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 Dish TV has announced the launch of 30 new HD channels to quench your HD thirst starting with the ICC World Cup 2011. Other HD channels in the offering include Zee TV, Zee Cinema, Zee News, Zee Studio, Zee Caf , HBO, Movies Now, Discovery, National Geographic, Animal Planet, Zee Talkies, Zee Bangla, Zee Telugu, Zee Kannada, Times Now, ET Now, Cartoon Network, POGO, Ten Sports, AXN, MTV, VH1, WB, Pix, TLC, Ten Cricket, UTV Action, UTV Movies, Sony and Colors.

Offering from the competition is as follows:

Tata Sky HD:

Tata Sky HD set top box is available at Rs 2599. National Geographic HD, Discovery HD and Star Plus HD are available as a part of the HD gold pack.

The Tata Sky+ HD DVR comes with a 500GB HDD that will allow recording of upto 625 hrs. You can watch and record the ICC Cricket World Cup in HD. The Tata Sky HD+ Set top box will give you a 1080i output, 16:9 wideaspect ratio and 7.1 Dolby Digital + surround sound.

Airtel Digital TV HD:

The Airtel Digital set top box will cost you Rs 3090, 3890, Rs 5550 or Rs 6050 depending upon the package you choose. The world cup will be available in HD for viewing on Airtel Digital TV HD.

Reliance HD DVR:

The Reliance Digital TV HD DVR is available for a price of Rs 5990. The features of the set top box include HD Channels, recording facility for upto 200hrs, pause and rewind live TV, 1080i resolution and digital sound. National Geographic HD is available in HD along with the World Cup.

Sun Direct:

Sun Direct HD service is available for a price of Rs 2940 with 2 months of subscription free. The HD pack of sun direct includes Tamil HD movies, Tamil HD songs, Telgu HD movies, Telgu HD Songs, Movies Now HD, Discovery HD, National Geographic and DD1.

Market Simplified Inc., a mobile strategy partner, has stated that Kotak Securities has launched the 'Mobile Stock Trader'-a one of its kind mobile trading application developed by MarketSimplified. This application can be downloaded by customers and non-customers and gain access to the market.

The features include Live streaming of quotes, customized watchlist, placing trade, viewing intraday charts, checking available margins and tracking the portfolio performance. The application is compatible with Blackberry and Java based phones.

Mr Venkat Rangan, co- founder and CEO, MarketSimplified, said, “Post SEBI's nod for mobile trading last year, Indian market has been witness to a number of brokerages launching and exploring mobile trading services. Kotak Securities' Mobile Stock Trader is possibly the only true blue native application as of now and redefines the possibilities in mobile trading applications and raises the bar of customer experience and acceptance to a new level of functionalities and usage. The launch also reinforces Kotak Securities positioning of being a path-breaker and innovator in the capital markets space. We are thrilled to partner them and bring to fruition their vision of empowering people with actionable market information on the move.”

Software developers working on Google's popular Chrome browser are testing "radical" changes to its appearance.

Sources close to the company said the address bar currently takes up a significant amount of space that could be used for web browsing. One plan being considered would mean it was only visible when users made their mouse pointer hover over a specific part of the screen, the Telegraph reports.

The new "compact" navigation mode, described on the Chromium website as one of two key focuses for development, would take the web address bar out of each tab, releasing more screen space to display web pages.

Microsoft's Internet Explorer 9, which is available in a nearly final pre-release version, adopts a similar approach already. Chrome, however, is thought to be planning a significantly more stripped down version, working towards releasing almost the entire screen for web browsing.

More than 120 million users now use Google Chrome, which has been heavily advertised by Google. The company is also working on a 'Chrome OS' rival to Microsoft Windows.

Google updates Chrome every six weeks, but major upgrades tend to be far less frequent.

 Broadband Plans not to be offered to new Broadband customers:
It has been decided by the Competent Authority that following Postpaid Broadband Plans shall not be
offered to the prospective customers henceforth for new subscriptions.

Sl. No. Name of the Plan not to be offered to
New prospective customers
Sl. No. Name of the Plan not to be offered to New
prospective customers
1 BBG 125 6 BBG Combo 1500
2 BBG FN 500 7 BBG Combo 3500
3 BBG Combo 650 8 BBG Speed Combo 4500
4 BBG Combo 749
9 BB Home Combo ULD 1400
5 BBG Combo 850

These plans shall continue to exist for the existing customers. However, efforts may be made to migrate these
customers to other plans.

