Smart options for Investments

The attitude of the investors towards the stock market and shares is skeptical because of its highly fluctuating nature. The risk involved is very high and most of the investors end up loosing their capital. So the ideal choice for the investors in the current scenario is buying some of the precious metals like Gold and Silver bullions. The United States Gold Bureau provide perfect solutions for investors. The demand for the Gold has started to increase and its price is expected to shoot up rapidly in the near future. So this is the ideal time to buy gold bullion as an investment product. Moreover, the silver mines are rapidly exhausting and is also seen as an potential investment product. The United States Gold Bureau also gives several useful facts on how to go about the investments. For instance, the price of the Gold will increase as the stock market plummets. So the investor can know the ideal buying time for Gold by keeping track on the stock market. Thus, these investment options can do the magic for the investors and enable them to reap greater benefits.

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Big 'B' on twitter

Hello everybody,
The most popular, cherubic, world renowned Amitabh Bachchan joins the twitter after a long wait. In a single day he got about 37500 followers but still falls short of the record created by the little master, Sachin Tendulkar who had 79000 followers on the first day. Sr. Bachchan has a mobile blog, a voice blog which attracts several readers. No wonder twitter will attract more people who will go bonkers to read the tweets from these big shots.

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Laila Blowing up!!

Hello Chennai ppl,

At last thought about writing this post after "laila", one among the cyclones fetched a feminine name which caused a heavy downpour in my home town, Chennai. It was a relief from the scorching heat for chennaites and the weather was a bliss for the whole day. I was wondering why all the cyclones are given feminine names, is it because they are blowing up every time on their onset?. (no offense) Anyways have fun and enjoy the weather ppl.

Cheers!
Adithya

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Best buys @ lowest price ever!!

This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of Bidazzled. All opinions are 100% mine.

Hey people it’s been quite a long time since I came out with an interesting post. During my winter holidays I had quite long time for my own self and had a chance to try out some cool websites. It was during that time I stumbled upon this website called bidazzled.com. Generally we used to see some catchy offers during festival seasons where we used to get some exciting discounts for electronic gadgets, household items etc. But can you imagine to get a brand new laptop just for 1$ in any of these offers you have seen so far? This will sound ridiculous and impossible until you read the ensuing part of this post.

This website bidazzled.com unlike other auction websites has some unique features which I found interesting to get the best buy offers ever. Every item which is for auction in this website has a unique time stamp which closes the bid automatically. Then, before entering a bid the user is supposed to pay a meager amount and participate in the bid. After every bidder bids on a particular item its price will increase by few cents and a few seconds are added to the timer. Thus, the most attractive bids literally have more time to try out. Generally people get more than 80% discount in the retail price of a particular product if they win a bid. If he/she loses the bid they still will get 50 bonus bids as a token of encouragement for the participation. This website also has some interesting referral offers where you can get free bids by referring your friends and family members to this website.

If you people still consider this as a waste of time reading this post, here goes a small donut for reading this post. By using this code below in the registration page you can get 15 free bids to try out this website (before Jan 15, 2010). Try your luck in this website to see what surprise is awaiting you this Christmas and get Bidazzled .

Cheers

Adithya

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Pranav mistry

Check this video out people. This guys is awesome. And the best part is that he is releasing all the softwares as 'Open source'.

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Crazy about perfumes!!!!

I was just recollecting how much i would have spent for all my perfumes. The result was shocking as i realized that it is a big sum of money(Big enough to get me a MAC book) Never mind. I would love to try all new brands, new fragrances , though it may be disappointing at times and i never got tired. Among the perfumes i used, the best one was D & G. The fragrance was so different as it smells like musk initially but later it turns a bit sweeter and smoother. Then the second perfume that tops my list is Paco Rabanne( 1 million). This one is really strong and is of the typical macho style as it has a spicy leather fragrance. Some of my all time favorites are Hugo Boss, Fahrenheit, Channel, Bvlgari,Ralph lauren etc. I heard recently that cannabis plant is used to make weed perfume and this made the possession of the roots,stalks and stems of this plant legal. That sounded interesting and i may want to try it once and i hope i dont get high:)

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Weather in Arizona

Hi people,
In my earlier post i was talking about the weather in chennai(India) and its extreme conditions. Now i thought why not share the weather conditions prevailing in arizona as its weather is also highly abnormal with some parts in the lower elevation having mild winter and hot summers(Desert climate). The Arizona state experience a temperature of about 60 degree Fahrenheit in late fall and the minimum recorded temperature is about 45-75 degree Fahrenheit. The maximum recorded temperature ranges from 90-120 degree Fahrenheit. As the state primarily has dry climate the temperature variations between day and night are quite common. In spite of its extreme variation in the climate the state attracts a good number of travelers. A few important must see cities and towns in Arizona state are Downtown Phoenix,Tucson, Yuma, Flagstaff etc. There are several beautiful, gorgeous resorts which would be the first choice for the travelers to sit back and have some relaxation. Scottsdale real estate has some of the finest properties of AZ and no doubt it offers its customers a great deal of happiness and satisfaction.

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Chennai famous for "The scorching heat"

It is the fag end of June where several parts of India started getting monsoonal rains but Chennai as usual, little out of normal, has not yet escaped the burning fangs of the sun. The weather is no better than it was few months before. Going out in afternoons still remain a daunting task where you can see people going by two wheelers keep their faces draped in cotton clothes like the 'Egyptian mummies’. It may sound funny but the real fact is they have no other choice than to stand the heat. Adding fuel to the fire, the traffic jam in almost every corner of the streets, signals, subways etc makes the commutation from place to another a hell. It is natural and we know that every living being will learn to adapt themselves for the changes that happen in their environment. This is really true as if you go and ask any common man about the afternoon travel in the city there will not be much exaggeration. His reply will be” It is a yet another sunny day".
When you go deep in to the analysis the real truth is, we are just experiencing the reaction due to the changes we made to the nature.
-Trees are being cut everywhere ruthlessly
-Excessive disposal of waste in to the river which gave a new term to the sewage water in Chennai called "Koovam" which in earlier days considered as an important navigational river.
-Uncontrolled exploitation of land for commercial and residential purposes
These human interventions with the nature have ultimately increased the intensity of the summer seasons making it more unbearable.

Myself as a common man has some few solutions for these problems. If my voice can reach some responsible ears I will be the happiest person on the earth to see my city green and clean.
- The residential houses and commercial buildings should be given approval only if some percentage of the total space is allocated for the planting of trees.
There should be a law to enforce it and it should not be just a mere procedure.
-storm water drains along the road side should be well-maintained and the water coming in to them should be used to recharge the ground water. This will prevent the stagnation of rain water in the roads even during heavy rains.
-Our roads are actually designed to last for 10 -20years. But the appalling condition of just a one year old road makes it evident that there is some big loophole some where in the construction procedures. To get over this problem and to keep up the quality parameters, the contractor who is responsible for a road construction should be made accountable for the damage occurs to the road within its design life. This will prevent corruption and improves the road quality standards.
-Decentralized waste water purifying plants should be set up and it should be enforced that the waste water should be disposed in to the river only after proper treatment.

All these points I have said is nothing new. But they just remain as a law in papers. It will not take much time for the people to realize the importance of balancing with the nature, making the city a better place to live.
"Jai Hind"

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Ethical hackers get paid!!

With the increased use of internet for online transactions, online banking and to maintain the security aspects of confidential information Ethical Hacking is a tool which can be used to effectively counteract and protect a company’s resources. A Certified Ethical Hacker thinks like a normal hacker but his motive is not to destroy rather to protect. The EC-Council | iClass Platform offers several online courses for security like Ethical Hacking, Penetration Testing, Computer Forensics
 ,Disaster Recovery and Secure Programming. The country is seeing an increased dependence on Information technology in several fields and even the public sectors prefer to upgrade themselves to this technology. In order to prevent these companies from hands of hackers IT Security is one important area they have to work on. Penetration testing is one branch of security studies which is used to perform an exhaustive assessment of possible threats that could be faced by a company and also to find a solution to overcome it. In order to recover a deleted or corrupted data which could be a useful piece of information to identify the hacker's footprint computer forensics are used. Disaster recovery is all about predicting the future risks and to suggest an action plan to heel the damage that has occurred. These kinds of courses can create awareness among the company about the potential hazards so that they can equip themselves to fight back the hackers.

