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1.7 MB on 1.44 MB floppy
by Vipul
Verma
IN
the present day world of CDs and DVDs, a floppy is fast losing its
importance as new storage mediums like Zip drives and CD writers are not
only quite efficient but also hold up voluminous data in comparison to the
floppies. All said and done, floppies have not yet become a thing of past
and computer users still find it useful to store and carry data.
Using
IT to decipher genes
by Sumesh
Raizada
TODAY,
computers have penetrated in almost every field concerning mankind, whether
it is accounts, science, arts or arithmetic. Though, most of the
applications till now were in the field of advanced research, accounting or
Web-related packages, scientists and biologists have now realised its
immense potential in the field of life sciences, pharmaceuticals and crop
research also.
Technology
transforms rural records
TWO
decades ago, the village of Ramanagaram was the setting for the Bollywood
action classic "Sholay" and the British Raj epic, "A Passage
to India". Today, it is back in the news but the theme has changed from
a feudal vendetta and colonial rule to the power of computer networks to
transform centuries-old habits of keeping land records.
Sidhuisms:
"Wickets
are like wives—you never know which way they will turn"
by Narayanan
Madhavan
INDIA'S
former opener Navjot Singh Sidhu is playing anything but a straight bat in
his new role at the microphone. Test batsman-turned-television commentator
Sidhu is spicing up the broadcasts with comments such as: "Wickets are
like wives; you never know which way they will turn."
How I
traced my friend
by Sarabjeet
Singh Kanwal
IT
had been around four years when I last met my classmate and best friend
Roopak (name changed) in Patiala. After that he joined a software developing
company in New Delhi. His company then sent him to UK. Both of us did not
know each other’s whereabouts.
ON HARDWARE
LAN cards make
networking possible
by Jasjot
Singh Narula
COMPUTERS
have revolutionised corporate offices, government and private business
establishments. Modern offices no longer rely on a battery of cabinets
containing accounting, personal, or marketing data to provide the
information. Piles of files are being edged out by computers.
IT
Bookshelf
Seeing how technology
& information meet each other
Kids
Chat
Ohmygoodness! Cards galore for Teacher’s Day
Entertainment
Play with someone online
Newsscape
PCs @ post offices
Compuquiz
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Dr Tribune
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