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Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

Talent is something that is unique with every individual which sets them apart.Making use of it people scale great heights by accomplishing things ,things that not everybody can do. Some put their talents to good use whereas there are equal numbers wasting it ,and there are others with sadistic thoughts trying to put their talents to the test in a more gruesome manner imaginable. PLOT : " A peasant boy born with a superior sense of smell embarks on a journey to create the world's best perfume but the ingredients of his perfume have a price ,a price which turns him into a murderer. " I have never been so enthralled whilst watching films of this genre ,the flow of the film was like watching a play being orchestrated by the finest entertainers. Director Tom Tyker has created a masterpiece here ,his previous works "RUN LOLA RUN" "HEAVEN" are his other trademark films.The way the entire script was handled coupled with the beautiful screenplay just made m...

3 Idiots Movie Review - All is well

Aamir khan has proven once again why he is the undisputed leader of Bollywood. His last release was Ghajini which was released on 25th Dec 2008 and on the same day exactly a year later his "3 Idiots" hits the screens. The movie which is loosely based on the book by chetan Bhaghat titled Five Point Someone is an adaptation that is suitably modified to satisfy the ordinary movie goers. The movie which is an outright comedy with shades of seriousness is a total paisa vasool. Rancho (Aamir Khan), Farhan (Madhavan) and Raju (Sharman Joshi) are the three lovable idiots who enroll themselves into Imperial College of Engineering which has Viru Sahastrabude a.k.a Virus (Boman Irani) as its director. Rancho stamps his authority in college in the first day at hostel when he escapes the ragging episode by his seniors and in return he ends up giving a shock to one of his senior. Farhan, Raju and Rancho are room mates in hostel and they together keep the campus rocking. Virus frustrated by...

Schumacher joins Mercedes; Mercedes buys over Brawn

In November 2009, Mercedes sealed the deal to buy out around 75% of Brawn GP, which ran as a un-sponsored Formula one team last year. Brawn will hold the rest of the share in this newly formed Mercedes Grand Prix Team. Mercedes retained Brawn as their team principle. Brawn now part of Mercedes, had pulled in the seven time world champion Michael Schumacher. Industry reports states that this was an much thought about move, as Jenson Button moved recently from Brawn GP to McLaren.

Make your own Digg like website

Ever wanted to have your own Digg like website and enjoy seeing your articles in the Frontpage? Now your dream can come true. http://slinkset.com You have a lot of scope to customize the site, add feeds and also a "Bookmarklet" which can be used to add your favorite articles. It also has a space to enter some HTML, which you can use it for your ads. Even have your own logo. Its just your own aggregator website. In their own words: At slinkset we think the community is the most important part of a successful social news site. We give you the user complete ownership of your site, therefore giving you the ability to build the type of community you want."

Sleep well at 2 AM - BSNL DataOne Manager

2AM is when India's netizens wake up to switch off and switch on the modem. Yeah, you heard it right. BSNL's unlimited night plan from 2AM to 8AM doesn't work automatically. A manual restart of the modem is required. This is because, BSNL calculates usage per session, and if you use the internet from 12 AM to 8 AM, it averages out per hour usage, and charge you for 2 hours and leaves off 6 hours as discount. To avoid this, manual restart of the modem is done, so that a new session start at 2 AM. To help you sleep well and still not bother about the restarting, http://www.shajul.net/ has made a software which restarts your modem at the specified time. http://www.shajul.net/home/index.php/ShajulSoft/dataone-broadband-night-free-manager-download.html You can download the software and also read the instructions from this site http://www.shajul.net/ NOTE: KeepWrite. holds no responsibility for the software download, copyright, virus, spam. This is only provided as an informatio...

Online News Rapid Growing Audience in India

ComScore leading in measuring digital world published the report that Online news audience has increased tremendously. Up by 37% compared to the last year. Local News Brand Times of India is listed in the #3 spot standing next to Yahoo News and New York Times. Its reported that nearly 16 Million people from India are accessing the News site online which is 37% more compared to the last year. MNC Brands Yahoo and New York Times recorded the highest viewer ship of 4.1 million and 3.9 million unique visitors respectively for the month of Oct'09 followed by Times of India with 2.6 million unique visitors.

Weight of Reasoning - Story

The king of Valmiki Nagar wanted a clever minister to help him in governing the kingdom. He decided to hold a contest to find a shrewd and capable person for the post. Drumbeaters announced the contest. "The king will make him a minister whoever owns an animal that can lift the most weight!" Hearing this, every man started to search for animals in the nearby forest. The day of the contest arrived, and many contenders came with their animals well fed and trained. The king surveyed the scene in front of him and asked the contestants to start exhibiting the skill of their animals. The first contestant had brought a gorilla, which lifted a large boulder. There was a wry smile on the king's face. The next contestant came up with a buffalo pulling a cart full of huge stones. The king only got wild and said,"Torturing an innocent animal...you fool, get lost!" One after the other, the contestants came up to display the might of their animals. One cont...

Yelp not selling to Google

Yelp walked out the big deal of 550 Million US Dollars. Earlier they had accepted the deal from the search engine Giant Google. Yelp walked out the big deal of 550 Million Dollars. Earlier they had accepted the deal from the search engine Giant Google. Both the companies were working on the final stages of the deal and suddenly Yelp backed out from the deal. Not sure if other big companies like Apple, Microsoft have promised to pay better deal for this San Francisco Based Company which started in the year 2004.

Google acquires Admob for $750m

It was announced that AdMob has signed a definitive agreement to be acquired by Google for $750 million. AdMob’s people, products and tools will continue to work to effectively monetize your mobile traffic – no interruptions. After our deal closes, AdMob will work with Google to accelerate the pace of innovation in mobile and do an even better job for you. They believe this deal will benefit our developer and publisher partners by: *Building even more powerful technology and tools to monetize mobile traffic. *Increasing the effectiveness of display advertising on mobile devices by leveraging Google sales team, infrastructure and relationships. *Improving the already high level of service and support we deliver to our publishers.

Begging is a Crime in India - Did you know?

Under the Motor Vehicles Act in Delhi and Prevention of Begging Act, 1959 in Mumbai, begging is considered a crime. According to this law, begging, vending on roads, cleaning vehicles at traffic junctions, singing in buses and displaying disability for alms are all unlawful. A police officer or any authorised person in this regard has the right to arrest such a person. The government and the police department seems to be sleeping on this. Lets hope at least when many know about it, this law is enforced.

90% off on photo gifts - Zoom.in Deal a day

Zoomin.co, a premium photo storage and printing solution website, has come up with a Deal-of-the-day offer. They are offering mugs, calendar et all at unbelievably low rates. But the deal is available at 11:00 AM IST and will be on for a limited number of users only. If you miss to grab it today, try again tomorrow. http://www.zoomin.com/DealOfTheDay " The deal of the day is our "members only" extravaganza for this Holiday Season. Every day, from Dec 22nd through the 31st at 11:00 AM India time, we will reveal an outstanding (and ridiculously low priced) offer. This offer will be made available in very limited numbers and only the first lucky few members to claim them will have access to them. You have to be on ZoomIn.com when the Deal is revealed as once we sell out of the limited quantity, we close the Deal. "

Yahoo! Go goes away!

In a time when Google is making news adding more services to its arsenal, Yahoo! on the other hand is making news closing down its services. One of the not-so-famous "Yahoo! Go" which is a download for mobile phones will stop support from January 2010. Yahoo! Go has been stripping down its services in every upgrade. Not it has completely stopped support. Yahoo! sites that mobiles phones have outgrown the need for Yahoo! Go and so its mobile site will cater to the growing needs. http://m.yahoo.com Official News from http://help.yahoo.com/l/uk/yahoo/go/gomobilesunset/index.html "There are many reasons. There are more sophisticated mobile devices and browsers available to you, and your needs are changing. You need easier ways to access your favorite Yahoo! content and services from your mobile phone. To respond to these changes, we have created a new mobile homepage. It is available across more than 3,000 devices at http://m.yahoo.com. In addition, we have featu...

Word and Meanings - See it ! Hear it ! - Mnemonic Dictionary

Have your ever felt a need for knowing the exact meaning of a word. Searched all through the net and haven't found a single convincing place which gives the exact meaning with some good examples. If "Oh yeah" is your answer to this question, you can rest assured that your quest for "word knowledge" has been rewarded. Check out Mnemonic Dictionary. http://www.mnemonicdictionary.com/ A fun and easy way to learn "words" which we use everyday and words which we don't. very useful for school kids, GRE takers, and everyone else who is interested in Word Building. A popular study says "...building your language knowledge with vocabulary activities can lead to increased intelligence." A very well organized website with a lot of option. If you have a word which hasn't featured in their list, you can post it as comment. You are sure to receive a reply from this dedicated team.

Some notable Quotes - Bruce Lee

"Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough: we must do." " Real living is living for others." "Defeat is a state of mind; no one is ever defeated until defeat has been accepted as a reality." "Never waste energy on worries or negative thoughts, all problems are brought into existence -drop them." "A goal is not always meant to be reached. It often serves simply as something to aim at." "Those who are unaware they are walking in darkness will never seek the light." "To grow, to discover, we need involvement which is something I experience everyday, sometimes good, sometimes frustrating."   I don't know if this is really from Bruce Lee, but sounds like some which he has followed. Nice quotes worth pondering.

Vettaikaran Movie Review - Same old spiceless masala

“Vettaikaran” (Hunter) is all about Vijay and his exploits with the bad guys. The movie does not contain any concrete story as such instead it has a one-line story which goes like the hero comes to the city and he comes across the bad guys and what follows is a cat and mouse game between the two. Debutant director Babu Sivan should have worked more on the script as Vijay’s previous flops was an example that movies won’t run only on the strength of his larger than life image. The hero deciding to introduce his son to tinsel world has allotted a small cameo appearance in a song for “Junior Vijay”. Ravi (Vijay) re-christens himself as Police Ravi is a young fellow in Tuticorin has an ambition of becoming a police officer inspired by Devaraj IPS (Sri Hari). Ravi after failing in school exams for 4 consecutive times, finally on the fifth attempt clears it and starts his journey to chennai. As usual in the railway station he meets Susheela (Anushka) and falls in love at first si...

Mobile Phone Gun

Most of us see airport security as a pain. Some of us even feel violated. When you see the below pictures, you'll understand why they want our cell phones through the x-ray machine. If you get asked to test your cell phone at the airport, this is the reason. Cell phone guns have arrived. AND they are real. Beneath the digital phone face is a .22 caliber handgun capable of firing four rounds in rapid succession using the standard telephone keypad. European law enforcement officials are stunned by the discovery of these deadly decoys. They say phone guns are changing the rules of engagement in Europe. Only when you have one in your hand do you realize that they are heavier than a regular cell phone. Be patient if security asks to look at your cell phone or turn it on to show that it works. They have a good reason! Wake up to our NEW WORLD!! We shouldn't complain about airport security 'invading your privacy.  

Avatar Movie Review - Worth evey moment

The most awaited movie of the year "Avatar" has finally hit the screens and the man behind it must be applauded for the spectacular visual bonanza that he has offered to the viewers. 12 years ago when James Cameron presented to the world a classic titled "Titanic", the entire film fraternity and the audience gave thumbs up and it broke all available records at that time. The man just relaxed and didn't hurry up with his next project. 12 years later he comes up with a technologically advanced product called "Avatar" which is in a league of never seen before category. "Avatar" on the story is very simple it has been seen many a times before in numerous movies. The major difference is the characters who are involved in the scheme of things. If Titanic was all about mounting, "Avatar" goes a step ahead and its screenplay along with brilliant execution and advanced technology has done the trick here. Jake Sully (Sam Worthington) is a mar...

