An International Conference is going to be held on NanoScience and Technology ICONSAT-2010

International Conference on NanoScience and Technology

An International Conference on Nano science and Technology (ICONSAT-2010) is going to be held at I.I.T. Bombay, Mumbai, INDIA during February 17-20, 2010. This Conference, sponsored by the Nano Mission, Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt. of India, is the fourth in series following ICONSAT-2003 held in December 2003 at Kolkata, ICONSAT-2006 held in March 2006 at New Delhi and ICONSAT-2008 held in February 2008 at Chennai. The conference will provide an opportunity for students, researchers, technologists and entrepreneurs to interact on the current developments and future trends in the multidisciplinary area of nanoscience and nanotechnology.
A one day satellite workshop is planned on 17th febrauary, 2010 on Cancer and Nanotechnology: Therapeutics and Diagnostics.
ICONSAT-2010 will deliberate on the front line areas of Nano Science and Technology that include
.Novel Synthetic Methods
.Fabrication and Devices
.Functional materials
.Materials for Food and Environment
.Electronics, Magnetics & Photonics
.Materials for Energy
.Hybrids
.Technology for Medicine
Deadlines
Early Registration:October 15, 2009
Abstract Submission:October 15, 2009
Acceptance of Abstracts:November 15, 2009
Contact Us
Professor D. BahadurConvener

ICONSAT 2010

Department of Metallurgical Engineering andMaterials Science,

IIT Bombay,Powai,Mumbai-400 076, India
Co -ordinator : Prof. M.P. Dixit
Telephone No.:+91 - 9769082010
Fax :+91 - 22 - 2572 6975 / 2572 3480
Email:iconsat2010@yahoo.com
iconsat2010@iitb.ac.in
Website:http://www.iconsat2010.in

Meaning of Information Technology

   About Information Technology

Information Technology (IT), as defined by the Information Technology Association of America (ITAA), is "the study, design, development, implementation, support or management of computer-based information systems, particularly software applications and computer hardware." IT deals with the use of electronic computers and computer software to convert, store, protect, process, transmit, and securely retrieve information.

Today, the term information technology has ballooned to encompass many aspects of computing and technology, and the term is more recognizable than ever before. The information technology umbrella can be quite large, covering many fields. IT professionals perform a variety of duties that range from installing applications to designing complex computer networks and information databases.

A few of the duties that IT professionals perform may include data management, networking, engineering computer hardware, database and software design, as well as the management and administration of entire systems.IT When computer and communications technologies are combined, the result is information technology, or "infotech". Information Technology (IT) is a general term that describes any technology that helps to produce, manipulate, store, communicate, and/or disseminate information. Presumably, when speaking of Information Technology (IT) as a whole, it is noted that the use of computers and information are associated.

Michael Jackson, the King of Pop, dies at age 50

Los Angeles: Pop star Michael Jackson died Thursday following a cardiac arrest at his home in Los Angeles, officials said. He was 50.
The King of Pop, whose life of stardom and scandal kept him permanently in the headlines, was found unconscious at his rented Bel Air mansion and was rushed to the UCLA Medical Centre.

"We were notified by LAPD that Michael Jackson was transferred from his house to the hospital," said Los Angeles County Coroner Fred Corral. "He was unresponsive and pronounced dead at approximately 2.26 this afternoon."

Corral said an autopsy would be performed to check for toxicology and other problems. The results are to be released Friday.

A large crowd formed outside the medical centre and his home, playing Jackson's music, as news crews and reporters jostled for stories and as news helicopters hovered overhead.

Corral said that he had suffered a cardiac arrest and local media reported Jackson had not been breathing when paramedics reached him. Reports from hospital first said he was in a coma, before numerous media reported his death.

"We are just stunned - I can't tell you what has taken place but everyone is just stunned," family spokesman Brian Oxman told CNN. Referring to reports that Jackson was in ill health, Oxman said he "feared and warned about" the level of medication that Jackson was taking, though he stressed that "he was in fine condition. We have never seen him in any kind of weakened condition".

Jackson is survived by three children: Michael Joseph Jackson, Jr., Paris Michael Katherine Jackson and Prince "Blanket" Michael Jackson II.

Jackson had appeared increasingly frail and financially-challenged in recent years. Despite earning hundreds of millions of dollars he was reported to be $500 million in debt thanks largely to his eccentrically extravagant lifestyle.

Jackson's rented home was roped off after paramedics arrived to transport the King of Pop to the hospital.

