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Is Microsoft scared of Google? We thought we we'd ask Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer that on Monday. Steve was shrill, initially. "Microsoft is not scared of Google!" declared the man Bill Gates has handed his company's reins to. It was apparent that our inquiry had taken the usually brash Ballmer offguard. But not for nothing is he the commander of the world's top software company. Shaking Steve, he certainly isn't. He quickly pulled himself together and went on record. Check out the video on Rediff IShare and see what Steve Ballmer had to say about his company's famed feud with Google. Source:Rediff

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They say there is no place like home, but it is beginning to look as if there is a place sort of like home 41 light-years from here in the constellation Cancer. Astronomers reported Tuesday that there were at least five planets circling a star there known as 55 Cancri, where only four had been known before, making it the most extensive planetary system yet found outside our own. It is also the one that most resembles our solar system, with a giant planet orbiting far out from the star and four smaller ones circling closer in. The new addition to the system circles 55 Cancri at roughly the distance of Venus in our own solar system, in the so-called habitable zone where it is warm enough for liquid water. But, with 45 times the mass of Earth, the planet is more apt to resemble Neptune or Saturn than Earth, and thus would be a deadly environment for any kind of life that we know. “It’s a system that appears to be packed with planets,” Prof. Debra Fischer of San Francisco State University

Apple's knack for generating fanatical customer loyalty was clearly on display in London Nov. 9, as a line of plucky fans braved inclement British weather outside the company's Regent Street store. They wanted to be the first to get their hands on the iPhone, which finally launched that day in Britain and Germany. Bracing himself against the cold, student John MacGregor, 23, says he has been looking forward to the iPhone's British launch since the device was first unveiled in January, 2007. "There's nothing quite like it out there at the moment," he says. Despite the hoopla surrounding the iPhone—more than 1.4 million units already have been sold in the U.S.—Apple's bid to grab a share of the European mobile-phone market is no sure bet. The European market is home to well-entrenched locals Nokia (NOK) and Sony Ericsson, which enjoy dominant market share and offer their own multimedia music phones. European consumers also could turn up their noses at a phon

“Second life is a 3D digital world imagined, created and owned by its Residents.” The basic account is free and further paid upgrades are available. A downloadable client allows you to log in and choose an identity and be whatever you want. Users are called Residents and you can interact and socialise with other Residents as well. You can you even buy land (yeah…that’s what it’s called) and set up a home or business!! Various companies and organisations already have their setups in Second Life. They even have virtual currency named Linden Dollar or L$. Try here...

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Victory!!!! Watch the Indian team celebrate victory over Pakistan in the T20 World Cup Final :-)

Watch this amazing video of Yuvraj taking 70 off 30 balls!! I hope you enjoy this as much as i did!

Watch the highlights of the most interesting match ever!!!

An interesting take off on the Spider Man movie!! Have a look .. via videosift.com

A 30 inch tabletop where you can actually grab data with your hands allowing mutiple people to work independently or simultaneously . If you work with digital contents then this is the future !! You have to see it yourself to realize what i am talking about - Microsoft Surface

A very interesting video ... it throws at you some very interesting facts - a complete must watch!!! You tube

Try this site - it has a good collecion of songs and online videos

Why buy a new game? This is a pretty cool site where you can trade your used games

This page gives link of some free downloads which you may find quite useful. Free donwloads

India's gaming industry is poised for a quantum leap from its current $30 million to $700 million in the next 5 years...thanks to the gaming consoles like XBox and PS. I wonder why Wii hasn't been officially launched yet!! Read the full story here

As if talking handsfree wasnt enough, now you can talk to your handsfree set!!!! You can accept a call by saying "yes" ...Bluetooth chips with speech recognition...cool! Read the full story here...

Great thinking!! Sammy Snoozle is the new version of your old boring hot water bottle for those sprains and pains!! All you have to do is to microwave (yes!) for 2 minutes and it will stay warm for for upto 3 hours. Take a look... cool stuff!!

Some cool stuff if you like flash games Online games

All those MBA freaks preparing for CAT might want to look at this one - TenADay It has been launched by 4 IIMA grads who left big pay packets to start their own venture!! They started with a unique concept of offering 10 questions a day which kind of fancied a lot of people and they have about 19000 registered users now and presuably growing by the day!!

Check out the new iPod Nano Its smaller, can play videos on it, comes in 5 different colours and much more....

I think this is a very good website on latest news in the propery market in india. http://www.realestatetimes.in/ It gives you links to various blogs, forums, New Projects etc. A must visit for somone planning to buy a house soon!

The top searched word on Google in Hongkong for the month of August was Shahrukh Khan!!! Can you believe that!! Well his fans can check him out here... http://www.omshantiom.co.in/

This article is pretty interesting as it creates a parallel between Lord Voldemort and his fixation with Pure blood and Racism in the present and the past world. http://joswift.blogspot.com/2007/09/is-harry-potter-all-about-racism.html