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Simple Tips to Beat Acidity !!!!

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Top tips to beat acidity
Most people suffer from acidity these days but the good news is that it is a completely reversible condition. Here are a few tips to beat it!

Are your eating habits irregular? Do you eat out a lot? Do you love spicy food? And have you been experiencing burning sensations in the throat, gas formation, sour taste in your mouth and fatigue? Chances are that you are suffering from acidity.
What causes acidity?
Acidity is caused when the digestive juices produced in our stomach are not utilised completely. In fact the acid helps digest food we eat. However, when there isn’t enough food for digestion or if there is an over production of this acid, you will experience acidity pangs.
In addition, acidity may also be due to eating a meal filled with either sugar or spices, stress, lack of exercise or long gaps between two meals. In most cases, the main trigger for acidity is the food we eat and our eating habits.
Though acidity is one of the most common problems faced by most of us, preventing acidity from occurring is very simple. Here are a few tricks which will help you beat acidity!

Eat at regular intervals

Always eat in small portions. Instead of one heavy breakfast, break it down into two portions and eat it at two-hour intervals. This way, your stomach is neither too full nor completely empty.

Fruits and veggies

Eat a lot of fruits, vegetables and whole wheat grains as this will increase the amount of fibre you consume. The fibre in your food will absorb the extra acid produced in your stomach and also discard it out of your body. Fruits such as bananas, papayas, cucumbers and watermelons go a long way in relieving acidity. Also, dry fruits like raisins, dried figs and almonds help in easing heartburns and the burning sensation in your stomach. Eat more vegetables like drumsticks, beans, pumpkin, cabbage, carrot and spring onions.

Drink water

Drink warm water first thing in the morning. This is said to flush out the excess acid which gets accumulated in your stomach through the night. In addition, drinking tender coconut water three times a day will also help you fight acidity.

Sip milk

If you are suffering from acidity, sip cold milk frequently as milk is an acidity buster and it helps in stabilizing the gastric acids. But, do not think eating ice cream is as same as drinking cold milk. Actually the cream and sugar in the ice cream will just aggravate the acidity.
Chew on tulsi

When you are suffering from heartburns, pop in a few tulsi leaves and chew on them for a while. This can give you instant relief. Also, mint leaves are said to be equally effective. Boil mint leaves in a bowl of water and sip it frequently. This too helps relieve you from acidity.

Aniseed/sauf

Now you know the reason behind the sauf served in restaurants. It not just helps in digestion but is also great for those suffering from acidity. For best results, soak one teaspoon of sauf in one cup of boiled water overnight. Strain this water, add a teaspoon of honey to it and sip on it through the day.
Chew gum

Chewing sugarless gum is said to help in reducing heartburn. Chewing gum produces more saliva, and the alkaline properties in the saliva neutralise the acid.

In addition to above tips:

Try and avoid eating out often, eating fatty, oily food and too many chocolates.
Exercise for at least 30 minutes every day.
Say a big ‘NO’ to cigarettes!
Use an extra pillow while lying down, so that your head is slightly elevated. The elevated position helps the acid to remain inside the stomach, instead of moving into the esophagus.
Make sure that you have dinner at least two hours before your bedtime as this helps keep acidity at bay.

source::::yahoo health net..
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மகாபெரியவாவின் நகைச்சுவை ரசனை !!!!!

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பச்சை மாவும் பவள வாயும்.

இரவு வேளை.

விஷய ஞானமுள்ள அடியார் ஒருவர் வந்து பெரியவாள் முன் உட்கார்ந்தார்.

“ஆகாரம் பண்ணியாச்சா?”

” ஆச்சு”

“என்ன சாப்பிட்டே?”

“உப்புமா”

ஒரு நிமிட இடைவெளிக்குப் பின் பெரியவாள் சொன்னார்கள். “உனக்கு ஒரு கதை தெரியுமோ? உப்புமாக் கதை”

“தெரியாது”

“கேளு. ஒரு பக்தன் ஸ்ரீரங்கத்துக்கு; போனான். பெருமாளை சேவித்தான். ஒரு சத்திரத்தில் ராத்திரி சாப்பிடப் போனான். உப்புமா போட்டார்கள். உப்புமா சரியாக வேகவில்லை.சின்னச் சின்னதாய் நிறைய கல் வேறே இருந்தது. பல்லில் அகப்பட்டு, வாயெல்லாம் புன்ணாகி , சிவப்பாகி விட்டது. நிறைய மிளகாய் தாளித்துப் போட்டிருந்ததால், காரம் தாங்கவில்லை. கண்களில் நீர் வழிந்து, சிவந்து போச்சு. அப்போ, ரொம்ப சிரமத்திலே ஒரு பாட்டுப் பாடினான். உனக்குத் தெரியுமோ?”

“தெரியாது”

“என்ன அப்படிச் சொல்றே? பச்சை மால் மலை போல் மேனி…..”

“இது எனக்குத் தெரியும்.”

“இவன் கொஞ்சம் மாற்றிப்பாடினான் . பச்சை மா (வேகாத மாவு) , மணி போல் மலை ( உப்புமாவில் மணி மணியாகக் கற்கள்) , பவள வாய் (சாப்பிட்டவனுக்கு, வாய் புண்ணாகிச் சிவந்தது), செங்கண் ( காரம் தாங்காமல் கண்ணீர் வழிந்ததில், கண்களும் சிவந்து விட்டன), அச்சுதா….”

அருகிலிருந்தவர்களுடன் பெரியவாளும் சேர்ந்து கொண்டு குலுங்கக் குலுங்கச் சிரித்தார்கள்!

Source—-Mahaperiaval Dharisana Anubavankal—–vol. 7

Compiler—T.S.Kothandarama Sarma.

Publishers——Vanathi Pathippakam.

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Smartphones…Is it Alright to Tuck Them in to Bed !!!

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Gone are the days when Granma’s lullabies put us to sleep, or the days of cute teddy bear’s hugs in bed. The young generations are now taken on to Smartphones to tuck them into bed, literally. A cool infographics by Online Psychology Degree shows the extent Smartphones become indispensible in our daily lives, almost like bodily appendages.

The infographics shows that 90 percent of the young people in the age group of 18 to 29 sleep with their Smartphones; 95 percent of the people use the phone for something just before going to bed; half of the people check their phones immediately if they wake up during the night.

The finding may look staggering about the attachment that have evolved between human and his gadget buddy, and it seems quite okay as consider it as coming of age process but as infographics reveals more about, our body’s physiology is not yet grooved with the change yet.

About 63 percent of the people aren’t getting enough sleep, and too much of screen-time wake reduces melatonin level, the hormone that induces sleep. Not having enough sleep in turn causes stress and depression and also raises heart attack risks by 50 percent.

So this is a wake up call about prioritizing our needs over our wants as infographics puts it “You love your gadgets, but taking them to bed isn’t worth it. When you go to bed say goodnight to your technology too.”

source::::siliconindia net…

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PHORCE…A One Stop Solution for Your Gadgets Charging!!!!!

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For those who are addicted to their gadgets, such as smartphones and tablets, low battery life can be a major problem. Finding a charging point can often be a daunting task. But worry not, a project on Kickstarter called Phorce, hopes to bring an end this charging madness. 

 

So what is the project hoping to provide? Well a smart bag that will let you charge your electronic devices on the go, from your laptops to your smartphones and your tablets.

The Kickstarter project states, that Thanks to its integrated lightweight battery pack, Phorce is powerful enough to charge an iPhone 5 over 8 times, a Galaxy S3 about 6 times, or an iPad Mini 2.5 times. 

The Phorce smart bag. Image from Kickstarter project.

According to TechCrunch the bag also features a convertible design, and can become a messenger bag, briefcase, or two shoulder backpack as well.

The bag will also sync with your iPhone or your Android device via Bluetooth. Oh and if you leave your Phorce bag somewhere, it will point on your phone that you’ve forgotten it. As long as its charged that is.

In terms of design and colour, it does look  very cool. As a concept a must need for everyone!!!!!

 

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மகாபெரியவா சொன்ன பாப விமோசனம் …..

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பெரியவர் மராத்தி மாநிலத்தில் பயணம், ஏதோ ஓர் ஊரில் (பூனா என்று சொன்ன ஞாபகம்) முகாம். அங்கு வாழ்ந்து வந்த ஒரு அன்பர்(இப்போதைக்கு அவர் வம்பர், ஏன் என்றால் அவர் ஆபிசாரம் எனப்படும் வேலைகள் செய்து மக்களுக்கு மருந்து வைப்பது, மந்திரம் வைப்பது, பில்லி சூனியம் என்று பணம் பண்ணுபவர், யாரிடம் நல்ல பெயர் இல்லாதவர்).

பெரியவர் அங்கு வந்திருப்பது தெரிந்து சொல்லத்தகாத வார்த்தைகள் சொல்லி, ‘நான் பெரியவனா, இல்லை அவரா, பார்த்துவிடுகிறேன் இன்று, என் சித்து மற்றும் வசியம் முன் அவர் என்ன செய்ய முடியும், இன்று அவரை என் வசியத்தால் கட்டிப்போடுகிறேன்’ என்றெல்லாம் கொக்கரித்து இருக்கிறார்.

அவர் குடும்பத்தார் மற்றும் பலர் எவ்வளவு சொல்லியும் கேட்கவில்லை.

அன்று பெரியவர் பூஜை பார்க்க ஆயிரக்கணக்கானோர் கூடினர். இந்த வம்பரும் சென்று ‘கடைசியில் கடைசியாய்’ இருந்து கொண்டு கையில் மையை வைத்துக்கொண்டு என்னென்னவோ செய்தார் செய்தார் செய்தார்.அங்கே பெரியவரோ பூசையில் ஒன்றி விட்டார்.

பூசை முடிந்தது, திருநீர் பிரசாத விநியோகம் இனிதே நடந்தது.ஸ்வாமிகள் கை சொடுக்கி அழைத்தார் இவரை. இவருக்கோ ஒரே ஆச்சிரியம். எப்படி இந்த ஆயிரம் ஆயிரம் சனத்தில் நம்மை குறி வைத்து அழைக்கிறார். குறி வைத்து தான் விட்டாரே…யாரை வசியப்படுத்துவேன் என்றாரோ, அவரிடமே வசியப்பட்டு, யாரை பொம்மை ஆக்குவேன் என்றாரோ அவரிடமே பொம்மையென சென்றார், அமர்ந்தார்.
பெரியவர் அவரை உற்று பார்த்தார். பின் மெல்ல பகர்ந்தார்.
‘பின்னாடி திரும்பி பார்’.

பார்த்தார் வம்பர். நடுநடுங்கினார்.
பின்னால் இருந்த மொத்த அடியார் கூட்டமும், பெரியவராய் தெரிந்தது அவருக்கு. ஆம், அத்துணை அத்துணை பெரியவர்கள்.
மேலே, கீழே, இடது, வலது என்றெல்லாம் பார்க்க சொன்னார். எங்கெங்கு காணினும் பெரியவரடா…

கதறி காலில் விழுந்தார். மன்னிக்க கோரினார். பாவமன்னிப்பு கேட்டார்.

சொன்னார் பெரியவர், ‘சித்து பெரிய விஷயமே இல்லே, ஒர்த்தர் கிட்ட கூட ஒனக்கு நல்ல பேரு இல்லே, கெட்ட வழிலே இவ்வளவு பணம் பண்ணிருக்கே’.

