Martti Ahtisaari (b.1937) of Finland won this years Peace Nobel for his important efforts, on several continents and over more than three decades, to resolve international conflicts.
Source : Nobelprize.org
Author: akshay
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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
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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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