Saturday, July 11, 2009
Friday, July 10, 2009
Google announces own operating system,Google attacks Microsoft with new browser-based operating system for low-cost computers
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Google Inc. is working on a new operating system for inexpensive computers in a daring attempt to diminish Microsoft Corp.'s longstanding control over people's computer experience.
At the core of Google's vision is the most important trend in the networked world: the move from running applications on a desktop computer to running them through a web browser.
Google Inc. is working on a new operating system for inexpensive computers in a daring attempt to diminish Microsoft Corp.'s longstanding control over people's computer experience.
At the core of Google's vision is the most important trend in the networked world: the move from running applications on a desktop computer to running them through a web browser.
The new operating system, announced Tuesday night on Google's Web site, will be based on the company's 9-month-old Web browser, Chrome. Google intends to rely on help from the community of open-source programmers to develop the Chrome operating system, which is expected to begin running computers in the second half of 2010.
Google is designing the operating system primarily for "netbooks," a lower-cost, less powerful breed of laptop computers that is becoming increasingly popular among budget-conscious consumers primarily interested in surfing the Web.
Google has already introduced an operating system for smart phones and other mobile devices, called Android, that vies against various other systems, including ones made by Microsoft and Apple Inc.
The Android system worked well enough to entice some computer makers to begin developing netbooks that will run on it. For instance, Acer Inc., the world's third-largest PC maker, said last month it would make netbooks that run Android instead of Windows. Acer said Android would make the computers less expensive and possibly help them boot up faster.
Google, though, apparently believes a Chrome-based system will be better suited for netbooks.
That is a direct challenge to Microsoft, whose next operating system, Windows 7, is being geared for netbooks as well as larger computers. And it would be Google's boldest confrontation yet with its biggest nemesis.
Microsoft had no immediate comment Wednesday.
A duel between the two technology powerhouses has been steadily escalating in recent years as Google's dominance of the Internet's lucrative search market has given it the means to threaten Microsoft in ways that few other companies can.
Google already has rankled Microsoft by luring some of its top employees and developing an online package of computer programs that provide an alternative to Microsoft's top-selling word processing, spreadsheet and calendar applications.
Meanwhile, Microsoft has been trying to thwart Google by investing billions of dollars to improve its own Internet search and advertising systems — to little avail so far.
In the past month or so, though, Microsoft has been winning positive reviews and picking up more users with the latest upgrade to its search engine, now called Bing. Microsoft is hailing the makeover with a $100 million marketing campaign.
Now Google is aiming for Microsoft's financial jugular with Chrome its operating system.
Microsoft has drawn much of its power — and profits — from the Windows operating system that has steered most personal computers for the past two decades.
Google's chief executive, Eric Schmidt, and its co-founders, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, have not concealed their disdain for Windows.
Schmidt maintains Microsoft sometimes unfairly rigs its operating system to limit consumer choices — something that Microsoft has consistently denied doing. Google fears Microsoft could limit access to its search engine and other products if Windows is set up to favor Microsoft products.
Google made a veiled reference to Windows' perceived shortcomings in its blog posting Tuesday.
"We hear a lot from our users and their message is clear — computers need to get better," wrote Sundar Pichai, Google's vice president of product management and Linus Upson, Google's engineering director. "We believe choice will drive innovation for the benefit of everyone, including Google."
Schmidt and Brin are expected to discuss Google's new operating system this week when they appear at a media conference hosted by Allen & Co. at the Sun Valley resort in Idaho.
Despite its own power and prominence, Google won't have an easy time changing the status quo that has governed personal computing.
As an example of how difficult it is to topple a long-established market leader, Google estimates about 30 million people are now using its Chrome browser — a small fraction of those that rely on Microsoft's market-leading Internet Explorer. And there have been various attempts to develop open-source software to undermine Windows on PCs, with relatively little effect.
Saturday, July 4, 2009
Railway Budget - 2009-2010,Budget - 2009-2010,Railway Budget - 2009,Indian Railway Budget - 2009
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1. NO INCREASE IN PASSENGER FARE AND FREIGHT TARIFF
2. BUDGET TO HAVE INCLUSIVE GROWTH AND EXPANSION OF RAILWAY NETWORK TO EVERY CORNER OF THE COUNTRY
3. PLAN OUTLAY OF INR 40,745 CRORE PROPOSED FOR 2009-2010,
4. PASSENGER AMENITIES GET HIGH PRIORITY, TO GET 119% INCREASE
5. TRAFFIC RECEIPTS DURING 2008-09 INCREASE BY 11.4 % WHILE FREIGHT LOADING GREW BY 5%
6. SPECIAL TRAINS FOR PERISHABLE FARM PRODUCE, FACILITIES FOR TRANSPORTATION OF RURAL CRAFT
7. WORKS FOR 7 NEW LINES, GAUGE CONVERSION OF 17 LINES AND DOUBLING OF 13 LINES TO BE TAKEN UP
8. FASTER PARCEL SERVICES PROPOSED ON THREE ROUTES
9. TATKAL SCHEME TO BE MADE PASSENGER FRIENDLY
10. RAILWAY TICKETS TO BE MADE AVAILABLE THROUGH POST OFFICES AND ‘MUSHKIL AASAAN’ MOBILE VANS
10. CONCESSION FOR PRESS PERSONS INCREASED TO 50%
11. MONTHLY TICKET OF INR 25 FOR UNORGANIZED SECTOR/POOR UNDER ‘IZZAT’ SCHEME
12. “ONLY LADIES’ EMU TRAINS AT DELHI, KOLKATA AND CHENNAI
13. “YUVA TRAINS” FROM RURAL HINTERLAND TO METROS AT CONCESSIONAL FARE
14. 12 NEW POINT-TO-POINT “DURANTO” TRAINS
Ø 57 NEW TRAINS, EXTENSION OF 27 TRAINS AND INCREASE IN FREQUENCY OF 13 TRAINS AND AIR-CONDITIONED DOUBLE-DECKER TRAINS PROPOSED
15. 50 STATIONS TO BE UPGRADED TO WORLD CLASS STATIONS
16. LONG DISTANCE TRAINS TO HAVE ON-BOARD DOCTORS AND INFOTAINMENT SERVICES
17. HANDICAPPED AND AGED PERSONS TO HAVE MORE AMENITIES
18. SPECIAL FUND FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF NORTH EAST RAILWAY
19. QUAZIGUND-ANANTNAG LINE TO BE COMPLETED BY NEXT MONTH
20. 6560 RAILWAY STAFF QUARTERS TO BE CONSTRUCTED AND GROUP ‘D’ EMPLOYEES TO GET SCHOLARSHIPS FOR THEIR GIRL CHILD
21. RAILWAYS TO COME OUT WITH WHILE PAPER ON FINANCIAL STATUS AND VISION-2020 DOCUMENT
Presenting the Railway Budget for 2009-10 in Parliament, Minister of Railways Kumari Mamata Banerjee announced that there will be no increase in passenger fare and freight tariff. She said that the budget will have approach for ‘inclusive growth’ and expansion of rail network to take development to every corner of the country.
Presenting the railway budget she proposed an outlay of INR 40,745 crore for 2009-10. Out of this, INR 2,921 crore will be spent on new lines, INR 1,750 crore on gauge conversion and INR 1,102 crore on passenger amenities, which is 119% more than the allocation in the interim budget. INR 424 crore will also be spent on railway staff amenities.
She proposed freight loading target of 882 million tonnes and estimated gross freight receipt at INR 88,419 crore
Giving an overview of financial performance of the Railways in 2008-09, the minister informed that freight loading during the period grew by 5% while traffic receipt increased by 11.4% to reach INR 79,862 crore
The budget has proposals for 7 new lines, gauge conversion of 17 lines and doubling of 13 railway lines. In addition, proposals for 53 new lines, 3 gauge conversion and doubling of 12 lines will be processed during the year.
