Archive for July, 2008

Digital SLR is short for digital single lens reflex. SLR uses a mirror positioned behind the camera lens to direct light toward the viewfinder when you’re composing a photo.

Here is the list Top 5 The Best Digital SLRs

1) Canon EOS Digital Rebel XSi Digital SLR Camera
2) Sony Alpha DSLR-A300 Digital SLR Camera
3) Olympus Evolt E-510 Digital SLR Camera
4) Canon EOS 40D Digital SLR
5) Olympus E3 Digital SLR Camera

[The Best Digital SLR Cameras ]

According to EPA - Green chemistry ( also known as sustainable chemistry) is the design of chemical products and processes that reduce or eliminate the use or generation of hazardous substances. Green chemistry applies across the life cycle, including the design, manufacture, and use of a chemical product.

Green chemistry is a highly effective approach to pollution prevention because it applies innovative scientific solutions to real-world environmental situations.

Green chemistry technologies provide a number of benefits, including:

• Reduced waste, eliminating costly end-of-the-pipe treatments.
• Safer products.
• Reduced use of energy and resources.
• Improved competitiveness of chemical manufacturers and their customers.

[ Source - http://www.epa.gov/gcc/ ]

A pair of Top Indian universities — Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore and the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras on track to rolling out the world’s cheapest laptop computer that could cost as low as $10.

Minister of State for Human Resource Development D Purandeswari said research was being conducted to develop the laptop, especially for use by students, which will cost all of $10. Laptop would help increase the quality of higher education in India.

This news comes just 6 months after, India’s Tata Group had unveiled the “Nano” that was touted as the world’s cheapest with a price of $2,500.

[ Now, $10 laptop for students ]

According to Fidelity Investments, the nation’s largest IRA and 401(k) provider survey in USA, disappointing 40 percent of 20- to 40-year-olds had cashed out their 401(k) retirement savings when leaving a job.

If your changing jobs then better option is to rollover the current 401(k) retirement savings into a new tax-deferred retirement account.

Roll it over yourself, and save more. If you changed jobs six times in your life, then you will have six different IRAs. Instead you can manage your own IRA.

To avoid paying the taxes you would incur by cashing out your 401K money, you want to rollover your 401K into an IRA by following the steps How To Rollover 401K Funds Into an IRA.