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Archive for January 20, 2007

Rebels back out, now it’s mainly official candidates

January 20, 2007 at 8:41 am

· City

Indianexpress: The top party leaders’ tactic of pressurising the rebels to back out from the poll scene seems to have worked with the last day of withdrawal of nominations on Friday seeing as many as 785 candidates pulling out from the race. Now, the stage has been set for the February 1 civic elections with 1,134 candidates in fray for the 144 seats of the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC).

A total of 2,084 candidates had filed their nominations, of which 887 had already withdrawn their nominations. Since all parties had rebel factor affecting them, the leaders had to work the phones and write personal letters to force the rebels to withdraw their candidature.

The large number of withdrawal on the last day of withdrawing the nominations is an indicator of “closed door management”, according to political observers.

Prominent candidates who have withdrawn their nominations include corporators who had filed nominations against their own party — Nandlal Dhivar against Anand Chhajed (Congress) from Bopodi ward, Tanaji Nimhan against Bhagwan Tukaram Nimhan from Pashan and Meenakshi Kadgi against Kamal Vyawahare from Ekbote Colony ward.

Congress rebels Chandrakant Sorte contesting against Harish Nikam from Deccan College ward has withdrawn their nominations. Congress rebel Ganesh Andekar contesting against Virendra Kirad, too, has withdrawn from Swami Samarth ward.

BJP rebel Bhagwan Kshirsagar contesting against Vijay Kale from P L Deshpande ward has also withdrawn his nominations and Sahebrao Salunkhe contesting against Shobha Bavthankar from Tingre Nagar Pumping Station ward has also backed out.

 

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Dumper rams two-wheelers, BRTS buses halt for an hour

January 20, 2007 at 8:40 am

· City

IndianExpress: For the second time in the past one and half months, after the Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) began operating, the Pune Municipal Transport authorities stopped running the BRTS buses for an hour on the Swargate-Katraj corridor fearing citizens’ reactions after a dumper rammed into two two-wheelers at Padmavati on Friday morning.

The BRTS buses have been running in the dedicated bus lanes on Satara Road since December 4. Friday’s mishap did occur in the BRTS bus lane.
 
It occurred on the lane meant for other motorised vehicles. Kirti Kanti Lal (36), Dhankawadi resident, died due to the injuries caused by the mishap while three others including her husband have been admitted to a private hospital. The identities of other two victims are yet to be ascertained.

According to the Sahakarnagar police, the dumper was taking a right turn at Chavannagar chowk near Padmavati when it rammed into two motor-bikes that had halted for a traffic signal around 9 am.


 

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Tawny eagles spotted at Bhuleshwar

January 20, 2007 at 8:38 am

· City · Environment

Indianexpress:  Bird-watchers from the city have reported sighting of at least 100 tawny eagles (also known as garud) near Bhuleshwar temple, some 50 km from Pune on Solapur Road.

According to avid ornithologist Dr Sattyasheel Naik the eagles are huge in size– two and a half feet in height with a wing span of about six feet. They have powerful feet with razor sharp talons with which they kill their prey. The legs of the eagles are covered with feathers up to the feet and their colour is either light or dark brown. Big eyes give them a binocular vision and they can spot a mice from a mile up in the sky.

What has brought them to Bhuleshwar is the chicken waste being dumped in the valley along the ghat. The eagles are found in groups of eight to ten, Dr Naik added.

“They usually hunt small animals like hares, rabbits, birds, hens,” said Naik pointing out that these eagles at Bhuleshwar have migrated from the Himalayas, Nepal, Western Pakistan and other parts of the Northern hemisphere.

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Awards of excellence

January 20, 2007 at 8:37 am

· City

Indianexpress: Top Management Consortium’s excellence awards were recently distributed by Vanrai founder Mohan Dharia. MCCIA newly elected president Madhur Bajaj was felicitated at the occasion.

