World's first electric powered all-terrain endurance bike ..

When ever i used to watch an e-bike(An Electric gear-less scooter actually) on road i always thought of possibility of having an actual bike with complete gear and acceleration system as that of original bike .

And now KTM an austrian firm the world's leader in sales of all-terrain motorbikes and Europe's second biggest motorbike constructor after Germany's BMW has said that it actually had produced a prototype of electric-powered all-terrain endurance bike which is very quiet and could develop up to 35 horsepower, weighed 90 kilos (200 pounds) and could run for 40 minutes before recharging. It was designed for off-road sporting use. It has a sales target of 95,000 machines for this year.

Google releases Android as opensource .

Google which previously conducted Android developer challenge now has released Android as an open source for developers to modify and add new features to the existing one's.

It is a complete end-to-end software platform that can be adapted to work on any number of hardware configurations.

The phones, which cost 179 dollars, 20 dollars cheaper than the iPhone 3G, go on sale in the United States on Wednesday, in Britain in early November and in other European countries served by telecom carrier T-Mobile in early 2009.

Open source project link

Source : AFP

Chinese surfers fury over Microsoft @!#$%@#

Chinese Internet users have expressed fury at Microsoft's launch of an anti-piracy tool targeting computer users to ensure they buy genuine software.

The "Windows Genuine Advantage" program, which turns the user's screen black if the installed software fails a validation test, is Microsoft's latest weapon in its war on piracy in China, where the vast majority of 200 million computer users are believed to be using counterfeit software.

While most of the people argue that Microsoft should have violating people's rights by trespassing into their computer a few of the lawyers termed Microsoft as the biggest hacker in China with its intrusion into users' computer systems without their agreement or any judicial authority.

Source : Reuters

Wow a house that can walk !!

An ultimate solution to beat floods have been designed by art collective N55 in Copenhagen, Denmark, who worked in conjunction with engineers in Massachusetts, US.

Like normal homes, it comes equipped with a living room, kitchen, toilet, bed and wood stove.

But how can it walk?

The property has been built on six hydraulic legs which are powered by solar and wind powered and can stroll at walking pace across all terrains.

A mainframe computer present inside the house controls the house .

The prototype cost £30,000 to build, including materials and time, but the designers believe it could be constructed for a lot less.



Source : Dailymail

When Youtube Beats Yahoo..

When Google is on the verge of acquiring shares in Yahoo, Google's very own Youtube beats Yahoo in comscore's 2008 search engine rankings.

YouTube fetched over 2.6 billion search queries for the month of August trumping Yahoo's 2.4 billion queries

Google still stands on top with 7.6 billion queries.

So the rankings as follows :
#1 Google (As Youtube is a part of Google otherwise it would have been in #2 n Yahoo 3rd)
#2 Yahoo
#3 Microsoft

Rankings

Free download Area 51 game

Midway’s Area 51 is a (FPS) first person shooter game which is completely free to download now.
You take on the role of a military squad commander sent in to investigate a base contaminated by an alien mutagenic virus.

I've played the game its like okay okay in (FPS) first person shoot category. Personally i liked the graphics and in a few instances the route was really not clear but is a very nice concept.

Try it guys its gonna cost u nothing its completely free to download ..

Download Game

Source : Newdaily

Gaming James Bond's Quantum of Solace

The demo version of Quantum of Solace, the game based on the upcoming James Bond 007 movie has been released. The game’s release is to coincide with the release of
James Bond : Quantum of Solace.

This would be the first James Bond game created on the current generation console and also the first to feature Daniel Craig’s voice and likeness, as well as those of Judi Dench, Eva Green, Mads Mikklesen, Olga Kurylenko and Mathieu Almaric. Wow

And ofcourse the core gameplay in Quantum of Solace will be that of a FPS(first-person shooter)


Link : Quantum of Solace

Download the game : Quantum of Solace trail

Blackberry Storm coming this holiday season

Research in Motion Ltd. (RIM) which manufactures Blackberry's is all set to release touchscreen Blackberry Storm before this holiday season .

The Storm resembles the iPhone but its color touch-screen differs in that it is "clickable" -- the screen depresses slightly when touched like a typewriter key. This Storm's whole screen is backed by springs, and when pressed, it gives under the finger which ofcourse was the major drawback of the iPhone's Touchscreen , iPhone's glass screen was too much awkward to type on because its virtual buttons provide no tactile feedback .

This mobile ofcourse will be available only to Verizon Wireless subscribers in the U.S. and Vodafone subscribers in Europe, India, Australia and New Zealand.

No Price has been disclosed yet..

Source : AFP , AP

Now Youtube goes with Advertising ..

Online Video sharing web-site Youtube now has introduced a new version of its home shopping network inorder to gain more revenue from its massive audience ..

This move justifies the $1.76 billion that Google Inc. paid to purchase this site two years ago.

In this new service unveiled in United States on Tuesday had buttons under the Youtube videos which offered viewers to purchase music, movies , TV shows , games and other products.

YouTube is selling songs only from two major labels, EMI Music and Universal Music Group, and video games made by Electronic Arts Inc at present soon it hopes to expand its advertising ..

Coke n Pepsi killing SPERMS !!!

Oh god gimme a break it happened with tech stuff n now even with edibles n drinks ..

Studies suggest that sodas such as Coke n Pepsi kill sperms.

Study-> A medical student Sharee Umpierre and gynaecologist, Joe Hill mixed four different types of Coke with sperm in test tubes.A minute later, they found that all sperm were dead in the Diet Coke, however, 41pct were still swimming in the just-introduced New Coke.

"It was believed that the carbonic acid in Coke killed sperm".

This research has won the lg Noble Prize for the year 2008.

More of the lg Nobel Prize winners 2008

iPhone vs T-Mobile G1

While the T-Mobile's G1, the first mobile powered by Google's open-source Android(software) will be available in stores ( In United States) from October 22 people started comparing Apple's iPhone and G1..

The differences are --

1.The G1 has a QWERTY keyboard while the iPhone does'nt have one .

2.The G1 has a dedicated search button; the iPhone has barely any physical buttons.

3.The iPhone supports Microsoft Exchange server; the G1 does not.

4.The G1 is built on an open-source, Linux-based platform; the Apple iPhone has a applications development platform but Apple tightly controls what people can deliver through its App Store.

Each phone has its own damn good features --

While the iPhone has some killer games and is the best phone music player on the planet till date T-Mobile's G1 has truly excellent Compass feature--> It uses Google Maps, the street-level photos which Google has been capturing for the past few years and the accelerometer to give you a virtual 360-degree view of an intersection, even if you're not there.

Coming to the similarities --

Both play music, offer touch-screen interfaces, include Wi-Fi, have their own WebKit-based browsers, have accelerometers, play in the broadband 3G service space.

Both can take multi-megapixel photos , but neither can capture video :)

It would have better if G1 could capture videos and the design of the phone was better(It is no competition to Apple's iPhone wrt its design) .

Source : Yahoo

Want a Tiger as ur pet ..

Terming them as the most fashionable animal on earth a web-site is offering Tiger breeds from india for sale .. Buy Tigers


The web-site says though they are the strongest feline predators on earth they are extremely friendly, loyal and harmless !!

It is illegal to trade in Indian tigers, either live or dead, or breed them privately in India, as per the Indian Wildlife Protection Act, 1972. Though tigers are protected under Schedule I of the Indian Wildlife Protection Act, keeping tigers captive or as pets on farms is a legal practice in the US as well as parts of Africa.

Other site offering wild life as pets

http://wildanimalworld.com/

Taking Robots to next gen ..

Even though research has led us develop humanoid robots , they still cant replace humans by their physical features, sense of touch and intelligence.

But now scientists from japan have developed a rubber that is able to conduct electricity well, paving the way for robots with stretchable "e-skin".So finally an artificial skin has been for the metal robots which can give make them feel heat and pressure like humans.

Lets wait and watch when the robots will be completely replacing humans wrt features and intelligence as in movies :)

Most expensive iPhone

The world's most expensive iPhone was revealed recently but its not even the latest 3G version!
The Amosu Ultimo Diamond iPhone is targeted at the uber-rich who don't pay much attention to the latest technology.

Priced at whopping $177,300, the Amosu Ultimo Diamond sports 1,179 diamonds and weighs a whopping 16.18 karats. Each phone comes with access to the international all-day VIP-service Concierge (VIP International Concierge Service) for a year

iPhone Nano coming soon..

If reports doing the rounds in the internet can be believed, then Apple is going to launch a stripped down version of the its iPhone by this Christmas.

The Daily Mail report indicates that the candy bar shape of iPhone 'Nano' will have a front display and a touch wheel on the back which will be used for dialing.

Olympics to go virtual with Sega..

As if 24hour coverage of Olympic games in china 2008 is not enough Sega has has rolled out the official video game of the 2008 events in Beijing for PC, PlayStation 3 , Xbox 360 and mobile phones ..

It offers 38 events from track and field to swimming to judo and has online play for the first time in an Olympics game.

Sega enlisted U.S. gold medal contenders Amanda Beard, Tyson Gay, Nastia Liukin and Reese Hoffa for the cover of "Beijing 2008: The Official Video Game of the Olympic Games."

Sega also has an arcade game available on Wii and Nintendo DS, with "Mario and Sonic: Olympic Games" putting two of the most popular game icons together for the first time. The Wii version encourages gamers to physically mimic 20 events like fencing and table tennis as they compete against friends.

A few funny results yielded by Google !!

Though Google turns out to be our favorite and much used search engine you will be shocked to see some its hilarious results and you would definitely say that google is crazy and funny :)

Type French military victories in Google search engine and submit it with I'm Feeling lucky
observe the result..


When u type search in the text box of Google and search the first result which you would obtain is Microsoft's Live Search .. Google itself shows up at 3rd page !!

Type find chuck Norris and then submit it with I'm Feeling lucky and observe the result ..




A similar problem occured with the key words who is a failure? it displayed George bush's official webpage after many political controversies has Google fixed this problem but they still need to fix many more still existing search result errors !!

NASA trying to fight back now ..

There are several conspiracy theories against NASA and US government regarding the issue of Man landing on the surface of the moon , these theories suggest that man never really stepped on the surface of the moon.

Funny Cartoons depicting fake moon landing
A few more reasons suggesting the landings were fake

To fight back against these controversies NASA is going to air a episode on Discovery Channel entitled " NASA MOON LANDING " on 27th August 2008. Although exact details from the episode are mum, NASA has reported that the Mythbusters tests included a feather, a weight, a lunar soil boot print, and a flag in a vacuum.

Lets wait and watch how far NASA can really convince us !!

400 GB Blu-Ray Disks

Pioneer Corporation has successfully developed a 400 GB blu-ray disks which is still under R&D has been given to press.This disk contains of 16 layers thus dividing 25 GB of space between per each layer.

The need for more and more amounts of memory has been increased to such an extent that even now home PC's come with 1TB of space ..

As it is aptly said "Necessity is the mother of Invention" ..


Read more>>

History of Microsoft !!

In this 1978 file photo provided by Microsoft, shows the 11 people who started Microsoft Corp.

Top row (L-R) : Steve Wood, Bob Wallace and Jim Lane
Second row (L-R) : Bob O'Rear, Bob Greenberg, March McDonald and Gordon Letwin
Front row(L-R) : Bill Gates, Andrea Lewis, Marla Wood and Paul Allen.

History of Microsoft's windows OS>>

How to test a Laptop :)

Electronics Corporation of Tamil Nadu (India ) uses an unusual way to test laptops that it plans to deliver to its students ..

It places them on a hard floor and asks people weighing over 80 kilograms to walk all over them to ensure that the computers are rugged and durable.

The computers are then booted up and checked to see if they work properly. Only the laptop brands that clear this test without any damage are allowed to participate in the price bid.

In this video what the company calls a the "fire walk test," a man weighing 92 kilograms (or 202.8 pounds) and another weighing 85 kilograms walked over laptop computers from Acer and Dell.

Microsoft to stop selling XP from monday!!

Bye Bye Win XP !!

Finally Microsoft has made a decision to stop selling its Windows XP version of Operating System from monday despite several protests from a large section of PC users who don't want to be forced into using XP's successor-> Vista(which is not much successful).

A group of vocal computer users who rallied around a "Save XP" petition posted on the industry news site InfoWorld had been clamoring for Microsoft to keep selling XP until its next operating system, Windows 7, is available. The software maker has said it expects to release Windows 7 sometime in 2009.

Microsoft said it would provide full technical support for six-year-old Windows XP through 2009, and limited support through 2014.

Ice-free North Pole !!

A leading ice scientist from USA has said that there are 50-50 chances this year to witness an ice-free North Pole.

The scientist said that the chances for a total meltdown at the pole are higher than ever because the layer of ice coating the sea is thinner than ever.

Pictures taken from a NASA satellite showed that the circle of ice surrounding the North Pole is "considerably getting thinner" than what scientists have seen during the five years !!

Scientists said , for the last couple of decades there has been a steady melt of Arctic sea ice — which covers only the ocean and which thins during summer and refreezes in winter. In recent years, it has gradually become thinner because more of it has been melting as the Earth's temperature rises.

Hope the situation doesn't get worse and make the polar ice a history..

Gates bids a teary adieu to Microsoft ..

Finally Gates bid a teary adieu to Microsoft . Gate's voice cracked when he mentioned Steve Ballmer , and all the "incredible people" at the company he founded, and you can hear the pride in his voice when he talked about how they changed the world. "You've made it so much fun for me, there won't be a day in my life that I'm not thinking about Microsoft and the great things it's doing. Thank you for making it the center of my life and so much fun."

Gates, who founded Microsoft at age 19, will now devote his time to philanthropic work.
Helping solve some of the world's health issues will now occupy Bill Gates's working hours as the IT icon retired from Microsoft on Friday. Two years ago Gates announced that he was leaving the software world to devote his time to the philanthropic organization he started with his wife in 2000. The group's work involves funding malaria and HIV research, among other causes. The task of running one of the most powerful companies now falls to CEO Steve Ballmer and chief software architect Ray Ozzie, among others. Gates will not completely exit Redmond, though.

He will continue serving as Microsoft chairman and dedicate one day a week to company business.

Now this guy mean real business !!

Play Tech prank with ur office buddies

Disappearing Desktop

A classic computer prank never goes out of style. The desktop image trick has been around for a bit, but rest assured: There are plenty of unsuspecting victims still to be found. Just head over to an unattended computer, minimize all the windows, and hit the Print Screen key. Paste the captured image into any graphic editing program — even Microsoft Paint will do — then save the file and set it as the desktop background. Then, all you have to do is hide the actual icons on the desktop — put them in a folder somewhere — and your victim will try endlessly to click the nonexistent icons, which are actually just part of the background image. For another variation, leave one program open when you capture the screen and watch as the person tries to click on it, type in it, and close it to no avail.

The Restart Remap

We start with one sure to throw off even the most advanced Windows user. Setup is simple and you need only a few seconds alone on someone’s computer. When you get a chance, sneak over and right-click your pal’s icon to Internet Explorer or some other commonly used program. Edit the properties and change the target to: “%windir%\system32\shutdown.exe -r -t 00″ Now, every time your buddy tries to run IE, his machine will mysteriously restart — and your laughter will instantly result.

The Wrath of Rotation

A simple but quick and always amusing prank is putting the screen rotation hotkeys to uses Microsoft never intended. Just run by a co-worker’s desk, reach over and hit Ctrl-Alt-up or down to rotate their monitor orientation. If you have some alone time, you can one-up it by also going into the Control Panel and setting their mouse to left-handed. They’ll spend 10 minutes with their head tilted sideways trying to figure out what the hell is going on.

Mousing Around

The laser mouse may have ended the era of mouse-ball stealing, but it opened up another option. Stick a few layered pieces of transparent tape on the bottom side of your friend’s mouse to really mess with its functionability.

A Pointer Pointer

Another great mouse prank awaits you in the Control Panel. Under the “Mouse” settings’ “Pointer” tab, change the default mouse pointer to the hourglass. Suddenly, the system is always busy working! What’s going on?

Mousing Around

Spend some more time in the “Mouse” settings and you’ll find more fun to be had. Try switching out a pal’s primary and secondary button functions for full confusion, or move the pointer speed to either extreme fast or extreme slow to give them some extreme frustration.

Source : Techcult

Microsoft Surface now in Las Vegas

Microsoft's touch-screen Surface computers have debuted in a Las Vegas casino bar giving Sin City partiers high-tech tools for flirting and concocting cocktails.

Harrah's Entertainment Inc. became the second business, behind telecom giant AT&T, to deploy Microsoft's computer technology which essentially turns table tops into touch-controlled computer displays.

Harrah's said it put six customized Surface computers in a bar at its Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino.

Harrah's crafted its own software for the machines and equipped them with cameras so people can send pick-lines, drinks or both to bar-goers they are interested in connecting with in real life.

People continue to be excited about the endless possibilities of Surface technology and how it can transform everyday scenarios, including the social and entertainment space.

People can use the computers to play games, watch online videos, or take a virtual stroll along the renowned Las Vegas strip without leaving their seat at the "iBar," according to Harrah's.

This is the first time Surface computers, which Microsoft sells for approximately 10,000 dollars each, have been put to use in an entertainment venue. AT&T uses Surface in some of its retail stores.

Source : AFP

Road Runner world's fastest Computer ...

Scientists at the Los Alamos government weapons lab have built the world's fastest computer called the Road Runner. It is capable of sustaining 1,000 trillion operations per second.

This computer will be used to help maintain the America's nuclear weapons stock pile .
Roadrunner, also will be used to help solve global energy problems and open new windows of knowledge in basic research.

The Los Alamos National laboratory in New Mexico and IBM worked for six years to achieve the world record computer speed.

wonder why did they name it Road Runner !!!!

Toyota fuel cell Car

Toyota Motors has said it finally has developed a new zero-emission fuel-cell vehicle that has a longer cruising distance than previous models and can operate in freezing temperatures.

Many companies have been working to create a viable zero-emission car running on fuel cells, which produce electricity through a chemical reaction between hydrogen and oxygen, leaving water as the only by-product.

Toyota engineers managed to control the amount of water produced inside the fuel-cell system, which previously interfered with electrical generation at low temperatures.

Honda's Eco-Friendly Vehicle >>>

The International Energy Agency estimated Friday that nearly a billion electric or fuel-cell vehicles may need to be put on the road as part of an "energy technology revolution" to halve greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.

Hope these vehicles gain much popularity and reduce the Green House Effect

Space Travel for free !!!

Every one of us would have dreamt of becoming an astronaut and traveling in Space when we were kids but do u really wanna become an astronaut even now!!!

If yes is your answer you just have to have a passion for space and the ability to effectively communicate that excitement to others to become an astronaut.

This space flight is made possible through a donation from Virgin Galactic .

U just need to fill an application form in the web-site and test your luck . The full details on the selection process would be announced by the end of the year. The program is open to all, anyone in the world can apply.

More about Virgin Galactic>>

Yahoo Files Lawsuit Against Lottery Scammers.

Have you received an e-mail stating that you have a lottery conducted by Yahoo(Truth is Yahoo never conducted any Lottery). Though most of the people have neglected that mail correctly judging it as a scam there were a few others who were trapped and cheated in the name of Yahoo.

These e-mails included a link to a Web site bearing Yahoo's logos that asked victims to fill in their personal information, a scam known as Phishing . Some other e-mails requested the customers to send money for security and delivery fees before receiving their prize.

Finally Yahoo suing is a group of unidentified companies and individuals loosely called the Yahoo Lottery Spammers for running e-mail scams that sought victim's personal information and extorted money from purported winners.

Yahoo filed the lawsuit against 25 unidentified companies and 25 unnamed individuals. So people Beware of frauds!!!!

Samsung's new HDD for Laptops

Samsung the world's largest computer chip maker has developed a new solid-state drive which is expected to replace hard disk drives in laptop computers.

Samsung's 256-gigabyte Solid State Drive (SSD) for data storage is 2.4 times faster than traditional hard drives.

Samsung described the new SSD, 2.5 inches long and 9.5 millimeters thick, as the world's smallest of its kind. It can read up to 200 megabytes of data per second.This new step indicates a bold step in notebooks with significantly improved performance and larger storage capacities.

Source : Agence France-Presse(AFP)

An OS that resides in web

Good news for Techsavvy guys eyeOS is a new kind of Operating System, where everything resides on a web browser. With eyeOS, you will have your desktop, applications and files always with you, from your home, your college, your office or your neightbour's house. Just open a web browser, connect to your eyeOS System and access your personal desktop and all your stuff just like you left it last time.

As it is Open Source the developers can bring in their own changes and implement it in the applications .


Future is quite unpredictable when it comes to Operating Systems isn't it !!!

Link : http://eyeos.org/en/?section=home

Robot conducted orchestra in Detroit

High tech met high art late Tuesday when a robot(ASIMO) conducted the Detroit Symphony Orchestra.It was the first time ever that an orchestra was handed over completely to a robot and the machine got rave reviews.

Both the audience and performers burst into applause after Honda's ASIMO (Advanced Step in Innovative Mobility) robot led the symphony in a performance of "The Impossible Dream" ahead of a sold-out concert.

