Experience the all new look and feel of Microsoft Word 2010!

Microsoft has been updating its products frequently given the increasing dependency on computers for every single work. New Features of Microsoft Word 2010 helps in creating dynamic contents with attractive look and feel allowing one to create and access things from almost anywhere. The new version is equipped with the ability to create professional quality documents and save it online, allowing us to access and share the same document from any web browser.
Some of the unique offerings of Word-2010:
Improved Search and navigation:
The ‘Find’ result of this version gives a summary of the matched words in a single pane, from where we can access a single result depending on our requirement. The navigation pane gives an outline of the documents which is a much easier way to search the documents from.

Working in a team:
With Word 2010, people can work and share ideas together without having to wait for their turn. They can even chat with each other while using Word.

Access and Share Documents from almost anywhere:
Through the new Word 2010, it is now possible to create document anywhere, save it on web and then access it from virtually anywhere and any computer.

Adding Visual effects:
Now, we can easily apply formatting effects like glow, blevel, shadow and reflection to texts enhancing the presentability of the document. Most of the effects used only for images earlier are now applicable to both image and texts allowing a greater coordination between all contents.

Text to Diagram mapping: Word 2010 provides enhanced features to add visual effect to documents. SmartArt Graphics allows us to transform simple bullets into visuals to effectively illustrate the contents.

Recovering Lost work:
While using Word 2010, we don’t need to panic if the document got closed accidentally without being saved. We can access the draft version of the recently edited file and subsequently recover our lost document even if without saving it.

Well, these are only few of the unique qualities of the new version of Microsoft… There are more such mind blowing features of Word 2010…we have to use it in order to feel the purpose behind developing one more version of Microsoft Word with advanced features.

Australia and India to join hands for Ocean Research...

India is planning to join hands with Australia to conduct Research on the impact of various factors like population growth and climatic changes on oceans.
The team from both the countries will use 'Remote Sensing Technology' for this purpose.
The Indian team from ISRO will use its program of multiple satellite sensors to closely examine and monitor changes in ocean system, while Australian's expertise in oceanic science, its measurement and modeling will help in improving its access to satellite’s remote sensing abilities.
The motive behind this research is said to be the role of oceanic color in understanding the interactions between aquatic ecosystems, human impacts and other climatic factors... Lets hope this move to be beneficial for all of us in the long term!

Google partners with Italy for long awaited book scanning deal...

Now we can search through Google for all types Italian literary texts as Google Inc including books by Galileo. Google said on Wednesday that it will scan ancient Italian literary texts ranging from Galileo Galilei to herbal medicine manuals as part of the Internet company's first publishing partnership with a national government. Google and the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage have reached an agreement to digitize up to a million out-of-copyright works at the national libraries in Florence and Rome.
Google is not only to work closely together with the Italian libraries, but also with the Italian ministry of culture – the first time that the search engine has had a government department a such a close partner on such a project. Google called it a "groundbreaking deal".
The deal involves digitizing up to one million books held in the National Libraries in Rome and Florence. Google has similar arrangements for out-of-copyright books with Oxford University, Madrid's Complutense University and the Bavarian state museum.
"The libraries will select the works to be digitised from their collections, which include a wealth of rare historical books, including scientific works, literature from the period of the founding of Italy and the works of Italy's most famous poets and writers," says Google's strategic partner development manager, Gino Mattiuzzo, in a blogpost announcing the deal.
"We envision a future in which people will be able to search and access the world's books anywhere, anytime. After all, Antonio Beccadelli and Anastasius Germonius – like Shakespeare and Cervantes – are part of our human cultural history."

Panasonic all set to market its 3D TV with Best Buy offer!

With Panasonic all set to promote its new 3-D televisions this week, the company is teaming up with Best Buy to let customers try out the technology at special displays in hundreds of stores, before deciding on whether to buy the product or not. Now, the customers will be able to see it before having to believe its magical presentation and quality and they can also own it at a much reduced price.
Panasonic is also planning to discount the 3-D models by upto to 50 percent. A 50-inch model will now be available only for $2,500, according to the wsj reports.