Dear all, The 18th issue (Volume 2. issue 2) of CSI eNewsletter dt. 16th Jan 2011 is ready and can be accessed at http://www.csi-chennai.org/csi-enl/csi-enl-2011-01-16.pdf and also at the CSI KM Portal http://www.csi-india.org/web/csi/enewsletter You are free to forward this mail to your contacts who may like the information presented in the mail. For the archives of this newsletter, pl. visit http://www.csi-chennai.org/csi-enl/csi-enl-archives.htm or at http://www.csi-india.org/web/csi/archives With regards HR Mohan Chairman, Div IV, CSI & eNewsletter Committee, IEEE CS Madras Contents ======= -- Human Machine Interface (HMI) Systems -- 7 Major Ways We're Digitizing Our World, And 3 Reasons We Still Want Hardcopies -- Top 9 Facebook Time Wasters to Avoid -- Forget Google: Use the 7 Greenest Search Engines -- Server leasing, in-place upgrades more economical than purchase model -- Software Quality Assurance Podcast with Dr. Murali Chemuturi -- Top 10 server virtualization tips of 2010 -- Top 25 Oddball Interview Questions of 2010 -- 20 predictions for the next 25 years -- Understanding the strategic value of IT in M&A -- Data to dollars: Supporting top management with next-generation executive information systems -- DQ Top 20 Articles of 2010 -- Book: Invisible Engines: How Software Platforms Drive Innovation and Transform Industries by David S. Evans, Andrei Hagiu and Richard Schmalensee -- Facebook Fellowship Program -- ACM-W Scholarships for Attending Research Conferences -- Fellowship Application Round Opens for ICANN Public Meeting 41 in Amman, Jordan -- International Fulbright Science & Technology Award 2011, USA: -- Quotes of Confucius -- Interesting Confusions -- ICT News Headlines & Briefs -- Announcements -- IT Events: Call for Participation & Call For Papers -- Call For Journal Papers: -- Book: Bioinformatics: Databases, Tools and Algorithms (with CD -- Book: Leadership and Team Building -- Book: 97 Things Every Programmer Should Know -- Book: Time Out for Leaders -- About the CSI-eNewsletter -- Contributions to CSI-eNewsletter -- eNewsletter Committee InfoQuiz–2011-01-16 (Six Prizes to Win – Four Books and Two Awards of Rs. 500/- each) 1. Name the IT major to break 5,000-Patent Mark in a single year 2010 2. What is common: GetJar, PocketGear, AndroLib, MobiHand 3. Name the author of the book “The Big Switch: Rewiring the World, from Edison to Google:” 4. Identify the company whose tagline is “Nothing Like Anything”. 5. Name the first commercial Internet domain name registered in March 1985. Email your answers by 30th Jan 2011 to csi.infoquiz@gmail.com with subject “infoquiz-2011-01-16”. Please provide your name, designation, company/institution, full postal address (to send the prize) and the contact phone nos. after the answers. The first person to answer correctly and one randomly selected lucky winner will be awarded Rs. 500/= each by SRA Systems (www.srasys.com). Oxford University Press (http://www.oup.co.in) & Shroff Publishers & Distributors Pvt Ltd (http://www.shroffpublishers.com) will present the books (Bioinformatics: Databases, Tools and Algorithms (with CD), Leadership and Team Building, 97 Things Every Programmer Should Know, Time Out for Leaders) whose brief review appear in this issue. In all, there will be SIX prizes – TWO cash prizes of Rs. 500/- each and FOUR prizes of one book each. Answers along with the winner info will be published in the next issue. Answers & Winners of InfoQuiz-2011-01-01 ================================ edustrokes.com / careerstorkes.com, Mark Zuckerberg, Stuxnet, HTC, William Gibson Awards of Rs. 500/= each from SRA Systems: Mr. K. Jaiganesh from Karur and Mr. B. Sundaram from Chennai. Books from Oxford University Press: “Information Technology for Management” to Mr. G. Suresh from Madurai & “Web Technologies” to Mr. Srikanth Thalla from Hyderabad. Books from Shroff Publishers & Distributors Pvt Ltd: “Hard-Knocks Communication: Thirty Six Timeless Rules for Success” to Ms. Sajal Goel from Faridabad & “The PMP Exam - How To Pass On Your First Try” to and Mr. Chandravadan M. Prajapati from Navi Mumbai. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.