‘அத்தனையும் விட்டுடறேன். பெரியவா கூட மடத்துக்கு வந்து சொச்ச காலத்தையாவது சேவகம் பண்ணி பாவம் போக்குகிறேன்’.

‘இல்லே, இன்னும் நிறைய இருக்கு ஒனக்கு. பாவ வழிலே சம்பாதிச்சாலும் பணம் பணம் தான். அதுனாலே அத்தனை பணத்தையும் நல்ல வழிலே செலவு செய். நெறைய கல்யாணம் பண்ணி வை, ஏழை கொழந்தேளுக்கு. அவாள படிக்க வை, அம்பாளை ப்ரார்த்திச்சிண்டே இரு. எல்லோரோட க்ஷேமத்துக்காகவும் பண்ணு, நீயும் க்ஷேமமா இருப்பே’.

பார்த்த மாத்திரத்தில் பாவத்தை போக்குகின்ற தீர்த்த பெருக்கு.

Do You Know This ?!!!?

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You are going to say “I didn’t know that!” at least 5 times. Really a good piece of information !!!!!

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Alaska

More than half of the coastline of the entire
United States is in Alaska .

Amazon

The Amazon rainforest produces more than 20%
of the world’s oxygen supply.
The Amazon River pushes so much water into the Atlantic Ocean that, more than one hundred miles at sea off the mouth of the river, one can dip fresh water out of the ocean. The volume of water in the Amazon river is greater than the next eight largest rivers in the world combined and three times the flow of all rivers in the United States .

Antarctica

Antarctica is the only land on our planet
that is not owned by any country.
Ninety percent of the world’s ice covers Antarctica .
This ice also represents seventy percent
of all the fresh water in the world. As strange as it sounds, however, Antarctica is essentially a desert;
The average yearly total precipitation is about two inches.
Although covered with ice (all but 0.4% of it, ice.),
Antarctica is the driest place on the planet,
With an absolute humidity lower than the Gobi desert.

Brazil

Brazil got its name from the nut, not the other way around.

Canada

Canada has more lakes than the rest of the world combined. Canada is an Indian word meaning ‘ Big Village ‘.

Chicago

Next to Warsaw , Chicago has the largest
Polish population in the world.

Detroit

Woodward Avenue in Detroit , Michigan ,
carries the designation M-1.
So named because it was the first paved road anywhere.

Damascus, Syria

Damascus, Syria, was flourishing a couple of thousand years before Rome was founded in 753 BC
making it the oldest continuously inhabited city in existence.

Istanbul, Turkey

Istanbul, Turkey, is the only city in the world
located on two continents.

Los Angeles

The full name of Los Angeles is:
El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de
Los Angeles de Porciuncula
— and can be abbreviated to 3.63% of its size: L.A.

New York City

The term ‘The Big Apple’ was coined
by touring jazz musicians of the 1930s
who used the slang expression ‘apple’ for any town or city.
Therefore, to play New York City
is to play the big time – The Big Apple.

There are more Irish in New York City
than in Dublin , Ireland ;
more Italians in New York City
than in Rome , Italy ;
And more Jews in New York City
than in Tel Aviv , Israel .

Ohio

There are no natural lakes in the state of Maryland . . .
every one is man-made.

Pitcairn Island

The smallest island with country status is Pitcairn
in Polynesia , at just 1.75 sq. miles/4,53 sq. Km.

Rome

The first city to reach a population of 1 million people
was Rome , Italy (in 133 B.C.)
There is a city called Rome on every continent.

Siberia

Siberia contains more than 25% of the world’s forests.

S.M.O.M.

The actual smallest sovereign entity in the world
is the Sovereign Military Order of Malta (S.M.O.M).
It is located in the city of Rome , Italy ,
and has an area of two tennis courts.
And, as of 2001, has a population of 80
— 20 less people than the Vatican .
It is a sovereign entity under international law,
just as the Vatican is.

