CERN stands for European Organization for Nuclear Research (French: Organisation Européenne pour la Recherche Nucléaire) is the world’s largest particle physics laboratory. At CERN, the world’s largest and most complex scientific instruments are used to study the basic constituents of matter — the fundamental particles. By studying what happens when these particles collide, physicists learn about the laws of Nature.

The instruments used at CERN are particle accelerators and detectors. Accelerators boost beams of particles to high energies before they are made to collide with each other or with stationary targets. Detectors observe and record the results of these collisions.

Founded in 1954, the CERN Laboratory sits astride the Franco–Swiss border near Geneva. It was one of Europe’s first joint ventures and now has 20 Member States.

The following video provides a brief 6 minute overview of what has happened and will happen in the world’s largest laboratory ever built and how the scientists there are going to find out the traces of how the Universe was after a few minutes of the Big Bang.

Excerpts from: CERN & More on CERN

Canon today on 26th August, 2008 officially announced the arrival of the much-awaited SLR camera, EOS 50D. The specifications would surely make any photographer drool over this wonderful tool which is a sure shot weapon in capable hands.

Canon EOS 50D brings forth the innovative technology of DIGIC 4 chip for faster processing, 6.3 fps upto 90 JPEGs using UDMA CF cards, and 60 consecutive JPEGs or 16 RAW using standard CF cards. 50D has a new 15.1 Megapixel CMOS sensor with improved noise reduction, wide range ISO 100-3200(H1: 6400, H2:12800) and a 14-bit conversion for smooth color tones and gradations.

DIGIC 4 Image Processor

This next generation DIGIC 4 Image Processor offers finer details and even more natural color reproduction, compared with the previous DIGIC III Image Processor. Since Canon’s DIGIC 4 chips use advanced signal processing technologies, they provide even faster operations, including write times to UDMA cards. It also enables Face Detection Live mode to detect and focus up to 35 face(s) to capture the best possible shot. Further, DIGIC 4 offers the improved Auto Lighting Optimizer that corrects brightness and contrast automatically, and Peripheral Illumination Correction for up to 40 EF lenses. DIGIC always maximizes performance between the capturing and recording stages of digital photography.

For more detailed specifications visit Canon’s Site.

Ever met with a situation where you were charged with DUI(Driving Under the Influence)? Finding it hard to fight against the attorneys who are decisive enough to take off your driving license for eternity? Left in chaos over deciding which law firm you have to contact in order to prove you innocence? Now or later, one has to be in those shoes. It might be your friend or a family member or a colleague or at the least you, who may come across such a kind of situation where you assume there is no fair trial.

So, what we have here is a bunch of attorneys fighting against the stringent workforce who is on the plight to steal your driving license for eternity.Say Hi to Los Angeles DUI Lawyers | Drunk Driving Defense Attorneys in California.If you are unaware of the fact which states that any driver with a blood-alcohol absorption - or BAC - above .08 percent is measured “per se intoxicated” under the law. Under this statute, this confirmation is all that is needed for a driver to be convicted of Driving Under the Influence (DUI) or Driving While Intoxicated (DWI). That is one of the numerous clauses and sections which can fight against you.

So, now you know whom to approach when you face this kind of situation. But, prior to all this, as the caution goes, Take care while driving and Do Not Drink and Drive.

No need to vex over how to change the previously set administrator passwords for Windows XP and Windows Vista. Now, you can do it with just a single click and rest without thinking about it.

A minimal settings file rendered to be used on newer(mostly) machines. Just copy this ISO file into the USB and set the USB as the primary boot device in the BIOS and replace the drive letter of your USB drive. Voila!

You can download the file from Here.

Share with us if you have any similar kind of tools.

iPhone 3g had brought out so many aspiring people and made them stand waiting for the absolute mobile for days altogether. Even after getting the mobile, many are worried about the Apple iPhone 3G being a finger print magnet and protecting the touch screen from the unavoidable scratches is a dream.

Came across a 3g iPhone case which is built for the same cause to protect the most lovable technology embedded piece ever built. The screen clarity it provides is just the same as the iPhone has and using it would prevent your most cherished mobile in its perfect shape…..always.

How many times have we praised ourselves for taking such a steep curve in Need For Speed and wondered how we have done that so meticulously? Ever wondered what happened when you were running in a hurry in Far Cry and attempted to shoot at the demons in a surprisingly awesome angle? Are you a CounterStrike freak who lives and eats and sh**s in it? Wanna prove your meticulous gaming expertise to your friends? Yeah, gamers do have moments like these a lot of time. How do we share them? We just share it with out friends sipping a coffee or a soft drink. Isn’t it? Put a full stop over there and get to know a very interesting tool called Fraps. Fraps stands for FRAmes Per Second.

For more on this absolutely quality tool, check out Team Nirvana and download it from here.

Ever thought of gaining the green paper by blogging about your favorite topic and sharing what you have learnt both online and offline? Had always been in search for something which would be beneficial to the online community and as well as yourself. Here is a perfect platform for you to work on your skills, not exactly work, but you can have fun while doing it. Get earnings of floating amounts by blogging and informing the world what is best for them and why they have to choose the product.

Share the news, find new friends, learn about great products and gain in-depth knowledge on your niche. There is a perfect place for people who dwell into the blogosphere and make the most of it. Lots of bloggers do tend to move towards the financial side of blogging, but is it that advantageous? You can learn more while earning, but that does not mean that you should not be doing both of them at the same time.

There is a platform where you could do that and it is PayPerPost and it sounds kewl and chick. What it does is, it brings blogging communities together by providing austerity and union among the whole jungle of blogs deeming around. So, you blog over what you choose. No emphasizing and no pressure points. And no voodoo either.

A glimpse of the happy days in the era of Rajiv Gandhi. Go through the album for the happiest moments in Rajiv and Sonia Gandhi. Observe how content Indira Gandhi appears to be on the wedding.

Check this very beautiful picture where Rajiv and Sonia are eating an icecream from the vendor on the road side. Very beautiful.

Their wedding might have been the most anticipated and most talked about in those days.

What a charismatic personality Rajiv Gandhi had? Very sorry over the way he was assassinated.

RESUME

EDUCATION /Qualification:

1950: Stood first i! n BA (Hons), Economics, Punjab University, Chandigarh,
1952; Stood first in MA (Economics), Panjab University, Chandigarh,
1954; Wright’s Prize for distinguished performance at St John’s College , Cambridge ,
1955 and 1957; Wrenbury scholar, University of Cambridge ,
1957; DPhil ( Oxford), DLitt (Honoris Causa); PhD thesis on India’s export competitiveness

OCCUPATION /Teaching Experience:

Professor (Senior lecturer, Economics, 1957-59;
Reader, Economics, 1959-63;
Professor, Economics, Panjab University, Chandigarh, 1963-65; Professor,
International Trade, Delhi School of Economics,University of Delhi,
1969-71; Honorary professor, Jawaharlal Nehru University,New Delhi,
1976 and Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi,1996 and Civil Servant

Working Experience/ POSITIONS:

1971-72: Economic advisor, ministry of foreign trade
1972-76: Chief economic advisor, ministry of finance
1976-80: Director, Reserve Bank of India ; Director, Industrial Development Bank of India;
Alternate governor for India, Board of governors, Asian Development Bank;
Alternate governor for India, Board of governors, IBRD
November 1976 - April 1980: Secretary, ministry of finance (Department of economic affairs); !
Member, finance, Atomic Energy Commission; Member,finance, Space Commission
April 1980 - September 15, 1982 : Member-secretary, Planning Commission
1980-83: Chairman, India Committee of the Indo-Japan joint study committee
September 16, 1982 - January 14, 1985: Governor, Reserve Bank of India.

1982-85: Alternate Governor for India, Board of governors, International Monetary Fund

1983-84: Member, economic advisory council to the Prime Minister

1985: President, Indian Economic Association

January 15, 1985 - July 31, 1987: Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission

August 1, 1987 - November 10, 19! 90: Secretary-general and commissioner,
south commission, Geneva

December 10, 1990 - March 14, 1991 : Advisor to the Prime Minister on
economic affairs

March 15, 1991 - June 20, 1991 : Chairman, UGC

June 21, 1991 - May 15, 1996 : Union finance minister

October 1991: Elected to Rajya Sabha from Assam on Congress ticket

June 1995: Re-elected to Rajya Sabha

1996 onwards: Member, Consultative Committee for the ministry of finance

August 1, 1996 - December 4, 1997 : Chairman, Parliamentary standing
committee on commerce

March 21, 1998 onwards: Leader of the Opposition, Rajya Sabha

June 5, 1998 onwards: Member, committee on finance

August 13, 1998 onwards: Member, committee on rules

Aug 1998-2001: Member, committee of privileges 2000 onwards: Member,
e! xecutive committee, Indian parliamentary group

June 2001: Re-elected to Rajya Sabha

Aug 2001 onwards: Member, general purposes committee

BOOKS:

India ’s Export Trends and Prospects for Self-Sustained Growth -Clarendon
Press, Oxford University , 1964; also published a large number of
articles in various economic journals.

OTHER ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

Adam Smith Prize, University of Cambridge, 1956

Padma Vibhushan, 1987

Euro money Award, Finance Minister of the Year, 1993;

Asia money Award, Finance Minister of the Year for Asia, 1993 and 1994

INTERNATIONAL ASSIGNMENTS:

1966: Economic Affairs Officer

1966-69: Chief, financing for trade section, UNCTAD

1972-74: Deputy for India in IMF Committee of Twenty on International Monetary Reform

1977-79: Indian delegation to Aid-India Consortium Meetings

1980-82: Indo-Soviet joint planning group meeting

1982: Indo-Soviet monitoring group meeting

1993: Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting Cyprus 1993: Human
Rights World Conference, Vienna

RECREATION:

Gymkhana Club, New Delhi; Life Member, India International Centre, New Delhi

Name: Dr Manmohan Singh

DOB: September 26, 1932

Place of Birth: Gah ( West Punjab)

Father: S. Gurmukh Singh

Mother: Mrs Amrit Kaur

Married on: September 14, 1958

Wife: Mrs Gursharan Kaur

Children: Three daughters

Our Prime Minister seems to be the most qualified PM all over the world.

Sergey Brin and Larry Page are co-founders of Google and out of 100% ,65% of Google users can refer to their names without a blink of an eye.

recently, I came across an article which posted an image of Sergey Brin as a cross-dresser in his college days. I didn’t think otherwise, but as a matter of fact wanted to share this information which was retrieved from the ’supposed’ deleted archives of the college where Brin and Page had met.

A funny pic indeed.

Here is an original pic of Sergey Brin:

And, here is the cross dressed Brin:

Is it true?

Ask Sergey!!!!