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27/02/2007 |
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ISSUE 5 |
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INFOVISTA |
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“The Lighter Side Of I.T.” |
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Why Is It Called GOOGLE? A “Googol” is a 1 followed by one hundred zeroes. Google founders Larry Page & Sergey Brin originally intended to call Google “googol”, but ended up with “Google” because of a spelling mistake on a cheque that investors wrote them!
Who is TUX? ‘TUX’ (also known as Tux the Penguin) is the name of the official Linux mascot. The first person to call the penguin "Tux" was James Hughes who said that it stood for "Torvalds UniX”. Linus Torvalds was the creator of Linux. Tux was designed for a Linux logo contest. Confusingly, there were actually three separate contests and Tux didn't win any of them. This is why Tux is formally known as the Linux mascot and not the logo. |
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Apple iPhone - The much anticipated apple version of the mobile phone - the Apple iPhone - was announced at Macworld 2007. It is a next generation multimedia phone running on a skimmed OS-X; think of it as a wide screen ipod with Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, multi-touch input technology, and all features of a smart phone. “Multi-touch input” means the user can navigate via finger gestures over the display. The camera phone is 2 MP. Steve Jobs, Apple CEO said the phone is an “intelligent Internet Communicator.” Pros - It’s so cool! There is no keypad, a multi touch screen, upto 8 GB of space, it reorients the screen the way you’re holding it. Cons - You can’t change the battery, there is no 3G, it wont run any applications like your phones do today, the screen isn’t purely scratch resistant, its grossly over priced and is available only with cingular today. |
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Apple CEO Steve Jobs At The Annual Macworld Expo. |
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INFOVISTA - An Infotechooz Venture ! |
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Editor’s Say - Hello to one and all !!! We are back with INFOVISTA - Issue 5 with a few changes in the layout and style. So read on and familiarize yourself with what the tech world has to offer. With our MST coming up, we are hoping to launch the next issue a week after the MST. Do send in your comments, at infotechooz@yahoo.co.in. So till then, keep reading & do check out our blog for some cool stuff on the tech world !!! Au Revoir et Bonne Chance !!! |
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Some Quotes -
“When there were no computers programming was no problem. When we had a few weak computers, it became a mild problem. Now that we have gigantic computers, programming is a gigantic problem.” - Edsger Dijkstra “The only thing I'd rather own than Windows is English. Then I'd be able to charge you an upgrade fee every time I add - Scott McNealy (Chairman, SUN Microsystems) “C makes it easy to shoot yourself in the foot. C++ makes it harder, but when you do, it blows away your whole leg.” - Bjarne Stroustrup “A computer lets you make more mistakes faster than any invention in human history - with the possible exceptions of - Mitch Ratliffe |
