Million dollar babies (IPL Auction)

See how worth is your star from the below list!
Player Country Bought by Franchise Price (in USD) Base Price (USD)
Round 1: Dhoni fetches the highest price
MS Dhoni India Chennai 1.5 m 4,00,000
Adam Gilchrist Australia Hyderabad 7,00,000 3,00,000
M Muralitharan Sri Lanka Chennai 6,00,000 2,50,000
M Jayawardene Sri Lanka Mohali 4,75,000 2,50,000
Shane Warne Australia Jaipur 4,50,000 4,50,000
Shoaib Akhtar Pakistan Kolkata 4,25,000 2,50,000
Round 2: Mukesh Ambani-owned Mumbai buys Jayasuriya, Bhajji
Anil Kumble India Bangalore 5,00,000 2,50,000
Harbhajan Singh India Mumbai 8,50,000 2,50,000
Sanath Jayasuriya Sri Lanka Mumbai 9,75,000 2,50,000
Kumar Sangakkara Sri Lanka Mohali 7,00,000 2,50,000
Glenn McGrath Australia - No bid 3,50,000
Mohammad Yousuf Pakistan - No bid 3,30,000
Round 3: Symonds is second million-dollar player
Ricky Ponting Australia Kolkata 4,00,000 3,35,000
Brett Lee Australia Mohali 9,00,000 3,00,000
Andrew Symonds Australia Hyderabad 1.35m 2,50,000
Michael Hussey Australia - No bid 2,50,000
Daniel Vettori New Delhi 6,25,000 2,50,000
Matthew Hayden Australia Chennai 3,75,000 2,25,000
Brendon McCullum New Zealand Kolkata 7,00,000 1,75,000
Jacob New Zealand Chennai 6,75,000 2,00,000
Round 4: Mallya buys Kallis for US $9,00,000
Stephen Fleming New Zealand Chennai 3,50,000 3,50,000
Graeme Smith South Africa Jaipur 2,50,000 2,50,000
Herschelle Gibbs South Africa Hyderabad 5,75,000 2,50,000
Chris Gayle West Indies Kolkata 8,00,000 2,50,000
Shoaib Malik Pakistan Delhi 5,00,000 3,00,000
Shahid Pakistan Hyderabad 6,75,000 2,25,000
Younis Khan Pakistan Jaipur 2,25,000 2,25,000
Mohammad Asif Pakistan Delhi 6,50,000 2,25,000
Jacques Kallis South Africa Bangalore 9,00,000 2,25,000
Zaheer Khan India Bangalore 4,50,000 2,00,000
S Sreesanth India Mohali 6,25,000 2,00,000
Round 5: Dinesh Karthik goes to Delhi
Dinesh Karthik India Delhi 5,25,000 2,00,000
AB de Villiers South Africa Delhi 3,00,000 2,00,000
Mark South Africa Bangalore 4,50,000 2,00,000
Parthiv Patel India Chennai 3,25,000 1,50,000
Kamran Akmal Pakistan Jaipur 1,50,000 1,50,000
Tatenda Taibu Zimbabwe ---- No bid 1,25,000
Round 6: Mohali pays US $9,25,000 for Irfan Pathan
Albie Morkel South Africa Chennai 6,75,000 2,25,000
Ajit Agarkar India Kolkata 3,50,000 2,00,000
Shaun Pollock South Africa Mumbai 5,50,000 2,00,000
Irfan Pathan India Mohali 9,25,000 2,00,000
Scott Styris New Zealand Hyderabad 1,75,000 1,75,000
Fervez Maharoof Sri Lanka Delhi 2,25,000 1,50,000
Tillakaratne Dilshan Sri Lanka Delhi 2,50,000 1,50,000
Cameron White Australia Bangalore 5,00,000 1,00,000
Yusuf Pathan India Jaipur 4,75,000 1,00,000
Joginder Sharma India Chennai 2,25,000 1,00,000
Ramnaresh Sarwan West Indies -- unsold 2,25,000
Simon Katich Australia -- unsold 2,00,000
Justin Langer Australia -- unsold 2,00,000
Gautam Gambhir India Delhi 7,25,000 2,20,000
Robin Uthappa India Mumbai 8,00,000 2,00,000
S Chanderpaul West Indies -- unsold 2,00,000
Ashwell Prince West Indies -- unsold 1,75,000
VVS Laxman India Hyderabad 3,75,000 1,50,000
Wasim Jaffer India Bangalore 1,50,000 1,50,000
Rohit Sharma India Hyderabad 7,50,000 1,50,000
Loots Bosman South Africa -- unsold 1,50,000
Mohammad Kaif India Jaipur 6,75,000 1,25,000
Suresh Raina India Chennai 6,50,000 1,25,000
Manoj Tiwary India Delhi 6,75,000 1,00,000
Chamara Silva Sri Lanka Hyderabad 1,00,000 1,00,000
David Hussey Australia Kolkata 6,25,000 1,00,000
Round 7: Uthappa, Rohit Sharma hit jackpot
Ramnaresh Sarwan West Indies -- unsold 2,25,000
Simon Katich Australia -- unsold 2,00,000
Justin Langer Australia -- unsold 2,00,000
Gautam Gambhir India Delhi 7,25,000 2,20,000
Robin Uthappa India Mumbai 8,00,000 2,00,000
S Chanderpaul West Indies -- unsold 2,00,000
Ashwell Prince West Indies -- unsold 1,75,000
VVS Laxman India Hyderabad 3,75,000 1,50,000
Wasim Jaffer India Bangalore 1,50,000 1,50,000
Rohit Sharma India Hyderabad 7,50,000 1,50,000
Loots Bosman South Africa -- unsold 1,50,000
Mohammad Kaif India Jaipur 6,75,000 1,25,000
Suresh Raina India Chennai 6,50,000 1,25,000
Manoj Tiwary India Delhi 6,75,000 1,00,000
Chamara Silva Sri Lanka Hyderabad 1,00,000 1,00,000
David Hussey Australia Kolkata 6,25,000 1,00,000
Round 8: SRK buys Ishant for US $950,000
Nathan Bracken Australia Bangalore 3,25,000 2,25,000
RP Singh India Hyderabad 8,75,000 2,00,000
Murali Kartik India Kolkata 4,25,000 2,00,000
Makhaya Ntini South Africa Chennai 2,00,000 2,00,000
Lasith Malinga Sri Lanka Mumbai 3,50,000 2,00,000
Chaminda Vaas Sri Lanka Hyderabad 2,00,000 2,00,000
Ramesh Powar India Mohali 1,70,000 1,50,000
Umar Gul Pakistan Kolkata 1,50,000 1,50,000
Dale Steyn South Africa Bangalore 3,25,000 1,50,000
Dilhara Fernando Sri Lanka Mumbai 1,50,000 1,50,000
Ishant Sharma India Kolkata 9,50,000 1,50,000
Piyush Chawla India Mohali 4,00,000 1,25,000
Munaf India Jaipur 2,75,000 1,00,000
Nuwan Zoysa India Hyderabad 1,10,000 1,00,000
Reserve players
Glenn McGrath Australia Delhi 3,50,000 3,50,000
Michael Hussey Australia Chennai 2,50,000 2,50,000
Tatenda Taibu Zimbabwe Kolkata 1,25,000 1,25,000
Ramnaresh Sarwan West Indies Mohali 2,25,000 2,25,000
Simon Katich Australia Mohali 2,00,000 2,00,000
Justin Langer Australia Jaipur 2,00,000 2,00,000
Shivnarine Chanderpaul [Images] West Indies Bangalore 2,00,000 2,00,000
Loots Bosman South Africa Mumbai 1,50,000 1,50,000

