Navtej Kohli
always discover new technologies and invention in the Information
technology and computer science . Because its now be challenge to every
search engines to how to mange data and retrieve the desired results
with in milliseconds. Because there are huge amount of data comes
through web pulishing ,news , blogs and websites and managing such data
in a timely fashion major challenge even when every search engines
promise to give live results .

Google whish is search engine giant and plays important roles for
spreading and sharing information to across the world . Google techie
always working for enhancing search quality and minimizing time for
fetching the search results. Google officials feels that as the data
grow up rapidly so they are working continuously how they minimize the
time to sorting and comparing the data specially when Google is
committed to give live results.

Google had introduce new technology for organize world information
after a long study over that matter to how to sort data so quickly and
discover MapReduce and claming that it will reduce much time and speed
up process of sorting . Basically MapReduce is a key component of the
software industry which makes to run multiple processes simultaneously
and is now perfect solutions if any program want multiple calculation
for generating any results specially when its to be used that program
on regular basis , Google officials also claiming that due to
simplicity it be easily be adopted and run on many environment .as well
as Real world application where much computation required to make
calculation over distributed network data.


According to Google officials Google followed the rules of a standard
terabyte (TB) sort benchmark for making such process Which help to
understand and comparing the various technology and add many other
feature .Google says “You can think of it as an Olympic event for
computations. By pushing the boundaries of these types of programs, we
learn about the limitations of current technologies as well as the
lessons useful in designing next generation computing platforms. This,
in turn, should help everyone have faster access to higher-quality
information”.

Google was feeling proud while announcing that now Google able to sort
1TB stored on the Google File System as 10 billion 100-byte records in
uncompressed text files) on near about 1,000 computers in 68 seconds ,
much better in comparison with pervious working on 910 computers with
1TB data took 209 seconds .

Google also curious to know what happen if a user want to sort more
than one terabytes or more even want to sort one petabyte. A thousands
of terabytes makes one

Petabyte .it is 12 times the amount of archived web data in the U.S.
Library of Congress as of May 2008. In comparison, consider that the
aggregate size of data processed by all instances of MapReduce at
Google was on average 20PB per day in January 2008.

Google give some more interesting feedback took six hours and two
minutes to sort 1PB (10 trillion 100-byte records) on 4,000 computers.
We're not aware of any other sorting experiment at this scale and are
obviously very excited to be able to process so much data so quickly.


An interesting question came up while running experiments at such a
scale: Where do you put 1PB of sorted data? We were writing it to
48,000 hard drives (we did not use the full capacity of these disks,
though), and every time we ran our sort, at least one of our disks
managed to break (this is not surprising at all given the duration of
the test, the number of disks involved, and the expected lifetime of
hard disks). To make sure we kept our sorted petabyte safe, we asked
the Google File System to write three copies of each file to three
different disks.


Significantly improved handling of the so-called "stragglers" (parts of
computation that run slower than expected) was a key software technique
that helped sort 1PB. And of course, there are many other factors that
contributed to the result. We'll be discussing all of this and more in
an upcoming publication. And you can also check out the video from our
recent Technology RoundTable Series.
Navtej Kohli
want to congratulate Google techniques for this new technology. Because
the data are growing rapidly and new measurement are coming to evaluate
the quantity of data so new other technologies and continuous work
necessary because we will have to analyze more data than before in
future.

Mozilla has officially made history with a new Guinness world record
for the largest number of software downloads in a 24-hour period. Navtej Kohli IT Blog features the latest updates:


The final record breaking 8,002,530 downloads for web browser Firefox 3.0 took place in June.

"The enthusiasm and creativity of Firefox fans was key to making this happen," said marketing head Paul Kim.

Gareth Deaves of Guinness World Records called it "an extremely impressive accomplishment".

The official figure was confirmed after logs from download servers were
audited and checked to ensure duplicate and unfinished downloads were
not counted.

Mr Kim told the BBC News: "The notion of going for a world record,
as... nutty as it may have sounded, was a really sticky idea.

"It was an idea that translated really well across national borders and to all different kinds of people around the world."

Marketing manager Mary Colvig said no party was planned to celebrate
the record until the actual certificate was presented by Guinness World
Records in London next week.

"Here at Mozilla headquarters (in Mountain View) I think most of us are
just going to try and get to bed early now that we have the
confirmation. We are all tired."


Another boost for the open source browser comes with the announcement
that it has increased its market share to more than 19% making it the
second most popular browser after Microsoft's Internet Explorer

Navtej Kohli has a Good news for all PS3 users. Sony's PS3 run-game service release is just around the corner.


Sony is preparing a non-game service for its PlayStation 3 console that
at first glance is similar to one available on Nintendo's Wii.


Called "Life with PlayStation," the service will launch with news and
weather information channels but is set to be considerably expanded in
the future, said Kaz Hirai, president of Sony Computer Entertainment.


The basic interface was a globe of the Earth that could be spun to
reveal the different regions of the world. Major cities were marked on
the globe along with the current weather conditions and news headlines
pertaining to the city were listed in the corner of the screen. As you
browse, background music from the hard-disk in the PlayStation 3 can be
played either as a user-defined playlist or one chosen by the console.


The interface is similar to the news and weather channels on the
Nintendo Wii, which are navigated through a globe and offer similar
news and weather information.


It is different from the news and weather channels on the Nintendo Wii
in terms of graphics - the PlayStation 3 graphics have higher
resolution and the globe isn't a simple map of the world but a weather
satellite image showing the cloud patterns above the planet.


The news and weather channels are just some initial features, later
many other state-of-the-art features will be added to it. Plans are to
build a system that can visually present stored photos and movies
according to their recorded time and place, allowing users with their
friends and family to enjoy the visuals in chronological order," said
Hirai.


Release date is not yet fixed and will be announced soon anytime later.

For more news on IT industry, keep reading Navtej Kohli IT blog.


Motorola Inc, the No. 3 mobile phone maker, said it would roughly halve
the size of its research labs to about 300 people as it plans to halt
some projects and move at least 180 people to other units.


The loss-making company, which is planning to spin off its cell phone
business amid huge market share losses and sharp criticism of its phone
designs, said 180 research labs workers would be moved to its three
business units, effective July 1.


Motorola has a network equipment and set top boxes unit and a
government and public safety business as well as its mobile phone
business, which ceded its No. 2 global ranking to Samsung Electronics
Co last year.


To reduce costs, another 150 Motorola research positions will be cut
worldwide as Motorola stops some research projects, according to
spokeswoman Maya Komadina, who did not disclose which projects would
end or in which countries.


She said Motorola, which had 66,000 employees at the end of 2007, was
looking for opportunities in other parts of the company for eligible
workers affected by the cutbacks.


The spokeswoman said that moving researchers to the business groups
they support would help focus research investment on projects that
deliver the greatest value.


The remaining research organization's roughly will be renamed the
Applied Research & Technology Center and focus on longer-term
technologies. Its roughly 300 workers will be under Dan Moloney, head
of Motorola's networks and set-top box unit.


Motorola, which has been losing ground in the cell phone market after
failing to come up with a strong successor to its once-lauded Razr
phone, is expected to spin off its mobile devices business in 2009.

Navtej Kohli suggests some tips to IT data centers for efficient use of
energy. As IT sector is spreading its fangs far and wide, time is they
should take some responsibility towards society and ecosystem at large.

Navtej Kohli gives a few eco-friendly tips:


With Global warming threat looming over our heads, it’s high time for
us to get environmentally conscious. If we don’t put brakes on
pollution now, we may end up putting breaks on our lives.

This calls for some well thought out policies in place that will help
protect environment. To begin with technology, the booming IT sector is
actively partaking in efforts to protect mother earth. Data centers are
going the green way.

By switching to low power consuming servers, alternate fuels and energy
efficient cooling techniques, data centers can be run more efficiently.


We are now running out of time to save the earth. The increase in
global warming is so apparent today. The ever-continuous climate change
has resulted in the sea level rising and the extinction of animals.
There is no one to blame but us "human beings".


Most data centers around the world have started becoming more energy
efficient and what's more, they're even reaping business benefits out
of it. It will not be long before one starts seeing a similar trend in
India as well. There's enough buzz and concern in the market around
energy consumption to drive it through. It therefore makes sense to
start planning for it, immediately, rather than lagging behind.


Energy-efficient system design for data centers:


1. Airflow and cooling systems: It is important to control the airflow
in a data center. It is not the problem of generating the cold air but
to make sure it is directed to where it is needed.

2. Consolidation: Can be termed as the integration of the different
devices to be managed and reducing the ways to managing them.


A start can be the consolidation of processing power using server
virtualization and ensuring maximum utilization of server resources.
Replacing traditional servers with blade servers, utilizing low-voltage
processors in a data center. Migrating from two single-core servers or
one dual-processor-based server to a two-way server or a dual-core
server and also replacing a four-way server with a two-way dual-core
server.


3. Power supply: Inefficient power supplies waste a lot of energy.
Every unit of heat energy wasted requires another unit of cooling
energy to compensate for it.


4. Optimum Utilization: Power consumption in a data center also depends
upon how well are the resources being utilized. Nowadays, as servers
are increasingly becoming multi-core, it's important that the
applications utilize all the cores. The average utilization of a server
can be anywhere from 7 to 40 percent, but hardly 100 percent or
anywhere near that. The energy consumption however, remains the same
irrespective of utilization. The solution therefore is quite
clear-virtualization. Run more operating systems and applications per
server to utilize servers better. There is a trend towards using server
virtualization in the data center.


5. Get the management involved: Organizations can have the upper level
management involved with the ideas of an eco friendly environment in
the organization. A small step can start with the infrastructure of the
organization itself. Beginning with, implementation of eco friendly
products such as low emission carpet or paint, recycling of waste and
using eco friendly vehicles for transport. These small steps will
significantly help the environment.

Hottest trends in 2008 on Navtej Kohli IT Blog


Technology is the key that unlocks all doors to success. 2008 has
witnessed many familiar technology trends maturing from sideline fads
to powerful forces in their own right. Check out the hot trends by Navtej Kohli, your sure ticket to success.

1. Data leaks and IP Theft - Even as viruses grow more
dangerous and zombie botnets flood us with spam, security experts are
turning inward. The real threat is from within. One disgruntled sales
manager jumping ship to a competitor and taking customer lists along
can do more damage than the latest worm, while being much harder to
detect.


Security vendors are tackling this problem with new solutions that
range from enterprise rights management to data discovery and policy
generation to data-leak prevention. If your security profile doesn’t
take IP theft and data leakage into account, you should look at vendors
like Liquid Machines, Proofpoint, Reconnex or Vericept.


You may soon have access to these features through your existing vendors, as well.

2. Virtualization - Until recently, virtualization has
been focused on data-center optimization. With virtualized servers,
hardware utilization goes up and flexibility increases. At the same
time, costs associated with hardware and ongoing maintenance drop.

Now that the technology for server consolidation has matured,
virtualization could expand beyond the data center. VMware, Sun, Citrix
and Novell all have mature technologies. Meanwhile, behemoths like
Microsoft and Oracle have entered the space, further validating the
technology.


In the longer term, desktop virtualization could give users greater
flexibility and IT better control. Many analysts have dismissed virtual
desktops as yet another thin-client mirage, but what is more likely to
happen is that virtualization will line up with other trends like
service-orientated architecture (SOA) and mobility to deliver on-demand
applications to whatever device users happen to favor, be they PCs,
thin clients or smart phones.

3. Software as a Service - Speaking of services, the
software as a service (SaaS) market continues to grow. SaaS has slowly
been expanding beyond the mid-market, and since it dovetails well with
other trends like virtualization and utility computing, 2008 could be a
breakout year.

4. The Mobile Workforce - If your concerns about
mobility are still centered on rogue access points and weak wireless
encryption, you’re not keeping up. With the release of the iPhone, the
long-hyped computer-like smart phone phenomena finally arrived. Each
iPhone within the enterprise represents an uncontrolled node that could
introduce viruses, leach out intellectual property secrets and
generally undermine your security policies. You should have plenty of
options for protection in 2008.

5. Windows Vista - The question here is what should
you do about Vista. The typical enterprise isn’t showing much love for
Vista, and Microsoft has responded by keeping XP on the market longer
than it had planned to. However, with their heavy investment in Vista,
don’t expect this to go on indefinitely.


This means CIOs have a decision to make. Do they give in, cross their
fingers and hope that Microsoft fixes all of Vista’s glitches, or do
they start weighing their options? Open-source vendors, predictably,
see Vista as an opportunity. Some have even been touting desktop
virtualization as a way to tentatively try Vista, while having a stable
Linux operating system running alongside just in case.

McAfee: Beware the .hk domain, among others.


Complete report on Navtej Kohli Blog


McAfee is set to release a study late on Tuesday that indicates the
domains that tend to be the most dangerous or malware-prone on the Web,
and at the top of the list is the Hong Kong (.hk) domain.


The McAfee Mal Web report, which serves as a safety guidebook to risky
online neighborhoods, reveals that 19.2 percent of all Web sites ending
with the .hk domain pose a security threat to Web users, followed by
China (.cn), the Philippines (.ph), Romania (.ro) and Russia (.ru).


By contrast, the safest domains on the Web are Finland (.fi), Japan (.jp), Norway (.no), Slovenia (.si), and Colombia (.co).


In general, the chance of downloading spyware, adware, viruses, or
other undesirable software from surfing the Web increased 41.5 percent
over 2007, the report found.


To arrive at these conclusions, McAfee researchers used the company's
SiteAdvisor tool, which crawls the Web and clicks "yes" to test
everything from downloadable software, screensavers, and peer-to-peer
file-sharing clients to photo upload utilities, and e-mail and
newsletter sign-ups.


The tool then monitors what happens to the test computer after it
engages with the sites, looking particularly for risky things like
malicious downloads, exploits, viruses, and spyware. Each site is then
rated based on the behavior, with buttons on the browser colored green,
yellow, or red for computers that have the tool downloaded.


Even if the greatest percentage of dangerous sites use the .hk domain,
that doesn't mean they are all based in Hong Kong or that more malware
distributors are located there, said Shane Keats, a research analyst
for McAfee. Many sites, particularly the malicious software sites,
choose the most affordable domain registrars in countries with the
least regulation, so usually they are not located in that country, he
said.



While registrars in China charge as little as 15 cents for a
registration and others are free, sites with domains in Japan and
Australia are found to be safer partly because those countries require
proof that a company is incorporated to use their top-level domains, he
said.


In addition, English speakers shouldn't feel safer just because many of
the more risky domains are in foreign countries, because many of those
sites are still presented in English, according to Keats. For instance,
nine times out of 10, sites with the Romanian domain will be in
English, he said.


The damage from risky sites runs from the "apocalyptic to the annoying," according to Keats.


"It can be as minimal as a pop-up track, and I can't exit out or it
opens a new pop-up window and I have to reboot, (to) other sites where
you just touch the site and you have downloaded software that turns the
machine into a bot in a bot army that sends spam," he said.


A Web surfer has a 1-in-20 chance of "hosing" the computer if a file is
downloaded at random from the Internet, while the odds increase to 1 in
10 if the file comes from an Italy (.it) domain and 1 in 7 if it comes
from a Romania domain, he said.


As for online porn, those sites aren't considered any more risky than
other types of sites on the Web in general, despite the common belief
that they are, he said.


Because they have viable business models, porn sites don't need to use
malicious software to make money. However, "when they are bad, they are
really, really bad, and among the worst of the spammers and exploits,"
Keats said.

Navtej Kohli has good news for those weary of gratingly slow and prosaic online PDF readers.


Adobe introduces an online community with a word processor; file
storage and sharing; and deep tie-ins to a newly Flash-enabled Acrobat
9.


The online push for Acrobat is a bold move for a brand perhaps best
associated with the free and nearly ubiquitous Acrobat Reader, which
opens print-ready Portable Document Format, or PDF, files. Now, PDFs
will play movies.


The announcement comes in advance of the release of Acrobat 9
document-creation software, which adds dynamic features such as
integration of animation, dynamic maps, 256-bit encryption, and
improved forms.


The free Acrobat.com beta includes the Buzzword word processor. Its
ConnectNow Web conferencing and desktop sharing tool enables chatting
via text, video, and voice. The hosted services invite file storage and
sharing with the capability to convert up to five documents to PDF.


Buzzword and companion tools would provide interactivity lacking in leading online word processors such as Google Docs.


