Nike's first ever cricket commercial, now being aired on TV. Excellent!!
(Video) Apple iPhone's Latest Hello ad
Apple wants to remind viewers that the iPhone is coming in June, through a very cool 30-second spot that aired during the Academy Awards.
Playboy's 25 Sexiest Celebrities List - 5
Joanna Krupa
Jaime Pressly
Kelly Monaco
Vida Guerra
Mansion Playmates Holly, Bridget and Kendra
Jaime Pressly
Kelly Monaco
Vida Guerra
Mansion Playmates Holly, Bridget and Kendra
Playboy's 25 Sexiest Celebrities List - 4
Kara Monaco
Willa Ford
Diora Baird
Mercedes McNab
Cindy Margolis
Willa Ford
Diora Baird
Mercedes McNab
Cindy Margolis
Playboy's 25 Sexiest Celebrities List - 3
Carmen Electra
Paris Hilton
Jenna Jameson
Charisma Carpenter
Jenny McCarthy
Paris Hilton
Jenna Jameson
Charisma Carpenter
Playboy's 25 Sexiest Celebrities List - 2
Beyonce Knowles
Denise Richards
Jennifer Lopez
Jessica Alba
Angelina Jolie
Denise Richards
Jennifer Lopez
Jessica Alba
Angelina Jolie
Playboy's 25 Sexiest Celebrities List - 1
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The rest (in no particular order):
Christina Aguilera
Pussycat Dolls
Pamela Anderson
Lindsay Lohan
Scarlett Johansson has topped Playboy's annual 25 Sexiest Celebrities list, beating stars like Jessica Alba and Beyonce to the top spot. The 22-year-old actress' "sensuality" and "beauty" saw off stiff competition from Angelina Jolie, Beyonce Knowles and Pamela Anderson.
The magazine writes: "Scarlett Johansson is the apex of beauty and sensuality - from her porcelain skin to her fully feminine figure to her mysterious charisma, which is at once palpable and indefinable."
While the magazine makes it clear that Scarlett is their sexiest woman, the other 24 beauties are listed in no particular order. Other names to make it onto the sexy list include Jennifer Lopez, Paris Hilton, Carmen Electra and Jessica Alba.
Playboy's 25 Sexiest Celebrities list:
No. 1 - Scarlett Johansson
The magazine writes: "Scarlett Johansson is the apex of beauty and sensuality - from her porcelain skin to her fully feminine figure to her mysterious charisma, which is at once palpable and indefinable."
While the magazine makes it clear that Scarlett is their sexiest woman, the other 24 beauties are listed in no particular order. Other names to make it onto the sexy list include Jennifer Lopez, Paris Hilton, Carmen Electra and Jessica Alba.
Playboy's 25 Sexiest Celebrities list:
No. 1 - Scarlett Johansson
The rest (in no particular order):
Christina Aguilera
Pussycat Dolls
Pamela Anderson
Lindsay Lohan
Online Talking Lady (Text to Speech)
(Link courtesy - Prof. Anil Gaikwad)
http://www.oddcast.com/home/demos/tts/frameset.php?frame1=talk
Read the instructions first - then click the link given at the bottom.
How cool is this??? Modern technology is amazing...WOW!!
She will say anything you type. I sure don't know how they do this! When you move the mouse around, her eyes follow the pointer. When you write something in the left space and then click on "Say it," she says it!
You can also change persons doing the talking and the language they speak.
Technology! Quite amazing!!!!!!!
How cool is this??? Modern technology is amazing...WOW!!
She will say anything you type. I sure don't know how they do this! When you move the mouse around, her eyes follow the pointer. When you write something in the left space and then click on "Say it," she says it!
You can also change persons doing the talking and the language they speak.
Technology! Quite amazing!!!!!!!
http://www.oddcast.com/home/demos/tts/frameset.php?frame1=talk
Assorted Jokes
One day, a man came home and was greeted by his wife dressed in a very Sexy nightie. "Tie me up," she purred, "and you can do anything you want." So he tied her up and went golfing.
A woman came home, screeching her car into the driveway, and ran into the house. She slammed the door and shouted at the top of her lungs,
"Honey, pack your bags. I won the lottery!"
The husband said, "Oh my God! What should I pack, beach stuff or mountain stuff?"
"Doesn't matter," she said. "Just get out."
