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Nintendo Cut 3DS price by $80!

2011-07-28T05:55:00.000-07:00

Tej Kohli IT blog shares a happy news for the Nintendo fans. The company has slashed the price of its 3DS handheld by $80 in order to attract more buyers. Read the complete report at Tej Kohli blog:

Nintendo has reduced the price of their 3DS by $80 with an intent of sparking interest in the slow moving device. According to the announcement by the company, the price of 3DS dropped from $249.99 to $169.99 from 12 August onwards.

"For anyone who was on the fence about buying a Nintendo 3DS, this is a huge motivation to buy now," said Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime in a statement.

The company confesses that the hand-held has experienced a sluggish start since its launch in March. The slow 3DS sales and the imminent price cut helped propel a fall in year over year net sales at Nintendo.

Nintendo has sold more than 4.32 million 3DS devices since its launch in Japan in February. Of these, about 830,000 were bought in the US alone.

Besides the drop in prices, the company has announced to offer 20 free to download games to "anyone who owns a Nintendo 3DS system and uses a wireless broadband Internet signal to connect to the Nintendo eShop at least once before 11:59 p.m. Eastern time on Aug. 11."

All those people will be enrolled for a 3DS Ambassadors program, permitting them to download 10 NES Virtual Console games including Super Mario Bros., the Legend of Zelda and many more, plus 10 Game Boy Advance titles at no cost. The NES games will be available September 1, and GBA games sometime later this year.

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iPad Sucked 11% Share of the PC Market!

2011-07-20T02:45:00.000-07:00

The IT passion blog by Tej Kohli is a place to find the latest news on Technology sector. In this post, Tej Kohli talks about how the new player iPad ate up the 11% share of the PC market.

From 7 percent market share in January, the iPad now stands at 11 percent.

The gadget was launched only a year ago, and during this quarter Apple sold about 9.25 million iPads which marks a 142% increase from the last year sales.

According to a recent research, the personal computer sales worldwide, excluding tablets were 844 million this quarter. This indicates a 2 percent growth from the last year.

If we look at it from another perspective, lets say that most iPads were sold to users, and that total computer sales are divided equally between consumers and businesses. Going by this, the iPad has already grabbed the 20 percent share of consumer PC market.

Looking at it from yet another perspective, if we put the biggest computer brands in a chronological order, the iPad comes fourth following HP, Dell, and Lenovo. It in fact comes before Acer, says Tej Kohli. Furthermore, if we add the Apple's 3.965 million Macs, it comes to a 13.2 million PCs which it sold, making the second largest computer vendor globally after HP.

The iPad entered the scene only about a year ago, but the PCs have been around since 1980s, with Microsoft's Windows dominating the most of them. During the early 1990s when the MACs were thrown in the market, things changed a little.

Microsoft reports its quarterly earnings on Thursday and expects it to be good this time. Office has been doing well for the last three quarters, and related business server software is also a strong point. But Windows sales reduced by 4% year over year last quarter, and nobody expects that trend to be reversed this quarter. Part of the Windows revenue decline is from strong year-ago numbers thanks to the release of Windows 7, and part of it is the decay of netbooks.

But on a serious note -- a new player just took 11% of what used to be the PC market. Microsoft's Windows monopoly, seems in danger.

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Will You ever get your facebook Friends Inked on your skin?

2011-06-10T04:47:00.000-07:00

More often than not, we have seen people getting inked for the love of family, spouse, and even god, but in the rarest of the rare events, a woman got her Facebook friends tattooed on her body. Read the entire news at Tej Kohli IT passion blog.

We all like our Facebook friends, but do we like them enough to have an ink needle cutting through our flesh a thousand times, over and over again, until their faces are permanently etched into our skin, wonders Tej Kohli.

No, right? But there are some exceptions who apparently loves them so much or perhaps, desperate for seeking the attention of online social circuit that goes along with doing something stupid related to Facebook, including naming the first born child “Like”, or more recently, getting a sleeve tattoo featuring the photos of her 152 Facebook friends.

A You Tube user named Suzyj87, recently uploaded a video showing the process of getting the photos of her Facebook friends inked on her arm.

You may be wondering whether Suzyj87 is close friends with those 152 people--or if those faces are just ones and zeroes on a Web site. On her YouTube page, Suzyj87 explains:

Now, you may be wondering whether all of those 152 faces were close friends with Suzyj87 or they are just other random facebook friends. Here's what she has to say to this.

"Of course I gave it a lot of thought. These are not all my friends. Just the people I care most about. I got their permission and they were very proud to be on it. To me it represents who I am right now and the time we live in. And of course I love the looks of it."

Fair enough! And there is no denying that the patchwork style of her tattoo looks pretty good.

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Photo Sharing on Twitter by Next Week - Reports

2011-05-31T03:58:00.000-07:00

Tej Kohli IT blog is the repository of technology news and updates.

Following the league of other social networking sites, micro blogging site Twitter could be planning to introduce its own photo upload and sharing service this week. Tej Kohli found many reports circulating on the web about the same.

According to various reports, the company's CEO, Dick Costolo, is expected to make the announcement at the D9 conference in California.

The service is expected to be based on twimg.com, acquired by Twitter last July. It would compete with the likes of Twitpic, Instagram and Yfrog, and could be monetized by the means of advertising.

There's a strong chance, however, that the step could offend third party developers - already unhappy about the way Twitter has encroached on their space.

Back in March, platform lead Ryan Sarver warned third party developers off creating Twitter clients. He told the company's developer forum: "Developers ask us if they should build client apps that mimic or reproduce the mainstream Twitter consumer client experience. The answer is no."

But with rival photo sharing services having been around long before that announcement, any competing launch from Twitter itself is likely to leave the likes of Twitpic somewhat aggrieved.

Twitter says the reason for the crackdown is that it wants to give users a more consistent experience. Last week, the company announced that it had bought the leading third-party client Tweetdeck for a reported $40 million.

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Apple Launches Store 2.0

2011-05-23T03:20:00.000-07:00

Tej Kohli brings Apple users another good news. They can now have a refreshingly new experience at apple stores. Read the complete report at Tej Kohli blog

To coincide with its tenth anniversary, Apple has revamped its retail outlets around the world, introducing iPad2 next to all its products to give customers more information on the same.

These iPads are strongly fixed to the desks to prevent stealing. Encased in a clecar plactic stand, these iPads run a special application giving information about each product. However, the home button has been disabled, just in case anyone wants a quick game of Angry Birds instead.

Tej Kohli reports that these iPads which Apple is referring to as 'smart signs' have been convrted into a touchscreen manual. By hitting different tabs people can get information on specifications, price and support options. The customers can also tap a 'Specialist' tab for assistance from a live salesperson.

The new stores now include a dedicated area, similar to the company's original 'Genius Bar' which offers a personalized set up for buyers. Here buyers can have their favorite applications pre installed or set up an I tunes account among other things.

The roll out of this new design started in Australia and the Far East, followed by Europe and east coast of the USA

A new apple store is also expected to open today, which will allow customers to fully customize their purchases. It would allow users to add memory or upgrade their processor at the time of buying or ordering.

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Students, Buy a PC Get Xbox Free

2011-05-20T00:31:00.000-07:00

Tej Kohli brings a good news for the American students, who can now get a Xbox 360 free with a new PC buy. Tej Kohli blog brings the details on this latest offer.

From May 22 onwards, students who buy new PC worth $699 or more will get a free Xbox 360 4GB console, the software giant announced through their official blog today. The offer is available for internet users, who makes a purchase from Dell.com, HP.com or Microsoft's online store. Those who want to buy a laptop offline, can head to a retail outlet of Best Buy or Microsoft's stores.

Tej Kohli reports that to get the Free Xbox 360, students will need to have a .edu email address at the time of purchase. For those who don't have an .edu id, can walk in to a retail store and show their student Ids.

Currently, the Microsoft's Xbox 360 console is priced at $200. The hardware features built-in Wi-Fi and comes with a Black Xbox 360 wireless controller. If you want an additional storage, you can buy a hard drive separately.

The Xbox 360 is selling like hotcakes in the retail market of late, says Tej Kohli. According to a research firm, the software giant sold 297,000 unit in April and outdid Sony's Playstaion 3 and Nintendo's Wii. Microsoft claims that the Xbox 360 has been the best-selling console in 10 of the past 11 months.

Microsoft's free Xbox 360 offer is valid through September 3, or until stock lasts. The offer will be coming to Canada and France "soon".

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Google Moves to Fix Android Leak!

2011-05-19T04:42:00.000-07:00

While browsing the web Tej Kohli found this story about a flaw in Google's Android apps. Read on the complete story which Tej Kohli has shared here...

Google is working on fixing an issue with Android phones that could have leaked users' personal data.

It follows a warning from German security researchers that more than 99% of handsets were potentially leaking information. The flaw meant hackers could have gained access to data within the phones' calendar and contacts applications.

Such issues are likely to become more frequent, warned security experts.

Google said in a statement: "We're starting to roll out a fix which addresses a potential security flaw that could, under certain circumstances, allow a third party access to data available in calendar and contacts.

"This fix requires no action from users and will roll out globally over the next few days."

The vulnerability affected the login credentials for some applications.

The ID token that allows people to access the service without the need to keep logging could be intercepted by criminals if they were sent over unsecured wireless networks.

With this token, criminals would be able to pose as the user and get at their personal information.

Security experts have praised Google's quick response to the issue but warned that the huge range of Android smartphones on the market leaves Android devices open to security issues.

"Whereas Apple can issue a single iOS update to patch iPhones and iPads, things aren't so simple for Google's users," said Graham Cluley, a senior consultant for security firm Sophos.

He said users should upgrade to the latest version of Android and avoid using open wi-fi networks.

"Using 3G may eat into your data plan, but it is far less likely that your communications are being snooped upon," he said.

Tej Kohli is an IT enthusiast and loves to stay abreast with latest technologies. Through this blog, Tej Kohli takes opportunity to share all newsworthy technology updates with his readers.

Apple, iPhone Takes the Cake in New Guiness World Record Book

2011-05-15T23:28:00.000-07:00

Tej Kohli IT passion blog brings you the latest developments in technology industry. After winning the hearts of millions of people worldwide, Apple and iPhone also scored big in the Guiness World Records. Tej Kohli blog brings you the complete report.

A lot of mobile related items have found place in the Guinness World Records' new Gamer's Edition Book 2011. While Apple's iPhone 4 was named the fastest-selling portable gaming system, its App Store was declared the most popular application marketplace besides having had the largest launch line-up of a gaming system ever.

However, some non-apple favorites bagged a title as well such as Rovio's Angry Birds, which was listed for being the top-paid-for app in 'most nations'. TapTap Revenge was named the most popular iPhone game series and Plants vs.Zombies was named the fastest selling iPhone/iPod strategy game.

Tej Kohli says there certainly are many non-Apple or iPhone related items in the book, but for that you will have to buy a hard copy to fund out. Guinness has also launched a related Gamer's Edition Arcade App for iOS and Android that costs $0.99.

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Angry Birds For Chrome

2011-05-12T04:01:00.000-07:00

Tej Kohli IT blog is all about latest technology news and updates. Rovio, the make of popular game Angry Birds has bulit the special Chrome version of the game. Read the entire report on Tej Kohli blog.

Chrome users now get their version of angry birds. Rovio head, Peter Vesterbacka demonstrated the popular game played in Google Chrome browser at the Google I/O developer conference today.

The company is using the Google Web Toolkit (GWT) to develop the web-based application, which is hosted on the Google App. Engine. There is no cost for playing the game in Google's Chrome web Store in 'beta'.

Vesterbacka said Rovio like Chrome particularly for the browser based game version. Its tough to create Web apps with high-end graphics in a browser, says Tej Kohli, but chrome offers the environment that can handle it.

