Archive for March, 2008

Philippine PC manufacturer Neo and multinational computer processor maker Intel have jointly launched a new 16,999-peso ($406) mini laptop.

It weighs 0.66 kilograms (1.45 pounds) and is the size of a schoolchild’s lunchbox but will have the memory capacity and usual features of a standard basic laptop.

The Neo Explore is a “ruggedized and shock-proof” laptop with a keyboard that will not be damaged by spillages of liquids, said Neo spokeswoman Mariel Que.

Though the Explore is primarily designed for primary school children here, it can also be used by first-time PC users for word-processing and Internet access.

Yahoo on Monday launched a Web site for women ‘shine‘.This new media site is focused on providing information relevant to women’s daily lives.

Shine offers nine categories ranging from fashion and beauty to parenting. It syndicates material from popular lifestyle publishers including Conde Nast and Hearst Corp.

The site aims to create a single destination for the approximately 40 million women between the ages of 25 and 54 .

This is the latest in a string of sites that include Yahoo Tech and Yahoo Food. According to market research firm Hitwise, Yahoo Tech ranks in the top five of US technology media sites and Yahoo Food ranks in the top 10 of food lifestyle sites.

Yahoo has hired an editorial team to publish original stories on a daily basis,as well as Shine also offers items from existing Yahoo sites covering food, astrology and health.

Yahoo Shine is located at shine.yahoo.com/

India’s Chennai IPL (Indian Premier League ) Cricket team franchises, “Chennai Super Kings” announced 24-member team, led by India’s one-day international and Twenty20 captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni at the Chennai Trade Centre auditorium.

• Former India opener Krishnamachari Srikkanth is the team’s brand ambassador.
• Tamil cine stars Vijay , Nayanthara, are the team’s ’star ambassadors’

Click here for Indian Premier League (IPL) match schedulde

24-member team( list here ) will be led by Mahendra Singh Dhoni, the highest-paid IPL Player, and coached by Kepler Wessels.

Chennai Super Kings 24-member Team

1. Mahendra Singh Dhoni (Captain India)
2. Mathew Hayden(Australia)
3. Michael Hussey (Australia)
4. Stephen Fleming (New Zealand)
5. Jacob Oram (New Zealand)
6. Makhaya Ntini (South Africa)
7. Ablie Morkel (South Africa)
8. Muttiah Muralitharan (Sri Lanka)
9. Suresh Raina ( India)
10. S Badrinath( India)
11. Parthiv Patel( India)
12. Joginder Sharma( India)
13. Lakshmipathi Balaji( India)
14. Napolean Einstein( India)
15. Abhinav Mukund( India)
16. Sudeep Tyagi( India)
17. Rashwin( India)
18. Viraj Kadbe( India)
19. Vidyut Sivaramakrishnan( India)
20. Anirudha Srikkanth( India)
21. P Amarnath( India)
22. S Sresh Kumar( India)
23. Arun Karthik( India)
24. Shadab Jakati( India)

Over the next five years, Indian Government proposed to set up 8 new Indian Institutes of Technology(IIT), 7 Indian Institutes of Management(IIM), 14 universities which aim to have world class standards, and 16 central universities in states that do not already have one.

• New 8 IITs, 7 IIMs location list

List of State/cities which will have 14 world class universities during the 11th Plan:

1. Maharashtra - Pune
2. West Bengal - Kolkata
3. Tamil Nadu - Coimbatore
4. Karnataka - Mysore
5. Andhra Pradesh - Vishakapatanam
6. Gujarat - Gandhinagar
7. Rajasthan - Jaipur
8. Bihar - Patna
9. Madhya Pradesh - Bhopal
10. Kerala - Kochi
11. Punjab - Amritsar
12. Orissa - Bhubaneshwar
13. Uttar Padesh - Greater Noida
14. North Eastern Region - Guwahati