Tuesday 20 November 2012
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Pyar Ka Punchnama - Best Dialogue ever,Rajat 's Frustration HQ.flv
Pyar Ka Punchnama - Best Dialogue ever,Rajat 's Frustration HQ
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Liquid getting senti and reacting like fire buster, best dialogue.flv
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Outspoken and overly critical Nishant Agarwal meets gorgeous new co-worker, Charu, offers his help, assists her financially, and they become close friends. His room-mates, Rajat and Vikrant, are pleased with this outcome as they already have girlfriends in Neha and Rhea respectively. But both the relationships are not as harmonious, as Rajat feels Neha is self-centered and demanding, while Rhea appears to be withdrawn and aloof. Missing their meetings and bar-hopping, the trio decide to take a time-out and be by themselves. All three women, however, find out and decide to accompany them to the beach where they eventually mingle. The trio do not know that soon misunderstandings will crop up - and it will take a lot of effort and understanding to resolve them. Watch out what eventually will happen to their relationships?
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Outspoken and overly critical Nishant Agarwal meets gorgeous new co-worker, Charu, offers his help, assists her financially, and they become close friends. His room-mates, Rajat and Vikrant, are pleased with this outcome as they already have girlfriends in Neha and Rhea respectively. But both the relationships are not as harmonious, as Rajat feels Neha is self-centered and demanding, while Rhea appears to be withdrawn and aloof. Missing their meetings and bar-hopping, the trio decide to take a time-out and be by themselves. All three women, however, find out and decide to accompany them to the beach where they eventually mingle. The trio do not know that soon misunderstandings will crop up - and it will take a lot of effort and understanding to resolve them. Watch out what eventually will happen to their relationships?
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Best dialogue of bollywood ever!!Rajesh Khanna, AMitabh Bacchan
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Rajesh Khanna (born Jatin Khanna) (29 December 1942 - 18 July 2012) was an Indian actor in Hindi films, and was also a film producer and a politician.
He is referred to as the "First Superstar" of Hindi cinema. He appeared in 163 feature films of which 128 films saw him as the lead protagonist; he appeared in 17 short films as well.
In June 2012, it was reported that Rajesh Khanna's health had been deterorating for some time, On 23 June 2012 he was admitted to Lilavati Hospital due to some health complications. He was discharged on 8 July 2012 from the hospital and was reported to be fine. On 14 July 2012, Rajesh Khanna was readmitted to the Lilavati hospital but was discharged on 17 July. He died on 18 July 2012 at his bungalow Aashirwad, in Mumbai due to Kidney problems.
#RIP #Rajesh Khanna :(
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Rajesh Khanna (born Jatin Khanna) (29 December 1942 - 18 July 2012) was an Indian actor in Hindi films, and was also a film producer and a politician.
He is referred to as the "First Superstar" of Hindi cinema. He appeared in 163 feature films of which 128 films saw him as the lead protagonist; he appeared in 17 short films as well.
In June 2012, it was reported that Rajesh Khanna's health had been deterorating for some time, On 23 June 2012 he was admitted to Lilavati Hospital due to some health complications. He was discharged on 8 July 2012 from the hospital and was reported to be fine. On 14 July 2012, Rajesh Khanna was readmitted to the Lilavati hospital but was discharged on 17 July. He died on 18 July 2012 at his bungalow Aashirwad, in Mumbai due to Kidney problems.
#RIP #Rajesh Khanna :(
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English teaching classes, Hillarious from Fas Gaye re Obama
clip from the movie phas gaya re obama hindi movie. teacher yells at his students in english as a second language class.
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First Look Akash-2 Tablet,unboxing Akash-2, Akash2 Review
If the Apple iPad be the Goliath of tablets, meet David - Akash-2, the world's cheapest tablet computer. With hardly any flab beyond that seven inch screen, it might also be among the smallest. Unlike the original iPad, it accepts pen drives. Something Indian university students, who get these before everyone else, will find useful.
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Thursday 8 November 2012
Difference between High availability vs. fault tolerance
High availability vs. fault tolerance
The difference between fault tolerance and high availability, is
this: A fault tolerant environment has no service interruption but a significantly
higher cost, while a highly available environment has a minimal service interruption.
Fault tolerance relies on specialized hardware to detect a hardware
fault and instantaneously switch to a redundant hardware component—whether
the failed component is a processor, memory board, power supply, I/O subsystem,
or storage subsystem. Although this cutover is apparently seamless and offers
non-stop service, a high premium is paid in both hardware cost and performance
because the redundant components do no processing. More importantly, the fault
tolerant model does not address software failures, by far the most
common reason for downtime.
High availability views availability not as a series of replicated
physical components, but rather as a set of system-wide, shared resources
that cooperate to guarantee essential services. High availability combines
software with industry-standard hardware to minimize downtime by quickly restoring
essential services when a system, component, or application fails. While not instantaneous,
services are restored rapidly, often in less than a minute.
Many sites are willing to absorb a small amount of downtime with high
availability rather than pay the much higher cost of providing fault tolerance.
Additionally, in most highly available configurations, the backup processors
are available for use during normal operation.
High availability systems are an excellent solution for applications that
must be restored quickly and can withstand a short interruption should a failure
occur. Some industries have applications so time-critical that they cannot
withstand even a few seconds of downtime. Many other industries, however,
can withstand small periods of time when their database is unavailable. For
those industries, HACMP™ can provide the necessary continuity of service
without total redundancy.
Qualcomm Q4 and FY 2012 financial results: Record numbers, but growth is slowing in the west
Qualcomm has just published their Q4 and full year 2012 financial results. In case you’re wondering how that works, they operate on a fiscal calendar, not the actual calendar. Back to the numbers, they’re absolutely mind bending: Q4 revenues were up 18% year on year; full year 2012 revenues were up 28% year on year. MSM volumes, meaning the Snapdragon chips that have an integrated SoC and cellular component, hit 141 million in Q4, up 11% year on year. For the full year that number is even higher, at a whopping 22%. All this despite the problems Qualcomm faced during the summer due to TSMC’s inability to meet demand for 28 nanometer parts.
Not all is rosy however. Shipments of 3G and 4G devices to developed markets, meaning Japan, North America, and Europe, are up just 4% year over year. It makes sense when you think about it. What does nearly everyone in the developed world have in common? Chances are they likely own a smartphone. Qualcomm’s Chief Financial Officer, William Keitel, told Retuers:
“Despite a somewhat lackluster world economy and despite very intense competition, we’re pretty optimistic on our financial outlook for 2013.”Cheery words indeed, but the company is forecasting revenue growth for fiscal 2013 to be anywhere between 20% to 26%, which is obviously lower than the 28% that they just reported.
Taking a step back, why is Qualcomm where they are today? Because they had the foresight to develop the Snapdragon platform. Companies used to have to buy several components from multiple vendors and then spend time integrating and testing said parts. Qualcomm basically slapped all those bits and bobs into one product that their customers, the handset makers, could use to get a phone out to market in almost no time.
Who’s Qualcomm’s competition? Samsung, who makes their own system on chip platform known as Exynos. That and there’s Intel. Today they might not be a big player, but just wait a few years.
Angry Birds Star Wars now available in Google Play Store for free
Forget
elections, forget Guy Fawkes, forget Black Friday. The
most anticipated day this month is today, November 8th, the day that
Angry Birds Star Wars was released. Since early October the game
designers over at Rovio have been teasing us with sneak previews, featuring the Luke and Leia Angry Birds characters, and by posting videos and images. But now, the wait is over Angry Birds Star Wars is now available in Google Play Store for free.
This Star Wars crossover game is a stroke of genius. It is Angry Birds and yet it is Star Wars. It is Star Wars and yet it is Angry Birds. Brilliant! Once you start the game you are welcomed by a rousing rendition of the Star Wars theme after the seeing the mandatory “A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away….”
