Crop insurance for five more districts

With monsoon becoming weak and drought looming large over the State, the Government has extended the weather-based crop insurance scheme to five more districts, covering 12 crops this kharif season.the scheme aims at providing insurance to the cultivator against adverse weather such as deficit and excessive rainfall, frost, heat (temperature) and relative humidity, which affect the crops.
The scheme was implemented in 10 districts, covering eight crops last kharif season. Officials of the Directorate of Agriculture told The Hindu that the scheme covered drought-prone Bangalore Rural, Ramangaram, Chickballapur, Hassan, Bidar, Bijapur, Bellary, Chitradurga, Gadag, Gulbarga, Haveri, Shimoga, Kolar, Koppal, and Tumkur districts.July 15 is the last date for farmers who had borrowed crop loans to submit applications for the scheme.

U.S. Senate Passes Version Of Home Loan Aid Bill

By October, people struggling with potential foreclosures on their homes may have a new opportunity to refinance their mortgages. The U.S. Senate passed its version of a housing-crisis rescue on Friday, and after some potential tweaks in the House, the bill soon could head to the president's desk.

The part of the bill that most directly affects individuals, the foreclosure aid, was largely authored by Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., who made it his focus since returning from the presidential campaign trail six months ago. After the bill passed, 63-5, a relieved Dodd said, "I think everyone felt this was a time we really have to come together."

Here are the basics of the foreclosure help:

It's a voluntary program that requires agreement between a troubled borrower and a lender. The lender has to agree to refinance with a 30-year, fixed-rate loan at less than the current market value of the home. The borrower has to agree to give up part of the profit if he or she sells the home for a gain in the coming years.
Until the president signs the bill into law, the final elements of the Federal Housing Administration-run program — set in the Senate bill to start in October — won't be settled. When it does become active, estimates indicate that the program could help as many as 500,000 homeowners.

The housing market has been the victim of a decline in home values while adjustable-rate loans spike to levels unaffordable for many borrowers. Nationwide, more than 8,000 properties enter foreclosure each day, as Dodd has repeated daily on the Senate floor.

The bill is considerably more complex than its temporary foreclosure provisions, which run only through 2012. It also establishes a new government regulator of mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. It modernizes the Federal Housing Administration, and it provides money for local governments to buy foreclosed property in especially troubled areas, among many other provisions.

Dodd had to answer questions Friday about the funding sources for the foreclosure prevention plan — Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac — because their stock prices have fallen rapidly this week amid mortgage-market fears. The decline has been so dramatic as to create speculation about a possible bailout and government takeover of the mortgage finance companies, which hold $5 trillion in loans between them.

IT’S the most important launch of the year for small car buyers... the first official pictures of the new Ford Fiesta.

The Fiesta Zetec S edition will be revealed at the British Motor Show in a fortnight.

It’s now 32 YEARS since the first Fiesta was built in 1976. Since then the Fiesta is the small car that has been a key part of the British motoring scene with nearly 3.5million sales. And this is undoubtedly the best it has ever looked.

The Fiesta gets all the classy exterior styling that has turned the Mondeo and Focus into style icons.

It has the look of a mini-Mondeo with the slinky headlights, double grille and flared wheel arches.

But the cute and curvy rear gives the Fiesta its own distinctive style. Put the two together and you have a small car with more than a hint of Italian chic.

The Zetec S pictures unveiled are obviously even more sporty with 16in alloys, sports spoiler, front fog lamps and bumper skirts.

Although final interior pictures have yet to be released, I’ve seen inside and it’s outstanding for a small car. It’s very similar to the concept interior, below, but with brighter colouring matching the exterior paintjob.

The centre console looks very expensive with aluminium trim, while the main instrument dials are in a motorbike-style cowling.

The Fiesta also gets a tray for an MP3 player with built-in sockets for audio and USB cables.

New Microsoft Search Technology Could Help The Little Guy

Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) researchers are developing technology to help small advertisers more successfully identify obscure Internet keywords, technology the software giant hopes could eventually boost the revenue it gets from Internet search advertising.

A tool being tested by Redmond, Wash.-based Microsoft works by tracking the different search queries that lead Internet users to a Web site. The company's researchers are identifying less-obvious paths to a given destination. Microsoft thinks the technology could prove popular with smaller companies with limited marketing budgets when they bid for search keywords.

"This allows advertisers to bid on keywords which are cheaper but potentially very effective," said Ariel Fuxman, one of two researchers working on the project at Microsoft's Silicon Valley research lab in Mountain View, Calif.

The technology isn't currently in commercial use, but is one of a range of tools that could give the software giant a valuable tool to challenge Mountain View, Calif.-based Google Inc. (GOOG), whose search algorithm is widely regarded as the industry standard.

Google commands the Internet search market. In May, the company left competitors Yahoo Inc. (YHOO) and Microsoft far behind, taking 68% of all U.S. Web searches. Google's business model has been built on allowing advertisers to pay for keywords that searchers can click on to go to their sites, a formula which has rapidly become the cornerstone of the Internet economy. Google's supposedly superior search technology means advertisers pay richly for keywords they think will propel their Web sites to the top of a Google query - the primary access point to the Web for many consumers.

Microsoft is anxious to gain ground. Internet search advertising is the fastest-growing segment of the total advertising economy. EMarketer expects it to hit $10.4 billion by the end of 2008, up by 23% on 2007. Microsoft is pushing to build its Internet presence amid a wider shift toward Web-based distribution of computer applications, which may challenge the dominance of its core Windows operating system and Office software tools.

To improve search capabilities, Fuxman and colleague Panayiotis Tsaparas are exploring the relationship between queries and the Web addresses they generate. They have found some connections that could help entice smaller, less Web-savvy advertisers, many of which have tiny marketing budgets, into the Internet advertising ecosystem by offering alternative keywords that fall outside the radar of the big brand marketers.

The technology works by assessing the probability that a given query will lead to a particular Web site. In tests, the team found surprising results. For example, the team studied queries that led to the Web site "shoes.com." Some queries were obvious, like "running shoes." But others, like "Jessica Simpson Shoes" and "Chinese Laundry," demonstrated that indirect and even apparently irrelevant queries can still lead searchers to a Web site with a surprisingly high probability.

So, while athletic equipment makers will likely continue paying top dollar to get linked with the term "running shoes," a small, custom footwear maker may be able to generate greater sales by bidding on a more obscure keyword.

To be sure, it is unlikely this will immediately upend the economics of search advertising.

"The thing that tends to happen is that listings in top positions are the links that tend to get clicked on," says Greg Sterling, a consultant who specializes in Internet search technology. A similar approach is already being used by Google through its so-called "broad match" option, which allows advertisers to extend their campaigns by matching to keywords that some users don't necessarily want to buy. Sterling thinks the technology isn't likely to be a "game changer" for Microsoft, though it could improve the efficiency of paid search.

If the technology were to be used commercially by Microsoft, it would join a panoply of tactics the company is pursuing to improve its search capabilities and help it monetize advertising to the levels enjoyed by either Google or Yahoo.

Among those tactics is acquisitions. Since February, Microsoft has been in on- again, off-again talks to buy Yahoo. Last Monday, Microsoft said it would be interested in restarting talks if the Sunnyvale, Calif.-based company's board is replaced, something activist shareholder Carl Icahn is trying to force.

Microsoft has also quietly bought up a bunch of small companies and is honing technologies to improve its search products. These include the acquisition of San Francisco-based Powerset Inc. and building relationships with computer manufacturers, such as Hewlett-Packard Co. (HPQ), to make its search engine the default on new computers.

The Silicon Valley researchers believe the application could help smaller companies build cheap but effective Internet search campaigns.

"It's true that big brands will probably continue to want to bid on the most obvious keywords," says Fuxman. "But the safe option is the most expensive. Only the large advertisers will be able to afford these keywords. We think bidding on less obvious keywords which are proven to generate traffic can help monetization and generate more sales.

