World's Richest

TOP 10 RICHEST PEOPLE IN THE WORLD

1. Warren Buffet
Net Worth: $62.0 bil
Industry: Investments
Source: Berkshire Hathaway
Country of Residence: USA
Country of Citizenship: USA

2. Carlos Slim Helu
Net Worth: $60.0 bil
Industry: Communications
Source: Telecom
Country of Residence: Mexico
Country of Citizenship: Mexico

3. William Gates III aka Bill Gates
Net Worth: $58 bil
Industry: Software
Source: Microsoft
Country of Residence: USA
Country of Citizenship: USA

4. Laxmi Mittal
Net Worth: $45 bil
Industry: Manufacturing
Source: Steel
Country of Residence: UK
Country of Citizenship: India

5. Mukesh Ambani
Net Worth: $43 bil
Industry: Manufacturing
Source: Petrochemicals
Country of Residence: India
Country of Citizenship: India

6. Anil Ambani
Net Worth: $42.0 bil
Industry: diversified
Source: diversified
Country of Residence: India
Country of Citizenship: India

7. Ingvar Kamprad
Net Worth: $31.0 bil
Industry: Retailing
Source: IKEA
Country of Residence: Switzerland
Country of Citizenship: Sweden

8. KP Singh
Net Worth: $30 bil
Industry: Real Estate
Source: Real Estate (DLF)
Country of Residence: India
Country of Citizenship: India

9. Oleg Deripaska
Net Worth: $28 bil
Industry: Diversified
Source: Russian Aluminum
Country of Residence: Russia
Country of Citizenship: Russia

10. Karl Albrecht
Net Worth: $27.0 bil
Industry: Retailing
Source: Aldi
Country of Residence: Germany
Country of Citizenship: Germany

(Source: Forbes.com)

Active Online Learning

Online Video Tutorials and Applets

Data structures and Algorithms

Bubble/Quick/Selection/Insertion Sort Java Applet
http://www.cs.oswego.edu/~mohammad/classes/csc241/samples/sort/Sort2-E.html

Merge Sort Animation Applet
http://www.cse.iitk.ac.in/users/dsrkg/cs210/applets/sortingII/mergeSort/mergeSort.html

Heap Sort Animaton Java Applet
http://www2.hawaii.edu/~copley/665/HSApplet.html

2-3 Tree Insertions Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhKixY-cZHE

Graph Implementations Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2guA5uMEmZQ

Graph Traversals Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=or9xlA3YYzo

Working of Dijkstra's Algorithm Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ls1RqHCOPw

Indian Institute of Technology Online Videos
Artificial Intelligence
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=E051420C2068DCB2
Artificial Intelligence (II)
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=6EE0CD02910E57B8
Computer Architecture
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=59E5B57A04EAE09C
Computer Graphics
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=338D19C40D6D1732
Computer Networks
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=32DBC269EF768F74
Computer Organization
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=1A5A6AE8AFC187B7
Data Communication
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=8BF3052396E05930
Data Structures and Algorithms
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=BF3763AF2E1C572F
Database Management System
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=9426FE14B809CC41
Design and Analysis of Algorithms
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=7DC83C6B3312DF1E
Discrete Mathematical Structures
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=0862D1A947252D20
Internet Technologies
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=04D5787E247DC324
Introduction to Computer Graphics
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=112A527F83F7A5E4
Problem Solving and Programming
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=94CA590D7781A9B9
Principles of Programming Languages
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=F7C73918190889CE
Software Engineering
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=8751DA481F0F0D17
Systems Analysis and Design
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=4F47209691234D1D

Stanford University Youtube Channel
http://www.youtube.com/user/stanforduniversity?ob=4

University of California Berkeley Youtube Channel
http://www.youtube.com/user/ucberkeley?ob=4

Science and Engineering Online Video Lectures and more
http://www.learnerstv.com

http://ocw.mit.edu
MIT OpenCourseWare (MIT OCW) is an initiative of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to put all of the educational materials from its undergrad and grad courses online, free and free and openly available to anyone and anywhere.

http://www.cmu.edu/oli/
Carnegie Mellon University’s Open Learning Initiative. Similar to OCW, the courses as part of OLI also cover a wide range of subjects, though the selection is not as comprehensive. Currently, the site has courses in subjects like Engineering, Statistics, Chemistry, Logic and Proofs and Physics. Each course is divided into different modules, which usually comprise detailed lessons and courseware arranged topic-wise.

http://www.oercommons.org/
Open educational Resources. Not affiliated to any university like the two mentioned above.

http://www.nptel.iitm.ac.in/
Government of India funded. Indian Institute of technology (IIT) open course ware site.

http://www.apple.com/education/itunesu_mobilelearning/itunesu.html
Get educational content on your iPods...hurry!
In total, there are more than 30,000 audio and video files from different topics to choose from.
The educational institutions that are featured on the iTunesU include Stanford, MIT, Duke, Carnegie Mellon, Lehigh, UC Berkeley and Yale, among others.

www.oculture.com/2007/07/freeonlinecourses.html

www.w3schools.com
Learn everything about web - HTML, XML, AJAX, Javascript, vbScript, TCP/IP etc. It's free!
(updated regularly)

Tech News

Computer Science News
http://www.sciencedaily.com/news/computers_math/computer_science/
http://www.topix.com/science/computer-science

Windows 7 is ready!

Microsoft Corp's next version of the Windows operating system is almost ready for prime time. The CEO announced that a nearly final “beta” test version of Windows 7 will be available from Friday for regular PC users to download and tinker with. The new operating system -- which could be available for purchase on PCs within a year -- uses much of the same underlying technology as its predecessor, the much-maligned Vista. But Windows 7 aims to resolve many problems PC users had with Vista. For instance, Microsoft pledges to make it easier to install peripheral devices and to have the software pump out fewer annoying warnings and notifications. I hope Microsoft does not annoy us this time !

World's first 3D webcam - Novo Minoru launched!     US Price $89

Now, you can only see faraway people on your screen but you can also feel them!

Bumptop - Changing the status quo of GUI
Hey guys! I don't know if you have seen/heard of this great GUI platform for OS before.
visit www.bumptop.com
video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0ODskdEPnQ

Bose Active Suspension
Check this out. This technology is mind blowing. Independent suspension, each controlled by a micro controller.
http://auto.howstuffworks.com/car-suspension9.htm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWRS-u5uipM

Quantum Computing Spins closer
http://www.physorg.com/news146329499.html

Largest Prime Number Discovered
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3783149.stm

Single pixel camera has multiple futures
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081014134021.htm

USB 3.0 Brings optical connection (coming soon)
http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-9780794-7.html

Security: Huge amount of sensitive data on redundant computer hard drives
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081105083549.htm

(updated regularly)

All Best Books

These are some books worth reading, collecting and preserving.

• Algorithms

1) Introduction to Algorithms
Authors: Thomas H Cormen, Charles R Leiserson, Ronald L Rivest and Clifford Stein
This book is your bible of algorithms. It deals with every concept, every detail and every nook of algorithms.

2) Art of Computer Programming Vol 1-5
Author: Donald E. Knuth
I have nothing to say about it. You can guess everything by the name of the author itself. It's like a book about life written by God himself.

• Datastructures

- Datastructures and Algorithms by Michael Goodrich, Roberto Tamassia and David Mount.

• Programming Languages:

-C++
The C++Programming Language by Bjarne Stroustrup
C++ : The Complete Reference by Herbert Schildt
Beginning Visual C++ by Ivor Horton
-Java

-.NET

• Operating Systems

Operating System Concepts - Silberschatz, Galvin, Gagne

- Unix
- UNIX Systems Programming: Communication, Concurrency and Threads
by Kay Robbins and Steve Robbins

• Computer Graphics

- OpenGL: The official guide to learning OpenGL by Dave Shreiner

• Discrete Math/ Mathematics for Computer Science

- Discrete Mathematics and it's Application by Kenneth Rosen


(updated regularly)

Motivational Video Links

Steve jobs Stanford commencement speech
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UF8uR6Z6KLc

Oprah Winfrey Stanford commencement speech
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bpd3raj8xww

(updated regularly)

Brilliant Websites

www.TED.com
TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) is an annual conference that defines its mission as "ideas worth spreading". The lectures, also called TED talks, cover a broad set of topics including science, arts and design, politics, culture, business, global issues, technology and development, and entertainment.

http://www.learnerstv.com
Science and Engineering Online Video Lectures and more

http://ocw.mit.edu
MIT OpenCourseWare (MIT OCW) is an initiative of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to put all of the educational materials from its undergrad and grad courses online, free and free and openly available to anyone and anywhere.

http://www.cmu.edu/oli/
Carnegie Mellon University’s Open Learning Initiative. Similar to OCW, the courses as part of OLI also cover a wide range of subjects, though the selection is not as comprehensive. Currently, the site has courses in subjects like Engineering, Statistics, Chemistry, Logic and Proofs and Physics. Each course is divided into different modules, which usually comprise detailed lessons and courseware arranged topic-wise.

http://www.oercommons.org/
Open educational Resources. Not affiliated to any university like the two mentioned above.

http://www.nptel.iitm.ac.in/
Government of India funded. Indian Institute of technology (IIT) open course ware site.

http://www.apple.com/education/itunesu_mobilelearning/itunesu.html
Get educational content on your iPods...hurry!
In total, there are more than 30,000 audio and video files from different topics to choose from.
The educational institutions that are featured on the iTunesU include Stanford, MIT, Duke, Carnegie Mellon, Lehigh, UC Berkeley and Yale, among others.

www.oculture.com/2007/07/freeonlinecourses.html

www.w3schools.com
Learn everything about web - HTML, XML, AJAV, Javascript, vbScript, TCP/IP etc. It's free!

www.sourceforge.net
SourceForge.net is a source code repository. It acts as a centralized location for software developers to control and manage open source software development.

Association for Computing Machinery
http://www.acm.org/

Computer Science News
http://www.sciencedaily.com/news/computers_math/computer_science/
http://www.topix.com/science/computer-science

(updated regularly)