Details for the event at MJKPS

Class IX – XII

Senior Quiz
There will be a written elimination round. 2 students forming 1 team wil have to solve a single question paper. 6 teams will be selected for the final round. Attractive prizes for audience too!

Linux Programming
30 minutes will be given to solve 3 programs. Best of Luck!

Interface Designing
Participants will be required to design an interface for any application (eg audio/video player). The topic will be given on the spot.

Class XI-XII

Senior Programming
Each team of 2 students will get a set of programs. Programmers can choose Visual Basic or C++ to solve the programs.

Mobile Website Designing
Each team will be required to create a website that can be accessed on a mobile phone. Participants will be given a text editor and a WAP browser. Topic will be given on the spot.

Class IX-X

Hardware Troubleshooting
Each team will be given a fixed time to assemble and resolve hardware problems.

Create Mobile Ringtones
One team of 2 members can participate. MAGITH software will be provided to create the tones. Ringtones must be created based upon a theme given on the spot.

Class VI-VIII

Junior Quiz
There wil be a written quiz only. 2 members can form 1 team.

Digital Ad Venture
Students are required to creatively design an advertisement. Topic will be given on the spot. Adobe Photoshop and Macromedia Flash will be provided

Class V and Below

Cadet Quiz
There wil be a written quiz only. 2 members can form 1 team.

Watch n Present
All participants will watch a multimedia CD. They will be required to create a PowerPoint Presentation based upon the topic shown. Some picture files and sound clips will also be provided.

Draw n Paint
Participants will be required to draw and paint using any given drawing and painting software.
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Click here for the schedule.
SP and Hardware Troubleshooting are on the 26th while the SQ finals & Linux Prog are on the 27th.

To the Abhisheyk and Ishita – We were all waiting for a post on this, but it never came. Please, do your job. We still don’t know who’s going for what.

There will be a meeting of all members on April 21,2005(Thursday) in Lab 4 right after the 3rd period.We have quite a few things on our agenda.Firstly,the teams for CyberFest 2005, being held on April 26th-27th,2005 have to be finalized.I will be posting the details of the event soon.

I would like to put a stop to all the rumours and answer a few prayers.
Domain Square 2005 is gearing up and is ‘Coming soon’.
Therefore fasten your seatbelts.
If you are feeling restless you may register now by sending a mail to domainsquare@gmail.com and a seat will be reserved.
But if you think you can wait a little longer, do wait.
The Competition dates will be finalized, posters will be put up etc. and the registeration time will be aplenty.

P.S. Domain Square is a divine group started by Master Karan Misra for avid gamers and I might add that gaming isn’t just for fun. It is an important part of interschool compute symposia.

Thanking You
Manas Gautam(Tell ppl to stop bugging you Abhisheyk!!!)

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The Inter School TCS Quiz has been delayed and it will take place on 5,6th May. Prelims will be conducted on 5th and final will be held in the AVH on 6th.
No rules have been changed

Online search-engine leader Google has unveiled a new feature enabling users to zoom in on homes and businesses using satellite images, an advance that may raise privacy concerns as well as intensify the competitive pressures on its rivals.

This marks the first time since the deal closed that Google has offered free access to Keyhole’s high-tech maps through its search engine. Users previously had to pay $29.95 to download a version of Keyhole’s basic software package.

A more traditional map will continue to be the first choice served up by Google’s search engine.

Users will have the option of retrieving a satellite picture by clicking on a button.

According to Keyhole’s general manager, John Hanke, there is little reason for people to be paranoid about the satellite maps because the images generally are six to 12 months old. “And it’s not like you are going to be able to read a license plate on a car or see what an individual was doing when a particular image was taken,” he also added. Google’s free satellite maps initially will be limited to North America, with images covering roughly half the United States.

Not everyone will be happy about their homes being viewable on the Web, even if they do look tiny and fuzzy. Some privacy advocates are urging Google to offer an online “opt-out” feature that would let people type in their addresses to have their homes blurred or blanked out from Google’s public-image database.

Explore the universe

An Inter School Quiz (Exun Quiz Wiz) will be organised on 28, 29th April 2005 for the Inauguration of the TCS Lab. We will hold only quiz as event. NO other event like programming, software display etc..will be held. All the school will be participating in this 2 Day event. First day, we will conduct Prelims, in which 6 teams will be selected for the finals. Second day , we will held Quiz Final on the stage in AVH.

Visit: http://www.technologyreview.com/articles/05/04/wo/wo_040405web.asp

Google announces its foray into the beverage market with Google Gulp BETA.

An excerpt –
At Google our mission is to organize the world’s information and make it useful and accessible to our users. But any piece of information’s usefulness derives, to a depressing degree, from the cognitive ability of the user who’s using it. That’s why we’re pleased to announce Google Gulp (BETA)with Auto-Drink(LIMITED RELEASE), a line of “smart drinks” designed to maximize your surfing efficiency by making you more intelligent, and less thirsty.

Think fruity. Think refreshing.
Think a DNA scanner embedded in the lip of your bottle reading all 3 gigabytes of your base pair genetic data in a fraction of a second, fine-tuning your individual hormonal cocktail in real time using our patented Auto-Drink technology, and slamming a truckload of electrolytic neurotransmitter smart-drug stimulants past the blood-brain barrier to achieve maximum optimization of your soon-to-be-grateful cerebral cortex. Plus, it’s low in carbs! And with flavors ranging from Beta Carroty to Glutamate Grape, you’ll never run out of ways to quench your thirst for knowledge.

For more info, click here
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Apple and PalmOne team up on the ultimate hybrid phone but skimp a bit on the form factor.

Labelled the iTreoPod, this most brilliant combination has set the world on its ear, and, unlike any other Apple announcement, news of its existence wasn’t leaked months before the actual arrival date.

The iTreoPod combines the best of the insanely popular Apple iPod with the raw genius of the much-lauded Treo 650. This device can make calls, shoot pictures, surf the Web, and play iTunes music. It also fits nicely in a trouser pocket if, say, you buy your pants at Big & Tall.

Click here for more information.