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Windows Phone 7

Microsoft introduced its next generation Mobile OS ‘Windows Phone 7’ at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Analysts say that Windows Phone 7 is going to give a tough competition to iPhone. Windows Phone 7 is said to be Microsoft’s next attempt to take hold of the rapidly-growing mobile market.

Windows Phone 7 has a lot of features but it is facing criticism by analysts for missing out on certain must have features. One of the most missed features in Windows Phone 7 is cut-copy-paste. The present version of Windows Mobile supports it but Windows Phone 7 doesn’t support this feature.

Another lacking is the Flash support. Just like iPhone and iPad, Windows Phone 7 doesn’t have Flash support. Currently to render multimedia Windows Phone 7 uses Microsoft’s Silverlight, the web application framework that provides functionalities similar to Adobe Flash.

User will not be able to boost memory capacity or swap memory cards as Windows Phone 7 does not support it.

Also lacking is the upgradation support which means most of the phones that currently support Microsoft Mobile OS will not be able to upgrade.

Xerox Corp to Open Research Lab in India

Xerox Corp is all set to open its research lab in India. Xerox is one of the largest makers of high-speed colour printers. This is the first lab Xerox is opening in a developing market to expand its services division.

The lab in Chennai, India, will work with local universities to develop document-management services for rising markets. Xerox has two research centres in the US and one each in Canada and France.

The move gives Xerox a footing in India where the economy expanded more than 6 per cent last year, while the economy contracted in the US, where Xerox gets more than half its revenue.

Xerox gained 7 cents to $10.09 yesterday in New York Stock Exchange composite trading. It had climbed 19 per cent this year before.

Radiation Hazard by Cell Phones

There have been several studies on the effect of the radiations emitted by the cell phones on the human body. Whether these radiations cause brain cancer, dementia or have other side effects is not yet established. Some studies have revealed that there are long-term side effects of cell phone usage.

However, it is a fact that cell phones do emit radiation. It is also being thought that it should be made compulsory for all cell phones to display their radiation levels. US-based environmental group EWG has conducted a study based on SAR or Specific Absorption Rate. SAR according to the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association is “a way of measuring the quantity of radio frequency (RF) energy that is absorbed by the body.”

The list of phones with high levels of RF radiation, released by EWG includes some of the most popular smartphone models from companies like Apple, LG, HTC, Motorola, Blackberry and Samsung.

Dhoni Injured, Out of Action for Next 10 days of IPL

Chennai Super Kings’ skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni is out of action for the next 10 days because of an elbow injury. He got injured during the IPL T 20 match against Kolkata Knight Riders at Eden Gardens when he was hit by Shane Bond delivery.

Chennai Super Kings’ coach Stephen Fleming denied any major injury to the India skipper. Dhoni will not be able to play for next 10 days putting Chennai Super Kings’ Indian Premier League campaign in trouble.

A team management source said “Dhoni will be out of action for the next 10 days and the exact nature of his injury is being examined by the doctors at a private hospital here.He will be travelling with the team to Delhi. An official announcement will be made once the nature of the injury is determined by the doctors”.

It is expected however that Dhoni will accompany his team to Delhi, where Chennai Super Kings will take on Delhi Daredevils at Kotla on Friday.

In addition to the match against the Daredevils, Dhoni will not be able to play the matches against Kings XI Punjab (March 21), Royal Challengers Bangalore (March 23) and Mumbai Indians (March 25).

India Finishes Eighth in Hockey World Cup

India played host to the Hockey World Cup this year and it could have helped promoting hockey in India but with Indian team’s poor performance that opportunity too is gone. India missed the chance to reach the semi-finals and then India lost to Argentina in the play-off for the 7th-8th positions, finally finishing off at the eighth position.

Argentina beat India 4-2 to take seventh place in the 12-nation men’s field hockey World Cup on Friday. Argentina was 1-0 at half-time owing to a goal by Tomas Argento in the fourth-minute. India’s Sandeep Singh converted a penalty stroke to goal in the seventh minute into the second session. Vila and Facundo Callioni of Argentina scored three goals in four minutes to make it 4-1. India’s Shivendra Singh scored one more goal but India lost the match.

Argentina had finished 10th and India 11th in the previous World Cup in Germany in 2006.

New Zealand has bagged the ninth position after defeating South Africa in a thrilling match which ended in a penalty shoot-out.

Welcome to IPL Season 3

The Indian Premier League or IPL T20 is back with season 3 after two successful seasons. The IPL 3 fever has gripped the entire nation. The first match of IPL 3 will be played between the Deccan Chargers (DC) and Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in Mumbai tonight. There will be 60 matches in total. The final will be held in Navi Mumbai on April 25, 2010.

