Author: akshay

  • The Nobel Prize in Literature 2008

    Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio (b.1940) of France wins this years Nobel Prize in Literature because he is an author of new departures, poetic adventure and sensual ecstasy, explorer of a humanity beyond and below the reigning civilization

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  • Lightning quick copying softwares

    TeraCopy is a software that

    • Copy files faster. TeraCopy uses dynamically adjusted buffers to reduce seek times. Asynchronous copy speeds up file transfer between two physical hard drives.
    • Pause and resume file transfers. Pause copy process at any time to free up system resources and continue with a single click.
    • Error recovery. In case of copy error, TeraCopy will try several times and in the worse case just skips the file, not terminating the entire transfer.

    go to Its home page

    download it directly

    FastCopy is a software that can increase be used to copy files from within your computer or between USB drive and computer – lightining fast. The software has a cluttered interface. But when it comes to performance, the free software can thrill you because it is really very fast.

    Go to FastCopy home page

    Download FastCopy directly

  • Two way mirrors in changing rooms

    There are some mirrors which allow to see through on one side while seeming like a mirror on the other side (Seen it in any James Bond film?). These may be very useful when you build your house. But when these kinds of glasses are kept in improper places, you may be being cheated. There might be someone behind you watching you. So how do you know whether you are watching into a genuine mirror or a mirror-cum-glass one?
    I would be cheating if I put the solution here, because I got this from another blog. So I will post the link : Bioinformatiz

  • GeoEye-1 will take google’s maps to new depths

    The launch of the GeoEye-1 satellite by GeoEye (formerly Orbital Imaging Corporation or ORBIMAGE), a commercial satellite imagery company based in Dulles, Virginia, marks the coming of higher resolution maps in the internet.
    Until now there has only been maps of commercial imagery 60 cm, but with GeoEye-1, google will get details of objects of size 50 cm (though the satellite can get 41 cm images). Thus we will be getting clearer maps of the places around us.
    For more details goto GeoEye

  • CBSE class 10 and class 12 exams

    CBSE 10th and 12th Examination will start from 2nd March 2009. The detailed datesheet will be published in the last week of December 2008

    Source : CBSE

  • Utimate guide to Einstein’s theories

    Relativity, mechanics, magnetism, special relativity, e=mc*c

    Everything related to Einstein

    My best friend just mailed me the link : einsteinlight

  • The US side of the N-Deal to be completed today

    George Bush will make the Indo-US nuclear deal a law. Thereby, India will be in a position to complete the deal that will save us from energy crisis in years to come?

    Read more at the source : NDTV

  • The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2008

    Osamu Shimomura (b.1928, Japanese, but won the nobel in USA), Martin Chalfie (b.1947, USA) and Roger Y. Tsien (b.1952, Chinese-American) share the Nobel Prize in Chemistry cash award (of 10,000,000 Swedish kronor = 68.3089588 million Indian rupees, thus getting 22.7696529 million INR) each for the discovery and development of the green fluorescent protein, GFP

    Source : Nobelprize.org

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  • Gmail Labs : Inbuilt tools in gmail

    Those gmail users among you probably didn’t knew that gmail offers a short but useful list of tools and patches that can change your whole experience with gmail.
    To access these handy lab products, you needn’t go to any other website. It is right there as the last tab in settings page.
    And to go directly to it from this blog, Click here.

    Enable the tools that you may need ny clicking enable and don’t forget to save. Gmail will automatically restart with your new tools ready

  • The 11 Gmail keyboard shortcuts

    The 11 easy to use keyboard shortcuts in gmail are as follows (these are the defaul keys, they can be changed at any time).

    1. k – newer mail,
    2. j – older mail (both works both in inbox and in mails)
    3. x – select mail
    4. y and e – archive
    5. enter – enter the mail
    6. r – reply
    7. a – reply to all
    8. f – forward
    9. Tab + enter – Send
    10. g + i – goto inbox
    11. s – star

    ? – show the shortcuts

    Now you are really going to throw that mouse away.

    Here is the real and more interesting article at gmailblog