sonunigam (Love Geek): Australian Cricketer Ricky Ponting, 37, retired from Test cricket, playing his last match against South Africa in Perth on Dec. 3. With a tally of 13,666 runs, the Tasmanian is the 2nd highest run-scorer after Sachin Tendulkar, and with 48 Test wins, the most successful skipper ever. *
17-12-12 - 14:34:03

sonunigam (Love Geek): It has been 20 years since the first SMS was sent. Neil Papworth, an engg. at the Sema Group, which was developing SMS, messaged "Merry Christmas" from his computer to Richard Jarvis, a director at Vodafone. *
17-12-12 - 14:36:53

sonunigam (Love Geek): Rupert Murdoch-owned News Corp. is folding up The Daily, its two-year-old tablet newspaper. The last issue published on December 15. With an investment of 30 million US Dollars and 100 staffers, it was launched with much fanfare. *
17-12-12 - 14:40:40

sonunigam (Love Geek): Software Professional Chandrasekhar Vallabhaneni from Andhra Pradesh, and his wife, Anupama, were sentenced to 18 and 15 months in jail, respectively, by a Norwegian Court. The couple was arrested after their seven-year-old son complained to his teacher that they had threatened to burn his tongue and send him to India for wetting his pants in the School Bus. *
17-12-12 - 14:47:06