_______ was founded in 1925 in Paris by Marcel Môme, Aged 25 he formed the Society for the General Application of Electricity & Mechanics , a company whose central business would be mechanics. Early products included electrical components, power distribution equipment, cameras, projectors and military equipment.From 1942, following a request from the French Ministry of Telecommunications, _______ developed a new communication system : the telex printer. This date marked their move towards telecommunications.
Ans:SAGEM
Monday, September 7, 2009
469:Which Blank Be Filled The Best
The Company was founded by Samuel _______ in 1844 as a building and engineering concern operating under the name of S. _______ & Son.In 1880, control passed to his grandson Weetman, an engineer, who in 1890 moved the business to London and turned it into one of the world's largest construction companies.In 1919 the firm acquired a 45% stake in the London branch of merchant bankers Lazard Brothers, an interest which would be increased to 80% in 1932 during the depression years. _______ continued to hold a 50% stake until 1999.In 1921 _______ purchased a number of local newspapers in Britain, which it combined to form the Westminster Press.In 1957, it bought the Financial Times and acquired a 50% stake in The Economist. It purchased the publisher Longman in 1968.
Ans:Pearson
Ans:Pearson
Sunday, September 6, 2009
468:Famous Technical Publisher
||| X |||–||| Y ||| is a book publishing imprint of Pearson PLC, best known for computer books. As well as publishing books, ||| X |||–||| Y ||| distributes its technical titles through the Safari Books Online e-reference service.Melbourne ||| Y ||| Cummings founded ||| X |||–||| Y ||| in 1942, with first book published by ||| X |||–||| Y ||| being MIT professor Francis Weston Sears' Mechanics. Its first computer book was Programs for an Electronic Digital Computer, by Wilkes, Wheeler, and Gill. In 1970, ||| X |||–||| Y ||| acquired W.A. Benjamin Company, and merged with Benjamin Cummings in 1977. It was purchased by Pearson PLC in 1988.
Ans:Addison–Wesley
Ans:Addison–Wesley
467:Here W
||| X |||-||| Y ||| is a German high-end manufacturer of writing instruments, art supplies, staplers, slide rules, and luxury leather goods, founded in 1761 in Nuremberg by Kaspar ||| X |||. The enterprise was in the ||| X ||| family for five generations when through the marriage of Count Alexander ||| Y |||-Rüdenhausen (1866 - 1928) with Ottilie Baroness von ||| X ||| to create the branch of ||| X |||-||| Y ||| in 1898. The ||| X |||-||| Y ||| family has continued to run the company in the sixth, seventh and eighth generations through now.||| X |||-||| Y ||| USA is headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, and is part of the global network of ||| X |||-||| Y ||| companies operating in countries such as Australia, Brazil, and Malaysia.Most consumer products from ||| X |||-||| Y ||| are made in Malaysia. Only some premium pens are still manufactured in Germany.
Ans:Faber-Castell
Ans:Faber-Castell
466:Whos HE
_______ is often referred to as the "third founder" of Apple Computer (in addition to Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak). He drew the first Apple logo and wrote the Apple I manual. While at Apple, he also wrote their partnership agreement.____ worked with Jobs at Atari before co-founding Apple Computer on April 1, 1976. He was given a 10% stake in Apple, but relinquished his stock for $800 only two weeks later because legally all members of a partnership are personally responsible for any debts incurred by any of the other partners.
Ans:Ronald Wayne
Ans:Ronald Wayne
Saturday, September 5, 2009
465:Which PC Brand
_______ is a manufacturer of desktop and notebook personal computers. It was established in 1983 and headquartered in Fremont, California. The company was founded by Steve Hui, John Lee and Wayne Cheung. In 1988, _______ was the leader in tape backup sales with half the world market. By 1993, the company had slipped into bankruptcy and was acquired by the Formosa Plastics Group. On December 29 2006 _______ Systems, Inc filed a voluntary petition for liquidation under Chapter 7 and in June 2008 NewMarket Technology has taken control of _______
Ans:Everex
Ans:Everex
464:X & Y
The origins of the company can be traced back to the merger of the PC-divisions of the Finnish Nokia and the Swedish Ericsson in the mid 1980s when Ericsson PCs were known for their ergonomics and bright colors. In 1991 Nokia Data was sold to the British International Computers Limited (ICL). Later ICL was absorbed by ||| X |||.The Nokia MikroMikko line of compact desktop computers continued to be produced at the Kilo factories in Espoo, Finland. Components, including motherboards and Ethernet network adapters were manufactured locally, until production was moved to Taiwan. Internationally the MikroMikko line was marketed by ||| X ||| as the ErgoPro.The German half of the company, ||| Y ||| Nixdorf Informationssysteme, was the result of the merger of Nixdorf Computer with ||| Y |||.In 2003, the company won the Wharton Infosys Business Transformation Award for their use of information technology in an industry-transforming way.It was announced in November 2008 that ||| X ||| would buy out ||| Y |||' stake in the joint venture for approximately EUR450m with effect from 1 April 2009
Ans:Fujitsu Siemens Systems
Ans:Fujitsu Siemens Systems
463:How Is Better Known As
_____ formerly known as Eduwise, is Intel's entry into the market for low-cost personal computers for children in the developing world. It is in some respects similar to the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) trade association's Children's Machine (XO), which has a similar target market. Although made for profit, the production of the _______ is considered an Information and Communication Technologies for Development project. The device falls into the newly defined category of netbooks.
