Only 244 copies of Genuine Windows Vista sold in China

22 April, 2007 in Africa, Fun, World

source: newLaunches.com original Source (Japanese) Microsoft spent millions of dollars advertising its next generation OS ‘Windows Vista’ in China, in fact the IT juggernaut threw up the biggest Vista Ad on the 421 meter high Jin Mao tower in Shanghai China. However after 2 weeks (Jan 19 to Feb 2) from launch Microsoft managed to [...]

Norwegian palace nearly sold on eBay

11 March, 2007 in Fun

source: iafrica.com Fri, 09 Mar 2007 Norway’s royal palace ran the risk of being sold cheap on the auction website eBay when a hoax advertisement offered it for one dollar, media reported on Thursday. “Cheap! The royal palace of a young monarchy, just 102 years old, is on sale,” the offer read and it had [...]

Zim burglar falls asleep

4 March, 2007 in Africa, Fun

source: IOL – Zim burglar couldn’t get it quite right Harare – A burglar broke into a café in northern Zimbabwe in the dead of night, packed his loot and promptly fell asleep, it was reported on Thursday. Police in Bindura town had an easy job catching their man as he only woke up when [...]

There is Carnival in Rio !

20 February, 2007 in Fun

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Elephant goes wild at polo tournament, takes on minibus

17 February, 2007 in Fun

By Simon Gardner GALLE, Sri Lanka, Feb 15 (Reuters)Eighteen-year-old Abey is unpredictable, has a temper and let his side down badly on Thursday when he lost focus on his polo game in southern Sri Lanka and hospitalised two of his team-mates. The four-tonne elephant threw off his mahout and American rider as the island’s sixth [...]