Aakash : The most affordable tablet you can dream of

India got its dream tablet today.Government of India launched Aakash (earlier known as sakshat) a 7" inch tablet deemed to be World's cheapest pc, which is equipped with Android 2.2 (Froyo) and a 366 Mhz processor. The 7-inch tablet has resistive multi-touch screen with 800x480 reolution and weighs 350 gm, 256 MB RAM and internal storage of 2GB flash memory. The Tablet also supports expendable memory of 32 GB and 2 USB ports.

The device will initially be made available to post-secondary students at a price of  Rs1150 only (50% subsidy)

The commercial version of Akash under the brand name of UbiSlate will be availabe in November at Rs 2999 will have an additional feature of cellular modem. If you want to use keyboard, you have to pay extra Rs 300 for a keyboard portfolio case.

Update : Co-Founder of Apple, Steve Jobs passes away on the day India launches its own tablet

Detailed specifications are as given under:

Hardware:


- Processor: 366 Mhz. Connexant with Graphics accelerator and HD Video processor


- Memory (RAM): 256MB RAM / Storage (Internal): 2GB Flash


- Storage (External): 2GB to 32GB Supported


- Peripherals (USB2.0 ports, number): 1 Standard USB port


- Audio out: 3.5mm jack / Audio in: 3.5mm jack


- Display and Resolution: 7" display with 800x480 pixel resolution


- Input Devices: Resistive touch screen


- Connectivity and Networking: GPRS and WiFi IEEE 802.11 a/b/g


- Power and Battery: Up to 180 minutes on battery. AC adapter 200-240 volt range.


Software:


- OS: Android 2.2


- Document Rendering


- Supported Document formats: DOC, DOCX, PPT, PPTX, XLS, XLSX, ODT, ODP


- PDF viewer, Text editor


- Multimedia and Image Display


- Image viewer supported formats: PNG, JPG, BMP and GIF


- Supported audio formats: MP3, AAC, AC3, WAV, WMA


- Supported video formats: MPEG2, MPEG4, AVI, FLV


- Communication and Internet


- Web browser - Standards Compliance: xHTML 1.1 compliant, JavaScript 1.8 compliant


- Separate application for online YouTube video

Layout of my alma mater....A.N College,Patna

Anugrah Narayan College is situated in the heart of Patna.

It is one of the premier institutes of the city.It has been my alma meter for quite some time.

I have done my intermediate and currently doing my graduation from here.

I couldn't help feeling obliged to my college so 

I decided to elaborate the features of my college in google maps.

Earlier the map showed only the boundary of the premises but now 

when I mapped it in detail using google mapmaker 

it shows all the departments,ground,parking,garden as well as internal roads of the campus.

Earlier:

After changes were published:

99 out of 100

In our country there is a very popular quote "sau me ninyanbe baiman

fir bhi mera bharat mahan".It somewhat depicts the mindset of most of

the indians.Though most of the people are themselves infested by

corruption they point their finger towards third person easily .

We all dream of corruption free India but when we have to get our job done 

we dont hesitate in giving that 'extra'.

That's exactly what happening currently in the "lokpal" issue.

As I have mentioned in my previous post thanks to internet and electronic media,

masses have turned out in huge support of Anna hazare idolising him as the avatar

of Gandhi.

Many among the crowd don't know whether their protest is against corruption or the bite of Inflation.

How can current inflation could arise out of corruption,

 its more due to increased purchasing power of middle class and stagnant supply

 (ironically they are the one who cry).

Before nabbing the collar of government or ministers we

should peek in our own collar first.We should be faithful to ourselves not to others.

I fear that the current rage may lose its direction yielding no

fruitful result.

Education can play a radical role in renaissance of society.

Corruption can't be eradicated overnight, People need to change their mindsets

 and it will take more than a generation of educated youth for that.

Making a strict lokpal doesn't guarantee that we will get rid of

corruption.China has a very strict system to tackle

corruption.Hundreds of people who are caught doing corrupt practices

get hanged every year in China.Yet the instances of corruption has not

diminished.We should always remember that 'prevention is better than cure'.

We are in quite better times now dont make it 1947 again.

Incognito mode (Chrome) vs Private browsing (firefox). Which is better ?

Most of the current browsers provide an option for privacy mode
 in which no traces of activity are stored on local computer.
 Browser simply discards any history entries, cache or cookies.

It can be a useful tool to access your accounts from a shared computer like cyber cafe or office.
If you make it a habit you don't have to fear the risks of
forgetting to sign out of your A/c on a public computer.
On the reverse it can also be used to sign in multiple accounts of same website
 allowing more than one person to access their A/c in private windows.
Imagine you and your friend using same browser to access your respective facebook A/c simultaneously.

I use either firefox or chrome (mostly) so I can't tell about other browsers.

Though both browsers provide quite identical approach to private browsing
 there are some differences also which makes chrome a better candidate.

The major drawback of private browsing in firefox is that you can't open it along a regular window.
You can only use one mode at a time but chrome allows you to open window in both modes simultaneously.
That means if you want to open any link in a new private window you can easily do so.
 (right click>Open link in new incognito window).

