by Marv Dumon, Houston Boxing Examiner

Marquez vs. Diaz: redemption vs. stardom. Houston, TX - Old Warrior vs. Young Bull. Redemption vs. Stardom. Juan Manuel "Dinamita" Marquez vs. Juan "Baby Bull Diaz"

On Saturday night at 10pm CST in Houston's Toyota Center, fight fans are treated very well with the lightweight clash of Marquez vs. Diaz. Just as importantly, the showdown is shown in the U.S. on HBO for free. One could argue that this is a pay-per-view event, given that Chris John and Rocky Juarez will also be fighting that night, which is anticipated as an interesting fight between the Indonesian and the Mexican American. Given the state of the economy, promoters (in this case, Golden Boy Promotions) and HBO (rightfully) decided not to push it.

Electricity will be in the air. Both Diaz and Juarez reside in Houston. Boxing legends and celebrities will be at ringside. Let's get ready to rumble! Read full Story

By Kenny Perrault

For now a calm climate is set for the impending Ricky Hatton-Manny Pacquiao super fight. However, on the horizon, a dark and powerful storm full of electricity is waiting to strike. When fight night finally arrives, the age old question of what happens when an unstoppable object meets an unmovable force will be answered.

Many fights have promise of being great but few deliver. I have a feeling we will not be disappointed with this one. Both Ricky Hatton and Manny Pacquiao always roll deep with fans making the crowd for this showdown worth the price of admission in itself. The MGM arena can unbolt the seats and throw them away for this fight because they won’t be used once the bell rings. Every super fight of the past decade has been billed -either on paper or on people's minds- as the fight that saves boxing. A few years back Oscar de la Hoya and Floyd Mayweather, Jr. brought that burden into the ring with them. it was laid upon them to save boxing. Truth is boxing doesn’t need saving, it needs more fights like Hatton vs Pacquaio. Read Full Story

Posted By: Gareth A. Davies at Feb 26, 2009 at 09:41:23 [General]
Posted in: Sport , Boxing and MMA


According to several insiders from Ricky Hatton's camp, the thoughts of trainers Floyd Mayweather Snr and Lee Beard on Hatton's excesses between fights have found a foothold.

Hatton has not 'binged' on his family holiday this year, and is believed to have had an earlier 'cut-off' point in his celebrations. Hatton is deadly serious about this contest, having felt he underperformed when he fought the then world No 1 pound for pound fighter in Floyd Mayweather Jnr 15 months ago. Read Full Story

SMS Love quotes for this month of February. It's Valentine's Day a better time to let your precious ones know that you love him/her by sending a romantic valentine's day SMS love quotes. It's the modern way to express your feelings this love month.

Memorable gifts for Valentine’s Day. Love is in the air this February and for all the lovers out there, love is the most wonderful of all feelings in this world. It's Valentine's Day and what could be a better time to let your dear ones know that you love them. Make them feel special by sending an ecard online.

My Valentine...
I Love your touch...
It feels like heaven!!!

A beautiful, romantic ecard for your sweetheart or love to send on Valentine's Day.


Rain Roses

Send a red rose basket to your beloved to tell that you think of him/ her all...





A Sweet Valentine's
Day wish

A beautiful and elegant V'day ecard for your sweetheart.




You are special!

A classy and beautiful card that's sure to make your loved one bloom!





Lucky to have found you..

Let the special person in your life know how lucky you feel to have him/ her,...





My heart beats for you...

Send this special rose ecard to your beloved and express your deepest feelings...

Internet users who are looking for a free email services; these are my lists of my favorite free email sites that offers a plenty of storage, fast interface, desktop email program access, effective spam filtering and many more.

Gmail
This is my no. 1 free email site. Gmail is the Google approach to email and chat. Unlimited free online storage allows you to collect all your messages, and Gmail's simple but very neat interface lets you find them precisely and see them in context without effort. POP and powerful IMAP access bring Gmail to any email program or device.
Gmail puts contextual advertising next to the emails you read.

Yahoo Mail
Yahoo! Mail is your everywhere emails program on the web with unlimited storage and RSS news feeds, SMS texting and instant messaging. While Yahoo! Mail is generally a joy to use, free-form labeling and smart folders would be nice, and the spam filter could catch junk even more effectively.

