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Google's Atari Breakout Easter Egg

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The search major Google is celebrating 36th anniversary of the release of Atari's Breakout game.  Those getting screwed by their gruesome schedules can relax a bit by the Google's version of Breakout. To find the Easter egg you just need to type 'Atari Breakout' in the Google Image search bar. Once you type these magical words, the searched images turn into colourful bricks which have to be eliminated with a ball being hit with a blue bar. Once the ball is missed by the bar, you just need to right click and a new ball appears. Its an awesome way to kill boredom, Try it folks

Quiz Time 112

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1. Which operating system gets the ' Blue ' update later in 2013 ? 2. It is a specification that defines a software interface between an operating system and platform firmware. It is abbreviated as UEFI . Expand it. 3. Which 64 bit Intel Microprocessor co developed by Intel and HP was formerly called as IA-64 ? 4. Which recently released smart device enumerates " Smart Scroll " feature which can be used to scroll while looking at the screen by slightly tilting the phone, and " Smart Pause " which allows the video player to pause videos if the user is not looking at the screen ? 5. Invented by Candice H. Brown Elliott , this technology is the back bone of the OLED , AMOLED and Super AMOLED displays. Identify this revolutionary technology. 6. Identify the game. 7. This application allows two smartphone users to physically bump their phones together to transfer contact information, photos, and files to each other over the Internet. It also allows users ...

TCS IT Wiz 2013 - Dubai

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1.What in the world of computers was initially designed   to prevent  phosphor burn-in on CRT and plasma computer monitors? 2.What do you call a person who spends a great deal of his time on computers ? 3.What is this called? 4.Which was the most used term on the internet in 2012? 5.Who are they ? 6.Identify this personality.                                     7.Which company provided solutions for the New York Half marathon ? 8.Who was the Times Person of the Year for the year 2006 ? 9.Identify this entity.                                                    10.Which term is used to describe a computer security expert who uses hacking with ethical intentions like improving security of workstations ? 11.Identify.             ...
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The Making of Post-war Manchester, 1945-74: Plans and Projects symposium I am convening a small 1-day symposium on the histories of urban change in the post-war period, looking at a range of different plans and projects relating to Manchester. The event is being held on the 8th of May and is being co-organised with Richard Brook in the Manchester School of Architecture. It is free to attend and you can register for a ticket from here . We think we have put together a strong programme. The presentations will consider events, such as ‘smokeless zones’, the emergence of a computer cluster in the city, and large scale built projects of the era, including Mancunian Way and the University expansion, in relation to civic plans, infrastructural initiatives, local and national government policies, technological innovation and the wider fiscal climate. Speakers include Michael Nevell from Salford University talking on 'From Industrial City to Industrial Archaeology', from Bangor ...

Interroger Prelims

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                                            The quiz was conducted by IIIT Bhubaneswar as a part of their inter-college fest ' Advaita ' . Puzzle Set 1. I am a close relative of Newton, you see. Not directly though, but the people working with him later worked with me. I share my name with an Italian airplane “Partenavia ”. I started a revolution and opened up a new segment in the market (mostly in the Chinese KIRF market). I also helped shape a close relative of violet. Who am I ? 2. I have no bridge now but my forefathers had, for some reason. Perhaps the devastation caused by last year’s hurricane made them think otherwise. I am a member of the family which runs pretty much everything around you, including your browser, your mouse, keyboard, display etc. I am made by the people who integrate things with electrons (literally). Who am I? 3. I share half my name with a perfum...

Quiz Time 111

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1-In the popular TV series 'THE FLINSTONES' what household gadget did a baby woolly mammoth function as? 2-What feature was developed under PROJECT TITAN for the users of facebook? 3-How do we better know the android tablet developed by Pakistan Aeronautical Complex and the hong kong based company INNAVTEK? 4-With whom did Karl Ferdinand share the 1909 Nobel Prize in Physics? 5-Which engineering company was started in 1894 as collboration between TATA Sons and VOLKART brothers? 6-Which company's first advertising slogan read "You press the buton and we do the rest"? 7- Which company used to own Togethervillie ,a social networking site exclusively aimed at children below the age of 13? 8-Since 1980, technical standards for audio compact discs are collectively known as 'Blue Book'. TRUE or FALSE? 9-Id the browser which shows this error message when it runs out of memory? Hint-Very Popular 10- Dax Networks Ltd, part of Apcom Group in Chennai, has in collabora...

Brand Quotient 2

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1. Which IT major can be associated with this? 2.The first product of this company was an Integrated circuit based computer for the US Air Force in 1961. It led to the invention of the first ever Transistor Radio. Name the company. 3.Founded by Fredrico Faggin, a part of the name of the company was derived from the phrase 'Integrated Logic'. Identify the company. 4. Put Funda. (Hint- The answer is a Gaming Major) 5. To which company does this belong to? 6. Whose head quarter is this? 7.What was formed by the conjuction of the names Kagemasa Kozuki, Yoshinobu Nakama, and Tatsuo Miyasako? 8. Identify the device as well as the company.