For the fourth edition of the Indian Premier League to be held in 2011, two new teams are to join the flock. Kochi and Pune. While Pune was bought by Sahara Adventure Sports Group for $370 million, the Kochi franchise was snapped up by Rendezvous Sports World Limited for $333.3 million. “They made the highest bid for all three cities and were asked to chose one of those cities. So Pune will be the home ground of their team,” Modi told reporters. “There were five qualified bids and the bidding …

Unix (officially trademarked as UNIX, sometimes also written as Unix with small caps) is a computer operating system originally developed in 1969 by a group of AT&T employees at Bell Labs, including Ken Thompson, Dennis Ritchie, Brian Kernighan, Douglas McIlroy, and Joe Ossanna. Today the term “Unix” is commonly used to describe any operating system that conforms to Unix standards, meaning the core operating system operates similarly to the original Unix operating system. Today’s Unix systems are split into various branches, developed over time by AT&T as well as various …

Fernando Alonso drove a superbly judged race, to emulate Kimi Raikkonen and Nigel Mansell, and won his debut race with Ferrari, in the 2010 season opening Bahrain Grand Prix. Felippe Massa finished behind him, to give Ferrari their first 1-2 finish since the 2008 French Grand Prix. Massa, thus, silenced his critics who doubted how quick he could be after returning from the skull fracture he sustained during last years Hungarian Grand Prix. Lewis Hamilton took the last podium position, and thus the new season sees the return of Ferrari …

Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Racing Formula One team,one of the many new teams for the 2010-11 season has signed a new 3 year deal with UST Global, a major IT service provider in India. The deal is a big one especially for UST as the deal translates into revenues amounting upto 10 million dollars for the IT service firm, but more than the revenue part, it will help improve the brand image of the company.Indian tennis ace Leander Peas’ Leander Sport Pvt Ltd, has led the transaction.
Under the deal, UST …

Karun Chandhok took the last seat in the 2010 Formula1 grid, and becomes the second Indian to compete in Formula1. He partners Bruno Senna, at HRT(Hispania Racing Team), formerly known as Campos Meta. Chandhok had competed in GP2 in 2009, and finished the season in 18th, having collected 10 points. Though that record isn’t highly impressive, Chandhok will have the entire contingent of Indian F1 fans cheering him on, once the five red lights go off at Bahrain. The prospect of having an Indian driver, behind the wheel of a …