Born in 1958 in Gary, Indiana, Jackson was a child star with the Jackson 5 and became one of the most successful recording artists of all time with the release of the album "Thriller" in 1982 - the best selling album of all time. His successful songs redefined the modern music video and forced MTV to start showing black performers, and paved the way for the acceptance of rap and hip-hop as mainstream musical styles.

Elevated to the stardom level of the Beatles and Elvis, he also introduced a new level of mega-stardom through his music and clothes, his dance moves, and his massive live concert tours.

"Michael Jackson made culture accept a person of colour - way before Tiger Woods, way before Oprah Winfrey, way before Barack Obama," said black leader Al Sharpton. "Michael did with music what they did in sport politics and music. No controversy will erase his impact."

He raised consciousness about the plight of Africa with the supergroup recording "We Are the World" in 1985. But after that most of his headlines were dogged by scandal - from his marriages to Lisa Presley and former nurse Debby Rowe, to his eccentric lifestyle behind the gates of his fantasy childhood estate, named Neverland, after the setting of the book Peter Pan.

He managed to settle an allegation that he molested a boy there in 1993, but was forced to face a sensational "trial of the century" 10 years later. He was ultimately acquitted of the charges, but the exposure caused huge damage to his career and financial situation.

At the time of his death he had been preparing for a 50-concert run in London that was meant to represent his comeback and secure his financial future.

Secret questions that protect e-mails are vulnerable

Bangalore: A new study in the U.S. has revealed that it is very simple for hackers to answer the security questions that protect e-mail accounts, reports New Scientist, an international science magazine.

The researchers at Microsoft finds it and are based on an analysis of an experiment involving 32 e-mail users. What's the name of the school you attended? What is the first name of your favourite cousin? These are the kind of questions asked in case email account holders forget their password.

In the experiment acquaintances of the e-mail users, with whom they normally share login details were asked to guess the answers to such questions. The participants managed to guess correctly one-fifth of the time, raising questions over how secure this system really is.

A second study by Microsoft has also suggested a more secure alternative, which is to rely on trusted friends to vouch for you if an account becomes locked. "Securing webmail is important because e-mail accounts typically allow an attacker access to other accounts, for example, eBay and Amazon. If I can recover these passwords via your e-mail account then I can spend the balance of your credit card on flat-screen TVs," said Ross Anderson of Cambridge University.
Stuart Schechter and Rob Reeder of Microsoft have proposed a new system, whereby users can select several 'trustees'. When a user gets locked out of his or her account, the trustees of the account holder will be asked to download a 'recovery code' and then the user has to collect such codes from multiple trustees before he or she can unlock the account.
Around 19 Hotmail users tried the new system and 17 of them managed to regain access to their Hotmail accounts. The success rate was 90 percent as compared to the 80 percent success rate of the secret question system.
The new method should be an optional choice for users and should not replace the secret questions approach, according to Anderson. The idea has promise, said Reeder, however pointing out that this is not a new idea.

Nilekani to head Unique Identification Authority

Nandan M.Nilekani:Quits Infosys; UID numbers planned for citizens to access government services. He moved to cabinet to tab the terrorists.

Nandan M. Nilekani, co-chairman of the Board of Directors of Infosys Technologies, is all set to join the Central government, as chairperson of the Unique Identification (UID) Authority of India. It is a new agency set up to provide unique identification numbers or UID numbers to all citizens for accessing various government services.

According to reports from Bangalore, following the Cabinet decision, Mr. Nilekani has resigned from the membership of the Infosys’ Board of Directors as also as its co-chairman.

He will also relinquish his post of co-chairman to be inducted in the rank of a Cabinet Minister in the Indian Government. The resignation will be effective from July 9, 2009. A National Population Register will be created by 2011, under which the MNIC cards will be issued.

The Union Cabinet on Thursday cleared the creation of the new post, which will have the rank and status of a Cabinet Minister. The authority will have the mandate to own and operate a database of the UID numbers and be responsible for its updating and maintenance regularly.
The cards will serve as a means to access a variety of government-related activities. For instance, the UID numbers and the database will be linked to agencies such as the Election Commission of India and the Income Tax Department, which deal with the general public and issue special number cards such as voters photo identity cards in the case of ECI and PAN Cards in the case of IT Departments.
In addition, it will be used for providing services under government schemes such as the public distribution system, and the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme for families living below the poverty line. It will also be used for delivering financial and other assistance to the needy.
Mr. Nilekani has been chosen to head the authority considering that the project will be based on various tools and techniques of Information Technology and there will be need to keep updating the system.

