How much you know about CRT and TFT-LCD computer monitor?

-          CRT stands for Cathode Ray Tube and TFT-LCD Stands for Thin Film Transistor – Liquid Crystal Display.

-          In CRT, the display device is a Cathode Ray tube.

-          In TFT-LCD, the display device is a flat array of thin film transistors.

-           CRT monitor is bulky, consume a lot of space and power thirsty.

-          TFT-LCD is smaller in size, consume less space and save power. A 15” CRT monitor consumes 100 W power in comparison to TFT consumes 30 W.

-          CRT monitor has much faster response time than TFT –LCD monitor.

-          CRT monitor has one more advantage than TFT as its color responses.  CRT displays colors much better than TFT.

-          TFT monitor are easier on the eyes of the viewers than the CRT.

Some facts about our world ….Must read

- Estimated age of our world is 4.6 billion years.
- Our world has 29.1% of land area and 70.9% of water area.
- 97% of water is salt and only 3% of water is fresh.
- There are seven continents in the world.
- As per their size the descending order of these seven continents is – Asia, Africa , North America , South America , Antarctica, Europe and Australia.
- As per the population the descending order of these continents is Asia, Africa , Europe, North America, South America , Australia and Antarctica.
- The nos. of countries these continents containing are Africa (53), Europe ( 46) , Asia ( 44) , North America (23) , Oceania (14) and South America ( 12).
- Russia is the biggest country in terms of land size followed by Canada, China, USA, Brazil , Australia , India and Argentina.
- Vatican city is the smallest country in the world who has only the area of 0.44 Sq. Km. followed by Monaco with 1.95 Sq. Km.
- Luxembourg is the richest country in the world who has GNP as $ 45,360 followed by Switzerland.
- Mozambique is the poorest country in the world having GNP as $80.
- China shares its land border with 14 countries.
- There are five ocean in the world as Pacific , Atlantic , Indian, Southern and Arctic.
- Mariana trench in Pacific ocean is the deepest point on earth as 35,827 feet.

How much you know about the history of Mobile Phones?

-On July 31 , 1995 – West Bengal CM, Jyoti Basu made the first call on a cellular phone to Sukhram at Delhi with the help of a brick size mobile phone cost around Rs. 45K and call cost around Rs.16 per minute , This was just a revolutionary step towards the Indian telecommunication sector with the help of Modi Telstra’s MobileNet services in Calcutta ( Now Kolkata). Remaining is history in India and this is growing day by day.

-Martin Cooper a Motorola employee is known as the inventor of the first handheld mobile phone and he made the first call to his rival De, Joel S, Engel of Bell Labs on 3^rd   April , 1973.  Thanks to Martin Cooper for his life changing invention which we call today “ Mobile Phone”

- The First SMS text message was sent from a PC to mobile phone in UK in the year 1992 and First Mobile phone to Mobile Phone was sent in Finland in 1993.

-The 1G generation cellular network was launched in Japan by NTT in 1979 in area of Tokyo and it was successful.

-2 G Generation cellular network was launched in Finland by Radiolinja in 1991.

- The much awaited service of 3G was firstly launched in Japan by NTT DoCoMo in WCDMA standard.

And today, we can not expect life without these handheld devices.  

How much you know about Human Brain ……………

- Human brain consists of about 100 Billion neurons.

- The weight of an average human brain is about 1300~1400 gm

- Human brain is consisting of 60% white matter and 40% grey matter.

- Human brain is 75% water ( approx)

- Human brain is the complex brain on earth.

- Human brain uses 20% of body’s energy.

- The left side of brain controls the right side of body and vice versa.

- Brain stopped its growth at the age of 18.

- Unconsciousness will occur after 8~10 seconds after loss of blood supply to the brain.

- Human brain generates the 25 W of power when it is awake.

How much you know about your mobile Phone ?

- Every mobile phone has one connection either it is GSM or CDMA. GSM is Global System of Mobile Communication & CDMA is Code Division Multiple Access.

- Every mobile phone has an IMEI (International Mobile Equipment Identity) number which can be visible after pressing * #06# and It is a 15 digit number which shows the genuiness of your mobile phone.

- You must note down your IMEI number with you because if your handset is being stolen, you can block the IMEI number then your handset will not work with any SIM card.

- SIM card is Subscriber Identity Module which securely stores the information regarding a subscriber or IMSI (International Mobile Subscriber Identity).

- Every SIM card contains a PIN (Personal Identification Number) to protect the mobile phone from unauthorized use. This is given to every customer on the purchase of a new SIM.

- If you entered the wrong PIN number three times, your SIM card will be blocked and it will only unlock after getting the PUK (Personal Unlocking Key) from your Service provider.

How much you know about Cricket?

As a Cricket fan we beleive we know each thing about cricket but following are some points to remember about cricket which usually we don't know.

- Cricket is actually originated in England in 15th Century.

- 1550 ( approx) – The evidence of cricket played in Surrey , England and then wherever England ruled, they took this game there.

- First official international cricket test match played in 1877 between England and Australia where Australia beat England by 45 runs at Melbourne.

- South Africa, West Indies and New Zealand played their first test match on 1889, 1928 and 1932 respectively.

- From 1900, the six ball over was introduced instead of five.

- 1971- First ODI cricket match was played between Australia and England at Melbourne, Australia.

- A cricket ball is between 8 13/16 and 9 Inches (22.4 cm and 22.9 cm) in circumference, and weighs between 5.5 and 5.75 ounces (155.9g and 163g).

- The bat is no more than 38 inches (97 cm) in length, and no more than 4.25 inches (10.8 cm) wide.

- The pitch is a rectangular area of the ground 22 yards (20 m) long and 10 ft (3.0 m) wide.

- The wicket consists of three wooden stumps that are 28 inches (71 cm) tall. They are positioned so they are 9 inches (23 cm) wide

- There are 10 methods when a Batsman can get out as Bowled, Caught, Handles the ball, hit the ball twice, Hit wicket, Timed out, LBW, Obstructing the field, Run out, Stumped.

Keep reading............

How much you know about FIFA World Cup?

- FIFA is the acronym for Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 

 - FIFA World cup idea was given by Jules Rimet in 1920. 

- The First World cup was played in 1930 in Uruguay and winner was Uruguay who beat Argentina in the final by 4-2.

- This mega sporting tournament was organized after every four years.

- FIFA world cup was not organized in 1942 and 1946 due to Second World War.

- Brazil topped the list of winning the title five times followed by Italy with four titles.

- Brazilian Ronaldo is the top scorer with 15 goals in world cup history followed by Gerad Muller with 14.

- This is 19^th world cup which will play in South Africa starting from 11^th June , 2010 and will ends on 11^th July, 2010 at Johansburg, SA.

- Only Seven countries won the title in the past. Brazil (1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, 2002) , Italy ( 1934, 1938, 1982, 2006) , Germany ( 1954,1974 , 1990) , Argentina ( 1978, 1986) , Uruguay ( 1930, 1950) , France ( 1998) and England ( 1966) during the 18 world cup tournaments.

- A record 204 countries entered qualification for world cup 2010.