Sahara Desert

In the Sahara Desert , there is a town named Tidikelt , Algeria , that did not receive a drop of rain for ten years.
Technically, though, the driest place on Earth
is in the valleys of the Antarctic near Ross Island .
There has been no rainfall there for two million years.

Spain

Spain literally means ‘the land of rabbits’.

St. Paul, Minnesota

St. Paul, Minnesota, was originally called Pig’s Eye
after a man named Pierre ‘Pig’s Eye’ Parrant
who set up the first business there.

Roads

Chances that a road is unpaved:
in the U.S.A = 1%;
in Canada = 75%

Russia

The deepest hole ever drilled by man is the
Kola Superdeep Borehole, in Russia .
It reached a depth of 12,261 meters
(about 40,226 feet or 7.62 miles.)
It was drilled for scientific research
and gave up some unexpected discoveries,
one of which was a huge deposit of hydrogen
– so massive that the mud coming from the hole
was boiling with it.

United States

The Eisenhower interstate system requires
that one mile in every five must be straight.
These straight sections are usable as airstrips
in times of war or other emergencies.

Waterfalls

The water of Angel Falls (the world’s highest) in Venezuela
drops 3,212 feet (979 meters.)
They are 15 times higher than Niagara Falls .

Asparagus Vegetable….Controls Blood Sugar

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Scientists found regular intake of Asparagus vegetable keeps blood sugar levels under control and boosts the production of insulin, the hormone that helps body to absorb glucose.

Asparagus (Thanneervittan kizhangu in Tamil), a popular vegetable, could be a powerful new culinary weapon in the fight against diabetes as it controls blood sugar, a new study has found.

Scientists have found regular intake of the vegetable keeps blood sugar levels under control and boosts the production of insulin, the hormone that helps body to absorb glucose.

Type two diabetes, which accounts for 90 per cent of all diabetes cases, is emerging as a major health burden, the ’Daily Mail’ reported.

It can raise the risk of heart attacks, blindness and amputation; however, if doctors catch it early, it can be well controlled with diet and medication.

Once known as ‘late onset’ diabetes, since it only tended to strike from middle-age onwards, doctors are now beginning to see patients in their teens and twenties with the condition.

Scientists at the University of Karachi in Pakistan injected rats with chemicals to induce a diabetic state, with low levels of insulin and high blood sugar content.

They then treated half with an extract from the asparagus plant and the other half with an established anti-diabetic drug, called glibenclamide.

The rats were fed the asparagus extract in small or large doses every day for 28 days. Blood tests were then carried out to measure changes in their diabetes.

The results published in the British Journal of Nutrition, showed low levels of the asparagus suppressed blood sugar levels but did not improve insulin output.

Only high doses of the extract had a significant effect on insulin production by the pancreas, the organ which releases the hormone into the bloodstream.

The findings support earlier studies highlighting the benefits of asparagus.

“This study suggests asparagus extract exerts anti-diabetic effects,” researchers said.

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What Future Smartphones might Look Like!!!!!!

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 source::::::::siliconindia net

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The future has always been something that intrigues us, the fear of the unknown.  Gadgets are devices that keep undergoing various innovations on almost daily basis. The technology like 3G, huge screen smartphones, thin laptops, LTE were something which until few years ago were thought of as being impossible. But like they say “nothing is impossible.”

 

Here are 5 futuristic smartphones that we wish would become a reality in the years to come!!!!

 
1. Palm iPhone concept

 
With the release of iPhone 5 the latest jokes doing the rounds about Apple is that each year they would come out with an iPhone with the exact same features, only difference being that it would be longer. This joke is a bit nasty.

