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Kepler-22b -- An Earth Like Planet Discovered by NASA

vviek_meraindia@yahoo.co.in (Vivekanandan Manokaran) — Wed, 7 Dec 2011 21:17:00 +0530

The most Earth-like planet ever discovered is circling a star 600 light years away, a key finding in an ongoing quest to learn if life exists beyond Earth, scientists said on Monday.
The planet, called Kepler-22b, joins a list of more than 500 planets found to orbit stars beyond our solar system. It is the smallest and the best positioned to have liquid water on its surface -- among the ingredients necessary for life on Earth.

"We are homing in on the true Earth-sized, habitable planets," said San Jose State University astronomer Natalie Batalha, deputy science team lead for NASA's Kepler Space Telescope that discovered the star.
The telescope, which was launched three years ago, is staring at about 150,000 stars in the constellations Cygnus and Lyra, looking for faint and periodic dimming as any circling planets pass by, relative to Kepler's line of sight.

Results will be extrapolated to determine the percentage of stars in the Milky Way galaxy that harbor potentially habitable, Earth-size planets.
This is the first detection of a potentially habitable world orbiting a Sun-like star, scientists reported in findings to be published in The Astrophysical Journal.

Kepler-22b is 600 light years away. A light year is the distance light travels in a year, about 6 trillion miles (10 trillion km).

GROUND TELESCOPES
Planets about the same distance from their parent stars as Earth take roughly a year to complete an orbit. Scientists want to see at least three transits to be able to rule out other explanations for fluctuations in a star's light, such as small companion stars. Results also are verified by ground and other space telescopes.
Kepler-22b, which is about 2.4 times the radius of Earth, sits squarely in its star's so-called "habitable zone," the region where liquid water could exist on the surface. Follow-up studies are under way to determine if the planet is solid, like Earth, or more gaseous like Neptune.

"We don't know anything about the planets between Earth-size and Neptune-size because in our solar system we have no examples of such planets. We don't know what fraction are going to be rocky, what fraction are going to be water worlds, what fraction are ice worlds. We have no idea until we measure one and see," Batalha said at a news conference at NASA Ames Research Center in Moffet Field, California.
If Kepler-22b has a surface and a cushion of atmosphere similar to Earth's, it would be about 72 degrees Fahrenheit (22 C), about the same as a spring day in Earth's temperate zone.
Among the 2,326 candidate planets found by the Kepler team, 10 are roughly Earth-size and reside in their host stars' habitable zones.

Another team of privately funded astronomers is scanning the target stars for non-naturally occurring radio signals, part of a project known as SETI, or the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence.
"As soon as we find a different, a separate, an independent example of life somewhere else, we're going to know that it's ubiquitous throughout the universe," said astronomer Jill Tarter, director of the SETI Institute in Mountain View.

The Kepler team is meeting for its first science conference this week.

Dr.Devi Shetty's Advice To Software Engineers

vviek_meraindia@yahoo.co.in (Vivekanandan Manokaran) — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 18:18:00 +0530

A chat with Dr.Devi Shetty, Narayana Hrudayalaya(Heart Specialist) Bangalore was arranged by WIPRO for its employees The transcript of the chat is given below. Useful for everyone.

Q: What are the thumb rules for a layman to take care of his heart?
Ans:
1. Diet - Less of carbohydrate, more of protein, less oil
2. Exercise - Half an hour's walk, at least five days a week; avoid lifts and avoid sitting for a longtime
3. Quit smoking
4. Control weight
5. Control blood pressure and sugar

Q: Is eating non-veg food (fish) good for the heart?
Ans: No

Q: It's still a grave shock to hear that some apparently healthy person gets a cardiac arrest. How do we understand it in perspective?
Ans: This is called silent attack; that is why we recommend everyone past the age of 30 to undergo routine health checkups.

Q: Are heart diseases hereditary?
Ans: Yes

Q: What are the ways in which the heart is stressed? What practices do you suggest to de-stress?
Ans: Change your attitude towards life. Do not look for perfection in everything in life.

Q: Is walking better than jogging or is more intensive exercise required to keep a healthy heart?
Ans: Walking is better than jogging since jogging leads to early fatigue and injury to joints

Q: You have done so much for the poor and needy. What has inspired you to do so?
Ans: Mother Theresa , who was my patient.

Q: Can people with low blood pressure suffer heart diseases?
Ans: Extremely rare.

Q: Does cholesterol accumulates right from an early age (I'm currently only 22) or do you have to worry about it only after you are above 30 years of age?
Ans: Cholesterol accumulates from childhood.

Q: How do irregular eating habits affect the heart ?
Ans: You tend to eat junk food when the habits are irregular and your body's enzyme release for digestion gets confused.

Q: How can I control cholesterol content without using medicines?
Ans: Control diet, walk and eat walnut.

Q: Which is the best and worst food for the heart?
Ans: Fruits and vegetables are the best and the worst is oil.

Q: Which oil is better - groundnut, sunflower, olive?
Ans: All oils are bad .

Q: What is the routine checkup one should go through? Is there any specific test?
Ans: Routine blood test to ensure sugar, cholesterol is ok. Check BP, Treadmill test after an echo.

Q: What are the first aid steps to be taken on a heart attack?
Ans: Help the person into a sleeping position , place an aspirin tablet under the tongue with a sorbitrate tablet if available, and rush him to a coronary care unit since the maximum casualty takes place within the first hour.

Q: How do you differentiate between pain caused by a heart attack and that caused due to gastric trouble?
Ans: Extremely difficult without ECG.

Q: What is the main cause of a steep increase in heart problems amongst youngsters? I see people of about 30-40 yrs of age having heart attacks and serious heart problems.
Ans: Increased awareness has increased incidents. Also, sedentary lifestyles, smoking, junk food, lack of exercise in a country where people are genetically three times more vulnerable for heart attacks than Europeans and Americans.

Q: Is it possible for a person to have BP outside the normal range of 120/80 and yet be perfectly healthy?
Ans: Yes.

Q: Marriages within close relatives can lead to heart problems for the child. Is it true?
Ans: Yes, co-sanguinity leads to congenital abnormalities and you may not have a software engineer as a child

Q: Many of us have an irregular daily routine and many a times we have to stay late nights in office. Does this affect our heart ? What precautions would you recommend?
Ans: When you are young, nature protects you against all these irregularities. However, as you grow older, respect the biological clock.

