Thursday, October 28, 2010

70 of the Records Held by Sachin Tendulkar

1. Highest Run scorer in the ODI
2. Most number of hundreds in the ODI 41
3. Most number of nineties in the ODI
4. Most number of man of the matches(56) in the ODI's
5. Most number of man of the series(14) in ODI's
6. Best average for man of the matches in ODI's
7. First Cricketer to pass 10000 run in the ODI
8. First Cricketer to pass 15000 run in the ODI
9. He is the highest run scorer in the world cup (1,796 at an average of 59.87 as on 20 March 2007)
10. Most number of the man of the matches in the world cup
11. Most number of runs 1996 world cup 523 runs in the 1996 Cricket World Cup at an average of 87.16
12. Most number of runs in the 2003 world cup 673 runs in 2003 Cricket World Cup, highest by any player in a singleCricket World Cup
13. He was Player of the World Cup Tournament in the 2003 Cricket World Cup.
14. Most number of Fifties in ODI's 87
15. Appeared in Most Number of ODI's 407
16. He is the only player to be in top 10 ICC ranking for 10 years.
17. Most number of 100's in test's 39.
18. He is one of the three batsmen to surpass 11,000 runs in Test cricket, and the first Indian to do so
19. He is thus far the only cricketer to receive the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, India's highest sporting honor
20. In 2003, Wisden rated Tendulkar as d No. 1 and Richards at No. 2 in all time Greatest ODI player
21. In 2002, Wisden rated him as the second greatest Test batsman after Sir Donald Bradman.
22. he was involved in unbroken 664-run partnership in a Harris Shield game in 1988 with friend and team mate Vinod Kambli,
23. Tendulkar is the only player to score a century in all three of his Ranji Trophy, Duleep Trophy and Irani Trophy debuts
24. In 1992, at the age of 19, Tendulkar became the first overseas born player to represent Yorkshire
25. Tendulkar has been granted the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, Arjuna Award and Padma Shri by Indian government. He is the only Indian cricketer to get all of them.
26. Tendulkar has scored over 1000 runs in a calendar year in ODI's 7 times
27. Tendulkar has scored 1894 runs in calendar year in ODI's most by any batsman
28. He is the highest earning cricketer in the world
29. He has the least percentage of the man of the matches awards won when team looses a match. Out of his 56 man of the match awards only 5 times India has lost.
30. Tendulkar most number man of match awards(10) against Australia
31. In August of 2003, Sachin Tendulkar was voted as the "Greatest Sportsman" of the country in the sport personalities category in the Best of India poll conducted by Zee News.
32. In November 2006, Time magazine named Tendulkar as one of the Asian Heroes.
33. In December 2006, he was named "Sports person of the Year
34. The current India Poised campaign run by The Times of India has nominated him as the Face of New India next to the likes of Amartya Sen and Mahatma Gandhi among others.
35. Tendulkar was the first batsman in history to score over 50 centuries in international cricket
36. Tendulkar was the first batsman in history to score over 75 centuries in international cricket:79 centuries
37. Has the most overall runs in cricket, (ODIs+Tests+Twenty20s), as of 30 June 2007 he had accumulated almost 26,000 runs overall.
38. Is second on the most number of runs in test cricket just after Brian Lara
39. Sachin Tendulkar with Sourav Ganguly hold the world record for the maximum number of runs scored by the opening partnership. They have put together 6,271 runs in 128 matches
40. The 20 century partnerships for opening pair with Sourav Ganguly is a world record
41. Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid hold the world record for the highest partnership in ODI matches when they scored 331 runs against New Zealand in 1999
42. Sachin Tendulkar has been involved in six 200 run partnerships in ODI matches - a record that he shares with Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid
43. Most Centuries in a calendar year: 9 ODI centuries in 1998
44. Only player to have over 100 innings of 50+ runs (41 Centuries and 87 Fifties)(as of 18th Nov, 2007)
45. the only player ever to cross the 13,000-14,000 and 15,000 run marks IN ODI.
46. Highest individual score among Indian batsmen (186* against New Zealand at Hyderabad in 1999).
47. The score of 186* is listed the fifth highest score recorded in ODI matches
48. Tendulkar has scored over 1000 ODI runs against all major Cricketing nations.
49. Sachin was the fastest to reach 10,000 runs taking 259 innings and has the highest batting average among batsmen with over 10,000 ODI runs
50. Most number of Stadium Appearances: 90 different Grounds
51. Consecutive ODI Appearances: 185
52. On his debut, Sachin Tendulkar was the second youngest debutant in the world
53. When Tendulkar scored his maiden century in 1990, he was the second youngest to score a century
54. Tendulkar's record of five test centuries before he turned 20 is a current world record
55. Tendulkar holds the current record (217 against NZ in 1999/00 Season) for the highest score in Test cricket by an Indian when captaining the side
56. Tendulkar has scored centuries against all test playing nations.[7] He was the third batman to achieve the distinction after Steve Waugh and Gary Kirsten
57. Tendulkar has 4 seasons in test cricket with 1000 or more runs - 2002 (1392 runs), 1999 (1088 runs), 2001 (1003 runs) and 1997 (1000 runs).[6] Gavaskar is the only other Indian with four seasons of 1000+ runs
58. He is second most number of seasons with over 1000 runs in world.
59. On 3 January 2007 Sachin Tendulkar (5751) edged past Brian Lara's (5736) world record of runs scored in Tests away from home
60. Tendulkar and Brian Lara are the fastest to score 10,000 runs in Test cricket history. Both of them achieved this in 195 innings
61. Second Indian after Sunil Gavaskar to make over 10,000 runs in Test matches
62. Became the first Indian to surpass the 11,000 Test run mark and the third International player behind Allan Border and Brian Lara.
63. Tendulkar is fourth on the list of players with most Test caps. Steve Waugh (168 Tests), Allan Border (158 Tests), Shane Warne (145 Tests) have appeared in more games than Tendulkar
64. Tendulkar has played the most number of Test Matches(144) for India (Kapil Dev is second with 131 Test appearances).
65. First to 25,000 international runs
66. Tendulkar's 25,016 runs in international cricket include 14,537 runs in ODI's, 10,469 Tests runs and 10 runs in the lone Twenty20 that India has played.
67. On December 10, 2005, Tendulkar made his 35th century in Tests at Delhi against Sri Lanka. He surpassed Sunil Gavaskar's record of 34 centuries to become the man with the most number of hundreds in Test cricket.
68. Tendulkar is the only player who has 150 wkts and more than 15000 runs in ODI
69. Tendulkar is the only player who has 40 wkts and more than 11000 runs in Tests
70. Only batsman to have 100 hundreds in the first class cricket

Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Top 10 Gaming Desktops


Area-51® X58 Benchmark Destroyer

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  • Intel® Core i7 Extreme
  • Intel® X58 Chipset
  • NVIDIA® GTX 295
  • 1066MHz DDR3 Memory
  • Windows® Vista Ultimate 64 Bit

Price

$1649

Gamer Infinity 8800 Pro SE

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  • Asetek Liquid Cooling
  • Intel® Core™ i7-940 2.93GHz 8MB Cache LGA1366
  • Windows Vista Home Premium
  • Asus P6T Intel X58 Chipset SLI/CrossFireX Mainboard
  • 6GB PC1333 DDR3/10666 Memory
  • 1TB 7200RPM SATA-II HDD
  • EVGA NVIDIA GTX295 1.7GB 16X PCIe Video
  • 4X Blu-Ray Player Drive
  • LG 20X DVD Rewritable Drive
  • 802.11g Wireless Adapter
  • CM Storm Sniper Full Tower Gaming 800W Case

Price

$2029

Vigor Gaming Force Recon BT

  • 31134_g1CPU: 3.2-GHz Core 2 Extreme X9770
  • Graphics Adapter: (2) ATI Radeon HD-3870
  • Monitor Model: Viewsonic VG2230WM
  • Total HD Size (GB): 1800GB Hard Drive

