BCA Sem-III Nov 2011 Examination Result - University Top 10

Rank	Name	Uni Total	College
1	GOR SANDHYA GHANSHYAM	396	Shree Muktajeevan Swamibapa Mahila Arts and Commerce College
2	MEHTA RASHI PANKAJKUMAR	383	DNV International Education Academy, Gandhidham
3	MOD JEET KANAKBHAI	372	Sanskar Institute of Management & Information Technology
4	PINKI KUMARI B N SINGH	363	Sanskar Institute of Management & Information Technology
5	CHOKKAR SANDEEP JAGANNATH	362	DNV International Education Academy, Gandhidham
6	MEHTA SANKET SURESHBHAI	361	Sanskar Institute of Management & Information Technology
7	KHANDOL KRUNAL VASANTBHAI	357	Sanskar Institute of Management & Information Technology
8	MAKHIJA JIGAR MANOHAR	350	DNV International Education Academy, Gandhidham
9	POPAT AARTI DAHYALAL	348	Shree Muktajeevan Swamibapa Mahila Arts and Commerce College
10	BHANSALI DARSHAN KAMLESH	347	Sanskar Institute of Management & Information Technology

BCA Sem-I Nov 2011 Examination Result - University Top 10

Rank	Name	Uni Total	Grade	College
1	NOREEN JOSEPH	342	A+	DNV International Education Academy, Gandhidham
2	KHOJA NILAMBANU RAMAJANBHAI	340	A+	Shree Muktajeevan Swamibapa Mahila Arts and Commerce College
3	JADEJA DIPALIBA VIJAYRAJSINH	337	A+	Shree Muktajeevan Swamibapa Mahila Arts and Commerce College
3	PALAN  AMI MAHENDRABHAI	337	A+	Sanskar Institute of Management & Information Technology
4	PATEL JINKAL TULSIDAS	327	A+	Shree Muktajeevan Swamibapa Mahila Arts and Commerce College
5	GADHAVI JANKI RAMESHBHAI	324	A+	Shree Muktajeevan Swamibapa Mahila Arts and Commerce College
6	JYANI PRAKASHKUMAR GOBARBHAI	324	A	Sanskar Institute of Management & Information Technology
7	THACKER URVI ASHOKBHAI	323	A+	Sanskar Institute of Management & Information Technology
8	VEKARIYA JYOTSNA SHIVJIBHAI	321	A	Shree Muktajeevan Swamibapa Mahila Arts and Commerce College
9	DUDANI DEEPIKA TIKAMDAS	319	A	DNV International Education Academy, Gandhidham
10	SOLANKI RIDDHI JAYENDRA	313	A	DNV International Education Academy, Gandhidham

Android Market‘s major makeover is out now

The new version of the Android Market promised by Google earlier this month has begun rolling out to Android 2.2+ devices in the wild. The first sightings of the updated mobile application were made by members of the XDA-Developers forum, who have already extracted the mobile application and made it available to others who just can't wait for the download.

In addition to a refreshed user interface, U.S. users will also be able to rent thousands of movies from their device and purchase e-books. These two moves in particular make Android a more competitive option to the Apple iPhone than it had been previously.

Google announced the forthcoming update to the Android Market in mid-July, noting that movie prices will begin at $1.99. However, unlike on Apple's iTunes, there is no option to purchase movies, only rent them. Until now, movie rentals were available from the Web version of the Android Market, following Google's announcement of the new streaming service at its I/O Conference in May.

Movies on Mobile!

The addition of mobile movie rentals is probably the most notable change for the Android Market, as Android-based devices have been lacking in this department for many months. Third-party applications like mSpot helped to fill the void for some, but it was not until the launch of Hulu and Netflix on Android that users finally had access to vast media catalogs that their iPhone-toting counterparts had through both the iPhone versions of those apps, as well as iTunes.

But even at launch, the Netflix and Hulu catalogs weren't available to all Android device owners. Netflix, for example, is struggling to deal with the large and varied install base of Android hardware, and is painstakingly certifying devices one-by-one to meet the demands of studios who require that copyright protection technology is implemented on all streams. Hulu is in the exact same boat.

For these reasons, it's especially important that Google itself get involved in providing content options to a wider range of its Android users. Although the change won't be available to those on older Android devices, Android 2.2 and up is supported. This addresses the majority of the current market, according to Google's statistics. Only 21.1% of the Android install base is running Android 2.1 or lower.

It's also worth noting the addition of the mobile e-book store is arriving in this update, too. As with movie rentals, all book purchases will be linked to a user's Android account, and made available across all their devices, including phones, tablets and computers. And as with app purchases, all content downloads and video rentals can be added to a user's account without them having to manually sync their device with a computer over a USB cable.

