when is Zune comming to india ?

Microsoft is not about greed. It's about innovation and fairness.
--Bill Gates

Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.
--Steve Jobs

Now Who is the leader and who is the follower ?

If i ask the same question for a poll in US, obviously Steve will be the leader and bill will be follower
ok that is different story now my biggest question


when is Microsoft Zune coming to India ?

I have search in all our online shopping malls in india and finally found Zune 3OGB. That too Zune 1st Generation version for Rs 7000/- in India times Shopping and ICICI Wow Shopping. I am searching for Zune 80GB Classic Black look with premium earphones. No clue

Now let me talk about these Music Players


Apple ipod:

Launched on Oct23 2001 ipod is ruling the Music players market with its 5 models Classic,Nano,Mini,Shuffle,Touch.
1. Apple is having nearly 70% market share of music player pie
2. With its i tunes apple created a new wave in music industry.
3. i phone the next generation touch screen phone from apple with an ipod is the biggest tech talk gadget of 2007.
4. Steve is a great guy who bought revolutionary products first of its kind with great design and captured hearts of gadget lovers. there are many apple boy fans who are waiting for next generation i phones and i pods.

MS Zune :

Zune player was released in the United States on November 14, 2006. The Zune 4, 8 and 80 were announced on October 2, 2007.
1. Zune launched in 2006 5 year after the launch of ipod slowly started its momentum in digital music player market.
2. It just captured 4% of market share in Digital music player industry now with the launch of 2nd generation zune's recently the expectation are going on it is going to give tough competition to apple i pods
3. I have read in many blogs Microsoft is also planning to launch Zune Phones, Following the footsteps form ipod to i phone, Zune to Zune phone.
4. Bill is follower with a great ideas, he know how to penetrate in to market and become a dominant player.

why i am waiting for Zune80 GB

1. Bigger screen that Apple(Apple:2.5 inch, Zune:3.2 inch)
2. Built in FM (For Apple we have to purchase i trip for FM transmission)
3. You want a scratch resistant player: Zune (ipod is not Scratch resistant)
4. Zune 80GB with Wifi (Apple 80gb will not support)
5. Wireless Share (Zune is having it)

what i am missing when compared with Apple 80 GB

1. Apple is bit small in size (Zune LCD is bigger so doesn't matter)
2. Music play time is more for Apple when Compared with Zune ( Missing this in Zune)
3. i tunes on line store... i will not get desi stuff.. except recent Rajani's Shivaji

So Soon i am going to get one for me......

How to recover accidentally deleted photos from a memory card (for free!)

Janice Chen from zednet blog gave a good idea to recover photos which are accidentally deleted from our digital camera.



Most often photographs connect us back to our past memories and now digital cameras are playing larger role on the pie as they are easy to handle and every thing happens with just a click.

Recently my sister she came for US and captured many memories in her digital camera. just by a click she lost all the memories instead of deleting one photograph she pressed on delete all and lost all the photographs.


The next big thing in my mind is how to recover lost photographs ?

I started goggling and finally found a solution from Ms. Janice Chen who faced same problem....What ever may be the problem Google for a solution...ahhha

Here is the free recovery tool from which we can do

Art Plus Digital Photo Recovery 3.1

finally i got a solution ..

How Lottery Scams Work

Got a mail .......Saying you won a lottery like this

UK NATIONAL LOTTERY HEADQUARTERS:
P O Box 1010 Liverpool, L70 1NL UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer Services)



Dear Lucky Winner,
We are pleased to inform you of the result of the just concluded annual final draws of UNITED KINGDOM NATIONAL LOTTERY international Lottery programs. The online cyber lotto draws was conducted from an exclusive list of 21,000 e-mail addresses of individual and corporate bodies picked by an advanced automated random computer search from the internet, no tickets were sold.After this automated computer ballot, your e-mail address emerged as one of two winners in the category \\\"D\\\" with the following winning information:

REF No: UKNL-L/200-26937
BATCH No: 2005MJL-01
TICKET No: 20511465463-7644
SERIAL No: S/N-00168
LUCKY No: 887-13-865-37-10-83

