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Here is one good news, Indian Rupees has its own Currency Symbol.

Now the Indian rupee has become the fifth currency in the world to have its own symbol. It is followed by U.S. dollar, British pound-sterling, Euro and Japanese yen that had their own symbol earlier.

The symbol is a mix of the Devanagri ‘Ra’(ર) and Roman ‘R’.

The New Symbol is designed by the Mr. D. Uday Kumar. He will be awarded 2.5 Lac Rupees for his design.

His design was selected out of the 3000 Entries and he is the Mumbai IIT Student.

So Now, Indians will enjoy the new symbol of rupees
Update 6:33 PM
People are excited and searching for the technique how they can use the Indian rupee font symbol in their writings now. Here is the method by which you can download the Indian rupee font just in seconds can start using the same.

http://blog.foradian.com/font-with-indian-rupee-symbol-download-and-us

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HOW TO IDENTIFY DIFFERENT CITIZENS OF INDIA
Scenario 1

Two guys are fighting and a third guy comes along, sees them and walks on.
That's MUMBAI 

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Scenario 2 

Two guys are fighting. Both of them take time out and call their friends on

their mobiles. Now 50 guys are fighting.

You are definitely in PUNJAB !!!

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Scenario 3 

Two guys are fighting and a third guy comes along and tries to make peace.

The first two get together and beat him up.
That's DELHI 



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Scenario 4

Two guys are fighting. A crowd gathers to watch.

A guy comes along and quietly opens a Chai-stall.
That's AHMEDABAD 

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Scenario 5

Two guys are fighting and a third guy comes.

He writes a software program to stop the fight.

But the fight doesn't stop because of a virus in the program.
That's BANGALORE 

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Scenario 6

Two guys are fighting. A crowd gathers to watch.

A guy comes along and quietly says that "AMMA" doesn't like all this nonsense..


Peace settles in...
That's CHENNAI 

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Scenario 7
Two guys are fighting and a third guy comes along, then a fourth

and they start arguing about who's right.

You are in KOLKATA

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Scenario 8
Two guys are fighting. Third guy comes from nearby house and says,

"don't fight in front of my place, go zum where else and keep fighting".
That's KERALA ! 

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And the best one is ....

Scenario 9
Two guys are fighting. Third guy comes along with a carton of beer.
All sit together drinking beer and abusing each other and all go home as friends.
You are in GOA !!!

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Hi Friends,

Long time !
This time I came up with a new 3D Image Technique called as Stereoscopy a.k.a Stereography.
First check the below image

Now as per the viewing techniques u have to concentrate on the image and u will see the Elephant with 3D effect. But you have to concentrate on it.
Here is the depth map of the above image
This is nothing but an eye-trick. When we concentrate on the stereoscopic image, our brain automatically ignores the texture and finds the hidden image.

BOSS is a Linux distribution developed specifically for the Indian environment to enhance the use of Free/Open Source Software in the country. BOSS Linux consists of an easy to use desktop environment, English/Indian language support and other packages that are most relevant for the use in the government domain.

This software package has been described as India's own PC operating system and as the most meaningful product to come out of the Indian software industry.

BOSS GNU/Linux is derived from Debian (Another GNU/Linux OS).

Future versions of BOSS will support the educational domain as well. BOSS Linux is developed by C-DAC team and their ultimate goal is to localize it into all 22 official Indian languages so that Information Technology can reach even the non-English speaking masses that are denied its benefits today.

Features of BOSS Linux

• Graphical mode installer;
• Faster system startup and login;
• Simplified menu organization;
• Easy access to power management settings;
• Improved support for video playback;
• 3D Desktop;
• Bharatheeyaa Open Office (Localized OpenOffice.org)
• Enhanced Removable Media support;
• Plug & Play support for devices;
• Multimedia support;
• TV Tuner support;
• Bluetooth support;
• Optional Network Manager for convenient roaming between different wireless and wired networks;
• Migration Tool – Bulk Document converter;
• Input Method – SCIM with Remington Keyboard Layout for Tamil, Hindi, Punjabi,and Marati;
• Dual Boot Facility;
• Automount of existing Hard Disk partitions.

The latest version of BOSS Linux comes in three different CDs: a Live CD that can be used to try BOSS Linux with no hassle; an Install CD so you can install BOSS into your system if you like it and the third one is an Add On CD with utilities.

Available in Eighteen Indian Languages

• Assamese
• Bengali
• Bodo
• Gujarati
• Hindi
• Kannada
• Kashmiri
• Konkani
• Maithili
• Malayalam
• Manipuri
• Marathi
• Oriya
• Punjabi
• Sanskrit
• Tamil
• Telugu
• Urdu

Nepali, Sindhi, Dogri and Manipuri are yet not available in BOSS.


Visit Official website : http://www.bosslinux.in

I am going to try this OS soon . . .


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Initially Google Docs was supporting Word, Excel, PowerPoint and PDF files. Later they introduced to "Upload any file".

And Now they have introduced Drawing. Interesting thing is that My 3rd Year project was White-board chat at the time of developing that project i was thinking that Google should do this, and they have done.

You, your friend and your colleagues can draw online in the Real time.
It is similar to Online White-board like Twiddla, Scriblink etc. But now it is the Google who have introduced this, it must be interesting.

The drawing is Object Oriented means, whatever you draw it becomes an Object, you can move it or delete it or resize it. MSPaint doesn't provide such feature.

With drawings, you can insert text, shapes, arrows, scribbles, and add images from your hard drive or from the Web. You can also use alignment guides, snap to grid, and auto distribution to lay out drawings with precision.

After you done you can download them as PNGs, JPGs, PDFs, and SVG
And one biggest thing is that your friends can also work on the same drawing at the same time !


Excited ?
Start a Drawing Now !

Those who don't know what is Google Docs visit : http://docs.google.com/
You can also watch the Introductory video from Google
For Help related to Google Drawing visit Google Help center


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Previously I have posted Appraisal letter : with encryption
Here it is similar to that, but on Friendship in Hindi !!!


प्रिय मित्र,
नमस्कार

तुम्हारा पत्र मिला पढ़कर ख़ुशी हुई की
तुम कक्षा में प्रथम आए हो और यह पढ़कर दुःख हुआ कि
तुम बीमार हो | मैं तो भगवन से प्राथर्ना करता हु कि
तुम जल्दी ठीक हो जाओ, भगवन न करे
तुम्हे केंसर हो |
मेरे प्यारे दोस्त मेरी दुआए तुम्हारे साथ है |
मैं चाहता हु कि भगवान तुम्हे जल्दी
अच्छा कर दे | मेरे प्यारे दोस्त कष्ठ हो तो मुझे
अपने पास बुला ले | मैं तो तुम्हे तन मन धन से
बचाने क प्रयत्न करुगा और तुम्हारी बीमारी को हर अरह से
समाप्त करने कि कोशिश करुगा | मुझे जल्दी समाचार देना कि तुम्हारे
स्वास्थ्य में सुधर हो गया है और दुःख दुविधा के
दिन पुरे हो चुके है |

Now read the Odd lines !!!


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Gmail's Spam Protection is very strong
You can prevent your inbox from spam by using filter, for this we can Gmail's DOT addressing and Plus Addressing

Means if your account is abcxyz@gmail.com

Gmail Dot Addressing
abcxyz@gmail.com = ab.c.x.y.z@gmail.com
abcxyz@gmail.com = ABCXYZ@gmail.com
abcxyz@gmail.com = Abc.Xyz@gmail.com

Gmail Plus Addressing
abcxyz@gmail.com = abcxyz+anything@gmail.com

Update (5th April 2010, 7:25 PM)
Gmail = Googlemail
abcxyz@gmail.com = abcxyz@googlemail.com

All these addresses belong to the same person. You can see this if you try to sign in with your username, but adding or removing a dot from it. You'll still go to your account.

So How this help to prevent spam ?
If you are not sure whether to give your email address or not to some site.
Give them this type of different address.When you come to know they are spamming you, Create a Filter and kick them out of your inbox.

How You will come to know that they are spamming ?
When you receive mail that seems spam, Open that mail, Click on the Show detail, check out the to: field. If the email address is that, which you have provided to that site before, you caught them.


Don't know how to create Filter ?
Here at Google's Help Center you will find all the details
Create a Filter in Gmail

So, with this you can save your precious time.
Have a nice Anti-spamming !!

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Hi all,

As today is 1st April,so as per the Google's tradition

Google is now Topeka....


If  Topeka can become Google, Kansas, to try to become a test site for the search giant's ultra-fast broadband service, why can't Google become Topeka?


Visitors to Google's search site on Thursday found that the familiar multi-colored logo now said Topeka instead of the company's name.

Just Imagine, all Googlers will be now Topekers and Googleplex will be called as Topekaplex (Lols)

Good one !!
Check this on the Google's Official Blog
Here is how it will look like (Lol)

Update (1st April 2010 9:46 PM)
YouTube April Fool : TEXTp saves money !(Lols)


Here is what YouTube says about that :
By using text-only mode, you are saving YouTube $1 a second in bandwidth costs. 