Ans:Classmate PC
Friday, September 4, 2009
462:Which Company
Founded in 2004, by Joshua McClure, _______ was named as a result of the founder's obsession with computers and computer games. According to the company blog, He spent so much time on his PC that his wife called herself a "PC _______" and told him he had to stop spending so much time on games unless he could find a way to make money at it.In 2006, the Austin-American Statesman and Forbes reported article on Dell's interest in the PC gaming niche and the company's meeting with _______. The articles stated that Michael Dell contacted _______, along with Richard Garriott and Robert Garriott and several other small, high performance boutique computer manufacturers for information about the computer gaming niche several months prior to acquiring Alienware.
Ans:WidowPC
Ans:WidowPC
461:Owned By Dell
_______ is an American computer hardware company and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Dell, Inc.It mainly assembles third party components into desktops with custom enclosures for high-performance gaming. These products also support graphically intense applications such as video editing, simulation, and audio editing. _______ also offers for sale rebadged laptops and computer peripherals, such as headsets, computer mice, monitors and keyboards. _______ was founded in 1996 by Nelson Gonzalez and Alex Aguila. _______'s corporate headquarters is located in Kendall, Florida, an unincorporated area of Miami-Dade County west of the city of Miami.
Ans:Alienware
Ans:Alienware
460:Dead Man Walking
Sakshi is a Telugu news daily headquartered in Hyderabad, India. It was launched on 23 March 2008.Sakshi was brought out in 23 multi-colored editions (one edition per district) by Jagati Publication.This daily newspaper was launched in March 24, 2008.Sakshi has a print run of more than 1.7 million copies. As of 3/31/2009, Sakshi, with 30+ pages, was priced at Rs. 2.50/- per paper.The paper has been designed by newspaper designer Mario Garcia, and claims to have an initial print run of more than 11 lakhs. This claim has yet to be substantiated by any known standards.The group also has launched a news channel platform Sakshi TV and the programs have started airing on March 1 2009.This media group is working under the name "Jagati Publications".Who Owns It?
Ans:Jag Mohan Reddy Son of Former Andhra CM YSR Reddy
Ans:Jag Mohan Reddy Son of Former Andhra CM YSR Reddy
Thursday, September 3, 2009
458:Fortune
Fortune magazine named ____ the most admired company in the United States in 2008 and in the world in 2009
Ans:Apple
Ans:Apple
457:Design Philosophy
The company's design philosophy in this period was summarized as "design for the guy at the next bench".
Ans:HP
Ans:HP
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
456:Which Company Are They Acquiring
French advertising company Publicis Groupe SA has agreed to buy Microsoft Corp.’s digital advertising firm ______ in a move to boost its share of advertising on the web.The deal is valued at $530 million, comprised of cash and 6.5 million Publicis Groupe treasury shares. The two companies also signed a five-year strategic alliance agreement that will allow Publicis to purchase display and search advertising from Seattle-based Microsoft on favorable terms across Microsoft’s digital properties in exchange for certain minimum guaranteed purchases.
Ans:Razorfish
455:Which Blank
General Motors Corp. and ______ are expected to announce that hundreds of the auto maker’s California dealers will let consumers haggle over the prices of new cars and trucks through the online marketplace, as part of a previously disclosed trial.
Ans:Ebay
Ans:Ebay
454:Which Company is Acquiring This Company
On2 Technologies Inc., a provider of digital video compression technology is being acquired for $106.5 million by which company
Ans:Google
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
451:Which Company
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