Marriage is a relationship in which one person is always right, and the other is a husband.
A Polish immigrant went to the DMV to apply for a driver's license.
First, of course, he had to take an eye sight test.
The optician showed him a card with the letters 'C Z W I X N O S T A C Z.'
"Can you read this?" the optician asked.
"Read it?" the Polish guy replied, "I know the guy."
Mother Superior called all the nuns together and said to them, "I must tell you all something. We have a case of gonorrhea in the convent."
"Thank God," said an elderly nun at the back. "I'm so tired of chardonnay."
A wife was making a breakfast of fried eggs for her husband.
Suddenly, her husband burst into the kitchen.
"Careful," he said, "CAREFUL! Put in some more butter! Oh my GOD! You're cooking too many at once. TOO MANY! Turn them! TURN THEM NOW! We need more butter. Oh my GOD! WHERE are we going to get MORE BUTTER? They're going to STICK! Careful. CAREFUL! I said be CAREFUL! You NEVER listen to me when you're cooking! Never! Turn them! Hurry up! Are you CRAZY? Have you LOST your mind? Don't forget to salt them. You know you always forget to salt them. Use the salt. USE THE SALT! THE SALT!"
The wife stared at him. "What in the world is wrong with you? You think I don't know how to fry a couple of eggs?"
The husband calmly replied, "I just wanted to show you what it feels like when I'm driving."
Fifty-one years ago, Herman James, a North Carolina mountain man, was drafted by the Army. On his first day in basic training, the Army issued him a comb. That afternoon the Army barber sheared off all his hair. On his second day, the Army issued Herman a toothbrush. That afternoon the Army dentist yanked seven of his teeth. On the third day, the Army issued him a jock strap. The Army has been looking for Herman for 51 years.
A woman came home, screeching her car into the driveway, and ran into the house. She slammed the door and shouted at the top of her lungs,
"Honey, pack your bags. I won the lottery!"
The husband said, "Oh my God! What should I pack, beach stuff or mountain stuff?"
"Doesn't matter," she said. "Just get out."
Marriage is a relationship in which one person is always right, and the other is a husband.
A Polish immigrant went to the DMV to apply for a driver's license.
First, of course, he had to take an eye sight test.
The optician showed him a card with the letters 'C Z W I X N O S T A C Z.'
"Can you read this?" the optician asked.
"Read it?" the Polish guy replied, "I know the guy."
Mother Superior called all the nuns together and said to them, "I must tell you all something. We have a case of gonorrhea in the convent."
"Thank God," said an elderly nun at the back. "I'm so tired of chardonnay."
A wife was making a breakfast of fried eggs for her husband.
Suddenly, her husband burst into the kitchen.
"Careful," he said, "CAREFUL! Put in some more butter! Oh my GOD! You're cooking too many at once. TOO MANY! Turn them! TURN THEM NOW! We need more butter. Oh my GOD! WHERE are we going to get MORE BUTTER? They're going to STICK! Careful. CAREFUL! I said be CAREFUL! You NEVER listen to me when you're cooking! Never! Turn them! Hurry up! Are you CRAZY? Have you LOST your mind? Don't forget to salt them. You know you always forget to salt them. Use the salt. USE THE SALT! THE SALT!"
The wife stared at him. "What in the world is wrong with you? You think I don't know how to fry a couple of eggs?"
The husband calmly replied, "I just wanted to show you what it feels like when I'm driving."
Fifty-one years ago, Herman James, a North Carolina mountain man, was drafted by the Army. On his first day in basic training, the Army issued him a comb. That afternoon the Army barber sheared off all his hair. On his second day, the Army issued Herman a toothbrush. That afternoon the Army dentist yanked seven of his teeth. On the third day, the Army issued him a jock strap. The Army has been looking for Herman for 51 years.
10 online security myths
Here is a list of common myths about security that you would do well to read:
I’ve got the anti-virus ...
Yes, you may have one, but this does not make you safe from all kinds of attacks. A good anti-virus solution will indeed protect you against viruses and similar problems. But it'll do nothing to prevent a hacker from lifting information off your system or crashing your PC. There are several others as big online threats as viruses, like phising, spyware and adware. These are, if not bigger, are definitely as grave a threat. Also, new viruses emerge all the time, so you need to update your virus definitions regularly to make sure they're current or, better yet, use software that does that automatically.
Why would someone be interested in me?
Hackers and criminals work hand-in-hand. Identity Theft is the fastest-growing white-collar crime today. Stealing your identity is a lot more profitable than stealing your belongings. Hackers might search for personal information stored on your system. For e.g., your bank account or credit card numbers, which they could use to make fraudulent purchases. And even if you don't do any financial work on your home computer, it would still have your resume, which lists your name, address, work experience and other personal details that you would do well to guard.
Hackers target only big companies
You need not be a big corporation to become a victim. Home computers are one of biggest target groups for hackers. The logic is simple: Hackers usually look for easy prey, and most home PCs are much simpler to break into than a large corporate network. Most big companies have anti-virus solutions and firewalls on their gateway. While hackers can infiltrate into home PCs by using a number of tools available online. Broadband connections are particularly vulnerable because they have a static IP address that can more easily be accessed, and it might take you a while to realize you have been hacked.
Hackers are IT wizards
This popular notion no longer holds true. Today, with so many hacking tools available online, hacking into someone's computer actually takes very little technical knowledge. Any search engine will list site after site of such tools which can be downloaded in a few minutes. Also, these tools come with full directions.
I’ve got a backup
A backup on its own won’t protect you against anything. Also, unless you have a backup of your computer before a virus attack, you’ll only end up restoring data onto an infected computer.
Viruses come only through emails
Emails are just one of the virus carriers. There are a lot of other ways through which a virus can infect your computer. For e.g., via websites, directly over the internet, on disks or other removable media or by installing infected programmes.
If I lose money, my bank will take care
This may be there. But then, first you will have to prove that you were nowhere responsible for the fraudulent transaction. Also, there cannot be any compensation for the time and stress required to sort it out. In several cases of identity theft, it has taken people months to sort things out with their banks or credit card companies.
Security is too time-consuming
It may take a few hours of your time and a regular regimen to install the various security tools on your computer and to keep them updated. But, in case you are hacked, it surely will be more than a few hours of job.
It's my ISP's job
It surely is. However, very few internet service providers (ISPs) provide comprehensive protection. Most ISPs provide some elements of security such as scanning emails for viruses or providing consumers with a firewall, but customers need to understand exactly what they do and, more importantly, what they don’t do. When you're online you're vulnerable to downloaded viruses, because most ISPs screens email only. This doesn't protect users from a virus they may download inadvertently themselves. Similarly, no ISP will protect you from a conmen or hoax emails.
I am on Mac or Linux, so I am safe!
Yeah, it's true that Mac and Linux-based systems may probably be a shade less vulnerable than PCs running Windows, but this doesn't make them invulnerable. For example, Apple announces security updates on a regular basis just like Microsoft. For a hacker is a computer. He doesn't care what platform one is using, they just look for open ports. Many Mac-specific hacking tools are also readily available on the Internet. The new OS X is Unix based. Hacking tools available to Unix users are now applicable to Macintosh. Internet frauds work whatever kind of machine you use.
I’ve got the anti-virus ...
Yes, you may have one, but this does not make you safe from all kinds of attacks. A good anti-virus solution will indeed protect you against viruses and similar problems. But it'll do nothing to prevent a hacker from lifting information off your system or crashing your PC. There are several others as big online threats as viruses, like phising, spyware and adware. These are, if not bigger, are definitely as grave a threat. Also, new viruses emerge all the time, so you need to update your virus definitions regularly to make sure they're current or, better yet, use software that does that automatically.
Why would someone be interested in me?
Hackers and criminals work hand-in-hand. Identity Theft is the fastest-growing white-collar crime today. Stealing your identity is a lot more profitable than stealing your belongings. Hackers might search for personal information stored on your system. For e.g., your bank account or credit card numbers, which they could use to make fraudulent purchases. And even if you don't do any financial work on your home computer, it would still have your resume, which lists your name, address, work experience and other personal details that you would do well to guard.
Hackers target only big companies
You need not be a big corporation to become a victim. Home computers are one of biggest target groups for hackers. The logic is simple: Hackers usually look for easy prey, and most home PCs are much simpler to break into than a large corporate network. Most big companies have anti-virus solutions and firewalls on their gateway. While hackers can infiltrate into home PCs by using a number of tools available online. Broadband connections are particularly vulnerable because they have a static IP address that can more easily be accessed, and it might take you a while to realize you have been hacked.
