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10 Google search tips Search within a specific site by typing site:www. sitename.com after your search term Narrow your search results by adding quotation marks before & after the search term Exclude words from results by adding "-" sign & your word after typing the search term Words with similar meaning can be found by using the "~" symbol in front of the word Search for definitions by typing define:yourword into the search box Calculate anything by typing the query (for example, type 1234 * 5678) Covert currencies by using the appropriate codes (for example, type 50USD to INR) Convert between units instantly: For example, type 90cm to inches or 1 lbs to grams Get weather info for any city: Just type weath Find specific file types by typing filetype:ppt or filetype:doc Source:http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2012-02-01/news/31012997_1_search-results-search-page-search-engine

Source: Economic times http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2012-01-23/news/30655461_1_google-ceo-larry-page-users-social-networking India needs to be get serious on the virtual front. Need of the hour a full-fledged military cyber command as there are online espionage and other attacks from China, Pakistan and others. Cyber attacks were greatly highlighted in the Munich Security Conference on Sunday. There is emergence of cyber-weapons like the Stuxnet software 'worm' that was used to sabotage Iran's nuclear programme over a year ago. In a economic time article it was told that it was a new class of weapon that caused a thousand centrifuges in Iran to self-destruct. It has been observed that the developed countries would be the "main victims'' of cyber-warfare as they were the most inter-connected in terms of information technology. Impact of cyper attacks can be enormous. Cyber-attacks can cripple a nation's military assets and st

I was reading an article in Economic times Economic Times . It said in 2000, application development was dominating Indian industry, after that three new ideas, each of them billion dollar plus ideas came up. One was engineering outsourcing, second was BPO led largely by small entrepreneurs outside IT and the third was remote infrastructure management. We have to admit that the world has changed, and there are significant threats and significant amounts of opportunities. So instead of waiting for the golden old days we need to adapt to the changing world.

While reading economic times I found that the Italian professor has come up with Volunia which he hope will challenge the US technology giant. The same computer prifessor came up with the "Hyper Search" algorithm in 1990's. It has been told that this new site allows users to view the components of particular websites to find the subject of interest more quickly and to interact with registered users who might be looking at the same web pages. I have added my e-mail ID to the list of power users. Lets c if I am able to get chance to use it as power user before it gets public.

Source:Economic Times Status if Indan e-commerce industry While reading a article in e-conomic times (http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2012-02-21/news/31083025_1_e-commerce-letsbuy-online-retailers) titled " India's e-commerce industry braces for consolidation as stronger online retailers gobble up minnows" I found that Indian e-commerce industry has reached 10 million mark. The world's largest online retailer, Amazon, is preparing for entry into India and the market separating the strong from the weak. India's best-known and stronger online retailers are taking the lead in the consolidation race. There will be couple of multi-product generalists said Prashanth Prakash, a partner at venture capital fund Accel Partners, whose investments include Flipkart and Letsbuy. Online stores in India sell from books to travel experiences. There is price wars and high customer acquisition costs. Leaders which have been able to the raise

Fanta Unveils its Latest Communications campaign "TASTE THAT MAKES YOU JUMP" Storyboard of the Ad The visual story brings out how the taste of Fanta sparks fun. The 3D animated film features the exuberant, bubbly character called Gigi getting bored, when Tristan lands up with a bottle of Fanta. Everything is energized as soon as he opens the bottle. Everybody starts jumping with fun. The party comes to an end as soon as they run out of Fanta. But guess what? Tristan comes with more Fanta and everyone jumps in the fun once again. Speaking about the new campaign, Ajay Gahalut, Executive Creative Director, Ogilvy & Mather says, “Like the previous campaign, the new ad film for Fanta is an international creative adapted for the Indian market. We have used music to make the film relevant for India. This time around too, Amitabh Bhattacharya wrote the lyrics and Amit Trivedi scored the music for it. While the last film w