C-DAC Launches Param Yuva II - India's fastest supercomputer

C-DAC Pune launched India's fastest supercomputer - Param Yuva II.

J Satyanarayana, secretary of the department of electronics and information technology congratulated the people behind the development of Param Yuva II.

Param Yuva II is the fastest indigenous supercomputer of India, and the 62nd fastest in whole world. 

The new one will help us in areas like weather forecasting, seismic analysis and scientific data processing.

They says that the main beneficiaries will be the science and technology related academic centers and research and development laboratories of our country and more over they were planning to setup a network between the Indian institute of technologies and national institute of technologies to bring them all under single tent using Param Yuva II

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Google Fiber - A Broadband initiative from google

Google made its steps into the basic needs of internet industry by the implementation of Google fiber, the worlds fastest broadband internet connection. Google fiber offers a 100 times faster internet compares to today's broadband connections.

But all the non Americans should wait a little more to get this magic internet at their home. Google successfully implemented and made available their service in Kansas city  of USA and they will expand their network to some more cities like Westwood and Mission woods in coming days .

Google offers a magic speed of 1GB for upload and download with their internet initiative where we can avail the service by selecting any of the three plans in their shelves. Gigabit+TV, Gigabit Internet and Free internet are the available plans of google fiber.

Gigabit+TV package is available for a price of USD 120/month and it includes Nexus 7 tablet + 1 TV Box + Storage Box + Network Box + 1TB Google Drive + a handfull of world wide TV channels.

Gigabit Internet is available for USD 70/month where it include a network box and a 1 TB storage space in cloud-GDrive and a Chromebook starting at $249 as an optional add-on.

And the Third and last package "Free Internet" is something great, Where we can access this terribly faster internet free of cost by spending an initial set up fee of $300 as onetime or as an installment of $25/month for the first 12 months.

For more details: https://fiber.google.com/about/

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Google search tips and tricks

Each and everyone using google search for their various needs, but most of them getting a wild result while searching with their keywords. Have you thought why it's like that?. The reason is, most of us don't  know how to search in google for better and more accurate results. This post says how you can improve your search results using certain simple tricks in googling. Using some simple terms along with your search query will make your search result much useful for you.

1) Make your terms simple

Keep your search keywords as simple as possible.

For eg: If you are searching for some specific products in a specific location, you can search with the product name followed by the location you are looking. 

2) Use  web friendly words

Search engines provides output by matching the search terms provided by the user, So a web friendly query can make better outputs from the search engine.

For eg: you can simply replace the serach term "kid of a cat" with a "kitten".

3) Search your stuff in specific website

You can target a specific website for your need using a simple expression along with the search query.

For eg: Suppose you are looking for available data about "sunset" in a website named "www.example.com", then you can write a query like this "sunset site: example.com".

4) Search by a file type

If you are looking for some files like PDF, DOC, XLS, PPT etc.. You can filter your search to list those links having that specific type of file.

For eg: If you want doc files related to "ecological survey", search google with the term "ecological survey filetype: doc".

5) Track your shipment

Track your consignment status by simply typing the tracking code directly to the google search.

6) Get mathematical calculations done easier

Type any of your mathematical equations into the google search box, you will get the result in seconds.

7) Find location using PIN Code

If you have a pin code, but don't know the location. Don't worry, just type the pin code directly into the search box, you will get the exact details.

8) Get flight schedules and timing

Get the schedule of your flight by simply searching in google.

For eg: If you want to know the details of a flight from chennai to bengaluru, just type "flight from chennai to bengaluru" in the search box.

For timing, just enter the flight name like "Air India 466" and search.

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