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tips for i20

2011-12-16T20:36:00.001-08:00

Many of us doesn't know the full features or our car as its either not provided in stock vehicle or kept as hidden. Some can be activated/added without extra cost and some with additional cost.

Here are some features of i20 which you can add in your car with or without additional cost.

1.Auto Door lock at 40kmph - You can activate this feature from the Authorized Service Center.

The central locking enables when you cross the speed of 40 kmph. Also in a scenario if you forgot to lock the car manually with the remote key after parking it - the doors gets locked with in 30 sec.

2.Auto Door Unlock - You can activate this feature from the Authorized Service Center.

The central locking disables when you take out the key from the keyhole making the exit easy as no need to manually unlock the doors.

Here are the button combination for displaying this text ( Press one by one but immediately)

Press and Hold 1FF, then 6

if the version shows in MID is VER M58 S71 D29 or higher then you HU is a good one

if the version shows in MID is VER M08 S69 D18 ( important to look for S69) then your HU have some issues like

1. HU automatically switches OFF while running
2. HU fuse pops up when you press Eject button while ignition is at OFF position.

You can get a free replacement of HU from Hyundai if you found your version as S69

Enabling RDS (Radio Data System)

i. Press and hold 1FF and then immediately press 4, release both the fingers ,then press 1FF Four times as fast as you can.

ii. Now you can see the display in MID as VER M58 S71 D29 (or higher), immediately press button 6 so you can see your present region as General in MID.

iii. Rotate the File/Enter/Tune knobe to change the region to Europe and Press/Push the Knob, now you can see the display as area changed.

iv. Switch ON the HU by Press/push the Power Button and press the SETUP button, Rotate the File/Enter/Tune knobe and enable the features you want and press/push the knob to store the settings.

i. Press and hold 1FF and then immediately press 4, release both the fingers ,then press 1FF Four times as fast as you can.

ii. Now you can see the display in MID as VER M58 S71 D29 (or higher), immediately press button 6 so you can see your present region as General in MID.

iii. Rotate the File/Enter/Tune knobe to change the region to Europe and Press/Push the Knob, now you can see the display as area changed.

iv. Switch ON the HU by Press/push the Power Button and press the SETUP button, Rotate the File/Enter/Tune knobe and enable the features you want and press/push the knob to store the settings.

Rheostat Ilumination Control - Add-on

Rheostat Ilumination Control is to control the illumination brightness of the Dash board lightings. Very useful in night driving. To get this you need to order theRheostat Ilumination Control - Part Number: 94950-1J0009P.

Its plug and play ( i.e connection wires , socket everything is present in the car, you just need to buy this item and attach it to the socket)

Cost: Rs.579.00

F.A.T.C (Fully Automatic Temperature Control) Self Diagnostic

If you have FATC (fully automatic Temperature Control) equipped in your i20 , you can run a self-diagnostic to make sure the components related to it working properly.

To get into the self diagnosis mode

1. Put the key into the ignition hole
2. Turn the key into ON position so the dashboard lights illuminates (No starting of engine)
3. Press and hold the OFF button, then press the MODE button more than 4 times within 2seconds
4. The you can see the Display unit of a/c illuminates like in the video and display codes starts blinking.
5. Now the diagnosis starts
6. press the A/C button to proceed to next step
7. after completion it will come into the original condition
8. Incase if you wants to quit anytime press OFF button

Here are the other codes which will display if any of the component related to F.A.T.C malfunctions.

00 = Normal
11 = In-car temparature sensor open
12 = In-car temparature sensor short
13 = Ambient temparature sensor open
14 = Ambient temparature sensor short
17 = Evaporator temparature sensor open
18 = Evaporator temparature sensor short
19 = Temparature control actuator feed back open
20 = Temparature control actuatore failure
21 = Mode Control actuator open
21 = Mode control actuator short
22 = Mode control actuator failure
25 = Intake potentiometer open
25 = Intake potentiometer short
26 = Intake potentiometer failure

Airconditioner Temperature Unit Conversion

Turn the key ON (Till the dash board lights illuminates)

Press and Hold OFF Button then Auto Button , the display changes from °C to °F. Repeat the same to Change back to °C.

