“Harry Potter 7” premieres

Muggles beware, "Harry Potter and The Deathly Hollows Part 1" is finally here. The much-awaited film premiered last night at the witching hour.  According to reviews, this sequel novel turned movie is the grimmest of them all, and it's in 3D.

In Part 1 the journey countinues as Harry, Hermione and Ron race to destroy the Hurcruxes  of Voldemort's soul.

The two-part form of the fantasy film, directed by David Yates, is the final installment of JK Rowling's magical series. 

According to the LA Times, the Warner Bros. film has sold out more than 3,900 midnight screenings Thursday night, with predictions of surpassing the midnight ticket sales record of $30 million set by "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse" in June, and gaining the No.1 spot at the box office.

The last three films have each grossed over $900 million worldwide.

Actors Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson will make their final appearance in "Harry Potter and The Deathly Hollows Part 2" that will be released July 15, 2011.

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The bowler who troubled Tendulkar the most

Tendulkar, surprisingly enough favors England over Australia in the Ashes an names Eoin Morgan as the key man. This is enough reason for me to revisit my own impression of the Ashes - I think Australia will win with reasonable ease, though I don't see either side winning more than 2 out of the 5 Tests. If the wickets are sporting (i.e. they favor bowlers at least in some way), then this might change.

As for the bowler who has troubled him most in Tests. I'm going to stick my neck out here and suggest that he's going to name Hansie Cronje. Note that I write this on Friday evening, before the interview is published. He has said before that he hates facing part time bowlers more than anything else, and Cronje has dismissed him 5 times in Tests.

The man himself says, as I suggested he might, that it was Hansie Cronje who troubled him most. In comments and chats, Abdul Razzaq, Pedro Collins, Glenn McGrath and Dion Nash came up. A few years ago, there was a theory doing the rounds that Tendulkar was bothered by orthodox left-arm spinners, especially Raymond Price of Zimbabwe. Yet, we are presented with Hansie Cronje.

This choice is far from innocent on Tendulkar's part. This is not to say that it is a sly choice. It is true that Cronje had as much success against Tendulkar as Donald did. But then, by that count, Muttiah Muralitharan has dismissed Tendulkar more times than any other bowler - 8 in 19 Tests. Tendulkar also average 48.9 in these Tests and took 5 Test hundreds off Murali. Against Warne and McGrath, Tendulkar has played 2 major series - a 0-3 defeat in Australia in 1999-2000, and a 2-1 win in India in 2000-01. In 12 innings, he reached at least 50 6 times in those series. The mammoth innings eluded him - 126 at Chennai and 116 at Melbourne being his three figure innings. By contrast, Brian Lara played 47 innings against McGrath and reached at least 50 13 times. One of those, was his best ever Test innings in my view - 213 at Sabina Park.

What Does the Apple iPad to do with Archeology ?

You may not see an instant relationship between the Apple iPad and Archeology at first thought. Archeology refers to the scientific study of ancient, prehistoric fossils and ruins. The IPad is on the leading edge of new technological innovation. How can these completely different disciplines interact? Well the versatile and portable design of the Apple iPad, along with its slender and convenient to carry form factor, make it well suited for utilization in the field work Archeologists perform on a daily basis. The user friendly direct input screen is ideal for recording the sophisticated data that archeologist gather in the course of work. Notes, sketches and drawings, that used to be written by hand on paper are now recorded and maintained in a digital format.

Practical iPad Use in the Field of Archeology

ipadinhandhomescreen What Does the Apple iPad to do with ArcheologyDocumenting data faster and with higher accuracy is a priceless tool for researchers. Being able to input data straight to a digital format increases transfer of data and creates a more effective operation. Envision how much more slowly the archeological was previously. First an archeologist working away at a site would generate notes concerning his critical findings. These written notes would be carried around throughout the period the archeologist was working in the field. In the event anything got misplaced it would be lost forever and the researcher would have to attempt to reconstruct from memory their discoveries. Once in the lab the data would be uploaded to other individuals to study. By using an iPad, data is now shared instantly. With a decent disaster recovery plan set up, even if the Apple iPad was misplaced or damaged the information collected would undoubtedly be backed at a remote site database.

Not merely in theory

On the Apple site you can find an article regarding an actual archeological crew making use of the Apple iPad in their field activities. A lot of the built in applications that are standard in the iPad are now being utilized by the team. This demonstrates that ideals regarding how technology can have practical uses in the lives of various professionals, even the most unexpected, can turn to reality.

Sometime soon many applications that are currently being developed will eventually become realistic and feasible apps for iPad’s customers.

Microsoft introduces Office 365 with the help of Cloud Software

Microsoft office has introduced new versions of Office 365 which is used by 13 countries already has several features and applications in it. Small companies can now buy it for $6 and large companies have several options like $24 for one employee of the company on the basis of subscription, or even for $2 for one person for limited usage of the software. On the basis of the designation of the employee different slabs are offered by Microsoft office. The beta program of this software is still under process of experimentation. office365 Microsoft introduces Office 365 with the help of Cloud Software

Shortly, Microsoft Dynamics online CRM will be added to this software and another new version will be launched in future for the benefit of schools and colleges. Office 365 also has Exchange 2007 and Share Point 2007 features which is in support of 2010 edition. But Lync exists as the improved version of OC online.

GM of Microsoft has pointed out that the launch of Office 365 will provide support to Cloud service and all its customers will see progress because of it. And it will operate to integrate some of the Cloud applications as BPO, and Live@edu. It would cover all the existing major applications and tools. Apart from computer it is available in leading cell phones. Initially it was looked as an opponent by Google Applications which has once exerted great pressure on Microsoft. Later it was strengthened and confirmed as a rival of Google Apps which would try and find various other ways for survival. And in this event Google may loose the game also.

In this connection, Research Nuclear analyst Cain has pointed out that Microsoft will have to work hard to meet the expectations of its customers. However, there has been mixed response coming from the users of Office 365. Depending on this feedback, Microsoft would make effort to lure big organizations in the run.

From their perspective, Microsoft is sure that this would be a huge success but its future products will be using Cloud software. The President of Microsoft also agreed to this view and informed that Microsoft is sure of using cloud services in its products.

Office 365 is formulated to supplement the existing versions of Share Point, Lync and Office. Microsoft firmly believes its new launch will bring progress in unique way and the innovative features will be primarily launched on Cloud services only.

Research analysts Mathew Cain and Silver also announced that only after some years the Cloud software will face the demands of any type of company whether it is small or large.

Betsy Webb, General Manager of Microsoft declared that after the worldwide launch of Office 365 next year, Microsoft will take all efforts to improve the present condition of its customers to upgraded Window and it will teach and help them in all possible ways.