Tuesday, March 1, 2011

India Semiconductor Association Awards 2011


Consumer Electronics, 
Smart Box family of products
Suphalaam Technologies Ltd.
Energy/Solar
Su-Kam Power Systems Ltd.
Medical
Phonenix Medical Systems Pvt. Ltd.
(On device for detection of diabetic neuropathy)
Telecommunications
Tejas Networks Ltd.
High Voltage Relay Driver ASCI 
for space applications
Bharat Electronics Ltd.
Student Category
Vikas Singh, IIT Madras 
for Low Power wide band A/D convertor
UKIT Techno Visionary Award
Prof. Rao R Tummala of 
Georgia Institute of Technology, 
Atlanta
ISA-Webel Techno Mentor Award
Prof. Vikram Kumar, IIT Delhi
The Start-up to watch
E-Parisaraa, India's first 
government authorised  
electronic waste recycling company
Other Categories include
REVOLO Hybrid Electric Motor Solution, 
KPIT Cummins Infosystems Ltd.
 and Bhart Forge Ltd.

Oscar Awards 2011


CatergoryWinner
Actor in a Leading RoleColin Firth(The King's Speech)
Actor in a Supporting RoleChristian Bale(The Fighter)
Actress in a Leading RoleNatalie Portman(Black Swan)
Actress in a Supporting RoleMelissa Leo(The Fighter)
Animated Feature FilmToy Story 3(Lee Unkrich)
Art DirectionAlice in Wonderland(Robert Stromberg,Karen O'Hara)
CinematographyInception(Wally Pfister)
Costume DesignColleen Atwood(Alice in Wonderland)
DirectingThe King's Speech(Tom Hooper)
Documentary (Feature)Inside Job(Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs)
Documentary (Short Subject)Strangers No More(Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon)
Film EditingThe Social Network(Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter)
Foreign Language FilmIn a Better World( Denmark)
MakeupRick Baker and Dave Elsey(The Wolfman)
Music (Original Score)The Social Network(Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross)
Music (Original Song)We Belong Together(Randy Newman)
Best PictureThe King's Speech(Iain Canning, Emile Sherman and Gareth Unwin)
Short Film (Animated)The Lost Thing(Shaun Tan and Andrew Ruhemann)
Short Film (Live Action)God of Love(Luke Matheny)
Sound EditingRichard King(Inception)
Sound MixingInception(Lora Hirschberg, Gary A. Rizzo and Ed Novick)
Visual EffectsInception(Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley and Peter Bebb)
Writing (Adapted Screenplay)Aaron Sorkin(The Social Network)
Writing (Original Screenplay)David Seidler(The King's Speech)

Video: Toyota Camry vs Toyota Yaris - Crash Test

Front crash test video between Toyota Camry (red) and Toyota Yaris (blue) at 64 km/h.




Thursday, February 24, 2011

Punchlines or Taglines quiz (Airlines companies)


Kingfisher Airlines - Fly the Goodtimes

Air India - Your Palace in the sky

Jet Airways - The Joy of Flying

Indigo Airlines - Go Indigo

Spicejet - Flying for all


Mobile phone companies Taglines


Nokia - Connecting People

LG - Life's Good

Samsung -

Micromax - Nothing like anything

Motorola - Hello Moto

Sony Ericsson -




Famous Celebrity and their Cars

Here's some popular celebrities with their owned cars. The actual stars, with the actual cars.:

Keanu Reeves



Keanu Reeves with his Porsche 911 driving in Beverly Hills. This is the 993 model - the last air-cooled model, and the most popular and stylish.



Sylvester Stallone





Sylvester Stallone is impress of his own Ford Mustang as he shows off the tuned-up engine to his friends in Los Angeles.



Robert Downey Jr



Robert Downey Jr and his wife Susan at the Iron Man 2 opening in LA in the Audi R8 Spyder that stars in the motion picture.


Pierce Brosnan


It is perhaps oddly suitable for Pierce Brosnan to pick up his son Dylan from his Malibu school in an Aston Martin Vanquish, much more like the one he drove in his last James Bond movie Die Another Day.



More famous stories at Hollywood stars & their cars - updated

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Current Affairs February 2011 - 2


People

U K Sinha takes over as Sebi chairman on feb 18 2011 replacing C B Bhave

Sunil Kakar has been appointed as CFO for Infrastructure finance firm IDFC

Joseph Ho has been appointed as MD and Head of Exchange Traded Funds

Vasant Krishnan has been appointed as CFO of Mahindra Satyam


Education

Computer education firm Aptech and IT firm Microsoft to launch embedded courses and certification to its students


Entertainment

First ever 3-day(18th to 20th February 2011) Film Festival kicks-off at Andaman and Nicobar Islands

Dhobi Ghat to be commercially released in Germany


Business

Anand Mahindra-led Mahindra Satyam is looking to re-list on the NYSE in 2011-12

Hinduja Gobal Solutions to set up 2 centres - 1 each in China and Latin America in next fiscal(FY 12)

Facebook Inc, now in Hong Kong

Aircel to launch 3G services in all 13 telecom cirlces as Cricket World Cup kicks of on 19th February 2011

Networking and Storage solutions provider Buffalo opens its first retail shop, Brand Store in India

HAL hints at possible IPO plans

Vodafone to stream cricket World Cup matches via ESPN Mobile TV


SBI to launch Rs.2000 crore retail bond issue on Feb 21 2011


Technology


Intel tests 'Sandy Bridge' for laptops

Lost your TV remote, now a Samsung app on your Galaxy phone or Tab

Oracle to offer File Management Package for Cloud

Opera to roll out iPad browser

Microsoft sends first service pack for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 to original equipment manufacturers. Consumers would be updated later part of February

Bangalore base Myriad, a mobile technology company, announced new software Alien Dalvik that will allow Android Application to run on other phones

NVIDIA announces 1st quad-core mobile processor, (Kal-El) Tegra 3

Sony to launch 9.4 inch tablet named S1, to run on Android 3.0 Honeycomb

Now, Robot chefs at the Wishdoing restaurant on Shanghai's Nanjing road which could cook delicious Chinese cuisine within 3 minutes

Marvell launches 'Mobile MIMO', the Avastar 88W8797, an 802.11n 2*2 dual-band WiFi system on Chip (SoC)
MIMO: Multiple Inputs Multiple Output

Now a website to act as answer engine, trueknowledge.com

Ozonetel Systems has launched free 'Voice Buzz' application on Facebook through which users can update their Facebook status in their own voice from their landline or mobile number


SNIPPETS

India's Drug Technical Advisory Board (DTAB) has decided to ban 2 controversial drugs — Gatifloxacine and Tegaserod — because of their side-effects.
Gatifloxacine is used as an antibiotic and its side effect is it shoot up and also dip blood sugar levels.
Tegaserod is used in India for irritable bowel syndrome and chronic constipation and its side effect is showed a 10-fold increased risk of heart attacks and stroke.