With domain names in Hindi, Arabic and Chinese set to become a reality on the Web, the pundits in this science hub of Switzerland, where the 
internet was arguably invented, claim the next giant leap towards internationalisation will be the grid, which is just weeks away from powering up.

The grid, which is made of thousands of desktops, laptops, supercomputers, data vaults, mobile phones, meteorological sensors and telescopes will start work when protons beams collide with each other in the worlds biggest experiment ever inside a deep tunnel here on the French-Swiss border.

It is a revolution, say scientists of the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) because it uses the internet but is not the internet. Using cloud computing, the grid will combine the computing resources of more than 100,000 processors from more than 170 sites in 34 countries and will be accessible to thousands of physicists globally.

The scientists claim it will change the way the information superhighway works. Small computer grids similar to power grids have been in operation for some time, but CERN’s will be the biggest one of them all and will become a reality when its Large Hadron Collider (LHC) becomes operational this month.

The Grid will not only enable sharing of documents and MP3 files, but also connect PCs with sensors, telescopes and tidal-wave simulators.

The Grid evolved from the early desire to connect supercomputers into “metacomputers” that could be remotely controlled. The word “grid” was borrowed from the electricity grid, to imply that any compatible device could be plugged in anywhere on the Grid and be guaranteed a certain level of resources, regardless of where those resources might come from.

The Grid may give birth to a global file-swapping network or a members-only citadel for moneyed institutions. But just as no one ten years ago would have conceived of Napster — not to mention AmIHotOrNot.com — the future of the Grid is unknown.

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Twitter has become one of the strongest medium for people to cover what they intend to say. There is a huge requirement to have a significant presence at the various online mediums in the present times. There are a few things which are more popular than others. However the stuff which has left everybody ablaze is the immense popularity of twitter.

Why is it so that the most popular celebrities and the politicians etc are out there expressing their feelings and anticipations on the social networking medium that is beyond all bounds? It is taken the world by fire and everyone is influenced by it. We often believe that there needs to be a medium through which even the persons at the remotest location have a vocal presence. Twitter is the one which has done this in a great manner. And when this medium is so strong then why does not marketing be done through it. Well the crux of the matter is that tweets which create a buzz all away, has something great which they can do to marketing, And that is take it to new levels.

According to the Twitter FAQ, “Twitter is for staying in touch and keeping up with friends no matter where you are or what you’re doing.

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In 2010, nearly 1.3 billion mobile handsets will ship globally and nearly 250 million of them are going to be smart-phones. In India, we are adding 10′s of millions of new mobile users every month. The mobile devices are transforming from a means of communication and connectivity to computing and productivity as more than 1 billion mobile users are getting connected to the internet by end of this year!

Source- NASSCOM

Don’t use cloaking, link farms, keyword stuffing, alt text spamming or other dubious methods. They may work for a short while if you’re lucky, but you risk being penalised or even banned from search engines, which you do not want.

Search engines want their results to be accurate, and they don’t like it when people try to trick them. Just don’t do it.

Ishika Technologies Pvt. Ltd. celebrated its birthday today.  A get-together with cake cutting, prizes, lunch, movie was organised for all members of Ishika.

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