Literature

Nobel Prize
Any of the six international prizes awarded annually by the Nobel Foundation for outstanding achievements in the fields of physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature, and economics and for the promotion of world peace. Nobel Prize, award given for outstanding achievement in physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, peace, or literature. The awards were established by the will of Alfred Nobel, who left a fund to provide annual prizes in the five areas listed above. These prizes were first given in 1901. The Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel was established in 1968 from funds provided by the Swedish national bank, Sveriges Riksbank, and was first awarded in 1969. Each prize consists of a gold medal, a sum of money, and a diploma with the citation of award. The amount of money available for each prize varies from year to year. The Nobel Prizes are awarded without regard to nationality; the judges are, by the terms of Nobel's will, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (physics and chemistry, as well as economic science), the Swedish Royal Caroline Medico-Surgical Institute (physiology or medicine), the Swedish Academy (literature), and a committee elected by the Norwegian parliament (peace). The awards are made on Dec. 10, the anniversary of Nobel's death, the Peace Prize being presented in Oslo and the others in Stockholm. A prize is sometimes shared; several times the Nobel Peace Prize has been given to an organization. There may be one or more years in which a prize or prizes may not be awarded; this has happened most often with the Peace Prize. See the tables entitled Nobel Prizes and Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel for lists of persons who have been awarded the prizes.
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Health

AIDS
Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) is the final and most serious stage of the disease caused by the human immunodeficiency virus. Symptoms begin when an HIV-positive person presents a CD4-cell (also called T cell, a type of immune cell) count below 200. AIDS happens concurrently with numerous opportunistic infections and tumors that are normally associated with the HIV infection.
The most common neurological complications of AIDS involve opportunistic infections of the brain such as progressive multifocal leucoencephalopathy (PML) and meningitis, other opportunistic infections such as herpes zoster (shingles), peripheral neuropathy, depression, and AIDS-related dementia.
Causes and symptoms
The cause of primary AIDS is infection with the HIV virus, transmitted via infected blood or body fluids. Methods of transmission of the virus include unprotected sex, especially anal intercourse; occupational needle stick or body fluid splash, which has an estimated transmission rate of less than 0.3%; sharing of needles in drug abuse; and receiving contaminated blood products.
Opportunistic infections occur in individuals whose CD4 count is less than 200 cells/mm³ and those not taking preventative drugs.
Symptoms of AIDS include:

• cough and shortness of breath
• seizures and lack of coordination
• difficult or painful swallowing
• confusion and forgetfulness
• severe and persistent diarrhea
• fever
• vision loss
• nausea, abdominal cramps, and vomiting
• weight loss and extreme fatigue
• severe headaches with neck stiffness
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Networking

What is a Network?
Network, in computing, two or more computers connected for the purpose of routing, managing, and storing rapidly changing data. A local area network (LAN), which is restricted by distances of up to one mile, and a metropolitan area network (MAN), which is restricted to distances of up to 60 miles, connect personal computers and workstations (each called a node) over dedicated, private communications links. A wide area network (WAN) connects large numbers of nodes over long-distance communications links, such as common carrier telephone lines, over distances ranging from that between major metropolitan centers to that between continents. An internet is a connection between networks. The Internet is a WAN that connects thousands of disparate networks in the U.S., Canada, Europe, Asia, and elsewhere, providing global communication between nodes on government, educational, and industrial networks. Networks allow for resource sharing (e.g., multiple computers sharing one printer), data sharing, and communication or data exchange (e.g., electronic mail).
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Local-area networks?
Computer networks that usually cover a limited range, say, within the boundary of a building. A computer network is two or more computers that communicate with each other through some medium. The primary usage of local-area networks (LANs) is the sharing of hardware, software, or information, such as data files, multimedia files, or electronic mail. Resource sharing provided by local-area networks improves efficiency and reduces overhead.

Four basic types of media are used in local-area networks: coaxial cable, twisted-pair wires, fiber-optic cable, and wireless. Each medium has its advantages and disadvantages relative to cost, speed, and expandability. Coaxial cables provide high speed and low error rates. Twisted-pair wires are cheaper than coaxial cables, can sustain the speeds common to most personal computers, and are easy to install. Fiber-optic cable is the medium of choice for high-speed local-area networks. Wireless local-area networks have the advantage of expandability.

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Steps for longer Battery Life:- In case your mobile phone uses Nicd or NiMh batteries, let them get discharged completely before you recharge them.

• Check that your phone's battery contacts are clean. You might need to sometimes clean them with alcohol.

• Keep the batteries in a cool, dry place, away from heat and magnetic objects.

• Don't leave batteries dormant over an extended period of time. Switch on your phone once in a while to ensure this doesn't happen.

• Switch off features such as Bluetooth and Wi-Fi when not in use to prolong battery life.

• Keeping the sound level for ring tones and other audio notifications (SMS, Keypad press, etc) at low will also help increase the time your battery lasts.

• Do not overcharge your battery. This may result in permanent damage.

• Use battery chargers specified by the manufacturer. Using other battery chargers may damage your battery or shorten its life span.

1. Who is the new Secretary General of the United Nations?
Ans- Ban Ki-Moon

5. Who is the new Chairman of the National Cricket Academy(NCA)?
Ans-Dilip Vengsarkar

Know More
Types of viruses are:

Trojan horses
A Trojan horse is not a virus in the strict sense, but a computer program. Rather than insert code into existing files, a Trojan horse appears to do one thing (install a screen saver, for example) when in fact it does something entirely different, and potentially malicious, such as erase files. Trojan horses cannot replicate automatically.

Worms
A worm is a piece of software that uses computer networks and security flaws to create copies of itself. A copy of the worm will scan the network for any other machine that has a specific security flaw. It replicates itself to the new machine using the security flaw, and then begins scanning and replicating anew.

E-mail viruses
An e-mail virus is a virus which uses e-mail messages as a mode of transport. These viruses often copy themselves by automatically mailing copies to hundreds of people in the victim's address book.

Logic Bombs
Logic bombs maliciously cause legitimate applications to fail. "An application, for example, might delete itself, along with all information and files from the disk, after a couple of runs as a copy protection scheme. The logic bombs may transfer itself to other applications and storage items, i.e. floppy disks, CD-ROM disks, and CD Disks."

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