Helmet That alerts your one's

The Techmet, a helmet that will inform the wearer's family as well as the emergency services in case the former is involved in an
accident and also give the location of the mishap site, is one of the products made by the students of Indian Instiute of Technology-Madras to be showcased at Shaastra. The 11th edition of the institute's technical festival, to be flagged off on Wednesday, will focus on sustainable development.

Shaastra 2009 aims at showcasing the sustainability of the projects. Participants in the SOS Cycle project can use the cycle as a means of transport rather than the bus inside the institute. SOS Energy will see the various hostels vying with one another for a month to save as much energy as possible to offset the extra use of electricity during the event, while SOS Recycle will attempt to make Shaastra a zero-waste festival. There will be an energy audit done during the four-day event.

A symposium has also been planned to formulate practical and feasible solutions to tackle sustainability, energy, urbalisation and financial issues. Speakers include urban strategy magaer of World Bank Abha Joshi Ghani, chairman of the Centre for Policy Research K C Sivaramakrishnan and associate director of Teri Akansha Chaurey.

The festival will also feature a summit where aspiring entrepreneurs get a chance to interact with founders of start-ups. Other highlights include an air show, a choreographed and professional aerobatics show by technical artistes and their extreme machines; spirit of engineering projects including a process to create a eco-friendly fuel from algae called Algiesel and Touch Talk, which aims to provide a fast and easy way of communication for the speech-impaired. A laser show and Shaastra Car, where students will assemble a car from scratch, are also events to look forward to.

This year's event seeks to involve everyone, from budding engineers to young entrepreneurs and future policy makers to technocrats.

Google Sued by Indian Firm

Google, the leading web serach engine provider has been sued by one of the Indian internet operations firm.
The case is registered against it under the trademark infringement.
It is by the website operations consim BharatMatrimony.com

When a user does a search on Google for BharatMatrimony.com or related matrimonial sites of the company, the user is served up advertisements of its competitors, Consim CEO Murugavel Janakiraman said in a telephone interview on Monday.

First Review of Nokia N900 : Hands-On video

N900 or the Nokia Rover is the first nokia internet tablet phone. It is a Linux OS Meamo 5,based smart phone .N900 integrates an ARM Cortex-A8 processor, up to 1GB of memory for applications and graphics acceleration

So here is a our Nokia N900 Rover review:

After seeing the first screenshots of its graphical interface, that’s now the technical specifications of the Nokia N900 Rover, the next internet tablet house in Finland. Large 111 x 59.7 x 18.2 mm and weighing 180 grams, has a large touchscreen display 3.5 “with a resolution of 800 x 480 pixels. The camera, however, shoot photos up to 5 Megapixel camera with autofocus and dual LED flash.

The operating system that should govern is called Maemo, while browsing the network is guaranteed by the protocol HSDPA and WiFi. The internal memory of 32 MB is expandable through microSD cards. Among other features bear a OMAP 3430 processor at 500 MHz, 1 GB of RAM, GPS and accelerometer. The official launch should take place in October at a price not announced.

Google dominates internet landscape in India and Brazil: comScore news

According to a study released by comScore, Inc, an internet measuring firm, one out of 10 minutes spent by a person on the internet is spent on a Google-run site.

The study, focusing on Google's relative dominance in the two emerging internet markets of India and Brazil, also ranked Google Sites as the most visited internet property worldwide with 854 million unique visitors aged 15 and older in July, an increase of 18-per cent during the past year. Nearly 75 per cent of all Internet users worldwide visited Google Sites, which also accounted for 9.4 per cent of all time spent online.

Google usage is more prevalent in certain global markets than others. Two particular markets stand apart from the rest in terms of their dependence on Google: Brazil and India. In July, 29.8 per cent of total time spent online in Brazil was spent on Google Sites, with India only slightly lower at 28.9 percent. The next highest global market was Ireland at 15.9 per cent.

Google's Real Time Search Option Found

If you are a Twitter user, you might be aware of the buggy but extremely useful "real time search" that helps you keep tab of events by the second. Ever wondered how it would be if Google offered this option?Now, if you perform a Google search, you already get detailed options to customize your search to display results that were quite recent. It was in May that Google enhanced this "time frame limited" search options. However, even with these options, the search was hardly real time - partly because the search option only had the option to display results from Any time, Past year, Past week, Recent results and Past 24 hours. Moreover, as mentioned earlier, even "Past 24 hours" ain't real time in today's era of Twitter and real time updates. So, if there were some of you who were actually looking forward to Google offering real time search results, guess what? Google actually HAS an option to search real-time. It's just that they aren't telling you this.

Connection String in App.Config

The other day there was a question from one of my friends/juniors on who to implement the ConnectionString in the App.Config file using the windows authentication.

So wanted to share this answer on my blog so as to help everyone around.

Google PageRank trick could just save the world

Scientists using web analytics to track complex ecosystems

To its long list of achievements we may now be able to add the one crowning glory many think Google has long lusted after - the secret of how to save the planet.

In a roundabout way, that's one possible outcome of applying Google's PageRank web algorithm to analyse how natural ecosystems are connected internally.

Who are you eating?

Scientists writing in the latest issue of industry journal PLoS Computational Biology say the same PageRank techniques used to analyse how 'important' websites are can be used to ascertain the role of individual organisms in an ecosystem.

This analysis of food webs - who eats whom, basically - can shed light on what might happen should one part of an ecosystem be damaged or destroyed.

Practical applications

So, for example, pollution destroying one kind of marine organism might give rise to wide scale algal blooms that could influence global warming or have other adverse effects. Understanding such relationships will, clearly, be crucial in avoiding damage to them.

So far, the work with PageRank has been well received by the specialists. WWF-UK director Dr Glyn Davies said: "Any research that strengthens our understanding of the complex web of ecological processes that bind us all is welcome."

Now, if only the guys in white coats can do something about junk email then we'll be really happy.

Via BBC

US Cellular launches LG Bliss

Previously LG had introduced the Bliss for its Canadian consumers and now the mobile phone manufacturer along with US Cellular is all set to unveil the QWERTY handset in the US. The mobile phone is expected to reach the stores this month.

The LG Bliss packages a 3″ touch screen,bluetoothtechnology, 2.0 megapixel camera and camcorder as well as a music player in a slim rounded form. The mobile phone is equipped with a full QWERTY onscreen keyboard, facilitating users to email and text easily. The handset presents full HTML Browser and E-mail Client featuring new message notifications.

“Together, LG and U.S. Cellular found another way to push the limits. LG Bliss’ UI technology is not the only feature ahead of its time. The design of this handset has taken the meaning of “sleek” in mobile phones to a new level,” mentioned Ehtisham Rabbani, vice president of product strategy and marketing for LG Mobile Phones.

“Our Customers look for the best phones when it comes to design, quality and technology. The LG Bliss offers a variety of advanced, user friendly features that help our customers keep up with the latesttechnology and stay connected anytime, anywhere,” commented Alan D. Ferber, Chief Marketing Officer at U.S. Cellular.

The LG mobile phone incorporates an animated screen enabling users to navigate between four customizable homescreens, thus ensuring easier connectivity with friends. The handset is inclusive of Your Navigator application that incorporates all the features of an advanced car navigation system on a wireless phone.

Users can now enjoy music and concurrently multitask by turning on the background music mode. The device is equipped with 16GB memory support, permitting users to hoard more music, pictures and videos. With US Cellular’s easyedge, users can send and receive e-mails, access news, weather applications, games and several other useful applications. The LG handset features Tone Room, a ringtone shop with music from every genre. Moreover the device comes with City ID, an improved Caller ID feature that shows the city and state of incoming calls.

The LG Bliss can be purchased from US Cellular retail locations.

MTS India touching new benchmarks

MTS India, the mobile telephony brand which is owned by Sistema Shyam TeleServices Limited (SSTL), a joint venture between Sistema of Russia and Shyam Group of India, is creating new benchmarks for itself.MTS today announced joining CDMA Development Group (CDG), an international association of CDMA service providers and manufacturers, application developers and content providers.With this enrolment MTS would be interacting with other telecommunications companies that collectively work to ensure interoperability among systems while accelerating the process of adoption of CDMA2000 wireless systems across the globe.Mr. Vsevolod Rozanov, President and CEO of SSTL expressed his delight and said, “MTS India is currently launching CDMA2000 services very aggressively across different telecom circles of the country. As a consortium of international CDMA service providers and manufacturers, CDG provides the right platform for MTS India to connect with the global CDMA community.” “We can share our experiences and also learn about new emerging technologies. Our participation in CDG also reinstates our long-term commitment to CDMA in India and ensures that the benefits of latest breakthroughs inCDMA technology can percolate through the diaspora of both the urban as well as the vastly untapped rural population of the nation,” he added.The CDG would be launching their Open Market Handsets (OMH) initiative for the CDMA mobile industry in India. Subscribers will be able to purchase an open market handset, and then use an OMH SIM card provided by any participating CDMA operator. The OMH initiative will lead to a wider choice of CDMA devices for the users, ranging from low-end handsets to feature-rich smartphones and netbooks.MTS India also plans to adopt 1X Advanced technology to support its ambitious growth plans in India becoming first CDMA2000 brand in world. By implementing 1X Advanced technology, MTS will be able to offer its users the future-ready technology that will enable best-in-class and simultaneous voice and high speed EV-DO data services.