It's a Penalty #4

                                             For The Little Ones ...

1. Which was the first computer magazine published in the world?

Answer: Computer And Automation (By: Edmund Berkeley)

2. Which was the first wordprocessor software?

Answer: Wordstar

3. Which was the first spreadsheet software?

Answer: VisiCalc

4. Who is regarded as the 'Father of Wiki'?

Answer: Ward Cunningham

5. When was computer first introduced in India?

Answer: 1956

6. Which was the first telecommunication software?

Answer: Telstar

7. What is the NASA's site for kids known as?

Answer: Kids Club

8. Hotmail was renamed in 2013. What was it?

Answer: Outlook

9. When was Kerala IT Act implemented?

Answer: 3rd December 2001

10. Which was the first Indian film to be simultaneously released in cinema theatre & on the internet (through the production company's official site)?

Answer: Vivah

It's a Penalty #3

                                             For The Little Ones ...

1. Who invented first Javascript engine?

Answer: Brendon Ike

2. Who invented Java?

Answer: Ryan Gosling

3. When was  IT Act  first implemented into rule in India?

Answer: 17th October 2000

4. Who was the autistic child, a member of Spastics Society of Karnataka, who designed the logo of the famous IT outsourcing company, Mindtree?

Answer: Chetan

5. Who developed Twitter?

Answer: Jack Dorsey

6. A state celebrates its IT Day on the day on which Sreenivasa Ramanujan was born. Identify the state.

Answer: Tamil Nadu

7. What is the diameter of a Compact Disk (CD)?

Answer: 12 cm

8. What is the single term used to refer to messages that are encrypted?

Answer: Cryptogram

9. Where was the first technopark in India set up?

Answer: Trivandrum

10. Who is more familiar to people in the name 'Woz'?

Answer: Steve Wozniak

It's a Penalty #2

                                             For The Little Ones ...

1. Who coined the word "Cyberspace"?

Answer: William Gibson

2. Which was the company that acquires Hotmail in 1997?

Answer: Microsoft

3. When is International Cyber Safety Day observed?

Answer: November 30

4. When was internet connection established in India for the first time?

Answer: August 15, 1995

5. Who developed Logarithm?

Answer: John Napier

6. Who was the first person to sent an SMS in 1992?

Answer: Niel Pappworth

7. Which Indian was behind the technology, 'Sixth Sense'?

Answer: Pranav Mistry

8. When an e-mail is addressed in such a manner that the whole matter is written in capital letters; what is such an act in e-mail called?

Answer: Shouting

9. What is the unit of mouse called?

Answer: Mickey

10. Which Indian homemaker woman built 'Cabtop'?

Answer: Bhargavi

Deciphering the Codenames #6

                                           Coding And Decoding...

List of codenames of iOS versions:

I) iOS 1.0- Alpine

II) iOS1.1- Little Bear

III) iOS 2.0- Big Bear

IV) iOS 2.1- Sugarbowl

V) iOS 2.2- Timberline

VI) iOS 3.0- Kirkwood

VII) iOS 3.1- Northstar

VIII) iOS 3.2- Wildcat

IX) iOS 4.0- Apex

X) iOS 4.1- Baker

XI) iOS 4.2- Jasper

XII) iOS 4.3- Durango

XIII) iOS 5.0- Telluride

XIV) iOS 5.1- Hoodoo

XV) iOS 6.0- Sundance

XVI) iOS 6.1- Brighton

XVII) iOS 7.0- Innsbruck

XVIII) iOS 7.1- Sochi

XIX) iOS 8.0- Okemo 

XX) iOS 8.1- OkemoTaos

XXI) iOS 8.2- OkemoZurs

XXII) iOS 8.3- Stowe

XXIII) iOS 8.4- Copper

XXIV) iOS 9.0- Monarch

XXV) iOS 9.1- Boulder

XXVI) iOS 9.2- Castlerock

XXVII) iOS 9.3- Eagle

XXVIII) iOS 10.0- Whitetail

Deciphering the Codenames #5

                                          Coding And Decoding...

List of code names and their original finalized version names of Apple:

1. Kanga- Powerbook G3

2. Piltdown Man- Power Macintosh 6100

3. Q- Newton Messagepad 2000

4. Spartacus, Pomona, Smoke & Mirrors- Macintosh (20th Anniversary)

5. Spock- Macintosh II X

6. Spruce Goose- Powerbook 540

7. N78- iPod Tounch

8. N31- iPod Nano

9. N12B- iPod Shuffle

Deciphering the Codenames #4

                                          Coding And Decoding...

List of code names and their original finalized version names of Apple:

1. Pomona- Macintosh (20th Anniversary)

2. Peter Pan- Mac TV

3. Sarah*- Apple III

4.  Denali- Dylan Prog. Language

5. Aladdin- eWorld

6. Titan- Electric Car

7. Purple- iPhone

8. Carl Sagan*- Power Macintosh 7100

9. Systems- Mac OS

10. Mackelangelo (not michelangelo)- Mac Draw


*Sarah is the daughter of chief engineer Wendell Sander

*Carl Sagan filed a lawsuit against it for which the Apple employees renamed the codename as "Butt Headed Astronomer"; but finally it was again changed to "LAW" as an acronym for Lawyers are wimps.

Deciphering the Codenames #2

                                          Coding And Decoding...

List of code names and their original finalized version names of Microsoft:

1. Xenon- Xbox 360

2. Durango- Xbox One

3. Bullet- Microsoft Mail 3.0

4. Opus- Microsoft Word

5. Ren & Stimpy- Microsoft Outlook

6. Kumo- Bing

7. Photon- Windows Phone 7

8. Apollo- Windows Phone 8

9. Odyssey- MS Excel