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It was ONGC Nehru Cup 2009 final match played at Ambedkar Stadium, New Delhi and won by India. India beat Syria by 6-5 in a thrilling penalty shoot-out to defend the cup.

Till full time both teams were at 1-1, streching the game to penalty shoot-out. And the penalty shoot out was also very much exciting as once it looked India almost captured the game by leading 3-1, but suddenly Syrian players made it 4-4. But the hero of the day, Subrata Paul, goalkeeper of indian team who showed his skills and saved the goal making the final score 6-5.

Its a very good feeling being an indian, when India win in such a game where we rank 156th worldwide and beating a 95th rank team. But its not about ranking, its about winning a game. Suddenly football also getting some fame, as the news came out of Salman Khan to be the next Brand Ambassador of Football Federation of India. He was also present in the stadium to view the live action.

Indian star Baichung Bhutia was named man of the Tournament. But i would like to point one thing, after the ceremony when the team was posing for the fianl photo, it was Indian Coach who pushed in the last row, ahead of them was the ministers and members of the federation, which is quite shameful. Neverthless, its India and these things should matter the least.

Heartiest Congratulations to the India Team. Hope they win more matches like this and make some remark till 2012.

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Mr. Mohammad Ali Jinnah, who was considered the root cause, atleast in India for the partition of India and Pakistan at the time of Independence - as taught in our schools in history, has once again re-lived by the unnecessary debate caused by Jaswant Singh's latest book on Indian partition : Jinnah-India, Partition, Independence.

We all know whats going on after the release of Jaswant's book- he was sacked from BJP, Mr. Modi banned his book in Gujrat etc etc. And over this, RSS redirected the matter to the so called "BIG" change of leadership in BJP. Daily media news coming out on this issue, and awaiting a big change in the top postitions of BJP, L.K Advani may step down from the post of Opposition leader and Rajnath too.

BJP, after the defeat in the latest Elections had almost collapsed and now the situation is that there is no strong opposition party to Congress which is not so good to Indian democracy and politics. There must be at least two major parties in country so that there will be no monopoly. Also, this whole issue is just crap, now does this really matters how much Jinnah, Gandhi or Nehru was involved. No one really cares, people care about jobs, good food and living, better education, good infrastructure, peaceful life.The time where other countries are trying to figure out the growth of the country, trying to overcome with the slowdown, we're stuck at the lower GDP and issues like this.

I am not saying that history has no importance, but it should not affect our growth. Country is seeking some good leaders now who really cares about the live people not the ones who are dead now. There should be healthy discussions on how can we fight with corruption, how we grow more, human resources. Half of the country is in the trap of Drought, and prices of basic utilities is just going high n high. They should keep track of these things not such useless issues. And I hope BJP re -evolve from the current scenario, i personally think that BJP should leave the RSS phenomena and so called their "vichardhara", then there must be a good situation for all of us.

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So, here is my review of Nokia 5130 Xpress Music.
Its the lightweight phone with awesome sound quality, having great look and low on your pockets as this is the cheapest phone available with all these features.

As, its from Nokia's XpressMusic series, there is no doubt about the sound quality and sound output and there are music dedicated keys on left side. Moreover, it has universal 3.5mm jack making it compatible with all standard headsets and can be connected to the your computer's speaker too, which is i think really fabulous. Also, it gives 21h continuous music playback time.

The phone has stereo FM radio with RDS. RDS is Radio Data System that means it gives information about the station frequency like Radio channel name, its frequency, info about current playing song. The feature, AF (alternative frequency) allows your phone to automatically switch to a (nearly) different frequency of the same channel providing more clarity than your current frequency .

This phone has 2 Megapixel camera (1600x1300 pixels) and can take videos with 15 fps. The camera quality is also enhanced with this model.

It has 240x320 pixels screen resolution with 256k colour support. It has a decent battery backup. Apart from GPRS, class 32 and EDGE, class 32 it has Opera Mini as the default web browser making your phone internet experience richer. It also supports Bluetooth v2.0 with A2DP.

Now, one most important thing, it has phone memory of about 27 MB, but expandable memory is about 16 GB, yes 16 GB although there is still some conflict in that but 4GB support is guaranteed and it comes with a bundled 1GB microSD card.

Now some lags, i think, there are still some chances of improvement of bundled headsets, but with 3.5mm jack it overcome with it. Also, there is only one player for all media playback rather videos, mp3's etc...and you have to again select your music files. Initially, this might irritate you.

IMO, go buy it, the current street price is around Rs. 5.3K. With superb music features and other qualities, its going to be a great deal, and it is cheaper because it is manufactured in India rather than imported.

My Ratings : 4.5/5

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Ashes, needs no introduction to the cricket community, a war between Aus & Eng, a war between Bat & Ball, a war for nations pride for both Aus and Eng.

This year's Ashes has been so exciting, as always. In the 5 match series, its 1-1 and two test draws. So its the final for the Ashes 2009, and sheduled on 20-24 Aug 09 at the Oval, London.

We all know how exciting was this year's Ashes till now, and definitely will the last match. Both English and Aussies players are all set to fire the opponent and get their Ashes.

The first match drawn, but Punter showed that he is all set to get the trophy. This match was really a nail-biter, that last wicket of Eng made this an unforgetable end, although rain helped Eng a lot. Paul Collingwood played his part too.

The second test won by Eng, and this was a historic win as Eng won an ashes test first time at Lord's. Also, retirement announcement of Flintoff from test gathered news too. As a result he played exceptionally well and help Eng to lead by 1-0 and get the MOM.

In the third test, rain played superbly and almost washed the test and finally match was drawn.

In the fourth test, Ausssies came back strongly and allout Eng in just 33 overs with only 102 at the score board in first innings. Siddle was the hero with his 5/21 in just under 10 overs. This set the stage for Aussies to made 1-1. And they did it well by making this victory with huge margin. They won the match by an innings and 80 runs.

Now, this is the time, for both eng and aus to show up their strengths and powers. They are so exciting and so the viewers.

For me, i wish the best team win, but should be the most exciting match of the season.

Best of luck to both Aus and Eng. !!!

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Virus, worms, trojans, spywares.....etc..etc a headache for all computer users. Security is the most important concern for everyone, so programs developed to tackle with these, called Antivirus or antispyware.

These days everyone must have and actually had antivirus software installed as soon as one install windows. But most of us are using either pirated versions of Antivirus programs or outdated versions. If we legally buy any antivirus , it may cost you anything between Rs.700- Rs.2000 depending on the solutions provided by the suite and the effeciency of the program.

But you need not to worry, there are still some antivirus suites that are free and works no less than the paid programs. So, here i am going to list the three best free antivirus programs. You can install on your home computer and can update it regularly.

1. Avast Home Edition :
Avast is the first in my list, and the best of free antivirus. Avast! 4 Home Edition is a full-featured antivirus package designed exclusively for home users, non-commercial users. ALWIL Software a.s. offers avast! Home Edition free of charge, since in their opinion, it is possible to avoid global virus spreading by efficient prevention.

I have personally used it and its the best. It has some superb features like Web Shield, Virus chest, On boot scan which allows you to scan the system at the boot time.
For more info,features and to download click here.

2. Avira Antivir Personal:
Another superb and free antivirus software. You can try this one too, and it also has some brilliant features like a huge database to detect more than 15,000 viruses, Virus Guard feature, protection again trojans, worms and infact diallers too which eats up your internet bandwidth if your computer gets infected.

The AntiVir Personal Edition offers the effective protection against computer viruses for the individual and private use on a single PC-workstation. The reliability of AntiVir is demonstrated in numerous comparison test and references featured in independent trade journals.

Its interface is easy and quickly adaptable, so give it a try and you can get some more info from here and directly download it from here.

3. AVG Anti-virus :
Last but not the least, perfect on this phrase is AVG anti-virus which is the first choice for most of the users. It is the most popular free antivirus program and its Rapid virus database updates are available for the lifetime of the product, thereby providing the high-level of detection capability that millions of users around the world trust to protect their computers. AVG Free is easy-to-use and will not slow your system down (low system resource requirements).

It also has some unique features making it widely used antivirus program like AVG Resident Shield, which provides real-time protection as files are opened and programs are run, Free Virus Database Updates for the lifetime of the product, The AVG On-Demand Scanner.

I personally like its Virus vault feature very much, as being a free antivirus sometimes it is not able to disinfect/delete a virus, it moves that to the Virus vault, which is very effective. So, go and download it from here or get some more info from here.

There is a coincidence that the name of these three antivirus begins with letter 'A'.

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I am writing this post after watching Saina's current match of WBC (World Badminton Championship) going on in Hyderabad. The match was really very exciting and one should watch these sports too other than Cricket, although i am a big fan of Cricket.

Saina Nehwal, seeded No.6 in this tournament beat Petya of Bulgaria in a thrilling match. She lost first game to Petya by 18-21. But Saina came back strongly and won the last two game by 21-18 and 21-10 resp.

Saina(20) lost first game as she did some mistakes as she told to media. But the second game was really nail-biting for her fans and her coach P.Gopichand. Saina managed a lead of 18-10, but the bulgarian contender fought back brilliantly and made it to 18-18. But Saina kept her cool and won the game by 21-18.

The third game was quite easy for Saina but there were some long hiccups-n-samshes and outs and she managed the lead and won the game and the match. It was a perfect match, although a very few people watched this match on TV but i must say along with Cricket we must give some response to the other games, after all these are played in Olympics.

Now, Saina will take on second seed Chinese Ling Wang in the quarterfinal on Friday and i bet this would be the tougher one than today and so exciting. Indian mixed doubles pair of Jwala Gutta and V Diju, 8th seed pair also entered into quarterfinals.

Watch the Live Telecast of the match on DD-sports. The DD-sports concerned people should include more cameras and new technology so that people watching this have gr8 experience, this is the difference between a Govt supported channel and private sports channel. But go on and cheer for her.
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In continuation with the previous post, here I'll tell you how to port forward for any application using Telnet, which is the second method to do so.
(This tut tested on Win XP with UT 300R2U, but i think may work on all systems.)

1. Go to run> (type) Telnet.

2. Open the host connection by providing your IP address like this: (type without quotes)
"o 192.168.1.1". This may be different for you.

3. Now this will prompt you for Login & Password. Type your one.
If you dont know, try "admin" for both login & password.
(Note: Password will remain invisible, so carefully enter your password.)

4. Now, after providing correct login detail, a menu will appear with Sr. No. You have to enter that serial no for selecting that item from menu.
Now here, we are concerned with NAT so type " 6 " . This will show NAT Menu.

5. Now, select option 1, i.e. virtual server (type 1). This will prompt Virtual Server Menu. And then select "Add " option 1.






6. Now you need to enter the details, which is quite similar like in my previous post.
Here are the details :

• Service Name : abc or xyz (anything you want)
• Protocol : tcp & udp (option 0)
• External start/end : 61000 (or any other number around 50-60,000).
• Internal start/end : same as above
• IP Address : your LAN IP address, check it from (run>cmd>ipconfig).

It may sometime take 30sec-2min to configure your IP Address, so keep patience.

7. Now check with option 3 (show) that your port no has been added or not. It should be there. Now exit from all menu and come back to the main menu.

Now save & reboot using option 12 in the main menu.
Thats it. Now enter this port no in your application like utorrent.
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Sometimes we need portforwarding, which helps you to open up a port in your firewall or router so that you can accept incoming connections making your download (application oriented) fast or can play online games, host a web server or ftp server. For more info check here or here.

Here this tutorial is concerned with opening up a port for utorrent, the smallest bittroent client for making our download fast (depends on your connection and configuration). The speed may increase from 2-10 KBps for a normal broadband connection. This method can be applied to any other application. Basically this tut is all about opening a port for incoming connection.

There are two methods, first one is through router's/modem's interface page which is quite easy than the other one which is through Telnet.
I am going to discuss it the first one first and second in later posts.

The screenshots below may vary depending on your ISP and modem. I am currently using MTNL (India) with modem UT 300R2U.

1. Open your Router's home page in your browser like http://192.168.1.1/main.html or simply http://192.168.1.1

2. Click on Advance Setup and then on " NAT ".
There you'll see the table showing port address and its detail.


3.Now we are going to add one for our use. Click on "Add". A new page will open.
Enter/fill the following details :
a) There you can choose "Service", if you want to open a port for a speicfic service.
But here i am going to select "Custom Server", for all. Name it, anything you want like xyz.
b) Enter your "ip address". Get this from Run > cmd > ipconfig.
c) Both External Port Start/end and Internal Port End : any number around 60,000. Say, 61111.
d) Protocol : TCP/UDP.
e) Save the settings.

Now in the NAT table, you'll see the abc server details.

Now save & reboot your router to take the changes. (Go to Management> Save & Reboot).
That's it. All Done...!!!
For more info and router specific port forwarding check here.
Now enter this port no in your application/program. :)

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Cofused with the title...?? Actually i am talking about Linux, the OS which is hot favourite for not only techies but normal users too. Why is it so...?? Hmm......read on, you'll definitely get your answers.

I'll not write here anything techie about Linux, just what a normal user can get better than Windows OS. Linux, is the open source operating system which means that the software including the OS itself and the source code of it is freely available and one can modify it according to his needs and can also release it under the same License, called GPL (General Public License). You can google it to know more about it.

Now what matters more, how Linux is giving more advantage to a user than Windows. Here i am not making a comparison with Windows, but trying to scoop up the Linux advantages.

1. Cost : The most important thing is the "Price". What we pay to get the OS and the softwares we use. Ya ya, i know most of the people reading it says i get it Free, thnx to Piracy. But you are not need to be pirate a more. Because, Linux is completely free and the softwares too. And i must tell you that the Linux softwares are giving neck-to-neck competition to the Windows software, even though its FREE.

2. Ease of Use : There is a Myth that Linux is very complicated and not very handy to use. I am not completely denying that, but have u ever think that you learnt windows after devoting how much time to it ? I can bet you can learn it by giving just 10th part of it. The installation is very easy and takes very less time, infact some distros install on your system in 20-25 minutes.

3. Performance : Linux is mostly used as Server, although i m talking about desktop versions, why.... because it gives very high performance and can run 100s of days without a single reboot, it doesnt hang due to memory leaks like in windows and no need to reboot after any installation. There can be any no of users working simultaneously. It is a super multitasking system which dont slow down your pc with job queues and thus can work on any hardware configuration.

4. Compatability : You can run Linux on any system, with the least hardware configuration and it supports virtualisation too. You can create virtual hardwares to power up your needs. Great utility. It can run all common software packages and compatible with almost all hardwares.

5. Customisation : Linux is fully customizable. You can customize everything, how your desktop looks, your embeddeed system, can add docks, desklets because all configuration is saved in a simple plain text file and it doesnt hide up from you like windows. It has a large no of utilities for the power internet users.

6. Support : Its free, doesnt mean that if you get in some trouble, no way to get out of it. There is a huge community for all kinds of distros, guyz working and solving your problem and making open source a hit. You can google it up, and i am sure your problem have already been solved our earlier by someone. So no need of worry, anything will be sorted out by the developers and their team and a large no of users already using Linux.

7. Choice : Its you who is gonna to use it. So you can choose any one distro from a large no of distros available in Linux. Distros or flavors are the Linux based OS, like Ubuntu, Fedora, DSL, Mandriva etc etc which are desktop OS's and one can choose a Server edition too. I cant name them all, you can choose by your own specification. You can also choose between a huge no of applications available for you.

8. Security : Last but not the least, its security which puts up Linux on the top. It is highly secured OS, thats why used for the Servers and there is no need for any kind of anti-virus or Internet security suite because its Virus free. The architecture of Linux is so, that it makes Linux highly secured and sanitized from viruses. You can choose who will be going to access your files, every damn file can be configured for the need.

I have tried my best to put up the best in short, if you are now gonna to try Linux, I'd suggest you to go with Ubuntu, because its the most popular and easiest of Linux OS and feel free to ask me anything about it.
So its time for us to get something open in our computers too...... :)
Enjoy :)

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By the time you are reading this, you might have watched the movie,Love Aaj Kal. It has already got so much popularity, here i am giving my review about the movie after watching it. All shows are running House-Full, so its a hit..!!!

The movie is all about Love, how its Aaj (today) and how it was Kal (earlier,1960s). In Aaj, Saif played the character of Jai and Meera by Deepika. Jai is a cool stud type guy in London who falls in love with Meera, a hot modern gal. Both were enjoying their relationship for about a year, then broke off due to their ambitions, career just like today where the guys n gals commitment status keep changing due to several reasons.

The second story, i.e. Love Kal is story about a punjabi sardar of around 1960s which is narrated by Rishi Kapoor. The movie takes you to both stories in tagged "Imtiaz Ali's" time shifting environment. Jai and Meera have portrayed perfectly the modern guys n gals who often get confused and in flirty mood makes them enjoyable. This second story made Jai to realise about his true love, and then the story is all about bringing back your true love as in Kal.

The first half is just OK type, but the second half force you to say that "yes, its paisa vasool movie". This movie can be compared with "Jab we met" upto a higher extent. After all, Love aaj kal is also directed by Imtiaz Ali who directed jab we met. Full marks to him but the loop hole is definitely "Deepika Padukone". No doubt she is looking gorgeous but with no acting skills at all. The movie may be more interesting if Deepika would have played the role of girl in Kal story. Saif was perfect.

Music is already on the top of Charts, but i like "Chor Bazari" the most. The first song of the movie tells you the whole story. And the movie ends with just like jab we met by a rocking song, here Aahun aahun. The movie is of around 2h15min, which is really apt.

I think you must watch this, and if you are missing your someone special, then this one is definitely for you ;)

My ratings : 3.5/5

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