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2012-06-27T22:37:00.001+05:30

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Why the Recent Asteroid Impact news can't be Ignored?

2012-06-24T22:20:00.001+05:30

Asteroid, small bodies that wander the infinite space.
Well the recent news of a big asteroid that was on near collision with the earth is a big surprise.
And why this news cannot be ignored!

First of all the discovery time of asteroid was too short.

The asteroid was spotted just 4 days before it crossed its nearest earth point!!
Secondly due to such a short notice the size was estimation was wrong and the asteroid was twice as large!!

In order to prevent a asteroid from colliding with earth we should have early knowledge and probably years before collision to prepare an impact avoidance strategy.

Had this asteroid collided with earth a large amount of human race would have been wiped out and earth atmosphere would have been affected so bad that nothing would thrive for at least next 100 years

Asteroid are know to have caused mass extinctions on earth.

After the impact takes place large amount dust will spread in to atmosphere which will reduce the amount of sunlight reaching earth. this will result in a cold atmosphere on earth known as impact winter causing
massive damage to both biosphere and humans alike.

When a impact with earth occurs , the amount of damage depends upon the size as well as the speed of the asteroid.
So comets which have high speed can cause more damage than a relatively bigger asteroid.

The most devastation extinction was caused by the asteroid at Chicxulub in Mexico that was 10km in diameter and caused a impact crater of 180 km diameter and is thought to be the main reason for dinosaur extinction.

One of the best know recent event of asteroid impact is the Tunguska event in Russia in 1908. In this event a large asteroid burst just 6-9 km above earth surface causing the wiping of a thousand of km of forest and if it had occurred over a city it would have destroyed the entire city.

Although this time we have been saved next time we wont be so lucky, so we should devise a strategy and be completley ready to avoid a human extinction event.

Mantralaya , State's Most Important Building Under Fire

2012-06-24T13:28:00.003+05:30

Mantralaya the iconic building in Mumbai was under fire on Thursday which is major news relating to security and disaster management in such high valued government buildings.
Also a lot of conspiracy theories have popped up which point to starting fire in order to destroy important papers or to hand over building development to private builders.
Many conspiracy theorist suggest that fire may been started to destroy documents relating to Adarsh scam in which many high profile minister were accused.

A lot of important documents have been burned in the fire. Government was in the process of digitising documents, but as with majority of government work, the process was slow and hence digitization couldn't be completed in time.

This fire in such an important building shows the mess in the disaster management of major govt institution .The fire brigade had problem to douse the fire because of the cars parked in the vicinity.

Chagan Bhujbal has said that it will take three months for the building to be fully operational. Fire Proof plywood and other high quality materials will be used to do the renovation work so to avoid disasters in future. "The proposal on installing fire sprinklers was ready and awaiting a sanction for Rs. 10 crore," he said. had the fire sprinkler been installed the fire would have caused less damage.

As of now to resume work Gt Hospital and MTNL office would be used by Mantralaya officials.

A Crime branch probe has been ordered in to the incident. As of now the Police will check the CCTV footage and interrogate the witness who saw the inferno to determine the cause.
Short circuit in the server room is thought to be the cause of the fire but only after the full investigation will the government issue the cause of fire.

How Petrol Price rise has made Auto Rickshaw more preffered than B.E.S.T. Bus

2012-06-19T22:49:00.000+05:30

Oil Price rise is a issue that affects everything and everyone. Recent increase in Petrol price in India has made everything costlier.

Increase in fuel price increase cost everywhere from industry ,transportation ,travelling, food, and commodity price rise. In other words it affects each and every sphere of our life.

In Mumbai majority of commuters use Local trains for transport majorly for long distance travel.
Second option is the B.E.S.T. bus.
And for quick and comfortable travel people prefer auto rickshaw.

Due to the massive price rise in petrol, price of B.E.S.T. and rickshaw commute has gone up.
But since the recent B.E.S.T. price rise is steep, I think now rickshaw is a better transport than Bus.

I remember when the minimum bus fair was Rs 3 and BEST was then a very affordable transport than rickshaws.

I also clearly remember the Rs.20 daily pass along with Rs.500 monthly pass scheme that was a huge hit. Once a Rs.20 ticket was purchased nothing than B.E.S.T. bus would be the first site of the commuter.

B.E.S.T. recently had a steep price rise which drilled a large hole in the pocket of daily commuters. Travelling by B.E.S.T. was never a more costly affair than now. Recent travel from College in Versova to Andheri station has led me to think that whether travelling by rickshaw has more benefits than B.E.S.T. buses.

Why B.E.S.T. bus is not a good option now.

Recent price rise by B.E.S.T. is very high. It is more for longer distances.

Buses are over crowded many a times. So it becomes very uncomfortable standing for long distances. The passage way gets crowded and get splits in to 2 lines or sometimes 3 with a conductor moving here and there squeezing his way to perform his duty.

Waiting time for bus is a major issue now. We have to stand at the bus stop in line for the bus. Also B.E.S.T. buses are late many a times due to traffic conditions in Mumbai. Once you miss a bus you have wasted 15-30 mins and the next bus will be more crowded.
Also you get a bus only at a bus stop. If the bus stop is fairly far from your house or work it will add to the walking time and more uncertainty of getting the bus.
I think the current reservation of one half row for ladies has caused more overcrowding than before. This is the main reason for over crowding in bus according to me (No offence.. My personal view).
Also current daily pass of 40 rs is not affordable scheme. I don't think 40 rupees can be easily recovered. also this requires you to purchase id for the the ticket.

Why I think Rickshaw is more affordable now.

Rickshaw are know for their high price but we will talk about it now.
Rickshaw can be known for their comfort level. Since it is open from all sides and the cool breeze coming is a great way to travel in Mumbai
Rickshaw are easily available. Their availability in areas where buses cant reach makes them a choice for elderly and handicapped. No requirement of waiting in line.
Rickshaw, since a private medium of travel, reach faster at the destination.
Also the current initiative by the government to replace all meters with electronic ones will result in lower cheating by rickshaw wallas.

Sharing a rickshaw makes it more affordable than the B.E.S.T. buses. For example travelling for Versova Four bungalows (From our college ) to Andheri Station takes 7 per head in B.E.S.T. Frequency of bus is 30 min.While travelling by rickshaw is 24-30. SO when 3 of our friends share a rickshaw it becomes very affordable looking at the time it saves and comfort it provides.

Well these are my opinion yours may differ feel free to express them in the comments.

China, The Future Space Leader?

2012-06-18T23:22:00.001+05:30

Space is a entity that every country dreams to capture. Majority of them do it for military purposes. Launching Military satellites and communications satellite becomes the first step and then comes near space and further space missions

Currently only USA can be considered as a Space power having developed its space technology a lot and only one to send man on moon. Although NASA ambition may be marred by recent cuts to it and no space shuttle to fly currently , but it has included private players to cope with it.{See : SpaceX}

China the new economic power seems to also bear the ambitious of becoming a major space power. China had done an unmanned space docking recently which was a major success to its ambition of making its own space station and becoming a more sophisticated player in space race

1st Chinese Woman in Space

China few days back launched its first women into orbit making it a monumental event for the country. This is a big achievement for China National Space Administration (CNSA). Liu Wang along with two other astronaut has been included in the Shenzhou-9 which is a
step two of "mock" space docking missions. Next step will be conducted in 2013. The event was televised and will surely inculcate pride in the Chinese peoples mind

Chinese Space Plans

As said earlier US space programme has slowed down and China though being a startup may seem to catchup with USA in near future. China is only Asian country to have human space abilities and third globally.
Chinese plans to have the space station ready by 2020 and send humans to both moon and mars.
Sun Laiyan, administrator of the China National Space Administration, said The first unscrewed Mars exploration program could take place between 2014–2033, followed by a crewed phase in 2040-2060.

