Michael Jackson's kids

Despite the fact that it was their father’s, Michael Jackson’s, first death anniversary, his three grieving children were taken by Katherine, their grandmother, to Hawaii. There they were supposed to have some fun on that sad day.

Paparazzi noticed Blanket, 8, Paris, 12, Prince, 13 with their granny, friends and a security team during their small trip to Maui.
According to the latest reports, Paris was more depressed than her two siblings concerning the loss of her beloved father. Even this time, in the pictures made by reporters, she was swimming in a swimming pool with a serious facial expression.
According to some sources, Paris’ grief was so big that she couldn’t imagine how she was going to live further. But thanks to loving Katherine, who supported her granddaughter a lot, the girl started to feel much better.
On the contrary, Paris’ brothers were spending their time playing and smiling all the time. They were simply enjoying their pleasant getaway.
That source added that everybody in Jackson’s was in grief and this fact united them all and made them much stronger. That feeling of belonging and sharing the same emotions helped the children overcome their depression.

Project Nike--Nokia-Yahoo collaboration

After tying up with Samsung, Yahoo teams up with Nokia to announce their joint venture ‘Project Nike’ on May 24. This launch will facilitate search, email and other applications pre-installed on certain Nokia mobile phones.
Some Nokia S40 devices already come installed with Yahoo Ready and Yahoo Go. Samsung’s Android and bada OS based phones also support Yahoo mobile services.
 
Yahoo seems to give tough competition to Google and Microsoft as Google incorporates its own huge eco system on Android phones and some other phones as well while Microsoft has its Windows Mobile 6.5 and forthcoming Windows Phone 7 platforms.

Typewriters still go clickety clack, In i-Pad era

Ravi Robinson has been in love with his rusty but dependable typewriter for 40 long years and the bonds still go strong. In the era of the futuristic i-Pad and compact and high-speed laptop computers, Robinson has no intention of letting go the rickety machine that is his sole source of income.
He is not the only one.
The clickety-clack of typewriters still rings the air at the old court complex, abutting the Parliament Street police station, where middle-aged typists sit under open tin sheds filing up legal documents and affidavits.
Though the government has done away with tests for clerks and stenos on typewriters, these 60-70 typists are among the last bastions for the mechanical device invented in the 19th century that had to finally give way to the computer.
Roibinson explains his marriage to the typewriter.
‘I have been working here for the last 40 years. Typewriters still have their advantages as they do not require any electricity, are portable and easy to access,’ Robinson told IANS.
He is confident that computers and laptops can never totally replace the typewriter.
Seated a few tables away, Joginder Sharma echoed the sentiment. ‘All legal documents and certificates are typed. Anyway, I do this job to earn for my family,’ said Sharma, a veteran of 22 years at the complex.
Both Robinson and Sharma feel that computer work needs basic knowledge, which may be beyond their capacity to learn at this stage.
But they frankly admit that they are emotionally attached to the machine.
Yet, despite such loyal users, the typewriters are inching towards extinction as various hi-tech gadgets and electronic equipment flood the market every day.
Until about three decades ago, typewriters were omnipresent — in millions. Twenty years ago, India produced about 150,000 typewriters annually. Now, there is not a single manufacturer.
Despite the crunch, there are many still dependent on typewriters — either for work or simply for the emotional quotient of the old machine.
Indeed, dealers and retailers repair and reconstruct old, dilapidated typewriters.
‘Five years ago, typewriters accounted for 10 percent of my total sales. Now they only account for about 2-5 percent,’ Sunil K. Chawla of Chawla Enterprises, which sells typewriters and other electronic equipment, told IANS.
He said there were many loyal buyers for second-hand typewriters.
Rajesh Palta, owner of Universal typewriters in central Delhi, said: ‘Our business of selling second-hand typewriters is doing very well. We have customers who want them repaired because they have a certain emotional attachment to them. In fact people from the American and Japanese embassies have bought typewriters from us.’
The demand for typewriters mostly comes from courts, the army as well as paramilitary forces, according to the dealers.
One said that customers go for exchange offers, buying new typewriters over computers because they find them easier to work with.
‘The older generation finds it comfortable to work on typewriters.’
Anil Sharma, 60, a retired defence ministry official, has preserved his old but well kept typewriter in his work room.
‘It has a very special place in my life since it has been my faithful partner. It is in my houses so that I can see it each day,’ Sharma told IANS.

I was ashamed of cheating on my wife: Mahesh Bhatt

Filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt says his films “Arth”, “Zakhm” and “Daddy” were inspired from his personal experiences of cheating on his wife, being an illegitimate child and that of being an alcoholic.

“What people are ashamed of usually makes a good story… I was ashamed of cheating on my wife, of being a child born out of wedlock, of being an alcoholic. These emotions created ‘Arth’, ‘Zakhm’ and ‘Daddy’,” Bhatt posted on micro-blogging website Twitter.
His 1982 movie “Arth” is said to be a semi-autobiographical account of his extra-marital relationship with yesteryear diva Parveen Babi. “Woh Lamhe”, released in 2006, is reportedly based on Parveen Babi’s battle with schizophrenia and her relationship with Bhatt.
“Daddy” is a story about a young daughter who rescues her father from the brink of destroying himself from alcoholism. The critically acclaimed “Zakhm” is the story of an illegitimate child, played by Ajay Devgan.

India's best Medical colleges

If you wish to study at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) spend a day there. Step inside any OPD at 12 noon. Try walking up and down a corridor without getting trampled by the crowd. If you can imagine yourself one day in the future at the centre of this daily surge of humanity, handling patients swarming around your desk with patience-dare to think of AIIMS.

Everything is king-size here-from the awe-inspiring campus with nearly 18 lakh patient footfalls a year, an array of 50 disciplines, 25 clinical departments and six super speciality centres managing every type of disease, to more than 54,000 wannabes who compete fiercely for one of its 77 MBBS seats.
"It's a place that has always swarmed with brilliant doctors-chairing international committees, giving lectures around the world, getting diseases named after them. With them as mentors, students are encouraged to vie with each other and become role models themselves," says Dr R.C. Deka, AIIMS director.
The top destination in the India Today survey of academic excellence in medicine this year is once again AIIMS. As it turns out, it's not the only institute to have retained its position.
The top five medical colleges this year have survived the shake-up in the rankings, visible more in the middle order. Chasing AIIMS closely are the Christian Medical College (CMC), Vellore, the Armed Forces Medical College (AFMC) in Pune, the Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education & Research (JIPMER) in Puducherry and the Maulana Azad Medical College (MAMC) in Delhi.
The Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, gave a credible performance by moving up to the sixth slot from last year's ninth, pipping at the post the Madras Medical College, Chennai, in the process. Lady Hardinge Medical College, Delhi, muscled its way to the seventh spot.
A welcome entrant in the Top 10 league this year is St. John's Medical College, Bangalore, which jumped four slots to grab the eighth position.
Research is what sets the toppers apart. AIIMS, which brings out more than 50 per cent of all the medical research from India, published over 1,500 original work in high-impact journals this year.
"Our faculty had 381 ongoing projects and initiated 110 new projects worth nearly Rs 58.7 crore," says Deka. At CMC, research is the mantra, too, with number of publications zooming up-from less than 100 in 2002 to over 220 now. "At least 3 to 4 per cent of our budget is set aside for research," says Dr. George Mathew, principal. From epidemiology to stem cells, motorised hands to the indigenous rotovirus vaccine-the pipeline is varied and growing.
AFMC is one of the few colleges to have research at the undergraduate level. The Indian Council of Medical Research has assigned as many as 18 projects to MBBS students here. "This is the highest a medical college has got at that level," says Lt Gen D.P. Vats, director and commandant of AFMC. There's much to learn at the 105-year-old CMC. The serene ambience, away from the madding metros, is ideal for those who believe in giving back to society.
There's a wealth of clinical experience to be gained from the Community Health and Development Unit, which sends graduates to outlying villages every year for a few weeks, to get hands-on exposure to rural hospitals. "We want to create a workforce of physicians who can meet the challenges of modern medicine and at the same time be socially conscious," says Mathew.
Along with Tufts University, US, CMC is planning to bring all lectures and demos online for students working in hospitals within its network.
For a different experience, enter the Connaught Barracks in Pune. Check out the hum and buzz, the bright young faces, the breathtaking campus and doctors in crisp white or green busy on the rounds.
The place radiates the combined aura of military discipline, the pride and power of India's armed forces along with the exuberance of a medical college. From a humble postgraduate training centre in 1948, it has grown today into a formidable institute with 29 departments, 35 courses and six affiliated hospitals-for those who want to serve the armed forces.
"We prepare 'doctor officers' and not just doctors. They have to be mentally strong in war-prone areas, alert and also compassionate," adds Vats.
Cash-rich corporates may have changed India's healthcare delivery landscape, but they do not seem to have made much headway in medical education.
That's probably because the fundamental metric of most of India's top medical schools is premised on research, in which the private sector lags seriously behind. Intellect doesn't seem to have kowtowed to the jingle of coins in the world of medical education yet.

Windows 7 vs Vista

A study by Janco Associates conducted .According to the reports of the study Windows 7 hold 14.6% of market share in the professional segment against 12.8% in Vista.
We already know that Windows 7 was largely successful entry , with 90 million copies since launch in October. Janco Associates, a consulting firm in management information systems,  learned that Windows Vista has exceeded seven companies.Within nine months of their release, the increase was even more bitter for Vista, with only 6% market share according to Janco Partners, against 14% for  windows 7 today. Please keep in mind that Janco Partners study  is based on  RTM version of Windows 7 (available in August) and not leaving “official” last October, which explains the nine months already reached.

The new OS already would total 14.6% market share against 12.8% in Vista, which has been a real flop in the company and contributed to the unusual longevity of Windows XP .

However, the figures Janco differ markedly from those of other analysts. NetApplications gives 11.6% of market share to Windows 7, 15.6% and 63.4% to Vista to XP. StatCounter is more generous for Windows 7 (14.5%) and Vista (20.5%), and more conservative for XP (57.1%).
But their statistics do not focus, like Janco, solely on the professional sector. The wisest of all is that Microsoft believes that Windows 7 has 10% market share.

A NEW FEATURE UPDATED ON GOOGLE

Google made a decision to promote its new feature. It provides a background image on the homepage of Google with showing a photo. In case you have an account of Google, it is possible to alter the displayed photo.


 In case you prefer a background back, international users of Google are out of luck. There were made tests in the German as well as UK Google homepage. It was revealed that users get the link that can be found on the left lower corner that is used for removing the background image. But when it comes to clicking on it Google displays the featured background image.





 As for the google.com homepage, the link works. You can get a white and empty background back when you click on the link. Take into consideration that the Remove Background Image link appears in case you need to change the image.
So as you may understand it is better to take advantage of the link on google.com.
But still one should admit that it is a bit annoying to see a photo in the background especially if there is a bug due to which it is impossible to delete the photo.

Samsung to launch Samsung S5603 in India

As 3G services are going to start in India in several months, it is expected that demand for 3G enabled handsets will grow.

It looks like Samsung has understood that and for that reason the company released its new 3G enabled phone in India. It comes under the company’s Star brand. The latest model comes under the name of the S5603. The handset features a 2.8 inch QVGA LCD touchscreen that is able to display 262K colors.
Moreover, it comes with a 3.2 megapixel camera and includes a power LED flash that considered to be a common thing. The cell phone is enabled with a front camera that can be used for video calling purposes. Furthermore, the mobile device offers 80MB of internal memory that it is possible to expand with the help of microSD cards.



Also the handset is equipped with an FM Radio, music player as well as mobile blogging. The device packs in Li-Ion 1000 mAh battery that offers 3 hours of talk time. The handset has the price tag of Rs.10,000 and is available across the country.

