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Questions

1. The Deskstar 7K1000 to be launched soon with a price-tag of $399 will be a first of its kind. What is it and who is launching it?

2. Name the video download service based in China in which Google is going to invest.

3. The `iPad,' is a 23-storey skyscraper inspired by Apple's media player (like sitting at an angle of six degrees) and scheduled to open in 2009. In which city?

4. The avian with the scientific name `Pygoscelis papua' has given its common name to OS Linux distribution and was initially created by Daniel Robbins. It's better known as..?

5. Bob Young and Marc Ewing are considered the founders of... ?

6. Expand the acronym ASIMO as in the name of the humanoid robot developed by Honda.

7. Name the siblings, the co-founders of Microsoft game studio Rare, who quit the company recently.

8. Who has claimed to have created the first double-sided LCD screen that can produce independent images on both sides?

9. In Vista, if Windows Mail is to replace Outlook Express, what is going to replace NetMeeting?

10. What is common to the games Mahjong Titans and Purble Place?

Answers

1. A 3.5-inch-diameter 1 terabyte drive for desktops by Hitachi Global Storage Technologies.

2. Shenzhen Xunlei Network Technology.

3. Dubai

4. Gentoo (after the Gentoo penguin)

5. Red Hat

6. `Advanced Step in Innovative Mobility'.

7. Chris and Tim Stamper.

8. Samsung

9. Windows Meeting Space.

10. They are new games developed by Oberon Games for Vista.

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