You as well as the other winner are therefore to receive a cash prize of 1,000,000GBP (One Million Pounds Sterling) each from the total payout. Your prize award has been insured with your e-mail address and will be transferred to you upon meeting our requirements, statutory obligations, verifications, validations and satisfactory report to begin the claims processing of your prize winnings you are advised to contact our licensed and accredited claims agent for category \\\"D\\\" winners with the information below:
To file for your claim, please contact the processing agent;

Agents Name: Mr Mark Anderson
Email:claimsagent_anderson000@yahoo.com.cn

Remember to quote your reference information in all correspondence. You are to keep all lotto information away from the general public especially your reference and ticket numbers. (This is important as a case of double claims will not be entertained so keep your winnings very personal). Anybody under the age of 17 and members of the affiliate agencies are automatically not allowed to
participate in this program.

Please note; You are hereby advice to send the asign Fiduciary Agent, with the details below for Processing of your Claims;

(1.)FULL NAME :
(2.)FULL ADDRESS :
(3)NATIONALITY :
(4)AGE :
(5)OCCUPATION :
(6)TELEPHONE NUMBER :
(7 )DATE OF WINNING NOTIFICATION :
(9) TOTAL AMOUNT WON :
(10)MARITAL STATUS :
(11)PRESENT COUNTRY :

Reply to this confidential email account: claimsagent_anderson000@yahoo.com.cn
Sincerely,
Mrs. Diane Woods

How Lottery Scams Work

You receive an unsolicited email, which states that you have won a major prize in an international lottery. Supposedly, your email address was collected online and attached to a random number that was subsequently entered in a draw for the lottery. In order to claim your prize, you are instructed to contact the official "agent" in charge of your case. You are also advised to keep the win confidential for "security reasons". This part of the scam is basically a random phishing expedition. If you respond in any way to the email, the scammers will send further messages or even contact you by phone in an attempt to draw you deeper into the scam.

You may be asked to provide banking details, a large amount of personal information, and copies of your driver's license and passport. Ostensibly, these requests are to prove your identity and facilitate the transfer of your winnings. However, if you comply with these requests, the scammers will have enough information to steal your identity.

Sooner or later, the scammers will request some sort of advance fee supposedly to cover administration, legal or delivery costs. At its core, this scam is just a reworking of the Nigerian loan fraud, in which scammers also eventually ask for upfront fees to facilitate the "deal". Like Nigerian scams, victims who do actually pay the requested fees will probably find that they receive continuing payment demands to cover "unexpected expenses". The requests for money will go on until the victim realizes what is happening or has no further money to send.

In some cases, the scammers give victims the option of opening an account at a particular bank as an alternative to paying upfront fees. However, this "bank" which is completely bogus, will insist on an initial deposit of $3000 as a requirement for opening the account. The fake bank will have a legitimate looking website to reinforce the scam. In other cases, the victim is given the option of traveling to an overseas destination and paying a cash fee to facilitate the release of the funds. However, any "winnings" released to the victim will be counterfeit and therefore worthless.

The details of the lottery scams vary regularly with regard to the name of the lottery itself, the country of origin, the sponsoring organization, the amount of the "prize" and other particulars. The scammers try to add a patina of legitimacy to their claims by mentioning real financial institutions, government departments or well-known companies. They may also provide links to slick looking, but fraudulent websites that are designed to back up information included in the scam emails. If the scammers are successful in establishing a dialogue with a potential victim, they may provide "proof" such as a scanned image of a supposed government official's ID and even photographs of the "winnings" in cash.

What To Do If You Receive a Lottery Scam Email

If you receive one of these scam emails, it is important that you do not respond to it in any way. The scammers are likely to act upon any response from those they see as potential victims. Although it can be educational and even entertaining to "bait" these scammers, such endeavours should only be attempted under controlled conditions. The people who run these scams are criminals and could even resort to violence and intimidation to meet their aims. You should delete the email without replying. Before you delete the message, you might like to report the scam by forwarding the email to the address supplied on the FraudWatch International website.