Microsoft to unveil IE9 beta version on September 15

Microsoft hopes IE9’s clinch the standards will help arrest IE’s dropping market share of recent years.

IE9 will be the most standards-compatible version of IE in Microsoft’s history. Thanks to HTML5. Support for HTML5 has been expanded to include HTML5 video and audio elements, 2D graphics using the highly-anticipated Canvas element, and there’s support for embedded fonts using Web Open Font Format (WOFF).

IE9 has something for building and delivering rich graphics and internet applications using web standards and fast, hardware-accelerated rendering. IE9 will also run Google’s open sourced WebM video codec plus the closed and proprietary H.264 from Microsoft, Apple, and others. IE9 also features a new script engine, Chakra that uses hardware to boost performance to within 50 milliseconds of Safari, Opera, and Chrome on Sun Spider benchmarks.

The beta version of IE9 will be finally unveiled on September 15.

Annapurna- India’s seventh fastest supercomputer

Annapurna- India’s seventh fastest supercomputer was unveiled at the Institute of Mathematical Sciences (IMSc) in Chennai.

Atomic Energy Commission chairman Srikumar Banerjee unveiled the country’s seventh fastest high-performance computation cluster having 1.5 Tera Byte (TB) memory and 30 TB storage space cluster capacity.

Banerjee lauded the technical team behind the effort for creating the super computer Annapurna in a completely non-commercial domain.

Complex issues ranging from biological applications and others can be approached by using this supercomputer. This device will be used in simulations and numerical calculations in the areas of statistical mechanics and condensed matter physics.

The Annapurna cluster is the third fastest, which ranks below the IISc Bangalore and Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai.

Search Engine Optimization techniques

In today’s online world, the presence of web site can help you to build the critical mass which to generate direct and indirect traffic over time.

After Creating a web site next process to be done is web site development. The web site development process is becoming complicated day by day and nowadays a simple website has taken the shape of a custom web application by tactical and technical up gradations.

For larger businesses and organizations, web development becomes more necessary and needs more work process. By Search engine optimization you can watch your search engine rankings grow and also will get you more traffic.

SEO is the process of improving the quality of traffic to web site from search engines through natural process. The major search engines frown upon obvious keyword stuffing, however If you use them in moderation in a natural way, the page will usually perform better.

Are you interested in increasing the amount of visitors, which equates to more inquiries from their website or blog?

The usefulness of a search engine depends on the relevance of the result set it gives back. While there may be millions of web pages that include a particular word or phrase, some pages may be more relevant, popular, or authoritative than others. Most search engines employ methods to rank the results to provide the best results first.

The most common search engine optimization techniques include submission to directory sites, posts on forums or blogs, article writing/submission to article directories, social book marking, and building links from, on-theme websites.

New symbol for Indian currency

The Indian currency will be joining the elite club of the U.S. dollar, the European euro, the British pound sterling and the Japanese yen. The growth story of India is intact and many would be interested in correlating the new symbol with its economic growth and ambition to become an economic super power.

This new symbol is also considered as a step towards internationalisation of Indian rupee. While the U.S. dollar, the British pound, the euro and the Japanese yen are widely traded currencies, Indian rupee is only partially convertible. With a new symbol, the issue of full capital account convertibility would be revived again.

Convertible currencies are defined as currencies that are readily bought, sold and converted without the permission from a central bank or government entity. The Indian rupee is only partially convertible as the central bank controls the international investments flowing in and out of the country.

Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee had stated in his last budget presentation that:- We intend to formalise a symbol for the Indian rupee, which reflects and captures the Indian ethos and culture.This would distinguish the Indian currency from its neighbouring countries Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Indonesia similarly known rupee or rupiah.

Pros of 4G wireless technology Vs WiMAX

The 4G wireless technology gearing up for a widespread rollout by Verizon. As of March, there were more than 41 network operators launching trials or commercial launches of HSPA+ networks.

Reports are out that 132 networks have reported trials or plans to launch LTE commercially this year. Verizon has also hinted at LTE handsets by mid-2011. HTC interested in launch of the Evo 4G Android phone for Sprint. There are actually more trials of WiMAX networks 188 underway today. And that number is only expected to grow in 2011.

If this technology proves successful then we could see several WiMAX operators migrate to the LTE standard. It is also mentioned that with the 4G battle plays out, 3G networks should not be ignored.

McAfee shows more interest in cloud computing

McAfee a powerful security software solutions provider. McAfee provides security software solutions to individuals as well as enterprises. Online security software maker McAfee shows interest in cloud computing as Cloud computing allows companies to use services, softwares or applications on a pay-per-use model without actually owning any hardware infrastructure or licence.

McAfee provides solutions and certification to cloud computing services providers such as Amazon, offering protection against spam ware and other online threats. Since these sectors have a lot of important data and applications, the security of such data is important. Any glitches will result in huge financial losses as well

From cloud computing solutions over the next few years it is expected about 10-15 per cent of its global revenue to come. The total revenue from global cloud services is expected to reach USD 148.8 billion by 2014 from USD 58.6 billion in 2009.

Search Engine Giant Google With New Search Design

Search Engine Giant Google rolled out a new search interface as part of its efforts to optimize the relevance of online queries.

Google’s revised search function offers more real-time content. It discovers a lot of real-time content. The New search function can also search for content on Facebook and Twitter. This new search interface launched for a big step toward goal.

It helps to make the users feel that Google has been progressing and getting smarter. The main focus on relevance, getting users exactly what they want as fast as possible, is where Google think the future of search will be.

To keep pace with rapid change online Google have teams of engineers working across Google to develop new ways to present and refine search results. The central challenge with our latest redesign was to figure out how to squeeze all these tools and technologies into a single page

This particular change in no way changes the ranking or the way in which we either show or research results or ads. Now users can search for images of an object by choosing different colors in the image-search category. The Google has rolled out the new navigation feature for mobile phones as well.

Apple acquired Intrinsity a Austin-based fabless chip-design technology company

Apple acquired Austin-based fabless chip designer Intrinsity last month. Apple has purchased this . Apple purchased the company for $121 million, less than half the $278 million the company paid for PA Semiconductor in 2008.

PCMag mobile-phone analyst Sascha Segan said that simply ramping up the clock speed to a gigahertz would put Apple’s A4 even with other ARM Cortex based chips, including those from Samsung.

Intrinsity’s legacy is Exponential Technology, a PowerPC clone manufacturer that kicked off the short-lived Apple clone market in the 1990s. Intrinsity have played a role in the manufacture of the A4. Intrinsity’s engineers found a way to crank speed up to 1,000 megahertz, which happens to be the same speed as the A4 in the iPad.