Nokia N79 launched in India, an ultimate phone for entertainment

Nokia unveiled N79 a new sleek phone that adds to the NSeries range of multimedia phone that combines bright and customizable design with a complete package of multimedia computer. Besides the smart and cool look the Nokia N79 is inherited with the latest and advanced technologies. It will surely show its true multimedia magic that includes integrated navigation, FM transmitter, high speed of connectivity and enhanced web browsing facility.

N79 phone is a phone that will entertain you thoroughly when required. The phone comes with a 4GB microSD card so you can store in more that 300 songs for your time pass. FM is very common in all devices but N79 includes FM transmitter that will provide you with more entertainment than ever before and easily play through your car audio system. The phone has dual speakers so you can rock on wherever you are with its fine sound. Another useful addition is a 3.5mm audio jack for connecting headphone. The owner of N79 can now enjoy 19 classic club remix songs and preloaded Anthems 1998-2008 which is a compilation of around 17 latest music videos sponsored by Ministry of Sound.

This new N79 phone adds colors to your life to make it more attractive, that incorporates two additional interchangeable Xpress-On smart covers in various colors. The phone packs in a built-in microchip that changes the phone’s theme color automatically when the back cover of phone is changed to match the two colors and make it appear cool. The phone is available in 5 classy and trendy colors like Light Sea Blue, Espresso Brown, Olive Green, White and Coral Red.

The phones offers a 5 mega pixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics and a dual LED Flash that provides you with high range of quality picture and a best camera phone to capture your memorable moments and videos and the best part is that you can edit it without using the computer. The phone’s lens is protected with a sliding lens cover.

Nokia N79, certainly a choice of many music lovers will be available at a price of Rs. 22939/-.

Ravishing Ash celebrates birthday on the sets of Ravana

Aishwarya Rai, arguably the most popular heroine of India is celebrating her birthday today, in the sets of her new Mani Ratnam-directed-flick 'Ravana'. Ash turns thirty five today and this is the second time she is celebrating her birthday after her popular marriage with Abhishek Bachchan. Interestingly, hubby Abhishek is the hero of 'Ravana'.

Ash who is currently along with costars and crew of the film in the Marayoor forests of Kerala is expected to throw a big bash for everyone. The former Miss World has indeed come a long way from her early acting days when she debuted in the Mani Ratnam film ''Iruvar''. That was eleven years ago and the damsel has only grown in strength with charisma and elegance.

The ravishing beauty has been seen in the Tamil films 'Jeans' and 'Kandukonaen Kandukonaen' apart from 'Iruvar'.

Aishwarya Rai took Hindi filmdom by storm with successful portrayals in 'Guru', 'Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam', 'Taal', 'Dhoom 2', 'Devdas', 'Jodha Akbar', 'Sarkaar Raj', and  'Mohabbatein'.

Reportedly earning around two Crores per film, she is rumored to have been paid four Crores for her new Shankar film ''Enthiran'' in which she stars alongside superstar Rajinikanth.

Aishwarya Rai is no stranger to international cinema and is in fact highly sought after. 'Provoked', and 'Bride and Prejudice' showcased her talents to world audiences. She is currently playing the leading lady for the Hollywood film Pink Panther 2 that stars Steve Martin.

The name Aishwarya Rai has become synonymous with tantalizing beauty over the years and Indiaglitz wishes this ravishing woman a wonderful birthday and many more spectacular performances in the future.

India v Australia, 3rd Test, Delhi

Clarke drives Australia towards safety

• Patient century all but ensures draw in Delhi
• India close on 43 for two, a lead of 79

In the groove: Michael Clarke drives during his century on day four at Delhi. 

In Antigua tonight, cricket will take an almighty leap into a murky future. In Delhi over the last four days, India and Australia have taken an equally large jump back to a grubby past, when paint dried, grass grew and bore draws predominated.

This Test has been like something out of the 70s and 80s. On day four, Michael Clarke made his eighth Test century and his third of the year to guide Australia to 577 all out, a first-innings deficit of 36. India, 1-0 up in the series with one match to play after this, closed on 43 for two in their second innings, a lead of 79. It could be a very long final day.

Or it might just be an unforgettably dramatic one. The narrative of the match has been eerily similar to that of the Adelaide Ashes Test two years ago, when Australia won in epic fashion on the last day. There is, however, one small difference: in that Test, Australia had Shane Warne to get under England's skin and inside their heads before and during the final day. Now they have Cameron White, and so a draw seems certain.

Australia resumed in the morning on 338 for four, with Clarke on 21 and Shane Watson on four. Their fifth-wicket partnership reached 73 when Watson, who cuffed eight fours in a chipper 36, was bowled round his legs from over the wicket by Virender Sehwag.

The wicketkeeper Brad Haddin continued his unhappy habit of getting a start and then getting out: he breezed to 17 before being stumped to give Anil Kumble his first Test wicket for three months and 85 overs.

Sehwag then prompted wild celebrations by taking the first five-wicket haul of his first-class career when he bowled White - who like so many England spinners of the past two decades seems able to contribute with bat but not ball - for a very good 44. Sehwag was by far the pick of the Indian attack and finished with five for 104.

All the while Clarke ploughed on, dancing hyperactively around the crease on the balls of his feet as is his wont. He was dropped three times - including twice in the nineties off Sehwag, first by VVS Laxman and then Amit Mishra - but otherwise played splendidly, if with unusual restraint.

He hit only six fours and one six, a withering pull off Mishra; his century, which took 219 deliveries, came from the last ball before tea when he cut Sehwag for a couple. Eventually he was the ninth man to fall, holing out to long-off off the bowling of Amit Mishra after being stuck with the tail.

India were left with a tricky 13-over spell to negotiate before the close. They lost Sehwag, playing on to Brett Lee, and the nightwatchman Ishant Sharma, roughed up with contemptuous ease by Stuart Clark. By the close they were effectively 79 for two; on the close at day four in that Adelaide Test, England were in a not dissimilar position, effectively 97 for one. But that, surely, is where the comparison ends.

Please Fix The iPhone: A To-Do List For Steve Jobs

iPhone addicts love their iPhones, but nothing is perfect. Customer feedback for Apple just went public on Please Fix the iPhone. The site let's iPhone owners, or anyone else, list and vote on the features that most need fixing on the iPhone. The features that get the most votes rise up the ranks.

Right now the top requests are:

1. Copy and paste.

2. Landscape view for emails.

3. Ability to hide unwanted icons.

4. Use the iPhone as a 3G modem for the MacBook

5. Make Flash work.

Looks like Steve Jobs has a new to-do list. What would you add? Don't tell us, go vote on the site.

Obama lead over McCain widens to eight points, poll shows

Poll finds growing support for Barack Obama in wake of endorsement from Republican secretary of state Colin Powell

Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama. Photograph: Bob Brown/AP

Barack Obama's lead over John McCain has widened to eight points a fortnight before the US presidential election, according to the latest poll today.

The Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby telephone tracking poll put Obama on 50% and McCain on 42%.

It is the first time Obama has stretched his advantage over McCain to more than six points since the tracking poll began more than two weeks ago.

The pollster John Zogby said: "Things clearly are moving in Obama's direction."

The poll found growing support for Obama among a number of key groups, including Republicans, in the wake of an endorsement from the former Republican secretary of state Colin Powell.

Polling took place between Saturday and Monday. Powell announced his support for Obama on Sunday morning.

"Maybe this is the Powell effect. That wasn't just an endorsement, that was a pretty powerful statement," said Zogby.

His support among Republicans has increased from 9% to 12%. Among independent voters he has opened up a 15% lead.

Obama told NBC television yesterday that Powell was welcome to campaign for him and might have a place in his administration. He said Powell "will have a role as one of my advisers" and that a formal role in his government was "something we'd have to discuss".

A poll released yesterday for CNN-Opinion Research Corp conducted between Friday and Sunday showed Obama's lead had narrowed to six points, 49-43.

Its previous poll gave Obama an 11-point margin.

Obama is currently campaigning in Florida, which voted for George Bush in the last two elections.

On Thursday and Friday he is due to suspend his campaign to fly to Hawaii to visit his seriously ill grandmother.

McCain spent yesterday campaigning in Missouri, which has voted for the winning candidate in every election bar one since 1900.

India v Australia, 2nd Test, Mohali, 5th day

Zaheer bowls India to record victory

October 21, 2008

India 469 (Ganguly 102, Dhoni 92, Tendulkar 88, Gambhir 67) and 314 for 3 (Gambhir 104, Sehwag 90, Dhoni 68*) beat Australia 268 (Watson 78, Hussey 54, Mishra 5-71) and 195 (Clarke 69) by 320

	Zaheer Khan's three early wickets on the fifth day hastened Australia's defeat

It was a match that was never out of India's control. After the tremendous work done over four days, they needed less than a session on the fifth morning to defeat Australia, sealing the Test by 320 runs, their biggest margin of victory in terms of runs ever. Zaheer Khan nipped out three wickets in the space of four deliveries when play started, and though Michael Clarke resisted with 69, it was always going to be a matter of when India would take a 1-0 series lead. In terms of runs, it was Australia's biggest loss to India since Melbourne, 1977.

