Hats off Mr. John Kennedy.

It‘s a unbelievable the growth of Vikram from the supporting role artist to the most awaited movie’s title role artist. Born in Paramakudi, a town in Ramanathapuram district, Tamil Nadu as John Kennedy did his schooling in a boarding school named Montfort School in Yercaud. The school presented him with ample opportunities for extracurricular activities such as karate, dance and swimming. Right from the time, he was in school his one and only aim was to become an actor. His parents however wanted him to do his graduation after finishing his final high school year. Thus, he completed his graduation in English from Loyola College, Chennai after which he also completed his MBA degree.
Vikram began his career appearing in series of unsuccessful small budget films throughout the early 1990s. He made his film debut in En Kadhal Kanmani (1990). Following the failure of his early films, Vikram appeared as a dubbing artiste to prominent actors, whilst trying to find a breakthrough in terms of his acting career. After the critical and commercial success of Sethu (1999) he has been part of numerous other commercially successful films and has earned major critical acclaim for many of his performances. During his years in the Indian film industry, he has won three Filmfare Awards, as well as securing India's most prestigious film award, by achieving the National Film Award for Best Actor.
The latest one ‘Kandasami’ is able to become a hit, before release itself. This reveals the popularity of this actor and the common cinema viewers trust on him.
The transformation from the most obedient driver of the hero to most mob pulling hero, forcing me to believe in the determination of a common man. Hats off man… you did it.
[Thanks: Mr. T Ajish of Malayalamanorama and Wikipedia]

Gmail finally out of beta

Google Inc is dropping the “beta,” or test, label from its Gmail email service and other online programmes to attract business customers away from Microsoft Corp.

The label will also be removed from Google Docs, Google Calendar and Google Talk, said Matthew Glotzbach, director of product management for Google Enterprise. Google used the label to show it was still improving the software.

Removing the label lets Google target companies that have concerns about the reliability of programmes that are in a test phase, Glotzbach said. Google, grappling with a slump in advertising spending, tries to sell more software to generate revenue outside of search-based ads. In the first quarter, the company had its first sequential sales drop since 2004.

“I’ve had CIOs tell me that the beta label is a real problem for them because as a policy they don’t deploy beta software to their enterprise,” Glotzbach said, referring to chief information officers.

Gmail has been in beta since it was introduced five years ago. Google products that have already dropped the label include the Chrome Web browser, unveiled last September. Google Scholar, which lets users search for scholarly papers, is in beta, as is its product search.

The Mountain View, California-based company’s shares have climbed 29 percent this year.

Google’s business software provides more support and services than its consumer versions. The programmes are accessed through the Web, just as its search engine is. A package that includes Gmail, calendar, spreadsheets, word processing and other services costs $50 a year per user for business customers.

Customers include Genentech Inc, a unit of pharmaceutical company Roche Holding AG, and Fairchild Semiconductor International Inc.

(Courtesy: Times of India)

Testing

ഒരു പുതു ബ്ലോഗര്‍. Now I m testing the space. May come back very soon with my " NOTES".