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TVS to launch Luxury 3-wheeler (Auto)

A Simple To Do List

A simple easy to use to-do list. Nothing more to say..   Easy and simple …

Track Shared Expenses - Beezang

Shared expenses tracking now becomes a breeze with Beezang " Beezang is a free, simple to use application that helps you manage and keep track of expenses you share with friends, colleagues and roommates. If you are a student or a young working professional, its very likely in your daily life you find yourself splitting bills with other folks, paying bills for someone else or vice versa. You can report all these transactions on Beezang in matter of seconds and start tracking your money. " Recently, Beezang was presented in "Startup Saturday" in Bangalore, where they have received a good response. Try beezang at www.beezang.com Your comments are welcome.

Google Public DNS

Google Public DNS is a free, global Domain Name System (DNS) resolution service, that you can use as an alternative to your current DNS provider. What is Google Public DNS? Google Public DNS is a free, global Domain Name System (DNS) resolution service, that you can use as an alternative to your current DNS provider. To try it out: * Configure your network settings to use the IP addresses 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4 as your DNS servers. If you decide to try Google Public DNS, your client programs will perform all DNS lookups using Google Public DNS. Why does DNS matter? The DNS protocol is an important part of the web's infrastructure, serving as the Internet's phone book: every time you visit a website, your computer performs a DNS lookup. Complex pages often require multiple DNS lookups before they start loading, so your computer may be performing hundreds of lookups a day.

The Power of Blue Ray

I recently had the opportunity to get hold of a copy of Sivaji in Blue Ray. One of my friend mentioned that you can see the entire shooting crew in Rajni’s glasses and he did mention that this, can only be in Blue Ray, as the DVD version will not be so clear to see it. I took a screenshot, see it to believe it, as I never believed it, till I saw it.

11-digit mobile numbers by Jan 2010

Come January and all mobile phone users will have 11-digit mobile numbers instead of their 10-digit numbers currently. The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has amended the National Numbering Plan 2003 for migration to an 11-digit numbering plan in mobile services by prefixing the number '9' to the existing two-digit PLMN Access Code. The proposed migration from the existing 10-digit number to an 11-digit numbering plan is likely to be implemented from January 1, 2010, according to an internal DoT note. Read more >>

Chennai Central goes Offline

by Satish Kumar Train services to and from Chennai Central station will be cancelled or rescheduled on December 3, 8, 10 and 13 in order to undertake signalling and track work on three platforms. The proposed work, to be executed at a cost of Rs 1.2 crore, will increase the length of platform No. 3 and No. 4 so that these will accommodate 24 coaches. Work will simultaneously be taken up at platform No. 5 to shift a line crossover. At present, platforms 5 to 11, except 7, can accommodate 24 coaches. After the completion of the work, all platforms at Chennai Central, except 1, 2, 2A, and 7, will have the length to accommodate 24 coaches, Chennai Divisional Railway Manager S.K. Kulshrestha told newspersons here on Tuesday. Some long distance trains passing through Chennai Central will be diverted to Perambur and will not come to Central. Certain trains originating from and terminating at Central would be diverted to Chennai Egmore. Southern Railway is in touch with the Metropolitan ...

What Google knows about you!

If you are freaked about online privacy but still sign up at a lot of places, here is a piece of information for you. Google has come up with a dashboard which shows all the activities (almost all!) which you have done with Google and partner sites. Slightly freaky, but still nice fun.. "The dashboard lists some of the information associated with the Google services you use: your name, your email address, the number of contacts, the number of conversations in your Gmail inbox, your Google profile, the most recent entries from the web history etc. It's a long answer to the question: "What does Google know about me?"." www.google.com/dashboard

Help missing kids in India

N ational Centre For Missing Children (NCMC) is a non political, non profit making and a non-governmental organization offering the services free of charge. E very day thousands of children are reported missing.... Many are never found. T he site is presented for the parents, guardians, law enforcement agencies, free of charge, on a one to one manner as an alternative and unconventional method for locating a missing child who is lost or is suspected of having been kidnapped or is a runaway. Since internet is the largest mass media, the awareness spread can help change a few lives. http://www.missingindiankids.com/