No end in sight as the fight goes on for the Winklevoss Brothers

Who needs a movie drama when a real life drama will unfold soon in front of our eyes? Seems like motivated by the massive success of Facebook, arch nemesis of Mark Zuckerberg, the Winklevoss Twins; Tyler and Cameron, have decided to set aside the original settlement with Facebook and will appeal the amount they were awarded.

Reports from The New York Times claim that the twins are asserting that Facebook misrepresented the price of its stock in the agreement, stealing from them millions of dollars.

Not to forget, they still want credit for their brainchild that took the shape of Facebook.

In a thought about move, the Winklevoss twins along with their Harvard Connect associate, Divya Narendra, are trying to have the first settlement defused, so they can officially pursue Facebook and Zuckerberg again.

The Ninth District Appeals Court will hear the arguments next month to determine if there are enough facts to throw out the original settlement.


If they are successful then the rewards are high. But incase they fail, they they will have to surrender $20 million in cash and $45 million in Facebook shares they received (now worth more than $140 million), which has remained in escrow since the decision was finalized.

For more details, it will be a great idea to catch the movie, “The Social Network”. If not the full truth, you will get to know the root of the issue!

Online food ordering service revolutionises Mumbai

Deliverychef offers a wide range of options in Mumbai to order food online for deliveries from restaurants, specialty kiosks, bakeries, sweetmeat shops and many of Mumbai’s best food spots.

An easy to navigate website, Deliverychef.in allows you to speedily review and place orders from an eatery. The basic criterion is to select an area where you want the food to be delivered to. Deliverychef.in allows you to see entire menus for review and select the time preferred for delivery. The ability to specify the time of delivery makes it possible for to have your meal in time since you may have pre-ordered from your workplace.

Deliverchef.in also allows you to order from multiple places in one order and give specific instructions like more onions or don’t ring the door bell etc.

Various payment options include, upon delivery by cash, by card or net-banking.

Although the website concepts seem like a great idea, we wonder about the feasibility of it. The process of signing up is a bit confusing and obscure. Even then, the idea will be a hit in the busy metro of Mumbai as this is one of the first of its kind.

Just a bit more variation and they ordering food will never be this much fun!

CL900; an Outdoor friendly tablet by Motion

It’s the age of tablets. Every manufacturer is busy making its own version if the iPad and Motion has joined the league. Soon, the company will introduce its very own touch-tablet with a difference- is designed specially for the outdoors.

A fat, rubber-bumpered exterior and a strong Gorilla Glass screen will ensure that Motion CL900 is survive anywhere and under any condition. The battery life isn’t bad either with 8 hours of life and is powered by the upcoming Intel Atom “Oak Trail” 1.5GHz processor.

It has 30GB and 60GB models (SSD), built-in Wi-Fi, 1-2 GB of RAM, an aluminum-alloy frame, and a 10.1-inch widescreen LED display designed to be noticeable even in harsh sunlight.

Although it’s advised that you don’t dip your tablet in the pool to test it, according to representatives at CES, it is definitely water, dust, and splash resistant.
Seems like the product will sell due to its uniqueness, if nothing else.

“Motion’s new CL900 will enable users to take advantage of connected applications, while also supporting uninterrupted productivity in remote or disconnected areas,” said David Altounian, Motion CEO, in a press release. “We’ve combined our trademark rugged design and robust solution set with the connectivity and portability of a tablet that is designed and built for business.”

The tough exterior will attract nature junkies who like to stay in touch no matter where.

Corsair launches world's fastest 4GB Memory

Corsair, a worldwide designer and supplier of high-performance components to the PC gaming hardware market, has launched a new, highly overclocked, low voltage memory kit. This 4GB Dominator® GT memory kit, implemented using a matched pair of 2GB DIMMs, is guaranteed to operate at 2133MHz, with latency settings of 9-11-9-27, and at a memory voltage of only 1.5V.

"We have seen an increasing number of requests from overclockers for memory that can achieve high clock speeds at lower voltages," stated Thi La, Vice President of Memory Products at Corsair.

At 2133MHz, this 4GB memory is the world's fastest commercially available memory at 1.5 volts.

