The American Desi

How an Indian is changed when he returns to India after living in the US for sometime. The American Desi behaves as if he is altogether new to this country.

Agraiite Aakash finds place in Guinness Book

Aakash Gupta of St.Peter's, Agra created a world record yesterday by playing guitar continuously for 53 hours 4 minutes. A representative of Guinness Book witnessed the event and gave a provisional certificate to Aakash. He was allowed to take five minute breaks after every hour of playing guitar. A rotating team of doctors was present all the time at the venue to take care about his health and to tackle any emergencies. He achieved this feat under the able guidance of his guitar teacher Pradeep Chauhan.

Well done Aakash.

Google sponsors 30m $ prize for space race

Google Inc has launched a space race to moon "Google Lunar X Prize" with a 20 million $ prize which goes to the first team that can land a rover on the moon by 2012. According to CNN, the Rover must travel on the lunar surface for at least 500 metres and send back images. there are 13 teams officially participating and the number is expected to grow. This is inspite of the fact that the mission will probably cost much more than the $20 million prize.

iPhone-launching soon in India by Airtel and Vodafone

Steve Jobs' wonder machine, after creating waves in USA and Europe is finally launching in India and the credit goes to two big telecom majors Airtel and Vodafone. The best thing which will help the gadget catch the fancies of the Indian masses is the price of launch which is expected to be around RS.13000-14000 for the starting model.

IPv6 - Why do we need a new protocol?

IPv4, the existing protocol for Internet developed 20 years ago, is fast running out of addresses as the spread of Internet has been far beyond expectations. IPv6, the new protocol is adopting fast. Google has been one of the pioneers in adopting the system.

Vodafone acquires Danish outfit Zyb for 206 Crore

Zyb.com is an online service for mobile back-ups.Telephone major Vodafone has acquired Zyb for 206 Crores. This is an outstanding service which allows you to sync your mobile with the site and upload your contacts, calendar and other mobile data. In case you lose your mobile this helps a lot.You can even edit your contacts and calendar events online with the ease of a full size keyboard and sync with your mobile. To avail the service ,just give your mobile number and model, they send you a SMS to download the settings. Its that easy and it's FREE. I signed up for the service today and found it rocking.

Compatibility issues in Windows Vista

My new Dell inspiron came preloaded with Windows Vista Home Premium. Since the machine did not have a inbuilt bluetooth card, I had to opt for a USB dongle that came with an installation CD and Bluesoleil software. I got everything checked on the vendor's system which had XP, it worked fine. But as I tried to do this looking-so-simple job on my machine, it could not be done. Then, I tried to do it on my desktop which had XP loaded, it was done easily. I tried Windows compatibility Wizard to solve the problem but it gave no results. The essence- Bluesoleil is not compatible with Vista. I finally opted for a data cable to connect the machine with my Nokia phone.