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Shreyas Foundation | Swimming Festival 2011

2011-10-19T20:52:00.004+05:30


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Salute to the Chief Guest

Shreyas Navratri Celebration - 2011

2011-10-04T22:13:00.007+05:30

The RangManch

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20 Years old Satellite debris will fall on Earth : NASA

2011-09-20T11:53:00.000+05:30

Around 6.5 ton Research Satellite was carried into orbit by NASA during a space shuttle mission in 1991. It functioned for 14 years, collecting measurements of ozone and other chemicals in the atmosphere.

Satellite has completed its mission in 2005, it has been slowly losing altitude. NASA has reported on its website that the 35-foot-long, 15-foot diameter satellite body is expected to plummet into the atmosphere, NASA reported on its website.

While most of the spacecraft will be burned, scientists expect up to 26 pieces, with a combined mass of about 500kg to continue to exist the fiery re-entry and fall down somewhere on Earth.

The satellite's orbit covers almost all of earth, from as far north as northern Canada to the southern part of South America.

NASA said the chance a piece of satellite debris will strike a person is about one in 3,200. The debris will mostly likely fall into an ocean or land in an uninhabited region of Earth.

Gujarati Language Conference at Shreyas - 2011

2011-09-16T00:07:00.001+05:30

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Varsha Mangal Celebrated at Shreyas

2011-08-26T20:29:00.000+05:30

Trojan into Android Device | CA Security Release

2011-08-03T00:14:00.006+05:30

According to a CA security researcher, new Trojan for Google Android is capable of recording phone conversations. Earlier Trojan found by CA logged the details of incoming and outgoing phone calls and the call duration. But the new Trojan is capable of recording phone conversations in AMR format and stores the recordings on the device's SD card.

The Trojan installs a 'configuration' file that contains information about the remote server and the parameters. It means the recorded calls can be uploaded to a server maintained by an attacker.

Venkatesan, the researcher, tested the Trojan in "a controlled environment with two mobile emulators running along with simulated Internet services,". It appears the Trojan can only be installed if the Android device owner clicks the "install" button on a message that looks strikingly similar to the installation screens of legitimate applications.

Once the Trojan and configuration file gets installed on the device, a phone call activates the trojan that is recording the call and storing it on the SD card.

Android provides more flexibility as compared to other similar devices. But you have to pay for it, in terms of illegitimate application.

Amitabh Bachhan To Promote Nandanvan of Gujarat

2011-08-02T00:26:00.001+05:30

Diamonds Aren't Forever : Macquarie University Researchers

2011-07-19T00:00:00.000+05:30

Macquarie University Researchers, in a paper published in the US journal Optical Materials Express, show that even the earth's hardest naturally occurring material, the diamond, is not forever.

Associate Professor Richard Mildren and his colleagues from the Macquarie University Photonics Research Centre discovered that diamonds evaporate under exposure to ultraviolet rays.

The diamonds were exposed to intense light pulses in the UV-C band, after a few seconds small pits in the diamond surface were visible. The rate of mass loss in the diamond fell notably for lower light levels but the etching process still continued - although at a slower pace, Mildren said.

Under normal conditions evaporation is very small and not noticeable, so there is no need to panic Mildren said. In fact, even under very bright UV conditions, such as intense sunlight or under a UV tanning lamp, it would take approximately the age of the universe - about 10 billion years - to see an observable distance, he said.

The findings not only provide clues about the long-term stability of diamonds, but also have broad implications for future research.

"It's a very practical discovery and we are now looking at how we can exploit this," Mildren said.

"If we can make structures in the diamonds that enable us to control the position of the light within a very narrow filament in the diamond, that's the first step to making smaller and more efficient optical devices such as those used in quantum computing and high performance lasers."

The discovery may also have implications as far reaching as the prospects for finding diamonds on the surface of other planets, Mildren said.

Good Sleep may well enhance Undergrads' Learning ability

2011-06-15T22:04:00.002+05:30

A new study finding reports that the sufficient sleep improves college students' ability to learn.

The study included 102 university undergraduate students who had never taken an economics course and were given an introductory lecture on supply and demand microeconomics. Those tested on the material after they got adequate sleep over a 12-hour period had better scores than those who took the test after being awake for 12 hours.

The findings show that sleep can help college students retain and integrate new information needed to solve problems on an exam.

"Our findings demonstrate the importance of sleep to the ability to flexibly combine distinct concepts to solve novel problems. This ability is critical to classroom learning," lead author Michael Scullin, a doctoral candidate in the Behavior, Brain and Cognition program at Washington University in St. Louis, said in an American Academy of Sleep Medicine news release.

Change in diet can slow cancer growth | A Study

2011-06-15T21:48:00.000+05:30

A study has suggested that eating a low-carbohydrate, high-protein diet may reduce the risk of cancer and slow the growth of tumors already present. The study has been published in Cancer Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research

The study was conducted in mice, but it will be effective on humans says the scientists involved in the study.

"This shows that something as simple as a change in diet can have an impact on cancer risk," said lead researcher Gerald Krystal, a distinguished scientist at the British Columbia Cancer Research Centre.

Krystal and his colleagues implanted various strains of mice with human tumor cells or with mouse tumor cells and assigned them to one of two diets. The first diet, a typical Western diet, contained about 55 per cent carbohydrate, 23 per cent protein and 22 per cent fat.

The second, which was somewhat like a South Beach diet but higher in protein, contained 15 per cent carbohydrate, 58 per cent protein and 26 per cent fat. They found that the tumor cells grew consistently slower on the second diet.

As well, mice genetically predisposed to breast cancer were put on these two diets and almost half of them on the Western diet developed breast cancer within their first year of life while none on the low-carbohydrate, high-protein diet did.

Access Facebook Offline Using mobile

2011-05-18T00:09:00.003+05:30

Singapore-based software applications developer U2opia Mobile has developed a new application for mobile phones that will allow mobile users to access Facebook on all kind of handsets without Internet connection.

"We are using Unstructured Supplementary Data (USSD) technology, which enable users to access Facebook without having a GPRS connection on their mobile phones," said the co-founder and CEO of U2Opia Mobile, Mr. Sumesh Menon.

USSD is the technology used by telecom companies to send alerts to the mobile users to inform about balance at the end of call or for sending miss call alerts.

"It is like SMS and hence, the load on the network is negligible. We have built some commands through which a user can receive alerts on activity happening on his wall as well post an update," said Menon.

U2opia launched this application today with Indian telecom major Bharti Airtel.

"In the Indian market scenario, where the penetration of smart phones is relatively low and the use of internet on mobiles is primarily limited to key cities, many users are excluded from accessing their Facebook accounts via mobile phones," said Shireesh Joshi, Bharti Airtel Director - Marketing, in a statement.

Airtel users can dial *325# and *fbk# for non-qwerty mobile handsets to access Facebook without subscribing to data plans, the statement said.

"We look forward to bringing millions of Facebook users in India closer to their love for social networking by allowing them to access it anytime, anywhere on their Airtel-powered mobile phones," Joshi added.

Beware of Facebook Spam

2011-05-17T13:59:00.001+05:30

Facebook, despite being one of the biggest social networking site, has failed to squeeze out the spam spreading in its Social Network. These click-jack schemes have gone so viral that its becoming more unstoppable even by Facebook. Some of the latest messages that are spreading on Facebook as Wall Posts are:

1. OMG name you should untag yourself in this vid

2. OMG name why are you in this vid

3. hey name you look so stupid in this vid

4. hey name why are you in this vid

5. hey name i can’t believe youre tagged this vid

6. ROTFL name what are you doing in this vid

It comes at a time, just when most of the spam links like Who Viewed Your Profile and Photos of Dead Osama Bin Laden just came to a standstill. All these links when clicked leads to malevolent sites which steals data from your PC. It spreads like wildfire, as you click the link the Facebook’s API allows the application to post on all your friend’s wall.

To prevent this spam don’t click on links in Facebook whatever attractive it may be! Hackers are just using the curiosity of a user to good use to complete their mission. Facebook has to plug this loophole. It has to either stop allowing access for such API system or needs to find a new mechanism to stop spam.

RESOURCESAT-2 High Quality Imageries Presented to Prime Minister by ISRO

2011-05-10T22:30:00.000+05:30

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), Chairman and other top officials presented High quality images of the Indian landmass and other countries beamed by India’s remote-sensing satellite, Resourcesat-2.

The images contained parts of New Delhi, Surat, Bareilly and Dubai. The three cameras aboard Resourcesat-2 were being operated from April 28 and several hundreds of images covering India and many parts of the globe have been acquired from the satellite.

The ISRO’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV- C16), which lifted off from the launch pad at Sriharikota on April 20, put three satellites in orbit. They were India’s Resourcesat-2, a joint Indo-Russian satellite called Youthsat and another satellite named X-Sat from the Nangyang Technological University of Singalore.

The Prime Minister appreciated of the success of the PSLV-C16 mission, which placed RESOURCESAT-2 satellite, Indo-Russian satellite YOUTHSAT and X-SAT satellite from Singapore into orbit. He congratulated the entire team for the magnificent performance. The Prime Minister was also briefed about ISROs forthcoming missions. The Prime Minister wished ISRO team success in all its future missions for the coming months.

The Prime Minister was also presented with models of PSLV-C16, RESOURCESAT-2 and YOUTHSAT.

The Animated Photography

2011-05-09T22:49:00.000+05:30

Have you ever seen an animated photo? Jamie Beck and her fellow artist Kevin Burg developed amazing cinemagraphs that take 'stills' to the next level

It is, in their own words, ‘something more than a photo but less than a video’.

Two artists have created a new way to record your special moments - pictures with movement.

The ‘cinemagraphs’ look like still photos but actually feature a subtle area of movement designed to grab your eye and keep you looking.

Identify counterfeit currency using iPhone

2011-05-07T00:07:00.000+05:30

The developer of Noteworthy software Mr. Ranjit Dahiya said that when he saw the news of counterfeit currency is being pushed in forcibly. He thought to do something to tackle the hitch, the thought has forced him to develop the software.

Mr. Ranjit Dahiya is a graduate from National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad. The software needs to be downloaded on mobile to check whether the currency is counterfeit or not? It will be possible to use the software on any mobile in near future. At present it is possible to use the software in iPhonw only. You can correctly identify Indian currency notes from the denomination of Rs. 10 to Rs. 1000.

News and media reports estimate that, in India, the total amount of fake currency notes in circulation is upto Rs. 1,69,000 Crores!! (Rs. 17 trillion) Smuggled into the country a large number of fake notes are in use today.

Some of us may be aware a few features of the Rs.500 or Rs. 1000 banknote, but the makers of counterfeit money now have access to far better technology, making the notes harder to identify with just a glance.

Banknotes with lower denominations and that are comparatively easier to produce for example Rs.50, Rs.20 and Rs.10 is also being pumped into circulation by the millions.

It is our duty as responsible citizens to be aware of this problem and be able to correctly identify Currency notes.

With a little bit of awareness, we will be able to stop accepting and using fake currency and remove it from the system, and stop this sort of economic terrorism.

Smallest LED TV Launched In India By AKAI

2011-05-04T22:38:00.000+05:30

Consumer electronics maker Akai, from Japan, has launched 19” (48 Cm) HD LED Television. The launched LED is the smallest in India. It is prices at around Rs. 11,000. It is perfect for Indian living rooms. AKAI India Managing Director Pranay Dhabhai said that the LED operates on digital and analogue TV signals and can be easily connected to a PC with the VGA Port D-sub 15 Pin.

The LED provides value for money. It is equipped with latest features. It has an in-built SD card slot, which supports playing Movies, Pictures and Music in MP3, MP4 etc.

Across brands, LED TVs are currently available to Indian consumers in sizes ranging from 22 inches to 55 inches priced between Rs 20,900 and Rs 400,000.

With the latest offer, Akai is likely to present tough competition to well known brands like LG, Samsung, Sony, and Panasonic.

"Sky rocketing real estate prices have shrunk the living space. We identified a consumer's need for small and compact TV with high-definition viewing experience, superior picture quality, ultra slimness and more eco-friendly energy consumption," Akai India managing director Pranay Dhabai said.

New iMac With Ngen Quad-Core Processor Introduced by Apple

2011-05-03T22:40:00.000+05:30

With next generation quad-core processors, powerful new graphics, groundbreaking high-speed Thunderbolt I/O technology and a new FaceTime® HD camera Apple unveiled new iMac today. The starting price of new iMAC is $1199. It is up to 70% faster and new graphics deliver up to three times the performance than its older version.

Its features includes:

· LED-Backlit Displays

· Up to 1.7X Faster Processor

· Up to 3X Faster Graphics

· Ultrafast Thunderbolt I/O

· FaceTime HD Camera

The new iMac features quad-core Intel Core i5 processors with an option for customers to choose Core i7 processors up to 3.4 GHz. These next generation processors feature an integrated memory controller for an amazingly responsive experience and a powerful new media engine for high-performance video encoding and decoding. With new AMD Radeon HD graphics processors, the new iMac has the most powerful graphics ever in an all-in-one desktop.

iMac is the first desktop computer on the market to include groundbreaking Thunderbolt I/O technology. The 21.5-inch iMac has a single Thunderbolt port while the 27-inch model features two ports for even greater expansion. Developed by Intel with collaboration from Apple, Thunderbolt enables expandability never before possible on an all-in-one computer. Featuring two bi-directional channels with transfer speeds up to an amazing 10Gbps each, Thunderbolt delivers PCI Express directly to external high performance peripherals such as RAID arrays, and can support FireWire® and USB consumer devices, and Gigabit Ethernet networks via adapters. Thunderbolt also supports DisplayPort for high resolution displays and works with existing adapters for HDMI, DVI and VGA displays. Freely available for implementation on systems, cables and devices, Thunderbolt technology is expected to be widely adopted as a new standard for high performance I/O.

iMac includes a built-in FaceTime HD camera and Apple’s innovative FaceTime software for crisp, widescreen video calling the whole family can enjoy. The new camera supports high definition video calls between all FaceTime HD-enabled Macs and standard resolution calls with iPad® 2, iPhone® 4, the current generation iPod touch® and other Intel-based Macs. The iMac continues to feature its signature aluminum and glass design, gorgeous IPS LED-backlit high resolution display, SD card slot and comes with Apple’s innovative Magic Mouse or Magic Trackpad.

The Indian Hari Potter

2011-05-02T23:52:00.000+05:30

You may be surprised that the Potter is not the famous Harry Potter but he is an old man known as Hari, the Hari Potter. Potter means who makes utensils from earthen. It is amazing to see that how the potter creates his utensil. You may have noticed that the wheel is moving at his will. It means he does not require efforts to move the wheel. You may say that he has used some mechanical device that is available commercially. But it is not the case. The secret behind freely moving wheel is ancient Indian knowledge.

Most People Playing Tabla Together For The Longest Time

2011-05-02T22:32:00.000+05:30

It has come through. And "Most People playing tabla together for the longest time" has been awarded by Record Hodler Republic, Amazing World Records and India Book Records. World Record for Guinness and Limca Book of Records awaited.

Shri Munjal Mehta of Tabla Talim Sanstha told after the record breaking performance by the 321 Hand Drum players that late shri Nandan Mehta, the renowned Tabla Maestro on the ICU bed that take charge to popularize the Tabla in the society. It was his dream. And I have done this to show the respect to my Guru.