Q: Will taking anti-hypertensive drugs cause some other complications (short / long term)?
Ans: Yes, most drugs have some side effects. However, modern anti-hypertensive drugs are extremely safe.

Q: Will consuming more coffee/tea lead to heart attacks?
Ans: No.

Q: Are asthma patients more prone to heart disease?
Ans : No.

Q: How would you define junk food?
Ans : Fried food like Kentucky , McDonalds , samosas, and even masala dosas.

Q: You mentioned that Indians are three times more vulnerable. What is the reason for this, as Europeans and Americans also eat a lot of junk food?
Ans: Every race is vulnerable to some disease and unfortunately, Indians are vulnerable for the most expensive disease.

Q: Does consuming bananas help reduce hypertension?
Ans : No.

Q: Can a person help himself during a heart attack (Because we see a lot of forwarded emails on this)?
Ans : Yes. Lie down comfortably and put an aspirin tablet of any description under the tongue and ask someone to take you to the nearest coronary care unit without any delay and do not wait for the ambulance since most of the time, the ambulance does not turn up.

Q: Do, in any way, low white blood cells and low hemoglobin count lead to heart problems?
Ans : No. But it is ideal to have normal hemoglobin level to increase your exercise capacity.

Q: Sometimes, due to the hectic schedule we are not able to exercise. So, does walking while doing daily chores at home or climbing the stairs in the house, work as a substitute for exercise?
Ans : Certainly. Avoid sitting continuously for more than half an hour and even the act of getting out of the
chair and going to another chair and sitting helps a lot.

Q: Is there a relation between heart problems and blood sugar?
Ans: Yes. A strong relationship since diabetics are more vulnerable to heart attacks than non-diabetics.

Q: What are the things one needs to take care of after a heart operation?
Ans : Diet, exercise, drugs on time , Control cho lesterol, BP, weight.

Q: Are people working on night shifts more vulnerable to heart disease when compared to day shift workers?
Ans : No.

Q: What are the modern anti-hypertensive drugs?
Ans : There are hundreds of drugs and your doctor will chose the right combination for your problem, but my suggestion is to avoid the drugs and go for natural ways of controlling blood pressure by walk, diet to
reduce weight and changing attitudes towards lifestyles.

Q: Does dispirin or similar headache pills increase the risk of heart attacks?
Ans : No.

Q: Why is the rate of heart attacks more in men than in women?
Ans : Nature protects women till the age of 45. (Present Global census show that the Percentage of heart disease in women has increased than in men )

Q: How can one keep the heart in a good condition?
Ans : Eat a healthy diet, avoid junk food, exercise everyday, do not smoke and, go for health checkup s if you are past the age of 30 ( once in six months recommended) ....

How To Tie Up Your Shoes : Idea Explained And Demonstrated by a TED Speaker

vviek_meraindia@yahoo.co.in (Vivekanandan Manokaran) — Sun, 29 May 2011 14:33:00 +0530

Terry Moore found out he'd been tying his shoes the wrong way his whole life. In the spirit of TED, he takes the stage to share a better way. (Historical note: This was the very first 3-minute audience talk given from the TED stage, in 2005.)
How To Tie A Shoe - Idea by a TED Speaker

About Speaker:

Terry Moore directs the Radius Foundation in New York, which, as its website says, "seeks new ways of exploring and understanding dissimilar conceptual systems or paradigms -- scientific, religious, philosophical, and aesthetic -- with the aim to find a world view of more complete insight and innovation. The Radius Foundation is a forum for different views."

The foundation has published several works that examine the intersection of religion and metaphysics with science and social action.

Everytime When I Get Home A VANILLA Ice Cream, My Car Do Not Start !!!

vviek_meraindia@yahoo.co.in (Vivekanandan Manokaran) — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 17:24:00 +0530

This is a real story that happened between the customer of car company 'X' and its customer-care executive. A complaint was received by the Pontiac Division of the company 'X':

Every time when I get home a Vanilla flavored ice cream, my car do not start !!! And I don't know why ???

"This is the second time I have written to you, and I don't blame you for not answering me, because I sounded crazy, but it is a fact that we have a tradition in our family of ice cream for dessert after dinner each night. But the kind of ice cream varies, so every night, after we've eaten the whole family votes on which kind of ice cream we should have and I drive down to the store to get it."

It's also a fact that I recently purchased a new Pontiac and since then my trips to the store have created a problem. You see, every time I buy a vanilla ice cream, when I start back from the store my car won't start.

If I get any other kind of ice cream, the car starts just fine.
I want you to know I'm serious about this question, no matter how silly it sounds: "What is there about a Pontiac that makes it not start when I get vanilla ice cream, and easy to start whenever I get any other kind?"

          The Pontiac President was understandably skeptical about the letter, but sent an engineer to check it out anyway. The latter was surprised to be greeted by a successful, obviously well educated man in a fine neighborhood. He had arranged to meet the man just after dinnertime, so the two hopped into the car and drove to the ice cream store. It was vanilla ice cream that night and, sure enough, after they came back to the car, it wouldn't start.

          The engineer returned for three more nights. The first night, they got chocolate. The car started. The second night, he got strawberry. The car started. The third night he ordered vanilla. The car failed to start.

          Now the engineer, being a logical man, refused to believe that this man's car was allergic to vanilla ice cream. He arranged, therefore, to continue his visits for as long as it took to solve the problem. And towards this end he began to take notes, he jotted down all sorts of data: time of day, type of gas used, time to drive back and forth etc.

          In a short time, he had a clue: the man took less time to buy vanilla than any other flavor. Why? The answer was in the layout of the store. Vanilla, being the most popular flavor, was in a separate case at the front of the store for quick pickup. All the other flavors were kept in the back of the store at a different counter where it took considerably longer to check out the flavor. Now, the question for the engineer was why the car wouldn't start when it took less time. Once time became the problem and not the vanilla ice-cream, the engineer quickly came up with the answer: "Vapor lock". It was happening every night; but the extra time taken to get the other flavors allowed the engine to cool down sufficiently to start. When the man got vanilla, the engine was still too hot for the vapor lock to dissipate. And this gave rise to the study on the Flash point property of the fuel used and ways to standardize and control it.

Election Anthem 2011 by Hip Hop Tamizha !!!

vviek_meraindia@yahoo.co.in (Vivekanandan Manokaran) — Tue, 5 Apr 2011 23:39:00 +0530

Tamilnadu election fever is very high and hot campaigns are going on. And why all these people work for this particular election very hard. Any reason behind. Simple and single reason is for the betterment of the people. All these works are only for public who has got the complete authority to choose their next leader for the state. So are we ready for the election ??? Are we ready to vote for the right proper team who will lead our state and people with a great care and respect ??? If you don't have an answer for my question,the video below will inspire you to elect your right candidate.
Ezhuvoam Vaa - A Citizens Network Anthem for the Clean and Fair Elections Campaign 2011. by Hip Hop Tamizha

Vote for the leaders who will lead their nation to the glorification !!!

The slogan and the Pledge of the Citizen's Network would be

Make me a Promise - Do Not Sell My Future.Vote Right

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The official Anthem " Ezhuvoam Vaa" has been written ,composed and performed by Adhi of HipHop Tamizha. Supporting Vocals have been done by Siraj, Karthick Srinivas,Aakansha ,Neil Sebastian and Jennifer. The Team behind the logistics of the song along with the artists are Aswin ,Naresh ,Vignesh Subramanian and Jeeva.

Youth ExNoRa International has launched the "Clean and Fair Elections Campaign 2011" at Cuddalore on March 4th,2011. The aim of the campaign has been constituting the Citizen's Network by absorbing citizens from all walks of life , using a Cell Multiplying System by which each member will seek to enroll at least ten membersby explaining about the evils (corruption, caste-communal divisions and coercive politics) infesting the present electoral system and ways to intervene it, also stressing the importance of each and every citizen's right to exercise his/her right to vote.

A whistleblower you haven't heard - TEDxRotterdam !!!

vviek_meraindia@yahoo.co.in (Vivekanandan Manokaran) — Fri, 4 Mar 2011 23:23:00 +0530

At TEDxRotterdam, world champion whistler Geert Chatrou performs the whimsical "Eleonora" by A. Honhoff, and his own "Fête de la Belle." In a fascinating interlude, he talks about what brought him to the craft.
Whistle blower @ TEDxRotterdam

This is a beautiful wonderful TEDx talk that entertained me a lot. Hats off to TEDxRotterdam

Ananda Shankar Jayant during TEDIndia 2009 @ Mysore !!!

vviek_meraindia@yahoo.co.in (Vivekanandan Manokaran) — Fri, 4 Mar 2011 01:59:00 +0530

It was almost two years back, during 2009 TED came to India for TEDIndia Conference with a amazing lineup of speakers and performers. Favorite one of mine is the below performance by Ananda Shankar Jayant, a classical dancer who actually is affected by breast cancer. She danced to get out of her cancer. AnandaShankar fights cancer with dance She won her life battle and now she is well known all over the world. Here is the video from TED which shows her performance and talk. She is the one who started Shankarananda Kalakshetra.

This may be an old data, but still this talk influences me to write this blog spot. Some has extraordinary power within them, and this women, i think has the combined talent and spirit and determination of what the whole world has. According to Ananda Shankar Jayant, she earned her strength for struggling against the cancer through her dances. She did not feel that her career of dance got over but instead she continued her voyage and designed her future in a better manner that no one would have expected !!! Hats off to her and TED !!! The image below is the art that she drew out of her legs while dancing !!!

The pictures above shows you her struggle during her breast cancer treatment. One who sees these pictures will definitely get a enthusiasm to live his/her life overcoming all the worst difficulties.

Editor, Reporter and Publisher , at the age of 12 !!!

vviek_meraindia@yahoo.co.in (Vivekanandan Manokaran) — Sat, 15 Jan 2011 00:07:00 +0530

Allahabad: He is all of 12 years but Utkarsh Tripathi painstakingly brings out a handwritten newspaper every week to spread awareness among his peers on issues like the environment and female foeticide. And all this to satisfy his urge to "serve the country".

A Class 8 student of the Brij Bihari Sahai (BBS) Inter College in Allahabad, Utkarsh has been bringing out the newspaper Jagriti for the last one year. And for the four-page, black-and-white newspaper, Utkarsh not only dons the role of a reporter, editor and publisher, but also turns hawker for circulating the weekly.
Unlike other papers, readers of Jagriti don't have to spend a single penny -- Utkarsh distributes it free of cost.
"Yes, I manage it all alone. Right from gathering the content, its editing, publishing and ultimately distributing the copies to readers," Utkarsh, a resident of Khatju colony in Allahabad, told IANS. "I know, you would like to know how I publish the newspaper. First I prepare a handwritten copy of Jagriti and later take out copies at a photocopy shop in my locality... It's simple," he explained. Jagriti has about 150 readers belonging to varied age groups in Allahabad, some 200 km from the state capital Lucknow. "Children comprise the major chunk of Jagriti readers...my school friends, my seniors in school, teachers and also my neighbours," he said. According to Utkarsh's father Hari Prasad, who runs a coaching institute, his son has a flair for writing and wanted to serve the country in some way. "More than a year ago, he read an article on Indo-China relations in a Hindi daily. I don't know what came into his mind... After reading the article, he came to me and asked me to suggest a way he could serve the country," Prasad said. "At that time I wasn't sure how serious he was about the question... I said that joining the defence services was one of the best options to serve the country... To this, he said that he wanted to start serving the society from his school life itself. I then suggested why not work like a journalist and make people aware of their rights," he added. Utkarsh took the suggestion seriously and came up with Jagriti.

TEDxTirupur - Independently Organized TED event at Tirupur !!!

vviek_meraindia@yahoo.co.in (Vivekanandan Manokaran) — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 21:04:00 +0530

Tirupur is a city of business. Well known for vests and briefs and textile companies. It is one among the TOP TEN exporters in India. But there is something missing here. It is TED and social media awareness. This is my part as a native of Tirupur to host a TEDx event and willing to introduce some best things ever. And as a first step I obtained the License from TED to host a TEDx event @ Tirupur. And here it is ...
TEDxTirupur !!! Tirupur will experience TED soon !!!
So finally, to all those people, who doesn't know what TED, TEDx is ...???

In short about TEDx, TEDx are the independently organized TED events. People apply and obtain license from TED to host an event and on TED's license approval, they become the licensee of that particular TEDx event which is valid for 1 year. They may reapply for the next time too...
And such an independently organized event is TEDx Tirupur.

TEDxTirupur Website: http://www.TEDxTirupur.com
TEDxTirupur on Twitter: @TEDxTirupur
TEDxTirupur on Facebook: http://on.fb.me/fbTEDxTirupur

This is a students organized TEDx event. The details regarding the TEDxTirupur will be regularly updated on the web via any of the above ways.

Indian Made 3G Data Card For Rs. 1300

vviek_meraindia@yahoo.co.in (Vivekanandan Manokaran) — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 14:58:00 +0530

The 3G device market seems to be hotting up with the latest and cheapest offer from iWEBLEAF, a city based company launched by two young Oriyas, who just completed B.Tech from the Techno School under Biju Patnaik University of Technology (BPUT) this year.

They are all set to offer 3G data card (USB modem) at an unbelievable price tag of Rs. 1300 at least for the time being.

Chandrasekhar Panda and Saswat Swain have designed the first ever 3G technology-based data card that provides high speed internet at a very low cost. The Wi-Fi and 3G enabled data card is designed to work on the spectrum of any telecom operator providing high speed internet service all the time.

This invention is expected to be a major breakthrough in providing mobile broadband connectivity as the biggest challenge in the country to-day is to provide broadband in rural villages and remote areas of the country.

"Our goal is to drive a 'highway' of high-speed internet uniting 410 rural regions, where private telecom companies do not develop broadband internet infrastructure due to low demand.

By using only 3 to 4 data cards, an entire village with around 150 families can be provided internet connectivity with a net spending of just Rs 900 per month. Similarly, an urban user will get high speed internet at just Rs 99 per month," Saswat on Thursday told "The ET" while giving a demo of the new data card.

Interestingly, by using this data card, a person can get to view more than 150 television channels, free of cost without using any television tuner or additional gadgets. "The user can also switch to different networks within two days," he added.

The twin inventor's problem is that their innovation is yet to be recognized by the state government. "We are unable to go for commercial production of the device as it requires at least Rs two crores, which we just can't dream of. Currently we are talking with Future Group.

Several network operators have shown interest in buying the technology. But we want to bring this service for the common public for which we need the intervention of the state government. This project will create direct as well as indirect employment opportunity in the state. If the volume of this product is increased we can drastically reduce the product price to Rs. 900."

These young entrepreneurs have already written letters to the President, Prime Minister, Chief Minister but they are yet to get any positive response from the state apparatus.

Compared to market's average price of 3G data card Rs. 2500, iWEBLEAF's 3G data card which comes at half of that certainly will draw attention and lure more users to try high-speed wireless internet services on 3G network.

"Our iWEBLEAF 3G HSDPA Data Card can offer up to 7.2Mbps download speed (HSDPA) and 384kbps upload speed. It also supports 2G network – GPRS/EDGE. It comes with genuine IMEI number and a SIM card slot, to use with any GSM operator", Saswat added saying that it also has a microSD card slot to double the device as 4GB pen drive.

Currently it is supporting data/sms/call function with USB 2.0 interface and can be used on any Windows (200/XP/Vista/7), Mac and Linux system.

The device will autoinstall all required drivers and softwares, which includes a mobile TV application which offers 150+ channels, including three Odia channels, including the OTV, ETV and Naxatra TV free of cost without using any TV Tuner or any additional gadgets.

Evan Williams, On Listening To Twitter Users !!!

vviek_meraindia@yahoo.co.in (Vivekanandan Manokaran) — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 11:58:00 +0530

Evan Williams, the Co-Founder of Twitter Inc, on TED. His views after listening to a lot of Twitter users. He explains how twitter had its origin and how Twitter helps an user answering the question "What are you doing right now???!!!" to millions and millions of followers in a single second."I Kicked Mommy at 08:43PM on Thu, Dec 18!"
- A tweet by a baby

In the year leading up to this talk, the web tool Twitter exploded in size (up 10x during 2008 alone). Co-founder Evan Williams reveals that many of the ideas driving that growth came from unexpected uses invented by the users themselves.

Better Eye Health/Sight In This Digital World !!!

vviek_meraindia@yahoo.co.in (Vivekanandan Manokaran) — Sun, 28 Nov 2010 18:37:00 +0530

In the modern digital world, you obviously lose your health in many ways. Thru mobile phones, computers, iPad, iPhones and many more. . . You are certainly surrounded by harmful radiations that might provide you all type of helps to make your health worse. Especially your eyes are severely affected when you use your computers. In this digital world, we often spend almost 12 hours in computers. So there is huge percentage of probability to get your eyes affected. So please ensure that you keep your health optimized and organized. And here are few ways with which you can reduce the percentage of getting your eyes affected when you use your computers.

1. Customize Your Environment

You can adjust your environment when using digital devices to promote healthier eyes. If possible, use a large monitor or screen magnifier to reduce eye strain. Make sure your chair is close to your computer and you are sitting in a chair with adequate lower-back support. Position your chair so that you are comfortable.

Each person has a preference for his or her chair, so take some time to find what’s best for you. Making sure you’re comfortable before you start using a device will decrease the amount of stress you put on your eyes trying to find the best viewing angle.

2. Think About Lighting

For extended reading, change your monitor settings to a reflective lighting scheme. But don’t only think about your computer lighting.

Good room lighting isn’t just flattering. It’s also healthy for your eyes. So, keep bright lighting overhead to a minimum. Too much lighting overexposes and irritates the eyes, while too little causes the eyes to strain in order to see. Keep your desk lamp shining on your desk, not you. Try to keep window light off to the side, rather than in front or behind you. Use blinds and get a glare screen. Position the computer screen to reduce reflections from windows or overhead lights.

3. Adjust Your Reading Angle

Adjust the screen so you look at it slightly downward and are about 24 to 28 inches away. The center should be about 4 to 6 inches below your eyes. Also, make sure your screen is big enough and with just the right brightness and contrast so you’re not straining to see text or images clearly. Adjust the screen settings to where they are comfortable for you.

Video Courtesy: VSP Vision Care

4. Magnify Text on Screen

For those with permanently reduced vision, magnifying the text and images on your device will help you avoid straining your eyes from squinting. Almost every device can be adjusted to display larger text, and for those with compromised vision, this can make reading much easier.

5. Blink and Take Frequent Breaks

Devices are set up for virtually nonstop work — but you aren’t a machine. You need to take breaks to recharge, and so do your eyes. Use the “20-20-20 rule.” It’s easy to remember: every 20 minutes, take a 20-second break, and look at something 20 feet away. And don’t forget to blink! Blinking washes your eyes in naturally therapeutic tears. If you regularly wear glasses, also make sure you have proper lenses for the computer.

Follow the above tips, and you can enjoy your slick new technology without worrying about consequences to your eye health, productivity and overall peace of mind.

