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South Africa and India dominate nominations

Graeme Smith, Virender Sehwag, Sachin Tendulkar, Ajantha Mendis and Dale Steyn were the cream of the crop in the nominations list for the Cricinfo Awards, which recognises the best performances in both Tests and ODIs in 2008

Nationwide truckers' strike enters third day

As the nationwide truckers' strike enters day 3, Minister of Surface Transport and Shipping T R Baalu appealed to the transporters to call off their strike and go for a settlement. He was addressing media persons in Chennai.�

Hamas vows to avenge child deaths

ISRAELI strikes hit two schools run by the United Nations in the Gaza Strip yesterday, killing at least five Palestinians, medics and UN officials said, while inside Israel, a rocket that landed the deepest yet inside the country lightly wounded a three-month-old baby in Gedera.

Obama silence frustrates leaders

THE refusal of the US president-elect, Barack Obama, to comment on the Gaza conflict had disappointed Arab leaders, the Palestinian Foreign Affairs Minister, Riyad al-Maliki, said yesterday.

WebEx on iPhone: Attend Meetings from the Golf Course

Web meetings. Love them or hate them they’re pretty much ubiquitous these days. You may even been ready to head out for an early weekend, when you receive the dreaded email with subject line, “mandatory WebEx meeting.” What a buzz kill, right?Well now with Cisco WebEx Meeting Center, you can pop out early and still pop into your web-based meeting, making your boss or client feel like your first priority when you’re actually out on the golf course.The WebEx iPhone app is free and offers pretty much all the same features you would expect from the web-based version. Meeting attendees can simply access the WebEx via an iPhone join link in the meeting invitation. Once you’re in, you can view content, which includes documents, applications, and screen shares with annotations, from any computer. You can also see who has joined the meeting, participate in individual or group chat, and adjust audio. I’m so impressed with the application’s offerings that I really want to be invited to a WebEx meeting just so I can see it in full force. Got anything good I can join?So next time you’re running a tad late to the office and are stressing about hitting traffic, re-evaluate your options and consider taking that meeting while relaxing in bed with your pajamas on. The app, however, doesn’t support scheduling meetings from the iPhone, so you while to tear yourself away from your bed and bust out your laptop for that activity.More Resources From Mashable-12 Tools For Kickass Web Meetings-5 Web 2.0 Businesses That Will Thrive in a Down Economy-Top 30 iPhone Apps for Organization and Productivity---Related Articles at Mashable | All That's New on the Web:Build A Free Full-Feature Web Forum With LeforaWorld’s Simplest iPhone App10 Great Tools For Online Business CommunicationCisco Snatches up IM Biggie Jabber InciPhone to Launch in Germany on T-Mobile3G iPhone Confirmed for 2008Mundu Optimizes Multi-Client Chat Tool for the iPhone

Twitter Accounts Hacked

Twitter reported on its blog earlier today (Jan 5th US date) that around 33 accounts of prominent twitter users has been hacked. Hacked accounts included those of Barack Obama, Britney Spears among others. This follows close on heels of a Twitter Phishing Scam though Twitter maintains that the cases are different and not related in any way.

Sans Steve Jobs, Twitter Still Can’t Handle MacWorld

Last year Steve Jobs’ MacWorld keynote put Twitter to bed. This year, even in the absence of Jobs, Twitter still can’t seem to handle the pressure of the buzz worthy event.If you’re like us, you probably noticed that Twitter stopped updating around 10:30am PT. Instead of fail whales swimming across Twitter streams the world round, we’re noticing that things “appear” normal even though updates have come to a complete standstill.Twitter is obviously aware of the malfunction, and they’re hopefully doing everything they can to restore service. Meanwhile, the keynote is over, Twitter is dead silent, and FriendFeed is still alive and kicking, no downtime, no sad status message.Thanks for the update Twitter, but you had a whole year to prepare for this event. Shame on you.---Related Articles at Mashable | All That's New on the Web:The Daily Poll: How Did You Follow the Steve Jobs Keynote?No, Steve Jobs Didn’t Die; Just More HackingSteve Jobs Speaks. Twitter Goes Down.Steve Jobs Subpoenaed For Backdated Options CaseOuch: Bloomberg Mistakenly Publishes Steve Jobs’ Obituary5 New Ways To Get Your MacWorld FixWill the Real Steve Jobs Please Stand Up?

No, Steve Jobs Didn’t Die; Just More Hacking

Another day, and another hacking event has Twitter abuzz. With hundreds of people live blogging and tweeting the Macworld keynote, one of the more bizarre items to pop up so far is the “Steve Jobs just died” meme. While rumors of Jobs’ demise were mostly squashed yesterday when the Apple CEO issued an official statement regarding his health, with so many people tuned into MacWorld coverage, the timing was enough to let the rumor spread, at least for a few minutes. Apparently, the site MacRumorsLive.com was hacked, and the perpetrators posted the comment into their live stream. Meanwhile, on Twitter, the @macrumors account has been suspended due to suspicious activity. This is on the heels of yesterday’s Twitter hacking, where the accounts of Barack Obama, Britney Spears, and other prominent users were all compromised and littered with bizarre messages. So yes, Steve Jobs is alive and well. Expect the ridiculous rumors of his demise to quickly be replaced by outpourings of joy should the icon make a surprise appearance before the keynote is over.---Related Articles at Mashable | All That's New on the Web:The Daily Poll: How Did You Follow the Steve Jobs Keynote?Steve Jobs Subpoenaed For Backdated Options CaseOuch: Bloomberg Mistakenly Publishes Steve Jobs’ ObituaryWill the Real Steve Jobs Please Stand Up?Could Fake Steve Jobs Be About To Go Away?Fake Steve Jobs Goes On TourFake Steve Jobs “Drama” Reaching The Point Of Silly

MBA student gangraped in Noida, 5 held

Infamous for Nithari and Aarushi murder case, Noida has witnessed another shocking crime against woman.�

Child pornography on social networking websites

The medium of Internet is uncensored, promising endless freedom. But now there's enough evidence to suggest that the Internet is exploiting children. The Internet is the new predator of children. A US government study says that online child pornography has increased by a massive 1500 per cent in the last decade.�

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