Max memory limits for 64-bit Windows 7

While the maximum RAM limit for 32-bit Windows 7 editions is 4GB, when
it comes to the 64-bit editions, the amount of memory that the OS can
address depends on which edition you are running.

Here are the upper RAM limits for the different editions of Windows 7:

Starter: 8GB
Home Basic: 8GB
Home Premium: 16GB
Professional: 192GB
Enterprise: 192GB
Ultimate: 192GB
These limits are similar to those for Vista editions, expect that
Vista Enterprise and Vista Ultimate have had their upper limits raised
from 128GB to 192GB.

The one to look out for there is the 16GB limit on Home Premium. If
you're building a Core i7 system then it's quite easy (if you have the
cash!) to exceed this limit. As long as you're aware of the limit and
plan your OS accordingly you'll be OK.

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Technical posts by Karnataka PSC

Technical posts by Karnataka PSC July-2011

Online applications are invited for recruitment to the following Group A & B Technical Posts :

1. Specialist (Medical) in various subjects : 600 posts in Department of Health and Family Welfare Services
2. Insurance Medical Officer : 95 posts in Directorate of ESI Medical Services
3. Assistant Director of Fisheries (Grade-II) : 30 posts in the Dept. of Fisheries

Apply Online between 28/07/2011 and 27/08/2011 at http://www.kpscapps.com 

Please visit http://www.kpscapps.com to view details and apply online.

INDIAN ECONOMIC SERVICE (IES)/ INDIAN STATISTICAL SERVICE (ISS) EXAMINATION , 2011

INDIAN ECONOMIC SERVICE (IES)/ INDIAN STATISTICAL SERVICE (ISS) EXAMINATION , 2011

The Union Public Service commission will hold the Indian Economic Service (IES)/ Indian Statistical Service (ISS) Examination commencing from 03rd December 2011 for recruitment to Grade IV of the Indian Economic Service (IES) and Indian Statistical Service (ISS). The examination will be held at various centers across the country.


Conditions of Elgibility

(A) Age Limits, Sex and Marital Status:

• Age Limit : Candidates must have attained the age of 21 years and must not have attained the age of 30 years on 1st January, 2011. Relaxation in the upper age limit as per Govt. of India rules.
•  Educational Qualifications: A candidate for the Indian Economic Service (IES) must have obtained a Post-Graduate degree in Economics/ Applied Economis/ Business Economics/ Econometrics and candidate for the Indian Statistical Service (ISS) must have obtained a Post-Graduate degree in Statistics/ Mathematical Statistics / Applied Statistics from a recognised University.

(C) Physical Standards: candidates must be physically fit according to the physical standards for Indian Economic Service / Indian Statistical Servicce Examination, 2011 as prescribed in the detailed advertisement.

Fee : Online -Rs. 100/- to be deposited in any branch of SBI or  by Net Baking/ Credit Card/ Debit Card and for Offline - Rs.100/- through Central Recruitment Fee Stamp only. SC/ST/PH/Women candidates are exempted from payment of fees. OBC candidates are required to pay full fees.

How to Apply :

1. Online : Candidates need to apply Online only at http://upsconline.nic.in up to  29/08/2011 till 11.59 pm.
2. Offline :  Candidates from some far-flung defined areas can also apply Offline through Common Application Form devised by the commission for its examination, which can be purchased from the designated Head Post Offices/Post Offices throughout the country against cash payment of Rs. 30/- and must reach the "Secretary, Union Public Service commission, Dholpur House, Shahjahan Road, New Delhi - 110069" either by hand or by Post/Speed Post only or by courier, on or before 05/09/2011.

Complete datails and other information are available at the commission website at http://upsc.gov.in

Shipping Corporation of India has rewarding opportunities

Shipping Corporation of India has rewarding opportunities for young
professionals for appointment at entry executive level as Assistant
Manager with a probation period of one year. Online applications are
invited for the following disciplines in the pay scale of
Rs.20600-46500/- :
Management : 06 posts
Naval Architect : 04 posts
Finance and Accounts : 08 posts

Age not exceeding 27 years as on 01/01/2011. Age relaxation for SC
/ST/OBC/PH candidates will be given as per Govt.

Application Fee : A Demands draft of Rs.250/- for General / OBC
Category (SC / ST / OBC candidates are exempted) drawn on a Mumbai
payable to "The Shipping Corporation of India Ltd".