 
Apple has always been known as a company that innovates.  The new futuristic concept of iPhone is the Palm iPhone. This concept was created by Designer Samuel Lee Kwon. If this gadget becomes a reality you will be able to wear the phone instead of carrying it. The Palm iPhone can be strapped around your wrist. The device comes with a projector that would project the screen on to you r palm. This means that once you wear your smartphone there would be no question of leaving it somewhere in a hurry. The only question is – will Apple work on this concept, and if yes, how soon?

 

 

2. Philips Fluid phone

 
The Philips Fluid Phone’s concept is slightly similar to that of the Palm iPhone. This phone might be a flexible strip which takes the shape of your wrist when not in use and straightens out to become a phone when needed. The screen boasts of a high resolution OLED display screen. If this concept is worked on and developed it could usher in a new era in the gadget world.

 

 
3. LG Paper Touch

 

Thinner, slimmer seem to be the new mantra with the gadget world. We have already seen many such smartphones in the market. Well the electronic company LG is looking to make smartphone with the thinness of a paper. In fact they have already got the concept ready. Along with being thin as a paper you can also fold the phone four times because of the elastomer joints it has.  At every fold the gadget would have different uses. It would serve as a music player or you can even turn it into a flip phone and when opened completely it functions as a tablet.

4. Blue Facebook phone

This is for sure going to be a delight for all the Facebook addicts out there, if this phone actually finds its way into production. This phone would have a complete blue body keeping in mind Facebook’s color. The phone comes with a wedge design. It comes with Facebook buttons like – Like, Notifications etc. The camera with a LED flash allows the user to take pictures and immediately upload them on your Facebook profile.

To make calls you will have to turn the phone and speak as the speaker is located on the reverse side of the phone.


5. Nokia HumanForm

Nokia has developed a transparent phone concept.  Along with transparent concept this futuristic phone also comes with flexible design and can assess the mood of the user. Creepy but true! Nokia is working to make their futuristic smartphone as human as they possibly can.  Along with this, as the phone is flexible you can turn it into various shapes to perform various different commands like; twist the phone to browse and bend it to zoom.  Many times people complain about the phone being stiff. This smartphone looks to address that issue. The phone will take the shape of the ear of the user.

 

 

Happy Birthday Windows!!!….You Are 27 Today and still Going Strong!!!!!

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 The first independent version of the Microsoft Windows version 1.0 released on 20 November 1985 was aWindows graphical user interface (GUI) for its own operating system (MS-DOS), which had shipped for IBM PC and compatible computers since 1981.

The foundation for the world’s software giant rather had a humble beginning. Paul Allen and Bill Gates, as computer enthusiasts were immediately drawn to implementation of the programming language BASICS for the microcomputers, after coming across the January 1, 1975 issue of the Popular Electronics which demonstrated the Altair 8800 a microcomputer. Gates called the creator of the new microcomputer, MITS (Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems) offering a demonstration of their interpreter for Altair, in order to win the contract.

Allen and Gates had neither an interpreter nor an Altair system, yet in the eight weeks before the demo they developed an interpreter. When Allen flew to Albuquerque, New Mexico to meet with MITS, the interpreter worked and MITS agreed to distribute Altair BASIC.

After this success, Allen and Gates co-founded Microsoft. Gross income of the young company was $1 million in 1975. Allen named the company Micro-Soft which stood for microcomputer and software, and later when company went international, Gates took off the ‘hyphen’ and the company then became“Microsoft”.  

Windows 1.0 was not a complete operating system, but rather an “operating environment” that extended MS-DOS, and shared the latter’s inherent flaws and problems, and was not a big hit.

This version included simple programs like, graphics painter like Windows Paint; Windows Write, a simple word processor; an appointment “calendar”; a “card-filer”; a “notepad”; a “clock”; a “control panel”; a “computer terminal”; “Clipboard”; and RAM driver. It also included the MS-DOS Executive and a game called Reversi.

Windows evolved over the period, the latest Windows 8 is the master in user interface and cloud connection. Resplendent with app tiles, and robust with OS, is a sure treat for people who like the beauty in sync with computational power.