Facebook News Feeds Has Malwares

vviek_meraindia@yahoo.co.in (Vivekanandan Manokaran) — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 14:21:00 +0530

Are you a Facebook user?

Beware of Malwares !!!

          If you are an active Facebook user, then there is a good chance that you have been exposed to malware at least once as you trolled through your friends' news feeds. The recent statistics released by security firm BitDefender has claimed that approximately 20 percent of all news feeds on Facebook users led to malicious content, reports the BBC.

        The firm arrived at its figures after analysing data from 14,000 users who had installed its 'Safego' security app. In a month since its launch, BitDefender also analyzed 17 million posts on the social network. By clicking on infected links in a news feed, the users risk having viruses installed on their computer. The majority of infections were associated with apps written by independent developers, which promised enticements and rewards to trick users into installing the malware, BitDefender said.

       These apps would then either install malware used for spying on users or to send messages containing adverts to the users' contacts. Facebook has a thriving community of independent developers who have built apps for the social network. The vast majority enable users to tweak their Facebook pages, adding widgets, games or extra functions, such as delivering daily horoscope predictions.

Facebook said it already had steps in place to identify and remove malware-containing links. "Once we detect a phony message, we delete all instances of that message across the site," the site said in a statement.

Crooks have targeted social networks, such as Facebook and Twitter, because of their vast number of users, said Rik Ferguson, a security researcher for anti-virus maker 'Trend Micro'.

"Because social networks are based on a community of people you trust, they're an attractive target for malware writers," he said.

"Because social networks are based on a community of people you trust, they're an attractive target for malware writers," he said.

"You're more likely to click on a link from someone you trust," Ferguson added.

Sharing Is SEXY !!!

vviek_meraindia@yahoo.co.in (Vivekanandan Manokaran) — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 14:52:00 +0530

Everyone of us blog to share our content with others. While doing so, we provide our readers the best comfortable ways so that they share our contents with others easily. You might have seen such a way of sharing widget. It is widely known as SHARING IS SEXY. The widget is nothing but consists of wide variety of social media and bookmarking sites icons that when mouse hovered raises up... The picture below is an example. And this is a small tutorial about adding the widget to each and every blog post that you do. (Only for Blogger)

Sign in to your blogger dashboard. Go to LAYOUT ---> HTML
Do not forget to check the EXPAND WIDGET TEMPLATES option.

Now find ]]></b:skin>
Below the above code,

<style type='text/css'>

div.sexy-bookmarks {

height:54px;

background:url('http://youraddress.com/folder/sharingsexy.png') no-repeat left bottom;

position:relative;

width:540px;

}

div.sexy-bookmarks span.sexy-rightside {

width:17px;

height:54px;

background:url('http://youraddress.com/folder/sharingsexy.png') no-repeat right bottom;

position:absolute;

right:-17px;

}

div.sexy-bookmarks ul.socials {

margin:0 !important;

padding:0 !important;

position:absolute;

bottom:0;

left:10px;

}

div.sexy-bookmarks ul.socials li {

display:inline-block !important;

float:left !important;

list-style-type:none !important;

margin:0 !important;

height:29px !important;

width:48px !important;

cursor:pointer !important;

padding:0 !important;

}

div.sexy-bookmarks ul.socials a {

display:block !important;

width:48px !important;

height:29px !important;

font-size:0 !important;

color:transparent !important;

}

.sexy-furl, .sexy-furl:hover, .sexy-digg, .sexy-digg:hover, .sexy-reddit, .sexy-reddit:hover, .sexy-stumble, .sexy-stumble:hover, .sexy-delicious, .sexy-delicious:hover, .sexy-yahoo, .sexy-yahoo:hover, .sexy-blinklist, .sexy-blinklist:hover, .sexy-technorati, .sexy-technorati:hover, .sexy-facebook, .sexy-facebook:hover, .sexy-twitter, .sexy-twitter:hover, .sexy-myspace, .sexy-myspace:hover, .sexy-mixx, .sexy-mixx:hover, .sexy-script-style, .sexy-script-style:hover, .sexy-designfloat, .sexy-designfloat:hover, .sexy-syndicate, .sexy-syndicate:hover, .sexy-email, .sexy-email:hover {

background:url('http://youraddress.com/folder/sexysprite.png') no-repeat !important;

}

.sexy-furl {

background-position:-300px top !important;

}

.sexy-furl:hover {

background-position:-300px bottom !important;

}

.sexy-digg {

background-position:-500px top !important;

}

.sexy-digg:hover {

background-position:-500px bottom !important;

}

.sexy-reddit {

background-position:-100px top !important;

}

.sexy-reddit:hover {

background-position:-100px bottom !important;

}

.sexy-stumble {

background-position:-50px top !important;

}

.sexy-stumble:hover {

background-position:-50px bottom !important;

}

.sexy-delicious {

background-position:left top !important;

}

.sexy-delicious:hover {

background-position:left bottom !important;

}

.sexy-yahoo {

background-position:-650px top !important;

}

.sexy-yahoo:hover {

background-position:-650px bottom !important;

}

.sexy-blinklist {

background-position:-600px top !important;

}

.sexy-blinklist:hover {

background-position:-600px bottom !important;

}

.sexy-technorati {

background-position:-700px top !important;

}

.sexy-technorati:hover {

background-position:-700px bottom !important;

}

.sexy-myspace {

background-position:-200px top !important;

}

.sexy-myspace:hover {

background-position:-200px bottom !important;

}

.sexy-twitter {

background-position:-350px top !important;

}

.sexy-twitter:hover {

background-position:-350px bottom !important;

}

.sexy-facebook {

background-position:-450px top !important;

}

.sexy-facebook:hover {

background-position:-450px bottom !important;

}

.sexy-mixx {

background-position:-250px top !important;

}

.sexy-mixx:hover {

background-position:-250px bottom !important;

}

.sexy-script-style {

background-position:-400px top !important;

}

.sexy-script-style:hover {

background-position:-400px bottom !important;

}

.sexy-designfloat {

background-position:-550px top !important;

}

.sexy-designfloat:hover {

background-position:-550px bottom !important;

}

.sexy-syndicate {

background-position:-150px top !important;

}

.sexy-syndicate:hover {

background-position:-150px bottom !important;

}

.sexy-email {

background-position:-753px top !important;

}

.sexy-email:hover {

background-position:-753px bottom !important;

}

</style>

And now find this code,

<data:post.body/>

And below that paste this,

<div class='sexy-bookmarks'>

<ul class='socials'>

<li class='sexy-delicious'><a expr:href='"http://del.icio.us/post?url=" + data:post.url + "&title=" + data:post.title' target='_blank'/></li>