How to Apply : Apply Online at SCI Website up to 02/09/2011 only. Take
a printout of the system generated application and affix a recent
passport size photograph on it, sign it and send it with application
fee to following address on or before 06/09/2011 to to Post Box No.
2091, Chennai - 600020. A copy of the application should be kept for
future record also.

For further detail, please visit http://www.shipindia.com/careers/shore.aspx

Common Bank Test in September 2011 -IBPS

announcement of common test for recruitment into public sector banks has finally arrived.The national level exams are to be conducted by Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) for which scores would be awarded.

 

Posts: The common test is for recruitment of Probationary Officer or Management Traineevacancies that arise in 19 public banks -  Allahabad Bank,Andhra Bank, Bank of Baroda, Bank of India, Bank of Maharashtra, Canara Bank, Central Bank of India, Corporation Bank, Dena bank, Indian Bank, Indian Overseas Bank, Oriental Bank of Commerce, Punjab National Bank, Punjab & Sind Bank, Syndicate Bank, Union Bank of India, United Bank of India, UCO Bank & Vijaya Bank.

 

Dates: Online application registration: July 9 - August 1 ,2011

Common written test: September 18, 2011

 

Eligibility conditions to apply for common written test, as on 1.07.2011

* Age to be minimum: 20 yrs & maximum: 30 yrs

* Must have a degree in any discipline from a recognized university

 

Test pattern for common bank exam is same as previous banking recruitments with Objective & Descriptive papers for a total of 250 marks.For every wrong answer in objective test, 0.25 would be reduced as negative mark.

 

Scorecards: IBPS will send scorecards (valid for 1 year) by post to those who have  taken the test.Banks looking to recruit PO/ MT will notify eligibility (age, education, test score etc) & candidates who satisfy it have to apply for that bank by giving their  IBPS test score & other details.

 

 

Application: Fee of Rs.50 (SC/ST) or Rs.450 (others) for common test have to be paid online (credit/ debit cards) or through NEFT payment at any branch of banks mentioned above before July 30. After obtaining payment receipt, applicants can submit their application online at www.ibps.in for which you would receive a registration number &password in email/SMS. It is necessary to upload your signature & photo along with the online application

 

Common written test is compulsory to apply for bank jobs in India hereafter.Hence download the notification of this exam from their website here

NABARD Core Banking Jobs July-2011

NABARD invites applications from eligible candidates having necessary
experience and
qualifications for the post of Project Manager to implement and
monitor core banking
solution across :
Project Manager (Core Banking Solution ) : 04 posts
Risk manager, Risk Management department : 04 posts

How to Apply : Apply Online. The candidates can apply on NABARD
website between 22/07/2011 and 05/08/2011.

For further information, please visit
http://www.nabard.org/risk_managers.asp and submission of application
at http://registration.sifyitest.com/nabardjul11

Osmania University Ph.D. Eligibility Test 2011 for Research Admissions

Osmania University Ph.D. Eligibility Test 2011 for Research Admissions
Osmania University is conducting Ph.D. Eligibility Test for admission
to Ph.D. Programmes in the disciplines of Sciences, Arts, Social
Sciences, Management and Humanities. The OU shall release admission
notification for Ph.D. Programs in the faculties such as Commerce,
Law, Education, Engineering, Technology, Pharmacy and Oriental
Languages for the year 2010-11 and 2011-12. Along with those qualified
in Ph.D. Eligibility Test conducted by Osmania University, candidates
with valid UGC/ CSIR/ JRF/ NET / M.Phil. qualifications also can
apply. They should have 55 percent marks in the relevant Post Graduate
Degree and need UGC-CSIR / NET/ GATE or SLET and M.Phil through
regular mode only. Notification is likely to be released during August
2011.

Osmania University is conducting the eligibility test following UGC
guidelines for Ph.D. Admissions. Candidates have to apply in the
prescribed application format available on the OU website at
www.osmania.ac.in . You can download guidelines of admission from the
website. Candidates can also get application forms and prospectus from
'Director, Department of Publications and Press, OU' on payment of Rs.
60 as application fee. Interested candidates can also obtain
application forms by post through sending a DD for Rs. 60 drawn in
favour of 'The Director, Department of Publications and Press, Osmania
University, Hyderabad - 500007'.

Completed application forms along with all the required enclosures and
a DD for Rs. 150 towards registration fee should be sent to concerned
Dean on or before the last date mentioned in the notification to be
released soon by the University. DD should be drawn in favour of the
Dean of Faculty concerned. More details available on
www.osmania.ac.in.

