Gold prices reached all time high

With the surge in stock market in last few months, we are also witnessing greater number of people trading in commodities. Gold prices have reached the magical figure of Rs.18000 (Per 10 gm) for the first time. It is approximately 1141 dollars for ounce of gold. There was a time when gold, oil and market were running parallel. But the trend has changed now there has been no relation whatsoever between the 3 any longer. So what is behind this big rally in gold prices? Last year, gold prices were hovering at $ 800-plus per ounce. Those who had invested in gold at that time have made a clean profit of $ 350 per ounce of the precious metal. Lots of money, indeed, if you had bought few ounces of gold. But the million dollar question is how long will this boom continue and where is gold price headed?

Most of the experts in market think that the gold price boom is artificially made, to a large extent, by clever bullion traders and speculators at several commodity exchanges across world led by the US Comex, who are selling gold contracts these days frantically to make lots of money. One argument from the spectators for the surge in gold prices is that the US dollar value has been plunging thanks to the collapse of several banks in America and the great ‘economic depression’ that have hit the world’s wealthiest and powerful nation. But US being the largest gold holder, the value of the yellow metal going up has increased the valuation of US reserves. Another argument for the big rise in gold price is the fact that central banks across the world are buying gold reserves heavily in an attempt to get rid of US assets held in dollars.

Is it a correct strategy for the central banks? Reserve Bank of India (RBI) surprised the bullion world early this month by buying 200 tonnes of gold from the International Monetary Fund. So the Next question in the market is “Gold prices will go upto $2000 or it wil crash again to $800″.No matter where it goes right now the marriage season getting badly affected in terms of buying of gold jewellery.

This article is contributed by Sapan Kadakia who is currently studying in MICA.

How to check whether the site is down or up ?

One of my friends always used to say that internet is nothing but just a solution to real life problems. Recently Alex Payne, a 24 years old computer engineer has developed an elegant solution to a problem encountered by most of the internet users. The service known as downforeveryoneorjustme.com allows visitors to type in a Web address and see whether a site is generally inaccessible or whether the problem is with their own Internet connection. These days many companies and people depend on the internet to continue their day today activities.

“I had seen that question posed so often. Technology companies have branded the Internet as a place that is always on and where information is always available. People are disappointed and looking for answers when it turns out not to be true.” Alex Payne

I must say, Alex has developed a wonderful tool for internet users. Kudos to him. You can visit this website by clicking here.

Twitter has become a new tool for terrorists

According to the latest report by US army, twitter can be used as an useful tool for terrorists. The report presented by the 304th Military Intelligence Battalion and posted to the Federation of American Scientists Web site carefully examines the possible ways terrorists could use the latest mobile and web technologies such as the GPS(Global Positioning System), digital maps, and Twitter mashups to plan and execute terrorist attacks. Report said Twitter has also become a social activism tool for socialists, human rights groups, communists, vegetarians, anarchists, religious communities, atheists, political enthusiasts, hacktivists and others to communicate with each other and to send messages to broader audiences.

The report has pointed out three scenarios pointed out by cnet for using Twitter as a terrorist tool:

Scenario 1: Terrorist operative “A” uses Twitter with a cell phone camera/video function to send back messages, and to receive messages, from the rest of his [group] Other members of his [group] receive near real time updates (similar to the movement updates that were sent by activists at the RNC) on how, where, and the number of troops that are moving in order to conduct an ambush.

Scenario 2: Terrorist operative “A” has a mobile phone for Tweet messaging and for taking images. Operative “A” also has a separate mobile phone that is actually an explosive device and/or a suicide vest for remote detonation. Terrorist operative “B” has the detonator and a mobile to view “A’s” Tweets and images. This may allow “B” to select the precise moment of remote detonation based on near real time movement and imagery that is being sent by “A.”

Scenario 3: Cyber Terrorist operative “A” finds U.S. [soldier] Smith’s Twitter account. Operative “A” joins Smith’s Tweets and begins to elicit information from Smith. This information is then used for identity theft, hacking, and/or physical [attacks]. This scenario has already been discussed for other social networking sites, such as My Space and/or Face Book.

But we can’t blame twitter for this misuse, even terrorists are using blogs to spread their word and plan their next attacks. Only thing that I think twitter should do to track all its visitors and store their IPs so that can be used in future to find the exact location of the terrorist.

See how Twitter works

Last month, a Nielsen.com blog ranked Twitter as the fastest growing site on internet for February 2009. Twitter had a growth of 1382%, whereas Zimbio which is on second place had a growth of 240%, followed by Facebook with a growth of 228%. It is actually one of the first micro-blogging sites on internet. It enables its users to send and read other users’ updates known as tweets. Tweets are text-based posts of up to 140 characters in length which are displayed on the user’s profile page and delivered to other users who have subscribed to them (known as followers). Senders can restrict delivery to those in their circle of friends or, by default, allow anybody to access them.

