Sick and tired of failed attempts, IIT student hacks IRCTC website to book train ticket
February 5, 2013 14 Comments
The woe of booking a train ticket on the IRCTC portal is not new to Indians. In fact, it has been deemed to be more difficult than even cracking the IIT-JEE and is listed as the toughest thing for an Indian according to NDTV’s public survey, in which eliminating corruption took the second spot. The [...]
Continue reading …Eminem to sing the line “Mutual Fund investments are subject to…” for ICICI Mutual Fund
September 14, 2012 2 Comments
In a bizarre move that might startle many urban Indians, ICICI Prudential, the Mutual Fund division of ICICI, has signed a contract with the world’s top rapper Eminem to croon the mandatory “Mutual Fund investments are subject to market risk” disclaimer line for their ads. To elucidate, as many are already aware, every Mutual Fund [...]
Continue reading …Apple now sues American farmers for using their trademarked name “Apple” for a spherical fruit
August 29, 2012 3 Comments
Days after winning the lawsuit against Samsung over patent infringement issues, consumer electronics giant Apple Inc. has now filed a fresh lawsuit against American apple growers for “growing a spherical fruit resembling the company’s logo, and marketing it under the company’s trademarked name ‘Apple’”. “American farmers have wilfully copied the design of Apple’s logo in [...]
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For decades, scientists have endeavored to resolve the paradox of Pakistani Test cricketer Shahid Afridi, in stubborn and insolent contravention of the laws of physics and biology, refusing to age a day beyond 18 years, 3 months and 21 days ever since his ODI debut on October 2, 1996. Attempts by physicists and mathematicians to [...]
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