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The Amazing Touch Screen Of Blackberry Bold 9900

2011-11-09T10:29:00.001-08:00

When we think of Research In Motion phones, touch-screen handset that comes to mind is thefirst a Torch 9860. Ultimately, the 3.7-inch TFT capacitive screen of the phone allows users to enjoy more from the first touch. It ', however, the other phone, which features a touch screen is a smaller screen. This is the Blackberry Bold 9900
When you look at the smartphone, is in Canada feature of the phone manufacturer is known for. This is a full QWERTY keyboard right to the 2.8-inch display. This allows users to chat on BBM, or respond to e-mail within a reasonable time. However, the phone is more than meets the eye.

The phone sports a TFT capacitive touch screen of 2.8. Besides the ease of writing, but also allow users to enjoy more than a touch interface. This means you will be able to do things on this phone as you would in 9860. If you feel thenar slide, touch, touch, grab and zoom, which is capable of these features. Better yet, fluid graphics that comes with the BB OS 7 will further enhance these features.

Do not think that this 2.8-inch screen has less to offer because of its smaller size. It comes with a panel 24-bit high-resolution, which has a resolution of 640 x 480 pixels. Graphics card with cash, you're sure to enjoy more immediate response time and fluid graphics while playing your favorite games or watch multimedia. With this resolution a lot, you're sure to enjoy over 720 recorded videos from your smartphone 5 megapixel camera.

Since the phone comes with a high quality display, you are sure to use the touch interface even more. But byrunning intense graphics, play high-definition video, high-resolution displays photos taken, it will slow down performance? It will never be the case in 9860 as the 9900th the Blackberry Fed, it comes with a 1.2 GHz single-core under the hood. It has twice the clock speed of previous models asmuch. This means you can enjoy the tap, touch, push, play pinch, zoom, running apps, and multi-media. Because it has more processing power to offer, you can even Run a range of applications at the same time.

With this new handset, you will learn to enjoy the best of both worlds. First, you get the usual QWERTY keyboard for the luxury of writing easily. Secondly, you benefit from using a touch interface on the 9900th Touch Blackberry Bold

Tips For Working Professional Women's

2011-11-09T09:54:00.001-08:00

Women face similar challenges and also different challenges in the workplace. For this reason, there are some specific tips that women should take to increase there chances of success. While working women have made great landing three decades progress in highest percentage of highly coveted positions, there are still obstacles in the way to the top. To succeed, women must approach workplace in a way very calculated. Here are some tips for every ambitious woman who aspires to greatness.

1. Find a successful mentor can help you navigate the landscape business. Parents women who has pioneered the next generation can provide valuable information to professional women, who are still learning how to move forward in the workplace. Some companies have formal mentoring programs, but many of the donor. Find a mentor does not need to be punish the company, a formal process. The achievement of useful tips older woman is generally sufficient to establish a mentor. Women who are "facts" of the business world are often eager to share tips for younger women.

2. Dress for Success, business links will take you seriously. Wearing the colors flow is the key to being noticed. The best colors for women's royal blue, emerald green, red and magenta. Buying a style that flatters your figure is still fashion sense for the workplace. Stay away from jackets that look like your father. This masculine style will make you look frumpy and out of touch. Never wear revealing clothing to work. Jewelry should be tasteful and bold use of accents. Shoes should not be visible. Wearing a little makeup to enhance your eyes and the skin is a good idea. Finally, it is important that your hair is fresh and up date without be too extreme and funky. All these factors create your image.

3. Take care of yourself and relax in the evenings and on weekends. Be well rested and rejuvenated for the work will provide the energy you need to excel and compete. Workaholics typically burn early in the race, lose their perspective and their ability to compete.

4. Define success on their terms, to set clear goals for her career. If you do not approach the gameplan his career, it is impossible to know how to navigate. Obvious as this sounds, you need to know what you want to go, in order toget there.

5. Evaluate your strengths and weaknesses as honestly as possible. Do not just focus on your obligations. Be honest about your property, too, for they shall be your guide to the career that best fits your personality and your strengths.

Natural Skin Care Dry Pumpkin Recipes For Fall

2011-11-09T00:53:00.001-08:00

In the fall, temperatures begin to fall, and cold winds can cause dry, irritated skin. Sometimes the best natural remedies for skin care are hidden from view, you just have to know where to look. You can often see pumpkins decorate houses during Halloween or make an appearance at your table grandmothers in the form of a pie during Thanks giving dinner, but they should also make an appearance in your routine nature of dry skin care. If you're wondering, why does the pumpkin-based skincare products are good for your skin, think about this, they contain vitamin A, vitamin C, zinc and alpha hydroxy acids.

When you create your own natural skin care dry home ITIS always better to use the finest ingredients available. While canned pumpkin will work fine in the fall, you can easily findpumpkins at your local grocery store. A fresh pumpkin will containmore skin that keeps the vitamins and healthy nutrients that may lack alternative remains. When picking yourpumpkin, look for one that is smooth and a good orange stripes.

Lack of vitamin A can cause dry, rough skin. Create a pumpkin mask Dryskin care as a natural ingredient, will give your skin an extra boost of vitamin A to prevent the fall coat. The recipe below is simple to create and leave your skin looking soft and supple.

Hydrating Mask Pumpkin

Ingredients:

2 tablespoons cooked pumpkin

½ teaspoon of honey

¼ C. tea with milk

Instructions:

First To cook pumpkin, cut in half. Remove the stems and place the pumpkin halves face down seeds.Then in a shallow dish dishand add ½ cup of water. Bake the pumpkin at 450 degrees for 45 minutes or until tender.

Two goals and two separate c. tablespoons of cooked pumpkin and add a small bowl. You can store leftover pumpkin in your fridge or freezer for later use.

3. Add the honey and milk in a bowl.

Fourth with a fork, mix all ingredients and mix well - pumpkin ifnecessary.

5th Apply the mask on a clean face using gentle circular motion, taking care to avoid the eye area.

6. Leave the mask for 10 to 15 minutes before rinsing with warm water and dry with a towel.

For an extra dose of moisture and protects the natural shielding lotion applied after the face is completely dry.

With the start of the fall there is a need for a new routine of natural skin care. During the changing seasons and the fall weather skin care products that use as much attention during the summer months may not be as effective as dry skin inpreventing replaced. This fall, switch to natural products and try to creatingsome of your choice. With a fall comescolder airof drying time and heating. Do not allow your skin to pay the price. Prevent chipping using a sunscreen lotion. A shielding lotion works to strengthen the skin's natural clean barrier, helping to better maintain its own oils and moisture. The natural skin oils are the secret to keeping Dryskin the bay.

India can be No. 1 market in coming years : Facebook

2011-11-09T00:18:00.001-08:00

09 Nov 2011 11:00,
New Delhi, Nov 8: Popular social networking site Facebook expects India to become its No 1 market in terms of number ofusers, leaving the US and Indonesia. Facebook claims to have over 800 million active users globally. ''We are confident that in the coming years, India will be our leading market.
Currently, it is at No 3 in terms of number of users. Last announced number was 30 million for India and45 million for Indonesia. I'm sure India will be No 1 in the coming years,'' Facebook Vice President (Mobile and Corporate Development) Vaughan Smith said here. Companies across sectors like FMCG, retail and hospitality are using Facebook to reach customers, promote products and gauge marketperception through the social media platform. Smithadded that more than half of these users in India are believed to beaccessing thewebsite from their mobile devices.
According to the company website, more than 350 million active users currently access Facebook through their mobile devices and more than 475 mobile operators globally work to deploy and promote Facebook mobile products. Facebook on Tuesday announced a globaltie-up with mobile phone chip maker Mediatek, through which the application would be embedded on low cost handsets, enabling users toaccess the website througha single icon.
''As people become mobile and are on the go, they want to communicate with their friends, share informationand that we think will drive theneed fordevices. We want to createa fast and engaging experience for users even on devices costing below say USD 50 (Rs 2,500), the idea is to have more users on board,'' Smith said.

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2011-08-22T06:07:00.000-07:00

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Colorful Underwater Creatures of Indonesia

2011-08-22T02:08:00.000-07:00

Underwater creatures of Indonesia are loved by photographers taking macropictures and divers who are fond of muck diving. Muck diving is searching and examining dark bottom covered with corals and other brightly colored details. The hairy frogfish in the picture is famous with its thready skin protrusion. It usually hides on the bottom and hunts using a part of its spinal fin as a which is moved and attracts small fishes.

Colorful Underwater Creatures

Underwater Creatures of Indonesia

Indian ocean pictures

2011-08-22T02:02:00.000-07:00

Indian ocean pictures

Transparent Windows Phone

2011-08-21T07:50:00.000-07:00

Transparent Windows Phone

This Window Transparent housing varies depending on the weather! Thus, in the sunny days, the screen will be completely transparent, on a rainy day it will appear virtual drop, but it is covered with frost. It's translucent screen will look like as well as present a window into a variety of weather. Beautiful and very original!!!!

the nehru dynasty bastards and bandits

2011-08-21T02:07:00.000-07:00

a book name BASTERDS AND BANDITS

The very beginning of his book, "The Nehru Dynasty", astrologer K.N.Rao mentions the names of Jawahar Lal's father and grandfather. Jawahar Lal's father was believed to be Moti Lal and Moti Lal's father was one Gangadhar Nehru. And we all know that Jawahar Lal's only daughter was Indira Priyadarshini Nehru; Kamala Nehru was her mother, who died in Switzerland of tuberculosis. She was totally against Indira's proposed marriage with Feroze. Why? No one tells us that.

Now, who is this Feroze? We are told by many that he was the son of the family grocer. The grocer supplied wines, etc. to Anand Bhavan, previously known as Ishrat Manzil, which once belonged to a Moslem lawyer named Mobarak Ali.

Moti Lal was earlier an employee of Mobarak Ali. What was the family grocer's name? One frequently hears that Rajiv Gandhi's grandfather was Pandit Nehru. But then we all know that everyone has two grandfathers, the paternal and the maternal grandfathers. In fact, the paternal grandfather is deemed to be the more important grandfather in most societies. Why is it then no where we find Rajiv Gandhi's paternal grandfather's name? It appears that the reason is simply this.

Rajiv Gandhi's paternal grandfather was a Moslem gentleman from the Junagadh area of Gujarat. This Moslem grocer by the name of Nawab Khan, had married a Parsi woman after converting her to Islam. This is the source where from the myth of Rajiv being a Parsi was derived. Rajiv's father Feroze was Feroze Khan before he married Indira, against Kamala Nehru's wishes. Feroze's mother's family name was Ghandy, often associated with Parsis and this was changed to Gandhi, sometime before his wedding with Indira, by an affidavit.

The fact of the matter is that (and this fact can be found in many writings) Indira was very lonely. Chased out of the Shantiniketan University by Gurudev Rabindranath himself for misdemeanor, the lonely girl was all by herself, while father Jawahar was busy with politics, pretty women and illicit sex; the mother was in hospital. Feroze Khan, the grocer's son was then in England and he was quite sympathetic to Indira and soon enough she changed her religion, became a Moslem woman and married Feroze Khan in a London mosque. Nehru was not happy; Kamala was dead already or dying.

The news of this marriage eventually reached Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. Gandhi urgently called Nehru and practically ordered him to ask the youngman to change his name from Khan to Gandhi. It had nothing to do with change of religion, from Islam to Hinduism for instance. It was just a case of a change of name by an affidavit. And so Feroze Khan became Feroze Gandhi. The surprising thing is that the apostle of truth, the old man soon to be declared India's Mahatma and the 'Father of the Nation' didn't mention this game of his in the famous book, 'My Experiments with Truth'. Why?

When they returned to India, a mock 'Vedic marriage' was instituted for public consumption. On this subject, writes M.O. Mathai (a longtime Private Secretary of Nehru) in his renowned (but now suppressed by the GOI) 'Reminiscences of the Nehru Age' on page 94, second paragraph: "For some inexplicable reason, Nehru allowed the marriage to be performed according to Vedic rites in 1942. An inter-religious and inter-caste marriage under Vedic rites at that time was not valid in law. To be legal, it had to be a civil marriage."

