Windows 8 demo

If you haven’t seen it already, may be you should. The video addresses many things in details and how windows 8 is going to change everything in tablet and pc market.

 

Skype & Microsoft

 

Microsoft has bought Skype for an imaginable amount, Skype has been sold with $8.5 Billion. It's not about Skype's current profit, but about how it can be combined with other things that Microsoft is doing. The three things that Microsoft might do with Skype is…

 

• Integrating Skype with XBOX and Kinect.
• Support Windows phone and wide variety of windows devices.
• Using skype to connect Lync users, outlook, xbox live, messenger and other workplace communications.

 

Lets hope it will be win-win situation for both the companies.

LokPal Bill

The JanLok Pal bill is meant to be some sort of nuclear weapon against corruption in politics and high end government offices. India suffering from Serious Cancer called Corruption. Therefore Anna Hazare fights against Corruption with his hunger strike.

 

 

And guess what , Government responds in this manner..

 

Sharad Pawar is leading the group of ministers formed to look into the changes in the Lokpal Bill.

Sharad Pawar as leader of GoM is like student writing his own question papers. That’s your April fool joke. If you still didn’t get it, its like making sreesanth the instructor for anger management or you could say munaf patel teaching sachin tendulkar how to bat. Well jokes part Support Sri Anna Hazare's movement.

 

Why LokPal bill is opposed http://goo.gl/edK7U; and why JanLokPal bill is important http://goo.gl/B150L. Lokpal bill (corrected as Jan Lokpal with improvements) is campaigned not only by Anna Hazare , but several others like Kiran bedi. Anna Hazare has been a freedom fighter and a social activist fighting against corruption for more years than our age! He is also credited with the creator of an Ideal Village (Adarsh Gaon - self-sufficient) in Maharashtra (Ralegan Sidhi). He is a well-known name in Maharashtra and has been instrumental in many developments in Maharashtra while making the Maharashtra government to bow to his satyagrahas and fasts! He has been splendid in riding the anti-corruption wave and rallying people these last few days.

 

In an open letter, Hazare politely asks Singh and co. to stop spreading FUD and reiterates what People Against Corruption really wants. I liked the way he phrased his letter not only by just being polite at the same time with an uncompromising tone.

The Toss

 

Am I the only one who could hear sangakkara calling tails at 35th second of the video. Oh! Sanga I thought you are a clean cricketer.The cheat is upto it again. He called tails for the first toss and heads for the re-toss. I sympthasize with you sangakkara. I thought you are a ethical cricketer. We know toss plays a vital role in subcontinent for sub continent teams but cricket is after all a gentle man’s game.

Google Talk Guru

http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2011/03/google-talk-guru.html

 

The following is my transcript with the Guru. It could answer some questions.

 

me : weather in hyderabad

guru:

Weather:
Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India
29°C, Icy
Wind: NW 6 km/h
Hum: 16%
Thu: 20°C-37°C, Mostly Sunny
Fri: 19°C-38°C, Clear
Sat: 21°C-38°C, Clear

me: india capital city

guru

Sorry, 'india capital city' did not return any results.

me: president of america

guru

Sorry, 'president of america' did not return any results.

me: prime minister of india

guru

Sorry, 'prime minister' did not return any results.

me: speed of light

guru

Calculator:
the speed of light = 299792458 m / s

Sent at 12:07 PM on Thursday

me: define:musings

guru

Glossary:
Musings: Thought and thinking are mental forms and processes, respectively ("thought" is both). Thinking allows beings to model the world and to represent
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musings

me 2^32

guru

Calculator:
2^32 = 4294967296

Cricket Musings

An India-Pakistan cricket is the match and that too in a cricket world cup semifinal, its not just another cricket match. Cricket will be the winner at the end of it. I was as excited about this match as those were around me, and was truly looking forward for it. Before that accompanied excitement dies,India has kept its track record of never loosing a match against pakistan in cricket world cup. .. It was an overall good bowling performance. Many People including me criticized about dhoni’s decision to drop ashwin and take nehra back into that team. That too after Pakistan spinners doing very well over a flat track, it made me feel more miserable. But Dhoni proved me wrong again. Though he has been out of form with bat, his captaincy is unquestionable , it was his smart move with Nehra , and Nehra has done the magic with the ball in yesterday’s game. It’s not just with Nehra, every one bowled their best and it was overall a team effort.

 

Dhoni = Keeper + captain + Batsman.

Even if he fails in one department, he is handling 2 departments. Before Dhoni, we were struggling with two issues Captain who doesn't perform, Wicket keeper who can't bat. Dhoni solved both the problems. Off late he is not batting as well as he used to. But I think he is still a very valuable member of the team.

 

 

2 wickets from every one, especially when India doesn’t have a specialized 5th bowler its just good. It was a disciplined bowling and fielding by every member of the team. Our first extra was in 37th over we bowled. We didn’t drop a single catch and even the misfielding was just for couple of times and it didn’t cost us more than 2 runs. Dhoni kept claiming about those extra 20 runs in the batting powerplay, batting through the innings and poor fielding and this is the time for dhoni to praise the indian team fielding and with the discipline with which our bowlers bowled.

iPad2.0 Announcement

· CPU:  Based on new A5 dual core processor.  Up to 2x faster than A4.  Same low power consumption as A4.  First dual-core tablet to ship in volume.

· Graphics:  Up to 9x faster graphics.

· Form Factor:  iPad 2 is just 8.8 mm thick.  33% thinner than iPad 1.  Thinner than the iPhone 4. 

· Display:  Same 9.7” display. 

· Weight:  iPad 2 is 15% lighter than iPad 1.  It weighs just 1.3 pounds, versus 1.5 pounds in the previous generation.

· Cameras:  New front and rear camera.

· Inertial sensors:  Accelerometer, compass and new gyro just like the iPhone 4 and 4^th generation iPod Touch.

· Video mirroring:  The iPad will have HDMI mirrored video output. Up to 1080p. Anything you see on an iPad screen you see on HDMI. Works with all apps, supports rotation, no setup or configuration, and you can even charge your iPad while plugged into an HDMI gadget. The HDMI accessory will cost $40.

· Battery Life:  Same 10-hour battery life and over one month of standby. 

Looks like Apple concentrated more on hardware now. The iPad2 announcement was all about competent hardware specs(the announced iOS 4.3 offers only a few minor improvements such as Facetime for iPad, WiFi hotspot and a speedier Safari browser). They are combining continuous hardware innovation plus price reduction by which they keep raising the bar for the rest of the industry. I’m impressed with what they have done to make such serious hardware improvements without any discernable tradeoffs.