IPL 3 Schedule is as under:

March 12 (8:00 PM) – Deccan Chargers vs Kolkata Knight Riders – (Navi Mumbai)

March 13 (3:00 PM) – Mumbai Indians vs Rajasthan Royals – (Mumbai)

March 13 (8:00 PM) – Kings XI Punjab Vs Delhi Daredevils- (Mohali)

March 14 (4:00 PM) – Kolkata Knight Riders Vs Royal Challengers Bangalore- (Kolkata)

March 14 (8:00 PM) – Chennai Super Kings Vs Deccan Chargers – (Chennai)

March 15 (8:00 PM) – Rajasthan Royals Vs Delhi Daredevils- (Ahmedabad)

March 16 (4:00 PM) – Royal Challengers Bangalore Vs Kings XI Punjab- (Bangalore)

March 16 (8:00 PM) – Kolkata Knight Riders Vs Chennai Super Kings- (Kolkta)

March 17 (8:00 PM) – Delhi Daredevils Vs Mumbai Indians- (Delhi)

March 18 (8:00 PM) – Royal Challengers Bangalore Vs Rajasthan Royals – (Bangalore)

March19 (4:00 PM) – Delhi Daredevils vs Chennai Super Kings – (Delhi)

March 19 (8:00 PM) – Deccan Chargers Vs Kings XI Punjab (Cuttack)

March 20 (4:00 PM) – Rajasthan Royals Vs Kolkata Knight Riders- (Ahmedabad)

March 20 (8:00 PM) – Mumbai Indians Vs Royal Challengers Bangalore- (Mumbai)

March 21(4:00 PM) – Deccan Chargers Vs Delhi DareDevils – (Cuttack)

March 21 (8:00 PM) – Mumbai Indians Vs Royal Challengers Bangalore- (Chennai)

March 22 (8:00 PM) – Mumbai Indians Vs Kolkata Knight Riders- (Mumbai)

March 23 (8:00 PM) – Royal Challengers Bangalore Vs Chennai Super Kings- (Bangalore)

March 24 (8:00 PM) – Kings XI Punjab Vs Rajasthan Royals – (Mohali)

March 25 (4:00 PM) – Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Delhi Daredevils – (Bengaluru )

March 25 (8:00 PM) – Mumbai Indians vs Chennai Super Kings – (Mumbai )

March 26 (8:00 PM) – Rajasthan Royals Vs Deccan Chargers – (Ahmedabad)

March 27 (8:00 PM) – Kings XI Punjab Vs Kolkata Knight Riders- (Mohali)

March 28(4:00 PM) – Rajasthan Royals Vs Chennai Super Kings- (Ahmedabad)

March 28 (8:00 PM) – Deccan Chargers Vs Mumbai Indians – (Mumbai)

March 29 (8:00 PM) – Delhi Daredevils Vs Kolkata Knight Riders- (Delhi)

March 30 (8:00 PM) – Mumbai Indians Vs Kings XI Punjab- (Mumbai)

March 31 (4:00 PM) – Chennai Super Kings Vs Royal Challengers Bangalore- (Chennai)

March 31 (8:00 PM) – Delhi Daredevils Vs Rajasthan Royals – (Delhi)

April 1 (8:00 PM) – Kolkata Knight Riders Vs Deccan Chargers – (Kolkata)

April 2 (8:00 PM) – Kings XI Punjab Vs Royal Challengers Bangalore- (Mohali)

April 3 (4:00 PM) – Chennai Super Kings Vs Rajasthan Royals – (Chennai)

April 3 (8:00 PM) – Mumbai Indians Vs Deccan Chargers – (Mumbai)

April 4(4:00 PM) – Kolkata Knight Riders Vs Kings XI Punjab- (Kolkata)

April 4 (8:00 PM) – Delhi Daredevils Vs Royal Challengers Bangalore- (Delhi)

April 5 (8:00 PM) – Deccan Chargers Vs Rajasthan Royals – (Nagpur)

April 6 (8:00 PM) – Chennai Super Kings vs Mumbai Indians – (Chennai)

April 7 (4:00 PM) – Rajasthan Royals vs Kings XI Punjab – (Jaipur)

April 7 (8:00 PM) – Kolkata Knight Riders vs Delhi Daredevils – (Kolkata)

April 8 (8:00 PM) – Royal Challengers Bangalore Vs Deccan Chargers- (Bangalore)

April 9 (8:00 PM) – Kings XI Punjab Vs Mumbai Indians- (Mohali)

April 10 (4:00 PM) – Deccan Chargers Vs Chennai Super Kings – (Nagpur)

April 10 (8:00 PM) – Royal Challengers Bangalore Vs Kolkata Knight Riders- (Bangalore)

April 11 (4:00 PM) – Delhi Daredevils Vs Kings XI Punjab- (Delhi)

April 11 (8:00 PM) – Rajasthan Royals Vs Mumbai Indians- (Jaipur)

April 12 (8:00 PM) – Deccan Chargers Vs Royal Challengers Bangalore (Nagpur)

April 13 (4:00 PM) – Mumbai Indians Vs Delhi Daredevils – (Mumbai)

April 13 (8:00 PM) – Chennai Super Kingsvs Kolkata Knight Riders- (Chennai)

April 14 (8:00 PM) – Rajasthan Royals Vs Royal Challengers Bangalore – (Jaipur)

April 15 (8:00 PM) – Chennai Super Kings Vs Delhi Daredevils – (Chennai)

April 16 (8:00 PM) – Kings XI Punjab Vs Deccan Chargers- (Dharmsala)

