These are some images of the upcoming Infosys campus in Noida. Infosys is one of the leading I.T. companies in India and has changed the way the world perceives India and its software engineers. (Click to enlarge images)
Infosys was the first Indian firm to list on Nasdaq; the first to offer stock options to its employees. The company crossed $1 billion in revenues for the first time in 2004.
The Falkirk Wheel is named after the nearby town of Falkirk in central Scotland. Falkirk Wheel is a rotating boat lift connecting the Forth and Clyde Canal with the Union Canal. The Falkirk Wheel is the only rotating boat lift of its kind in the world, and is regarded as an engineering landmark for Scotland. (Click to enlarge images)
The United Kingdom has one other boat lift: the Anderton boat lift in Cheshire. The Falkirk Wheel is an improvement on the Anderton boat lift and makes use of the same original principle: two balanced tanks, one going up and the other going down, however, the rotational mechanism is entirely unique to the Falkirk Wheel.
The difference in the levels of the two canals at the wheel is 24 metres (79 ft), roughly equivalent to the height of an eight storey building. On 24 May 2002, Queen Elizabeth II opened the Falkirk Wheel as part of her Golden Jubilee celebrations. The opening had been delayed by a month due to flooding caused by vandals who forced open the Wheel's gates.
The Falkirk Wheel Visitor Centre offers scheduled one-hour, round trip boat tours, called "The Falkirk Wheel Experience", that include passage on the wheel. The tours start below the wheel in the Forth & Clyde Canal, ascend via the wheel to the Union Canal, visit nearby areas on the Union Canal, and then return. As of 2008, the boat tour costs £8 for adults, £4.25 for children aged 3-15 (free for children under 3), OAP concession £6.50, student/UB40 concession £6.50, and family price of £21.50 (2 adults and 2 children) with a discount of 10% for a group of 20 or more.
Preeti Bhutani made her debut in Bollywood in Rajkumar Kohli’s “Jaani Dushman” opposite Sharad Kapoor, and then did other films like Kids No.1, Ladies Tailor. Preeti Bhutani will now be seen in the film “Ek - The Power of One” with Bobby Deol and Shriya Saran. (Click to enlarge images)
Preeti is a Maths graduate from Delhi University who did theatre along with graduation, and is now hoping to make it big in Bollywood with her latest film.
Preeti has also done two Tamil films named Idu Kadal Varun Paruvam directed by Kasturi Raja and another film Mard Walav with South super star Arjun.
Minissha Lamba is trying to change her girl next door image and go in for a hot new look. Minissha Lamba will be seen in a white bikini in a scene shot on the beaches of Mauritius, in her forthcoming film Kidnap. The movie's cast includes Sanjay Dutt and Imran Khan and is directed by Sanjay Gadhvi of Dhoom fame. (Click to enlarge images)
Minissha said, “When I was told about my role, Sanjay was clear-cut and told me at the outset itself that some scenes needed me to wear a bikini and that too a white one! I essay the role of this hep girl… the kind who’d slip on a bikini when it came to swimming. I had no reservations about wearing a two-piece swimsuit.”
Minissha also revealed her fitness routine for turning her body sexy, “I did the usual dieting gymming routine to get a bod for the bikini.”
But for Minissha donning a bikini was not tough but finding a white bikini was toughest, ” The toughest part was finidng a stark white bikini. Normally they are in fluorescent colors or bright hues. But my designer Shilpa Bhatia who was styled me for the film managed to fine one. We shot the scenes in Mauritius. Though I know swimming, doing it in the ocean is different.”
Sony has unveiled its latest digital camera, the Cyber-shot DSC-T500. Sony Cyber-shot DSC-T500 is the company's first point-and-shoot camera that can record high-definition video.
Sony Cyber-shot DSC-T500 has a 10.1-megapixel resolution and can record HD video (1280-by-720 at 30 frames per second) in MPEG4, AVC, and H.264 formats. Ooptical zoom is enabled during recording, and you can take up to three still shots at a resolution of 1280 x 720 without interrupting the video capture.
Sony Cyber-shot DSC-T500 has a Carl Zeiss Vario-Tessar 33-165mm lens (35mm equivalent) and you can view HD slideshows with music on its wide 3.5-inch LCD touch screen. Other features include face detection, optical image stabilization, in-camera editing, and a macro mode.
Specifications: • Image sensor : 1/2.3 type Super HAD CCD, 10.1 megapixel • Lens : Carl Zeiss 5x optical zoom lens • Movie mode : MPEG4 AVC/H.264, HD movies 1280x720 pixels at 30fps • Shooting modes : Auto, Program Auto, Scene Selection (High Sensitivity / Soft Snap / Twilight Portrait / Twilight / Landscape / High Speed Shutter /Snow / Beach / Fireworks), Movie • Video recording: 720p at 30 fps • Captures still images during video shooting • Display : 3.5-inch wide Clear Photo LCD Plus with touchscreen • Image stabilisation system : Double Anti-Blur with Optical SteadyShot • Face Detection : Yes
The Sony Cyber-shot DSC-T500 will be available in late September for a suggested retail price of $400 in three colors - piano black, silver and red.
