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Google has introduced a new feature where Google Search page opens up with Google Logo, Search Text box, “Google Search” button and “I’m Feeling Lucky” button.
As the attached screenshot shows initially Google Search page will load with these controls and when you bring your mouse inside the page, it will show you the rest of links and information. It is a innovative thinking where they are making Google home page more cleaner and light weight.
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SEOUL, South Korea — South Koreans got their first taste of the iPhone on Saturday as the multifunctional communication and entertainment device made its long awaited debut in one of the world's most technologically sophisticated societies.
Though already available in other Asian countries such as Japan – where it went on sale last year – the slim smartphone got a late start in South Korea amid regulatory hurdles and tough negotiations between manufacturer Apple Inc. and a local telecommunications company.
But the waiting finally came to an end for about 850 South Koreans who took possession of their coveted iPhones at a boisterous official launching event in Seoul characterized by blaring music and flashing lights.
“I’m really happy because I waited for a long time,” said Kim Min-ju, a dentist who travelled to Seoul from the regional city of Cheongju. Kim said she planned to use her iPhone to study English.
Huh Jin-seok, the first recipient of the iPhone, had waited in line more than 26 hours outside the arena where the event took place. The 25-year-old university student expressed joy, though acknowledged being “a little bit tired.”
South Korea is home to world-beating technology corporations including Samsung Electronics Co. and LG Electronics Inc. The country is also known for its high penetration rate for broadband Internet as well as government encouragement for IT-related innovation.
But Smartphones – which are advanced mobile phones with computer-like capabilities – are just taking off.
“We’re hoping that this iPhone will be a trigger point for the smartphone market in Korea,” said Yang Hyun-mi, chief strategy officer at KT Corp., Apple’s local partner. Smartphones make up just 1 per cent of all cellphones in South Korea, she said.
Yang declined to offer a sales forecast for the iPhone, but said KT was optimistic given higher-than-expected advance orders.
“We just think it will be really huge,” she said.
About 65,000 people placed orders since Nov. 22, according to KT.
Steve Park, Apple’s spokesman in South Korea, declined to comment on the launch of the iPhone.
The Korea Communications Commission – South Korea’s telecommunications regulator – paved the way for the iPhone’s introduction by granting a license to Apple earlier this month to offer so-called location-based services, which include functions such as maps and direction finders that are available on the iPhone. South Korean law requires companies that provide such applications to obtain government permission.
The commission earlier this year also abolished a rule that required all mobile devices to carry special software adapted to South Korea’s wireless Internet platform, which was an added cost for foreign manufacturers and viewed as a trade barrier.
KT’s Yang said another factor contributing to the delay was a complicated negotiating process with Apple over what she described as the Cupertino, California-based company’s strict standards and policies.
The iPhone is expected to pose a challenge to Samsung and LG, which dominate the market for mobile phones in South Korea and also make smartphones. They are also major players globally in mobile phones, ranking No. 2 and No. 3, respectively, behind Finland’s Nokia Corp.
KT, South Korea’s second-largest mobile carrier, already offers service plans for smartphones made by Samsung, LG, Nokia and a Taiwanese manufacturer, said KT spokeswoman Alice Park.
Also available in South Korea is Research in Motion Ltd.’s (TSX:RIM) Blackberry, which is offered by SK Telecom Co., the country’s largest mobile carrier.
Moon Chang-soo, a computer programmer, said he plans to mostly use the iPhone to keep his life organized.
“It’s amazing,” he said, describing his feelings at finally getting one. But despite its fame as a smartphone, Moon used it in a more basic way.
“I just made a call to my wife,” he said with a laugh.
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The unmanned Chandayaan-1 spacecraft blasted off from a launch pad in Sriharikota in southern India, shortly after dawn, Wednesday, as the nation watched on television.
Scientists applauded and hugged each other. The head of the Indian Space Research Organization, G. Madhavan Nair, calls it a perfect launch and says everything is going according to plan.
It was clearly a moment of celebration for scientists in charge of the mission. The Chandrayaan-I, which means Moon Vehicle, is being sent on a two-year mission to orbit the Moon and scan its chemical and mineral composition. A key objective will be to look for water. The spacecraft carries 11 instruments. Five are Indian, three are from the European Space Agency and two from the United States. A gadget from the spacecraft will land on the Moon to pick up some dust for analysis.
This is India’s first space mission beyond the Earth’s orbit. If successful, the $79 million project will be a major step forward for India’s space program.
It is also being seen as an effort by India to catch up with Japan and China, which have already sent unmanned spacecraft to orbit the Moon. In particular, China has been forging ahead in space exploration, putting astronauts in space and carrying out its first spacewalk.
India, too, has drawn up ambitious programs. It plans to send an astronaut into space by 2014 and a manned mission to the Moon by 2020.
India started its first space program in 1963, developing its own satellites and launch vehicles, and has a foot-hold in the multibillion-dollar commercial space-launch business.
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