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Bill Gates last day at Microsoft

A funny and an amazing spoof video of what can be the last day @ Microsoft look like for Bill Gates. This was shown as part of the CES 2008 keynote by Bill Gates about his last full day at Microsoft in July.

Starring himself, Brian Williams, Steve Ballmer, Matthew McConaugheyr, Robbie Bach, Jay-Z, Bono, Steven Spielberg, George Clooney, Jon Stewart, Kevin Turner, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Al Gore, Ray Ozzie and Craig Mundie.

A must Watch.

Can check out a wide screen version of this clip in high quality at http://www.istartedsomething.com/20080107/bill-gates-last-day-microsoft-video/

Also, take a peek at the full keynote speech by Bill Gates at http://www.microsoft.com/ces/

Technorati Tags: Comedy, Spoof, Humour, Funny, Bill Gates, Microsoft, Steve Ballmer, Ray Ozzie, Robbie Bach, Craig Mundie, Jay-Z, Bono, Steven Spielberg, George Clooney, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Al Gore

Boondh

Boondh - A drop of Jal

A failed attempt to repeat the success of their first album which lacks lyrics and melody. Looks mostly a collection of left overs songs from their first album except the track “Sajni” and all the other tracks lack something or the other.

Anyway there was a huge controversy over their first album too which most of us knew were (copied from Atif’s) composed when Atif was part of the band. I somehow expect a lot and would have a bought the original CD just going by their reputation from their first album but they fail miserably and no brownie points to guess that i will saving my 100 bucks for something good.

Rating - 2 stars

 

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Taare Zameen Par

Taare Zameen Par - A must watch movie. Perfectly crafted and a wonderful message to the society with beautiful background score and amazing performances. Definitely the finest movie of 2007 and an Oscar nominee from India.

Aamir Khan does it again, despite being his first stint at production and direction he does it all beautifully, Prasoon Joshi proves again that he can do magic with simple words and I personally loved the touching lyrics of the track ‘Maa’. Shankar, Ehsaan and Loy as always presented a perfect music which gels with the movie.

But the best part was the child artist Darsheel Safary, he was simply amazing and does a wonderful job.   

Rating - 4.5 stars

If you haven’t seen it, go watch it today. If you have already, go watch it again

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Pension File - A day in the life of India

Very apt video which presents the sad situation of nearly all the Govt. office in India in a very beautiful manner with a pinch of humor.

This video is an entry for the L.I.V.E challenge

What is L.I.V.E?

Lead India Video Entry is an opportunity for you to express your vision for India. We have made an anthem for India featuring India’s best musical talent in the voice of Shankar Mahadevan, music by Shankar, Ehsaan and Loy and lyrics by Gulzar. Now its time for you to tell us your story on based on the anthem.

Here’s how it works. We want you to shoot a video for the Lead India anthem, upload the video on YouTube and then provide us the link. We will feature the videos on www.lead.timesofindia.com and also our channel on YouTube (www.youtube.com/groups/LeadIndia). The best video will be decided on the basis on popularity ratings of the video and points given by the Lead India team.

Please contribute if you find similar videos.

 

Technorati Tags: India,Lead India,Video,TimesOfIndia

Lead India

Lead India - India Seeks Her Future Leaders

An effort by Times of India which is a unique talent search and has the potential to make a huge difference to India. A hunt to identify new leaders for a new India, men and women with the vision and ability to empower India with the kind of political leadership that is so conspicuous by its absence.

I appreciate the fact that the contestants have done some good work (or even great) for the society and such people should be felicitated and brought in front of the general public but I am not sure about what an average Indian can help to support this initiative other than spending money on sms.

Although there is a lot of voice in support of this initiative, I somehow don’t get a feel that this will make some major changes in the current scenario of Indian politics. However the video which is doing the rounds on Television channels is very inspiring. Take a look …

“Tum Chalo … To Hindustan Chale”

 

A great and inspiring video with equally powerful vocals from Sukhwinder Singh and Shankar Mahadevan. Will try to get hold of lyrics and their English translation soon.

Few more videos by Abhishek Bachchan, Shahrukh Khan, Priyanka Chopra in support of Lead India campaign.

TOI has some great words to present their mission statement here

On August 15, we embarked on an ambitious journey — a unique talent search which has the potential to make a huge difference to India. We began a hunt to identify new leaders for a new India, men and women with the vision and ability to empower India with the kind of political leadership that is so conspicuous by its absence.
   The Lead India campaign stemmed from our belief — and overwhelming reader feedback — that even as India takes giant strides towards fulfilling its undoubted potential, it is doing so despite, not because of, its political leadership. ‘‘Good people don’t want to join politics’’ is an oft-heard lament. And yet, good governance is the cornerstone if India is to overcome the many hurdles that threaten to slow its journey to developed nation status. 
And so, we decided to provide a platform to the good men and women out there who refuse to be daunted by the system, and struggle against massive odds to make life better for their fellow Indians. We invited them to come forward and use the Lead India programme as a springboard to public life.

read more …

Will continue to follow up on this story .. hope this is just a beginning of something great

 

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Home screens for Pocket PC

Its been long time since I have been hooked on to a window mobile device and been trying a lot of mobile software and some are worth a mention. Always wanted to post a review of software which I tried/liked or loved but somehow didn’t manage to find enuf time. Will try to make smaller and smarter posts of only the ones which are good or worth a mention.

This time its just home screens (utility software which can change the look and customize your first screen) which can work wonders if you customize them properly. One can get a lot of info just on the top screen, like unread sms’s (recent 3 or any number), unread mails (recent 2-3 mails or so), next meeting time and location, upcoming birthdays, stock quotes, weather in the city, rss feeds etc. etc

Lets get on to the list and not waste time

SPB Pocket Plus (The best available software for WM in this category)

SPB Pocket Plus 4.0 has just been released and it is truly a time saver if you use your mobile a lot.

Check the video demo for the possibilities and new features. The best features in my opinion will be the customizable today screen (icons and shortcuts), tabbed browsing in IE, smart scrolling, Close button extension and Better file handling which includes zip support. I would suggest going through this review on unwired once to realize the full capabilities and to the extent you can customize with tons of icons and settings.

SBSH iLauncher (a similar looking one but not that great other than the home screen)

Goodwin Pocket PC home screen

iPhone home screen for PPC

This post wont be complete without the mention of this home screen which is like God for all the pocket pc junkies who just care for looks. Yo baby, check out this cool video and see for yourself.

Unfortunately, it doesn’t do much to pretty up the exterior of the device, but it does manage to successfully emulate some of the iPhone’s more notable *bells ‘n’ whistles*, including its trademark finger-touch scrolling, its slide-to-lock feature, and its now-familiar menu system, all of which was apparently written in PPL (Pocket Programming Language).

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How will you name next version of IE

As IEBlog reports many names were thought and discussed for the vNext of IE

IE 7+1
IE VIII
IE 1000 (think binary)
IE Eight!
iIE
IE for Web 2.0 (Service Pack 2)
IE Desktop Online Web Browser Live Professional Ultimate Edition for the Internet (the marketing team really pushed for this one
Ie^2.079 (we might still use this for the Math Major Edition)

but sadly they settled for IE8 … read more here

I can suggest some more .. how about

IE X-2 …. the Xmen version
IE Tigeress
iBrowse
IE GO (pronounced as ayeeee go)
IE Beta .. for earth and we will never come out of beta .. coz its the name *lol*

They will have to still decide the various edtions it will ship as, like

Web Developers edition, Children edition, Student edition, Home edition, Professional edition (tuned for social networking and digging), Ulitmate edition, Live edition, Offline edition, Web edition …

Can you think of more?

How will you name it? OR What can be the name if someone else would have developed the next version of IE, say apple or google or a new start up?

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Yahoo for Vista

The long wait is finally over and Yahoo has released a version of their messenger only for Windows Vista. Surely this baby looks much better, gels with the Vista interface and supports tabbed conversation windows but it is still a preview (does not support all the existing features of YM9) which is the sad part. Its been 11 months since they announced a Vista version and its still just a preview, hope they release the full version soon.

In case you are not lucky enuf to use vista you can enjoy the video preview here

The good part is that you can have this installation side by side with the old version which can let you go back if you have to use other features.

Download a copy from here.

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web 2.0 bubble

I am not sure if it is still there or already burst but yeah .. it has to some day.

A nice funny video on “How to be a part of it”

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