Ph.D. Eligibility Test Pattern: The Ph.D. eligibility test 2010-11 of
the Osmania University will examine candidate's research aptitude and
knowledge in the concerned subject. The medium of Ph.D. Eligibility
Test is English except for language subjects. The question paper shall
consist of only one paper with maximum marks of 100. The duration of
the test is 3 hours. The question paper consists of :
1) Section A: 10 short type questions for 60 marks (10 x 6 marks)
2) Section B: 4 essay type questions for 40 marks (4 x 10 marks).

Syllabus and Old / Previous Question Papers for Ph.D. eligibility
test: Candidates can download the syllabus along with model papers in
various subjects for Ph.D. Eligibility Test from the University
website, www.osmania.ac.in. The qualifying marks at the Ph.D.
eligibility test will be 40 percent for General and Backward Class
candidates and 30 percent for SC / ST candidates. Candidates who
qualify at the eligibility test and also who had M.Phil. degree
through regular mode in the concerned / allied subject OR those
candidates qualified in UGC NET / CSIR-UGC NET / SLET have to apply in
response to the separate notification to be issued by the
Osmania University for admission into Ph.D. programmes.

Apple beats Nokia: Becomes highest selling smart phone seller

NOKIA NO longer reigns as the supreme brand as Apple has toppled the
Finnish company and takes its place as the top most smartphone brand.
This was the one area where Nokia was the personal favourite of many
but here also the US company has beaten Nokia. Apple became the top
most brand to sell the highest number of smart phones in the world.
The results were affirmed when Apple shipped 20.3 million iPhones, and
in the same time frame Nokia shipped around 16.7 million smart phones.
Apart from this data, the analysis of International Data Corporation
(IDC), which keeps a tab of the technology market said that Nokia
globally, covers only 16 percent of the smart phones market contrary
to 37 percent of the market which it occupied last year.
Nokia, which was once the favourite of many, still holds the number
one place in the basic handset market but as analysts are saying, soon
it would also be overtaken by the Samsung phones.
If the Finnish company fails to either deliver good phones at lower
price or very good features in its own price then its doomsday is
near.
Already, so many low-cost alternatives are available in the market
that Nokia is losing its hold. Apple on the other hand is winning due
to the fact that they are bringing in their own applications and
softwares, which is also lacking in Nokia.
In both the high end and low end market, Nokia's market share has
lowered by 25 percent. According to IDC, "Nokia is bleeding on all
fronts. On the smartphone segment its portfolio is not attractive in
terms of user experience, ecosystem and even price. Since the company
started struggling in 2009, a price differentiation strategy was
pursued to keep volumes high, but even this is not working anymore.
Consumers can already find better Android devices at lower prices than
Nokia smart devices."
This gets worse for Nokia as Apple is rumoured to launch a cheap
iPhone very soon, which would further take down the Nokia Company.
Nokia hopefully takes the clue and does something about it as the
picture is not looking that rosy anymore.

iPad 2 sold out, makes Apple Inc richer by 125 per cent

The Cupertino based technology giant Apple Inc on Tuesday said that it
has sold every unit of its iPad 2 it has manufactured, thus making the
company post a record quarterly profits of 125 per cent or $28.57
billion.

APPLE INC, which till for a past few months was contemplating how to
sell out its iPad 2 amidst a series of complaints from users, on
Tuesday, did the unthinkable. The company has said that it has now
sold every single piece of its iPad 2, and posted quarterly revenue of
$28.57 billion, a record created by the company.
Apple Inc was quite recently adjudged the richest company in terms of
liquidity and post the staggering sales, the profits of the company
grew by 125 per cent taking the figure to $7.31 billion. The
announcement was made by Apple's Chief Financial Officer Peter
Oppenheimer who in a statement said that the company has sold all the
gadgets it had manufactured.
Incidentally, in 2010, somewhere around the same time, the Cupertino
based company recorded profits by the sales of its iPhones and iPads.
As per Apple Inc, with the sales of 20.34 million iPhones in the
quarter, the company recorded growth of 142 per cent and with the
quarterly sales of the iPads, which stood at 9.25 million units the
profits jumped to 183 per cent.
However, Apple's flagship product, the Mac had sold 3.95 million units
during the quarter, which is 14 per cent more than the figures
recorded last year, during the same time.
As the news was made public, an excited Steve Jobs was quoted saying
that the company was thrilled to deliver its best quarter ever, with
the revenue up 82 per cent and profits up 125 per cent. He further
mentioned that the right now, Apple Inc was very focused and excited
about bringing the iOS 5 and iCloud for its users this fall.

