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He is 17 and has A levels in Physics, Maths and systems control . He built his first computer at the age of 12 and is now running a computer repair business from home.  Meet Arjun Rajyagor, the winner of Junior Apprentice of BBC. The show is like Donald Trump’s The Apprentice, but BBC chose to focus on the young minds. After beating close contender Tim Ankers in the final, Arjun won 25,000 pounds. He calls himself a maths fanatic and lives in Essex, London. Lord Alan Sugar, Donald Trump’s counterpart on this show appointed Arjun as the winner and said, “He has that natural business flair combined with intelligence that some people are born with – you can’t learn it. I know that Arjun is going to become the best at whatever he wants to do and I will be here for support all the way.” Arjun’s £25,000 will be controlled by Lord Sugar – to launch his business career. The last task of the participants was to market a bottle of water. Tim and Arjun targeted 20-someth...

Future air travel is expected to be quieter, cleaner and more eco-friendly. Experts from the Advisory Council for Aeronautics Research in Europe (ACARE) are calling for a 50 percent cut in carbon dioxide and noise emissions by 2020 and a reduction in nitrogen oxide output by 80 percent.  The goals are ambitious, said Holger Hanselka, professor and head of the Fraunhofer Institute for Structural Durability and System Reliability in Darmstadt, Germany. European Union's 'Clean Sky' project comprises 86 participating industry and research partners from 16 countries. Their goal is to develop unique technologies for specific applications and to evaluate and advance the entire aeronautics system. 'At every level of the undertaking, goals must be precisely defined, so that everyone knows exactly what he or she has to do,' said John Simpson, the Fraunhofer programme manager and steering member. For the first time, the researchers also intend to take into acco...

Blame it on their genes, but men take just a fraction of a second to judge a woman on her looks and whether she will be a potential partner or not.  They weigh up potential partners based on their appearance because their "ancient" genetic preference for attractive mates leads them to, experts claim. According to research, men take a woman with an attractive face to be fertile and able to continue the family line, which appeals to the man's survival instinct.  On the other hand, women take longer to decide their feelings for a man because they need to weigh up whether he will be a committed partner who will provide for them well - part of their survival programming. Professor Mark van Vugt and Dr Johanna van Hooff, from the University of Amsterdam, and postgraduate student Helen Crawford, from the University of Kent, were behind the study. They tested men and women's bias towards looks by conducting a series of tests on 20 women and 20 men, making them per...

Integration is always a risky business and Google's latest attempt to do something different is a gambit, but it does carry the potential of transforming both the web and TV. Web search king Google Inc on Thursday showed off a risky attempt to marry the Web to television and reach the $70 billion TV advertising market, chasing a dream that has eluded even archrival Apple Inc. Developers at a conference applauded Google TV, and a slew of tech industry titans, including microchip maker Intel Corp and TV maker Sony Corp, sent their chief executives to announce that they had joined the project and that TV sets would be ready in time for Christmas buying. The key to Google TV is an on-screen search box, just like on Google's Web site.  The TV search box accesses Google's search engine to look through live programs, DVR recordings and the Web, delivering a relatively compact list of results that can be accessed with a push of the button. Internet television has been a mi...

It's a common problem that your documents and important files are stored on your home computer, and now you want to access them from your office PC. There are ways by which you can access your files from anywhere so long as you have an Internet connection.  You can use an online backup service such as SugarSync, Carbonite or Dropbox - they will automatically upload onto the Internet files saved on your home computer, and you can then access them via the Web from any other computer.  The upside with this approach is that your files will always be available to you even if the home computer is not running. SugarSync and Carbonite have a mobile optimised website so you can access your files from a mobile phone as well.  The downside is that if you are using any of these services for the first time, you'll have to wait until all your data uploads to the cloud, and this process takes long if you have too many files on your home computer.  Universal connectivity ...

It is a frustrating part of the year. Not just because of the searing heat outside but more on account of the anger and frustration that has built up inside you ever since you got the appraisal letter.  You have not got the promotion that you expected and worse, you think the salary hike has not been commensurate with your performance. You worked hard and delivered results but what is irritating you is the fact that others in your peer group who you thought did not measure up to your performance have snagged a better deal. You feel like chucking your job and suddenly your career appears to be at the crossroads. It is not. Bad appraisals are part of the game.  There is no point in getting emotional about it and messing up your career. The first step in dealing with a bad appraisal is to have an honest mindset and introspect your performance vis-a-vis the targets. A talk with your immediate boss to understand what could have gone wrong may put things in perspective.  ...

Shahrukh Khan is amazed that his fans are confusing the title of his upcoming project Ra. One with Mani Ratnam's Raavan. Call it Ra. One or Raavan, it sounds the same. However the Baadshah of Bollywood has decided to clear the air once and for all. "Abhishek's Raavan is different from our Ra. One. Our film will release later this year. It's very different from Mani sir's Raavan," he clarifies. Raavan is ace director Mani Ratnam's upcoming big budget bilingual tentatively titled Raavana in Tamil.  The film, said to be the modern adaptation of the epic Ramayana, revolves around Raavan, the ruler of Lanka, who kidnapped Sita. The story culminates with Sita supporting Raavan instead of Rama, who suspects her chastity after having spent so much time in Raavana's custody. Vikram plays the villain. Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai are the lead pair in Hindi, while Vikram will play the lead opposite Aishwarya in Tamil. Music is by Oscar winner A.R....