Atlantis link with ISS

Space shuttle Atlantis docked with the International Space Station(ISS) at 15:07 GMT yesterday, on its final visit to the orbiting outpost as the US prepares to wrap the shuttle programme.
Before connecting with the ISS, the venerable vehicle did the customary back flip to allow station crew to photograph its heat shield. The snaps will be sent to ground controllers to check for any damage.
Atlantis is carrying the Raffaello multipurpose logistics module, loaded with spares and supplies. Pilot Doug Hurley and mission specialist Sandy Magnus will today use the ISS's Canadarm2 robot limb to shift the module from the shuttle's cargo bay to the station's Harmony node.
Ground-based flight controllers, meanwhile, are monitoring reports from the US Department of Defense’s Strategic Command that a piece of Soviet satellite COSMOS 375 may pass close to the ISS tomorrow afternoon.
NASA said yesterday: "The team expected updated tracking information following today’s docking to help determine if a maneuver using the shuttle’s thrusters is necessary to avoid the debris."

Bassic 10 tips to improve your reading skill

1. You need not to be a great reader to get the point: Some get sharp memory where they read fast and remember everything in a short time while there are some who read very slow and need a couple of times to memorize. It doesn’t really matter, as long as when you read it, you get the information what you are seeking.
2. Know the reason you are reading for: Is it for entertainment or to learn something from it? Make your mind up why you are reading before you actually start and you will very much develop your knowledge and understanding.

AIEEE 2011 | AIEEE 2011 Answer Keys | AIEEE 2011 Solutions

AIEEE 2011 Solutions,Answer Keys by FIITJEE,Aakash Institute,Narayana,Times Institute,TCY Online will be available in Couple of Hours after exam with analysis and explanations.

AIEEE 2011 Exam is Conducting on 01-May-2011 (Sunday), 12 Lakh Students appearing for the AIEEE exam all over the India.

All AIEEE 2011 Solutions,Answer Keys available in Couple hours after the exam. Links  will be Updated soon after the exam.

TCY Online:

AIEEE 2011 Physics Paper Answers with Solutions

AIEEE 2011 Chemistry Paper Answers with Solutions

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AIEEE 2011 Solutions,Answer Keys,Expert Analysis by TCY Online

For IT hiring, 2011 to be landmark year after 2007

The calendar 2011 is expected to be a landmark year for tech hiring and job movements after 2007 as market visibility improves, global customers step up spending and pipelines remain packed.

External head hunters are optimistic of a very bullish trend with hiring requirements going up substantially this year by 60 per cent to 70 per cent, compared to last year's 20 per cent jump over the previous year. 

The industry will see around 2 lakh fresh engineering graduates entering the job market this year while another 3 lakh people will move and change jobs within the industry. Also, there will be another over a lakh graduates (BSc computer science, electronics, and bachelor of computer applications) coming to the market from colleges across the country. 

GRE Undergoes Changes Starting August2011

In less than five months more than 70,000 aspiring graduate and business school students worldwide who aspire to study in US, UK, Canada, Australia will face the vastly different , difficult and about an hour longer GRE.

The Graduate Record Examination (GRE) is undergoing several alterations in its question structure, design and methodology. The test will be given differently, will have a different scoring method, and will have new questions in two sections beginning August 1, 2011.

New 3D Battery: Recharge you laptop, mobile phone in 1 minute

The big problem with nowadays’ batteries is that they charge and discharge slowly. They can be made to charge and discharge faster at the price of their shortened lifetime, but that’s not a solution at all. Supercapacitors may offer fast charge/discharge rates, but their capacity is just not very high. A hybrid of these two would be perfect.A team of scientists at University of Illinois has invented a new type of battery which can cut down charging time. 

Professor Paul Braun and his team has made this historic invention based on Nano technology and the details has been made available at 20 March, 2011, issue of the Nature Nanotechnology journal. 

Timesjobs Job Fair 2011 (12th & 13th March 2011)

Jobfair(Direct walk-in) is being conducted in association with Timesjobs on 12^th and 13^th of March,2011……..So interested candidates please walk-in for an interview with multiple copies of your CV on above mentioned dates from 10am to 5pm……
Venue:

Wipro to remove employment bond for freshers

Here is a good news for freshers searching for jobs.Wipro Technologies is preparing for the talent war this year. Wipro used to ask to make a payment of 75,000 while signing the employment contract but now they have removed the policy.With this,the company plans to offer double digit wage hikes this April.

But, Wipro will still have a service level agreement for a period of 15 months for the employees.The company feels that it will improve the quality of hires and at the same time they will not lose employees after the significant effort in training period.

UPSC preliminary examination-2011 for recruitment of 880 posts

UNION PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION (UPSC) is inviting applications for civil service preliminary examination-2011 for recruitment of  880 posts.
Eligibility criteria:
Educational Qualification: Degree from a recognised university or an equivalent qualiflication.
Age limit: Candidate should be between 21 and 30 years of age  as on 1st August,2011.
Important Dates:
Civil services (Preliminary):
Date of notification: 19-02-2011

EAMCET 2011 Time Schedule

EAMCET 2011 Notification,EAMCET 2011 Eligibility Criteira EAMCET-2011 (Engineering,Agricultural and Medical Common Entrance Test-2011) of Andhra Pradesh will be conducted by JNTU Hyderabad for entry into the first year of the following Professional Courses offered for the academic year 2011-2012 in the State Andhra Pradesh. a) B.E/B.Tech Courses b) B.V.Sc and A.H/B.Sc (Ag)/B.Sc (Hort)/B.F.Sc/B.Tech(FS&T)/B.Sc (CA&BM) Courses. c) MBBS/BDS/BAMS/BHMS/BNYS Courses. d) B.Pharm/B.Tech (Bio-Technology) and Pharm-D (Doctor of Pharmacy) Courses Date of Entrance Test: 08-05-2011

ICET 2011

ICET 2011 Notification

ICET 2011 (Integrated Common Entrance Test-2011) Exam conducted by Andhra University for admission into M.B.A & M.C.A courses in Universities in Andhra Pradesh for Academic Year 2011 – 2012.

Commencement of Sales of Application Forms: 22-02-2011

Last Date for the sale & receipt of Application Forms:

Without Late Fee: 24-03-2011 upto 5.00 PM

With a Late Fee of Rs.500/- : 08-04-2011 upto 5.00 PM

With a Late Fee of Rs.2000/- : 13-04-2011 upto 5.00 PM

Date of Written Exam: 18-05-2011 (10:00 AM to 12:30 PM)

ICET 2011 Eligibility Criteria:

AICTE Bans Important MBA Entrance Examinations (Including XAT, ATMA and MICAT)

The latest reforms in All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) shocked management aspirants across India by banning top MBA entrance exams like XAT, ATMA, and MICAT as entry points to B-schools approved by AICTE. Only state government-run management entrance exams such as Maharashtra CET or ICET in Andhra Pradesh, CAT and MAT are now allowed to serve as entry criteria for aspirants of PGDM (Post Graduate Diploma Programs in Management) programs for business institutes.

However, Dr Prabhat Kumar Sahoo, Director and regional officer of AICTE, Western Region has stated that he will be sending in his suggestion to include XAT in the list of approved MBA entrance exams along with CAT and MAT and there is still a chance that it might get accepted. Till the clouds on XAT clear away, all b-schools will have to accept scores of CAT, MAT or state CETs as their entry criteria for their management programmes.

Autonomous Business Schools such as Goa Institute of Management (GIM), SP Jain Institute of Management & Research (SPJMR) and National Institute of Industrial Engineering (NITIE) in Mumbai, Management Development Institute (MDI) in Gurgaon, and Mudra Institute of Communications, Ahmedabad (MICA) that had their own admission processes but were offering AICTE-approved PGDM programmes will not conduct separate entrance tests anymore and will accept scores of state CETs, CAT and MAT only.

Since the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) are not governed by the AICTE, the new rules will not affect them or their admission processes. B-schools affiliated to different universities or deemed universities such as Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS), Symbiosis, FMS Delhi or IIFT Delhi will also not be affected by the new regulations, as they are not governed by AICTE.

According to Dr. Sahoo, B-schools who wish to judge students on their specialized skills can always do so at the the GD (general discussion) and PI (personal interview) stage. The move has been made to streamline the process of management entrance and to ensure that seats are filled only on the basis of merit and that quality in education in maintained in all the institutes.

Online Job Scams

Ironically, the very features such as global coverage, convenience, and speed that make the Internet convenient for job seekers have also made it much easier and safer for criminals indulging in employment-related fraud.

Until recently, con artists used printed classified ads and cold-calling to defraud job seekers. However, the Net has changed all that. The following are some common online job scams to watch out for:

Phoney job opportunities

Scammers create phoney job advertisements to mislead eager and unwary job hunters. The job announcement requests the user to send personal information. Such phoney job advertisements often use familiar-looking or convincing logos of a company. These ads are then linked to a fake Web site that resembles the real thing. Some such Web sites also charge fees. After a few days, these Web sites are pulled off the Net, leaving the users high and dry.

Online Job Hunt: Safety Measures.......

Aircel Blyk membership prepaid pack for Indian youth

Aircel has introduced a youth oriented mobile service called Aircel Blyk.

Blyk Aircel users will be sent content by way of messages, both SMS and MMS, containing Entertainment, Sports, Lifestyle comprising travel, fashion, wellness, gadgets etc. information and news regarding such as city specific events, dating & relationships tips, Comics and careers advice etc.

The subscribers of Blyk will also receive bonus talktime, data, sms etc.

The Blyk membership prepaid pack is available at all exclusive Aircel stores in India.

www.aircel.com/blyk

NaiDunia Disha Hindi newspaper exclusively for students

The popular Hindi language daily Naidunia will launch a newspaper exclusively for students.

Called as the 'NaiDunia Disha' the news paper will be published six days a week.

It is the first ever hindi daily aimed at school students reports afaqs.

The news paper will have eight pages and articles by and for students from Class 6 to Class 12. The newspaper will start distribution from Indore with 15000 copies.

Steamboat Willie, the first Mickey Mouse Cartoon Video

Today November 18 marks the 82nd anniversary of the release of the first official Mickey Mouse cartoon video 'Steamboat Willie'.

Steamboat Willie (1928) was an animated short released on November 18, 1928. Eventhough another cartoon Plane Crazy was released six months earlier to Steamboat Willie, Walt Disney celebrates the birthday of Mickey Mouse in commomeration with the release of Steamboat Willie on November 18.

Watch the cartoon here

Twitter Local Trends for India & Google Translate announced

Twitter has announced two much awaited features today. The new features include Local Trends for India and Google Translate for translating tweets.

Local Trends which display trending topics in twitter which was available for some countries only has been extended for 13 new countries including India. The 13 new countries and cities include Argentina, Australia, Chile, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Netherlands, Singapore, Spain, Turkey, Venezuela. Cities: Detroit, Miami, Minneapolis, Rio De Janeiro, Sydney, Toronto.

Twitter also has launched a Google Translate tool to display Tweet translations for local languages. However this feature is currently available to a very small percentage of users and will be rolling out to everyone over the coming weeks.

Top Words of 2010 Announced - Spillcam, Vuvuzela, Hu, iPad on top

The Global Language Monitor has announced that Spillcam is the Top Word, Anger and Rage the Top Phrase and Chinese Leader Hu Jintao the Top Name of 2010 in its annual global survey of the English language. Spillcam was followed by Vuvuzela, the Narrative, Refudiate, and Guido. Deficit, Snowmageddon, 3-D, Shellacking and Simplexity rounded out the Top 10.

The Global Language Monitor, an Austin, Texas-based firm that analyses and incorporated new words in english.

The first 5 Top Words of 2010 are

Tata DOCOMO 3G Launched, Free 3G for first 7 days

Tata DOCOMO is set to launch its 3G services this Diwali in all the nine Circles where it has the 3G license—Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh-Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, Gujarat, UP (West), Punjab, Haryana and Maharashtra. Apart from this Tata DOCOMO is offering a 7 day trial period where its 3G services can be used for free by its subscribers.

Tata Docomo’s HSPA+ 3G network, set up with the assistance of NTT Docomo can support high speed internet access with speeds upto 21.1 mbps. Technical literature refers to this as 3.5G+. The network also supports high-definition voice (HD Voice) for superior voice experience on calls.

Tata DOCOMO’s 3G offering starts off including applications like Video-SMS, Video-Streaming, Mobile Television,Ultra-High-Speed Data Transfers, Route-Finder, Live Prayer, and much more.

Java Interview Question Placement Paper

Q.1.What is garbage collection? What is the process that is responsible for doing that in java?
Ans. Reclaiming the unused memory by the invalid objects. Garbage collector is responsible for this process
Q.2. What kind of thread is the Garbage collector thread?
Ans. It is a daemon thread.
Q.3. What is a daemon thread?
Ans. These are the threads which can run without user intervention. The JVM can exit when there are daemon thread by killing them abruptly.
Q.4. How will you invoke any external process in Java?