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Questions

1. Which computer program did chess legend Garry Kasparov pit himself against recently?

2. Name Google's latest offering that lets one search the Web sans a browser.

3. Of which computer company is Kumar Mahadeva the CEO and chairman?

4. Which company, in 2003, became the first to manufacture and ship 500 million mice?

5. What is `Tiano'?

6. What did Al Vezza and Tim Berners-Lee set up in 1994?

7. What is Param 8000's claim to fame?

8. Additional data recorded on a medium (like CD) that allows read errors to be corrected without re-reading is called... ?

9. In Net lingo, who is a `Blatherer'?

10. In Net advertising terminology, what is a `run-of-site' ad?

Answers

1. X3D Fritz.

2. Google Deskbar.

3. Cognizant Technology Solutions.

4. Logitech.

5. Intel's new version of the BIOS (basic input-output system) for servers.

6. The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C).

7. It is India's first indigenous super computer, set up in 1988.

8. Error Correction Code (ECC).

9. One who takes three screens to say something when three words would do!

10. A run-of-site ad is one that is placed to rotate on all non-featured ad spaces on a site.

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