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AtifsList is an ethnic centric mailing list that emerged out of a need similar to how CraigsList was started by Craig Newmark. The difference between the two is that AtifsList is specifically focused on providing information about events and the latest going ons in the San Francisco Bay Area, particularly in the small, yet vibrant Muslim and South Asian communities of the region.

The list founder Atif M Qureshi, a Pakistani-American fire protection engineer in the Bay Area founded the list out of a need of the hour where he being an extremely active social bee was dissatisfied with the Ad-Hoc scheduling of events in his community. He found it quite frustrating many a times where you had scheduling conflicts between multiple events in the region. Not to mention little background information to go by, thus in of March of 2006 we saw the emergence of AtifsList.

Mr. Qureshi decided to take it upon himself to try and bring order to a chaotic system in his community. In his listing he includes future events in the bay Area with details addressing the what, where, why and how, and reviews and ratings of past events. His ratings are based on a sampling of a segment of his reader base who normally attend the events he has listed.

One may see this as a repeat of the CraigsList story, however CraigsList is a universal list which fills the void in multiple areas, where as AtifsList is focused solely on a certain segment of the San Francisco Bay Area community. With a particular mission to transform the bay Area Muslim community into a progressive forward looking one, and bridging the gap between his community and mainstream America. This is the power of the web, enabling ordinary citizens like Mr Atif Qureshi with the tools to bring his community, which has been under scrutiny since the horrific attack of September 11, 2001 into the mainstream American limelight and portraying a positive truthful image.

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Light Computing - the web4.0 future is near...

What are these? Look like pens...



Pen's with hidden cameras? Interesting....




Now what is this...pens with hidden cameras on a stand...



Now see - a holographic computer or as recently coined web4.0 technology.

No words can adequately describe quite how breathtakingly cool this i.Tech Virtual Keyboard is. Bluetooth enabled, it uses infrared to project a clear and crisp keyboard onto your desktop, and then transfers your keystrokes via wireless networking to your PDA, Pocket PC or smart phone - it sounds far too futuristic to be true. But it's very much for real, and it's awesome.

This 22nd Century gadget is about half the size of your average deck of cards, sits wirelessly on any flat surface, and projects a red standard QWERTY-layout keyboard on any flat opaque surface. Using detection technology it "watches" your fingers hit the key locations it has projected, and then sends the keystrokes through to your PDA, smart phone or pocket PC via Bluetooth.

The projected keyboard is highly visible even in strong light (though it does of course look spectacularly cool in the dark). It's highly portable as well, though it will make you look a bit of a lunatic at the local, as you will look like you're typing on nothing more than the pub table (which also raises some serious health and safety concerns), and you will of course be interrupted every fourteen seconds with someone coming over and wanting to know where they can get one.

There is no cooler keyboard in the known universe.

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A New Computing Paradigm....

On February 13th, 2007 D-Wave Systems, Inc a Canadian based Quantum Computing technology startup will be launching the worlds first commercially produced end-to-end Quantum Computing system powered by a 16-bit processor.

The live launch will take place at 8am at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California.

Following is a brief description about Quantum Computing.

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What is Quantum Computing?

Quantum Computing is a form of computing that operates in the realm of Quantum Mechanics.

Quantum mechanics is a mathematical framework or set of rules for the construction of physical theories. For example, there is a physical theory known as quantum electrodynamics, which describes with fantastic accuracy the interaction of atoms and light. Quantum Electrodynamics is built up upon the framework of quantum mechanics. The relationship of quantum mechanics to specific physical theories like quantum electrodynamics is like a relationship of a computer’s operating system to specific applications software—the operating systems sets certain basic parameters and modes of operation, but leaves open how specific tasks are accomplished by the applications.

In a quantum computer, the fundamental unit of information (called a quantum bit or qubit), is not binary but rather more quaternary in nature. This qubit property arises as a direct consequence of its adherence to the laws of quantum mechanics which differ radically from the laws of classical physics. A qubit can exist not only in a state corresponding to the logical state 0 or 1 as in a classical bit, but also in states corresponding to a blend or superposition of these classical states. In other words, a qubit can exist as a zero, a one, or simultaneously as both 0 and 1, with a numerical coefficient representing the probability for each state. This may seem counterintuitive because everyday phenomenon is governed by classical physics, not quantum mechanics -- which takes over at the atomic level. [Click for an explanation on Classical bit Vs. Qubit]

Fig. 1: Mathematical depiction of Quantum states - above shown are two |0> and |1> states, which are vector quantities - below is a superposition or summation of the two states. The reciprocal of the square root of two are amplitudes defining part of the superposition is in the |0> state and
the rest is in the |1> state.

Note on the Notation:

In quantum mechanics a commonly used notation is referred to as the Bra-ket notation which describes quantum states. It was invented by Paul Dirac to intuitively describe quantum stats. It is also used to describe abstract vectors and linear functions in mathematics. It is called Bra-ket because the inner product of two states, say for example a x and y are denoted by a bracket . This can also be described with the integral symbol as

= Integral(x*y) dxdy

Where x* is a complex conjugate of x.

Most of quantum mechanics uses this intuitive notation which hides the underlying complexities of the mathematical description.

Why Quantum Computing?

You might be asking why we need to worry about quantum computing. Well I could state several reasons why quantum computing is important, but for the purposes of this report it would suffice to state three of most fundamental reasons:

1. Semiconductor Fabrication Costs:

With the increasing complexity of Integrated Circuits (IC’s) the over head costs of fabrication has been on a steady rise. The plot in Figure 1 depicts the cost of fabricating Semiconductors verse time.

Fig.1: Semiconductor Fabrication Cost increases with Time (Courtesy Scientific America, 2000)

2. Declining Number of Electrons per chip:

With the increasing density and reduction in physical size of the semiconductor chips die, the number of electrons per chip are on a steady decline and their quantum mechanical interaction is becoming more and more significant. The plot in Figure 2 depicts a decreasing of the number of electrons per chip with increasing time.

Fig.2: Declining Number of Electrons per chip (courtesy Scientific America, 2000)

3. Classical computers, which are based on binary 0 and 1, are not able to generate a true random set of numbers.

4. Quantum Computers are able to perform certain types of calculations that could be too lengthy for classical computers to perform.

To further learn about the theory behind quantum computing, I would strongly recommend the following text by Michael A. Nielsen, Isaac L. Chuang titled "Quantum Computation and Quantum Information".

In the meantime standby for news about D-Wave Systems, Inc's groundbreaking historical launch of the first Commercially produced Quantum Computing System.

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Blogger Philhantropy....a new paradigm to charitable giving...

Dave McMurty is a Silicon Valley professional working in corporate development and mergers and acquisitions has harnessed the power of viral marketing and social networking to raise more than $175,000 in 5 months to build 38 homes in Columbia. Listen to Bloggers Give Back on Voices of the Human Network, by Cisco Systems.

Through the power of the internet, Dave has succeeded in providing his reader base with an intimate and personal connection to the housing project in Columbia sanctioned by Habitat for Humanity.

This is indeed a paradigm shift to the traditional method of raising funds which is a thing of the past. This revolutionary model is easy and cost effective to implement - it would surely cut overhead costs of raising funds at excruciatingly expensive fundraiser dinners, allowing more fund to be channeled to needy families around the world.

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