TEXTp is the result of months of intense transcoding efforts by our engineers, who toiled for weeks to ensure that a large chunk of videos on the platform could be reduced to their most basic elements. By replacing the images in the video with a series of letters and numbers, the videos are far less taxing on our system -- and have the added benefit of promoting literacy!

Check this out on YouTube Blog

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Yes, Linux Lovers can get free copy of Ubuntu at their home !

There are 3 ways you can download !
Goto the http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu

1) Download
        If your Internet connection is fast enough to download 700 MB of data rapidly, You can choose this method. After you download the ISO file burn it to the CD. You can use tools like Deamon Tools, if just you want install it inside the Windows.

2) Order Ubuntu CDs or DVDs
       Your Internet connection is slow and you still want to try Ubuntu Immediately, you may wish to purchase it. If you live in the USA you can buy Ubuntu and Kubuntu on DVD from Amazon.com, or you can go to the Canonical Store.

3) Request a free CD !
       Here we go for free of cost ,This option should be your last option. because Ubuntu is the Open Source Software. If you really can't effort to purchase or to download, then only you should go with it.


You can choose whichever version you want

• Ubuntu Server Edition
• Ubuntu Desktop Edition
• Ubuntu Netbook Remix (It is not available for free shipment)

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One Customer bought new Computer and here is his conversation with the Technical Support

• Customer: "I just received an Onyx yesterday, and I tried to set it up today and it doesn't work."
• Tech Support: "It just doesn't boot up?"

• Customer: "It doesn't even turn on. I see nothing on the screen, and the fan doesn't even turn on in the back of the system."
• Tech Support: "Is the monitor functioning? Is there a little green light in the lower right corner of the monitor?"
• Customer: "Yes, there is."
• Tech Support: "Ok, is the computer plugged in?"
• Customer: (irritated) "Look, I think I know how to set up a system. I'm a college graduate, you know."

• Tech Support: "Ok, let me finish typing up this report, and I'll send it off. You will get a reply within one business day."
• Customer: (exasperated) "Thank you. Geez, I mean I paid a huge amount of money for this computer. The least you people can do it make sure it works before sending it to me!"

• Customer: "I mean, to add to the poor quality control, you even sent me one extra power cord."
• Tech Support: "One extra cord?"
• Customer: "Yes, it looks just the one I used to plug in the monitor and computer, but that's all you sent to me. I have no use for this other one."

• Tech Support: "Sir, can you double check the serial number on the back of your computer?"
• Customer: "On the back of the computer?"
• Tech Support: "Yes, sir."
• Customer: (sigh) "All right, all right, hold on..."

• Tech Support: "Thank you, sir. Oh, by the way, can you check to see if the computer is plugged in?"

Lol. !

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I just recently received the SMS from the Just Dial

India's #1 Local Search Engine, Now in America too ...
1-800-Justdial is a free information search engine for your phone. ... For anything, anywhere, anytime at the click of a finger dial 1-800-Justdial.

Now any resident of USA can dial (1800 58783425) and search by business name, category, movies,events, restaurants and get instant info by SMS and its 100% free.

Tell your friends and family....

Another way to open Task Manager

CTRL + SHIFT + ESC

In XP,

Google Sidewiki : Contribute helpful information to any webpage 

What if everyone, from a guitar enthusiast to a renowned doctor, had an easy way of sharing their insights with you about any page on the web? What if you could add your own insights for others who are passing through?

Now you can: Google Sidewiki allows you to contribute helpful information next to any webpage! (Yes Any web page)


   Share Sidewiki entries through Blogger, Facebook, Twitter and Google               profiles
   Publish helpful information about any web page right in your browser
   Read insights in context from Sidewiki entries added by others

The Following video helps you to understand better what Google Sidewiki is and how Google Sidewiki works:



If you want to learn more about the Google Sidewiki you can get it from
http://www.google.com/sidewiki/intl/en/learnmore.html

Want to try out ??
Google side wiki is available for Chrome, IE, Firefox.You can download it from http://www.google.com/sidewiki/

TinEye : Reverse Image Search


TinEye is a reverse image search engine by Idée Inc. You can submit an image to TinEye to find out where it came from, how it is being used, if modified versions of the image exist, or to find higher resolution versions. TinEye is the first image search engine on the web to use image identification technology rather than keywords, metadata or watermarks.