"It's exciting to see. The technology is mind boggling," said bass trombone player Randall Hawes, who has played with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra for 22 years.

The symphony extended the invitation to ASIMO earlier this year after Honda donated one million dollars to establish The Power of Dreams Music Education Fund, which will support music education to underserved children around Detroit.

Honda has 25 ASIMO-type robots serving as ambassadors around the world and hopes to one day use the robots to help people confined to wheelchairs.

Hondaaaaaaaaaa !!!

Windows now to run on OLPC

Microsoft has agreed make its Windows operating system software available for the One Laptop Per Child(OLPC) Foundation's XO Laptop.

Microsoft previously was not a part of the project started by Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor Nicholas Negroponte to develop an inexpensive laptop computer for elementary school children in developing countries.

Microsoft said it plans to start trials of Windows on the low-cost laptop in key emerging markets as early as June.

Way to Go Microsoft ....

How to block web-sites in windows XP ..

Let me share a very simple tip in Win XP using which we can block a particular website from opening in our system.

Procedure :

-> Click the Start button and select Run. Type the following: c:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts

->Windows might ask you which program should be used to open this application. Click on Wordpad.

->It will open up a new window on your screen showing some text information. At the end of the last line of the file, press the Enter key. Type 127.0.0.1 and the name of the website you want to block.

For example: 127.0.0.1 xyz.com

->Finally save this file. The websites that you have put in this list will not open up on your system.

*NOTE*

In case you want to open them, go back to the text file using the same commands and remove the names you have typed. Save the file.

MySpace wins $230 million in anti-spam judgment !!

In what is to believed as one of the largest anti-spam judgment ever social networking site MySpace has won a $230 million in damages from Sanford Wallace(Sanford Wallace is also called as "Spam King " or "Spamford") and Walter Rines.

MySpace said the pair sent more than 730,000 messages to MySpace members, many made to look like they were coming from trusted friends, giving them an air of legitimacy.

Though service provider MySpace wuold be having tough time collecting this award, it hopes the judgment would deters other spammers.

MySpace's Chief Security Officer said "Anybody who's been thinking about engaging in spam are going to say, `Wow, I better not go there' ".

HBO selling shows on Apple iTunes..

On Apple's


If the rumors are to be believed HBO cable network will now be selling its shows on Apple Inc's digital entertainment service with variable pricing.

The costs for the shows would be -- $2.99 for Episodes of Rome, The Sopranos pop and Deadwood. While The Wire and Sex and the City , Flight of the Conchords go with the iTunes "standard" pricing of $1.99.

The deal would be announced pretty soon.

Microsoft releases worldwide Telescope ..

Microsoft Corp. has launched its much awaited project Worldwide Telescope which was under research for many years.

WorldWide Telescope knits together images from the Hubble Space Telescope, the Chandra X-ray, Observatory Centre, Sloan Digital Sky Survey and few more.


Computer users can browse through the galaxy on their own or take guided tours of different outer-space destinations developed by astronomers and academics.

The site lets users choose from a number of different telescopes and switch between different light wavelengths.

Microsoft's Chairman Bill Gates said "The WorldWide Telescope is a powerful tool for science and education that makes it possible for everyone to explore the universe,"

Link : http://www.worldwidetelescope.org/

Social Networking sites now allow to share space..

Social Networking sites MySpace and Facebook which have been highly protective for its users till now have loosened their grip

These sites have made it easier for people to share their personal information (favorite pictures, information and other applications) with other web-sites on the Internet.

Both Facebook and MySpace say several weeks remain before their users' data becomes portable. The transition poses a risk for Facebook and MySpace because they are effectively tearing down the barriers that sequestered the personal profiles on their sites.

Myspace has also become so liberal that it is even ready to exchange information with its arch-rival Facebook. Experts believe that this move by Myspace gives more oppurtunity for the people to join.

Top 10 Paying Technology Majors

#1 Information Technology Management

• Average Annual Salary - $107,830

IT managers supervise information technology departments and ensure that all systems run smoothly. People who are with information technology management earn a significant salary, earnings are often dependent on employer and experience level, but in general, IT professionals with an MBA earn 46 percent more than IT pros with a bachelor's degree.So IT professionals need to think about MBA seriously.

#2 Database Administration

• Average Annual Salary - $85,092

Due to the increase in the number of internet users , web-sites maintaining user information database administration has become one of the most important work now-a-days . With database systems one needs to ensure that everything is secure, organized and working properly. Most database administrators work for search portals, Internet service providers, government agencies and data processing firms. Earnings can vary by industry; database administration majors who work in computer systems design and similar industries tend to earn the most.

#3 Software Engineering

• Average Annual Salary - $84,122

As a fresher from a IT field a passed out student joins an organization as a SE(Software Engineer) Software engineering majors develop and test computer software and systems. Most software engineers specialize in either systems or applications.

#4 Video Game Programming

• Average Annual Salary - $80,886

Video games have become a part and parcel of our lives. Now-a-days high-end games have also been introduced in mobile phones which shows the increase of games. In video game programming, programmers work with various software systems to program games for computers, consoles, mobile phones and other gaming devices. Employees who specialize in video game programming earn an average of nearly $66,000 in entry-level positions. Programmers with more than six years experience can earn in excess of $100,000.

#5 Computer Programming

• Average Annual Salary - $71,623

Computer programming majors write and test computer programs. Most programmers start out at nearly $50,000. The best paid programmers earn $100,000 or more per year.These people are considered to be geeks who often need to shift from one programming language to other thereby they need to have the spirit of learning.

#6 Web Development

• Average Annual Salary - $68,571

Due to increase of number of web-sites , web developers have found some infinite amount of work . Web developers create and program content for a website. . Most web developers start out at around $50,000 and earn in excess of $80,000 after accumulating a few years of experience.

#7 Network Engineering

• Average Annual Salary - $68,391

Networking has always been one of the most important jobs to handle with .A Network engineer is responsible for the design and implementation of Local Area Networks and Wide Area Networks. Network engineers with more than five year of work experience can easily earn $90,000 or more.

#8 System Administration

• Average Annual Salary - $66,388

System administrators design, install and maintain computer systems. Some system administrators are also responsible for supporting entire networks.

#9 Network Management

• Average Annual Salary - $64,638

Network managers manage a variety of different networks, including computer networks and fiber optic networks. People who work in network management may end up working as an operator, administrator or planner. Experienced network management professionals can earn almost twice as much as entry-level professionals.

#10 Game Designer

• Average Annual Salary - $61,538

Game designers make video games for computers, consoles and other gaming devices. Although the video game design industry is one of the fastest growing industries in the tech sector, the field is very competitive as there are many Gaming majors in the competition .

Source : http://degreedirectory.org

A solution to remove Muhaha virus

God i was stuck with this virus called Muhaha a few days ago which didn't allow me to browse Orkut .

One of the best solution for this problem is ----

Press alt+ctrl+del and goto processes tab

*There you will see a list of processes under the different username, arrange the processes according to your username and search for the process svchost.exe

*Right click and end process or end process tree. Make sure you end the imagename or process which are under your username and not that which are under LOCAL SERVICE OR NETWORK SERVICE.

► This gives you instant access to orkut..

IBM's Race Track

It was four years ago that one of IBM's Researcher, Stuart Parkin planned to develop a new type of of memory . According to his calculations this device can offer faster, cheaper and higher storage capacity than RAM or Hard Disk.

Racetrack



In racetrack memory, the bits - 1s and 0s - of data are stored in the tiny magnetic domains of a very thin U-shaped wire. They apply a magnetic field for writing data to the domains. Later, the pulsing current is passed through the wire, which pushes those domains along the track, along sensors that can read off the data.

IBM says this technology could enable handheld devices such as an mp3 player to store around 500,000 songs or around 3,500 movies - 100 times more than is possible today.

Well well what do we have to say about it !!

Hyderabad Heros win ICL 20-20

***Champions Of ICL ***


Hyderabad Heros win even the second final of the ICL (Indian Cricket League) 20-20 match against Lahore Badshahs by Bowl Out to win the ICL 20-20 cup and become the champions of ICL for the year 2008 ..

The match was a pretty low scoring match when compared to the previous matches in the series first Lahore Badshahs put on a score of 130 which was chased by Hyderabad Heros till the very last moment untill the whole Hyderabad team fell.

It was second time Bowl Out was witnessed after India vs Pakistan clash in 20-20 world cup ,
3 out of 4 bowlers from Hyderabad Heros hit the wickets whereas none of the 3 bowlers from Lahore Badshahs hit the wickets.

Seems like the Inzy Team still needs to find luck with Bowl Out situations..