USA doesn't support Chinese space program mainly because of the possibility of likely use of space technology for military purpose by allies of china and enemies of USA.

Indian Space Program

Indian space agency ISRO is the 6th largest in the world. ISRO known for its highly successful PSLV (having only one failure in 19 flights) planned first manned space mission in 2016. This will make it the 4th nation to have human space capabilities.

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Why Investing in Kamothe is a Good Decision

2012-06-16T19:52:00.000+05:30

On last Saturday I went to Mansarovar to get the rent from my room in Kamothe. As it is June black clouds surrounded the sky making the atmosphere cool. I was waiting on Mansarovar Station for my cousin as he was coming by train. As I was waiting on the platform I was enjoying the cool breeze coming from the undeveloped scenic mountain side of the platform. Workers were covering the newly installed train Indicators with Plastic to prevent them from damaging in rain.

Kamothe can be seen both as Investment Opportunity as Well as Good place to Stay. I had purchased a flat in Kamothe in Jan 2010 at Rs. 2400 psft. and if current pricing is seen I am in Profit!

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Kamothe a Property Investment Hub.

Main reason for massive price rise the Planned International Airport. Price have Sky rocketed after the news of the airport came and seem they would do so as the airport will be constructed and completed. It can be seen that the investment will pay of huge sum within next 10 years

CIDCO has even planned a metro rail project that has Kamothe as a Station

New Bus Stop have been created both on Mansarovar and Khandeshwar Station so that NMMT buses can ply in future adding to the public transportation of the area.

Kamothe A Nice Place to Stay

Kamothe is very close to Mumbai Pune Expressway. This makes Kamothe well connected. If you want to visit or go to any place in Maharashtra it is very convenient. Majority of Maharashtrians will find this useful as many a times they visit their native places.

Kamothe is serviced by both Khandeshwar and Mansarovar Station. And both Stations are at Walkable distances. So that people can choose the one nearby to their home. Mansarovar is approximately 30 mins away from Kurla Station

Infrastructure is planned to accommodate large population influx in the area. There is huge construction activity going on Kamothe. Also large number of buyers flock here daily to invest their money. This also has given rise to a large number of Real Estate Agents operating in the area. Also you can skip the agent and directly contact the builder if you want.

Roads in Kamothe are Wide and Well planned, a feature of a planned city. Trees on the both sides of road make walking a pleasant experience and also enhance the scenery of the area.

Currently a large number of auto rickshaws aid in commuter transport from station to major location in Kamothe. Rickshaws provide employment to the locals.

Kamothe currently has offices of all major banks making it an added advantage.

As Kamothe was previously a village a large number of temples can be found here. People here are very friendly. Major festivals are celebrated with enthusiasm here.

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2012-06-16T12:38:00.001+05:30

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Nokia : A Sinking Ship

2012-06-14T22:24:00.001+05:30

Nokia, the name synonymous with mobile phones and the worlds largest cellphone vendor of cellphone from 1998 to 2012. Nokia's reign at the topmost position for 14 years was recently snacthed by Samsung. Samsung a underdog earlier became the worlds largest cellphone vendor with the help of Android.

Stephen Elop CEO Nokia

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Nokia changed its CEO and Stephen Elop took over Nokia in 2010. Stephen Elop came in the news when the strong worded Burning Platform letter was leaked over the Internet. Burning oil platform referred to Symbian as the platform that was burning and the only way was to burn with it or to jump in the sea and perish. The letter also clearly mentioned that Symbian didn't have enough power and ammunition to compete with the more advanced iOS and Android And a Strong change in Strategy was necessary to once again become the leader.

