Firefox has been our preferred browser for quite some time now on all our computers. So it was a no-brainer that we’d look at Firefox 3.5 (a key update to the browser released yesterday) sooner rather than later. Here are some of the enhancements in Firefox 3.5: improved JavaScript performance, a new Private Browsing mode, […]
No sooner did Apple announce the Find My iPhone feature than we realized there would be some interesting stories around it sooner rather than later. Only, we didn’t realize it would be this soon. Read the below blog post: * Find My iPhone works, and it is awesome (that’s the exact title and, no, we’ve […]
Sidharth Chand and Neetu Chandak were knocked out of the Spelling Bee 2009 finals. Sidharth was felled by apodyterium while Neetu was stumped by derriengue. * Speller No. 139, Sidharth Chand Age, Grade: 13, Eighth Grade School: Detroit Country Day School, Beverly Hills, Michigan Sponsor: The Oakland Press, Pontiac, Michigan * Speller No. 170, Neetu […]
Seven desis have made it to the Spelling Bee 2009 Finals. That is 7 out of a total of 11 finalists, folks. Desis account for a mere 0.67% of America’s population but a whopping 64% of the Spelling Bee 2009 finalists Here are the seven Indian American Spelling Bee 2009 finalists: * Speller No. 19, […]
Statistic of the Day – Desis in Spelling Bee 2009Â OK, folks. We’re back from our beer-induced siesta and lo, what do we find – 15 desi kids made it to the 2009 Spelling Bee semifinals 15 out of 31 desi kids who cleared the early rounds of 2009 Spelling Bee are now in the […]
* Prabhakaran dead, war on LTTE over: Lanka (Times of India) * Sri Lankans Say Rebels Crushed and Leader Killed (New York Times) * Sri Lankan rebel leader ‘killed’ (BBC) * LTTE chief Prabhakaran dead (Hindu) * Prabhakaran shot dead while trying to break army siege: Army (DNA) * Sri Lanka: Tamil leader has been […]