A Tool that eliminates the hazel of finding the price of any product online. In short, this tool makes online price searches simple.
This tool helps to gather information about products and its prices automatically by searching from millions of web pages. It retrieves product names, price and images. This tool uses 30,000 Indian Internet sites which allows to make a variety research of products in just one go.
Its simple to use:
Just enter the product name into the Google’s search box.
On the results page, click on “Show options” link that’s above the search results and select “Shopping”.
This tool works rapidly and pulls the details of the product. The results can then be refined as required.
This tool is also useful to compare the prices of various products’ features and prices.
Monthly Archives: March 2010
Twitter homepage gets a face lift
The world popular micro-blogging site TWITTER has come up with a new look. It has revamped its site and made its homepage even more interesting. the new homepage will have a constantly updated section for ‘TOP TWEETS’.
Twitter account holders can now watch celebrities and public figures being showcased. The company is pride that Twitter is a network where information exchange is rapid comparatively to other sites.The company says that the aim of the new design is to convey the message that Twitter is “a network where information is exchanged and consumed at a rapid clip every second of the day.”
The homepage now features a set of algorithmically-selected top tweets that automatically appears on the homepage on a regular interval. Hot topics now scroll across the new homepage which helps this site to become more popular.
IPL makes IT department richer by 110 Crores in 15 days
The Central Board of Direct Taxes Department would have been happily smiling on their way to the bank as yet to be finished,still more to come,15 days of IPL fetches them with 110 crores as Tas deducted at Source(TDS) payments made by the IPL Organisers and Franchisees.
BCCI has projected an earnings of around 1 billion from this year’s IPL alone and it looks like they would go way beyond their target at the end of this year IPL.A Senior CBDT official said that the department expects to earn around Rs 200 crores in direct taxes from games related revenue by the end of IPL-3.Lalit Modi,the Chairman of the IPL estimates around Rs 4500 crores,the IT department hopes revenues from ancillory sources like TV rights and Advertisements to earn them atleast half as big as the direct revenues from IPL tournament.The games broadcaster Sony is likely to generate income upwards of Rs 800 crores
Dell launches precision M4500 Mobile Workstation
Dell has launched its M4500 15.6” powerful mobile workstation more or less similar to M6500 except its size and some some minor difference in specifications.It is expected to have a battery life of about 7 hours and 40 minutes which is a very attractive feature of this Notebook.User is given a choice to choose between processors for this model.Choice could of these two – Core i5 or Core i7 processors. Even people can go for an option of Core i7-920XM Quad Core Extreme Edition with a NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800M or 880M graphics card.
Other Specifications of M4500
Weight – 6 pounds
screen resolution of 1,920 × 1,080 with 100%
64GB SSD mini card
3-megapixel camera
multitouch trackpad
Precision ON
multi-carrier-friendly Gobi 2.0 wireless chip – used for mobile broadband support
Support for 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Microsoft Windows 7, Vista, XP, along with Red Hat Linux
Price of this notebook is not announced and it is predicted to be in the range of around $1700
Airtel launches 50 Mbps broadband service
Airtel has launched 50 Mbps broadband service at Delhi and Gurgoan on next generation VDSL2 technology.Though India lags far behind in broandband service atleast now the service providers have started launching high speed services in the country.This broadband with 50Mbps speed is the first fastest wireline broadband in the country.
Airtel is soon having plans to extend the service in other main cities like Chennai,Bangalore and Mumbai.
Apart from this 50 Mbps plan Airtel also has a 30 Mbps plan.
Find below the rate for each plan
Airtel 50Mbps – Rs8999($200)
Airtel 30Mbps – Rs7999($170)
But this service is not unlimited.There is a free download of upto 200GB for both the services.There some additional features like free VAS like Parallel Ringing, Website Builder (Basic), PC Secure (Anti-Virus software), Online Storage, Unlimited Gaming on Games on Demand
AMD launches 12 core processor – AMD Opteron™ 6000 Series platform
AMD has launched the world’s first 8 and 12 core processors both from AMD Opteron 6000 Series Platform. The AMD Opteron 6000 series offers upto 88% more integer performance and 119% more floating point than any exisiting AMD processor. AMD also promises a 2.5 times improvement in Memory performance with four channels DDR3 slot.
AMD has also announced that HP,Dell,Acer and others are launching servers with the 12 core processors in next few months. But the main advantage of AMD 12 core processors seems to be the price tag which is just half the price of Intel’s 6 core processors.
You can visit AMD Opteron 6000’s official page here.
Airtel launches 4Mbps Unlimited plans at Rs 899
Chennai
Airtel has launched 4Mbps unlimited plans all over India (subject to availability) as low as Rs 899 ($20) but there is a catch ie after the initial 6GB download/upload limit the line speed reduces to 256 Kbps but still it is unlimited. The 4 Mbps unlimited plans are available in various price band with the 4Mbps speed limit increasing the 4Mbps cutoff.