New User Interface Mimics Some iTunes Features

To highlight the new features, the mobile Market has an updated user interface, which showcases the books and movie categories directly from the homescreen. Elsewhere, sections like 'Editor's Choice' and 'Staff Choices' go even further to mimic the iTunes experience of a curated collection of applications and recommendations. But there is not actually curation in terms of the apps accepted into the marketplace - all apps are immediately published upon developer submission.

The iTunes-like similarities don't end there, however.  Apps are now also easier to purchase - just one tap on the button displaying the app's price and a second tap to confirm the purchase.

For those Android users out there who can't stand the wait, and who know how to manage the installation of off-Market APK files, the Phandroid blog is hosting the link to the updated Market app. There are also instructions provided that will enable you to return to the old Market, if things go awry.

Cloud computing could lead to billions in energy savings

Another study out this week has found that if companies adopt cloud computing, they can reduce the energy consumption of their IT and save money on energy bills.The report, created by research firm Verdantix and sponsored by AT&T, estimates that cloud computing could enable companies to save $12.3 billion off their energy bills. That translates into carbon emission savings of 85.7 million metric tons per year by 2020.

The Verdantix report isn’t the first one to deliver such a finding. Last year Pike Research found that cloud computing could lead to a 38 percent reduction in worldwide data center energy use by 2020, compared to what the growth of data center energy consumption would be without cloud computing. Another study from Microsoft, Accenture and WSP Environment and Energy last year found that moving business applications to the cloud could cut the associated per-user carbon footprint by 30 percent for large, already-efficient companies and as much as 90 percent for the smallest and least efficient businesses.

All of that is good news. Cloud computing is one of the most disruptive Internet infrastructure shifts to happen in recent years. Web companies have been embracing cloud computing in order to buy flexible, lower cost, on-demand computing power from companies like Amazon. And these cloud computing services generally replace the computing that would have been done by companies’ own in-house computing resources.

However, it’s always good to take these studies with a grain of salt. There’s a reason AT&T and Microsoft are looking into the energy efficiency of cloud computing: they sell cloud computing services.

Other studies have also found that cloud computing isn’t always the most energy efficient computing option, and in certain instances the cloud can be more energy intensive than traditional in-office computing. A report from University of Melbourne researcher Rod Tucker and his team, which I wrote about for GigaOM Pro (subscription required), found that cloud computing can indeed save energy when it leads simply to the consolidation of servers, but looking at three different applications of cloud computing — storage, software and processing —  energy efficiency savings are negated in some scenarios.

For example, one such instance when the cloud isn’t more efficient, according to Tucker’s research, is when companies are using cloud computing for storing data. Tucker found that when the number of downloaded and accessed files becomes larger (more than one download per hour for a public cloud storage service), those energy efficiency gains are erased.

There’s enough research out there by now that shows that cloud computing is overall more energy efficient than traditional in-house computing. Which is great news for Internet companies and cloud computing providers. The growing energy consumption of the Internet, data centers and our always-on connected devices will only continue to grow, so efficiency trends will only to continue to become important.

Google Labs to be shut down

Google Inc will shut down a website that offered public access to experimental products, the latest step by the company to refocus resources under Chief Executive Larry Page.

Google said it will "wind down" Google Labs, ending many of the projects offered on the site, in a move to "prioritize its product efforts," the company said on its corporate blog.

Google said that many of the products and technology from Google Labs would be incorporated into some of the company's other products, which range from the world's No. 1 search engine to its popular Android smartphone operating system.

Google Labs functions as a central hub for the various projects created by Google employees, who are allowed to spend up to 20 percent of their time working on side-projects. Google Labs products were available as prototypes that users could try out and provide feedback on, while Google made ongoing changes and adjustments.

Among the products listed as "alumni" of Google Labs on the Labs website are Google Maps, Google Alerts and Google Transit.

A Google spokesman said the closure of Google Labs was unrelated to the company's 20 percent time policy .

"We don't have any changes to announce regarding 20 percent time. We'll continue to devote a subset of our time to newer and experimental projects. In fact, we'll be focusing this same creative energy on bigger bets, with bigger potential long-term payoffs," the Google spokesman said in an emailed statement.

The closure of Google Labs comes a few months after Google co-founder Page took the CEO reins in April.

Last month Google said it was pulling the plug on a pair of products that let consumers monitor their home energy consumption and keep track of their personal health records.

On Google's second-quarter earnings conference call last week, Page said the company was moving to put "more wood behind fewer arrows."

The Google spokesperson said the company did not have any specific timing for the end of Google Labs, but said it would provide updates on the Google Labs website.