DantoNews

Two years back

2011-09-14T13:24:00.001-07:00

Last blogged here nearly two years back!!! Oh!!!

2009-11-22T08:32:00.001-08:00

25 years on, a walk through Carbide plant
Madhya Pradesh government has for first time opened up Union Carbide plant to show people that it’s completely safe and to dispel fears that hazardous chemicals were still scattered in the factory

2009-11-22T08:29:00.000-08:00

£60,000 book kept in Oxford toilet
A first edition of Charles Darwin’s Origin of Species which was kept in an Oxford toilet for years will go under the hammer this week

2009-11-22T07:40:00.000-08:00

Earth’s weather like you have never seen it before
Video shows Earth’s weather from August 17 to August 26, 2009. It also shows how beautiful this planet is, and how insignificant we are.

2009-11-22T07:26:00.000-08:00

Meter down

Girlfriend is angry with me :( . Meter down. Tried making her understand what I did was not wrong, but...

2009-06-19T11:00:00.000-07:00

The day is never ending...
Centre returns Gujarat's anti-terror law, Lalgarh standoff continues, Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray still in ICU... the news keeps coming in

2009-06-19T07:51:00.000-07:00

It's Friday...
Am looking forward to the weekend!

2009-06-18T15:37:00.000-07:00

Oh my gosh!
Just realised I have not been blogging on blogger.com for nearly a year. Shame on me!

2008-05-07T12:31:00.000-07:00

my.dead.com
Why doesn't Microsoft just give up the fight and admit it's a failure? Tried logging in to my.live.com and guess, what, it was dead.

2008-05-01T09:29:00.001-07:00

Al Qaeda Podcast
Video sent by moblogictv

The hits just keep on coming from America's two most wanted - Bin Laden & Al-Zawahiri.

2008-05-01T09:19:00.001-07:00

OGNAT
Video sent by cuadradonegro

Trailer video of the dance piece OGNAT directed by Rodrigo Pardo premiered in Biennale di Venezia june 2007.With Cristina Cortes R. Pardo and Sebastian Scandroglio. Original music: Carmen Baliero

2008-04-27T07:56:00.001-07:00

ScribeFire
Let's see how this works...

2008-04-19T01:24:00.000-07:00

Tweet what you eat
Keep a food diary...

2008-04-19T00:57:00.000-07:00

Green cover
Time magazine's amazing cover.

2008-04-16T06:38:00.003-07:00

Blog it
Have just added the Blog It application to Facebook. Let's see how it looks

2008-04-12T22:46:00.000-07:00

Forget iPhone, watch out for EyePhone
It is a novel mobile phone programme able to provide information on what you see when you see it

2008-04-12T02:40:00.000-07:00

Am not sexist, but...
If women controlled the world

2008-04-08T13:43:00.000-07:00

Fun@work
The second day of the MiD DAY Food Festival, at the Parel office, yesterday. And before you get ideas, here's what Editor Lajwanti D'Souza and I were trying to do: open a wine bottle. PICS/Rane Ashish.

2008-04-08T13:36:00.000-07:00

Voice of India Chhote Ustad
Ash with MiD DAY Political Editor Deepak Lokhande and me at the Gujarati MiD DAY office, a day after winning the contest on Star Plus.

2008-04-06T14:46:00.000-07:00

Aishwarya Majumdar at MiD DAY
The Voice of India Chhote Ustad was at the Gujarati MiD DAY office on Sunday. Will post a photo of her in office tomorrow

2008-04-06T14:14:00.001-07:00

Pick of the pics
The best photos from Reuters

2008-04-06T14:14:00.000-07:00

Pick of the pics
The best photos from Reuters

2008-04-05T13:52:00.000-07:00

Headliner
Apple vs The Big Apple: A headline on a war over a logo

2008-04-04T15:05:00.000-07:00

Dirty boys
My friend Jacked Nicholson had fun with this bit of imaging.

2008-04-04T14:58:00.000-07:00

Justa testing
Is this draft.blogger.com thinga new? Don't know, as I have blogged after quite a while.

2008-04-04T14:37:00.001-07:00

http://interjunction.org
A website to bring together media and academia. My friend Chindu Sreedharan is associated with it.

2008-03-03T13:35:00.000-08:00

Iranelections.con
Iran is likely to shut down the Internet during the elections!

2008-03-03T13:31:00.000-08:00

Will the real monkey stand up
One of the best pieces I have read on the Harbhajan racism row.

2007-12-13T13:44:00.000-08:00

Do we have the balls to play Tests at night?
I admired the balls of Australia's The Age to carry that headline, until I read the intro: The integrity of Test cricket would be fundamentally threatened if the game was played under lights, according to major supplier of cricket balls and some players.

2007-12-11T11:47:00.000-08:00

Caught in the act
Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan was also at the MiD DAY office recently, as guest editor. MiD DAY photographer Rane Ashish caught me trying to shoot SRK in editor Shishir Joshi's cabin.

2007-12-11T11:41:00.000-08:00

Chak De! MiD DAY!
The Chak De! India girls were at the MiD DAY office. Was too shy to chat with them. Just smiled. PIC/Rane Ashish/MiD DAY

2007-12-11T11:38:00.000-08:00

My old new look
With my right hand still broken, cannot shave. So I decided to sport a beard. Let's see how long it lasts. PIC/Pradeep Dhivar/MiD DAY

2007-12-11T11:30:00.000-08:00

Wow, am back! Lots happening in media
Sakal is planning an English newspaper in Mumbai, Mail Today may come to Mumbai, DNA is going to Pune, Saira Menezes is joining People magazine's India edition as editor, a new paper is coming out in the Gulf, INX (or is it JINX?) is planning a news channel... and lots more. Let me take a deep breath!

2007-08-21T21:00:00.000-07:00

...since I last blogged
It has been months (a year?) since I last blogged. Hope to get back in action soon. Broke my right arm and right knee. Am on the slow road to recovery. Have also joined (returned to) MiD DAY, as deputy editor.

Enjoy!

2007-03-24T13:59:00.000-07:00

Woolmer's passion for cricket was his undoing
Peter Roebuck: Bob was last glimpsed as an overweight, shattered figure putting his laptop back into his bag as his shamed team trudged from the field after losing to Ireland on Saturday.

2007-01-24T01:51:00.000-08:00

Shake hands with the 'Vertical Mouse'
It may be sold at a site called "Fun Shop," but we think this mouse is worth taking seriously, at least in concept.

2007-01-21T01:47:00.000-08:00

Look at this!
Celebrities without makeup.

2007-01-20T22:20:00.000-08:00

Unbelievable
What hands can do!

2007-01-20T22:19:00.000-08:00

Al-Jazeera to launch English channel in India
The Qatar-based television channel will launch its channel in India, Oliver Lindsay, commercial director said.

2007-01-20T13:37:00.000-08:00

Celebrity Big Brother

Want the latest on the reality show? Check out the official web site.

2007-01-20T13:15:00.001-08:00

10 Most Bizarre People on Earth
Weird Stuff here especially Bhagat: had his twin brother on his stomach omg!

2007-01-15T13:47:00.000-08:00


Girl in human sling shot at millionaire's home in Utah

2006-12-23T10:57:00.000-08:00

How they steal your card at ATMs
One surveillance camera in a bank in Italy has captured these images. They clearly show how easily you may be swindled out of your money, while banking at automatic teller (ATM)

2006-12-23T10:50:00.000-08:00

Vijay Mallya's birthday
Priyanka Jain had the rare chance to spot Dr Vijay Mallya in an unguarded moment lounging with two-three people at Baga beach sometime around October end.

2006-12-23T10:45:00.000-08:00

In graphics
Muslim veils unveiled on BBCNews.

2006-12-23T10:37:00.000-08:00

Making my day
The ironing guy comes everyday and these days I barely have two shirts to give him on a regular basis, since I have stopped wearing clothes that need ironing. Tough hubby tries his best to dirty as many as possible regularly.

2006-12-23T10:34:00.000-08:00

Blogger’s hasty exit from Beta
The new Blogger is out of Beta. Defying “conventional” Web 2.0 “wisdom” of a perpetual Beta, the new version of Blogger has been formally launched.

2006-12-23T10:27:00.000-08:00

A Tabloid New York Times?
Even The New York Times is planning on a tabloid-format newspaper to suit the younger generation’s desires, although “it’s way too early to talk about it,” said executive editor Bill Keller.

2006-12-04T12:59:00.000-08:00

The big Digg rig
Digg became one of the top sites for tech news because it lets Web-savvy geeks decide what's newsworthy, offer up stories they like and vote on their favorites.

2006-12-04T12:53:00.000-08:00

Who ever thought it would be like this?
Japanese manhole cover art

2006-12-04T12:48:00.000-08:00

Free online file conversion
Have you ever wanted to convert files without the need to download software? (I have not tried it out)

2006-12-04T12:42:00.000-08:00

The world's most famous actor...
...and you've never heard of him (Sunday Times). Uh?

