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Scientists Use Mosquito-Mouth Design for Pain-Free Hypodermic Needle [Needles] (6)
on Gizmodo (10453) permalinkScientists at Indian Institute of Technology and Tokai University have taken the natural features of a mosquito's mouth, and created a new type of needle that promises pain-free blood sample collection and injections. When mosquitoes bite you, it's not their mouth that hurts you: their ultra-fine proboscis dips beneath the skin, and then a muscle squeeze-relax motion draws blood out of it. The new needle, made of titanium alloys for strength, has a tiny microelectricalmechanical ...
- Pankaj said: IIT scientists working on New needle design
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Technologies behind Google ranking (112)
on The Official Google Blog (1293) permalinkIn my previous post, I introduced the philosophies behind Google ranking. As part of our effort to discuss search quality, I want to tell you more about the technologies behind our ranking. The core technology in our ranking system comes from the academic field of Information Retrieval (IR). The IR community has studied search for almost 50 years. It uses statistical signals of word salience, like word frequency, to rank pages. (See "Modern Information Retrieval: ...Shared by Aaron Brazell (147) abhi (21) Adam (496) aemkei (52) agam panwar (170) Andrew Bruce Smith (102) Andrew Ferguson (18) Andrew Girdwood (76) Andy Roberts (115) Andy Wibbels (231) Ann Smarty (128) Anthony (162) Anu (20) Avinash (360) Borzo (46) Brandon Bloom (18) Bruce (53) Calvin (8) CB (130) Cédric Merland (5) Chris H (22) Chris. F. Masse (257) chrishawn (45) Christelle (5) Christopher (110) Chung (337) danblank (27) Derek (215) Derek (44) dobata (1552) Dr. Ernie (116) ema (42) ephes (98) Eric (44) Evan (4) Fernando (11) Ganesh (4) gisc (161) Go (155) Goulu (43) Haisheng Wu (36) handir (174) Hiten Shah (19) Igor Poltavskiy (232) Ihar Mahaniok (50) Ionut (45) Jake (27) jamesvandyke (7) Javed (404) Jemima Kiss (142) Jérôme (25) junal (30) Justin Schmidt (15) Justin Yost (156) kan65535 (88) Kaveh Dorafshan (263) Lantash (36) Lars K Jensen (48) Laughing Squid (284) Lee Odden (13) leogodoy (31) liamvictor (715) Linda (10) livibetter (61) Lu Tao (510) Maksim Berjoza (122) Michel Rijnders (26) Mike F (2080) mitja_i (5) mjs (27) Musa (22) Navid (258) Nicolas Lehuen (59) noel (33) Ognjen (111) Pankaj (5) Paul (188) Paul (29) Peter N (16) pflix (26) Phreak 2.0 (200) Powera (112) Prakash (5) prsinghdua (51) R (206) rapsodica (4) Reece (35) Robert Birming (284) Roel (89) Rosha (354) rungss (16) Sam (128) Sante J. Achille (49) Seth (52) Seth G (46) shenshen (5) shuman (12) Siva (70) Siva (30) smuggyuk (10) Srinvard (251) stratus (43) Tad Chef (596) Thaths (11) tobias (24) Umang Saini (24) walterra (32) web (40) Yaakov (21) yoshy (1225) YuSuPh (152) 康爷 (112)Explore read nine notes
- smuggyuk said: It is great that they tell us all about their great synonym and concept systems, what would have been a better post would be to tell us they're opening up these great systems via an API so others can make use of the hard work they've put in. Shame!
- Ihar Mahaniok said: Great examples by Amit. As for me, localizing globally is one of the greatest challenge, but it's worth it..
- Linda said: This just astounds me.
- Umang Saini said: Lots of bragging about the queries they got right. What about the ones that fail flatly?Interesting work in IR, whatever that is :-)
- Brandon Bloom said: You already know this, but it is nice to hear spelled out: "Google is really good at search"
- Eric said: Interesting to see how their system can distinguish between what you actually searched for and what you wanted to search for. The synonyms based upon intent are amazing stuff.
- shuman said: Some good explanations of the technical challenges Google search handles.
- Reece said: Google gives it to you in, fairly, plain English. Unfortunately, they describe basic search and retrieval concepts in a way that makes the reader think they invented them. Hardly standing on the shoulders of giants . . .
- Derek said: really interesting look into all of the strides Google has made in search
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Play it again, Saqi (1)
permalinkSaqlain Mushtaq Play it again, Saqi The inventor of the doosra talks spin, Twenty20 and county cricket Jamie Alter July 7, 2008Shared by Pankaj (5)
- Pankaj said: Saqi is one of the best off spinners I have ever seen
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Tata tours its Jaguar dealers - Autoblog (1)
permalinkTata tours its Jaguar dealersPosted Jul 2nd 2008 2:57PM by Jonathon RamseyFiled under: Jaguar, TataShared by Pankaj (5)Contribute comment
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euro2008.uefa.com - Ten of the best goals so far (1)
permalinkTen of the best goals so farShared by Pankaj (5)
- Pankaj said: 10 best goals so far in Euro 2008
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Microsoft To Buy Powerset? Not Just Yet. (21)
on TechCrunch (10947) permalinkVentureBeat is reporting that Microsoft has agreed to buy semantic search engine Powerset for somewhere around $100 million, which is the price we previously reported was being offered to the company. Our sources have been saying this deal is highly likely since May, but hasn’t actually been signed yet and could still be disrupted by the ongoing Microsoft-Yahoo negotiations. Dave Wehner, a Managing Director at investment bank Allen & Co. (he’s the guy who sold ...Shared by Andrew (48) Arto (20) Bhavesh (116) Brent (119) cgranier (13) Cosmin (33) dr1ft (27) Kirby Witmer (91) LouCypher (384) louisgray (678) madMilo (38) Matt (40) Mike F (2080) Pankaj (5) puzo (90) Rainer Wasserfuhr (233) Rex (819) ricardo (246) Sh (12) Tom (52) TomDeleu (7)Contribute comment
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A Media Server from Google (101)
on Google Operating System (1739) permalinkA surprising Google Desktop gadget released by Google enables you to share your media across devices. "Google Media Server uses an open technology known as Universal Plug n' Play to stream media to consumer electronic devices. The UPnP specification allows for a variety of hardware (gaming consoles, set-top boxes, photo frames) to communicate and access media from your home PC."The Windows-only gadget lets you share all the media content indexed by Google Desktop or just ...Shared by (``-_-´´) (356) Adam (49) Adrian (31) Alan (98) Ameer (77) Andrew Girdwood (76) Antonio (81) Arindam (28) Atilano (133) atul (508) bjsolem (25) Brandon (71) Cast42 (51) Cédric Merland (5) Craig (10) David P (36) David T (9) Dennis Laumen (86) DharmaMike (32) Eunix (123) FelipeC (45) Garci (87) gasenngo (5) gisc (161) Greg (21) GrosaPrap (277) Harper (164) hombrelobo (60) iconolith (54) id084895 (131) JAA (17) James Forbes Keir (100) Jason Cartwright (10) Jason R. Hunter (65) Jdorfman (136) Jesús Dugarte (61) jicknan (20) Joe Critchley (11) Jon (22) JTA (5) Jupega (24) Karpuscul (49) kcearns (48) Keef (84) keith (101) kfc (111) leandro (49) Leo K (65) Leo Romanovsky (54) MadGrin (68) maqchang (47) Marc (243) marchewa (18) Mark (495) Marque (93) Matt (24) MH (184) Michael (10) Mike F (2080) minus-one (37) Naor (1) naovouporai (108) neilfws (51) Nick (6) nizu (17) Pankaj (5) Patrick (135) Paul (188) paul (27) Pavan (19) Peter (133) Peter H (91) Powera (112) ppalli (72) prathapnirmal (5) qbn (27) ricardo (246) Rob (94) Robert van Bregt (104) romano (141) Ross (39) Sam (128) seano (49) SethLevy (29) shakalaca (4) SilverStag (32) Siva (70) stagger (22) sukhi (22) TechDad1246 (66) thr33 (87) Tommy (30) Tony Ruscoe (48) tosch (96) Varun Mahajan (3) vcamaral@gmail.com (108) Vyacheslav (7) wwj (93) Yagermeister (6) Yu (170) 迷客星球 (27)
- maqchang said: Google又搞起不一樣的新把戲...
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Logitech's QuickCam Vision Pro is Mac only (15)
on Engadget (7947) permalinkFiled under: Digital Cameras, Peripherals Logitech, a name long synonymous with PC webcams, just announced its newest, flagship camera which -- are you ready? -- is Mac-only. A move which, quite honestly, makes us feel, well... dirty. The USB 2.0 QuickCam Vision Pro works with iChat and Skype and features a 2 megapixel sensor, a quick autofocusing Carl Zeiss lens, and the ability to record VGA video at 30fps while mounted to your display or, ...Shared by Bram (9) Brian (480) BriskLad (61) Chris Baskind (132) Coop (85) Drew Olanoff (535) Ed Dale (123) gfurry (99) JonMoss-theappleofmyi (574) KenFan (365) Mike F (2080) Pankaj (5) Petar (14) Rutger Blom (92) vkoser (69)
- Pankaj said: Where there is mac there is greed. These companies know that Mac users won't mind shelling out 130 dollars for a camera. Well most of them. People like me as well who have got so frustrated with lack of camera support in Mini and last gen Powerbook. Even after spending solid 2000 dollars on two computers, my dream of having perfect system is unfulfilled. Don't curse me for not trying those hacks like ichatUSB. They suck and don't work.