Users can store files on Acrobat.com and join each other in virtual
meeting rooms to share identical document views in real time. The site
also can host data from forms created in Acrobat software.


Acrobat users can convert MOV and WMV files to Flash content that can
be embedded within PDFs alongside audio content and even 3D models.


The new PDF Portfolios feature in Acrobat 9 lets users drag and drop
content into a portfolio, then choose from myriad layout and
presentation options.


Mapping features only in Acrobat Pro Extended 9 preserve geospatial
coordinates and enable users to mark locations and measure distances.


The next Acrobat will take snapshots of Web pages and convert entire
pages or chunks of them to a PDF that preserves links and animation.


Developers can tweak layouts with Flex Builder 3 or Flash CS3.

For creating online forms, Acrobat 9 adds intelligence to recognize
content for conversion to fillable fields. And a forms tracking
dashboard will show, for instance, the status of responses to a mass
party invitation e-mail and let a user send reminders to guests.
Responses can be sorted, filtered, and exported to spreadsheets.


Acrobat 9's security enhancements enable users to add 256-bit encryption, used by banks online, to PDFs.


Business users could opt to access documents at Acrobat online or via SharePoint workspaces, network folders or WebDAV.


Acrobat 9 comes in three flavors, set for stores in the coming weeks:
Standard at $299 or $99 to upgrade, Pro for $449 or $159 to upgrade,
and Pro Extended for $699 or $229 to upgrade. Pro Extended also comes
with Adobe Presenter, which plugs into Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 for
adding interactivity to presentations.


SO, what do you think, are these new tools going to make life easier for PDF users. Well I think the time will tell.

Navtej Kohli adds another latest update in IT Sector. Dell launches
Equallogic PS5000 series which is suitable for corporates with virtual
data centers.


Dell India launches its next-generation iSCSI storage area network product - Dell Equallogic PS5000 series.


The product would fit corporates who want to function with virtual data centers.


The array solution comes from Dell's acquisition of EqualLogic Solution in February this year.


"We are aiming at large corporates across the verticals especially in
IT/ITES, sectors. This is one of its kind unrivaled by competition in
the Indian market," said Pallab Talukdar, director, Enterprise
Solutions group, Dell.


The SAN is virtualized with automation of complex tasks that will stand out as the USP of the product said Talukdar.


Dell has been gaining from the SMB segment. The segment will be Dell's focus area, said the company.


Dell Equallogic series PS5000 will be available through Dell channel partners and through the company's direct sales force.


- Navtej Kohli

Navtej Kohli has a news to tell. Paglo Launches Its Search Engine for IT!


Here is the complete story:


When we discuss improvements to search technology, we tend to focus on
the open web while overlooking its more novel uses behind the firewall.
So it's good to point out advancements being made behind the scenes
from time to time, even if consumers don't directly benefit.


Paglo is a Palo Alto-based startup is launching a product into public
beta that empowers IT professionals with keyword search. Its crawler
doesn't index documents, images, and other forms of media found on the
internet. Rather, it identifies the resources within a corporate or
organizational network (such as devices, users, and software) and
essentially makes the information available about them Google-able.


Since Paglo is a hosted solution, IT departments need only to install
an open source crawler that will send indexed data to Paglo's servers,
where they are held in a designated silo. We're told the process of
setting up Paglo for a given department takes only minutes, after which
IT admins can sign in from anywhere to search their networks.


In addition to simple keyword search, users can set up Google
Alert-like notifications for when certain changes occur within a
network (for example, when memory gets low on a particular machine).
Search queries can be saved as tables, graphs or lists and displayed
alongside each other on a dashboard for quick viewing. These queries
can also be shared through a built-in community with other IT admins
who might be interested in seeing how you keep tabs on your resources.


Paglo signed up 800 companies during its private beta period, which
started last Fall. The service will remain completely free through at
least the summer, after which it will be sold on a subscription basis.

If you wish to get the latest flutter in the IT industry, Navtej Kohli IT blog is your place to be.

Google once again continues its predominance in the search engine industry. Below, Navtej Kohli brings the entire report.


According to researcher ComScore Google increased its share of US
Internet search traffic drawing 61.6 per cent of all queries in April
compared with 59.8 per cent in March.


