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Watch SuperBowl XLIV [44] commercials
Tuesday, 9 Feb, 2010 – 12:05 | View Comments
Watch SuperBowl XLIV [44] commercials

In case you missed it or are not into American Football, Miami hosted the biggest Sporting event of US, the SuperBowl XLIV [44] on Feb 7 th. SuperBowl is comparable to Soccer World cup, and an estimated 60% of US households tune into the event on tellys. And if you are super-rich you would attend [...]

InfoConnect 2010 / InfoBiz 2010 : Same old story
Wednesday, 3 Feb, 2010 – 20:43 | View Comments
InfoConnect 2010 / InfoBiz 2010 : Same old story

Dropped by at InfoConnect / InfoBiz 2010 at the International Fair Grounds in Mishref today hoping against all hopes that there would be something different than previous years. But again it turned out to be the same story as before. The entire exhibition is predominantly mobile phone show. With over 60% stalls selling mobile phones [...]

The most expensive bouquet in the World: 1 Million Saudi Riyals expensive
Wednesday, 3 Feb, 2010 – 9:14 | View Comments
The most expensive bouquet in the World: 1 Million Saudi Riyals expensive

This is EPIC in so many ways…its beautiful, its ingenious [better than giving material stuff], and its expensive. This is 1 million Saudi Riyal bouquet.
Look closely how the entire bouquet is made from crisp bills of 500, 100 and 50 Riyals.
Lets put this in perspective:
1 Million Saudi Riyal = US$ 266,667 [approx]
1 Million Saudi Riyal [...]

CAF 2010 : Egypt 1: Ghana 0 : The goal that gave Egypt 3rd CAF Cup
Monday, 1 Feb, 2010 – 12:37 | View Comments
CAF 2010 : Egypt 1: Ghana 0 : The goal that gave Egypt 3rd CAF Cup

Last night Egypt brought down the house with an amazing performance at the CAF 2010 [African Nations Cup] Final showdown against Ghana. The dream run was completed by the super-substitute Gedo, who now for all obvious reasons is a superstar in Egypt and beyond. Gedo nudged in the winning goal at 85th minute giving Egypt [...]

Rubik’s Cube World Record performance…under 10 seconds
Monday, 1 Feb, 2010 – 11:54 | View Comments
Rubik’s Cube World Record performance…under 10 seconds

This kid is amazing with Rubik’s cube..check out the sub 10 seconds performances..

Apple iPad is here..pricing is lucrative..but fails to satisfy
Thursday, 28 Jan, 2010 – 0:06 | View Comments
Apple iPad is here..pricing is lucrative..but fails to satisfy

So finally after years and years of rumors from fanboys, industry pundits and geeks, Apple finally revealed its latest market breaker tech gadget the iPad. Yep this gadget is sexy, geeky, fashionable accessory, and contains enough punch to lure the masses towards itself. Apple knows how to play the mind games, catch the wave, and [...]

Thank You..Thank You…
Wednesday, 27 Jan, 2010 – 12:15 | View Comments
Thank You..Thank You…
Low fly-bys of army choppers all over Kuwait
Saturday, 23 Jan, 2010 – 11:54 | View Comments
Low fly-bys of army choppers all over Kuwait

Wow the low fly-bys of army choppers has been happening since 10.30 am today. Here is the first video. I cant identify the choppers models but they look awesome.

Kuwait fans accused of shining lasers in Oz players eyes during soccer match
Thursday, 7 Jan, 2010 – 14:26 | View Comments
Kuwait fans accused of shining lasers in Oz players eyes during soccer match

Australian national soccer team ‘Socceroos’ have complained that Kuwait fans acted irresponsibly by shining lasers in players eyes during soccer match. They also feel that this might have caused them to under perform. This was during the Asian Cup Qualifier match. Authorities are investigating this incident.
more details [LINK]

Rumor: Jazeera Airways to be acquired by Kuwait Airways?!
Wednesday, 23 Dec, 2009 – 10:56 | View Comments
Rumor: Jazeera Airways to be acquired by Kuwait Airways?!

Rumors are abound that Jazeera Airways is getting acquired by Kuwait Airways…Now that would be a shame given the kind of doldrums Kuwait Airways service is in..

Is this the end for Nokia & iPhone? Google Phone coming Jan 5th..at $199 / $99
Wednesday, 16 Dec, 2009 – 0:06 | View Comments
Is this the end for Nokia & iPhone? Google Phone coming Jan 5th..at $199 / $99

Rumours are doing rounds that much awaited Google phone is going to hit the markets on Jan 5th. The Nexus 1 model is expected to turn the mobile phone market upside-down. Priced at gravity defying US$ 199 and US$99 for long time Google users and that too UNLOCKED!!! Google phone will be available for purchase [...]

Fastest goal ever…Saudi goal keeper devastated
Wednesday, 11 Nov, 2009 – 11:57 | View Comments
Fastest goal ever…Saudi goal keeper devastated

This has gottabe the fastest goal ever in the history of soccer. From kickoff at 00:01 to GOAAAAALLL at 00:02 !! Yep you heard it right in first 2 seconds of the game…watch the video. The game was between Al-hilal and Al-Soalah club in the Prince Faisal Bin Fahad cup. Al-hilal won the game at [...]

Good news to share…
Tuesday, 3 Nov, 2009 – 23:28 | View Comments
Good news to share…

Dear all…by the grace of God we have been blessed with two boys today. It’s an overwhelming experience for both of us and still sinking in. Both the mother and babies are doing fine. Will share more updates soon…

Time for Triple Treat…upgrades
Tuesday, 20 Oct, 2009 – 12:54 | View Comments
Time for Triple Treat…upgrades

Its that time of the year when you least expect to be disrupted while working. But seems all major IT companies are hell bent on release dates close to each other to ward of competition. I use OSX [Apple Mac] as my primary system and I have 3 virtual machines running simultaneously on it. Yep [...]