April 17 (4:00 PM) – Royal Challengers Bangalore Vs Mumbai Indians- (Bangalore)

April 17 (8:00 PM) – Kolkata Knight Riders Vs Rajasthan Royals – (Kolkata)

April 18 (4:00 PM) – Kings XI Punjab Vs Chennai Super Kings- (Dharamsala)

April 18 (8:00 PM) – Delhi Daredevils vs Deccan Chargers – (Delhi)

April 19 (8:00 PM) – Kolkata Knight Riders vs Mumbai Indians – (Kolkata)

April 21 (8:00 PM) – 1st Semifinal (Bangalore)

April 22 (8:00 PM) – 2nd Semifinal (Bangalore)

April 24 (8:00 PM) – 3rd Place play-off (Navi Mumbai)

April 25 (8:00 PM) – FINAL (Navi Mumbai)

China Warns Google to Obey Rules

There is another turn in the China and Google dispute with China warning Google to obey its rules or face its consequences. This has given the indication that the dispute is not going to end in the near future with China not going for a negotiation in the dispute over hacking.

China has told Google that Google can always keep operating in China and expand its business there but it will have to obey China’s rules and regulations or else face the consequences.

Li Yizhong, Chinese Minister of Industry and Information technology said “It is irresponsible and unfriendly if Google insists in doing something that goes against China’s laws and regulations, and it will have to bear the consequence for doing so. Whether to withdraw from China or continue to stay is up to them”.

China has adopted this stance after Google yesterday emphasized that it was determined in its stand not to allow censorship of its web content in China.

“If Google decides to stay in China, we welcome and it will help boost the development of the country’s Internet industry,” Yizhong said.

IIM C Graduate gets Rs 1.6cr offer

In this year’s campus placements Indian Institute of Management-Calcutta (IIM-C) has ranked first in the choice of recruiters with unsurpassed salary offers.

One of its graduate has got a record $350,000 (Rs 1.6 crore) offer from a global investment bank based in South East Asia and two more have been offered packages of over Rs 1 crore.

Also IIM C got the highest offers among all IIMs on Day 1 and 2 of placement. IIM-Bangalore got the second place and IIM-Ahmedabad came third during the first two days of placements based on the newly introduced ‘cohort system’.

The Indian Institute of Management (IIMs) have decided to change their process of campus recruitment. The basic difference is that now the campus recruitment will be conducted over a month or more instead of conducting it over a week, as done earlier. This was done because last year there were many students who did not find jobs in the placement week because of the ongoing economic crisis.

Earlier the IIMs used to follow the Day Zero, Day 1, Day 2….concept. The most in-demand companies were called on Day Zero and so on. The new system to be adopted by IIMs from this year will have companies coming in cohorts based on role similarity. For example all the IT companies will land in one weekend, the financial companies in the next and so on. This way, different clusters of cohorts will come for two days on the campus. This process will go on for one or two months instead of six to seven days.

The IIM-C placement process started on Saturday, with big companies offering the best pay packetstgy. UBS, the Swiss investment bank, hired solely from IIM-C. Temasek Holdings, the investment arm of the Singapore government, recruited the largest number of its recruits from IIM-C. Oliver Wyman, a US-based consulting firm, also hired IIM-C students for its offices in New York, London, Singapore and Dubai.

Sony to Launch 3D Tvs in India

Sony plans to launch 3D television sets in India by July.

Sunil Nayyar, general manager (sales) of Sony India, said “We have already announced that 3D television sets would be available in Japan from June 10. We expect the product to be available in India by July”.

According to the company, a 3D set is expected to be about 52 per cent costlier than a flat screen one.

3D TVs have registered a slow response because programming problem, required special glasses and the higher prices. With the release of science fiction popular movies like “Avatar,” the demand for 3D TVs is likely to grow

Samsung and LG have already introduced 3D sets and Samsung has also launched 3D LED TVs.

The Sony 3Dsets will include two pairs of special glasses and a camera sensor that will adjust the sound and picture quality depending on where the viewer sits. The glasses will cost extra.

3D Blu-ray players are on the onset too, as are channels of 3D programs from ESPN, Discovery, DirecTV, and other providers.

Samsung Launches 3 D LED TV

Samsung Electronics launched the world’s first 3D TV. This technology is believed to change the viewer’s experience. Also present at the launch ceremony, which took place at New York’s Time Warner Centre, were hip-hop group The Black Eyed Peas and “Avatar” director James Cameron.

Samsung has lined up sets beginning with 46-inch and 55-inch C7000 models and displayed the LED-lit TVs’ 3D picture quality with unbelievable intensity and wonderful clarity.

Viewers are required to wear electronic glasses to watch the 3D TV. These glasses create the 3D effect by opening and closinge rapidly in time, with images designed for the right and left eye.

Samsung also plans to bring 3D movies to its customers in collaboration with also DreamWorks Animation, the maker of “Shrek,” “Kung Fu Panda” etc. This will include a first-time feature-length, 3D Blu-ray version of DreamWorks Animation’s 2009 release, Monsters vs. Aliens.

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