Samsung NV10

Samsung announced new series of cameras, the NV (New Vision). It boasts of it's new and innovative 'Smart Touch' user interface and control system. In one sentence we can describe Samsung NV10 as “a professional digital camera for everyone”.
KEY FEATURES OF NV10 Digital Camera

• 10.1 Mega pixels; 3x Optical Zoom
A 10.1 mega pixels, 1/1.8" CCD, not normally used in slim cameras, is used
to give better detail.

• "Smart Touch" User Interface
The Smart Touch user interface makes it possible to quickly navigate and
set menu items or view pictures. It is expected to be great fun for users.

• Large 2.5" LCD

• Superior Schneider-KREUZNACH Lens
The superior Schneider-KREUZNACH lens produces crystal clear images.
This bright lens with startsat f2.8 delivers even resolution from
the centre to the edges. For more natural-looking pictures, each lens
surface is multi-coated to minimize the "ghost" or "flare" phenomenon.

• Pop-Up Flash
The most distinctive feature of the NV Series is the built-in pop-up
flash. Its location, right above the lens, hugely improves light
diffusion angles and transmission rates. The lens location is also ideal since it prevents accidental blocking of the flash by a hand.

• ASR Advanced Shake Reduction
The ASR technology prevents the degradation of image clarity and colour
common to flash photography. With ASR the effects of camera shake are
reduced in lower light conditions. It guarantees brighter and more natural pictures

• Multiple Ways to Recharge
Recharging can be done using a cradle or a 24-pin USB cable, as well as
by using a detachable cable. Connect the camera to a PC using a 24-pin
USB cable, use the adaptor cable to plug it into a power supply, or use
any other convenient method to recharge your camera.

• Movie Editing
Built-in function allows simple, convenient movie editing on the spot.

• Scene Modes
11 Scene Modes and Text Recognition capability. The scene modes provided are Night Scene, Portrait, Children, Landscape, Text Recognition, Sunset, Dawn, Backlight, Fireworks, Beach and Snow.

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Harry’s spell: not good enough this time!

(Harry potter: The order of the phoenix movie review)

The boy wizard - Harry Potter is back with his friends and magic spells on July 13,2007 in India but only with a promo this time. It is better said in this way: Harry potter -The order of the phoenix is a big build up for something better to come in the next episode. Sadly, there is not much fun in this movie apart from the last twenty minutes.

The main story revolves around the Harry and Dumbledore and the paranoia that surrounds them by the return of Voldemort. As an adolescent, Harry tries to cope up with his tantrums, loneliness,friendship,love and affection which depict the basic plot.

Daniel Radcliffe (Harry), Rupert Grint (Ron Weasley) and Emma Watson (Hermione) have done their job excellently and carry their grace effectively. Imelda Staunton as Dolores Umbridge ( the new dark arts teacher in Hogwarts) did a brilliant work that you start to hate her just like the students in Hogwarts do.

If you know “Marla, the singer” in the movie “Fight club” then she does not require an introduction, I’m talking about Helena Bonham. She did a small villainous character of Bellatrix Lestrange, hope we see more of her in the next chapter.

The much hyped kiss in Harry potter’s new movie was a disspointment just like the movie itself.

The highlights of the the movie are definitely the last twenty minutes and a scene where the twins have fun with the fireworks in the examination hall. On the whole, movie is definitely disapointing and it seems like there is lot more to watch out for in the next episodes of Harry Potter.So watch it to understand the next chapters!

Is it worth watching in Prasadz Imax, Hyderabad?

Yes, it is surely worth watching in Imax. The 3D version gives a scintillating experience and leaves you spell bound in the twenty minutes action at the end.

Rating is 2.5/5

Linkin Park - Minutes to midnight rocks!

(Music review)

Everyone of us is blown away after watching Linkin Park’s new single-“What I’ve done”on TV and built huge expectations on the album. The wait is over and the verdict is in. The album “Minutes to Midnight,” is a great collection of new sound and experiment from usual by LP.

The album has some awesome lyrics and is very well complied with both the slow songs and the rock side of Linkin Park, alternatively. It opens with musical bite- “wake up” and immediately hits you with the rock single-“Given up”. They maintain the same tempo through out. The songs to look out are – “Given up, Leave out all the rest, Bleed it out, No more sorrow, In pieces” apart from the smash hit “What I’ve done”.

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If you are a serious Mike shinoda fan then you will definitely be disappointed. You can hardly hear him apart from the song – “Hands held high” with his rap and military drums in the background.

To summarize:
Pluses

- LP is back with new sound.
- Rock and Screaminggggggggggg.
- Slow songs sound good (easy on ears for non LP fan).
- Smash hits like - What I’ve done, Bleed it out, In pieces.

Minuses

- Under used Mike Shinoda and not much from Joe Hahn(DJ)
- No turntables, not much of rap.
- Many slow songs.

Rating : 3.5/5 - must have for all the LP fans and for the non LP fans:grab it to join the LP fans club.

Federer makes it happen! Equals Bjorn Borg’s record

Would anyone ask for more? The match had everything, just like a typical bollywood movie.

Before the final, few of us thought that Djokovic would reach the finals beating Nadal in the semi-final, as Djokovic was playing very good tennis and was even compared to Federer. But after winning the trophy as Federer said, “There should be an element of luck”, Djokovic was injured and Nadal won the match without even sweating.

When it comes to Federer, it was just another walk in the lawn to the finals, where he then met his beloved rival. In general rivalry makes things interesting and in tennis it produces a great match.

Federer was the hot favourite for winning the title but Nadal always makes his presence felt. The best part of the Nadal is that he always makes Federer to play an extra shot to win a point and this is exciting to see because Federer matches have always been one sided.

The pressure of equaling the Bjorn Borg’s record of winning five consecutive Wimbeldon titles was always on Federer (but as we know he never shows it) whereas Radal was confident and eager to beat him on grass after wining French Open convincingly.

The first set belonged to Federer all the way as he dictated most of the play: the drama part comes now when Federer served on his third set point at 6-5 in the tie break, a Nadal backhand was called out but he challenged the decision and Hawkeye showed it had touched the line but Federer finally took the set with 8-6 on the scoreboard. In the second set Nadal came back strongly and showed us what he is made of? He broke the champion’s serve and took the set with the score-line 6-4.

The battle was surely boiling up at that moment with both taking a set each. It was in the midst of a great match. The defending champion took the third set by winning the tie break again but Nadal with his powerful play was back to push away Federer. It is then in the fourth set, the champion looked vulnerable. There were many unforced errors which made Nadal take the set 6-2.

The intermission part comes now, leaving everybody clueless on who will win the match! By watching Nadal’s play in the fourth set most of us expected him to win but the defending champion Federer made it happen. The sentiment scene in the story comes now when Federer wins his championship point and cries. He won his fifth consecutive Wimbeldon title but with a bit of luck and with a hiccup.

Emerging India awards 2007

ICICI Bank in association with CNBC-TV18 presented Emerging India Awards 2007 recently.

The Vice-President of ICICI said, "The competition ratio is 1 out of 100 to get into IIT, 1 out of 150 to get into IIM and it is 1 out of 10k to win this award.So be Proud." This explains everything about the importance and value these awards have!

The winners are:

- Auto,Auto ancillaries and Engineering - Indo Asian

Almost 50 years back, on 8th August, 1958, a young group of technocrats
indigenously developed India`s first sheet steel enclosed rewirable
switch at Jalandhar in Punjab. This marked the birth of Indo Asian, which
today has grown into a multi-product, multi-location company
specializing in manufacturing and marketing a wide range of high-tech electrical
products used for distribution, protection, control and conservation
of electrical energy. Today Indo Asian has emerged as a strong brand
name and has a proven track record both in domestic and international
markets.

- Fmcg,Food and Agri Business - Freshtrop Fruits.

Freshtrop has been a consistent and dependable supplier of good quality fresh fruits producer to the most demanding Super Markets of Western Europe. Freshtrop works with over 1,000 growers spread across three states Maharashtra, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh in southern India. The company is promoted by Mr. Ashok V. Motiani. He is an Engineer from the Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai.

- Non retail traders and Others - Speck Systems

Over the last two decades, Speck has acquired competencies in the field of electronics, optics, systems integration, communications, remote sensing, image processing, and geospatial information services. Based on these competencies, Speck has continuously innovated and today offers solutions to the armed forces, paramilitary forces and civilian users, which broadly fall under:

Optoelectronic systems

Communication Systems

Software applications and Solutions

Multi-Mission UAVs

Integrated Mobile Shelters

Geospatial Services and Solutions.

- Gems and Jewellery - kama Jewellery

Kama is one of the largest manufacturers and exporters of high end diamond jewelry in Asia. Founded in 1996, Kama has a 32,000 sq ft facility employing 850 workers and professionals, producing 25,000 pieces of jewelry every month.

- Pharma and Chemicals - Venus Remedies

Venus Remedies India is a research and development driven, pharmaceutical manufacturing company. Among the top 50 Indian Pharma companies of India, the company has out paced most Indian pharmaceutical companies in its growth and value creation over the past few years. venus remedies have two manufacturing locations in India and one in Germany. The company is top class manufacturer of Oncological and Cefelosporine Injectable products following EU-GMP norms for all is activities.

- Retail trade - Today's Writing Products

Today's is one of the leading manufacturers of writing products. Promoted by Rajesh Drolia, an entrepreneur with a passion for pens and a renowned name in the industry globally. One of the largest players in the Indian writing instruments industry. Amongst the top 4 players in India, producing and selling 1.5 mn pens per day.Post-expansion will reach the No. 2 position, manufacturing 3.5 mn pens per day.Pan- Indian retail presence supported by a robust distribution network (440,000 outlets) A highly visible brand in India, built over a decade through a focused strategy Today’s brand has almost 35 varieties of pens, recently extended to office and school stationery.

- Textile and Apparel - Indus Fila

Indus Fila Limited is a part of Indus Mandhana Enterprise, Bangalore and has been established a close rapport with a number of marquee international and domestic brands such as Mexx, Armani Exchange, Levis, Arrow, Izod, Calvin Klein and Phillip Van Heusen.lndus Fila over the years has recorded a revenue of 109 % CAGR and a PAT of 103 % CAGR during the last five financial year.

- Travel and Tourism - Diana Hotels

Diana Group Hotels started out in 1972 when Panagiotis and Loukia Margari- the group"s founders- revolutionalised hospitality in Zakynthos with Diana Hotel. From its base in Zakynthos, at the center of the Ionian Islands, Diana Group Hotels has established itself as a leading Hotels organization. Following is a list of the principal awards won by Diana Group Hotels: The Airtours happening Award to Diana Palace Hotel. The Airtours accommodation Award to Diana Palace Apartment / Hotel. The Airtours Accomodation Award to Filoxenia Hotel 3A+.

- ICE and ITeS - Value Labs

Founded in 1997, ValueLabs specializes in the delivery of dual-shore services in the areas of Offshore Software Product Development, QA / testing and KPO. With over 1300 engineers they provide services to startups, mid-sized and multi-billion dollar companies. Some of thier satisfied customers include TIBCO, Snapfish / HP, Maxis, Astro, Citibank (Egypt), MakeMyTrip.com, SHPS, SpiceJet and ISSI. The parent company is based in Hyderabad. Companies incorporated in the US and Malaysia service the respective geographies. They have clients worldwide with about 70% business coming from the US. won the ‘Top IT SME Exporter’ award from Andhra Pradesh for 2006. They have been awarded the ‘Best Established Indian Company in the IT Sector’ award for the Year 2005-06

- Infrastructure - Techpro Systems

- Small Enterprise of the year - Mother's Pride Education Persona

The Mothers Pride franchise is synonymous for pre school education and is recognised to be one of the most premium schools in India. It was established in 1996, with its first branch at Paschim Vihar, a spacious colourful school, which used a scientifically planned curriculum and computers. These new initiatives taken by the pre school education franchise provided a new methodology for the parents to raise their children. Since then, the kids’ education franchise has become a trendsetter in the field of pre school education. Currently, the Mother’s Pride franchise has 12 branches . Each branch of the kids’ education franchise covers an area up to one acre and the teacher student ratio is 1:10.