The award winners include Prem Nanda (medical field), P K Saxena (transport), P D Patil (education), Pramod Chaudhari (industries), Anand Agarwal (media), Pandit Sanjiv Abhyankar and Bela Shende (young talents), Manish Jain, D S Kulkarni and Atul Chordiya (builder, infrastructure and real estate), Prabhakar Karandikar (bureaucrat), Farid Shaikh Amir (culture, heritage), Hanif Somji (hospitality), B B Dahiwadikar (lifetime service in memento making), Dilip Bund (government IAS/IPS) and Ramakant and Chandrakant Mhaske (girls education). Speaking on the occasion, Dharia urged people to come out with a declaration before polls so that political parties and candidates are aware of their aspirations and expectations.
 

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Health camp for senior citizens

January 20, 2007 at 8:36 am

· City

IndianExpress: Janaseva Foundation’s Day-Care Centre for Senior Citizens sponsored by the Lions Club, Pune-Ganeshkhind and Pune Municipal Corporation is organising a free ECG and dental check-up camp for senior citizens from slum areas in Bopodi and Aundh Road on January 21. During the camp, tests will be conducted, follow-up advice given by doctors and free medicines distributed. The camp will be organised at Shewale Hospital on Aundh Road.

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Wireless Networking: The Road Ahead

January 20, 2007 at 8:32 am

· Technology

Technews: Through 2007 and beyond, almost every organization with a wireless network will experience significant growth in WLAN size and usage, increasing diversity of devices that connect to the network, and greater heterogeneity of network infrastructure. With these new advances, IT organizations will need a strategy that combines the management and security of both wireless and wired network infrastructures.

It also promises, however, a path full of obstacles if enterprises choose to ignore how they will manage their networks.

Two years ago, security  was their number one wireless network concern. Currently, many enterprises affirm that they are equally or more concerned about manageability.

Often regarded by the industry as separate and distinct issues, security and management represent two sides of the same coin. While enterprises maintain that it may be possible to define a strong security policy, it is difficult to implement and enforce those policies uniformly.

Management Is Necessary
Truth be told, a wireless network simply cannot be secure without management.

Almost all large organizations — from Fortune 500 corporations to universities and healthcare  providers — operate growing WiFi networks for their increasingly mobile employees. Today, many of these employees view the WLAN  (wireless local area network) as the primary means of connecting to the enterprise network.

Although companies use WLAN technology for different purposes, three critical trends have emerged across all industries as wireless networks rapidly become more mission critical, much more heavily utilized and significantly more complex. These key trends draw attention to the need for superior wireless network management in 2007 and beyond.

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Voice Enabled Mobile, PC Clients

January 20, 2007 at 8:30 am

· Technology

TechTree: Nimbuzz, a Netherlands-based technology firm working on VoIP and telecommunications applications has now launched its voice-enabled mobile and PC clients.

The products have been designed to support more than 500 mobile phone models, and Windows XP/2000 for PC clients.

Therefore, Nimbuzz is now mobile connected to Google Talk and MSN / Windows Live Messenger for chat and voice. This means that mobile Nimbuzz users can make calls to members on these communities on the PC and on mobiles.

Those connected through mobiles will pay the local call charges, while those connected through PC will have to pay nothing. It is made possible by eliminating the high roaming tariffs charged by operators.
Nimbuzz also allows international calls from users’ mobiles to other mobile phones at the cheapest local rate. However, this is possible only if both mobile phones have the Nimbuzz software installed.

Additional features of the new products include: mobile-to-mobile calls also at local cost, free (Group) text messaging, and the ability to place group calls on the fly with up to 5 buddies on Nimbuzz, Google Talk, or MSN Live Messenger.

Evert Jaap Lugt, CEO of Nimbuzz, said, “This release is a major step towards our next goal: connecting all major VoIP-communities on the Internet with the mobile for Chat, Voice, and various Messaging services. Nimbuzz is now testing the Yahoo!, AIM, ICQ, and Skype connectivity, wait and see”.

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Dell’s Latitude All Terrain Grade NB

January 20, 2007 at 8:29 am

· Technology

TechTree: Dell has announced the Latitude All-Terrain Grade (ATG) D620, its first semi-rugged notebook computer for customers who work in tough environments.

