V.V. Ramanan

Questions

1. Which P2P service, as per its Web site, prides itself as the first to introduce multi source downloads and the first (and thus far the only) to announce an agreement with major US record labels?

2. Where did Microsoft found its first international office, `ASCII Microsoft', on November 1, 1978?

3. What is `Zune'?

4. India has decided to stay away (for the moment) from OLPC. What is OLPC?

5. What was seen, that would impact the cyber world, during a break in the third quarter of Super Bowl XVIII?

6. Why is Keith Donohue's fantasy novel `The Stolen Child' in the news?

7. Olivier Baujard is the CTO of... ?

8. Which comprehensive vulnerability scanning program would you associate with Renaud Deraison?

9. Name MTV Networks' new TV channel that features user-generated video clips and messages.

10. Who has announced plans to acquire graphics chipmaker ATI Technologies for $5.4 billion?

Answers

1. iMesh

2. Japan

3. The proposed name for Microsoft's proposed music software and player.

4. `One Laptop Per Child' scheme mooted by Nicholas Negroponte.

5. The famous Apple Computer's 1984 TV commercial.

6. Amazon.com is entering the big-screen movie business by buying an option to develop a film on the book.

7. Alcatel

8. Nessus

9. Flux

10. Advanced Micro Devices

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