8.Glove Box Illumination

This was badly missing in i20 and there was no light provided in the Glove Box. To add this you need to purchase Lamp Assy- Glove Box, Part No. 92630-1J000. Its Plug and Play so NO alternation/additions required.

note: Park light should be ON to make the Glove box lamp to work

Cost: Rs.118.00

Progressive enhancement

2011-12-16T20:19:00.000-08:00

Progressive enhancement is a strategy for web design that emphasizes accessibility, semantic HTML markup, and external stylesheet and scripting technologies. Progressive enhancement uses web technologies in a layered fashion that allows everyone to access the basic content and functionality of a web page, using any browser or Internet connection, while also providing those with better bandwidth or more advanced browser software an enhanced version of the page

Now that it’s 2011 I hope more .NET web developers really start to take progressive enhancement seriously. Sure many ASP.NET devs work on internal LOB apps and can enforce javascript requirements, but if you’re working on an internet-facing site I encourage you to take advantage of the many PE/unobtrusive javascript techniques we have available these days, especially in MVC 3.

building a contact us form
JavaScript enabled

As you can see when a user visits our site with JavaScript enabled and clicks on the Contact Us link, they are presented with a nice jQuery UI dialog window. They can fill in the form and get a nice confirmation message inside the dialog, and finally close it without ever leaving the page they were on.
JavaScript disabled

A visitor without JavaScript will still get the same functionality, just a slightly lesser experience. Without JavaScript logic attached to our Contact Us link it behaves like a plain old hyperlink, navigating the browser to a new page. Once they fill out the form and press Send Message we redirect them back to the Home page with a confirmation message.
the general idea behind this code

On the server-side (your controller) use Request.IsAjaxRequest() to determine whether the incoming request was invoked via JavaScript or not
Use Partial Views to re-use the same markup in both the Ajax view and the standard view
Use jQuery to make Ajax calls to our Controller, which will return a Partial View of only the HTML we need to display. We then inject this HTML into the DOM where we need it.

tips for family life

2011-12-16T20:14:00.000-08:00

We trust each other.
We ensure - even when we can't be together - that we "touch bases" daily.
We make each other laugh.
We are each other's best friends.
we communicate when we feel bad
we trust each other to do the right thing
we pick up the slack when the other cant
we compromise
we are honest with each other
we dont take offese when one of us has a problem with a behavior, we talk it out.
we interject humor into just about everything, even fights.

Tip for the future of Software Engineers

2011-12-16T20:11:00.000-08:00

With the recent changes in the economy, a lot of developers are focused on their short-term job prospects. At the same time, it’s important to make sure that you get the most bang for your buck when it comes to taking the time and energy to learn new skills. Here is our list of 10 skills you should be learning right now to make sure that your resume is relevant for the next five years. The list is hardly exhaustive, and there are huge swaths of the industry it won’t cover (mainframe developers, for example). Nonetheless, for average mainstream development, you can’t go wrong learning at least seven of these skills — not only to the point where you can talk convincingly about them at a job interview, but actually use them on the job.

1: One of the “Big Three” (.NET, Java, PHP)
Unless there is a radical shift in the development world (akin to an asteroid hitting Redmond), most developers will need to know at least one of the Big Three development systems — .NET (VB.NET or C#), Java, or PHP — for the near future. It’s not enough to know the core languages, either. As projects encompass more and more disparate functionality, you’ll need to know the associated frameworks and libraries more deeply.
2: Rich Internet Applications (RIAs)
Love it or hate it, in the last few years, Flash is suddenly being used for more than just animations of politicians singing goofy songs. Flash has also sprouted additional functionality in the form or Flex and AIR. Flash’s competitors, such as JavaFx and Silverlight, are also upping the ante on features and performance. To make things even more complicated, HTML 5 is incorporating all sorts of RIA functionality, including database connectivity, and putting the formal W3C stamp on AJAX. In the near future, being an RIA pro will be a key resume differentiator.
3: Web development
Web development is not going away anytime soon. Many developers have been content to lay back and ignore the Web or to just stick to “the basics” their framework provides them with. But companies have been demanding more and more who really know how to work with the underlying technology at a “hand code” level. So bone up on JavaScript, CSS, and HTML to succeed over the next five years.
4: Web services
REST or SOAP? JSON or XML? While the choices and the answers depend on the project, it’s getting increasingly difficult to be a developer (even one not writing Web applications) without consuming or creating a Web service. Even areas that used to be ODBC, COM, or RPC domains are now being transitioned to Web services of some variety. Developers who can’t work with Web services will find themselves relegated to legacy and maintenance roles.
5: Soft skills
One trend that has been going for quite some time is the increasing visibility of IT within and outside the enterprise. Developers are being brought into more and more non-development meetings and processes to provide feedback. For example, the CFO can’t change the accounting rules without working with IT to update the systems. And an operations manager can’t change a call center process without IT updating the CRM workflow. Likewise, customers often need to work directly with the development teams to make sure that their needs are met. Will every developer need to go to Toastmasters or study How to Win Friends and Influence People? No. But the developers who do will be much more valuable to their employers — and highly sought after in the job market.
6: One dynamic and/or functional programming language
Languages like Ruby, Python, F#, and Groovy still aren’t quite mainstream – but the ideas in them are. For example, the LINQ system in Microsoft’s .NET is a direct descendent of functional programming techniques. Both Ruby and Python are becoming hot in some sectors, thanks to the Rails framework and Silverlight, respectively. Learning one of these languages won’t just improve your resume, though; it will expand your horizons. Every top-flight developer I’ve met recommends learning at least one dynamic or functional programming language to learn new ways of thinking, and from personal experience, I can tell you that it works.
7: Agile methodologies
When Agile first hit mainstream awareness, I was a skeptic, along with many other folks I know. It seemed to be some sort of knee-jerk reaction to tradition, throwing away the controls and standards in favor of anarchy. But as time went on, the ideas behind Agile became both better defined and better expressed. Many shops are either adopting Agile or running proof-of-concept experiments with Agile. While Agile is not the ultimate panacea for project failure, it does indeed have a place on many projects. Developers with a proven track record of understanding and succeeding in Agile environments will be in increasingly high demand over the next few years.
8: Domain knowledge
Hand-in-hand with Agile methodologies, development teams are increasingly being viewed as partners in the definition of projects. This means that developers who understand the problem domain are able to contribute to the project in a highly visible, valuable way. With Agile, a developer who can say, “From here, we can also add this functionality fairly easily, and it will get us a lot of value,” or “Gee, that requirement really doesn’t match the usage patterns our logs show” will excel. As much as many developers resist the idea of having to know anything about the problem domain at all, it is undeniable that increasing numbers of organizations prefer (if not require) developers to at least understand the basics.
9: Development “hygiene”
A few years ago, many (if not most) shops did not have access to bug tracking systems, version control, and other such tools; it was just the developers and their IDE of choice. But thanks to the development of new, integrated stacks, like the Microsoft Visual Studio Team System, and the explosion in availability of high quality, open source environments, organizations without these tools are becoming much less common. Developers must know more than just how to check code in and out of source control or how to use the VM system to build test environments. They need to have a rigorous habit of hygiene in place to make sure that they are properly coordinating with their teams. “Code cowboys” who store everything on a personal USB drive, don’t document which changes correspond to which task item, and so on, are unwelcome in more traditional shops and even more unwelcome in Agile environments, which rely on a tight coordination between team members to operate.
10: Mobile development
The late 1990s saw Web development rise to mainstream acceptance and then begin to marginalize traditional desktop applications in many areas. In 2008, mobile development left the launch pad, and over the next five years, it will become increasingly important. There are, of course, different approaches to mobile development: Web applications designed to work on mobile devices, RIAs aimed at that market, and applications that run directly on the devices. Regardless of which of these paths you choose, adding mobile development to your skill set will ensure that you are in demand for the future.

Benefits of MVC

2011-11-14T18:18:00.000-08:00

MVC v/s Win forms

If you are quite happy with WebForms today, then maybe ASP.NET MVC isn't for you.I have been frustrated with WebForms for a really long time. I'm definitely not alone here. The smart-client, state full abstraction over the web breaks down severely in complex scenarios. I happen to love HTML, Javascript, and CSS. WebForms tries to hide that from me. It also has some really complex solutions to problems that are really not that complex. Web forms is also inherently difficult to test, and while you can use MVP, it's not a great solution for a web environment (compared to MVC).MVC will appeal to you if you want more control over your HTML - want a seamless ajax experience like every other platform has - want testability through-and-through - want meaningful URLs - HATE dealing with postback & view state issues And as for the framework being Preview 5, it is quite stable, the design is mostly there, and upgrading is not difficult. I started an app on Preview 1 and have upgraded within a few hours of the newest preview being available.

Benefits of MVC

The purpose of many computer systems is to retrieve data from a data store and display it for the user. After the user changes the data, the system stores the updates in the data store. Because the key flow of information is between the data store and the user interface, you might be inclined to tie these two pieces together to reduce the amount of coding and to improve application performance. However, this seemingly natural approach has some significant problems. One problem is that the user interface tends to change much more frequently than the data storage system. Another problem with coupling the data and user interface pieces is that business applications tend to incorporate business logic that goes far beyond data transmission.

There are different types of architectures to develop an application namely

a. 1-tier architecture
b. 2-tier architecture
c. Multi-tier(n-tier) architecture
d. MVC architecture

MVC architecture can be represented simply as shown below:

|Model| <= |Controller| <=> |View | <=> |Model

It is a classic design pattern often used by applications that need the ability to maintain multiple views of the same data.MVC architectural pattern separates an application into three main components: the model, the view, and the controller.It makes it easier to manage complexity by dividing an application into the model, the view, and the controller.

Client side code becomes much easier to use since you have more control over the HTML.
Testing is much easier, it provides better support for test-driven development.Testing components becomes difficult when they are highly interdependent.
Supports multiple views. Because the view is separated from the model and there is no direct dependency from the model to the view, the user interface can display multiple views of the same data at the same time. For example, multiple pages in a Web application may use the same model objects
They are proven.You tap the experience, knowledge and insights of developers who have used these patterns successfully in their own work.
They are reusable.When a problem recurs, you don't have to invent a new solution; you follow the pattern and adapt it as necessary.
They are expressive.Design patterns provide a common vocabulary of solutions, which you can use to express larger solutions succinctly.
They are multiple views using the same model: The separation of model and view allows multiple views to use the same enterprise model.
Consequently, an enterprise application's model components are easier to implement, test, and maintain, since all access to the model goes through these components.
Easier support for new types of clients: To support a new type of client, you simply write a view and controller for it and wire them into the existing enterprise model.
Clarity of design: By glancing at the model's public method list, it should be easy to understand how to control the model's behavior. When designing the application, this trait makes the entire program easier to implement and maintain.
Efficient modularity: of the design allows any of the components to be swapped in and out as the user or programmer desires - even the model! Changes to one aspect of the program aren't coupled to other aspects, eliminating many nasty debugging situations. Also, development of the various components can progress in parallel, once the interface between the components is clearly defined.
Ease of growth: Controllers and views can grow as the model grows; and older versions of the views and controllers can still be used as long as a common interface is maintained.
Distributable: With a couple of proxies one can easily distribute any MVC application by only altering the startup method of the application.
Clear separation between presentation logic and business logic.
Each object in MVC have distinct responsibilities. All objects and classes are independent of each other.So change in one class doesn't need alternation in other classes.Easy to maintain the code and future improvements.Good Productivity
You get REST URLS like /category/1/7243
You don't have to use the ".aspx" extensions (you never really did, but now it is easier to avoid).
Very clean, controlled HTML output. Less of what will show up is hidden from you, so you have a lot more control over the generated HTML.
Client side code becomes much easier to use since you have more control over the HTML. One problem with using JavaScript with WebForms is that naming containers cause the controls on the page to have strange names.
Testing becomes much easier. Web forms where very difficult to test. Because of the controllers instead of the pages themselves handling things, testing becomes much easier.
It becomes far easier to optimize URLS for search engines. With WebForms one needed to use URL rewriters which merely hid what the real URL was.
With WebForms there was a sense of state. Pages maintained their state between posts. This made things a little bit easier, but this obfuscation hides how interactions between the client and the server actually occur. MVC gives you much more control over the client-server interaction.
One downside you should be aware of is that ASP.Net MVC doesn't allow the use of the web form controls, default or custom. You'll have to jump through some hoops if you want to use a custom user control on a view.
MVC allows (and encourages) you to write testable code. Even if you're not into the whole TDD development process, MVC allows to easily unit test your application.
You gain complete control over the rendered HTML again. It just looks like a step back from Webforms at the beginning, but is actually very flexible and powerful, once you get the hang of it.
It will take you a lot less time to code the same functionality in asp mvc than in web forms
The code will be a lot more easy to read and mantain.

100 Greatest Rock Songs

2010-11-19T07:16:00.000-08:00

1. Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin
2. Johnny B. Goode - Chuck Berry
3. Like A Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan
4. Respect - Aretha Franklin
5. (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction - Rolling Stones
6. Jailhouse Rock - Elvis Presley
7. A Day In The Life - Beatles
8. Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen
9. Good Vibrations - Beach Boys
10. What'd I Say - Ray Charles
11. Papa's Got A Brand New Bag - James Brown
12. Won't Get Fooled Again - Who
13. All Along The Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix
14. (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay - Otis Redding
15. Imagine - John Lennon
16. Born To Run - Bruce Springsteen
17. Layla - Derek & the Dominos
18. Light My Fire - Doors
19. I Heard It Through The Grapevine - Marvin Gaye
20. Free Bird - Lynyrd Skynyrd
21. Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On - Jerry Lee Lewis
22. When A Man Loves A Woman - Percy Sledge
23. Hey Jude - Beatles
24. Hotel California - Eagles
25. Rock Around The Clock - Bill Haley & His Comets
26. You Really Got Me - Kinks
27. American Pie - Don McLean
28. Tutti Frutti - Little Richard
29. Baba O'Riley - The Who
30. Sympathy For The Devil - Rolling Stones
31. Superstition - Stevie Wonder
32. Louie Louie - The Kingsmen
33. Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana
34. Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley
35. Yesterday - The Beatles
36. My Generation - The Who
37. Smoke On The Water - Deep Purple
38. Don't Be Cruel - Elvis Presley
39. Whole Lotta Love - Led Zeppelin
40. Shake, Rattle & Roll - Big Joe Turner
41. Purple Haze - Jimi Hendrix
42. Summertime Blues - Eddie Cochran
43. In The Midnight Hour - Wilson Pickett
44. Time - Pink Floyd
45. Oh Pretty Woman - Roy Orbison
46. Sunshine Of Your Love - Cream
47. Walk This Way - Aerosmith
48. Sweet Child O' Mine - Guns N' Roses
49. A Whiter Shade Of Pale - Procol Harum
50. What's Goin' On - Marvin Gaye
51. Tears in Heaven - Eric Clapton
52. Comfortably Numb - Pink Floyd
53. Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon & Garfunkel
54. You Shook Me All Night Long - AC/DC
55. Good Golly, Miss Molly - Little Richard
56. Everyday People - Sly & The Family Stone
57. Roundabout - Yes
58. Bye Bye Love - The Everly Brothers
59. Born To Be Wild - Steppenwolf
60. Sixty Minute Man - The Dominoes
61. Voodoo Child (slight return) - Jimi Hendrix
62. November Rain - Guns N' Roses
63. One Nation Under A Groove - Funkadelic
64. The House Of The Rising Sun - Animals
65. Mr. Tambourine Man - Byrds
66. Let's Go Crazy - Prince
67. Please, Please, Please - James Brown
68. Thunder Road - Bruce Springsteen
69. Somebody To Love - Jefferson Airplane
70. Dust In The Wind - Kansas
71. Slow Ride - Foghat
72. Crossroads - Cream
73. Blue Suede Shoes - Carl Perkins
74. With Or Without You - U2
75. More Than A Feeling - Boston
76. We Will Rock You - Queen
77. Go Your Own Way - Fleetwood Mac
78. 21st Century Schizoid Man - King Crimson
79. Mystery Train - Elvis Presley
80. Suite: Judy Blue Eyes - Crosby, Stills and Nash
81. Show Me The Way - Peter Frampton
82. Where Did Our Love Go - Supremes
83. My My Hey Hey (Out Of The Blue) - Neil Young
84. Money - Pink Floyd
85. Ziggy Stardust - David Bowie
86. Master of Puppets - Metallica
87. Stand! - Sly & The Family Stone
88. Sultans Of Swing - Dire Straits
89. That'll Be The Day - Buddy Holly & The Crickets
90. Dream On - Aerosmith
91. Maybellene - Chuck Berry
92. Every Breath You Take - Police
93. Jesus Christ Pose - Soundgarden
94. For What It's Worth - Buffalo Springfield
95. All Day And All Of The Night - Kinks
96. Tom Sawyer - Rush
97. Tangled Up In Blue - Bob Dylan
98. Hound Dog - Elvis Presley
99. Kashmir - Led Zeppelin
100. All Right Now - Free
101. Be Bop A Lula - Gene Vincent
102. Money Honey - Clyde McPhatter & The Drifters
103. Jumpin' Jack Flash - Rolling Stones
104. Lucky Man - Emerson, Lake & Palmer
105. Kick Out The Jams - MC5
106. Green Onions - Booker T. & The MG's
107. Back In Black - AC/DC
108. School Day - Chuck Berry
109. Runaway - Del Shannon
110. Good Rockin' Tonight - Wynonie Harris
111. London Calling - The Clash
112. Eight Miles High - Byrds
113. Aqualung - Jethro Tull
114. Heroin - The Velvet Underground
115. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Elton John
116. The Joker - Steve Miller Band
117. Barracuda - Heart
118. I Get Around - Beach Boys
119. Child In Time - Deep Purple
120. White Rabbit - Jefferson Airplane
121. Free Ride - Edgar Winter Group
122. Long Cool Woman (In A Black Dress) - Hollies
123. American Woman - Guess Who
124. Hallowed Be Thy Name - Iron Maiden
125. Wake Up Little Susie - The Everly Brothers
126. Gimme Shelter - Rolling Stones
127. I'm Walkin' - Fats Domino
128. Nights In White Satin - The Moody Blues
129. She Loves You - Beatles
130. Walk On The Wild Side - Lou Reed
131. (Love Is Like A) Heat Wave - Martha & The Vandellas
132. Rock and Roll All Night - KISS
133. It's Your Thing - Isley Brothers
134. Reach Out, I'll Be There - Four Tops
135. White Room - Cream
136. Paranoid - Black Sabbath
137. Money For Nothing - Dire Straits
138. Jeremy - Pearl Jam
139. Blitzkreig Bop - Ramones
140. Lola - Kinks
141. Hold On, I'm Comin' - Sam & Dave
142. The Weight - The Band
143. Old Time Rock & Roll - Bob Seger
144. Purple Rain - Prince
145. Refugee - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
146. Whipping Post - Allman Brothers Band
147. Welcome To The Jungle - Guns N' Roses
148. Magic Carpet Ride - Steppenwolf
149. No Woman No Cry - Bob Marley
150. (Don't Fear) The Reaper - Blue Oyster Cult
151. Paranoid Android - Radiohead
152. Psychotic Reaction - Count Five
153. Chain Gang - Sam Cooke
154. Bang A Gong (Get It On) - T-Rex
155. Teardrops From My Eyes - Ruth Brown
156. I Got You (I Feel Good) - James Brown
157. Peggy Sue - Buddy Holly & The Crickets
158. Sweet Home Alabama - Lynyrd Skynyrd
159. Like A Hurricane - Neil Young
160. Gimme Some Lovin' - Spencer Davis Group
161. Lawdy Miss Clawdy - Lloyd Price
162. Great Balls of Fire - Jerry Lee Lewis
163. In A Gadda Da Vida - Iron Butterfly
164. Paradise By The Dashboard Light - Meat Loaf
165. California Dreamin' - The Mamas and the Papas
166. Jump - Van Halen
167. Work With Me Annie - The Midnighters
168. I've Seen All Good People - Yes
169. Piece Of My Heart - Janis Joplin
170. Cloud Nine - The Temptations
171. Time Of The Season - Zombies
172. Proud Mary - Creedence Clearwater Revival
173. Space Oddity - David Bowie
174. Heart Full Of Soul - Yardbirds
175. Should I Stay Or Should I Go - The Clash
176. Be My Baby - Ronettes
177. One - Metallica
178. Do You Believe In Magic - Lovin' Spoonful
179. Werewolves of London - Warren Zevon
180. We're An American Band - Grand Funk Railroad
181. Alison - Elvis Costello
182. Bad To The Bone - George Thorogood
183. Come Sail Away - Styx
184. Sharp Dressed Man - ZZ Top
185. Grace - Jeff Buckley
186. Stand By Me - Ben E. King
187. Sherry - Four Seasons
188. Fever - Little Willie John
189. Riders On the Storm - Doors
190. Free Fallin' - Tom Petty
191. Cold Sweat - James Brown
192. Lonely Teardrops - Jackie Wilson
193. Under The Bridge - Red Hot Chili Peppers
194. Sledgehammer - Peter Gabriel
195. The Wanderer - Dion
196. My Sweet Lord - George Harrison
197. Pride & Joy - Stevie Ray Vaughan
198. Let's Stay Together - Al Green
199. Rocky Mountain Way - Joe Walsh
200. Ain't Too Proud To Beg - The Temptations
201. Long Tall Sally - Little Richard