It's a known fact that after Rajiv's birth, Indira and Feroze lived seperatly, but they were not divorced. Feroze used to harass Nehru frequently for money and also interfered in Nehru's political activities. Nehru got fed up and left instructions not to allow him into the Prime Minister's residence Trimurthi Bhavan.

Mathai writes that the death of Feroze came as a relief to Nehru and Indira. The death of Feroze in 1960 before he could consolidate his own political forces, is itself a mystery. Feroze had even planned to remarry.

Those who try to keep tabs on our leaders in spite of all the suppressions and deliberate misinformation, are aware of the fact that the second son of Indira (or Mrs. Feroze Khan) known as Sanjay Gandhi was not the son of Feroze. He was the son of another Moslem gentleman, Mohammad Yunus. Here, in passing, we might mention that the second son was originally named Sanjiv. It rhymed with Rajiv, the elder brother's name. It was changed to Sanjay when he was arrested by the British police in England and his passport impounded, for having stolen a car. Krishna Menon was then India's High Commissioner in London. He offered to issue another passport to the felon who changed his name to Sanjay. Incidentally, Sanjay's marriage with the Sikh girl Menaka (now they call her Maneka for Indira Gandhi found the name of Lord Indra's court dancer rather offensive!) took place quite surprisingly in Mohammad Yunus' house in New Delhi. And the marriage with Menaka who was a model (She had modelled for Bombay Dyeing wearing just a towel) was not so ordinary either. Sanjay was notorious in getting unwed young women pregnant. Menaka too was rendered pregnant by Sanjay. It was then that her father, Colonel Anand, threatened Sanjay with dire consequences if he did not marry her daughter. And that did the trick. Sanjay married Menaka.

It was widely reported in Delhi at the time that Mohammad Yunus was unhappy at the marriage of Sanjay with Menaka; apparently he had wanted to get him married with a Muslim girl of his choice. It was Mohammad Yunus who cried the most when Sanjay died in the plane accident. In Yunus' book, 'Persons, Passions & Politics' one discovers that baby Sanjay had been circumcised following Islamic custom, although the reason stated was phimosis. It was always belived that Sanjay used to blackmail Indira Gandhi and due to this she used to turn a blind eye when Sanjay Gandhi started to run the country as though it were his personal fiefdom. Was he black mailing her with the secret of who his real father was?

When the news of Sanjay's death reached Indira Gandhi, the first thing she wanted to know was about the bunch of keys which Sanjay had with him.

Nehru was no less a player in producing bastards. At least one case is very graphically described by M.O. Mathai in his "Reminiscences of the Nehru Age", page 206. Mathai writes: "In the autumn of 1948 (India became free in 1947 and a great deal of work needed to be done) a young woman from Benares arrived in New Delhi as a sanyasini named Shraddha Mata (an assumed and not a real name). She was a Sanskrit scholar well versed in the ancient Indian scriptures and mythology. People, including MPs, thronged to her to hear her discourses. One day S.D. Upadhyaya, Nehru's old employee, brought a letter in Hindi from Shraddha Mata. Nehru gave her an interview in the PM's house. As she departed, I noticed (Mathai is speaking here) that she was young, shapely and beautiful. Meetings with her became rather frequent, mostly after Nehru finished his work at night. During one of Nehru's visits to Lucknow, Shraddha Mata turned up there, and Upadhyaya brought a letter from her as usual. Nehru sent her the reply; and she visited Nehru at idnight... "Suddenly Shraddha Mata disappeared. In November 1949 a convent in Bangalore sent a decent looking person to Delhi with a bundle of letters. He said that a young woman from northern India arrived at the convent a few months ago and gave birth to a baby boy. She refused to divulge her name or give any particulars about herself. She left the convent as soon as she was well enough to move out but left the child behind. She however forgot to take with her a small cloth bundle in which, among other things, several letters in Hindi were found. The Mother Superior, who was a foreigner, had the letters examined and was told they were from the Prime Minister. The person who brought the letters surrendered them..."I (Mathai) made discreet inquiries repeatedly about the boy but failed to get a clue about his whereabouts. Convents in such matters are extremely tightlipped and secretive. Had I succeeded in locating the boy, I would have adopted him. He must have grown up as a Catholic Christian blissfully ignorant of who his father was."

Coming back to Rajiv Gandhi, we all know now that he changed his so called Parsi religion to become a Catholic to marry Sania Maino of Turin, Italy. Rajiv became Roberto. His daughter's name is Bianca and son's name is Raul. Quite cleverly the same names are presented to the people of India as Priyanka and Rahul. What is amazing is the extent of our people's ignorance in such matters. The press conference that Rajiv Gandhi gave in London after taking over as prime minister of India was very informative. In this press conference, Rajiv boasted that he was NOT a Hindu but a Parsi. Mind you, speaking of the Parsi religion, he had no Parsi ancestor at all. His grandmother (father's mother) had turned Muslim after having abandoned the Parsi religion to marry Nawab Khan.

It is the western press that waged a blitz of misinformation on behalf of Rajiv. From the New York Times to the Los Angeles Times and the Washington Post, the big guns raised Rajiv to heaven. The children's encyclopedias recorded that Rajiv was a qualified Mechanical Engineer from the revered University of Cambridge. No doubt US kids are among the most misinformed in the world today! The reality is that in all three years of his tenure at that University Rajiv had not passed a single examination. He had therefore to leave Cambridge without a certificate. Sonia too had the same benevolent treatment. She was stated to be a student in Cambridge. Such a description is calculated to mislead Indians. She was a student in Cambridge all right but not of the University of Cambridge but of one of those fly by night language schools where foreign students come to learn English. Sonia was working as an 'au pair' girl (house maid) in Cambridge and trying to learn English at the same time. And surprise of surprises, Rajiv was even cremated as per vedic rites in full view of India's public.

This is the Nehru dynasty that India worships and now an Italian leads a prestgious national party because of just one qualification - being married into the Nerhu family. Maneka Gandhi itself is being accepted by the non-Congress parties not because she was a former model or an anmial lover, but for her links to the Nehru family. Saying that an Italian should not lead India will amount to narrow mindedness, but if Sania Maino (Sonia KHAN) had served India like say Annie Besant, i.e., in any way on her own rights, then all Indians would have been proud of her.

Amazing Looking Insects

2011-08-21T02:02:00.001-07:00

Abandoned UFO Houses

2011-08-21T01:58:00.001-07:00

What you can see listed here are incredible images of the abandoned housing complex known as San Zhi close to Taipei, Taiwan. It had been apparently constructed in the early 1980s as being a group of holiday family homes promoted towards wealthier Taipei citizens desiring to escape the town. The rumors about the reason why the location was left behind varies, with the most intriguing being that the number of lethal accidents took place while in building, resulting in residents to think the location was haunted, and so instigating the developer's determination to quit building. The houses hardly ever truly became popular in terms of preferred living places, however they did turn into a bit of a tourist magnet for a long time.
Unfortunately the structures were demolished in 2010, yet a large collection of photos displaying the fantastical house complex continue to lives on Flickr .

10 Most Corrupt Indian Politicians

2011-08-21T01:50:00.000-07:00

10 Most Corrupt Indian Politicians

While everyone has been animatedly supporting Anna Hazare's fight against corruption, people seem to have forgotten who the people are who actually led to this situation.
The peak of irony was when Anna was, allegedly, lodged in the same jail that housed the people who were responsible for two of the biggest scams in the country ever. How must the authorities have felt when they saw Raja and Kalmadi fill their plates while Anna was on a fast because of their misdeeds?
Corruption has become an unavoidable part of politics and every now and then, one or the other politician re-affirms this fact.
Here is our pick of the 10 most corrupt politicians of India.

Suresh Kalmadi

Suresh Kalmadi, almost single handedly caused a loss of hundreds of crores of rupees to the country. The Commonwealth Games, organized by Kalmadi was no less than a loot with numerous reports of the magnum opus event being soaked in corruption making headlines way before the Games had even started. Apparently, out of Rs. 70000 crores spent on the Games, only half of the amount was actually spent. Owing to his involvement in the scam, Kalmadi was charged with corruption and sent to Tihar jail.

A. Raja

A scam worth Rs. 176,000 crore had former Union Cabinet Minister for Communications and Information Technology, Andimuthu Raja at the centre. A. Raja as he is generally called, was the prime accused in the 2G spectrum scam, which was the largest that the country had seen in a long time. Following the shocking exposure, Raja was indicted and forced to resign. Presently, he is too has been lodged at the Tihar jail and is awaiting his trial.

Mayawati

Mayawati has always been criticized for ostentatious display of power in her state. She has allegedly used her status as chief minister to amass large amounts of personal wealth. She was charged with corruption when the Taj Heritage Corridor Case was uncovered. Mayawati's birthdays have always been media events, where she usually appears decked in diamond jewellery and also accepts public donations for which, she often comes under fire. Her assets are worth millions of dollars and in the year 2007-08, she had paid an income tax of Rs. 26 crores, which placed her amongst the top 20 taxpayers of the year.

Lalu Prasad Yadav

The fact that Lalu Prasad Yadav has been an accused in 63-odd cases serves for the fact that Lalu stands as one of the strongest competitor in the list. The biggest scam that rocked Lalu's political career was the fodder scam which involved the embezzlement of Rs. 950 crore approximately. The accusation of nepotism against him has come up time and again but hardly any action has been taken against him owing to his 'connections' in the government.

Madhu Koda

Former Jharkand Chief Minister, and only the third independent legislator to assume the office of chief minister in India, Madhu Koda was responsible for a scam worth over Rs. 4000 crore. The man exploited the state's natural resources by licensing illegal mining leases and stashing away the wealth amassed during the undertaking. Furthermore, the Maoists received a 30% share of the booty. Koda was arrested on charges of money laundering and is still in prison following the rejection of numerous bail applications.

Mulayam Singh Yadav

Mulayam Singh Yadav is also known as one of the most corrupt ministers in the country despite not being directly involved in any major scams. Apart from his name being involved in appointments of tainted officers and mishandling of his power as chief minister, Mulayam Singh had one major allegation levelled against him– accumulation of disproportionate assets. The case drew limelight on his sons and daughter-in-law as they too were holders of the assests that amounted to crores of rupees.

Karunanidhi

The corruptions charges against M. Karunanidhi are so many that he is often referred to as the king or emperor of corruption. He was accused of lending support to the LTTE and was indicted for abetting the LTTE in the interim report which oversaw the investigation into Rajiv Gandhi's assassination.
Karunanidhi reportedly institutionalized corruption in the South. He was a leading player in the cash for votes scams that are common in the southern region, as well as notorious foe extreme nepotism shown under his rule. Not so surprising, is the fact that the main accused in the 2G scam, A, Raja, considers him to be his mentor.

Sharad Pawar

Very few people can miss the cosy relationship that Sharad Pawar shares with power and money.Every now and then, Pawar draws flak for alleged investments made by him and his family in various illegal projects. He was named by Abdul Karim Telgi, during a narcoanalysis test, stating that it was Pawar's brainchild to print fake stamp papers across the country and mint money. He was also accused in a multi-crore scam involving wheat imports and institutions headed by him and his close associates were served notices by the Bombay High Court for showing favoritism to his family.

Jayalalithaa

The Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu has a staggering 46 corruption cases against her. Amongst the various scams were the Rs. 70 million coal import scam, Tansi land deal case, case of disproportionate assets and colour TV case, amongst many others. A raid in her residence and business establishments led to the seizure of some 28 kg of jewellery (worth Rs 51 crore), 91 wrist-watches, 41 air-conditioners, 10,500 sarees, 750 pairs of footwears, etc. She along with her former cabinet colleagues and senior bureaucrats who worked with her are still facing investigation with regard to corruption.

BS Yeddyurappa

The most recent politician http://www.mensxp.com/special-features/top-10/5458-meet-the-top-10-young-politicians-of-india.html to be caught in the web of corruption is former Chief Minister of Karnataka, B. S. Yeddyurappa. While he has a number of corruption lying against him, the one that toppled his career was his alleged involvement in the illegal iron ore export scam in districts of Karnataka. A lot of blame game followed and ended up with Yeddyurappa losing his ministerial post last month. Despite his denial, his image as one of the most corrupt politicians of the country will not fade anytime soon.

