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Why Windows 7 Is Superior to OS X, Linux, And Other Platforms

According to Microsoft, Windows 7 is superior to Apple’s Mac OS X, the open source Linux and to all operating systems on the market. This statement from Kevin Turner, Microsoft Chief Operating Officer during the company’s Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC) 2010. Windows 7 has got a extraordinary success in terms of adoption and customer satisfaction. Microsoft selling sell some 7 copies of Windows 7 every second evenafter around nine months after the operating system hit store shelves. Now Windows 7 having passed the 150 million sold licenses.

One Trillion Pixel, 802 GB Image by Microsoft

Yes its an One Trillion Pixel image by Microsoft, this picture of the night sky is the largest and the clearest ever. This image is802 GB in size. Under the Terapixel project, 1791 pairs of complementary red-blue captures were stitched, thanks to image data from telescopes in California and Australia collected under the Digitized Sky Survey during the past 50 years.

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Beware Of Computer Virus Phone Call From Microsoft

Looks like India is becoming famous for wrong reasons lately. First, India was listed as the spamming hub and now for running a phone call scam about computer viruses.

According to the Guardian, the scam is running quietly since 2008 from call centres based in Kolkata. The scam starts this way: the phone rings at someone's home, and the caller – usually with an Indian accent – asks for the householder, quoting their name and address before saying "I'm calling for Microsoft. We've had a report from your internet service provider of serious virus problems from your computer."

Requirement of 45 IT Freshers at Adient Technology Pvt Ltd Chennai

Adient Technology Pvt Ltd is hiring IT Freshers
Overview:
* Experience in Years: 0
* City/Location: Chennai
* Qualification: B.Tech/B.E./M.Sc/M.Tech/MCA
* Category: IT-Software/ Software Services
* Role: Fresher
* Functional Area: IT-Other
Interview Time : 10.30 am to till 3 pm Freshers only(2 months training + 4 months real time exp)
Contact Details:
* Company Name: Adient Technology Pvt Ltd
* Executive Name: Mr Venkat
* Address:
Adient Solution
New No 72, Old No 138
Habibulla Road
T.Nagar
CHENNAI,Tamilnadu,India
* Email Id: venkat[at]adientsolution.com
* Phone: 91-44-42321828
* Website: http://www.adient.co.uk/

First voice social networking service Hibuddy launched by Indiatimes

Indiatimes launches Hibuddy, the first ever voice social networking and blogging service for mobile users. Now millions of mobile users can now use this service for social networking and blogging.
The users just need to call 58888199 and create their voice channel, through which they can connect to millions of other users, with similar interests. Therefore, users looking for social networking, no longer need to be connected to the internet, and can easily find friends right from their mobile phones.
Currently, the service is available with only Reliance mobile network, but soon it will be available on many more networks.

Google buys Metaweb to 'improve search'

Search giant Google Inc. says it has bought Metaweb Inc., a company that helps connect Internet search words to real-world things.
Google director of product management, Jack Menzel, said in a blog post Friday that the acquisition will help "improve search and make the Web richer and more meaningful."
In a video on its website, San Francisco-based Metaweb says search words themselves can be interpreted in too many ways to be useful.
Instead, it has created an open database of more 12 million things, such as people, companies, movies and books, and how they relate to each other.
Menzel said the database, called Freebase, will help Google answer more complex questions.

The top 10 mobile phones selling globally

1.Apple iPhone 3G
2.HTC Touch Diamond
3.Nokia E51
4.Nokia 6300
5.Nokia 3109
6.LG Viewty KU990
7.Nokia N95 8GB
8.Sony Ericsson K810i
9.Sony Ericsson K530i
10.Sony Ericsson W890i

Top 10 Mobile Phones in India

Following are the Top 10 mobile phones in India based on the popularity and number of searches on the Internet:

1. Nokia 5230 – price Rs.8,100
2. Nokia 5233 – price Rs.6,500
3. Nokia 5800 XpressMusic- price Rs.13,500
4. Samsung Corby – price Rs.7,500
5. Nokia 5130 XpressMusic – price Rs.5,000
6. Nokia 2700 Classic – Price Rs.4,000
7. Nokia E72 – price Rs.19,200
8. Nokia N97 mini – price Rs.22,500
9. Nokia E63- price Rs.9,500
10. Samsung Star 3G (S5603)-price Rs.10,000

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Google Sees Bright Future In India

Google has tied up with Tata Consultancy Services to provide web based business solutions to enterprise industry. It aims to make available business tools such as email, instant messaging, calendar functionality and video and office presentations over the internet using the Google Apps software suite. Google had earlier tried to partner with Airtel but that fell through.