"We didn't want to compromise on performance," said Vesterbacka. "We haven't been able to bring this to the Web. It hasn't been possible until today. We are bringing Angry Birds to the biggest platform out there, the Web."

Rovio has created some exclusive levels available only for the Chrome browser besides including some Chrome-specific tidbits like Chrome rocks, flowers, and clouds.

Users who want to get access to the premium levels can do so by using the new in-app payments from Google. Vesterbacka expressed his happiness about the price point. Google is allowing developers to keep 95 percent of the sale price of their apps.

"We're all for lower taxes," he said. "And 5 percent is fair."

Angry Birds in Chrome joins other desktop implementations, including a paid version on OS X through Apple's Mac App Store, as well as on Windows Machines through the Intel AppUp store.

Tej Kohli is an IT expert with more than 20 years of experience. Through his rich knowledge and interest in technology industry he brings you the latest developments through Tej Kohli IT blog.

The Flexible PaperPhone, a Tej Kohli report

2011-05-09T01:37:00.000-07:00

Tej Kohli shares another amazing news for the gadget lovers. Imagine a phone that can be folded like a paper and can be kept in stacks. Read the complete report at Tej Kohli blog.

As the world around us is shrinking continually, here's another addition to the list of tiny, sleek objects, but this one is seriously the mother of all gadgets – the PaperPhone, a flexible phone that can be controlled by being bent, written on or used as a touchscreen.

The device, which is built to find out how people use a flexible phone, is a joint innovation of researchers Queen's University in Kingston, Canada, Arizona State University, USA, researchers from the E-Ink Corporation.

“This is the future. Everything is going to look and feel like this within five years,” Roel Vertegaal, director of the human media lab at Queen’s, said. “This computer looks, feels and operates like a small sheet of interactive paper.”

This epaper, uses the same E-Ink technology used in the Amazon Kindle ereader. Tej Kohli is impressed with this phone, which is only a few millimeters thick, can make phone calls, read ebooks and even play music.

The researchers say that this technology could eventually mean the end of paper and printers. Dr Vertegaal said: “The paperless office is here. Everything can be stored digitally and you can place these computers on top of each other, just like a stack of paper.”

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Nintendo Cuts Down the Price of Wii to $149!

2011-05-05T02:59:00.000-07:00

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In this post Tej Kohli shares a good news for the Wii lovers.....read on!

Game afficonados of the world rejoice! Nintendo has announced to reduce the price of its Wii gaming console to $149 and also include a Mario game in the bouquet.

Industry soothsayers were expecting this price slash for quite sometime now. Priced at $169 previously, the price cut came after Nintendo announced to launch a successor to the Wii in the coming year.

A lot of analysts believed Nintendo needed to do something to revive the console, which was the undisputed leader in gaming consoles for quite sometime, but has lost its demand for the past several months.

In a recent release, Nintendo said that beginning may 15 consumers can purchase a Wii (black or white)
for the new price of $149. The range will feature the Mario Kart Wii and a Wii wheel accessory in the same color as console.

The company also said that on May 15, it will launch its new "Nintendo Selects" series of Wii games. For $20, gamers can buy four hit Wii games: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess; Mario Super Sluggers; Animal Crossing: City Folk; and Wii Sports. This would be the first time Wii Sports will be available to buy. Previously, it was bundled with the console.

Tej Kohli is an entrepreneur and philanthropist based in San Jose, Costa Rica. Currently, his many business ventures span the globe including his technology venture Grafix Softech. At Tej Kohli blog you will find all the latest updates related to the gadgets world.

Sony may Compensate Users For Playstation Network Hacks

2011-04-29T02:52:00.000-07:00

Tej Kohli brings a good news for the play-station users. Sony may give users some compensation for the disruption of the play station network and Qriocity online services, said the company's US unit. Read the complete report on Tej Kohli IT blog.

Both these networks were taken offline by Sony after it found out they had been hacked, and the personal information of its 77 million registered account holders had been stolen. The company also fears that the credit card numbers and other personal information could have been stolen too, but an ongoing investigation has revealed no evidence of that until now.

In the latest post on its Play Station blog, the company hinted towards offering compensation. Tej Kohli brings some excerpts:

"We are currently evaluating ways to show appreciation for your extraordinary patience as we work to get these services back online," it said.

Users get access to the PlayStation network free of cost, so the compensation (if it comes) is not likely to be monetary. Some users do subscribe to the PlayStation Plus service, which allows them to play beta versions of the games and other perks for an annual fee.

The blog posting also said subscribers to Sony Online Entertainment's MMO (massively multi-player online) games "DC Universe Online" and "Free Realms" would also see something from the company.

"To thank players for their patience, we will be hosting special events across our game portfolio," the blog said. "We are also working on a 'make good' plan for players of the PS3 versions of DC Universe Online and Free Realms."

The latest blog posting didn't provide any updates as to the status of the PlayStation Network, the Qriocity service for consumer electronics devices, or an ongoing investigation into the hack.

It did say gamer trophies and game data files storied on Sony's servers will be available once the service is back online.

Tej Kohli is an entrepreneur from San Jose, Costa Rica who loves blogging and has a special bent towards the IT and software sector. Keep reading Tej Kohli blog for latest updates on IT world.

Apple running out of remaining stock of discounted original iPads

2011-04-01T04:02:00.000-07:00

Tej Kohli IT blog keeps you informed with all the latest news in the information and technology sector. Apple has run out of the remaining stock of the discounted original iPads. Read the complete report at Tej Kohli Blog.

Apple has none left of original 16GB Wi-Fi iPads as online stock of refurbished and clearance first-generation iPads runs low, even as its successor, the iPad 2, continues to sell out.

The Apple Online Store is no longer offering the Wi-Fi only version of the original iPad in its clearance section and has run out of the first-generation 16GB Wi-Fi iPad in the refurbished section, as noted by MacNN.

All three of last year's 3G iPad models remain on sale in the clearance section, priced at $529, $629 and $729 for the 16GB, 32GB and 64GB models respectively. The refurbished versions of the 32GB and 64GB Wi-Fi iPads sell for $429 and $529, while refurbished iPad 3Gs sell for $479, $559 and $659.

Shortly after unveiling the iPad 2, Apple began offering remaining stock of the original iPad for a discount. Unopened models of the iPad are on sale for a $100 discount, while refurbished models sell for as much as $170 off the original price.

Tej Kohli is an entrepreneur and philanthropist based in San Jose, Costa Rica. Tej Kohli is an IT enthusiast and likes to share his views on the IT world. Tej Kohli blog is a place to find all the latest news related to IT.

Yahoo Launches Google Instant Like Service, Search Direct

2011-03-24T01:16:00.000-07:00

Tej Kohli IT blog brings you latest updates in the IT world. In a counter-attack to Google's Instant Search, Yahoo has come up with its own version of predictive search. Launched several months after Google Instant, Yahoo Search Direct will help searchers find answers (not just links) faster. Tej Kohli blog brings you the detailed report:

Yahoo unveiled Search Direct yesterday, a service that retrieves instant search results to compete with Google Instant predictive search technology.

Yahoo's new search feature will get users search results as they type characters in the search bar, even before they complete a query, hit the enter or visit a search results page, just like Google Instant does.

The objective is to shorten a few seconds from all search queries, enticing users to look up more and of course, see and click on more ads.

During the launch event, Yahoo officials touted the technique as a move to fetch users 'answers' rather than the typical blue links search engine customarily generate.

Right now the technology covers top trending searches, TV, movies, sports teams and players, weather, stocks, local, travel and shopping categories on Yahoo. Other features like popular music and local listings will also be added eventually. Presently in beta for American users only, the service will be available over the range of other Yahoo products and markets later in 2011 .

Direct Search shows the Yahoo's dedication to its users' search experience despite the fact that Bingo, Microsoft's search engine powers its search results under the 10-year contract signed August last year.

Yahoo takes 88 percent of Microsoft's search engine traffic ad sales to power its rival's search engine. However, Yahoo has complete control to experiment on the front end. Tej Kohli thinks that this new feature may help Yahoo reclaim its lost ground.

Google rolled out the real time, predictive search feature for internet users in September last year, which is an improved version of the Google suggest feature that guesses users' query as they begin to type it.

Early on, Instant appeared to boost Google's search market share, but the company has returned to its usual 65 percent search share range. Yahoo, meanwhile, is hovering around the 16 percent market and is losing share as Bing gains.

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Zuckerberg's Facebook page hacked - Tej Kohli Report

2011-01-27T03:15:00.000-08:00

Tej Kohli brings an interesting news from the web world. Accroding to recent new Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook fan page got hacked. Tej Kohli brings the entire report.

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg's fan page was hacked on Tuesday, a high profile invasion of privacy on a site that is often on the receiving end of public ire when it comes to the safety of people's private data.

The post that started as “Let the hacking begin” appeared on the Zuckerber's page right under his name. “If Facebook needs money, instead of going to the banks, why doesn't Facebook let its users invest in Facebook in a social way? Why not transform Facebook into a 'social business' the way Nobel Prize winner Muhammad Yunus described it?” the post further said.

There were more than 1800 likes on the message before it was removed from the page. Nobody is available to comment from the Facebook

However, Zuckerberg wasn't the only high profile person to have his Facebook page hacked. A hacker posted a message on French President Nicolas Sarkozy's wall on Sunday that stated the president would not run for re-election.

Sarkozy responded with a post saying no system is infallible.

While Facebook is staying silent on the hack, the company posted a blog entry Wednesday morning titled: "A Continued Commitment to Security." It draws attention to Data Privacy Day Friday. The day is an international effort by governments and businesses to draw attention to personal-data protection issues.

Tej Kohli is a an IT expert with years of experince in the field of web and internet technology. For more recent updates on the IT/Software/Internet industry keep reading the Tej Kohli Blog.

Tej Kohli Report - RIM To Launch PlayBook In Sprint this Summer

2011-01-06T02:06:00.000-08:00

Tej Kohli IT blog brings a good news for all loyal RIM's Blacberry users, the conglomerate has announced plans to debut the 4G version of its Blackberry PlayBook tablet this summer. Read the entire news below at Tej Kohli IT passion Blog:

The Blackberry makers Research in Motion (RIM) has announced plans to release a 4G version of its Blackberry Playbook Tablet this summer on the Sprint Nextel Network.

According to the reports, the company revealed the plans while expressing massive corporate interest in the device.

"In large companies, they're talking deployment in the tens of thousands, right off the bat," said Jeff McDowell, RIM's senior vice president of enterprise and platform marketing. He said that corporations are seeing the PlayBook as an essential tool to employees, just like a phone or a PC.

Tej Kohli is a gadget lover and is eagerly awaiting the release of this PlayBook, however one thing that he still wonders whether or not it will be the first iPad killer. To find out stay tuned to Tej Kohli blog.

RIM supposedly decided to use Sprint because it has the most “ubiquitous 4G network at this point.” Sprint is at present the third largest wireless network in the US, with only Verizon and AT&T having more subscribers.

All wireless carriers in the U.S are currently vying to become the “fastest” and “Largest'” networks in 4G. AT&T recently delineated expedited plans to deploy 4G LTE technology. Meanwhile, Verizon has begun rolling out its own 4GLTE network.

Consumer Electronic Show showcased the Playbook Tablet where people were able to take hands-on demonstrations of the device. A report stated that the device "performed smoothly as it went through its paces”.

The price of the PlayBook is not yet decided, though the company has claimed that the device would come under $500. The Wi-Fi enabled version will be launched by the first quarter of this year.

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Tej Kohli Talks About Google's Holiday Doodle

2010-12-24T02:51:00.000-08:00

Thursday morning, Google released their holiday greeting doodle which consists of 17 individual interactive images replacing the letters of original Google logo. Tej Kohli gives a detailed overview of this new doodle and its significance.

On opening the Google's homepage today, you will see portraits of scenes around the world. If you click on the first image you are taken to a Google search on St. Basil's Cathedral in Russia and as you saunter through the digital photos, you will be taken on delightful journey to the Great Wall of China, the Sahara Desert, Venice Gondolas ending with “up on the housetop”, a secular Santa Song written by Benjamin Hanby in 1864. Tej Kohli found this doodle concept amazingly attractive and interesting.

Just like the Google September bouncing ball logo, Tej Kohli is speculating a secret hidden message in this logo as well. If you look at the logo carefully, you may notice the blocks roughly arranged to from the word Google. You may also notice that the order of portraits' colors are also in sync with the colors of letters in the original logo i.e. blue, red, yellow, blue green and red.

The logo has been designed by Michael Lopez who has been working on this year's holiday doodle since July, with other four artists who collectively took 250 hours to complete this logo.

In a statement to the Wall Street Journal he said, "We want to end the year with a bang." and Tej Kohli thinks they have indeed done it.

The initial idea was to display the doodle in installments but then they decided that it would be best to out them all together. The logo will be on display till the Christmas.

Looking back at all the doodle's Google has released this year, it wouldn't be wrong to say that this indeed has has been a creative year. From birthdays, holidays and interactive video games, Google has left no stone unturned to reflect its creative streak. Let's see now what they have for the users in the year ahead.

Tej Kohli's this year favorite doodle was the Pacman game, what was yours?

Tej Kohli News - YSP-2200 Digital Sound Projector debuts with HDMI 1.4a

2010-12-09T23:18:00.000-08:00

Tej Kohli talks about the $1000 YSP-2200 Digital Sound Projector debuts with HDMI 1.4a

It been a short time since Yamaha launched its brand new Digital Sound Projector, but with 3D trying its level best to capture the home entertainment market, there is hardly a better time for the YSP range to re-enter the market. Unveiled shorty before CES, the YSP 2200 is one of the outfits sleeker s sound bars at 3.5 inchess tall, featuring 16 speaker beam drivers, faux 7.1 surround sound, 11 cinema DSP programs and full internal decoding of DTS-HD and Dolby TrueHD. Apart from this, there is also a foursome of HDMI 1.4a inputs aside from a single output, all of which are totally capable of handling 3D Blu-ray content. Tej Kohli has remained a loyal supporter of the YSP range ever since he first saw its performance at CEDIA 2008. The device is priced at $999.95.

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Tej Kohli News - Its Android for Men and iOs for the Ladies, says a survey!

2010-12-01T22:37:00.000-08:00

Tej Kohli came across survey which revealed some surprising things. If a recent study is to be believed, women are more likely to purchase an iPhone as their next smartphone, while men are more inclined to Android devices. Read this amazing piece of news at Tej Kohli Blog.

According to the data collected in October 2010, about 31 percent ladies said they would want to buy an Apple iOS device next, followed by 22.8 percent women who are interested in purchasing a Google Android Device. On the other hand, 32.6 percent of the men were more keen to buy an Android phone, while 28.6 percent longed for an iOS gadget.

As far as the market share is concerned, iPhones and Blackberrys are in a statistical dead heat with each claiming more than 27 percent of the smartphone OS pie. Android phones followed closely with 22 percent and Microsoft windows mobile with 14 percent. Symbian, Linux and Palm systems has a less than 8 percent of collective share.

But looking at the future, perhaps the strongest indicator is the classification of 'next desired smartphone purchase'. Most people votes for Android and iOS with 35 percent and 28 percent of the people checking those options. Merely 13 percent wanted their next smartphone to be RIM Blackberry, followed by windows mobile with 6 percent of the overall votes.

The most preferred choice in every age range, except 35 to 54 years old was Apple iOS. This aforesaid age group more people preferred upgrading to Android over iOS.

The survey also found out that 29.7 percent of the American cell phone users own a smartphone now. This is the highest recorded figure until now.

Two other different surveys conducted earlier this month said Android was installed in approximately 44 percent of the smartphones used in the US, followed by Apple and RIM. Another claimed Android was the fastest-growing OS in the smartphone market.

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Tej Kohli Reviews the New Macbook Air by Apple

2010-10-28T02:34:00.000-07:00

Tej Kohli says that the new Macbook Air has the feel of an iPad in the laptop casing.

Some of the most outstanding advantages of using apple iPad tablet are that it starts in a flash, resumes where you left off and has long battery life to keep you going for hours, and last but not the least it can do many things for which we use laptops.

But imagine an actual laptop with all these features. A laptop which can do all this more! And imagine if it was almost as portable and light weight as an iPad? Well, imagine no more because on Apple's new Macbook Air, you can do just that!

Launched only a week back and priced at a mere $999, Macbook Air is a visually stunning cousin of the iPad. Available in two sizes, the base model has an 11.6 inch screen and weighs only 2.3 pounds the larger model starts at $1,299 , features a 13.3 inch screen and weighs 2.9 pounds.

Tej Kohli has been testing the former model and finds that regardless of a few drawbacks, they do offer a more or less iPad like feel. Battery life is quite strong, and wakes up from the sleep almost instantly.

Like the previous Air range laptops, these are strikingly beautiful, sleek and light, but very strong aluminum laptops. They use Flash Chips instead of hard drives. Also, Apple has engineered these laptops, adding a longer “standby” period which only takes a few seconds.

While these are only the few of a many changes Apple plans to make its laptops act more like an iPad or iPhone, whilst maintaining their greater power and more traditional keyboards, touch-pads and mice, along with the ability to run conventional programs.

For example, Apple has announced to soon launch an “app store” for the Mac, which would enable easy search and downloading for Macs. Besides, it will also debut it next Mac OS, Lion, next summer, a sysm of apps icon screens, which you can flick through with a multitouch touchpad.

Under real life circumstances, the battery for 11 inch model lasted 4 hours and 43 minutes, against apple's claim of up to 5 hours. The the battery of 13-inch model lasted 6 hours and 13 minutes, versus Apple's claim of up to 7 hours.

Unlike many netbooks, the new Mac Air laptops have high screen resolution, thus enabling you to fit more material into a relatively small space.

However, if you are looking for some robust machines, the new Airs might not be your best choice. They use last generation Intel processors with only 3 gigabytes of memory in the base models and storage space is also well below typical hard-disk capacities. While the 11inch model has a meager 64 GB storage, the 13-inch models starts at 128 GB with higher end model offering just 256 GB of storage. What's more, you cannot expand your storage or memory once you've chosen your initial specifications.

Also, like its predecessors, these two don't have a DVD drive and an Ethernet port. However, apple sells and External drive for $79 and an Ethernet Adapter for $29, but his can raise your budget pretty much. It also lacks HDMI ports that enable users to connect their laptops to Televisions. Furthermore, the keyboards are not back lit, but they do have two USB ports instead of one in the older models.

In a nutshell, Apple has done a commendable job in making these new Macbooks similar to iPads without compromising on their ability to work like regular laptops.

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Toshiba Flaunts Glasses-less 3D TVs

2010-10-05T03:45:00.000-07:00

Toshiba unveiled two 3D TVs today that offers 3D viewing experience without special glasses. Tej Kohli blog shares the latest buzz.

The Regza 20GL1 is a 20-inch flat-panel display with 1,280x720 resolution. The Regza 12GL1 is a 12-inch flat-panel display with 466x350 resolution. Toshiba unveiled the two models to coincide with this week's Ceatec electronics show near Tokyo.

Toshiba claims that its 3D technology, which is currently best-suited for small displays, provides "nine different perspectives of each single 2D frame." The company added that those perspectives are then "superimposed" by the viewer's brain "to create a three-dimensional impression of the image."

The 3D effect is available within a 40-degree area in front of the set, Toshiba said. According to the Associated Press, viewers must also sit two feet from the 12-inch LCD and three feet from the 20-inch LCD to view 3D content.

The new LCDs are "first step into the 3D future in the consumer home cinema market," Toshiba European marketing chief Sascha Lange said in a statement. "But it will take several years to develop larger 3D TVs without glasses with screen sizes of 40 inches and more at a yet reasonable price point."

The possibility of viewing 3D content sans glasses is something that many consumers will welcome, though.

Last month, a survey about 3D TVs showed that 30 percent of people don't like the need to wear special glasses to view 3D content.

Although Toshiba is trying to make its name in the glasses-free arena, the company is already a player in the 3D TV market. It currently sells the WX800 line of 3D TVs. Both the 46- and 55-inch models of the WX800 require glasses.

Toshiba's 20GL1 and 12GL1, which switch from 3D to 2D mode, are scheduled to be released in Japan later this year. They will retail for about $2,900 and $1,400, respectively. The company has not announced plans for availability outside of Japan.

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Bing Surpasses Yahoo in Search!

2010-09-15T01:14:00.000-07:00

Tej Kohli congratulates Bing on beating Yahoo! in the US internet search.

In round one of the battle of the search engines, “Bing” defeated “Yahoo”, marking a historic win!

Bing's bounce over Yahoo in the US search volume should not come as a surprise to anyone who has been following the horse race, but it is a iconic milestone for a small search engine whose major directive is to grab some of the Google's advertising pie.

Throwing Yahoo out of the way, Bing's dream of giving a real competition to Google becomes a little less far-fetched. Bing, together with windows Live and MSN now have 13.9 percent share of all search queries. While Yahoo's share fell to 13.1%, Google still rules the roost with whopping 65.1% share. However, by other metrics, Bing is still at the third position.

Eventually though, the competition is only interesting in the way it inspires competitors to come up with new features and services. The battle between Google and Bingo will play out in three venues:

Basic Search

The recent launch of Google Instant tool by Google, which shows and alters search results as you type, is one example of how search engines will try to trump one another in order to make themselves stand out. The ultimate search results are somewhat same when separated from their interfaces, but there no mistaking Google from the pack now. Whether bingo will follow the footsteps of Google or will do something innovative on its own, is yet to be seen!

Extra Features

It's a pain to use different search engines for different services, hence, it falls upon Google and Bingo to develop the most attractive all-encompassing service that include maps, images and other things apart from the traditional search. Of late, Google has strengthened its real-time search engine to pull better results from Facebook and Twitter. Likewise, Bing has introduced streaming music, games and movie information to its search results. Recently, Bing also updated its Maps to include Cab fare calculator and support for OpenStreetMap.

Mobile

Google has a strong foothold when it comes to mobile searches, since it's a default search engine for iPhone and of course Android. But Bing might get a boost with the launch of Windows Phone 7, along with the Bing's iphone and Android apps. Besides this, the compulsory use of Bing in the Verizon's latest Fascinate phone might not be received well by Google fans, but it will give Bing another helping hand, although forcibly.

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Buzz Lawsuit to cost google $8.5 million

2010-09-06T04:13:00.000-07:00

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Google agrees to Pay $8.5m to settle a Lawsuit brought over their social networking tool Buzz.

Launched in February this year, Buzz automatically enrolled all Gmail users into a social network based around their contacts.

Initially, the service didn't receive any good reviews due to users having little control over who could see or not see their network of contacts.

Many Gmail users took google to court over Buzz claiming that the network violated their privacy.

The lumpsum is at the centre of Google proposed settlement of the legal case, out of which 30% will cover the cost of legal fee , the seven Gmail users who filed the lawsuit will get $2,500 each and the remained will be split among organizations that promote online privacy.

The settlement also requires Google to do more to educate people about the privacy aspects of Buzz. The settlement has yet to win approval from the federal judge overseeing the case.

The initial rash of complaints about Buzz forced Google to bring in changes that made it an opt-in service and gave users control over who they maintain contact with.

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Toshiba Laptop Adapters Catching Fire

2010-09-03T04:07:00.000-07:00

Tej Kohli warns Toshiba laptop users to make sure their laptops are not prone to overheating.

Toshiba and US and Canadian consumer watchdogs are recalling three laptop models after receiving reports that people have been burned by the AC adapters.

Tosh said about 41,000 machines had the fault, which can cause the plug-in AC adapter to overheat.

The company has received 129 reports of overheating causing the plastic case to deform. These included two reports of minor injury and two of minor property damage.

The faulty models are Toshiba Satellite T135, Satellite T135D and Satellite Pro T130 sold between August 2009 and August 2010.

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A review of Gmail Calling Feature by Tej Kohli

2010-08-29T22:46:00.000-07:00

Tej Kohli brings you the first impressions of the latest Google Gmail Calls feature...

A few days ago, Google introduced the feature of making phone calls to mobile phones and landlines directly from your Gmail inbox. In order to use the feature, first you must be a google user, and second, you must be signed into your Gmail account. Plus, it also requires you to to download and install the voice and video browser Plugin, which allow users to carry out voice and video chats from gmail.

However you will; not find this feature instantly as you login to your gmail account as it is somewhat burired in the Gmail Chat Feature poistioned on the left side of inbox. Look for a tiny phone icon, and click on it to open a dialer.

Like most Google services, this utility too has a pretty bland interface. At the top of the dialer, there are two tabs – the first is for the dialer itself, and the second is a small clock, which reveals your call history on clicking. Those who have a Google voice number, that history too will be included in the calling history list, including calls made from the Google Voice Android application. So, anyone who receives a call from you will see your Google voice number on their screen. However, Google voice is not a prerequisite for Gmail calling feature to work.

Thanks to the ease of this ability, dialing numbers is a cakewalk. You can dial a number using your mouse or the number keys on the keyboard. Alternatively, you can search contacts by typing names as well. The dialer will automatically sort through your contact list as you types and offer suggestions instantly. Once you've typed or found the desired number, press the Call button at the bottom of the screen.

The feature is swift and the calls connect pretty quickly. This feature runs on VOIP technology, and can be used to call on physical phone numbers. Calls are clear and works just fine even with a laptop's bulit in speaker and microphone. However, if you want to make calls more private, you can attach a headset to the machine.

As far as the call quality is concerned, it was at par with average VoIP standards. The voice quality was somewhat subdued and digital sounding. Many people I called noticed that my voice was echoing.

At present, it allow users to make free calls to the U.S and Canadian numbers, in addition to offering substantially low call rates to other countries. Use Google check-out to purchase credits for international calls. Once the call has ended, the remaining credits will be showed in dollar amounts across the top of the dialer, so you know when you need to recharge your account.

Is Skype better than this service? In many aspects, Yes! First, Skype is a household name. Secondly, it is available on most computing platforms including the latest smartphones. Furthermore, Skype offers free Skype-to-Skype calling from/to anywhere, while Google calling only works from the U.S, at least for now.

While there is no doubt this feature has a lot of room for improvement, seeing the goodwill Google has built over years now, this product will soon become a hit.

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Tej Kohli reviews Samsung Epic 4G (Sprint)

2010-08-16T02:27:00.000-07:00

Tej Kohli Samsung Epic 4G (Sprint) Review:

Pros: The size is great. The screen is amazing. The viewing angle is like none other. Everything else is very similar to the Samsung Moment just longer. Great phone.

Cons: With the Qwerty key board it makes the phone feel thick unlike the Hero touch feels very thin in the users hand. Nothing else but the same as always. Want a bigger screen with a smaller feel.

Summary: Everyone knows the "new" stuff is always great to have and this phone is one of them. I don't care about the upfront cost as much as I do the service plan. Choosing a provider is like asking a person which car is better. We all have likes and dis-likes. I LOVE SPRINT all you can use for $99.00. If you live in an area that has REAL 4G there unlike Verizon, T-Mobile, etc... I use my phone for everything and kill battery after battery with Sprint because I can. There is NO limit of time and usage for any data plan because they are all covered in this price. Can't go wrong with the plan unless $99.00 is out of your budget.

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Apple is ready with Patch for Iphone, iPad - Tej Kohli

2010-08-09T00:25:00.000-07:00

Tej Kohli talks about the security flaws in the Apple'e iOS that powers iPads and iPhones...

Apple is secretly struggling with a security snag and how successfully the company tackles it could decide the speed at which hackers fasten attacks on iPhones and iPads.

Apple Inc. is hurriedly working to release a patch for a milestone security conundrum that makes it possible to remotely hack the iOS, the OS for iPod touch, iPhones and iPad.

Apple has confirmed the completion of the patch, but the date for its public release is undecided yet .

The remote hacking or jailbreaking refers to the hacking of iOS to download web apps not approved by Apple. Earlier, this used to be difficult but not anymore, thanks to the website called Jailbreakme.com. Only last week, the website published a technique for remote jailbreaking, which makes it possible to access the OS of someone else's iPhone or iPad.

The would get attackers almost total control of affected devices. For now, the most apparent concern for Apple has been the pranksters visiting Apple Stores and jailbreaking display models, which is an indicator of bigger problems related to security and privacy of Apple gadgets.

According to the security experts, the pattern that has come to rule the PC world to start to penetrate smartphones. The hackers continuously dig up new security snags in computers and utilize them to launch malicious attacks. The companies, in the meantime, devise patches to prevent such attacks.

The hackers are now increasingly adapting the same technique to jailbreak all smartphone platforms such as Windows Mobile, Google Android, RIM Blackberry, Symbian and Apple iOS.

The Apple's problem is, however, unique. The company has given ample importance to hiding the technical details of iOS, allowing only approved web apps to tie in. While this tight control initially helped to keep the iOS secure, but made it difficlut or anti-virus companies to develop third-party protection for iPhones. But now Apple may have to share its iOS coding with anti-virus vendors.

Seeing the current scenario, it is quite possible that hackers have already created a worm to take control of hacked iPhones and iPads, and unfortunately there is nothing users can do about it. Whereas, apple is aware of the danger but is keeping mum on the matter.

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iPhone users Hit with Collosal Roaming Charges

2010-07-26T03:30:00.000-07:00

Okay! so here's a situation: You return after a holiday abroad, and guess what awaits you at home?

An unexpected large phone bill! Such was the plight of Apple iPhone users who have been hit by unexpected roaming charges when returning from holiday.

The mobile phone service providers across the UK are flooded with complaints from iPhone users who,despite claiming to have turned roaming services off before leaving for holiday abroad, have still incurred huge data charges whilst away.

Consumers have logged their complaints on the popular website moneysavingexpert.com, and since then, some service providers have begun refunding data roaming charges. While every sevice provider has received the complaints, but iPhone users on network career O2 have received maximum complaints.

The founder of moneysavingexpert.com, Martin Lewis, has asked users, who have already paid their bills to contact their mobile phone service provider immediately and demand refund.

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UK experiences shortage of Xbox 360

2010-07-18T22:20:00.000-07:00

The launch of the redesigned Xbox 360 by Microsoft has caused a feverish demand in the UK leading to dearth of the console in all leading retail outlets.

Most of the stores are sold out, and one of the stockist even confessed that they has greatly underestimated the demand for the new console.

Additional consoles are expected to reach the retailers in a week or two, however none of the stores are booking pre-orders on the next shipment, which means that any new stock that comes will be sold on a first come first served basis.

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Facebook in Legal Soup Over Privacy Concerns

2010-07-09T04:19:00.000-07:00

German officials have filed a lawsuit against Facebook for accessing and retaining personal data of those who don't use the site. Facebook can face fines of tens of thousands of euros under privacy laws. The popular social networking site has confirmed receiving a notice regarding lawsuit.

"We consider the saving of data from third parties, in this context, to be against data privacy laws," said Johannes Caspar, head of Hamburg's Data Protection Authority.

He said he had received a lot of complaints from people who had not registered on Facebook, but whose details had been added to the site by friends and relatives. He accused Facebook of saving personal information of non-members without their approval, to be used for marketing purposes.

Switzerland is also reported to be worried about the use of third-party data. Facebook has to reply to the legal complaint latest by august 11.

The California-based company told the BBC in an email that it was "currently reviewing (the complaint) and will readily respond to it within the given time frame".

"Millions of Germans come to Facebook each day to find their friends, share information with them and connect to the world around them," wrote spokesman Stefano Hessel.

Facebook has nearly 500 million users worldwide but according to figures by ComScore is only the fourth biggest social network in Germany.

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Slim Xbox 360, priced at only $199 is confirmed for 'fall'

2010-06-21T04:20:00.000-07:00

Tej Kohli IT Passion Blog brings a good news for Xbox lovers....

After witnessing an internal marketing Q & A with Microsoft, Kataku can confirm that the second slim Xbox 360 will be avaialable this fall for only $ 199 USD.

In addition, Microsoft declares that Kinect will be a standalone product, and also as a part of the bundle “with the newly designed Xbox 360 Console.”

Microsoft has not yet confirmed anything on the bundle pricing, saying : "We have no additional details about pricing or retail strategy to share at this time."

GameStop, the biggest video game retailer in the US has priced Kinect Bundles at $299, for the arcade model and $399 for the Elite bundle, but these prices are not confirmed and may change.

It is still not clear what will be stripped down in the $199 version, as the $299 model confirmed that E3 will not have a 150 GB HDD and built-in wireless features, including 802.11n support, the fastest Wi-Fi in any console.

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Recent iPhone buyers getting refunds, upgrades from Apple

2010-06-15T23:15:00.000-07:00

As iPhone 4 makes its way to the consumer market, Apple is cutting the price of iPhone 3GS in order to clear inventory.

So, if you're purchased an iPhone in the recent few weeks, the company is now matching the price, by paying back the amount of difference between the old price and the new price.

Alternatively, users can also upgrade their old phone to the new improved iPhone 4 in lieu of the refund. The policy is applicable for anyone who has purchased the older version after May 7.

Those with 16 GB handset will get a $50 credit and 32 GB owners will get a $100 refund.

However, anyone who bought the phone between May 7 to May 14 is running out of time, and will need to submit a request at the store they bought the device from by Monday the 14th.

If you want to trade in your old phone for the latest iPhone 4, the deal is simple unless you're expanding the storage capacity.

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Will Microsoft be the next Numero Uno in Tablet PC market?

2010-06-02T01:52:00.000-07:00

Microsoft is looking forward to increase its share in the tablet PC market like it did in netbooks as consumers demand a software that accommodates in the existing ecosystem, a senior executive said on Tuesday, despite the early dominance of Apple iPad in the market and news of strong Android competitors in the offing.

When Taiwan's Asustek first launched netbook PCs in 2007, they all ran on the lower-cost, open source Linux system, but Microsoft eventually took over this sector with more than 90 percent of all netbooks now powered by windows.

"Having watched this movie play before, there's some consistency in the themes," corporate vice-president for original equipment manufacturing Steve Guggenheimer told Reuters in an interview.

"You get a lot of noise, you get a lot of energy around the alternatives, but then when people start selling these machines, and it can't quite do what the consumers want, your printer doesn't work, retailers get returns, then that's when it's hard."

According to Gartner, a research firm, more than 10 million tablet PCs are expected to be sold in 2010, with users begining welcoming such gadgets with open arms, which include Apple iPad, Dell's coming soon Streak and Asustek's Eee Pad, which it introduced this week.

Microsoft also stated that it can see the sign of growth in corporate demand, with 45% of the chief IT officers it talked to are ready to getting ready to deploy its just out windows 7 system.

"We're starting to see that commercial refresh," Guggenheimer said. "There's really good energy on the commercial side, but it hasn't caught up with the level of the consumer yet."

All top computer brands are largely dependent on the demand by corporate sector, like Lenovo and Dell have said they are seeing signs of increasing corporate demand, as businesses still using decade old Windows XP upgrade their system.

As far as the Google's prospects with smart phone market are concerned, Guggenheimer remained skeptical, largely because Google's android system does not have a common platform that could intersect different mobile brands and manufacturers.

"When you write an app for Windows, it can immediately reach hundreds of millions of users," he said. "The challenge for Android is that (software developers) will need to have multiple versions for each individual phone."

Android is Google open-source OS for smartphones. Handset manufacturers like HTC and Samsung can do a little bit tweaking in to software to meet their own requirements.

Taking fourth place from Microsoft in the smartphone OS market in the first quarter of 2010, the Android system has put the company in good position as handsets look geared up to overtake PCs for internet surfing.

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Some Bone Tickling IT toons by Tej Kohli

2010-05-26T23:04:00.000-07:00

Life at a glance in IT industry ! Tej Kohli

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Google Dons a New Look

2010-05-07T03:46:00.000-07:00

If you have opened Google home page today, you may have realized that Google today looks different. Google has donned a new avatar, a new look. Undoubtedly, Google's new look is a lot better. Search giant Google is still one of the most used search engines in the world.

Google has attempted to make its logo more attractive by adding a new color scheme. The new logo has noticeably brighter hues of blue, red, yellow and green with less shadow effect the background. You can find all the search tools in the left panel. Google has always made an effort to provide its users enhanced tools to search their query. These changes reveal the latest developments in the Google's search technology. These latest and enhanced development makes the search results more accurate and to the point for users.

The newly introduced left hand navigation exhibits the most important search and refining tools for the query. According to the Google's official blog, “Over the past three years, we’ve launched Universal Search, the Search Options panel and Google Squared, and it’s those three technologies that power the left-hand panel.”

“The new design refreshes and streamlines the look, feel and functionality of Google, making it easier to pinpoint what you’re looking for. It’s powerful, yet simple. Today’s changes are the latest in our continuing efforts to evolve and improve Google. We’ve been testing these changes with users over the past few months, and what we’re launching today reflects the feedback we’ve received..

We want to ensure that the Google you use today is better than the one you used yesterday, and these latest changes open up many possibilities for future features and enhancements.”

Besides, Google is launching the mobile version for English interfaces in the US at the same time.

The changes were incorporated after the launch of Bing by Microsoft in June last year. Since then both the search titans haven't looked back. Recently, Bing has made a huge leap with 4% increase in its searches. Google, however, remains at the top slot taking a lion's share of 65%.

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IT Joke from a IITian Tej Kohli

2010-04-23T02:31:00.000-07:00

Tej Kohli shares a hilarious IT joke -

A man was crossing a road one day when a frog called out to him and said, "If you kiss me, I'll turn into a beautiful princess." He bent over, picked up the frog, and put it in his pocket.

The frog spoke up again and said, "If you kiss me and turn me back into a beautiful princess, I will tell everyone how smart and brave you are and how you are my hero." The man took the frog out of his pocket, smiled at it, and returned it to his pocket.

The frog spoke up again and said, "If you kiss me and turn me back into a beautiful princess, I will be your loving companion for an entire week." The man took the frog out of his pocket, smiled at it, and returned it to his pocket.

The frog then cried out, "If you kiss me and turn me back into a princess, I'll stay with you for a year and do ANYTHING you want." Again the man took the frog out, smiled at it, and put it back into his pocket.

Finally, the frog asked, "What is the matter? I've told you I'm a beautiful princess, that I'll stay with you for a year and do anything you want. Why won't you kiss me?"

The man said, "Look, I'm a computer programmer. I don't have time for a girlfriend, but a talking frog is cool."

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Microsoft Announce Internet Explorer 8 Version

2008-09-03T02:08:00.000-07:00

Tej kohli expecting that yet its be true people are always curios to know about new software and there releases. But in Tej Kohli opinion that its too early after launching of IE8 , but necessary Mozila had already buzz the market with Mozila 3.0 and Google also launch a browser Crome.
Microsoft always updating its product and provides many new features and security than previous version. Now the Microsoft had launched updated Beta version of the web browser named Internet Explorer 8 and currently is in Beta version. Its having many features like its makes the user to safe from leaving footstep which makes him untraceable.
Its be most helpful for those online companies inclusive Microsoft which are doing online advertising can electronically gather tidbits about Web surfers' habits and then use that information to help decide what kinds of ads to show.
Currently this new version is in “Beta” test version of the upcoming Internet Explorer 8 and now be available to download since 2-sep-2008 and its named InPrivateBrowsing and which makes user to surf without any information of visited sites and other storing of temporary files on computer . Program also cover other footprints like , temporary files , cookies and other small data files which enable to track visitor activities .
But its not now new features after all , because Internet Explorer 7 and Mozila 3.0 had already having functionality to block the cookies and also making user to delete all private details and browsing history also but they are unable to turn off that collection entirely..
Also Beta version introduces new additional functionality InPrivateBlocking mode, which also able to block third-party content from appearing on websites likes a company carrying stock from one websites and weather information from other websites. Company which collecting data from various resources still be able to collect and show their details and share information with the people online , But users who turn on InPrivateBlocking won't see that content or be exposed to such data collection without their consent.
But Microsoft makes some type of advertisement will be available to user specially which served by Microsoft own advertiser platform and its success depends upon software makers .
General manager of Microsoft advertising division had responded in a statement that consumers understand that they get free content and services in exchange for advertising but want "transparency, trust and control with respect to the sites they visit." He also stated that “"If IE8 helps heighten awareness of this value exchange, that's a step in the right direction,".
While user surfing they can make InPrivateBlocking facility on and able to review a list which are tried to display something or even want to collect the data . User also enabled with a link which makes these companies with the Go ahead to collect the data.
“Today as a user, we have no visibility or control over how that information is shared and recorded," said James Pratt, a product manager for IE8. "I wouldn't put Microsoft as being the arbiter of what should and shouldn't be tracked."
Any publisher are too much worried because they considered as ad Blockers but InPrivateBlocking is not work as totally ad Blockers announced by Mike Zaneis, vice president of public policy for the Internet Advertising Bureau, which represents Web publishers.
If InPrivateBlocking will be adopted by IE8 users , small websites which are based upon outsides ad will suffer and will be removed automatically . The Internet ad economy didn't crash after ad-blocking plug-ins appeared for Firefox, but Zaneis said that may have more to do with Firefox's much smaller market share. (Firefox's challenge to IE has grown, however; the browser is used by more than 10 percent of Web surfers.)
The other advantage of the IE8 is to its calculate how much time and how many times user visit the ads makes able to proper calculating payment both advertiser and publisher -- that could also bring down the Web ad marketplace, Zaneis noted
"We'll wait and see what the marketplace looks like," he said. "I think [Microsoft] realizes, we all realize, that it's a beta version, and it's sure to change before it's finalized."
Also IE 8 makes web browsing easier to user and also enhanced the address bar to know what user really intent and how he get easily get desired websites. Also search box provide many other option that lets user to get more content and other product specific like Amazon.com search for an music album populates a drop-down menu with titles, prices and thumbnails of cover art.
On the other hand Microsoft Official unable to say about what be exact timings for final release but told that second beta version is ready for average users to try. But Microsoft assure user that its will not take too much times as its was taken previously 6 and 7 version. Earlier in June 2008 Bill Gates had promised to launch IE8 end of the August. While asking about IE8 first Beta version , its was focused on plumbing of the browser – addressing compliance with new Web standards and such – the second beta addresses user interface issues.
Dean Hachamovitch, general manager of the Internet Explorer team on the IEBlog had asked previously that "We focused our work around three themes: everyday browsing (the things that real people do all the time), safety (the term most people use for what we've called 'trustworthy' in previous posts), and the platform (the focus of Beta 1, how developers around the world will build the next billion web pages and the next waves of great services),”. A good feature had introduced with this version called "porn mode" which be switchable setting where all content, like files, cookies, and HTML code, is not saved to the cache – is a part of IE 8 beta 2, along with a feature familiar to Firefox users.
IE8 now having searchable address bar , such makes user to type actual URL or words from the site and IE will narrow the search as more and more latter entered , which is similar to the Firefox 3.0 "Awesome Bar,". Search Bar had also be modified which gives you suggestion and offer lot of search provider to get desired results likes enable to search Amazon.com and eBay . Many new security features also included like SmartScreen filter, which expands upon the Phishing Filter in Internet Explorer 7. The IEBlog said there are upgraded security feature to protect against things like cross-site scripting attacks, one of the most common forms of Web-based attacks.
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Mozilla: TraceMonkey Project

2008-08-28T04:04:00.000-07:00

Tej kohli had already various topic related to Mozila updates and its version . Now Tej kohli comes with Mozila new TraceMonkey Project which make its more faster and less panic.

"TraceMonkey is a project to bring native code speed to JavaScript," said Mike Shaver, Mozilla's interim vice president of engineering, adding that JavaScript performance nearly doubles compared to Firefox 3.0, based on the SunSpider test of JavaScript performance. That speeds up many basic tasks, but it also brings image editing and 3D graphics into JavaScript's abilities, he said.

Now world will be experienced with faster Mozila web application which became true because of its new JavaScript Engine. TraceMonkey is just a new JavaScript just-in-time compiler which able to enhance feature like faster JavaScript execution. It aims to put JavaScript on a par with natively-compiled code so that certain applications cease to be as sluggish as they have been historically.
Mike Shaver Mozila vice president Mike Shaver said that “Developer and user demand for performance is insatiable, and at Mozilla we demand it ourselves, since our application itself is largely and increasingly written in JavaScript. In addition to improving the performance of web applications, our work on JS performance in Firefox 3 made our own application snappier and more responsive,” “We’re not done. In addition to continuing to work on our existing JavaScript interpreter (some 20% improved over Firefox 3 already), we’re also looking farther into the future of JS performance, and have some early news to share.”
While TraceMonkey was tested than its be found that Javascript function work much faster as compared with Mozila 3.0 . More specifically its cites 22.2x increases on function call over Firefox 3, a 37.5x increase in performance when it comes to global loops and a 20.8x increase in terms of closed loop performance. Moreover its takes advantages of a UC Irvine-developed technique called ‘trace trees’ as well as building on contributions and code that have been shared with the Tamarin Tracing project.
“The goal of the TraceMonkey project — which is still in its early stages — is to take JavaScript performance to another level, where instead of competing against other interpreters, we start to compete against native code. Even with this very, very early version we’re already seeing some promising results.”
Currently TraceMonkey is available in Alpha version of Firefox 3.1 and officials sources singing it might take end of the year for final release. While had giving the faculty to be turned off default , Mozilla has admitted that there are still “bugs to fix and an enormous number of optimisations still to choose from” before the leap from alpha to full-blown release can be made.
In separate news, users of Firefox 2.0 will now receive a prompt suggesting they upgrade to the latest version of the browser, according to a blog post by Mike Beltzner, the company’s director of user experience.
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Google ranking Technologies

2008-07-28T22:11:00.000-07:00

Tej Kohli using Google on daily basis and find it’s very amazing and to get desired results about queries whiten in the search box . According to Tej Kohli knowing Google and its very technologies is very difficult and moreover Google officials and Techniques also unable to define and said that its be machine work to fetch out results we are just implementing algorithms.
May 2008 , Udi Manber making an search quality group for checking the search results quality as well checking ‘Core Rankings ‘ and international searches quality . Basically according to Google officials, Google rakings is a collection of Algorithms which is used for returning most relevant documents for a user query. Each day Google have to serve near about hundreds of million quires for billion of Billion pages and algorithms runs for each query . Same algorithms also used in other Google services and images , News , YouTube , Maps , Product , Book Search and many other services .But Google official asked that , Google algorithms are nothing but try to find out locally relevant search results searched globally, keeping simple and no manual intervention in these process . We are working on ‘no query left behind “principal for proving most relevant results to the query. While we return lass than ideals results for any query in any languages in any country and then it’s used as base for further improvements. Google system architecture work upon making this process very simple. Also when user had quarried in various languages. Also Google concentrate its mind over making the process simple without compromising quality. This is an ongoing process and making changes every week with some big consideration in launching every change. But engineer approach for understanding why page get ranked and its appropriateness for query.
But sometimes situation arises when user came up with "Does Google manually edit its results?". But Google official denied for any manual listing and said it’s just be Google algorithms that gives us desired results according to query but its be true that we are analyzing websites structure , linking as well as other human work on various websites to make new algorithms . Google strictly working upon subjective listing and against manual listing adjustment. While we are making and underlying algorithms we are concentrating our mind over all aspects like languages and other issue and then make changes in entire class. Google official added “I should add, however, that there are clear written policies for websites recommended by Google, and we do take action on sites that are in violation of our policies or for a small number of other reasons (e.g. legal requirements, child porn, viruses/malware, etc).”The core technology come from academic filed of Information retrieval (IR). IR community searched studied that topic over 50 years. . It uses statistical signals of word salience, like word frequency, to rank pages , its give solid foundation for making tremendous system by using links , page structure and other such innovation .Internet searches rapidly growing as well as search results are also increasing proportionally. User expectations and search domain also increased . Google work hard to fetch desired results from the huge data which are available on Internet. Google change its algorithms because of new technologies and new components came which must be searchable and readable by search engine crawler. We have to know some before goings into depth we have to know some terms
• Pages: Google official told that they invested much pages for crawling and indexing. Google preferred size and freshness of pages and make algorithm according to that. Google is very keen to understand page association and important concept page contain. Example Google noticed official homepage for Sprovieri Gallery in London for the Italian query [galleria sprovieri londra], even though the official page does not have either London or Londra on it. In the U.S., a user searching for [cool tech pc vancouver, wa] finds the homepage www.cooltechpc.com even though the page does not mention anywhere that they are in Vancouver, WA. Gooogle Google developed include distinctions between important and less important words in the page and the freshness of the information on the page.
• Queries: Google said the its seems decisive to understand what users are looking for (beyond just the few words in their query). Google made several notable advances in this area including a best-in-class spelling suggestion system, an advanced synonyms system, and a very strong concept analysis system.
While user search something , he uses spelling suggestion system . Some times user searching for [kofee annan] is really searching for Mr. Kofi Annan, and is prompted: Did you mean: kofi annan; but sometimes user searching for [kofee beans] is actually looking for coffee beans. Its hard to make this internationally with very high accuracy but Google do well.
Google also using Synonyms for understanding user query which seems hard but Google had solved it . For manually its be possible but for computer processing its needs time and algorithms .When user doesn’t know exact words or even Synonyms wchih Google used in Synonyms for this case Google can do sophisticated query modifications. Like 'Dr' in the query [Dr Zhivago] stands for Doctor whereas in [Rodeo Dr] it means Drive. A user looking for [back bumper repair] gets results about rear bumper repair. For [Ramstein ab], we automatically look for Ramstein Air Base; for the query query [b&b ab] we search for Bed and Breakfasts in Alberta, Canada. Google had developed such system for near about hundred different languages. Identification is also best practice which Google often used which returns with some relevant results .Like that in the query [new york times square church] the user is looking for the well-known church in Times Square and not for articles from the New York Times. Google further enhance the query with the right concepts when, for illustration, someone looking for [PC and its impact on people] is in fact looking for impact of computers on society, or someone who searches for [rainforest instructional activities for vocabulary] is really looking for rain forest lesson plans. Google query analysis algorithms have many such state-of-the-art techniques built into them, to meet internationally in almost every language .
• Users Perspective: Google work hard to know what user want and return relevant results which starts from world class localization system with some advanced personalization technology and other great great strides for getting user intent for making universal search .
Google work on ideology “best locally relevant results served globally" which can be reflected in Google work on localization. User get different results according to different geographical location for same query .Like for US user ‘Bank’ query returns American banks where is UK its returns Bank Fashion line or for British financial institutions while in other countries its retunes financial institutions in other English speaking countries like Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa. Other example is [Côte d'Or] is a geographic region in France - but it is a large chocolate manufacturer in neighboring French-speaking Belgium; and yes.
Another most important factor which Google consider Personalization which makes some results for some individuals . Like user logging make some difference into search results according to user profile and user preference. Like one user profile get results football related results and other will get baseball results for same ‘Sports Events’ query according to personalized results .Such that if you prefer particular website for purchasing you will get same site while you are searching products .An example the query [chevrolet magnum]. Magnum is actually made by Dodge and not Chevrolet. So we present the results for Dodge Magnum with the prompt See results for: dodge magnum in our result set.

Google work on Universal Search is best example to know user intent before making search results. Google also made Cross Language Information Retrieval (CLIR) . which first search information in other languages and then Google translation technology make it accessible to user who fired query .That know as “ give me what I want in any language” like some one looking for Tony Blair's biography in Russia who types the query in Russian [Тони Блэр биография] is prompted at the bottom of our results to search the English web with like that Disney movie songs in Egypt with the query [أغاني أفلام ديزني] is prompted to search the English web. Google very excited about CLIR as it truly brings us closer to our mission to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful.
That be Google state-of-the-art technology which also used for making rankings systems for making “problem had solved “.But on the other hand Google also realize that some queries don’t give desired results and work further for making its possible user get every word to be return back with results. Many other technology and algorithm still under construction for making Google to be get back with relevant results

MOKO First Mobile Social Network

2008-07-21T21:46:00.000-07:00

Tej Kohli having strong beliefs that social community making new area for sharing love and fun . Now with the introduction of MOKO social network Tej kohli feels that everyone now have new zone for all stuffs.
That be a good news for whole Internet Community who are wishing all the facilities on mobile. It be a revolutionary step and almost whole world now praising for this new achievements. A Moko online service which is basically an invention of Loop Mobile is the world first social networking sites can be available on both Mobile and online. Few years ago Loop had launched MOKO for mobiles and had integrated across 3 Mobiles networks in Australia and UK.
On the beginning face it have live chat, Profile creation, photo sharing and video uploading capabilities. MOKO mobiles and new online section have integrated to provide more functionality to user on any platform which is not available in another community building website.
“It’s quite a big development; there aren’t social networking sites where all the functionality is available across both devices,” said Loop Mobile CEO Martin Hoffman.
“Usually, the mobile service is just an add-on to what is normally a PC-centric experience, but we’ve built everything to be equally accessible across both platforms.”
Cross platform capabilities makes its very popular as well as easy to use Hoffman wgi told to media that near about 92 percent use both online and mobile for accessing.
Although online version of this website is absolutely free for all users but mobile version paid through carriers in one flat fee that covers both the MOKO subscription and data usage. For future plan Hoffman told that user will experienced with paid online version which have new added feature like private chat , gift selection and sending . Also company looking its expansion to other countries .

“The main focus for us is to continue to grow online and work in other countries and work with other mobile phone carriers,” he said.

“We have strong bases in Australia, the US, and the UK, but now we really want to branch out to regions in southern Asia.” . Perth mobile network provider and AdultShop spin-off Loop Mobile launched its mobile social community two month earlier than its predication. The move came as the company signed a deal with US-based 3G mobile networks Helio – which recently merged with Virgin Mobile USA – enabling its users to access the MOKO network. Shares in the company were unchanged at 5¢ at 9.55am. Officials of Loop Mobile also announced launch of MOKO in USA which have own 3G Mobile network Helio, www.helio.com . In future its have own carrier network which connect United kingdom to North America,. MOKO mobli now live on the Helio mobile web “Surf & Search”. Helio is famous 3G mobile service operator in US . “This announcement reflects a strategic cultural fit for the MOKO.mobi community,” said Martin Hoffman, Loop’s CEO. That’s be great for whole world making online community and share your ideas , fun , love , chat , images , videos with other . Its be great enhancement and achievement for all online community and adventures seeker . Providing new space by mobile for making friends and community . Orkut and Facbook and many other online community are became popular now the people across that world having profile on such social community. MOKO brings new space in Mobil world and revolution.

Google Protocol Buffers

2008-07-09T02:47:00.000-07:00

Tej Kohli always discuss technology and enhancement which gives new roadmap and makes a substantial path for moving forward . Tej Kohli recently noticed Technology enhancement offered by Google , Suddenly find that Google now offer Protocol Buffer which having many advantages over XML and might be goggle replaced XML soon in each application , because of its simplicity and fast robustness.
Its might be possible that Google soon replaced XML use and replaced with its Protocol Buffer . Google had announced an open project for a data interchange format called Protocol Buffers. Its work well with different wide range of data format with faster speed and planned own XML application to shipped to Protocol Buffer. Since used XML as a lingua franca to send messages between its different servers, but it is very complicated , because os XML creates large files and makes application slow. Kenton Varda of Google's Software Engineering Team makes remarks over its use and told that “best alternative for exchanging data over network or storing it onto hard drive, its compactness which not in XML and easiness . Imakes developer feel free to use it.
Protocol Buffer allow to define simple data structures in a special definition language, then compile them to produce classes to represent those structures in the language of your choice.These classes come complete with heavily-optimized code to parse and serialize your message in an extremely compact format. Best of all, the classes are easy to use: each field has simple "get" and "set" methods, and once you're ready, serializing the whole thing to--or parsing it from--a byte array or an I/O stream just takes a single method call.
Matt Cutts, remarks that “ Protocol Buffers automatically generates Java, Python, or C++ code: “Basically it’s a compact way for encoding data into binary format . Programmer just right simple description of a protocol or structured data and Google code regenerate a class in C++ , Java or even Python to read, write, and parse the protocol. By the use of this protocol data can be stored in Hard Drive , sent to network and used in very tricky way . This software available with Apache Software License 2.0.
Google had also work over standardize XML compression which make application little bit faster but new invention make more faster than before.
Protocol Buffers
• are simpler
• are 3 to 10 times smaller
• are 20 to 100 times faster
• are less ambiguous
• generate data access classes that are easier to use programmatically
An example, also from the Developer Guide:
let's say you want to model a person with a name and an email. In XML, you need to do:

John Doe
jdoe@example.com

while the corresponding protocol buffer message definition (in protocol buffer text format) is:
person {
name = "John Doe"
email = "jdoe@example.com"
}
In binary format, this message would probably be 28 bytes long and take around 100-200 nanoseconds to parse. The XML version is at least 69 bytes (if you remove white space) and would take around 5,000-10,000 nanoseconds to parse.

Upon a little further reading, here's what Protocol Buffers offer:
- the message itself is a nicely compact definition of names and values
- the "proto" file defines what you expect to see in the message
- the proto is used to autogenerate parsing code in several languages (Java, C++, Python), with methods for get, set, et al.
- the autogenerated parser turns the message into a well-defined object or class
- after parsing, the data in the message is very easily accessed and manipulated
The Google developers don't assert that this is a "replacement" for XML. It's just a better data carrier in many situations. The things that XML claims to be good at are still accomplished best with XML:
- XML is better for describing a text-based document with markup, whereas PB doesn't easily interleave structure with text
- XML is human-readable, and human-editable, whereas PB is squished into binary
- XML is self-describing, whereas PB relies on a proto file to describe the content of a message
What further enhancement be expected from Google , imagine that seems like bullish. But every one have to appreciate Google to moving web technology into next generation. Google is now big giant in Search engine and now sharing near about 60percent of total.

