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windows uses 20 percentage of internet !!
July 5th, 2010
When one network is connected to another network through a slow link or connection, such as a dial-up line, a situation can exist that will increase the delay of traffic that is traversing the slow link. This delay occurs because of the speed mismatch between what the end stations in the communication know about, and the slow link. The slow link causes a bottleneck in the network path. This applies only to connection-oriented communication when you use TCP.
If the receiving client is running on a relatively fast network, such as a 100 megabytes per second Ethernet network, behind a computer that is running Windows XP with the Internet Connection Sharing service, and the server that this receiver is communicating with is behind a remote access on a fast network, the mismatch exists. In this scenario, the receiver’s receive window is set to a large value that is based on the speed of the link the receiver is connected to. The sender starts out by sending at a slow rate, but if packets are not lost, the sender eventually sends almost a full window size of packets.
This scenario can affect the performance of other TCP connections that traverse the same network. Packets sit in a potentially large queue and wait to be transmitted over the slow network. If packet loss occurs, data has to be retransmitted, and this also congests the link.
The solution to this issue is to have the computer that is running Internet Connection Sharing on the edge of the network automatically set the receive window to a smaller size that is appropriate to the slow link. This setting overrides the receiver’s specification. This setting will not adversely affect traffic, because the window size is being set as if the receiver were connected directly to the slow link. The QoS Packet Scheduler component that is running on the Internet Connection Sharing computer makes this window adjustment.
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Lamborghini unveils sports car priced at Rs 3.6 cr
June 2nd, 2010
Italian luxury car maker, Lamborghini today unveiled the limited edition of its fastest sports car Murcielago LP 670-4 SuperVeloce in India priced at Rs 3.6 crore (ex-showroom).
The new car comes with a 6.5 litre V12 petrol engine and can speed from zero to 100 kilometer per hour in 3.2 seconds. It has a maximum speed of 342 kilometer per hour and the company will introduce only 350 units of the high-end model in the country.
“We are thrilled to launch the limited edition of Lamborghini Murcielago LP 670-4 SuperVeloce for our discerning customers. With its outstanding performance, razor-sharp precision and exceptional high-speed stability, the car is the ultimate performer for advanced sports car drivers,” Exclusive Motors Managing Director Satya Bagla said.
Exclusive Motors is the sole distributor of Lamborghini in the country and also operates the only Indian dealership of the Italian car maker in Delhi.
The new car will be shipped-in as a completely built unit (CBU) from Lamborghini’s facility at Sant’Agata in Italy.
It is built with lightweight materials and hi-tech carbon fiber – its transmission tunnel and floor are made of carbon fiber, the roof and exterior door panels are carved from sheet steel and carbon composite material is used to make the rest of the outer skin.
It is fitted with upward opening doors and the interior has sports bucket seats.
The car’s V12 engine is of 670 horsepower and consists of 12 cylinders.
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Facebook Faces Privacy Concerns
May 16th, 2010
Facebook boasts 400 million users and billions of display ad impressions, but the latest privacy concerns have some users threatening to delete their accounts with the social networking service. Additionally, a survey indicates that negative perceptions of Facebook are on the rise among older users. To counteract this, Facebook has issued new security tools, along with assurances that it does everything possible to protect individual privacy.
For Facebook, it’s the best and worst of times.
On one hand, the social networking site now boasts 400 million users, and new data from analytics company ComScore suggests it earned about 176 billion display ad impressions in the first quarter of 2010, good enough to place it ahead of Yahoo and Microsoft. Facebook’s newly redesigned site, according to Jefferies and Co. analyst Youssef Squali, offers more opportunities for ads per page; if its subscriber numbers continue to grow, Facebook’s CPMs (costs per thousand impressions) could eventually pass those of Microsoft’s or Yahoo’s sites.
On the other had, though, Facebook now faces something of an uprising from users increasingly concerned about the Website’s privacy controls and how their personal information may be used to increase that all-important ad revenue. On May 13, a European group of data protection authorities sent Facebook a letter complaining that alterations to the Website have potentially “changed the default settings on its social networking platform to the detriment of a user.” And U.S. lawmakers have been urging the Federal Trade Commission to take action regarding social networking sites’ privacy controls.
A YouGov BrandIndex survey found that the “buzz score” for Facebook among users over the age of 35 had dropped from 26.7 to 21.2 in the past few months, indicating a more negative perception of the site for that age group. At the same time, however, “buzz” among 18-to-24-year-olds rose from 32.8 to 44.8. Given the time frame, that negativity among older Facebook users could very well be due to privacy concerns.
“Social networks don’t have to be at odds with protecting privacy,” said Jeff Chester, executive director of the Center for Digital Democracy. “The problem is when companies like Facebook become obsessed with monetizing every bit of their members’ data, and throw caring about privacy out the digital window. A responsible social network can balance generating profits with also protecting privacy.”
On May 13, Facebook hosted an internal all-hands meeting, apparently to discuss privacy issues. Simultaneously, the company issued two new security features designed to protect user accounts. Previously, one of Facebook’s top executives made comments designed to tamp down users’ privacy fears.
“It’s clear that despite our efforts, we are not doing a good-enough job [of] communicating the changes that we’re making,” Elliot Schrage, vice president for public policy at Facebook, wrote May 11 on The New York Times’ Bits blog. “Even worse, our extensive efforts to provide users greater control over what and how they share appear to be too confusing for some of our more than 400 million users. That’s not acceptable or sustainable.”
As part of the solution, Schrage proposed that Facebook users become “fans” of the About Facebook Page and Facebook Site Governance Page, which provide company policy updates. “At the same time, we will work to make our settings easier and simpler,” Schrage wrote. “Our desire to innovate and create new opportunities for people to share sometimes conflicts with our goal [of creating] an easy and accessible user experience.”
Additionally, Schrage claimed that Facebook cares about users’ privacy: “My biggest concern reading these comments has been the incorrect perception that we don’t care about user privacy or that we’ll sacrifice user privacy in exchange for advertising. That’s just not true.”
Despite the public-relations press by Facebook executives, however, the irritation felt by many users seems to have continued unabated.
“Facebook protects its users from hackers,” one commenter wrote below CNN’s “Facebook Launches New Security Feature” article May 14, “but raids each user’s information for marketing purposes and, with the recent update, has made user profiles nothing more than a checklist of ‘like’ pages, groups and activities.”
Another commenter asked, “How do you feel about being bombarded with advertising and spam targeted specifically to you based on the info you put on Facebook?”
“You should know that when you add friends, upload content, interact, state preferences, everything you do on Facebook, every action is monitored and recorded for use and sale by Facebook,” wrote yet another commenter. “You should know that even when you set your privacy controls to a high level it only affects other users. It doesn’t protect your information from Facebook.”
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Nokia C3
April 27th, 2010
Just a few weeks after the new low priced QWERTY keypad laden handsets were introduced by Nokia, the company has decided to launch them in India. All the three new phones, the C3, the C6 and the E5 have been launched in the country ahead of their international launches. All these phones target the low to mid-range segment where the maximum volume of sales happen these days. With a deluge of feature packed phones from “not-so-famous” manufacturers raking up huge sales in this segment, Nokia felt it couldn’t delay the launch of these phones any longer. The prices of the devices start from Rs. 5,300. This, however, is still way more expensive compared to devices from companies like Micromax and Intex who sell QWERTY keyboard laden devices for as little as Rs. 2,000. They even possess Dual SIM capabilities which these Nokia’s lack.
However, what you do get with Nokia are the services that come bundled with the phone. All these new phones, for example, come preinstalled with Nokia’s new free push email service, Nokia Messaging. Nokia Messaging if you’re not aware, aggregates multiple email accounts through one client. It supports configuration of upto 10 email accounts on a single device.
Let’s now take a look at the phones that have been launched.
The Nokia C3 happens to hold the distinction of being the first QWERTY keypad laden S40 device. The C3 is the lowest priced amongst the handsets released yesterday and features an easy to use home screen from where users have direct access to social networks. People can view, comment, update their status and share pictures to their favourite social networks such as Facebook and Twitter. It boasts of a 2.4-inch screen and also supports Ovi Mail and Ovi Chat. The C3 comes with Wi-Fi as well! There is a basic 2 megapixel camera at the rear. The phone supports memory expansion and can take up to 8GB of memory using microSD cards. The C3 is priced at Rs. 5,317
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April 27th, 2010
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Google ‘99.9%’ Sure To Shut China Search Engine
April 6th, 2010
Talks with China over censorship have reached an apparent impasse and Google, the world’s largest search engine, is now “99.9 percent” certain to shut its Chinese search engine, the Financial Times said on Saturday.
A Google spokeswoman would neither confirm nor deny the report to Wired.com, saying only, “We can’t confirm that story.” Google also declined to elaborate on any aspect of the conflict or talks with the Chinese government.
The Financial Times said in a report on its website Google had drawn up detailed plans for closing its Chinese search engine.
The newspaper cited a person familiar with the company’s thinking as saying that, while a decision could be made very soon, Google was likely to take some time to follow through with its plans.
That would be in order to bring about an orderly closure as the company takes steps to protect local employees from retaliation by authorities, it said.
China warned Google on Friday against flouting the country’s laws, as expectations grow for a resolution to a public battle over censorship and cyber-security.
Google shocked business and political circles in January when it threatened to pull out of China if it could not offer an unfiltered Chinese search engine. The threat came after cyber attacks originating from China on it and about 30 other firms.
“If you don’t respect Chinese laws, you are unfriendly and irresponsible, and the consequences will be on you,” China’s Minister of Industry and Information Technology, Li Yizhong, told reporters on Friday in answer to a question on what China would do if Google.cn simply stopped filtering search results.
That came after the chief executive of Google, Eric Schmidt, said on Wednesday he hoped to announce soon a result to talks with Chinese authorities on offering an uncensored search engine in China.
The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology shares oversight of the Chinese Internet with a number of other bodies. Still more bureaucracies are involved in matters of foreign investment, complicating the Chinese government’s response to Google’s challenge.
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Limited acess Paypal india !!
March 4th, 2010
When we were waiting for the resuming of the transactions , this sudden limited access thing disappoints to a greater extent . Are these problems created by Indian reserve bank or the paypal taking revenge on Indians .
Am a Blogger who earns money by content writing in my blog.I got paid by few sites . Now paypal is asking me all the details of past records of payment since the payment was made via personal funds .
Will this problem be solved ??
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Tata Docomo: Sharing with friends
February 23rd, 2010
Willingly or not, sharing is something that is taken for granted between friends. With the same insight, Tata Docomo has extended its mobile community product, BuddyNet, into the social networking space.
Having started out as a closed user group with various benefits for users within the community, BuddyNet members can now avail of features like sharing talk time, music and free browsing of social network sites such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Nimbuzz on their Docomo powered mobile phones. Clearly, an attempt to make the best use of the ever growing popularity of the social networking boom on the Internet.
Social networking is the only practical way friends can stay connected in today’s time-stressed world. For marketers, it is not only an additional media vehicle but also a channel to build rich two way conversations with consumers. The idea of BuddyNet is, in some ways, inspired by the activities of our target group in the social networking world,” says Gurinder Singh Sandhu, head, marketing, Tata Docomo.
n the current phase of the campaign, two television commercials have been created by DraftFCB Ulka. The first TVC shows a young man frantically searching for something in his room. Soon, his friend points to a third friend, who is wearing the boxer shorts he was looking for. Sighing, he kicks his unassuming friend. The ad ends with the product message of sharing talk time on BuddyNet.
he other TVC shows a young man approaching his friends. His friends notice he has a black eye and ask him who gave him one. They roll up their sleeves and head to take on the other person involved in the brawl. Towards the end, all friends are shown with black eyes, indicating they were all beaten up. The message this time is free social networking access on BuddyNet.
The ads have been directed by Nikhil Rao of Chrome Pictures. Vasudha Misra, creative group head, DraftFCB Ulka is the copywriter.
“The brand talks the consumer language. We wanted to show a youthful, zingy way of sharing among friends. It is all about the ‘masti’ and not getting soppy as we explore this nature of friendship,” says KS Chakravarthy, national creative director, DraftFCB Ulka.
Sandhu says that the idea behind the ads was to link the product philosophy with “amplified versions of slice-of-life moments”.
“We wanted the visuals and the message to demonstrate how we at Tata Docomo understand the world of friendship and how our products focus on enriching this world,” he says.
The campaign will continue to focus on the insight of sharing between friends as more services under BuddyNet are revealed.
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Sony rolls out first Blu-ray 3D-ready player
February 14th, 2010
Sony is at the forefront of things yet again with the launch of its first Blu-ray 3D-ready player in the market, known as the BDP-S470 for those of you who absolutely love memorizing gizmos by their names. This model is not ready to display Blu-ray 3D content just yet, but it will be able to do so later this summer via a firmware upgrade, and we do believe that this is the same firmware which will enable the Sony PS3 to handle 3D playback over Blu-ray as well. Apart from that, Sony has also made known that its BDP-S570 Blu-ray Disc model and the BDV-E770W and BDV-E570 Blu-ray Disc home theater systems will be able to support Blu-ray 3D as well via their respective firmware updates this summer.
It was at the most recent CES where we were treated to a plethora of 3D TVs, including a live 3D performance by Taylor Swift before being whisked away to Los Angeles to attend another awards show. I digress – all the new models will not only be able to handle 3D playback support, but can also instantly stream movies, videos, music and more from Netflix, Amazon Video On Demand, YouTube, Slacker Internet Radio, Pandora (this Spring), NPR, Sony Pictures, Sony Music, and over 25 total providers through the Sony BRAVIA Internet Video platform as long as you have a decent broadband Internet connection.
Another unique selling point of these new models would appeal to iPhone and iPod touch owners, as long as they decide to control the players thanks to a free app called “BD Remote” which is downloadable via the Apple App store. This app will enable the iPhone or iPod touch to double up as a remote control, letting one access the Blu-ray Disc’s details including jacket artwork, actor, and production information from a highly portable device. All of Sony’s new stand-alone Blu-ray Disc players can start-up from power off in about three seconds, which makes it pretty speedy in comparison to its rivals. The Sony BDP-S470 Blu-ray Disc Player ought to hit the market sometime this month for around $200.
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Australia Racism to the core!!
January 21st, 2010
Amid allegations of racism in Australia, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd on Thursday said the recent attacks on Indian youths were “regrettable” but insisted that these should be seen in the context of broader incidences of violence against locals and students of other ethnic groups.
“Regrettably, there have been some incidents recently, let’s accept that, but let’s put it into context, and also in the context of, let’s call it, the broader incidences of violence to students of other ethnic backgrounds, acts of violence against Australian students, acts of violence in particular parts of our large cities at any given time of the day,” Rudd told reporters in Adelaide.
“I think it’s important to keep all this into its context,” he said, adding “Obviously these are difficult matters in India, they are difficult matters in Australia.”
Nearly 100 cases of attacks on Indians, mostly students, were reported in Australia in 2009 as against 17 incidents of assaults in 2008.
We are working through them in a practical and effective way over time,” Rudd said. About 100,000 Indians were currently studying in Australia.
“The truth is this: the vast majority of Indian students in Australia are embraced entirely by the Australian community, get on with their business of studying hard, getting their qualifications and going off to do whatever they want to do with their lives,” he added.
Australia should regret about the racial attacks on India.This is not a isolated incident anymore.Nearly 100 cases of attacks on India is not good. Not sure what Australia is doing to stop this.They should start working piratically to stop this kind of inhuman activity by some bad element in society.Indians do embrace the local culture ,we don’t offended anybody. We Indians are peace loving people , not sure why Indians are target.Definitely this is difficult period for Indians leaving in Australia and it will tuff for them to come out free.
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