Why name : Torjan Horse.

According to Greek legend, the greeks defeated the Trojans by an act of trickery. Led by the soldier Odysseus, the greeks constructed a giant wooden horse and left it outside the wall of Troy. The torjans pulled the horse into the city, not knowing that greeks soldiers were hiding inside the horse. That night, the greeks crept out of the horse and took the city by surprise.

now i am a Google fan: due to -> [click me]

want to create ur own site.
this is a straight answer to geocities, but i think far better one.

hdd encloser ( portable HDD)

place the hdd in this box, and becomes a USB drive offcourse with 40/80 GB :) 

connector for the Lan card below.

The figure adjacent is the connector for Lan card.

The first figure is where the RJ-45 connector of our LAN cable goes.
The second figure is the connector for Laptop side of lan card. i dont know whatit is called. 

PCMCIA card.

This is PCMCIA slot LAN card for IBM thinkad. Remember 7sem microprocessor subject had this topic with various busses, like ISA, EISA etc.
So here is the PCMCIA slot card, of the size of a credit card. It has an excellent thickness isn't it 

touch sensitive mouse.

this is the mouse for IBM ThinkPad Laptop.
The two blue buttons are right and left click, respective to theri positions. The area above the buttons is where we need to move our fingure, which will move the cursor on the screen. 

an ibm think pad - older version

 

infrared connector for PC

This is how a mobile to PC infrared connector looks like. It has a USB connector for PC, and a wireless infrared connection for any cell supporting Infrared. Offcourse the software and driver varies for different-different ;) cell makers. Isn't it look cute? 

new product from google [visit]

now it seems , i dunno what. i am out of my mind, mind body, my everything :))
google is in its innovation spree.
just visit calendar.google.com
i think this ppl will completely remove PC based system. gr8

India's most valuable brands [full story : click me]

The 25 brands in the Brand Finance league table are ranked on brand value: the value of the asset at a point in time assessed using the relief royalty method.

A prerequisite of the top Indian brands was that they were listed in the top 500 on the Bombay Stock Exchange - which is why brands like Hutch, Sahara India Pariwar and Kingfisher Airlines were not included. The top 500 by market capitalisation were shortlisted to 50, of which the top 25 made the final ranking.

In some cases, the lack of information on the Indian businesses of certain major international brands (Coca-Cola, Pepsi and so on) meant they had to be left out. Holding companies that own a portfolio of branded businesses (Hindustan Lever, for instance) were excluded, since it isn't possible to identify revenue streams for individual brands from publicly available sources.

Not surprisingly, Indian Oil Corporation emerges as the most valuable brand with a trademark value of $5.6 billion.

This value accounts for 40 per cent of IOC's market value, representing the amount by which the brand is likely to enhance the company's future cash flows. But despite its high value IOC is at risk of losing the brand revenues it currently enjoys to more powerful brands like Bharat Petroleum in the future.

HOW THEY STACK UP
Brand	Trademark value (Rs m)
Indian Oil Corporation	250,636
State Bank Of India	137,965
Bharat Petroleum Corp Ltd	134,673
Tata Consultancy Services	123,485
Reliance Industries	122,240
Hindustan Petroleum Corp Ltd	116,271
Oil & Natural Gas Corp	88,822
Tata Motors	84,652
ICICI Bank	76,777
Wipro	67,681
ITC	64,406
Infosys Technologies	63,534
Gail India	58,178
Bharti Televentures	54,018
Tata Steel	44,059
Larsen & Toubro	39,658
Ranbaxy Laboratories	29,038
Bajaj Auto	27,186
Satyam Computer Services	24,302
Hero Honda Motors	20,580
Industrial Development Bank of India	18,830
Housing Development Finance Corp	14,665
HDFC Bank	11,992
Jet Airways India	10,410
Grasim Industries	8,003

State Bank of India and Bharat Petroleum Corp follow in second and third place respectively, with brand values of just over $3 billion each. SBI has improved its brand power by engaging with consumers and developing products and services that are differentiated.

