Tuesday, December 27, 2011

Autocar India Magazine Issue: 149 | Autocar India January 2012

Autocar India Magazine Issue: Autocar India January 2012
Hot Expo Stars: At the rate our car market is growing, it’s no surprise the forthcoming Auto Expo is the biggest one ever. Here’s what you can expect to see at the 11th edition of India’s very own international motor show.
GT-R and Leaf around Delhi: It’s ironic that the two pinnacles of Nissan’s technological expertise are polar opposites of one another. We spend a whole day with the fire-breathing GT-R and the zero-emissions Leaf to see how they handle our conditions.
Tata Nano 2012 driven: Tata’s recent updates to the Nano have been geared to making it more comfortable and driveable. We put it through its paces to see how effective they have been.
Fortuner and Innova facelifts: Both cars have been huge successes for Toyota, but it’s important to keep up with the Joneses. A huge array of updates – both functional and cosmetic – has made its way to these cars, and we check them out.
Premier Rio Petrol driven: The Rio was a breakthrough product, let down by a few problems, chief of which was an engine that didn’t meet BS IV standards. Premier has fixed this with a facelift and a new petrol motor.
New BMW 3-series driven: The new-from-the-ground-up F30 3-series promises to top its rivals on paper and beyond, but can it really be that good? We spent some time on road and track to find the answer.
Force Motors One Road Test: There’s much to be expected from a Rs 11-lakh, Indian-made SUV and the bar has been set pretty high. This is UV stalwart Force Motors’ take on this tough segment.
Autocar Awards 2012 Preview: The gladiators of the Indian car and bike markets are about to enter the arena for the country’s definitive automotive showdown – here’s where you get to know who you will be rooting for.
KTM 200 Duke ridden: The 200 Duke is India’s first taste of the Austrian bike-maker’s collaboration with Bajaj, so understandably we were very excited about taking the reins.
Discover India: Santiniketan, abode of Rabindranath Tagore, is tranquil, culturally rich and steeped in history with plenty of poetry, sculpture and art to take in.
i1 Racing Series previewed: We preview the new i1 racing series and analyse its participants, sponsors, ’20-20’-esque driver selection process and choice of Radical Racer cars. Will it strike a chord with motorsport enthusiasts?
Two FREE booklets: Find out how Hyundai’s ‘Fluidic’ design journey began, and culminated in the made-for-India Eon, and be sure you carry our ’25 Things You Must See’ guide to the Auto Expo with you.

Friday, December 23, 2011

Frontline-Vol. 28 :: No. 26 Dec 17 - 30, 2011


The States

Goa: 50 years on
Belgaum again
Manipur: Dealing with drug abuse
Interview
Anita Desai on lost landscapes
© Guardian News & Media 2011
ObituaryIndira Goswami: Writer and humanist
Soccer's Socrates
© Guardian News & Media 2011
Dev Anand: Eternal romantic
Column
Bhaskar Ghose: System failure
Jayati Ghosh: Death as a way out
R.K. Raghavan:Professional policing
Books
Equal partners?
review article by C.T. Kurien
Form vs substance
review article by V. Venkatesan
Relevance of Wrath
review article by Melvyn Bragg
© Guardian News & Media 2011
Truth and legend
review by A.G. Noorani
Also
Lett

Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Magazine-Frontline-16.12.2011


Extremism
West Bengal: A Maoist's end
Communalism
Gujarat pogrom: A verdict, finally
Interview: Teesta Setalvad
Civil Aviation
Kingfisher Airlines: Losing height
Interview: Prakash Karat, CPI(M) general secretary
Troubled skies
FDI and a range of concerns
Travel

Along the Silk Route:Crossroads of cultures
Media
Times Now: Costly "mix-up"
Report
Human development: Grim predictions
Focus: Vigyan Prasar
A new approach
Interview: Anil Kakodkar, president, Vigyan Prasar
Interview: Kiran Karnik, former president
Interview: Anuj Sinha, director
Interview: T. Ramasami, secretary, Department of Science & Technology
Focus: Gitam University
Towards excellence
Interview: Vice-Chancellor Prof. G. Subramanyam
Business school in Hyderabad
The States
Rajasthan: Missing woman
Excellence

K.J. Jesudas: Celestial singer
Column
C.P. Chandrasekhar: The end of Europe?
Bhaskar Ghose: Governing India
Praful Bidwai: Durban challenge
R.K. Raghavan: The crime scene
Jayati Ghosh: Tyranny of finance
Books
Evolving economy
review article by C.T. Kurien
For the people
review article by V. Venkatesan
Beyond folktales
review by Shelley Walia
Sufism in Kashmir
review by A.G. Noorani
Also
Letters

Motoring- December 2011



 BS Motoring : India's Best Car & Bike Magazine
 
Skoda Rapid
Quite Rapid
Skoda’s latest entry into our market happens to be a re-badged Vento with a different front end. We drive it and tell you all about it.
Hero Impulse!
Slide dish
We kick up some dirt with the only dirt bike on offer in the country. We also put a pro Moto-X racer on it while we\'re at it. Will it stand up to this grueling day in the dirt?
Aston Martin V12 Zagato
Zig Zag
A V12 Aston with Zagato bodywork? You bet we’ve got some coverage of that!
Maserati MC Stradale
Speak MC!
Pablo drives yet another mad Maserati this month! This time, it’s the MC Stradale, a Maserati truly deserving of it’s red stripe!

Mathematics Today December 2011


Mathematics Today December 2011
Maths Musing Problem Set - 108
C.B.S.E. Practice Paper-2012 - (Chapterwise)
Challenging Problems
Concept Boosters (XI)
Concept Boosters (XII)
Maths Archives
Practice Paper for AIEEE
Mock Test Paper - 3 : WB-JEE 2012
IIT-JEE Challengers Series-1
Maths Musing - Solutions

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Physics For You December 2011



Full-Length IIT-JEE Practice Paper-2012
IIT-JEE Practice Paper 2012
AIEEE Foundation
Brain Map – Rotational Motion
NEET Practice Paper-2012
CBSE Board Chapterwise Practice Paper – Electronic Devices,
Communication System
Challenging Problems
Physics Clinic
Examiner’s Mind – Circular Motion
Learn Fast – Geometrical Optics


Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Express Computer-16 - 30 November 2011

16 - 30 November 2011



 Cover Story
 
Legacy is a liability
Although the Indian Railways has made clear its intention to use technology extensively, the huge amount of legacy infrastructure owned by it is a big hindrance and a complete overhaul could be the only way out.


 Editorial
 
Innovations in governance
The state of Punjab now offers RC registrations at vehicle dealerships

 News
 
HP doubles customer base of 3PAR Utility Storage systems
Wipro and Workday enter into an alliance
VIA & Simmtronics to enable tablet manufacturing in India
Huawei to localize more for emerging markets
Fraud in Asia takes longest to detect: KPMG global survey
85% of email still mostly spam while 81% contains links to malicious Websites: eScan says
NEC’s iPASOLINK selected by Tata Teleservices for mobile backhaul
POS solutions with loyalty program boost IT spends in retail
Quikr app to be pre-loaded on Nokia phones in India
HP opens exclusive HP World store in Bangalore
Fujitsu introduces Virtual Desktop Infrastructure for SMBs
Douglas Murray appointed Senior Vice President for APAC region
Infor delivers localized version of ERP Enterprise (LN) for Indian market
CIBER opens new global delivery center
ApnaCircle rolls out API-based platform
Samsung partners with BigFlix to launch Video on Demand application
Malware attacks up due to social media; organizations lagging on proper protection
Altera introduces SoC FPGAs: integrating ARM processor system and FPGA into 28-nm single-chip solution
Kaspersky Lab’s new endpoint protection solution readies enterprises for the next cyber threat
Croma offers laptop theft protection with Intel anti-theft service
Existing transportation technologies could eliminate 90% of traffic accidents, IEEE experts say
Verizon Global Wholesale wins MEF’s ‘Best Wholesale Ethernet Service’ award for EMEA
Convergys appoints Marife Zamora as Managing Director for Asia Pacific, EMEA
HCL Technologies receives an ITSMA Diamond Award for marketing excellence
Etisalat announces first certified LTE program with Huawei


 Feature
 
SDCs move onto Private Cloud
Some states are looking at moving to the Cloud for their second data center with Kerala being a good example of this trend.
Indians get an Unique Identity
With the country's poor poised to gain an identity card, most social welfare schemes will soon be in a position to steer clear of hindrances and reach the correct beneficiaries, thanks to credentials that are validated through UID. However, the project itself has hit many a speed breaker.
IT in rural education: not quite optimal
When it comes to rural education, we are miles away from leveraging technology let alone using it optimally. A few projects, however, raise hopes.
Enabling common services
In the absence of adequate G2C services, the government faces the challenge of making Common Services Centers sustainable.
Mass Migration
The Indian government has laid out a roadmap for agencies to migrate to IPv6. These agencies are making efforts to overcome the challenges posed by the lack of IPv6-ready equipment in the CPE segment, applications, content and customer awareness of the new IP version.
Video conferencing @ gov.in
The government is purchasing both video conferencing equipment and services in a big way.
State Portals
Efforts being made to bring about greater transparency and state governments are trying to ride the technology bandwagon in order to improve their internal efficiencies.


 Interview
 
BYOD: the next game changer in IT
Bringing personal devices into the workplace is the norm in the West. It is also catching on in India. Sujai Hajela - VP/GM of Wireless Business Unit, Cisco, talked to Pupul Dutta about advances in mobility that were poised to reshape the enterprise and drive growth and innovation

 Events
 
Cloud Delivery
HP has its sights set on the rapidly expanding Cloud computing market in the APJ region. Its recent media event in Singapore centered on new services delivery models for accelerating Cloud deployment.
Cloud Everywhere
Industry leaders deliberated upon the Cloud’s impact upon various aspects of IT. The conclusion arrived at was that the technology was blurring the lines separating consumer & enterprise IT.

 Products
 
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- Fujifilm FinePix T 200
- Porsche Design P’9981Smartphone
- Sony Ericsson Xperia neo V and Xperia pro
- Stellar Phoenix CD DVD Data Recovery for Mac
- IBall Slide

Sunday, November 27, 2011

Autocar India Magazine Issue: 148 | December 2011


Clear your schedules, people; this is a big one. Here’s what our December issue has in store:

New Captiva driven: The big Chevy was a great all-rounder when it first went on sale, but since then rivals have moved the game ahead. There’s a new version headed our way and we give it an exclusive look.
Volkswagen Up driven: VW recently launched the spiritual successor to its original Beetle, the simple, spacious and affordable Up hatchback and we’ve driven it this month.
Skoda Rapid Road Test: The newest Skoda isn’t really all that new – under its taut Czech skin lies the familiar VW Vento. But is this just a lazy badge engineering job, or is the Rapid more than that?
Honda Brio vs Hyundai i10: Honda has just delivered a cracking take on the compact, but premium, hatchback. But can it outdo Hyundai’s very capable i10 Kappa2?
Hyundai Eon vs Maruti Alto K10: Hyundai has been very brave in launching the stylish little Eon – it’s picked a fight with India’s best-selling car, the Maruti Alto. Naturally, we had to see how it turned out.
The ‘caaar’ comparison: Three frugal, affordable, and, crucially, very spacious petrol saloons duke it out – the Nissan Sunny takes on the Toyota Etios and Tata Manza.
Mercedes-Benz CLS350 driven: These days there are many takers for ‘style over substance’, and when saloons look as good as the CLS, who can blame them?
The Ferrari Special: A flick through our epic Ferrari special will bring out the tifosi in anyone; featuring drives of the 458 Spider and FF, a tour of the Maranello factory and even the four-wheeled star of an upcoming Bollywood film.
The Indian GP Special: India just had its first F1 race; it was a proud moment for an entire nation and definitely worth celebrating. We don’t want to spoil too much, but we got an exclusive chance to spend race day with Narain Karthikeyan himself.
Discover India: This month we travel to Goa, but not the place full of parties and nightclubs. We go to the tranquil, lesser known side of the west-coast state.
Hyosung GT650N Road Test: Has de-shelling Hyosung’s 650cc sports bike changed it for the better? We give the fairing-free Korean motorcycle the road test treatment.

Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Frontline-Vol. 28 :: No. 24 Nov 19 - Dec 02, 2011


Cover Story

Identity concerns
Interview: R.S. Sharma, Director-General and Mission Director, UIDAI
Parties in confusion
A case for privacy
PDS in peril
False promises on health services
Enrolment saga
How reliable is UID?
Interview: Dr Edgar Whitley, London School of Economics
Tool of exclusion from NREGS
The States
West Bengal: Rift in the foothills
Kerala: Government hanging by a thread
Prisoners & precedents
Telecom Scam
Radia shuts shop
World AffairsJulian Assange: Travails of a crusader
Kyrgyzstan: Towards democracy
UNESCO: Vote for Palestine
Natural Science
Fungus farmers
Media

Reforming the Press Council
U.K.: Newspapers' code of practice
Public Health
Karnataka: Child malnutrition
Focus: Forts of Maharashtra
Majestic defences
Interview: Chhagan Bhujbal, State Tourism Minister
Controversy
Thermal power: Land grab projects?
Column
Bhaskar Ghose: The many Indias
Praful Bidwai:Kudankulam: Time to talk
R.K. Raghavan: Cricket & crime
C.P. Chandrasekhar: Pills, patents & profits
Update
Oppenheimers exit De Beers
Richard Wachman
© Guardian News & Media 2011
Books
States & the Union
review article by V. Venkatesan
Economics of caste
review by Raj Sekhar BasuCricketing legend
review by R.K. RaghavanElectoral fraud
review by A.G. Noorani

Sunday, November 20, 2011

Express Computer-1 - 15 November 2011

Cover Story
News
Feature
News Analysis
Case Study
CIO Profile
Interviews
Events
Products


Cover Story
 
Cloud Computing Porting Date To & Fro
Issues ranging from vendor lock-in and mismatched architectures to issues in porting data and apps from one Cloud to another remain as concern areas for enterprises that are evaluating the prospect of putting their business-critical applications on the Cloud. By Venkatesh Ganesh



 Editorial
 
Shades of Android
It's been an interesting month for Android

 News
 
Technology no more limited to Tier 1 cities, says Deloitte
Take Solutions extends safety and pharmacovigilance service offerings
Malware attack comes as bloody photos of Gaddafi's death; Sophos warns
DUKU – STUXNET like malware in India
Aptech ties up with TRRAIN Foundation to empower people in the retail sector
Four organizations in diverse sectors to join ZonesCorp
Atos IT challenge kicks off in 26 universities
Capgemini launches SCM services
MTS launches international roaming for its customers
Compuage announces festival reward program from Creative for its resellers
R&M introduces R&Mfoxs, solution for FTTH
Essar Group seeks real-time business insight with SAP HANA, mobility and Business Intelligence solutions from SAP
NEC enters into a strategic partnership with Trimax to focus on SaaS services
'eContent Migrator' by Datamatics Global Services; to aid migration to P8 - the new version of IBM FileNet
Idea Cellular switches to Smoothwall RF feeder cable
Business Software Alliance (BSA) announces capacity building program for Karnataka PSUs
Apptivo launches ‘Biz pages’ – an alternative to Websites for SMBs
Prime Focus Technologies announces Kapil Gupta as VP of Program Management
Cisco announces 'Race to Rio' program for channel partners
Jigsee enhances content to 12 languages: video streaming on mobile phones
Etisalat demonstrates innovative 'Mobile Baby' service in collaboration with Great Connection
Telecom sector reluctant to transit to a low-carbon profitable model: Greenpeace
CUA appoints TCS BaNCS for online banking Platform transformation
Nimbuzz launches cross platform video calling and chatting for iPhone and PCs
New computing models bring cybersecurity challenges to Indian businesses: Symantec report
IBM brings Intelligent Operations Center for smarter cities to improve citizen services
Adobe announces winners of 2011 design achievement awards
Agilent Technologies’ latest RF design and 3D EM simulation platforms enhance multi-technology design, speed simulation
HP India strengthens commercial product portfolio
Pervazive sets up intellectual property hub in the US
Indian smartphone users spend more time on content than voice and sms: Nielsen and Informate study says


