The Hindu Business Line : Quiz

3. Name the digital-music site that prices songs of new artists according to their popularity, in which Amazon.com is leading a first round of investment.

4. Which book that has had a major influence on the IT age starts thus: ‘The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel.’?

5. Which Microsoft offering is codenamed ‘Avalanche’?

6. Daniel Lyons, a senior editor at Forbes magazine, has revealed himself to be which famous blogger?

7. Which European nation recently launched the selection process to choose companies to run its national ID card program, the world’s most ambitious biometric project?

8. Which new movie deals with two guys going for the world record for a classic arcade video games?

9. To whom has Nokia decided to outsource development of third-generation chips?

10. Of which much anticipated invitation-only search service, which went live on August 8, is Jaideep Singh the CEO and co-founder?

Answers

1. Virgin Comics’ ‘Ramayan 3392 A.D.’.

2. University of Washington.

3. Amie Street

4. William Gibson’s ‘Neuromancer’.

5. Microsoft Secure Content Downloader (MSCD).

6. The Steve Jobs of the blog ‘The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs’.

7. Britain

8. ‘The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters’.

9. STMicroelectronics.

10. SPOCK