Monthly Archives: August 2010

Direct Tax Code Bill

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The Government Today tabled the much awaited Direct Tax Code Bill which proposes many tax benefits even though it offers less benefits compared to the original proposal which Govt unveiled a year back.

As per the current Direct Tax Code Bill minimum taxable amount will be increased to Rs 2 lakh from the current 1.6 lakh, 2 to 5 lakh will be charged at 10%, 5 to 10 lakh at 20% and above 10 lakh 30%.

A person earning more than 10 lakh a year can save up to 41,040 once the new bill is implemented.

The new Direct Tax Code will come into effect from April 1, 2012.

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Bloom Box from Bloom Energy | K R Sridhar

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bloom energy serverBloom Box Concept : Bloom Energy Server

Bloom Box or Bloom Energy Server is a power station in a box which generate electricity using liquid or gaseous hydrocarbons like gasoline, diesel, propane etc produced from fossil or bio sources.

Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC) converts hydrocarbon fuel into electricity at very high efficiency and with significantly reduced C02, NOx and SOx emissions. Bloom’s Energy Server™ is a new class of distributed power generator, producing clean, reliable, affordable electricity at the customer site.

Bloom Energy and K R Sridhar

Bloom Box was developed by California based company named Bloom Energy started by Indian K R Sridhar. He completed his degree in Mechanical Engineering from NIT Trichy and moved to US in 1980s. He completed his master’s degree in Nuclear Engineering and Ph.D in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. He started Bloom Energy in 2002. Prior to founding Bloom Energy, Dr. KR Sridhar was Director of the Space Technologies Laboratory (STL) at the University of Arizona where he was also a professor of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering.

Bloom Box Usage

At present Bloom Box’s initial expense is very high so only few corporates are using it like Google, eBay, Walmart, Bank of America, FedEx, Coca Cola etc.

A 100 KW Bloom Server costs around 3.5 crore Indian Rupees with a 10 year life span. But Bloom Energy is expected to bring home sized 1km bloom boxes at a price tag of 1.5 lakhs in near future.

Bloom Energy Server Advantages

Some of the main advantage of this system is low running cost, environment-friendly, no volatility, quick access to power, improved energy security and reliability.

Bloom Energy in India

In India Bloom Energy Server concept has a large potential especially in rural areas. Also power cuts and power deficiency is a major problem hurting business and investments in many states in India. Even though it cannot produce large amount of power it can become an alternate source of power to businesses as well as households and can help to light up remote villages where power is still a dream.

Bloom Energy also has an office in India at Mumbai : Bloomenergy (India) Private Limited (BEIPL).

Bloom Energy official Site : http://www.bloomenergy.com/

Tata Aria Price, Features and Photos

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Tata Aria is a seven seater premium Multi Utility Vehicle (MUV) from Tata Motors. The concept was first exhibited at Geneva Motor Show in 2000 and later in 2010 the product was unveiled in Delhi Auto Expo 2010.

Initial launch date of Tata Aria was June 2010 but the latest reports show that Tata Aria to hit India roads by Sep or Oct 2010.

Tata Aria

Tata Aria is one of the much awaited release of 2010 which is going to have direct competition with Toyota Innova and Mahindra Xylo.

Tata Aria is a cross-over between Multi Utility Vehicle (MUV) and Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV) which blends the functionality and comfort of a mid-range MPV with the all terrain assurance of an SUV.

It is powered by a 2.2-litre direct injection common rail (DICOR) diesel engine, delivering 140 PS power and 320 Nm torque.

Tata Aria, designed by Tata’s UK Research team comes with many features like dimming roof lamps, in-dash built in GPS, a state-of-the-art infotainment system, multifunctional steering wheel, dual air conditioning with automatic climate control and cruise control.

Tata Aria Price and Mileage

Tata has not officially confirmed anything about Price and Mileage of Area but the price is expected to be around Rs 12 to 14.5 lakhs.

Dell Aero Price in India and Features

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One of the leading multinational computer giant Dell Inc has launched its first Android based smartphone named Aero in the US this week. Dell is famous for its personal computers, servers, storage systems, network and other pc peripherals.

Dell announced Aero in March 2010 and launched the product in US on Aug 24th. But currently it is working on an old Android version 1.5 which is a main drawback as most of the other Android based smartphone makers are switching to Android 2.2 or Froyo.

dell aero

Dell Aero is lightest Android phone and comes with 3.5 inch capacitive touch screen display with 360×640 pixels resolution, 5 megapixel camera with auto focus, 8x zoom and LED Flash, microSD support up to 32GB (2GB Card included), Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP, GPS with A-GPS support, 3.5mm audio jack, 1000mAh battery etc

  • Video streaming. WMV, H263, H264, MPEG4 @30fps WVGA
  • POP3, IMAP4, IMAP Idle, Webmail, Microsoft®  ActiveSync®
  • EDGE class 10 and GPRS class 10
  • Quad-band EDGE, UMTS 850/1900/2100
  • OMA DRM 1.0 with Forward Lock. Microsoft®  Janus
  • HSDPA 3.6 Mbps
  • Virtual keyboard with predictive text/auto completion
  • handwriting recognition, QWERTY
  • multi-touch UI
  • Full media player with content management
  • AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, MP3, WMA, MPEG, MP4, 3GPP
  • 624MHz processor
  • Adobe Flash Light
  • One Touch access to social networking sites

 

In Android world 1.5 is a very old OS as many popular Android Apps requires a minimum of version 1.6. This will make a big issue for Aero as now market is flooded with a bunch of new stylish smartphones from Samsung, Motorola etc with latest Android versions. Also Dell has not announced any deadline for an OS update for Aero.

Dell Aero Price : In US Dell Aero sells for $99.99 with new AT&T two-year contract, and $299.99 without.

Dell Aero Price in India : Dell has not officially announced the product in India yet even though India is a major market for Dell for its personal computer products and laptops. In US Dell Aero comes for $299 without any contract which is almost Rs 14,000/-

DELL New Laptop Price List : Aug 2010 : Inspiron 1464, 1564

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Dell Inspiron Laptop, New Model Inspiron 14 (1464) DOS

Intel® Core™ i3-330M (2.13Ghz, 4Threads, 3M cache)

14.0 " HIGH DEFINITION(1366X768) LED DISPLAY WITH TRUE LIFE

2GB (2GB x1) DDR3 1066Mhz

250GB SATA 5400RPM Hard Drive

DVD Writer, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Card Reader, Wireless LAN, Webcam

Rs 30,500/- (inclusive of tax)

Dell Inspiron Laptop, New Model Inspiron 15 (1564) DOS

Intel® Core™ i3-330M (2.13Ghz, 4Threads, 3M cache)

15.6 " HIGH DEFINITION(1366X768) LED DISPLAY WITH TRUE LIFE

2GB (2GB x1) DDR3 1066Mhz

250GB SATA 5400RPM Hard Drive

DVD Writer, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Card Reader, Wireless LAN, Webcam

Rs 33,200/- (inclusive of tax)

Dell Inspiron Laptop, New Model Inspiron 14 (1464)

GENUINE WINDOWS™ 7 HOME BASIC

Intel® Core™ i3-330M (2.13Ghz, 4Threads, 3M cache)

14.0 " HIGH DEFINITION(1366X768) LED DISPLAY WITH TRUE LIFE

2GB (2GB x1) DDR3 1066Mhz

320GB SATA 5400RPM Hard Drive

ATI MOBILITY RADEON HD 4330 WITH 512MB GRAPHIC MEMORY

DVD Writer, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Card Reader, Wireless LAN, Webcam

Rs 37,300/- (inclusive of tax)

Dell Inspiron Laptop, New Model Inspiron 15 (1564)

GENUINE WINDOWS™ 7 HOME BASIC

Intel® Core™ i3-330M (2.13Ghz, 4Threads, 3M cache)

15.6 " HIGH DEFINITION(1366X768) LED DISPLAY WITH TRUE LIFE

2GB (2GB x1) DDR3 1066Mhz

250GB SATA 5400RPM Hard Drive

DVD Writer, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Card Reader, Wireless LAN, Webcam

Rs 35,800/- (inclusive of tax)

For other models and online payment details please send a mail to pr_unni@yahoo.com

Intel Core i3, i5, i7 Processor Price List in India : Aug 2010

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Intel Core i5 Processor Price List

Intel Core i5 processors are high performance dual and quad core processors with a maximum CPU clock rate of 3.6GHz, 2.5 GT/s DMU speed and based on 45nm or 32nm Nehalem or Westmere micro architecture comes either in LGA 1156 or mPGA989.

Currently these i5 processors are mainly available in leading hardware stores in India.

Core i5-650 : 2 cores / 4 threads, 3.20 GHz up to 3.46 GHz with turbo boost : 4MB Cache, 32 nm : Rs 9,200/-

Core i5-661 : 2 cores / 4 threads, 3.33 GHz up to 3.60 GHz with turbo boost : 4MB Cache, 32 nm : Rs 10,500/-

Core i5-750 : 4 cores / 4 threads, 2.66 GHz up to 3.20 GHz with turbo boost : 8MB Cache, 45 nm : Rs 10,200/-

Core i5-760 : 4 cores / 4 threads, 2.80 GHz up to 3.46 GHz with turbo boost : 8MB Cache, 45 nm : Rs 10,400/-

Intel Core i7 Processor Price List

Core i7 processors are aimed at business and high-end consumer markets. Based on 32nm and 45nm Nehalem Micro Architecture with 2 to 6 cores, comes in LGA 1366, LGA 1156, µPGA-988, BGA-1288 with max cpu clock speedof 3.33 GHz and up to 6.4GTs QPI speed. Core names : Bloomfield, Lynnfield, Clarksfield, Clarksfield XM

Core i7-870 : 8MB Cache, 2.93 GHz, 2.5GT/s DMI, 4 cores, 45nm : Rs 14,500/-

Core i7-920 : 8MB Cache, 2.66 GHz, 4.8GT/s DMI, 4 cores, 45nm : Rs 13,200/-

Core i7-930 : 8MB Cache, 2.8 GHz, 4.8GT/s DMI, 4 cores, 45nm : Rs 14,800/-

Core i7-960 : 8MB Cache, 3.2 GHz, 4.8GT/s DMI, 4 cores, 45nm : Rs 31,500/-

Intel Core i3 Processor

Core i3 – 530 : 2.93 GHz, 4MB Cache : Rs 5,400/-