Archive for the ‘News’ Category

Filed Under (Conflict, Fun, News, POLITICS, Sri Lanka, WTF) by Deane on September-21-2008

Marking the International day of Peace, the Sri Lankan Police decided to launch registration of residents from the north currently staying as ‘guests’ in Colombo. The new Colombo Visa is complete with details such as purpose of visit, expiry date, etc….



Filed Under (Fun, News, POLITICS, Sri Lanka, WTF) by Deane on September-12-2008

See this is why I hate cats. From the Daily MirrorA cat in Ratnapura is wanted for swallowing jewellery worth thousands of rupees after it entered several houses uninvited and swallowed valuable rings and pendants lying around, police sources in Colomb…



Filed Under (Internet, News, PERSONAL, Web) by Times Eye on September-2-2008

This is what Google has to say.This article on blogoscoped will show the features leaked to the net accidentally . * Google Chrome is Google’s open source browser project. As rumored before under the name of “Google Browser”, this will be b…



Filed Under (Internet, News, PERSONAL, Web) by Times Eye on September-2-2008

This is what Google has to say.This article on blogoscoped will show the features leaked to the net accidentally . * Google Chrome is Google’s open source browser project. As rumored before under the name of “Google Browser”, this will be b…



Filed Under (Fun, News, POLITICS, Sri Lanka, WTF) by Deane on August-31-2008

The story is from Saturday’s Daily Mirror,The Sri Lanka Teachers’ Union warned yesterday that it would go for a massive trade union action by bringing all teachers together.Charging the government had hoodwinked the union and the general public by st…



Filed Under (News, PERSONAL, POLITICS, Thoughts) by Times Eye on August-18-2008

As Silumina reported Mr Ranjan Ramanayaka was not acting to be injured. Actually the photo that they published in their news paper was digitally edited (Flipped). But they have done it very poorly, if you watch closely at the background you’ll see the…



Filed Under (News, PERSONAL, TECHNOLOGY, Thoughts, science) by Times Eye on August-14-2008

Its amazing how science try to push the boundaries of human potentials. It started with people like Einstein , Newton and Darwin. Some believed that we have already found all the basic theories of the universe, only finishing touches to be made. But sc…



Filed Under (Nature, News, PERSONAL) by Times Eye on August-4-2008

(PhysOrg.com) — The world’s smallest species of snake, with adults averaging just under four inches in length, has been identified on the Caribbean island of Barbados. The species — which is as thin as a spaghetti noodle and small enough to rest comf…



Filed Under (News, PERSONAL, Thoughts) by Times Eye on July-1-2008

Is it possible to find a group of people who has never seen an advanced culture for thousands of years. Totally isolated from the world, without mobiles, cars and internet. Recently scientist found an ancient tribe, hidden deep inside Brazilian forest….



Filed Under (News, PERSONAL, TECHNOLOGY) by Times Eye on June-22-2008

These are few things that changed the world from its innovation. The most resent one is Tata Nano. The car which costs only 2500$. This car will surely have a great impact on car makers around the world. At the current cost of oil, a car that runs 20 k…



Filed Under (News, PERSONAL, Thoughts) by Times Eye on June-12-2008

There is a belief in Burma that if a powerful man gets contact with womens cloths, he looses his power. The military junta has a superstitious belief that contact with females, even their clothing, will make them weak. Burma is considered one of the w…



Filed Under (News, PERSONAL) by Times Eye on June-5-2008

This was an email sent by one of my friends.Truely amazing…………….. It was a day to remember… Their Wedding shoot. At the famous 100-year-old Church of the Annunciation in Pengzhou , China . Very early morning May 12, photographer Wang went a…



Filed Under (News, PERSONAL) by Times Eye on May-30-2008

This is a cool idea, why didn’t i think of this before. A solar cell which is totally organic . This could solve lots of problems.A woman displays a prototype leaf-shaped green coloured flexible organic solar cell modules, jointly developed by Japan’s …



Filed Under (News, PERSONAL, Thoughts) by Times Eye on May-26-2008

Red planet never fails to inspire humans looking for life out side this planet. Phoenix , the space craft successfully landed on Mars to explore Martian polar regions. This time they have chosen the right place. The boundary of polar ice cap ,that mean…



Filed Under (News, PERSONAL) by Times Eye on May-25-2008

On 5th Chinese people in chishuwan province detected 1000’s of frogs crossing the roads without any fear (see the pictures), the wondered why. On Monday, 12th of May, central China region recorded a catastrophic 7.8-magnitude quake. More than 10000 peo…



Filed Under (News, PERSONAL, science) by Times Eye on May-22-2008

Earth is amazingly diverse. This is one good example of it. A Japanese camera man managed to capture a flying fish that actually stayed airborne for more than 45 seconds. Good example for people who doubt evolution, In million years this fish could bec…



Filed Under (Fun, News, POLITICS, Pictures, Sri Lanka, WTF) by Deane on May-16-2008

That’s from the Island’s kiddies page yesterday. No kidding. The Island, of “Pubic Money” fame published this poem on it’s children section, the Happy Island.See this for a full page picture of the page which includes the poem. Heh. The kids these days…



Filed Under (Burma, News, PERSONAL, Thoughts) by Mayooresan on May-9-2008

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Filed Under (2008, GSoC, Google, News, Summer of Code, TECHNOLOGY) by admin on May-1-2008

Some statistics of Google Summer of Code 2008 have been released. Sri Lanka is placed 9th in the top ten countries by the number of applications and by the number of accepted students.