Glitches for iPhone Launch in Britain

Mobile operator O2—Apple's iPhone partner in the UK—said the level of demand for the device caused its credit checking system to slow down across the country, forcing it to process some customers manually. The problem also meant Carphone Warehouse—the other retail outlet for the device in the UK, along with Apple and O2—had to switch to its own systems.

Despite the countrywide slowdown, an O2 spokeswoman said the operator was still able to process all its customers within the target 20-minute timeframe.

As of midday, the spokeswoman said O2 had sold out of 16GB iPhones in its Oxford Street store in London, adding: "We are selling in our biggest stores...40 [iPhone] handsets an hour—which is more contracts than we usually sell in a day. It's phenomenal."

However one iPhone customer, who was second in the queue to buy from a Carphone Warehouse shop in Canary Wharf this morning, told silicon.com problems with O2's system meant he had to spend an hour in the shop before he could leave with his phone.

A spokesman for the retailer confirmed there had been "an issue" with O2's system this morning. But he added: "We were able to switch to our own systems and to continue selling so there wasn't any disruption in our service."

Meanwhile, some iPhone hopefuls attempting to buy the device from Apple's Regent Street flagship story left empty-handed, according to silicon.com sister site, CNET.co.uk, after staff in the store were unable to access O2's network activation system.

HSBC home loans offer

Summer’s here and with it great offers on HSBC’s range of Home Loans. All HSBC customers who take up a Home Loan before 2 August have the option to avail themselves of six great offers namely; a repayment holiday for the first three months, a 50 per cent discount on the processing fee, free property insurance for the first year, free one month life cover on level term policies, a fee free Classic credit card with zero per cent interest for one year on purchases and a Flexicredit loan with zero per cent interest for the first year.

Customers taking Maxicredit loans during the summer offer period will also benefit from all the offers excluding that on Flexicredit. Also, during the Summer Offer period all new Home Loan customers will automatically take part in a competition in which fantastic Samsung prizes, made available in collaboration with Sound Machine Ltd, are up for grabs. The first prize is a 46-inch LCD TV with a wireless home theatre system, the second prize consists of a home appliances bundle including a fridge, washing machine and microwave; and the third prize is an 18,000 btu air conditioner. There are also seven Samsung video cameras or mobile phones for winners of the fourth to 10th prize.

“Purchasing one’s own residence is something we all dream of HSBC’s home loan propositions give our customers the possibility to realise those dreams as the options available ensure that there’s a Home Loan for everybody. Our Summer Offers provide new Home Loan customers with a range of discounts at a time when they really need them and are an added incentive for potential home owners to choose HSBC,” said Godfrey Swain HSBC’s Head of Personal Financial Services.

Virgin:- launched new vTrendy mobile

Virgin Mobile has announced its "vTrendy" phone, a sleek, color-screen FM Radio-enabled phone claimed to be one of a kind in bundling a unique offer at such an affordable price. appears sleek and comes with a 65K color screen, speaker phone, organizer, FM radio, stereo headset, up to 500 contacts phone-book memory, up to 150 additional contacts on RUIM or SIM card, and Long Messaging Service (LMS).
P Madhavan, chief sales and distribution officer of Virgin Mobile, said, "Youth today are faced with a situation where they have no stylish CDMA handsets in the price range below Rs 1,500. Even a GSM service provider's handset bundled offer does not really appeal to them because of lack of attractive handsets. vTrendy is a no compromise deal for youth since it combines a stylish handset to suit their budget, is loaded with features such as FM Radio, 65K color, and Long Messaging Service.
priced at Rs 1,499. With every "vTrendy" users will also get a starter user kit and a lifetime validity recharge. The handset is now available across 15,000 outlets nationally and 1,000 modern retail outlets including The Mobile Store, Univercell, Croma, Convergem, Big C, Vishal Mega Mart, Vijay Sales, and Sangeetha, among others.

Blackberry

To broaden its 14-million customer base, BlackBerry maker Research in Motion, based at Waterloo near here, Monday unveiled a new and sleeker version of the wireless device that is a style statement among professionals and corporates around the world.

