Posts from ‘August, 2009’

Heres a classic example of “Miscommunication”…
Memo from CEO to Manager:
“Today at 11 o’ clock there will be a total eclipse of the sun. This is when the sun disappears behind the moon for two minutes. As this is something that cannot be seen everyday, time will be allowed for employees to view the eclipse in [...]

Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh seems to be of an opinion that Shah Rukh Khan himself blew his detention unnecessarily out of proportion when it was in fact normal at US airports. He further reiterated his opinion by saying SRK did it as it would help him publicize his upcoming film My Name Is Khan. [...]

The publisher Taschen is known for their affordable art books. Once in a while they also make special editions that are a little more expensive. The book they are planning on selling now is a different story. This book is likely to be one of the most expensive of the world. Several hundred thousand dollars [...]

It’s not literally the only new movie to open this weekend, but it might as well be. With a cast comprising of Brad Pitt, Eli Roth, Quentin Tarantino (also the director), Inglourious Basterds is predicted to dominate the box office. The plot of the movie sees Pitt leading a contingent of Jews in a killing rampage against [...]

Samsung’s highly slim ( but not small ) range of LED TVs, witnessed its launch in India recently. The 8000 series boasts of a 55″ model that becomes the flagship LED TV offering from the company in India. Samsung has also added a 32″ model to its 6000 series and another 55″ model to its [...]

Yulong, a mainland Chinese supplier of high-end smartphones, announced the launch of its 3G mobile phone, the Coolpad N900. Just as Apple is about to reach an agreement on entering the China market through cooperation with China Unicom, the new Coolpad N900 looms over the sales prospects of the iPhone 3G by winning itself the [...]

McGraw-Hill Education is making over 100 educational titles available for the Kindle ebook reader. The titles will be bestsellers in subjects such as science, economics, foreign languages, and business.
More than 3,000 McGraw-Hill Professional titles (business, medical and technical) are already available in Kindle format. This fall, Amazon will use the McGraw-Hill content in its on-campus [...]

The New York Times reports that the ebook version of Dan Brown’s upcoming novel, The Lost Symbol will be released at the same time the hardback is released. The scheduled date for both releases is September 15, 2009.
At the same time, the publishing industry is worried that ebooks, which cost around $10, will cannibalize the [...]

Cast: Priyanshu Chatterjee, Sandali Sinha, Himanshu Malik, Rakesh Bapat
Written and Directed By : Anubhav Sinha
Dunno how many of you have watched this one. This was a movie with a debutant director, with a totally first-time cast, script-writing etc.. in short, a first time attempt on the whole. Such attempts are released in quite a number [...]

One night a guy dropped his girlfriend at her home.
As they were about to wish each other good night at the front door, the guy started feeling a little more romantic. With an air of confidence, he leaned with his hand against the wall and smiling, he said to her “Honey, would you give me [...]