Thanks to government of India for choosing an eminent person like Nandan Nilekani as Chairman of National Authority for Unique Identity. Even though its a great loss for Infosys, our nation gets the best out of it. Sir we all are proud of you. All the best and always with you.

Source:The Hindu,SiliconIndia

Smart cards replace driving licenses in Karnataka

Bangalore:The Karnataka Government newly launched a new system in the Transport System which is replacing smart cards instead of driving licenses.

Karnataka's transport department turned tech savvy Thursday by launching 16-kb microchip embedded 'smart cards' to replace driving licenses and vehicle registration booklets.

Driving license holders and vehicle owners will have to change over to the smart cards within two years.
The smart card, costs Rs.200, which will prevent forgery in licenses and registration booklets, Transport Minister R. Ashok said at a function at which Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa launched the microchip embedded plastic card.

The chip can store large amount of information about the details of the driver/owner and can keep record of traffic violations, conviction and details of road accidents involving the driver and the vehicle.

Five regional transport offices in Bangalore began issuing the smart cards Thursday. By September, the remaining 50 regional transport offices in other parts of Karnataka will also start issuing these cards.

Smart cards are better when compared to driving licenses.Please encourage this new system.

Civil Services Syllabus http://upscportal.com

Hi friends, anyone interested to become an IAS Officer.

Here are the details how to prepare for the Civil Services Exams.

The interested candidates should write two exams i.e, Prelims and Mains.There are optional subjects for both prelims and main.
(INFO) Civil Services Subjects / Topics / Languages Options
Subject:
Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Science
Anthropology
Botany
Chemistry
Civil Engineering
Commerce and Accountancy
Economics
Electrical Engineering
Geography
Geology
History
Law
Management
Mathematics
Mechanical Engineering
Medical Science
Philosophy
Physics
Political Science and International Relations
Psychology
Public Administration
Sociology
Statistics
Zoology
Languages:
Arabic
Assamese
Bengali
Chinese
English
French
German
Gujarati
Hindi
Kannada
Kashmiri
Konkani
Malayalam
Manipuri
Marathi
Nepali
Oriya
Pali
Persian
Punjabi
Russian
Sanskrit
Sindhi
Tamil
Telugu
Urdu

Prelims:

For Prelims General subject is compulsory for each and everyone and one optional subject is required.The optional subject is its ur interest.You cantake any one optional subject that is listed by the UPSC(Union Public Services Commission).

Mains:

After qualifying in Prelims there will be Mains exam.In the Mains exam two optional subjects are to be taken.There are some optional subjects which shouldnot coincide.These are listed below:
The following combinations of Main Optionals are NOT Permitted:-
By the U.P.S.C. for the Civil Services Examination:
1. Agriculture and Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Science
2. Anthropology and Sociology
3. Commerce & Accountancy and Management
4. Management and Public Administration
5. Mathematics and Statistics
6. Political Science & International Relations and Public Administration
7. Any two Engineering subjects (Civil/Mechanical/Electrical)
8. Medical Science and Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Science
Syllabus:
The syllabus for civil services can be downloaded by viewing this website :
http://upscportal.com
All the entire information about civil services such as notification, exam pattern, syllabus, toppers iterviews, tips and tricks,..............is updated in the above website.

IBM - The Great Mind Challenge contest 2009

The Great Mind Challenge '09
Organiser:IBM, India
The Great Mind Challenge is back!
A new look, bigger and better prizes
and of course, new challenges.
The Great Mind Challenge (TGMC) is a Nation-wide Software Development contest conducted by the IBM Academic Initiative Team. This contest focuses on enabling Technical institutes to nurture students. Grooming them to become part of a competitive workforce by arming them with market ready skills. It also aims to provide student programmers with a unique opportunity to develop innovative solutions using open standards-based IT tools from IBM in complex real time situations. They will mentor you, provide you free trainings, ask for it and you get it - Free trainings and technical downloads.This is an initiative to bridge the gap.Every care is taken in trying to ensure that the Contest and the offerings are relevant and useful to you and hope that you will rise to the Challenge, take the Initiative and Walk Through this Door.

Key Dates:

Lat date for Registration: September 30, 2009
SRS Submission: October 15, 2009
Project Submission: December 15, 2009
Project Evaluation: January 15, 2010
Felicitation Program: March 15, 2010

For More Details
Email Address:
greatminds@learninglinksindia.org
Website:
https://tgmc.in/index.php

Eligibility:
All engineering students in the stream of IT/Computer Science/BCA/MCA/BE/B.Tech/M.Tech can participate.