Microsoft is way ahead of Google when it comes to enterprise solutions. Google has effectively challenged Microsoft in the consumer space, but has not made a major impact on Microsoft’s forte. Right now, enterprise does not form a substantial portion of Google’s revenue, but this is touted to change. With enterprise being the fastest growing segment for Google, they can’t ignore it any more.

In cloud computing, Google is planning to integrate its enterprise tools on the cloud computing platform to effectively cater to the needs of the enterprise industry. Back home, the Bangalore and Hyderabad centres, with around 300 engineers are concentrating solely on this, building India as a centre of excellence.

Google plans to have a major role in this. Google is targeting the public cloud with other companies like Amazon and Salesforce giving it competition. On the other hand, companies like Microsoft and IBM are concentrating on the private cloud. Private cloud is where corporate companies use an internal server to host applications that can be accessed only by them. On the other hand, public cloud refers to servers hosted by say, Google, and all the applications hosted on them. Google says that private cloud is not true cloud computing and that its public cloud has enough security features.

It hopes India spells success in this regard. We will be seeing a lot of Google in India soon.

D Udaya Kumar Designer of Rupee Symbol

D. Udaya Kumar born on 10th October 1978 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. D. Udaya Kumar pursued his Bachelor’s degree in Architecture from School of Architecture and Planning (SAP) Anna University,Chennai. His areas of interest include graphic design, typography, type design and design research with special focus on Tamil typography. He has just completed his PhD work on the evolution of the Tamil script,which dates back to 2nd century AD, IIT Bombay under the guidance of Prof. G.V.Sreekumar. He has also designed a tamil font named "Parashakti" as a mini project at IDC

Presenting Indian Rupee Symbol

The Indian rupee now has a unique symbol. A blend of the Devanagri 'Ra' and Roman 'R' joining elite currencies like the US dollar, euro, British pound and Japanese yen in having a distinct identity. The new symbol, designed by Bombay IIT post-graduate D Udaya Kumar, was approved by the cabinet Yesterday. It reflecting that the Indian currency, backed by an over-trillion dollar economy, was finally making its presence felt on the international scene.

NEWS

India's TCS quarterly profit jumps 21 percent
India's largest software exporter Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) reported Thursday its quarterly net profit jumped 21 percent, beating forecasts, as demand for outsourcing improved.
Acer, Asus and Lenovo lead pack as PC sales surge
Taiwan's Acer and Asus and China's Lenovo posted strong growth as personal computer sales surged more than 20 percent in the second quarter over a year ago, market research company Gartner said.

Puzzle

There are 12 coins. One of them is false; it weights differently. It is not known, if the false coin is heavier or lighter than the right coins. How to find the false coin by three weighs on a simple scale?

post your answers in comment box

Infosys Dishes Out New Social Media Norm

Our home grown IT company, Infosys Technologies Ltd., which is the most active IT and BPO company on Twitter and Youtube, is no alien to using social media to its advantage. But recently, social media has become a bane for them. Its own employees have been venting their frustration and anger on social media.
This led to employees voicing their opinion on social networking websites and also blaming some Infosys personnel. Also, some of the employees started posting information about the projects that they were working on. Sensitive company information was leaked, sometimes unknowingly.
In response to this, Infosys is planning to introduce a new Social Media Policy that will allow it to take legal action against such employees leaking confidential company information on Facebook, Twitter and Orkut. This will make Infosys the first Indian company to come out with such a policy, which is expected to be implemented next month. Breaching this policy would lead to warning and in worse cases, termination from service. The company is looking at social media as a fast way to communicate with its employees. A recent example would be to communicate effectively the news about the bandh.

Ferrari To Enter Indian Market

The super car maker Marnello baseditalian is eyeing to launch the popular, renowned Ferrari in Indian roads in 2011. Luca DI Montemezelo, Ferrari Chief Executive Officer said to BBC that later this year Ferrari will be launched in the Indian markets. For this, Ferrari and the Tata motors limited will be joining together in distributing and selling Ferraris in India. In 2011 Ferrari will be entering in to India via India’s capital New Delhi and Mumbai.