B. Launch of New Unlimited General Combo Broadband plan:
The Competent Authority has decided to launch a new Unlimited General Broadband Combo plan with the
tariff as follows:

Particulars BBG Combo ULD 850
Bandwidth (Download Speed) 1 Mbps upto 8 GB, 256 Kbps beyond 8 GB
Applicability All Users
Monthly Charges (Rs) 850
Annual Payment Option (Rs) 8500
Download/Upload Limit (MB/ GB) per month Unlimited
Additional Usage Charges/MB beyond free
download/upload limit (Rs)
Not Applicable
Night Unlimited (0200-0800 Hrs) Not Applicable
Free E-mail IDs/Space (Per E-mail ID) 1/5 MB
Static IP Address NA
Security Deposit One Month charges
Minimum Hire Period One Month
Telephone Fixed Monthly charges in Rs. # NIL
Free Calls 350
MCU charges/ pulse in Rs. 1
Committed Period for FREE MODEM* 12 Months
Type of Modem $ ADSL Basic

# Security deposit for local/STD/ISD facility and installation charges as applicable shall be taken from the customer.

* The modem shall be given FREE if the customer commits for the period as shown and pays the necessary charges in
advance. In that case, customer will then own the modem and will not be required to return the modem.
$ Customer eligible for ADSL Basic modem may be offered other modem types on payment of half the price. Customer
eligible for ADSL WiFi Modem may be offered ADSL Basic modem (if they choose so) without any extra cost.
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C. Revision in “Additional Usage charges after free Download/Upload” for existing Broadband Plans:
The Competent Authority has decided to revise the “Additional Usage charges after free Download/Upload”
for existing Broadband Plans as follows:

Plan Name Additional usage charges after free download/upload
Existing Revised
BBG Rural USOF 99 Rs. 0.40/-per MB Rs. 0.30/-per MB for usage upto 3 GB;
Rs. 0.10/-per MB thereafter
BBG 125 Rs. 0.60/-per MB For existing customers -Rs. 0.30/-per
MB for usage upto 5 GB; Rs. 0.10/-per
MB thereafter
BBG Rural USOF 150 Rs. 0.40/-per MB Rs. 0.30/-per MB for usage upto 3 GB;
Rs. 0.10/-per MB thereafter
BBG Rural Combo 250 Rs. 0.40/-per MB Rs. 0.20/-per MB for usage upto 3 GB;
Rs. 0.10/-per MB thereafter
BBG 250 Rs. 0.60/-per MB Rs. 0.20/-per MB for usage upto 5 GB;
Rs. 0.10/-per MB thereafter
BBG Combo 299 Rs. 0.60/-per MB Rs. 0.20/-per MB for usage upto 5 GB;
Rs. 0.10/-per MB thereafter
BB CSC 400 Rs. 0.60/-per MB Rs. 0.15/-per MB
BBG FN 500 Rs. 0.60/-per MB For existing customers -Rs. 0.20/-per
MB
BBG FN Combo 500 Rs. 0.60/-per MB Rs. 0.20/-per MB
BBG Rural Combo 550 Rs. 0.30/-per MB Rs. 0.15/-per MB for usage upto 8 GB;
Rs. 0.10/-per MB thereafter
BBG Combo 599 Rs. 0.20/MB (02:00 Hrs to 08:00
Hrs) & Rs. 0.50/MB for rest of time
Rs. 0.20/-per MB
BBG FN Combo 600 Rs. 0.50/-per MB Rs. 0.20/-per MB for usage upto 5 GB;
Rs. 0.10/-per MB thereafter
BBG Combo 650 Rs. 0.50/-per MB For existing customers -Rs. 0.20/-per
MB
BBG 700 Rs. 0.50/-per MB Rs. 0.20/-per MB for usage upto 5 GB;
Rs. 0.10/-per MB thereafter
BBG Combo 749 Rs. 0.20/MB (02:00 Hrs to 08:00
Hrs) & Rs. 0.50/MB for rest of time
For existing customers -Rs. 0.20/-per
MB
BBG Combo 850 Rs. 0.30/-per MB For existing customers -Rs. 0.20/-per
MB
BBG Rural Combo 999 Rs. 0.30/-per MB Rs. 0.10/-per MB
BB CSC 1000 Rs. 0.40/-per MB Rs. 0.10/-per MB
BBG Combo 1111 Rs. 0.30/-per MB Rs. 0.10/-per MB
BBG Combo 1500 Rs. 0.30/-per MB For existing customers -Rs. 0.10/-per
MB
BBG Speed Combo 2799 Rs. 0.30/-per MB Rs. 0.10/-per MB
BBG Combo 3500 Rs. 0.20/-per MB For existing customers -Rs. 0.10/-per
MB
BBG Speed Combo 4500 Rs. 0.20/-per MB For existing customers -Rs. 0.10/-per
MB
BBG Super Speed
Combo 4999
Rs. 0.20/-per MB Rs. 0.10/-per MB
BBG Super speed
Combo 9999
Rs. 0.20/-per MB Rs. 0.10/-per MB

Contd…… P/3

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D.
Upgradation in the bandwidth of few existing Unlimited Broadband Plans:
The Competent Authority has decided to revise the bandwidth of few existing unlimited Broadband Plans as
follows:

Plan Name Existing Bandwidth Revised Bandwidth
BB Home Combo ULD
1000
1 Mbps upto 15 GB, 256 Kbps beyond 15 GB 2 Mbps upto 15 GB,
256 Kbps beyond 15 GB
BB Home Combo ULD
1350
2 Mbps upto 20 GB, 512 Kbps beyond 20 GB 4 Mbps upto 20 GB,
512 Kbps beyond 15 GB
BBG UL 2150 256 Kbps 1 Mbps upto 100 GB,
256 Kbps beyond 100 GB
BBG Combo UL 2150 256 Kbps 1 Mbps upto 100 GB,
256 Kbps beyond 100 GB
BBG ULD 3300 512 Kbps upto 150 GB, 256 Kbps
beyond 150 GB
2 Mbps upto 150 GB,
512 Kbps beyond 150 GB
BBG Combo ULD
3300
512 Kbps upto 150 GB, 256 Kbps
beyond 150 GB
2 Mbps upto 150 GB,
512 Kbps beyond 150 GB
BBG ULD 6000 1 Mbps upto 150 GB, 512 Kbps
beyond 150 GB
4 Mbps upto 200 GB,
1 Mbps beyond 200 GB
BBG Combo ULD
6000
1 Mbps upto 150 GB, 512 Kbps
beyond 150 GB
4 Mbps upto 200 GB,
1 Mbps beyond 200 GB
BBG ULD 9000 2 Mbps upto 300 GB, 1 Mbps beyond 300 GB 2 Mbps Unlimited
BBG Combo ULD
9000
2 Mbps upto 300 GB, 1 Mbps beyond 300 GB 2 Mbps Unlimited
BBG ULD 15000 4 Mbps upto 500 GB, 2 Mbps beyond 500 GB 4 Mbps Unlimited
BBG Combo ULD
15000
4 Mbps upto 500 GB, 2 Mbps beyond 500 GB 4 Mbps Unlimited

E. Revision in the User segment “Applicability” for few existing Unlimited Broadband plans:
The following Postpaid Broadband Plans shall henceforth be applicable to All Users.
Plan Name Existing User segment “Applicability” Revised User segment “Applicability”
BB Home Combo ULD 1000 Home only All Users
BB Home Combo ULD 1350 Home only All Users
BB Home Combo ULD 1700 Home only All Users

F. Revision in the “Night Unlimited (02:00 Hrs to 08:00 Hrs)” feature for few existing limited Broadband plans:
The Competent Authority has decided to revise the “Night Unlimited (02:00 Hrs to 08:00 Hrs)” feature for
few existing limited Broadband plans as follows:

Plan Name Existing Night unlimited (02:00
Hrs to 08:00 Hrs) feature
Revised Night unlimited (02:00 Hrs
to 08:00 Hrs) feature
BBG Combo 599 Differential Yes
BBG Combo 749 Differential No

G.
Revision in the “Free Calls” for few existing Combo Broadband plans:
The Competent Authority has decided to revise “Free Calls” for few existing Combo Broadband plans as
follows:

Plan Name Existing Free Calls Revised Free Calls
BBG Combo 1111 250 500
BBG Speed Combo 2799 300 500
BBG Super Speed Combo 4999 500 1000
BBG Combo ULD 3300 NIL 500
BBG Combo ULD 6000 NIL 1000
BBG Combo ULD 9000 NIL 1500
BBG Combo ULD 15000 NIL 2000

Contd…… P/4

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H.
Revision in the “MCU charges per pulse” for few existing unlimited Combo Broadband plans:
The Competent Authority has decided to revise “MCU charges per pulse” for few existing Unlimited Combo
Broadband plans as follows:

Plan Name Existing MCU charges per pulse in Rs. Revised MCU charges per pulse in Rs.
BBG Combo ULD 3300 0.90 0.80
BBG Combo ULD 6000 0.90 0.80

I.
Revision in “Download/upload limit (GB) per month” for few existing limited Broadband plans:
The Competent Authority has decided to revise “Download/upload limit (GB) per month” for few existing
limited Broadband plans as follows:

Plan Name Existing Download/upload
limit (GB) per month
Revised Download/upload limit
(GB) per month
BBG Speed Combo 2799 50 GB 60 GB
BBG Super Speed Combo 4999 110 GB 125 GB
BBG Super Speed Combo 9999 220 GB 250 GB
BBG Rural Combo 999 12 GB 20 GB
BB CSC 1000 8 GB 10 GB

J.
Revision in Broadband “FMC” and “Annual payment option” for BBG Super Speed Combo 9999 plan:
The Competent Authority has decided to revise Broadband “FMC” and “Annual payment option” for BBG
Super Speed Combo 9999 plan as follows:

Plan Name Existing Charges in Rs. Revised charges in Rs.
Monthly
Charges
Annual Payment
Option charges
Monthly
Charges
Annual Payment
Option charges
BBG Super Speed Combo 9999 Rs. 9999/-Rs. 99990/-Rs. 6999/-Rs. 69990/

Change in the “Nomenclature” of different Broadband plans due to revision in ‘Bandwidth/Night unlimited
feature/Applicability/FMC etc.

Existing Plan Nomenclature Revised Plan Nomenclature
BBG Combo 599 BBG FN Combo 599
BBG Super Speed Combo 9999 BBG Super Speed Combo 6999
BB Home Combo ULD 1000 BBG Combo ULD 1000
BB Home Combo ULD 1350 BBG Combo ULD 1350
BB Home Combo ULD 1700 BBG Combo ULD 1700
BBG UL 2150 BBG ULD 2150
BBG Combo UL 2150 BBG Combo ULD 2150
BBG ULD 9000 BBG UL 9000
BBG Combo ULD 9000 BBG Combo UL 9000
BBG ULD 15000 BBG UL 15000
BBG Combo ULD 15000 BBG Combo UL 15000

Intel's MeeGo the yesteryear's mobile operating system of Nokia has again planned to come back into action and this was announced during the Mobile World Congress that was held in Barcelona, Spain. Intel also said that it will still continue to work with MeeGo.

Initially Intel's MeeGo was formed by combining Nokia's Maemo and Intel's Moblin platforms in February of 2010 and Nokia announced that it will shift its mobile operating system to Windows Phone 7 and this particular news stunned the mobile world.

Intel expressed its disappointment regarding this issue at the Mobile World Congress. Though Nokia said a big no to MeeGo, it is specially targeting devices like tablets and smartphones.

At the Mobile World Congress, Intel displayed a a tablet prototype based on an Intel Atom processor and running MeeGo 1.1. It also seems that the company acclaims they have more than 200 experts working on different MeeGo tablets. Intel warmly welcomed Ixonos to join their MeeGo ecosystem. Other companies has also been welcomed openly to join their MeeGo ecosystem.

Intel has invested its funds Kaltura, developer of an open source video management platform, to provide the users of MeeGo a rich-media functionalities on tablets, mobile phones, and other connected devices.

Is MeeGo a No-Go in Mobile Market?

Seeing the history of Nokia, MeeGo was only an OS for mobile devices but to market their OS for the tablets and smartphones, it is too late said experts. It is also very hard for them to compete with the Apple.

