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Here is a nice list of topics from edufive.com

# SPINS -Security Protocol For Sensor Network
# Generic visual perception processor
# Nanotechnology Assembler Design And Nano-Communication
# Tele-Immersion
# Liquid Crystal on Silicon Display (LCOS)
# Jini - advanced set of network protocols
# Computer memory based on the protein bacterio-rhodopsin
# CSS and DeCSS
# Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service (MBMS)
# Extreme Programming (XP)
# Holographic Versatile Disc
# Zero Knowledge proofs
# Bimolecular Computers
# Context Disambiguation On Web Search Results
# Touch Screen Technology
# Surface Computer
# Face Recognition Technology
# DNA Computing in security
# 4g Wireless Systems
# Spyware and Trojan horses
# Zigbee
# Java Management Extensions (JMX) - component framework for building intelligent network
# Quantum cryptography
# Home Networking
# Steganography and digital watermarking
# TouchFLO Technology
# NESSUS *
# 3D Volume Storage
# Optical Networking and Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing
# Software-Defined Radio
# Space-time adaptive processing

Students on the Virginia Tech campus and abroad are turning to the internet to share stories and help with the grieving process.

The final number of deaths after the tragedy is at 33 and with everyone having friends at the school it sems, all should be connected.

There are over 200 groups on Facebook.com now in direct relation to the Virginia Tech tragedy with more growing. One of the groups has about 30,000 members showing just how much people can truly join together in an online community to help one another.

The company will offer a complete software package built around Windows and Office for $3.

The software bundle, called “Microsoft Student Innovation Suite,” (MSIS) includes Windows XP Starter Edition, Office Home and Student 2007, Math 3.0, Learning Essentials 2.0 for Microsoft Office, and Windows Live Mail desktop. According to Microsoft, the software is part of a “new commitment to help close the digital divide” and an effort to “bring social and economic opportunity to the estimated 5 billion people who are not yet realizing the benefits of technology.”

“All human beings deserve a chance to achieve their full potential,” commented Bill Gates, chairman of Microsoft, in a prepared statement. “Bringing the benefits of technology to the next 5 billion people will require new products that meet the needs of underserved communities; creative, new business approaches that make technology more relevant, accessible and affordable; and close collaboration between local governments, educational institutions and community organizations.”

Microsoft will also offer the $3 package for high income countries, if those governments agree to sign up for the firm’s Partner in Learning program and limit the (MSIS) software to “underserved communities.”

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This is a nice way to hook up everybody onto Windows.. We should see how far they will be successful in this new venture !! All the Best Micro$oft !

Note : We can use Gnu/Linux (which is FREE,open source and highly secure) rather than accepting some weird offers from Micro$oft. 

Research going on at Rochester Institute of Technology is helping keep troops in Iraq and Afghanistan safer.

Kevin Hand is an engineering student at RIT working a very big project. "It’s really kind of neat," he said.

Student Peter Weisberg said, "It’s cool that we have a plane here…right down the hall there's a jet!"

RIT research is also helping to prolong the life of aging vehicles and aircraft.

In another research area, a special laser attached to a $250,000 computer system scans part of a gear box for a transmission– and then digitally re-creates it at the speed of 23,000 points a second.

In some cases the specialized parts used are manufactured in Rochester, providing not only research opportunities for students but real jobs in the community. RIT received its first military contract in 2001.

via [ 13wham ] 

Check out these sites and get to know the ranking of universities.

US News - Best Rankings list..

i20fever — Reliable list- is a site which has put up a good list according to scores . first go on putting the scores for every area, then see the total cumulative score and refer the list of universities respective to your cumulative score.This i20fever is a really very helpful to choose universities ..etc..

Princeton Review - Pretty good list ( but i donna how they come out with some odd ranking list such as 361 best colleges…anyway its a good list..
 

The Center for University Performance Measurement - very good lists ..listed in categories..etc.. 

Webometrics - Fairly good list, also has world rankings..etc..

Since I have to prepare for this very soon.. Recently i started asking people around about this and "googled" around. i got a reply from my friend mayur who gave this site link.

Applicants can seek information at any US Visa Application Centre located in 11 cities across India.

This site has all the details right from How to Apply for a Non-immigrant US Visa, current availability of visa interview appointments,steps to follow , book dates , about the visa fees , rules for size of photograph etc and Security Regulations to follow and all the detailed stuff necessary for your visa.

Also see Websites of U.S. Missions in India  New Delhi  Chennai  Mumbai  Kolkata 

Visit [ U.S Visa ] 

Despite the GRE registration being put on hold till July, there’s good news for all students planning to go to US for further studies.Wait for studying in US gets shorter.Two days is all it would take to get a student visa to the US in the near future, a senior official in the US' Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (BECA) said.

"Currently it takes a month to process an application. We intend to bring it down to 10 days soon and then meet the international standard of two days," BECA Deputy Assistant Secretary (academic programmes) Thomas Farrell said.

Some Facts:

- Higher Education contributed $13.6 billion to US economy every year.

via : Indian Express

NIH Director Elias Zerhouni wants to pay you upto $1.5 million in direct costs over five years for your innovative mind !

What do you have to do? Submit an innovative idea that could have an exceptional impact on biomedical or behavioral science.

Who is eligible?

Applicant PD/PI’s must hold an independent research position at a domestic (U.S.) institution as of September 20, 2007 and must have received their most recent doctoral degree (e.g., Ph.D., M.D., D.D.S., D.V.M., or equivalent) or completed their medical internship and residency in 1997 or later.

“We want proposals in a broad range of scientific areas relevant to the NIH mission and from a diverse pool of applicants,” Zerhouni said

Application : 

Those who have an urge to do something for Science and also win the prize , download and submit the application, they could apply @ NIH. Click to read more information on the NIH Director’s New Innovator Award.

Deadline : Applications will be accepted from April 25 through May 22, 2007.

NIH Director Launches Program for Innovative New Investigators [NIH News]

Windows only: WordWeb provides definitions and synonyms with a click of the mouse.

This dictionary/thesaurus can look up words in almost any program. Just press the Ctrl key and right-click a word: this pops WordWeb (too fast) for you . WordWeb can also find sets of related words by pulling info from Wikipedia, Wiktionary and other sources. It'll even pronounce words for you.

Its far better than all the inbuilt dictionary we get with the Micro$oft Office ..etc.  WordWeb is free for personal use.

Happy vocabulary ! 

[ Download ] via [ WordWeb ]

PS : Sorry i forgot to put the link to download.thanks krishna for reminding. (see comments)

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