Hackers are IT wizards
This popular notion no longer holds true. Today, with so many hacking tools available online, hacking into someone's computer actually takes very little technical knowledge. Any search engine will list site after site of such tools which can be downloaded in a few minutes. Also, these tools come with full directions.
I’ve got a backup
A backup on its own won’t protect you against anything. Also, unless you have a backup of your computer before a virus attack, you’ll only end up restoring data onto an infected computer.
Viruses come only through emails
Emails are just one of the virus carriers. There are a lot of other ways through which a virus can infect your computer. For e.g., via websites, directly over the internet, on disks or other removable media or by installing infected programmes.
If I lose money, my bank will take care
This may be there. But then, first you will have to prove that you were nowhere responsible for the fraudulent transaction. Also, there cannot be any compensation for the time and stress required to sort it out. In several cases of identity theft, it has taken people months to sort things out with their banks or credit card companies.
Security is too time-consuming
It may take a few hours of your time and a regular regimen to install the various security tools on your computer and to keep them updated. But, in case you are hacked, it surely will be more than a few hours of job.
It's my ISP's job
It surely is. However, very few internet service providers (ISPs) provide comprehensive protection. Most ISPs provide some elements of security such as scanning emails for viruses or providing consumers with a firewall, but customers need to understand exactly what they do and, more importantly, what they don’t do. When you're online you're vulnerable to downloaded viruses, because most ISPs screens email only. This doesn't protect users from a virus they may download inadvertently themselves. Similarly, no ISP will protect you from a conmen or hoax emails.
I am on Mac or Linux, so I am safe!
Yeah, it's true that Mac and Linux-based systems may probably be a shade less vulnerable than PCs running Windows, but this doesn't make them invulnerable. For example, Apple announces security updates on a regular basis just like Microsoft. For a hacker is a computer. He doesn't care what platform one is using, they just look for open ports. Many Mac-specific hacking tools are also readily available on the Internet. The new OS X is Unix based. Hacking tools available to Unix users are now applicable to Macintosh. Internet frauds work whatever kind of machine you use.
Why earth is insignificant in the universe
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Now, THIS is really fascinating - I've never really given this any thought whatsoever.
But it's rather dazzling to see it is presented this way.
I certainly thought this was enlightening.
Didn't even realize we knew much beyond our sun .... It's a big universe.
Antares is the 15th brightest star in the sky. It is more than 1000 light years away.
So... See how insignificant we really are, in this heavenly arrangement of the Almighty but still we have a place, space & very well known existence. So Friends....make your stay on this planet, really worth while.
Now, THIS is really fascinating - I've never really given this any thought whatsoever.
But it's rather dazzling to see it is presented this way.
I certainly thought this was enlightening.
Didn't even realize we knew much beyond our sun .... It's a big universe.
Antares is the 15th brightest star in the sky. It is more than 1000 light years away.
So... See how insignificant we really are, in this heavenly arrangement of the Almighty but still we have a place, space & very well known existence. So Friends....make your stay on this planet, really worth while.
Polish Divorce
A Polish man moved to the USA and married an American girl.
Although his English was far from perfect, they got along very well until one day he rushed into a lawyer's office and asked him if he could arrange a divorce for him.
The lawyer said that getting a divorce would depend on the circumstances, and asked him the following questions:
L: Have you any grounds?
P: Yes, an acre and half and nice little home.
L: No, I mean what is the foundation of this case?
P: It made of concrete.
L: I don't think you understand. Does either of you have a real grudge?
P: No, we have carport, and not need one.
L: I mean. What are your relations like?
P: All my relations still in Poland.
L: Is there any infidelity in your marriage?
P: We have hi-fidelity stereo and good DVD player.
L: Does your wife beat you up?
P: No, I always up before her.
L: Is your wife a nagger?
P: No, she white.
L: Why do you want this divorce?
P: She going to kill me.
L: What makes you think that?
P: I got proof.
L: What kind of proof?
P: She going to poison me. She buy a bottle at drugstore and put on shelf in bathroom. I can read, and it say: Polish Remover".
Although his English was far from perfect, they got along very well until one day he rushed into a lawyer's office and asked him if he could arrange a divorce for him.
The lawyer said that getting a divorce would depend on the circumstances, and asked him the following questions:
L: Have you any grounds?
P: Yes, an acre and half and nice little home.
L: No, I mean what is the foundation of this case?
