Do Skyscrapers make sense?

Not always, so says the economist according to this article. Most skyscrapers, specially the really big ones, are ready long after the demand slows down for the office space. So does that mean dubai's economy will be slowing down considerably after 2009 ( By which time almost all planned skyscrapers will be built)?

Yahoo! 360 Blocked

Finally, it happened! After blocking various blogging and networking sites, now Yahoo! 360, one of the newer products of Yahoo has been blocked by our own ISP. Is Blooger Next? ( Owned by Google)
UPDATE: Looks like Yahoo! 360 is back!.. I should have taken a screen shot :-)

Software Wars

Microsoft and it's battles to maintain its world dominance is always a on-going struggle. As you can see the above graphic!

UAE Year Book 2005

The New UAE Year Book for 2005 has been released. This document contains the latest govenment information including statistics and demographics of UAE. The book is published by govenment of dubai i believe.

Re-designed Trump Tower

I recently came to know about the re-design of new Trump Building coming up as the center piece of plam jumairh. Although I believe no financial investment is being contributed by Mr. Trump, he would lend his name as well as his expertise in the new project. Notice the plam metro going through the new building.

NY Times take on Air Arabia and Low cost airlines in the Gulf

Today, New York Times featured an article on "our own low cost airline" Air Arabia. Having a fleet of only 6 planes (owns five and leases one), air arabia flies from SHJ airport to nearby gulf cities, as well as the sub-continent. The airline is known for its cartoon ads showing "south-park" like characters.