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Thursday, November 1, 2012

250 Windows 8 Devices To Hit Indian Markets

Bangalore: About 250 Windows 8 devices; including 25 exclusive ones designed for Microsoft’s new operating system is to hit Indian markets soon, “defining all new digital living” said Bhasker Pramanik, Chairman Microsoft Corporation India addressing the press meet on Windows 8 launch 31st oct in Bangalore. Microsoft is leaving no stone unturned to make Windows 8 a hit in the country. According to Pramanik, the OS will be available on...

Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Supercomputer Does 20,000 Trillion Calculations In A Blink!

Washington: New supercomputer Titan can process more than 20,000 trillion calculations, or 20 petaflops, in a mere blink by employing a series of graphic processing units first created for computer gaming. Launched by the Oak Ridge National Lab (ORNL), Titan will be 10 times as powerful as ORNL's last world-leading system, Jaguar, overcoming power and space limitations inherent in the previous generation of high-performance computers. Using ...

Sunday, October 28, 2012

Yeto Vellipoyindi Manasu

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Denikaina Ready $10 in US

Are you tired of paying high ticket prices for Telugu movies in US? Enjoy Dhenikaina Ready with low and reasonable ticket prices of $10 adults and $6 kids in US. Dhenikaina Ready is running with unexpected response in US and it once again proved that overseas audience more looking into entertainers than any other formula.Small centers like in Omaha where we have single shows people went back as the show is sold out. We added additional shows in some locations like Indianapolis, Columbus etc. based on Fridays response. Please keep checking...

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Gigantic Hurricane Sandy bears down on U.S. East Coast

NEW YORK CITY (Reuters) - Tens of millions of people along the U.S. East Coast girded themselves on Sunday for Hurricane Sandy, a gigantic storm forecast to assault the densely populated region with battering winds, dangerous flooding and even heavy snowfall. Sandy, expected to come ashore late on Monday, could deliver a harsh blow to major cities in its target zone including New York, Philadelphia, Washington, Baltimore and Boston. Its center was forecast to strike New York-New Jersey area and then move inland toward Philadelphia...

Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Employers to face challenge in finding highly qualified people

Chennai: Employers in India are facing challenges in finding highly qualified people and this trend is set to continue for the next three years, says a latest survey. Sixty-five percent of the respondents predict a challenge to find highly qualified people in their respective organizations and this is much higher than the world average of 48 percent, says Randstad India?s latest global Workmonitor Survey 2012. The survey, a quarterly...

India-Australia target doubling trade to $40 bn by 2015

New Delhi: Seeking enhanced economic engagement with India, Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard on Wednesday said the two countries have set a goal of doubling bilateral trade to USD 40 billion by 2015.Addressing Indian business leaders here at a luncheon meeting, Gillard said the dramatic changes in Asia are creating new patterns of Indian growth.India is changing through important economic reforms in areas like energy, aviation and retail,...

Microsoft India on Wednesday announced the launch of a new education resourcing program

New Delhi: Microsoft India on Wednesday announced the launch of a new education resourcing program 'Microsoft Ed-vantage' which seeks to partner with the educational institutes to bring in more technology innovation and enhance employability potential of students.The program aims to consolidate and enhance the benefits to both academic institutions and students who are leveraging on Microsoft programs like 'campus agreements', 'IT academy',...

AP govt to launch mobile electricity bill payment service

Hyderabad: The Andhra Pradesh government, in association with Airtel, has developed a service that would allow customers to make electricity bill payments through their mobile phones. The new service would be launched Monday by the state's Minister for Communication and Information Technology Ponnala Lakshmaiah, K Gopinatha, the director, Electronic Delivery System (EDS) and Meeseva of state's IT Department, told a news agency. Giving...

Facebook offers Rs. 50 talktime for new users signing up via mobile

Facebook has launched a new scheme under which the company is offering Rs. 50 worth of talktime to new users who sign up via a mobile device. Under the new plan – first spotted by Plugged.in – users have to visit m.facebook.com/tt and register for the free talktime. Users can also refer others to join Facebook and get the same Rs. 50 talktime benefit if they sign up. The process for the registration is pretty simple....

Google now lets site owners disavow links to counter "negative SEO"

Google has added a new option to its Webmaster Tools that lets site owners worried about negative SEO hit back by disavowing specific links or entire websites.Low quality or spammy link-backs to a website impact its PageRank. While site owners may have control over some of these link-backs, it may not be possible to take other pages down. In fact, it is not completely unheard of competitors introducing low-quality link-backs to negatively...

