Does Anyone Remember Nazia Hassan?

Nazia who, might well be the question posed by youngsters in India today. Pakistani Crooner Well, Nazia was a young London-based Pakistani pop singer who became an overnight sensation with Feroze Khan’s Qurbani (Zeenat Aman, Feroze Khan, Vinod Khanna) in 1980. Nazia followed up the Qurbani success with her first LP Disco Deewane (Nazia’s brother […]

Tech Mahindra Invests in UK IT Firm Servista

Indian IT services provider in the telecom space Tech Mahindra has picked up a minority equity stake in European systems integrator Servista. Financial details were not disclosed. Tech Mahindra will be Servista’s exclusive delivery vehicle for three years and assist it in securing more large scale European IT Offshoring business. Tech Mahindra expects the deal will […]

Mullum Malarum – Rajini Could Act, Once

Befitting his cult status, Tamil film superstar Rajinikanth has developed his own law. Rajini’s Law – You know, like Newton’s Law, Boyle’s Law or Charles Law. This is what Rajini’s Law postulates to his fans – The longer I act in Tamil movies, infinitely worse my performance will get. Thanks to Netflix and demands from […]

DSLR Wars Intensify – Nikon Debuts D90

One day after Canon launched its new EOS 50D, Nikon introduced its new D90 digital single lens reflex camera (DSLR). Besides taking still pictures, the 12.3 megapixel D90 can also take 24fps HD movie clips with sound, first for an SLR camera. The various controls for the camera can be used for shooting HD video […]

More Poor Folks in India than Anywhere Else

As the Ambani bozo builds a $2 billion dollar mansion amidst the Mumbai hovels, as glitzy malls replace neighborhood kaka shops, as wealthy kids snap up Rs 36,000 cell phones, as latte replaces chai and kapi for the nouveau riche and as watching ugly reality shows become de rigeur, the number of poor people in India […]

Canon Launches New 15MP DSLR

Canon has rolled out EOS 50D, the successor to the popular EOS 40D digital single lens reflex (DSLR) camera. The new EOS 50D offers 15.1 megapixel resolution and features Canon’s new DIGIC 4 image processor. Canon EOS 50D Other highlights of the EOS 50D include: