Cool Gadgets

Cool GadgetsWhile walking out in the street, you may find some stranger carrying some fancy gadget and ofcourse it got your attraction. Both men and women look forward to check out the latest gadgets available in market. I intent to introduce some of the best tech gadgets you can ever lay your hands upon and these are said to be “the coolest gadgets of 2009”.

Video Phone for Deaf

It's nice to see a well-designed device that also addresses problems that many of us

will never have to deal with, like being deaf. This wireless touchscreen videophone from Viable is a fully functioning videophone that also happens to have been designed by a deaf person. In fact, Viable is a deaf-

owned company whose tablet-sized VPAD+ gives instant access to ViableVRS, a video-based telephone interpreting service that allows the user to use sign language with a skilled intermediary who then relays the phone conversation. The VPAD+ uses flashing LED lights for alerts and has Bluetooth connectivity as well as dual USB ports and A/V in/outs.

Exergaming

With the incredible success of the Wii Fit, we expected to see some more forays into exercise gaming(Exergaming) at this year. One of the first products

to catch our eye was the jOG from New Concept Gaming. This motion sensing controller, which consists of a pedometer that clips onto your belt and also plugs right into your Wiimote, lets you control gameplay onscreen by jogging, all while counting the steps you take. Once connected, no matter what game it is that you’re playing, you’ll need to be moving your legs as if you were running or jogging. If you stop, then your character within the game (for example, if you were playing Shrek) stops moving… thus you die - that’s no fun! It may not sound very fun, but for those who really need the exercise will bound to shred loads of jOG also has a pedometer attached so it counts how many steps you’ve done, I’m pretty sure you’d be amazed how many steps will have been taken in order to play a few minutes of Wii.

Mutton Kheema

Today I have prepared one of my favorite Non vegetarian recipe - Mutton Kheema. Since I don't know how to prepare(haha), somehow I managed to get it. In the End it was awesome. I didn't expected that much too(LOL). I wanna to share this experience.

Things to get:

Mutton finely chopped for Kheema - 250gm

Tomato - 1 nos.

Onion - 1 nos.

Ginger Garlic Paste.

Chilli Powder.

Coriander Powder.

Salt.

Oil or Ghee.

Before We Start:

Cut onions into fine pieces.

Smash the tomatos.

Clean the mutton with fresh water.

Here you go:

Add 1 spoon of oil in pan and allow it to heat in low flame.

Now, add the onions and ginger garlic paste. Fry these and make sure the raw smell of onions are gone.(Prob in 5 min's)

Add the grinded tomato mix to it. Leave it for 5 more min's.

Bring the Mutton Kheema and add it to the mixture. Add half glass of water.

Here come the masala's --> add 2 spn of Chilli powder, 1 spn of coriander powder. Salt as per your wish.

Cook the mixture for 15-20min's. Hopefully by this time mutton cooked well. If you have mint leaves split when you bring down.

Hot Kheema is ready to serve. Kheema will go with Rice/Rotti/Chappathi.

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Temperature Low in Bangalore

For the last couple of days the temperature in Bangalore have come down to a certain level. Still the SUN struggles to show his face. Cool breeze flows all through out the day.

I travelled in an auto in early morning , its full of Chill Breeze singing melody song in my ears. That is awesome. Not even can able to hold that cold. Almost I am freezing, yet I enjoyed the ride. 

Ducks at Petrol Bank

Its been a long time dream. No one of our family have been before here. It has been fulfilled today only. 

Do you know what is the dream and whom's dream is fullfilled .... Ducks !!

Finally the dream day for those ducks came as Petrol banks strike.

Phoenix HyperSpace

My Concern (Phoenix Technologies) launched a fast-booting Linux add-on for Windows PCs at CES. 

Imagine a light-weight Linux-based operating system for surfing the Web that cold boots in about 30 seconds and wakes from sleep in under 4 seconds

For More Detailed Explanations:

Plz Visit our Web Links:

http://www.hyperspace.com/

http://blog.laptopmag.com/hyperspace-hands-on

2008 a Small Review

2008 was a year full of surprises in the world of sports. Who would have expected the Indian haul of medals in the Olympics, or the slide of Australia in cricket. And who would have thought Roger Federer losing his top spot to nemesis Rafael Nadal or Ganguly and Kumble playing their last.

Just a few of some of the big happenings:

Sportspersons who made

 headlines 

• Abhinav Bindra wins gold at Olympics.
• Sushil Kumar and Vijender Singh capture bronze in wrestling and boxing at Olympics.
• Ronjan Sodhi bags gold in double trap gold at shotgun World Cup
• Saina Nehwal is ranked world no. 10 and Anand Pawar in top 100
• Vishwanathan Anand wins world title after vanquishing Vladmir Karmik
• Virender Sehwag joins Lara and Bradman to be the only players to score two test triple hundreds.
• Tendulkar is now world’s highest test-runs scorer.
• Anil Kumble and Saurav Ganguly retired.
• S.S.P Chowrasia wins his maiden European Tour event, Emaar MGF India Masters, in Delhi. 

International Personalities Who Made News 

• Barack Obama – made history by becoming the first African American to be elected for the top job at White House.
• Michael Jackson – converted to Islam and changed name from Michael to Mikaeel
• Michael Phelps – American swimmer who has won 14 Olympic gold medals, more than anyone in history.
• Fidel Castro - the undisputed leader of Cuba from 1959 until 2008, when he stepped down making way for Raul Castro.
• Ingrid Betancourt - the 47-year-old Colombian-French citizen, held for 6 years by FARC (Revolutionary armed forces of Colombia) from 2002 till she was rescued in 2008.
• Robert Gates - who assumed leadership in pentagon in 2006 under Bush Administration, is to continue in Osama’s new administration.
• Asif Ali Zardari – President of Pakistan and husband of late Pak PM Benazir Butto. With Islamic militancy on rise and Pakistan on the verge economic collapse, he has a big job in hand. 
• Carla Bruni – Supermodel-turned pop-singer, made headlines for her affair with French President Sarkozy. After a brief romance they married on 2 February 2008 at Paris.

Money and Capital Market

• Reliance power raises $ 3 bn within a minute. This becomes India’s biggest IPO.
• C.B. Bhave takes over as SEBI chairman.
• Duvvuri Subbarao was appointed the 22nd governor of the Reserve Bank of India.

Mergers and Acquisitions

• HDFC Bank and Centurion Bank of Punjab announced their merger, creating India’s largest bank in terms of branches.
• Japanese drug firm Daiichi Sankyo buys a majority stake in Ranbaxy for over Rs. 15, 000 crore
• India’s largest IT services company Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) acquires Citigroup’s BPO arm Citigroup Global Services (CGSL) for $505 million (Rs 2,424 crore) in an all-cash deal.

Corporate World In News 

• Tata group is world’s 6^th most reputed company in ‘Global: 200’ compiled by Reputation Institute, USA.
• The Ambani Brothers named among the world’s 100 most influential and powerful by ‘Vanity Fair’.
• Tata relocatedsNano plant from Singur to Sanand in Ahmedabad. .
• Reliance Industries (RIL) Chairman Mukesh Ambani with net worth of $20.8 billion, displaces Lakshmi Mittal to become the richest Indian in the world

Other events that made headlines

• Kalka-Shimla Railway line is included in UNESCO Heritage list.
• Aravind Adiga becomes the fourth debut novelist to win the coveted Man Booker Prize for his novel, “The White Tiger”.
• Chandrayaan 1 successfully launched on 22^nd October from Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota.