Big B charms works again, KBC 4 attracts 50 lakhs applicants

Danish Khan, Vice-President (Marketing) Sony Entertainment Television told reporters that over 50 lakh contestants from across the country have applied to be part of the fourth season of the much-awaited Kaun Banega Crorepati (KBC), to be hosted by Amitabh Bachchan.

"KBC phone lines opened on August 2, and within eight days we had more than 50 lakh participants registering with us. But only 1233 contestants among them have been shortlisted making it the most exhaustive selection process for the show anywhere in the world" .

Auditions were being held to determine the final contestants in Lucknow, Nagpur, Ahmedabad, Delhi, Kolkata and Mumbai.

Big B charms works again, KBC 4 attracts 50 lakhs applicants

Craig Henderson drove 1,400 miles without refuelling.

Craig Henderson of Bellingham, Washington, made a home-built car with his friend Bill Green which he planned to drive from the Canadian border to the Mexican border without stopping for fuel.

The car is named as Avion had completed the voyage, after using only 12.4 gallons of fuel, at an average of 119.1 miles per gallon.

This thing earned them a place in the Guinness Book of World Records in 1986 during a similar drive from Canada to Mexico at an average 103.7 miles per gallon.

Avion in French is for airplane.The car body is made of fiberglass exterior and gullwing-style doors that swing up and out from the body.

Craig Henderson drove 1,400 miles without refuelling.

Can money buy happiness? Yes, if it is more than $ 75,000 if the study is to be belived.

( Reuters )US researcher had found that up to about $ 75,000 a year can ease the pain of life's stresses if not keeping you completely happy.

A survey of 1,000 Americans shows they are overall fairly happy, and more money equals more satisfaction up to a point, Daniel Kahneman and Angus Deaton of the Center for Health and Wellbeing at Princeton University in New Jersey found.

"More money does not necessarily buy more happiness, but less money is associated with emotional pain," they wrote in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Can money buy happiness? Yes, if it is more than $ 75,000 if the study is to be belived.

New Study shows that most Facebook users have low esteem

(IANS) Facebook is used mostly by narcissists and those with low self-esteem, says a Canadian study.

These type of people use Facebook as a self-promotional tool, says psychology researcher Soraya Mehdizadeh of York University.

Mehdizadeh, who extensively examined the online habits and personalities of 100 Facebook users aged 18 to 25 years old, found that individuals higher in narcissism and lower in self-esteem spent more time on the site and filled their pages with more self-promotional content.

"We all know people like this. They are updating their status every five minutes and the photos they post are very carefully construed," she says.

New Study shows that most Facebook users have low esteem

New Optic Fibre Tech will reduce the signal(data) lost.

Light micrograph of a fibre optics cable

A Team of Scientists funded by EU have shown off a system they say could "substantially" improve the data capacity of fibre optic networks.

The new experiment showed that the new improved system would eliminate most of the interference caused by other signals and amplifiers, in an analogue of "auto-tune" software and the good thing is that it can be plugged directly into existing networks.

The prototype device makes use of advances both in optical fibre technology and in lasers, which are used to "lock on" to the signal and distinguish it from noise.

New Optic Fibre Tech will reduce the signal(data) lost.

Google comes out with instant and automatic search.

After losing it internet market share to baidu, Google is now think innovative ways for the internet users to stick to its search size.

After implementing the Caffeine Indexing search system, Google come with the "Instant on" option where you don't need to press enter for the search result to get it display. You all just need to select i mean highlight that displayed suggestion, the result are displayed below .... with out enter. Anyways who doesn't like such thing there is Instant off button too :)

Google comes out with instant and automatic search.

Movie on the Google is on track ?

Hollywood is now trying the geeky thing. We will soon seeing the tale of Facebook and its founder Mark Zuckerberg in The Social Network slated to hit theaters in October, it now appears the movie rights to a book about Google and its founders, Segrey Brin and Larry Page, have been acquired by a production company looking to bring the search giant’s story to the big screen.

Deadline is reporting that Michael London’s Groundswell Productions and producer John Morris have together purchased the movie rights for Googled: The End of the World As We Know it. The 400-page Google (Google) narrative, published in late 2009, was authored by The New Yorker columnist Ken Auletta.

Movie on the Google is on track ?

Try E-Mailing The Guy With The World's Longest E-Mail Address

I think this guy holds record for the longest email id. It has 345 characters .

The full e-mail address is:

contact-admin-hello-webmaster-info-services-peter-crazy-but-oh-so-ubber-cool-english-alphabet-loverer-abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz@please-try-to.send-me-an-email-if-you-can-possibly-begin-to-remember-this-coz.this-is-the-longest-email-address-known-to-man-but-to-be-honest.this-is-such-a-stupidly-long-sub-domain-it-could-go-on-forever.pacraig.com

I dont know why did he created such one and lets see what we will getting as a reply lol

Try E-Mailing The Guy With The World's Longest E-Mail Address

Prototype Sailplane Launches Itself With Retractable Jet

Traditional sailplanes have no motor. They're typically towed to altitude by an airplane or a very big winch. Once high enough, the pilot detaches from the towline to begin the search for the rising columns of air, known as thermals, that can keep the sailplane aloft for hours.

Prototype Sailplane Launches Itself With Retractable Jet

Bharthi's Airtel says it will starts its 3G services from December.

Bharti is expecting to launch its 3G service by December this year. 3G spectrum will allow telecom operators like Bharti Airtel to provide mobile users data at high speeds allowing them to watch movies, games and a host of new services on their phones.

3G allows high-speed mobile broadband access, enabling users to download full length movies, make video calls and watch live television programmes.

To try and keep tariffs low Bharti is looking at customised plans for different users and would be looking to sell talk time bundled into small affordable packages.

Bharti which paid over Rs. 12,000 crore for the right to provide 3G services in 13 circles in the country however agrees that keeping tariffs low will be a challenge.

Bharthi's Airtel says it will starts its 3G services from December.

Dubai police chief says BlackBerry serves as spy tool.

(AP)UAE says it will block BlackBerry e-mail, messaging and Web services Oct. 11 unless authorities can gain access to the encrypted data traffic — a demand by other countries warning of possible bans including India.

The proposed UAE action threatens BlackBerry service for an estimated 500,000 local subscribers and could tarnish the country's reputation as the Gulf's business and tourism hub with potentially millions of visitors left without key BlackBerry services.

Dubai's police chief, Lt. Gen. Dahi Khalfan Tamim, said that fears of espionage and information sharing by foe Israel — as well as UAE allies United States and Britain — helped prompt the possible limits on the popular BlackBerry.

Dubai police chief says BlackBerry serves as spy tool.

Whopping Rs. 1 crore to open an account at Selected SBI.

(PTI) State Bank of India (SBI) is now aggressively targets for the crorepatis.

The government lender has inaugurated first-of-its-kind branch for high networth individuals (HNIs), where it takes minimum Rs. 1 crore to open an account, and that too on an invitation only.

Kohinoor Banjara Premium Banking Centre (named after the famed Kohinoor diamond that was discovered here), spread over 4,000 sq ft, offers specialised banking facilities like relationship managers, 24/7 lockers, extended banking hours, doorstep pick-up and drop facilities, in addition to pampering customers with five-star amenities at the branch.

"We have opened as many as 50 accounts so far. We are confident of opening another 150 by the end of the current fiscal," SBI Chief General Manager Shiva Kumar told PTI.

Whopping Rs. 1 crore to open an account at Selected SBI.

Novel anti-malarial drug candidate discovered .

(ANI)Researchers discovered a novel compound that shows promise as a next generation treatment for drug resistant malaria.

Scientists at the Novartis Institute for Tropical Diseases (NITD), achieved the above feat in collaboration with researchers from the Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation (GNF), the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute and The Scripps Research Institute.

The findings demonstrate that the antimalarial candidate, spiroindolone NITD609, is effective against both strains of the malaria parasite, Plasmodium (P.) falciparum and P. vivax.

Through a novel mechanism NITD609 rapidly clears plasmodium in a malaria mouse model and shows pharmacological properties compatible with a once-daily dosing regimen.

