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'Buy & tell' gets a fillip in the online world NEW DELHI: Status has acquired a new meaning. It is no longer the social standing you are talking about but your current state of mind or the latest acquisition you have made. Marketers are loving the free publicity as consumers go ga-ga about their new car, latest phone or a trendy accessory on social media—Facebook, Orkut, Twitter, blogs, et al. "Most often what we buy is for others, and not for ourselves," says brand guru Harish Bijoor, citing social psychologist Leon Festinger's 'Theory of Cognitive Dissonance' which explicitly reasons this behaviour. The theory, in a nutshell, states that one would always like to maintain a certain consistency between one's beliefs and actions. So when you buy something, you crave for a positive feedback to reaffirm that you made a right choice. Usually there is a tendency among people to exhibit such behaviour among their core peer group and family as there is a need to belong to the group. But this behaviour has increased over the last few years with product launches becoming more publicly explicit, a bigger brand line up on the shelf, and a steady rise in incomes. Moreover, with more overt modes to express—blogs, networking sites and text messages, the canvas of communication has become more colourful. "It's about the kick one gets in sharing one's excitement with a large audience," says Ashish Alwar, a marketing executive in Delhi who did not want his company to be named. "On my Facebook account, for instance, through a single post I was able to tell 500 'friends' about the new Volkswagen Vento I acquired the other day. Most responded with congratulatory messages." Psychologists disagree. They call it a feeling of 'upmanship' stemming from one's low self-image. "Most people don't have a positive self-image. They are governed by what others think of them and these thoughts are manifested through such expressions," says senior consultant psychiatrist Dr Sanjay Chugh. It is this lot which seeks acceptance on a public platform. The 'buy-and-tell' behaviour is also more visible in certain product categories as compared to the rest. Professor Abraham Koshy, marketing professor at IIM Ahmedabad outlines it this way: "Products such as watches, garments, perfumes, jewellery and automobiles are self-expressive products where people have a tendency to talk more about their purchases. Then there is the social networking medium through which people want to show their understanding of the environment by telling others about it." Social media helps in creating enough curiosity among people to go ahead and purchase what their friends bought. Of course, people express on such mediums for reasons other than just generating awareness! "The insecurity makes people flaunt what they buy and get many followers in the process. It starts with peer groups, moves on to elders and can even go down to youngsters," adds Bijoor. The 'tell-all tales' also depend on how much a person is involved in the purchase decision and their interest level in that specific product. "Areas where one would spend more of their time and energy like a phone, spa, gym or purchasing shoes will be discussed more. People discuss things that they feel strongly about and in which they have been personally involved. Also a lot of buzz is generated through the networking sites so that helps," asserts Tarun Sharma, country head of Swiss watch brand Jaeger-LeCoultre. In fact, this type of telling behaviour comes more to the fore in the case of high-value luxury products. Source:Economic Times

Google search works perfectly well....Runs without Intel Appup and Directly from the exe...And in Full Screen Glory on PC... My productivity is going for a toss...Just can't put down playing this Game...

City doctor makes breakthrough in fight against aids Parel scientist finds a way to block the virus from spreading in cases of sexual transmission In the global battle against the spread of HIV/AIDS, a major victory has been scored in a rather non-descript lab in a narrow, crowded lane of central Mumbai. Dr A H Bandivdekar, senior scientist and deputy director of the National Institute of Research in Reproductive Health (NIRH), has developed a compound that blocks the virus from growing and multiplying inside a woman's body in cases where it has been sexually transmitted. The path-breaking discovery, almost certain to shake up the anti-HIV/AIDS research across the world, can take the risk of HIV infection out of the lives of commercial sexworkers, thus putting a brake on its alarming proliferation. It can also help women married to HIV+ve men lead a normal life. However, entering Dr Bandivdekar's third-floor office-cum-lab at NIRH's Parel facility on Saturday afternoon, one did not get any sense of history being made. Dressed in a faded polo shirt and loose-fitting khakis paired with floaters, he treated with utter contempt any questions on how soon his discovery could be made commercially available. He'd rather, he said, focus on the ongoing in-vitro trials. "Commercial availability of this anti-dote is not my focus...it's not even my lookout," he said. But Dr Bandivdekar is already the talk of the small anti-AIDS research community. On Friday, he made a presentation in Panaji in Goa to a "very appreciative set of scientists" from across the world. His research, in its various stages, has already been published in three annual reports of the Indian Council of Medical Research. What the 'Bandivdekar compound' (he will not discuss its composition till the patent is cleared) does is it tames Mannose Receptor, a protein found in women's vaginal epithelial cells that binds with the virus and helps it grow and invade others parts of the body. When the Mannose Receptor is controlled at a certain level or is eliminated completely, the HIV virus, in absence of a carrier, is rendered ineffectual. Dr A H Bandivdekar, senior scientist and deputy director of the National Institute of Research in Reproductive Health (NIRH) The beginning Till 2003, when Dr Bandivdekar was in very initial stages of his research, the only protein that was known to bind with HIV and make it grow and multiply was CD4, found in abundance in blood cells. But that related to HIV transmission through blood. There was very little clarity on sexually transmitted HIV. His research first showed that the male sperm is CD4 negative. He later found that the vaginal epithelial cells too were CD4 negative. Now, a big question loomed - if CD4 acts as a carrier when HIV enters a human body through blood, which protein plays the role of CD4 when HIV is sexually transmitted? The answer, that came to Dr Bandivdekar after many years of research and experiments was - Mannose Receptor. And then began the race to find an anti-dote. "The compound is ready now. We have no doubts about its efficacy. Clinical trials will begin this year in the US, when we will use it on rhesus monkeys," he said. During his research, Dr Bandivdekar looked at 40 sexually active, discordant couples (HIV+ve males and HIV-ve women) and found that very low percentage of vaginal epithelial cells in these women had Mannose Receptor. "Since Mannose Receptor is responsible for carrying the virus beyond the vagina and then letting it multiply, these women have been free of HIV even after regular, unprotected sexual contact with their husbands," he said. A 40-year-old TV actor, who was part of this study, tested positive in 2004. He was married and had a 10-year-old son then. However, to his relief, tests showed his wife and son both were free of HIV. It was later revealed that less than 10 per cent of his wife's vaginal epithelial cells had Mannose Receptor. "Though I tested positive, the knowledge that my wife and son were safe gave me strength. The news gave me confidence to fight this disease, now I am doing well with my family's support," he said. Mixed reaction Within the scientific and medical community, there is mixed reaction to Bandivdekar's discovery. One of the major concern is HIV's propensity to mutate. "There are lots of other factors involved in the non-transmission of HIV from one partner to the other. In HIV, there are three sub types - A, B and C. In discordant couples, we have found type C virus not getting transmitted to the partner. However, we need more detailed studies," said Dr Preeti Mehta, head of microbiology, KEM Hospital. "Of course these findings give us new hope, it will take our research to another level. But it's too early for us to let our guard down. In counselling, we still ask discordant couples to use protection when having sex. The virus mutates very fast and that is a constant worry," said Dr Alka Deshpande, head of Anti-Retroviral Therapy at JJ Hospital. Dr Amita Joshi, head of microbiology at JJ, offered a similar reaction. "It will be difficult to be able to comment on this research at this stage. This is quite interesting, but I need to go through details," she said. Source:Mumbai Mirror

Won't it be Better to Call Educated Bheja Fries "CHATUR" of 3 Idiots...

Trust the Brits to Deliver the Punches perfectly...Good One...

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^^ But can GSM version be comparable with this one..Except the Number 360 everything will differ...I mean Chipset, internal memory, OS (May be BREW) all would be different in this one..

Brother, I started with a light post....Vaise bhi sab log thake huve hai apne apne Telecom Operators se... To kyu na thoda muskura le.. Delhivalo...Aa jao maidan me apne ideas aur options ke saath..

Unless TATA also registers the handset in its database, how can it work on it's Network? And Tata Programming also needs to be done even if it is registered by TATA as it will be non-ruim based handset..

Is anyone using this phone? A review would be appreciated particularly covering Internet Browser, Email Client, Java Apps Installation (Opera Mini etc..), RWorld, Using as Modem With PC....

Notion Ink Adam-Comprehensive Overview (Part 1) Notion Ink Adam-Comprehensive Overview (Part 2)

It's a Desktop Drive with AC Power Adaptor...

They don't have much mindshare in India for Laptops...But Good Company Overall...Comes up with very good design ideas and feature sets regularly... Yes Wind was their product...

Very True... Karthik's suggestion for a Pet is Very Good...A child understands many emotions of Selflessness, Compassion, Loyalty, Unconditional Love, Caring and Mercy for a world beyond humans through a Pet in maturing years... What differentiates today's Kid from our generation is that they have no time to Read Good Print Books today because of the so called connected world of Chats, Buzz, Facebook and above all Google search...Most of the social networking activities a child does now a days has One Day Value...No Intellectual Depth OR acquiring Real Knowledge... In that sense, Gifting a Child something which will motivate him to read Good OLD physical print books can work wonders for overall mental development... A Good Poetry book...So he knows the expression of varied emotions... A Good Science book...So he knows answers to unknowns and curiousity is aroused... A Good History book...So real histroy is known...And not from 2-3 line opinionated, ill-informed comments online And Thousand other things...Basically teaching him How to Fish rather than Gifting a Fish Good reading habit is the best thing for Child's overall mental development, open up his mind, explore the possibilities... Don't Know if you are a Gujarati, Still Two Suggestions... 1. Get him "SAFARI" Monthly Science Magazine Subscription...English Version also available...The Best...Reading since last 30 years... 2. R.R. Sheth & Co. Publishers in Mumbai has Two Schemes for Books, #Pay Rs 1,000 One Time and Get Rs 200 worth of books free Every Year Life Long #Pay Rs 5,000 One Time and Get Rs 1,000 worth of books free Every Year Life Long Though they are primarily into Gujarati Publishing, Good selection of English books also available...

Nothing to worry about AMD. I know many people have not used it before because of Intel Hype..But there is a good first time for everything.. AMD gives best Price-Performance Ratio, More features and Value For Money...For Intel You generally Pay More for the same or less features due to Brand Value perception.. You can see the proof for yourself between the Intel Model you are liking and AMD model i am suggesting... Go through this thread itself from beginning and read review of Toshiba AMD Laptop..Sound Quality point is also answered... I would go for Toshiba Satellite L640-M4310 at Rs 30,990 (Price will be even less now) compared to L640-M4010 for following additional features.. -3GB RAM -ATI 512MB Dedicated Graphic Card -Windows 7 Home Premium Preinstalled And all models have DVD Multi Drive. They may not write in the spec but usually all recent optical drives has DVD Re Writable Support.

One of the Lowest Priced Intel Core i3 Notebook in India MSI-CR420 at Rs 25,490 Buying Link http://cgi.ebay.in/w...em=120670576633 Specs: Intel Core i3 330M Processor (2.13GHz, 3MB Cache) 14" inch 16:9 (1366×768 pixels) wide screen Display LED power-saving backlight technology Intel GMA HD Graphics 2GB RAM 250GB Hard Disk DVD Writer 4-in-1 Memory Card reader 0.3 Megapixel Camera 802.11b/g/n Wireless LAN Bluetooth v2.1 D-sub, 3 USB, Mic-in, Headphone out 6 Cell Battery DOS (You will need an OS install before you can use the Notebook)

It seems the only thing which needs to be done now is EVDO activation from Reliance Backend... You have to Call..Mail..Again and again and at the right place... For some moral support and further guidance for EVDO backend activation, go through this thread http://www.rimweb.in...ng-in-reliance/ Handset is different but problem is same...

You can always add more RAM. Sticking to built in 4GB RAM may limit your choice, variety and budget as 4GB is not still main stream and difficult below 30K... For Starters, Go through following...They meet your requirement except 4GB RAM.. AMD Toshiba Satellite C650d-M5010 Laptop http://www.rimweb.in...post__p__204597 Toshiba Satellite L640-M4310 http://www.rimweb.in...post__p__206020 Lenovo 59055151 Rs 32,500 http://www.futurebazaar.com/Product/Lenovo+59055151+Laptop/2449478 INTEL Toshiba Satellite L640-I4010 Rs 29,490 https://www.toshiba-...ite-L640-1.html Toshiba Satellite L650-I5310 Rs 34,500 (4GB RAM) https://www.toshiba-...llite-L650.html

Too Many models from Indian Brands like Tech-Com, Zebronics, Intex, Umax....All available below Rs 2,000 Most are same stuff...same features...same quality...Can Buy Any... However if Quality is desired, Go For Brands like Compro and Avermedia. They specialise in TV Tuners... I have used all...Indian...Compro...Avermedia... This Indian stuff is no match for them... Compro External Models Link http://www.comprousa...lone_analog.php Avermedia External Models Link http://www.avermedia...List.aspx?IID=4

Thank You Everyone For Your Kind Words....

Wow...Stunning Photo...Emotion of Bliss and Rays of Sunshine on the Face Captured Beautifully At The Right Moment... Wish Everyone Same Bliss and Sunshine.... For the Studious Type Though, Know Makar Sankranti Better http://en.wikipedia....Makar_Sankranti

@FEVIN Following is the Model No. For Western Digital 500 GB USB 3.0 and USB 2.0 Drive. All are same except different colours. WDBACY5000ABK-Black WDBACY5000ASL-Gray WDBACY5000ARD-Red WDBACY5000ABL-Blue WDBACY5000AWT-White

FRIENDS, THIS IS ABSOLUTELY WORTH READING.... I wrote the following E-Mail to Mr. Kapil Sibal, Minister For Telecom on 7th December 2010... To: kapilsibal@hotmail.com Cc: MOCIT@nic.in Bcc: kapil@kapilsibal.com Subject: Clarification Regarding MNP Launch Schedule-Rest of India Date: Tuesday, December 7, 2010 11:58 am Respected Kapil Sibalji. Many congratulations for launching MNP in Haryana on 25th November. Expecting many bold, path-breaking reforms in Telecom while one of the most talented Minister at the helm of affairs. (Admire your initiatives in Education Sector). Would like to bring to your attention that All mobile operators are giving different dates for launch of MNP in different circles whereas some are saying it will launched all over Indian only on 20th January 2011. Millions of telecom customers are a confused lot and searching for the right information without any official source. May i request you to kindly order Department of Telecom to put up Complete Date Wise Schedule of MNP Launch in different circles immediately on its Website in MNP Section OR if there is no such schedule and MNP in rest of India will be launched only on 20th Jan, Clarify that. Not expecting a reply to this mail but will be stunned if one comes with the right information. Thanks and regards, Rajan Mehta One of the harassed Telecom Consumer, Your Admirer. And Today I have Received The Following Reply... From: dirvtm-dot@nic.in Subject: Your e-mail communication dated 07.12.10 seeking clarificationregarding MNP launch schedule- Rest of India. Date: Thursday, January 13, 2011 2:37 pm Sir, I am directed to refer your e-mail communication dated 07.12.2010 mentioned above and to say that the Mobile Number Portability is going to be uniformly implemented through out india with effect from 20.01.2011. Director (Security-I) Department of Telecommunications Ministry of Communication & IT 20 Ashoka Road, New Delhi-110117 Enjoy Friends...The First Official Confirmation...You Read Here at RIMweb...

Most of the portable HDD has USB 2.0. This is the limiting factor for interface..Even if the HDD is capable of higher speeds, this will limit data transfer speed beyond a point and more or less offers same speeds between various brands at a Practical level.. For Portable HDD Spec... -Should select 7200 RPM Drive -Should select Drive with more Cache RAM... E-Sata and USB 3.0 are very fast interfaces compared to USB 2.0 and more than doubles the writing speed. For this to work, -The PC needs to have USB 3.0/E-Sata Port. -If the PC does not have USB 3.0, there are USB 3.0 PCI Express Cards available. -If the PC does not have E-Sata Port but has normal SATA port, there are SATA to E-Sata brackets available. Western Digital has My Passport Essential Series Portable With USB 3.0 and USB 2.0. 500GB for Rs 3,550 Seagate FreeAgent Go Flex Series has different approach. Comes with USB 2.0 but you can buy separate Go Flex Connectors to make it either Firewire, USB 3.0+PCMCIA Express, E-SATA or USB 3.0. The connectors cost approx Rs 1,800 each, USB 3.0+PCMCIA Express Cost Rs 4,300. Basic Price of Seagate Freeagent Go Flex USB 2.0 without the connectors...for 500GB Rs 3,050. And no point in going for 320GB...

@HetalDP +1 For The 900 Mhz and 3G answer. Did not knew about Vodafone on 900 Mhz... She is not that much interested in 3G...2G Data good enough.. So all users recommendation & this technical info makes Vodafone the best choice in Mumbai at the Moment...