Nokia's N96 to take on competition:

With the much awaited launch of the Nokia N96 mobile in India, users will have a hard time deciding between the Apple iPhone and the Nokia N96. Priced at Rs. 35,000 the N96 mobile is here to compete with the iPhone.

The Nokia N96 to compete with the Apple iPhone

The Nokia N96 has much more advanced features than the Apple iPhone. The already launched Apple iPhone has got a lukewarm response.

Nokia N96 definitely has an edge over the Apple iPhone in terms of cost and features. Though both the phones are 3G enabled, the Nokia N96 has a 5 MP camera and Bluetooth option, an advantage over the iPhone.

The main highlights of the N96 mobile phone are the 5 mega pixel camera, 2.8 inch TFT display with 16 M colors, Navigation via joystick and touch screen, connectivity options such as EDGE, GPRS, Bluetooth, and HSDPA. N96 runs on the Symbian OS version 9.3, has integrated hands-free speakers, Stereo FM radio, 16 GB of internal memory, Hi-Speed USB 2.0 connectivity, Support for standard 3.5mm headphones.

Nokia N96... Impressive!!!

Approx 18,000 songs and 20,000 images of 5 mega pixel resolution can be stored on the N96 mobile phone. The N96 also has a microSD card slot that the user can use to increase the storage up to 24GB.

The N96 would definitely bring about a tough competition between Nokia and the Apple mobile phone, but for now advantage Nokia.

Nokia launched its best handset N 96 two days ago in India. Priced at Rs 34999, the gadget aims to counter the Apple iPhone launched mid last month in the country.

Though the much-touted Apple iPhone has failed to do any magic for its vendors Vodafone and Bharti Airtel due to prohibitory costs Nokia aims to do better given better features of its most advanced mobile handset. Nokia N 96 has several advantages over iPhone. It is 3 G phone like Nokia, but its bluetooth options and 6 mega pixel camera make it a steal compared to Apple iPhne.

Nokia N96 features a 6 megapixel camera. The device has a 3.2 inch, 16 M colours TFT display. It has 10 GB of internal memory. The device weighs 115 gm and measures 102.5 x 56 x 17.6 mm. The handset has support for touchscreen and joystick navigation. Its integrated GPS displays maps of more than 100 countries. The device also has support for EDGE, Bluetooth and HSDPA connectivity.

The Nokia N96 slider phone has a unique design. It has two keypads that open up on opposite sides of the handset. The device can be slide opened either in upward or downward direction. One can gain access to its QWERTY keyboard by slide opening the handset in upward direction. When one moves its display downwards, it reveals another keypad that features a set of multimedia controls. One can also gain access to its navigation and shortcut keys even when the device lies in its slide closed position.

Source: http://www.littleabout.com and http://www.khabrein.info

BCCI happy over ICC awards to Dhoni, Yuvraj:

Mumbai (PTI): The BCCI on Thursday expressed happiness over the ICC annual awards won by Indian players Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Yuvraj Singh while adding it expected Ishant Sharma too to join the ranks of the award winners.

"We are happy that two Indian players received the ICC's annual awards, particularly Mahendra Singh Dhoni who had an outstanding season. We thought that probably (young pacer) Ishant Sharma would also get the Emerging Player honour, but it did not happen," said BCCI's CAO Ratnakar Shetty.

Dhoni was named the ODI Player of the Year and Yuvraj won the Twenty20 International Performance of the Year Award. Dhoni beat back tough competition from team-mate Sachin Tendulkar, Australian fast bowler Nathan Bracken and Pakistan stalwart Mohammad Yousuf to take the prestigious award.

During the voting period, the swashbuckling wicket keeper-batsman played 39 ODIs and scored 1,298 runs at an average of 49.92 and at a strike rate of 82.46. He also hit a century and nine fifties.

Yuvraj was deservedly honoured for his stupendous six sixes in an over off England pacer Stuart Broad in the inaugural Twenty20 World Championship won by India in South Africa last year.

But the gangling Sharma lost out to Sri Lanka's spin sensation Ajantha Mendis who bagged the Emerging Player honour at the annual ICC awards function held in Dubai.

200 Indian scientists line up for Big Bang effort

The LHC's purpose is "fundamental research"

NEW DELHI: When the 27-km long Large Hadron Collider (LHC), a particle accelerator, goes live on Wednesday in the Alps along the Swiss-French border, it will kick off one of the largest man-made experiments in history.

Interestingly, it’s not just a massive science experiment being conducted by CERN, a French acronym for the European Organisation for Nuclear Research, but also one of the biggest IT projects.

India's contribution to the $10-billion effort in search of the universe’s missing matter by smashing particles like during the Big Bang is equally impressive. Around 200 of the 2,000 scientists doing the experiment are from India.

The entire system comprising 1,232 cryo magnets, each weighing about 32 tonne, is sitting on precision motion positioning systems developed, among other places, at the Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology (RRCAT), Indore, by the Electronics Corporation of India.

Indian institutes like Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Mumbai, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Trombay, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata, RRCAT, Indore, Benares Hindu University and varsities of Delhi, Jaipur, Punjab have contributed significantly to the experiment and will also be involved in analysing the collision debris.Says Amit Roy, director of Delhi-based Inter-University Accelerator Centre (earlier called Nuclear Science Centre): “About 200 scientists involved in the experiment are of Indian origin. “

“India has also been involved in supplying material to build the tunnel and several Indians have played a key role in the whole project,” Mr Royadded.

The monetary contribution by India is $25 million. The prominent Indians who are part of the project include Atul Gurtu of TIFR, an expert on particle colliders, Vikas Sinha of the Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata, who created a chip to process signals, and Vinod Chauhan employed by CERN to lead the group which tested the magnets.

Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology director Vinod Chandra Sahni says: “No collisions will take place today. September 10 simply marks the launch wherein two beams will be sent in the tunnel, one clockwise and the other anti-clockwise.

The particle smashing at close to speed of light (about 300,000 km per second) will start on October 21. Some particles will collide, triggering new particles that could help scientists understand the universe better.”

The tunnel, buried 100 metres underground, is lined with sensors and 1,600 superconducting magnets across eight sectors, which are held at an operating temperature of 271 degrees below zero — colder than outer space. The LHC accelerator, which is accurate to a nanosecond, will be used to slam particles into each other to try to recreate the conditions at the beginning of time — as in the Big Bang.

Data from the collision, about 15 petabytes (1 petabyte is quadrillion bytes or 1,000 terabytes) a year will be studied around the world by some 100,000 computers across 50 countries. Within a year, the particle accelerator’s experiments will have spewed enough data to fill a pile of compact discs 12 miles high. India is part of the world-wide computational grid that will help analyse this data.

But the massive experiment is not without its share of controversy. Cynics believe that all the particle smashing will create a massive black hole, sucking life out of earth, if things don’t follow the planned script. However, Mr Roy adds: “The scientific community the world over is eagerly looking at the experiment. The claims of this experiment turning out to be a disaster are rather exaggerated and based on wrong calculations.”

Brusing aside fears of the experiment going wrong, geeks at CERN believe that they are going to find the so-called God-like particle dubbed Higgs Boson, which will offer clues about dark matter and other missing links of physics.

This, in turn, will accelerate our own understanding of life. If they don’t find that, they still hope to lay their hands on something exciting and worthwhile out of the tunnel. Much like one of CERN’s alumni, Tim Berners-Lee, stumbled upon the internet and invented the first web browser in 1989 to initially help physicists worldwide to swap notes!

Motorola launches Motojewel for fashion conscious segment

World mobile phone leader Motorola is coming out with a phone they call “fashion forward”. The Motorola MOTOJEWEL they claim is tailor-made for young and trendy women from across the globe.

Motorola’s MOTOJEWEL has a unique diamond cut design with a large purple jewel on the front. The new mobile handset from Motorola is equipped with a 2 megapixel camera, MP3 player and Bluetooth capabilities.

The MOTO Jewel will be available through Carphone Warehouse starting in November. I’m sure we’ll see plenty of them on eBay also. Let’s wait and see how many people deem this phone “fashion forward”. Here’s a quote from Motorola:

A Motorola press release said, “The alluring, jewel-like design in sophisticated Midnight Quartz and the dazzling purple keypad inside can’t help but draw admiring glances. It’s a phone so sassy that users will wish they could wear it! Ensuring a perfect finish to any outfit, the MOTOJEWEL comes complete with a must-have mini clutch designed to hold all the essentials for the perfect girls’ night out: a MOTOJEWEL, credit card and lipstick.”

The new music phone from Motorola will feature touch-sensitive keys on its outside control panel, which also displays basic phone information and animated screen savers. The specs are nothing to write home about, as the phone is largely meant to be a fashion accessory. Motorola even includes a small clutch purse with it meant to house the phone and a couple of accessories, ID and or credit cards.

Source: http://www.khabrein.info

Britney Spears lost virginity at 14: mum

Britney Spears' mother has described how her wayward daughter lost her virginity at 14 and dabbled in drugs a year later, in a shocking tell-all book.

Lynne Spears, 53, has put her pop star daughter's virginal claims to bed once and for all in leaked sections of her biography Through The Storm.

She writes that a 14-year-old Britney lost her virginity to an 18-year-old high school football star, soon after leaving the Mickey Mouse Club.

In a controversial 1999 Rolling Stone interview, 17-year-old Britney raised eyebrows by claiming she would remain a virgin until she was married.

The troubled pop star was first drinking alcohol at the age of 13 — and by age 15, shortly before recording her breakthrough album Baby One More Time, she was dabbling in illegal drugs.

The explosive tell-all book also details how the Spears family allowed Britney to sleep with boyfriend Justin Timberlake at 16, and Lynne's shock when she allegedly found her teenage daughter with cocaine and marijuana on a private jet.

Source: http://news.ninemsn.com.au

Salman Khan the Artist irks Katrina Kaif:

Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif are going through a turbulent phase in their relationship. One of the reasons is the ghost of ex-flame Aishwarya Rai which refuses to leave them

Of late the issue of spat between them was related to Salman Khan’s artistic skills. Salman Khan has been trying his hand at painting portraits and has presented paintings to fellow stars. He gave a pic of Raj Kapoor to Ranbir Kapoor and he also painted a picture of Drona for Abhishek Bachchan recently. Salman has won a lot of friends with his warm gesture.

But what Katrina Kaif is irritated with is a certain painting of ex-flame Aishwarya Rai which Salman Khan refuses to let go. Salman still treasures this painting and will not part with it.

Apparently, the ghost of Aishwarya Rai still haunts the relationship between Katrina Kaif and Salman Khan.

Source: http://www.newsline365.com

New LG Dynamite KP199 GSM Phone Launched In India

With the intention to strengthen its dynamite series, technology giant LG has rolled out a new handset named ‘KP199’ in the Indian market.

The newly launched phone offers users an outstanding battery life of up to 11 hours on talk time mode and standby time of up to 30 days through a high-powered 1350mAh battery.

LG stated that this model targets two major client needs in India. First of all Indian customers having an urge to link up via their cell phones with their allies and family members, hence they need a higher talk time. Secondly many Indian regions still do not have regular power supply, lots of non-urban regions only get partial power supply, and a 30 day standby time provides a better solution to overcome this problem.

The phone comes packed with astounding features, which include FM Radio with scheduled FM recording, FM Alarm, FM on Spk; a VGA camera for video recording; a 1.77-inch TFT 262K color display; MP3 player; Bluetooth with A2DP connectivity; and Java, GPRS, NDTV Active to remain connected with loved ones.

Measuring 105 x 46 x 15.5 mm, the LG Dynamite KP199 mobile phone weighs just 84.5 grams. Moreover, the newest Dynamite handset has group messaging functionality with an ability to take in associate effigy of video for contact, call conversation recording, 1000 phone book memory and support for English and Hindi languages with predictive word input T9.

Source: http://www.topnews.in/

When Harry Potter becomes 'Hari Puttar' ?

He's making a children's film and it's called "Hari Puttar". But, according to its young NRI producer, the film is not really a takeoff on Harry Potter but his version of "Home Alone".

Harinder Singh Kohli, better known as Lucky Singh, a London-based film producer and entrepreneur with 25 animation films to his credit, is now making a feature film in Hindi.

"I grew up watching Hindi films. And I often wondered why there was so little for kids. 'Harry Puttar' is a homage to my childhood," he says.

Singh has finalised the casting of all 10 kids who are part of the film.

"Zen Khan, who has done a number of advertisements, will play the role of the main kid. I want Paresh Rawal to play the main adult role. He's also excited over the idea of doing a children's film. We don't have too many of them in Bollywood, do we?" Lucky said.

"But Rawal has a problem with dates and I want to shoot in October. Ours is a small budgeted film. And we've to finish on time," the producer of the Harry Potter-meets-Home Alone-meets-Bollywood film said.

source: http://www.hindustantimes.com

Ajmer has significance because of the tomb of the Sufi saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti:

The Ajmer district is situated in the central part of Rajasthan. Ajmer is only 132 kilometers from Jaipur, the capital of Rajasthan. It encompasses a total area of 55.76 sq. km. The city has a religious and historical importance. It is a holy place for the Hindus and the Muslims as well. The district earns a large chunk of the revenue through the tourism industry.

The place is sacred to the Hindus because of the famous Pushkar Temple. While for the Muslims, Ajmer has significance because of the tomb of the Sufi saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti.The Ajmer district is situated in the central part of Rajasthan. Ajmer is only 132 kilometers from Jaipur, the capital of Rajasthan. It encompasses a total area of 55.76 sq. km. Ajmer has a religious and historical importance. It is a holy place for the Hindus and the Muslims as well. The district earns a large chunk of the revenue through the tourism industry. The place is sacred to the Hindus because of the famous Pushkar Temple. While for the Muslims, Ajmer has significance because of the tomb of the Sufi saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti.

Kishangarh Fort: An impotant visit palace in Ajmer, Rajasthan:

Phool Mahal Palace 305 802 - Kishangarh, Ajmer, Rajasthan, India As legend goes Maharaja Roop Singhji drew inspiration from an incident where he saw a sheep defending her lambs from a pack of wolves. The Fort at Kishangarh remained unconquered inspite of constant enemy attacks. The magnificent Kishangarh Fort entices you with its historic palaces and monuments. Located close to Ajmer, the Kishangarh Fort is located at a distance of 27 kilometers from the main Ajmer city. Also see the splendid Phool Mahal that is located near the Kishangarh Fort as you tour the tourist attractions of Ajmer, Rajasthan, India. Feast your eyes on stunning vistas created by the vast lake located near the majestic Kishangarh Fort in Ajmer. Spot rare birds that flock near the lake. The Kishangarh Fort was the main center from where the rulers patronized the Kishangarh school of miniature paintings. In fact initially it was Maharaja Sawant Singhji and his beloved Bani Thani who modeled as Lord Krishna and Radha for the court painters.