On the other hand, Yahoo and Microsoft saw their queries and market share drop in April.


While Yahoo fielded 20.4 per cent of searches, down from 21.3 per cent,
Microsoft's share came down to 9.1 per cent from 9.4 per cent.


With this lead in Internet search traffic, Google can charge more for advertisements displayed next to query results.


Google's ad fees per search were as much as 70 per cent higher than
Yahoo's at the end of last year. Yahoo and Microsoft combined share of
the Internet search market has fallen below 30 per cent.


This raises questions about whether Microsoft's failed attempt to acquire Yahoo for $33 per share would have been worth it.


Obviously ComScore data shows the utter failures of both Microsoft and
Yahoo to beat Google in search. And these figures put Google in the
limelight as it is committed to remain dominant in the search market
and thereby increase revenue and profits.

AOL to launch video portal in India soon - After Youtube, next in waiting is the Indian Version Of AOL video portal.

Navtej Kohli IT blog brings the current update:


Time Warner Inc's AOL Internet division will launch versions of its
video service in Canada, India and Taiwan on Thursday as part of an
aggressive global expansion.


By autumn, it will also introduce versions of its video portal, AOL
Video, in the UK, France and Germany, AOL Video senior vice president
Fred McIntyre said in an interview.


The expansion is part of Time Warner's plans to refashion AOL as a
free, advertising-dependent website, as well as to transform itself
into a one-stop shop for advertising services for other companies.


"If you look at usage patterns on online video, it is the first global
broadband user behavior," McIntyre said. "It happened everywhere in the
world at the same time."


International availability of online videos from the US has been held
up by copyright licenses, which are negotiated on a regional basis,
Internet executives said this week at the Reuters Global Media and
Telecoms Summit.


But AOL said it has sealed deals with local programming partners for its regional sites.


The availability of shows from US programming partners, such as Hulu, a
joint venture of News Corp and General Electric's NBC Universal, or CBS
Corp, is unclear and varies depending on partners


The foundation of the services is built around AOL's video search
technology, Truveo, which has indexed, or searched and sorted related
information on than 170 million videos in 16 countries including
Russia, Hong Kong, Germany and France.


"What users are interested in, and what the biggest problems are,
usually is about not being able to find what they're looking for,"
McIntyre said.

unched in the US in December, will also be introduced in other parts of Europe and South America this year.


Despite its sluggish online advertising growth over the last few
quarters, AOL.com has been riding a high, attracting record numbers of
visitors, according to comScore Media Metrix.


Unique visitors to AOL's programming sites rose 12 per cent to 55.4 million in April, its seventh consecutive month of growth.


Courtesy: Reuters

Now you can search for anything, even when you're on the move. Navtej Kohli shares the news.


Microsoft introduced several new and updated features in connection
with an updated version of Live Search for Windows Mobile, continuing
its efforts to strengthen its hand in the mobile device game.


The update provides a new way of organizing local information and
Internet searches, dubbed "Collections." The feature is designed to
aggregate frequent searches, making their results easier to access
while on the road - for instance, enabling a user to always look up
nearby events.


In addition, the update also provides deeper integration with Windows
Mobile phones, user generated PC content, and Web search, and offers
weather forecasts.


Microsoft's release of Live Search for Windows Mobile marks the
company's second major announcement on the mobile device front.
Microsoft also revealed that it would supply Windows Live services to
one of its fiercest competitors in the smartphone arena -- Research in
Motion (RIM).


Microsoft will now provide a version of its Windows Live services to
run on BlackBerry devices. Services for BlackBerry devices are
scheduled for summer release.


The efforts come as an indication of the burgeoning importance of
mobile search and services. A recent report from Juniper Research found
that by 2013, about 30 percent of the expected 4.2 billion owners of
wireless devices will depend on mobile device searches to find and
locate local digital information.


Live Search for Windows Mobile also adds a "map a contact" feature that
displays a map and directions to any contacts in the user's contacts
list. Enhancements to Web search include the ability to launch searches
directly from the client, according to the spokesperson. Additionally,
a new weather report feature includes four-day forecasts.

Navtej Kohli IT blog is the repository of latest developments in IT
industry. HP now wants to buy EDS to take on IBM.


