Tuesday, 19 Jan 2010
Remembering Martin Luther King Jr, a great orator and a few video clips
In 1964, King became the youngest person to receive the Nobel Peace Prize for his work to end racial segregation and racial discrimination through civil disobedience and other non-violent means. Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a United States Federal holiday marking the birthdate of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.. It is observed on the third Monday of January each year, which is around the time of King's birthday, January 15 , with community engagement projects occurring all across the US...
Date: 19 Jan 2010 , Author: / Category: Legends, Leaders / Views: 6508/Rating:5 / Comments:
Sunday, 17 Jan 2010
The Era Of A Left Lion Ends : Jyoti Basu Dead
Marxist patriarch and former West Bengal Chief Minister Jyoti Basu, who was battling for life in a hospital here for the last fortnight, died today.
Date: 17 Jan 2010 , Author: / Category: Indian Legends, / Views: 5383/Rating:NAN
Friday, 8 Jan 2010
How To Feed The Future? - A Promising Research on Rice
At the current growth rate the global population is predicted to reach 10 billion by 2050. To feed this many people, food production worldwide will need to double during a period when climate change will worsen, fossil fuels will dwindle, and water availability will become unpredictable.
And in addition it is a well established fact that More than one billion people sleep with Empty Stomachs (A Hungry Planet Of Billion People). So it is definitely a challenge fotr humanity. But our history of existence says, we can fight it out...
Date: 8 Jan 2010 , Author: / Category: Environment, / Views: 6303/Rating:4.5 / Comments:
Thursday, 7 Jan 2010
Stranded on Mars for Six Years- Spirit Rover - Future Uncertain : NASA
Have you seen the Avatar Movie? Really great Movie - isn't it? In general what I observe is, we human really like aliens and we have that inherent love for going to other planets, knowing about them. All alien movies are generally set to be box office hits (unless and until the movie is not a complete mess). Fine I will Come to the point : "NASA's Mars Rover Has Uncertain Future as Sixth Anniversary Nears"
Date: 7 Jan 2010 , Author: / Category: Science and Technology / Views: 2158/Rating:NAN / Comments:
Microsoft Shows Off Slate PC
As the heat is building up for Apple’s iSlate, a sudden change has been occurred in the atmosphere. And it comes from one the oldest buddy of Apple, Microsoft. Aiming to fend off competitors in a bid to expand Microsoft's consumer reach, CEO Steve Ballmer announced a new slate computer Wednesday night as he kicked off the annual International Consumer Electronics Show.
Essentially a laptop with no keyboard, the computer comes as rival Apple prepares to introduce a much-hyped tablet PC of its own later this month.
"We are talking about something as portable as a phone and as powerful as Windows 7," Ballmer said to an audience of more than 3,500 at the Las Vegas Hilton Center. "And they are perfect for reading, for surfing the Web and for taking entertainment on the go."
Date: 7 Jan 2010 , Author: / Category: Computers and Web / Views: 3650/Rating:NAN
Sunday, 3 Jan 2010
Orkut Introduces -orkut share- bookmarklet
Twitter has revolutionized the social web and is used by many as viral marketing tool. The good thing with twitter is, on many blogs there is "tweet me" button, which lets the reader(if finds the article interesting and worth sharing) to share it with their friends. Now orkut is trying to add this feature for it's users.....
Date: 3 Jan 2010 , Author: / Category: Science and Technology / Views: 1940/Rating:NAN
Saturday, 2 Jan 2010
Video : A brief Video on Tirupati, richest temple of India
Tirupati, the Abode of Lord Venkateshwara (Lord Srinivaasa, Lord Balaji) is a very famous temple of India. Every year millions of devotees throng the temple. It is also the richest temple of India. Here is a small video on Tirumala Tirupati.(click on the "Read More" link for the video and for rating and adding comments)...
Date: 2 Jan 2010 , Author: / Category: Tirupati / Views: 7908/Rating:2.5