Are Social Networking Sites Safe?

This is quite a tricky question. But the answer is no, if you reveal too much about yourself. And the answer is yes, if you manage to play it safe. There have been many instances of people getting harassed and targeted through these sites, though the sites themselves are trying to control it. One such incident happened a few months back. The son a businessman in Mumbai made friends with some people through orkut and after they got so close they decided to hang out and party together. But it was later found that the boy was killed and his car was stolen by his so called orkut friends.

There are also some treacherous and other unnecessary communities in orkut that drive people into many harmful activities. Many people get some lewd comments and abusive scraps from unknown persons. It is also not advisable to use your close up photos in these sites as they can be morphed into other photos and used otherwise.

Recently orkut has introduced features that bar people other than one’s friends from seeing one’s photos and videos and from scrapping or messaging. Will others sites too follow these? It remains to be seen. Some of the popular social networking sites are orkut, facebook, wayn and bigadda.

Sania and Bhupathi on top of Asia

Asian top women tennis player is now our own Sania Mirza. After her tremendous performance in the Australian open, she gained 931 points to move to 29^th position making her Asia’s best. She lost to Venus Williams in the third round of the Australian open. “I am very happy and I think it’s the first time I have become Asia’s first. It’s an honour”, Sania said.

In the mixed doubles category, Sania- Bhupathi reached the finals but lost to a better pair in the finals. But it was the first time an Indian mixed doubles pair reached the finals of a grand slam tournament. This is itself an achievement for India and they too became Asia`s No.1 mixed doubles pair.

Latest ICC cricket rating

India moved up to the second place in the latest ICC test ranking after its stupendous performance in the series down under. Minus the Sydney test the series would have been drawn, but that was not to be. India has now 111 points against Australia’s 141 who occupy the first place consistently.

Mean while, Sehwag scored a brilliant in the fourth test in Adelaide in the second innings after Australia batted as slowly as they could to take initial lead. He scored 151 in the second inning but the irony was that Sachin was awarded the man of the match award even though his contribution in the game was lower than that of Sehwag`s.

The top six teams are:

Australia -141

India - 111

Srilanka -109

S Africa -108

England -107

Pakistan -98

ANNA UNIVERSITY REVALUTION

It has been announced that the last date for applying for revaluation of marks of subjects is 06.02.2008.

Some Revaluation Tricks:

1. Always apply for revaluation with Xerox, especially if you want to clear a paper.
2. Apply for reval even if you have marks below 25 out of 80 as there have been many instances where students have cleared after getting less than 30 out of 80.
3. If you are quite sure of getting marks (for those who have cleared), just apply for revaluation alone and no need to apply for Xerox.

In general to apply, a student can opt for any one of the following two options:

· Apply for Revaluation only with a fee of Rs.400/- per script.

· Apply for Photocopy-cum-Revaluation with a fee of Rs.700/- per script.

ANNA UNIVERSITY RESULTS 2008

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Here is the link to go directly to the result page of anna university:

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The other sites to get you the results are:

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Sarkozy in India

French President Nicholas Sarkozy has been invited to India as the guest for its Republic Day celebrations. The Indian officials heaved a sigh of relief as he came without her girlfriend Carlo Bruni, as they were unsure whether to treat her as wife of the president or an official. Sarkzoy meanwhile was overwhelmed with India’s red carpet welcome and has asked the prime minister to reciprocate his visit. The French president will preside over the republic day celebrations that will showcase India’s might in the armed forces to the world. Controversial writer Taslima was given the invitation at the behest of the visiting French President, Nicholas Sarkozy, to Paris to award her Prix Simon de Beauvoir, after Indian authorities refused a French proposal to confer the honour on the author in India during Sarkozy's visit. The Prix Simon de Beauvoir is considered one of the best awards for feminist writing the world over.

Ash in ROBOT!!

It is almost certain that Aishwarya Rai is going to act with 'Superstar' Rajnikanth in Shankar`s forthcoming project ROBOT as heroine. Ash herself revealed this to the press during an event to promote lux brand of soaps. She is looking forward to the release of 'Jodhaa Akbar', that stars her with 'Krrish' star Hrithik. The magnum opus directed by Asutosh Gowarikar is to be released on Feb 15. Aishwarya Rai has also worked with Shankar a decade earlier in Jeans that fetched her, her first filmfare award in south. After jeans happened she acted in Rajiv menon directed Kandukonden Kandukonden with Ajith. After this it’s the first time Ash is going to act in a Tamil film. Shankar had earlier approached her to star in his Sivaji, but it was not to be! After so many attempts Rajini has finally succeeded in getting her to star opposite him. Robot that will be released simultaneously in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi will give a big boost to her career that went without a hit last year. Well, everything seems to fall in place for her now! Watch this space for more.