Windows 7 Release Date Announced on October 22, 2009

Microsoft plans to release a new operating system known as "Windows 7" (apparently in the next few months), and this new version will replace their previous operating system such as Windows Vista.

The developers of Windows 7 saying that it is very simple to use, and more functional, with less of what you don't need and more of what you do.

The release date for Windows 7 has been confirmed as October 22, 2009. In addition, at the same time Windows Server 2008 R2 will also be available.

Microsoft says that it s working closely with partners to give benefits of Windows 7 on release to customers to ensure their needs.

On June 3, 2009, Microsoft’s OEM Division Corporate Vice President Steve Guggenheimer, expresed the company's confidence in their new Windows 7 version. He announced this at a keynote address at Computex 2009 in Taipei.

Tags:Windows 7

For further information you can view the commercial website by clicking this link:
www.microsofot.com

LG enV 2 Messaging Phone

The EnV isn't the slimmest cell phone around, but it offers excellent messaging features and great multimedia options.

A new iPhone coming out later this week--but iPhones aren't for everyone. If you're looking for an easy-to-use messaging phone with a full hardware keyboard, consider the LG enV 2. This phone is now available from VerizonWireless.com for $50. That price is available only if you sign a two-year service contract, but it also gets you a good deal on a good phone. And if you buy one enV 2 (which is available in both maroon and black), you can get a second one for free.

For further infor mation you can click this link:

http://www.pcworld.com/reviews/product/29848/review/env_vx9900_cell_phone.html

Amity University of India www.amity.edu

CNN IBN features Amity as Leading University of India

Amity is the leading education group of India with over 50000 students studying across 700 acres of hi-tech campus.

CNN IBN is showing a half hour show on Leading Universities in India.
On this Sunday the 21st June at 16:30 CNN IBN is showcasing why: Amity University is ranked number 1 in India.

1. Amity Business School is in Top 10.
2. Amity Institute of Biotechnology is ranked number 1.
3. Amity School is Engineering & Technology is ranked 4th.
4. Amity Institute of Insurance is ranked number 1.
5. Amity Institute of Telecommunication is in top.
6. Amity University has been ranked the no. 1 pvt. University (Source : Education Times)
7. Amity Business School has been ranked 7th amongst all Business Schools by the corporate world (Source : Business Today)

Admissions are open for 2009 in the following campuses at different dates.You can see the admission dates here :

• 6th July 2009 - Bangalore
• 6th July 2009 - Bhopal
• 6th July 2009 - Ranchi
• 7th July 2009 - Ahmedabad
• 7th July 2009 - Hyderabad
• 7th July 2009 - Kolkata
• 8th July 2009 - Chennai
• 8th July 2009 - Patna
• 8th July 2009 - Mumbai

Application forms for various campuses can be downloaded by clicking on this link :http://amity.edu/admission/download_form.asp

Amity University Details
Address : Block E2, Sector-125, Noida–201 301
City : Noida
State : Uttar Pradesh
Phone Number : 0120-2445252
Email : admissions@amity.edu
Home Page : www.amity.edu
For further campus details you can view the university website:http://www.amity.edu/

Site links:http://www.indiastudychannel.com/links/

ITM Gurgaon Admissions Open for B.Tech, M.Tech and MBA 2009 | Merit list of B.Tech First Year

ITM Gurgaon Admissions Open for B.Tech, M.Tech and MBA 2009 | Merit list of B.Tech First Year

Institute of Technology and Management (ITM), Gurgaon was established in 1996. The institute aims to provide both technical and management education by Educate India Society, registered under the Registration of Societies Act of 1860.

The institute has strategic alliances with many international universities, such as Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, University of Warwick, UK, and University of Leeds, UK. There are six departments in the institute that offer many management, undergraduate, and postgraduate courses.

To know about the campus and the various departments, lab facilities, library, route map etc... about the college is available in the college website http://www.gurgaon.co.in/

B.Tech First year results 2009 are available in the official website.

The official website for the institute is: http://itmindia.edu/index2.htm ...

Bing compared to Google

Is Bing really capable of stinging Google?

Bangalore: Microsoft launched Bing on June 3rd this year, a renamed and reformed version of its search engine Kumo, with an intention to increase its hold on the search market,easily searching latest technology news,updates,notifications etc. providing to all where an over 70 percent share is with Google.

