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Apple and Stanford Offering iPhone App-Making Classes Online

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Would-be iPhone developers struggling to make their apps do more than fart and crash take note: Apple and Stanford have partnered to offer videos and course materials from Stanford's undergraduate iPhone app development course through iTunes. The course is being taught by two Apple engineers, and it sounds like videos will go up regularly -- the first is scheduled to post on Friday. Alright, let's all practice together: "Yeah, I took a class at Stanford." Sounds good, doesn't it?

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Quantum Teleportation

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Hi guys...
After a long time im wiriting a blog entry ...Cant buy enough time due to my end sem exams and college sucky and hactic schedule...
ok my main reason to write these post that i found aood article abt Teleportation on net which i found ouut very much knowledgeable i hope u like it...

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Teleportation is the name given by science fiction writers to the feat of making an object or person disintegrate in one place while a perfect replica appears somewhere else. How this is accomplished is usually not explained in detail, but the general idea seems to be that the original object is scanned in such a way as to extract all the information from it, then this information is transmitted to the receiving location and used to construct the replica, not necessarily from the actual material of the original, but perhaps from atoms of the same kinds, arranged in exactly the same pattern as the original. A teleportation machine would be like a fax machine, except that it would work on 3-dimensional objects as well as documents, it would produce an exact copy rather than an approximate facsimile, and it would destroy the original in the process of scanning it. A few science fiction writers consider teleporters that preserve the original, and the plot gets complicated when the original and teleported versions of the same person meet; but the more common kind of teleporter destroys the original, functioning as a super transportation device, not as a perfect replicator of souls and bodies.

In 1993 an international group of six scientists, including IBM Fellow Charles H. Bennett, confirmed the intuitions of the majority of science fiction writers by showing that perfect teleportation is indeed possible in principle, but only if the original is destroyed. In subsequent years, other scientists have demonstrated teleportation experimentally in a variety of systems, including single photons, coherent light fields, nuclear spins, and trapped ions. Teleportation promises to be quite useful as an information processing primitive, facilitating long range quantum communication (perhaps unltimately leading to a "quantum internet"), and making it much easier to build a working quantum computer. But science fiction fans will be disappointed to learn that no one expects to be able to teleport people or other macroscopic objects in the foreseeable future, for a variety of engineering reasons, even though it would not violate any fundamental law to do so.

In the past, the idea of teleportation was not taken very seriously by scientists, because it was thought to violate the uncertainty principle of quantum mechanics, which forbids any measuring or scanning process from extracting all the information in an atom or other object. According to the uncertainty principle, the more accurately an object is scanned, the more it is disturbed by the scanning process, until one reaches a point where the object's original state has been completely disrupted, still without having extracted enough information to make a perfect replica. This sounds like a solid argument against teleportation: if one cannot extract enough information from an object to make a perfect copy, it would seem that a perfect copy cannot be made. But the six scientists found a way to make an end run around this logic, using a celebrated and paradoxical feature of quantum mechanics known as the Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen effect. In brief, they found a way to scan out part of the information from an object A, which one wishes to teleport, while causing the remaining, unscanned, part of the information to pass, via the Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen effect, into another object C which has never been in contact with A. Later, by applying to C a treatment depending on the scanned-out information, it is possible to maneuver C into exactly the same state as A was in before it was scanned. A itself is no longer in that state, having been thoroughly disrupted by the scanning, so what has been achieved is teleportation, not replication.

As the figure to the left suggests, the unscanned part of the information is conveyed from A to C by an intermediary object B, which interacts first with C and then with A. What? Can it really be correct to say "first with C and then with A"? Surely, in order to convey something from AC, the delivery vehicle must visit AC, not the other way around. But there is a subtle, unscannable kind of information that, unlike any material cargo, and even unlike ordinary information, can indeed be delivered in such a backward fashion. This subtle kind of information, also called "Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen (EPR) correlation" or "entanglement", has been at least partly understood since the 1930s when it was discussed in a famous paper by Albert Einstein, Boris Podolsky, and Nathan Rosen. In the 1960s John Bell showed that a pair of entangled particles, which were once in contact but later move too far apart to interact directly, can exhibit individually random behavior that is too strongly correlated to be explained by classical statistics. Experiments on photons and other particles have repeatedly confirmed these correlations, thereby providing strong evidence for the validity of quantum mechanics, which neatly explains them. Another well-known fact about EPR correlations is that they cannot by themselves deliver a meaningful and controllable message. It was thought that their only usefulness was in proving the validity of quantum mechanics. But now it is known that, through the phenomenon of quantum teleportation, they can deliver exactly that part of the information in an object which is too delicate to be scanned out and delivered by conventional methods. to before