P: It made of concrete.
L: I don't think you understand. Does either of you have a real grudge?
P: No, we have carport, and not need one.
L: I mean. What are your relations like?
P: All my relations still in Poland.
L: Is there any infidelity in your marriage?
P: We have hi-fidelity stereo and good DVD player.
L: Does your wife beat you up?
P: No, I always up before her.
L: Is your wife a nagger?
P: No, she white.
L: Why do you want this divorce?
P: She going to kill me.
L: What makes you think that?
P: I got proof.
L: What kind of proof?
P: She going to poison me. She buy a bottle at drugstore and put on shelf in bathroom. I can read, and it say: Polish Remover".
World's thinnest mobile phone
The U100 from Samsung Electronics, is a razor-thin 5.9mm thick. The new handset lacks 3G, but comes with 3-megapixel camera. The tri-band GSM/EDGE phone also comes with a media player (MP3/AAC/WMA and MPEG4/H.263), Bluetooth, USB 2.0, a document viewer and 70MB of internal memomry. Samsung had to sacrifice something on the altar of thin: in this case, memory expansion.
Inside Google's headquarters - Googleplex
Googleplex is the headquarters of Google. Located at 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway in Mountain View, Santa Clara County, California, the sprawling campus is often described as a "fantasy land" for engineers across the world. The name Googleplex is a play on words, a combination of the words Google and complex. It is also a reference to googolplex, the name given to a number with infinite zeroes. The company also has offices in Bangalore, New York, Sydney and Dublin, among many other cities. Here’s a look inside Googleplex. 
The four core buildings, totalling 506,317 ft, were originally used by SGI and leased by Google beginning in 2003. In June 2006, Google announced that it would purchase the property from Silicon Graphics for $319 million. The Building # 43 is known as the Green Building, with recycled carpets and sustainable wood. Googlers ride motorized scooters to travel to and fro on the sprawling campus.
The interior of the headquarters is furnished with items like shade lamps and giant rubber balls. The lobby contains a piano and a projection of current live Google search queries. Throughout the corridors between the four buildings, there is Google memorabilia on display - in all its variety. The company also has guides who specialize in explaining Google’s history to people. Hallway decor includes bicycles and large rubber exercise balls on the floor, press clippings from around the world posted on bulletin boards everywhere.
Googlers work in high density clusters, with three or four staffers sharing spaces with couches and pets. People’s workspaces are full of individuality. There are couches everywhere. People can have a lie down when they need to and take a break. Most employees have high powered Linux OS workstations on their desktops. In Google's earliest days, desks were wooden doors mounted on two sawhorses. Some of those are still in use within the engineering group.The facilities include a workout room with weights and rowing machine, laundry rooms, locker rooms, two swimming pools, a sand volleyball court, dryers, massage room and assorted video games.
At the Googleplex headquarters almost everyone eats at any of the company's 11 gourmet cafeterias. One of the most popular Google cafe is Charlie's Place, named after the ex-Google chef Charlie Ayers. The cafeterias offer healthy lunches and dinners for the entire staff for free. Stations include Charlie’s Grill, Back to Albuquerque, East Meets West and Vegheads. There are Snack Rooms packed with bins of various cereals, gummy bears, M&Ms, toffee, licorice, cashew nuts, yogurt, carrots, fresh fruit and other snacks. Also stacked are dozens of different drinks including fresh juice, soda and make-your-own cappuccino. In fact, there’s a rule within Google: that there must be food within 100 feet of every employee.
One of the coolest stop across the Google building is the three-dimensional rotating image of the world on permanent display on a large flat panel monitor. What makes it special is the toggle switch that allows one to view points of light representing real-time searches rising from the surface of the globe toward space, color coded by language. Toggle and one can see traffic patterns for the entire Internet.
The Google campus also has replicas of SpaceShipOne and a dinosaur skeleton. The Google's Mountain View headquarters is the America's largest solar electric installation on a single corporate site, and one of the largest such projects in the world taken by the company Energy Innovations. The company's headquarters has a 1.6 megawatt solar system that meets about 30 percent of the complex's power demand. The company has installed some 9,000 solar panels, in the form of solar trees, some overhanging as parking shades others mounted on rooftops.
Security is tight at Googleplex. Every visitor to the Googleplex, California, gets a name badge and has to sign a non-disclosure agreement.
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