Australia have regained the top spot after beating England and Sri Lanka have also jumped to take the position of No.4 which means the four favorites team to reach the semi-final - Australia, South Africa, New Zealand and Sri Lanka are officially the four best teams in the world. Being a Test playing nation Bangladesh, Kenya and Zimbabwe automatically qualified for this World Cup. Ireland, the Netherlands, Canada, Scotland and Bermuda qualified from 86 other countries, the cream of the crop in terms of the minnows. Ireland have beaten Pakistan and Bangladesh have beaten India and South Africa  which justifies the entry of minnows as well.   Technorati tags: cricket, world cup, minnows ...

What is Joost?Joost is an interactive, IP based TV software system for distributing TV shows and other forms of videos through P2PTV (Peer to Peer TV) technology and is expected to deliver near TV resolution images. It is created by founders of Kaaza and Skype, Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis.  It is currently running a beta version and is very limited to those who have received the invitation. The Joost team is currently in negotitations with lot of TV networks to provide media.  Joost in timeWhat is it? How Joost turns your PC into an instant - on demand TV and not setup box is required. There are three part to this technology Server Farm to cache the ...

It is just me or you guys are also seeing the same differenes. I have got two Windows Live account and I use one of them mainly for checking and testing the beta version of Windows Live Services, But the Live Ideas website display different list of Beta Services. Snapshot of the Beta services available on my normal Windows Live account Snapshot of the Beta services available on my Windows Live account which I use to check and test beta services   Technorati tags: Windows Live Ideas, Windows Live Beta Services, Microsoft Windows Live, Windows Live for TV Beta, ...

Reality TV shows are extremely popular in India It all started with the "Baap of all the daily tv shows" Big Boss. Now its the fight for some of Britain's top universities.  Thousands of Indian students are set to compete for scholarships at some of Britain's top universities in a TV reality show. The top 400 candidates will be whittled down to a shortlist of 20 who will compete against each other in a series of tests, tasks and quizzes. The prizes in Scholar Hunt: destination UK, are scholarships worth up to £80,000, not 15 minutes of fame. The programme will be shown on BSkyB as well as across the Indian subcontinent. The would-be students will be competing for five scholarships in various ...

There's one every year: An "American Idol" contestant who dominates the show despite not really having a chance at the top prize. So instead of trying to think of more reasons why Sanjaya should be booted, we present 10 reasons (besides Howard Stern) why he's gotten this far. Every Season Has One The Little Girls (and Grandmas) Understand Stumbles by Other Contestants He's Got Style The Media Circus Burnout The World Loves a Trainwreck Pity, or Contrariness The Coattail Effect Sanjaya Figured It Out Check MTV.com to get more information   Technorati tags: Sanjaya Malakar, ...

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has decided to come down hard on the Indian cricket team after the poor performance in the World Cup. BCCI Treasurer N Srinivasan said that the Board would soon issue a notice to Sachin Tendulkar and Yuvraj Singh for speaking to the media during the undeclared war between the players and former coach Greg Chappell after the team returned from the West Indies following their exit from the World Cup. A few days back Tendulkar had spoken in the media against former coach Greg Chappell accusing the Aussie of casting a doubt over his commitment to the game. And then Yuvraj had said that Chappell's ...

Just two weeks after Apple released its streaming media box to the public, hackers successfully installed OS X, Apple's desktop operating system, on the $300 device, making it the cheapest PC Cupertino has ever sold. "The breakthrough is done, OS X runs on Apple TV!" wrote "Semthex," the anonymous hacker responsible for the mod, at his website. "Now we got (the) low-budget Mac we ever wanted." The add-on may be of limited appeal to everyday users. It involves a laborious 13-step procedure, and the resulting installation is unable to take advantage of all the Apple TV's hardware. Without video acceleration, games can't floor the graphic chip's throttle. There's no audio or ethernet support either, making the box useless ...

Even though decades have passed since Amitabh Bachchan and Rekha sizzled on screen the stuff of their chemistry continues to excite Indians, so naturally when we caught Rekha and Jaya Bachchan in a Silisila-esque moment at the Fair One Filmfare Awards, the photographers went berserk. Incidentally while we are on Silsila, that was indeed the last time (1981) that the two actress shared a camera frame before this picture was clicked. While Jaya Bachchan has never really spoken about Rekha the latter has often gushed about her didibhai, as she refers to Jaya. On the same topic, don’t know whether it’s the double standards or plain appreciation for the people involved – till date neither the public ...

Subhash Chandra, who heads the Essel Group, owners of the Zee brand, has announced a breakaway cricket series called the Indian Cricket League (ICL). The Essel Group will invest Rs 100 crore (US$ 23 million approx) in the project, which will run parallel to the leagues and tournaments of the Board of Control for Cricket in India. The ICL will have six teams with two Indian internationals, four overseas players and eight juniors in each side, though Chandra didn't name those players, if any, who'd already signed up. At the end of the third year, there will be 16 teams in the ICL. Chandra, while announcing this initiative in Delhi, said this initiative was not in conflict with the BCCI but would be complementary ...

Google Toilet ISP, the next in queue of Google's April Fool joke. Have you visited Google today. If you haven't then you are missing a hilarious April Fool’s Day prank. In a slick presentation Google announced the launch of Google TiSP (BETA)™, a free in-home wireless broadband service that delivers online connectivity via your toilet. What Google says Sick of paying for broadband that you have to, well, pay for? Introducing Google TiSP (BETA), our new FREE in-home wireless broadband service. Sign up today and we'll send you your TiSP self-installation kit, which includes setup guide, fiber-optic cable, spindle, wireless router and installation CD. TiSP in-home wireless broadband is: Free, fast and highly reliable Easy ...