When MeeGo was formed by Nokia and Intel in Feb 2010, it announced that Linux-based software platform would support multiple hardware architectures which includes pocketable mobile computers, netbooks, tablets, media phones, connected TVs and in-vehicle infotainment systems.

It is believed that MeeGo is targeted at different levels of audience and different sections of platforms.

Scientists have found that a daily cocktail or glass of wine could help delay dementia.

Their research has shown that alcohol is an anti-inflammatory (inflammation promotes Alzheimer's) and raises good HDL cholesterol, which helps ward off dementia.

Researchers at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Centre in North Carolina found that older people who had eight to 14 alcoholic drinks a week had a 37% lower risk of dementia than non-drinkers.

However, adults who go on occasional binges face a higher risk, reports the Daily Mail.

According to a Finnish study, adults who binged in midlife at least once a month -- drinking, for example, more than five bottles of beer or a bottle of wine at one sitting -- were three times more likely to develop dementia, including Alzheimer's, 25 years later.

2011 World Cup by Virender Sehwag, as he stunned the home crowd and the Bangladeshi team by scoring a magnificent century to put them at the back foot in very first match of the 2011 Cricket World cup. He started the inning with Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar and from the first ball he looked in great shape as he scored freely to the either side of the ground with ease. Once Tendulkar got himself out it was Sehwag who started playing some great shots and punished Banglali attack throughout the inning.
He was in a great shape to go all the way and break the World Record set by Sachin Tendulkar of 200 in the ODI inning, Alongside him was the Youngster Virat Kohli who kept on playing his shots once he started his innings. It was one of the great partnerships in the World Cup and one which would really give them a boost in the upcoming matches.

 HBO will broadcast a solo Lady Gaga concert from New York's Madison Square Garden on May 7, the cable network has announced.
‘Lady Gaga Presents the Monster Ball Tour at Madison Square Garden’ will be taped on Feb. 21 and 22 and directed by Lauriann Gibson, who has directed most of Lady Gaga''s music videos, including ‘Bad Romance’ and ‘Telephone,’ reports the New York Post.

A 10-piece band and 10 backup dancers will back the Grammy Award-winning musician.

“Lady Gaga is the single most exciting music talent on the scene today,” said HBO Entertainment president Sue Naegle.

“We''re especially thrilled that she''ll be creating unique new elements for the special that will make the show an even more memorable experience for our viewers.”
--ANI

 SanDisk Corporation is offering encryption and online backup features across its entire retail USB portfolio. SanDisk SecureAccess software protects files against unauthorized access by creating an encrypted, password-protected folder or "vault" on the USB drive.

The software also includes up to 2 gigabytes (GB) of secure online backup storage offered by Dmailer2.

"Business travelers lose more than 12,000 laptops each week in U.S. airports, and more than half of those laptops contain confidential or sensitive information," said Kent Perry, director, product marketing, SanDisk. "Data security has become an absolute necessity, and SanDisk USB drives with SecureAccess software offer an easy to use vault protected by AES encryption."

With SecureAccess software allows consumers to determine which files remain private when sharing a USB drive with colleagues or friends.

It also offers protection against computer crashes and data loss. Users can also remotely access online data anytime, anywhere, and easily share large files over the cloud.

SanDisk is also expanding its USB product portfolio with two new drives, SanDisk Ultra USB flash drive and SanDisk Cruzer Edge USB drive.

SanDisk Ultra USB flash drive features transfer speeds of up to 15 megabytes per second (MB/sec)3. The drive carries a five year limited warranty and comes in 8GB to 32GB capacities carrying suggested retail prices ranging from Rs 1199 to Rs 3799.

SanDisk Cruzer Edge USB flash drive features a compact slider design for easy portability. The drive carries a two-year limited warranty and is available in 2GB to 16GB capacities carrying suggested retail prices ranging from Rs 499 to Rs 1499.

 Microsoft announced an Internet-friendly revamp of its Windows Phone operating system to help capture new territory in the smartphone wars.

Microsoft chief Steve Ballmer unveiled a series of improvements this year to Windows Phone, which got a major boost last week when it was adopted by leading phone maker Nokia.

The software titan is struggling far behind Google's hugely popular Android system and desperate to replicate some of its success in the Microsoft-dominated personal computer market.

"We need to give people the full web, the full Internet on their phone, like they've come to expect with the PC," Ballmer said at the mobile industry's annual get-together in Barcelona.

Apple iPods loaded with patients' favourite music could help them recover from operations faster.

A trial will be conducted to test the theory that patients allowed to listen to music feel less pain, need less medication and leave hospital sooner after surgery, reports the Daily Express.

The trial would involve about 120 patients at Barts and The London NHS Trust, and be run by The Public Engagement Foundation charity.

If approved, the first to benefit will be new mothers, who will be exposed to music before and after they give birth, and those admitted for orthopaedic operations such as hip and knee replacements.

They will be monitored to see how music affects their anxiety levels, blood pressure and heart rate compared to those who don't listen to music.

Although it is thought that the best music to use depends on each patient's personal taste, the research will be used to create an original piece of music designed to have the most therapeutic effect. (ANI)

Shriya Saran Sizzles In Latest Photoshoot

Broadcast and Production Partner, will broadcast live India''s preparatory matches against Australia and New Zealand as the teams get ready for the 2011 Cricket World Cup.
Both the matches and the Opening Ceremony of ICC Cricket World Cup will be broadcast live on ESPN, STAR Sports and STAR Cricket.

ESPN STAR Sports'' bouquet of networks including ESPN, STAR Sports and STAR Cricket will telecast all the 49 matches of the ICC World Cup 2011 starting on February 19, 2011. STAR Sports will telecast the matches along with Hindi commentary.

ESPN STAR Sports has made elaborate arrangements for the live telecast of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011. The pre- and post-match shows will be hosted in ESPN STAR Sports'' signature style by iconic ex-players and legends of the game, while the live broadcast will feature as many as 30 commentators and studio experts from leading participating countries.

HP Pavilion G6 Laptop
HP Pavilion G6 is powered by Intel Pentium Dual Core processor and it runs on Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit OS.

HP Pavilion G6 Laptop sports a 14-inch TFT display with 1366 x768 resolution and it features Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, built-in Speakers, 500GB HDD, WebCam with Mic and up to 4GB RAM.

HP Pavilion G6 laptop specifications :

OS: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
Processor : Intel Pentium Dual Core
Display: 15.6-inch HD LED display
1366 x768 pixels screen resolution
up to 4GB RAM
500GB HDD
SuperMulti DVD±R/RW with Double Layer Support
Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, Ethernet LAN, USB ports
Altec Lansing speakers
Integrated Webcam and Mic
Battery: 6 cell Li-Ion standard
Dimensions: 37.4 x 24.5 x 3.05 cm
Weight: 2.5kg
HP Pavilion G6 Price in India
The new HP Pavilion G6 laptop price in India will start from around Rs.27,000

Kim Kardashian has recreated Elizabeth Taylor's famous interpretation of the queen of Egypt for a magazine.

The reality TV star did a photoshoot for Harper's Bazaar in an animal print dress, reports the Daily Mail.

The 30-year-old posed reclining on a sofa, showing off her shapely figure.

But in the accompanying interview Kardashian admits keeping her figure that trim does not come naturally.

"I'm on a diet. I need to be. I love to eat — Kit Kats or cookies and-cream ice cream. I need sugar like five times a day," she said.

Microsoft launched its Office Web apps in India for Free. Office Web apps will allow users to access applications like Word, Excel and PowerPoint, which is equivalent of Google Docs.
Now Access, edit Microsoft Office docs from anywhere as Microsoft Office Web Apps has been released in India. Web Apps helps users to create, access, edit and share documents from the Office suite, which includes Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and OneNote, from any PC equipped with an Internet connection.
Users can Download/ access Office Web Apps, the online companions of Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote for free using their Windows Live ID on the SkyDrive or Hotmail.

Office Web Apps is a boon for creating and maintaining collaborative documents, and features interoperability between the PC and Mac platforms. There are more than 30 million users of the beta version of Office Web Apps globally, within over six months after it was introduced.
Sanjay Manchanda, Director, Microsoft Business Division said,”Office Web Apps are a key piece of Microsoft’s overall cloud strategy. Features like ease of sharing and high document fidelity make Office Web Apps a powerful enabler of productivity in the cloud for modern information workers and consumers alike, which also helps students collaborate on their school and college projects.

Google's Android surged past Apple's iPhone last quarter and is closing in on the Blackberry as the most popular smartphone platform in the United States, market tracking firm comScore said.