FIFA World Cup Fever

 Twitter has released a special website that is dedicated for FIFA World Cup fans. So now you are able
 so it will be possible to leave tweets about the football World Cup.
It was noted by Twitter co-founder, Biz Stone, that football fans are provided with a great opportunity to connect with teams, players as well as brands that used by twitter in order to join the matches in a new way.
The new FIFA World Cup page of Twitter consists of live widgets, real-time search and also Top Tweets. The Top Tweets algorithm retweets and selects the most interesting tweets. If you need to know about some details of matches you can visit the page.

But do not expect that it is all. When anything is tweeted about FIFA World Cup, a user can use #WorldCup hashtag anywhere in the text, one can a Football icon. It is visible on Twitter Web interface. In case you want to insert a flag of a particular country in your twitter you have to use #ESP for Spain, #BRA for Brazil, as well as #ENG for England.

World Cup 2010 schedule

 

The FIFA 2010 World Cup started with a bang. After a grand opening ceremony, it was time for the teams to get back on the field. Today's first match of the World Cup 2010 was played between Mexico and hosts South Africa. The match ended in a draw with both the teams managing to score a goal each. World cup scores - Mexico 1, South Africa 1.

 

The second match of the 2010 FIFA World cup was played between France and uruguay. The second match also ended in a draw. France and Uruguay both had their chances but failed to convert them and the match result was 0-0.

 

You can watch World Cup 2010 live on your tv sets. If you are staying in South Africa you can watch the live matches of the Football World Cup 2010 on SABC. In India live action can we watched on ESPN and Doordarshan tv channels. In Italy people can watch all matches on Rai, Phillipines on ABS-CBN, In Spain on Canal and NHK in Japan.

 

Live streaming of the FIFA 2010 World cup can be watched on Vshare, Sopcast, P2P and Justin Tv. A number of sites have the latest updates, details and latest scores, highlights and results of the FIFA World Cup matches. Even the World Cup 2010 brackets is also posted on many sites.

 

Here is the World Cup 2010 schedule and fixture according to Indian Time (IST).

First Round Football Matches

June 11
07.30pm – South Africa Vs Mexico – Johannesburg (SC)

June 12
12.00am – Uruguay Vs France – Cape Town
05.00pm – South Korea Vs Greece – Johannesburg (SC)
07.30pm – Argentina Vs Nigeria – Port Elizabeth (Ellis)

June 13
12.00am – England Vs USA – Rustenburg
05.00pm – Algeria Vs Slovenia – Polokwane
07.30pm – Serbia Vs Ghana – Pretoria

June 14
12.00am – Germany Vs Australia – Durban
05.00pm – Netherlands Vs Denmark – Johannesburg (SC)
07.30pm – Japan Vs Cameroon – Bloemfontein

June 15
12.00am – Italy Vs Paraguay – Cape Town
05.00pm – New Zealand Vs Slovakia – Rustenburg
07.30pm – Ivory Coast Vs Portugal – Port Elizabeth

June 16
12.00am – Brazil Vs North Korea – Johannesburg (Ellis)
05.00pm – Honduras Vs Chile – Nelspruit
07.30pm – Spain Vs Switzerland – Durban

June 17
12.00am – South Africa Vs Uruguay – Pretoria
05.00pm – Argentina Vs South Korea – Johannesburg (SC)
07.30pm – Greece Vs Nigeria – Bloemfontein

June 18
12.00am – France Vs Mexico – Polokwane
05.00pm – Germany Vs Serbia – Port Elizabeth
07.30pm – Slovenia Vs USA – Johannesburg (Ellis)

June 19
12.00am – England Vs Algeria – Cape Town
05.00pm – Netherlands Vs Japan – Durban
07.30pm – Ghana Vs Australia – Rustenburg

June 20
12.00am – Cameroon Vs Denmark – Pretoria
05.00pm – Slovakia Vs Paraguay – Bloemfontein
07.30pm – Italy Vs New Zealand – Nelspruit

June 21
12.00am – Brazil Vs Ivory Coast – Johannesburg (SC)
05.00pm – Portugal Vs North Korea – Cape Town
07.30pm – Chile Vs Switzerland – Port Elizabeth

June 22
12.00am – Spain Vs Honduras – Johannesburg (Ellis)
07.30pm – Mexico Vs Uruguay – Rustenburg
07.30pm – France Vs South Africa – Bloemfontein

June 23
12.00am – Nigeria Vs South Korea – Durban
12.00am – Greece Vs Argentina – Polokwane
07.30pm – Slovenia Vs England – Port Elizabeth
07.30pm – USA Vs Algeria – Pretoria

June 24
12.00am – Ghana Vs Germany – Johannesburg (SC)
12.00am – Australia Vs Serbia – Nelspruit
07.30am – Slovakia Vs Italy – Johannesburg (Ellis)
07.30am – Paraguay Vs New Zealand – Polokwane

June 25
12.00am – Denmark Vs Japan – Rustenburg
12.00am – Cameroon Vs Netherlands – Cape Town
07.30am – Portugal Vs Brazil – Durban
07.30am – North Korea Vs Ivory Coast – Nelspruit

June 26
12.00am – Chile Vs Spain – Pretoria
12.00am – Switzerland Vs Honduras – Bloemfontein
Second Round – ROUND OF 16

June 26
07.30pm – Group A winner Vs Group B 2nd place – Port Elizabeth

June 27
12.00am – Group C winner Vs Group D 2nd place – Rustenburg
07.30pm – Group D winner Vs Group C 2nd place – Bloemfontein

June 28
12.00am – Group B winner Vs Group A 2nd place – Johannesburg (SC)
07. 30pm – Group E winner Vs Group F 2nd place – Durban

June 29
12.00am – Group G winner Vs Group H 2nd place – Johannesburg (Ellis)
07.30pm – Group F winner Vs Group E 2nd place – Pretoria

June 30
12.00am – Group H winner Vs Group G 2nd place – Cape Town
Quarter-finals

July 2
7.30pm – 1st Quarter-final – Port Elizabeth

July 3
12. 00am – 2nd Quarter-final – Johannesburg (SC)
7.30pm – 3rd Quarter-final – Cape Town

July 4
12.00am – 4th Quarter-final – Johannesburg (Ellis)
Semi-finals

July 7
12.00am – 1st Semi-final – Cape Town

July 8
12.00am – 2nd Semi-final – Durban

Third Place (July 11)
12.00am – Semi-final losers – Port Elizabeth

Final (July 12)
12.00am – Semi-final winners – Johannesburg (SC)

Apple's 'new baby' iPhone 4

Steve Jobs, Apple CEO, announced the new iconic device iPhone 4 which runs on iOS 4(previously known as iPhone OS) with gorgeous retina display, 720p HD video recording, FaceTime-video calling application, multitasking, folder organisation and a better battery along with more than 100 new features added to the existing ones.

iPhone 4 runs on iOS 4(previously known as iPhone OS) with gorgeous retina display, 720p HD video recording, FaceTime-video calling application, multitasking, folder organisation and a better battery along with more than 100 new features...

Hardware and Design:

 

 

The device is clearly “the biggest leap since iPhone” as Jobs said. Surprisingly thinner by 24% than the 3GS, the iPhone 4 is a mere 9.33mm (less than a centimetre!). This makes it the thinnest smartphone on the planet. The phone supports micro SIM, the same as in iPad.

 

 

On the hardware part it will have its own A4 chip that sits inside the recently launched iPad and is very fast and relatively smaller than the existing chip on iPhone 3GS. Being faster than 3GS means HSDPA/HSUPA speeds of 7.2Mbps down and 5.8Mbs up, which is quite good and real fast. The smallness of the chip allows for a longer battery which promises 40% more battery which will give 14 hours talk time on 2G, 7 hours on 3G, audio playback up to 40 hours, video up to 10 hours, internet over 3G up to 6 hours and 10 hours on Wi-Fi.

 

Other additions are 802.11n Wi-Fi, a gyroscope to detect motion on three axes and works much more precisely by coupling with accelerometer and compass to give a 6-axis motion sensing- a first on any phone. Finally, the device has an LED flash and 5 MP camera with larger and back illuminated censor to give stunning images. Apple had reduced the pixel-censor size ratio for better quality picture unlike other phone makers who increase the pixel density on the same small censors. There is a front VGA camera for video calls (however the back camera can also be used by a simple tap).

 

The back camera has the ability to record High-Definition or HD videos at 720p resolution at 30 FPS (frames per second, an industry standard). To add to the user experience, Jobs announced the iMovie for iPhone which could be used to edit the video footage from the phone, add transitions, effects etc. to make a movie on the phone itself.

 

The iPhone 4 will have an unique ‘Retina Display’ which offers four times pixel density than the current iPhone. The current iPhone 3GS has a pixel density of 163ppi (pixels per inch) but iPhone 4 takes it to 326ppi that is unseeable to the human eye. The human eye can see up to 300ppi and iPhone 4 has exceeded the standard by a huge notch. Why the fuss? The text on screen will look as clear as a printed book. The characters won’t pixelate and it will offer a sharp and crisp resolution of 960X640, way above the current phones in the market, with a normal contrast ratio of 800:1.

 

Design is a packed powerhouse with some “cool engineering”, in Jobs’ own words, the steel rim that wraps the sides has been used as antennae for GSM, UMTS, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth radios. It promises better call quality over Wi-Fi. We have seen that Apple doesn’t waste even a single inch of space on its devices and makes use of it. (The circle around the camera doubles up a s a GPS antennae!). It retains the same physical buttons with a ringer/silent switch, volume up and down, sleep/wake or on/off along with one microphone near the 3.5mm stereo headphone jack for noise cancellation.

 

 

Software:

 

 

It runs on the renamed iOS 4 which packs some great and most awaited features like multitasking, folder organisation, Bluetooth key board support, spell check, playlist creation etc. The name has been changed to iOS as it runs on iPhone, iPod touch and iPad as well.

 

 

Multitasking was a feature that was deliberately not included by Apple in its previous iPhones as it drained the battery significantly. “We are not the first at it but we have got it just right”, Jobs claimed regarding multitasking. He said they have a better chip and better technology which does not drain the battery by unnecessarily running additional programmes in background.

 

Multitasking comes with a cool interface which appears once the user presses the home button twice and with a swipe of fingers one can see what apps are currently running. That means one can listen to music, browse web, switch to calls or play games without quitting the running applications.

 

Next big feature in the iOS 4 is folder organisation which now gices users the flexibility to store a whopping 2160 apps against the existing 180. One can simply hold an app icon and drag it onto another to make a folder, then rename it and place it anywhere on the home screens.

 

One can now have more intelligent dictionary which can be made to learn words and check spelling as well. The iPhone users can see a red dotted line if they type a wrong word and tapping on them will suggest them the right words for that combination of letters. A good and handy feature if you are in a habit of blogging or emailing from iPhone.

 

Integrated iAd platform which is a new venture for Apple is a great way to serve advertisement to users. Ads will be displayed in the applications but tapping on them won’t drag the user somewhere from where he/she cannot return! It will be in the app itself and will return to the app once the user wants it. Apple will give 60% to the developers and keep the 40% of the revenue with itself.

 

 

iMovie, a video editing application from Apple and iBooks, a book reader with the power to buy books from the iBookstore are two added attractions apart from FaceTime, a video calling feature. FaceTime lets the users make a video call from iPhone 4 to iPhone 4 over Wi-Fi and gives a decent quality as well. This can be used with both the cameras of the phone and cameras can be swapped as the user desires by tapping an icon on the screen.

The full specification sheet with some stunning images and features are posted on Apple’s website. As the banner on the site reads, “This changes everything. Again.”