Tej Kohli Congratulate Firefox

2008-07-03T21:43:00.000-07:00

Tej kohli want to congratulate Firefox for its record breaking downloads during the month June 2008 . Tej Kohli told “ Its be amazing yet another time Firefox made a history where in the market Internet Exploring dominate in web browsing , Firefox give challenge and new milestone to Internet Explorer to achieve”.
Firefox which is best known for his browser Mozila and now booming in the market because of its many plug-ins and available tools, last moth it made a record breaking history and officially announced for informing to Guinness world record for largest record breaking number of downloads in with in 24-hours.Firefox official also announced that during the month June 8,002,530 downloads took placed which now be a mile stone in software downloads history."The enthusiasm and creativity of Firefox fans was key to making this happen," said marketing head Paul Kim. Gareth Deaves of Guinness World Records called it "an extremely impressive accomplishment".
The logs was official audited before announcement and checked to ensure that no duplicates and unfinished downloads was not counted in the record breaking figure.
Mr Kim told the BBC News: "The notion of going for a world record, as... nutty as it may have sounded, was a really sticky idea.
"It was an idea that translated really well across national borders and to all different kinds of people around the world." Marketing manger party after Guinness World Records in London announcement next week.
"Here at Mozilla headquarters (in Mountain View) I think most of us are just going to try and get to bed early now that we have the confirmation. We are all tired."
While Firefox was launched some security agencies put question regarding the how safe Mozila for Internet community .After five hours , , DV Labs/Tipping Point that its be harm to clich on booby-trapped link. Then Mr Kim told Firefox user are safe and announced for updated version soon. While user downloading this sever also checked whether user already have latest version or not .Once they were all up and running the clock started counting down. On the busiest mode server had handled near about 9,000 downloads per minute . Within five hours the number of downloads for Version 3.0 exceeded the 1.6 million set by Firefox 2.0 in October 2006
That be right for Mozila official person while he was fighting with Internet Explorer , Firefox starts war and try to remove monopoly over that issue also Mozila is on no 1 position while software updates are concerns . More and more community are attached with Firefox for helping upgrading Mozila .
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OLDER VERSIONS BROWSER HARM

2008-07-01T21:37:00.000-07:00

Tej Kohli gives latest updates from Internet market and now find that now a days where we running our system in highly secure environment, we have also check out for latest software updates like browser. Tej Kohli short study about Internet Brower and their latest version and uses.
Most of the Internet researcher and experts such that Zurich , Google , IBM are unanimous that like any medicine software must have instruction to use with proper expiry date. Some famous and well-known personal like Stefan Frei and Martin May of the Computer Engineering and Networks Laboratory at ETH Zurich, Thomas Dubendorfer of Google Switzerland, and Gunter Ollmann of IBM (NYSE: IBM) are said that worldwide near about 637 million (42.5%) Internet surfer out of 1.4 billion using net on high risk due to old browser version. They are in believe that software must have labeled like ‘Best Before ‘ date which enable to user to get fresh and updated version of software . They are also agree that a such community must be exist in the world who informed that your software expired and need to be update and must have latest collection of new software with guidelines .According to study new and new malware targeting web browser and can affect not only user data but also affect network .Since 2000 when remote access came into existence , the possibility of such malware can harm computer .According to study it find that Internet Explorer 7, Firefox 2, Safari 3, and Opera 9 -- Firefox 2 is the most secure .
Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) Internet Explorer 7 which share 47.65 share of market find secure for net browsing , Fireox 2 is moist secure browser , because 83.35 using the current version , second third and forth no occupied by Apple safari 3 which 65.35 user using current version .
Since October 2006 when the IE 7 was launch , takes 19 months to be common use , which is mostly used browser . In such time 92.2% Firefox user now use FF2.The study further states that , after the release of Safari 3 60% user had upgraded within three months .Because of "Apple's controversial inclusion of the new Web browser in the auto-updates of other popular Apple software products." In March, Mozilla CEO John Lilly said Apple's decision to make its Safari Web browser available to Windows users by default "borders on malware distribution practices."
Some researcher define most secure Web browser as "the latest official public release of a vendor's Web browser at a given date." In this Beta version is not included . But it also be true that malware creator target mostly used browser which is off course Internet Explorer that share 78.3 5 global marjet from Feb to Jun 2008 instead of Opera which is used now 0.8% around the world . Because the idea behind that more and more people gets affected with malware so malware community target mostly used browser user.But in particle its not be true because all the web browser using same underlying technology such that Flash and other Add-Ons . Along similar lines, the study cites research by computer security firm Secunia that indicates some 21.7% of all QuickTime 7 installations are out of date. Thus, having the most current version of one's favorite Web browser may not help if one's other software is outdated.

Microsoft YuMe Shake hands

2008-06-16T23:20:00.000-07:00

Tej Kohli always makes golden remarks over major deals in Internet marketing deals . According to Tej Kohli big market boom are now following the policy that in spite of out sourcing work its be nice to acquire best company and then allow it work as individual entity and make a joint venture with his personal work . Microsoft deal with YuMe leaves some question and Tej Kohli try to find out answers.
World largest online video advertisement network tie up with Microsoft Corp, to complement Microsoft existing video advertisement services. The deal was announced on June 12 2008 on Redwood City, CA. This summer brings both corp joint video advertisement on Internet many be big stunning news of this year. YuMe will provide video advertising network management capabilities and sales for unsold inventory on Microsoft’s online properties.
“In working with YuMe, we will further maximize the value of our unsold video inventory through YuMe’s robust platform for video advertising network management,” said Rob Bennett, general manager, MSN Entertainment, Video & Sports, Microsoft. “YuMe offers the ability to connect additional ad networks to its platform, and we plan on utilizing this service to provide YuMe and other ad networks access to Microsoft’s unsold video inventory.” YuMe will generate money by Microsoft video advertisement inventory , with the sell of Microsoft video ad inventory on YuMe networks of channels (Sports , News , Entertainment and Others) . This make audience can easily get and purchase video and content genre.
“YuMe brings a best in class video advertising platform and sales team to Microsoft to immediately monetize excess video inventory on Microsoft properties,” said Jayant Kadambi, CEO and co-founder of YuMe. “Our selection by Microsoft is testament to both our technology’s strength and our expertise in helping publishers best monetize their content and advertisers best reach their desired target audience.”
With this agreement Microsoft also use NetworkMe that used by Yume to allow publishers to aggregate all video into one private inventory.With NetworkMe a publisher gains unprecedented inventory liquidity and the ability to maximize CPMs and fill–rates across multiple properties.
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Yume is synonymous of new world of Web video and its first dedicated online video Ad management system that having 400 websites and 150 million video stream with 4.9 million unique visitors. Yume promises quality Video advertisement with sound reach to visitors.
YuMe is the first dedicated video advertising network and ad management system built exclusively for the new world of Web video. With 400+ websites, more than 150 million video streams, and 46.9 million unique visitors, the YuMe network provides both audience scale and quality reach for advertisers. Its enable advertisers and publishers to identify , classify ,branding , contextual , relevance, controlled syndication, and consistent delivery all web and micro tools like web , Mobile and IPTV. Its give first cross-platform Ad solutions and ability to serve multiple ad formats and placements through a single, unified system. YuMe is a privately held company headquartered in Redwood City, CA and backed by Khosla Ventures, Accel Partners, BV Capital and DAG Ventures.

Yahoo Now will showing Google Ads

2008-06-12T23:31:00.000-07:00

Tej Kohli brings many exciting news and impact of this to upcoming market .
Tej Kohli reveals some fact about Yahoo and Google Deals.
Its news not only imaging everybody but can make little bit confuse to everybody, Now yahoo on 12 June announced that he is now going to out source some search-related advertising sales to Google. Some experts say that be matter of near about $800 million annual revenue task that produce $250 to $300 incremental operating cash flow in upcoming one year period .
This deals includes facts yahoo now showing ads that will be provided by Google alongside with Yahoo search results which incisive all yahoo web portals and other websites of yahoo. In the proposal regional areas which are affected with this deals are US and Canada . That means now will show Google and other third parties ads and own Panama marketplace.
Yahoo CEO Yang showing happiness with these words “Clearly, it is time to move on,” after the conference with the investors of Yahoo especially because talks with Microsoft had terminated. Company also agreed upon to allow to 3.5 moths delay for this to give time US Department of Justice to review this proposal.
According to terms and condition supplied by both side to revise that Yahoo to run Google Adsense and Adsense for Content services after the internally paid search and search results . Yahoo also agreed to supplied this ads to Yahoo web properties and other partner websites.
With the inclusive of 4 year initial term this agreement will be go ups for upcoming ten years and two years renewals at Yahoo option .This deals affect only Canada and US based search results. Advertiser will continue to pay directly for Yahoo and Panama clicks as well as Google directly on Google paid search results .Google have to pay Yahoo for acquisition. This deals also include that either party terminate in the events of a change of control of either party but also include that if yahoo terminate this deals then yahoo have to pay $250 million ad well as 50% revenues generated by Yahoo. Also included in the deal are interoperability of the instant messaging services of the two companies. The deal may add 800 million U.S. dollars a year to sales, California-based Yahoo said in a statement.
Separate statements from Microsoft and Yahoo signaled a more permanent rift between the two after months of on-again, off-again talks. It also heightened pressure on Yahoo to outline an alternative strategy.
In after hours trading, Yahoo shares have rebounded 46 cents, to $23.98. The stock had declined $2.63 in the regular session. Google, which rose $7.75 in the regular session, is up $1.05, to $554, in late trading.
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Tej Kohli :World Congress on Information Technology

2008-05-26T00:47:00.000-07:00

"Tej Kohli said "There must be some international initiative must be taken to check out Information Technology growth in the alignment of government bodies and parallel industries."16th WCIT which held in Kuala Lumpur is the place where the big IT industry giant gather to check out IT growth and challenges in upcoming time.It be expectation of experts that WCIT 2008 is the largest gathering since ever of personals of IT who are leaders in business, government and others. There are 100 spokesperson from the 80 countries with more then 2,700 delegates are expected to be in WCIT 2008. Leading Enterprises IT publisher of the Asia Fairfax Business Media (FBM) , is the official media partner of the WCIT 2008.Other media partner are Computerworld Malaysia, Computerworld Singapore, CIO Asia and MIS Asia magazines, for providing full coverage of WCIT 2008 . As an estimation near about 350 million views are around the world from the homes and office had seen WCIT 2008.
WCIT 2008 will be held at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre and incorporates a three-day Congress, a Link Program for business matching, an ICT exhibition and various ancillary activities including a golf tournament and motorsport experience.
**FBM Asia Magazine Titles:
-Computerworld - Computerworld Singapore (www.computerworld.com.sg) and Computerworld Malaysia (www.computerworld.com.my) magazines carry a stimulating mix of analytical reporting, in-depth discussions of current and emerging technology trends, enterprise IT, plus key technological developments and solutions that have an impact on regional IT professionals. Last month, Computerworld Malaysia received an honourable mention at the MediaConnect Asia Technology Journalist Awards 2007.
-MIS (Managing Information Strategies) Asia (www.misweb.com) . This is the leading IT management magazine circulated to some 10,650 CIOs and senior IT management in Asia 's large to medium-sized enterprises, encouraging business-guided IT strategy by offering case studies and best practices. In July 2007, MIS Asia won the Best Business Technology Title award for the second year, at the MediaConnect Asia Technology Journalist Awards 2007.
-CIO Magazine (www.cio-asia.com) - This respected magazine links CIOs and senior executives with business strategy and technology innovation. It builds the IT business case for the highest-level members of the executive suite, and is aimed at the C-level leader who needs to know the business essentials of IT, with enough technical information for informed decision-making. CIO magazine gives the budget proposers (for example, the CIO) the means to drive strategy and the budget gatekeepers (such as the CFO and CEO) the means to judge its value.
WCIT program is designed a three day congress to encompass global IT field issue and directing IT into new era of business-to-Business , business-to-government(B2G) and Business-to-industry(B2I).
The organizer of WCIT 2008 are the Multimedia Development Corporation (MDeC) and the Association of the Computer and Multimedia Industry of Malaysia (PIKOM) with the full support and corporation of the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation Malaysia. On 19 may (Xinhua) in WCIT announce new host WCIT which will be held in 2012 in Montreal, Canada, in 2012, Chairman of World Information Technology and Services Alliance (WITSA) George Newstrom announced here on Monday. The next WCIT will be planned to held in Netherlands in 2010, according to Newstrom. The vision of World congress of Information technology to gather government bodies with the industry leader to make up relation and work model for information Technology .

