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Feb 23rd
Pakistan Vs Kenya Group A match captain at Mahinda Rajapakse stadium. Shahid Afridi won the toss and decided to bat against Kenya. Pakistan chose left-arm spinner Abdur Rehman in addition to their three-man seam attack of Shoaib Akhtar, Umar Gul and Abdul Razzaq.
Kenya, who crashed to New Zealand in their first match by 10 wickets after being shot out for 69 on Sunday, left out opener Alex Obanda and brought in Tanmay Mishar as the only change in their side.
After 30 overs Pakistan scored 150 runs losing 3 wickets. More >
Feb 18th
The first single “Lotus flower” is already a hit! Radiohead’s new album, The King of Limbs digital release is pushed forward for one day. Radiohead has labeled it as the world’s first “newspaper album,” and costs $48 with an MP3 download but returns a lot of value for the price: two 10-inch vinyl records, a CD and a lot of artwork.
The King of Limbs is, in fact, quite a traditional release compared to Radiohead’s last album, In Rainbows, which was released as a digital download, letting customers order for whatever price they saw fit. More >
Feb 17th
ICC World Cup Cricket 2011: Opening Ceremony will start at Bangabandhu National Stadium (BNS), the greatest and historical venue in Bangladesh. ICC cricket world cup 2011 opening ceremony will start at 17 February 2011. TV channels like ESPN, STAR CRICKET will broadcast this show live from Bangabandhu National Stadium in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Host country wants this mega event to be a big surprise with performances of canadian rock music star Bryan Adams and Indian super star Sonu Nigam will rock this event. Cricket team captains and members will enter the ground by “rickshaw” then Bangladesh, India and Sri Lanka More >
Feb 16th
Borders Group Inc., the series two U.S. bookstore chain, filed for bankruptcy protection on Wednesday in New York. In the face of competition from Amazon.com Inc. and Wal-Mart Supplies Inc. and after failing to secure agreements with publishers and other vendors about reorganizing its debt Borders went for this disaster.
The 40-year-ancient chain listed $1.29 billion in debt and $1.27 billion in assets in a filing in federal bankruptcy court in Manhattan. Border’s marketplace value is shrunk by $3 billion since1998. Borders’s initial e-commerce site debuted in 2008.
Borders’ president, Mike Edwards stated “It has become increasingly clear that in light of the environment of curtailed customer spending, our ongoing discussions with More >
Feb 11th
Happy Birthday Thomas Edison! The genius American inventor Thomas Alva Edison’ 164th birthday is celebrated by Google with a doodle featuring some of his best inventions.
The latest Thomas Edison Google doodle continues Google’s tradition to commemorate events of cultural, regional, and scientific importance. The Google doodle on February 11, 2011 portrays some of the wonderful inventions of the scientist such as the phonograph, the motion picture camera, and a practical electric light bulb. This is the second birthday doodle by Google after Jules Verne early this week. More >
Feb 8th
Google is honoring Jules Verne by creating a doodle on the 183rd birthday of the legendary writer! The doodle is made to appear like portholes in a submarine. The 3D-view looks out into an artistic interpretation of the ocean, with fish and plants of varying colors. A switch to the right allows users to adjust the view up or down, left or right, to see all the underwater marvels, including a pair of deep sea divers.
Jules Verne was born in France on Feb. 8, 1828. His first book was “Five Weeks in a Balloon,” which was published in 1863. More >
Feb 7th
AOL buys Huffington Post for $315 million. AOL Inc. announced late Sunday that it would buy the Huffington Post, the well-known news and opinion site. This is the AOL’s biggest move since it became an independent company in 2009.
The deal is worth $300 million in cash with $15 million in stock as per The Newyork Times. Huffington Post co-founder Arianna Huffington will oversee a new group responsible for bringing together all editorial content from both companies including news, technology, music and local media websites. The new group will be known as the Huffington Post Media Group.
The Huffington Post Media Group will also be in charge of MapQuest, AOL Music, AutoBlog, Patch, Engadget and TechCrunch. Arianna Huffington posted the announcement of acquisition in her blog saying “By combining HuffPost with AOL’s network of sites, thriving video initiative, local focus, and international reach, we know we’ll be creating a company More >
Feb 7th
Christina Aguilera fluffed her lines while singing the national anthem at the start of the Super Bowl last night, in front of a television audience of more than 100 million.
Aguliera, who has handled the task without issue before NBA games, botched the lyrics badly halfway through the song. Instead of “‘O’er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming” turned into “what so proudly we watched at the twilight’s last reaming.” More >