What is a 3G mobile?

3G is an ITU specification for the third generation (analog cellular was the first generation, digital PCS the second) of mobile communications technology. 3G promises increased bandwidth, up to 384 Kbps when a device is stationary or moving at pedestrian speed, 128 Kbps in a car, and 2 Mbps in fixed applications. 3G will work over wireless...

Heavy downpour in TN...

With a low pressure area over Kanyakumari and neighbourhood likely to become more marked, the northeast monsoon, which set in over the State on October 29, will continue to be vigorous over the coastal belt. A trough from the low pressure area extends to west central Bay of Bengal across the Gulf of Mannar and southwest bay off the coast...

Our Journey towards the doom's day.......

1. Global warming trek 'makes it less than half way' to North Pole due to temps dropping below -40C! – UK Guardian 2. Physicist Dr. Lubos Motl: Warming explorers learned 'Nature is in charge of the atmosphere 3. North Pole trek mapping Arctic sea ice ends early' 4. Arctic global warming explorers 'battered by wind, bitten by frost,...

Should Lanka be suspended from commonwealth.............

Should Sri Lanka be suspended from the Commonwealth?     By The Editor, via Zoe WareThis post comes from the Commonwealth Conversation website, which is the largest public consultation ever undertaken about the future of the Commonwealth. Interesting article on whether Sri Lanka should be suspended for human rights violations...

Better Paragraphs

All writing requires both creative thinking and technical proficiency. On the far technical side, you have the mechanics of writing, such as knowing how to apply punctuation and grammar rules. On the far creative side, you have the development of ideas and new story lines. Combining these two into a written form that deeply engages your reader and effectively communicates your thoughts requires...

Conciseness in writing

Many people think that concise means short. But short itself doesn't guarantee conciseness. Concise writing is also precise, straightforward, and relevant. The American Heritage Dictionary's definition of conciseness --"Expressing much in few words"-- is itself an illustration of conciseness. Writing concisely doesn't mean providing a summary or truncating your message....

Sentence Coherence

Coherence is product of many different factors, which combine to make every paragraph, every sentence, and every phrase contribute to the meaning of the whole piece. Coherence in writing is much more difficult to sustain than coherent speech simply because writers have no nonverbal clues to inform them if their message is clear or not. Therefore, writers must make their patterns of coherence...

Writing effective Sentences

Writing effective Sentences Most people do not like to write because they are not always at their best nor are they comfortable expressing themselves openly to others who may not judge them equally or fairly, Cavalone and Wayman, authors of How Do I Get People to Buy into a Creative Writing (http://www.able.state.pa.us/able/lib/able/lfp/lfp04cavalonewayman.PDF)...

Linux vs Windows

                                 Linux vs Windows                             Flavors   Both Windows and Linux come in many flavors. All the flavors of Windows come from Microsoft,...