About DHX Technology:

Corsair's innovative new DHX Pro advances their patented DHX and DHX+ technology, adding parametric data measurement and reporting to the advanced capabilities already included. All DHX-based modules feature a custom-designed printed circuit board (PCB) and high-quality heatsinks to cool the front and rear of the memory ICs, as well as the PCB. The cooling fins on DHX+ and DHX Pro equipped modules can be removed, allowing for a range of modular cooling accessories. DHX and DHX+ designs are covered by US Patent number 7,606,034.

About Corsair:

Founded in 1994, Corsair supplies high performance products purchased primarily by PC gaming enthusiasts who build their own PCs or buy pre-assembled customized systems. The company's award-winning products include DRAM memory modules, USB flash drives, power supply units, solid-state drives, cooling systems and computer cases.

Apple is preparing three versions of iPad 2 for 2011, believes sources

Apple will ship about 500,000-530,000 units to channels in January with shipment ratio of Wi-Fi, UMTS and CDMA models at 3:4:3, according to industry sources, citing upstream component makers.

The sources pointed out that about 60-65% of current iPad shipments are 3G models, indicating that consumers prefer models that are able to connect to the Internet all the time, therefore Apple is aiming to work even more closely with telecom carriers by offering more wireless solutions for iPad 2 to satisfy market demand.

In addition to wireless functions, Apple is also working on strengthening the iPad 2's anti-smudge and anti-reflective treatments in order to compete against Kindle and attract more consumers, the sources noted.

Since Apple's upstream supply chain is estimated to ship about 16 million iPads in 2010, the sources expects about 2-3 million iPad units of inventory will remain in the channel rolling over into 2011.

Since Apple will gradually stop the production of iPad after January and launch iPad 2 by the end of the first quarter or the beginning of the second, the remaining iPad inventory should be able to satisfy demand during that period of time.

As for iPad 2, the sources estimate that the device's shipments in 2011 will reach 40 million units, accounting for 65-75% of the global tablet PC market

iPad can’t help strengthen plunging magazine sales

When iPad was launched sometime this year, it was great news for magazine publishers as they saw it as a channel to tackle declining subscriptions with this innovative new source. The iOS-powered iPad would also permit publishers to unleash their creative side and set up improved, interactive features that could not be attained with conventional print.

According to numbers accessible from the Audit Bureau of Circulations, however, magazine publishers’ hopes rescue in the form if iPad is shattered as every renowned has seen a decline in purchase rate.

Glamour, for example, sold only 4,301 copies in its debut month. Sales then dropped 20% in October and another 20% in November, landing at 2,775. GQ sold 11,000 copies in November, down from an average of 13,000 per month between May and October. Sales of Vanity Fair slid to 8,700 copies in November from an average of 10,500 from August through October.

Men’s Health, which averaged sales of just 2,800 copies over the spring, sold 2,000 copies each month in September and October. Wired, which had a monster month when it debuted in June with over 100,000 downloads, dropped to an average of 31,000 between July and September and an average of 21,500 between October and November.

Many believe that magazine publishers have failed to take full advantage of the iOS platform thus far, having simply transferred print versions of their magazines to the iPad with minimal trimmings. The tools to create content that is original, interactive and truly unique are clearly available, and the iPad may be the ideal vehicle with which to deliver this great new content — but the vision still appears to be seriously lacking.

Photographs that shook the world: omayra sanchez

Many see this photo from 1985 as the beginning of what we nowadays call "media globalization", because Omayra Sanchez's agony was followed by television cameras from all over the world. Despite all the footage that was recorded by those tv cameras, it was this photograph, of a shocking reality and humanity, that went down in history as the first broadcast of the pain and death of a human being.

Omayra Sanchez, 13 years old, was the victim of volcano Nevado del Ruiz's eruption in 1985, that devasted the Armero village, in Colombia. Omayra was trapped for three days under the mud, clay and water that was left from her own house. When the paramedics, with scarce resources, tried to help her, they sadly realized there was nothing they could do, since to remove her from the deadly trap they would have to amputate her legs and the lack of a speacilist on the scene would result in her death.

According to the paramedics and the journalists that surrounded her, Omayra was strong until the last minute of her life. For the three days her agony lasted she thought only about going back to school, her studies and her friends. Photographer Frank Fournier took this photo of Omayra that travelled the world and generated a worldwide controversy about the indifference of the Colombian government before the victims of natural disasters such as this.

The photograph was published months after the girl's death and Frank Fournier was awarded the 1986 World Press Photo Premier Award for this picture.