2006-11-12T05:10:00.000-08:00

How a newsroom should work...
...and how it works.

2006-11-10T21:38:00.000-08:00

Yahoo! Messenger in Yahoo! Mail
Yahoo! is planning to incorporate the Yahoo! Messenger Instant Messaging (IM) service into its email service, Yahoo! Mail

2006-11-10T20:54:00.000-08:00

Clever game
Type words correctly or die...

2006-11-10T20:39:00.000-08:00

The worst political web sites
Go ahead, have fun!

2006-11-10T20:33:00.000-08:00

Ontario-based musician takes down Slashdot
Apparently an musician posted the 16,777,215th comment, blowing up the comment table on the popular site.

2006-11-10T20:29:00.000-08:00

Digital newspapers by 2008
Saving the planet through paperless printing?

2006-11-10T20:25:00.000-08:00

Time should name Stewart, Colbert as POY
The Person of the Year honor would be appropriate

2006-11-03T21:15:00.000-08:00

The Firefox Kid
Blake Ross helped make Firefox one of the biggest open-source success stories ever. Just wait until you see what he's up to now.

2006-10-24T22:35:00.000-07:00

Easy publishing tools for online journalists
Put your site online, without much money or tech effort, using these blog and content management tools.

2006-10-23T23:20:00.000-07:00

(Just a few of) the worst mag covers of all time!
Here are Media Guy's nominees; send him yours.

2006-10-23T03:02:00.000-07:00

The world's sexiest toilet...
Would you use it?

2006-09-25T23:50:00.000-07:00

Is this a pint I see before me?
Can it be true that Shakespeare often wrote with a hangover? Some experts think so. It would certainly explain why he penned some of the clumsiest lines in English literature, says John Sutherland.

2006-09-25T21:40:00.000-07:00

Do the Math: Will Sony Go Broke?
For video game players, the competition among the three game console manufacturers must seem like a Dead or Alive tournament. There's always a winner and a loser, but someone else is always lined up for another bout with the winner.

2006-09-02T15:38:00.000-07:00

Shakira at the MTV Awards 2006

Wonder if anyone looked at the Indian style dance or at the hips that did not lie.

2006-09-02T15:28:00.000-07:00

Kyra Phillips delivers Letterman's top 10

2006-08-29T13:17:00.000-07:00

The Xbox 360 Uncloaked
The real story behind Microsoft's next-generation video game console.

2006-08-25T13:58:00.000-07:00

Hair unruffled by furore
What on earth has Billy Doctrove's agent been doing with himself this week? There's his client at the centre of one of the biggest sports stories of the year and all we hear is Darrell Hair this and Darrell Hair that. If I were the Dominican umpire I would be seeking alternative representation.

2006-08-25T13:56:00.000-07:00

More media, less news
Newspapers are making progress with the internet, but most are still too timid, defensive or high-minded.

The proposed Broadcast Bill

2006-08-25T08:30:00.000-07:00

Parts II, III and IV.

Pluto dissed

2006-08-24T15:31:00.000-07:00

The recently demoted member of our solar system responds: "Planets have feelings, too."

Customize me

2006-08-24T15:25:00.000-07:00

After looking at the new Nokia E61 (E62 in the States), a colleague and I were discussing what cellphone we would get next.

2006-08-22T12:02:00.000-07:00

ABBA The No Show
No tickets? Why not just ring, ring... but don't give me a call

We just need better journalists

2006-08-22T09:36:00.000-07:00

In my next life I want to come back as a diversity director. Preferably for a large corporation.

2006-08-20T21:21:00.000-07:00

The way goldfish dance
A must-see video!

2006-08-18T15:14:00.000-07:00

Woman shot with rubber bullets at a protest in Miami

and cops laugh after that!

The proposed Broadcast Bill -- Part 1

2006-08-18T14:40:00.000-07:00

The Hoot presents excerpts from the Broadcast Bill with comments on its key proposals

Coke's GTA-style advt

2006-08-18T13:55:00.000-07:00

Pretty cool, I would say, despite all the recent noises about pesticides and colas.

Caps lock must die

2006-08-17T11:36:00.000-07:00

There's no denying the caps lock key can be a pain. How often have you accidentally found yoUR TYPING ALL UPPER-CAse because you accidentally pressed it? Or been locked out of your computer because Caps Lock keeps messing with your password?

Newspapers in $20b hole

2006-08-17T09:56:00.000-07:00

US newspaper groups could face a shortfall in the next five years as readers and advertisers shift to the web, according to researchers .

Wireless works wonders in Tibet

2006-08-17T09:45:00.000-07:00

Across the border from Chinese-occupied Tibet, the tech infrastructure in this high mountain village is a mess.

But a former Silicon Valley dot-commer and members of the underground security group Cult of the Dead Cow are working with local Tibetan exiles to change that using recycled hardware, solar power, open-source software and nerd ingenuity.

Windows Live Writer

2006-08-17T09:40:00.000-07:00

Am testing out this on Blogger. Here's how it looks!

2006-08-17T07:56:00.000-07:00

UK's first computer hacking degree launched
A degree course in computer hacking has been launched by a Scottish university in response to industry demand for IT security experts.

2006-08-17T07:33:00.000-07:00

Readers are the new paparazzi
A few days before he planted his head into the chest of the Italian defender Marco Materazzi in the World Cup final, ensuring an inglorious exit to an otherwise stellar soccer career, Zinédine Zidane stepped out onto the balcony of his Berlin hotel and had a smoke.

2006-08-14T03:06:00.000-07:00

Reuters Asia boss to join HT as Editor-in-Chief
Chaitanya Kalbag, till recently Managing Editor, Reuters Asia, is joining Hindustan Times as Editor-in-Chief from September 1, 2006. HT Editor Shekhar Bhatia will be reporting to him.

2006-08-09T14:27:00.000-07:00

Online: where obituaries go to be interactive
You're born, you work, you die. Jeff Taylor has already harnessed the power of the Internet to remake one of those three life events: He founded the job-search site Monster.com in 1994. Depending on which set of statistics you pick, Monster.com is either the largest or second-largest online hiring hall. Now, Taylor is ready to take on death.

2006-08-09T14:20:00.000-07:00

What every webmaster must know about copyright
Make sure you know your rights, and the rights of others.

2006-08-04T09:09:00.000-07:00

Microsoft rolls out Windows Vista soft drink
Presumably to get lackadaisical coders back on track, Gates and Co has ordered a supply of Windows Vista beverages to complement the plethora of other free refreshments available at the office.

2006-08-04T08:50:00.000-07:00

Star may beam channels on Zee's Dish TV
Star India said it has agreed to supply its television channels to Zee promoted Direct-to-Home platform Dish TV following a direction by the broadcast tribunal.

2006-08-04T08:44:00.000-07:00

Uproar over satire on Westminster 9/11 attack
The BBC has been urged to pull a 'sick' new comedy show which features spoof news reports of Tony Blair being assassinated and a 9/11-style video of terrorists crashing an airliner into the Houses of Parliament.

2006-08-04T08:35:00.000-07:00

First 10 Netscape Navigators revealed
Jason Calacanis has been struggling to convert the old Netscape portal (now ownd by AOL) into a community news site pretty much like Digger (Read the first comment too!)

2006-08-04T08:02:00.000-07:00

Google pays for AP news content shocker
Google has agreed to pay the Associated Press for use of its news stories and pictures, according to the two companies.

Headliner (Techdirt): Google pays AP to help put the F(U) in AFP

2006-07-23T23:03:00.000-07:00

Only 5% of Bloggers are journalists
A recent study has concluded that only 5% of bloggers have news as their primary topic. The study was conducted by the Pew Internet & American Life Project.

2006-07-23T23:00:00.000-07:00

We are watching you
It has become a cliche that new technology has changed TV, for ever.

2006-07-23T22:58:00.000-07:00

Is it possible to take AFP content off Google News?
After the French news agency AFP sued Google for $17.5 million in damages last year, Google agreed to stop posting AFP content on its news aggregator. But as it turns out, AFP is still there

2006-07-23T22:40:00.000-07:00

What does it mean to be an American?
Do you have what it takes to become a US citizen? Take this test!

2006-07-23T12:01:00.000-07:00

Top 10 dumbest online business ideas that made it big time
1. Million Dollar Homepage
1000000 pixels, charge a dollar per pixel – that’s perhaps the dumbest idea for online business anyone could have possible come up with. Still, Alex Tew, a 21-year-old who came up with the idea, is now a millionaire.

2006-07-23T07:41:00.000-07:00

Comic book adapts 9/11 report
Graphic novel is accurate, commission chairmen say.

2006-07-22T07:23:00.000-07:00

Is this the most happening paper in the world?
One of India’s two best editors—keep guessing!—says The Independent, London, the paper started by a journalists’ co-operative, may probably the most buzzing publication in the world. This frontpage on the bombing of Lebanon by Israel shows us why.