THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Fahad Fazil, the latest heartthrob in the Malayalam film industry, has played down his disastrous debut despite being launched by his illustrious father Fazil in 2001, saying the failure was his and not that of his father. "Please don't blame my father for my failure because it was my mistake that I came into acting without any preparation," said Fahad who returned with a bang in his second outing....
03:59 PM, May 15, 2012
New Delhi: The CPM, which had played a crucial role in setting up the Indian Coffee Houses across the country, is now turning a new leaf by coming up with a cool cafe in the capital " the May Day Cafe. Touted as the 'country's first left wing cafe', the cafe would be launched on May Day, thereby adding to its symbolic value. It would be run by CPM's publishing...
09:45 AM, May 01, 2012
All Ajay Jain wanted was for people to buy his photographs. Though he was an engineer and an MBA and had worked in various industries ranging from IT to media, his passion lay in travel and photography. But he was not able to sell enough of his pictures through exhibitions. So he started a gallery and started marketing it online. Yet, nothing really worked. That's when the 41-year-old decided to...
10:48 AM, Apr 21, 2012
New Delhi: The technological advancement happened during last two decades has given impetus to the idea of short film making in India. Unfortunately, the Indian film market is still not favourable for short films unlike western markets where certain studios release short films for commercial purposes. However, the 'not so good' circumstances have failed to curb down the indomitable spirit of Indian short filmmakers. Ashish Dubey is one such short...
11:15 AM, Mar 30, 2012
Starbucks Corp said it will open its first outlets in India in August or September and plans to have 50 stores in operation by the end of the year in a joint venture deal with Tata Global Beverages. The formal launch of the company's retail foray into India comes a year after it signed a deal with Tata Global to buy coffee from India and open retail outlets in the...
06:25 PM, Jan 30, 2012
London: The owner of a popular Indian eatery joint in Kent has bought an unusual vehicle to ferry his curries around the world - an Iraqi fighter jet. Rob Abdul, who owns Cafe Taj in Gravesend, Kent has started taking flying lessons. Abdul came up with the idea with a pilot friend, has earmarked about 35,000 pounds for buying and restoring the plane, which Abdul says is needed because his...
07:54 PM, Jan 27, 2012
Boston: Security software maker McAfee rejected a claim that several large corporate customers had recently switched over to using products from rival Symantec Corp. Symantec Chief Financial Officer James Beer told Reuters in an interview late on Wednesday that his company was taking share in the anti-virus software market away from McAfee, which was purchased by chipmaker Intel Corp in February. Beer said that several large McAfee customers had switched...
01:56 PM, Jan 27, 2012
Boston: Anti-virus software maker McAfee warned that a flaw in one of its products could make customers' PCs vulnerable to attacks in which hackers used their computers to distribute spam. The company, which is a unit of chipmaker Intel Corp, disclosed the flaw in a message to customers on its website Wednesday. McAfee spokesman Ian Bain said t least one customer had fallen victim to such an attack, which leveraged...
01:26 PM, Jan 19, 2012
New Delhi: Production company UTV Motion Pictures Monday announced its partnership with Tamil director Sundar C for his comic entertainer 'Masala Cafe', co-produced by his wife, Khushbu Sundar's Avni Cinemax. Sundar C, who has a slew of successful films like "Ullathai Alli Tha", 'Mettukudi', 'Arunachalam' and 'Anbe Sivam' to his credit, is back to writing and directing with 'Masala Cafe'. The film stars young heroes Vimal, Shiva, Anjali and Santhanam,...
07:45 PM, Oct 17, 2011
New Delhi: It's been a week since the terror attack at Delhi High court but the investigating agencies have still not managed to find the real culprits. However, investigators have got new leads with Union Home Secretary RK Singh claiming some progress in the Delhi High Court blast investigations. Singh said that two students have been arrested from Jammu region and are being questioned for their role in sending the...
09:08 AM, Sep 14, 2011
London: Hackers can shut down your running car and expose you to all-too-sudden dangers - so beware, says anti-virus firm McAfee. It warns that greater reliance on computers and Bluetooth-enabled functions exposes cars to malicious hacking. "As more and more functions get embedded in the digital technology of automobiles, the threat of attack and malicious manipulation increases," McAfee senior vice president Stuart McClure said. Criminals could wreck havoc since software...
04:46 PM, Sep 09, 2011
Bangalore: US computer security software maker McAfee said the number of malware targeted at Android devices jumped 76 per cent since last quarter, making Android the most attacked mobile operating system. "This year we have seen record breaking numbers of malware, especially on mobile devices, where the uptick is in direct correlation to popularity," Vincent Weafer, senior vice president of McAfee Labs, said in a statement. In the second quarter...
12:54 PM, Aug 23, 2011
London: British Prime Minister David Cameron, who is on a family vacation in Italy, has reportedly returned to a cafe in Tuscany to make up with the waitress he failed to tip during his visit there last week. The 44-year-old Prime Minister went back to the Dolcenero Cafe in Montevarchi town to seek out the waitress, Francesca Ariani, who had not recognised him on his first visit and had asked...
01:46 PM, Aug 08, 2011
London: A major new hacking attack underscores that governments and companies are losing the war against cyber thieves, but it's unclear if the disclosure will prompt quicker global action against online break-ins. A US report that intruders breached the computer networks of 72 organisations around the world over a five-year period in the biggest hacking campaign found to date will be seized on by Western states to call for tougher...
12:52 PM, Aug 04, 2011
Boston: Security experts have discovered the biggest series of cyber attacks to date, involving the infiltration of the networks of 72 organisations including the United Nations, governments and companies around the world. Security company McAfee, which uncovered the intrusions, said it believed there was one "state actor" behind the attacks but declined to name it, though one security expert who has been briefed on the hacking said the evidence points...
07:13 PM, Aug 03, 2011
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