The company said that the Latitude ATG D620 meets military standards for vibration, humidity, and altitude, and is designed to protect against accidental bumps, moisture, and other elements that customers encounter working in the field.

The new notebook features a shock-mounted hard drive, spill-resistant keyboard, port covers, and high durability paint, and is designed to withstand challenging conditions commonly associated with military environments, construction sites and first responders, such as police and emergency organizations.

According to Dell, in response to direct customer feedback, the Latitude ATG includes a 14.1-inch display with ambient light sensor (ALS), glass overlay, and anti-reflective coating. The LCD display is one and half times brighter than most mainstream corporate notebooks for better viewing in sunlight. Customers working in the military, emergency preparedness, construction, and even the Golf industry say seeing the display in full daylight is an important factor in their notebook computing experience.

Launching this notebook, Jeff Clarke, Senior Vice President, Dell Product Group, said, “The Latitude ATG is a prime example of Dell’s commitment to customer-driven innovation. We have heard from customers loud and clear that a tougher, highly protective notebook with a screen that is easy to see outdoors is necessary in many lines of work. We are glad that we could meet that customer request with a product distinguished by industry-leading features.”

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Nazara Launches ‘Sachin Zone’

January 20, 2007 at 8:27 am

· Technology

TechTree: Nazara Technologies, an innovative mobile entertainment provider, has launched the new ‘Sachin Zone’ for all mobile phone subscribers.

The company said that the Sachin Zone is based on the world’s most popular and best batsman Sachin Tendulkar, and that the company has exclusive world wide rights to develop and distribute gaming and non gaming content, including wall papers, themes, and applications, among others, on Sachin Tendulkar.

According to Nazara, the Sachin Zone is the first of its kind celebrity platform that allows fans to actually interact with their favorite celebrity anytime from anywhere. On the Sachin Zone, Sachin shares personal and private aspects of his life by talking about his daily life, activities with friends and family, expressing his opinions on various subjects, and accepting feedback from fans.

It is learnt that for those with a competitive spirit, the Sachin Zone brings exciting games and contests with attractive prizes for the same.

Launching this initiative, Nitish Mittersain, Chief Executive Officer, Nazara Technologies, said, “The idea behind the Sachin Zone was to combine our technology expertise with Sachin’s phenomenal mass appeal and bring fans a never before experience they can savor and share with their friends and colleagues consistently.”

Sachin Zone is accessible by any mobile user over voice and SMS; subscribers can avail an opportunity to hear Sachin talking about multiple things from the choices selected. Sachin Zone has been launched in association with Hutch, BSNL/MTNL, and Idea across country on Voice and SMS. However, this service will begin soon with other carriers like Airtel and BPL as well.

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Linksys Demos “Connected Home”

January 20, 2007 at 8:25 am

· Technology

TechTree: Recently, Linksys, a division of Cisco Systems, demonstrated products built around its “Connected Home Concept”.

Amongst the home networking products; the WVC200 is a Wireless PTZ Internet Camera with Audio.

The WVC200 sends high-quality live video to the user’s network wirelessly, whereas Pan/Tilt/Zoom gives flexible control remotely from a Web Browser. Other features include: ability to view images in low light environments, ability to send email alerts with video clips upon motion detection, and support for up to 10 simultaneous remote users.

The WCC200 comes with a three year warranty at a recommended retail price of Rs 19,900.

The Wireless-G Router, WRT54G features: all-in-one Internet-sharing Router, 4-port Switch, and Wireless-G Access Point; Wireless data rates up to 54Mbps; ability to share a single Internet connection and other resources with Ethernet wired and Wireless-G clients; and advanced wireless security with 128-bit WEP encryption, MAC, or IP address filtering.

This is available for around Rs 3,634 along with a 3 year warranty.

The WRT300N is a Wireless-N Broadband Router.

The WRT300N features: Internet-sharing Router and 4-port Switch, with a built in speed and range enhanced Wireless Access Point; MIMO technology that uses multiple radios to create a robust signal that travels up to 4 times farther and reduces dead spots; plus protection of Wireless signals by WPA2 encryption, and protection of network by a powerful SPI firewall

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