Called the BlackBerry Bold, the new smartphone comes with a variety of new features. Labelled as model number 9000, it will be priced between $300 and $400 and hit the market this summer.

This will be the first BlackBerry to support tri-band HSDPA high-speed cellular networks around the world and feature integrated GPS, Wi-Fi and a set of multimedia capabilities, the company said in a statement Monday.

``The new BlackBerry Bold represents a tremendous step forward in business-grade smartphones and lives up to its name with incredible speed, power and functionality, all wrapped in a beautiful and confident design,'' company president and co-CEO Mike Lazaridis said.

Apart from the usual BlackBerry applications, including phone, email, messaging, and organizer and browser, the BlackBerry Bold will also feature 624 MHz mobile processor for quick downloading of email attachments, streaming video or rendering web pages, 128 MB Flash memory and one GB on-board storage memory.

``With this powerful new smartphone, users can even talk on the phone while sending and receiving email or accessing the web, and download Word, Excel or PowerPoint files and edit them directly on the handset using the preloaded DataViz Documents to Go suite,'' the company statement said.

Thanks to its high-resolution, ultra-bright display and its colour LCD fused to the undersurface of the lens, users will get vibrant and razor-sharp pictures, while videos play smoothly and web pages, documents, presentations and messages snap with exceptional quality and contrast, the company claimed.

The BlackBerry Bold will make on-the-go browsing a whole new experience, with the trackball mimicking a mouse, and making it easier to navigate sites or to zoom in on specific parts of a web page.

Users can also choose between the full desktop-style HTML content and layout or the mobile version. It also features a two-megapixel camera for video recording, built-in flash and 5x digital zoom.

The device will also allow users connectivity to protected wireless networks. With its enhanced media player, users can display pictures and slideshows quickly, play movies in full screen mode, and manage their music collection.

The BlackBerry has a customer base of about 14 million, mostly corporate executives and professionals who use it for sending secure wireless emails.

However, the Canadian giant in wireless connectivity, which operates in North America, Europe and Asia, says about a third of its subscribers are non-corporate types, including ordinary consumers. To woo this market, the company is launching new devices soon.

Same Day Cash Loans: Helps You To Be Self Dependant

Same day cash loans are good for those who want small cash immediately. These loans do not offer much bigger amount and therefore, are ideal for solving the small problems that keeps arising in almost every month. Generally, these loans are for salaried people who often do not gets money left in their hand by the mid of the month. You would definitely like to take the same day cash loans for your small problems.

Same day cash loans offer an amount of £100 to £1500 and the repaysment term is 14 to 31 days. You would find this amount quite sufficient as there are lot many tasks that demand an amount like such only. Through this amount you can pay your medical bills, electricity bills, home or other electronic appliances’ installments, give your child’s examination fee or can repair your car. So, go for the same day cash loans and throw all your problems away. Other than this the flexible repayment option is quite friendly. As you can adjust it very easily with your repayment date you will not have to take tension regarding any probability of failure in repayment. However, you better not try to exceed the repayment date as doing so will lead you to pay extra late fee.

LG Mobile Future in Asia 2008

LG Electronics made its presence felt at the ongoing Mobile Asia 2008 exhibition in Delhi, India by unveiling its future line-up of mobile products. On display was LG’s recently launched Viewty KU990, the KF600, the slim and stylish KF510 and the much-awaited KS20 smart phone.
The LG Viewty-KU990 happens to be LG’s first phone with a full 3-inch LCD touchscreen. It was launched sometime last year. Other notable features of this phone include a high-end 5 mega pixel digital camera with a manual focus option, an image stabilizer and an ISO up to 800 for indoor or night shooting. Further, this phone’s camera also records video at up to 120 frames per second, which can be uploaded directly onto YouTube.
The LG-KF600 handset is a newer handset which features an InteractPad that feeds forward commands to users, almost reading their minds! Other features of this phone include a 3 mega pixel camera, MP3 player, video recorder and an interesting high-gloss finish trapezoidal shape.
Next up is the ultra-slim LGK510 cell phone which provides animated feedback to users with its unique, touch-sensitive LED panel. It also features a dynamic touchpad with interactive touch lighting and emotional animation. Other salient features of this phone include a Smart Camera which has a startup time of around just 1 second, image stabilization, LED flash and red eye reduction, an MP3 player and the ability tp record and play back QVGA video.
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Cheap cell phone From samsung

