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iPhone SDK launched

Apple finally launched the SDK (Software Development Kit) for the iPhone and the iPod Touch. This might give the iPhone a firmer stand in the smart phone market.

Users can now buy and download apps for their device from the “App Store”, a new venture. It will appear as an icon on the device. (Apple said that iPhone jailbreaking downloads would not be featured in the app store).
The software update is yet to be launched though users can try out the beta version. The official update called the iPhone 2.0 is expected to be launched in June.
For now, Mac users can download the iPhone emulator for their Macs and use it to develop apps. PC users will have to wait though a PC version may be launched soon.
To get your app published, you’ll have to pay Apple $99.
For those of you who have an iPod Touch, you’re not getting the update for free. You’ll have to pay for it when it comes out, OR just wait for the unlocked version of the update.
Watch Steve Jobs keynote speech here.

MacBook Air : It’s official !

Apple launched it’s latest product, the MacBook Air and take my word for it, it is absolutely beautiful. It is ultra thin, it’s thickness being just 0.76″.

It has a WiFi, bluetooth, EDR, everything you need. But, there is no optical disk drive. Apple insists that we don’t need one, and they have developed this new technology, that lets you read a disc wirelessly from another Mac or PC (a feature called Remote Disk), or you can just go for the USB optical drive.

It has an Intel Dual Core processor, that has been specially made for it, and it is 60% thinner than what it was before.

The keyboard is backlit.

You can go for a 80GB hard disk or a 64 GB SSD. And guess what, it has 5 hours of battery life.

It starts from $1799 and the most expensive model is $3098. It is a bit pricey, but if you see how thin it is, those Sony laptops just seem to fizz away.

Apple also launched movie rentals over iTunes , and they have a new UI for Apple TV, whose prices have been cut down to $229 from $299.

Reporting from Auto Expo 2008

For those of you who were not lucky enough to go to Auto Expo (pre-boards, stuff you hate), here is all that was meaningful there.

This is Prashant from Delphi (He does have a striking resemblance to me), standing next to a Merc SLK (Steve Jobs owns one)

This time there were loads of cool bikes, like the ones above.


I spotted a Porsche and a Suzuki Hayabusa tucked away in a corner.


This is the Suzuki Concept Car called Kizashi (boy was this place crouded) .


The Honda Hybrid, FCX.


This was one of the coolest cars there, the DC Ambierod.


And then there were the supercool cars. The pic above was in the Audi section and the one below was in the Honda section.

And lastly the Hyundai concept car. Looks really cool actually.

I couldn’t see the Nano (not the iPod, the Rs.1-lakh/$2500 car introduced by Tata), because of overcrowding ( and then this security guy wasn’t really happy with Prashant’s stupid attitude, he is one hell of a pest you know)

And for people who don’t know (I can bet there are a lot), Macworld 2008 begins on the 15th of January with El Jobso’s keynote (20:30 IST) (It seems something really cools gonna be launched, you know, there is something in the air).

Tracing IP Aaddresses

OK, here is a new thing I recently learned about.
Do you know that you can open up other people’s router pages ?
Mind you, this is not exactly legal (Even my telling you this is not legal).
So having told you that, let’s begin.

First of all, you need to know your own IP address.
Try this link : http://www.ip-adress.com/

Now that you know your IP address,download this free program,
called Free IP Scanner (Yeah,that is what it is called).
It is a free download. Link :http://www.eusing.com/ipscan/free_ip_scanner.htm

Now run the program and type in your IP address in the box. Instead of the last
3 digits (after the 3rd dot) type in 1 and in the other box type in the same thing
accept this time enter the last digits (Yes, after the 3rd dot) as 255. Now press
scan.

A whole list will pop up with numbers in the left hand corner. Some will have a
tick before them, others will have a cross. Now choose any number with a tick.
Enter this number into the address bar of your browser and press enter. A
dialog box opens up asking for username and password. Now the guess work
begins. Most of the times, username is admin and password is also admin or
password. Try out others as well. And yeah, it is ILLEGAL. I have tried it
once or twice and it has worked. Also, change the password of your router
because the same thing can happen to you.

And one more thing, like ethical hackers, please do not change the settings of
the router who’s homepage you’ve opened. Or else you’ll be in serious trouble

By the way, have you people seen the cool curved monitor that Alienware
showcased at CES ?

Access 2007 – Overall Winners!

Access 2007 was held at Modern School, Barakhamba Road on 18-19 December 2007. We got the Overall Winners position. Following is the list of individual winners:

ROBOTICS

First
Ankush
Abhinandan

SENIOR QUIZ

Third
G. Siddharth
Sameer

SENIOR PROGRAMMING

First
Sajal Jain
Shashwat Shivam

AUDIO EDITING

Third
Sobhagya
Aditya Jain

JUNIOR PROGRAMMING

Third
Anuj
Sakshi

SUB JUNIOR QUIZ

Second
Pranav Obhrai
Tanay Padhi

Congratulations Winners!

