The web giant Google unveiled their new baby “Chrome OS” on last Thursday. After their product Chrome Web Browser the giant hopes heavily on their new baby. The point to be considered is that whether it would bare the same fate of T-Mobile loaded with Android. Anyways lets wish them a big leap for them.

Google on Thursday provided a peek beneath the hood of its new Chrome OS, making the software public and promising it will run netbooks by the end of the next year. Google- crafted Chrome OS will be tailored exclusively  for applications hosted as services in the Internt “cloud” and debut on low-cost bare-bones netbooks that have been a booming segment of the laptop computer market.

” We believe there is a better model of computing we can give users”, Vice President of Chrome OS Sundar Pichai said while demonstrating the inprogess software at Google’s HQ in Mountain View, California.

Google is working with computer makers to build Chrome OS into Netbooks to be available in stores in time for holiday shopping at the end of 2010. Chrome OS will  only be available pre- loaded on Netbooks that are compatiable with the software, according to Mr. Pichai. Google made the Chrome OS code available Thursday to outside developers so they could start crafting software or applications to work with the system.

Anyways a jump is made by Google. Now its time to wait and see what will happen..!!

Apple might be getting ready to offer some steep discounts onBlack Friday that could save you hundreds of dollars on iPods, Macs, and Apple software. The only problem is that it’s all rumor and conjecture at this point. The source of this supposed watershed sales event is a leaked flyer said to be from Apple that surfaced on Boy Genius Report late Monday.

The ad details three gigantic discounts, including up to 30 percent off all iPods (excluding the iPhone and iPod shuffle), up to 25 percent off all Macs, and up to 15 percent off all accessories, Apple software, and Apple hardware. By comparison, highlights from Apple’s 2008 Black Friday dealsincluded $101 off the 2GHz unibody MacBook, $51 off a 20-inch iMac, $11 off an 8GB iPod Nano and $21 off a 160GB Apple TV.

Slash ’em Steve

If true, this year’s Apple sale would be a huge change from previous years (which automatically suggests the ad is bogus). However, there are a few details in the ad that suggest it could be the real deal. Note that each sale item says “up to” so much percent off.

That could mean Apple will offer bigger discounts on one or two models in each category like 25 percent off the 13-inch white MacBook, or possibly 30 percent off the iPod classic. The rest of the items could then be offered with significantly smaller discounts like four percent off the 21.5-inch iMac, which would be close to last year’s 20-inch iMac deal. The supposed ad also doesn’t make clear whether the Black Friday deals will be available through Apple’s online store as they have been in the past.

What about those numbers?

But why would Apple offer such huge discounts, when the company has been reporting record profits all year? Perhaps with the dwindling popularity of the iPod in favor of the iPhone, Apple is afraid it will lose holiday traffic looking for lower-priced Apple goodies. Or maybe Apple has excess stock it needs to unload before announcing new products in January.

I suppose anything’s possible, but every year there’s an Apple Black Friday rumor, and every year it proves to be wrong. But man, I hope this year’s rumor is right.

In Reference from: Macworld

In this media-tech world, everyone tries to get into the highest peak announcing their glory. The best example is the ad-wars between the brands taking place now a days. And this war doesn’t keep within the limits of product brands. Medias are too involved in this war trying to make their mark. What ever it be, its clear that Malayala Manorama is the only malayalam newspaper having the highest subscription.

So what made Malayala Manorama achieve this height..?? Well you guys may say that they provide the latest exclusive news and goes on the list.. !! Well its true that they provide the latest news and this made them very popular…. More specifically they get the news even which other media even doesn’t get3.. And this is why they became so popular….. Getting confused..?? Check this news which was published in the Malayala Manorama website and you guys will understand what i actually mean…!! [;)]

And they even say that their media products Balarama and Vanitha are also the no. 1 in India… And really I’m very thrilled and anxious to know of that what they did to achieve these rankings……

well copying anything like, scene shots, music etc is not a new introductory to the malluwood..!! most of the films will have something of other films especially from hollywood..!! now the trend has reached the television serials…!! talking about the serials again its not an new thing to its world.. they do copy music and stuffs…

But the funny thing that i noticed was the copying made by a religious serial which is a tide in most of the houses… the serial is none other than “Alphonsamma ” Well I do not watch serials… But my family members do watch it..!! and ” Alphonsamma ” includes in their in serial list too..!! SO rather than watching i always get chances to hear the dialogues and all..!!

