CHAMPIONS LEAGUE T20 FIXTURES 2009

A total of 23 matches will be played Oct. 8-23 at three venues: Bangalore, New Delhi and Hyderabad.The 12 teams have been divided into four preliminary groups of three teams each. Two teams from each group will advance to the eight-team round-robin league.

Host India will have three teams in the competition, with Deccan Chargers and Delhi Daredevils joining Bangalore in the lineup.

The top four teams will then move into the semifinals, which will be played in New Delhi on Oct. 21 and Hyderabad on Oct. 22. Hyderabad will stage the final on Oct. 23.

Group A: Deccan Chargers (India), Trinidad and Tobago (West Indies) and England No. 2 (to be decided).

Group B: New South Wales Blues (Australia), Diamond Eagles (South Africa) and England No. 1 (to be decided).

Group C: Royal Challengers Bangalore (India), Cape Cobras (South Africa) and Otago Volts (New Zealand).

Group D: Delhi Daredevils (India), Victoria Bushrangers (Australia) and Wayamba (Sri Lanka)
Organizers released the draw Thursday for the the new US$6-million international T20 tournament involving 12 top provincial teams from seven nations. Victoria and New South Wales qualified from Australia, with Cape Cobras and Diamond Eagles from South Africa, Trinidad and Tobago from West Indies, Otago from New Zealand and Wayamba from Sri Lanka.

Royal Challengers Bangalore will take on Cape Cobras in the inaugural match of the Twenty20 Champions League in October.The two English teams will be decided after the domestic Twenty20 championship ends in August

SHRUTHI HAASAN IN AJITH'S NEXT FILM

Shruthi Haasan Daughter of Super star Kamal Hassan Made his debut in bollywood. Shruthi Haasan’s first film Luck has just opened to good response and her performance has been widely appreciated. Shruti has done some daredevil stunt sequences in Luck without using a dupe, and every one in the film’s unit was awestruck by Shruti’s can-do-anything attitude!. She is also careful not to star in films with similar roles. She has now started receiving offers from various production houses, Meanwhile, insiders claim that Shruti has agreed to star in Ajith’s next film but is also planning to concentrate on her career in music.

GOOGLE OS CHROME TO BE LAUNCHED IN 2010

The Google operating system “Chrome”, due out in the second half of 2010, threatens to chip away at Microsoft’s market share in the low end of the PC market the less expensive and less powerful laptops known as “netbooks,” which are becoming increasingly popular among consumers primarily interested in surfing the Web.
Most industry observers believe it will take years before the Chrome operating system develops into a serious challenger to Microsoft’s Windows, which runs on more than 1 billion PCs, according to Collins Stewart analyst Sandeep Aggarwal. The Chrome operating system also could put Google into direct competition with Apple.
Some computer makers already are considering using Android as an operating system in netbooks, but some may think Android is better suited for handheld devices. They also think elements of the Android and Chrome systems could eventually merge.
Although Google won’t charge for the Chrome operating system, Schmidt said it could easily pay off by driving down the cost of computers so people can afford to buy more machines and surf the Web more often.

SURYA'S AADHAVAN MUSIC RELEASE ON AUGUST 15

The music of Aadhavan is composed by Harris Jayaraj. Aadhavan will be dubbed in Telugu by producer Udhayanidhi Stalin under the banner of Red Giant Movies. Suriya’s much-anticipated Aadhavan will be launched on August 15, 2009 - India’s Independence Day under the Think Music label.

Aadhavan is directed by renowned K.S. Ravikumar. Aadhavan is a story of a huge joint family. A rich woman (Saroja Devi) has four sons and her oldest son has a daughter, played by Nayantara. Vadivelu plays her cook. Murali (Malayalam actor) and Rahul Dev, plays the villain role. Also in the cast are Pepsi Vijayan, Ramesh Khanna, Sayaji Shinde, Anand Babu and Manobala.Suriya plays a servant who wants to take revenge on the household but ends up in becoming the owner. The story is by N.S. Ramesh Khanna. Cinematography is by Ra. Ganesh, the art director is Rajeevan, editing is by Don Max and stunts are by Kanal Kannan. The film is co-produced by M. Senbagamurthy and R. Arjun Dorai.

NOKIA N97 FEATURES

Nokia N97 device is said to be offer a personalized mobile and Internet. This Nokia device includes multiple sensors, processing power, memory and connection speeds which help users to share their social location. The Nokia N97 has incorporated A-GPS sensors and an electronic compass which helps the gadget locate its exact place.
Nokia N97 include Facebook, news services like NDTV and Reuters, email, shopping and weather information. Proficiency in blogging, chatting, posting, sending texts or emailing can be achieved with the help of the intuitive User Interface which has an option of physical QWERTY and virtual touch input.

Features of Nokia N97:

• This touch screen device can rope in a storage space of 48GB. It includes a 32GB on-board memory, expandable with a 16GB microSD card which can be used for music and media.


• The Nokia N97 comes with superior music quality along with full support for the Nokia Music Store.


• The phone sports a large 3.5” widescreen display with 16:9 aspect ratio and a distinct tilting feature.


• The device has a nonstop playback time of up to 1.5 days.


• It also includes a 5-megapixel camera with advanced quality Carl Zeiss optics and DVD quality video capture.


• It includes a full QWERTY keyboard that can be completely modified with a variety of widgets to get live data straight on the device.


• The Nokia N97 is the most powerful, multi-sensory mobile device in existence.


• The Nokia N97 is the only Nokia device which provides an access to the newly opened Ovi store.


• This store is a one-stop shop for a full list of applications, videos, games, podcasts, web, productivity tools, location based services and much more.