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Microsoft Office scores over Google Docs

Ayurdhi Dhar — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 14:00:26 +0000

In the survey, Microsoft came out victorious with a majority of 51 percent, in other words, 1365 votes, while Google Docs had 994 votes, that is 37 percent. 12 percent of people said that there was a tie between the two rivals, and that both were good.

Cassey Allen, a generic user to Google Docs posted a comment on mashable.com, saying, “I used Google Apps for a year now, and was an early adapter of Google Docs. But still now, years after their launch, they've barely evolved. Spreadsheets can't really be used for much spreadsheet use, and docs hasn't gotten any new features.

Pacquiao beats Cotto, creates boxing history

Jaspreet Virk — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 12:17:26 +0000

Pacquiao, who stopped his Puerto Rican opponent in the 12th round of their WBO welterweight clash, had dominated throughout the match and knocked Cotto down twice.

Pacquiao landed a clean blow to Cotto’s face, thus sending him crashing to the floor before Referee Kenny Bayless stopped the fight 55 seconds into the final round.

The Filipinos erupted in deafening cheer seeing their boxing hero emerge victorious.

Pacquiao cements his claim to be best boxer

COL FB: Oregon 44, Arizona State 21

shalini.bahadur — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 12:07:52 +0000

Jeremiah Masoli passed for 120 yards, two touchdowns and one interception.

His nine-yard scoring pass to Ed Dickson gave Oregon a 31-7 halftime advantage.

Jeff Maehl caught one scoring pass, while Morgan Flint kicked three field goals for the Ducks (8-2, 6-1 Pac-10), who recovered from a 51-42 loss at Stanford.

Senior running back LeGarrette Blount was re-instated but did not play.

He was suspended for punching a Boise State player following Oregon's 19-8 loss on Sept. 3.

Dimitri Nance led Arizona State with 77 yards on 26 carries, scoring one touchdown.

COL FB: California 24, Arizona 16

shalini.bahadur — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 12:05:09 +0000

Vereen, subbing for the injured Jahvid Best (concussion), secured Cal's victory with a 61-yard scoring run with 1:21 left in the fourth-quarter, which thwarted Arizona's attempted comeback.

Kevin Riley completed 13-of-22 passes for 181 yards, one touchdown and two interceptions.

Wide receivers Marvin Jones and Verran Tucker combined for 123 receiving yards.

Giorgio Tavecchio kicked four field goals, while tight end Skylar Curran caught a touchdown pass for the Bears (7-3, 4-3 Pac-10), who have won four of five.

COL FB: Geogia 31, Auburn 24

shalini.bahadur — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 12:01:22 +0000

He scored both touchdowns in the fourth quarter, the last with 6:52 left breaking a 24-24 tie.

Washaun Ealey had 18 carries for 98 yards with one touchdown, while quarterback Joe Cox completed 9-of-17 passes for 173 yards with one touchdown for the Bulldogs (6-4, 4-3 SEC), who became bowl-eligible with the third win in their last four games.

Auburn's Chris Todd completed 20-of-28 passes for 238 yards with two touchdowns and two interceptions.

Bella a weak heroine

Arushi Chaudhary — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 11:33:47 +0000

If one were to analyze the Twilight series, it would conveniently sum up to a story of a mortal and an immortal being in love and emotional trauma that results out of the fact that they cannot get close to each other.

Stephen Meyer’s four-book series had fans celebrating the anomalous relationship between Edward and Bella and sold over 70 million copies.

Weak female lead
Bella’s readiness to surrender herself to her lover’s adorable dark side has not gone down well with the critics ever since the first book of the Twilight series was released in 2004.

Nintendo gearing for 'New Super Mario Bros. Wii' launch

Jaspreet Virk — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 10:21:57 +0000

Two years after the Mario Bros. game was last introduced, Nintendo is all set for the Sunday launch of "New Super Mario Bros. Wii".

To celebrate the Nov. 15 launch, Nintendo transformed its World Store at Rockefeller Plaza in New York, into a Mushroom Kingdom Saturday.

The event was indeed worthwhile for Mario fans as they were able to purchase the game one day in advance than the rest of the country, take a walk down the memory lane and play the earlier versions of Mario Bros, enjoy the great music from the Super Mario DJ, and a lot more.

First-ever U.S. marijuana cafe opens in Portland

Natalie James — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 08:59:20 +0000

Cafe Rumpspankers, a coffee shop in Portland, Oregon that will soon carry the name Cannabis Cafe, officially opened for business on Friday, Nov. 13, providing certified pot users with a venue where they can get hold of and smoke the non-addictive drug, says a report from CBS.

First pot café in U.S. history

COL FB: LSU 24, Louisiana Tech 16

shalini.bahadur — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 07:58:29 +0000

Williams gained 116 yards on 15 carries, scoring on a 3-yard third-quarter run and a 9-yard run in the fourth.

Brandon LaFell caught two passes for 54 yards with one touchdown, and Jarrett Lee passed for 105 yards with one touchdown for the Tigers (8-2), who lost 24-15 to undefeated Alabama last Saturday.

Tech's Ross Jenkins threw for 143 yards with no touchdowns or interceptions.

Daniel Porter tossed a 1-yard, second-quarter touchdown pass.

VIA blames its down slide on Intel’s anti-competitive behavior

Arushi Chaudhary — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 07:44:55 +0000

Taiwan-based VIA Technologies that has been witnessing a down slide in terms of business and returns has partly blamed Intel and its anti-competitive practices for this situation.

VIA takes the hit, blames it on Intel
After Intel paid a whopping $1.25 billion to Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) in an attempt to straighten out allegations of anti-competitive activities, VIA Technologies is now reaching out to anti-trust regulators and asking them not to get distracted by this move by Intel.