For Rs 1099 the 4 Mbps limit is till 12 GB, and for Rs 1399 it is 25 GB and at Rs 1799 it is 50 GB. After the initial limit ie after 4 Mbps download limit is exceeded, the connection changes to 256 Kbps unlimited.
With this plan Airtel has become the fastest broadband provider in India in the sub Rs 1000 range.This plan is expected to raise the speed bar in India, as other operators also will be expected to increase the speed.
Nokia extends 1 year warranty on Eseries and Nseries
This is definitely a good news for Nokia Mobile users and for people who have decided to buy Nokia’s new E series and N series mobile.
We can get extended warranty worth Rs1414 for the next year at free of cost.So we can enjoy the warranty for two years.
This offer is valid only from March 13 to April 13 and it is available only with Nokia Priority dealers.So now we can receive repair and support for an additional 12 months after the limited Nokia warranty period.
Though this news seems to be late but its not really too late since we have time till April13.
Microsoft to release security patch for IE6 and IE7 today
Microsoft has recently analysed some vulnerable attacks on IE6 and IE7 by various cyber hackers.It has found a solution and is immediately releasing out a patch today and it is recommended that all IE6 and IE7 users need to install the patch as soon as possible.
But people using IE8 and early versions of IE6 may be like IE5 are safe from this kind of attacks.
It is believed that hackers can remotely take the control of computers with the help of the hole available in IE6 and IE7. It is also assumed that even China based cyber crimes and attack on google would have occurred through this hole.
LG Cookie Pep GD510 Review,Price and Specifications
Cookie Pep is one of the stylish,Lightweight mobile from LG.It has a newly introduced single home key which is a one touch smart key that can perform multi function for Menu/Call/End based on the situation.As per user’s view phone seems to have good clarity in camera resolution, has good sound quality and the browsing speed is also fast with Opera Mini browser and finally the mobile has good response from the touch screen.
Mobile has stylish look with Silver panels,curvy borders and sleek finish.It is a frameless mobile with big 7.62 screen and hence the full length screen can be utilized as touch screen.You can even customize widgets with favourite icons like time,music,alarm and also you can configure frequent contacts,add tags and pictures to the contacts.
Camera has the resolution of 3Mega pixel.Both Mp3 and Mp4 format are supported.
With all rich User Interface,good touch screen,and easy one touch phone key mobile comes with the price range of around 7500 in India and in other countries mobile costs from 170 to 180$
Only disavantage is the mobile cannot be widely used as business mobile as it does not support 3G and WLAN
Other Specifications of LG Cookie Pep
Memory
Internal Memory Size 42 MB
External memory slot Micro SD upto 8GB
Call History can be retained upto 100 entries
1000 phone contacts can be saved
Connectivity
Connectivity
GPRS enabled
Supports USB Connectivity
Supports other protocolos like WAP WAP 2.0, xHTML
Support for JAVA applications
Enables Bluetooth Connectivity
Text Input Method
Keyboard
Handwriting-Box
Handwriting-Double Box
Handwriting-Screen
Audio & Animation
Can play the role of MP3 Player
Preset Equalizer Classic, Jazz, Pop, Rock, Concert hall
Comes with FM Radio,FM available on Speakerphone
Supports 64 Polyphonic tones
Camera and Video
Camera with 3 MP and good clarity of images
Available with Night mode On, Off feature
Self-timer Off, 3 Sec, 5 Sec, 10 Sec
Provides Shutter Sound
Digital Zooming available
Available with Brightness Adjustment,Image Editing,Image rotating,Resize and Morphing
Video size can be of 320×240, 176×144
Game and Applications
Good games like Just Cricket, Thomsons & Touch, Data Wallet,
LG HelpDesk, NewsHunt, NDTV Active
are available
Some social networking applications like Facebook, myspace, twitter, Orkut, Youtube, Picassa are supported
Wipro conducts annual Technical tests for its employees
I recently had a chat with a wiproite working in J2EE technology, hes a six year experienced and has been with Wipro for past 5 years. When we were discussing about appraisal systems in TCS and Wipro, I came to know of a technical test wipro conducts for its employees every year for the appraisal and if some one fails these exams it affects their Salary and Career at Wipro.
Typically companies conduct exams during the initial training period for freshers and trainees, but conducting exams for experienced professionals in a annual basis is unheard of. And Im not sure about exact name they use for these tests but it appears to be very broad covering many technologies even if the individual is not working on them. For instance this person was working in Struts , Core Java but he had to take exams on EJB,Web Services,AJAX etc and he was telling how he had to take leave and stay awake whole night to prepare for these tests.
Any information on this topic is welcome through comments/email. If some information is wrong or not complete please let me know.
Infosys plans to modify iRace
After a shocking backlash from its employees in media and attrition , Nandita Gurjar has acknowledged that one of the problem is with iRace which has in smaller percentage reduced roles and salaries of mid level employees.
In the interview she has admitted a high level committee has submitted some modifications in the iRace and they are currenly under review with management. So infy employees might get a pleasant surprise after the Q4 numbers.