Bing is a search engine that finds and organizes the answers you need so you can make faster, more informed decisions

On the home page of Bing, there is a specific feature for search optimization where an Indian user can select between two options such as 'Show all' and 'Only from India'. If one checks any option before giving search words, the results returned will be optimized on the basis of the selection of the option. When a search on "Bikes' resale in Bangalore" was attempted by siliconindia news bureau on Bing with the 'show all category' marked, there was only one relevant link in the first ten results where one could find some bikes. But the same search on Google fetched all the ten results relevant and satisfying.
But in Bing's case, a user can try "Only from India" option, and get much more optimized results while searching about bike resale in Bangalore for instance. However, another problem with that is the user has to be aware where the stuff he is searching on is available, if he does not want to lose time switching the options. Since most of the popular websites are hosted outside India, searching for Facebook, for instance, in the 'India' section of Bing will turn nothing but a futile exercise.
Ironically enough, one will get better results about India not via India specific option, but through 'show all' section on Bing because Wikipedia is accessible via the latter option.
It was reported that Microsoft allocated $80 to $100 million dollars to build the brand name Bing. To put the amount in perspective, one must know that Google had spent only $25 million for its all ad campaigns in 2008. And naturally, Bing is fast catching up with its competitors in terms of market share as Alexa.com, a website that ranks websites across the world, listed Bing.com as the 15th most used website during the past one week. Just one week after its launch, Bing is already the second most popular search engine in the U.S. and worldwide except the U.K., according to StatCounter Global Stats.

Microsoft makes gains with Bing, clashes with Google.

IIT Kanpur to launch Jugnu, the lightest nano satellite of India

IIT-K to launch India's lightest nano satellite 'Jugnu'.

Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur carries out original research of significance and technology development at the cutting edge. It imparts training for students to make them competent, motivated engineers and scientists. The Institute not only celebrates freedom of thought, cultivates vision and encourages growth, but also inculcates human values and concern for the environment and the society.

The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur has come in to agreement with ISRO to launch a nano satellite. It will be the country's lightest and the institute's first satellite to be launched in the orbit from Sriharikota.

IIT Kanpur had presented the second design review to ISRO which nodded to launch the satellite.
"Though the memorandum of understanding between ISRO and IIT-K for the project was signed in February, regular review sessions are being carried out by ISRO to check the progress of the project," said Sanjay Govind Dhande, Director, IIT Kanpur.
"On Tuesday, our technical team working on the project apprised ISRO authorities of the release and antenna mechanism," he said.In April, the first review of Jugnu was carried out by ISRO.
Since last December, a team of 40 students and around 12 professors, led by Professor and Mechanical Engineering Department Head, Nalinaksh S Vyas have been working on the project.
"A similar project in any European country would have cost over Rs 10 crore but we expect the entire project to complete within a budget of Rs 2-3 crore, without compromising on quality. This is a welcome signal for indigenous remote sensing technologies," said Vyas.
A technical team led by D Madhav Murthy in the ISRO for Small Satellite, has said that the procedures for informing the ISRO officials for launch by a mother satellite has been provided, along with the details of the positioning of the satellite antenna set up in the institute premises.
Jugnu weighs around 3.5 kgs and would be 34 cm long and 10 cm wide. Equipped with the micro imaging and micro electronic system, it will transfer the images to the IIT Kanpur campus. The high resolution pictures obtained will be used for different applications like drought monitoring, wasteland management, urban planning and flood risk management.

VTU Model Question Papers VTU Engineering BE Model question papers

VTU is one of the biggest Technological Universities in India, having 158 colleges affiliated to it with Under Graduate course in 27 disciplines and Post Graduate Programmes in 67 disciplines.

The VTU model question papers for the prevoius years can be viewd in the following websites for details:

http://www.vtualerts.com/vtu-alerts/model-question-papers/

http://weeksupdate.com/2008/12/vtu-model-question-papers-vtu.html

The colleges affilated to this university in karnataka and the cut-off marks for various colleges can be known through the following website:http://vtunews.blogspot.com/

Nokia N97 | Latest new nokia mobile handset

NOKIA N97

The most awaited and new technology mobile handset is Nokia device of this year is Nokia N97. The N97 is upon us, with its glorious 3.5″ touchscreen, its numeric keyboard, its amazing slide and tilt design, with an internal memory of 32GB. The N97 is here, and here are some images of the device in its awesome white color, as well as a few poorly-lit images of the N97 black silver color (the last 3 being taken by the Nokia 5800).
The Nokia N97 device looks so beautiful and so easy to use with more additional features than any other device.
Here you can view the images of Nokia N97:



For more information you can see the following web details.
http://www.fonearena.com/blog/2009/06/10/nokia-n97-glory-in-images.html
http://www.nokia.co.in/find-products/products/nokia-n97