If you are owner of the blog or famous star, or a photo editor, you may wish where your photos are, how it is modified.

So,You can use this service. just upload the pic you want to search and click on search button.
All the image which is similar to your pic will be displayed. Remember TinEye doesn't recognize the Face it just creates the Unique Identification of your Image and searches the Database.

Question might be arise in your mind What kind of images can I submit to TinEye?

File type : JPEG, PNG, GIF images.
Dimension : Minimum 300x 300 px is recommended but it also accepts 100x100 px.
Size : Maximum 1 MB (Mega Byte)

And Plug-Ins are also available for 3 Major Browsers

Internet Explorer
FireFox
Google Chrome (as chrome Extension) (recently released)

Here is the Link http://www.tineye.com/plugin with complete detail


Try Out TinEye : www.tineye.com

Bhuvan : Indian Earth Observation Visualization
Recently I received mail from ISRO(Indian Space Research Organization) for the notification that they have removed login process for accessing Bhuvan.
So After a long time I again tried Bhuvan.


Here are some details of the Bhuvan.


How to Access Bhuvan

• Log on to www.bhuvan.nrsc.gov.in using any one of the following supported web browsers on Windows Platform. (1) Internet Explorer 6.0 or above, (2) Mozilla Firefox 3.5.1 or above, (3) Netscape 6.0 or above.

• For all those who have accessed bhuvan earlier by installing the Bhuvan plug-in successfully, on the Bhuvan Homepage, just click the ‘ Enter bhuvan ’ button and you will be taken to the Bhuvan 3D Globe page.

• For first time users, on clicking the ‘ Enter bhuvan ’ button on the Bhuvan homepage, you will be taken to the plug-in download page wherein you will be asked to download the DirectX 9.0 or above and the Bhuvan plug-in . After successful download and installation of these files, Click Enter Bhuvan link ( placed al the bottom of the plug-in download page) and It will take you to the Bhuvan 3D Globe page.

Note For Firefox and Netscape browser users
While using the Firefox and Netscape browsers for accessing Bhuvan, on the homepage
after clicking ‘Enter bhuvan’ a separate window will be launched. You can fully use
Bhuvan and its functionalities inside this separate window

Basic Features of Bhuvan

• Access, explore and visualise 2D and 3D image data along with rich thematic information on soil,wasteland, water resources etc.
• Visualise multi-resolution, multi-sensor, multi-temporal IRS image data
• Superpose administrative boundaries of choice on images as required
• Visualisation of AWS (Automatic Weather Stations) data/Information in a graphic view and usetabular weather data of user choice
• Fly to locations (To fly from the current location directly to the selected location)
• Heads-Up display (HUD) navigation controls (Tilt slider, north indicator, opacity, compass ring,zoom slider)
• Navigation using the 3D view pop-up menu (Fly-in, fly-out, jump in, jump around, view point)
• 3D fly through (3D view to fly to locations, objects in the terrain, and navigate freely using themouse or keyboard)
• Drawing 2D objects (Text labels, polylines, polygons, rectangles, 2D arrows, circles, ellipse) and3D Objects (placing of expressive 3D models, 3D polygons, boxes)
• Snapshot creation (Copies the 3D view to a floating window and allows to save to a external file)
• Measurement tools (Horizontal distance, aerial distance, vertical distance)
• Shadow analysis (It sets the sun position based on the given time creating shadows and effects the lighting on the terrain)
• Urban Design Tools (To build roads, junctions and traffic lights in an urban setting)
• Contour map (Displays a colorised terrain map and contour lines)
• Draw tools (Creates simple markers, free hand lines, urban designs)
• Navigation map (To jump to and view locations in the 3D India)
• Metadata for satellite images

What's New in Bhuvan

• 5.8 m resolution seamless data for entire Indian region.
• Global coverage of 56m resolution data from IRS-P6 (Australia, New Zealand, Madagascar, Africa, South America, North America, Europe).
• Near Real time weather parameters for India from ISRO’s AWS stations.
• Wide variety of Thematic and Disaster Specific Information towards societal good.

Upcoming Features

• Updated raster and thematic information.
• Bhuvan 2D Viewer
• Ocean related services

The Nokia Morph is a concept mobile phone created by Finnish company Nokia
The concept is the joint study into the future of mobile phones by the Nokia Research Center and the University of Cambridge's Nanoscience Center


Jump to Video 

Nanotechnology enables materials and components that are flexible, stretchable, transparent and remarkably strong. Fibril proteins are woven into a three dimensional mesh that reinforces thin elastic structures. Using the same principle behind spider silk, this elasticity enables the device to literally change shapes and configure itself to adapt to the task at hand.

