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Questions

1. With regard to Intel chips, what is codenamed `Cayley'?

2. What is WWiSE?

3. Expand the above abbreviation.

4. Name the three Asian countries chosen by Microsoft for its `Windows XP Starter Edition'.

5. Where is Computer Associates headquartered?

6. In the context of Mac OS X, what is `Watson'?

7. In the context of Gmail, why is a company called Cencourse in the news?

8. Name the two big Hollywood studios involved in the Advanced Access Content System initiative, a new copy protection standard for DVDs.

9. If it's OS/2 for IBM, with whom would you associate VMS?

10. Simple one. Who was made a Knight in July in recognition of his contributions to the WWW?

Answers

1. It's a chip for making inexpensive large televisions.

2. It's a group of companies developing a proposal for the IEEE 802.11n Wireless LAN standard. 3. World-WIde Spectrum Efficiency.

4. Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia.

5. Islandia, New York.

6. A program that has lots of time-saving, productivity-enhancing interfaces to the most important web content and services.

7. It was the first to register the name Gmail as a trademark, a day before Gmail made its debut.

8. Warner Bros & Disney.

9. Hewlett-Packard.

10. Tim Berners-Lee.

V.V. Ramanan

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