Friday, October 22, 2010

“Apple to launch Mac OS X Lion in summer 2011” plus 7 more

“Apple to launch Mac OS X Lion in summer 2011” plus 7 more

Apple to launch Mac OS X Lion in summer 2011

Posted: 22 Oct 2010 03:18 PM PDT


Apple Inc.’s CEO Steve Jobs in a special event on October 22nd 2010, announced the details of eighth version of Mac OS X, named as Mac OS X Lion. It brings the whole new list of programs and features to the Mac, Set to be released in Summers of 2011, Jobs demonstrated some of new features of Mac OS X Lion.

The new features introduced are as follows:

The Mac App Store: Apple introduced the best place to discover and buy new apps made just for Mac, right on a Mac. Just like shopping the App Store on iPad, the Mac App Store offers endless possibilities to browse and purchase apps. And it simplifies the way you install apps on the Mac. Just click once, and your new app is downloaded, installed, and ready to go.

Launchpad, A home for your apps: The Launchpad gives you instant access to your apps — iPad style. Just click the Launchpad icon in your Dock. Your open windows fade away, replaced by an elegant, full-screen display of all the apps on your Mac. It takes just a swipe to see multiple pages of apps, and you can arrange apps any way you like by dragging an app icon to a new location or by grouping apps in folders. Downloaded an app from the App Store? Your new app automatically appears on the Launchpad, ready to blast off.

Full-screen apps, A better way to enjoy the apps you love: On iPad, every app is displayed full screen, with no distractions, and there's one easy way to get back to all your other apps. Mac OS X Lion does the same for your desktop. You can bring an app to full screen with one click, switch to another full-screen app with a swipe of the trackpad, and swipe back to the desktop to access your multi-window apps. And systemwide support for full-screen apps makes them bigger and more immersive. So you can concentrate on every detail of your work, or play on a grander scale than ever before.

Mission Control, Mac command central: Mission Control is a powerful and handy new feature that provides you with a comprehensive view of what's running on your Mac. It gives you a bird's-eye view of everything — including Exposé, Spaces, Dashboard, and full-screen apps— all in one place. With a simple swipe gesture, your desktop zooms out to Mission Control. There you can see your open windows grouped by app, thumbnails of your full-screen apps, Dashboard, and even other Spaces, arranged in a unified view. And you can get to anything you see on Mission Control with just one click. Making you the master of all you survey.

More Information on MAC OS X Lion, Visit Apple.com

US Top Concerns Regarding China

Posted: 22 Oct 2010 06:26 AM PDT


If the number one thing that US opinion leaders and the general public are concerned about is China’s human rights record, what comes next? And, how concerned are they?

More than one third of opinion leaders are concerned about the loss of US jobs. Barely one in five of the general public think this is a big thing. I would have thought it the other way around.

Four out of 10 opinion leaders are concerned with China’s military modernization. Two out of 10 in the general public share that concern. Ten out of 10 Taiwanese are likely concerned.

Half of all opinion leaders are worried about China’s environmental degradation. The general public’s response – what degradation? (19%)

How about you? What do you think America should be most concerned about regarding China?

 

As a reminder – these results and the results in other similar posts are from the Committee of 100 survey of American Attitudes toward China conducted this year (2006).

 

Paritala Ravi was a political figure – Rakhta Charitra is based on his life

Posted: 22 Oct 2010 05:31 AM PDT


Paritala Ravi or Ravindra was a political personality who was killed in the year 2005 by his political rivals. He was politically active in Andhra Pradesh's Rayalaseema region, India.

Before entering the political world he was a communist / Naxalite and later on joined Telugu Desam Party. He had been a Member of Legislative Assembly for four times from the Anantapur district of Andhra Pradesh.

Paritala Ravi had even tried his hand in film production. He produced a film called Sri Ramulayya which was based on his father's life, who too was a communist. His father was killed when Paritala was just 17 years old. His brother, Paritala Hari, too was killed in a fake encounter.

Rakhta Charitra or Rakta Charitra is a movie based on Paritala Ravi's life. Bollywood actor, Vivek Oberoi is playing the lead role in it and the film is directed by Ram Gobal Verma. The film is going to be released in two parts, one part has already been released and the other part is slated for the November 19 release.

Russia has the best Nerds

Posted: 22 Oct 2010 02:25 AM PDT


I read not long ago that Russia has more than 250,000 software engineers. Additionally, they have more scientists per capita than India, which has nearly 10 times the population!

The Soviet Union created a high-quality education system, out of which came mathematicians, scientists and engineers for designing space and weapons systems as well as other scientific, security and military developments.

I visited a museum in Moscow once – a sort of bragging center for the then Soviet Union. Every pavilion displayed something that looked like it was made in the ’50′s in the US.

But then I went to the space pavilion. Whoa! Russia does not need to take a back seat to anyone when it comes to space.

So, where have all the rocket scientists gone? (Is anybody singing now?)

They are moving into the IT field.

Russians are also well known for their ability to handle difficult and complex projects, even the one of kind solutions that require some serious jury rigging. I think the Russian word is – finagle. If it isn’t, it should be.

For nearly 1/7th cost, hiring a Rusky for outsourcing needs couldn’t sound much better, now could it?

What do you think?

Kojagiri Purnima will be celebrated today in India

Posted: 22 Oct 2010 01:27 AM PDT


Kojagiri Purnima (full moon) or Poornima will be celebrated today that is Friday, October 22, 2010 in many parts of India. Mainly Bengalis and Marathi people celebrate this festival.

According to the Hindu mythology, during Kojagiri Purnima, Goddess Laxmi is worshipped. It is said that Lakshmi blesses with peace and prosperity on this particular night.

Basically, Kojagiri Purnima marks the end of monsoon season. This puja is also known as Kaumudi puja and also Sharad Purnima. The ritual is that people stay awake throughout the night and sing praises through 'Bhajans' and 'Stotras' of Goddess Lakshmi.

There is also another part to the story. It says, Lakshmi blesses only those people, who stay awake. She even asks, 'Kojagarti' that literally means, 'Who is awake'?

People in many parts of the country observe fast throughout the day and mainly consume milk and fruit juices.

Govindarajan Committee fee structure available on the official website

Posted: 22 Oct 2010 12:45 AM PDT


Justice Govindarajan Committee fee structure has been announced by the Tamil Nadu state government on its official website. The fee structure is for all the 10,233 unaided schools in the state.

The official website of Tamil Nadu government's link has been provided below.

www.tn.gov.in

On this web page there is a section called 'What's new section', by clicking on it you would be able to view the fee structures of LKG to standard 12.

The fee structure was made public, after parents' constant demand for the same following a legal notice by the state government that stated, “Unless parents are made aware of the fee structure ordered by the said committee for the schools, they would not be in a position to file any complaint against the schools violating the orders of the high court.”

The schools which have collected excess fees than it is prescribed by the committee, then it will be considered as deposited amount. This was already ruled out by the Madras High Court, a few days ago.

Rakta Charitra review, trailer video, torrent, watch online

Posted: 21 Oct 2010 11:22 PM PDT


Rakht Charitra or Rakta Charitra movie starring Vivek Oberoi as Paritala, Surya Sivakumar as Maddelacheruvu Suri Ravi and Shatrughan Sinha as NTR has been released on October 21, 2010.

The movie is directed by Ram Gopal Verma and is a non-victional project. Rakta Charitra has a political theme. Check the Review

Rakta Charitra is made in three languages- Hindi, Telugu and Tamil. In Tamil, the movie is called as Ratha Charitram.

Ratha Charithra is based on lives of two bigwigs of Andhra Pradesh; Parithala Ravi and Maddalcheruvu Suri. In which, Vivek Oberai playing the role of Paritala Ravi on whose life the movie is based on, Surya portrays the character of Maddalcheruvu Suri, and Paritala Ravi's opponent.

Watch the trailer

The movie is a biopic of Paritala Ravindra and Bollywood, Others in the movie include Suriya, Shatrughan Sinha, Priyamani, Kota Srinivas Rao and Radhika Apte.

Rakta Charitra is being released in two parts in Hindi and Telugu and
just one in its Tamil version. First half of the movie has been
released on Thursday and the second half will be released on November
19.

Paritala Ravindra was a political figure of Andhra Pradesh who was assassinated in the year 2005 and his killing is considered to be the brain child of his rivals.

Doraemon: the Movie in China

Posted: 21 Oct 2010 10:23 PM PDT


Japan's favorite, Doraemon has a new movie set to be shown in China.

The first Doreamon movie, "Doraemon: Nobita's Dinosaur," in China made Y23 million. ($316K).

The second movie, "Doraemon: The Magic 2007," formally known as "Doraemon the Movie: Nobita's New Great Adventure into the Underworld," will be shown in China beginning on Jan. 22nd.

There are plans to bring Japan's favorite to the big screen once each year.

doraemon.movied.china.jpg

The movie will be screened in Japan in March, then head on a world tour.

Are you a Doraemon fan?

Count me in. 

source

 
Posted by Suresh at 7:02 PM

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