1. NO INCREASE IN PASSENGER FARE AND FREIGHT TARIFF
2. BUDGET TO HAVE INCLUSIVE GROWTH AND EXPANSION OF RAILWAY NETWORK TO EVERY CORNER OF THE COUNTRY
3. PLAN OUTLAY OF INR 40,745 CRORE PROPOSED FOR 2009-2010,
4. PASSENGER AMENITIES GET HIGH PRIORITY, TO GET 119% INCREASE
5. TRAFFIC RECEIPTS DURING 2008-09 INCREASE BY 11.4 % WHILE FREIGHT LOADING GREW BY 5%
6. SPECIAL TRAINS FOR PERISHABLE FARM PRODUCE, FACILITIES FOR TRANSPORTATION OF RURAL CRAFT7. WORKS FOR 7 NEW LINES, GAUGE CONVERSION OF 17 LINES AND DOUBLING OF 13 LINES TO BE TAKEN UP
8. FASTER PARCEL SERVICES PROPOSED ON THREE ROUTES
9. TATKAL SCHEME TO BE MADE PASSENGER FRIENDLY
10. RAILWAY TICKETS TO BE MADE AVAILABLE THROUGH POST OFFICES AND ‘MUSHKIL AASAAN’ MOBILE VANS
10. CONCESSION FOR PRESS PERSONS INCREASED TO 50%
11. MONTHLY TICKET OF INR 25 FOR UNORGANIZED SECTOR/POOR UNDER ‘IZZAT’ SCHEME
12. “ONLY LADIES’ EMU TRAINS AT DELHI, KOLKATA AND CHENNAI
13. “YUVA TRAINS” FROM RURAL HINTERLAND TO METROS AT CONCESSIONAL FARE
14. 12 NEW POINT-TO-POINT “DURANTO” TRAINS
Ø 57 NEW TRAINS, EXTENSION OF 27 TRAINS AND INCREASE IN FREQUENCY OF 13 TRAINS AND AIR-CONDITIONED DOUBLE-DECKER TRAINS PROPOSED
15. 50 STATIONS TO BE UPGRADED TO WORLD CLASS STATIONS
16. LONG DISTANCE TRAINS TO HAVE ON-BOARD DOCTORS AND INFOTAINMENT SERVICES
17. HANDICAPPED AND AGED PERSONS TO HAVE MORE AMENITIES
18. SPECIAL FUND FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF NORTH EAST RAILWAY
19. QUAZIGUND-ANANTNAG LINE TO BE COMPLETED BY NEXT MONTH
20. 6560 RAILWAY STAFF QUARTERS TO BE CONSTRUCTED AND GROUP ‘D’ EMPLOYEES TO GET SCHOLARSHIPS FOR THEIR GIRL CHILD
21. RAILWAYS TO COME OUT WITH WHILE PAPER ON FINANCIAL STATUS AND VISION-2020 DOCUMENT
Presenting the Railway Budget for 2009-10 in Parliament, Minister of Railways Kumari Mamata Banerjee announced that there will be no increase in passenger fare and freight tariff. She said that the budget will have approach for ‘inclusive growth’ and expansion of rail network to take development to every corner of the country.
Presenting the railway budget she proposed an outlay of INR 40,745 crore for 2009-10. Out of this, INR 2,921 crore will be spent on new lines, INR 1,750 crore on gauge conversion and INR 1,102 crore on passenger amenities, which is 119% more than the allocation in the interim budget. INR 424 crore will also be spent on railway staff amenities.
She proposed freight loading target of 882 million tonnes and estimated gross freight receipt at INR 88,419 crore
Giving an overview of financial performance of the Railways in 2008-09, the minister informed that freight loading during the period grew by 5% while traffic receipt increased by 11.4% to reach INR 79,862 crore
The budget has proposals for 7 new lines, gauge conversion of 17 lines and doubling of 13 railway lines. In addition, proposals for 53 new lines, 3 gauge conversion and doubling of 12 lines will be processed during the year.
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