<li class='sexy-digg'><a expr:href='" http://digg.com/submit?url=" + data:post.url + "&title=" + data:post.title' target='_blank'/></li>

<li class='sexy-technorati'><a expr:href='" http://technorati.com/faves?add=" + data:post.url + "&title=" + data:post.title' target='_blank'/></li>

<li class='sexy-reddit'><a expr:href='" http://www.reddit.com/submit?url=" + data:post.url + "&title=" + data:post.title' target='_blank'/></li>

<li class='sexy-stumble'><a expr:href='" http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?url=" + data:post.url + "&title=" + data:post.title' target='_blank'/></li>

<li class='sexy-designfloat'><a expr:href='"http://www.designfloat.com/submit.php?url=" + data:post.url + "&title=" + data:post.title' target='_blank'/></li>

<li class='sexy-facebook'><a expr:href='" http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=" + data:post.url + "&title=" + data:post.title' target='_blank'/></li>

<li class='sexy-twitter'><a expr:href='" http://twitthis.com/twit?url=" + data:post.url + "&title=" + data:post.title' target='_blank'/></li>

<li class='sexy-furl'><a expr:href='" http://www.furl.net/storeIt.jsp?u=" + data:post.url + "&title=" + data:post.title' target='_blank'/></li>

<li class='sexy-syndicate'><a href='http://feeds2.feedburner.com/YOUR-FEEDBURNER-ID' title='Subscribe to RSS'/></li>

<li class='sexy-email'><a expr:href='" mailto:?subject=" + data:post.url + "&title=" + data:post.title' target='_blank'/></li>

</ul>

<span class='sexy-rightside'/></div>

Do not forget to change the FEEDBURNER ID with your feedburner id.

Get your images here
And this is how you get the SHARING IS SEXY widget.

A Heartfelt Sorry To My Readers & My Subscribers ...

vviek_meraindia@yahoo.co.in (Vivekanandan Manokaran) — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 19:06:00 +0530

This is my hard time ever I had in my life. There were situations that troubled me a lot, but nothing was to this extent. Those things made me to be away from the world of international network for few 10 days. I was not able to update any of my online stuffs. This blog, my personal website, and my other social media pages like Twitter and Facebook, etc ..... And this have affected me in a lot of ways both offline and online. I was very sad to read the mail from IndiBlogger.in regarding my new rank. Obviously my rank has come down due to my online absence and because of my long gap of 10 days. I was very sad and worried when i opened my mail box to see 600+ UNREAD emails these days, some of which were very very important to be answered. I lost some huge things. I express my guiltiness to all my readers and subscribers regarding my absence this last 10 days. And definitely i will do compensate my absence in a better way.

Silve OS - The Silverlight Operating System

vviek_meraindia@yahoo.co.in (Vivekanandan Manokaran) — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 18:26:00 +0530

Operating Systems are considered to be the platform to interact with the computer. When many giants fight by creating their most wonderful beautiful operating systems, SilveOS team made a superb project called www.silveos.com . And it is basically a complete sliver light operating system which has almost all the basic applications that are necessity such as Rich Notepad, Simple Notepad, Paint, etc... It also gives its hands to the social media and provides some apps such as Twitter App, YouTube Viewer, Flickr Viewer and also a cool RSS Reader and so on... And there are also some other apps like Solitaire, Spider, Chess which will accompany you when you are really bored. Here are some of the snapshots of the SilveOS operating system.

When you browse to www.sliveos.com, automatically the silver light application starts which is actually the booting process of the particular operating system. By default, the user is GUEST and you can simply login into the OS as a guest user and you can try the SliveOS. And obviously you can also create an account for yourself and you can simply login using that username and password.

You can register here and after registration it will take you to the OS Desktop. And when you launch the Start Menu, you can see your username.

You can see my username in the start menu.

You can see my social media handle "InfiVivek" as the username in the start menu above.

You can see the OS desktop in the essence of Windows 7. Ans you will also notice the icons of various applications.

This is the FILE EXPLORER in the SilveOS. And you can see some My Document folders and other stuffs. The below images are some of the basic applications such as text editors and paint applications that are present in the OS.

Some entertainment softwares.

A Media Player from which you can browse audio or video files from your computer and play them.

Gadgets in the OS sidebar

And the pictures below will show some social media applications like Twitter, Flickr, YouTube, and also an RSS reader.


Twitter App


YouTube Viewer


RSS Reader

It also has an inbuilt application for Microsoft Virtual Earth.

Microsoft Virtual Earth

And another important thing about the Slive OS is that it has an inbuilt Internet Browser which looks like below.

This browser has three default search engine built-in search.Namely Bing, Google, Yahoo...

This OS has also the basic features or options like Control Panel where you can change your password for your username and even you can change the Wallpaper for your desktop. And so on....

Will you believe me when i say that you can install your own programs in this operating system. Yes here it is.

Installing an application from the Computer

Installing an application from the Internet

A Sudoku game is being installed...

And yes, you might have enjoyed seeing these pictures. When i was trying the SliveOS, i was very sad to see a thing there. That is,

The AD that is getting displayed below the task bar. Normally you won't see the AD directly, you need to scroll down the page to see this. Off course they too need some revenue.

A Dad-Son's Attempt To Send An iPhone With HD Camera Into Space !!!

vviek_meraindia@yahoo.co.in (Vivekanandan Manokaran) — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 23:28:00 +0530

Some fathers and sons spend their weekends flying kites in the park.

When some dads and sons spend weekends by flying kites, Luke and Max thought differently !!!

Luke Geissbuhler and his 7-year-old son Max thought it might be more fun to send an iPhone and an HD camera into space.

The purpose was simple: to film some of that stuff that is beyond us. So they thought they'd attach their equipment to a weather balloon. Once it's up there, they figured, the dearth of atmospheric pressure would ultimately burst it and send it back to Earth.

It all seemed very clever but not exactly foolproof.

As Geissbuhler and son say in their video: "It would have to survive 100 mph winds, temperatures of 60 degrees below zero, speeds of over a 150 mph, and the high risk of a water landing."

Still, the Wright brothers wouldn't have been put off by such uncertainty, and they never had an iPhone with which they could track the route of their flying craft. So father and son did a little low-altitude testing and then wandered off to the spacecraft-launching mecca that is Newburgh, N.Y., and sent their balloon into the sky.

