In an attempt to reclaim Windows image, Microsoft is coming up with ad blitz involving top pop icons. And the first one is with Jerry Seinfeld check it for yourselves.

It didn’t work for me they looked like to two odd couples. No Chemistry whatsoever.

Off late Microsoft seems to mess up things in their execution this one being no exception.

So what do you think of this one and does it make sense?

Just now I downloaded the beta version of Google’s new browser Chrome.

Very simple interface with what now have become standard features of a browser that is multi tabs, importing your bookmarks etc. What’s interesting though with this one is if one your browser tab crashes whole browser doesn’t crash down instead the only the affected tab closes, thanks to multi process browsing. Talking about tabs, unlike IE and FF, Chrome puts the tabs on top of the browser window above the address bar. The dynamic tab is really cool. You can drag and drop tabs one over the other or as a separate window.

Another cool feature is incognito or the stealth browsing mode that allows you to browse without logging your browsing and download histories. But remember the websites you visit will still have records of your visit. And all your saved downloads will still remain in your pc.

Chrome also shows your recent visited sites in nice thumbnails. Cool heh? But this was done long back by opera.

And regarding memory I think FF uses lesser memory than Google chrome. The Chrome browser itself uses about 75MB now if you open few tabs 5 to be precise , the total memory is around 200MB for the same with FF it was just around 100MB so hopefully this will be sorted out.

No add-ons feature as of now.

Since it’s only a beta version some websites might not display properly. So unless you’re a power browser user/developer I would say wait for the bigger better power version of chrome.

Of course this is just the beginning we will be seeing better version of chrome very soon, well hopefully.

How this will affect Mozilla’s and Internet Explorer’s market share, we will soon know the answer to that question.

Let the browser war begin..

To download Chrome go here

Here is a beautiful song to celebrate the day.

Song: Jaya Krishna Mukunda Murare
Singer: M K Thyagaraja Bhagavathar

‘There are more good people in society than bad ones’

This story made my day. Hopefully it also inspires you.

Gas Price – Up and Up and Away …

Food Prices – UP …

Stocks and Funds – Down

Housing Market – (Melt)-Down

Financial Industry – Messed up (Govt. bailout for Fan and Fred, no such luck for Indy). How many more to go down ? God knows…

And Life is —— (You fill up the blanks as appropriate)

Geez..

Ah Well.., back to the fantasy world of Movies, Celebrity Wars and Sightings and musings…

Update: Washington Post posted a online question answer session about the safety of bank deposits, what the FDIC insures and what you can do if your bank fails. Check it out

Useful Link: What to Know About Your Accounts

This season they have some terrific dancers. It’s no wonder that both Joshua and Katee was able to nail this one perfectly. Considering the fact they had only few days to learn a totally new style of dance routine that too something like Indian dance. Well done Joshua and Katee.

And a great job by choreographers Nakul and Mala.
They choose the right steps and movements to bring in the Indian Dance essence so to speak.

Judge for yourselves..

Video: Hat Tip Rohan Pinto

Song: Dhoom thaana
Movie Om Shanti Om
choreographed by Nakul Dev Mahajan
Links: Nakul Mahajans’ Dance School.

Just when you thought reality game shows can’t get any crazier, then comes Abc’s Wipe out and ‘I survived a Japanese Game Show’.

Both of them unique in their own way. Wipeout involves participants involved in some crazy stunts much more intense than Survivor or Fear Factor.

And I’ survived a Japanese Game Show is another very interesting game show that involves participants flown to Tokyo as Gamers in a crazy Japanese show. But I have my own doubt if it’s really a Japanese game or just a show customized for American audience.

It will interesting to see how the Indian version will be ?!

Go Majide!!

Saw Wall-E on Friday with family and friends. I am a big fan of Pixar and have most of their movies in my DVD collection. Just when you thought how Pixar would out do Ratatouille they again break new boundaries with Wall-E. And without doubt best of Pixar’s movies till date.

With this movie Pixar has established a de facto standard when it comes to animation. Wall-E is easily one of the best comedy/romantic and family adventure to hit theaters this summer. Off late too many animation movies are out there with all Jazz and no meaningful stories.

In fact with Wall-E both Disney and Pixar has taken a risk with this unusual approach of a story line that many critics wondered if it will fly through the audience. But I can tell you when I watched the movie on Friday the whole theater was cheering for the tiny robot. Director and writer Andrew Stanton (Finding Nemo) has done his magic again.

So what’s the story about?

Imagine what happens if human beings left Earth that has become a junkyard only that they forgot to switch off the last robot?

The movie works at so many levels dealing with excessive consumerism and ecological disregard for our environment. But the best thing is it doesn’t sound preachy. At the same time is able to please audience of different ages. All in all it’s a must see family movie.

Final verdict: Wall-E is a WOWIE 5 Stars!!

Also check out Pixar’s blog