Seems like Sri Lanka is way into open source development and probably this trend will increase.



Filed Under (Movies, News, PERSONAL, models) by Times Eye on April-29-2008

The 21-year-old model-actress beat out the likes of Angelina Jolie(No. 12), Rihanna (No. 14), Kim Kardashian(No. 17), Paris Hilton(No. 77) and last year’s champion, Jessica Alba(No. 3).



Filed Under (News, PERSONAL, videos) by Times Eye on April-28-2008

A New York man who spent 41 hours trapped in an elevator with no food or water last fall got a moment in the sun Monday, appearing on national television.What would you o if this happen to you?White said he screamed and rang the emergency bell, but no …



Filed Under (News, PERSONAL, Thoughts, people) by Times Eye on April-22-2008

This is a very inspiring interview given by former president of India.Its worth reading,specially for those leaders who blame others on failure. This was the answer given by Abdul Kalam when the interviewer asked him about leadership.India Knowledge@…



Filed Under (News, PERSONAL, Thoughts) by Times Eye on April-21-2008

This is a very inspiring interview given by former president of India.Its worth reading,specially for those leaders who blame others on failure. This was the answer given by Abdul Kalam when the interviewer asked him about leadership.India Knowledge@…



Filed Under (News, PERSONAL) by Times Eye on April-9-2008

Indians worship anything unusual, this is their newest object of worship. A baby with two faces(How Stupid).Mother Sushma holds her daughter Lali at their residence in Saini Sunpura, 50 kilometers (31 miles) east of New Delhi, India, Tuesday, April 8…



Filed Under (News, PERSONAL) by Times Eye on April-7-2008

more details on LTTE Suicide Mission Senior parliamentarian and government minister Jeyeraj Fernandopulle and 10 others have been killed in a suspected Tamil Tiger suicide blast in Weliweriya today. More than 40 others are reported to be wounded. Almos…



Filed Under (News, PERSONAL, Thoughts, people) by Times Eye on March-24-2008

Think about a person without a cell phone or a computer, can he be the richest person in this world? Well Warren Buffett proved that he could. He still lives in his three bedroom house bought 50 years ago which he claims to have everything he needs, dr…



Filed Under (Asia, India, Journal, News, PERSONAL, Sri Lanka, World) by Mayooresan on March-23-2008

Energy crisis has reached its peak in Sri Lanka. Day by day need for energy in Sri Lanka is escalating, but the supply is insufficient. Nowadays Sri Lankans are enjoying electricity bills (??). In whole Asia, Sri Lankans are paying highest bills than any other nations. Sri Lankan government is seeking for several alternatives and […]



Filed Under (Fun, News, POLITICS, Sri Lanka, WTF) by Deane on March-21-2008

Is a Ganja Teddy. From the DM,[..]in a surprising turn of events the Matara police found a teddy bear that could make the person who cuddles it “high”.The novel way of hiding Ganja was discovered by the police when they found the teddy bear stuffed…



Filed Under (Asia, China, Journal, News, PERSONAL, Thoughts, Tibet, World) by Mayooresan on March-18-2008

Japan, China, Singapore, these are the three nations that I admire in Asia along with India. These are the nations that showed the world, what Asians can do? We can do better than you! Singapore is a tiny nation which is rejected by Malaysia, but now today it is one of the most powerful economies […]



Filed Under (News, PERSONAL) by Times Eye on March-12-2008

You can buy it in e-bay for $2,303.81, looks very creative, but i don’t wan’t to ride one myself….



Filed Under (News, POLITICS, Sri Lanka, WTF) by Deane on March-5-2008

Sanjana from Grounviews points out this WTF headline from the Island,Aney Manda Sarath. Unfortunately, the Island site isn’t into pubes quite like it’s print-twin.Update (03/06): Amit Varma points me to the Island Apology. Apparently Satan works there….