Tuesday, October 16, 2012

Bangalore property market surpasses Mumbai, Delhi and Chennai with 140 per cent growth

 BANGALORE: Bangalore has outpaced bigger property markets such as Mumbai, Delhi and Chennai with 140% growth in the quarter to June over the year-ago period, even as sales in most other cities stagnated or even plummeted. In the first quarter of the current fiscal, 15.58 million sq ft of residential space was sold in the city, giving it a total market share of 13.9% and beating other domestic markets in homes sales, property research...

Concerns rise as more U.S. audit work moves to India

 Auditing of U.S. corporations' financial books, a vital underpinning of investor confidence, increasingly relies on work carried out in India, where there is no clear system of oversight. U.S. audit regulators do not conduct regular physical inspections of offshore centers in India where U.S. audit work is performed, Indian accounting officials and employees of large audit firms told Reuters. The U.S. arms of the Big Four audit...

Cops Get the Sour Taste of Social Network

Bangalore: If you have been ill treated by any cop in town or find it hard to deal with them and been thinking of how to speak your mind about the police and their way of doing business, now there is a solution to all your concerns. You can give any suggestions or file complaints on cops misbehaving, even tips on crimes or related information just by logging on to the social network which is assured to yield results. Bangalore Police...

Bing Or Google? Here Is The Best Search Engine

Bangalore: First, there was only Google, the six letter word which defined ‘search,’ and then came Bing, a strong competitor from Microsoft. Over the years, both of them fought furiously, integrating breakthrough features, which were once unimaginable to a search bar. But the question still stands- Which is the best one, Google or Bing? The recent online commercials from Microsoft claimed that blind users preferred Bing’s results over...

Huawei’s Ascend W1 Windows Phone 8 smartphone revealed in leaked photos

Microsoft’s (MSFT) Windows Phone 8 is finally getting a little love from the small-time smartphone vendors, as Japanese website Blog of Mobile published images of what it claims is Huawei’s (002502) Ascend W1 Windows Phone 8 smartphone. Judging by the slightly blurry images, the device has a bright polycarbonate body like Nokia’s (NOK) Lumia smartphones and HTC’s (2498) upcoming Windows Phone 8X and 8S. Rumored specs for the Huawei Ascend ...

Monday, October 15, 2012

Life cycle of software Joke

* Programmer produces code he believes is bug-free. * Product is tested. 20 bugs are found. * Programmer fixes 10 of the bugs and explains to the testing department that the other 10 aren't really bugs. * Testing department finds that five of the fixes didn't work and discovers 15 new bugs. * Due to marketing pressure and an extremely pre-mature product announcement based on over-optimistic programming schedule, the product is released. *...

Lawrence in midst of controversy

Raghava Lawrence is in the midst of a controversy.  The reason is, needless to say, Rebel, which has got him the highest number of brickbats since he was born.  First, Prabhas' fans cursed him because they believed that the film was getting unduly delayed due to his nakhras.  After the release, critics slammed his appalling creativity.Now, it is the turn of the film's two producers, J Bagawan and J Pulla Rao, to slug it out...

Naayak being shot in Kolkata

Having done with its Old City schedule and later, in Greece, Naayak is currently being shot in Kolkata.  Some action episodes involving Charan, Dev Gill and others are shot in this schedule. Kishore Roya and Rajeev Kanakala, who are part of the cast, are also part of this schedule. Written by Akula Shiva, the film has music by SS Thaman.  Cinematography is by Chota K Naidu.  Also starring Kajal and Amala Paul, Brahmi, Jayaprakash...

Alcatel-Lucent to cut 1,000 jobs in India

KOLKATA: Struggling French telecom gearmaker Alcatel-Lucent will lay off nearly 1,000 employees, or 9% of its India workforce, as part of a global restructuring drive to cut costs as deals dry up and demand for network equipment plunges, two senior executives aware of the matter told ET. Bulk of the cull is likely to impact Alcatel-Lucent India's key business support functions and its people-centric managed services vertical where nearly...

Opportunities Loom In Australia & New Zealand Despite Bleak Outlook

Relatively low unemployment, fast changing industries and a growing skills shortage in a range of sectors are some of the reasons career savvy professionals want to work in Australia and New Zealand. The outdoor lifestyle is another plus along with accessible health care, good education options and relative safety and security.  Employment outlook Unemployment continues to be low in Australia – ranging from just under five per cent to...

Too many agents of IRCTC adding to woes of passengers in festive seasons

New Delhi: Planning to go home this festive season? Seeing a multiple rise in the number of IRCTC agents, you would find it a dreadful task to do so as they are making the availability of tickets too difficult. There are lakhs of agents standing between you and your railway ticket. Certainly, your case could be exceptional if you are ready to pay 3-4 times more than the counter price of the tickets. IRCTC has authorized lakhs of the agents...

Retail sales point to stronger economic growth

Retail sales rose in September as Americans stepped up purchases of everything from cars to electronics, a sign that consumer spending is driving faster economic growth. Other U.S. data on Monday pointed to an economy feeling the effects of cooling global growth, with New York state factory activity shrinking in October. But consumer spending remains the U.S. economy's biggest engine, and expectations for third-quarter...

Apple may reveal iPad mini on Oct 23

Apple Inc will host an event on October 23 where it is expected to unveil a smaller iPad that will take on the less expensive devices offered by Amazon.com Inc and Google Inc, a source familiar with the matter said on Friday. Wall Street analysts have predicted for months that Apple was planning a smaller, less costly version of its popular iPad to take on cheaper competing devices, a move that analysts say might hurt its margins, but prevent...

Now, send free texts from Gmail

Gmail users in India can send text messages to mobile phones via Gmail chat free of cost.Internet giant Google’s free SMS service, already available for Gmail users in 54 other nations across Asia, Africa and North America, is now accessible to users in India. This feature is available on most major mobile operators. All that a Gmail user needs to do is add the mobile number to his/her contact list. “If your contact replies, the response...

FBI warns that Android phones are havens for malware

A division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation has issued a warning to smartphone users about mobile malware and device safety, specifically regarding the Android operating system. A report published late last week the Internet Crime Complaint Center revealed that it has been made aware of various malware attacks, such as Loozfon and FinFisher, that target Android smartphones. Each malware is different and can range from stealing a user’s...

Sunday, October 14, 2012

Infosys to hire 6,000 engineering, MBA students, promote 12,000 employees

BANGALORE: IT services firm Infosys will hire 6,000 students from engineering and MBA colleges this year. This is a sharp drop compared with the 19,000 they hired last year. But Human Resources head Nandita Gurjar said if needed Infosys would hire more through off-campus placements. Off-campus hiring takes place when companies recruit students who have not been placed during the regular hiring season. The firm will also announce 12,000...

Hyderabad issues non-bailable arrest warrant against Vijay Mallya

A Hyderabad court has issued an non-bailable arrest warrant against Chairman of Kingfisher Airlines, Vijay Mallya and four other persons due to their non-appearance in cases relating to the bouncing of the bank cheques issued to GMR Hyderabad International Airport Limited for user charges. A total of four cheques amounting to Rs. 10.5 crore were issued since January to GHIAL by the troubled airline. The cheques bounced when they were sent...

Deccan Chargers finds a buyer

Hyderabad -based Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise, Deccan Chargers has claimed that it has found a buyer for the financially troubled team. However, officials say that it might be too late as the team has already ceased to exist legally. The team was unable to submit the required bank guarantee of Rs100 crore to the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) by Friday, which legally enforced the termination of the team through an...

Maruti Suzuki to launch new Alto 800

India's largest car maker, Maruti Suzuki India Limited (MSIL) is planning to launch a new model named, Alto 800, which will replace the iconic Maruti Suzuki 800. It is believed that the new Alto 800 will be powered by a K10 engine and the model will be priced at around 2.5-3 lakh, which will allow the model to compete with the world’s cheapest car, Tata Nano. Alto 800 is expected to directly take on Tata Nano's top-end variant LX model in...

Apple gets permission to use Swiss railway clock design

American technology giant, Apple has said that it has received permission from Switzerland's national rail company to use its iconic station clocks for the iOS 6 operating system. Swiss Federal Railways or SBB announced that it has entered into an agreement with Apple for allowing the company to use its design in the software. The agreement brings allows the company move ahead from their ongoing dispute over the matter. SBB had approached...

Obama Fights His Own Bull Market

Barack Obama, it might seem, should be privy to unlimited free pints in the pubs of Wall Street. Since he took the oath of office in January of 2009, the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index, including dividends, has very nearly doubled. The country has added $7.3 trillion in market capitalization—an indisputably huge boon to both garden-variety retirement account holders and one-percenters. The six biggest banks just enjoyed their best 12...

Dell to continue offering Windows 7 after launch of Windows 8

Dell will continue offering Windows 7 even after the release of Windows 8 at the end of October, the company said. The Windows 7 OS, which reached PCs in October of 2009, will be offered as an option to commercial and gaming customers, said Alison Gardner, director at Dell. The company will offer Windows 7 as long as it is allowed to, Gardner said. "We're still moving our business customers from [Windows] XP to Windows 7, Gardner said. The ...

NASA's 'Iron Man' Exoskeleton Suit Boosts Astronauts

While it may not have the superpowers of Tony Stark's armor, NASA has built a robot exoskeleton called "X1" that can keep astronauts healthy in space, and help paraplegics walk on earth, according to the space agency. Humans wear the 57-pound device over their body to "assist or inhibit movement in leg joints," NASA said in a release. In the inhibit mode, X1 would be used as an exercise machine to provide resistance against leg movement...

Nayanthara bags the prestigious Nandi Awards

The glamour queen of south Indian cinema’s transition to the Sita one of the most revered characters in Hindu mythology was a shock to everyone and today you think of the Hindu calendar gods and you might find Nayanthara’s face there. She has the face of an Indian Goddess. There is something about Nayanthara that makes you stop and take notice of her. Unlike her contemporaries she neither had a sugar-daddy as mentor nor did she have a...

Vishnu and Hansika are acting together in a film titled Denikaina Ready.

Vishnu and Hansika are acting together in a film titled Denikaina Ready. Being directed by G Nageshwara Reddy, the film is produced by Vishnu himself on his 24 Frames Factory banner. Vishnu said that the movie is now in the last leg of shoot. 'We are planning to release it very soon,' he said in a press statement. The film is a comedy entertainer that is penned by Kona Venkat, Gopi Mohan and BVS Ravi....

Thursday, October 11, 2012

Hair Style

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Student and Teacher

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Sare Nee Ishtam

Cast :Shanthnoo Bhagyaraj, Aindrita Ray, Kota Srinivasan Rao... Director :Mahesh Chandra Producer :Mahesh Chandra, Ramesh Reddy Genre :Drama Release date: 26 Oct 2012 ...

Yamaho Yama

Cast :Sai Ram Shankar, Parvathi Melton, Srihari... Director :Jitender Y Producer :G Vijaykumar Goud Genre :Comedy Release date: 26 Oct 2012 ...

Demanding Salman Khurshid's resignation, Arvind Kejriwal to lead a protest march to PM's house today

Activist turned politician Arvind Kejriwal plans to "gherao" or lead a protest march to the Prime Minister's 7 Race Course Road residence around noon today to push for action against Law Minister Salman Khurshid over allegations that an NGO headed by him and run by his wife siphoned off lakhs of rupees meant for physically challenged people. A group of differently-abled people are likely to be part of his protest march.The allegations against...

Strong earthquake rocks eastern Indonesia

A strong earthquake has jolted parts of eastern Indonesia, but there were no immediate reports of damage or injuries. Indonesia’s meteorology and geophysics agency said there was no danger of a tsunami, but the Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre said there was a “very small possibility” for a tsunami near the epicentre. The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake measured magnitude 6.7 and was centred 108 kilometres north of Dobo on Aru island...

Samsung launches Galaxy S III mini with 4.0-inch display, Android 4.1

Samsung Thursday unveiled the Galaxy S III mini, a compact version of the flagship smartphone Galaxy S III. The Galaxy S III mini features a 4-inch screen and runs Android 4.1 Jelly Bean.The Samsung Galaxy S III mini is powered by a dual-core 1GHz processor and features a 5-megapixel camera. It has a 1500 mAh battery and 8/16GB internal storage options."The Galaxy S III introduced a new concept of smartphone that has proven hugely popular...

Mozilla yanks Firefox 16 over security flaw

This is why it’s always good to wait a bit before downloading new versions of browsers. In a post on Mozilla’s official security blog, the organization says it has discovered a “serious security flaw” in the latest version of its Firefox browser and has stopped offering it to users so that it can be fixed. The company has already released a patch for the Android version of Firefox 16 and has created a webpage that will help Firefox users temporarily...