After gobbling up Compaq for $25 billion in 2001, IT giant
Hewlett-Packard is looking at Electronic Data Systems (EDS) Corp for a
possible buy-out.


Media reports puts the deal size could be in the range of $12 billion to $13 billion.


HP and EDS confirmed that they are engaged in advanced discussions on a
possible business combination involving the two companies.


"There can be no assurances that an agreement will be reached or that a
transaction will be consummated. HP does not intend to comment further
until an agreement is reached or discussions are terminated," HP said
in a statement.


Buying Plano, Texas-based $22.1 billion EDS would give HP more tools to
compete against IBM in the lucrative field of technology consulting and
customer support.

Navtej Kohli IT blog brings yet another good news for Indian masses.
World's hot favorite online video community launched its Indian edition
in addition to 19 other country specific sites that it already has.


YouTube, the world's most popular online video community that allows
people to discover, watch and share originally created content has
launched its local Indian site (www.youtube.co.in).


The website allows users to create and share videos, discover the most
popular and relevant videos in India, connect with other Indian and
global users. Eventually, YouTube India will be highlighting and
featuring the content and functionality most desired by the Indian
users.


"We are very excited to bring a local version of YouTube to India
considering the passion of users here for music and entertainment."
said Steve Chen, CTO and co-founder of YouTube. "For a culture that is
steeped both in video and in storytelling, and where everyone has a
voice - YouTube India will not only offer Indian users more relevant
content but also provide a platform to share India's unique and diverse
culture and lifestyle with the largest online video community in the
world."


"YouTube allows anyone with a simple web camera or even a cell phone to
create content, connect, and converse with each other through the
medium of video," said Sakina Arsiwala, International manager, YouTube.
"It provides a powerful way for people to express themselves. From a
home video to a magic show to classroom lectures or working
professionals connecting with their families in another city, YouTube
is about communication and not just entertainment," she added.


With local features such as promoted videos, featured videos, and
homepage promotions, localized user interface and help center, user
support and community features (such as video ratings, sharing and
content flagging), YouTube India will make it even easier for the
Indian YouTube community to search and view videos from India.
Additionally, content uploaded by users in India will show up as "top
favorites" and "recommended content" on the local YouTube site. The
localized site also aims to facilitate connections among the large
Indian NRI community.


In India, YouTube has already partenered with many big banners like
Eros Entertainment, Rajshri Films, IIFA, Ministry of Tourism, IIT
Delhi, NDTV, UTV, Zoom TV, India TV and Krishcricket, and will continue
to work with a range of partners, across a range of genres, to bring
Indian content to more people in new ways.

Samsung is all set to join forces with Intel and TSMC to work on the next-generation chip. Navtej Kohli IT blog brings the latest industry updates.


The top maker of memory chips, Samsung Electronics, had decided to team
up with top rivals Intel and TSMC to develop next-generation bigger
silicon wafers to boost efficiency in chip manufacturing.


Samsung said that it would work with the US-based Intel Corp, the
world's top maker of semiconductors, and Taiwan's TSMC, the world's
largest contract chip maker, to help migration of manufacturing
standards from the current 12-inch silicon wafers to 18-inch discs that
would yield more than double the number of chips.


The South Korean company said the cooperation plan called for a first pilot line to be operable by 2012.


Samsung has been exploring the moves to pizza-sized silicon wafers to
help them grab market share as demand surges for gadgets such as Apple
Inc's iPod.


"Increasing cost due to the complexity of advanced technology is a
concern for the future," Mark Liu, TSMC's senior vice president of
Advanced Technology Business, said in a statement.


"Intel, Samsung, and TSMC believe the transition to 450mm wafers is a
potential solution to maintain a reasonable cost structure for the
industry."


The size of a wafer, the silvery disks from which tiny chips are diced,
is critical to make production more efficient. A new generation of
larger wafers typically comes out each decade or so.


The group is planning to cooperate with the whole semiconductor
industry in order to establish common standards through the
International Sematech Manufacturing Initiative (ISMI) consortium.


Still, some analysts say cost is a major hurdle and the industry - from
semiconductor makers to the companies that make their equipment - needs
to agree on how to proceed.