Here are the 27 amazing facts compiled by Forbes on the occasion of celebrating 27thWindows birthday.

1. More than 70.39% of Internet users around the world are currently running Windows, and there are 1,693,244,385 users.

1975–1981: Microsoft boots up

2. Bill Gates started Microsoft with Paul Allen in Gates’ 500-square-foot garage in 1975 with a huge vision—a computer on every desktop and in every home.

3. Microsoft currently employs 88,180 people who work across 32,404,796 square feet of Microsoft’s premises.

1982–1985: Windows 1.0

4. Microsoft shipped out the first copy of Windows 1.0 on November 20, 1985. Its TV commercial featured current CEO Steve Ballmer as an enthusiastic salesman.

5. Windows 1.0 only required a minimum of 256 kilobytes (KB), two double-sided floppy disk drives, and a graphics adapter card.

1987–1992: Windows 2.0–2.11

6. Control Panel made its first appearance in Windows 2.0.

1990–1994: Windows 3.0–Windows NT

7. Windows 3.0 had significantly better performance, including advanced graphics with 16 colors (16,777,216 colors in most screens today).

8. Windows NT was originally called “Portable Systems.”

1995–2001: Windows 95—the PC comes of age

9. Microsoft paid Brian Eno $35,000 to compose 3.25 seconds of music for the Windows 95 startup sound.

10. Windows 95 featured the first appearance of the Start menu, taskbar, and minimize, maximize, and close buttons on each window.

11. Windows 95, with built-in Internet support and dial-up networking, marked the coming of the Internet Age.

1998–2000: Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows Me

12. Windows 98 was the first Windows system that supported DVD discs and universal serial bus (USB) devices.

13. Windows 98 was the last version based on MS DOS.

2001–2005: Windows XP

14. Between the original launch of Windows and the release of Windows XP, about one billion PCs were shipped worldwide.

15. Windows XP was compiled from 45 million lines of code.

2006–2008: Windows Vista

16. More than 1.5 million devices were compatible with Windows Vista at launch.

17. Vista had the longest startup/logon music ever.

2009–2012: Windows 7

18. Windows 7 was evaluated by 8 million beta testers worldwide before its release.

19. Windows sold 240 million in 2010 which means that Microsoft sold 657,534 Windows 7 copies per day, 27,397 copies per hour, and 7.6 copies each second.

20. 93% of all new computers from OEMs (original equipment manufacturers) ship with Windows 7 preinstalled.

21. The Windows 7 Start Menu was opened a total of 14,139,925,439 times in October of 2010

22. Windows 7 has largest users share among all other OS – 41.35%.

2012: Window 8

23. The consumer preview of Windows 8 was downloaded one million times in a single day.

24. Citizens from 70 different countries completed the download soon after the launch.

25. Windows 8 is available in 109 different languages.

26. Windows 8 works with files of up to 16 exbibytes, which equates to 687 million Blu-Rays.

27. Estimates suggest roughly 4.5 billion people will use Windows 8 in the future.
Source::::silicon india net…

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4 Worms in Church Sermon!!!!

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Four worms and a lesson to be learned!!

A minister decided that a visual demonstration would add emphasis to his Sunday sermon.

Four worms were placed into four separate jars.

The first worm was put into a container of alcohol.

The second worm was put into a container of cigarette smoke.

The third worm was put into a container of chocolate syrup.

The fourth worm was put into a container of good clean soil.

At the conclusion of the sermon, the Minister reported the following results:

The first worm in alcohol .. . . . . . Dead .

The second worm in cigarette smoke . . . Dead .

Third worm in chocolate syrup . . . . Dead.

Fourth worm in good clean soil . . .. Alive …

So the Minister asked the congregation,

“What did you learn from this demonstration?”

Maxine was sitting in the back quickly raised her hand and said . . .

“As long as you drink, smoke and eat chocolate, you won’t have worms!”