According to comScore, 63.2 million Americans owned smartphones at the end of December, up 60 per cent from a year earlier.

From MOBIPRESS

Blackberry maker Research in Motion was the US smartphone leader at the end of the fourth quarter with 31.6 per cent of the market but its share fell from 37.3 per cent the previous quarter, comScore said.

Google's Android mobile operating system was next with a 28.7 per cent of the smartphone market at the end of December, up from 21.4 per cent at the end of September.

Apple was third with 25 per cent of the market, up from 24.3 per cent the previous quarter, according to comScore. Microsoft software was running on 8.4 per cent of the smartphones in the United States, down from 9.9 per cent the previous quarter, comScore said, and Palm, which is owned by Hewlett-Packard, saw its marketshare slip to 3.7 per cent from 4.2 per cent the previous quarter.

Chocolate Day will be celebrated on Wednesday,February 9, which falls on the third day of Valentine week.
The Valentine week started on Monday with Rose Day and Tuesday is being celebrated as the Propose Day.

On the occasion of Chocolate Day, loved ones gift chocolate to each other as a token of love and affection. They also confess their love to each other.

Samaylive team also wishes all the readers a very happy chocolate day.

We are providing below some SMS messages, which can be forwarded to your loved ones:

 
This is a chocolate message,
For a dairy milk person,
From a five star friend,
For a melody reason,
And a kitkat time,
On a munch day,
In a perk mood to say,
Happy Chocolate Day..

 
Chocolate, chocolate, chocolate chocolate!
It will make you jump with joy; it will make you act so coy!
chocolate, chocolate, chocolate chocolate chocolate,
Pay for the choclate with every last penny, and buy so many and many!

 
Life is like a chocolate box,
Each chocolate is like a portion of life,
Some are crunchy, some r nutty,
Some r soft, but all r DELICIOUS.
The chocolate day is the one very special day in the valentine week where one gives chocolate to his/her beloved. …

Microsoft India has announced the launch of Office Web apps in India, Windows Live SkyDrive and Hotmail users to get free online versions of pupular office applications including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote.
In a release issued here today, Mr Sanjay Manchanda, Director, Microsoft Business Division, said the new tools are a key piece of Microsoft's overall cloud strategy and are designed to empower people to take their familiar productivity experneice on the Web.

Users can now enjoy freedom to view, edit, and share Office documents from virtually anywhere, while remained connected to Internet.

With added features like ease of sharing and high document fidelity make Office Web Apps a powerful enabler of productivity in the cloud for modern information workers and consumers alike.

Moreover, this is a great tool for students to collaborate on their school and college projects in a seamless way.

Office Web Apps provide consistent formatting of a document with full images and footnotes, table borders and text effects to the user.

More than 30 million users worldwide are already using beta version of Office Web Apps in just over six months after they were introduced.
--UNI

Katrina Kaif GQ Magazine India February 2011 HQ Photoshoot

As Google launches a huge recruitment spree, the Internet giant received as many as 75,000 job applications in a week, it has emerged.

Previously, the company, based in Mountain View, California, held a record for the highest number of job applications when they hired a raft of new workers in May 2007.

But the latest barrage of applications topped that figure by an incredible 15% as the company plans to add 6,00 new jobs.

Competition for roles at the company is likely to be fierce with an average 12 hopeful candidates vying for a single position.

The company plans to increase hiring as it pushes deeper into mobile services, display advertising and Internet applications.

Google also faces stronger competition from Internet rivals Facebook Inc. that has taken a large share of the advertising market from Google and Apple Inc that plans to release more products in 2011.

Apple also plans to introduce iAd which will display adverts on its range of products.

"I love Google because of our people. It's inspiring to be part of the team. And that's why I am excited about 2011-because it will be our biggest hiring year in company history," the Daily Mail quoted Google's Alan Eustace, senior vice president of engineering and research, as writing in a blog post.

"We'll hire as many smart, creative people as we can to tackle some of the toughest challenges in computer science: like building a Web-based operating system from scratch, instantly searching an index of more than 100 million gigabytes and even developing cars that drive themselves," he said.

Arun (Irfan Khan) has to save Preeti (Chitrangda Singh), the woman he loves. But for this, firstly, he has to save the man Preeti loves – Shyam, the future son-in-law of a powerful minister. Meanwhile time is running out for Kuldeep, a young gangster who is on his last job. As his wife threatens to walk out on him completely and begins to suspect that she is going into the arms of another man. The job has gone haywire as Kuldeep is still not aware that the minister’s daughter is off and now she doesn’t care whether Shyam lives or dies and more importantly neither does the minister who Kuldeep hoped would pay the ransom! The film rides a roller-coaster towards a shattering climax where everyone has to fend for life and love.

Genre: Crime, Drama
Cast & Crew: Arunoday Singh, Chitrangda Singh, Irrfan Khan, Saurabh Shukla, Sushant Singh, Vipin Sharma, Yashpal Sharma, Prashant Narayanan
Director: Sudhir Mishra

Google has launched a new online store of advanced software applications that run on mobile phones powered by Android software.

Google's new online store, Market.Android.com, will allow Android users find new applications more easily from their computers, see recommendations by friends and download applications to their mobile devices, the Wall Street Journal reported.

Users of Android devices such as Motorola Mobility Inc.'s Droid or HTC Corp.'s Evo smartphones have previously had access to the application market via their devices, but many application makers complained it was difficult to get noticed there because the marketplace was partly built around lists of featured applications and top downloads.

Earlier, Apple had an edge over Android because it allowed users to find applications and buy them through the iTunes programme on their computers.

These "important changes to the Android market meet the needs of both users and developers", Chris Yerga, a Google engineering director, was quoted as saying.

Google said that the application makers could create Android applications that charge users for in-app purchases of virtual goods in games, among other things - a feature already available on applications running on Apple devices.

Google Inc has fixed some shortcomings in its tablet computer strategy, as the Internet search giant steps up efforts to break into a nascent market dominated by Apple.

Google has showcased the first version of its Android software designed to run on tablets with larger screens and greater computing horsepower, allowing for a sleeker and theoretically faster interface with built-in video conferencing.

The company also introduced a new way for developers to make money by building applications that run on Android.

The changes ratchet up the competition in the fast-growing tablet PC market, for which Hewlett-Packard and Microsoft are also developing rival software.

Analysts said "Honeycomb", while addressing a couple perceived flaws in the operating system when used for tablets as opposed to smartphones, was unlikely to immediately shift the balance of power.

"It closed the gap quite a bit," said BGC analyst Colin Gillis. But, he said "there was nothing there that was going to make me wait in line overnight," referring to the lines of customers who waited outside retail stores when Apple introduced the iPad in April.

Google said at an event at its Mountain View, California headquarters that Android developers would now be able to sell consumers goods from directly within their apps, a key capability Apple introduced more than one year ago.

Google Inc launched a special service to allow people in Egypt to send Twitter messages by dialing a phone number and leaving a voicemail, as Internet access remains cut off in the country amid anti-government protests.
"Like many people we've been glued to the news unfolding in Egypt and thinking of what we could do to help people on the ground," read a post on Google's official corporate blog.
The service, which Google said was developed with engineers from Twitter, allows people to dial a telephone number and leave a voicemail. The voicemail is automatically translated into an audio file message that is sent on Twitter using the identifying tag #egypt, Google said.
Google said in the blog post, titled "Some weekend work that will (hopefully) enable more Egyptians to be heard," that no Internet connection is needed to use the service.
It listed three phone numbers for people to call to use the service.
Internet social networking services like Twitter and Facebook have been important tools of communications for protesters in Egypt who have taken to the streets since last week to demonstrate against the 30-year rule of President Hosni Mubarak.
Internet service has been suspended around the country and phone text messaging has been disabled.
A source familiar with the matter said Google, whose corporate motto is "Don't Be Evil," was not taking sides in the crisis in Egypt, but was simply supporting access to information as it has done with other services such as video website YouTube.
YouTube has been streaming live coverage of Al Jazeera's broadcasts of the events in Egypt.
Dozens of the so-called speak-to-tweet messages were featured on Twitter on Monday. The messages ranged from a few seconds to several minutes and featured people identifying themselves as Egyptians and describing the situations in various parts of the country.
"The government is spreading rumors of fear and of burglary and of violence," said one of the messages from an English speaker. "The only incidence of theft and burglary are done by the police themselves."
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