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Minggl Manage Your Social Networks (4)
permalinkMinggl manages interaction on your social networks such as Facebook, MySpace, LinkedIn, Digg, Flickr, and Twitter. The Minggl toolbar is a browser extension that is available to download for Firefox and Internet Explorer. Minggl is a social interaction manager.
- Pankaj said: Social network aggregation.http://www.minggl.com/#
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Firefox 3 Downloaded 8.3 Million Times In First 24 Hours (63)
on TechCrunch (10947) permalinkDespite getting off to a slow start yesterday, the official release of the Firefox 3 browser was downloaded 8.3 million times (that’s the unofficial tally as of 11:16 AM PT today). Mozilla beat its goal of 5 million downloads by 3 million and set a new world record! All right, there was no previous world record, but it still represents a massive one-day adoption rate. According to Mozilla Foundation CEO John Lilly, that gives Firefox ...Shared by ...::M16::... (17) Adam Selwood (94) Aju (9) andré.friedrichs (821) Andy (41) Aziz (31) Bananalope (89) besighyawn (146) Borzo (46) Brian (31) Carl Dunn3 (34) Chris (35) dobata (1552) Erik C. Thauvin (220) eschnou (37) ewbrown (35) Fred M (7) Garrett (71) ghostmonk (4) gort581 (141) Gschultz (119) guercheLE (392) Hari Kishore (25) iAlja (250) ionela (580) James (1) Jared Cherup (10) Jeff (219) JenM (19) Jon (37) JonMoss-theappleofmyi (574) Jrod (308) Kirby Witmer (91) Korben (22) lapin (60) LouCypher (384) Magnus J (17) Mark (15) Martin (51) Matt (40) Michael Paulding Thomas (19) Michelynn (115) Nate (203) Nice Fish Films (120) Nicholas (52) Pankaj (5) Paul (188) PMinze (172) Punksolid (145) Rav (42) ricardo (246) RickMiraldo (35) Setu (37) Sh (12) Stanislav Shalunov (10) Tim (198) Tim (34) Uday Kiran (9) Vinod Kumar Kashyap (44) Xuan (21) zapnap (98)
- Nicholas said: 8,300,000 downloads.. Wow!
- ...::M16::... said: can you believe that .uS.GermanyJapanSpainUKFranceIranItalyCanadaPoland
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How the half-price iPhone 3G actually costs you more : Christopher Null : Yahoo! Tech (3)
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- Pankaj said: http://us.lrd.yahoo.com/_ylt=AsJPqTC7HO8ZF44XT5pvXuY8MZA5/SIG=12o7i6bn1/**http%3A//f3.yahoofs.com/ymg/null__10/null-316513502-1213067531.jpg%3FymMU4g_CeszkNV7K
- vraicovi said: I didn't realize you *had* to take the business plan in order to access the Exchange goodness. Kinda crappy...
- amir said: i-phone قدیم 399$ به علاوه 60$ هزینه اشتراک ماهانه AT&T . کل هزینه قرارداد 2 ساله 1839$. i-phone جدید 199$ به علاوه 70$ هزینه اشتراک ماهانه AT&T. کل هزینه قرارداد 2 ساله 1879$.
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BBC SPORT | Football | Euro 2008 | Netherlands 3-0 Italy (1)
on news.bbc.co.uk (6) permalinkNetherlands took a firm grip on Euro 2008's so-called "Group of Death" by winning a classic encounter with Italy.Shared by Pankaj (5)
- Pankaj said: http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/44732000/jpg/_44732235_sneijder512x288.jpgWhat a game of soccer...Italy was dominated throughout the match by mighty Dutch. Is it the revival of the old Dutch football. 2 great goals and plenty of chances for Italy and Holland. Excellent attacking football.
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Introducing Gmail Labs (107)
on Official Gmail Blog (13) permalinkPosted by Keith Coleman, Product ManagerWe have a lot ideas for Gmail -- many come as suggestions from Gmail users, many come from people here at Google. But there's only so much we can do at any one time.People often ask how we decide what to build next. It's usually a mix of factors, like how many users are asking for it (think delete button, vacation responder, and IMAP, among others), how useful we think ...Shared by acacio (19) Ahmed (50) Alex (234) Allan (58) Andy C (12) Andy C (110) AndyDrew (29) Angus (74) Antoine (0) Anu (20) Aranittara (19) Aranyx (57) ASHWIN (1) Atilano (133) Avi Flax (1) Baldo (2) Bananalope (89) beanj007 (148) Beemer (5) Bonstio (22) Brad Davis Seal (153) Brakara (8) Cameron (13) camson (16) cb (134) cgsheldon (1139) chayner (21) Chris K (9) Chung (337) Csaba (27) curlyfoxy (5) Dan N. (11) danliebke (65) David Poblador (13) Daynah (19) debasys (8) Dennis Laumen (86) Dimitri Glazkov (16) Earl E Morningwood (156) Edo (130) elias (38) Emil Kaiser (13) Emon (97) Erik Arvidsson (4) Eunix (123) faizal (86) Faraz (12) focoma (80) Fredrik Wennberg (19) G. (48) gfurry (99) graywolf (157) haggaret (64) Herman (35) Holger E (62) Hugo (32) Ihar Mahaniok (50) Ionut (45) jamesjbigler (108) John Beeler (12) John MacAdam (5) Jon (5) JonMoss-theappleofmyi (574) Jordi De Groof (10) Kavinda (8) Leon Ridge-Cooke (27) Linden (12) livibetter (61) macbeach (14) manki (7) Mark (18) Matt McKnight (21) Miguel (23) minus-one (37) mmcw (1) Mr. Matt (72) Nikki (305) Nkululeko Masondo (151) olive (21) Olivier Margerand (7) oriolfb (9) Pankaj (5) Pat (39) Paul (188) Pengas (98) Philou (120) pigpogm (46) pqs (12) R (206) rafiq (89) rexy (133) Rick Klau (320) Shankar Ganesh (320) shippo7 (10) stratus (43) Tim (11) tiwan (17) Todd Mundt (123) Tommy (30) Tony Ruscoe (48) Umesh (42) WindPower (70) xeal (76) Yegor Gilyov (14) Zef (11) Zhe (441) 小志 (33)Explore read 14 notes
- livibetter said: I don't have Labs...
- Eunix said: Никто не хочет поработать в Google? А то вроде ищут вот... прямо в блоге написали %)
- Allan said: omg snakey!
- Emil Kaiser said: Nåt sånt här borde vi ha!
- Brakara said: kewl
- Nikki said: they're hiring!
- Leon Ridge-Cooke said: This is so cool. About time.
- Pankaj said: Some Good new features like different colors for the star to differentiate the purpose of starring.
- John MacAdam said: i love it!
- Chung said: Turn on superstars! It's ultra useful
- haggaret said: It's things like this that kind of make me wish I was using regular gmail instead of the google apps edition...
- Dan N. said: That is kind of dope.
- Daynah said: I'm always interested in Gmail's new developments!
- debasys said: Really nice features out there to try, my personal favourite is the Snacky game!! I am addicted to the Classic Snakes game on my Nokia phone & this just got better!!
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- Pankaj said: What is Toyota doing these days? Good to see Honda as the leader in 3 categories.
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Cars I hate: Chevy HHR and PT Cruiser (1)
on Autoblog (720) permalinkFiled under: Garage, Minivans/MPVs, ChevroletClick above for high-res gallery of the 2008 Chevy HHR SSOur first experience with the Chevy HHR was back in 2006 when we rented one in Los Angeles while covering the 2006 L.A. Auto Show. Being a fleet vehicle, our HHR rental failed to impress with its raspy, underpowered Ecotec four-cylinder and cheap interior materials. The HHR does, however, have a way about itself. Its retro-inspired design is just plain good ...Shared by Pankaj (5)
- Pankaj said: Two cars I hate - One is this HHR and the other one is, more uglier, Chrysler PT Cruiser.
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Yahoo! Releases Address Book API (18)
on ReadWriteWeb (6201) permalinkYahoo! today becomes the latest web BigCo to offer an API allowing developers to gain access to users' address books. Though the Address Book API was publicly launched today, it has already been in use at a handful of large partner sites, including LinkedIn and Plaxo. Charles Wu, the product manager for the Address Book platform, offered a number of use cases for the new API on the YDN blog this morning. Yahoo! joins Google, ...Shared by b (191) Benjamin Golub (129) Bruce (53) Carri (53) Elroy (41) gisc (161) gms8994 (31) hc (24) Pankaj (5) Roy (36) Sandra (120) speedyop (1) stephdau (34) Talk (53) thePOSTMAN (12) TNLNYC (9) WebFlint (11) zapnap (98)Contribute comment
