Monday, November 2, 2009

Play Station Portable

Review:
After roughly a decade at the top of the home console industry, Sony decided to tackle the portable system market--one heavily fortified by Nintendo's Game Boy Advance and DS. Sony sought to take down Nintendo by adopting the tactic that made the PlayStation 2 such a runaway success: by offering sophisticated, graphically intensive games and a heavy dose of multimedia functionality. The device is called the PlayStation Portable (PSP), and in addition to playing games of PS2 graphical quality, it can play music and movies (downloaded or via disc) and surf the Web. It may not be the best handheld media product on the market, and the games lack the innovation of ones on Nintendo's portables, but as an all-in-one device, the Sony PSP is king of the hill.

Advantages:
The Sony PSP is a slick portable gaming system highlighted by an impressive wide-screen display and PS2-like graphics. It also boasts built-in Wi-Fi, a Web browser, and the ability to play music and videos, as well as to store images.

Disadvantages:
The Sony PSP's multimedia functionality is underwhelming, especially for video, requiring expensive memory cards. The load times on the UMD games can be excessive.

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Monday, September 21, 2009

Top 5 Antivirus Softwares

#1 Shield Deluxe - Antivirus Protection:
The best part of using Security Shield 2009 is the fact that is powered by BitDefender. This antivirus company protects tens of millions of home and corporate users across the globe. The Shield Deluxe 2009 will protect your PC and personal data from theft, making it worth considering. 

 Price: $19.99.
Advanced Features: 

  • Total virus and spyware protection
  • Free technical support
  • Intelligent scanning
  • Real time threat detection
  • Hourly updates, Vista compatible
  • Decides best security actions to take
  • Stealth web browsing
  • Excellent extended parental controls
  • Uses minimal system resources
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You can set your computer to update viruses weekly and run a complete virus scan. The system can be restored after malicious activity. It controls the status of the system registry and notifies users of any suspicious objects.
  • Monitors the activity of programs and processes that have been launched in the computer’s memory.
  • Controls over changes in the file system. Proactive protection.
  • Removes spyware parasites to protect your privacy and prevent system crashes and slow-downs.
  • Protection from rootkits and worms.
  • Blocks access to inappropriate websites and e-mail.
  • Reduces the system load and postpones updates, allowing for secure gaming at top speed.
  • Scans all Web, e-mail and instant messaging traffic in real-time.
  • Advanced system maintenance tools.
Best of all, no additional or hidden charges for the technical support services assistance while most of antivirus companies charge an additional amount to correct virus or spyware damage either per minute or per incident.
 

#2 Trend Micro Antivirus Internet Security 2010:
Trend Micro AntiVirus plus AntiSpyware 2010 provides comprehensive and easy to use protection from viruses, intruders, and other Internet-based threats. Inexpensive product received excellent scores in our performance tests.

Price: $39.95.
Advanced Features:
  • Effective Antivirus Protection
  • Customizable security for your home PCs
  • Prevents virus-infected emails
  • Home Protection for up to 3 PCs
  • Spyware and Adware Protection
  • Automatic Virus Pattern Updates
  • Enhanced Software History Cleaner
  • Effective Antivirus Protection
  • Excellent value 
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Best of all, the anti-virus engine protects against computer viruses, worms, Trojan horse
programs, and related security threats.

  • Free phone, email and chat support, with your annual subscription.
  • Block websites with inappropriate content based on specific categories.
  • Protect your privacy by getting rid of records listing Web sites and files recently opened.
  • Stops viruses, worms, spyware and bots.
  • Automatically download the latest signature updates. Quarantined file recovery.
  • Real-time protection. You can run scheduled and manual scans.
  • Keeps your system protected against all types of malicious threats.
  • Remote File Lock safeguards your private files in case your laptop is lost or stolen.
Powerful anti-spyware technology guards your personal information and privacy against spyware, rootkits and other malicious software. Trend Micro Antivirus 2010 covers the basics, providing antivirus, antispyware, antiphishing, antispam, two-way firewall, and, unlike other Internet Security suites, includes parental controls.

#3 Norton Antivirus 2010: 

 Norton AntiVirus 2010 provides fast, responsive defense against all types of malicious software. The new Norton Protection System employs a multilayered set of security technologies that work in concert to detect, identify, and block attacks.


Price: $39.99.
Main Features:
  • Advanced antivirus with anti-spyware
  • Best proactive protection
  • Rapid pulse updates every 5 to 15 minutes
  • Rootkit detection, two way firewall
  • Defends against Web-based attacks
  • Automatic Virus Pattern Updates 
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  • Secures, stores and manages login and personal information
  • Automatically saves important files locally or to secured online storage
  • Maps your wireless home network
  • Free chat and phone support.
  • Monitor your home network and more safely connect to Wi-fi networks.
  • AutoFix technology will diagnose and fix common problems for you.
  • Automatically schedules scans and updates to occur while PC is idle.
  • Blocks browser exploits and protects against infected Web sites.
  • Prevents unauthorized users from changing your critical applications.
  • Monitors all processes and registry changes.
New Norton Internet Worm Protection blocks certain more sophisticated worms (such as Blaster and Sasser) before they enter your computer. A good product for keeping your computer safe from viruses. All regular telephone technical support calls are free.

#4 Panda Antivirus Pro 2010:
Panda Antivirus features a new ultraFast scan engine, 30% faster than its predecessors, Panda's exclusive SmartClean technology. In a nutshell, a good antivirus solution for Windows, that keeps your computer protected from any Internet threats.
 

Price: $49.95
Main Features:
  • Automatically eliminates viruses
  • Anti-Malware Engine
  • On-demand scanning
  • Smart auto-configuration
  • Automatic Virus Pattern Updates
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 Anti-Rootkit Technology detects and removes silently-installed rootkits used by
malware or intruders to evade traditional antivirus products.

  • Intrusion prevention blocks known and unknown hacker attacks and vulnerability.
  • Identity protection: Anti-Phishing Filter, Anti-Banking Trojans Engine.
  • Incorporates an advanced heuristic scan that detects more identity theft.
  • Identity protection: Anti-Phishing Filter, Anti-Banking Trojans Engine.
  • Personal Firewall protects you against Internet-borne worms and hacker attacks.
  • Removes all traces of clutter left by spyware on your PC.
Panda 2010 products offer a better customer experience than before, thanks to the new registration process and the new user interface.

The Web filter lets you browse safely without the risk of infections, vulnerabilities exploits or phishing websites. The scanning features have been sped up and the new interface is a clean and modern take on a time-tested product.


 #5 ZoneAlarm Anti-virus 2010:
New engine delivers the best virus protection with significantly enhanced detection and removal capabilities. A configuration wizard leads you through setup, making it easy for everyday users to secure their systems fast.


Price: $39.95
Main Features:
  • Compatible with Windows 7
  • Advanced antivirus, spyware removal protection
  • On demand scanner interface
  • Simple to install and run
  • Advanced virus removal technology 
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 Enhanced detection and removal capabilities stop even the latest and most aggressive viruses before they infect your PC.
  • Wireless PC Protection: it sets appropriate security
  • Pre-loaded security settings provide easy, instant virus protection.
  • Minimum PC resources and bandwidth consumption.
  • Proactive firewall protection with multiple layers of security.
Not certified by any of the three major independent testing labs (Virus Bulletic, Checkmark, or ICSA).
Unlike other antivirus products, Auto-Learn from Check Point is a system that automatically configures security settings based on a user's unique computer environment and behavior, making the initial set-up virtually silent.

Sunday, September 20, 2009

Global Warming

Global warming is the increase in the average temperature of the Earth's near-surface air and oceans since the mid-20th century and its projected continuation. Global surface temperature increased 0.74 ± 0.18 °C (1.33 ± 0.32 °F) during the last century.
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) concludes that increasing greenhouse gas concentrations resulting from human activity such as fossil fuel burning and deforestation caused most of the observed temperature increase since the middle of the 20th century.
The IPCC also concludes that variations in natural phenomena such as solar radiation and volcanoes produced most of the warming from pre-industrial times to 1950 and had a small cooling effect afterward.These basic conclusions have been endorsed by more than 40 scientific societies and academies of science, including all of the national academies of science of the major industrialized countries. A small number of scientists dispute the consensus view.

Climate model projections summarized in the latest IPCC report indicate that the global surface temperature will probably rise a further 1.1 to 6.4 °C (2.0 to 11.5 °F) during the twenty-first century. The uncertainty in this estimate arises from the use of models with differing sensitivity to greenhouse gas concentrations and the use of differing estimates of future greenhouse gas emissions. Some other uncertainties include how warming and related changes will vary from region to region around the globe.Most studies focus on the period up to the year 2100.
However, warming is expected to continue beyond 2100 even if emissions stop, because of the large heat capacity of the oceans and the long lifetime of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
An increase in global temperature will cause sea levels to rise and will change the amount and pattern of precipitation, probably including expansion of subtropical deserts.The continuing retreat of glaciers, permafrost and sea ice is expected, with warming being strongest in the Arctic.Other likely effects include increases in the intensity of extreme weather events, species extinctions, and changes in agricultural yields.
For more information view http://www.eoearth.org/article/Global_warming?gclid=CLKv7Li2gJ0CFRQpawodcjjcbg.

Thursday, August 27, 2009

Top 7 Ways To Get Rich

The top 7 ways are as follows:

1. Inherit it
2. Marry it
3. Work for it
4. Win it
5. Steal it or deal it
6. Gamble for it
7. Invest for it
Inherit it

This is how today's old money families got their wealth. In the 1800's and early 1900's, before anti-trust laws, income taxes and political correctness, America's finest families built empires and amassed great wealth; in industries such as oil, banking, newspapers, sugar, transportation, land, bootlegging and even prostitution. And that original wealth was passed down to succeeding generations. The number one easiest and fastest way to acquire wealth is to inherit it. Unfortunately, inheriting wealth is mainly a matter of blood; you have to be born into the right family.
Marry it

If you can't inherit it the second easiest and fastest way to acquire wealth is to marry someone who is already wealthy. And sometimes that person may even be kind, generous, compatible and lovable. And, if not, divorce can pay off handsomely. Just remember to get married (and divorced) in a state that has favorable community property laws.
Work for it

If you can't inherit wealth and can't marry it then you can work for it. People rarely get rich having a job. Rather, they build a company and own it. And then often take that company public, collecting hundreds of millions, or billions, of dollars in doing so.
Or, they invent something useful and valuable which greatly benefits society, such as explosive devices like dynamite, or the paper clip or the thigh master or eBay.
Win it

If you can't inherit wealth, can't marry it or can't work for it then maybe you can win it. Lotteries abound, paying out multi-million dollar jackpots, and eventually someone always wins them. Unfortunately, you have a greater chance of being struck by lightning then winning the lottery. But, hey, it only costs a buck!
Steal it or deal it

If you can't inherit wealth and you can't marry it, work for it, or win it then maybe you could steal it or deal it.
You could become a CEO or chief financial officer for a big cash-rich company, cook the books, steal millions of dollars, buy a $20 million dollar home, lie to the feds, and hope you don't get caught, convicted and sent to Club Fed. I don't recommend anyone try to get rich this way.
Also not recommended is to deal it; to become a drug lord and generate hundreds of millions of dollars in cash dealing heroin, crack, meth and other non-FDA approved goodies and wholesaling it to pushers who will gladly resell it to anyone to wants it, ranging from children to movie stars. After all, aren't drug dealers just supplying what people want; even if it creates crime, ruins lives, kills people or could put you in jail for the rest of your life. Not a legal (or moral) way to get rich.
Gamble for it

If you can't inherit money, can't marry it, can't work for it, can't win it, can't steal or deal it then maybe you could gamble for it.
Over 50 million people play poker. A few even make millions of dollars at it. You've seen them on television, winning or losing upwards of a million dollars on the turn of a card. Looks easy, doesn't it? They don't look so tough on TV; I bet any decent poker player (like me for instance) has a good chance of beating them on a lucky day.

So maybe you could simply plunk down $3,000-$25,000 per tournament entry fee, or get a backer, join the World Poker Tour, win a few tournaments and get rich! Or maybe, in reality, the average amateur poker player has a snowball's chance in hell of getting rich that way.
Invest and get rich

If you can't inherit wealth, can't marry it, can't work for it, can't win it, can't steal or deal it or can't gamble for it then maybe you can invest and get rich. There are 2 good ways to invest and get rich; the real estate market and the stock market.
According to historical data, over time, real etate goes up a average of 10% a year. So getting rich in real estate tends to take a long time. And also requires a large down payment. Hard to get rich quick that way.
On the other hand, the stock market can be a good way to get rich. Stocks can go up dramatically over a relatively short period of time and make you rich but you have to have the money to invest and you have to pick the right stocks at the right time.

