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Bill Gates Live in India Posted: 23 Jul 2009 04:01 PM PDT Bill Gates will be in Delhi India on 24th i.e tommorow to inaugurate the 5th year anniversary celebrations of the Microsoft Research India and attend a symposium on “Research and Innovation – The Keys to India's Future”.The chief guest of the day will be the Honourable Shri Kapil Sibal, Minister of Human Resource Development. Bill Gates will receive the prestigious Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development on behalf of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation for its pioneering and exemplary work around the world and in India.He will also speak at a CEO forum which is hosted by NASSCOM and will provide more info on the Gates Foundation with the Indian Ministry of Health. Other dignitaries include he Hon'ble Shri Prithviraj Chavan, Minister of State for Science and Technology and Earth Sciences,Govt. of India,Mr. N.R. Narayana Murthy,Chairman and Chief Mentor,Infosys Technologies,Professor Ashok Jhunjhunwala, IIT Madras and Dr. P. Anandan, MD of Microsoft Research India. Want to see this live in Silverlight Click here

Kingston launches 256gb Thumb drive – DataTraveler 300 Posted: 23 Jul 2009 02:11 PM PDT Renowned USB maker Kingston launched world’s first 256GB USB drive.Its been code name Data Traveler 300.The flash drive comes with a a new  functionality for password protection through their Password Traveler software which can protect of up to 90% of its capacity,and it is apparently enhanced for use with Windows Vista’s ReadyBoost feature. Just imagine how much data you can put in it.Its like your having a mini hard disk with you for easy backup and data transfer. The Kingston Data Traveler 300 is ideal for netbook users who want to extend the limited capacity of their machines, Kingston claim presuming that people will spend a lot more on a store device than they did on their actual netbook. It can also be used by business consumers who work with large databases, or even designers who need to transfer large graphic files from one place to another. The transfer speeds of it offer you 10 MB/second write speeds or 20 MB/second read speeds through USB 2.0, although USB 3.0 would seem to make more sense when handling data of this size.It is currently only available in Europe,the Far East,the Middle East and Africa and will cost about £565.67 or $924 for those in the UK, according to TechRadar although Kingston say that the device is built to order only. The price includes a five year warranty and 24/7 support.

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