Sunday, September 6, 2009
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Microsoft's New Serach Engine - "Bing"
Interface features
- Daily changing of background image. The images are mostly of remarkable places in the world. The background image also contains information about the element(s) shown in the image. You can view the information by hovering over the image. The background images can be switched off and switched on
- Content sectioning of results (separate section for wallpaper, map, weather, fansites and more)
- Left side navigation pane. Includes navigation and, on results pages, related searches and prior searches
- Right side extended preview which shows a bigger view of the page and gives URLs to links inside of the page.
- Sublinks. On certain search results, the search result page also shows section links within the article (this is also done on other search engines, including Google)
- Enhanced view where third party site information can be viewed inside Bing. This works for Wikipedia pages
Much Awaited Google OS
About Good OS Founded in early 2007, Good OS is an operating system software company based in Silicon Valley, California, USA and Taipei, Taiwan. Our mission is to enable cloud computing through software. Products Good OS currently has two products:
History On November 1, 2007, Good OS debuted its first product, gOS, a Linux operating system for consumers, at Wal-Mart stores on the widely publicized $199 Everex gPC. Since its debut at Wal-Mart stores, gOS has been developed into its third major release–gOS 3.0 Gadgets featuring widgets powered by Google Gadgets–and has been pre-installed with additional PC OEM's on desktops, notebooks, netbooks, and shipped across more major distribution channels such as Circuit City, CompUSA, NewEgg, TigerDirect, and more. In December 2008, Good OS announced its second product, Cloud, a small browser operating system, to be shipped on the GIGABYTE Touch-screen Netbooks which will run Cloud and Windows XP together. In January 2009, Good OS released gOS 3.1 Gadgets, an updated version of its Linux operating system with an improved user experience. Philosophy Good OS's mantra is "Be good" because of our goal to be a good partner to PC companies, and to make good software for PC users. |
Apple Tablet
Unfortunately the analyst hasn’t revealed any details on the specifications of the Apple Tablet, which leaves us wondering if this is just another rumor.
As with all of Apple’s new products it is just a case of waiting until we get actual confirmation from them with a new product launch, lets hope this one pans out and we get to see an Apple Tablet this year.
I for one would definitely buy one, of course depending on the price point, but rumors have suggested that it could retail for around $700 to $800, which wouldn’t be bad if it has a lot of the features of the iPhone on a larger scale.
Microsoft Surface - The interactive tabletop computer, the surface that feels you
What is so special about Microsoft Tabletop? One can touch a color in the one-screen palette and draw an image on the screen. Touch blue and draw the sky, Touch green and draw grass. Microsoft Tabletop can understand all this. It also recognizes various objects. The system can be designed to set up a plate on the surface and the system throws up a menu! And many more possibilities await us as we progress.
Many had a wro impression about Microsoft Surface. They thought it is another glorified and hyped touch screen computer. And they are proved wrong by the features provided in the Microsoft Tabletop. The touch screen computers enable users to do away with keyboard and mouse. They can navigate the menu by touching various options to reach a logical end of viewing data or printing. And there ends the comparison. Microsoft Tabletop can do many more things, which you think are not possible!
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
Highlights of Interim Budget 2009-10
New Delhi, Feb 16 (ANI): Acting Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee presented the Interim Budget 2009-10 in the Lok Sabha today. The highlights are as follow:
*Rs 40,000 crore relief extended through tax cuts to counter economic slowdown.
*Budgetary support increased for Ministries of Rural Development, Road Transport and Highway, Power, Railways, Industrial Policy and Promotion and IT.
* Defence allocation increased to Rs1,41,703 crore in wake of Mumbai attacks.
* Revised fiscal deficit estimated at 6 per cent of GDP as against 2.5 per cent in the Budget estimate. Revised revenue deficit placed at 4.4 per cent as against 1 per cent in the Budget estimate for 2008-09.
*Fiscal deficit has gone up from Rs 133,287 crore in the budget estimates to Rs 326,515 crore in the revised estimates for 2008-09.
*Rs 40,000 crore relief extended through tax cuts to counter economic slowdown.
*Budget estimate for expenditure for 2009-10 put at Rs 953,231 crore. This includes Rs 285,145 crore for plan expenditure while non-plan spend put at Rs 668,883 crore.
* India remains second-fastest growing economy in the world
* Economy expected to grow 7.1 percent this fiscal
* Need to make economic growth inclusive
* Government spent Rs.70,000 crore on 37 infrastructure projects in 2008-09
* Under public-private partnership (PPP), 54 central infrastructure projects approved
* Total expenditure of PPP projects estimated at Rs.67,700 crore
* India Infrastructure Finance Company to raise Rs.10,000 crore by end-March
* India has weathered inflation crisis, but no room for complacency
* Country’’s agriculture outlook is encouraging
* Focussed attention to agriculture
* Plan allocation for farm sector hiked 300 percent in past five years
* Three-fold increase in short-term agriculture credit to Rs.250,000 crore
* Farm debt worth Rs.65,300 crore waived
* Government will continue to provide additional subsidy to farmers
* Corpus of Rural Infrastructure Development Fund hiked to Rs.14,000 crore from Rs.5,500 crore
* Outlay for higher education hiked 900 percent for 11th Five Year Plan
* Country’’s social security net will be strengthened
* Record foreign direct investment of 32.4 billion dollars attracted
* Global economic situation not encouraging
* Extraordinary situation merits extraordinary measures
* Need to consider additional fiscal measures in regular budget
* Financial sector reforms need to be accelerated
* In past three years, India grew by average of over nine per cent
* Per capita income expanded by 4.7 per cent per annum
* Fiscal deficit was brought down from 4.5 per cent to 2.7 per cent
* Revenue deficit was cut from 3.6 per cent to 1.1 per cent
* Exports increased 26.4 per cent per annum
* Foreign trade increased from 27.3 per cent to 35.5 per cent
* Tax to gross domestic product ratio expanded by 9.2 to 12.5 per cent
* Agriculture grew by 3.7 per cent per annum (ANI)