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Dynamic architecture-an interesting video

The era of new buildings has arrived. Engineers have come up with a plan for buildings which will make the structure look different every second.

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Acobay- a social network

why always orkut and facebook??why not try others??Acobay.com is a unique consumer social network site where people of same interest get a chance to meet up. This website has a whole new concept of sharing "stuffs" where they can share literally anything. This enables them to know about other people having such a same taste. So go acobaying and widen your contact list!!!!!

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"INDIA-2009" in my perspective

First of all Wishing all my buddies a very very happy and blissful New year!.Every New year we all hope that it should a prosperous one for us and all our wish list should get fulfilled. Yeah obviously because a good thought creates a positive vibration and drives a person in a right-way. But when we look back ,the year 2008 was more horrific for us because of the "TERRORISM". Our self-centered ideals are of no more to use to our present day living. When it is possible for just a handful of terrorists to create such a mayhem why not it is possible for a 1.14 billion to "shift+delete" them from our country???All that we want to do is to stay united. By the word United i mean to have a common views irrespective of our origin. During the Mumbai attack i saw a sms from one of the viewers in a popular news channel saying-"Our politicians divide our country where as the terrorists unite us" yeah that is absolutely true and we cant deny it. At least in this New year let our politicians stop this blame game and think about a solution for this problem. Let us all keep our fingers crossed and hope for things to get better at least before the next NEW YEAR.

Cheers
Adithya

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Got a wish!!!

It's time for Christmas celebrations and high time for partying. We can see friends and families get together and share their gifts as a token of love. Kiddos will be expecting for a surprise gift from Santa Clause. But apart from these usual celebrations why can’t we try something new for this Christmas to surprise our buddies??I came across this website sitonsantslap.com. It allows the user to upload his/her photo where a video of Santa explaining about the nostalgic features of this website will appear in one side of the home page of the website. Once when you finish uploading your photo and your personal details like your wish list, the photo you have uploaded will appear in that video. The Santa will have a photo frame in his hand which will have the photo you uploaded. I was amazed to look at that and was totally surprised. It was really a pleasant experience to see that video which has my picture yippee! This website also has one more feature called CEIVA digital frames. All that you have got to do is to send the photo to that website you want to gift either from your computer or from the WiFi enabled mobile phone. Then select the photo frame of your choice and send it to your loved ones as nothing can be more special than giving a personalized gift.

This website has a contest on daily basis where a random entry will be selected and will be rewarded a cash prize of 500$ for each winner. I got myself enrolled in this website to rock my Christmas celebrations and got a wish!!!

Check out the video which has my picture

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Maruti Astar review

Yet another economical version of Maruti is "Astar". It is a five seater hatchback car. Its front design looks quite similar to Hyundai's i10 but pretty small when compared to its size. The Astar is equipped with 998cc, 3 cyl, MPFi, KB-series petrol engine. The can generate 67 Bhp at 6200 rpm which is quite good for such a small car. The car was made according to the European standards and the company has planned to export the car under different names to 150 countries. The interior of the car is a bit cramped and it is not much comfortable for those who are 6" tall.( Obviously not for me:)).The body of the car has a 'butterfly wing' design so the rear windows are small when compared to the front ones. Like the Maruti's swift has launched A-Star in 3 variants - Lxi, Vxi & Zxi.
The top version Zxi has the following features:
1) Power windows.
2) Power Steering.
3) Remote central locking.
4) Driver & Passenger Airbag.
5) Anti Lock Braking System (ABS).
6) Electronic Brake Distribution (EBD).
7) CD Player with 4 Speakers.
8) Dash-Mounted Tachometer.
9) Remote Boot & Remote Fuel Filler.
10) Rear Defogger with Rear Wiper/Washer.
11) Fog Lamps.

Prices of the three variants are:
(Ex-Showroom Mumbai)

Lxi - 364500.00(INR)
Vxi - 396500.00(INR)
Zxi - 432000.00(INR)

This car is pretty good for heavily crowded cities like chennai as parking space required for this car is very less and it is quite fuel efficient too!