Users can send and receive tweets via the Twitter website, Short Message Service (SMS) or applications such as Tweetie, Twitterrific, Twitterfon, TweetDeck and feedalizr. The service is free to use over the Internet, but using SMS is not free as it involves some charge from the phone service provider. Now a days, it has become the “SMS of Internet”, as it provides the functionality (via its application programming interfaces) for other desktop and web-based applications to send and receive short text messages.

See this video which explains Twitter in simple English ::

How to make free calls Mobile To Mobile?

Today I found a method through which I can make free calls anywhere in the world. Now I need not to pay huge phone bills. Do you want to know how to make free mobile calls? Of course the answer should be yes. For making free call we will use a cell phone with internet connection (it may be GPRS connection, 3G or wifi connection). I am confident that this will drastically reduce your mobile phone bills. Just you need to have skype installed on your cell phone. If you don’t have skype installed then just type skype.com/m in your mobile browser and download and install this application.

I have tested this trick on my E63 and got amazed to experience the voice and call quality. It was really awesome.The only condition is that both persons should have skype installed to experience completely free phone calls. These Nokia cell phones are compatabile with Skype ::

 

• Nokia 5530
• Nokia 5320
• Nokia 5800
• Nokia 6210
• Nokia 6220
• Nokia E51
• Nokia E63
• Nokia E66
• Nokia E71
• Nokia E72
• Nokia E90
• Nokia N78
• Nokia N79
• Nokia N81
• Nokia N81 8GB
• Nokia N82
• Nokia N85
• Nokia N95
• Nokia N95 8GB
• Nokia N96
• Nokia N97
• Nokia N97 mini
• Nokia X6

 

 

 

You can also use iPhone, Motorola, Samsung, Sony Ericsson, LG or any mobile with wireless or gprs internet facility. GPRS is not free and hence calling your Skype contacts can be somewhat costly so I will recommend wireless internet connection. Now a days, getting wireless connection is not a big deal. Anyways, try this method for making free phone call and in case of any doubt please revert back to me, I will try to help you.

Nokia launches N900 in India

Nokia , the world leader in mobile phone industry, has finally launched the much-awaited ‘N900′ in Indian market. Earlier it was launched at Nokia World on September 2, 2009 and was released on November 11, 2009 in the United States and 9 European countries. This smart phone is based on the Maemo platform, it runs Maemo 5 Linux as its default operating system. It is the first Nokia device based upon the TI OMAP3 microprocessor with the ARM Cortex-A8 core. Unlike the Internet Tablets preceding it, the Nokia N900 is the first Maemo device to include phone functionality (quad-band GSM and 3G UMTS). It functions as a 5 mega pixel camera, a portable media player, and a mobile Internet device with email and full web browsing. The phone will cost Rs. 30,639 in India.

Moreover, Nokia N900 also has Adobe Flash™ 9.4 support, full screen browsing with Maemo browser, TV out (PAL/NTSC) with Nokia Video Connectivity Cable, Built-in FM transmitter, High-quality wireless stereo sound, Maemo media player, Data transfers over Wi-Fi 54Mbps, Bluetooth, 3.5G and WLAN connectivity. It has built-in 32 GB internal storage in which you can store up to 7,000 songs or 40 hours of DVD-quality video. The memory is expandable to up to 48 GB with an external microSD card slot.

Technical Details of Nokia N900 ::

Display

3.5 inch touch-sensitive widescreen display
800 × 480 pixel resolution

Language support

British English, American English, Canadian French, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Latin American Spanish, Swedish, Russian

Connectivity

3.5mm AV connector
TV out (PAL/NTSC) with Nokia Video Connectivity Cable
Micro-USB connector, High-Speed USB 2.0
Bluetooth v2.1 including support for stereo headsets
Integrated FM transmitter
Integrated GPS with A-GPS

Battery

BL-5J 1320mAh

Processor and 3D accelerator

TI OMAP 3430: ARM Cortex-A8 600 MHz, PowerVR SGX with OpenGL ES 2.0 support

Memory

Up to 1GB of application memory (256 MB RAM, 768 MB virtual memory)

Size and weight

Volume:

Approx 113cc

Dimensions:

110.9 × 59.8 × 18 (19.55 at thickest part) mm

Weight:

Approx 181g

Mass memory

32 GB internal storage
Store up to 7000 MP3 songs or 40 hours of high-quality video
Up to 16 GB of additional storage with an external microSD card

Keys and input method

Full QWERTY tactile keyboard
Full QWERTY onscreen keyboard

Colour

Black

Operating frequency

Quad-band GSM EDGE 850/900/1800/1900
WCDMA 900/1700/2100 MHz
Data network



GPRS class A, multislot class 32, maximum speed 107/64.2 kbps (DL/UL) EDGE class A, multislot class 32, maximum speed 296/177.6 kbps (DL/UL) WCDMA 900/1700/2100. Maximum speed PS 384/384 kbps (DL/UL) HSPA 900/1700/2100. Maximum speed PS 10/2 Mbps (DL/UL) WLAN IEEE 802.11b/g

