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Tuesday, June 12, 2007

Film News (Movies)

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Wednesday, April 25, 2007

Cricket Photo'S

Lot of Cricket Photos, Wallpapers, Screensavers, Match Galleries

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Labels: Cricket Photos, Match Galleries, Screensavers, Wallpapers

Monday, April 23, 2007

ICC World Cup 2007

Follow the action ball-by-ball.Choose your camera angles.Match scorecard and statistics.To know more click here

Cricket Scores - This displays the live scores of current cricket matches on your desktop. You can also view the full detailed scorecards for a match and also check the world cup 2007 cricket schedule.

Google Cricket Videos

Cricket Videos - The widget fetches the latest World Cup Cricket videos from YouTube.com and plays them on your desktop.

Cricket Images and News - Displays the latest cricket news headlines and pictures related to cricket as a slideshow on your desktop.

You can download the time table for World Cup 2007 matches at MatchSchedulePrinter.pdf. [print version]

The tickets of World Cup 2007 Cricket Matches can be purchased online from the official website here. You must have a valid email address and an international Visa or Mastercard.

Labels: Cricket World Cup, Cricket World Cup 2007, ICC, ICC Cricket World Cup 2007, Road to the World Cup, Schedules, Sponsors, Tour and Travels, Venues, Videos, West Indies 2007

Wednesday, January 03, 2007

Sadams Execution

Monday, November 27, 2006

Laptops

Microsoft loves tablets. Here is CEO Steve Ballmer holding up the new ThinkPad X41 Tablet, from China's Lenovo Group, at Microsoft's TechEd 2005 back in June. Ballmer was quoted as saying that the tablet will run on Windows XP Tablet PC Edition 2005.

Gateway's new CX2600 notebook family, starting at $1,349, has a 14-inch wide screen that swivels around on a titanium frame. The 6-pound tablet comes with a flash card reader, wireless networking and slots for batteries that last for up to nine hours.

Think tablet PCs are too expensive? Prices for Hewlett-Packard' s Compaq tc4200, which was first released in February 2005, start at $1,599, which is $44 less than a similarly outfitted Compaq nc4200 notebook.

Lenovo's X41T tablet is the first ThinkPad with a screen that swivels around to make a tablet PC. Retailing for $1,899, the tablet is Lenovo's first offering following its purchase of IBM's PC business earlier this year.

At just 2.2 pounds, the Fujitsu Siemens P1510 LifeBook convertible manages to squeeze in an 8.9-inch wide screen, 1.2GHz processor, 60GB hard drive, 1GB of RAM, Wi-If and Blue tooth. The notebook was released on Aug. 8 and retails for $1,499.

Acer was one of the first computer companies to make a tablet PC. Its fourth-generation TravelMat--the C310--retails for $1,649.99 and features a 14-inch screen, an Intel Pentium M processor, 8.5 hours of battery life (when the battery extender is used) and a two-spindle convertible tablet design.

Convertibles may be the new fashion trend, but slate tablets have some sizzle too. Motion Computing's LE1600 is used by hospitals and insurance agents. The tablet retails for $2,049 and comes with a 1.5GHz Intel processor, 512MB of RAM and a 30GB hard drive.

Tuesday, November 14, 2006

007 Bond Movies

Mission Summary: Dr. No

In his explosive debut, film historys immortal action hero blazes through one of his most spectacular adventures. With inimitable style, Sean Connery embodies the suave yet lethal cool of Agent 007.

Bond's mission takes him to the steamy island of Jamaica, where mysterious energy waves are interfering with U.S. missile launches. As he unravels the astonishing truth, 007 must fight deadly assassins, sexy femmes fatales and even a poisonous tarantula. With the help of crack CIA agent Felix Leiter (Jack Lord) and the beautiful Honey Ryder (Ursula Andress), he searches for the headquarters of Dr. No, a fanatical scientist who is implementing an evil plan of world domination. Only James Bond, with his combination of wit, charm and skill, can confront the madman and save the human race from a horrible fate.

With breathtaking chases, amazing stunts and a bold, nerve-shattering climax, this outrageously entertaining adventure pushes the envelope for non-stop thrills and magnificently sets the standard for the most popular movie series of all time.
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Mission Summary: From Russia With Love

Sean Connery returns as James Bond in this thrill-a-minute adventure with blistering action, romance and high-tech gadgetry. Boasting remarkable villains and exotic locales, it's a pulse-pounding experience that many fans consider to be the greatest Bond film of all.

The evil SPECTRE organization has hatched a plan to steal a decoder that will access Russian state secrets and irrevocably unbalance the world order. It is up to James Bond to seize the device first, but he must confront enemies that include Red Grant (Robert Shaw) and the ruthless Rosa Klebb (Lotte Lenya), a former KGB agent with poison-tipped shoes. Even as Bond romances a stunning Soviet defector (Daniela Bianchi), he realizes he is being lured into a deadly trap, and he will need all of his courage, abilities and cutting-edge technology to triumph over the forces that seek to destroy him.

Dazzling highlights include a riveting helicopter attack, a gypsy camp gun battle, and a bone-crunching brawl aboard the Orient Express. From the streets of Istanbul to the canals of Venice, From Russia With Love delivers slam-bang thrills laced with the humor and sex appeal of Agent 007 himself.
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Mission Summary: Goldfinger

From "shocking" prologue to exhilarating mid-air climax, Goldfinger is a lightning-paced James Bond adventure that pits 007 against one of his most formidable opponents. Sean Connery is Agent 007 in this fourteen-karat thriller brimming with non-stop action, humor and almost unbearable excitement.

The powerful tycoon Auric Goldfinger (Gert Frobe) has initiated "Operation Grand Slam," a cataclysmic scheme to raid Fort Knox and obliterate the world economy. James Bond, armed with his specially equipped Aston Martin (its accessory package includes built-in machine guns, a smoke screen and an ejector seat), must stop the plan by overcoming several outrageous adversaries. First there's Oddjob (Harold Sakata), the mute servant who kills at the toss of a lethal hat; next, the beautiful Jill Masterson (Shirley Eaton), who gives new meaning to the phrase "golden girl;" and finally, sexy pilot Pussy Galore (Honor Blackman), whose romantic feelings for Bond complicate her involvement in Goldfinger's high-flying scheme.

With style, wit and wildly imaginative stunt sequences, this adrenaline-charged adventure ranks as one of the all-time great action films. It's an electrifying thrill ride that will captivate viewers from beginning to end.
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Mission Summary: Thunderball

The thrills never let up as James Bond dives into this riveting adventure filled with explosive confrontations and amazing underwater action sequences. As Agent 007, Sean Connery brings his characteristic style, humor and magnetism to one of the most exciting films of the phenomenally popular series.

In a bold and deadly scheme, the evil SPECTRE organization hijacks a NATO plane and seizes two atomic warheads, each capable of killing millions of innocent people. As the world is held hostage by the threat of a nuclear nightmare, Bond jumps into action, racing against the clock as the trail leads him to tropical Nassau. There he meets Emilio Largo (Adolfo Celi), a high-ranking agent of SPECTRE, and the stunning Domino (Claudine Auger), with whom Bond shares an irresistible attraction. The confrontation builds to an epic battle on the ocean floor, as Bond and his allies fight to avert a catastrophe of disastrous proportions.
From 007's thrilling jet-pack flight to his heart-stopping clash with Largo's killer sharks, Thunderball is a stupendous mixture of action, romance and edge-of-your-seat suspense.
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Mission Summary: You Only Live Twice

James Bond is thrust into one of his most amazing adventures in this relentless juggernaut of danger, passion and non-stop excitement. Sean Connery portrays Agent 007 with the class and sex appeal befitting film historys original action hero.

After a mysterious rocketship seizes manned space missions from Earths orbit, suspicions mount and the world superpowers are hurled to the brink of war. Their only hope rests with James Bond, who races to stop the space-jackings true mastermind, Ernst Blofeld (Donald Pleasence). Chief of the evil SPECTRE organization, Blofeld is bent on instigating global warfare from his massive headquarters nestled in an inactive volcano. As the countdown begins, Bond joins forces with the luscious Japanese agent Kissy Suzuki (Mie Hama) and scores of Ninja warriors to mount a daring raid on Blofelds lair and prevent a calamitous world war.

With dazzling high-tech gadgetry that includes Bonds lethal mini-copter (equipped with flame throwers and air-to-air missiles), You Only Live Twice is a magnificent, pull-out-the-stops movie spectacular.
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Mission Summary: On Her Majesty's Secret Service

Just as James Bond finally discovers true love, he is thrown into non-stop thrills and chills in this explosively entertaining action/adventure. George Lazenby leaps into the role of Agent 007 with supreme confidence and undeniable charisma.

When Bond's usual intelligence sources fail, he enlists the aid of crime boss Draco (Gabriele Ferzetti) to track down Ernst Blofeld (Telly Savales), head of the evil SPECTRE organization. The trail leads to the mountains of Switzerland, where Bond goes undercover in Blofeld's hi-tech headquarters. He encounters a bevy of seductive women, but none more beautiful than Draco's daughter, Tracy (Diana Rigg), who wins 007 over with her fervent independence, caustic wit and love of adventure. Bond pledges his eternal devotion to her, but there are more immediate concerns: Blofeld is poised to unleash horrific germ warfare weaponry that will endanger every living thing on earth.

Artillery-laden ski pursuits, incredible stunts and even a spectacular avalanche drive this action-packed epic to a sensational climax. And in developing the romance of Bond and Tracy, On Her Majesty's Secret Service builds to the most emotionally charged finale of any film in this dynamic series.
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Mission Summary: Diamonds Are Forever

A fortune in diamonds thrusts James Bond into more explosive danger. Sean Connery returns to his greatest role in this thrilling 007 adventure laced with action, humor and amazing special effects.

When Bond investigates mysterious activities in the world diamond market, he discovers that the evil Ernst Blofeld (Charles Gray) is stockpiling the precious gems to use in his deadly laser satellite capable of destroying massive targets on land, sea and air. Bond, with the help of beautiful smuggler Tiffany Case (Jill St. John) sets out to stop the madman, but first he must grapple with a host of enemies. He confronts offbeat assassins Mr. Wint and Mr. Kidd, as well as Bambi and Thumper -- two scantily clad beauties who are more than a match for Bond in hand-to-hand combat. Finally, there's the reclusive billionaire Willard Whyte (Jimmy Dean), who just may hold a vital clue to Blofeld's whereabouts.

As the rapid-fire action kicks into overdrive, there's a gripping moon buggy chase, a wild pursuit through the streets of Las Vegas, and a large-scale aerial assault in which the fate of the world hangs in the balance. Diamonds Are Forever is a dynamic, full-throttle thriller of the highest caliber.
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Mission Summary: Live And Let Die

James Bond battles the forces of black magic in this energetic, passionate adventure that hurtles from New York City streets to Louisiana bayou country. As Agent 007, Roger Moore infuses the dynamic action hero with charm, wit and deadly assurance.

When Bond investigates the murders of three fellow agents, he soon finds himself a target, evading vicious assassins as he closes in on the powerful Kananga (Yaphet Kotto). Known on the streets as "Mr. Big," Kananga is coordinating a globally threatening scheme using tons of self-produced heroin. As Bond tries to unravel the mastermind's plan, he meets Solitaire (Jane Seymour), the beautiful Tarot card reader whose magical gifts are crucial to the crime lord. Bond, of course, works his own magic on her, and the stage is set for a series of pulse-pounding action sequences involving voodoo, hungry crocodiles and turbo-charged speedboats.

Complete with such imaginative gadgets as Bond's super-magnetic wristwatch and an amazing compressed-gas pistol, Live and Let Die is a breathtaking, high-energy rollercoaster of non-stop thrills.
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Mission Summary: The Man With The Golden Gun

James Bond has been marked for death, and he'll need all of his lethal instincts and seductive charm to survive this action-packed adventure! Roger Moore once again brings inimitable style to his portrayal of the unstoppable Agent 007.

Bond must find the missing "Solex Agitator," a device that will harness the sun's radiation and give awesome power to whomever possesses it. But, also vying for the prize is Francisco Scaramanga (Christopher Lee), a world-class assassin who brandishes a distinctive golden gun. When 007 discovers he is to be Scaramanga's next target, he is hurled into a deadly game of cat-and-mouse, continuing the search as he evades the killer on his trail. Bond must also contend with Scaramanga's exotic lover Andrea Anders (Maud Adams), and Nick Nack (Herve Villechaize), whose small size belies his lethal abilities. Even as 007 enlists the aid of sensuous Mary Goodnight (Britt Ekland), he must overcome ferocious odds to survive an explosive showdown on Scaramanga's remote island.

With a riveting boat pursuit, a wild automobile chase through Bangkok and Bond's stunning confrontation against an entire martial arts school, The Man With The Golden Gun delivers pull-out-the stops excitement!
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Mission Summary: The Spy Who Loved Me

Nobody does it better than Bond, and he proves it once more in this explosively entertaining action-adventure! Roger Moore portrays the immortal action hero with wit, style, and steely determination.

When a massive underwater craft abducts U.S. and Russian submarines, global tensions are heightened to the brink of war. In order to find the true culprit, James Bond joins forces with beautiful Russian agent Anya Amasova (Barbara Bach). Together they follow a trail that leads to Karl Stromberg (Curt Jurgens), a powerful shipping magnate who is implementing a horrific scheme for world domination. Bond struggles to foil the plot, but Stromberg has provided him with a most lethal adversary: Jaws (Richard Kiel), a seemingly indestructible steel-toothed giant. Agent 007's adventure takes him to the Egyptian pyramids, under the sea and to a mountaintop ski chase that builds to one of the most amazing stunts ever filmed.

Climaxing with a magnificent, thrill-packed finale in Stomberg's secret submarine base (which required the construction of the world's largest soundstage), The Spy Who Loved Me is a relentlessly exciting action spectacular with romance, humor, and nail-biting suspense.
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Mission Summary: Moonraker

Agent 007 blasts into orbit in this pulse-pounding adventure that takes the screen's most enduring action hero from passionate Rio de Janeiro to the forbidding regions of outer space. Roger Moore plays James Bond with his characteristic class and sophisticated wit.

When a U.S. space shuttle is stolen in a midair abduction, only Bond can find the evil genius responsible. The clues point to billionaire Hugo Drax (Michael Lonsdale), who has devised a scheme to destroy all human life on earth! As Bond races against time to stop Drax's evil plot, he joins forces with Dr. Holly Goodhead (Lois Chiles), a NASA scientist who is as beautiful as she is brilliant. And 007 needs all the help he can get, for Drax's henchman is none other than Bond's old nemesis Jaws (Richard Kiel), the indestructible steel-toothed giant. Their adventure leads all the way to a gigantic orbiting space station, where the stage is set for an epic battle for the fate of all mankind.

Featuring amazing gadgets such as Bond's wrist gun and amphibious gondola, Moonraker is an exciting rapid-fire spectacular with astonishing special effects, daring stunts, and exhilarating action sequences.
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Mission Summary: For Your Eyes Only

James Bond is thrust into one of his most riveting adventures in this jam-packed free-for-all of outrageous stunts, passionate encounters and exciting confrontations. In perhaps the best performance of his career, Roger Moore portrays Agent 007 with lethal determination.

After a ship is sunk off the coast of Albania, the world's superpowers begin a feverish search for its valuable lost cargo: the powerful ATAC system, which will give the bearer unlimited control over Polaris nuclear submarines. As Bond joins the search, he suspects the suave Kristatos (Julian Glover) of seizing the device. The competition between nations grows more deadly by the moment, but Bond finds an ally in the beautiful Melina Havelock (Carole Bouquet), who blames Kristatos for the death of her parents. The non-stop action includes automobile chases, thrilling underwater battles, and even a breathtaking tour over razor-sharp coral reefs. But all this is merely a prelude to 007's cliffhanging assault on a magnificent mountaintop fortress.

With unforgettable characters, seductive locales, and go-for-the-jugular suspense, For Your Eyes Only is a mesmerizing action-thriller of the highest order.
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Mission Summary: Octopussy

From a thrilling jet chase to a climactic countdown to nuclear disaster, James Bond is back in an electrifying adventure that pushes the limit for non-stop excitement. Roger Moore portrays the immortal action hero, perfectly capturing Agent 007's deadly expertise, acerbic wit, and overpowering sex appeal.

Bond must investigate the murder of a fellow agent who was clutching a priceless Faberge egg at the time of his death. The trail leads to the mysterious Octopussy (Maud Adams), whose travelling circus features a company of luscious, athletic women. Bond and Octopussy share a passionate attraction, but soon 007 discovers that the elegant Kamal Khan (Louis Jourdan) is working with a mad Russian officer to hurl mankind into World War III! As Bond tries to stop the nightmarish scheme, his exploits will include a riveting chase through the streets of India, a deadly brawl on top of a speeding train, and a breathtaking mid-air knife fight on an airplane wing.

With high-tech gadgets including Bond's portable AcroStar jet and a wristwatch homing device, it's a high-energy adventure with amazing stunts, atmospheric locales, and nailbiting tension.
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Mission Summary: A View To A Kill

Agent 007 must save millions of lives in this crackling dynamo of an adventure, jam-packed with the most spectacular action sequences ever filmed. With his wit, elegance and style, Roger Moore lends lethal charm to his final performance as James Bond.

When Bond is sent to investigate a security leak at the high-tech Zoran Industries, he discovers a hotbed of murder and deception. The company's mysterious owner, Max Zorin (Christopher Walken) has devised a plan to corner the world's microchip market, even if he has to kill millions to do it! But before Bond can stop Zorin, he must confront the madman's beautiful and deadly companion May Day (Grace Jones). With help from the gorgeous Stacey (Tanya Roberts), Bond will launch an all-out assault on Zorin's deadly scheme, climaxing in a spine-tingling duel on the upper spans of the Golden Gate Bridge.

The suspense moves at full throttle, propelled by thrilling chases, vicious brawls, and explosive gun battles. It's an edge-of-your-seat action thriller with the style, wit, and sizzling sensuality of Agent 007 himself.
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Mission Summary: The Living Daylights

Armed with razor-sharp instincts and a license to kill, James Bond battles diabolical arms merchants in this thrilling, lightning-paced adventure. Timothy Dalton brings energy, humor, and ruthless cunning to his performance as Agent 007.

After Bond helps Russian officer Georgi Koskov (Jeroen Krabb) make a daring defection to the West, the intelligence community is shocked when Koskov is abducted from his remote hiding place. Bond leaps into action, following a trail that leads to the gorgeous Kara (Maryam d'Abo), who plays Bond as easily as she plays her Stradivari cello. As they unravel a complex weapons scheme with global implications, they are forced into hair-raising chases, a riveting jailbreak, and an epic battle in the Afghanistan desert with tanks, airplanes, and a legion of freedom fighters on horseback.

Featuring high-tech gadgetry including Bond's sleek Aston-Martin automobile (outfitted with high-powered lasers and a rocket engine), it's a slam-bang action extravaganza with unbelievable stunts, ingenious plot twists, and sensuous encounters of overwhelming passion
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Mission Summary: Licence To Kill

James Bond is catapulted into his most passionate adventure -- not for country, not for justice, but for personal revenge. As Agent 007 turns renegade, Timothy Dalton brings urgency, charm, and deadly determination to his portrayal of the screen's greatest action hero.

When drug lord Franz Sanchez (Robert Davi) exacts his brutal vengeance on Bond's friend Felix Leiter (David Hedison), 007 resigns from the British Secret Service and begins a fierce vendetta against the master criminal. Bond won't be satisfied until Sanchez is defeated, and to accomplish this aim he allies himself with a beautiful pilot (Carey Lowell) and Sanchez's sexy girlfriend (Talisa Soto). But Bond, relegated to outlaw status, must battle agents on both sides of the law as he discovers the horrifying extent of his prey's resources. In order to bring Sanchez down, Bond must survive a ferocious boat chase, a mid-air brawl over the controls of an out-of-control airplane, and an action-packed confrontation in the Mexico desert.

It's a pulse-pounding thrill ride with awesome stunt sequences, subtle humor, and explosive confrontations. When Bond's licence to kill is revoked, he's more deadly than ever!
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Mission Summary: Goldeneye

Pierce Brosnan ignites the screen as James Bond in this explosive, thrill-packed adventure that hits the bull's-eye for nonstop excitement. When a deadly satellite weapon system falls into the wrong hands, only Agent 007 can save the world from certain disaster.

Armed with his license to kill, Bond races to Russia in search of the stolen access codes for "GoldenEye," an awesome space weapon that can fire a devastating electromagnetic pulse toward Earth. But 007 is up against an enemy who anticipates his every move: Alec Trevelyan, a.k.a. Agent 006 (Sean Bean), a mastermind motivated by years of simmering hatred. As Bond squares off against his former compatriot, he also battles Trevelyan's stunning ally, Xenia Onatopp (Famke Janssen), an assassin who uses pleasure as her ultimate weapon. When the horrifying extent of Trevelyan's plans is revealed, Bond must call upon his sharp wits and killer instincts in an edge-of-your-seat confrontation to the finish.
From a destructive tank chase through the streets of St. Petersburg to a special effects-laden climax in the Cuban jungle, GoldenEye is a breathtaking thrill ride that ranks as one of the best and most popular action films ever made.
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Mission Summary: Tomorrow Never Dies

Pierce Brosnan leaps into action as Agent 007 in this spectacular thrill ride of death-defying stunts and amazing high-tech gadgets. In the most electrifying Bond film yet, the unstoppable action hero must prevent a tremendous global disaster ripped from tomorrows headlines.

Someone is pitting the worlds superpowers against each other -- and only James Bond can stop it. When a British warship is mysteriously destroyed in Chinese waters, the world teeters on the brink of World War III -- until 007 zeros in on the true criminal mastermind. Bonds do-or-die mission takes him to Elliot Carver (Jonathan Pryce), a powerful industrialist who manipulates world events as easily as he changes headlines from his global media empire. After soliciting help from Carvers sexy wife, Paris (Teri Hatcher), Bond joins forces with a stunning yet lethal Chinese agent, Wai Lin (Michelle Yeoh), in a series of explosive chases, brutal confrontations and breathtaking escapes as they race to stop the presses on Carvers next planned news story: global pandemonium!

With powerhouse action sequences including a wild motorcycle pursuit through (and over!) Saigon, Tomorrow Never Dies is a thrilling action-adventure "that roars from start to finish with the throttle wide open (Gene Shalit, NBC-TV)!
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Mission Summary: The World Is Not Enough

Greed, revenge, world dominance through the power of oil, high-tech terrorism -- its all in a days work.

Pierce Brosnan reprises his role as James Bond, who must race to defuse an international power struggle with the worlds oil supply hanging in the balance, in The World Is Not Enough, the 19th installment in the longest-running and most successful film franchise in cinema history
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Mission Summary: Die Another Day

Die Another Day is the twentieth James Bond film made by EON Productions and the fourth and final film to star Pierce Brosnan as Ian Fleming's James Bond. It was released in 2002 and produced by Bond veterans Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli. It is the first film not to feature Desmond Llewelyn as Q since Live and Let Die (1973) due to his death in December of 1999.

Die Another Day, being the twentieth Bond film and also being released the year of the Bond film franchise's "40th Anniversary," pays homage in some sort of way to every previous official James Bond film [1]. It also additionally references several Fleming novels as well as novels by other official Bond authors.

Friday, November 10, 2006

Channels

ESPN and STAR SPORTS are a leaders in sports programming and offers viewers a diverse array of top-flight Asian and international sports.

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Cricket - ICC

International Cricket Council

A special meeting in 1989 agreed a set of rules effectively banning from Test cricket players who had sporting links with South Africa. In July of the same year, the ICC had another name change – to International Cricket Council – but still retained the three initials that had served from its inception. This was also the year in which the practice of the President of MCC automatically assuming the chairmanship of ICC came to an end, but with the election of Colin Cowdrey it was still a British hand at the helm. The newly named organisation had more teeth: it was no longer confined to making recommendations to national governing bodies; now it could impose binding decisions on members.

UAE joined as Associates in 1990. January 1991 saw the first ICC meeting away from England – in Melbourne, where the discussions centred on the appointment of independent Match Referees, created to enforce the proposed new Code of Conduct for the players. In July South Africa were re-admitted as full members and the ban on players who had sporting connections with South Africa was revoked. Zimbabwe were admitted as full members, their first Test being in October 1992. Namibia joined as Associates and Austria, Belgium, Brunei and Spain as Affiliates. A revised set of ICC Regulations was published.

The most far-reaching effect of the changes at this time was the creation, in 1993, of the post of Chief Executive of ICC, a position to which David Richards of the Australian Cricket Board was appointed. Then, in July, Sir Clyde Walcott, from Barbados, was elected the first non-British Chairman, in succession to Sir Colin Cowdrey, who had been very active in encouraging cricket development in countries with little tradition of the game.

Since its inception the ICC had been run as a virtual appendix to MCC. Even after MCC’s influence within the game in England had been curtailed by the formation of the Cricket Council and the Test and County Cricket Board in 1969, and after the club’s annually changing President had no longer assumed the chairmanship of ICC, MCC’s Secretary was still performing the same administrative function for ICC. But with Richards’ appointment this came to an end. Another change saw ICC with its own office for the first time, though this was still at Lord’s, with a separate office soon established for commercial purposes in Monaco.

For thirty years, from the time of South Africa’s withdrawal, England and Australia had enjoyed the status of ‘Foundation members,’ and this effectively meant that little could be achieved unless the two countries concurred. But with the implementation of the new Regulations all this changed. England and Australia lost their special privilege, all Test playing countries now being of equal standing.

New technology was becoming available around this time to show with increasing accuracy the correctness of umpires’ decisions. 1993 saw the first chance for umpires in Test matches to refer doubtful line decisions to a third umpire equipped with video playback facilities. By 1995 it had been agreed that TV replays should be available in Tests ‘wherever possible’ and that the third umpire should signal out with a red light and not out with a green. The following year the cameras were also permitted to pronounce on whether a ball had crossed the boundary. In 1997 the third umpire could be called on to rule on the cleanness of catches. This was also the year in which, for the first time, the Duckworth Lewis method of adjusting targets in rain-affected matches was trialled by ICC in ODIs.

New countries joining ICC were Ireland (1993), Scotland (1994) and Italy (1995) as Associates, and Greece, Thailand, Vanuatu and Portugal as Affiliates, whilst Nepal was raised to Associate status in 1996. Problems occurred in 1996, when there was much bitter wrangling as it became clear that no candidate could command the necessary two thirds majority to succeed Sir Clyde Walcott, who was to retire from the chairmanship the following year. A meeting in Kuala Lumpur in March 1997 resolved the impasse with a revised ICC structure.

Implementing proposals drawn up by Sir John Anderson, Chairman of New Zealand Cricket, ICC became an incorporated body with a President, an appointment which was to be assigned to a member country who would then nominate an individual to serve in the role for a period of three years. India was the choice, and Jagmohan Dalmiya became the first man to hold this new office, with the policy and direction of ICC now vested in an executive board comprising representatives of all the Test playing nations plus three Associate members. Reporting to that board were committees covering cricket, development and finance and marketing. .

Bangladesh’s application for full membership was deferred in 1998, but France and Uganda were raised to Associates and Kuwait, Luxembourg and Malta became Affiliates. Match-fixing and betting by players and other officials had featured in the media: in April 1999 a Code of Conduct Commission under Lord Griffiths, a British law lord with first-class cricket experience, was set up to investigate the rumours. This was followed by the setting up of an anti-corruption unit under Sir Paul Condon, the former Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police in the United Kingdom.

In 2000, on the completion of Dalmiya’s term in office, Malcolm Gray from Australia became President, and in July 2001 Malcolm Speed succeeded David Richards as Chief Executive. A full-time panel of eight elite umpires, who would stand in all Test matches, was created in 2002, one umpire from a non-competing country having stood with an official of the home country in all Tests since 1994. In March 2004, a new ICC International Cup was inaugurated for major Associate members and the matches were granted first-class status.

The drive to bring more countries into ICC membership has continued apace in the last few years. Affiliates to join are: 1999 Cyprus, Morocco and Qatar; 2000 Cook Islands, Czech Republic, Finland, Norway, Oman, Philippines, Samoa and Tonga; 2001 Afghanistan, Bahrain, Bhutan, Botswana, Croatia, Indonesia, Lesotho, Maldives, St Helena, South Korea; 2002 Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Cuba, Gambia, Ghana, Panama, Sierra Leone, Surinam, Turks and Caicos Islands; 2003 Iran, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda and Saudi Arabia; 2004 China, Isle of Man and Mexico; 2005 Guernsey, Jersey, Mali and Slovenia. Raised to Associate membership are: Germany 1999, Tanzania 2001, Cayman Islands and Nigeria 2002, Zambia 2003 and Belgium, Botswana, Japan, Kuwait and Thailand 2005.

In August 2005 ICC left its base at Lord’s to set up new headquarters in Dubai. There, under the presidency of Ehsan Mani of Pakistan, it continues to face such matters as match fixing, player conduct, the use of floodlights and the legality of bowling actions. As it addresses these issues ICC strives to remain true to the purpose enshrined in its mission statement that it ‘will lead by promoting the game as a global sport, protecting the spirit of cricket and optimising the commercial opportunities for the benefit of the game’

some .Net Interview Questions

.Net a Product of Microsoft

1. Explain the differences between Server-side and Client-side code?
2. What type of code (server or client) is found in a Code-Behind
class?
3. Should validation (did the user enter a real date) occur
server-side or client-side? Why?
4. What does the "EnableViewState" property do? Why would I want it on or off?
5. What is the difference between Server.Transfer and
Response.Redirect? Why
would I choose one over the other?
6. Can you give an example of when it would be appropriate to use a
web service as opposed to a non-serviced .NET component
7. Let's say I have an existing application written using Visual
Studio 6 (VB 6, InterDev 6) and this application utilizes Windows 2000
COM+ transaction services. How would you approach migrating this
application to .NET
8. Can you explain the difference between an ADO.NET Dataset and an
ADO Recordset?
9. Can you give an example of what might be best suited to place in
the Application_Start and Session_Start subroutines?
10. If I'm developing an application that must accomodate multiple
security levels though secure login and my ASP.NET web appplication is
spanned across three web-servers (using round-robbin load balancing)
what would be the best approach to maintain login-in state for the
users?
11. What are ASP.NET Web Forms? How is this technology different than
what is available though ASP (1.0-3.0)?
12. How does VB.NET/C# achieve polymorphism?
11. Can you explain what inheritance is and an example of when you
might use it?
13. How would you implement inheritance using VB.NET/C#?
14. Whats an assembly
15. Describe the difference between inline and code behind - which is
best in a
16. loosely coupled solution
17. Explain what a diffgram is, and a good use for one
18. Where would you use an iHTTPModule, and what are the limitations
of any
19. approach you might take in implementing one
20. What are the disadvantages of viewstate/what are the benefits
21 Describe session handling in a webfarm, how does it work and what
are the > limits
22. How would you get ASP.NET running in Apache web servers - why
would you even do this?
23. Whats MSIL, and why should my developers need an appreciation of
it if at all?
24. In what order do the events of an ASPX page execute. As a
developer is it important to undertsand these events?
25. Which method do you invoke on the DataAdapter control to load your
generated dataset with data?
26. Can you edit data in the Repeater control?
27. Which template must you provide, in order to display data in a
Repeater control?
28. How can you provide an alternating color scheme in a Repeater
control?
29. What property must you set, and what method must you call in your
code, in order to bind the data from some data source to the Repeater
control?
30. What base class do all Web Forms inherit from?
31. What method do you use to explicitly kill a user s session?
32 How do you turn off cookies for one page in your site?
33. Which two properties are on every validation control?
34. What tags do you need to add within the asp:datagrid tags to bind
columns manually?
35. How do you create a permanent cookie?
36. What tag do you use to add a hyperlink column to the DataGrid?
37. What is the standard you use to wrap up a call to a Web service
38. Which method do you use to redirect the user to another page
without performing a round trip to the client?
39. What is the transport protocol you use to call a Web service SOAP
40. True or False: A Web service can only be written in .NET
41. What does WSDL stand for?
42. What property do you have to set to tell the grid which page to go
to when using the Pager object?
43. Where on the Internet would you look for Web services?
44. What tags do you need to add within the asp:datagrid tags to bind
columns manually.
45. Which property on a Combo Box do you set with a column name, prior to setting the DataSource, to display data in the combo box?
46. How is a property designated as read-only?
47. Which control would you use if you needed to make sure the values
in two different controls matched?
48. True or False: To test a Web service you must create a windows
application or Web application to consume this service?
49. How many classes can a single .NET DLL contain?

KERALA TOURISM

Tourism in Kerala is going through a significant phase of growth and development. The sustained efforts of the Department of Tourism over a period of several years have played a crucial role in achieving this momentum and direction. The Department of Tourism is committed to preserving this trend and working towards long-term goals of establishing tourism as a major development factor in the State. With improved infrastructure and better publicity, the Department of Tourism hopes to receive more tourists, both domestic as well as international in the seasons to come. Better hotels, restaurants and other facilities alone will not develop tourism. Along with the Department of Tourism’s efforts to facilitate adequate infrastructure for the same, it is equally important that steps be taken to create and maintain a collective mind-set among the people of the State with a positive orientation towards tourism and hospitality. We have to re-establish the traditional Indian concept of ‘atithi devo bhava’ in the tourism industry. Our motto should be to receive a guest and to send back a friend. Tourism and the hospitality industry can develop only with the cooperation and wholehearted patronage of a friendly and hospitable host community. It is with this objective that the Department of Tourism is envisaging a massive awareness campaign in the State. Setting up of Tourism Clubs in the colleges and schools is aimed at creating proper awareness about tourism among the youth.

MAIN SPOTS IN KERALA

ALAPPUZHA BEACH
ATHIRAPALLY AND VAZHACHAL
BEKAL FORT
BOLGATTY ISLAND
CHANDRAGIRI
CHERAI BEACH
CHETTUVA
CHINNAR
ERAVIKULAM
FORT KOCHI
KADALUNDI BIRD SANCTUARY
KOVALAM
KUMARAKOM
KUTTANAD
MATTUPETTY
MEENKUNNU BEACH
MUNNAR
MUZHAPILANGAD BEACH
NELLIYAMPATHY
PAKSHIPATHALAM
PALARUVI
PARAMBIKULAM WILDLIFE SANCTUARY
PAYYAMBALAM BEACH, KANNUR
PERIYAR WILDLIFE SANCTUARY, THEKKADY
QST & R BLOCK KAYALS
RANIPURAM
SASTHAMKOTTA
THOMMANKUTHU
TOP STATION
VAGAMON
VALIAPARAMBA
VARKALA
VYTHIRI

Cold Fusion Flash Remoting

Flash Remoting

Accessing live or real-time data.
Exposing of the power of your server hardware and application servers such as ColdFusion MX through the Macromedia Flash player.
Consuming internal or external web services

http://www.macromedia.com/devnet/coldfusion/articles/remoting.html

Using Flash Remoting, data transformations are no longer required. You can now send structured variables (including query recordsets or arrays) from your server to the Macromedia Flash player easily and securely. This saves computing time on both the server and the client, not to mention development time.

Flash Remoting is the best way for Macromedia Flash applications to exchange data between a client and server.

Flash Remoting makes remote accessibility possible because the Flash Remoting service acts as a proxy on the server.

Understanding Macromedia Flash Remoting

In ColdFusion, Macromedia Flash Remoting is the way information is exposed to Macromedia Flash as a remote service. The Flash Remoting service does not need to be configured, and is automatically installed with ColdFusion MX. Flash Remoting uses a gateway through a standard HTTP request, as follows:

http://127.0.0.1/flashservices/gateway

http://[servername]/flashservices/gateway

The "flashservices/gateway" path reference is not an actual folder on the web server. It is a logical mapping for the Flash Remoting service in ColdFusion MX. Once the flashservices/gateway is mapped, your services are referenced in their actual folders beneath the wwwroot folder.

For example, for Flash Remoting to access a ColdFusion component called parkService.cfc on the server that is located at /webroot/devCenter/, the Flash Remoting service refers to it as:

Absolute path: \wwwroot\devCenter\parkService.cfc

Gateway reference: http://127.0.0.1:8500/flashservices/gateway/devcenter.parkService

Building the ColdFusion Component (CFC) for Flash Remoting

cffunction tag requires the following attributes:

Name: This is the method name for the function (or method). Flash refers to the name when it calls the method.

Access: This attribute makes the function accessible to remote resources

ReturnType: This attribute informs the Macromedia Flash Player that the results will be a recordset.

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ActionScript

createGatewayConnection:

Connects to the Macromedia Flash Remoting (server) and sets the object function "Connection".

getService([sevicefolder.servicename],[object]:

Generates a Macromedia Flash service object that gives you access to the functions inside the service (or CFC)

What happens in the ActionScript after calling the CFC functions?

When you run a service-function, you may want Macromedia Flash to perform some action with the data. The Macromedia Flash player will automatically call a "Service Default Responder." This responder function will run when the service-function (from your CFC) is complete and has been returned to the Macromedia Flash player.

Each service function that returns data back to Macromedia Flash must have a responder setup to handle the returned data. The NAME of the function (or method) will be the same as you named the method in your CFC (this is the name attribute that you assigned to your cffunction tag.)

The syntax for the default responder is as follows:

[service function]_result (returnData) {actions to run}

The service function defined in the CFC is called "getParkTypes." Macromedia Flash will call the service default responder "getParkTypes_result" when the service function has finished and delivered the data. This function (getParkTypes_result) takes one parameter. The parameter will contain the query object returned from the server. Use the parameter "result" to access the query data