Access 2007

The Bits ‘N’ Bytes, Computer Club of Modern School, Barakhamba Road is organizing its annual computer symposium ‘Access 2007’ on the 18th and 19th of December 2007.
The following are the events in the symposium:

OPEN EVENT

Software Display
Number of Teams: Open | Number of participants per team: 2

Group Discussion
Number of Teams: 1 | Number of participants per team: 1

Topic will be given on 18th December at the Registration Desk

Robotics
Number of Teams: 1 | Number of participants per team: 2

Story Writing
Number of Teams: Open | Number of participants per team: 1

SENIOR EVENTS
For classes XI, XII

Senior Quiz
Number of Teams: Open | Number of participants per team: 2

Senior Programming
Number of Teams: Open | Number of participants per team: 2

Video Editing
Number of Team: 1 | Number of participants per team: 2

JUNIOR EVENTS
For Classes IX and X

Junior Quiz
Number of Teams: Open | Number of participants per team: 2

Junior Programming
Number of Teams: Open | Number of participants per team: 2

Audio Editing
Number of Team: 1 | Number of participants per team: 2

SUB JUNIOR EVENTS
For Classes VI, VII, VIII

Junior Quiz
Number of Teams: Open | Number of participants per team: 2

Multimedia Presentation
Number of Teams: Open | Number of participants per team: 1

Webpage Designing
Number of Teams: 1| Number of participants per team: 2

CADET EVENTS
For Classes V and Below

Cadet Quiz
Number of Teams: Open | Number of participants per team: 2

Powerpoint Presentation
Number of Teams: 1 | Number of participants per team: 2

Fancy Dress
Number of Teams: 2| Number of participants per team: 1

You can download the event details, schedule, other important details, etc. from their school website http://www.modernschool.net/access/

SCHEDULE



Important

All Exun crossword buffs and quizzers to report to the Web Resource Center in the Break on Monday, 3rd December 2007 for a briefing.

Kartikeya, Ananth and Aditya please make sure every Exun quizzer is present.

Thanking you

Manas Gautam
Bharat Agarwal

Exun 2007

Exun 2007

For the people who made Exun a success:

Mukesh Sir

We have really no words to express what Mukesh Sir means to us and the entire Exun team. He is the driving force behind everything we do and epitomizes all qualities Exun is known to possess- expertise, professionalism, teamwork and limitless enthusiasm! Thank you for everything, Sir! We all know that without you, there would have been no Exun, let alone Exun 2007!

Shikhar Kohli

Sir has rightly named him the ‘Man of Exun 2007’. He not only coordinated his designated duty i.e the trophies, with perfection, but also managed innumerable other tasks. He could always be seen with a Walkie-Talkie, running around and making sure everything was being carried out brilliantly.

Srajan Mani

Of all members, he probably worked the hardest. Even days before the event, he was always the first one to reach and the last one to leave. From his side, there were never any excuses or complaints, and no work was too low for him. He also assembled the configuration for the Pavna PC as a platform to work on the video.

Ankit Srivastava

He spent days and worked late at nights with Aviral on the video. The entire idea was conceptualized by him and he successfully gave the video the personal touch it needed. He also did a great job managing all the speeches and the AVH.

Aviral Goel

Our multimedia expert. Apart from spending days on the video, which was highly appreciated, he also coordinated the photography, and also anything else that required his impeccable skills in digital imaging and video editing.

Kartikeya Asthana

His presence at the registration desk ensured that the registration process was a breeze and also made sure the gaming event went perfectly.

Sahil Bajaj

A person indispensable for Exun. All thanks to him, the web updates were done at a rapid speed. He also conducted the Opening Ceremony flawlessly.

Ananth Govind Rajan

He coordinated the invitations follow up, public relations and registration extremely efficiently.

The trio- Shubham Goel, Rishabh Marya and Tanay Padhi

From being escorts last year, they did a phenomenal job at the Reg Desk this year. They also helped in endless other work and were always ready to run around! They will definitely take Exun to greater heights in the years to come.

Aditya Jain

Our Junior Coordinator, he ensured everybody was doing their duties properly. He also helped in Digital Imaging tasks such as the Banner and the Under_Score cover.

Sameer Mittal

One of our newest members, who came in through eLite, he was our ‘Mobile Help Desk’, constantly running around, but also making sure his assigned duty, the Help Desk was always handled properly. The new “Gentle Giant”.

Pranav Obhrai

Another upcoming star. Worked hard, ran around a lot and was the main person behind the Under_Score cover.

Gaurav Misra

Our software expert, he was the man behind the Online Registration & Photography – extremely core components in efficient management of Exun 2007.