Struggle to get Back to Power

In order to get back to profits and a increase market share first step Nokia took was to put an end to Symbian. Symbian will be last shipped with Nokia N97.
Nokia entered in to a Partnership with Windows as it Primary OS. This Partnership with Microsoft is the major step that Nokia thinks will take it back to the top position.
Lumia the result of Partnership is a newline of Smart phones from Nokia. Although the sales figures were not satisfactory still there is a hope that Profits will ring in as the market is flooded with improved devices.

Cost Saving Measures.

Recent Press Releases by Nokia Indicate following things :

In an attempt to save cash Nokia announced the end to 10000 jobs by 2013.
Top management changes have been done. [Press Release]
Nokia will sell its Vertu Brand of Luxury phones. Nokia will retain a 10% minority stake. [Press Release]

LinkedIn's more than 6 million Passwords Breached

2012-06-08T13:56:00.001+05:30

Last major hack that I remember was that of PlayStation hack in which accounts of over 77 million users were compromised. Also credit card data was stolen. Sony shut down is network as a precaution to investigate the attack, this also caused major disappointment among its PlayStation gamers base.

Recent attack on Linked in is as a major security disaster.

Internet is major aid in finding jobs easily and many good sites provide users to easily get a job; Naukri and Monster are one of the popular sites.
LinkedIn is a new way where job seekers can connect with similar fields people and Employers to get the correct job.
LinkedIn allows it users to create a professional profile.

LinkedIn reported recently that over 6 million passwords were stolen by hackers and posted online. LinkedIn initially reported the password leak via a blog . As a security measure all the password have been reset and LinkedIn will contact with its users via email.

Main issue with hacking of use account is that many users have the same password for all of their Internet accounts. If the hacker gains access to Primary email account of a user than he can get access to all his other accounts too.

Having different password for different accounts is a good procedure and users can use two step authentication one via mobile phone to save their account from being hacked.

It is very important for social networking sites to improvise their security apparatus.
Focusing on the users security should the numero one priority of Social networking Sites
Social Networking users share their private and confidential data on site. This data can be used for blackmailing users and harassing other users and posses a grave security concerns.
LinkedIn should implement best security practises to protect its data.

This is also a lesson for other social networking sites.

Safe House 2012 Movie Review

2012-06-07T17:46:00.002+05:30

Tobin Frost:
They're going to put their arm around you and tell you things like,
"You did a decent job, son. We'll take it from here."
That's when you know you're screwed.

Safe House directed by Daniel Espinosa shows a low level CIA Agent agent Matthew Weston ( Ryan Reynolds ) trying to take custody of another dangerous ex-CIA agent Tobin Frost (Denzel Washington ) in Cape Town South Africa.

Weston is assigned a job of staying undercover and operating a safe house in Cape Town by the CIA.
Weston becomes restless as there is no activity since a year.

Frost purchases a Important file and is attacked by unknown agents. He hands himself over at the US consulate in Cape Town in order to escape them.
Frost now needs to get out of US custody.
CIA Sends in a team to take Frost to Weston's safe house and interrogate him and take him back to USA. But the Safe House is attacked and it is the responsibility of keeping Frost under custody is on Weston.

And then its all about high rank officials in CIA and other intelligence agencies abusing their power to hide their crimes and trying to frame a good person bad.

As in any CIA or Intelligence agency related movie, we have great car chases on crowded roads, gun fights and fists fights are shown to the every detail.
Many of dialogues are familiar as they have been heard previously like "I want all information against him on Screen 1"
Also as movie progresses you begin to what the end will be.

In spite of the plot being familiar the pace of the movie and the music keeps you engaged.

Denzel Washington is great actor I loved his performance here as well as in American Gangster and Unstoppable
Ryan Reynolds has done his part well as he had done it in Green Lantern
Streets of Cape Town are captured nicely in the car chases.

Nice movie to spend a afternoon on!

Safe House on IMDB

Use CCleaner to Clean your Computer

2012-06-06T19:21:00.001+05:30

Using computer constantly results in a creation of large number of unwanted temporary files. These files take up space on our hard disk and many of these are present in location that we cannot remove or manual removal may lead to instability by accidentally removing useful system files

That's where CCleaner comes in to play

CCleaner developed by Piriform can be used to remove these temporary files.

Performing cleaning operation at least once in week can help you to regain substantial amount of disk space

When I perform the cleaning operation I gain about 1 -2 GB of space.

CCleaner can be used to remove temporary files created by majority of browsers and other Windows applications.
It allows user to remove Auto complete suggestion in Windows 7 search and the Thumbnail cache that may have taken large amount of space.
CCleaner allows user to fix the registry majority of them left due to incomplete un-installations

Other tools are Uninstalling of Software, remove programs from start up of windows, Monitoring scheduled task and removing them, Restoring system to a previous point and Wiping Hard Disk.

CCleaner is all in one tool for fixing and cleaning your system.

Download CCleaner from here.
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Eagerly Waiting for Mumbai Monsoon

2012-06-05T17:45:00.001+05:30

I do like summer season but recently the summers are getting hotter and hotter and that really makes me go crazy! And this summer we also had the water cuts for one day ( ya in Mumbai!!). So this time i am waiting badly for the rains.
And after such a hot summer who wouldn't want to get wet in the rains.

Last year me and my friends enjoyed playing football in the college ground getting all dirty in mud. I am really going to miss those days
We used to roam in the rains every place we could go.
One of the best destination to visit in the rains in Tungareshwar near Vasai. The beauty of the nature all wet in the rain is a comfort to the eyes that you cannot miss.
Also ask any Mumbaikar the joy of eating hot mouth watering Samosa in the rain, its unmatched.
Rainbows Sightings are rare in Mumbai but still catching at least one glimpse of a rainbow in on my wishlist for this rainy season.
Constant roaming in the rain will surely make me catch cold and I would have to sit at home, but enjoying hot coffee and looking out of the window watching rain drops splash of the ground and the earth giving out a sweet fragnance will make it up for my stay at my home.

So after a super hot summer I am waiting for the rainsss!!

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Software Project Management May 2012 Question Paper

2012-06-04T22:35:00.003+05:30

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Robotics And Machine Intelligence May 2012 Question Paper

2012-06-04T22:34:00.002+05:30

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Web Shifting to .anyDomainName

2012-06-04T13:30:00.001+05:30

When I was first introduced to Internet in 2004, Computers meant Microsoft Windows and only way to open a webpage was by using Internet Explorer. IE was the default browser that came bundled with Windows. To Open a webpage in IE we had to type the enitre name of the site as it is (just like coding) for eg www.yahoo.com. Any mistake in the url could lead you to a page not found exception. This process also required us to remember complex names like www.mazagondock.gov.in

As I became for more accomplished with Internet it became easy to directly type the site name in Google search bar as Google returned appropriate serach result to the site (Also since google.com used to be the homepage in many cases!). Also as browsers developed modern browser offered the simplicity of enitering the name in the OMNIBAR (Search + Address bar ) which offered suggestion as typed and hence you could directly end up on the correct site. Hence the need to remember complex domain names was gone.

Currently we just have majority URL ending in .com or .org or a country specific URL extension like .in for India. But this is going to change and web will be flooded with new domain names.

ICANN will allow companies and organisation to choose any top level domain names they like. Currently only 22 top level domain (TLD) are available which include .com, .org, .net. After new gTLDs (Generic TLD) come in we will be able to have sites like www.myProduct.myCompanyName . Also these top level domain names can include any characters ie. regional characters will also be allowed making the site name more effective and more close to its real intention.

This will allow companies to increase their brand value on the Internet. As a company can have many products which may not have relation with each other it becomes imperative to have a website for each product.

Companies can now purchase a TLD and then create website that will have the company name as their extension. This will allow different products to have different website but still be linked to the owner company by its URL extension! This will allow the company to associate product and its brand name to be in customers memory just by its URL.

Google has applied for 50 TLD according to its official Google Blog which includes .google .youtube and .lol !! domains

UPDATED IMAGE TUTORIAL Hiding Files and Folders in Nokia X200 or any Nokia S40 phone

2012-06-03T00:04:00.000+05:30

It is Important that you read the entire tutorial here before going through the image. The tutorial will be of more use

Game Architecture and Programming May 2012 Question Paper

2012-06-02T15:45:00.002+05:30

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GAP MAY 2012

Information Storage Management and Disaster Recovery MAY 2012 Question Paper

2012-06-02T15:41:00.004+05:30

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ISMDR MAY 2012

Mega Block on Central Railway and Western Railway

2012-05-26T12:04:00.002+05:30

Mega Block on Central and Western Railway tomorrow i.e on 27 May 2012 Sunday

CENTRAL RAILWAY

Mega Block

Central Railway will operate Mega Block on its suburban sections for carrying out maintenance work on Sunday 27.5.2012: -

ON UP SLOW LINE BETWEEN KALYAN AND THANE STATIONS

FROM 11.00 AM TO 4.00 PM

All Up Slow/Semifast services leaving Kalyan from 10.25 am to 3.43 pm will be diverted on Up fast line between Kalyan and Mulund stations. Up slow services will not be available for Thakurli, Kopar, Diva, Mumbra, Kalwa stations.

Passengers are permitted to travel via Dombivli and Thane stations in Dn direction on their valid card/season tickets during the block period.

ON UP HARBOUR LINE BETWEEN KURLA AND CHHATRAPTI SHIVAJI TERMNINUS

& on UP AND DN HARBOUR LINES BETWEEN VADALA ROAD AND MAHIM STATIONS

FROM 11.00 AM TO 4.00 PM

All Dn Harbour line services leaving for Bandra/Andheri leaving Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus from 10.20 am to 4.04 pm and all Up harbour line services for Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus leaving Bandra/Andheri from 10.40 am to 3.45 pm will remain suspended.

All Up Harbour line services for Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus leaving Kurla from 10.43 am to 3.48 pm will run via main line on Up fast line upto Byculla and on Up slow line between Byculla and Chhatrpati Shivaji Terminus not halting at Currey Road and Chinchpokli stations.

Harbour line passengers for Bandra/Andheri are permitted to travel via main line and Western Railway on their valid card/season tickets from 10.00 am to 6.00 pm on 27.5.2012.

Passengers are requested to bear with the Railway Administration for the inconvenience caused.

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Date: May 25, 2012

This news comes to you from Public Relations Department, Central Railway, Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus Mumbai.

Traffic Block

TRAFFIC BLOCK BETWEEN TITWALA AND KALYAN on 27.5.2012

Central Railway will operate a traffic block on Up and Dn lines between Titwala-Kalyan from 10.45 am to 2.15 pm on 27.5.2012 in connection with launching of steel girders above railway tracks. A SHADOW BLOCK will also be operated between Titwala and Vasind from 11.15 am to 1.45 pm on 27.5.2012 for removal of OHE booms. Due to this block the repercussions to train services will be as under.

CANCELLATION OF EXPRESS TRAINS on 27.5.2012

12118 Manmad-LTT Exp and 12117 LTT-Manmad Exp

01035 CST-Nasik Road Special and 01036 Nasik Road-CST Special

RESCHEDULING OF TRAINS on 27.5.2012

11055 Gorakhpur Exp sch dep LTT at 10.55 am is rescheduled at 1.00 pm

12542 Gorakhpur Exp sch dep LTT at 11.10 am is rescheduled at 1.20 pm

12869 Howrah Exp sch dep CST at 11.05 am is rescheduled at 1.20 pm

11065 Darbhanga Exp sch dep LTT at 12.15 pm is rescheduled at 1.45 pm

11071 Varanasi Exp sch dep LTT at 12.40 pm is rescheduled at 2.05 pm

01019 Lucknow Special sch dep LTT at 1.20 pm is rescheduled at 3.00 pm

01701 Jabalpur Special sch dep CST at 1.30 pm is rescheduled at 4.40 pm

REGULATION & SHORT TERMINATION OF TRAINS on 27.5.2012

Mail/Express trains arriving Mumbai area during the block period will suitably be regulated at Khadavli-Igatpuri section and at Dativali and arrive behind schedule by 1 to 3 hrs. 11094 Varanasi-Mumbai Mahanagari Express will be terminated at Dadar at 4.15 pm and 12142 Rajendranagar-Mumbai Express will be terminated at Dadar at 4.45 pm.

SUSPENSION OF SUBURBAN SERVICES on 27.5.2012

Dn suburban services towards Titwala/Asangaon/Kasara leaving CST from 9.20 am to 12.58 pm will remain suspended

Up suburban services from Titwala/Asangaon/Kasara leaving Titwala from 10.42 am to 2.00 pm will remain suspended.

Passengers are requested to bear with the Railway Administration for the inconvenience caused by this block.

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Date: May 25, 2012

This news comes to you from the Public Relations Department, Central Railway, Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus Mumbai.

Western Railway

Jumbo Block

JUMBO BLOCK BETWEEN SANTACRUZ AND GOREGAON STATIONS

To carry out maintenance work of track, signalling & overhead equipments, five hours jumbo block will be taken between Santacruz and Goregaon stations from 11.00 hrs to 16.00 hrs on Sunday i.e 27th May, 2012 on Up & Down local i.e slow lines.

During the block period, all Up & Down local line trains will run on through (i.e. fast) lines between Santacruz and Goregaon stations. All Up and Down 12 car slow trains will take double halt at Vile Parle PF 3/4 on the fast lines. Due to the block, some trains will remain cancelled.

Detailed information to this effect is available with concerned Station Masters. Passengers are requested to take note of the above arrangements.

Maharashtra HSC Result

2012-05-25T11:55:00.001+05:30

HSC Examination Result 2012 will be announced today at 1:00 pm. This results can be checked at Maharshtra Boards Site. All the best for all the students

MAHARASHTRA EXAMINATION RESULTS

The results of other boards can be found here. :-

Click on the Relevant Board Link for your results

CA Exam Results

CBSE Exam Results

Goa Examination Results

Jharkhand Academic Council

Karnataka Examination Results

Kerala Examination Results

Manipur Examination Results

Meghalaya Board Examination Results

Rajasthan Board Examination Results

Tamil Nadu Board Examination Results

Chhattisgarh Board Of Secondary Education

These links were taken from http://results.nic.in.

Stay updated with the new announcement of results here or http://results.nic.in

Interactive Google Doodle features Moog Synthesizer.

2012-05-23T07:10:00.000+05:30

Today Google celebrates Robert Arthur "Bob" Moog's 78th birthday.

Robert Arthur "Bob" Moog founder of Moog Music, was an American pioneer of electronic music, best known as the inventor of the Moog synthesizer.From Wikipedia

Wikipedia: Robert Moog

Google has created a Moog Synthesizer doodle which is very interactive. It has a large number of controls to modify the sound output in all possible ways. The Synthesizer can be played by using mouse or keyboard. At the right of the instrument is recording device. When you press the record button and play the synthesizer recording will start. You can then stop the recording and listen to the tune you created using the Moog Synthesizer. This recording can be shared on Google+ and via a link given to listen to you recording.
A large number of options are given on the top which spell GOOGLE. These dials are interactive and can be varied to tune your music.
This Google Doodle will be in the list of my favorite Google doodles.