MacBook Air Comes to India

Apple Inc unveiled MacBook Air, the world's thinnest notebook, in India on February 13. MacBook Air is only 0.16 inches at its thinnest point, while its maximum height of 0.76 inches is less than the thinnest point on competing notebooks.

MacBook Air, at a suggested retail price of Rs 96,100 -- has the following features:

a 13.3-inch LED-backlit widescreen display
a full-size and backlit keyboard
a built-in iSightr video camera for video conferencing
a spacious trackpad with multi-touch gesture support
Intel Core 2 Duo processors running at 1.6 GHz and
2GB of memory.
A company statement claims that MacBook Air delivers up to five hours of battery life for wireless productivity and includes AirPort Extremer 802.11n Wi-Fi networking, which delivers up to five times the performance.

Sun acquires MySQL

Sun Microsystems is taking the plunge into the database market with the purchase of open source database developer MySQL for $1 billion ($800 million in cash in exchange for all MySQL stock and assumption of approximately $200 million in options).

With the move, announced Wednesday, Sun takes a big leap into the $15 billion database market and pits it against the likes of Microsoft, IBM and Oracle. MySQL (all resources) also gives Sun entry to some customers that may be interested in buying more equipment and software. MySQL counts Facebook, Google, Nokia and Baidu as customers.

Yahoo! says no to Microsoft offer

According to Yahoo’s statement:

“After careful evaluation, the Board believes that Microsoft’s proposal substantially undervalues Yahoo! including our global brand, large worldwide audience, significant recent investments in advertising platforms and future growth prospects, free cash flow and earnings potential, as well as our substantial unconsolidated investments. The Board of Directors is continually evaluating all of its strategic options in the context of the rapidly evolving industry environment and we remain committed to pursuing initiatives that maximize value for all stockholders.”

Microsoft offers to buy Yahoo

IT giant Microsoft Corporation on Friday announced that it was planning to acquire all the outstanding shares of Yahoo! common stock for per share consideration of $31 representing a total equity value of approximately $44.6 billion.Microsoft's proposal would allow the Yahoo! shareholders to elect to receive cash or a fixed number of shares of Microsoft common stock, with the total consideration payable to Yahoo! shareholders consisting of one-half cash and one-half Microsoft common stock. The offer represents a 62 percent premium above the closing price of Yahoo! common stock on Jan. 31, 2008, says a release issued by Microsoft on Friday.
Commenting on the proposal, Steve Ballmer, chief executive officer of Microsoft said, "We have great respect for Yahoo!, and together we can offer an increasingly exciting set of solutions for consumers, publishers and advertisers while becoming better positioned to compete in the online services market." The online advertising market is growing at a very fast pace, from over $40 billion in 2007 to nearly $80 billion by 2010. Microsoft believes this is the time for consolidation and convergence. Together, Microsoft and Yahoo! can offer a competitive choice while better fulfilling the needs of customers and partners. The combination will create a more efficient company and will generate at least $1 billion in annual synergy for the combined entity.

While yahoo loosing its charm day by day,they need a giant like this to back up.No surprise!