Health Ministry on ill effects of mobile

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In the first of its kind in the history of Indian science and medicine, the health minister A Ramadoss has ordered a test. In a recent study at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), rats were subjected to radiation from mobile phones. They were found to have damaged DNA and a very low sperm count. This were leading reduction in size of testis and infertility. The Union health ministry now wants to find out whether cellphones could have same adverse effects on our health. A study earlier had found out that if cell phones are kept in the pockets of your pants, the infertility levels could be higher. The excessive growth of telecom in India is prompting the medicine industry to investigate into such matters and whether in long term, they could affect the health of people.
This 5 yr study will be conducted by JNU’s School of Environmental Sciences and AIIMS ( neurology, obstetrics and gynaecology,biochemistry)

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13 features of Gmail labs

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Google has intorduced Gmail labs that helps you decide the way you use your email. They have added some very cool features and some very basic features in their labs. The following are the 13 things they’ve added to their labs. You can click on the settings links and then click on the labs tab to enable some these cool basic features.

1. Quick Links
   • Adds a box to the left column that gives you 1-click access to any bookmarkable URL in Gmail. You can use it for saving frequent searches, important individual messages and more.
2. Superstars
   • Adds additional star icons. After enabling this feature, you can choose which icons you wish to use in the “General” Settings page. This I think is the best feature of the Labs

HCL introduces $350 laptops

Indo-Asian News Service,New Delhi
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Small is definitely big this year. In less than a week after Tata Motors launched its Rs.100,000 ($2,500) car, Nano, another Indian firm, HCL Infosystems, Tuesday launched a laptop for the masses for Rs.14,000 (about $350).
HCL launched two variants of the laptops, called HCL MiLeap X Series priced at Rs.13,990 and HCL MiLeap Y Series at Rs.29,990.
“Our objective was to launch a laptop that will take technology to the masses. We have not compromised on any feature at all and it is just like any other laptop,” Ajai Chowdhry, chairman and CEO, HCL Infosystems Ltd, told a press conference here.

The laptops weigh less than a kilogram with a screen size of seven inches. Both the models have network ports, are Wi-Fi enabled and have the option for a data card.
The high-end MiLeap Y Series laptops are powered by Intel’s Ultra Mobile Platform and Microsoft’s Vista Home Premium operating system.
The Y Series weighs 960 grams and has a seven-inch swivel screen. It also comes with a hard disk drive of 80 GB with Bluetooth and Ethernet network ports, offering full functionality of a personal computer with Internet.The X series notebook looks a lot like and Intel Classmate PC, but rebranded, it has an Intel 915GMS chipset coupled with a Celeron ULV 353 processor running at 900MHz.Specifications

• Intel 915GMS chipse.
• Celeron ULV 353 processor – 900MHz.
• Half a gig of RAM, and 2 gigs of flash storage, which may or may not be expandable.
• A2-in-1 card reader.
• Apair of USB ports.
• Built in speakers
• WiFi in the b/g flavors.
• 6-cell battery that should last about 4 hours.
• weight 1.44 kilograms
• 7-inch 800×400 color LCD.

Sources:

• NDTV gadgets
• slashgear.com

First online Matrimony portal for HIV positive people

www.positivesaathi.com is India’s First online Matrimony portal for HIV positive people.  It is a very novel  idea. Although I have never met or seen a person who is HV+, I would like to promote the website through SPEAK INDIA forum.

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Introducing the Speak India Viewr 1.0

Speak India viewr 1.0 is a software cum web browser which allows you to connect to all speak India pages and forums with a buttons click. It is a very basic version which allows to visit the speak India blog, without a web browser and also helps you connect to the Speak India Viewr service. This is an effort to spread the speak India movement where we are trying to develop a platform where ideas from the speak India community can be shared and hence bringing all the opinions to a general consensus. Another aim of Speak India movement is to spread such ideas and spread awareness among those who do not use internet or who are not a part of this movement. Downloading this software is just another step for promoting this cause.

Screen shot

Software details

Name: Speak India viewr1.0

Version: 1.0.1.6

Publisher: Speak India

The following prerequisites are required:
.NET Framework 2.0
System Requirements

* Supported Operating Systems: Windows 2000 Service Pack 3; Windows 98; Windows 98 Second Edition; Windows ME; Windows Server 2003; Windows Vista Business; Windows Vista Business 64-bit edition; Windows Vista Enterprise; Windows Vista Enterprise 64-bit edition; Windows Vista Home Basic; Windows Vista Home Basic 64-bit edition; Windows Vista Home Premium; Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit edition; Windows Vista Starter; Windows Vista Ultimate; Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit edition; Windows XP Service Pack 2

* Required Software:

o Windows Installer 3.0 (except for Windows 98/ME, which require Windows Installer 2.0 or later). Windows Installer 3.1 or later is recommended.
o IE 5.01 or later: You must also be running Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 or later for all installations of the .NET Framework.
* Disk Space Requirements: 280 MB (x86), 610 MB (x64)

Sort it out Apple. I’ve got work to do.

Carlos from Amsterdam says

After 14 years of using Apple products professionally, I’m beginning to get sick of the direction in which Apple is going and there attitude to the paying professional user. They are becoming a toy company. Watching Steve Jobs smugly holding the latest Apple toy whilst their existing machines are still riddled with problems makes me want to vomit.

Apple DID have a reputation of building solid, reliable working machines – yes they looked great but that was secondary – the main thing was they worked well in the first place.

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” Google.org ” : Another first by google

Google.org aspires to use the power of information and technology to address the global challenges of our age: climate change, poverty and emerging disease. In collaboration with experienced partners working in each of these fields, we will invest our resources and tap the strengths of Google’s employees and global operations to advance five major initiatives

Google’s philanthropic arm has announced $25 million in new grants and investment to help “make the world a better place.” The computer search engine is focusing on projects that include disease and disaster prevention, helping small and medium-sized enterprises, improving the flow of information to hold governments accountable, and developing renewable energy sources.

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Microsoft reveals hole in Excel

Microsoft has revealed that hackers have found a way to infiltrate older versions of its Excel program to take control of infected computer systems.

Earlier in the week, the software major said it’s investigating reports of such attacks though hasn’t yet determined whether it will go ahead and patch the bug, and if so, when.

How will it infiltrate the anti-virus cordon and how can you protect your PC from it. Click here to read>>