SKYFALL Teaser is awesome

2012-05-22T06:50:00.001+05:30

Will Samsung beat Nokia in India

2012-05-20T16:57:00.000+05:30

In India back in 2006 when I was purchasing my first phone I asked many people about which phone to purchase and there was only one reply Nokia. I compared many phones of those time and found a Motorola phone that provided much more features than Nokia at the same price but still people didnt bother to explore alternatives to Nokia. Be it a person who wanted to purchase a low budget Nokia s40 device or a fat pocket who wanted to purchase a phone with high end features and a s60 software, everyone wanted Nokia. Nokia had built is reputation in India by providing the best hardware possible for its phones. Nokia phones could bear all possible abuse and still perform for years this made it the first choice back then.

Nokia didn't developed is Software just the hardware, high end camera finished looks that's it. Even at Rs.15000 you could only get a S40 or a S60. Apple when manufactured iPhone that's when the downfall of Nokia had begun. With Apple offering the best experience on iPhone many smartphone user started to shift to iPhone. Second blow to Nokia came with Android. Google's Android went to Motorola Samsung HTC and LG, and suddenly the market was filled with high quality Smartphone that Nokia couldn't think of beating with its Outdated Symbian.

As Samsung came to the top worldwide same trend happened in India. Many people started to buy Samsung Smart phones. Also Nokia's competitors introduced low cost phones. Low cost phones with dual sim, mp3 players and camera had started to take away Nokia's low cost market.

Although Nokia has now partnered with Microsoft , still the competition is tough from Samsung And it may not be long when Samsung will beat Nokia in India too.

How To place a Smaller Time on Nokia X2 Home Screen [ STEP by STEP guide with IMAGES ]

2012-05-13T10:37:00.003+05:30

Nokia X2 is a awesome phone, but there are a few quirks in it.

Also the icons are quite big in the homescreen.
I am going to show you how to fix the big time display on the homescreen and replace it with a Nice Small Snappier time on the top right hand corner

There are two methods to fix the intimidating time and date from the display of Nokia X2
1. Remove the time and date completely
2. Make the time small and place it on the right hand corner

1. Removing the time and date completely from the display of Nokia X2
Step 1: Go to Menu > Settings

Step 2: Go to Date and Time

Step 3: Go to Date and Time Format

Step 4: Go to Date

Step 5: Make Clock HIDDEN

Step 6:Similarly do it for Date

THATS IT,

But one drawback is that you cannot see the time now. This is fixed by a BETTER method 2

2. Make the time on the display of Nokia X2 small and place it on the right hand corner

Step 1.Go to Setting > Display

Step 2.Go to Home Screen

Step 3.Change Home Screen Mode and Set it ON

Step 4.Now Go to Personalize view

Step 5.Personalize it as I have done it

Step 6.Home Screen Key. Set it to Navig. UP and Down

Step 7.Choose Home Scr. Font Col.

Step 8.Go to Settings> MY Shortcut

Step 9.Set Right Selection Key to Names

Step 10.THATS IT

Step 11. Another advantage of this method is that u can set temporary NOTES for yourself that are ALWAYS visible

Link Roundup

2012-05-10T00:15:00.000+05:30

Microsoft: 50,000+ iPhones, Androids smoked since CES
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-57430198-71/microsoft-50000-iphones-androids-smoked-since-ces/

Nokia partners Airtel, Vodafone for content billing
http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/industry-and-economy/info-tech/article3401054.ece

Google Faces Antitrust Inquiry In India
http://www.informationweek.com/news/government/policy/232901564

Airtel launches 4G services in Bangalore
http://www.dnaindia.com/bangalore/report_airtel-launches-4g-services-in-bangalore_1686014

Google Launches India App Vault
http://www.stocksandshares.tv/google-launches-india-app-vault/32020565

Check out cheapest Android ICS tablets in India
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/hardware/check-out-cheapest-android-ics-tablets-in-india/articleshow/13062573.cms