Access Mobile Web Without GPRS

HP Labs India has developed a new technology that will allow users to browse the internet via SMS and voice services on a phones that doesn't support GPRS. It will use SMS and voice services to browse instead of the traditional webpage browsing method. This new technology know as SiteonMobile and its based on cloud computing technology.

How to use USP Pen Drive as RAM

Windows Vista and Windows 7, Microsoft has introduced a new technology called ReadyBoost. With the help of this technology one can use any Flash drive, SD Cards, CF Cards as the third memory option for the computer.

How can it be activated ?

In order to activate the ReadyBoost technology on your FlashDrive or Memory Cards, you have to follow these steps…

1. Open My Computer.
2. Right Click on the Removable Disk Drive and select Properties.
3. Click on ReadyBoost Tab.
4. Enable the feature by selecting the option and allocate the amount of space you want to use as memory.

Things to be noted….

1. Regardless of the fact that you use Readyboost or not, you need at least 512 Mb of memory to run Windows Vista decently.
2. If your device is not giving the option of ReadyBoost then it means that it doesn’t clear up the minimum data trasfer rate required by ReadBoost technology.

Toshiba W100- Dual Touch Screen Laptop

Toshiba has launches its first dual scree laptop.The Libretto (W100) is first dual-touch-screen laptop running Microsoft Windows 7 that offers the consumer an enriched ultra-mobile computing experience. The pocket sized Libretto W100 features 7 inch touch-sensitive screens and is targeted at prosumers .

• Intel Pentium U5400
• RAM: 2 GB DDR3 onboard
• 62 GB SSD
• Two 17.8cm (7 inch) WSVGA Dual Multi-touch displays with LED backlight
• 1024 x 600 pixels (16:9)

Price: The New Toshiba W100 Dual Screen laptop is available at the price of Rs 75000

Don't buy Apple's iPhone 4, Consumer Reports warns

Consumer Reports magazine today said it won't recommend Apple's iPhone 4 because of major reception issues when users touch the external antenna.

One analyst called the publication's conclusion a "black eye" for Apple.

"When your finger or hand touches a spot on the phone's lower left side -- an easy thing, especially for lefties -- the signal can significantly degrade enough to cause you to lose your connection altogether if you're in an area with a weak signal," said Mike Gikas, the publication's senior electronics editor

India : The Most Cyber Secure Nation in the World

Atlanta-based security vendor SecureWorks recently unveiled the results of a study on cyber securities of nations. In what is dubbed as the ‘World Cup’ of cyber security, they compiled a list of countries that are most vulnerable to online attacks. India tops the list as the most cyber secure nation with an attacks-per-PC ratio of 0.05 while USA is the most targeted country with the rate of 1.6 incidents per PC.
China, is only in the seventh place

Adobe Flash Is Going 3D

The 3D technology has reached everywhere and the Adobe flash will now embed the 3D technology into their products, which was announced by Adobe. The announcement was that, Adobe’s latest browser plug-in will contain the 3D technology.

There was an indication about this in the Adobe Max discussion program to be held on October, as the title itself was “Flash Player 3D Future”.

Puzzle

1. Complete the series. 9 = 4, 21 = 9, 22 = 9, 24 = 10, 8 = 5, 7 = 5, 99 = 10, 100 = 7, 16 = ?, 17 = ?

2. In a year, some months have 30 days, while some have 31. Guess, which month has 28 days?

2010 AntiVirus Software Review by TOPTENREVIEW

1.BitDefender Antivirus

Rs. 1,386
2.Kaspersky Anti-Virus

Rs. 2,775
3.Webroot AntiVirus

Rs. 1,386
4.Norton AntiVirus

Rs. 1,851
5.ESET Nod32 Antivirus

Rs. 1,851
6.AVG Anti-Virus

Rs. 1,620
7.F-Secure Anti-Virus

Rs. 1,851
8.G DATA AntiVirus

Rs. 1,155
9.Avira AntiVir

Rs. 1,247
10.Trend Micro

Rs. 1,849

India Is No.2 Country For Facebook Growth

Indians always seem to have two obsessions: One is telling others what they are doing and another is to know what others are doing. Facebook undoubtedly helps them in this regard. The aftermath is the ever rising Indian population, month on month, on the world’s number 1 social networking site. If a report of Inside Facebook Gold is to be believed then in May 2010 India ranked as the 2nd most growth oriented country for Facebook in the World after Indonesia.

Check the table below:

As you can see from above India added almost a million users to facebook’s growth just a shade under Indonesia. The promising fact for Facebook is that that’s still less than 1 % of India’s population and given the recent exposure to over 130 million users via the Airtel deal Facebook is only going to grow from here.

Google Planning To Push Android In India & China

Recently it has been announced that the multinational Internet Giant Google Incorporated is planning to increase its revenue from its applications including its Android operating system. Plans also have been made for introducing the android operating system in Asia. Due to the increasing popularity of Apple and the gadgets connected to it , the popularity of Google on the market is slowly declining

Airtel Makes Facebook Browsing Free For 2 Months

Leading telecom operator Bharti Airtel has made access to online social networking site Facebook free for its over 130 million subscribers. For the first time, Airtel customers who are Facebook users will be able to post status updates, comment and write on walls, message others, and also be able to view or upload photos without any data charges. Facebook’s mobile site will be initially available in English and Hindi, with five other languages – Punjabi, Bengali, Telugu, Tamil, and Malayalam –soon to follow by July 15, 2010. The catch however is that the service is being offered for a two months period.

In a blog post made in early May Facebook had announced that its stripped down version o.facebook.com will be available to mobile customers of over 50 mobile carriers (across the world) without incurring any data charges.
In a first of its kind move by the company, it wants subscribers to get hooked on to full Facebook mobile experience and hence through airtel one will be able to access m.facebook.com for free. Airtel expects that after using it for couple of months, majority of subscribers would continue with it even with data charges.

How to access Facebook on Airtel:
• SMS ‘FACEBOOK’ to 54321
• Feed your email address and password
• Connect and share with your friends on the move – with no data cost on m.facebook.com until August 31st, 2010

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India Plans to Ban BlackBerry, Gmail & Skype

The Indian government has demanded from Research in Motion, Google and Skype to hand in data in a readable format for the security and intelligence agencies in India. The department of telecom has given the three companies a deadline of 15 days to do the necessary stuff.

If they do not take the necessary measures there is a chance that their services will be banned in India according to Business Line. Security agencies also stated that they didn’t have the means to monitor the services offered by Tata teleservices and reliance Communications. In August 2008 the Indian government has banned also some Blackberry services until they were able to monitor them.

Airtel, Vodafone to launch iPhone 4 in India by September

Finally there is something official about iPhone 4 release in India. Airtel and Vodafone will bring the Apple iPhone 4 to Indian market by September, this year. Apple had earlier announced that it will make the next-gen iPhone available in 88 countries, including India, in September, 2010. Presently it has been made available in US, UK, France, Germany and Japan.

iPhone 4 features a lots of new enhancements including FaceTime video calling, iOS 4, HD video recording, 5 Megapixel with flash, multi touch ‘Retina display’, 40% longer battery-backup and more.

Airtel and Vodafone are yet to announce the price, but iPhone 4 (16 GB) is likely to cost Rs 35,000, while 32 GB model will be priced at Rs 41,500.

Apple overtakes Microsoft as most valuable tech firm

Apple Wednesday overtook Microsoft as the world’s most valuable technology company, thanks to the persistent run-up in Apple shares and the dwindling value of Microsoft stock.

Apple’s total market capitalisation as measured by the value of all the company’s shares was $227.1 billion in Nasdaq trading early Wednesday afternoon after its share value rose 1.53 percent on the day. Microsoft’s shares fell 1.69 percent, giving the company a market capitalisation of $225.58 billion.

The move also made Apple the second largest company in the US, trailing only Exxon Mobile which has a market cap of $280 billion.

Microsoft and Ford team up on electric cars

Microsoft and Ford are to collaborate on the development of an electric car that will use Microsoft technology to streamline the battery-charging process, the companies announced Wednesday at the opening of the New York International Auto Show.
The companies hope that the technology will help homeowners deal with the power demands made by electric cars, which are likely to be the largest energy hogs in the home, effectively doubling residential power consumption.

Wipro wins Microsoft country partner award

Wipro has won the 2010 Microsoft country partner of the year award for delivering market-leading customer solutions built on Microsoft technology, the IT bellwether said here Monday.

The winners in different categories were chosen from a pool of 3,000 entrants worldwide.

The Bangalore-based Wipro was recognised for superior technology, innovation and subsidiary engagement as Microsoft country partner in 2009.