MY 7 QUESTIONS FOR THE WEEK

Questions for the week 25-Feb-2007 to 3-Mar 2007

1) Which of the following was launched first - National Park or Air India ?

2) When was India included as a member country in the UNO ?

3) In which year did Ravindranath Tagore win the Noble Prize for Literature ?

4) Who won the Miss Universe 2001 title ?

5) Who was the first Space tourist ?

6) Where was the first Cricket World Cup played ?

7) What is a USB Port in a computer ?

Answers Next Week

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WORLD CUP IS JUST ROUND THE CORNER

The 9th edition of the ICC Cricket World Cup is just round the corner. And a lot has gone in the previous Edition of the Cup. And a lot more is promised. Just for reminder's sake! How much do you know about the last 8 Editions? Who were the first Champs? Where were the matches played? How many teams participated? How long did the Mega Event last? Such answers to your favourite are just right here. Take a look:

Year Champion Venue Teams
1) 1975 West Indies England 8
2) 1979 West Indies England 8
3) 1983 India England 8
4) 1987 Australia India, Pakistan 8
5) 1992 Pakistan Australia, New Zealand 9
6) 1996 Sri Lanka India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka 12
7) 1999 Australia Eng., Ireland, Scotland, Holland 12
8) 2003 Australia South Africa, Zimbabwe, Kenya 14

WINDOWS VISTA - THE NEW MICROSOFT OS [1]

INTRODUCTION OF WINDOWS VISTA:

Winodws Vista is another name for Windows XP. It is considered to be the next version of Windows XP., with volume licence customers such as Dell, HP-Compaq and Lenovo. Vista was on the stands by the end of January 2007.

Vista is available in eight iterations: - 1) Starter, 2) Home Basic, 3) Home Basic N, 4) Home Premium, 5) Business, 6) Business N, 7) Enterprise and 8) Ultimate. Among all the versions Windows Vista Ultimate is considered to be the Superset of all the others.

PRE-REQUISITES:

Vista is categorized as 'Vista-capable' machines and 'Premium ready' machines.

Vista-capable is configured on - 1 GHz processor, 512 MB RAM a DirectX 9 class graphics card and 20 GB HDD - which is the lowest recommended configuration.

For a better run of the OS you need a premium-ready machine - 1.5 GHz processor, 1 GB RAM, a DirectX 9 graphic card with its own 128 MB RAM and 40 GB HDD.

This is all what we discussed about the Windows Vista. You can still wait for more information about Vista in the near future.