This figure compares conventional facsimile transmission with quantum teleportation (see above). In conventional facsimile transmission the original is scanned, extracting partial information about it, but remains more or less intact after the scanning process. The scanned information is sent to the receiving station, where it is imprinted on some raw material (eg paper) to produce an approximate copy of the original. By contrast, in quantum teleportation, two objects B and C are first brought into contact and then separated. Object B is taken to the sending station, while object C is taken to the receiving station. At the sending station object B is scanned together with the original object AA and B. The scanned information is sent to the receiving station, where it is used to select one of several treatments to be applied to object C, thereby putting C into an exact replica of the former state of A which one wishes to teleport, yielding some information and totally disrupting the state of A and B. The scanned information is sent
to the
receiving station, where it is used to select one of several treatments
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Chrome 2.0 beta Delivers Impressive Speed Bump

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Google’s Chrome 2.0 web browser is now available as a public beta. While still not quite ready for prime time, the Chrome 2.0 beta boasts some impressive speed gains, making it well worth the risk of using beta software.

The Chrome 2.0 beta features an updated version of the WebKit rendering engine, which powers not just Chrome, but Apple’s Safari and other web browsers. The version of WebKit in Chrome 2.0 is very close to same version that is part of Apple’s Safari 4 beta release, which means not only is there a speed boost for Chrome 2.0, but the browser also gets features like full-page zoom, autoscroll, and support for the same CSS gradients and reflections that Safari 4 offers.

Chrome’s much-touted V8 JavaScript rendering engine has also seen an update, and Google claims that between the new version of WebKit and the new V8 engine, the Chrome 2.0 beta should be roughly twice as fast as Chrome 1.0.

Windows users interested in giving the Chrome 2.0 beta a try, can grab the download from Google.

There’s also good news for Linux users eagerly awaiting a usable version of Chrome. While the “usable” part is still debatable (Chromium for Linux is pre-alpha and lacks even support for basic features like tabbed browsing) at the least the installation is a bit easier on Ubuntu and other Debian-based systems thanks to a new package installer.

Download Squad has more details on how to get the (very experimental) Chrome for Linux running on your system.

As for Mac users wanting Chrome, well, the project has seen some progress, but there’s still not much to report (and nothing to download). You could always tide yourself over with Crossover Chromium, but realize it’s a far cry from a true Mac-native version Chrome.

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A CHRISTIAN BALE INTERVIEW

The WereWolf

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Day 1 : The Night when I turned into a Wolf

Jul. The 17th

I writing these so that everyone would know and understands my teribble fate i going thru......... Tonight at Precisely 12 O' clock IST (GMT+5.5)............when the moon shines full ill become the most terifying of all creatures "The Werewolf"....

The Symptoms showing its signs ...........the sky is getting dark the moon is full and i going thru a series of worst transformation and i had to locked myself up in my room coz i can become responsible for the series of evil invents if i loose myshelf up on the streets...Waooooooooooooooooooooooooooo...
I m becoming the undead creatures of the night the creature who had thrust for blood ,hunger for flesh... i dont believe in Myths ...naah not entirely i used it for joking purpose but wtf... there's no time to make jokes.. today the moon is full and i know wht is happening to me dunno wht other ppl think iknow wht they r thinking that im some sort of maniac or pyscopath..hmm "Pyscopath"... the honour assigned to me by "pulsar" aka mehulved my irc buddy and member of l33t geek club of think-digit forum.

its raining right now wtf..im sweating and im feeling some sort of strange hunger for flesh ...hmmm naah maybe its due to that cooking show on tv.. dame wht a good dish it would be cant taste it ..skeet naab why dont these TV channels always appoint fat chefs as host of the show cant find any hot lady..they doesnt deserve ppl attentions.

It Starts frm the day(i guess 26 days before) when i visited my naab friend Puneet's house he used to make fun on me but naab cant pwn me haha I R L33t daemon acc. to QwertyM (another l33t geek he pwns everyone in geekyness wtf.. i aint no geek) ..ooooooohhhh the clouds making sounds like they r Bombers frm the second world war showering cheap bombs thats doesnt blew anything up..my head is drooling more than usual ..ohh back to story --- so my friend toldme to visit a nearby zoo we take our bicycles actually mine was counting its last days i brought my bicycle frm nearby junkyard its serioulsy fucked up i payed 100 bucks for that now i realized that the old crook looted me ...
so we talk as usual started we crap topics like how's your study going ..IS Laden is gay or not...How many Pronos he watched and how many chicks he has in his colony..all sorts of normal conversations like all we shared..and we reached zoo where i past most of my time starring gals and distrubing animals and specially a WOLF and my sins get payed off and i got cursed and a bite frm that WOLF...i m sort of an APLHA WEREWOLF one of my kind ..That night i cant able to sleep i suffering frm restlessness ..and all other biazare behavior started to appear..like increasing violence, increasing aggression, unprovoked rages...

OK will continue it tommorow Its my Prono time and also tonight I M gonna turning into a Werewolf.
Waooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

The Dark Knight AU Review

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Finally TDK hit the threatres not world wide but in few countries and i m waiting for 18th ...so i cant share my views and opinion abt TDK..so just posting IGN AU review but as far as if i go acc. to review these movie wil gonna kick serious arse... and why dont....obiviously this is Christopher Nolan grt art wht u gonna expect frm a Mastermind.:P

When Batman Begins restarted the legend of Bruce Wayne, adding a Frank Miller-esque layer of drama and a noir emphasis on the veil of night, director Chris Nolan steered the hallowed franchise back into safe waters. Nolan chose a cast that, more than looking the part, could contribute dramatically to their roles, not just adding physical presence to a rubber costume or Hessian sack mask. Nolan is an actor's director – and Batman Begins was a character drama disguised as a comic book action film.

A couple years on, The Dark Knight has reaffirmed Nolan's directorial skill behind Christian Bale's brooding Batman and now the late Heath Ledger's iconic interpretation of The Joker.

So much was built off the back of the death of Heath Ledger in the lead up to The Dark Knight that it was hard to distinguish talent from hype. His casting as The Joker was surrounded initially by scepticism from some and – from those familiar with the recent comic reinventions – sighs of relief. Now that the film has landed in cinemas around Australia, it's your chance to see what all the fuss was about – and indeed share in his final role. The Dark Knight is his film. Ledger steals scene after scene from his co-stars and ultimately deserves the heaped praise and rose-hued recollections of his career.

The paint-faced villain, through Ledger's performance, is demonstrably insane. The subtle but compulsive licking of his lips, the dull, disinterested eyes and firecracker-quick jumps from calm and camp to manic and thunderous, build a complex and threatening monster of a man. Ledger did borrow some mannerisms from Jack Nicholson's 1989 version of The Joker – but the smeared lipstick and dark eyes belie an actor's interpretation that goes much farther down the path of insanity; right off the rails, in fact. His delivery is also faultlessly passive-aggressive. Here is a character of pure malice, who delights in destruction – but also takes comfort in his own insane self-assurance. Tragically, it's understandable how portraying such a character might leave you with lingering ill-content.

Those expecting a blow-by-blow account of the story can look elsewhere (or sigh in relief). It would be a great disservice to spoil the story for you. What can be said is that The Dark Knight takes cues from two styles of films – classic mafia movies and 40s noir capers. When there are crimes by night, daytime is sanctuary – and so it is for the nefarious mobsters of Gotham City. Nolan's anti-hero Batman is motivated by more than revenge by the end of The Dark Knight – a major reason why the story holds so much credibility. We care about all the major players; they've been carefully fleshed out with enough backstory and allusions to make their decisions tangible – not just convenient.

