Thursday, 15 Jul 2010
Indian Currency gets distinct symbol - But how to type?
The Indian rupee will soon have a unique symbol — a blend of the Devanagri 'Ra' and Roman 'R' — joining elite currencies like the US dollar, euro, British pound and Japanese yen in having a distinct identity.
Date: 15 Jul 2010 , Author: / Category: India / Views: 6936/Rating:3.7
Monday, 12 Jul 2010
PSLV launch successful - puts five satellites in orbit
PSLV proved it again .The Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle PSLV-C-15 carrying remote sensing Cartosat-2B along with four satellites blasted off from the spaceport near here on Monday morning...
Date: 12 Jul 2010 , Author: / Category: India Space / Views: 4718/Rating:5
Saturday, 10 Jul 2010
Launch of PSLV-C15 with CARTOSAT-2B and student satellites scheduled on July 12
PSLV-C15 is the 17th flight of ISRO's versatile Polar Satellite launch vehicle, PSLV. In this PSLV will place the 694 kg CARTOSAT-2B and four auxiliary payloads in a 630 km polar Sun Synchronous Orbit (SSO) . ISRO recently announced that the schedule launch of PSLV-C15 will be on 12th july. ..
Date: 10 Jul 2010 , Author: / Category: India Space / Views: 5240/Rating:4.5 / Comments:
Friday, 25 Jun 2010
150 milion copies of windows 7 sold- windows live essentials beta debutes
Bill Gates must have been thinking that why Windows latest version wasn't beennamed windows 8 or 10 - as microsoft says officially that Windows '7' sells '7' copies per second (hope you got the pun I am trying to make ) .
In a official windows blog post it was announced that Windows 7 has sold 150 million licenses to-date which works out to be seven per second.Windows 7 is by far the “fastest selling operating system in history,” according to Microsoft. Microsoft estimates that 75 percent of enterprises are currently evaluating Windows 7. Any guesses on how fast we get to 300 million copies sold?
Date: 25 Jun 2010 , Author: / Category: Science and Technology / Views: 1877/Rating:NAN
Tuesday, 22 Jun 2010
A Very Informative Video on Black Holes- The Other side of Infinity
See the giant-screen version at the DENVER MUSEUM OF NATURE & SCIENCE or the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC. Narrated by Academy-Award nominated actor Liam Neeson.
Can you feel the pull? This cutting-edge production features high-resolution visualizations of black holes and other cosmic phenomena based on data generated by telescope observations and ultra-high end computer simulations.
Date: 22 Jun 2010 , Author: / Category: Science and Technology / Views: 2257/Rating:1 / Comments:
Wednesday, 16 Jun 2010
NASA Research Suggests Lots of Water on Moon
NASA-funded scientists estimate from recent research that the volume of water molecules locked inside minerals in the moon’s interior could exceed the amount of water in the Great Lakes here on Earth.
Scientists at the Carnegie Institution’s Geophysical Laboratory in Washington, along with other scientists across US , determined that the water was likely present very early in the moon’s formation history as hot magma started to cool and crystallize. This finding means water is native to the moon.
Date: 16 Jun 2010 , Author: / Category: Science and Technology / Views: 1891/Rating:5 / Comments:
Monday, 14 Jun 2010
Japanese Asteriod Explorer Hayabusa Returns Earth
A capsule thought to contain the first samples grabbed from the surface of an asteroid has returned to Earth.The Japanese Hayabusa container hit the top of the atmosphere just after 1350 GMT, producing a bright fireball over southern Australia.It had a shield to cope with the heat of re-entry and a parachute for the final drop to the ground.A recovery team later reported they had identified the landing zone in the Woomera Prohibited Range.
Date: 14 Jun 2010 , Author: / Category: Science and Technology / Views: 3375/Rating:NAN / Comments: