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Gulzar shares Grammy with Rahman

2010-02-01T07:23:00.000-08:00

Bollywood's veteran lyricist Gulzar has done it again. He has won the prestigious Grammy awards along with the musical genius A.R. Rahman and Tanvi Shah, who has penned the Spanish lyrics for the best song in a motion picture category.

Earlier in 2009, Gulzar also won the Oscar along with Rahman for the same song 'Jai ho'. Famously known as Gulzar sahaab, he is a famous poet, lyricist and writer in Bollywood. Known for his sensitivity and emotional writing, Gulzar came into the spotlight through Khamoshi and Mere Apne in the late 90s.

Gulzar has won 5 National Awards and 19 Filmfare awards. He has also worked with many music directors, including R.D. Burman, S.D. Burman, A.R. Rahman, Salil Chowdhury, Madan Mohan, Shankar Ehsaan Loy and Anu Malik.

Boy raises thousands in quake aid

2010-01-29T04:42:00.000-08:00

A seven-year-old boy from London who was aiming to raise £500 for the Haiti quake relief effort through a sponsored bike ride has raised more than £72,000. Charlie Simpson, from Fulham, west London, cycled five miles (8km) around South Park near his home to raise funds for Unicef's earthquake appeal. His call for support touched the hearts of people around the world after he put a message on the JustGiving website.

Unicef thanked him "on behalf of the many children in Haiti". On his JustGiving page, Charlie said, I want to do a sponsored bike ride for Haiti because there was a big earthquake and loads of people have lost their lives. I want to make some money to buy food, water and tents for everyone in Haiti.

Unicef is helping to provide water, sanitation, education and nutrition, as well as supporting child protection. Money raised by Charlie will go towards its Haiti Earthquake Children's Appeal.

Hope for Haiti

2010-01-28T04:26:00.000-08:00

A charity album featuring performances from the Hope For Haiti Now telethon has gone straight to number one in the US album chart.

The compilation album is the first digital-only release to top the Billboard 200 chart. The album sold 171,000 copies, music sales tracker Nielsen Soundscan said.

The disaster relief telethon, featuring performances from stars including Jay-Z, Madonna and U2, has so far raised $66m (£40.6m), organizers say. Last week's show, which was broadcast from New York, Los Angeles, London and Haiti, was watched on TV by 83 million viewers in the US alone.

Wyclef Jean performs at "Hope for Haiti Now: A Global Benefit for Earthquake Relief", on Friday, Jan. 22, 2010 in New York. It was shown on all major US TV channels, YouTube and on MTV in the UK. Haitian-born rapper Wyclef Jean - who set up the charity foundation Yele Haiti - Bruce Springsteen, Jennifer Hudson, Mary J Blige, Rihanna and Stevie Wonder were among other performers.

Meanwhile, producer Quincy Jones has announced he is re-recording 1985 charity song We Are The World to raise money for the aid effort in Haiti. The original, written by Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie to raise money for African famine relief, featured stars including Cyndi Lauper, Billy Joel and Tina Turner.

Jones has not revealed who will perform on the new version, which is set to be recorded in Los Angeles on Monday. As many as 200,000 people died in the 12 January earthquake in Haiti.

U2 and Jay-z record song for Haiti

2010-01-20T22:17:00.000-08:00

U2, Jay-Z and producer Swizz Beatz have recorded a song together to raise money for victims of the Haiti earthquake. U2's guitarist The Edge told Irish radio station 2FM the band wrote a song, finished and recorded last week after being contacted about the idea.

The Edge, Bono and Jay-Z, along with Rihanna, are due to appear in London for a group performance as part of Friday's Hope For Haiti telethon. George Clooney's two-hour benefit show will be aired on MTV in the UK.

The Edge told 2FM DJ Dave Fanning over the weekend: "Bono got a call from a producer, Swizz. He and Jay-Z wanted to do something for Haiti. So Bono came up with the phrase on the phone and last night we were here, we wrote a song, finished, recorded, and sent it back to them. So, that might be the next thing you hear from us.

Birds breathe like alligators

2010-01-18T19:38:00.000-08:00

Alligators and birds share a breathing mechanism which may have helped their ancestors dominate Earth more than 200 million years ago, scientists say.

Research published in the journal Science found that like birds, in alligator’s air flows in one direction.

Birds' lung structure allows them to breathe when flying in low oxygen, or hypoxic, conditions.

