Sagara (577401) Marikamba Jatre
Sagara Marikamba Jatre is the largest fair in Karnataka State of India. Its held once in three years. The Fair has started on 22-FEB-2011 and will end on 02-MAR-2011. Nearly ten lakh (1 million) visitors are expected in Sagar during the festival, which will conclude with an impressive procession on the last day [TOI Report] […]
World Economic Forum Davos – Live 2011 and useful Links
The annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos-Klosters (Swiss ski resort) is a gathering of global leaders from many fields and provides a rethinking of our systems and exploration of strategies and solutions that have positive transformational implications. Particular emphasis will be placed on addressing the question of “How”, going beyond analysis and elaborating […]
Microsoft patents touchscreen of tomorrow
Microsoft has filed a patent last week with the U.S. patent office for a tactile display technology it calls a “Light-Induced Shape-Memory Polymer Display Screen.” Some have termed this “touchscreen of tomorrow“. Such a display could generate small ridges and textures on its surface. For instance, the display could provide a virtual keyboard that could […]
The British Monarchy to launch account on facebook
The Queen is set to have an official presence on Facebook when The British Monarchy page launches on the internet-based social networking site. The Facebook page is due to go live from Monday morning reports BBC (Sun 07-Nov-2010). The launch of the Facebook page follows the introduction of the Monarchy’s Flickr account earlier this year. It […]
Happy Deepavali
Best wishes to all on the occasion of Deepavali. May the festival of lights bring all of us peace, joy and prosperity. US President Barack Obama’s Diwali message Checkout the BBC Broadcast on Deepavali
FIS (Systematics, Alltel, Metavante) acquires Capco
FIS™ (NYSE: FIS), one of the world’s largest global providers dedicated to banking and payments technologies, announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Capco, a global business and technology consultancy dedicated solely to the financial services industry. Details of the press release are at http://www.capco.com/content/press-release-10192010 FIS (Fidelity Information Services) was founded in 1968 […]
Signification of this moment is 20-10-2010 20:10:20 (DD-MM-YYYY hh:mm:ss UK time)
The significance of the moment is 20-10-2010 20:10:20 (DD-MM-YYYY hh:mm:ss UK time). In this century we have two more such occurrances 20-11-2011 20:11:20 20-12-2012 20:12:20
Microsoft Chief Architect Ray Ozzie resigns
Ray Ozzie, Microsoft’s Chief Software Architect & proponent of cloud computing, resigns. Heralded as one of the world’s great programmers, Mr. Ozzie is also well known as creator of Lotus Notes & founder of Groove networks. Microsoft shares drop 2.2% in after-hours trading on the news.
Happy Navaratri/ Dasara (Vijayadashmi)
Today is the 10th day of Celebration of Dasara Festival. This blog is launched on this auspicious day.