A factory designed to make chips on 18-inch wafers could cost $10
billion or more to build, nearly triple the price of a current 12-inch
wafer factory.


Only the biggest companies, like Intel, Samsung and TSMC, have the
resources to be the first adopters of the new technology, while smaller
chip makers, such as those in China, are unlikely to buy into the
expensive plan soon, they say.

Wikipedia is blocked in China yet again. Navtej kohli IT blog brings the latest scoop!


After being accessible for over two months, Wikipedia’s English website
is blocked again in china. This irregular availability of the site has
been a constant phenomenon since last eight months.

However, the site was available till recently when users in Beijing and
Shanghai confirmed that they were no longer able to access the website.



China regularly blocks access to websites that it finds objectionable,
including those dealing with politically sensitive subjects such as the
Falun Gong religious cult and independence for Taiwan and Tibet, along
with some pornographic sites. The Chinese government does not announce
or comment on when a site is blocked or made available.

Because the version of events or political views expressed on Wikipedia
are not necessarily in line with those of the Chinese government, the
government may be blocking access to the site.


The current blocking may be related to the upcoming Communist Party
Congress, which begins Oct. 15 in Beijing. Held once every five years,
the meeting is the Chinese government's most important political
gathering, used to create five-year plans, which are the bedrock of
China's centrally-planned economy. It is also often used to reshuffle
government positions or for leaders to consolidate their power.


While Wikipedia's English site is occasionally available, its
Chinese-language sites are almost permanently blocked, although access
is sometimes permitted for one or two days at a time.

Navtej Kohli IT blog keeps a constant track of the latest happenings in the IT industry. This time it is the Intel-Cray tie up.


Navtej Kohli shares a report he stumbled upon over web.


Microprocessor giant Intel Corp is in a tie-up with supercomputer maker
Cray Inc to bolster Intel's market share for the highest of high-end
computers, executives said.


Cray and Intel announced a multiyear deal to build the next generation
of high-performance computers capable of processing petaflops --
quadrillions of machine instructions a second -- or twice the power of
the world's top existing supercomputer.


While Intel supplies a wide range of supercomputer makers, working with
Cray helps ensure Intel will be inside more of the world's top 10
most-powerful computers, where boasting rights to having the fastest
machines are in constant flux.


"Cray enjoys a pretty unique position in the top 10, and fills a gap in
the range of Intel systems," said Richard Dracott, general manager of
Intel's High Performance Computing division.


More than 70 per cent of the top 500 supercomputers are Intel-based, up
from about half two years ago, he said, citing industry data. Its main
rivals in that segment of the chip market are IBM with its Power
processors and perennial rival Advanced Micro Devices Inc.


Cray, a supercomputer pioneer which supplies three of the world's 10
most powerful machines, plans to switch to Intel processors in future
installations. It had previously relied on AMD and custom-built chips.


Cray aims to deliver its first petaflop-scale machine later in 2008 at
Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The Intel tie-up will help Cray fulfill
its product technology roadmap code-named "Cascade," which the company
plans to deliver by 2011 or 2012, according to Ian Miller, Cray's head
of sales and marketing.


Cray and Intel said their collaboration would lead to the development
of systems that could help solve some of the most complicated
scientific, engineering and humanitarian issues.


Intel, which has a commanding lead in the mass market for
microprocessors in PCs, has expanded in recent years to focus on chips
that can handle the most arduous computing tasks.


Partnering with Cray helps Intel fill gaps in its historic ambition to
capture this elite segment of the market. Intel chips already power
three of the top five supercomputers.


"The partnership is really about scale (and) moving much larger amounts
of data," Dracott said. "No one wants to take a machine that does jobs
that take weeks or months to complete and have them fall over half way
through the job."


A year-and-a-half ago, Santa Clara, California-based Intel formed a new
business division to target the high performance computer market, one
of the fastest-growing segments in the computer server industry.

The HPC market will grow to $18 billion by 2012 from $10 billion in
2006, executives from the companies said, citing data from market
research firm IDC.


The Intel and Cray executives said they will explore future component
designs such as multi-core processing and advanced interconnects --
technologies that should allow supercomputers to eventually handle
multiple petaflops of data per second.


Courtesy: Reuters