This breathing may have helped a common ancestor of birds and alligators thrive in the hypoxic period of the Triassic.

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2010-01-18T19:35:00.000-08:00

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2010-01-18T19:29:00.000-08:00

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Rahman concert in austraila

2010-01-15T19:25:00.000-08:00

AR Rahman’s world tour concert in Australia that takes place tonight is growing from strength to strength. Former Australian opening batsman Matthew Hayden has been roped in to host the mega song-and-dance extravaganza that will have an attendance of about 70,000 people.

Known for his immaculate consistency with the bat on the field, Hayden wants to prove that he is equally at ease as an anchor too. So he has been researching on Rahman and his works for over a week now.

Hayden will partner ABC presenter Miriam Corowa for hosting the Parramatta Park (near Sydney) concert that will be telecast live to 44 countries.

Interestingly, both of them have a strong Chennai connection. While Rahman is known as the Mozart of Madras, Hayden plays for the Chennai Super Kings cricket team.

A source says, they are like brothers from Chennai. Hayden loves Indian music, especially Rahman’s, and he is very excited to host the event for him. He is gathering as much information as possible on Rahman, his music and styles.

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2010-01-15T19:08:00.000-08:00

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Fines of 500,000 pounds for data losses

2010-01-12T19:10:00.001-08:00

The Information Commissioner's Office will be able to issue fines of up to £500,000 for serious data security breaches. The new rule is expected to come into force in the UK on 6 April 2010. It has been approved by Jack Straw MP, Secretary of State for Justice. The size of the fine will be determined after an investigation to assess the gravity of the breach.

Other factors will include the size and finances of the organization at fault. Individual cases will also be assessed on whether the breach was accidental or deliberate, and how much distress the leak of information caused. There have been several high profile data losses in recent years from large organizations including the Ministry of Defense and the DVLA (Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency).

In an official press statement, Information Commissioner, Christopher Graham said he hoped the penalty would encourage companies to comply more closely with the Data Protection Act. These penalties are designed to act as a deterrent, he said in a press statement.

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2010-01-12T03:58:00.000-08:00

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Mel B to host dance show

2010-01-11T21:38:00.000-08:00

Former Spice Girl Mel Brown is to host a dance and weight-loss show on US TV.

The 34-year-old, who was runner up on Dancing With The Stars in 2007, will front Dance Your Ass off when it returns for a second series this year.

Twelve contestants will compete to lose the pounds and be scored according to their weight loss and dance routines.

Brown said, after the birth of my second daughter, I wanted to find a fun and effective way to drop the pounds and get back in shape.

'Lost' Chagall Work

2010-01-08T23:45:00.000-08:00

A previously unseen painting by Marc Chagall is to go on display after it was acquired by a small London gallery. The Ben Uri London Jewish Museum of Art bought the work, titled Apocalypse in Lilac, Capriccio, for a bargain £26,000 at an auction in Paris last year.

The gallery bought the work in a secret operation designed to avoid alerting the world's big galleries to the existence of the painting. It will be unveiled at the Osborne Samuel gallery, in Mayfair, on Friday. The 1945 work is one of only 10 by Chagall, created between 1938 and 1945, to feature a Jewish Christ.

David Glasser, from the Ben Uri London Jewish Museum of Art, spotted it fully catalogued in a Paris sale brochure, and recognized it as a missing piece of Chagall's wartime imagery.

Record speed fine for Swiss Millionaire

2010-01-07T20:05:00.000-08:00

A Swiss millionaire has been handed down a record speeding fine of $290,000 (£180,000) by a court. The man was reportedly caught driving a red Ferrari Testarossa at 137km/h (85mph) through a village. The penalty was calculated based on the unnamed motorist's wealth - assessed by the court as $22.7m (£14.1m) - and because he was a repeat offender. It is more than double Switzerland's previous record speeding fine - handed to a Porsche driver in Zurich in 2008.

In the latest case, the motorist was clocked speeding 57km/h (35mph) faster than the limit, according to the cantonal court in St Gallen, eastern Switzerland. The accused ignored elementary traffic rules with a powerful vehicle out of a pure desire for speed, the court said in its judgement. Swiss media reported that the man owns a villa with five luxury cars, including the Ferrari.