The handset sports a 3.86cm LCD screen and a speaker phone for hands-free comfort. It also includes a Hinglish sms feature that recognizes both English and Hindi words.
Priced at Rs 1,949, "Guru100" weighs 78 grams and measures 104 x 44 x 16.3mm.
Meanwhile, Spice's new entry-level camera phone, "S-585" features FM Radio, VGA camera, and music player.
The one-touch FM Radio and MP3 player comes along with inbuilt speaker phones. Users can also watch videos on the 65K TFT color display. The memory slot is expandable up to 1 GB.
The S-585 comes with essential accessories, including a dual-corded headset and USB cable, and is priced at Rs 2,999.

Apple Bumps Suffle Space Is 2GB

Apple Company Released Our New Product 2GB Model diminutive ipod shuffle in just $79 Dollor and 1GBmodel price is $49 dollor.

Apple company announced a new 2 gb version ot its tiny ipod shuffle portable music palyer, doubling the shuffle's capacity but keeping the same in $4dollor price .however,apple hasn't done away but with in orignal price 1GB Version of it's popular music player:insted the1gb version price is $49 dollor."

for the missing optica, apple has ressurigly provide consumers with an option to use the macbook air super drive, Which would be available at an additional cost of rs 5,500.
for those who do to purchase the super drive for their macbook air they can use apple software feature on the notebook called romete disk. The feature enable you to borrow the optical drive of another mac or pc on the same network as the macbook air.apple macbook air is priced at Rs96,100.It comes with a limited one year warranty on campany.the big lanch the time capsule, is automatic data back up solution that work over a wireless network.
It can ass a wireless hard drive for both the mac and the PC.On the leopard operating system os,it works like a wireless hard drive that work in sync with apple's in house software, time machine.
It also helps find lots file and restore all of apple's software.time capsule is a full airprt extreme base station with 802.11n wirless and four ethernet ports,pluse server grade hard drives to back-up multiple macs over a network.apple's time capsule will be available in tow capacities:500GB at a price tag of Rs16,700 and 1TB for RS 27,200.No doubt these devices from apple are considred ground-breaking.

New Laptop Launch In India

We were the first ones to report that apple computer will be announcing the india launch of its
macbook air and time capsule today.

so here it is apple has officially announced today that in tow week time its mac book.Air along with accompainment and its time capsule will be avilable in india at an ,apple store near you.the macbook air has been talked and written about recurrently ever since it was announced by apple ,steve jobs at te mac world 2008.The slimmest (no thinnest in the world,as jobs described it it, measures just 0.76-inches at its thickest,and a mere 0.16-inches at its thinnest.
according to apple the notebook is essentially for mac-user on the move.this is where its portability and wireless convenience come into play.
the silver matte coloed macbook air features a 13.3 inches led back lit wideiscreen display,if you care about ,you must know that it's mercury-free.the macbook air feature intel core 2 duo processor and intel 965 gsm chipset with intergrated gfx using a new miniaturized packge technolgy.It also features a 4200 rpm 1.8 inches hard disk drive with 80 gb standerd storges capacity,and 2gb ram.the macbook air has bulit in isight web cam and a track pad insted of the conventional touch pad that works on a platform similar to that of the iphone or ipod touch. While the petie frame of the notebok has been appresciated worldwide its overall configuration has gathred mixed reaction.which is primarily due to the fact that it givesthe configuration has gather mixed reaction.Which is primerily due to the fact that that it gives the conventional optical drive a miss,the firewire,Ethernet media card reader and expriance card solt are absent from the notebook. Besides, there's only one usb port included in the macbook air.

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