Filed Under (Adobe, IT, Internet, News, PERSONAL) by Mayooresan on March-5-2008

Adobe has launched software designed to make it easier for computer users to use online applications offline. Adobe Air allows developers to build tools that still have some functionality even when a computer is no longer connected to the net. A free download will allow users of Macs, PCs and, later this year, Linux machines […]



Filed Under (Internet, News, PERSONAL) by Times Eye on February-27-2008

According to the latest survey done by Click Forensics click fraud has risen 15% during the last year(clicks on Internet ads that are not real). They have released a heat map indicating the click fraud rate (highest Red) .Click fraud rate for search en…



Filed Under (News, PERSONAL, science) by Times Eye on February-26-2008

Now scientists at Children’s Hospital Boston have generated a transparent zebrafish by mating two specific strains: a breed that lacks reflective pigment, called roy orbison, with one that lacks black pigment, called nacre. The offspring had only yell…



Filed Under (News, PERSONAL, Thoughts, videos) by Times Eye on February-21-2008

Check out this video of a Barack Obama speech set to music. I really hope this guy could make a difference to the American politics which is mainly about money. His roots stretches back to kenya, he even has relatives in Kenya, one of my Kenyan friend…



Filed Under (News, Obama, PERSONAL, Song, USA, Video Post, World) by Mayooresan on February-15-2008

One of the most searched word in Google and youtube is ???YES WE CAN???. It???s the campaign theme used by Obama, Democratic party???s potential candidate for next US???s presidential election.
Here a song from Black eyed peas for this gentleman!!! Hope he can change the attitude of Americans!!
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Filed Under (News, PERSONAL, Thoughts) by Times Eye on February-12-2008

Blogging is no longer an ordinary mans way of shouting to the world. Even world leaders take this powerful tool to deliver their message across the world. Iranian President,Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is one of them. He started his blog more than a year ago, …



Filed Under (Internet, Microsoft, News, PERSONAL, Yahoo) by Mayooresan on February-12-2008

Finally yahoo announces that Microsoft has undervalued their company. I got the following news from yahoo press room
After careful evaluation, the Board believes that Microsoft’s proposal substantially undervalues Yahoo! including our global brand, large worldwide audience, significant recent investments in advertising platforms and future growth prospects, free cash flow and earnings potential, as well as […]



Filed Under (News, PERSONAL, Stories) by Times Eye on January-31-2008

The world’s funniest joke has been revealed after a year-long search by scientists. In an experiment conducted in Britain, people around the world were invited to judge jokes on an Internet site as well as contribute their own.The LaughLab research, ca…



Filed Under (News, PERSONAL) by Times Eye on January-31-2008

An American Spy satellite sent to orbit lost its power just after it launched in 2006. For the last tow years it was hanging above our heads, now its going to fall on earth in late February or early March . Is there a danger? The satellite includes som…



Filed Under (News, PERSONAL, TECHNOLOGY, military) by Times Eye on January-29-2008

Researchers in Oklahoma State University are working on an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle which could be the size of a cigarette. It uses plasma thrusters which doesn’t have any moving parts.”What we want the infantrymen to be able to do is pull a pack of six…



Filed Under (News, PERSONAL, Thoughts) by Times Eye on January-19-2008

LTTE bus bomb victims [image from defence.lk]This year is going to be the year of BLOOD. Even a 3rd grade school boy can predict this fact. It started with killing of T. Maheshwaran (Tamil MP of Opposition), it created huge debate among media and polit…



Filed Under (News, PERSONAL) by Times Eye on January-12-2008

the terrorist group LTTE, known as Tamil tigers were trying desperately to be known as freedom fighters for the past five or so years. But the attempt has been completely unsuccessful, because the truth can’t be hidden.FBI has recently named them as th…



Filed Under (Computers, News, PERSONAL, TECHNOLOGY) by Times Eye on January-9-2008

You might think this is a cute toy. Actually this is a glimpse of tomorrows world.Can you believe in a robot pet that begins life by hatching? Which can have emotions and character according o the environment that he lives. Well, start believing Pleo…



Filed Under (News, PERSONAL, TECHNOLOGY) by Times Eye on January-8-2008

This is a weapon that can give an extra edge over the enemy when it comes to Urban fighting. This weapon can see around the corners, a good feature which might save your face from blowing off. The Corner Shot consists of a segmented, assault rifle-typ…



Filed Under (News, PERSONAL) by Times Eye on January-3-2008

This is your chance to ask questions from Bill Gates, One of he most innovative persons on earth. You can ask any question, about his life, future of the technology, what made him so successfull, anything you want. Click here to ask Bill Gates a question.



Filed Under (News, PERSONAL) by Times Eye on January-2-2008

This beautiful 4 store building in China was very famous for scaring away its owners. They claimed that they heard horribly spooky sounds at night in different parts of the house. The house has been passed to more than 4 owners for the past 10 years. I…



Filed Under (News, PERSONAL) by Times Eye on January-2-2008

This beautiful 4 store building in China was very famous for scaring away its owners. They claimed that they heard horribly spooky sounds at night in different parts of the house. The house has been passed to more than 4 owners for the past 10 years. I…