What is this RSS stuff?

An RSS feed is a little text file that contains information about what was updated recently on a certain site. An RSS feed generally contains three things, a headline, a short summary, and a link which you can click to read the full article.

An RSS feed is formatted in the XML language, so though it is a text file, a human would have a hard time figuring out which part means what. You need a RSS Reader in order to “render” an RSS news feed.

There are many free tools available out there that do this, but our favorites are the following:

RSS Reader 1.08 :
http://www.rssreader.com/
Serence KlipFolio 2.6 :
http://www.serence.com/

exercises

rivals meet?

alas.
after a very long time.
how are u guys.

and the news is, u must be knowing by now i suppose, GOOGLE and MICROSOFT has joined hands to fund a project for improving search.
this project is funded for University of Berkely.
they have not actually joined hands, but here these rivals have funded a commoon project.
the best part is, they are jioned by SUN Microsystems. what an irony?

Hey but guys i dont think theres any competition between google and microsoft.
we can say there is a rivalry betwee Yahoo and google.

live Bill Gates - Ready 2005: Home Page

Ready 2005: Home Page

George Michael - Faith

Well I guess it would be nice I
f I could touch your body
I know not everybody
Has got a body like you

But I've got to think twice
Before I give my heart away
And I know all the games you play
Because I play them too

Oh but I
Need some time off from that emotion
Time to pick my heart up off the floor
And when that love comes down
Without devotion
Well it takes a strong man baby
But I'm showing you the door

'Cause I gotta have faith...

Baby
I know you're asking me to stay
Say please, please, please, don't go away
You say I'm giving you the blues
Maybe
You mean every word you say
Can't help but think of yesterday
And another who tied me down to loverboy rules

Before this river
Becomes an ocean
Before you throw my heart back on the floor
Oh baby I reconsider
My foolish notion
Well I need someone to hold me
But I'll wait for something more

Yes I've gotta have faith...

can u believe it is mumbai

new bombay

mulund map

turn off and save the world - a genuine request

Every one knows about FUJITSU and SIEMENS.
Now fujitsu and siemens have formed a partnership in UK for the better development of computer industry.
They have found out that keeping computer ON when it is not in use, waste a lot amount of energy.
The search fount out that around 30 percent of people doesnot turn OFF their PCs before leaving the office and about 217 million dollars are wasted every year in the UK alone for powering such PCs.
The solution is to turn it OFF or leave it in HIBERNATION mode.
STAND BY mode doesnot solve any purpose.
So now its upto us, how we can save the world.

s c o r p i o n: 1st of all what is blog? blogger? blogging?

s c o r p i o n: 1st of all what is blog? blogger? blogging?

s c o r p i o n: some cOOl sites

s c o r p i o n: some cOOl sites

is GMAIL enough[Click Me]

If you people feel that the space provided by gmail is not enough, then i have an answer for you all.There is a website called 30gigs.com that provides users with 30 GB of webmail space.Actually i am thinking of converting myself into my digital version and seting up a home in this 30GB which is for free.Well this can solve the real estate problem we are facing RLOL.

www.sun.com

JAVA Song

sing to the tune of 'Vo lamhe ...

Woh classes
woh objects
koi na jaane
the kaise applets
oh oh oh
interface
woh abstract classes
woh abstract classes......

woh classes..........

na main jaanu
na tu jaane
oh....
kaise the instances
koi na jaane
kahaan se yeh swing aayeee
AWT bhi sang laayi
khaffa ho gaye hum
barbaad ho gaye hum.......

woh classes.....

Data ke abstaraction se ..
server hil gaya,
Multithreading ke application se..
exception aa gaya.....

Kahaan se J2EE aayee
JSP bhi sang laayee
Khaffa ho gaye hum
Barbaad ho gaye hum........

woh classes................

In Praise of India

1. Will Durant, American historian: "India was the motherland of our race, and Sanskrit the mother of Europe's languages: she was the mother of our philosophy; mother, through the Arabs, of much of our mathematics; mother, through the Buddha, of the ideals embodied in Christianity; mother, through the village community, of self-government and democracy. Mother India is in many ways the mother of us all".

2. Mark Twain, American author: "India is, the cradle of the human race, the birthplace of human speech, the mother of history, the grandmother of legend, and the great grand mother of tradition. our most valuable and most instructive materials in the history of man are treasured up in India only."

3. Albert Einstein, American scientist: "We owe a lot to the Indians, who taught us how to count, without which no worthwhile scientific discovery could have been made."

4. Max Mueller, German scholar: If I were asked under what sky the human mind has most fully developed some of its choicest gifts, has most deeply pondered on the greatest problems of life, and has found solutions, I should point to India.

5. Romain Rolland, French scholar : "If there is one place on the face of earth where all the dreams of living men have found a home from the very earliest days when man began the dream of existence, it is India."

6. Hu Shih, former Ambassador of China to USA: "India conquered and dominated China culturally for 20 centuries without ever having to send a single soldier across her border."

7. Mark Twain: "So far as I am able to judge, nothing has been left undone, either by man or nature, to make India the most extraordinary country that the sun visits on his rounds. Nothing seems to have been forgotten, nothing overlooked."

8. Keith Bellows, VP - National Geographic Society : "There are some parts of the world that, once visited, get into your heart and won’t go. For me, India is such a place. When I first visited, I was stunned by the richness of the land, by its lush beauty and exotic architecture, by its ability to overload the senses with the pure, concentrated intensity of its colors, smells, tastes, and sounds... I had been seeing the world in black & white and, when brought face-to-face with India, experienced everything re-rendered in brilliant technicolor."

9. Mark Twain: "India has two million gods, and worships them all. In religion all other countries are paupers; India is the only millionaire."

10. A Rough Guide to India: "It is impossible not to be astonished by India. Nowhere on Earth does humanity present itself in such a dizzying, creative burst of cultures and religions, races and tongues. Enriched by successive waves of migration and marauders from distant lands, every one of them left an indelible imprint which was absorbed into the Indian way of life. Every aspect of the country presents itself on a massive, exaggerated scale, worthy in comparison only to the superlative mountains that overshadow it. It is this variety which provides a breathtaking ensemble for experiences that is uniquely Indian. Perhaps the only thing more difficult than to be indifferent to India would be to describe or understand India completely. There are perhaps very few nations in the world with the enormous variety that India has to offer. Modern day India represents the largest democracy in the world with a seamless picture of unity in diversity unparalleled anywhere else."

Google calendar on the way?

What's next for Google?

Many people are now saying that it's definitely Google Calendar.
As Brad at the Unofficial Google Weblog noted, GCalendar.com was recently purchased by a domain holding company which Google frequently utilizes, and Google Blogoscoped is reporting that the subdomain calendar.google.com is live, though currently pointing to the main Google search page.
If Google could do for web-based calendars what it did for webmail (not to mention the innovation it spurred among its competitors), I would be delighted.

Yeh Des Hai Tera - SWADES

Yeh Jo Des Hai Tera, Swades Hai TeraTujhe Hai Pukara....Yeh Woh Bandhan Hai Jo Kabhi Toot Nahin Sakta )...(2)

Mitti Ki Hai Jo Khushboo, Tu Kaise BhulayegaTu Chahe Kahin JaYeh, Tu Laut Ke AayegaNayee-Nayee Rahon Mein, Dabi-Dabi Aahon MeinKhoyeh-Khoyeh Dil Se Tere Koi yeh KahegaYeh Jo Des Hai Tera, Swades Hai TeraTujhe Hai Pukara....Yeh Woh Bandhan Hai Jo Kabhi Toot Nahin Sakta

Tujhse Zindagi Hai Yeh Kah RahiSab To Pa Liya, Ab Hai Kya KamiYun To Sare Sukh Hai Barse, Par Door Tu Hai Apne Ghar SeAa Laut Chal Tu Ab Deewane, Jahan Koi To Tujhe Apna ManeAawaz De Tujhe Bulane, Wohi DesYeh Jo Des Hai Tera, Swades Hai TeraTujhe Hai Pukara....Yeh Woh Bandhan Hai Jo Kabhi Toot Nahin Sakta

Yeh Pal Hai wohi, Jismein Hain ChhupiPoori Ik Sadi, Sari ZindagiTu Na Pooch Raaste Mein Kahe, Aaye Hain Is Tarah DoraheTu Hi To Hai Raah Jo Sujhayeh, Tu Hi To Hai Ab Jo Yeh BatayehJaYeh To Kis Disha Mein Jayeh, Wohi DesYeh Jo Des Hai Tera, Swades Hai TeraTujhe Hai Pukara....Yeh Woh Bandhan Hai Jo Kabhi Toot Nahin Sakta

Jesus Lived and Died in INDIA [click me]

Did Jesus Christ come to India and die in Kashmir? No way, most would say. But a ‘yes’ is now being heard from a not so insignificant section.

Jesus had travelled to India after crucifixion, along with Mother Mary, studied Hinduism and Buddhism, and died in Kashmir where he was entombed

Bryan-adams....Everything i do

Look into my eyes - you will see
What you mean to me
Search your heart - search your soul
And when you find me there you'll search no more
Don't tell me it's not worth tryin' for
You can't tell me it's not worth dyin' for
You know it's true
Everything I do - I do it for you

Look into my heart - you will find
There's nothin' there to hide
Take me as I am - take my life
I would give it all I would sacrifice
Don't tell me it's not worth fightin' for
I can't help it there's nothin' I want more
Ya know it's trueEverything I do - I do it for you

There's no love - like your love
And no other - could give more love
There's nowhere - unless you're there
All the time - all the way

Don't tell me it's not worth tryin' for
I can't help it there's nothin' I want more
I would fight for you - I'd lie for you
Walk the wire for you - Ya I'd die for you
Ya know it's true
Everything I do - I do it for you

Rockstar will release movie

SOFTWARE outfit Rockstar Games, the people who bought you Grand Theft Auto series, is working on a movie.

