Business Daily from THE HINDU group of publications
Monday, Oct 01, 2007
ePaper


eWorld
Features
Stocks
Cross Currency
Shipping
Archives
Google

Group Sites

eWorld - Cyber Quest
Quiz

V.V.Ramanan

Questions

1. Name Microsoft’s recently launched animated search engine to showcase its Silverlight animation and video player.

2. One more on the above theme. What does the name mean?

3. What is BlueString?

4. IBM’s free software for word processing, spreadsheet and presentation applications launched over the Internet is called…?

5. Which regularly used feature of e-mails/messages made its ‘debut’ at the Carnegie Mellon University’s electronic bulletin board on September 19, 1982?

6. The industry’s first 45nm processors, to be made available from Intel in November, are codenamed..?

7. Which cyber-major has bought e-mail software provider Zimbra for about $350 million?

8. What is LucasArts’s new Wii lightsaber game called?

9. Richard Parsons is the CEO of…?

10. Which Oscar winner’s educational foundation publishes the magazine, Web site and video documentaries called ‘Edutopia’?

Answers

1. Tafiti

2. It means ‘Do research’ in Swahili.

3. It’s a free online service, launched by AOL, that allows one to store, create and share photos, videos or music at one location.

4. Lotus Symphony.

5. The ’smiley’ (colon-hyphen-open parentheses) emoticon.

6. Penryn

7. Yahoo!

8. “Star Wars: The Force Unleashed”.

9. Time Warner, the world’s largest media company.

10. George Lucas.

More Stories on : Cyber Quest

Article E-Mail :: Comment :: Syndication :: Printer Friendly Page



Stories in this Section
Towards the Wee PC


Mouse-powered!
‘Search is a digression’
Browsing trouble
‘Future bright for captive BPOs’
Connect gadgets - not viruses
Piracy watch
‘Rupee appreciation here to stay’
Quiz
IT as Alan Greenspan sees it
Cartoon
Debut time
Sound option


The Hindu Group: Home | About Us | Copyright | Archives | Contacts | Subscription
Group Sites: The Hindu | The Hindu ePaper | Business Line | Business Line ePaper | Sportstar | Frontline | The Hindu eBooks | The Hindu Images | Home |

Copyright © 2007, The Hindu Business Line. Republication or redissemination of the contents of this screen are expressly prohibited without the written consent of The Hindu Business Line