The camera and the iPhone had been placed inside some handwarmers and, on the appointed day, father and son were their own two-man (with help) Mission Control in the park, as they watched their balloon sail off into the vast above.

Here is the YouTube version of the attempt.

The balloon burst after around 70 minutes. But it managed to record 100 minutes of footage. As if it knew its own way home, it came back to Earth 30 miles from where it had launched, which Geissbuhler attributed to "a quick ascent and two differing wind patterns."

This is a truly committed father and son partnership, so they searched for their flying machine until they found it "in the dead of night." Yes, it was 50 feet up a tree, but the iPhone's GPS and the camera's external LED light led them to it.

One can only wonder what their self-styled "Brooklyn Space Program" might attempt next. Perhaps a manned (and boyyed) space flight?

Courtesy: cnet.com

Bit.ly URL Shortening Service Introduces QR Codes

vviek_meraindia@yahoo.co.in (Vivekanandan Manokaran) — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 18:34:00 +0530

The above one is called the QR code. And now Bit.ly url shortening service introduces this feature. It is not a big task for users to create this code.

Go to bit.ly
Copy your long URL and paste in the Shorten with bit.ly text box and click shorten.
And now copy the shortened URL and paste that url in another browser and add '.qr' at the end of the short url and press enter to get the QR code for your website.

And now you can save them and post them in your blog or send them to your friend's mobile. And To scan the code, you’ll need an app like QR Scanner (iTunes link) for the iPhone and iPod touch, or ShopSavvy for Android devices.

J Siddarth (A Man With Cerebral Palsy) - TEDxChennai 2010 Speaker

vviek_meraindia@yahoo.co.in (Vivekanandan Manokaran) — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 14:06:00 +0530

This guy is looking too smart standing in front of a beach with a cooling glass and wearing Adidas T-Shirt.

   But the story of this guy will make you cry. This guy can move mountains if he wish and this guy can make some remarkable unbelievable things. When i say that this guy can move mountains, there is a little fact to be noted that this guy is not physically fit. He is a person with cerebral palsy.

   Few people might have by now clicked on the link "cerebral palsy" and might have gained some awareness about it. Few would not have done that and sure you will do it after reading the line which you are reading now...

   Now you may ask yourself a question, how this guy can move mountains and do some remarkable things. Yes, he can do that. Why can't he when he can claim himself as one of the eminent speakers of TEDxChennai 2010 edition. And off course he is the man who got standing applause first. With this post i have blogged some of the pictures that might make you feel surprised. And now here is the story of this guy.

And to start, he is a proud recipient of National award in 2008 by Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment as “Best Employee With Cerebral Palsy” given by the honorable Vice President of India on 3 Dec 2008. The beloe are some of his proud moments...

This guy, when born was normal like us. But due to the jaundice, he got this effect. And Siddarth was emphasizing on one issue that this Cerebral Palsy is not a disease.
Siddarth spent 9 years of his life at home because schools were not ready to accept him. But one school in bangalore was kind enough to accept him and educate him. They taught him type writing. He wrote his exams with a type writer till his 8th standard.(With this one hand that too with one finger). He has done Masters in Economics from Loyola Madras. He wanted himself to be treated alike others. His parents gave him support but Siddarth was brave enough to design his life with his own efforts. That is the kind of attitude with which he came upto this level in the society. Since he was not accepted by few schools during his childhood, there is a obvious age difference. And that was bridged by the way he was

- Double promoted from UKG to 2nd std

- He completed his 6,7,8 in one half year.

Thanks to teachers who bridge his age gap.
And here are some of the pictures that was snapped at TEDxChennai during his speech...

Actually we the official bloggers of TEDxChennai occupied the last seats of the IC & SR Auditorium, IIT Madras, where the TEDxChennai was organized. Just before our seats, his father and mother was sitting and they were voluntarily informing us and their neighbors that they are the Siddarth's parents. I found they were really proud hearing his speech. We asked Siddarth's father's name, and he was good enough to give his business card. Off course there was standing applause for his father too.

TEDxChennai - 10.10.10 - Memorable Day Of Mine !!!

vviek_meraindia@yahoo.co.in (Vivekanandan Manokaran) — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 12:15:00 +0530

Awesome Awesome and Awesome. This is what i can say. The TEDxChennai curator Mr.Kiruba Shankar and team made the event mind blowing, magnificent, and a kick ass event. My 1st TEDx event to attend. And really gained an interest that is kindling me to be a organizer of such a TEDx. I had a chance to attend the event for free. Since i am the official blogger of the event. I am the TEDxChennai's Official BloggerFor others 3000 was the ticket, but the speakers delivered a stuff that is all most equal to 10,000 bugs. Some people who attended the TEDxDelhi claimed that TedxChennai is better than the previous. Here is the proof.

And I am very happy that

I am the official blogger of TEDxChennai.

This is my
TEDxChennai IDCard

TEDxChennai was on the 10th date of 10th month of 10th year of 2000 millennium !!!

We the group of Official Bloggers and Official Twitters occupied the last row of the wonderful world class auditorium. Here are the group of Bloggers and Twitters...

Here is the line up, Shalini, me, Arthi, Ashoka Varshini, Varun Kumar, Amar, Vasant Govind (from left to right)...

And another news about the Tweeting team is that they made the hash tag #TEDxChennai the trending tag on 10.10.10. Hats off to them..... As an official blogger i had to go with speakers words as they talk and i need to blog them. We were 5 bloggers totally and acted in a cyclic manner, each one took a speaker and blogged the speakers words....

Here is the some of the pictures that i have snapped with some great entrepreneurs and personalities like,

Here is me, Kiruba Shankar and my friend Amar....

Me and Lara Stein (Director of Licensing, TEDx, TED) and my friend Varun Kumar

Me and Chinmayi, the Singer

   This meeting was really a great opportunity for me to mingle with some great personalitites personalities like
Dr.S.ChinnyKrishna (Founder of Blue Cross Community),
LakshmiPratury Host, the INK Conference,
GuitaristPrasanna,
KirubaShankar (Founder, Business Blogging, F5ive Technologies),
Ms.LaraStein (Licensing Director, TEDx, TED),
Dr. AnandaShankarJayant (Classical BharathaNatiyam dancer),
RasmusAnkersen (Peak performance coach & best selling author). and so on....

   If i want to add all the fellow personalities whom i met here, then i must write about nearly 400 people, since all those people who came there were really superb they are doing something that is unimaginable. They rock in their fields, ranging from doctors, scientist, teachers. There i felt and noticed a wonderful diversity of people. Amazing and amazing....