A folded design would fit easily in a pocket and could lend itself ergonomically to being used as a traditional handset. An unfolded larger design could display more detailed information, and incorporate input devices such as keyboards and touch pads.

Even integrated electronics, from interconnects to sensors, could share these flexible properties. Further, utilization of biodegradable materials might make production and recycling of devices easier and ecologically friendly.

Self-Cleaning
Nanotechnology also can be leveraged to create self-cleaning surfaces on mobile devices, ultimately reducing corrosion, wear and improving longevity. Nanostructured surfaces, such as “Nanoflowers” naturally repel water, dirt, and even fingerprints utilizing effects also seen in natural systems.

Advanced Power Sources
Nanotechnology holds out the possibility that the surface of a device will become a natural source of energy via a covering of “Nanograss” structures that harvest solar power. At the same time new high energy density storage materials allow batteries to become smaller and thinner, while also quicker to recharge and able to endure more charging cycles.

Sensing The Environment
Nanosensors would empower users to examine the environment around them in completely new ways, from analyzing air pollution, to gaining insight into bio-chemical traces and processes. New capabilities might be as complex as helping us monitor evolving conditions in the quality of our surroundings, or as simple as knowing if the fruit we are about to enjoy should be washed before we eat it. Our ability to tune into our environment in these ways can help us make key decisions that guide our daily actions and ultimately can enhance our health

Google Insights for Search is a service by Google similar to Google Trends, providing insights into the search terms people have been entering into the Google search engine. Unlike Google Trends, Google Insights for Search provides a visual representation of regional interest on a map.
This service is released on : August 05, 2008
But it is still on Beta version.


While Google Insights for Search and Google Trends use the same data, Insights for Search is geared towards users (such as researchers or advertisers) who may find some of its advanced features more useful for their purposes.


Just Check out the examples here


Try searching some your own keywords !

Modern Postal service techniques are credited to the Britishers, and the Wright brothers credited  with inventing and building the world's first successful airplane. But there is also one thing that is less noted that on 18 Feb 1911 India, there was the first Aeroplane was taken off with about 6500 post cards.


Detail :


Source : Allahabad, near Holy Yamuna River
Destination : Allahabad, Central Incarceration (Nainy Junction)
Distance : 15 Kilometer
Take off Timing : 5:30 PM
Air time : 13 min.
Pilot : Henry Pekat (France)


The plane was made up of the wood, and several parts were tied with the lace. There was attractive view during the Agriculture and Trade Exhibition in the UP Exhibition by this plane. "First Arial Postal" and "UP Exhibition" was written on that plane and it was also painted with one picture showing a plane in mountains.
40 Mail out of the 6500 was the picture card of the pilots and planes. Out of which today only 10 are left
and out of that 1 is in the at the Department of Post, Allahabad.

The number of tigers in the world has diminished at an alarming speed in recent years


In India, which is home to nearly half of the world's tigers, or 1 400 animals, the number of the big cats has shrunk by 60 percent over the past three to four years




What we can Do? How we can help to Save the Tigers?


Roar Online : 
       Share it with YouTube, Twitter, Orkut, Facebook, your Blog, E-Mail !, Let everyone know what is happening and what movement are going on to save the tigers.


Speak Up : 
       Write a letter or an email to editors of popular newspapers and magazines, asking them to support the cause and highlight the urgency to save our tigers. The more people we can reach and inform, the stronger our roar will be


Donate : 
       No Matter How small or Big your Donation is. You can support to such organizations which are fighting for the Tigers. One of them is WWFIndia. Every little bit helps. Your generous contribution will make a great difference in saving this majestic specie.


SMS : 
A short message can go a long way to help save our tigers. Let all your friends know about the movement through SMS. We send SMS everyday to our friends, so why it can't this ?And you can also send SMS with free web sites like 160by2, way2sms etc.


Preserve our Natural Resources :
Loss of habitat is one of our tigers’ biggest problems. We can reduce pressure on forests by avoiding unnecessary use of forest-derived products, such as paper and timber.


Be a responsible tourist : 
The wilderness is to be experienced and not to be disturbed and polluted. Follow the forest department guidelines when visiting any wilderness area, tiger reserve in particular. As the saying goes ‘Don’t leave thing anything behind except foot steps, and don’t take anything except memories.’


Please comment for more suggestion




If we Don't Act now we will lose this part of our Heritage Forever