Server revenues fell 5.2% year-over-year to $12.6 billion in the third quarter as technology spending slowed around the world, according to market researcher IDC. The third quarter server revenue decline is estimated to be the largest quarterly revenue decline since Q4 of 2002. Although server unit shipments grew 2.8% year-over-year, it was the slowest increase in […]
American auto makers Ford, GM and Chrysler were back before Congress today with their begging bowl. In proposals presented to Congress today, the three Detroit Idiots are seeking a total of $34 billion to keep going, $9 billion more than what they pleaded for last month. Here’s the split: * GM wants $18 billion * […]
Why is Internet penetration in India so low? With 81 million Internet users, India accounts for a mere 6% of the 1.348 billion netizens in the world. There were only 13.5 million Internet subscribers in India in 2007 (1.15 per 100 inhabitants), according to the Internet Governance Forum. This means each Internet connection is shared […]
Struggling Bollywood clowns Riteish Deshmukh and Ram Gopal Varma have launched a new initiative in Mumbai to salvage their ho-hum careers and simultaneously boost India’s miserable track record on tourism – Terror Tourism. As part of the Terror Tourism launch, Riteish Deshmukh, a Bollywood non-actor par excellence, and Ram Gopal Varma, the maker of horror shows […]
Moviegoers Dump on Yuvvraaj – Box Office Disaster Bollywood’s latest mega crapshow Yuvvraaj has crashed at the U.S. box office in its second weekend. For the weekend of November 28-30, Yuvvraaj grossed a mere $158,433. The Salman Khan, Katrina Kaif, Anil Kapoor and Zayed Khan starrer Yuvvraaj came in at No-27 with an average gross of […]
The folks at dictionary publisher Merriam-Webster Inc have announced bailout as 2008 Word of the Year. Apparently, the selection of bailout was based on the highest intensity of lookups over the shortest period of time in the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary and Online Thesaurus. Bailout  is defined in the Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary (11th edition) as ‘a rescue from financial […]