chartan's Xomblurbs

China has clammed down on protesters in Tibet. News Channels have been blanked out. News emerging currently indicates that protesters are succumbing to Chinese Govt. pressure and have started surrendering, well before the expiry of the deadline.

ICC has finalised the guidelines for the conduct of IPL tournament in India.

Maruti has finally launched its latest offering the Swift Sedan.

The new NY governor confesses to have been involved in affair whist being married. Infidelity at its best !! Can't they find a governor with clean record.

Ever wondered what a funny language english is ? Have a look at he link and see what happens if you combine three words !!!!

Optical illusions are mystical, they defy logic and create a sense of paranormal. They make us see things which are otherwise not apparent. OP Illu1OP illu2

The work of Richard M. Stallman literally speaks for itself. From the documented source code to the published papers to the recorded speeches, few people have expressed as much willingness to lay their thoughts and their work on the line.Such openness-if one can pardon a momentary un-Stallman adjective-is refreshing. After all, we live in a society that treats information, especially personal information, as a valuable commodity. The question quickly arises. Why would anybody want to part with so much information and yet appear to demand nothing in return?

this is a work of journalism, but it is also a work of technical documentation. In the process of writing and editing this book, the editors and the writer have weighed the comments and factual input of various participants in the story, including Richard Stallman himself.

This link to Mind Tools teaches you useful techniques that help you improve your memory.

These tools help you remember people's names more effectively, improve your recall of information in exams, increase the speed with which you can learn vocabulary, and help you in situations where you need to remember detailed, structured information.

For crafter's, hobbyists, entrepreneurs and PEOPLE WHO JUST LIKE TO MAKE STUFF. Do it yourself! When your friends say, "You know you can buy one of those..." do you say, "Yeah, so?" If you love to make things, if you constantly have a project going in a back room, or cluttering up a kitchen counter, if you start making Christmas presents in June and you watch all those do-it-yourself shows on TV ! They've got all kinds of recipes, formulas, craft projects and ideas that you can make yourself.

Carbon nanotubes outperformed copper interconnects at the 45-nm process node, according to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute researchers. In what is billed as the world's first supercomputer simulation to include detailed quantum mechanical effects, the New York state researchers concluded that the ideal performance of copper interconnects cannot be met at 45 nm and smaller sizes. The reason, they said, was excess heat generation. By switching to carbon nanotube interconnects, the heat problem was solved, they added.