Sunday, September 23, 2007
One step 4 World twenty 20 cup
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
Dhoni to lead Twenty-20 team
India will be without Test captain Rahul DravidSachin Tendulkar Sourav Ganguly, who all of the tournament, while pace spearhead Zaheer Khan has been rested.
Delhi opener Virender Sehwag, all-rounder Irfan Pathan off-spinner Harbhajan Singh in the 15-man team.
Pace bowler S Sreesanth, who has been named in the Twenty-20 squad, has been rested for the seven-match ODI series in England, beginning August 21. Munaf Patel, ignored for Test series and the preceding one-dayers against Ireland and South Africa because of a lower back injury sustained in Bangladesh in May, will replace him.
Twenty-four year-old Baroda-based Yusuf Pathan's inclusion in the Twenty20 squad is on expected lines as he has the ability to hit the ball long and hard and bowl fast off-breaks, but Joginder Sharma's came as a bolt from the blue.
Biggest cricket tourney of the year (ICC World twenty 20)
Thursday, August 30, 2007
BAJAJ XCD 125
Bajaj Auto unveils revolutionary DTS-Si (Digital Twin Spark - Swirl Induction) engine.
Bajaj Auto, has achieved another breakthrough with the launch of new ‘Digital Twin Spark - Swirl induction’ (DTS-Si) engine which is designed & developed in BAJAJ Auto Corporate Headquarters in Pune. The new 125cc engine with DTS-Si technology will give an amazing mileage of 109 kilometers per liter under ideal test conditions surpassing the mileage of all current 100cc motorcycles. With this breakthrough there is a huge potential and opportunity to upgrade the 100cc customer with a engine which offers the best of both worlds – 100cc mileage and 125cc performance.
BAJAJ 125 DTS-Si: ENGINE Specifications
Type: Four stroke Natural Air-cooled
No. of cylinders : One
Bore: 54 mm
Stroke: 54.4 mm
Engine displacement : 124.58 cc
Compression ratio: 9.5+/- 0.5 : 1
Maximum Net Power: 9.53 PS( 7.01 kW) at 7000 rpm
Maximum Net Torque: 10.85 Nm at 5000rpm
Ignition system: Microprocessor controlled Digital CDI, with TRICS
Ignition Timing: Variable Timing with Multiple maps
Fuel: Unleaded Petrol, 87 RON minimum
Tuesday, August 28, 2007
Orkut in New Look
If you don't see the new interface yet, here's how it looks like: colors are warmer, orkut has rounded corners, the new icons are lovely and there are even touches of AJAX. The conclusion: orkut is not ugly anymore.
Saturday, August 25, 2007
Spice D-88
The D-88 with its dual personality gives you the power to live two lives. A dual network phone with GSM and CDMA, it gives you two numbers in the same phone and even allows you to switch between the two whenever you want. What's more, it lets you make and receive calls and messages from any SIM card, anytime so you can separate your personal life from your work life!
The 4 operation modes of your D-88 make it a mix of endless possibilities. A combination of GSM and CDMA allows you to make the GSM connection your main number while the CDMA connection becomes your secondary number or vice versa. Or you can simply use either your CDMA or GSM connection.
SPECIFICATION | |
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| Features | Details | |
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Product Type | : | Bar | |
Network (MHz) | : | GSM 900/1800 & CDMA 800 | |
Talk Time* | : | Upto 3 Hrs - GSM Mode Upto 2.5 Hrs - CDMA | |
Standby Time* | : | (Dual Mode) Upto 120 Hrs, (CDMA) Upto180 Hrs (GSM) Upto 200 Hrs | |
| Storage | | |
Phonebook Capacity | : | 1000 | |
SMS | : | 600 | |
Memory Card Type | : | T-Flash Card | |
Memory Card Support Capacity | : | Upto 1 GB | |
| Camera Features | | |
Camera / Type | : | 1.3 Mega Pixel | |
Pixel Size | : | Supports Upto 1280*1024 | |
Photo Storage Capacity | : | T-flash capacity | |
Zoom Level | : | 10X digital zoom | |
Video Recording | : | .3GP | |
Video Storage Capacity | : | T-flash capacity | |
Wide Screen Video | : | Yes | |
Photo CLI | : | Video & Photo Caller ID |
For more details
Sony Ericsson K850i
Cons - No optical zoom.