The other critical difference is that by default firefox doesn't disable the extensions
 installed on browser raising a question on the feature itself.
What is the use of private browsing if your extensions can leak your info to others ?

In chrome extensions are disabled by default but you can enable them selectively
(from Options>tools>extensions)

Will Indian Democracy withstand the test of time ?

Looking at the current prevailing political turmoil in our country and around the world it has become very difficult to predict the outcome of the conflict between Government and civil society.Only time will tell which way is right way.I am not sure if this surge will get us rid of Corruption but i am sure this will make our nation unstable and prone to collapse of Government.
In the current scenario role of media has been an important one.It idolized one person without giving considerable footage to other side thus creating a huge imbalance of crowd support.Remember Julius Caesar ?about mob mentality? Mob is like a flock of sheeps which gets instigated quickly with flowery words showing copied behaviour having no direction.....It belongs to none forever
Both Government and Anna have their own viewpoints (difference of opinion is an important part of democracy) but the culprit is electronic media which is showcasing the views of only one side.It will bring nothing but instability & demise to our nation.People should remain calm.

How to access keyboard shortcuts available in google products

With the launch of its new social network google has initiated a tide of changes to its already existing products.Google is basically unifying all its products under the canopy of google plus by providing a streamlined and uniform interface for all its web apps.Keeping this trend google has introduced a feature to view keyboard shortcuts available for its products.If you press Question mark (SHIFT + /) in any of the products you will get a list of shortcuts available for that product.Currently it is available in Google docs,reader and gmail and hopefully extended to other products as well

Map of Patna Zoo

Recently I visited Patna Zoo with my friends but due to lack of map we couldn't visit throughout the zoo and many a times we lost our track.

Then I decided to create a map of this beautiful place with google map maker

Earlier it showed up like this:

After Editing and publishing of all the changes now google maps shows quite a detailed map of patna zoo

Click here to visit it live on Google maps

How to download latest offline or standalone version of chrome browser

One of the major hindrance in adoption of google chrome is that it requires an active internet connection for downloading chrome especially at places where decent net speed is not available or a firm within the firewalls of a network which do not allow automatic updates or where a batch installation can be done to save bandwidth.
But it is known to few that google provides a standalone version of chrome  (which is the latest stable version) that can be downloaded from here:
http://www.google.com/chrome/eula.html?standalone=1

Type in hindi using english keyboard in google style

Today I came across google transliteration ime which allows user to type in hindi using standard english keyboard. Unlike google transliteration it is a offline application and it runs in background to allow users to use this input method in notepad,MS office or any other word processing application.

After installing it from here you can toggle betwen input methods from language bar (which canbe activated on right clicking task bar>toolbars>language bar)and fluently write in hindi in most of appliations.So cheers messaging in hinglish wont go in vain.You can even search the highlighted word by clicking google button in top-right corner.

You can even use it on web as shown here...

Highlights of the application are:

> Offline support

> Dictionary based word completions

> Single click web search for highlighted word

> Onscreen keyboard

> Manage macros

Google Transliteration IME is available for 22 different languages - Amharic, Arabic,
 Bengali, Farsi (Persian), Greek, Gujarati, Hebrew, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi,
 Nepali, Oriya, Punjabi, Russian, Sanskrit, Serbian, Sinhalese, Tamil, Telugu, Tigrinya and Urdu.

ICAI live classes in Patna for CPT and IPCC

Although Patna has been a major centre for CA students there had not been any source of quality coaching for the students of Patna at an affordable price.there is accredited oral classes for the CPT, PCC/IPCC and Final Course in Patna.

The Institute of Chartered accountants of India in its latest initiative, launched Live Virtual Classes on December 28, 2010.This time Patna is also a center among 22 cities across India

2nd batch of live classes starting in patna from 2nd may 2011 at:

EVERONN TOPPERS

5th Floor, Harshwardhan Arcade

Beside Hotel Samrat International

Frazer Road, Patna – 800001

Phone- 0612-3262312

Registration for these courses is on First-Come-first-Served basis considering limited seats availability. Students are advised to register well in time by filling the registration form along with requisite fee through DD / Pay Order drawn in favour of ‘The Secretary, ICAI“ payable at Delhi/ New Delhi and submit the same to their respective Regional/ Branch Offices latest by April 25, 2011 by Person/ Speed Post/ Reputed Courier. Please contact liveclasses@icai.org   Tel. 120-3045924/27 for further details/ assistance. 

Course	Subjects	Timings	Fees
CPT	All subjects	M/W/F/S; 1:00 - 5:30 pm	Rs 4,000/-
IPCC-I	Accounting, Cost Accounting,  Financial Management  and Taxation	Mon to Sat; 7:30 am - 12:30 pm	Rs 8,000/-
IPCC-II	Advanced Accounting	M/W/F/S; 6:00 - 8:30 pm	Rs 3,000/-

* Classes have been postponed till further notice