Comedy Photoshopped Images Of London Looters

2011-08-21T01:44:00.001-07:00

Here R Some PhotoShopped Comedy Images Of London Looters......
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The Evolution of Mobile Phones

2011-08-21T01:42:00.001-07:00

The Evolution of Mobile Phones..

Cell phones have become a lot smaller over the years, but they’re bigger than ever in functionality and popularity. Here’s a look at how the mobile phone has changed over the decades.

From enormous, 80-pound, car-mounted beasts to tiny terminals in our back pockets, mobile phones have come a long way. What once cost thousands, weighed 2 pounds, and packed 60 minutes of battery life now costs $99, weighs 4 ounces, and packs 5 to 10 hours of battery life–and also includes a full-fledged computer, a video camera, audio/video playback, and high-speed Internet access.

How did we get from there to here? Let’s take a brief tour through the history of the cell phone. The following phones don’t necessarily reflect the first or best of each type, but instead represent certain phases in mobile phone evolution over the last 50 years.

SRA/Ericsson MTA (Mobile Telephone System A

Year: 1956

In the days before cellular phone networks, the world’s mobile phones lacked a unifying standard. Instead, they used varying communication methods defined on a company-by-company basis.

The 88-pound MTA phone, shown here, is typical in size and weight of early mobile phone systems from the pre-integrated-circuit era. Most were so heavy and power-hungry that they required permanent installation in a car or other vehicle. Very few people owned, used, or even encountered such devices; for example, the service for the model shown here existed in only two Swedish cities and served a mere 125 subscribers from 1956 to 1967.

Notable qualities: The first automatic mobile telephone system (it didn’t require a human operator to manually connect the user to an outside phone line)

Motorola DynaTAC 8000X

Year: 1983

Though Motorola announced the world’s first handheld mobile phone–a prototype of the DynaTAC 8000X you see above–in 1973, it took ten years for the DynaTAC to reach the market. In those ten years, engineers squeezed more capability into less space, and Motorola built much-needed infrastructure–the towers necessary for cell phone service.

Upon its release in 1983, the DynaTAC 8000X became an instant cultural icon, both as a status symbol for the rich (thanks to the $3995 retail price–$8657 in 2009 dollars) and as an almost miraculous wonder-phone that a person could use anywhere. With the DynaTAC, the cell phone revolution had finally begun.

Notable qualities: Small size, light weight; the first handheld mobile phone.

Nokia Mobira Talkman

Year: 1984

Motorola’s handheld DynaTAC was an amazing breakthrough, but in reality its size proved limiting due to the battery technology of the era. The DynaTAC could manage only 60 minutes of talk time in ideal conditions, while larger “luggable” phones equipped with capacious batteries–such as the Mobira Talkman, shown here–could provide many hours of continuous operation.

Notable qualities: Early luggable mobile phone; relatively long talk time.

Motorola MicroTAC

Year: 1989

After the success of the DynaTAC, Motorola followed up with the much smaller and lighter MicroTAC phone in 1989. The MicroTAC included a novel space-saving idea: Motorola engineers placed part of the phone’s hardware in a hinged section that could fold inward or outward as needed, thus reducing the phone’s size when it wasn’t in use. The flip concept lives on in many cell phones today.

Notable qualities: First flip phone, first pocket phone; smallest and lightest cellular phone at the time of its debut.

Motorola 2900 Bag Phone

Year: 1994

When many people think of the “car phones” of the 1980s and 1990s, they picture bag phones like the Motorola 2900, shown here. The bag contained a transceiver and battery, and the user operated a much lighter corded handset. Owners could carry the bag on their shoulder, but a bag phone’s general bulk mostly limited its usage to cars.

Despite the availability of smaller phones on the market, bag phones remained popular well into the late 1990s due to their long talk times and their superior range. Thanks to heftier batteries, bag phones could afford to transmit a cell signal with greater power, allowing the phone to be used farther away from a receiving tower. This was especially important in the days when cellular coverage wasn’t nearly as widespread as it is now.

Notable qualities: Long talk times, plus greater battery life and signal range.

Motorola StarTAC

Year: 1996

In 1996, Motorola further shrank its line of pocket cell phones, producing the 3.1-ounce StarTAC–which immediately proved popular and influential. The StarTAC expanded on the partially collapsible design of its precursor, the MicroTAC, by allowing users to fold the phone in half when they weren’t talking on it. We now call this design “clamshell,” for its resemblance to the way a clam opens and closes. The StarTAC’s general design was widely imitated, and a large percentage of mobile phones still use it today.

Notable qualities: First fully “clamshell” mobile phone design; smallest and lightest mobile phone at its release

Nokia 9000i Communicator

Year: 1997

Though the Nokia 9000i wasn’t the first-ever smartphone (many people give that honor to the IBM Simon), it marked the real beginning of our modern smartphone era. The 9000i truly was a pocket computer and a cell phone rolled into one, with an Intel 386-derivative CPU and 8MB of RAM. The phone’s physical configuration was novel at the time: Users could open the 9000i in a horizontal clamshell fashion to reveal a wide LCD screen and a full QWERTY keyboard. When folded, it resembled an ordinary cell phone.

The 9000i could send and receive faxes, text messages, and e-mail, and it also had (extremely) limited Web access through 160-character SMS messages. And like any self-respecting smartphone, it shipped with a full complement of PDA-like organizer capabilities.

Notable qualities: First Nokia smartphone; first modern PDA/cell phone combo; mobile Internet connectivity.

RIM BlackBerry 5810

Year: 2002

The BlackBerry brand began in 1999 as a simple two-way pager, but it morphed into a line of full-fledged smartphones in 2002 with the BlackBerry 5810, the first of the series to include integrated cell phone support. Thanks to top-of-the-line mobile e-mail and text messaging (the QWERTY keyboard didn’t hurt either), BlackBerry phones soon became indispensable tools for businesspeople and other professionals.

Notable qualities: First BlackBerry with an integrated voice cell phone; push e-mail support.

Motorola Razr V3

Year: 2004

At a time when most cell phones were starting to look the same, Motorola decided to break the status quo with the Razr V3, a slim, slab-like clamshell phone with a large screen, a stylish and flat keyboard, a built-in camera, and multimedia capabilities. Impressive technical features aside, you have to admit that the Razr simply looks cool (especially by 2004 standards), a fact that contributed significantly to its wide popularity.

Notable qualities: Stylish design, slim form, and a full set of features.

Apple iPhone

Year: 2007

Apple’s ability to rock our world through nifty gadgets should not be underestimated. Between the Apple II, the Macintosh, and the iPod, Apple is responsible for more trend-setting consumer technology than most companies. In the same vein, the iPhone goes far beyond being just a mobile telephone: It’s a powerful pocket computer, a game machine, and a multimedia-playback device. Better yet, it gives you instant, high-speed access to the Web, e-mail, Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube, wherever you can find mobile phone coverage. In short, it’s a revolutionary device, and other companies are already coming up with imitators.

Notable qualities: Everything–but particularly the excellent software, the large and sharp screen, the multitouch interface, visual voicemail, the App Store

America And Japan: Comic Comparison

2011-08-21T01:28:00.000-07:00

Fun comic introducing some curious differences between the Japanese and the Americans. I'm sure it was created by someone from Japan.

Maruti Suzuki launches the all-new Swift

2011-08-21T01:25:00.000-07:00

Maruti Suzuki launches the all-new Swift

New Delhi: India’s largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki has launched its much awaited car, the all-new Swift in New Delhi today.

Introductory prices for the new Swift are:

LXi Petrol: Rs. 4.22 lakhs
VXi Petrol: Rs. 4.76 lakhs
ZXi Petrol: Rs. 5.53 lakhs
LDi Diesel: Rs. 5.17 lakhs
VDi Diesel: Rs. 5.61 lakhs
ZDi Diesel: Rs. 6.38 lakhs

Built on a completely new platform, the new Swift is longer, wider and lighter than its predecessor. With best in class acceleration, high power to weight ratio and improved fuel efficiency, the new Swift sets several new benchmarks.

The car has an energetic and vibrant presence, thanks to the swept back, rather large headlamps and tail lamps, completely reworked grille and a smiling central air intake.

The width and height are up only marginally, but length is increased by 90mm and the wheelbase is 50mm longer.

The new Swift is powered by the same motors, 1.2 litre K series petrol and the much acclaimed 1.3 DDIS diesel. The petrol engine has been tweaked with VVT (variable valve timing) technology that makes it sportier.

The diesel engine remains unchanged, however, overall weight has been reduced by 30 kg and 15 kg on petrol and diesel variants respectively. The result is improved fuel efficiency, 18.6kmpl for petrol and 22.9kmpl for diesel.

Maruti Suzuki launches the all-new Swift

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WATCH YOUR MOUTH

2011-08-20T04:26:00.000-07:00

NATURE AT IT'S BEST

2011-08-19T04:37:00.001-07:00

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AmaZinG // ExPeNSiVe_CHeSS_BoarDS//WoNDerFuLL

2011-08-19T04:33:00.001-07:00

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Valued at over 0„55 million, this single chess set is the most expensive and luxurious game set in the world. Constructed in gold and platinum, it is set with diamonds, emeralds, rubies, sapphires and pearls.

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This Royal Diamond Chess is priced at half a million dollars.The set is studded with 320 carats of black and white diamonds and two kilograms of 14 carat white gold.

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This is a unique chessboard which comes with 3D terrain. Thanks to this different design, it will make you have a better chess experience.

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Each chess piece encapsulates a single suspended insect:- the - white - pieces are represented by flying insects and the - black - side by ground based insects.

The chessboard designs a light box set into the surface of the table to illuminate the insects trapped in the clear amber.

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The chess table and the pieces you play with are made from parts of the suspension, hubs, uprights, wings and****pit of the F1 car. The materials usedare titanium, stainless steel, aircraft specification aluminum, carbon fibre, sterling silver and leather. Now that makes some unique, but also quite expensive chess game.

The price of the Renault F1 Chess Set RTC/CHS is 28,890 Euro or $37,000.

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Made with chess pieces featuring the most dangerous wild African animals of Africa, with baboons as pawns, rhinos as knights
and white and black buffalo as bishops.

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This official Lego Chess Set. Measuring in at a considerable 17 - /24 cm squared, comes complete with thirty-one mini figures, two giant trolls, two horses, two skeleton horses and two dragon heads all of which come complete with accessories such as armour and weapons and all of which need to be constructed prior to the game commencing.

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Fantastically designed polyresin Angels and Demons Chess Set with detailed, hand-painted pieces. The board measures 10.25 in by 10.25 inches.

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The magnificent piece is set with 73 rubies, 146 sapphires, 748 diamonds and a secreted pearl.

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The pieces are opaque cylindrical blocks and hide the identity of the pieces until they are placed on the board. The idea is to show that chess pieces have no intrinsic value and when removed from the board, a pawn and a queen areequal and neither has any value.

Embedded within the glass chessboard are LEDs {LigHT_PoinTS} while the chess pieces are made of clear glass with the shape of a traditional Staunton chess piece enclosed within it.

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The set includes 32 collectible pewter figurines, with the Jedi wearing gold and the Empire donning a silver finish.

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This beautifully made concave board causes the rounded pieces to wobble and quiver, providing an unexpected element to a timeless favorite. Made in China with cherry and maple wood. Price $250.00.

CAKE WITH SORRY MESSAGES

2011-08-19T04:26:00.001-07:00

Nehru Trophy Boat Race

2011-08-19T04:24:00.000-07:00

Nehru Trophy Boat Race

Nehru Trophy Boat Race is a popular Vallam Kali held in the Punnamada Lake near Alappuzha, Kerala, India. Vallam Kali, literally means boat
play/game, but can be translated to
boat race in English. The most popular
event of the race is the competition of Chundan Vallams (Snake Boats). Hence the race is also known as Snake Boat Race in English. Other types boats which participate in various events of
the race are Churulan Vallam,
Iruttukuthy Vallam, Odi Vallam, Veppu
Vallam (Vaipu Vallam), Vadakkanody
Vallam and Kochu Vallam.

he race conducted on the second
Saturday of August every year is a
major tourist attraction.

How this boat race got the name
Jawaharlal Nehru, the first prime minister of Independent India visited
Kerala in 1952. He was given a roaring
reception by the people of Alleppey, escorted by the huge snake-boats.
Having gone through the tremendous
excitement of sailing in a snake-boat
Jawaharlal Nehru donated a rolling
trophy to be awarded to the winner of
the race. The trophy is a replica of a snake-boat in silver, placed on wooden
abacus on which the following words
are inscribed.

To the winner of the boat-race which
is a unique feature of community life
in Travancore-Cochin.

The 100–120 feet long canoes made of
a forest wood locally called "Aanjili
thadi" carrying 90- 110 rowers which
moves like a snake through the
channels (hence the name), is an eye
catching sight for any tourist. The Chundan Vallam also has the record as"the biggest water vessel used for
sports purpose" .

Empire State Building Construction 1930

2011-08-19T04:17:00.000-07:00

The Empire State Building is an architectural marvel, and one of the most spectacular attractions in New York City. The building itself was constructed in 1930during the Great Depression and is a living monument to that era. The Empire State Building is located at Fifth and 34th Avenues. For 40 years after it was constructed, it held the record for being the largest skyscraper in the world. The building has starred in over 90 movies, andit remains one of New York City¡¯s most popular tourist attractions. However, what most people do not know are the brave men behind the construction of the building that costs about USD40.5 millions.One of them might be our grandfathers. We should be proud of them. Below are thephotos of the fearless men behind the construction of the magnificent Empire States Building.

100 Interesting Facts about Our World

2011-08-19T04:13:00.001-07:00

1] The speed of light is generally rounded down to 186,000 miles per second. In exact terms it is 299,792,458 m/s (meters per second - that is equal to 186, 287.49 miles per second).

2] It takes 8 minutes 17 seconds for light to travel from the Sun's surface to the Earth.

3] October 12th, 1999 was declared "The Day of Six Billion" based on United Nations projections.

4] 10 percent of all human beings ever born are alive at this very moment.

5] The Earth spins at 1,000 mph but it travels through space at an incredible 67,000 mph.

6] Every year over one million earthquakes shake the Earth.

7] When Krakatoa erupted in 1883, its force was so great it could be heard 4,800 kilometers away in Australia.

8] The largest ever hailstone weighed over 1kg and fell in Bangladesh in 1986.

9] Every second around 100 lightning bolts strike the Earth.

10] Every year lightning kills 1000 people.

11] In October 1999 an Iceberg the size of London broke free from the Antarctic ice shelf .

12] If you could drive your car straight up you would arrive in space in just over an hour.

13] Human tapeworms can grow up to 22.9m.

14] The Earth is 4.56 billion years old...the same age as the Moon and the Sun.

15] The dinosaurs became extinct before the Rockies or the Alps were formed.

16] Female black widow spiders eat their males after mating.

17] When a flea jumps, the rate of acceleration is 20 times that of the space shuttle during launch.

19] If our Sun were just inch in diameter, the nearest star would be 445 miles away.

20] The Australian billygoat plum contains 100 times more vitamin C than an orange.

21] Astronauts cannot belch - there is no gravity to separate liquid from gas in their stomachs.

22] The air at the summit of Mount Everest, 29,029 feet is only a third as thick as the air at sea level.

23] One million, million, million, million, millionth of a second after the Big Bang the Universe was the size of a ...pea.

24] DNA was first discovered in 1869 by Swiss Friedrich Mieschler.

25] The molecular structure of DNA was first determined by Watson and Crick in 1953.

26] The first synthetic human chromosome was constructed by US scientists in 1997.

27] The thermometer was invented in 1607 by Galileo.

28] Englishman Roger Bacon invented the magnifying glass in 1250.

29] Alfred Nobel invented dynamite in 1866.

30] Wilhelm Rontgen won the first Nobel Prize for physics for discovering X-rays in 1895.

31] The tallest tree ever was an Australian eucalyptus - In 1872 it was measured at 435 feet tall.

32] Christian Barnard performed the first heart transplant in 1967 - the patient lived for 18 days.

33] The wingspan of a Boeing 747 is longer than the Wright brother's first flight.

34] An electric eel can produce a shock of up to 650 volts.

35] 'Wireless' communications took a giant leap forward in 1962 with the launch of Telstar, the first satellite capable of relaying telephone and satellite TV signals.

36] The earliest wine makers lived in Egypt around 2300 BC.

37] The Ebola virus kills 4 out of every 5 humans it infects.

38] In 5 billion years the Sun will run out of fuel and turn into a Red Giant.

39] Giraffes often sleep for only 20 minutes in any 24 hours. They may sleep up to 2 hours (in spurts - not all at once), but this is rare. They never lie down.

40] A pig's orgasm lasts for 30 minutes.

41] Without its lining of mucus your stomach would digest itself.

42] Humans have 46 chromosomes, peas have 14 and crayfish have 200.

43] There are 60,000 miles of blood vessels in the human body.

44] An individual blood cell takes about 60 seconds to make a complete circuit of the body.

45] Utopia ia a large, smooth lying area of Mars.

46] On the day that Alexander Graham Bell was buried the entire US telephone system was shut down for 1 minute in tribute.

47] The low frequency call of the humpback whale is the loudest noise made by a living creature.

48] The call of the humpback whale is louder than Concorde and can be heard from 500 miles away.

49] A quarter of the world's plants are threatened with extinction by the year 2010.

50] Each person sheds 40lbs of skin in his or her lifetime.

51] At 15 inches the eyes of giant squids are the largest on the planet.

[s2]52] The largest galaxies contain a million, million stars.

53] The Universe contains over 100 billion galaxies.

54] Wounds infested with maggots heal quickly and without spread of gangrene or other infection.

55] More germs are transferred shaking hands than kissing.

56] The longest glacier in Antarctica, the Almbert glacier, is 250 miles long and 40 miles wide.

57] The fastest speed a falling raindrop can hit you is 18mph.

58] A healthy person has 6,000 million, million, million hemoglobin molecules.

59] A salmon-rich, low cholesterol diet means that Inuits rarely suffer from heart disease.

60] Inbreeding causes 3 out of every 10 Dalmatian dogs to suffer from hearing disability.

61] The world's smallest winged insect, the Tanzanian parasitic wasp, is smaller than the eye of a housefly.

62] If the Sun were the size of a beach ball then Jupiter would be the size of a golf ball and the Earth would be as small as a pea.

63] It would take over an hour for a heavy object to sink 6.7 miles down to the deepest part of the ocean.

64] There are more living organisms on the skin of each human than there are humans on the surface of the earth.

65] The grey whale migrates 12,500 miles from the Arctic to Mexico and back every year.

66] Each rubber molecule is made of 65,000 individual atoms.

67] Around a million, billion neutrinos from the Sun will pass through your body while you read this sentence.

68]...and now they are already past the Moon.

69] Quasars emit more energy than 100 giant galaxies.

70] Quasars are the most distant objects in the Universe.

71] The Saturn V rocket which carried man to the Moon develops power equivalent to fifty 747 jumbo jets.

72] Koalas sleep an average of 22 hours a day, two hours more than the sloth.

73] Light would take .13 seconds to travel around the Earth.

74] Males produce one thousand sperm cells each second - 86 million each day.

75] Neutron stars are so dense that a teaspoonful would weigh more than all the people on Earth.

76] One in every 2000 babies is born with a tooth.

77] Every hour the Universe expands by a billion miles in all directions.

78] Somewhere in the flicker of a badly tuned TV set is the background radiation from the Big Bang.

79] Even traveling at the speed of light it would take 2 million years to reach the nearest large galaxy, Andromeda.

80] The temperature in Antarctica plummets as low as -35 degrees Celsius.

81] At over 2000 kilometers long The Great Barrier Reef is the largest living structure on Earth.

82] A thimbleful of a neutron star would weigh over 100 million tons.

83] The risk of being struck by a falling meteorite for a human is one occurrence every 9,300 years.

84] The driest inhabited place in the world is Aswan, Egypt where the annual average rainfall is .02 inches.

85] The deepest part of any ocean in the world is the Mariana trench in the Pacific with a depth of 35,797 feet.

86] The largest meteorite craters in the world are in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada and in Vredefort, South Africa.

87] The largest desert in the world, the Sahara, is 3,500,000 square miles.

88] The largest dinosaur ever discovered was Seismosaurus who was over 100 feet long and weighed up to 80 tonnes.

89] The African Elephant gestates for 22 months.

90] The short-nosed Bandicoot has a gestation period of only 12 days.

91] The mortality rate if bitten by a Black Mamba snake is over 95%.

92] In the 14th century the Black Death killed 75,000,000 people. It was carried by fleas on the black rat.

93] A dog's sense of smell is 1,000 times more sensitive than a humans.

94] A typical hurricane produces the nergy equivalent to 8,000 one megaton bombs.

95] 90% of those who die from hurricanes die from drowning.

96] To escape the Earth's gravity a rocket need to travel at 7 miles a second.

97] If every star in the Milky Way was a grain of salt they would fill an Olympic sized swimming pool.

98] Microbial life can survive on the cooling rods of a nuclear reactor.

99] Micro-organisms have been brought back to life after being frozen in perma-frost for three million years.

100] Our oldest radio broadcasts of the 1930s have already traveled past 100,000 stars.

ALL ABOUT JAN LOKPAL BILL IN HINDI

2011-08-19T04:10:00.001-07:00

10 things to know about Anna Hazare 'n Jan Lok Pal Bill

2011-08-19T04:07:00.000-07:00

1. Who is Anna Hazare?

An ex-army man. Fought 1965 Indo-Pak War

2. What's so special about him?

He built a village Ralegaon Siddhi in Ahamad Nagar district, Maharashtra

3. So what?

This village is a self-sustained model village. Energy is produced in the village itself from solar power, biofuel and wind mills.

In 1975, it used to be a poverty clad village. Now it is one of the richest village in India. It has become a model for self-sustained, eco-friendly & harmonic village.

4. Ok,...?

This guy, Anna Hazare was awarded Padma Bhushan and is a known figure for his social activities.

5. Really, what is he fighting for?

He is supporting a cause, the amendment of a law to curb corruption in India.

6. How that can be possible?

He is advocating for a Bil, The Jan Lokpal Bill (The Citizen Ombudsman Bill), that will form an autonomous authority who will make politicians (ministers), beurocrats (IAS/IPS) accountable for their deeds.

8. It's an entirely new thing right..?

In 1972, the bill was proposed by then Law minister Mr. Shanti Bhushan. Since then it has been neglected by the politicians and some are trying to change the bill to suit thier theft (corruption).

7. Oh.. He is going on a hunger strike for that whole thing of passing a Bill ! How can that be possible in such a short span of time?

The first thing he is asking for is: the government should come forward and announce that the bill is going to be passed.

Next, they make a joint committee to DRAFT the JAN LOKPAL BILL. 50% goverment participation and 50% public participation. Because you cant trust the government entirely for making such a bill which does not suit them.

8. Fine, What will happen when this bill is passed?

A LokPal will be appointed at the centre. He will have an autonomous charge, say like the Election Commission of India. In each and every state, Lokayukta will be appointed. The job is to bring all alleged party to trial in case of corruptions within 1 year. Within 2 years, the guilty will be punished. Not like, Bofors scam or Bhopal Gas Tragedy case, that has been going for last 25 years without any result.

9. Is he alone? Whoelse is there in the fight with Anna Hazare?

Baba Ramdev, Ex. IPS Kiran Bedi, Social Activist Swami Agnivesh, RTI activist Arvind Kejriwal and many more.

Prominent personalities like Aamir Khan is supporting his cause.

10. Ok, got it. What can I do?

At least we can spread the message. How?

Putting status message, links, video, changing profile pics.

At least we can support Anna Hazare and the cause for uprooting corruption from India.

At least we can hope that his Hunger Strike does not go in vain.

At least we can pray for his good health.