JEE Advanced 2015: Toughest Paper for last 10 Years

The JEE Advanced 2015 paper was the toughest paper since the IIT JEE Paper of 2005 and tougher when compared with even the subjective papers of previous years.

The most coveted institute, IIT Bombay has indeed proved itself by setting a new standard to the JEE Advanced paper. It ensured that the changed objective pattern too can be employed to extract the best and most genuine cream of the IIT aspirants.

This time the total mark was a whopping wholesome of 504 (264 + 240) with a total of 120 questions (60 + 60). It is so clear that the paper had been lengthy.

Overall Review

1. This time the paper was so designed to test the students' tricky problem solving skills, time managing attributes which includes the not-losing-confidence trait, and also their memory to a certain extent. The sustainers of this great feat by IIT Bombay, do have the IIT factor in them.
2. The main drawbacks of the paper in the perspective of the students would be that the paper was lengthy as it did contain some tough and time consuming problems and the highly devastating format due to the heavy negative markings.

Firefox Smartphones: Most Affordable

Intex launched its first Firefox smartphone, the Cloud FX, priced at Rs 1,999.

Intex Cloud FX

Firefox OS
1.3 GHz processor
128MB RAM
3.5-inch HVGA display
256 MB of Internal Storage
Expandable memory up to 4 GB
2 MP Rear Camera
1250 mAh battery
Dual SIM
2G Support, WiFi with Facebook and Twitter preinstalled
Bluetooth
USB tethering

Spice also launched its new Firefox OS smartphone, the Fire One Mi FX1, priced at Rs 2,299.

Fire One Mi FX1

Firefox OS
1 GHz Single Core Processor
3.5-inch HVGA display
Expandable memory up to 4 GB
2 MP Rear Camera
1.3 MP Front Camera
1,400 mAh battery
Dual SIM
2G, WiFi and Bluetooth
USB tethering

Anudeep receive 1.44 Cr package from Google

Anudeep Nekkanti, age 21, student of Anil Neerukonda Institute of Technological Science, Vishakapatnam received an offer from Google, Zurich an impressive package of 1.44 Cr and additional perks including relocation and travel. Not an IITian, NITian or BITSian, he considers his preparation and performance in programing competitions the reason for his success at cracking the google interview process.

Girl manipulates JEE Main OMR sheet to win case against CBSE

According to sources a girl named Gauravi sharma modified JEE Main OMR sheets after downloading it from JEE Main official website to prove mistakes of CBSE. She filed a petition against CBSE alleging mistakes of CBSE.

A latest public notice issued by CBSE reads:The attention of all the aspirants of JEE (Main) is invited towards the judgment passed by the Hon’ble High Court of Delhi in WP(C) No. 2970/2014 & CM Appl. 6172/2014 (Gauravi Sharma v/s CBSE ).

Kishore Kumar's 85th Birthday

The world pisses you off, you retire at a bar to calm that burning heart of yours but the drink makes you thirstier. You hum “Duniya jab pyaasa rakkhe to Madira pyaas bujhaye, Madira Jo pyaas lagaye usse kaun bujhaye” silently.

There was a time when you worked, you worked out, you went out with friends, played cricket and squash. You had no time for love, and you crooned “Ye jo Mohabbat hai ye unka hai kaam, Mahboob kaa jo bas lete hue naam”

Google Chrome: Blocks UTorrent as Malicious

Google's Chrome browser has started to block downloads of the popular BitTorrent client uTorrent. Those who attempt to download the software are told that it's malicious and harmful, hinting that the website might have been hacked. 

With millions of new downloads per month uTorrent is without a doubt the most used BitTorrent client around.

Chrome: Killing Laptop Battery

Ian Morris writes on Forbes that Windows users who prefer Google's Chrome web browser are inadvertently ruining their computer batteries.

The problem lies in what's called a "system clock tick rate."
By default, a Windows PC tick rate is set to 15.625 milliseconds, meaning the processor "wakes up" and looks for work to do about 64 times per second. But running Chrome resets the tick rate to 1 millisecond - the processor is now up and looking for work 1,000 times per second.

Here's how Morris explains what this is all about: