17 May, 2012

Notorious The Movie

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Remember the East Coast, West Coast days? Those were the days when rap was at its biggest with the likes of  Tupac and Notorious were huge! Both of them have departed since and the scene has never been the same. Well the time has come when we re-visit the glourious days of rap in the latest movie which is being released TODAY!

Notorious the movie is set to be launched today with Jamal Woolard playing the infamous rapper. Watch the trailer below of the movie which i highly doubt will make our shores but i hope it does never the less. Here’s to the EAST COAST! :)

You can find more details at the official website

How Much For A Domain?

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Ever wondered how much some premium domain names are worth? When i say premium were talking sex.com,porn.com,shop.com ..yea the really easy to remember names that pretty much tells you straight away what the site is. Here’s a run down of some of the best ones!

Sex.com - Sold for: $14 million on January 19th, 2006

Fund.com – $9,999,950 – Sold in 2008

Porn.com - Sold for $9,000,000 sometime in 2007 (Update: OR $9,500,000 — Two different prices shown across many different sites/news reports)

Business.com – Sold for $7,500,000 in 1999 (Remember: This was pretty much a “business” sale with a developed name)

Diamonds.com – Sold for $7,500,000

Beer.com - Sold for $7,000,000

AsSeenOnTV.com – Sold for $5,100,000 in January of 2000

Korea.com – $5,000,000 – Sold in January of 2000

Casino.com – $5,500,000 – Sold to a private company in 2003

YP.com – $3,850,000 – Sold to YellowPages.com

Shop.com – Sold for $3,500,000 in 2001

More ? [Read more...]

Ryan Secrest High Fives A Blind Man-American Idol 8

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Talking about messing up!

Show host Ryan Seacrest may be feeling a slight bit embarrassed today.  The final performer of the evening was a blind young man named Scott MacIntyre, who got one of the golden tickets signifying that he will advance to Hollywood.

Congratulating Scott, Ryan then held up his hand to give the contestant a high five, forgetting that he was blind.  We feel for Ryan.   It was a very uncomfortable moment.  What was probably a 2 second span felt like an eternity from our vantage point.

Must have skipped his mind that the contestant was blind :)

History of the Internet

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Ever wondered how and when the Internet started? First of all, what is the Internet?

The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that interchange data by packet switching using the standardized Internet Protocol Suite (TCP/IP). It is a “network of networks” that consists of millions of private and public, academic, business, and government networks of local to global scope that are linked by copper wires, fiber-optic cables, wireless connections, and other technologies. – Wikipedia

It started in 1946 by a comic science-fiction story, A Logic Named Joe, by Murray Leinster laid out the Internet and many of its strengths and weaknesses. However, it took more than a decade before reality began to catch up with this vision. In 1957 things started becoming a reality and the rest was history!

Below is a good video about the internet [Read more...]

AR Rahman Wins Golden Globe

A R Rahman wins first golden globe for Slumdog millionaire. This is a long overdue award for the music genius who has now marked his involvement in Hollywood after years in India. Congrats! :)


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