SkypeIn & SkypeOut

Im using Skype for nearly 2 years. I used SkypeOut to call my cousin Durgaa Vaishnavi in UK / Scotland, which was damn cheap, ie., it was less than Rs. 2 /min for a Landline number. Suddenly the university(Strathclyde) where she is doing her Ph.D., replaced the ordinary phone lines with a shared one, to which the call rated from SkypeOut was around Rs. 8 /min which was again equal to a call made from BSNL landline from here. As we used to talk for hours, I was looking for someways, where SkypeIn comes into picture.

SkypeIn

"With SkypeIn, you can get your own, regular phone number. So if your friends who aren’t using Skype want to call you by dialing a regular number, you can still receive the call in Skype/SkypeIn. No matter where you are"

0141 416 0313 is my UK number(SkypeIn), so anyone in UK can call me from their Landline/mobile which is damn cheap for them. I have recd' calls from London, Warwick & Glasgow as of now, and the people who are calling me feels it very cheap. Note : Its not only a number for people to call from UK, from anywhere in the world I can receive call just by adding 0044 to the number

There is something like PhoneIn from Yahoo, similar to SkypeIn. There the UK numbers are sold out. So im just waiting for that to try....

Pro Vegetarianism Ads

Don't be surprised to see five cute chicks appealing to you with the words,  "We Are Not Chicken Tikkas. Please Don't Eat Us".
These babies are the newest celebrities to star in People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India's pro-vegetarianism ads.

Nice ones, hopefully it will attract children....

Via [ Dance with Shadows ]

Opinion Poll for TamilNadu Election 2006

My Blog for TamilNadu Politics (Arasiyal TALK.com) is going very well with more than 3500 visitors a day. I started the website 2 years ago, but I didn't do anything there for long. Just before the General Election to the Parliament 2004, it was active, and after having some bitter experience with my Hoster, I was not doing anything there... And this year from January, I started working on it. Now, its fine and a week back I have started a Forum in that website as well. And, yesterday I have created a Opinion Poll for Tamil Nadu Assembly election 2006.

Even if any of you are interested in writing any article regarding Politics, im ready to publish in the website, arasiyalTalk.com

Google Calendar Beta

Google released AJAX based Web Application, Google Calendar.

Few Snapshots of Google Calendar are here :

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Have to catch the train, so I will be posting more about Google Calendar later.

BarCamp Chennai 2006

1) What is BarCamp ? You can say its as a Tech Meet.

2) Who can attend ? Anyone can attend...

3) Im not still clear about BarCamp ? Barcamp is : Just a get together of unknow people to know the latest development in technologies in your town.

4) Where is it Happening ? It happened, is happening, will happen all over the world....

5) Don't confuse me, what exactly it means ? No one will be clear unless & untill you attend a Camp!!

6) Ok, ok Who is going to talk ? You are going to talk & we are going to listen.

7) What ? Yes, everyone in the conference is a participant.....

Ok, I will add more, stuffs in few hours..

 "BarCamp is an ad-hoc unconference born from the desire for people to share and learn in an open environment. It is an intense event with discussions, demos and interaction. The two day BarCampChennai focusses on Web 2.0 and Next Generation Internet. It takes place on April 8th and 9th (Saturday and Sunday)" - Kiruba.com

SUN TV to enter Capital Market (IPO)

Sun TV, one of the biggest TV Networks in India is open for subscription with an initial public offer of 68,89,000 equity shares of Rs 10 each through 100% book building process.The issue will close on April 7, 2006 and the price band has been fixed between Rs 730 and Rs 875. The company proposed to be listed on the BSE and the NSE.

It is well known that the current IT Minister of India, Dhayanidhi Maran & his Grandpa M Karunanidhi, DMK President & ex-Chief Minister of TamilNadu & their family is having the full control over this TV network.

A quick look at Sun TV IPO:

Company details

• Four Tamil channels including one news channel - Sun TV, KTV, Sun Music, Sun News
• Two Malayalam channels - Surya TV and Kiran
• Three FM channels in Chennai, Coimbatore and Tirunelvelli and Visakapatnam through subsidiaries
• Has extensive programming content; rights to 2650 regional movies
• Won 67 bids in phase II FM bidding; subsidiaries would choose & retain 46 licenses

Issue snapshot

• Issue of 68.89 lakh shares
• Price band of Rs 730-875  (My fixture is at 840)
• Issue closes on April 7, 2006

Objects of the issue

• Launch of new channels: 113.68 crore
• Construction of corporate office: Rs 62.34 crore
• Purchase of new equipments & upgradation: Rs 31.2 crore
• Capitalisation of radio subsidiaries for operating 46 licenses: Rs 355.47 crore

Financial details - Half year ended September 2005

• Net revenues at 150.93 crore versus Rs 135.4 crore
• Operating profit: Rs 86.9 crore
• Net profit: Rs 61.4 crore versus Rs 32.2 crore
• FY05 net revenues at 290.3 crore versus Rs 261.6 crore
• FY05 operating profit at Rs 175.3 crore
• FY05 net profit at Rs 76.7 crore versus Rs 77.7 crore

 Have a look at this small issue(Vaiko & Sun TV), which in no way related to the listing.