However, the bank still has enormous value potential and has only scratched the surface as of now. If SBI continues to invest in marketing and pushing up its service delivery, it will give other banks a run for their money.

Meanwhile, BPCL's pioneering efforts in retail marketing, including branded petrol, petrocards, fleet cards, convenience stores, one-stop shops and its "Pure for sure" logo still give it the edge over other oil PSUs. It is aggressively looking at increasing non-fuel revenues by leveraging its brand.

The first set of private sector brands, Tata Consultancy Services and Reliance Industries, follow, both worth over $2.7 billion each.

It will be interesting to see how the two brothers extract value from the Reliance brand in future, given that Reliance Communication Ventures is now listed and Mukesh Ambani's retail plans are in overdrive. There are also some strategic issues that remain unresolved, including how the corporate brands of the two groups will be separated and yet at the same time keep the Reliance brand robust.

The top echelons have some diversity in terms of Tata Motors, demonstrating the company's focused strategy of cross-border acquisitions, strategic alliances and a steady stream of new product launches - Ace, Dicor, Starbus and Globus and its commitment to build the Rs 1 lakh car. This brand is ready to make a global mark.

Smaller banks, such as ICICI Bank, are rapidly boosting their brand power by offering customers holistic financial services and a certain level of functional and service delivery.

While SBI and Bank of Baroda are waking up to the role of the brands inside their businesses, ICICI Bank is now trying to forge an emotional connection with its customers with its Hum hai na communication.

The benefits of ICICI leveraging its brand are visible - it has registered 95.61 per cent five-year CAGR growth of fee income. Fee income is a good barometer to gauge a bank's efficiency in using its brand and customer capital through cross selling. All other Indian banks - including HDFC Bank - have a lot of catching up to do.

Despite the fact that TCS is smaller in terms of brand value than IOC, it is India's most powerful brand in terms of its ability to sustain earnings into the future with the least risk. If TCS continues build up intellectual property, create strategic alliances and extend its footprint into new services where it can extract volume and premium, its rise in the value table will not be surprising.

Wipro emerges as the second most valuable and powerful IT brand. This comes after a year of acquiring firms, giving Wipro access to new skills and intellectual property, upping marketing spends and ramping up to scale the consultancy target.

Wipro's product engineering and design services are especially pushing hard to deliver on innovation to create and sustain revenue streams for the future. The evidence towards a more IP and marketing driven model lies in the number of patent applications that have been made by TCS and Wipro over the past three to four years.

For an industry caught between run-of-the-mill software services and high-end products, IP licensing and sales will not only boost financial returns but also build long-term competitive advantage.

Infosys has made some inroads into high end consulting. However, it needs to urgently review its IP and marketing investments and come out victorious in the battle to protect its well-known trademark.

hey great news - DVD war is finally over.

Well you all might be knowing about the DVD war goin between the Tech TITANS.We (consumers) are only the beneficiaries of that. If people dont know about this let me brief you up.

Hmmm let me put this way, Sony and Toshiba basically started this, upto my knowledge. They are competing for a DVD fromat different then the current one, which may store upto 50GB. yeah!!! Thats right 50GB, who will need a hard disk after that. Just for our OS we will need a minimum of say 40GB thats it.

So a DVD format from SONY and their is called the BLU-ray, name coming from the color of the laser. Format coming from Toshiba is named HD-DVD (High Definition). So all the major corp behemoths are supporting one of this formats. Supporting mainly means FUNDING.

But it seems that this will create problems for consumer like us, especially from developing countries. So after some fight they decided to some how end the fight, and collaborate for Format. But after a lot of TALKSSS(:)) they derived that its not possible.

So they again moved in the opposite direction. But let me tell you that, companies producing computers and many others decided to support both this
formats.

And FINALLY the day has arrived. The day we all are waiting for, hurrayyyyy!!!! THE FIRST DVD HAS ENTERED THE MARKET. IT IS PREPARED BY TDK, and offcourse it is a BLU-RAY disk. The first HD-DVD laptop and first Blu-Ray PC has entered the market

full story :
1.http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2153824/
tdk-first-market-blu-ray-discs
2.http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2153755/
first-hd-dvd-laptops
3.http://www.betanews.com/article/
First_Bluray_PCs_to_Come_from_Fujitsu/1144772575

My story!

Before you read this poem, I must warn you,
It's a big one, took me minutes twenty-two.
To pen down my thoughts, for you to read,
Just in case, you might in the future need!




'Twas a Thursday eve, I still remember,
Even the date's clear - 8th of September,
A red-letter day, embossed in gold,
I witnessed a natural wonder, lo and behold!

Sitting on a couch, sipping hot coffee!
Enjoying myself, with an occasional toffee,
Down she came, with steps so graceful,
I thought to myself, who's this b-e-a-utiful?

She sat on the couch, in front of me,
As if to allow, only me to see,
Oh my God! I exclaimed, what a creation by you!
You read every man's heart, what a master are you!

I was introduced to her, ______ was her name,
Arts she studied, brilliant acads to her fame!
She smiled ever so gently, my heart skipped a beat,
In the cold chilly environs, I just felt some heat!

Introductions over, now's the time to talk.
I began to feel jittery, just wanted to take a walk.
I mustered enough courage, and asked her many a thing,
It helped me soothe my nerves, and get things under my wing!

Time played its trick, and soon I had to leave,
Before leaving I said, Boy!, you did something achieve,
Parting is such a sweet sorrow, so said Shakespeare,
I couldn't agree more, but right now, right here!

I slept that night, her picture in my eyes!
What a beauty she was, both witty and wise!
For the first time in my life, I did a soft dance,
For the first time in my life, I had some good romance!

I woke up the next morning, still in that daze,
What a sight she was, couldn't take off my gaze!
I called on our mutual friend, and told all I had to tell,
Her happy face changed color, that's when lightning fell!

She's already committed, just a week back, said her,
On a cold Friday morning, I just felt colder!
My heart stopped abruptly, my mouth went dry,
the phone slipped from my hands, I just wanted to cry!

My friend consoled me, but I shed more than a tear.
For days together, nothing could get me to cheer!
Will I ever, find a better love in the future near?
What if not, that was all I used to fear!

That was when He came, and told me the truth!
Boy, don't you realise you're in the prime age of youth!
This had to happen, sooner or later,
But you must only learn, not to be a quitter!

Was it really love, He asked me twice,
Tell me the truth, I want no lies!
It then dawned upon me, I was a big loser!
'Tis no rocket-science, to know the right answer!

I stood upright and dried my eyes,
And looked upwards, into the blue skies.
You're right I said, feeling much better,
'Twas no love, not even a single letter!

That's my boy, said He, now don't you worry!
I'll take all care, so you must not hurry!
Just remember this, that you'll find your love true!
'Coz someone beautiful somewhere, is waiting for you!

Himanshu [ 11 July, 2006]

for football fans

  

Students unite to air reservations on quota

Students uni"Ten years down the line, it will be the general category that will need reservation," said Dhruv Suri, a student of IP University.

"We will send letters and emails to the IITs and IIMs as well. The entire student community will take on to the streets against this injustice," said Rishabh Bhargava of Amity.

source : http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1483774.cms

Lara Croft in Guiness Book of World Records [Click me]

ara Croft, the world's favourite digital heroine, has been awarded a Guinness World Record as the 'Most Successful Human Videogame Heroine'.

On the day of her stunning return to the world's living rooms in the brand new videogame blockbuster 'Lara Croft Tomb Raider: Legend', Lara has been recognised as "transcending the boundaries of videogames and becoming a recognisable figure in mainstream society". ociety".

"The new game 'Tomb Raider: Legend' utilises the very latest capabilities in high definition gaming and Lara looks more stunning than ever before."

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pinguuuuuuuu

the largest outsourcing deal in India [click me]

Considered to be the largest outsourcing deal in India, it includes provisioning of IT infrastructure on build own operate basis for existing and new branches of HDFC Bank, said a release issued by the company to BSE

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