Vijay Narayanan on March 22nd, 2006

Microsoft has announced that it is going to delay the launch of the will-it-ever-come Windows Vista.Mary Jo Foley of the PC Magazine explains the reasons in her article, “What’s Really Behind the Windows Vista Delay?” To say that Microsoft’s bombshell decision to delay the launch of Windows Vista until 2007 was due to quality concerns [...]

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Vijay Narayanan on March 17th, 2006

[cross-posted in TN Assembly Election '06]Rajnikanth’s decision to stay away from the political theatre this time around is probably his best move yet. The actor, who was once touted to be future Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, has now politely removed himself from the race. This offers an excellent study of the characteristics a leader [...]

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Vijay Narayanan on March 13th, 2006

South Africa beat Australia and all that. A Himalayan achievement, no doubt. Yesterday’s match was a tribute to the human spirit, a celebration of the never-say-die attribute of sportsmen who immortalized themselves by entering the annals of cricket history. But it is also a reminder, of the sorry state of bowlers. About the ruthlessness of [...]

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Vijay Narayanan on March 12th, 2006

I am constrained to repeat the opening line of my previous post. “How do champions respond to bad patches?By rising like a phoenix does.” Oh, and there’s a similar photo too… The South Africans, who were mauled earlier in the day, responded like how some superstar-wannabes in Tamil cinema do: “It doesn’t matter who gets [...]

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Vijay Narayanan on March 12th, 2006

How do champions respond to bad patches? By rising like a phoenix does. And that is what the Aussies have reiterated today. The punter and his men plundered the South African attack, making the Springboks look like bunch of schoolboys. Ricky Ponting led the rampage with a blazing 164 off 105 balls, as the Aussies [...]

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