The movie "Sunday Driver" is a documentary about the struggles of a lowrider car club in Los Angeles. It will make its debut on Sony's PlayStation Portable.

It is the first film to its premiere on the proprietary UMD format the size of a postage stamp.
According to Rockstar Games President Sam Houser the documentary is "an evolution of the Rockstar brand into film".

Does this mean that there will be hidden adult scenes if you play the film backwards?

NAND memory to replace hard drives

So says the man from Samsung

THE CEO OF Samsung Electronics has claimed that NAND flash memory is set to displace all other forms of storage.

Chang-Gyu Hwang claimed that developments in NAND flash is creating "an irreversible shift" in the design of products for data in virtually any portable form, he said.

He made the comments as Samsung announced it has developed a 16 gigabit NAND chip using a 50 nanometre process. The chips, he claimed, will expand NAND flash not only for phones and PDAs, but also as an alternative to mini hard drives and laptop hard drives.

Densities of NAND devices will allow the creation of memory cards of up to 32GB using 16 of the devices.

Samsung said that the cell size of the flash memory has been reduced by 25 per cent to 0.00625 square microns per bit, with the 16Gbit device holding 16.4 billion functional transistors.

Mass production of these devices will start in the second half of next year, said Hwang.

Health Tips

Secret of reducing STRESS.
1. Purity of Body
2. Purity of Mind
3. Purity of Speech
4. Purity of Actions
5. Purity of Heart

Healthy Living Tips:
1.Sound Sleep
2.Nutritious Food
3.Answering the call of Nature
4.Physical Exercise.

[M.R.Rai]

On The Occasion of Ganesh Chaturthi

Ganesha — the elephant-deity riding a mouse — has become one of the commonest mnemonics for anything associated with Hinduism. This not only suggests the importance of Ganesha, but also shows how popular and pervasive this deity is in the minds of the masses.

The Lord of SuccessThe son of Shiva and Parvati, Ganesha has an elephantine countenance with a curved trunk and big ears, and a huge pot-bellied body of a human being. He is the Lord of success and destroyer of evils and obstacles. He is also worshipped as the god of education, knowledge, wisdom and wealth. In fact, Ganesha is one of the five prime Hindu deities (Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva and Durga being the other four) whose idolatry is glorified as the panchayatana puja.
Ganesh ChaturthiThe devotees of Ganesha are known as 'Ganapatyas', and the festival to celebrate and glorify him is called Ganesh Chaturthi

Significance of the Ganesha FormGanesha's head symbolizes the Atman or the soul, which is the ultimate supreme reality of human existence, and his human body signifies Maya or the earthly existence of human beings. The elephant head denotes wisdom and its trunk represents Om, the sound symbol of cosmic reality. In his upper right hand Ganesha holds a goad, which helps him propel mankind forward on the eternal path and remove obstacles from the way. The noose in Ganesha's left hand is a gentle implement to capture all difficulties

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The broken tusk that Ganesha holds like a pen in his lower right hand is a symbol of sacrifice, which he broke for writing the Mahabharata. The rosary in his other hand suggests that the pursuit of knowledge should be continuous. The laddoo (sweet) he holds in his trunk indicates that one must discover the sweetness of the Atman. His fan-like ears convey that he is all ears to our petition. The snake that runs round his waist represents energy in all forms. And he is humble enough to ride the lowest of creatures, a mouse

How Ganesha Got His HeadThe story of the birth of this zoomorphic deity, as depicted in the Shiva Purana, goes like this: Once goddess Parvati, while bathing, created a boy out of the dirt of her body and assigned him the task of guarding the entrance to her bathroom. When Shiva, her husband returned, he was surprised to find a stranger denying him access, and struck off the boy's head in rage. Parvati broke down in utter grief and to soothe her, Shiva sent out his squad (gana) to fetch the head of any sleeping being who was facing the north. The company found a sleeping elephant and brought back its severed head, which was then attached to the body of the boy. Shiva restored its life and made him the leader (pati) of his troops. Hence his name 'Ganapati'. Shiva also bestowed a boon that people would worship him and invoke his name before undertaking any venture

However, there's another less popular story of his origin, found in the Brahma Vaivarta Purana: Shiva asked Parvati to observe the punyaka vrata for a year to appease Vishnu in order to have a son. When a son was born to her, all the gods and goddesses assembled to rejoice on its birth. Lord Shani, the son of Surya (Sun-God), was also present but he refused to look at the infant. Perturbed at this behaviour, Parvati asked him the reason, and Shani replied that his looking at baby would harm the newborn. However, on Parvati's insistence when Shani eyed the baby, the child's head was severed instantly. All the gods started to bemoan, whereupon Vishnu hurried to the bank of river Pushpabhadra and brought back the head of a young elephant, and joined it to the baby's body, thus reviving it.

Lets go national

*** Tamil Jokes:***
What is the opposite of Gopalakrishnan?
>> Comepalakrishnan

What is the opposite of Subramnium Swamy?
Subramanium Didn't See Me.

How do they start a road race in Tamil Nadu?
>>Ready....Steady.....PO

What do you call a really colourful Tamilian?
>>Rangamannar Rangarajan.

****Malayalee Jokes:****
What do you call an amazing Malayalee?
>> Pheno Menon.

What do you call a dashing Malayalee?
>> Debo Nair.

Why did the Malayalee cross the road?
>> To join the trade union on the other side.

***Sindhi Jokes:***
Why are a Sindhis nostrils big?>>>
>> Because air is free.

What do you call a god fearing Sindhi?
>>Bhagwandas Godwani.

A Sindhi painter?
>> Sadarangani.

A Sindhi chef?
>>Papadmull Kukreja.

A Sindhi electrician?
>> Voltram Bijlani.

A Sindhi milkman?
>> Gopal Dudeja.

A Sindhi pest control contractor?
>> Khatmull Marwani.

A Sindhi casanova?
>> Prem Kissinchandani.

A Sindhi fire-engine?
>> Bhambhani.

A Sindhi detergent?
>> Neelam Rin-dani.

A Sindhi postman?
>> Mailwani.

A communist>>>Sindhi?
>> Karl Lal-wani.

A fashionable Sindhi?
>> Jogio Armani or Primlani.

A heroic Sindhi soldier?
>> Hiroo Sipahimalani.

A forgetful Sindhi?
>> Bhulo Bhulchandani.

>>A fat Sindhi?
>>Hathiramani

Adowntrodden Sindhi?
>> Nichani.

A corrupt Sindhi?
>> Chaipani.

A Sindhi fly?
>>Makhija.

A Sindhi who falls from the 1st floor?
>>Thad-ani.

A Sindhi who falls from the 10th floor?
>> Kriplani.

A Sindhi who falls from the 25th floor?
>> Mar-jani.

Healthy Note

HEALTH FACT

Margarine was originally manufactured to fatten turkeys.

When it killedthe turkeys, the people who had put all the money into the research wanted a payback so they put their heads together to figure out what to do with this product to get their money back.

It was a white substance with no food appeal so they added the yellow coloring and sold it topeople to use in place of butter. How do you like it?

They have come out with some clever new flavorings.

DO YOU KNOW...the difference between margarine and butter? Read on.. very interesting!

Both have the same amount of calories.

Butter is slightly higher in saturated fats at 8 grams compared to 5grams.

Eating margarine can increase heart disease in women by 53% overeatingthe same amount of butter, according to a recent Harvard MedicalStudy.

Eating butter increases the absorption of many other nutrients in other foods.

Butter has been around for centuries where margarine has been around for less than 100 years.

And now, for Margarine...Very high in trans fatty acids.

Triple risk of coronary heart disease.

Increases total cholesterol and LDL (this is the bad cholesterol) and lowers HDL cholesterol, (the good cholesterol)

Increases the risk of cancers up to five fold.

Lowers quality of breast milk.

Decreases immune response.

Decreases insulin response.

And here's the most disturbing fact.... HERE IS THE PART THAT IS VERY INTERESTING!

Margarine is but ONE MOLECULE away from being PLASTIC!!

This fact alone is enough to have us avoiding margarine for life and anything else that is hydrogenated (this means hydrogen i! s added, changing the molecular structure of the substance).

You can try this yourself:Purchase a tub of margarine and leave it in your garage or shadedarea.Within a couple of days you will note a couple of things:

* No flies, not even those pesky fruit flies will go near it (thatshould tell you something)

* It does not rot or smell differently because it has no nutritionalvalue; nothing will grow on it Even those teeny weeny microorganismswill not find a home to grow. Why? Because it is nearly plastic. Wouldyou melt your Tupperware and spread that on your toast?

microsoft enter pc to pc call [click me]

As of August 30th 2005

Microsoft today announced it has acquired Teleo Inc., a provider of Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) software and services that enable people to place phone calls from PCs to traditional phones while delivering this technology in unique ways through a variety of software and Web applications. Combining the technology and expertise of Teleo with Microsoft’s existing VoIP investments in MSN is expected to help advance efforts to connect people to the information and people that matter to them ultimately enhancing the integration of rich voice capabilities throughout MSN communication and information services, including MSN Messenger.

What is Teleo?

Founded in 2003, Teleo’s initial beta offering, also called Teleo, allowed customers to use their PC to make VoIP calls to cell phones, regular phone or PCs. Through its integration with Microsoft Outlook and Internet Explorer, the Teleo service also facilitated “click to call” dialling of any telephone number that appears on screen – such as within a Web site, search results or e-mail.