Tech specs - Storage 40MB
Screen size - 2.2in
Screen resolution - 320x240
Wi-Fi - No
Bluetooth - Yes
Dimensions - 102x48x17mm
Weight - 118g
FM radio - Yes
3G - Yes
Triband - Yes
Memory card type - microSD
USB 2.0 - Yes
Memory card slots -Yes
Component video - No
Dedicated MP3 player software - Yes
Number of cameras - 1
Main camera resolution - 5MP
Xenon flash - Yes
Talktime - 9 hours
Standby time - 400 hours
Quad band - No
Digital zoom rating - 16x
TVS Apache RTR 160
Matter of principle. King of the road, street scorcher, whatever - they are names reserved for motorcycles above 600 cc and should remain so. But if I come down to earth and look at Indian roads, there is a different world around. Here, we have little four stroke machines that do their own little bit of scorching and wheeleing, and in that world, it has its own little tyrants and knights. The Karizma, the Pulsar 200 DTS-i, the CBZ X-Treme, TVS Apache, Pulsar 150.. and that world has just got a new claimant - the TVS Apache RTR 160 motorcycle. Priced right against the other 150 cc models from other manufacturers at Rs 60,000 approx, the Apache RTR with its 160 cc will really be serious temptation for anyone looking for a 150cc category motorcycle.
TVS decided to up their game. And thus we have the TVS Apache RTR 160. Adding only 10 cc meant that the bike will still be evaulated against the Pulsar 150 DTS-i - its primary competitor - while beating it easily. Possible, as the TVS motorcycle still weighs some 7 kilograms less than the CBZ X-Treme and Pulsar 150. The Pulsar models have steadily seen upgrades in style, cowl, LCD speedos and LCD tail-lights, and the Apache was going to do all that - plus beat the Pulsar 150 DTS-i on the streets. And going by initial impressions, that is exactly the RTR 160 will do.
Motorola RIZR Z8
The Motorola RIZR Z8, termed the ‘multimedia monster’ by Ed Zander (CEO of Motorola), is one of this year's stand out handsets. The Z8 is an intriguing mix of high style and high tech, marrying good, though not top end, specifications with a stand-out design.
Running on UIQ 3.1 on top of Symbian 9.2, it has a state of the art smartphone software platform and is the first ever non-touchscreen UIQ phone. However, this is only part of its appeal, since in its positioning and marketing the Z8 moves away from the traditional smartphone offering and instead attempts to create a compelling, consumer focused, multimedia experience, led by stellar video features.
Specifications Motorola RIZR Z8
Sunday, July 22, 2007
Partiba Patil
Together with her husband, Mrs Patil, set up an educational institute, Vidya Bharati Shikshan Prasarak Mandal, which runs a chain of schools and colleges in Jalgaon and Mumbai. She has also set up Shram Sadhana Trust that runs hostels for working women in New Delhi and Mumbai. In 1977 when the Congress party split up after Emergency, Pratibha Patil preferred to remain with Indira Gandhi, an act of loyalty, which was remembered by Rajiv Gandhi and later by Sonia Gandhi.
Friday, June 22, 2007
BAJAJ pulser 220 or HERO HONDA Karizma
A large 223cc single cylinder, air-cooled and inclined 15 degrees forwards from the vertical does duty on the Karizma. A paper-pleated element is employed to help purify breathing, and we noticed a small resonator working on the hose leading from the airbox to the carburetor. The carburettor also runs a throttle sensor to help adjust rate of fuel delivery in relation to the throttle position. All this adds up to 17bhp at 7000rpm and a prodigious 1.87kgm of torque at 6000rpm. However, bhp is only two more than the Pulsar 180. Five cogs shift through a sporty toe-shifter. DTS-Fi, an acronym for Digital Twin Spark-Fuel injected, implies the marriage of twin spark plugs and fuel-injection within its four-stroke cycle engine. Running two valves, the Pulsar DTS-Fi engine is air-cooled and circulates oil to an oil-cooler to further control temperature. Bajaj's largest powerplant employs roller bearings for the rocker arm pivots and camshaft interfaces, as well as an ExhausTEC chamber to beef up low-down power. This bike is amongst India’s most powerful with a healthy 20bhp developed at 8500rpm. Maximum torque of 1.95kgm twists out at 6500rpm. The Pulsar DTS-Fi uses a sweet-shifting five-speed, one-down-and-four-up gearbox complemented by a well-weighted clutch. Karizma performs at speeds around 100kph. The riding position is very sporty and similar to that on the CBZ, and the other hand The Pulsar DTS-Fi can thunder past 60kph in 4.42 seconds and whiz past 110kph in only 18.79sec. Top whack is an impressive true 131kph. Braking on the Karizma is superb and we managed to bring this bulky 150kg-bike and rider to rest from 60kph. Under city riding conditions, the bike returned 30kpl and on the highway testing it returned 45kpl at a speed of 70kph. The otherside Pulsar 220cc DTS-Fi delivers 37.7kpl in crowded city-riding conditions. At speeds around 80kph on the highway, the bike returned 36.2kpl.