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http://ubersuper.com/ . As the name indicates, it indeed is a super site with ubundant creative photography skills displayed. And guess what? "it's all for free" !!!! .

Nice photos. You'll love it. Here's a glimpse to what awaits you at this beautiful site.

9/11 wikileaks

Wikileaks at http://911.wikileaks.org/ have given unprecedented access to the pager data of all the officials and individuals in and around the NewYork city about the time the 9/11 events were unfolding.

9/11 tragedy pager intercepts.

From 3AM on Wednesday November 25, 2009, until 3AM the following day (US
east coast time), WikiLeaks released half a million US national
text pager intercepts. The intercepts cover a 24 hour period surrounding the
September 11, 2001 attacks in New York and Washington.

The messages were broadcasted "live" to the global community —
sychronized to the time of day they were sent. The first message was from 3AM
September 11, 2001, five hours before the first attack, and the last, 24
hours later.

Text pagers are usualy carried by persons operating in an official
capacity. Messages in the archive range from Pentagon, FBI, FEMA and New York Police
Department exchanges, to computers reporting faults at investment banks
inside the World Trade Center

The archive is a completely objective record of the defining moment of
our time. We hope that its entrance into the historical record will
lead to a nuanced understanding of how this event led to death, opportunism and war.

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An index of messages released is available here.

All pager messages released can be downloaded here as a single compressed text file.

BSNL launches prepaid broadband

BSNL has come up with yet another innovative scheme. This time its broadband and guess what , it has gone prepaid.I recommend BSNL because i have been its subscriber since their plan 250 was introduced. Superior quality coupled with low prices with excellent customer care service. That's BSNL for you.

Check it up here. http://www.thehindu.com/2009/11/19/stories/2009111961780300.htm

Oprah Winfrey to End Her Talk Show !!

I don't know much about this talk show simply because i haven't seen even a single episode. However one need not see a thing to believe it. So it came as a shocker when news about drawing the final curtains on the show broke.
Well , it had to end some day.And no better time to stop than when the show is going well, sitting on the top of the charts with loyal viewers who have nothing bad to say.

This is the original news article on the topic. http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/19/oprah-winfrey-to-end-her-talk-show/?hp&emc=na

Kerala KSRTC booking goes online

Kerala KSRTC a.k.a aana vandi has gone online (Late as USUAL).

Here is the link - http://keralartconline.com/

Finally our kerala govt has caught up with the rest of the states. Only thing to be seen is whether this will be a case of the classic "too little, too late". I got to know it from this obscure article in The Hindu.
The site offers booking for some 180 bus services including for intra state transportation.How many will avail of this service is something that remains to be seen.
The booking for inter state services seems to be good.With the fare far below than what is offered by other bus services. I have not tested how robust is the site with transactions. Or what are the means through which transactions can be done - net banking or credit/debit cards.

Netted?

Another of those beta sites that tell you what's interesting out there in the WWW.
I got this site from webby awards site. Since subscribing to it , i have received only two mails. http://www.netted.net/ Going there isn't much use to anyone. They have made registration mandatory to subscribe.

Tactics

;).

And their claim to send one GOOD mail everyday , Well, that ain't the case for me.

Internet Evolution

The macrosite for news, analysis and opinion about the future of the internet

This is a vast site , therefore getting around is not easier. If you are a casual observer/browser , it indeed is a macrosite. There is a logo that says "sponsored by ibm" right at the top.That gives the site an aura of credibilty.

Site Layout:
At the left side is a tab that says NEWS , big and bold. And it indeed is a news section worth going through. It is an aggregate of tech and internet related news from sites like www.nytimes.com, www.reuters.com, online news etc. The news is vast and does not necessarily pertain to internet as such,but the tech industry as a whole. It is not a US oriented news section and has sufficient enough coverage about the whole virtual world. Its so long that it stretches right to the bottom of the page.

The site is divided into two sections vertically. The left side is for news and the
RIGHT SIDE, contains various features and contents spread out one over the other like..

a moderated blogosphere of internet experts

various IBM sponsored contents.

an IBM information resource

also unsurprisingly it seems they are in need of moderators for this vast site.

Wanted! Site Moderators

Internet Evolution is looking for a handful of readers to help moderate the message boards on our site – as well as engaging in high-IQ conversation with the industry mavens on our thinkerNet blogosphere. The job comes with various perks, bags of kudos, and GIANT bragging rights. Interested?

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