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Indian Railways CRIS's National Train Enquiry System(NTES) App for Android Windows Phone

National Train Enquiry System(NTES) App for Windows OS Based Phones NTES APP for Windows Phone, Image Credits windowsphone.com Good news for Windows Phone users, Indian Railways has finally launched an official app for Indian travellers. The app known as National Train Enquiry System, in short NTES app, is developed by  Centre for Railway information systems (CRIS). We all are using IRCTC.co.in developed and maintained by CRIS. The IRCTC website many times become too slow but it has paved a new stone in online reservation for Indian Internet user base. I have been using the mobile site version of NTES and I am impressed by their features. I love their spot your train feature and it's gives +_10% accurateness. Coming back to NTES app, it provides train-running related and real-time status queries for all trains of India. Through the app you can get following informations about the Indian Railways' running train: Spot Your Train Through NTES APP-   This features

Microsoft's Windows-XP OS & Office 2003 Support Ends in April 8, 2014

End of Security Updates for Windows XP OS & Office 2003 Windows XP SP3 and Office 2003 Supports Ends Apirl 8, 2014  Image Credit: Microsoft Microsoft has finally announced the date for the end of security updates for its Windows XP operating system. As of now Microsoft is releasing security updates for Windows XP, but due to security issues and to move more users from XP to Windows 8, Microsoft has decided to stop updates in 2014. According to Gartner prediction, more than 15% of medium and large enterprises will still have Windows XP running on at least 10% of their PCs after Microsoft support ends in April 2014. This means, people and organizations using Windows XP SP3 will be prone to bugs and flaws in the OS, as Microsoft is not going to fix those bugs. They will be open to malware, spyware and even viruses. Office 2003 Support Also Ends in April 8, 2014 Microsoft also announced the end of support for Office 2003, in a press conference yesterday in Lagos. Accordi

Microsoft to Buy Nokia's Devices & Services Business, Nokia's Patents and Mapping Services for EUR 5.44 billion

 Microsoft to Acquire Nokia's Device Business Microsoft Nokia Deal Worth EUR 5.44 billion According to the Press Release published by Nokia and Microsoft Corporation, Boards of Directors of both Microsoft Corporation and Nokia Corporation have decided to enter into a transaction to sell Nokia's Devices & Services business, license Nokia's patents, and license and use Nokia's mapping services. The decision to buy Nokia is one of the biggest deal and is taken with the planned retirement announcement of Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer. Microsoft will buy Nokia’s devices and services business for €3.79 billion ($5 billion). They will also pay €1.65 billion ($2.2 billion) for Nokia’s patents. The whole deal will cost €5.44 billion or $7.18 billion and it will be paid out in cash. Microsoft and Nokia announced that the transaction is expected to close in the first quarter of 2014, subject to approval by Nokia’s shareholders, regulatory approvals and o