Price

$3399

Ultimate X Striker Extreme

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  • Extreme Gaming Machine
  • Colermaster Cosmos Case
  • Intel® Core 2 Extreme QX6700 2.66GHz LGA 775 Processor
  • Super-Cool Liquid Cooling Technology
  • NVIDIA® nForce® 680i SLI™ NEW!
  • NVIDIA® GeForce 8800GTX 768-P2-N831-AR HDCP Video Card
  • SATA II Hard Drives up to 1.5 Terabytes storage
  • 18x Dual Layer DVD±RW w/Lightscribe
  • Optional X-Fi Sound Card

Price

$4499

ALX X58

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  • Intel® Core i7 Extreme
  • Intel® X58 Chipset
  • NVIDIA® GTX 295
  • 1600MHz DDR3 Memory
  • Windows® Vista Ultimate 64 Bit

Price

3699

Gamer Dragon 8000

  • 01_200x1602AMD Phenom™II X4 920 Processor
  • Windows Vista Home Premium
  • AMD 790GX CrossFireX Mainboard
  • 4GB PC6400 DDR2/800 Memory
  • 1TB 7200RPM SATA-II Hard Drive
  • Radeon HD4850 512MB 16X PCIe Video
  • LG 20X DVD Rewritable Drive
  • 16X DVD-ROM Drive
  • 600W PMPO Subwoofer Stereo Speakers
  • Raidmax Monster Mid-Tower 580 Watts Case

Price

$925

ULTIMATE X8 STEALTH EXTREME

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  • Super-cool Liquid Cooling Technology
  • Gigabyte 3D Aurora case
  • Intel® Core 2 Duo E6600 2.4GHz LGA 775 Processor
  • 500GB HDD w/ Raid 0
  • 3D Galaxy II Liquid Cooling
  • NVIDIA® GeForce 8800GTX 768-P2-N831-AR HDCP Video Card
  • Optional X-Fi Sound Card
  • Microsoft®Windows® Vista Ultimate
  • NEW ARRIVAL! LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 680i SLI ATX Intel Motherboard

Price

$3999

Gamer Infinity XLC

  • 01_200x1601Asetek Liquid Cooling
  • Intel® Core™2 Quad Q9550
  • Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit
  • EVGA nForce 780i SLI MB
  • 8GB PC6400 DDR2/800 RAM
  • 500GB SATA-II HD
  • 2 x NVIDIA GF 9800GTX+ 512MB Video
  • Blu-Ray Player Drive
  • LG 20X DVD+-RW Drive
  • High Definition 7.1 Sound
  • Thermaltake Spedo Full Tower 800W Case /w Xtreme Liquid Cooling Technology
  • Operated Extremely Quiet And Cool w/ Water Cooling

Price

$1469

Falcon Northwest Mach V

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  • CPU: 3.2-GHz Core i7 Extreme 965
  • Graphics Adapter: (2) AMD Radeon HD4870 X2
  • Monitor Model: Samsung 2243BWX
  • Total HD Size (GB): 1080GB Hard Drive

Price

$7395

ULTIMATE M6 SNIPER EXTREME

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  • Super-cool Liquid Cooling Technology
  • Coolermaster Stacker RC-830 Case -
  • AMD Athlon 64 X2 5400+
  • RAID 0 Striped for SATA Hard Drives - Increase Performance
  • 2x NVIDIA® GeForce™ 7950GT 512-P2-N636-AR HDCP
  • 3D Galaxy II Liquid Cooling
  • Dual Gigabit Ethernet Controllers

Price

$2699


Upcoming Laptops, Laptops for 2011

XPS M2010: 

 The XPS M2010 is a completely new concept in mobile entertainment and Dell's most innovative PC. This high-performance system features a revolutionary and stylish portfolio design that quickly deploys into a total multimedia and entertainment solution. Powered by the Intel® CoreTM 2 Duo processor and featuring a massive 20.1-inch display, eight built-in speakers with subwoofer, and a BlueToothTM wireless keyboard/mouse combo, the XPS M2010 redefines portable entertainment while setting a new standard in laptop multimedia performance.
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HP Pavilion HDX:
Wrapped up in HP’s brand new Imprint pattern – “Dragon” – this sleek, powerful notebook offers a first class home theatre experience, high performance computing, HP’s first 20.1-inch display and a stylish, innovative design.
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Canova Dual Touch Screen Laptop:

The Italian company V12 Designs has devised a new version of the ‘Canova’ which is a dual LCD laptop. It’s a two screened laptop and both were touch screens. There were few news about this one but I know you’ll enjoy this thing. So strive hard in your work if you want to have a doubled screen laptop.

The first-generation Canova had a dual-touchscreen form and  it was developed for creative types, such as artists. The first-generation model, of which we have a whole slew of images below, actually existed and was made of stainless steel and carbon fiber, but it didn’t run an operating system or software. It was envisioned to transform from a sketch pad, to a writing pad with an electronic pen, to a newspaper.

Monday, October 25, 2010

50 Interesting . . . Facebook Facts


  1. Facebook has over 350 million active users. More than 35 million users update their status each day, with more than 55 million status updates each day.f
  2. More than 2.5 billion pictures are uploaded to Facebook each month.f
  3. The average Facebook user has 130 friends and sends eight friend requests per month.f
  4. Among children under 18, Facebook was ranked third in the top 100 searches of 2009, behind YouTube and Google. Sex and porn rounded out the top five searches.ae
  5. A recent survey of 500 top colleges found that 10% of admissions officers acknowledged looking at social networking sites such as Facebook to evaluate applicants. Thirty-eight percent of admissions officers said that what they saw negatively affected the applicant.i
  6. Facebook is not only beating MySpace traffic, but it is also the second-ranked site overall in the U.S. behind Google.x
  7. Americans spend 13.9 billion minutes a year on Facebook and five billion minutes on MySpace.x
  8. In 2003, Harvard student Mark Zuckerberg created Facemash, where he placed photos of undergraduates side by side so viewers could rank which one was “hotter.” Zuckerberg would later turn Facemash into the now ubiquitous Facebook.m
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    A woman slept with 50 men she met on her Facebook page titled “I Need Sex”
  10. In 2008, a 23-year-old woman named Lauren Michaels created a group titled “I Need Sex” on Facebook. Within 10 minutes, she had 35 members and soon attracted 100—50 of whom she eventually slept with. Facebook has since removed her page.e
  11. An 18-year-old Wisconsin man posed as several different girls on Facebook to blackmail underage male teens into performing sexual favors by coaxing them to send nude photos of themselves. He could be facing up to 300 years in prison.ac
  12. Beacon, part of Facebook’s controversial advertisement system that broadcasted information about a user’s shopping activity on other sites, was the target of a class action lawsuit in 2009. The resulting settlement required Facebook to pay $9.5 million into a settlement fund.l
  13. If Facebook were a country, it would be the fifth-largest country in the world, afterChinaIndia, the U.S., and Indonesia.ag
  14. In 2009, an EMT at the crime scene took a cell phone picture of the body of a New York woman who had been strangled and beaten and then posted it on his Facebook profile. He was later arrested on charges of official misconduct and was fired from his job.t
  15. The head of the Catholic Church in England and Wales warned that Facebook and MySpace can lead children to commit suicide because such sites encourage teens to build transient relationships and dehumanize community life.af
  16. Facebook includes eating disorder groups such as “Get Thin or Die Trying,” and “Quod me nutrit me destruit” (“What nourishes me destroys me”). While such eating disorder sites were typically anonymous on the Web, their growing presence on Facebook makes them more public and accessible to more people.h
  17. The New Oxford Dictionary announced that the 2009 Word of the Year was “unfriend,” as in “to remove someone as a friend on a social networking site” such as Facebook. However, there is some debate whether the word should be “defriend” rather than “unfriend.”l
  18. A 39-year-old Pennsylvania father was arrested for openly asking his 13-year-old daughter for sex over Facebook.o
  19. While stressing that correlation does not equal causation, a recent poll suggested that Facebook users have lower overall grades than non-users.m
  20. While initially created for college students, Facebook users over the age 26 now represent 60% of the total U.S. Facebook population.a
  21. teenagers computer
    The average user spends more than 55 minutes a day on Facebook
  22. The average Facebook users spend more than 55 minutes a day on the site. They use the Like button nine times a month and write 25 comments each month.f
  23. Approximately 70% of Facebook users are outside the United States.ab
  24. Forbes dubbed 25-year-old Mark Zuckerberg, the creator/owner of Facebook, as the world’s youngest billionaire, worth 1.5 billion.l
  25. Syria, China, Vietnam, and Iran have banned Facebook.l
  26. In December 2009, there were over 250 million active users on Facebook, up from 1 million active users in December 2004.j
  27. Tim Sparapani, director of public policy at Facebook, stated that hundreds of millions of people had never stopped and thought about the consequences of sharing information online.u
  28. Information deemed public—such as profile pictures, names, cities, and networks—are available to developers of any applications that Facebook users or their Facebook friends use on the site.u
  29. The first person to invest in Facebook was the cofounder of PayPal, Peter Thiel, who invested $500,000 in June 2004.k
  30. In 2005, East Asia’s richest man, Li Hu Shing, invested $120 million dollars in Facebook.l
  31. In September 2009, Zuckerberg announced for the first time that Facebook was cash flow positive, meaning Facebook made more money that it spent.c
  32. Lamebook.com is a regularly updated site that reposts “lame” and funny Facebook user posts.q
  33. In Florida, the Judicial Ethics Advisory Committee ruled that Florida judges and lawyers should no longer “friend” each other on Facebook.p
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    Women age 55 and older are Facebook’s fastest growing demographic
  35. Facebook’s fastest growing segment in the United States is women 55 years and older.z
  36. In May 2009, a Russian investment firm, Digital Sky Technologies, invested $200 million in Facebook in return for a 1.96% stake in the Web site.l
  37. Twins Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss claim Zuckerberg stole their idea after they hired him to do programming for their own site, Harvard Connect (ConnectU). The case was settled for an undisclosed sum. Others, such as fellow student, Aaron Greenspan, also claim they invented Facebook.k
  38. Named after a Harvard student directory that included student photos and profiles, Facebook was originally called “thefacebook” and was limited to only Harvard students. In 2005, the site was renamed “Facebook.”k
  39. When Facebook changed its privacy setting in December 2009, Zuckerberg’s previously private photos—in which he was seen shirtless, holding a teddy bear, and looking “plastered”—became public.u
  40. Both citizens and police departments are increasingly using Facebook to catch suspected criminals.m
  41. A “gaydar” software program developed at MIT can reportedly identify gay men on Facebook, private profile or not.v
  42. In January 2009, an advertising campaign from Burger King titled “WHOPPER Sacrifice” rewarded Facebook users a free “Angry Whopper” for publicly deleting 10 friends, who would then receive a blunt message informing they were deleted for a free hamburger.k
  43. teenagers diversity
    U.S. Facebook users mirror the country’s ethnic population
  44. Eleven percent of Facebook’s 100 million U.S. users are African-American, 9% are Latino, and 6% are Asian, which is a fairly accurate reflection of the U.S. general population.r
  45. A 20-year-old IBM employee in Canada lost sick leave benefits from her insurer because her Facebook page showed “cheerful” photos while she was on paid sick leave for depression.s
  46. Girls can be prone to anxiety and depression by talking too much to their friends on Facebook. Called “co-rumination,” frequently discussing the same problem can lead to an unhealthy obsession.n
  47. On July 1, 2009, shortly after Michael Jackson passed away, his page became the most popular page on Facebook. Previously, the most popular person on Facebook was U.S. President Obama with just over 6 million fans.w
  48. In Australia it is valid protocol to serve court notices to defendants on Facebook. A summons posted on Facebook is legally binding.ad
  49. A site called Usocial offered to sell Facebook friends and fans to customers. Even after receiving a Cease and Desist from Facebook, Usocial said it will not shut down the service completely.d
  50. A Facebook post in December 2009 led to a kidney donation.b
  51. The ACLU and the Electronic Frontier Foundation contend that Facebook’s new “recommended” privacy settings serve Facebook more than they serve the user.u
  52. Farmville boasts more than 60 million players on Facebook. Zynga—the maker of Farmville, Mafia Wars, and other Facebook games—boasts an annual revenue of more than $200 million.g
  53. In the United States, 54.7% of people ages 13 to 17 have a Facebook account.y
  54. There are more than 800,000 developers building applications for Facebook.u