Pawan Kujur

Mumbai: The internet has once again proved to be the government’s Achilles’ heel. Immediately after the 7/11, the Department of Telecommunication (DoT) issued a fiat to 150 odd internet service providers (ISPs) to clamp down on a handful of sites, including a few popular blogs. The move has attracted severe flak from the blogging community, which has now gone into a funk. Most of them reckon the clampdown amounts to repression of free speech and that the government has overstepped its bounds. A DoT official admitted they had asked the ISPs to block a few sites. Though he did not name the sites, he cited intelligence reports that confirmed how members of the banned organisations were using certain blogs to transmit messages to members. And unlike e-mails that can be tracked, blogs cannot be tracked as easily. Which is why, a clampdown was essential. The DoT letter has asked the ISPs to block sites like hindunity.org and exposingtheleft . blogspot . com , though it did not state the ...

1. Falling in love. 2. Laughing till your stomach hurts. 3. Enjoying a ride down the Country side. 4. Listening to your favorite song on the radio. 5. Going to sleep listening to the rain pouring outside. 6. Getting out of the shower and wrapping yourself with a warm, fuzzy towel. 7. Passing your final exams with good grades. 8. Being part of an interesting conversation. 9. Finding some money in some old pants. 10. Laughing at yourself. 11. Sharing a wonderful dinner with all your friends. 12. Laughing without a reason. 13. "Accidentally" hearing someone say something good about you. 14. Watching the sunset. 15. Listening to a song that reminds you of an important person in your life. 16. Receiving or giving your first kiss. 17. Feeling this movement in your body when seeing this "special" someone. 18. Having a great time with your friends. 19. Seeing the one you love happy. 20. Wearing the shirt of a person you love and smelling his/her perfume. 21. Visiting an o...

The Teacher gave a punishment to the student and asked him to write "I Will Not Throw Paper Airplanes in the Class" 500 times. AND The Student Wrote

For Microsoft, the world’s biggest software company, run-ins with antitrust regulators have become de rigueur. This week, European Union officials concluded that the firm had failed to comply with penalties imposed in 2004 for anticompetitive behaviour; a large fine is looming. On July 4, Microsoft also suffered a legal setback in South Korea, where it is embroiled in another battle with regulators. But Microsoft is not alone. Two of its rivals—Google and Apple— each seen as the anti-Microsoft in their own markets are running into modest antitrust problems, too. On June 29, Google introduced an online-payment service called Checkout, which is intended to compete with the PayPal service owned by eBay. It is a digital wallet that simplifies how people pay for things over the Internet. To entice merchants to adopt the system, Google discounts the fee when they also buy advertisements sold through its hugely successful AdWords system. That has raised some eyebrows, because ...