Call features

Integrated hands-free stereo speakers
Call waiting, call hold, call divert
Call timer
Logging of dialed, received and missed calls
Speed dialing via contact widget
Virbrating alert (internal)
Side volume keys
Mute/unmute
Contacts with images
Conference calling with up to 3 participants
Internet calling
Email & Messaging
Supported protocols: Mail for Exchange, IMAP, POP3, SMTP
Support for email attachments
Support for rich HTML
SMS and Instant Messages as conversations
Support for Nokia Messaging service
Instant messaging and presence enhanced contacts
Multiple number, email and Instant Messaging details per contact, contacts with images
Support for assigning images to contacts
Web browsing
Maemo browser powered by Mozilla technology
Adobe Flash™ 9.4 support
Full screen browsing
GPS
Integrated GPS, Assisted-GPS, and Cell-based receivers
Pre-loaded Ovi Maps application
Automatic geotagging
Camera
5 megapixel camera (2584 × 1938 pixels)
Image formats: JPEG
CMOS sensor, Carl Zeiss optics, Tessar lens
3 × digital zoom
Autofocus with assist light and two-stage capture key
Dual LED flash
Full-screen viewfinder
Photo editor on device
TV out (PAL/NTSC) with Nokia Video Connectivity Cable (CA-75U, included in box) or WLAN/UPnP
Landscape (horizontal) orientation
Capture modes: Automatic, portrait, video, macro, landscape, action
Video
Wide aspect ratio 16:9 (WVGA)
Video recording file format: .mp4; codec: MPEG-4
Video recording at up to 848 × 480 pixels (WVGA) and up to 25fps
Video playback file formats: .mp4, .avi, .wmv, .3gp; codecs: H.264, MPEG-4, Xvid, WMV, H.263
Music and audio playback
Maemo media player
Music playback file formats: .wav, .mp3, .AAC, .eAAC, .wma, .m4a
Built-in FM transmitter
Ring tones: .wav, .mp3, .AAC, .eAAC, .wma, .m4a
FR, EFR, WCDMA, and GSM AMR
Personalisation
Background pictures
Widgets on your desktops
Intelligent contact shortcuts
Shortcuts to your favourite websites
Shortcuts to applications
Themes

Operating system
Maemo 5 software on Linux
Applications
Maemo Browser
Phone
Conversations
Contacts
Camera
Photos
Media player
Email
Calendar
Ovi Maps
Clock
Notes
Calculator
PDF reader
File manager
RSS reader
Sketch
Games
Widgets
Application manager for downloads
Gaming
Bounce
Chess
Mahjong

What´s in the box

Nokia N900
Nokia Battery (BL-5J)
Nokia High Efficiency Charger (AC-10)
Nokia Stereo Headset (WH-205)
Video out cable (CA-75U)
Nokia charger adaptor (CA-146C)
Cleaning cloth

Kites Cast, Trailer and Movie Snaps

In 2009, Hrithik Roshan didn’t appear in any film as a main actor. Kites will be his major film after Jodhaa Akbar which was released in Feb, 2008. Kites has been directed by Anurag Basu and produced by Rakesh Roshan. Hrithik Roshan, Barbara Mori, Kangana Ranaut and Kabir Bedi are playing the mail roles in the movie. It is a very high budget movie. Its world rights are valued at $30 million. The film is scheduled to be released on May 21, 2010. It will be released in a 120 minute Hindi version in India and a 90 minute English version which is edited by Hollywood director Brett Ratner. Rajesh Roshan is the music director while Nasir Faraaz and Asif Ali Beg have written its songs.

Kites Movie Synopsis ::

In the harsh terrain of the Mexican desert, a mortally wounded man is left to die in the heat of the desert sun. This is Jai. Once a street smart, carefree young guy. Now, a wanted man. As death looms, the only thing that keeps him alive is the quest to find the love of his life, Natasha. A woman betrothed to another man. Jai and Natasha will fall in love despite language and cultural barriers, and embark on an action-packed adventure of love, dance and danger across Las Vegas, Los Angeles, and Mexico- an adventure that could kill them both, or bring them together forever.

Kites Movie Songs ::

1 Zindagi Do Pal Ki (KK)

2 Dil Kyun Yeh Mera (KK)

3 Tum Bhi Ho Wahi (Vishal Dadlani, Suraj Jagan)

4 Kites In The Sky (Hrithik Roshan, Suzanne D’Mello)

5 Fire (Rajesh Roshan, Vishal Dadlani, Anirudh Bhola, Anushka Manchanda)