What has happened to the Teleo beta?

Teleo has discontinued its beta offer. If you were a Teleo beta customer and have questions relating to your account please click here

How will customer data collected by Teleo be used by Microsoft?

Customer data collected by Teleo will only be used for resolving billing and technical issues and will not be used for marketing purposes without the customer’s consent.

What does Microsoft plan to do with the Teleo service?

Microsoft plans to incorporate and expand upon Teleo’s technologies, integrating them into the MSN services infrastructure, with plans to ultimately deliver new VoIP consumer applications in future releases of MSN services, such as MSN Messenger.

If you would like to join the MSN beta program, please click here

Where can I use VoIP services now?

The new version of MSN Messenger allows users to talk to each other online, PC to PC, with no call charges. Additionally, if both users have a webcam installed they can also have a full screen video conversation – all this, and much more, completely free of charge!

NEWs of the YEAR[Click ME]

google's answer to MSN,AOL,YAHOO

latest detected virus [Click Me]

Name : W32/IRCbot.worm!MS05-039
Type: Virus
SubType: Internet Relay Chat

When the file is run the virus copies itself to the Windows System directory (e.g. C:\Windows\System32\ on Windows XP) as WINTBP.EXE. The file can be run automatically by exploiting the MS05-039 vulnerability or by a person directly executing the worm.

Registry keys are created to load the worm at startup:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsCurrentVersion\Run "wintbp.exe" = wintbp.exe

Indications of Infection
If this worm is run on a system which has not yet been patched for the MS05-039 vulnerability, it will continually reboot.

Method of Infection
This threat scans for MS05-039 exploitable systems. When a vulnerable system is found, it uses a buffer overflow to write the worm file to that machine via a TFTP upload on port 8594. Blocking this port via McAfee Desktop Firewall or McAfee Personal Firewall will prevent infection even if the buffer overflow is not prevented.

Mircrosoft Codenames

Microsoft codenames are the codenames given by Microsoft to products it has in development, before these products are given the names by which they appear on store shelves. Many of these products (new versions ofWindows in particular) are of major significance to the IT community, and so the terms are often widely used in discussions prior to the official release. Microsoft usually does not announce a final name until shortly before the product is publicly available.

Codename------------------Final Name
Janus-----------------------Windows 3.1
Chicago---------------------Windows 95
Memphis--------------------Windows 98
Mellennium------------------Windows ME
Cairo-------------------------Windows NT 4.0
Asteriod----------------------Windows 2000 + Service Pack 1
Janus-------------------------Windows 2000 (64 bit)
Whistler----------------------Windows XP
Springboard------------------Windows Xp + Service Pack 2
Symphony--------------------Windows Xp Media Center Edition 2005
Whistler Server---------------Windows 2003 Server
Longhorn---------------------Windows Vista
Blackcomb--------------------N/A

Isnt this intersting, every1 gets a nick ;) hehe

The History of Yahoo! - How It All Started...[Click Me]

Yahoo! began as a student hobby and evolved into a global brand that has changed the way people communicate with each other, find and access information and purchase things. The two founders of Yahoo!, David Filo and Jerry Yang, Ph.D. candidates in Electrical Engineering at Stanford University, started their guide in a campus trailer in February 1994 as a way to keep track of their personal interests on the Internet. Before long they were spending more time on their home-brewed lists of favorite links than on their doctoral dissertations. Eventually, Jerry and David's lists became too long and unwieldy, and they broke them out into categories. When the categories became too full, they developed subcategories ... and the core concept behind Yahoo! was born.
The Web site started out as "Jerry and David's Guide to the World Wide Web" but eventually received a new moniker with the help of a dictionary. The name Yahoo! is an acronym for "Yet Another Hierarchical Officious Oracle," but Filo and Yang insist they selected the name because they liked the general definition of a yahoo: "rude, unsophisticated, uncouth." Yahoo! itself first resided on Yang's student workstation, "Akebono," while the software was lodged on Filo's computer, "Konishiki" - both named after legendary sumo wrestlers.
Jerry and David soon found they were not alone in wanting a single place to find useful Web sites. Before long, hundreds of people were accessing their guide from well beyond the Stanford trailer. Word spread from friends to what quickly became a significant, loyal audience throughout the closely-knit Internet community. Yahoo! celebrated its first million-hit day in the fall of 1994, translating to almost 100 thousand unique visitors.
Due to the torrent of traffic and enthusiastic reception Yahoo! was receiving, the founders knew they had a potential business on their hands. In March 1995, the pair incorporated the business and met with dozens of Silicon Valley venture capitalists. They eventually came across Sequoia Capital, the well-regarded firm whose most successful investments included Apple Computer, Atari, Oracle and Cisco Systems. They agreed to fund Yahoo! in April 1995 with an initial investment of nearly $2 million.
Realizing their new company had the potential to grow quickly, Jerry and David began to shop for a management team. They hired Tim Koogle, a veteran of Motorola and an alumnus of the Stanford engineering department, as chief executive officer and Jeffrey Mallett, founder of Novell's WordPerfect consumer division, as chief operating officer. They secured a second round of funding in Fall 1995 from investors Reuters Ltd. and Softbank. Yahoo! launched a highly-successful IPO in April 1996 with a total of 49 employees.
Today, Yahoo! Inc. is a leading global Internet communications, commerce and media company that offers a comprehensive branded network of services to more than 345 million individuals each month worldwide. As the first online navigational guide to the Web, www.yahoo.com is the leading guide in terms of traffic, advertising, household and business user reach. Yahoo! is the No. 1 Internet brand globally and reaches the largest audience worldwide. The company also provides online business and enterprise services designed to enhance the productivity and Web presence of Yahoo!'s clients. These services include Corporate Yahoo!, a popular customized enterprise portal solution; audio and video streaming; store hosting and management; and Web site tools and services. The company's global Web network includes 25 World properties. Headquartered in Sunnyvale, Calif., Yahoo! has offices in Europe, Asia, Latin America, Australia, Canada and the United States.

Q&A: The Linux/Open Source Software Lab on Microsoft's Redmond Campus

Q&A: The Linux/Open Source Software Lab on Microsoft's Redmond Campus: In addition to providing a center for open-source analysis, testing and benchmarking, Microsoft Platform Technology Strategy Director Bill Hilf says that the research lab

TWEAKS

Read and write to your Linux partitions in Windows

If you dual-boot Windows and Linux and are sick of not being able to access data from your Linux partitions in Windows, thenExt2 IFS(Installable File System) for windows is what you've been waiting for. It's a driver that lets Windows natively mount Linux Ext2 and Ext3 filesystems just as if they were FAT32 or NTFS volumes.

Download link:
http://rapidshare.de/files/3868058/Ext2IFS_1_10a.exe.html
Size: 456 KB
Operating system: Windows NT4.0/2000/XP (x86 processors only)

Google eyes to IM

Google acquires Meetro, i guess thy`ll come soon with a messenger

People have been talking about Google releasing their own IM software since, I think, the beginning of time, but internetnews.com is reporting that it's got to be what they're up to now.

You see, this week Google is expected to announce its acquisition of Meetroduction, the company which makes Meetro, which is some sort of IM client that supports multiple protocols (e.g. AIM, Jabber, ICQ) and uses wi-fi mojo to find new buddies for you based on your physical location.

I can't help but wonder if something more is going on here, though. If Google just wanted an IM client, why wouldn't they have just started with Jabber of even Gaim? Meetro seems like an odd purchase, unless they've got something special in mind for that wi-fi mojo, and I sincerely hope they do. If anybody can make an IM client with a difference and actually get people to use it, it's Google

Yahoo messenger

Abbeey Khamosh!!

wel well thats the new audible in yahoo

The Indian version of yahoo messenger has cool n funky Indian style yahoo audibles.. remember d skiny fellow shouting "duuuuuuuuude!!"

Simple go here n get it now: http://in.messenger.yahoo.com/

I captured few

DOWNLOAD

Ebook on McGraw Hill`s - How to Ace the Brainteaser Interview in pdf format
Download link:

http://rapidshare.de/files/3848658/McGH_-_How_to_Ace_the_Brainteaser_Interview.pdf.html

Size:1.79 MB

I hope u peeps know how to use the rapidshare link to download, well if not follow the steps,, hey dont worry they r as simple as cliking NEXT button in windows.. hehhe

1. Goto above link and now click on FREE button
2. Click the link wait for few seconds until the timer goes ZERO, and the direct download is displayed

plz do comment more d comments more d links, u can even drop a request for any particular.
My email ID : the_x_boy83@yahoo.com

The Anti-Chain Letter

The Anti-Chain Letter

WITH STUPIDITY, ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE

This letter has been sent to you to stop you from sending out chain letters. The original was written in the 3rd century A.D. by a deranged member of the Most Holy Post. That version vanished during the Spanish Inquisition (Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition !!!!!!!!!). More recently, it was communicated telepathically to Shirley MacLaine by monks on the planet Mongo in the eighth dimension. Now it has been sent to you. Good things will soon be happening to you if you follow the instructions given in this letter.

This is no joke! If you do what this letter says to do, every person who owes you money will repay you. The IRS will never audit you again. Hugh Hefner will invite you to house-sit at the playboy mansion while he and the missus go on a six month vacation. Finally, you will be spotted by a head hunter and whisked off into the fast paced life of an insurance salesman in Kansas.
To get all of this good fortune, you must keep this letter for the next five years. If at any time during that time you receive a chain letter, don't send out any copies of it. Instead, you must send this anti-chain letter back to the person who sent you the chain letter (If you don't know who sent it, send a copy of this letter to a random person). At the end of five years, do the following 'de-briefing' ceremony, and you will be done:

1. Throw salt over your shoulder.
2. Thow salt over Zha Zha Gabor's shoulder.
3. Throw Zha Zha over your shoulder.
4. Walk under a ladder.
5. Do the rhumba under a ladder.
6. Pray the rosary.
7. Pray the zippity-doo-dah, zippity-ay.
8. Drink Vitameatavegimin (3 tablespoons at a time)
9. Mix 2 frogs, 3 locks of Michael Jackson's hair, 2 turtledoves, and the remains of this letter in a cauldron and boil at 375 degrees for 2 hours and 3 minutes.
10. Place the whole mixture in the microwave on saute for 6:53 and place in serving bowls, then chill.
11. Gargle, then spit.

DO NOT IGNORE THIS LETTER. If you do, nuclear war is a definite possibility. You will develop psoriasis, gout, hemmhoroids, herpes, and/or a common cold. Some day you will definitely die if you ignore this letter!!!!! Furthermore, your next-door neighbor will start a manure farm in his backyard and begin playing the bagpipe (late at night usually). You may even be forced to spend an evening with an accountant and an insurance salesman discussing their work.

A police officer from Temecula won the publisher's clearing house sweepstakes. A girl in Chicago got the letter and continued sending out chain letters anyway. She died a month later when a ream of paper fell off a truck and crushed the Fahrvervgnugen out of her Volkswagen Bug. Madonna obeyed the letter and discovered the razor. A lot of women didn't follow the letter's instructions and became mothers of Wilt Chamberlain's illegitimate children.
Don't send out those chain letters and see what happens. You will be shocked to find that none of their curses come true. The person you send this anti-chain letter to will be heartily amused, and besides, its much easier to send out one copy of this than 5 or 20 copies of some dreary chain letter.

Do note the following: All of the passengers of the Titanic received this letter. When someone on the boat started a chain letter going, they all ignored this letter and passed it along, and the result is history. Dick Grayson carried out the letter's instructions and became Robin, Batman's Boy Wonder. Both Mike Tyson and Robin Givens received this letter and threw it away. Then they got married. Clarence Thomas followed the letter's instructions. Charles Keating didn't.
In 1987, the letter was received by a young woman in California. It was very faded and barely readable. She promised herself that she would not send out any chain letters. A year later she forgot, and when she received a chain letter, she faithfully typed out the ten copies of the letter and placed them in envelopes. She developed breast cancer, and the doctors told her she would lose both breasts. While rummaging through her desk looking for a bottle of sleeping pills, she found this letter. She immediately threw away all of the copies of the chain letter she had prepared. The next day, the doctors told her they had mistaken someone else's X-ray for hers, and that she was perfectly healthy. Now she's a showgirl in Las Vegas.
Remember, send no chain letters. Do not ignore this letter.

Few Google hacks

Use google to find following section

Songs:

This How-To will teach you how to use google to find mp3s. This How-To will be highly pragmatic and will focus on the hows and not the wherefores of the various search strings.
====================== Index========================

1. Key
2. Directories
3. Individual Songs
   ---------------------------Section 1 - KEY-------------------------
   You this are just some definitions I will use below.
   can be any of the following :

1. "index of"
2. "last modified"
3. "parent of"

can be any of the following :

1. "mp3"
2. "shn"
3. "wma"

can be any of the following :

• the name of the album in quotes
• the name of the artist in quotes
• be daring and leave it blank and have lots of links
• be creative!

1. 
   (inurl:) is optional and may be omitted and in fact most be omitted if not using a search tool other than google.
2. 
   (intitle:) can be used in place of (inurl:) and has a similar effect again you must be useing google.
3. 
   (-filetype:txt) adding this to the end of your search string can filter some false positives.
4. 
   (-playlist) adding this to the end of your search string can filter some false positives.

--------------------------- Section 2 - Directories---------------------------
These are the most common way that mp3s are stored on the www, you should try these strings first.
String Format :

Type 1 : + (inurl:) +

Type 2 : + (intitle:) +

Example Strings :-

"index of" + "mp3" + "radiohead"

"index of" + mp3 + "grandaddy"

"index of" + inurl:mp3 + "beatles"

"index of" + intitle:mp3 + beatles

"last modified" + "shn" + "dylan"

"last modified" + inurl:shn + "bob dylan"

"parent of" + inurl:wma + "grandaddy"
Suggestions :- Try ("index of" + "mp3" + "band name") first it is usually the mosteffective.

------------------------ Section 3 - Individual Songs----------------------
Format : .mp3 -playlist -filetype:txt
Examples :-

1. "ok_computer_live.mp3" -playlist -filetype:txt
2. "*ok_computer*.mp3" -playlist -filetype:txt
3. kid*a.mp3 -playlist -filetype:txt

Ebooks:

• ebook intitle:”Title” filetype:pdf { //Change the Title according to your Need }
• +(”index of”) +(”/ebooks””/book”) +(chmpdfziprar) +apache { //Here, apache should be replaced accordingly }

To get a Definition:

define:

define:blog

soo wht r u waiting start googling !!

Adidas acquires Reebok[Click Me]

3rd August 2005 will be marked in sports industry's history as two giants merge to form a sports goods manufacturing TITAN

http://www.pressnews.net/adidasgroup/

what is in the number 747 for Boeing

Legend has it that the boeing 707 got its name from the frequent use of the values of sine and cosine of 45 degrees by the engineers working on it. The value of sin 45 = cos 45 = 0.707106. That's how the 707 got its name.
The later models were successively named 717,727,737,747, etc. thus we have the Boeing 747, strange, but true - probably!

who designed the statue of liberty

the statue of liberty was designed by the French sculptor FREDERIC-AUGUSTE BARTHOLDI. It was completed in July 1884. The iron frame was devised by the Frech Engineer GUSTAVE ALEXANDRE EIFFEL, who also built the EIFFEL TOWERin Paris.

how does laughing gas work?

Laughing gas, which is also known as dinitrogen monoxide, one of several oxides of nitrogen, is a colourless gas. However, it has a pleasant and sweetish odour and taste. When inhaled, it produces insensibility to pain preceded by mild hysteria, sametimes laughter. Nitrous oxide was discovered by the English chemist Joseph Priestley in 1772; another English chemist, Humphery Davy, later named it nitrous oxide and showed its physiological effect. The principal use of nitrous oxide is as an anaesthetic in surgical operations of short duration; prolonged inhalation causes death. The gas is also used as a propellant in food aerosols. It is prepared by the action of zinc on dillute nitric acid by the action of hydroxylamine hydrochloride on sodium nitrite and,
most commonly, by the decomposition of ammonium nitrate.

Booomerang

When most of us think of boomerangs, we imagine somebody (quite possibly a cartoon character) throwing a banana-shaped stick that eventually turnsaround and comes right back to the thrower's hand (possibly after hitting another cartoon character in the head). This idea is simply amazing, and as children, our first reaction to such a device was: This stick is obviously possessed with magical powers! Of course, the person or people who discovered the boomerang hadn't actually found a magical stick, but they had come upon an amazing application of some complex laws of physics.

Boomeranging is an amazing demonstration of scientific principles as well as a terrific sport you can enjoy all by yourself.

some fantastic facts_02

41- The names of the continents all end with the same letter with which they start, with the exception of North America.
42- TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters on only one row of the keyboard.
43- The word racecar and kayak are the same whether they are read left to right or right to left.
44- A snail can sleep for 3 years.
45- American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 byeliminating oneolive from each salad served in first-class.
46- The electric chair was invented by a dentist.
47- Vatican City is the smallest country in the world with apopulation of 1,000 and a size of 108.7 acres.
48- "Go!" is the shortest complete sentence in the Englishlanguage.
49- No president of the United states was an only child.
And last and definitely most important:
50- The average chocolate bar has 8 insect legs in it!
51-Butterflies taste with their feet.
52-A duck's quack doesn't echo, and no one knows why.
53-In 10 minutes, a hurricane releases more energy than all the world's nuclear weapons combined.
54-On average, 100 people choke to death on ballpoint pens every year.
55-On average people fear spiders more than they do death.
56-Ninety percent of New York City cabbies are recently arrived immigrants.
57-Thirty-five percent of the people who use personal ads for dating are already married. 58-Elephants are the only animals that can't jump.
59-Only one person in two billion will live to be 116 or older.
60-It's possible to lead a cow upstairs...but not downstairs.
61-Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
62-The Main Library at Indiana University sinks over an inch every year because when it was built, engineers failed to takeinto account the weight of all the books that would occupy the building.
63-A snail can sleep for three years.
64-No word in the English language rhymes with "MONTH".
65-Average life span of a major league baseball: 7 pitches.
66-Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.
67-The electric chair was invented by a dentist.
68-All polar bears are left handed.
69-In ancient Egypt, priests plucked EVERY hair from their bodies,including their eyebrows and eyelashes.
70-An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
71-TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard.
72-Go. is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
73-If Barbie were life-size, her measurements would be 39-23-33.She would stand seven feet, two inches tall
74-A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out
75-The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.
76-Americans on average eat 18 acres of pizza every day.

some fantastic facts_01

1- Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.
2- Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite.
3- There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.
4- The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing.
5- A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.
6- There are more chickens than people in the world.
7- The longest one-syllable word in the English language is"screeched."
9- All of the clocks in the movie "Pulp Fiction" are stuck on4:20.
10- No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange,silver or purple.
11- "Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt".
12- Almonds are a member of the peach family.
13- There are only 4 words in the English language which end in dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
14- A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.
15- An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
16- Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.
17- In most advertisements, the time displayed on a watch is 10:10.
18- Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer.
19- The characters Bert & Ernie on Sesame Street were named afterBert the cop and Ernie the taxi driver in Frank Capra's "It'sa Wonderful Life."
20- A dragonfly has a life span of 24 hours.
21- A goldfish has a memory span of 3 seconds.
22- It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.
23- The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world.
24- In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak.
25- The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.
26- The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.
27- There are 336 dimples on a regulation golf ball.
28- The average human eats 8 spiders in their lifetime at night.
29- A cockroach can live nine days without its head before itstarves to death.
30- A polar bear's skin is black. Its fur is not white, but actually clear.
31- Elvis had a twin brother named Aaron, who died at birth, which is why Elvis' middle name was spelled Aron: in honorof his brother. It is also misspelled on his tomb stone.
32- Donald Duck comics were banned in Finland because he doesn't wear pants.
33- More people are killed by donkeys annually than are killedin plane crashes.
34- Stewardesses is the longest word typed with only the left hand.
35 - Shakespeare invented the words "assassination" and "bump."
36- Marilyn Monroe had 6 toes on one foot.
37- If you keep a goldfish in the dark room, it will eventuallyturn white.
38- Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
39- Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people do.
40- The sentence "the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses every letter in the English language.

10 most stupid questions

10 most stupid questions' people usually ask in
> > obvious situations and
> > some equally stupid answers.

1. At the movies: When you meet
>> acquaintances/friends...
> > Stupid Question:- Hey, what are you doing here?
> > Answer:- Don't u know, I sell tickets in black over here..

2. In the bus: A heavy lady wearing pointed high
> > heeled shoes steps on your feet...
> > Stupid Question:- Sorry, did that hurt?
> > Answer:- No, not at all, I'm on local anesthesia.....
> > why don't you try again.

3. At a funeral: One of the teary eyed people ask...
> > Stupid Question:- Why, why him, of all people.
> > Answer:- Why? Would it rather have been you?

4. At a restaurant: When you ask the waiter
> > Stupid Question:- Is the "Paneer Butter Masala" dish
> > good??
> > Answer:- No, its terrible and made of adulterated
> > cement.

5. At a family get-together: When some distant aunt
> > meets you after years...
> > Stupid Question:- Munna,Chickoo, you've become so big.
> > Answer:- Well you haven't particularly shrunk
> > yourself.

6. When a friend announces her wedding, and you ask...
> > Stupid Question:- Is the guy you're marrying good?
> > Answer:- No, he's a miserable wife beating,
> > insensitive lout...it's just the money.

7. When you get woken up at midnight by a phone
> > call...
> > Stupid Question:- Sorry. were you sleeping?
> > Answer:- No. I was doing research on whether the Zulu
> > tribes in africa marry or not. And you thought I was
> > sleeping.... you dumb witted moron.

8. When you see a friend/colleague with evidently
> > shorter hair...
> > Stupid Question:- Hey have you had a haircut?
> > Answer:- No, its autumn and I'm shedding.....

9. At the dentist when he's sticking pointed objects
> > in your outh...
> > Stupid Question:- Tell me if it hurts?
> > Answer:- No it wont. It will just bleed.

10. You are smoking a cigarette and a cute woman
> > asks...
> > Stupid Question:- Oh, so you smoke.
> > Answer:- Gosh, it's a miracle ............it was a
> > piece of chalk and
> > now it's in flames!!!

Five Tips For Effective Search

1.Choose your keywords carefully and be very spedific (use symbols or Boolean operators).
2.Put the most relevant words together.
3.Words that appear together should be written within quotes.
4.Capatalise the first letter of people's name, cties, and other nouns. All otherr words should be in lower case.
5.Use a meta-searcher for rare topics.

Attack on America - Amazing coincidences!

Date of the attack: 9/11 = 9 + 1 + 1 = 11.
September 11th is the 254th day of the year: 2 + 5 + 4 = 11.
After September 11th there are 111 days left to the end of the year.
Twin Towers - standing side by side, looks like the number 11.
The first plane to hit the towers was Flight 11.
State of New York - The 11th State added to the Union.
New York City - 11 Letters.
The Pentagon - 11 Letters.
Afghanistan - 11 Letters.
Ramzi Yousef - 11 Letters (convicted or orchestrating the attack on the WTC in 1993).
Flight 11 -> 92 on board - 9 + 2 = 11.
Flight 77 -> 65 on board - 6 + 5 = 11.

Last but not the least, GEORGE W BUSH - 11 letters

Things To Protect Eyes.

1. Never use KAJAL or SURMA as it damages the eye causing a disease called TRACHOMA.
2. Avoid using eye drops or any medicine for eyes. The eyes naturally contain several nutrients for protection.
3. Never use any steroids for eye diseases.
4. Undergo a check up for GLAUCOMA after the age of 40.
5. Watch TV from a disease.
6. Take a break after every two hours if you are using a computer for a prolonged period

How was IIT Bombay set up?

A high-power committee of Govt. of India recommended in 1946 establishment of four higher institutes of technology of the level of their counterparts in Europe and United States to set the direction for the development of technical education in the country. These institutes were designed to provide the necessary dynamism and flexibility of organization in the light of expanding knowledge and changing socio-economic requirements of modern society.

Planning for the Institute at Bombay began in 1957 and the first batch of 100 students was admitted in 1958. The Institute campus at Powai extends over 200 hectares and is situated in picturesque surroundings with Vihar and Powai lakes on either sides and green hills strewn around. ]

In 1961, by an act of Parliament, the Institute was declared an institution of national importance and was accorded the status of a university with power to award its own degrees and diplomas.

IIT Bombay was established with the cooperation and participation of the UNESCO, utilizing the contribution of the Govt. of USSR. The Institute received substantial assistance in the form of equipment and expert services from USSR through the UNESCO from 1956 to 1973. The Institute received several experts (59) and technicians (14) from several reputed institutions in the USSR. The UNESCO also offered a number of fellowships (27) for training of Indian faculty members in the USSR.

Under the bilateral agreement of 1965, the USSR Govt. provided additional assistance to supplement the Aid Program already received by the Institute through UNESCO.

Objectives and Goals:
The Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay seeks to establish traditions which will foster creativity and growth of excellence. The institute has the following broad objectives :
To provide the best possible educational facilities for training bright students for the careers in technology and science.
To provide a creative atmosphere in which higher studies and research thrive both amongst the students and the faculty.
To organize a short intensive courses, conferences and seminars on current technological developments which will be of benefit to the surrounding community.
To provide research and development consultancy which will promote contact with and be of service to industries and to government and Civic Organizations.
To organize quality improvement programmes for faculty members from various engineering colleges.
To provide leadership in curriculum design and development.

The Institute cherishes the hope that its graduates will be the leaders of tomorrow. Their education is patterned with this in view. Thus in the engineering curriculum, besides the professional courses, there is a strong emphasis on acquiring a thorough grounding in the basic sciences of mathematics, physics and chemistry and a reasonable knowledge in subjects like economics, english, philosophy and social sciences belonging to the Humanities and Social Science. The emphasis on the basic sciences removes to some extent the fear of rapid obsolescence, while studies in the Humanities help the students to interact more positively with the society in which he lives. Besides making available facilities for higher education, traning and research in various fields of engineering and technology, the Institute contributes to the industrial development and economic growth of the country by preparing a cadre of engineers and scientists, who provide both man power and support R&D work for industries.

DO you know how Google Dance?

Google has 8 main servers. These are
www-ex.google.com or www.google.com
www-sj.google.com or www2.google.com
www-va.google.com or www3.google.com
www-zu.google.com
www-ab.google.com
www-cw.google.com
www-dc.google.com
www-in.google.com

During the update the servers are updated individually from one to another.The indexs are not updated in one go but gradually. This prevents downtime.If you check the results from one server to another during the update they will differ, and it changes as each server is updated, hence the term, Google Dance.

So why are we interested in the dance?
The reason people are interested in the dance is you can get a peep at the future by checking the other servers as they are updated before the main server google.com.

If you have introduced new pages and want to know if they have been indexed, checking Google2 and Google3 during the dance will tell you.

Of course you could just be patient and wait for the update to finish.

You can easily check if Google is dancing by doing a search with a phrase on Google.com and the same search on the others servers. Check the blue bar at the top. It will say something like "Results 1 - 10 of about 60,100.000." If the other servers are different, Google is dancing.

Quite often during the dance people worry because their rankings suddenly drop. If it has happened to you and the dance is still on, you will have to wait until it is over and the index settles.

FilmFare Facts_02

Shahrukh joins Amitabh Bachchan as the only actor to be nominated for a record three films (Main Hoon Na, Swades and Veer-Zaara) in one year in theBest Actor Category. Amitabh has achieved this feat twice in 1982 (Bemisaal, Namak Halaal and Shakti) and in 1978 (Don, Trishul & Muqaddar Ka Sikander).

Amitabh Bachchan is the only actor to be nominated for two or more films in one year (1977, 1978, 1979, 1981 and 1982) in the Best Actor category themaximum number of times.

Shabana Azmi is the only actress to be nominated for four films (Avtar, Mandi, Masoom & Arth) in one year (1983) in the Best Actress category.

Dilip Kumar is the only actor to have won 8 awards in the Best Actor category followed by Shahrukh Khan (5 times), Amitabh Bachchan & Naseruddin Shah (3 times). In the Best Actress category, Nutan tops the list with 5 awards to her credit followed by Madhuri Dixit (4 times) & Meena Kumari (4 times)

The only actor from South to have won the Best Actor award is Kamal Hassan for Saagar (1985)

The only actor to have scored a hattrick in winning the Best Actor award is Dilip Kumar (1955-1957). However, no actress has scored a hattrick in this category as yet.

Some of the stars that have been unlucky and have not yet received the Filmfare trophy for Best Actor/Actress after being nominated for four or more filmsor years include Ajay Devgan, Dharmendra, Salman Khan, Saira Banu, Tabu, Urmila & Mala Sinha.

The only actors and actresses having 100% nomination to winning ratio are Nana Patekar, Bharat Bhushan, Mumtaz, Kamini Kaushal & Lakshmi. All of them have been nominated just once and have won it.

FilmFare Facts_01

The Top 5 actors to have received the nominations the maximum number of times:
Amitabh Bachchan - 24
Dilip Kumar - 19
Rajesh Khanna - 14
Shahrukh Khan - 13
Aamir Khan - 12

The Top 5 actresses to have received the nominations the maximum number of times:
Madhuri Dixit - 12
Meena Kumari - 12
Hema Malini - 10
Shabana Azmi - 9
Jaya Bahaduri, Sridevi & Rakhee - 8

Facts about TCS

01. it employees around 28,000 professionals.
02. it has crossed $2 billion in revenues in around 1998.
03. it has set up computer lab for IIT Kanpur.
04. it has designed the course and labs for MTech in VLSI for IIT Mumbai.
05. it has also setup labs for subject mathematics and modelling for IIT Chennai.
06. it was started in around 1970s, before Microsoft,Apple,HP,Compaq,etc.. all the biggie-wiggies of IT industry.
07. the only companies existed CapGemini,EDS and offcourse IBM.
08. it was started when niether of the best languages such as C, JAVA etc were invented
09. the only language available was FORTRAN.
10. it initially started working on BURROUGHS computer being imported from USA.
11. it was the path setter of all the IT companies in INDIA.

AN ENGINEER'S VALENTINE POEM

>I was alone and all was dark
>Beneath me and above
>My life was full of volts and amps
>But not the spark of love
>But now that your are here with me
>My heart is overjoyed
>You turn the square of my heart
>Into a sinusoid
>You load things from my memory
>Onto my system's bus
>My life was once assembly code
>Now it's C++
>I love the way you solder things
>My circuits you can fix
>The voltage across your diode is
>much more than just point six
>With your amps and resistors
>You have built my integrator
>I cannot survive without you
>You are my function generator
>You have charged my life, increased my gain
>And made my maths discreet
>And now I'll end my poem here >Control, Alt, and Delete

DilberTism

1. I can only please one person per day. Today is not your day. Tomorrowis not looking good either.
2. I love deadlines. I especially like the whooshing sound they make asthey go flying by.
3. Tell me what you need, and I'll tell you how to get along without it.
4. Accept that some days you are the pigeon and some days the statue.
5. Needing someone is like needing a parachute. If he isn't there thefirst time, chances are you won't be needing him again.
6. I DON'T HAVE AN ATTITUDE PROBLEM, YOU HAVE A PERCEPTION PROBLEM.
7. Last night I lay in bed looking up at the stars in the sky, and Ithought to myself, "where the heck is the ceiling?"
8. My reality cheque bounced.
9. On the keyboard of life, always keep one finger on the escape key.
10.I don't suffer from stress. I am a carrier.
11. You are slower than a herd of turtles stampeding through peanutbutter.
12. Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, because you are crunchy andtaste good with ketchup.
13. Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.
14. Never argue with idiots. They drag you down to their level, thenbeat you with experience.
15. A pat on the back is only a few inches from a kick in the butt.
16. Don't be irreplaceable. If you can't be replaced, you can't bepromoted.
17. After any salary raise, you will have less money at the end of themonth than you did before.
18. The more crap you put up with, the more crap you are going to get.
19. You can go anywhere you want if you look serious and carry aclipboard.
20. Eat one live toad the first thing in the morning and nothing worsewill happen to you the rest of the day.
21. If it wasn't for the last minute, nothing would get done.
22. When you don't know what to do, walk fast and look worried.
23. Following the rules will not get the job done.
24. When confronted by a difficult problem, you can solve it more easilyby reducing it to the question, "How would the Lone Ranger handle this?"
25. Only the mediocre are at their best all the time.
26. There's a fine line between genius and insanity. I have erased thisline.
27. Bring ideas in and entertain them royally, for one of them may bethe king.
28. If at first you don't succeed......skydiving isn't for you.
29. Life is a waste of time; time is a waste of life, so get wasted allof the time and have the time of your life.
30. When everything is coming your way......you're in the wrong lane.

Basic Cricket Questions

Q: What is the height of optimism?
A: Ganguly coming out to bat applying sunscreen on hisface.

Q: What did the spectator miss when he went to thetoilet?
A: The entire Indian innings.

Q: How to increase the chances of Indian batsmenplaying out the entire 50 overs?
A: Try giving them two innings to begin with, then trythree and so on.

Q: What would Mark Waugh be if he were an Indianbatsman?
B: In form.

Q: How should John Wright reshuffle the Indian battingorder?
A: Move Extras up the order

Q: Why are the Indian players demanding increasedpayments for test matches?
A: Someone told them that some test matches can gointo the fourth day.

Q: What would Glen McGrath be if! we was an Indian?
A: A genuine all rounder

Q: What is the Indian version of a hat-trick?
A: 3 runs in 3 balls

Q: When would Ganguly have 100 runsagainst his name?
A: When he is bowling

Q: Who has the easiest job in the Indianteam?
A: The guy who removes red ball marks from the bat

Q: When will India declare the nextnational holiday?
A: If India beats Namibia in the World Cup

Q: What skill is required to officiate inmatches figuring India?
A: The umpire should be able to raise his hands 10times in 5 minutes.

Q: What is to be done to ensure thatone-day matches figuring India las! ts at least one fullsession?
A: The opponent team should bat first

Q: How is the Indian scorecard written?
A: In the ascending order (opening batsman lowest,extras highest)

Q: What would have happened if there wasan 8th ODI?
A: Tendulkar would have scored one more run andcrossed his highest score in the series.

Q: When do you feel that listening toSidhu's commentary less painful?
A: When watching India's batting

Nice Joke

A British doctor says "Medicine in my country is so advanced that we
>can take a kidney out of one man put it in another and have him looking
>for work in six weeks."
>A German doctor says, "That's nothing, we can take a lung out of one
>person put it in another and have him looking for work in four weeks."
>A Russian doctor says, "In my country medicine is so advanced we can
>take half a heart out of one person put it in another and have them
>both looking for work in two weeks."
>The American doctor, not to be outdone, says, "You guys are way
>behind,
>we just took a man with no brain out of Texas, put him in the White
>House, and now half the country is looking for work, and the other
>half is preparing for war."

100 years of flight

One hundred years ago, on December 17, 1903, Wilbur and Orville Wright achieved their pioneering flights at Kill Devil Hillsin North Carolina, in the United States.
At 10.53am, Orville Wright flew 120 feet in 12 seconds and later that same day his brother Wilbur improved this to 852ft in 59 seconds.

james bond- joke

The character James Bond has a peculiar style of introducing Himself by saying, “Bond”, then a great smile & finally saying “James Bond”His style is absolutely killing but he doesn't know the consequences when he meets our great south Indian gulty(telugu) guy.......

When Bond meets a Gulty guy…....
James Bond : I am Bond...(smiles and then says).... James Bond."James Bond: "And you?"Telugu Guy :"I am Sai... ...(smiles and then says)....Venkata Sai...Siva Venkata Sai...Laxminarayana Siva Venkata Sai .. .. ..Srinivasulu Laxminarayana Siva Venkata Sai... ..Rajasekhara Srinivasulu Laxminarayana Siva Venkata Sai.....Sitaramanjaneyulu Rajasekhara Srinivasulu Laxminarayana Siva VenkataSai.... ..Bommiraju Sitaramanjaneyulu Rajasekhara Srinivasulu Laxminarayana SivaVenkata Sai....
James Bond faints!!! :)

IE story

At the turn of the millenium, Bill Gates went head to head with the United States Department of Justice over the company's bundling of software. At the the trial, Gates claimed that Internet Explorer could not be unbundled from the rest of Windows. But an expert witness for the prosecution went to work in the courtroom and unbundled Explorer in just minutes!

BitTorrent guru [Click Me]

BitTorrent was created by programmer Bram Cohen. It is a file sharing program that distributes large files quickly by breaking them into many pieces, sharing the pieces among the large number of users, and reassembling them uptn delivery.

All About Mario [Click Me]

Mario character was created by
Shigeru Miyamoto, Mario aka Super MArio is a Nintendo video game character. He is arguably one of the most well known characters in the history of gaming. Mario first appeared in the 1981 arcade game, Donkey Kong. His full name is Mario Mario

Symbian OS [Click Me]

Symbian Ltd was founded in June 1998. It is a software developed company that's jointly owned bt Ericsson, Nokia, Panasonic, Siemens, Sony Ericsson and Samsung. The company develops and licenses Symbian OS, an operating system fo advanced 2.5G and 3G mobile phones.
The latest Nokia 6680 is powered by Symbian OS.

Lateral Thinking

1. man / board
Ans. = man overboard

2. stand/ i
Ans. = I understand

3. /r/e/a/d/i/n/g/
Ans. = reading between the lines

4. r
road
a
d
Ans. = cross road

5. cycle
cycle
cycle
Ans. = tricycle

6. 0/ M.D.& Ph.D.
Ans. = two degrees below zero

7. knee/light
Ans. = neon light (knee-on-light)

8. ground/ feet feet feet feet feet feet
Ans. = six feet underground

9. he's / himself
Ans. = he's by himself

10. ecnalg
Ans. = backward glance

11. death/life
Ans. = life after death

12. THINK
Ans. think big !!

13. ababaaabbbbaaaabbbbababaabbaaabbbb....
Ans. long time no 'C' (see)

Dream Cars [Click Me]

Just Watch It - click the above link

Deccan Queen

The Deccan Queen celebrated yet another birthday on June 1. It was a time to celebrate fond memories of India’s longest-running and best-loved train as she completed 76 years.
Several phrases have been used to describe her over the years. Paragon of speed and punctuality. A proud legacy from the Raj. The pride of sahibs, white and nonwhite. The first and only first-class-only train in India(of course, now with two unreserved second class compartments).
The decaan queen was also the pride of independent India. A cosmopolitan microcosm blendiong Pune camp, Sadahiv Peth and DEccan Gymkhana (Kothrud was a fringe village then).
There were sumptuous breakfasts gobbled up during a three-hour dash towards the Mumbai metropolis. The Deccan Queen, in her regal white and blue robe, glided through the mist of Khandala Ghat.
On the eve of her birthday, these mental picture postcards were rather rudely interrupted by sound bites from some few thousand monthly pass holders who presently travel almost every day on the train.
“These second-class general compartments have ruined it. It was a reserved seats only train. People liked it so much they willingly paid a fine and traveled on it. With the general compartments, it has turned into a free-for-all. Anybody hops on and since it is totally connected internally, they fill up all available space. The Deccan Queen has become the dabba queed, “ said a pass holder.

Merger of 2004 - [Click Me]

On December 16, 2004, Symantec Corp. and VERITAS Software Corp. announced a definitive agreement to merge in an all-stock transaction. Based on Symantec's stock price of $27.38 at market close on December 15, 2004, the transaction is valued at approximately $13.5 billion.

The leader in storage software and the leader in security software will provide enterprise customers with a more effective way to secure and manage their most valuable asset, their information. The combined company will be uniquely positioned to deliver information security and availability solutions across all platforms, from the desktop to the data center, from consumers and small businesses to large organizations and service providers.

Java team - Guy with the arrow is the team lead : James Gosling
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its all about BILLu

Bill Gates was born William Henry Gates October 28, 1955 to William Henry Gates, Jr. and Mary Gates at Seattle Washington's Swedish Hospital. He is the second born and only male of three children. His parents were members of the politically and socially elite; his father was an attorney and his mother was a schoolteacher and an active member of non-profit organizations like The United Way. Bill Gates came from a lineage of entrepreneurship and high spirited liveliness.His grandfather established his own furniture business shortly after arriving in Seattle form Pennsylvania. His father created a newspaper with classified ads and a sports section that was so respected for its accuracy it won him seats in the press box at local games. He was in partnership with a friend and they commenced to selling shares of their paper. His father went on to study at the University of Washington after World War I. It was there that he met and married Mary Maxwell.
Mary was very active socially and politically at University of Washington. She was president of Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority as well as an active participant in various honorary women's societies. After graduation and marriage, she and her husband move to Seattle. They began to make evasive social and political impacts on the the upper class region. After a move to View Ridge, Washington, mary gave birth to a daughter, Kristianne, then to Bill. From the start of his life, Bill was very energetic. He used to rock profusely in his cradle, a trait that is said to be with him today. As a young child, he was extremely interested in the flourishing aerospace industry of the region and its 1962 World Fair. The focus of the fair was the future; its theme being "Century 21". Gates was six years old at the of the Fair.
By the time Gates entered third grade, his astounding intelligence had bee coupled with extreme behavioral problems. He was ever desirous of an intellectual challenge, which he did not find in academics, but instead with the teachers and administrators. He would often receive grades of "A3" meaning excellent work with the worst effort. This could be accurately assessed as being the beginning of Gates' renowned obnoxious behavior and attitude. During the sixth grade, Gates' parents and teachers tried to find an outlet in which to channel his intelligence. They involved him in the Contemporary Club, that would become very useful for the preparation of Gates' future. In this club, "super intelligent sixth graders" discussed collegiate level topics in an environment similar to that of a university. In his economics class, Gates expressed his first sign of evidence of his capitalist nature through a project focused on an inventor embarking on a business venture. He received a grade of A1.
Because of Gates' unruly behavior, his parents sent him to a private all male institution named Lakeside School, which would eventually change his life. Gates developed a keener interest in math and science. It was during the eight grade that Gates would embark upon an invention that would change the course of his life forever: the computer. Lakeside became intimately involved with the studies of usage and operating abilities of the computer. They delved into programming, which became the new focus for Gates. Unfortunately, it was very expensive and time consuming. An acute knowledge of the BASIC programming language was required, which Gates attained almost instantly. Gates developed his first computer program at the age of thirteen. It was also then that he would befriend Paul Allen and form a union that would someday alter the course of the computer and make them billionaires. Gates continued to master the BASIC language while Paul Allen tried to learn the intrinsic nature of the computer.
They did most of their practicing at privately funded computer groups, namely the Computer Center Corporation, commonly named C-Cubed. It would give them free time to program for as long as they wanted, which virtually erased the expense of using computers. Gates and Allen gained knowledge of the FORTRAN language to broaden their programming capabilities on the limited computers. C-Cubed would eventually shut down, leaving Gates desperate for inexpensive or free computer time. He went to University of Washington and formed a group called Lakeside Programmers Group. The group was comprised of Paul Allen , Kent Evans, and P. Weiland. They were still in search of computer time and they soon found it in Information Services, Inc. ISI recruited them to create a payroll program in exchange for the computer time. The only catch was the program had to be done in COBOL language, that only Weiland knew. So the others soon learned it by devouring the manuals and sitting in computer courses at the University. Soon after, Gates and Allen had been toying with the notion of creating their own computer. With the introduction of the 'programmable' Intel 4004 chip, Allen tried to convince Gates to write a BASIC version for the chip.
Gates felt the chip was to slow for the program. Later, Gates was admitted to Harvard University, where he took several computer courses. He was able to program in the school's Aiken Computation Laboratory. Allen soon discovered another opportunity for Gates to write a program, for the Altair computer. This would be the vent that would change their lives forever. Gates wrote a program for the Altair computer, the BASIC interpreter. This software was the breakthrough and beginning of Microsoft. The software Gates created for the Altair was soon to be one of his greatest contributions and beginning in the history of computer science. Later, Gates and Allen created SoftCard which would be Microsoft's first formal invention. It was an operating system and computer language in one. Within his company, the Q-DOS operating system was born, created by Tim Paterson.
Although Paterson worked for another company, Microsoft was able to obtain the rights for $50,000. Microsoft soon joined with IBM to create software for their computers. This would be the first company to which Microsoft would license software. After the initial success of the IBM computer, Gates began licensing to other companies like Apple. Later Gates created the Windows 3.0 Version the would have multi-use features like graphics and spreadsheets. He also created software application program like Lotus 1-2-3 and Microsoft Works for the Macintosh. Bill Gates' creations of software and language programs became his contribution to the revolution of computers and the field of computer science.

BEAUTIFUL PRAYER

I asked God to take away my habit.
God said, No.
It is not for me to take away, but for you to give it up.

I asked God to make my handicapped child whole.
God said, No.
His spirit is whole, his body is only temporary

I asked God to grant me patience.
God said, No.
Patience is a byproduct of tribulations;
it isn't granted, it is learned.

I asked God to give me happiness.
God said, No.
I give you blessings; Happiness is up to you.

I asked God to spare me pain.
God said, No.
Suffering draws you apart from worldly cares
and brings you closer to me.

I asked God to make my spirit grow.
God said, No.
You must grow on your own! ,
but I will prune you to make you fruitful.

I asked God for all things that I might enjoy life.
God said, No.
I will give you life, so that you may enjoy all things.

I ask God to help me LOVE others, as much as He loves me.
God said...Ahhhh, finally you have the idea.

If you love God, send this to ten people and back to the person that sent it.