Promotional Video

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"Lonely Movie"-My personal experience

That was the day where my one month of torture got over (Semester exams). I decided to celebrate it by going for the "Vaaranam aairam" movie. I started messaging all contacts right from a-z in my mobile to find out who are all coming for the movie. But i got no as reply from everyone as they all saw that movie before itself. These kind of incidents are not quite new for me so I decided to go alone for the movie. I got all kind of worst criticism from my friends that how pathetic i am to go for a movie alone. What is so much odd in going for a movie alone???i decided not to give a dam for them and proceeded with my plan. I booked for the evening show and the movie was scheduled to start by 6:45p.m as usual i went late to the theatre with a great curiosity to know what i missed. When I turned to the guy next to me asking what happened in the first few minutes of the movie he gave a worst look on earth saying that the movie has not started yet. Thank god! I got myself comfortable and eased myself by stretching my legs and leaning against the cushioned seat. The movie started and everything went well. The movie was so interesting that I never repented for going alone. Suddenly the guy next to me called me and asked me to turn off my mobile as the light from my mobile is disturbing him when ever I get a sms it seems. So I was having the mobile away from him. But still he was not ok with that and he wanted me to turn off my mobile. I got dam pissed off with him and told him "See the movie why looking at what I am doing” He screwed up my mood and I lost the interest in the movie. Then after some time that same guy who was bullying with me got a call in his mobile. I just turned and gave him a cinematic villain sort of look. I realized why going for a movie alone is so horrible at that time and have decided not to do it again in my life.

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Few clicks of mine!

Hey people,
i took these pics for my college culturals Photography event.I dint get a prize tho' :)
Camera used:Nikon cool pics (10.2mp)
Did little retouching with photoshop

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Nokia 5800-The Best competitor for i-phone

Nokia has joined the fray and its Tube smartphone - or Nokia 5800 XpressMusic - has the potential to eat into Apple’s market share.
Nokia’s touchscreen is arguably on a par with the Apple handset and is likely to cost significantly less when the final operator packages are worked out. Nokia says the phone will cost about £220 before taxes and subsidies.
Here are the highlights of a phone that, together with Google’s G1 phone, will make the mobile smartphone battle really interesting.

There is a 3.2-inch display, smaller than the iPhone's. But with a widescreen 640 x 360 pixel display and 30 frames-per-second playback and recording, the device provides high-quality video recording and playback.The handset features a 3.2-megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss lens. With a single touch, images or videos can be shared via websites such as Flickr or Facebook.
The layout of icons and access to the main functions works well and Nokia is very keen on its innovative “Media Bar” - a drop-down menu that provides direct access to the phone’s myriad music and entertainment features.
One of the biggest features is Nokia’s ground-breaking Comes With Music feature, which enables people to buy a Nokia device with a year of unlimited access to tracks from the Nokia Music Store. Once the year is complete, customers can keep all their music.
The 5800 Tube provides one-touch access to browse and purchase tracks from the store.
There are strong music features to go with Comes with Music - a graphic equaliser and support for all the main digital formats. But there is only 8GB of memory in the form of a microSD card (enough for 6,000 tracks) and many music fans will be disappointed. Many other phones (including the iPhone) already offer 16GB. Nokia says a 16GB card will be available in 2009.
The Tube offers iPhone-ish web surfing with the usual 3G, HSDPA and wi-fi connectivity, but the sensitivity of the screen is not quite up to Apple’s sexy standard. However there is support for Flash, which allows users to get at much more of the web’s content than with Apple's Flashless handset.
There is an FM radio and powerful built-in stereo speakers, said to offer the biggest sound of any mobile.
Perhaps one of the most interesting innovations is that the phone supports handwriting. As well as inputting your e-mail or message using the virtual alphanumeric keypad or the virtual computer-style QWERTY keyboard, you can use a pen stylus to write on the touchscreen. The cost of the phone approximately comes around 370$.And the phone is planned to be released by December end.

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Personalized flash drives!!