202. Paint It Black - Rolling Stones
203. Strawberry Fields Forever - Beatles
204. Billie Jean - Michael Jackson
205. You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling - The Righteous Brothers
206. Dance To The Music - Sly & The Family Stone
207. One - U2
208. My Girl - Temptations
209. Dazed And Confused - Led Zeppelin
210. Another Brick In The Wall Part II - Pink Floyd
211. Rocket 88 - Jackie Brenston
212. Carry On Wayward Son - Kansas
213. Brown Sugar - Rolling Stones
214. Blueberry Hill - Fats Domino
215. Soul Man - Sam & Dave
216. Twist And Shout - Beatles
217. I Wanna Be Sedated - Ramones
218. Wild Thing - The Troggs
219. Why Do Fools Fall In Love? - Frankie Lymon & Teenagers
220. Knock On Wood - Eddie Floyd
221. Hurricane - Bob Dylan
222. Rockin' in The Free World - Neil Young
223. 25 or 6 to 4 - Chicago
224. Cocaine - Eric Clapton
225. Brown Eyed Girl - Van Morrison
226. I Want To Hold Your Hand - Beatles
227. Born In The U.S.A. - Bruce Springsteen
228. I Can See For Miles - The Who
229. Truckin' - The Grateful Dead
230. Uptight - Stevie Wonder
231. People Get Ready - Impressions
232. I Got A Woman - Ray Charles
233. Rave On - Buddy Holly
234. Dreams - Fleetwood Mac
235. Surfin U.S.A. - Beach Boys
236. Turn! Turn! Turn! - Byrds
237. Iron Man - Black Sabbath
238. God Only Knows - The Beach Boys
239. Think - Aretha Franklin
240. Sweet Little Sixteen - Chuck Berry
241. The Tracks Of My Tears - The Miracles
242. Locomotive Breath - Jethro Tull
243. Desperado - Eagles
244. Maggie May - Rod Stewart
245. I'd Love To Change The World - Ten Years After
246. Who Do You Love? - Bo Diddley
247. Bad Moon Rising - Creedence Clearwater Revival
248. Shine On You Crazy Diamond - Pink Floyd
249. Changes - David Bowie
250. Takin' Care Of Business - BTO
251. Higher & Higher - Jackie Wilson
252. Black Magic Woman - Santana
253. Mony Mony - Tommy James & the Shondells
254. Anthem - Rush
255. Rock'n Me - Steve Miller Band
256. China Grove - Doobie Brothers
257. Crying In The Chapel - The Orioles
258. Take It On The Run - REO Speedwagon
259. There Goes My Baby - The Drifters
260. He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother - Hollies
261. Glad All Over - Dave Clark Five
262. Breakdown - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
263. Uncle John's Band - Grateful Dead
264. Hit The Road Jack - Ray Charles
265. Stop! In The Name Of Love - The Supremes
266. Pink Houses - John Mellencamp
267. Lucille - Little Richard
268. Tumbling Dice - Rolling Stones
269. Roadhouse Blues - Doors
270. Rock 'n' Roll Hoochie Coo - Rick Derringer
271. Call Me - Blondie
272. School's Out - Alice Cooper
273. Aenema - Tool
274. Suspicious Minds - Elvis Presley
275. We Gotta Get Out Of This Place - Animals
276. What's Love Got To Do With It? - Tina Turner
277. Roxanne - Police
278. Earth Angel - The Penguins
279. Ain't It A Shame - Fats Domino
280. Low Rider - War
281. Rocket Man - Elton John
282. Love Hurts - Nazarath
283. You Got Another Thing Comin' - Judas Priest
284. Doctor My Eyes - Jackson Browne
285. Monday, Monday - The Mamas and the Papas
286. I Saw The Light - Todd Rundgren
287. Pride (In The name Of Love) - U2
288. All The Young Dudes - Mott The Hoople
289. Rooster - Alice In Chains
290. Fields Of Gold - Sting
291. Rock You Like A Hurricane - Scorpions
292. I Love Rock 'n' Roll - Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
293. Surrender - Cheap Trick
294. Nothing Else Matters - Metallica
295. No Time - The Guess Who
296. Woodstock - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
297. River Deep-Mountain High - Ike & Tina Turner
298. Bad Case Of Loving You - Robert Palmer
299. Love The One You're With - Stephen Stills
300. You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet - BTO

