Times are Tough , Mac is On Sale

Steve Jobs has started cutting price on Macs. 

15.4″ MacBook Pro Glossy Screen – Intel Core 2 Duo 2.2GHz, 2GB Memory, 120GB Hard Drive Notebook is selling at $1299 , when the list price is $1999. (See here). Where as Macbook Air is selling for $1,149.99 (Reg $1794). Apple store managers, meanwhile, are offering to match any advertised price — a policy they quietly followed in the past but now openly acknowledge.

Apple has posted a  teaser for a one-day Black Friday shopping event that promises unspecified bargains for shoppers.

 Come back to the Apple Online Store the day after Thanksgiving for a special one-day-only holiday shopping event. You’ll find dozens of great iPod, iPhone, and Mac gift ideas.

SUNLED at India’s definitive conference on renewable energy investments

 

Mr. Hari Chereddi, Managing Director, SUNLED Technologies was invited to present at the prestigious 3^rd Renewable Energy Finance Forum organized by Euromoney – Held at Mumbai on 20^th & 21^st November 2008. He was speaking on ‘Applying Energy Efficiency business models to Solar Technology.

 

 

India’s accelerated economic growth has in turn generated an ever increasing demand for energy, and opportunities in the domestic market for renewable energy generation are plentiful. The 3rd REFF-India was a unique forum for discussions between technologists, decision makers, investors and financiers. The diverse speaker faculty featured high-level government officials, leading technology manufacturers and project developers, and key financial institutions operating in the Indian renewable energy sector.

Key topics that were discussed:

·         The latest policy developments impacting the Indian renewable energy sector

·         Present and future outlook on finance and project structures

·         Attractive investment opportunities in wind, solar and bio-energy

·         Finance and project structures for demand-side sustainability

·         Opportunities in scaling up technology manufacturing for export purposes

·         Carbon finance and CDM project investment opportunities

Vistit Sunledtech here 

Maps Redrawn , Pakistan Fears for the Worst

The map above was first circulated as a theoretical exercise in some American circles . It has fueled a belief among Pakistanis, including members of the armed forces, that what the United States really wants is the breakup of Pakistan. They also fear that Afghanistan and India togather want to destroy Pakistan. The viewpoint reflects not only Pakistan’s insecurities about its borders, but also its distrust of the perceived American tilt towards India

“I don’t feel threatened by India and India shouldn’t feel threatened by us,” Zardari said in a videoconference at the Hindustan Times LeadershipSummit in New Delhi.

(Source: NYTimes)

Most Cost Effective Vehicle Ever…Period

In a local Shanghai suburb, one man has created what has to be one of the most cost effective automobiles ever. 

The car has a very simple design, basically a bunch of wood scraps tied together with wire, four wheels, and a seat that can barely fit one person. 

 

Iphone 2.2 Software Update is Here

Key Enhancements in this release:

1. Google Map with Google Street View -A feature of Google Maps and Google Earth that provides 360° panoramic street-level views and allows users to view parts of selected cities and their surrounding metropolitan areas at ground level.

The addition of Google Street View is cool. 

2.  Public transit and walking directions – Get walking directions, find public transit schedules, check fares, and estimate your travel time.

3.  Display address of dropped pins

4. Share location via email – Tap the Share Location button to send an email that includes a Google Maps URL.

World Leaders Dont Shake Bush’s Hand

Bush walks across a line of world leaders without shaking or being asked to shake any of their hands. Whether the President is being rejected by the world leaders or he is rejecting them, CNN’s Rick Sanchez aptly says that Bush looks like “the most unpopular kid in high school that nobody liked.”

$20,000 Private Jet , When They Are Bankrupt

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Bhuvan – India’s Answer To Google Earth – Updated

http://www.bhuvan.nrsc.gov.in

Indian Space Research Organization  will roll-out a rival to Google Earth, the hugely popular online satellite imagery service,

The project, Bhuvan (Sanskrit for Earth), will allow users to zoom into areas as small as 10 metres wide. Now compare that to the 200 metre wide zoom limit on Google Earth. Bhuvan will use a network of satellites to create a high-resolution, bird’s-eye view of India  that will be accessible at no cost online and will compete with Google Earth.

In the hope of stimulating local technological, industrial and economic development, France in 2006 announced  a 2 billion euro (about $2.5 billion) plan to back a series of projects including one on a Franco-German search engine intended to rival Google. This fizzled out without a trace. Undeterred, a year later France unveiled Géoportail, its own answer to Google Earth.

Locals hold 90% jobs in Maharashtra

According to the Maharashtra government’s own records, there are about 1.6 lakh units across micro, small and medium industries which together employ 10.86 lakh people. Of these, 91% of the non-supervisory jobs and 97% of the supervisory posts are held by locals.

Atleast this data should be enough for Raj Thackeray and his “Gang” members to drop their bogus claims that north indians are taking jobs away from Marathi Manoos.

Lunar Flyby Video Of ChandraYaan [ Must See ]

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A short movie made from the images taken by Terrain Mapping Camera (TMC) of Chandrayaan-1 as the spacecraft flew over the area near the South polar region of moon. The Terrain Mapping Camera,built by ISRO’s Space Applications Centre(SAC) of Ahmedabad, is taking excellent pictures of Moon’s surface from Chandrayaan-1’s 100 km high orbit from the Lunar surface.