The game has 80 levels set on loads of worlds including Tattooine, Pig Star (Death Star), Hoth (which is a free update that is coming soon), a world called “Path of the Jedi” and a Bonus location.
In this Angry Birds variation, the Birds play the Rebels as they fight against the evil Imperial Pigs. During the game you will use the Force, get out your Lightsaber and do a lot of blasting! If you can guide the Birds as far as the Pig Star then you will meet the terrifying Darth Vader, Dark Lord of the Pigs!
Why are you still reading this? Get over to the play store and download it, it is free! Once you have played it a bit, please leave a comment below to let others know what you think about it!
This Star Wars crossover game is a stroke of genius. It is Angry Birds and yet it is Star Wars. It is Star Wars and yet it is Angry Birds. Brilliant! Once you start the game you are welcomed by a rousing rendition of the Star Wars theme after the seeing the mandatory “A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away….”
The game has 80 levels set on loads of worlds including Tattooine, Pig Star (Death Star), Hoth (which is a free update that is coming soon), a world called “Path of the Jedi” and a Bonus location.
In this Angry Birds variation, the Birds play the Rebels as they fight against the evil Imperial Pigs. During the game you will use the Force, get out your Lightsaber and do a lot of blasting! If you can guide the Birds as far as the Pig Star then you will meet the terrifying Darth Vader, Dark Lord of the Pigs!
“We can’t wait for fans around the world to experience the fun of launching the Angry Birds characters into the Star Wars universe,” said Colum Slevin, Vice President, Head of Studio Operations for Lucasfilm Ltd. “This is the kind of creative partnership that has helped Star Wars remain vibrant and beloved for over 35 years.”I have only played a few levels so far as I wanted to get on an tell you guys about the release, but so far I am impressed! The graphics are excellent, the game play is is smooth and the Star Wars crossover excellently executed. It is comic, fun and challenging all at the same time.
Why are you still reading this? Get over to the play store and download it, it is free! Once you have played it a bit, please leave a comment below to let others know what you think about it!
T-Mobile’s Q3 2012 financial results are miserable, but they’re still expanding their iPhone friendly 4G network
T-Mobile has issued two important pieces of news in the span of 24 hours. The first, and arguably the less important of the two, is that iPhone owners in Washington, D.C.; Baltimore, Maryland; and Houston, Texas will now have access to high speed internet. T-Mobile’s network, for the longest time, used the AWS band (1700/2100 MHz) for 3G, but recently they’ve started turning on 3G in the 1900 MHz band. That’s one of the two bands that AT&T uses for their 3G, so technically an AT&T iPhone user can migrate to T-Mobile and still have high speed data on their smartphone. Mind you, this writer classifies 42 Mbps HSPA+ as a “4G” technology, so that means T-Mobile’s network does provide 4G connectivity, though obviously not everywhere.
The other major announcement is of course T-Mobile Q3 2012 financial results. Here are the numbers: 492,000 postpaid customers left the network. ARPU, an acronym for the average revenue per user, fell 7.4% compared to Q3 2011 to just $42.78. And finally, profits are down over 15%.
Does T-Mobile stand a chance? That’s hard to say. They’re supposedly going to launch LTE next year, and they’re going to pour roughly $4 billion into their network to make it better, but history has shown that once you start falling in this business, it’s damn near impossible to get back up. You have to remember, Sprint is going to get a huge injection of cash from the Japanese operator SoftBank, so that’s going to make them even more competitive. And let’s not forget about the big boys. By the end of next year, Verizon’s 4G LTE network will cover pretty much every American in the contiguous United States.
We’d like to remind you that our favorite option, if you’re OK with dealing with HSPA+, is Straight Talk. For $45 per month you get unlimited everything and access to AT&T’s network. You really can’t beat that price.