Tuesday, August 25, 2009

World's Oldest Living Tree -- 9550 years old


The world's oldest recorded tree is a 9,550 year old spruce in the Dalarna province of Sweden. The spruce tree has shown to be a tenacious survivor that has endured by growing between erect trees and smaller bushes in pace with the dramatic climate changes over time.
For many years the spruce tree has been regarded as a relative newcomer in the Swedish mountain region. "Our results have shown the complete opposite, that the spruce is one of the oldest known trees in the mountain range," says Leif Kullman, Professor of Physical Geography at Umeå University.
A fascinating discovery was made under the crown of a spruce in Fulu Mountain in Dalarna. Scientists found four "generations" of spruce remains in the form of cones and wood produced from the highest grounds.
The discovery showed trees of 375, 5,660, 9,000 and 9,550 years old and everything displayed clear signs that they have the same genetic makeup as the trees above them. Since spruce trees can multiply with root penetrating braches, they can produce exact copies, or clones.
The tree now growing above the finding place and the wood pieces dating 9,550 years have the same genetic material. The actual has been tested by carbon-14 dating at a laboratory in Miami, Florida, USA.Previously, pine trees in North America have been cited as the oldest at 4,000 to 5,000 years old.
In the Swedish mountains, from Lapland in the North to Dalarna in the South, scientists have found a cluster of around 20 spruces that are over 8,000 years old.Although summers have been colder over the past 10,000 years, these trees have survived harsh weather conditions due to their ability to push out another trunk as the other one died. "The average increase in temperature during the summers over the past hundred years has risen one degree in the mountain areas," explains Leif Kullman.

Monday, August 24, 2009

Top 5 Richest People In the World


1. Warren Edward Buffett is now officially the most richest person in the world. Most people wouldn’t have guessed he would be the most richest person – because he have donated billions of money to charities. But seems like the old cliche says – you do good, good things happen to you. His net worth is $62 billion. And he is the America’s most beloved investor. His father was a Nebraska politician. As a young boy, he delivered newspapers and filed his first tax return at age 13 – and he claimed $35 deduction for the bicycle he bought. His company Berkshire Hathaway’s shares has increased 25% since the middle of last July.



2. Carlos Slim Helú from Mexico is the second richest person. His net worth is $60 billion. He is a son of Lebanese immigrant. He started to make money when in 1990 he bought the fixed-line operator Telefonos de Mexico (Telmex) in a privatization.




3. William H. Gates III: Now here is your favorite. Bill Gates net worth hasn’t really increased much and doesn’t seem like it would – it is still $58 billion. He dropped out of Harvard university 13 years ago to start the Microsoft company that creates software and applications for computers.


4. Lakshmi Mittal is Indian, but lives in UK. He has $45 billion. He is the head of world’s largest steelmaker, ArcelorMittal, which accounts for 10% of all crude steel production. It just delivered 580 tons to be used in construction of the World Trade Center memorial in New York. With a 44% stake, he is the company’s largest shareholder.



5.Mukesh Ambani is the Asia’s richest person. He is Indian and the head of petrochemicals giant Reliance Industries, India’s most valuable company by market cap. His fortune is up $22.9 billion since last year, making him the world’s second-biggest gainer in terms of dollars. His current net worth is $43 billion. Mukesh is using some of his money to build a 27-story home.

Sunday, August 16, 2009

World's Tallest Building

Burj Dubai (Arabic: برج دبي‎ "Dubai Tower"), a supertall skyscraper under construction in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, is the tallest man-made structure ever built, at 818 m (2,684 ft). Construction began on 21 September 2004, and the tower is expected to be completed and ready for occupancy by the end of 2009.

The building is part of the 2 km2 (0.8 sq mi) development called "Downtown Burj Dubai" at the "First Interchange" along Sheikh Zayed Road at Financial Centre Road (previously known as Doha Street). The tower's architect is Adrian Smith, who worked with Skidmore, Owings and Merrill (SOM) until 2006. The Chicago-based architecture and engineering firm SOM is in charge of the project. The primary builders are Samsung Engineering & Construction and Besix along with Arabtec. Turner Construction Company was chosen as the construction manager.

The total budget for the Burj Dubai project is about US$4.1 billion, and for the entire new "Downtown Dubai", US$20 billion. Mohamed Ali Alabbar, the CEO of Emaar Properties, speaking at the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat 8th World Congress, said that the price of office space at Burj Dubai had reached US$4,000 per sq ft (over US$43,000 per m2) and that the Armani Residences, also in Burj Dubai, were selling for US$3,500 per sq ft (over US$37,500 per m2).

Thursday, August 13, 2009

World's Fastest Plane : Son Of Concorde




Dubbed the "son of Concorde", the jet will revolutionize air travel if it ever takes flight. The large, windowless vehicle looks more like a missile than a passenger plane -- and moves more like one too. The aircraft will reach a top speed of Mach 5 (Go Speed Racer!), twice as fast as the now-retired Concorde supersonic airliner, and can fly from London to Sydney, Australia in under 5 hours -- less than quarter of current flight times. Even better, the engines will run on liquid hydrogen, meaning the only exhaust will be water vapor and nitrous oxide, so the carbon footprint of the jet will be negligible.
5 times faster than the speed of sound

The team of British engineers in the project LAPCAT supported by the European Space Agency (European Space Agency), took on the development of cleaner and supersonic passenger aircraft, code-named A2, which can speed 5 times faster than the speed of sound.

The aircraft will perform flights between Europe and Australia in less than five hours, reported AFP. For example, the duration of the flight from Belgium to Australia will be 4 hours 40 minutes.

Length A2 future aircraft will be 143 meters and the capacity - up to 300 passengers. Maximum speed of liner 6400 kilometers per hour, which is five times faster than the speed of sound.

For comparison, the length of the popular passenger aircraft Boeing-737 total 36.5 meters and the length of the largest to date A380 aircraft - 73 meters that about half of future aircraft.

It should also be noted that the A2 will fly on liquid hydrogen, which is more environmentally safe compared to the currently used fuels. Without refueling supersonic airliner will be able to fly up to 20 thousand kilometers, its creators claim.

The cost of a ticket to such a supersonic aircraft will be about £ 3500 (or almost USD 7000).

Monday, August 10, 2009

H1N1-Swine Flu

Swine influenza, also called H1N1 flu, swine flu, hog flu, and pig flu is an infection by any one of several types of swine influenza virus. Swine influenza virus (SIV) is any strain of the influenza family of viruses that is endemic in pigs. As of 2009, the known SIV strains include influenza C and the subtypes of influenza A known as H1N1, H1N2, H3N1, H3N2, and H2N3.

The H1N1 viral strain implicated in the 2009 flu pandemic among humans often is called "swine flu" because initial testing showed many of the genes in the virus were similar to influenza viruses normally occurring in North American swine. But further research has shown that the outbreak is due to a new strain of H1N1 not previously reported in pigs.

In late April, Margaret Chan, the World Health Organization's director-general, declared a "public health emergency of international concern" under the rules of the WHO's new International Health Regulations when the first cases of the H1N1 virus were reported in the United States. Following the outbreak, on May 2, 2009, it was reported in pigs at a farm in Alberta, Canada, with a link to the outbreak in Mexico. The pigs are suspected to have caught this new strain of virus from a farm worker who recently returned from Mexico, then showed symptoms of an influenza-like illness. These are probable cases, pending confirmation by laboratory testing.

The new strain was initially described as an apparent reassortment of at least four strains of influenza A virus subtype H1N1, including one strain endemic in humans, one endemic in birds, and two endemic in swine. Subsequent analysis suggested it was a reassortment of just two strains, both found in swine. Although initial reports identified the new strain as swine influenza (i.e., a zoonosis originating in swine), its origin is unknown. Several countries took precautionary measures to reduce the chances for a global pandemic of the disease. Swine flu has been compared to other similar types of influenza virus in terms of mortality: "in the US it appears that for every 1000 people who get infected, about 40 people need admission to hospital and about one person dies". There are fears that swine flu will become a major global pandemic in the winter months, with many countries planning major vaccination campaigns.

Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Cycles From BMW

These all are the bicycles newly launched by BMW. Wanna buy one?









































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Sunday, May 31, 2009

Top 10 Fastest Cars In The World:

10th:Porsche Carrera GT and Barabus TKR,193mph

Ruf RT 12

Barabus TKR

9th:Aston Martin Vanquish S,200mph

Aston Martin Vanquish S
8th:Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano,205mph

Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano
7th:Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren “722 Edition”,209mph

Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren “722 Edition”
6th:Lamborghini Murciélago LP640,211mph

Lamborghini Murciélago LP640
5th:Pagani Zonda C12 F,214mph

Pagani Zonda C12 F
4th:Gumpert Apollo,224mph

Gumpert Apollo
3rd:Bristol Fighter T,225mph

Bristol Fighter T
2nd:Koenigsegg CCX,245mph

Koenigsegg CCX
1st:Bugatti EB 16.4 Veyron,253mph

Bugatti EB 16.4 Veyron


Thursday, May 28, 2009

~~~~~ Just Started Blogging ~~~~~

I'm N.Gokul Ashok. One of my dream was to have a blog of my own.Today the dream has come true.I wanted to have one, after seeing my brother's blog karthicknk.blogspot.com for the past 2yrs.I'll write about my day to day happenings, movie reviews, product reviews and much more that comes to my mind from today. That's all for now. Happy Blogging...