Yesterday the same happened..!! The serial was on its reel and ma family members were watching it ..!! suddenly i noticed a background change..!! Its the song from ” Titanic”… I even thought what made my family members to change the channel and i came in..!! But unfortunately, there was no change in the channel… The music is from the serial itself.. and scene was Sr. Alphonse praying just before becoming the part of the congregation..!! Ah.. what nice background… …

And still its not yet over..!! next is the speech given by the bishop.. And the music is from the famous hollywood film “Gladiator”… hoo.. .and still the copy is not yet over..!!

the very next copy is for a scene that Sr. Alphonse aunt is in vein and telling all her sadness to her son.. and the background for that is the music of another famous hollywood film “Pirates of the Caribbean..”..

Oh my god… what is this crap al about..??

Well at this moment I remember the famous words of Steve Jobs (CEO, Apple Inc.)

“Good Artist copy.. and great artists steal..”… But did he actually mean to happen like this..?????

well  as all the dramas are performing lively on stage, the only question is that ” Is Kerala Government Crumbling..?? “

The lok-sabha election results totally kicked the Kerala government..!! Kannur District which was considered as their own playground….. Sad to say that UDF won in that very playground…!

Well actually what will be the reason for all these..?? Well i do know that the discussions have already started… But did LDF government fail due to Achuthanathan’s behavior..>?? Or did they fail due to the Lavlin Issues..???

Well what ever it may be .. lets go to the past… the days and weeks before the elections….!!

The ruling party was very confident that they will win and even they announced that they will have 17 or 18 seats… and this announcement was reported by the indiavision reporters..!!! Even at this high end confidence why couldn’t they  make to a 2 digit result..??? hmm…

Even they strongly believed that the alliance with the PDP will help them win..!! But still..!!!

And now all after the elections when the meeting is called CPI and the PDP members are standing behind the boundaries…!!! And it is being reported the party meeting goes maximum upto 10mins…!! So will these all be the end of the CPI future..???

If we take the situations inside the government all the ministers except 3 of them were against the chief minister..!! So actually according to latest status the kerala government is similar to a place build of cards…!!!

After all these issues the government is stilling crawling the Educational problems with the Managements and thus trying to spoil the future of the generation yet again..!!!! And also the dream project “Dubai City”… will it come to kerala if the government is given an time period of 10 – 20 years consecutively….??????

So is the kerala government crumbling due its own acts… or due its relationships… or due to the one and only chief minister….?????

And can the government retain its glamourous status of the early days….??????

hmm..!! Everyone is fond of playing games..! especially playing NFS…. Well NFS : Undercover is the latest addition to the NFS family……!! A new child born with great hope and new dreams for accomplishment..!! 

    I am not into NFS very much..!! But really got interested when i played NFS : MOST WANTED… After playing it i really got interested in playing NFS and so bought a copy of the new NFS child..!! 

         Unfortunately everything turned out ulta… It needs more configuration but not at all impressive .. The only race mission which i liked was the kill mission..! !and also the chase race also seems good..!! but the checkpoint, bounty stuffs didn’t make it as the NFS : MW..

   Anyways hoping that the new version will make a nice hit…!!

Shashi Tharoor, born on 9 March 1956 is an Indian diplomat and writer who has been known mostly for his having worked as an Indian diplomat at the United Nations. In 2006, he was the official candidate of India for the office of United Nations Secretary-General, and came second out of seven official candidates in the race. Tharoor served as the UN Under-Secretary General for Communications and Public Information between June 2002 and February 2007, during the term of Secretary-General Kofi Annan. He is an author, journalist, and fellow of the USC Center on Public Diplomacy.
Tharoor was recently declared as the Indian National Congress candidate of the Trivandrum constituency in Kerala for the General Elections in 2009.

Why should you support him?

• He has a Ph.D, two masters degree and is a graduate from St. Stephen’s College, Delhi. A rare breed of educated politicians.
• Tharoor’s was an exceptional UN career, rising as he did from the P-2 level to the highest possible rank of Under-Secretary-General in a mere 23 years.
• He has a reputation in the UN for being a reformer by action. Something Indian politics really need at this hour.
• Shashi Tharoor’s resume and work experience is way better than other candidates in almost all of Kerala.

Silly Allegations against Shashi Tharoor

• He does not have an address in Kerala. (Dont worry folks, we will buy him a house here)
• He insulted the National Anthem By placing his hand on his heart (American Style). I think of it as passionate way of respecting the national anthem.

What can you do to support him?

You can blog about Shashi Tharoor and tell people the best reasons to vote for him. You can compare him with other candidates in the constituency. Put up support badges in your blog. Share information about Tharoor on social media websites.

Aspirations – aspire, align, achieve  

Aspirations 2020 is a unique platform introduced by Infosys as part of its Campus Connect initiative to bring the best of engineering talent from across India together to interact, enjoy and learn from each other while winning a few accolades and fame in the bargain.

Engineering students from 156 Campus Connect colleges across 14 different Zones will take up the Aspirations 2020 challenge with great zeal.

       Hmm, Aspirations – may be the dream project of Infosys to get the campuses connected with technology after the flop of their previous dream project Campus Connect.  I said campus connect was a flop because after the roadshow that they have done we students haven’t seen them yet in our campus to get us connected.. and now they came up something else… Aspirations - an technical colloquium intended for the campuses all over India. 

                Now let me come to the err. Well the competition was given great publicity and moreover the students were very excited to participate in an event that was conducted by one of the Big Daddy in the Software Industry.. yeah really a very rare chance to get..!!  

                           Many of the students got registered and finally the day of the teaser round came. Many students tried to login but they couldn’t because the site was not showing up. Another thing is that many students those have registered didn’t receive the username and password to login… (very bad..!!). The very next thing is about an event ” Quiz ” – they conducted the quiz online and the funniest thing is that almost all the students have done the quiz by Googling…. so what is the purpose with the event Quiz..??? 

                   ” Programming ” was their must-do event. But still it was a big crap because students those doesn’t know to code got it done by others skilled in it… so any deal for that event too..???????

                  Next, this is the very big bullz-eye which made me angry to a great extent..!! well many students did register and did participate in the event.. After the teaser round the list of the selected students were published…. And that list had the names of the students even who hadn’t even seen the aspirations competition platform but they  registered for it…. !!!! Is this fair..??? Should this happen..??? If students who haven’t participated in the competition were given more consideration why should have they conducted these type of big crap..??? 

Should the Infosys mess up with their own event..???? What the heck are they trying to show or prove..??? Trying to prove that they are just a bunch of techie show offs..????

If the same event was conducted by some students or student organizations I think it would be much and much more better than the Big Daddy’s big mess…!!!

Well all of us have a lots of friends. Some are dear, some others are very dear and some others are more than that to us. Whatever close relations we have with each other its natural among friends to give gifts to each other… 

       In my case I too do have a lots of friends. Many are dear, some other very dear and it goes on like the description above. Well I do also get many gifts and I do give gifts to them (occassionally only.. … Can’t say like that because we usually go for outing and do treats than giving gifts..!!  ). What ever it be.. Today I like to share about a gift that we (mainly I) wont ever imagine that we would get. 

               Well I think u guys are thinking to a large extent and hoping a very priceless gift..!! Well, yeah its a very priceless gift..!!  [ Its very valuable to me and I haven't yet lost it..!! ].

                The gift is a poem...  ….a poem on the friendship… a poem on the relation between my friend and me…!! Well the poem is written by a girl…:D:P;)…. 

 and the interesting fact is that I got this poem on the 24th day of my first year class in my very own Engineering College..!!!!   

      Well I have very great intention to upload the poem. But since my friend said that the poem is only dedicated to me and she doesn’t want to showcase the poem to the outside world… ( because she says that the poem belongs only to me and so there is no need of others reading it..!! ).. .Nice aahhh.. 

           I strongly believe that there will no guy in my knowledge that has got a variety and special gift like this from a friend..!! And I also pray for each and everyone to get a rememberable gift like this….. ( not a peom… may be some other thing)

and i dedicate this quote to the very special friend of mine…

“Even though we’ve changed and we’re all finding our own place in the world, we all know that when the tears fall or the smile spreads across our face, we’ll come to each other because no matter where this crazy world takes us, nothing will ever change so much to the point where we’re not all still friends.”   

“Strike”, its a common term used or heard in almost all engineering colleges [especially in Govt. Engineering Colleges..] Today  I am gonna post a strike story which happened in an engineering college in Central Travancore few days before..!! 

        Everything started with a fight between seniors and junior.. I said seniors and “junior”  because the fight was between complete third year senior batch in one side and a single junior class in the other side..!! So as you can imagine the ball is in the seniors field..!! hehehe.. 

                The fight began and the as usual the staff interrupted it..!!! (Doesn’t these guys have any other job..?? ) You guys may think why I said so.. Because the all whole gang hit only 3 students of the junior class… and moreover these guys were getting this treatment from the initial stage itself..! Almost all the senior batch in the college (3rd years) have already given them the treatment..! hihihi…

   Sorry I travelled away from the matter.. Well the teachers interrupted the fight and the team members were called upon for a talk..  Even that time these MF* (sorry to use this..!! ) 3 juniors didn’t show any respect to the teachers ho tried to solve the problem.. They talked very rough to them and even raised their hand against them and even used bad words..!!

                      Finally when the action came from the council, the 3rd year team got suspension and extra bonus features.. (They need to call their parents, need to pay a fine of Rs.500 each…. Nice way to make money for the college..) and the away team (juniors), they just need to pay  Rs. 500 and need to call their parents…. No bonus features for them..!! The action was taken without any investigation or nothing..!! 

                                     So is the fight or the misbehavior against the staff a serious offense..??? Of-course  for me both are serious offense but the misbehavior is far more serious..!! But it was just the reverse for the management..!!!  They didn’t see any mistake in that..!! 

                               Thats not fair..!! There can’t be two dishes in a marriage.. one for local invitations and one for VIPs..!! So the students planned to protest against this…!!! The strike started..!! Bad for the initiators.. It was the first strike and so none had any idea..!! The strike started and no responses were there from the staff / management..!! Every single teacher was watching and enjoying the strike as if they were watching a comedy film.!! All the 3rd year students united and took part in the strike..!!  Nothing special for day one of the strike.. Everyone packed up and waited next day to knew the response of the management..!! 

                                                         No responses from the management side..!! The students continued the show..!! Finally everyone became serious… Well a nice and cunning teacher took this opportunity and called the home of each student of her class and told that ” your child is taking part in the strike..!! He is not allowing the classes to go on..blah blah..! ” Unfortunate for the teacher..! When called a parent and said the same dialogue the parent’s response was like this “Is it..! Oh my god.. But miss, my boy haven’t gone to college today..! He is here at home since he is suffering from fever..! “….. hahahaha.. What to say, the teacher disconnected the phone at a glance..!!! 

                               Well by the end of the second day, one the staff used some bad word against the students..!! Is that the way they should behave..??? Well instead of calling the PTA members and calling a discussion between the students, the teachers didn’t take a single step..!! Nice way t o manage such situations..!! Well by the end of the second day, the identity cards was collected by the staff saying that “those who wish to participate in the strike should give their id cards.. ” The management thought that the students will skip the strike, but the reverse happened…  everyone gave away their tags.. and the show of the second day was over..! 

                        The next day bloomed up..! Well the day had a speciality..! It was the series exam day..! Since the problem wasn’t yet solved the whole 3rd year students (except 6 chickens ) bunked the exam… and everything ended up with the suspension of the complete 3rd years and still no action against the juniors..!! Even after this the parents are called to come to college for the PTA meeting..!!

               Is this the way to solve the problem..?? Well the teachers / management could have solved this problem by taking the right actions..!! And while ringing up the home the same teacher which i specified above said same blah blah blahs and they also said that your son / daughter needn’t to take part in the strike.. they would have given them the whole protection and all..!!

Lemme ask.. how long can these a**h***s give the protection..?? for the complete time period until this students get graduated..???  Huh… well the PTA meeting is next day.. well the 3rd warriors were enjoying a week of no classes..!!! Hoping that the management will at-least now show some  guts and take the necessary action..!! Well whom are they afraid of taking the actions..?? Why are they treating students separately..??