Bharat Agarwal

One of the senior most members, he did the entire work of coordinating with the judges. We even received a mail from one of the Judges complimenting on how professionally the Judge Correspondence had been dealt with! Bharat was always there when he was needed.

Sakshi Gupta

Being in Exun for quite some time now, Sakshi handled several demanding tasks this time. She fulfilled her Programming event duty, made sure the judges were cared for and also never refused when she was asked to fill in as an escort!

Adideva Sekhri, Shobhagya Jose, Aditya Grover and Vishesh Kumar

They showed immense dedication in the gruesome escorts duty. Always ready to sprint when required, they never declined any work that was asked of them.

Arshiya Sibia and Mini Saxena, Akriti Gaur and Mini Saxena

They helped extensively in setting up packets for registration. They also made sure that the AVH, our prime event spot, was always covered properly.

Kanika and Akriti also delivered the speeches wonderfully. Despite being new to the stage, they were confident and always willing to work hard in order to improve. They will surely handle all speeches at future Exuns successfully as well.

Utkarsh Ohm,Digvijay Singh

Key backend people. They played an essential role in all managerial and coordination tasks. Utkarsh did a fantastic job to make sure all certificates were printed on time.

Rijul Jain, Vansh Muttreja, Akul Dayal, Anant Jain, Aayush Kumar, Kunal Singh

The senior Exun members, they helped wherever they were needed. Their experience of organizing numerous events in the past, no doubt, helped make Exun a success.

Shubham Prakhar, G. Sidharth

Our eLite Quiz Winners, they also did a lot of running. They ensured that the Quiz and Crossword Prelims in the Classrooms and the Programming event in the labs were carried out smoothly.

Rahul Bhatnagar, Tushaar Talwar and Varun Dubey

Also in their first Exun, they helped in managing various tasks efficiently.

Manvi Arora

Our youngest member and with six more years to go, she is Exun’s future. She watched all events with keen interest and will surely be a Participant as well as Winner in the years to come.

Hema Ma’am

We missed her last year and the professionalism of this year’s Opening and Closing Ceremony proves how vital she is for Exun.

Vijay Sir and Tiwari Sir– They were important people in the success of our event. They stayed back in school to ensure we could get everything done.

Joseph Sir, Diny Sir, Anup Sir and Thomas Sir They were our crucial back end support. We are extremely grateful for their assistance with everything.
Shankar Sir– Probably the most essential person for Exun. He was always willing to help in any way he could and whenever something was needed, all we had to do was ask him just once!

We express our gratitude towards all other teachers- Anita Ma’am, Romi Ma’am, Sarika Ma’am, Manisha Ma’am, Sangeeta Ma’am, Nandini Ma’am, Ajithkumar sir, Manpreet Ma’am, Shekhar Sir for all their effort, encouragement and support.

We would also like to thank all other support staff of the school.

We hope nobody has been left out. Once Again, Thank you for making Exun 2007 such a big success.

-The Presidents

Radhika Malik

Manas Gautam

Raghav Khullar

Code Wars 2007 – Overall Winners

Congratulations!
The Winners of Code Wars 2007
at DPS Vasant Kunj 16-17 November 2007

Babel Fish:
First – Sahil Bajaj & Aditya Jain

Techathlon:
First – The Entire Team

Gaming:

Second – Digvijay Singh

Web Designing:
Second – Gaurav Misra & Sahil Bajaj

Digital Imaging:
Second – Pranav Obhrai & Shubham Goel

Programming:
Third – Aayush Kumar & Utkarsh Ohm

The individual winners got 2 GB Kingston USB Drives, the individual runners up got Intex Webcams and the second runners up got Intex Headphones.

We also won a Lenovo Y-Series Laptop (Intel Core 2 Duo T5300-1.7 Gz, 2 MB Cache, 1 GB RAM, 160 GB HDD, 15.4″ WXGA screen, DVD-RW, Camera, Face Recognition, Bluetooth, TV-Tuner, Windows Vista Home Basic) for being the Overall Winners.

TCS IT WIZ 2007

The Tata Consultancy Services IT Wiz Regional Delhi Round was held in Sirifort Auditorium on 15th November 2007. More than 500 teams from over 90 schools of Delhi and NCR participated. The quizmaster was Giri (Pickbrain) Balasubhramanium of Grey Caps.

Vansh Muttreja and Raghav Khullar won the first position and the overall trophy. In addition, they received laptops from HP,Dinner for two at the Taj Palace, FastTrack watches , Books, USB mouse pads, T-shirts and Compaq speakers and Bags.

(They messed up with the names in HT Next)


[L to R] – Mr. Kiran Karnik,Raghav Khullar,

Giri (Pickbrain) Balasubhramanium,Vansh Muttreja,TCS VP