approved by the Supreme Court in April, require companies and other entities involved in federal litigation to produce "electronically stored information" as part of the discovery process, when evidence is shared by both sides before a trial.

The change makes it more important for companies to know what electronic information they have and where. Under the new rules, an information technology employee who routinely copies over a backup
computer tape could be committing the equivalent of "virtual shredding," said Alvin F. Lindsay, a partner at Hogan & Hartson LLP and expert on technology and litigation.

James Wright, director of electronic discovery at Halliburton Co., said that large companies are likely to face higher costs from organizing their data to comply with the rules. In addition to e-mail, companies will need to know about things more difficult to track, like digital photos of work sites on employee cell phones and information on removable memory cards, he said.

Both federal and state courts have increasingly been requiring the production of relevant electronic documents during discovery, but the new rules codify the practice, legal experts said.

The rules also require that lawyers provide information about where their clients' electronic data is stored and how accessible it is much earlier in a lawsuit than was previously the case.

There are hundreds of "e-discovery vendors" and these businesses raked in approximately $1.6 billion in 2006, Wright said. That figure could double in 2007, he added.

Another expense will likely stem from the additional time lawyers will have to spend reviewing electronic documents before turning them over to the other side. While the amount of data will be narrowed by

electronic searches, some high-paid lawyers will still have to sift through casual e-mails about subjects like "office birthday parties in the pantry" in order to find information relevant to a particular case.

Tech Update

Blu-Ray can store upto 50GB of data ...

Blu-ray, also known as Blu-ray Disc (BD), is the name of a next-generation optical disc format jointly developed by the Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA), a group of the world's leading consumer electronics, personal computer and media manufacturers (including Apple, Dell, Hitachi, HP, JVC, LG, Mitsubishi, Panasonic, Pioneer, Philips, Samsung, Sharp, Sony, TDK and Thomson).

The format was developed to enable recording, rewriting and playback of high-definition video (HD), as well as storing large amounts of data.

The format offers more than five times the storage capacity of traditional DVDs and can hold up to 25GB on a single-layer disc and 50GB on a dual-layer disc. This extra capacity combined with the use of advanced video and audio codecs will offer consumers an unprecedented HD experience.

While current optical disc technologies such as DVD, DVD±R, DVD±RW, and DVD-RAM rely on a red laser to read and write data, the new format uses a blue-violet laser instead, hence the name Blu-ray.

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ALTAVISTA
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MSN
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YAHOO SEARCH
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Should Chappel be the Indian coach ???

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