 Feature
 
Spreading the benefits of healthcare nationwide
Indian healthcare facilities are scattered disproportionately, are expensive and the quality of services rendered is often suspect. In this scenario, telemedicine has emerged as a boon, bring the needy close to a qualified practitioner enabling ailments to be alleviated without the rural citizenry having to visit super specialty hospitals. By Pupul Dutta


 News Analysis
 
Bullish about 2012
Despite some hurdles, Canon is confident that it can grab market share from competitors and grow in 2012. By Prashant L Rao
For IBM, smart is green
IBM’s initiatives around 'smart buildings' and MMT is high on optimism. However, the company has its work cut out to convince enterprises of the benefits accrued from adopting these solutions. By Venkatesh Ganesh
Juniper in the enterprise
The networking vendor is gunning for a bigger share of the enterprise networking pie. By Prashant L Rao
YoFroggy launches web services in India
It is the ‘bottom of the pyramid’ opportunity that companies are looking to tap in India. As Indian SMBs are beginning to understand their place in the global supply chain, technology companies are starting to offer innovative solutions to meet their specific needs. By Manjari Juneja

 Case Study
 
Delivering value in education
AMD helped VIVA Institute manage costs and address its requirement for best-in-class desktops for its students. By Manjari Juneja
Mission security
Security is a crucial aspect for any organization, more so for one dealing with IP. Nucleus Software addressed its security concerns by deploying Websense security tools. By Mehak Chawla
Disruption from the Cloud
WinHire Technologies sought to disrupt the recruitment market by leveraging video and the Web. The company's recruitment portal rides on the IBM Cloud, that helps it meet its elastic demands. By Heena Jhingan

 CIO Profile
 
All about discipline
Rajeev Jorapur believes that the most difficult aspect of leadership is to sustain the discipline that’s needed to do the right thing, especially when it creates a conflict with personal comfort. By Manjari Juneja
Passion drives excellence
An experienced at hand at handling IT across verticals, Vipin Kumar, Head IT, Escorts, is busy with the completion of an enterprise-wide ERP implementation. He talked to Heena Jhingan, about his passion for work

 Interview
 
“The 3PAR acquisition gives us the opportunity to grab market share in high end storage”
Mike Prieto, VP, HP Storage Division, APJ, talked to Mehak Chawla about storage trends in the APJ and why HP had big hopes for 3PAR
“Any amount of downtime is unacceptable”
Adam Selipsky, Vice President, Product Management & Developer Relations, Amazon Web Services, talked to Prashant L Rao about the latest developments at AWS, the kind of workloads that customers were running in Amazon's Cloud and the service disruptions that the company had suffered earlier in the year
“We buy startups and ramp them up through our distribution model”
Barrie Sheers, Vice President & General Manager, Asia Pacific & Japan (APJ), Quest Software and Shailender Kumar, MD, Quest Software India talked to Prashant L Rao about business opportunities, working with Microsoft and the company's M&A strategy
“Open source in India has been growing at 20-30 percent year-on-year”
Narayana Menon, Lead - Strategy & Marketing Novell India/South Asia in conversation with Express Computer about the growth of Open Source in India, acceptance of the concept in the Indian market as well as some of Novell's customers who are using OSS in the country
“We don't want to be identified as just a mobile company”
Guru Ganesan, Managing Director, ARM India, talked to Prashant L Rao about the company's history, its strategy and the ecosystem of partners that it has nurtured over the years

 Events
 
DellWorld 1.0
At the first DellWorld, some of the IT industry's biggest names talked about the evolution of personal and enterprise computing. Also on stage to talk about the challenges of using IT optimally on a truly humongous scale was the former CIO of the US Federal Government
India moves up on the IT competitive index
Driven by strong human capital resources and a robust R&D environment, India has moved up ten places in BSA's global ranking of competitiveness in the IT sector. By Pupul Dutta

 Products
 
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- Buffalo TeraStation Pro WSS
- BitDefender 2012