Sears Black Friday deals leaked: get the Galaxy Tab 2 7″ at $177.99
Every
year, Black Friday brings some pretty amazing deals in the tech
department. We are glad to report that Android tablets and phones are
certainly not left out this year. Yesterday, Sears’ Black Friday deals
were leaked, and posted online for all to see. Aside from all the nice
tools and ladies’ dresses, Android tablets are getting quite the sale.
Going
from the deal on page 14, an Android tablet is included in the “door
buster” deals. The tablet is an off-brand device called the X-treme Tab
7, and as you can guess, it is a 7-inch device that supposedly runs
Android 4.0 and includes 2GB of built in memory and WiFi support. If
those specs sounds awesome to you, you can pick one on Thanksgiving
night at Sears for just $40.
The deals on page 29 include three more off-brand tablets that range from $70, for a 7-inch tablet, to $120, for a 10-incher. That page also includes a pre-paid Net10 phone on sale for $49 with no contract.
Now
if you are looking for a little more familiar brand, Sears has got you
covered. They are offering the 7-inch Galaxy Tab 2 with Android 4.0,
dual camera, and more, all for only $177—that certainly beats Google
Nexus 7 in price. If you would prefer a 10-inch device instead, Sears is
selling the Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 for $297.
Sadly, tablets are your best deals when it comes to Sears, but the Black Friday leaked prices are just getting started. Who else is excited to see what Amazon, BestBuy, Wal-Mart, and Target has coming our way?
The deals on page 29 include three more off-brand tablets that range from $70, for a 7-inch tablet, to $120, for a 10-incher. That page also includes a pre-paid Net10 phone on sale for $49 with no contract.
Sadly, tablets are your best deals when it comes to Sears, but the Black Friday leaked prices are just getting started. Who else is excited to see what Amazon, BestBuy, Wal-Mart, and Target has coming our way?
More OUYA development kits are now up for pre-order at $800, will ship in January 2013
It was only last week when we got an update on OUYA’s development, ensuring us that the console is still on track for a March 2013 release, and now we have exciting news again. More development kits are up for pre-order on OUYA’s website, being expected to ship as soon as January 2013.
More, because the first such kits should go out starting this December to early and generous pledgers of the Kickstarter project. Now for the bad news. The dev kits up for grabs now go for $800 a pop, which might seem like a lot for regular tech enthusiasts.
Then again, regular people should not think about ordering these, as they are only targeted at game developers wanting to make their work available on the Android console as soon as possible.
The package also includes an OUYA console, two controllers and the exclusive ODK (the actual software developer kit), so after all it doesn’t seem like a bad deal. Not to mention that you get the OUYA a lot earlier than other folks, and that honor should cost a couple of extra bucks, right?
No words on how many development kits OUYA has “on stock”, but we’re guessing not a truckload, so if there’s any game dev out there that’s hesitated to back up the project earlier, now’s the time to cough up the money.
As for us day-to-day gamers, we have nothing to worry about on the pricing front, with OUYA still scheduled to cost a measly $109, one controller, USA shipping and Jelly Bean butter included. Tasty or what?
Nook users get Rdio’s 18 million tunes catalog, music discovery as a bonus
Owners of B&N’s Nook tablets (both HD and HD+) now have the choice to listen to more than 18 million songs made available by Rdio, a multi-platform ad-free music service provider. Nook users can now enjoy music as they read their favorite books, using the Rdio app available in the Barnes & Noble application store. The app is also available for Android users through the Google Play store.
Apart from listening to your favorite songs, Rdio lets you to see what your friends are listening to and follow them. In addition, Rdio now features a music discovery service powered by Echo Nest. The service allows users to discover new tunes that match their preferences, simply by visiting an artist’s page. By targeting Nook users, Rdio wants to increase its penetration in the highly competitive music streaming industry. The Internet radio service is currently available across multiple locales, including Australia, New Zealand, North America, parts of Europe, and Brazil.
The company is being tight lipped about exactly what Echo Nest-powered features it will introduce in the future, but it promised there is more to come. Did you check out Rdio on your Nooks, or other Android devices yet?