Highlights: India vs New Newland 1st day of 2nd Test

The first day of second test of India and New Zealand has finished. The host has won the toss and selects bat first and already has took a good lead of 351 runs just losing 4 wickets. So, they are dreaming to make the series equal. McLean Park, Napier may be the supportable ground for the Black Caps.

Although they fell trouble in the first time and lost 3 wickets earlier and just scoring 23 runs but 4^th partnership bought to them good luck. LRPL Taylor scored 151 runs from 262 delivers in 4^th partnership and JD Ryder is still not out with 137 runs. 

Fall of wickets: 1-21 (McIntosh, 7.1 ov), 2-22 (How, 8.6 ov), 3-23 (Guptill, 10.1 ov), 4-294 (Taylor, 69.3 ov)

Bowlers success: Z Khan 23/2, I Sharma 17/1, Harbhajan Singh 26/1

PXW/55GW and PXW/57GW Laptop from Toshiba Dynabook Satellite series

Two Laptop computers are from Toshiba which it PXW/55GW and PXW/57GW in Japan market now. Yesterday, Toshiba has launched these two Laptops from the Dynabook Satellite PXW Series. Both has 15.4 inch with LCD screen with 1,280x800 resolution (WXGA). Among the two, one is high-end version and other is low-end version.

 

The High-End configured the Dynabook Satellite PXW/57GW has Core 2 Duo P8400 CPU with 2.26GHz clock speed. It has 2GB memory that can be extended up to 4GB with huge storage of 160GB. The 15.4 LCD screen has with 1280×800 WXGA resolution. The Price will be around €930 or around $1,237.

 

On the other hand, Low-End has similarly 15.4 inch display with 1280×800 WXGA resolution. HDD has similar to 57GW has Core 2 Duo P8400 CPU with 2.26GHz clock speed of 160GB. But the processor is Intel Celeron 575 and clock speed is 2GHz and has optical driver. The price will be around €800 (about $1,064).

IPL 2009 from 18 April in stead of 10

It is confirmed that Indian Premier League second season (IPL 2009) will be host in South Africa. After an official meeting with CSA and IPL commissioner they come to in a point that 59-games will be placed in South Africa. Previously CSA had to compete with UK. Now, the IPL 2009 will be held from 18 April in stead of 10 April that the date was fixed previously. The tournament had to move from India because of Indian upcoming general election that will be the same time. That is why Indian government could not able to provide more security for the celebration of IPL 2009.

 

The Mumbai attack during the England tour and the Lahore attack on Sri Lanka Cricket team worried about them for more security and this is the main cause of over security.

 

There is no doubt that India is the most important country for the business about cricket. Even most of the advertisers invests more and look opportunities if the games will hold on Indian ground or the match along with India.

 

South Africa is the most experienced country of the world to inaugurate Twenty20 formatted tournament. Even they got huge reputation organizing the Twenty20 World Cup that was held in 2007. From this view South Africa is the best place for this tournament.

 

England is going to inaugurate the Twenty20 World Cup this year. So, they are not less important than the African country. Most probably, the timing becomes the main factor for England. As, IPL is based on Indian people and they have to maintain India time and from this view if they have to follow India time then the match have to organized at 11 AM. So, it is very bad time for England people. But CSA can organize it at 12:30 PM.

Source: Bloomberg

Samsung N120 Netbook, full keyboard with 10.5 hours battery backup

Yesterday, Samsung announced a new product in its Netbook line-up.  Samsung NC310 had 10.1 inch LCD display with 11hours working time supports.

 

But today, it has introduced another new netbook N120 with full size keyboards. It has a 6 cells battery with significant battery-power performance of 10.5 hours. N120 netbook from Samsung may be the first laptop PC that has full size key boards.  On March 24, 2009, Samsung Electronics has unveiled if in Korea.

 

FEATURES: 

• Intel® Atom™ processor
• Genuine Microsoft Windows® XP Home
• Richer sound: high-quality sound, integrated SRS 2.1ch system, featuring 2 x 1.5 Watt stereo speakers with a dedicated sub-woofer.
• Large size keyboard: full-size 12 inch keyboard
• Long-lasting battery life: Delivers up to 10.5 hours, long-life 6 cell battery
• Light weight: weighs just 1.28 kg (including a 6 cell battery)
• Durable casing
• Always stay in touch: 1.3 megapixel digital motion camera, you can use it for video-conferencing or live messaging.
• Simple data sharing: 3-in-1 memory card reader, 3 built-in USB ports and optional Bluetooth 2.0+EDR (Enhanced Data Rate).

 

The ECO friendly Samsung NC120 netbook has wrranty of On Time – and On Us

Samsung NC310 Netbook PC, 11 Hour battery life

Samsung NC10 makes huge buzz in the laptop world and it might be possible only for it long life battery of 8 hours. Now, I found a lot of news that Samsung will bring another netbook Samsung NC310 that will support 11 hours power backup. This Notebook PC may launch in Korea, Asia, CIS, Europe, and North America soon.

 

Simple Specification:

Intel Atom CPU (no word on the actual model, though)

10.1-inch LCD (assuming the resolution will be 1024×600)

Weighs 2.72 pounds with standard battery

Five hours of battery life, standard, or up to 11 hours with extended battery

Wi-Fi included, Bluetooth, optional 3G chipset

160GB hard drive, 1GB RAM

Three USB ports, 3-in-1 card reader, 1.3-megapixel webcam

 

Here I have to mention that the Eee PC from Asus (Eee PC 1000HE) service 9.5 hours power backup but Samsung NC310 Netbook PC will support your works with its 11 hours life. 

Asus Eee PC 1004DN with Optical Drive may launched UK and China not US

Asus Eee PC 1004DN is a netbook pc from Asus that will come to the market with an optical disc drive. It is the first Eee PC with an Optical Drive. It is true that I was a problem for the netbook pc users. Now, the users will feel comfortable with Asus Eee PC 1004DN.

Asus unveiled it at CES 2009 that was held in January. Although, Asus has no plan to launch it in US at this moment but they will be shipping it in UK and China first time. 

Asus Eee PC 1004DN

Simple Specifications:

CPU: 1.66GHz Intel Atom N280

Display: 10.2 inch, 1024 x 600 pixels

RAM: 1GB

HDD: 160GB

Connectivity: 802.11b/g/n, Bluetooth

Expansion: 3 USB ports, 1 VGA port

Dimensions: 10.4″ x 7.1″ x 1″

Webcam: 1.3-megapixel

8-in-1 card reader

 

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IPL 2009 may be hosted in South Africa

There is rumor in all media about Indian Premier League (IPL) what will be the venues for the second season. IPL 2009 was suffering for security concern because of Indian general election. Lalit Modi, the commissioner of IPL met to the home ministry of Indian govt. more times. But they both fail to come in a row about extra security concern during the match time. So, IPL 2009 may host in out side of India but the  semi final an final will be held in Indian ground.

Cricinfo wrote

 "We are looking at their requirements to see whether we can fulfill them. As I understand, we are one of the parties that they have approached, but for now we can say that we are ready to host the IPL. However, we expect to meet the Indian officials soon to understand the situation better."

Although this is not good news for Indian but may have nothing to do extra for IPL 2009 at this moment. But other satisfaction is that CSA feels interest to host the second season of IPL. Even they have experiences how to host or tackle the problems. Most important thing is that South Africa is the fist country that organized the inaugural Twenty20 World Cup tournament in 2007.