AIM Mail
AIM Mail, AOL's free web-based email service; stand out with unlimited online storage, very good spam protection and a rich, easy to use interface. Unfortunately, AIM Mail lacks a bit in efficiency (no labels, smart folders and message threading), but makes up for some of that with very functional IMAP (as well as POP) access.

GMX Mail
GMX Mail is a reliable email service filtered well of spam and viruses whose 5 GB of online storage you can use not only through a rich web interface but also via POP or IMAP from a desktop email program.


Zenbe
Zenbe organizes your emails and attachments with labels and search — and integrates calendar, to-do list, twitter and Facebook updates, too. With a focus on smart simplicity, Zenbe provides many sweet shortcuts but also shows oddities and faux pas in others.

Inbox.com
Inbox.com not only gives you highly polished interface but also a 5 GB to store your mail online, fast and functional way to access it via either the web or through POP in your email program.
Unfortunately, IMAP access is not supported by Inbox.com.


FastMail Guest Account
FastMail is an immense free email service with IMAP access, useful features, one of the best an smartest web-based email interfaces.




Windows live Hotmail
If you love the service of MSN search engine then this free mail site is for you, Windows Live Hotmail is a free email service that gives you a 5 GB of online storage, fast search, solid security and an interface easy as a desktop email program. When it comes to organizing mail, Windows Live Hotmail does not go beyond folders (to saved searches and tags, for example), its spam filter could be more effective, and POP or IMAP access are missing.

Google glitch cause online panic
Last night when I am doing a search in Google an erroneous type of message appears on my search result saying “this site may harm your computer”. The glitch happened sometime between 6:30 a.m. PST and 7:25 a.m. The Google Company explains.

Microsoft Windows 7 beta version unveils

I’ve been a windows user for the past 14 years and I already tried all the windows operating system released by Microsoft form windows 3.x, Windows 95, 98, Me, 2000, XP, 2003, and Windows vista, and I myself fairly satisfied how Microsoft revolutionized its operating system.
Windows Vista that was released last Nov. 2006 brought as some new end-user features, including its aero graphical user interface and visual style improved searching features, new multimedia creation tools such as Windows DVD Maker, and redesigned networking, audio, print, and display sub-systems.

This year 2009 Microsoft finally releases its beta version of its new Windows Operating System known as Windows 7 (codename: Blackcomb and Vienna). So many windows users were asking, what are those great end-user features that we could get on Windows 7?

Windows 7 new and changed features
Microsoft Windows 7 includes a number of new great features, such as advances in touch, handwriting, speech, and recognition, improved performance on multi-core processors, support fast boot performance, for virtual hard disks, and improvements on its hybrid kernel. Another noticeable performance is on the speed, compared to windows vista windows 7 is much faster.

The biggest innovation that I have seen is on the taskbar where the Quick Launch toolbar has been merged with the task buttons to create an enhanced taskbar or what Microsoft refers to as the "Superbar". This enhanced taskbar also enables the Jump Lists feature to allow easy access to common tasks.

Big break for developers, Windows 7 delivers a new networking API with support for building SOAP based web services in native code (as opposed to .NET based WCF web services), new features to shorten application install times, reduced UAC prompts, simplified development of installation packages, and improved globalization support through a new Extended Linguistic Services API.

2008 Most Popular Celebrities
Top 5 most popular female celebrities of 2008.
#1
Birth Name: Britney Jean Spears
Birth Place: Kentwood, LA
Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 12/02/1981, Sagittarius
Profession: Singer; actor





#2
Birth Name: Destiny Hope Cyrus
Birth Place: Nashville, TN
Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 11/23/1992, Sagittarius
Profession: Actor; singer




#3
Birth Name: Jessica Marie Alba
Birth Place: Pomona, CA
Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 04/28/1981, Taurus
Profession: Actor




#4
Birth Name: Angelina Jolie Voight
Birth Place: Los Angeles, CA
Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 06/04/1975, Gemini
Profession: Actor




#5
Birth Name: Paris Whitney Hilton
Birth Place: New York, NY
Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 02/17/1981, Aquarius
Profession: Model; actor; reality-show cast member