THIS DAY IS YOURS DON'T THROW IT AWAY

May God Bless You,
"To the world you might be one person, but to one person you just might be the world"

Acquisition of the YEAR [click me]

SAN JOSE, Calif. - April 18, 2005 - Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq: ADBE) today announced a definitive agreement to acquire Macromedia (Nasdaq: MACR) in an all-stock transaction valued at approximately $3.4 billion.
The combination of Adobe and Macromedia will provide customers a more powerful set of solutions for creating, managing and delivering compelling content and experiences across multiple operating systems, devices and media. Together, the two companies will meet a wider set of customer needs and have a significantly greater opportunity to grow into new markets, particularly in the mobile and enterprise segments.
"Customers are calling for integrated software solutions that enable them to create, manage and deliver a wide range of compelling content and applications – from documents and images to audio and video," said Bruce Chizen, chief executive officer of Adobe. "By combining our powerful development, authoring and collaboration software – along with the complementary functionality of PDF and Flash – Adobe has the opportunity to bring this vision to life with an industry-defining technology platform."
Under the terms of the agreement, which has been approved by both boards of directors, Macromedia stockholders will receive, at a fixed exchange ratio, 0.69 shares of Adobe common stock for every share of Macromedia common stock in a tax-free exchange. Based on Adobe’s and Macromedia’s closing prices on Friday, April 15, 2005, this represents a price of $41.86 per share of Macromedia common stock. Upon the close of the transaction, Macromedia stockholders will own approximately 18 percent of the combined company on a pro forma basis.
In the combined company, Chizen will continue as chief executive officer and Shantanu Narayen will remain president and chief operating officer. Stephen Elop, president and chief executive officer of Macromedia, will join Adobe as president of worldwide field operations. Murray Demo will remain executive vice president and chief financial officer. Dr. John Warnock and Dr. Charles Geschke will remain as co-chairmen of the Board of Directors of the combined company and Rob Burgess, chairman of the Macromedia Board of Directors, will join the Adobe Board.
"Both Macromedia and Adobe are passionate about creating and enabling great experiences across a wide range of devices and operating systems," said Elop. "Our combined teams will be a powerful force for innovation around cutting-edge platforms for delivering content and applications."

sources :
Adobe and Macromedia

Interview with Linus Torvalds

Q01. When do you estimate the 2.5 development kernel source tree will open? What new features are planned to be included on kernel 2.6?
ANS: Linus Torvalds: I don't want to open a 2.5.x development tree until I'm happy with the pending issues for 2.4.x - it's taken longer than I hoped for, but it's getting there. Within the month..
The biggest issues for 2.5.x (and the eventual 2.6 or 3.0 release) will probably be NUMA and other big machine scalability, along with an overhaul of the disk IO layer. At the same time, most of what affects "normal" users is the continued driver development etc.
The other part of scalability is scaling down (that's the part that most "scalable" projects forget completely about), and there the interesting stuff is mostly about some of the QoS issues that some embedded users have. We'll see where that takes us.

Q02.What are the best parts of the linux kernel in your opinion, and what are the parts than need changing or even rewritting?
ANS: Linus Torvalds: I personally really like our filesystem layer, and in general the "core" code is in pretty good shape. The problem spots tend to be in outlying areas, especially driver code. Much of our SCSI layer really needs to be rewritten eventually, and that's one of the pushes for 2.5.x..

Q03. Are there any plans for a more "visual" way to add/remove drivers and reconfigure the kernel itself somewhat on the fly, which can be incredibly helpful for new users?
ANS: Linus Torvalds: I'm a big non-believer in manual driver and kernel configuration, be it visual or not. Most of the stuff happens automatically, and we're going to make that more and more common. Things like hot-plugging a device and the driver automatically getting loaded is how things are supposed to work, none of this "device manager" stuff.

Q04. Recently you stated that GUIs are important for Linux's market acceptance. Are you happy with the today's offerings of KDE, Gnome or WindowMaker as modern GUI systems?
ANS:Linus Torvalds: I really like KDE, especially the fact that it's more than just a window manager infrastructure, but that there are real applications developed under it too.
Which is not to say that there isn't more to be done - I'm personally happy with what we have now, but at the same time I'd be very very unhappy if it didn't continue to develop to become better..

Q05. What do you think of the FreeBSD 5 kernel and WindowsXP's new features from a clearly technical point of view?
ANS: Linus Torvalds: I don't actually follow other operating systems much. I don't compete - I just worry about making Linux better than itself, not others. And quite frankly, I don't see anythign very interesting on a technical level in either.

Q06. What is your opinion on Hailstorm, .Net and the rest of the technologies Microsoft is preparing to roll out in the years to come? Can these releases have an impact on Linux and if yes, in what way?
ANS:Linus Torvalds: See my answer about not caring what the competition does, but doing my own thing as well as I can..

Q07. Do you believe that the oh-so-many Linux distributions are a good thing for Linux's overall good and future, or a problem that creates forks and inconsistencies throughout the platform?
ANS: Linus Torvalds: Oh, choice is always hard. But we take it for granted in politics, and I take it for granted in Linux. Quite frankly, everybody has slightly different priorities, and working in lock-step simply isn't a good idea. Never has been, never will be.
When somebody who is different shows himself to be different in a _good_ way, that's how development happens.

Q08.What is your opinion on RMS insisting calling Linux as GNU/Linux?
ANS: Linus Torvalds: I don't mind what rms calls the system. I don't think his arguments for the naming are very valid, but hey, at the same time I really couldn't care less.

Q09. There was quite some discussion on the kernel mailing list some time ago about making Linux _truely_ preemptive and tear down the "big giant lock" around the kernel, which brings a number of good things, but for a price. What is your opinion on the issue?
ANS: Linus Torvalds: On the SMP side we've pretty much done it. For all intents and purposes there is no big kernel lock in any important area, and Linux these days scales pretty well, without getting into the nightmare scenario that some UNIXes got to where the locking granularity got so fine that it started impacting performance.
Some people have been playing with using the same locks on UP too, creating a fully preemptible kernel. A lot of people are playing around with the patches, and we'll see when/if I'll integrate them into the standard tree. It's not a high priority for me: they don't add performance (like the SMP scalability does), and if they improve latency noticeably I'd really rather look at why the latency is bad in the first place.
So right now as far as I'm concerned it's one of those "cool features" things, and it will need some prodding from the real world to show whether it is worth it.

Q10. How do you see the future of Linux for the next 5 or 10 years from an engineering but also a marketing eye?
ANS: Linus Torvalds: I don't use a marketing eye, I simply don't care. There are others who do, I'll let them worry about it.
From a technical standpoint, I believe the kernel will be "more of the same", and that all the _really_ interesting stuff will be going on in user space. That's not to say that there aren't problems to keep us occupied in the kernel too, I just don't think they make for all that interesting reading ;)

Q11. Let's think "big" for a moment. How do you see the general future of computing in the years to come? What kind of evolution is the next... revolution for software or hardware?
ANS: Linus Torvalds: I was never a "big thinker". One of my philosophies in Linux has always been to not worry about the future too much, but make sure that we make the best of what we have now - together with keeping our options open for the future and not digging us into a hole.
And I'm not a big believer in revolutions. What people call revolutions in technology were more of a shift in perception - from big machines to PC's (the _technology_ just evolved, fairly slowly at that), and from PC's to the internet. The next "revolution" is going to be the same thing - not about the technology itself being revolutionary, but a shift in how you look at it and how you use it.
What's that shift going to be? Who knows. Maybe it will have nothing directly to do with computers at all, just using computers to create new life-forms or whatever.. Where the _excitement_ is not the tool, but what you can do with it.

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GREAT PERSONALITIES of IT

FATHER OF COMPUTER SCIENCE:- George Boole

# Programming #
BASIC:-Bill Gates {CEO of MICROSOFT}.
BCPL:-Martin Richards {at BELL LABS) [1967].
B:-Ken Thompson {at BELL LABS} [1970].
C:-Dennis Ritchie {at BELL LABS} [1972].
C++:-Bjarne Stroustrup {at BELL LABS} [1983].
COBOL: - Grace Hooper. [1958]
FLOWMATI: - {First H.L.Language}:-Grace Hooper.
FORTRAN:-John Backus [1954].
JAVA:-James Gosling, Patrick Naughton (at SUN MICROSYSTEMS).

$ Operating System $
86-DOS:-Tim Patterson.
WINDOWS:-Bill Gates, Paul Allen {Now Owners of MICROSOFT}.
UNIX:-Dennis Ritchie, Ken Thompson {at BELL LABS}.
LINUX: - Linus Torvalds.

Ω Electric Ω
ELECTRICITY: -Benjamin Franklin
First ELECTRICAL MOTOR: - Michael Faraday.
First P-N Junction DIODE:-Russell Shoemaker Ohl. {He also invented Silicon Photodiode}
First TRANSISTOR:-Dr. John Bardeen, Dr. Walter Brattain, Dr. William Shockley {at BELL LABS} [1956].
First IC: - 1) Jack S. Kilby (in GERMANIUM) {at TEXAS INSTRUMENTS}. [February 1959]
2) Robert N. Noyce (in SILICON) {Owner of FAIRCHILD} [July 1959].
First MICROPROCESSOR {µP} (4004):- Marcian E. Hoff [November 15, 1971].

® IT Giants ®
AMD {Advanced Micro Devices}:-Jerry Sanders, John Carey and six others [May 1, 1969].
APPLE: - Steven P. Jobs, Stephen Gray Wozniak [April 1, 1976].
AT&T Labs: - Graham Bell.
CDC: - Seymour Cray [1964].

CISCO: - Leonard Bosack, Sandy Lerner [1984].
COMPAQ: - Joseph Rodney Canion, Jim Harris, Bill Murto [1982].
DEC: - Kenneth Olsen {first MINICOMPUTER} [1957].
HP: - William Bill Hewlett, David Packard [1939].
INTEL (INTegrated ELectronics):-Robert N. Noyce, Gordan Moore, Andy Groove. [July 18, 1968]
MICROSOFT: - Bill Gates, Paul Allen [1975].
MIPS: - John Hennessy.
MOTOROLA: - Paul V. Galvin [1947].
NETSCAPE: - Jim Clark, Marc Anderson.
SEAGATE Technologies: - Alan F. Shugart (at IBM) {he also leaded the team for the invention of Floppy} [1979].
SUN MICROSYSTEMS: -Vinod Khosla, Bill Joy [1982].
WESTERN ELECTRONICS (Earlier Gray & Barton):- Elisha Gray, Enos N. Barton [1869].


Extras:-
ENIAC: - John Mauchly, J. Presper Eckert.
PUNCHED CARD: - Herman Hollerith {he also invented Tabulating Machine Company}
MOUSE: - Douglas C. Engelbert.
FLOPPY (31/2): -Sony [1981].

Remember:-
1. AT&T and Western Electronics merged together to form Bell Telephone Laboratories.
2. Tabulating Machine Company after some merges became International Business Machines {I.B.M}