Nothing against Sony, they manufacture product of amazing quality, but there are certain things that don't go down too well with the sony consumers. One being arrogance with which the company operates. Take this, a company recalling its laptops and says the the reason is a minor glitch, well as we came to know much later the minor glitch was related to batteries exploding.
There is always someone from Sony, who will always be ready to create more dilemma when you are looking for assurances. The rootkit episode where they secretly installed scripts to monitor consumers, the spokesperson from SONY justifies it by saying "most consumers don't know what a rootkit is, why care for it". Imagine a company suing other, you would believe there must have been grave infraction committed by the company being sued. Now take this, SONY sues Lik Sang ( heaven for Gamers all over the world ) for selling PSP's in Europe. Sony sues people for selling its products, yes that seems to be the case.

Question for SONY lovers, Why would any company relying on customer satisfaction and brand recognition do something like that. Making a portable device sounds good, loading it with your proprietary hardware devices no that good. Who would waste 1500 bucks for a SONY movie disk for his PSP, when he can buy the same DVD for half the money. Thanks for APPLE we dont have a proprietory music format for SONY music players.
Its like rolling out a car that runs on SONY fuel, a Operating System that runs on SONY machines, the days are long over, and people have started embracing Open Source. Probably SONY should take a leaf out of MS, long gone are the days when you can force issues on consumers, they want there freedom and if you are good they we will keep coming back to you.

Numbered days to go for 20/20 world cup and very little is being written in Indian media about the event, showing the interest the event has generated in Indians. Though the event could be seen as a blessing for two players. The two who were decisive in Indian team fortunes till some time back, till the selectors turned backs on them.

One went on to become the vice captain, famous for his quote "If the ball is there to be hit, I'll hit it", until of course the ball started going straight to fielders or hitting the stumps. Virender Sehwag seen as the answer of all Indian worries is struggling these days, and struggling big. While most of the players have started playing in county cricket, Sehwag has not been able to do so. The only cricket he has played in all these days is for his company. Real big tournament for him and he will have to perform big for having any fancies whatsoever of returning to Indian team.

The other player who seeks a solid performance is Harbhajan Singh. Well the 20/20 format wouldnt particularly suit his kind of bowling, but his experience with English 20/20 circuit should prove critical. Unlike Sehwag this lad has been in touch playing in county circuit, so has better chances of adjusting rather quickly in similar conditions in SA.

Both of them have the talent with contributing with both bat and ball and have the right aggressive attitude much needed for the shorter version of the game.

And India finally wins ........ After a long ( and I mean real long ) a performance worth remembrance from Men In Blue. Kartick deserves all the accolades for his wonderful achievements. Though it would be juvenile discussing about all the sledging that happened in this match, it would be remembered by many because of that. Sledging was believed to be big and hard boyz .. when palyers like prior, kevin, kartick etc etc .. it turns out to be rather comical.

Andy prior prompting from behind stumps to Kartick, mate Dhoni wouldnt have played that shot. Well Andy has got all the right in world, but the one thing he forgot was, to have a glance at the score board. Andy was least embarassed giving batting lessons, taking into consideration his dismal performance.

And yeah about Kevin, there is a very fine line between sledging and being human. What Kevin did, well the whole world saw that saw that from this side of the line. Throwing gums is okay Kevin, but then you should have guts to accept what you did. You are a wonderful batsman, but yeah you are also a blot on English culture of handling situations. No wonder then, how many countries you have played for. But trust me on this Kevin, no country is gonna teach you how to be a human. Sreesanth was far better in accepting what he did and having enough balls to apologise for that. Kevin, anyways forget lemme not write about a moron looser anymore.

India has got a huge challenge up their hands to pull off the next one, or atleast manage a draw. No doubts English would come all guns blazing ..