   And Mr.Kiruba Shankar is really a thirsty man. He announced the next TEDxChennai 2011 edition at the end of the TEDxChennai 2010 edition. It will be on " 09.10.11 ". Just watch the date. It is on the 9th date of 10 month of the 11 year of 2000 millennium series. Go here for more informations: www.tedxchennai.com

And for more pictures from TEDxChennai:

http://picasaweb.google.com/itsmevivekanandan/TEDxChennai02

As An Official Blogger Of TEDxChennai !!!

vviek_meraindia@yahoo.co.in (Vivekanandan Manokaran) — Sat, 9 Oct 2010 22:02:00 +0530

Now at present I am in Chennai, for an important job. It is something prestigious title for me to say that I am the official blogger of TEDxChennai. You can see my name and blog url featured in the TEDxChennai website here. Yes, TEDxChennai is hosted at IC & SR Auditorium, IIT, Madras. Today the first event was TEDxChennai workshop which is all about how to organize a TEDx event. Today the TEDx experts from various parts of the world, like Lara Stein, Director of TED Licensing, Kiruba Shankar, the Licensee of TEDxChennai, Anusha, the Licensee of TEDxCoimbatore and so many. And happy that I was seriously blogging about their talks sitting behind them. Wonderful day for me today. Met Chinmaye, the play back singer and got a self intro with her.

When i first entered the venue, SandeepVarma was kind enough to welcome us in a beautiful way. And after that we official bloggers and twitters got together and made a team introducing ourselves in a better way. We had a superb time there with experts. And when i was trying to catch up with MTS's Data Card network, i went out to get the initial network, HE crossed me. And then i was trying to talk to HIM. But HE was busy with the speakers who are going to make a TEDTalk tomorrow. And again i went near to HIM. HE smiled at me, and got self introduced to HIM. HE confirmed me that i am INFIVIVEK. I was at cloud 9 when he asked me like that. HE is Mr.KIRUBA SHANKAR. Who is the backbone of TEDxChennai.

TEDxChennai Workshop:

In short and graphically i am going to explain what happened in the TEDxChennai workshop today.

Yes, this is the mind map of the workshop today. Was beautifully designed by by Subash Thyagarajan, one of the TedxChennai Organizers. He can be reached at mailsubash at gmail dot com.

TEDxChennai:

And the grand event is starting tomorrow. We are really eager to blog their words. Watch out this space for more......

Google Started Testing 'Page Preview Features' In The Search Results !!!

vviek_meraindia@yahoo.co.in (Vivekanandan Manokaran) — Wed, 6 Oct 2010 22:55:00 +0530

It is the Google's next milestone. It has started testing its "Full Page Preview Feature". Definitely this feature will make browsing easier. It actually narrow down unwanted clicks.Google Testing The Full Page Previews. Caught Red Handed by Technology Reviewers It may be of a good use for users but according to major organizations and other internet revenue makers, it is going to be big head ache. Actually, few of the organizations and technology reviewers has already traced Google testing the full page preview feature. It is really a boost for them at this time to make some screenshots of them and blog them in their websites. Here are some of them which i have saved from websites like, The Next Web and Blogstorm.

Here are some,

You can notice a blue magnifying glass icon, clicking on which you can get the preview...

Image Courtesy: The Next Web and Blogstorm

Microsoft Sues Motorola !!!

vviek_meraindia@yahoo.co.in (Vivekanandan Manokaran) — Mon, 4 Oct 2010 14:17:00 +0530

After reading a lot of articles in Tech Crunch, C NET, and many more technology news reflectors, i have written this article.... It is all about Microsoft suing Motorola, for infringements of nine Microsoft's patents. Nowadays its a common issue, that one company suing other for some reasons. But in this case, it is clear that Microsoft has indirectly sued Motorola. Since they didn't sue Google for Android but the other manufacturers of Smart Phones who actually used Android. Here is an article found in the Microsoft Press Release,....

“Microsoft filed an action today in the International Trade Commission and in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington against Motorola, Inc. for infringement of nine Microsoft patents by Motorola’s Android-based smartphones. The patents at issue relate to a range of functionality embodied in Motorola’s Android smartphone devices that are essential to the smartphone user experience, including synchronizing email, calendars and contacts, scheduling meetings, and notifying applications of changes in signal strength and battery power.

We have a responsibility to our customers, partners, and shareholders to safeguard the billions of dollars we invest each year in bringing innovative software products and services to market. Motorola needs to stop its infringement of our patented inventions in its Android smartphones.”

And here is an article by Horacio Gutierrez, Corporate Vice President and Deputy General Counsel...

Article explaining briefly about the Sue.... Microsoft TechNet

'Where Good Ideas Come From ???' - Steven Johnson !!!

vviek_meraindia@yahoo.co.in (Vivekanandan Manokaran) — Sun, 3 Oct 2010 15:21:00 +0530

People often credit their ideas to individual "Eureka!" moments. But Steven Johnson shows how history tells a different story. His fascinating tour takes us from the "liquid networks" of London's coffee houses to Charles Darwin's long, slow hunch to today's high-velocity web.

This TED video is by Steven Johnson, the best-selling author of six books on the intersection of science, technology and personal experience. His forthcoming book examines "Where Good Ideas Come From."

This video was filmed in July 2010 and was posted in the TED in September 2010...

What is Windows Azure ???

vviek_meraindia@yahoo.co.in (Vivekanandan Manokaran) — Sat, 2 Oct 2010 20:19:00 +0530

One of the most popular latest technologies that will be having a good scope in future is Windows Azure. It will be a better idea to start it now. When i was searching the internet to understand the Windows Azure better, i found the following...

Windows Azure™ is a cloud services operating system that serves as the development, service hosting and service management environment for the Windows Azure platform. Windows Azure provides developers with on-demand compute and storage to host, scale, and manage web applications on the internet through Microsoft® datacenters.

Windows Azure is a flexible platform that supports multiple languages and integrates with your existing on-premises environment. To build applications and services on Windows Azure, developers can use their existing Microsoft Visual Studio® expertise. In addition, Windows Azure supports popular standards, protocols and languages including SOAP, REST, XML, Java, PHP and Ruby. Windows Azure is now commercially available in 40 countries.

I surfed YouTube for a video related to this Azure and i found the below one,

This video gave me some clear idea about Windows Azure.... And I am interested in developing myself in this technology and friends, if you people have them or find them across the web, just share with me...