Google pays only $ 1 in settlement over tresspassing.

In a recent lawsuit settlement, Google Inc. has acknowledged that it trespassed when it took a photo of a Pittsburgh-area house for its Street View service, but will pay only $1 in damages to a couple who sued.

U.S. District Magistrate Judge Cathy Bissoon on Thursday signed off on a consent judgment, a mutually agreed-upon verdict, between the Mountain View, Calif. company and Aaron and Christine Boring, of Franklin Park.

Google pays only $ 1 in settlement over tresspassing.

Pak spirtual leader openly offers Mosque fund money worth Rs. 5 lakhs for killing Christian Women

A Hardliner controversial Muslim cleric of an historic mosque of Pakistan's Khyber Paktunkhwa province has offered to pay 5 lakh rupees from Mosque fund for killing Asia Bibi, a Christian woman who was recently sentenced to death by a court for allegedly committing blasphemy.

Maulana Yusaf Qureshi, the imam of the well-known Mohabat Khan mosque, announced the reward for killing Asia Bibi during his sermon at the Friday prayers.

He announced that he would pay the money to the person who killed "blasphemor Asia Bibi". The payment would be made from the mosque's fund, he said.

Pak spirtual leader openly offers Mosque fund money worth Rs. 5 lakhs for killing Christian Women

India Cricket Captain MS Dhoni sign deal worth $5.7 Million (INR 26 crores)

Recently, MS Dhoni signed a Rs 26 crore endorsement deal with world's second largest spirits firm, the UB Group, the handsome hunk is set to sign up to four more deals soon.

As a part of the recent Rs 26 crore deal with the UB Group, Dhoni will become the brand ambassador for McDowell's soda for a period of three years.

Earlier this year, Rhiti Sports Management along with Mindscapes One, signed a Rs 210 crore deal with Dhoni to manage his endorsements and brand associations.

India Cricket Captain MS Dhoni sign deal worth $5.7 Million (INR 26 crores)

India become third largest Rolls Royce's market in Asia Pacific.

Britain super luxury Auto maker Rolls Royce has said India joined China and Japan in selling its vehicles which are priced up to 4.25 crore rupees, making it third largest seller in Asia Pacific region.

Rolls Royce sold less than 10 units in 2009, expects to sell up to 70 units in 2010 in India.

He said the China tops the list in the region with eight dealerships that sell "hundreds" of cars of the brand. Japan follows with two dealerships.

India become third largest Rolls Royce's market in Asia Pacific.

CWG Bronze medalist insulted by Group-D Railway job.

Para swimmer and Commonwealth Games bronze medalist Prashant Karmakar has accused the Railways of insulting his achievements by rewarding with Group-D Railway job.

Promised a job in the Railways by none other than Railways Minister Mamta Banerjee after his bronze medal.

He felt very insult after he got allocated Group-D job in railways recently.

CWG Bronze medalist insulted by Group-D Railway job.

Airbus with Lufthansa to launch world’s first passenger bio-fuel flights

According to recent press release from Airbus, Lufthansa is launching the world’s first ever scheduled commercial passenger flights using bio-fuel in the first half of 2011, with an IAE (International Aero Engines) powered Airbus A321 aircraft.

The first bio-fuel flight path, daily flights between Hamburg and Frankfurt.

The bio-fuel blend made from 50 per cent Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO)so less CO2 emissions.

Airbus with Lufthansa to launch world’s first passenger bio-fuel flights

After Amazon plug out, Wikileak servers traced to France.

With US Govt Pressurizing Amazon US, helpless Amazon had plug out their server for Wikileaks.

But its not time to worry. According to Gizmodo France, France OVH comes to the rescue of Wikileaks.

Gizmodo France has been able to confirm that the new host is located in the town of Roubaix, France. OVH, who provides internet hosting and collocation services is the biggest internet hosting provider in France, and the second one in Europe.

After Amazon plug out, Wikileak servers traced to France.

Google social product names as Emerald Sea for internal reference: TC

According to research and from sources close to Tech site Tech Crunch, The internal codename for Google’s upcoming social project is “Emerald Sea“.

As one of their sources told , these codenames quickly evolve. As of right now, we’re hearing it’s being called “Google +1″ or “Google Plus One”.

Another source suggests another possible name Google is considering: “@Google” or “At Google”.

Google social product names as Emerald Sea for internal reference: TC

Check out this Tiny Power Generator for the future.

Japanese are good at miniaturizing things. Japanese researchers have made up a tiny coin side kinetic battery capable of generating more energy than than its previous version.

Only the slightest vibrations, the tiny device generates 22 milliwatts — 20x more than its predecessor.

Check out this Tiny Power Generator for the future.

Indian Billionaire, founder of Wipro, Aziz Premji to donate $2 bn for rural education.

One of the Top Indian industrialist, Wipro Chairman Azim Premji said that he will transfer company shares worth Rs 8,846 crore to his endowment trust named Azim Premji Foundation later this month.

"The trust will fund the philanthropic activities of the Foundation and not (for) any other purpose," said Azim Premji Foundation CEO Dileep Ranjekar.

The foundation, which was set up in 2001, works largely for the cause of education in rural India.

Indian Billionaire, founder of Wipro, Aziz Premji to donate $2 bn for rural education.

Nokia servers in India, now its BlackBerry time?

With Indian Govt surveillance on every bit of info passing by any medium or devices and adding pressure on the respective companies, Nokia has announced installation of a server in India to enable security agencies lawfully intercept its email and messenger services.

Nokia India Vice President and MD D Shivakumar called on Home Secretary G K Pillai today and handed over the letter, saying the company has conformed with all requirements suggested by the law enforcement agencies.

Nokia servers in India, now its BlackBerry time?

Some Women from Spain claims the Ownership of hot glowing Sun and plans to monetize.

A woman from Spain had claimed that the sun belongs to her after she got it registered as her property.

And now she wants to make money from it.

Fortynine-year-old Angeles Duran, a resident of Vigo in Spain's northwestern region of Galicia, applied for ownership of the Sun after she learnt that similar claims had been made by a US national on the Moon, Mars and Venus, the 'Daily Telegraph' reported.

The Outer Space Treaty of 1967 prevents any government from staking claim over celestial bodies, but it doesn't extend to private individuals and she was backed by her notary after consulting legal institutions in the country.

Some Women from Spain claims the Ownership of hot glowing Sun and plans to monetize.

New York Times article leads to change in Google search result ranking Algorithm

On Wednesday Google had announced that it had changed the way it ranks search results.

This happened because The New York Times published about the ordeal of Clarabelle Rodriguez, who bought a pair of glasses and contact lenses from DecorMyEyes in July.

The change was prompted by a recent incident involving Vitaly Borker, a Brooklyn-based online seller of eyeglasses. Mr Borker claimed that he purposely shouted at and frightened some of the customers at DecorMyEyes.com because the online complaints actually worked in his favour in Google search results.

New York Times article leads to change in Google search result ranking Algorithm

Facebook offers $85,000 (Rs. 38 lakhs) for Indian graduates

According to IIT-Madras, Social networking website Facebook has offered up to $85,000 (approximately Rs 38 lakh) per annum salaries to IIT-Madras students during placements this year.

“About 100 students have applied for the interview and officials from Facebook are interviewing students from the United States through Skype,” said N. Ramesh Babu, advisor (training and placement), IIT-M.

“The students were asked to solve a puzzle in Facebook before taking the interview.”

Facebook offers $85,000 (Rs. 38 lakhs) for Indian graduates

It Official, India crossed 687.71 million mobile subscriptions

Before 30-sept 2010, India added 17.10 million mobile subscribers making the total number of mobile users to 687.71 million according to official data.

According to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, the wireless phone user base grew 2.55 percent to 687.71 million in September, from 670.60 million in the previous month.

With this, the total telephone subscriber base in the country, both wireless and wireline, touched 723.28 million. The total telephone density reached 60.99 percent.

It Official, India crossed 687.71 million mobile subscriptions

One out of five divorce , facebook is the cause:Survey

Here is another interesting or shocking, depends on how you take it. According to survey, In US one in five divorces in the US is due to involvement of the popular social networking sites.

This survey was carried out by the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, a staggering 80 per cent of divorce lawyers have also reported that the rise in clients that use social media for evidence of cheating.

Flirty messages and photographs found on Facebook are increasingly being cited as proof of unreasonable behavior or irreconcilable differences.

One out of five divorce , facebook is the cause:Survey

Soon the word 'face' will be trademark of 'facebook'.

U.S. Patent And Trademark Office has sent the social networking site, facebook a Notice of Allowance, which says they have agreed to grant the word 'Face' as trademark to the facebook under some certain conditions.

All Facebook needs to do is pay the issue fee within three months and the “Face” trademark will be issued and be published in the official USPTO gazette and everything.

Soon the word 'face' will be trademark of 'facebook'.

Naked man coming out of cars trunk caught on Google's street view

Here is an another blizzard image caught on the popular Google's Street view. I wonder what this naked man was doing hiding in the back trunk of the Mercedez car. It was captured in Manheim, Germany. Upon, discovery was removed.

Src: [CNET]

Naked man coming out of cars trunk caught on Google's street view

This Bakrid, 180-kg goat was star attraction at Nagpur.

During the sacred festival of millions of Muslims, people searching for the best goat for sacrificial to god, a four-feet tall weighing 180 kg grabbed the attention of people in the crowded market in nagpur.

The giant goat, which weighed nearly four times a normal goat. Its owner Nadeem Khan said he had brought it from Chambal, Madhya Pradesh and had been rearing it for over two years, feeding it the best of food and milk.

He said he spent Rs. 400 per day on its care. He sold that goat for whopping around Rs.1.75 lakhs at the market.

This Bakrid, 180-kg goat was star attraction at Nagpur.

China upgrades to Electronic passport.

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Recently, China has unveiled its first ever electronic passports that contain embedded microchip containing all the information.

One of the Chinese official says that the adoption of electronic passports complies with international trends and plays an important role in international travel for officials.

The embedded microchip contains personal data including name, family name, personal numeric code, the document's term of validity, the issuing agency and citizenship, China Daily reported.

China upgrades to Electronic passport.