One lakh jobs can be created by cloud computing by 2015

One lakh jobs can be created by cloud computing by 2015

A research led by Zinnov Management Consulting and an IT firm EMC
Corporation has found that cloud computing in India can create up to
one lakh jobs in an industry worth $4.5 billion.
THE RATE with which technology keeps on expanding, in all likeliness,
cloud computing may create close to 100,000 jobs in India by 2015, as
stated by media reports. The research led by Zinnov Management
Consulting and an IT firm EMC Corporation noticed that of the
projected $4.5-billion total cloud computing market in India by 2015,
private cloud will account for $3.5 billion, generate about 100,000
additional jobs and save about 50 per cent of cost of IT operations
for Indian enterprises.
Explaining the research findings furthermore, Zinnov's Chief Executive
Pari Natarajan was quoted saying that there will be an increased
preference of cloud adoption over the next five years in India. The
total cloud market, which was about $400 million in 2010, is expected
to grow by a whopping 60 per cent annually with private cloud
dominating the landscape.
However, the research also noticed that Indian companies in
partnership are better armed for enterprise services and other
companies would have to focus on its investing and building on the
competency levels because as of now, they are not prepared to take on
the challenges, when compared with the established players.
Natarajan was also quoted saying that cloud computing will reshape the
Indian IT market by generating new opportunities for vendors and
driving changes in traditional IT offerings.

source:http://www.merinews.com/article/one-lakh-jobs-can-be-created-by-cloud-computing-by-2015/15855226.shtml

BlackBerry makers cut 2,000 jobs in Canada

BlackBerry makers Research in Motion (RIM) on Monday slashed 2,000
jobs in Waterloo in Canada thus bringing its total workforce to
17,000. Soon after the news broke out, arch rival iPhone's shares shot
up considerably.
SITUATION WAS tense at the BlackBerry headquarters in Waterloo in
Canada when the parent company, Research In Motion (RIM) axed almost
11 per cent of its total workforce worldwide on Monday. The
technological giant, which introduced the world to smart phones,
brought down its workforce to 17,000 after giving 2,000 employees the
pink slip.
The cut, which is undoubtedly the steepest in the company's history,
saw the employees being fired from its 9000 strong staff from the
headquarters in Waterloo.
Local newspapers were quoted saying that dozens of cabs were
dispatched to company offices in Cambridge and Waterloo, where
employees were escorted out of the door by security guards - moments
after getting their layoff notices. Clutching manila folders, about 50
workers were led to waiting taxis, which drove them home.
The report further stated that if anyone was panicking within RIM on
the day the company announced its worst job losses since its creation
in 1984, no one would admit it publicly. The troubled high-tech firm,
which employs about 9,000 locally, has laid off people before - 200
last month and another 220 nine years ago - but it's never faced a
slashing of jobs like this.
Soon after the news broke out, BlackBerry's arch rival iPhone recorded
heavy upsurge in its shares.

http://www.merinews.com/article/blackberry-makers-cut-2000-jobs-in-canada/15855496.shtml

ICMR transfers technology to HLL Ltd. for detection of fertility in women

The scientists of the National Institute of Research in Reproduction
in Humans, Mumbai a flagship Institute of I C M R, has signed an MOU
with Hindustan Latex Life Sciences Ltd. for transfer of a set of four
kits that detects infertility in women.

URINE BASED diagnostic kits for measurement of four key reproductive
hormones or their principal metabolites has been developed by the
National Institute of Research in Reproductive Health (NIRRH), a
Mumbai based ICMR Institute. The Kits were jointly developed by Drs
M.I.Khatkhatay and Meena Desai of NIRRH. A memorandum of understanding
was today signed between the representatives of ICMR and Hindustan
Latex Lifecare Ltd for commercialization or mass production and
marketing of the kit. Dr. Abi Santosh Aprem, Deputy General Manager of
HLL Life Care Ltd. assured that the kit would become commercially
available in the market within 36 months.
Dr. V M Katoch, Secretary, Department of Health Research, Government
of India, who was present on the occasion said that "It is essential
that fruits of public funded research should reach the public.
" The metabolites in the urine viz. such as estrogen glucuronide,
pregnanediol glucuronide, follicle stimulating hormone and luteinizing
hormone can be measured with the four kits. The first kit can be used
in monitoring ovulation induction therapy and also for in vitro
fertilization program i.e. in procedures of producing a test-tube baby
whereas the second kit is used for the estimation of the metabolite
for detection of occurrence of ovulation. The third kit is used to
measure the evaluation of hypothalamic pituitary gonadal axis a
function of the endocrine organ situated deep in the brain that is
responsible for the formation of the reproductive hormone whereas the
last kit measures LH assay in conjunction with follies. The complete
set containing four measuring kits is a simple and cost effective
technology based on enzyme linked immune-sorbent assay.

Google+ gets 20 million users in 3 weeks

Google+, a social networking site launched on June 28 has been
attracting people from various countries. It has around 20 million
users at present. The site is said to give competition to Facebook,
which has around 750 million users.

IT HAS just been around 3 weeks that Google + was launched, but it has
been attracting people from various walks of life and different age
groups. The new networking site has become so popular in a span of
three weeks that it has already reached 20 million members. Out of
these users, 5 million are from the US alone and India comprises of
2.85 million users. It was launched on June 28.
It is supposed to provide stiff competition to another social
networking site, Facebook, which comprises of around 750 million
users. Twitter is said to comprise of around 200 million users.
But is said that Google + is not a threat towards Facebook at present
- as it has a dedicated and loyal customers who would not swap for
Google +, which has just entered into the arena.
Google+ is functioning in the invitation mode only so people are
curious as to what increase would it see in the number of users, once
the membership is free through normal registration too, without
invitation.
Google+ has not been marketed as much as it can, as the networking
site is still under the beta mode. They are planning to improve it in
various ways, which would provide a strong competition to other
networking sites. They already have good features such as Circles,
Sparks, Stream, and they want to improve upon it. Larry Page, who is
the CEO for Google, was very happy with the response that he has
received for Google +.

Facebook removes Google+ ad

Facebook removes Google+ ad

Web developer Michael Lee Johnson decided he wanted to quickly grow his number of Google+ friends. The best place to find people willing to friend you is of course Facebook, so Johnson ran a Facebook ad asking people to add him to their Circles on Google+. Facebook was not amused.

The ad was headlined "Add Michael to Google+." It was short and to the point: "If you're lucky enough to have a Google+ account, add Michael Lee Johnson, Internet Geek, App Developer, Technological Virtuoso."

Facebook removed his ad, and banned him from running ads on the social network altogether. Johnson posted the following via his Google+ account (via TechCrunch):

LOL: I recently ran a Google+ advertisement on Facebook that got all of my campaigns suspended. - Great.

Facebook sent him the following message explaining why the ad was removed:

Your account has been disabled. All of your adverts have been stopped and should not be run again on the site under any circumstances. Generally, we disable an account if too many of its adverts violate our Terms of Use or Advertising guidelines. Unfortunately we cannot provide you with the specific violations that have been deemed abusive. Please review our Terms of Use and Advertising guidelines if you have any further questions.

Since Facebook doesn't say, it's not clear which rule – actually it could have been more than one – Johnson broke. It is worth noting, however, that the company has a Refusal of Ads clause in the Facebook Advertising Guidelines:

We may refuse ads at any time for any reason, including our determination that they promote competing products or services or negatively affect our business or relationship with our users.

There's nothing wrong with a company having guidelines that are as beneficial to it as possible. Still, I don't think Facebook should have killed all of Johnson's ad campaigns.

source:http://celebrityhub.blogspot.com/2011/07/facebook-removes-google-ad.html

EAMCET 2011 Web Counseling Schedule

EAMCET 2011 Web Counseling Schedule, Certificate Verification, Web Options and Seat Allotment Dates, Practice Session

EAMCET 2011 Counseling Notification for Engineering and Pharmacy Admissions (MPC Stream) has been announced. Candidates have to attend for certificate verification as per the schedule given on the website apeamcet.nic.in from the 28th July 2011 to 3rd August 2011. The distribution of ranks for each Help line centers for Certificate verification are available on the website. Candidates have to produce all original certificates like Intermediate Marks Memo and Pass certificate, SSC Marks memo, VI to Inter study certificates, Income Certificate after 1st January 2011 and caste certificate and PH / CAP/ NCC/ Sports / Minority certificate (if applied). APSCHE is also facilitating Practice Session of Web Counseling for the benefit of the students. Students can participate in this practice / mock web counseling session through eamcet.nic.in as per the ranks and dates given below: 

1) 22nd July 2011 and 23rd July 2011: Ranks 1 to 100000
2) 24th and 25th July 2011: 100001 to Last Rank

Decentralised Certificate Verification Schedule:

1. 28th July 2011: 1 - 30000 ranks
2. 29th July 2011: 30001 - 55000 ranks
3. 30th July 2011: 55001 to 80000 ranks
4. 31st July 2011 80001 to 110000 ranks
5. 1st August 2011: 110001 to 140000 ranks
6. 2nd August 2011: 140001 to 170000 ranks
7. 3rd August 2011: 170001 to Last Rank

Schedule for Web Options Entry:

1) 31st July 2011 - 1st August 2011 : Ranks 1 to 40000
2) 2nd August 2011 - 3rd August 2011: Ranks 40001 to 80000
3) 4th August 2011 to 5th August 2011: Ranks 80001 to 120000
4) 6th August 2011 to 7th August 2011: Ranks 120001 to 160000
5) 8th August 2011 to 9th August 2011: Ranks 160001 to Last rank

EAMCET 2011 Engineering and Pharmacy Seats Allotment will be done on 14th August 2011 through apeamcet.nic.in at 6 PM.

Now you will be able to identify spam calls and sms

DoT is trying hard to curb telemarketing calls and Smses, which are so
rampant these days. After installation of a DO NOT CALL register by
TRAI, they are coming up with a mobile and landline number, which will
be identifiable as spam.

NOW, PEOPLE in the middle of the afternoon or night will not have to
get irritated on answering marketing calls, at least over the phone.
The Department of Telecommunication (DoT) is coming up with a
dedicated landline to mobile number series that can be used to
identify marketing calls and this would happen within a month.

According to a Telecom Ministry official, within a month customers
will not be harassed with unwanted calls and SMSs. To quote him, "The
Department of Telecom has sorted the issue to allot the number series
for landline consumers with the security agencies. Now its a matter of
another one month that consumers will get much needed relief from the
unsolicited calls and SMSes.

"

TRAI, the telecom regulator has asked DoT to come up with an
identifiable number so that these unwanted calls and SMSes can be kept
at bay. A number starting with 140 has already been allocated to the
mobile services but for the landline connection, the number is yet to
be decided. This is taking time as DoT has pointed out various billing
and technical issues with the landline numbers.

A customer can register himself under the national customer preference
register - a modified version of Trai's Do Not Call Registry list. He
can choose either an option of 'fully blocked' or 'partly blocked'.
Telemarketing companies who forward messages or calls to such
customers registered under the scheme are liable for a fine of 2.5
lakh of rupees.

A customer can register the home phone number and cellular number with
Trai's Do Not Call Registry list by calling 888-382-1222.

Blackberry to be number 1 with seven new handsets and new OS

The seven new Blackberry handsets, which would be launched soon, would have a new Operating system. The CEO's of the company are hopeful of conquering their number one position in the market.

AMIDST pressure of maintaining and protecting market share, and concerns of share holders, the two CEOs of Blackberry announced that seven new handsets with a new Operating System would be launched in the market for their customers soon. The two CEOs, Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis, who also handle the company's Research in Motion (RIM) made this announcement to keep the investor's anger at bay.

For many days now whispers of the company made free of the management is going on, owing to the RIM's stock that has grown lower than 50 percent and setting somewhere at $27 now. It is the time to take some drastic measures as the company seems to be in trouble. In the meeting, which the management had on Tuesday, the launch of the seven new sets was announced in the hope that it would somehow make the investors happy.

They guaranteed to the investors that with the launch of these phones they are going to be number one in the market again. Lazaridis, who started RIM in 1980 said, "It (the new Bold) may have delayed us, but we are going to come out ahead. Mike and I, along with the executive team, are closely managing this transition and have positioned the company for continued future success." He also announced that the seven phones would have the same Operating System as used in the PlayBook tablet.

After the introduction of the iPhones and the Android devices in the market, Blackberry has fallen from its supreme position to number three. There were also rumours of Apple or Microsoft buying off RIM, which now cost only $14 billion. Stalling all rumours, the RIM CEo's said that nothing of the sort is in the cards for them and that they would again conquer the markets.

World’s first double leg transplant carried out in Spain

 A Spanish medical team has carried out the world's first double leg transplant, hospital sources said in the eastern city of Valencia.

The young patient could not use prostheses, making a transplant the only alternative to him spending his life in a wheelchair, medical team leader Pedro Cavadas said earlier.

The operation was authorised in May 2010, but the medical team needed to wait for a donor. The operation, which lasted an entire night, was performed at Valencia's La Fe hospital. Cavadas has also previously carried out face and arm transplants. 

source: http://www.allcurrentaffairs.tk/2011/07/spanish-medical-team-has-carried-out.html#ixzz1SBLaf3Y0