- Women Entrepreneur of the year - Uma R Jhaveri, S Zhaveri & Co

S Zhaveri &co is a contract research center, which was set up in November 2000, is currently one of the independent R&D set-ups in India undertaking the complete process of drug development for the clients. The services of this CRO are not only focusing on the discovery part but the applications like validation, bio-equivalency, development and efficacy tests of NDDS, cost efficiency and related areas. According to Uma Javeri, managing director, S. Zhaveri & Co., there is a greater need of such an R&D Centre in India as there are very few CR units in the country.

- SME of year - Specks Systems

New Music videos

Abhijeet Sawant

Undoubtedly the best and first Indian Idol, Abhijeet is back with his new single Junoon. He sings differntly and sounds good. The music is composed by new comer Amit trivedi. The song Junoon simply rocks and it will surely be a chart buster. The video is very well taken too.



Kelly clarkson

The talented first American Idol proves her mettle again with her new album- My december.



Hillary duff

Hillary- The Lizzie McGuire star, releases her new album "Dignity" with buenavista records.

Nokia N73 stunning snaps

We do not know whether monsoon can inspire poets,dancers or musicians but it certainly inspired us in Nexus to take some good snaps.Have a look at the them.



<- First rain drops on the flower.

The dark side of the rain god. ->



<- Rain drops.

Water stream after a heavy shower.->



<- Singing bird caught by the Nokia N73

[ Please comment about the pictures and you are free to dowload them...]

Game trailers

Transformers game



Available on : PS2,PS3,PSP,PC,Xbox360 and Wii.

Gamespot said:
Pluses
-Highly detailed Transformer models.
-Environments break apart and blow up real good.
-Solid voice acting.

Minuses
-Robot-on-robot combat becomes repetitive and dull after a short while.
-Camera causes problems.
-Both campaigns combined still make for a short game
-Side missions aren't worth doing.

Happy potter game



Available on : PS2,PS3,PSP,PC,Xbox360 and Wii.

SIVAJI: The BOSS(Review 2)

India’s much awaited and most expensive movie “Sivaji” hit the screens on June 15th.
It’s a typical Shanker brand movie which talks mostly about corruption.
This time he chose ‘black money’ as his plot.
The movie is quite boring in the first half and second half was fine. The director replaced the signature cigar style of Rajni with chewing gum and tossing a rupee coin!

The story is about a NRI, “Sivaji” who returns to India after earning Rs.200 crores.
He reveals his vision of constructing educational institutions for the benefit of the poor students. When he approaches the officials for clearance certificates for his constructions he faces the corrupted Indian administrators. He passes through all these difficulties by bribing all the officials, but finds an obstacle in the form of Suman, (who plays a negative role) who is a highly influential person, forces the government to stop Sivaji’s work.
The plot unfolds in the second half but the basic theme of the movie got diluted. The ‘office’ treatment in the movie was good.
How does Rajni take revenge on the people who have unaccounted money? Will he succeed in his mission? Watch the movie to find out the answers to these questions!!

Rajni was superb. Shreya has done her part really well.
Suman has got the look of a villain but fails to deliver the fundamental characteristics of a villain. The combination of the Super star and Vivek in the comedy scenes did work well!
The music and background score of Rahman stands out! The photography is good. Credit goes to the make-up artists who made Rajni to look so young in the film. He has got 15 different hairstyles in the movie!! Costumes of the heroine were awesome!

If you were to take my suggestion, watch the movie without any huge expectations, else,
You would be highly disappointed!!

Rating : 2.5/5

written by: Vinaykanth N
(nvinaykanth@yahoo.com)