Novel anti-malarial drug candidate discovered .

Formula milk contain more aluminium than breast milk: Study

(PTI) In one more reason why mothers should breastfeed their babies as long as possible, scientists in UK have found that formula milk contain 40 times more aluminium than breast milk, potentially putting the toddlers' health at risk.

Researchers at the Keele University, Staffordshire, who examined 16 of the UK's leading formula milk brands meant for children up to the age of one, found that traces of the metal in those products are much higher than is legally allowed in water.

One formula made by Cow & Gate — specifically marketed for premature babies — had the highest level of all, with more than 800 micrograms per litre, the researchers said.

Formula milk contain more aluminium than breast milk: Study

There is no limit for creativity. Brazilian Teen shoots cellphone into prison via bow.

You might had seen police official are bribed to take some things into prison which are against law. But a Brazilian gang a found and innovative way to pass a cell phone to one of their gang member.

According to AP, Authorities say the boy was caught after one of the arrows he launched struck a police officer on the back. The officer was not seriously injured because the cell phone was tied to the tip of the arrow and softened the impact.

There is no limit for creativity. Brazilian Teen shoots cellphone into prison via bow.

Nasa testing its future Rocket Boosters.

( BBC ) US future giant Rocket boosters intended to power the first stage of flight on Nasa's next rocket has been tested in Utah.

The ATK booster, developed as part of Nasa's Constellation project, is a development of the solid rocket motors used to lift the space shuttle off the launch pad.

President Obama cancelled the Constellation project in February, but there is still a strong chance that the ATK booster could play a part in future Nasa launch vehicles.

Nasa's Alex Priskos said the data gathered from the test was "absolutely excellent", giving "the chamber pressures and the thrust pressures that we were expecting".

Nasa testing its future Rocket Boosters.

Rajya Sabha passes bill enabling NRIs to vote.

(PTI) Non-Resident Indians can hope to cast votes in their home country as the Rajya Sabha today passed a bill to provide them voting rights.

"We are not doing them any charity," Law Minister M Veerappa Moily said, while replying to a brief debate on a bill that seeks to amend the Representation of Peoples Act.

He said by this amendment the country would be acknowledging their rights.

Referring to the proposed electoral reforms, Moily said the national consultations would be held in October-November.

Rajya Sabha passes bill enabling NRIs to vote.

Now Indian Govt will be demanding data from Google and Skype.

Indian Government will now turn its focus to the Skype and the Gmail.

A notice will be sent to them on Tuesday on getting the Government access to their data.

Skype and Gmail may face the heat as the Government will demand access to their data.

BlackBerry services won't be banned just yet - the Home Ministry gave BlackBerry maker Research in Motion (RIM) 60 days to provide access to its messenger and email services.

Over the next two months, the Home Ministry will study the feasibility of RIM's new proposals which will be operationalised immediately.

Now Indian Govt will be demanding data from Google and Skype.

Hope of a cure for deafness?

(PTI) Here's some hope of a cure for deafness after a British woman has received a single implant which brings hearing to both ears.

The unnamed patient, who has been deaf since birth, received the cochlear implant at Southampton General Hospital.

The electronic device has two wires running from it, with one leading into one inner ear and the other running under scalp into the other ear, the 'Daily Express' reported. Fine tuning is needed over the coming week to see if the four-hour operation was a success but it is expected to give the 44-year-old woman much improved bilateral hearing.

Hope of a cure for deafness?

Therapy for cancer weight loss is on the way...........

(PTI)Scientists claim to be developing a treatment for cancer cachexia, the debilitating weight loss and muscle wasting condition affecting patients with cancer.

Cancer cachexia has a major impact on quality of life for cancer patients. It can also inhibit the effectiveness of cancer treatments such as chemotherapy and radiotherapy. There is currently no effective treatment.

Now, an international team, led by Deakin University, is working on a combination of two readily available therapies (an omega3 fatty acid and an anti-gout medication) it believes could delay the onset of cancer cachexia and also improve quality of life for cancer patients.

Therapy for cancer weight loss is on the way...........