India develops $32 ‘laptop'

India has unveiled the world's cheapest touchscreen laptop computer that runs on solar power. The laptop is equipped with an Internet browser and has video-conferencing capability and a media player, AFP reported on 23rd July 2010.

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The elite Indian Institute of Technology and the Indian Institute of Science aims to make the computing prototype available to students from elementary schools to universities, in a bid to provide better education and the technical skills needed to boost India's economic growth.
Introduction of the Linux-based computing device was targeted for next year, with the first users expected to be college students.
"This is part of the national initiative to take forward inclusive education," Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal said Thursday. "The solutions for tomorrow will emerge from India."
The $32 price for the laptop is expected to be reduced further to as low as $9 after being mass-produced, the report added.
The Linux-based laptop is targeted for launching next year with college students as its first users.

Manage your Contacts

Today everybody is having more than one gadgets in the form of - PC, Mac, SmartPhone.

Even each gadget will be of multiple quantity. And maintaining contacts & calender on different gadgets is also a big task.

Google is providing solution for this........... Great stuff..

Google Sync

You can maintain contact at Google Contacts and will get Synced with your gadgets including PC or Mac.

When you add contact in one of your phone, automatically, it will get synced with Google Contacts and then will get synced with other gadgets.

Hope this is useful information...

Digital Signature - An Introduction

Digital signatures (standard electronic signatures) take the concept of traditional paper-based signing and turn it into an electronic "fingerprint.” This "fingerprint,” or coded message, is unique to both the document and the signer and binds both of them together. The digital signature ensures the authenticity of the signer. Any changes made to the document after it is signed invalidate the signature, thereby protecting against signature forgery and information tampering. Digital signatures help organizations sustain signer authenticity, accountability, data integrity and non-repudiation of electronic documents and forms.

Digital Signature for Word Document

Why Digital Signature

It is estimated that 30 billion paper documents are copied or printed by US companies annually. When factoring copying, scanning, archiving, routing, and retrieving lost documents, the associated costs of each signature are estimated at $6.50 each. The average authorized employee signs 500 documents a year at a total cost of $3,250. Organizations are implementing standard digital signatures to:

* Cut operational costs
* Automate and expedite business processes
* Address legal compliance and limit liability
* Go green

Windows Mobile Device Emulator Error : Could not read save-state file !!!!

Issue

While opening device emulator of Windows Mobile, following screen displayed




"Could not read save-state file"

Solution

Delete all files from the folder
C:\Documents and Settings\Sasikumar Raman\Application Data\Microsoft\Device Emulator

Pranav Mistry: The thrilling potential of SixthSense technology

At TEDIndia, Pranav Mistry demos several tools that help the physical world interact with the world of data -- including a deep look at his SixthSense device and a new, paradigm-shifting paper "laptop." In an onstage Q&A, Mistry says he'll open-source the software behind SixthSense, to open its possibilities to all.

About Pranav Mistry
Pranav Mistry is the inventor of SixthSense, a wearable device that enables new interactions between the real world and the world of data.

Video:The thrilling potential of SixthSense technology

Why you should listen to him

Pranav Mistry is a PhD student in the Fluid Interfaces Group at MIT's Media Lab. Before his studies at MIT, he worked with Microsoft as a UX researcher; he's a graduate of IIT. Mistry is passionate about integrating the digital informational experience with our real-world interactions.
Some previous projects from Mistry's work at MIT includes intelligent sticky notes, Quickies, that can be searched and can send reminders; a pen that draws in 3D; and TaPuMa, a tangible public map that can act as Google of physical world. His research interests also include Gestural and Tangible Interaction, Ubiquitous Computing, AI, Machine Vision, Collective Intelligence and Robotics.