Pi calculated to trillion digits

2010-01-06T20:45:00.001-08:00

A computer scientist claims to have computed the mathematical constant pi to nearly 2.7 trillion digits, some 123 billion more than the previous record. Fabrice Bellard used a desktop computer to perform the calculation, taking a total of 131 days to complete and check the result. This version of pi takes over a terabyte of hard disk space to store.

Previous records were established using supercomputers, but Mr. Bellard claims his method is 20 times more efficient. The prior record of about 2.6 trillion digits, set in August 2009 by Daisuke Takahashi at the University of Tsukuba in Japan, took just 29 hours. However, that work employed a supercomputer 2,000 times faster and thousands of times more expensive than the desktop Mr. Bellard employed.

Motorshow

2010-01-05T22:03:00.000-08:00

The atmosphere at the Delhi motorshow - or Auto Expo India - is almost festive. More than two million visitors are expected in the seven day event.

Many of the car launches are accompanied by music and dance performances, in keeping with the cool, swanky new vehicles that are being launched. There are entertainers all around the park.

Tata Motors has even launched an air-conditioned truck for the Indian highways, where the driver has ac cabins and bunk beds to sleep in.

There are many hybrid and electric vehicles being launched in both the two-wheeler and the four-wheeler segments.

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2010-01-05T19:39:00.000-08:00

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Burj Khalifa

2010-01-05T02:51:00.000-08:00

The world's tallest building has been opened with a dramatic fireworks ceremony in the Gulf emirate of Dubai. The Burj Khalifa was revealed to be 828m (2,716ft) high, far taller than the previous record holder, Taipei 101. Known as the Burj Dubai during construction, the tower has been renamed after the leader of Dubai's oil-rich neighbour, Abu Dhabi.

Last month, Abu Dhabi gave Dubai a handout of $10bn (£6.13bn) to help it pay off its debts. Construction of the Burj Dubai began in 2004, at the height of an economic boom. Clad in 28,000 glass panels, the tower has 160 floors and more than 500,000 sq m of space for offices and flats.

The tower also lays claim to the highest occupied floor, the tallest service lift, and the world's highest observation deck - on the 124th floor. The world's highest mosque and swimming pool will meanwhile be located on the 158th and 76th floors.

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2010-01-03T20:13:00.001-08:00

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Katy Perry on India trip

2010-01-03T19:47:00.000-08:00

Katy Perry seems to have had a lot of fun during her trip to India. The singer even had a henna motiff done on her left hand. Perry posted a picture of hers while she was getting the tattoo done and wrote on Twitter: "I'm typing this with one hand... Isn't it lovely? It's Henna!"

As seen in the picture, the henna motif has been carefully crafted to avoid her inked tattoo that reads "Jesus". Though it isn't clear which part of India Perry got the henna motiff done, it is known that the pop princess visited Agra with beau Russell Brand to see the Taj Mahal.

She had even posted a photograph of herself and Brand cuddling in front of the 17th century Mughal monument on her Twitter page, joking: "He built this for me!" It is not known if Perry and Brand are still in India, as they came on a hush-hush trip.

Explosion of 3D in 2010

2009-12-30T05:06:00.000-08:00

If 2009 was dominated by touch technology then 2010 looks set to be the year of 3D. 3D has been one of the biggest hits of the cinemas this year and it is likely to continue its stride into other mediums during 2010, experts agree. TV manufacturer LG wants to sell nearly half a million 3D-ready TV sets next year as the World Cup kicks off in the format. Meanwhile laptops and games consoles are also getting a 3D makeover.

Acer has already released what it is claiming is the world's first 3D-capable laptop and most agreed it will be the first of many. One critic likened the screen of the Acer Inspire 5738DZG to that of a 1960's cinema "but in laptop form". Others have dismissed the 3D capability as a gimmick, but most agree that it will be the start of a glut of similar machines. Acer has created its 3D effect by putting a polarising filter over the screen which splits images into separate streams.

When combined with a pair of polarising glasses (and the laptop comes with a free pair) it allows users to view content in 3D. Some movie trailers come preloaded on the laptop; while software called TriDef 3D can add a third dimension to PC games, DVDs and video footage with varying degrees of success. Microsoft is watching developments in the field with interest. Julie Larson-Green, Microsoft's vice president of user experience believes the technology will play a major role over the next decade.

A 3D spatial camera inside a computer will offer a new way to interact with content. It will allow people to spatially organise things with older things farther away, she said.