The most commonly used medium of storage in these days are the pen/thumb/flash drives.They are just few centimeters long and can be easily carried in a wallet.They are so very handy and cute as well.Beyond its practical usage the way the flash should look is given a great deal of importance these days.As many leading companies attracts its customers by coming up with more innovative and appealing designs.But one will be so very convinced if he/she can get a chance to personalize his/her own flash drive. This website pexagontech.com offers custom made pen drives. Some of the unique features offered by this website are
- free Laser engraving on both sides of the flash drive
- choice of 14 colors
-Themed designs
-customize the back with two lines of text
-Available in 512MB, 1GB, 2GB, 4GB, 8GB and 16GB capacities
-Hi-Speed USB 2.0
-only $4.65 for shipping
Go grab a cool personalized flash drive today!

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A review about LASIK & iLASIK

Laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis abbreviated as LASIK is a refractive laser eye surgery done to correct some eye defects like myopia, hyperopia, and astigmatism. This surgery has a great deal of advantage because it requires very less time for the patient’s recovery and is literally a painless one. This surgery was first developed by a Colombia-based Spanish ophthalmologist, Jose Barraquer. This surgery involves cutting the affected intricate areas of the cornea and shapes it to help the patient to get back his/her normal vision. This type of surgery is mainly used by NASA and military to increase the performance of their workers. As these people often face some extreme situations during their missions they need perfect eyesight to face those situations. This LASIK is certified by DOD (Department of Defense) and NASA as the most safer and efficient surgery that can be performed without any hesitations. The modern side of this LASIK is referred as iLASIK. This new technology uses two LASER beams instead of one, as in the previous version of LASIK. This combined LASER beam was found to be more effective and safe than the previous version.

This LASIK technology made wonders and improved the performance of the military men to several folds.

I hope this LASIK information would have been useful for all those who carry heavy spectacles up their nose and want to get rid of them badly!

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Nokia N96-This is what computers have become!

Nokia's flagship smartphone just got better! Complete with 16 GB built-in memory, GPS satellite navigation, a 5 megapixel camera with autofocus, 3G video calling, and every other gadget you can think of! On the downside it's large, battery life is poor, and the Symbian operating system is still not 100% reliable.
Best buy: *Free* from Dialaphone. Available now!

The Nokia N96 is probably the most eagerly anticipated phone release of 2008. But that's partly because we've been anticipating it for so long! Lengthy delays usually mean that the engineers struggled to deliver what the marketing boys promised, so we're going to be checking the N96 very carefully for signs that some of it may not work quite as it should.

But first of all, let's take the phone out of its box and just admire it, because it's a lovely piece of kit. It's big of course - slightly bigger even than the N95, and a touch heavier too - but it's not the heaviest phone ever. But putting that to one side, it's still a really nice phone to look at. It's smoother and curvier than the N95, and the buttons are less confusing.

Now, looking at the specs, it's hard to see why the N96 took such a long time to appear, because on paper it's not very different to the N95 8GB. The only significant differences are the upgrade of the Series 60 user interface from 3.1 to 3.2, the increase in flash memory from 8GB to 16GB, and the addition of Live TV. Yes, with an internal antenna and a DVB-H TV tuner, the Nokia N96 has been designed to let you watch telly on your phone. But unfortunately there is no DVB-H system broadcasting in the UK, so you can't! The good old BBC has made its iPlayer application compatible with the N96 however, so you can at least stream BBC TV and radio content to your phone, which is arguably more useful than watching broadcast TV anyway.

We noted above that the operating system has been upgraded. Well about time too, because we found the N95 to be slow and unreliable. The N96 seems to be a more stable platform, but it still freezes from time to time. Also, in our reviews of smartphones we always like to point out that if you're not familiar with the Symbian operating system, you'll find using a smartphone like the N96 much more of a challenge than using a mobile phone with a "dumb" OS.

The rest is the same as the N95 8GB:

* Built-in GPS navigation with Nokia Maps application
* 5 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss & Tessar optics
* Secondary video camera for video calling
* Wi-Fi wireless internet connection
* 2.8 inch display with 16 million colours - one of the largest and best screens available
* Ultra-fast HSDPA data transfer (3.6 Mbps)

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