Just like what I the rumors suggested, Suzuki has finally launched 2 of its newest high end motorbikes – the Hayabusa and Intruder. Both the bikes have been priced at Rs.12.5 lakhs at showroom.
The Hayabusa is a popular one which is a sports and performance oriented bike with attractive styling and great performance capable of crossing the 300 kmph mark. The Intruder is a cruiser type of motorbike for the highway travel enthusiast.
All this has been similar to Yamaha’s strategy to launch the higher end ones first to gain brand hype and then use that hype to launch the mainstream ones at a premium and get a better market share and sales numbers. I think Suzuki is in a similar situation to Yamaha when it was before the R1 and MT o1 were launched. And being similar to Yamaha’s high end offerings, these ones should compete very well with them. Now that Yamaha has turned successful with its mainstream bikes, hope Suzuki too joins the party soon.
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I am currently in the process of designing my bathroom and have started hunting for the various accessories. I like a neat, spacious and modern bathroom and I wanted to accessorize my bathroom as good as those they show on the ads. But the major hinderance was the high cost which was usually associated with the branded good quality stuffs. All I wanted is some good bathroom fittings at reasonable prices.
While searching for the same, I came across this site betterbathrooms that had quite a good collection of bathroom fittings at affordable prices. There is a sale currently going on which can make my purchase much cheaper. I was particularly interested in their bathroom taps, showers and the shower enclosures. The shower enclosure in particular was very good and I was impressed with it. I am planning to buy the components required for one of the bathrooms and then after seeing how good it is, I will decide to whether to buy them again for the second bathroom. The bathroom tiles were also good to my taste but I guess I will purchase those some other time.
After all the accessories have been purchased and delivered, my bathroom should become one where I would love to spend some leisure time.
After my purchase of LCD TV, I thought it was the latest tech and I am all set to live on the bleeding edge of technology for a few years. But today I saw what could be the next generation of these TVs. These TVs are said to incorporate laser technology to produce the images.
Mitsubishi has launched its first of its kind of laser TVs called as LaserVue HDTV at a cool $7,000. While its price may certainly be on the higher side, for the first production model of a new technology, it should command a premium price for the early adopters. The display size is 65” and is 1080p capable.
The features and specifications of this TV are quite amazing. It can produce twice the color range of the existing ones and can operate at 120 Hz refresh rate. And the best of all is that with all the improvements in quality, the power consumption is reduced to 1/3rd of the existing ones. The only downside of this should be the thickness of 10 inches but for such quality I wouldn’t mind that at all.
Microsoft has launched a new campaign called DreamSpark which provides the development tools from Microsoft free of cost to inspiring students.
The development tools include :
Visual Studio 2005 and 2008 Professional Edition
XNA Game Studio 2.0
Microsoft designer tools such as Expression Studio
Microsoft platform resources such as
SQL Server 2005 and 2008 Developer Edition
Windows Server 2003 and 2008 Standard Edition
Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition
Virtual PC 2007
The student has to show his identity card from an educational insitute and has to agree that it won't be used for commercial purposes.
While this is just a trick to get developers use thier own platform, this initiative is quite good too from Microsoft's part.
Today, after rains had washed the city for 3 days, I couldnt go out anywhere as there was water logged over all the places. The transport system was not working as normal and I was afraid to take my bike or car outside as water may enter the vehicle and cause some damage.
So while I decided to spend the rest of the day by sitting at home and doing some thing, then the power was cut off. I had nothing to do. Couldnt go out or either do anything at home. It was terrible.
The whole day, I was just staring at the clock and wondering when will the power come on and was sleeping for most of the day. There was no TV, the battery in my mobile had gone down, no computer and without these 3 essential things, I dont think I can spend any day.
Just hoping that the situation tomorrow will be better than this. Atleast the transport system should not be affected or the power should not be cut. Then I could do one thing or the other.