Tej Kohli : Internet Future in US

2008-05-23T03:12:00.000-07:00

Tej Kohli wants to keep himself update while technology is concern. According to him “although it can be true in the records that now be internet be life line in urban areas of US but while we are taking internet speed and resources in his concerns there are yet differences in various region in US and there is no possibility the situation will be better in future.” ……………….Tej kohli
A big community of internet surfing in US now facing the same problem that some have high speed networks and some having low speed networks. What problem is not only low speed networks but high speed networks also facing that low speed connection causes low down high speed networks and then became unable to provide their services in time . In US many person are in same opinion there is no difference between broadband and dial up connection. Now they run on same speed , means broadband very slower then expectation. What be difference between Dial ups and broadband connection and how broadband differ from dial-up. Broadband provide more facility which is not possible in dial-ups connection such as music download, video and sharing files through internet, that not possible with Dial-ups connections. The upcoming feature that every person expect from internet are that video conferencing as well as interactive games and download movies with in second. Now the US government plan to convert whole home based cable internet lines to fiber-optic which are backbones all the way to home. Existing FTTH or Fiber-optic connections are 10 times faster than vanilla broadband which runs over phone or cable lines . US taken under consideration for FTTH but Varizon Communication had already connected 17 state with this services. This is biggest company in US which replaced its old copper wire communication line to high speed Fiber optics. Near about 1.8 million people and 2.9 million homes are using high speed broad band connections FiOS services.
Some Small phone companies , cooperatives and municipalities, like Chattanooga, now providing FTTH in some parts of US. Some major companies like AT&T Inc and Qwest communication International Inc also developing their FTTH in some areas but they are not replacing them to existing cabling system.
According to Graham Finnie chief analyst for the telecom research firm Heavy Reading “13 percent of US household will be connected to fiber by 2012” . Verizon business rooted is in East Coast, Texas and California. But problem is that much of the community wills still left in future who will not be able to get FTTH. According to some news survey US will be best internet services in future.

Blackberry with Live Chat

2008-05-14T04:19:00.000-07:00

There is very good news for those people who are always looking for something new in Mobile technology. Mobile technology is upgrading now a days very rapidly and providing more facility to mobile users. So long awaited facility that everyone expected with Blackberry mobile is that Microsoft consumer mailing system as well as instant messaging system which will be available with Blackberry last of Summer. Microsoft and research in motion announced on 12 may 2008. What be reason behind that , experts says that that means
Blackberry want no more be only business messaging service and want some more popular services available with their mobile and on the other hand Microsoft also don’t want to be pack only with its windows mobile in its Mobile market strategy. Most popular products which be now in markets are Blackberry 7000 , Blackberry 8000 and Blackberry bold . Blackberry also proudly announced today that Windows Live services, which include both Windows Live Hotmail and Windows Live Messenger. New phones will be shipped with the services, and users will be able to download them onto existing phones.
Everybody knows Blackberry as second name of business e-mail. But according to Microsoft officials “ Windows live search and instant messaging system and business mailing very popular on PC, We just want to expand its areas such that more and more user interact with these services either by PC or By Mobile phone that’s why We had already engaged with Blackberry with Live search earlier this autumn and now expanding area with facilitating Blackberry user with mailing and instant messaging “.
This is the third major distribution deal Microsoft has done for Hotmail and Messenger. Of course, it started by offering them on Windows Mobile phones, and then last year added a deal with Nokia to offer Hotmail and Messenger on Nokia Series 60 devices. Microsoft's now working on getting those services onto Nokia Series 40 devices as well.
"The market would expect us to put our services on the Windows Mobile platform, but we're serious about other platforms as well," Holden said. "There is not one mobile phone platform. There's a bigger fragmentation of suppliers out there than on the PC."
Despite the deal with RIM, people won't get Windows Live services without the approval of their carriers. Microsoft has about 140 carrier relationships around the world regarding Windows Live on mobile devices, including recent deals with Telefonica in Latin America and T-Mobile in Europe. Holden says to expect a number of additional deals in coming months. Last year, it became clear that AT&T had disabled Windows Live services on Palm Treo smartphones.
While Microsoft's early Live mobile services include a limited subset of Microsoft's larger array of Live offerings, including search, social networking, instant messaging, e-mail, and mobile content, the company hopes to expand its breadth. The company's already said that it's aiming its Silverlight rich Web app technology and Live Mesh synchronization service at mobile devices.
"When you think about our Web services, all of those will very much have a strong and stronger mobile component for them moving forward," Holden says. "It's really about extending the PC access to the mobile phone in ways that are very similar."

Youtube Arrives In India

2008-05-07T22:03:00.000-07:00

YouTube, the world's most popular online video community has launched its local Indian site (www.youtube.co.in).

YouTube India features a localized homepage and search functions, allowing users to create and share videos, discover the most popular and relevant videos in India, and connect with other Indian and global users. Over time, YouTube India will benefit from an entirely "local" experience highlighting and featuring the content and functionality most desired by the Indian users.

"We are very excited to bring a local version of YouTube to India considering the passion of users here for music and entertainment." said Steve Chen, CTO and co-founder of YouTube. "For a culture that is steeped both in video and in storytelling, and where everyone has a voice - YouTube India will not only offer Indian users more relevant content but also provide a platform to share India's unique and diverse culture and lifestyle with the largest online video community in the world."

"YouTube allows anyone with a simple web camera or even a cell phone to create content, connect, and converse with each other through the medium of video," said Sakina Arsiwala, International manager, YouTube. "It provides a powerful way for people to express themselves. From a home video to a magic show to classroom lectures or working professionals connecting with their families in another city, YouTube is about communication and not just entertainment," she added.

In India, YouTube has already signed partnerships with Eros Entertainment, Rajshri Films, IIFA, Ministry of Tourism, IIT Delhi, NDTV, UTV, Zoom TV, India TV and Krishcricket, to name a few, and will continue to work with a range of partners, across a range of genres, to bring Indian content to more people in new ways.

India Military Gears Up for Cyber Warfare

2008-05-01T22:52:00.000-07:00

Guarding the borders, fighting militants and training for blitzkrieg battles is just not enough now. Facing mounting attacks in the virtual world, the Indian Army is not going high-tech. It is gearing up for battles in the digitised battlefield as well.

The ongoing army commanders' conference, chaired by General Deepak Kapoor, has decided to boost the "cyber-security" of its information networks right down to the level of divisions, which are basically field formations with over 15,000 troops.

Apart from creating cyber-security organisations down to the division-level to guard against cyber warfare and data thefts, the Army top brass has also underlined the urgent need for "periodic cyber-security audits" by the Army Cyber Security Establishment (ACSE).

"The most advanced armies in the world like the US one also face 3,000 to 4,000 attempts a year to hack their networks. As our Army boosts its infotech levels, we also become more vulnerable to such threats. Future conflicts will be fought by 'networks'," said a senior officer.

Both China and Pakistan, for instance, are bolstering their cyber-warfare or information warfare capabilities at a rapid clip. China, in particular, has made cyber-warfare one of its topmost military priorities, with Chinese hackers breaking into sensitive computer networks of the US, UK, Germany and even India on a regular basis.

"By crippling or destroying an adversary's economic, communication and strategic networks and infrastructure, cyber-warfare can even prove more deadly than ballistic missile strikes. It can, for instance, be in the form of denial-of-service cyber-attacks and paralysing computer viruses," said another officer.

The Indian armed forces, of course, are also trying to hone their information warfare weapons as well as enhance their C4ISR (command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance) capabilities.

The tri-service integrated defence staff, on its part, has also come out with an information warfare doctrine. But the progress is slow compared to the infotech boom in the civilian arena.

Even as the armed forces take some strides forward on the infotech superhighway, the need to protect their own systems from cyber-attacks of hostile forces is increasingly being felt.

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X3 Service Pack

2008-05-01T02:31:00.000-07:00

A small incompatibility with a relatively rare software package has held up the SP3 release train for the time being, but users can still snag the files from Microsoft.

Though Microsoft had previously announced that it would be releasing Windows XP Service Pack 3 to the Web on Tuesday, the company backed off its decision in the eleventh hour due to a glitch it discovered with certain software. The official service pack release will now be delayed until Microsoft can build a filter to keep those with the problematic software from installing it, but the files are still available on Microsoft’s server, despite the lack of a proper release.

“In the last few days, we have uncovered a compatibility issue between Microsoft Dynamics Retail Management System (RMS) and both Windows XP SP3 and Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1),” said Microsoft’s Windows release manager Chris Keroack in an official forum posting.”In order to make sure customers have the best possible experience, we have decided to delay releasing Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) to the web.”

While Microsoft advises those with the Microsoft Dynamics RMS not to install the update, the overwhelming majority of users without such software installed can still download the update by directly accessing the files on Microsoft’s servers. The English 32-bit version is available here.

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Intel Announces Smallest Processors For Low Cost PC

2008-03-04T01:35:00.000-08:00

Tej Kohli brings you the latest news courtesy itvarnews.
The Intel Atom processor will be the name for a new family of low-power processors designed specifically for mobile Internet devices (MIDs) and a new class of simple and affordable Internet-centric computers arriving later this year. Together, these new market segments represent a significant new opportunity to grow the overall market for Intel silicon using the Intel Atom processor as the foundation. The company also announced the Intel Centrino Atom processor technology for MID platforms, consisting of multiple chips that enable the best Internet experience in a pocketable device. The Intel Atom processor is based on an entirely new microarchitecture designed specifically for small devices and low power, while maintaining the Intel Core 2 Duo instruction set compatibility consumers are accustomed to when using a standard PC and the Internet. The design also includes support for multiple threads for better performance and increased system responsiveness. All of this on a chip that measures less than 25 mmÂ², making it Intel's smallest and lowest power processor yet. Up to 11 Intel Atom processor die -- the tiny slivers of silicon packed with 47 million transistors each -- would fit in an area the size of an American penny.

'IT Modernization Should Be Top Priority For CIOs'

2008-02-26T22:34:00.001-08:00

Tej Kohli is passionate about IT. Read an article quoted from networkcomputing.
IT management teams must place modernizing strategic planning at the core of their 2008 objectives and immediately apply this capability to IT modernization efforts, according to Gartner. By year-end 2010, more than one-third of all application projects will be driven by the need to deal with technology or skills obsolescence.
Gartner defines IT modernization as a movement that includes market forces, strategies and approaches to manage the ongoing, coordinated evolution of the business process, application and supporting technology portfolios to achieve an optimized value, cost and risk objective.
“Our research with thousands of clients across multiple geographic locations and industries shows that most CIOs are struggling to cope with a set of portfolios in which an overwhelming percentage of the artifacts need to be retired and replaced within a comparatively short period of time — between 2008 and 2015,” said Dale Vecchio, research vice president at Gartner.
“The scale of obsolescence in the set of portfolios is a major problem in its own right, but it is compounded by the lack of integrated planning capability within many IT management teams,” said Andy Kyte, vice president and Gartner Fellow. “IT modernization cannot be addressed as a short-term panic-response project because it is large and complex, and it requires the wholehearted commitment of all the IT management team and many of the business clients as well.”