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Indonesias First Mobile Gaming Community LaunchedIndonesias First Mobile Gaming Community Launched Ozura Sdn Bhd (Ozura) has via PT Nextnation Prisma (NP), both subsidiaries of Malaysian public listed Nextnation Communication Berhad (Nextnation), in partnership with, Indosat Tbk (Indosat), one of the leading telecommunication providers in Indonesia, today announces the launch of the first mobile gaming community in Indonesia - GameWar. Jakarta, Indonesia, July 10, 2006 – Indosat mobile subscribers will be the first to enjoy the benefits of GameWar to experience the new technology. GameWar is a gaming community where mobile users are able to download games, compete in game tournaments and win redemption points which can be used in GameWars virtual gift shop. Users are also able to interact with one another via GameWars club and blog functions as well as the multiplayer games available in the community. GameWar was built on FunlogiX™, a mobile gaming platform developed by Ozura. We are delighted that Indosat has selected Ozura to be the exclusive provider for the mobile gaming community throughout Indonesia. GameWar represents a breakthrough in mobile gaming entertainment in Indonesia as it provides more features and content than a normal mobile content download portal. We anticipate a high take up rate especially amongst users who are below 25 years of age. This demographic has proven to be highly responsive towards mobile gaming entertainment in the world and are quick to adopt new and exciting technologies, stated Lion Peh, Chief Executive Officer of Ozura. As one of the first mobile gaming community offering, what more can I say about the impact of this news. Our partnership with Indosat not only demonstrates our commitment to a successful partnership, but it absolutely validates our continued commitment to maintaining our dominant position as the leading mobile gaming platform provider to the gaming sector. With the launching of GameWar, Ozura has established a solid reputation for developing advanced multi-player solution to support profitable game community. This will be our first step in penetrating the Indonesia market as well as regional market. Our upcoming deployment will be in Thailand, Singapore and China, accessing to more than 500 million mobile users, which tapping further into the estimated USD 11.9 billion global gaming market, continued Peh.. Each game tournament in GameWar lasts for a period of two months encompassing highly addictive mobile games. At the end of each tournament, a new tournament will be launched in its place featuring new games. As such, the gaming content in GameWar is always refreshed to ensure a dynamic gaming environment for the users. The current tournament games in GameWar are Jagoan, Pesta Bola and Bubble Game. The games were developed by Ozura specifically for GameWar. With Ozuras large and dedicated team of game developers providing content to GameWar, rest assured that GameWars gaming content will be the most exciting and rewarding gaming experience available to Indonesian mobile users added Peh. Ozura has developed and aggregated an extensive game catalogues and distribution network worldwide, representing over 2,000 game titles to over 30 countries. For more information on GameWar, visit www.gamewar.funlogix.com. About Indosat: About Nextnation: About Ozura: Source : http://press.xtvworld.com/
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A group of IIT volunteers full of energy, enthusiasm and determination teamed up with Nitish Thakor (Editor-In-Chief) to produce Pi Tech. In the true spirit of globalisation, they remained connected through the Internet to gather and edit the material for the magazine and cooperated through international conference calls lasting till late hours into the night to get the magazine TVG To Show Colonial Turf Cup LiveTVG will present live coverage of Saturday's $1 million Colonial Turf Cup from Colonial Downs in New Kent, Va. The telecast, which will air from 5-6 p.m. (est), will be simulcast on Fox Sports New York and Turner South. The Colonial Turf Cup, a 1 3/16-miles race for 3-year-olds, is the first leg of the second annual "$5 million Jacobs Investments Grand Slam of Grass," a four-race series that also includes the July 15 $1 million Virginia Derby (gr. IIT), the Aug. 12 $400,000 Secretariat Stakes (gr. IT), and the Nov. 4 $3 million John Deere Breeders' Cup Turf (gr. IT). Fix OBC Certification, IIMs Tell GovtEven as the UPA government is busy giving finishing touches to a bill reserving 27% seats for candidates from other backward castes in educational institutions, the IITs and IIMs have expressed grave concern over the existing system of caste certification which, they contend, “has serious flaws”. The reservation bill —Central Educational Institutions (Reservation of Seats and Regulation of Admissions and Fee) Bill — will, in all likelihood, be passed in the forthcoming monsoon session of Parliament. Following the Indian Express expose last Sunday that showed how false OBC certificates could be procured with ease, the management group for the Oversight Child prodigy Budhia rallies for IIT in OrissaChild prodigy Budhia rallies for IIT in Orissa Child prodigy Budhia Singh was seen in a new avatar on Sunday. 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Sources told The Indian Express that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is key to this move—two IISERs are already in the making in Kolkata and Pune. “The PM has been very keen to have this institute ready by the next academic session so the approvals are coming faster than usual,’’ a source in the HRD ministry confirmed. The approval from Location Of Trains Is Now A Phone Call AwayThe travails of travelling on the rails may soon be over after the Indian Railways introduce a satellite-based tracking system to tell friends and relatives waiting for the passengers the exact location of the train on the phone or by the click of the mouse of a computer. The IIT Kanpur and Railway Design and Stardards Organisation, Lucknow have jointly developed the Satellite Imaging for Railway Navigation (SIMRAN) system through which one can get information about a particular train, its location and expected time of arrival at the destination by using telephone or Internet. 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In a position paper circulated in the adindanao website, Fernandez claimed that Bayanihan lacks “credibility” and fails in its “artistic responsibility” My Typhoon Overwhelms Mint Julep HandicapMy Typhoon, ridden by Robby Albarado, rallied from third to grab the lead in the final furlong and score a 1 ¾-length victory in the $115,000 Early Times Mint Julep Handicap (gr. IIIT) for fillies and mares on the Churchill Downs turf. The Mint Julep was the last of six graded stakes races on "Stephen Foster Super Saturday." The 2-1 favorite in the field of 11, the 4-year-old daughter of Giant's Causeway covered the 1 1/16-mile distance on "firm" turf in a fast 1:41.55 and paid $6.80, $4.20, and $3. Rich in Spirit, who rallied from fourth under jockey Mark Guidry, took |
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