India had reduced Australia to 58 for 5 yesterday, but had to wait 84 runs for their next strike, after which proceedings resembled a bowling alley as Zaheer knocked over the lower order like nine pins. Zaheer was simply unplayable. He struck in the first over of the day, bowling Brad Haddin for 37 with a ripper. It pitched on a length, shaped back in, and took out the middle and off stumps. In his next over, Zaheer found himself on a hat-trick. A leaden-footed Cameron White went for a drive and edged to Mahendra Singh Dhoni. Next ball, Brett Lee had no clue to one pitched fractionally shorter and had his stumps splayed. Three wickets had fallen for three runs.

With nine men around the bat, Mitchell Johnson averted the hat-trick. Zaheer had slowly built up his momentum through the fourth day and struck gold on the fifth morning. He got the ball to move slightly away from the batsmen, and was very accurate. Ishant Sharma achieved movement both ways, evident when Clarke outside-edged towards slip - the ball didn't carry - and later inside-edged towards square leg.

Perhaps significant with two Tests to play, Clarke shrugged off an indifferent tour with a fluent 69. On a pitch with good movement and against bowlers who were on song, he batted with focus and determination. He and Johnson, who batted well for his 26 before popping a return catch to Amit Mishra, added 50. Clarke had been the glue that held a poor Australian innings together, but he was last out when he clipped Mishra - who finished with seven on debut - to midwicket. As the fat lady sang and Punjabi bhangra filled the Mohali air, Dhoni - India's stand-in captain who rarely made a wrong call through the Test - led the charge towards the catcher, Virender Sehwag.

Teams that have a habit of winning know how to seize the momentum and never let it go. Like Australia had done for the last decade and more, India did that very well in Mohali. They were, unquestionably, the superior side in this Test.

Tendulkar eclipses test run record

Sachin Tendulkar eclipsed Brian Lara's world record for most test runs on Friday to help India reach 311 for five on the first day of the second test against Australia.

Tendulkar passed his target with three runs after tea to beat the 11,953 West Indian Lara scored before he retired from international cricket in 2007.

Tendulkar went on to hit 88 after Australian left-arm paceman Mitchell Johnson led a splendid fightback on a good batting pitch.

India, who began well after winning the toss, wobbled after Johnson's double strike before tea contributed to three wickets tumbling for 17 runs.

Tendulkar shared in a 142-run fifth wicket partnership with Saurav Ganguly to rescue the innings from 163 for four and go past 12,000 runs in tests.

He eventually fell when he edged debutant paceman Peter Siddle to Matthew Hayden at slip off the second new ball late in the day.

Ganguly was 54 not out at the close with Ishant Sharma on two.

Opening batsman Gautam Gambhir scored 67 and added 70 runs with Virender Sehwag (35) for the first wicket and 76 with Rahul Dravid (39) for the next.

Australian bowlers reined in the innings after India had got off to a good start after electing to bat.

Johnson, their most successful bowler with five wickets in the drawn first test, led the way after India raced to 104-1 at lunch.

INDIAN SLUMP

Pace spearhead Brett Lee triggered the slump when Rahul Dravid played on to the stumps for 39 before Johnson had opener Gautam Gambhir caught behind for a well-made 67 in the next over.

Left-hander Gambhir, who hit nine fours in his seventh test fifty, added 76 runs with Dravid after sharing in a fluent 70-run stand with Sehwag (35).

Johnson then had Vangipurappu Laxman (12) nick down the legside to Haddin, the same ploy he used to remove opener Virender Sehwag (35).

The bowler finished the day with three for 68.

Tendulkar, on 13 going into tea, steered the first ball after the break from debutant paceman Peter Siddle to third man for three runs to achieve the landmark.

The 35-year-old took off his helmet and raised his bat to acknowledge the cheering crowd before Ganguly and the entire Australian team came up to congratulate him.

Australia were unlucky not to remove Ganguly on 35 after umpire Rudi Koertzen turned down a stumping appeal against leg spinner Cameron White.

Television replays showed Ganguly's back foot was in the air when wicketkeeper Brad Haddin whipped off the bails. He completed 7,000 test runs, the fourth Indian to do so, soon after.

The experienced pair eased the pressure until Tendulkar, who batted effortlessly with shots of vintage quality, fell. He hit 10 fours in his 111-ball knock spanning three hours.

India captain Anil Kumble had no cheer on his 38th birthday when he was ruled out because of a shoulder injury. Mahendra Singh Dhoni led the side and debutant leggie Amit Mishra came into the eleven.

Australia also made one change, with Siddle replacing Stuart Clark who was sidelined due to an elbow injury.