Christian Bale continues to play two characters in one – the gravel-voiced defender of Gotham and the billionaire playboy Bruce Wayne, supported by his butler, mentor and friend Alfred, played expertly by Michael Caine. Bale's Batman is a thinking man's hero; he spends a good portion of the film out of costume, dealing with the logistics of juggling a friendship with his life-friend and sometimes lover Rachel Dawes. Maggie Gyllenhaal replaces Katie Holmes – and the transition is smooth. She's a better fit for the role; a little tougher and less eye-stealing.

Harvey Dent (Aaron Eckhart) is the third pillar in the film next to Batman and The Joker. Dent is the so-called 'white knight' of Gotham – the district attorney responsible for cleaning up the streets while keeping an eye on the vigilante known as 'The Batman'. Eckhart is the ultimate choice for Dent. Improbably well-featured and great at flashing his eyes at the camera, his Harvey Dent undergoes a complete transformation by the end of the film. It is confronting but handled with delicate direction from Nolan, saving a plot twist that could so easily have turned sour.

A lot of credit goes to the effects talent behind the scenes, making death and destruction beautiful. Whole buildings are blown apart as The Joker deals his trickery, while car chases are thrilling and suspenseful – saying a lot off the back of a decade of fine chase sequences in action films. If anything though, the best effects are reserved for The Joker himself; the 'disappearing pencil' is all we need say there.

With a cast of tremendous talent at his fingertips, Nolan ensured that even the smallest roles were filled with notable names. Morgan Freeman does his best businessman impersonation – really, succeeding in playing the effortlessly heart-warming Morgan Freeman, more than any distinguishable character. Gary Oldman's Jim Gordon on the other hand is intense and remarkable. Some bit-roles are a little uneven (one-line extras in particular), but the pace of the film is such that you'll never dwell long enough to care.

There are the customary incremental improvements to the Batman movie formula, too. A new suit is introduced with an improved cowl for added mobility; the Batpod gets its punchy action sequences and the key to much of the film's climax hinges on a technological solution. That last point is, unfortunately, a disappointingly convenient plot device that is a little too silly to be believable – but Nolan gets away with it for sheer visual impact of its integration.

Tim Burton's Batman has been dethroned as the darkest iteration of the saga. At its bleakest moments, The Dark Knight is a horror-show thriller; an action film that steers away from the often cornball nature of superheroics.

Heath Ledger's Joker is, in many ways, symbolic of Nolan's overall success with The Dark Knight; subtle and restrained, but always two shakes shy of bloody holocaust and a masterpiece of cinema that time will verify.

IGN rating for The Dark Knight = 5 out of 5

MP PMT 2008 results

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MP P.M.T. results are announced.the students who wants to see their results ..click here====> MP P.M.T results

Microsoft Delivers Long-Awaited Mac Open XML Converters

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Microsoft Delivers Long-Awaited Mac Open XML Converters

Microsoft released a set of Open XML converters for Mac users Tuesday. The tool and update to Mac Office 2004 allows users to convert files created by the 2007 and 2008 versions of Word, Excel and Powerpoint.

The strength of Microsoft file formats is its dominance in the market. If you want your file to be opened by anyone, sending it in .doc, .xls or .ppt is a safe bet. When the company released Office 2007 for Windows and Office 2008 for Mac using its newly developed Open XML format by default, older versions of Office were left incompatible. The incompatibility was fixed late last year for 2003 Windows versions, but Mac Office users were left out in the cold.

Today’s update offers Mac Office 2004 users the ability to finally convert Open XML Word (.docx), Excel (.xlsx) and Powerpoint (.pptx) files. The update is available by download or by Microsoft Office’s built-in AutoUpdate feature. The converters are also available as a stand-alone application for those who use other Office suites like NeoOffice.

With Microsoft’s converters and its recent ratification as an ISO standard, .docx, .xlsx and .pptx files are on their way to becoming the dominant transferable file format.

The converters also follow an announcement by MacBU’s Craig Eisler announcing Microsoft’s largest hiring spree to their Mac unit in history. It looks like the updates and the announcement herald Microsoft’s impending strategy to keep from losing customers to applications like OpenOffice, Google Docs and Zoho office suites which already have tools for converting Microsoft formats.

Source:webmonkey.com