Connect a Laptop to a Wireless Router

2010-11-19T07:12:00.000-08:00

Having limited mobility because your laptop is tethered to your Internet connection by wires defeats the whole purpose of a laptop computer. If you want to be able to access the web or share files and printers with another computer and still have the freedom to move around, you'll have to connect to a wireless router. It's easy enough to do and well worth the effort

Connect a Laptop to a Wireless Router Using a Windows Operating System

1
Purchase a wireless router that fits your needs and price range.
2
Follow the router's manual to set up the router and its Internet connection, which will probably require connecting a wired client to the router. Once the wireless router is set up, the wired connection is no longer necessary. However, it's best to leave the wired client connected if it's a separate computer from that on which you're going to set up WiFi. If something goes wrong, you can access the administration interface again.
3
Gather information from the setup process. In order to set up the wireless client, you will need to know the service set identifier (SSID), the Wireless Encryption Protocol (WEP) key and the channel and mode.
4
Boot up the laptop and plug in the WiFi card. This will not be necessary if your laptop has an integrated WiFi card.
5
Install any drivers needed to use the WiFi card. Insert the disc that came with the WiFi card and follow the on-screen installation process. Most discs will trigger a new hardware wizard that makes installation extremely simple.
6
Double-click on the "WiFi Connection" icon. It can be found in the system tray at the bottom of the laptop screen.
7
Click on "Properties."
8
Select the "Wireless Networks" tab.
9
Use the "Add" button at the bottom of the dialog if your WiFi network isn't in the "Available Networks" section.
10
Click on "Configure" when you see your network's SSID in the "Available Networks."
11
Enter your network's SSID and WEP key.
12
Click on "Start," then choose "Connect To" and "Wireless Network Connection." Your computer should now be able to access the WiFi network. If the WiFi network is connected to the Internet, it should also be able to connect to the Internet.

Install Bluetooth Software

2010-11-19T07:04:00.000-08:00

If you have a Bluetooth adapter for your PC or another non-Bluetooth enabled device, you will need to install some software to be sure it works properly. Bluetooth software is easy to install, and as long1
Plug your Bluetooth device into your computer's USB port. You will need your device in place when you install the software so that the hardware and software registry can form necessary links.
2
Insert the software CD into your computer's CD drive. If an installation window does not automatically pop up, go to the "My computer" section of your computer and click on the CD icon. You may need to look for a file called Setup.exe.
3
Follow the prompts to install the software. You will have to identify yourself and will probably have to type in a registry key from the box that the Bluetooth software came in. You will also have to select a folder on your computer to house the new program; the default is usually OK.
4
Wait for all the necessary components to finish installing. Once done, click the finish button and then restart your computer. Once your computer has been rebooted, launch the software and ensure that it is working properly with your Bluetooth device.

NVIDIA GT320,GT330 and GT340 Specifications

2010-11-19T06:55:00.000-08:00

A new specifications out about the GT 320, GT 330 and GT 340 :
NVIDIA is launching three new GeForces, the GT 320, 330 and 340. Exclusively for OEMs, these models are versions of the GeForce GT240. The GT 320 is a cut down version with only 72 stream processors of the 96 GPU stream processors activated and has 790 MHz DDR3.
The GT 330 has 96 SPs and DDR3 at 800 MHz, like some DDR3 GT 240s, while the GT 340 is coupled with 1700MHz GDDR5, like the GDDR5 GT 240. Note however that the GT330 can also be based on a G92 and is then derived from the GeForce 8/9s: it then has a 500 MHz GPU, 112 SPs at 1250 MHz and the memory can be either 256-bit or 192-bit 500 MHz DDR2."

Tax on bike imports in India

2010-11-19T06:43:00.000-08:00

Overview:

Thanks to Indian growth story, Cult bike maker Harley Davidson is likely to make its Indian foray soon. While dhoom 1 and Dhoom 2 have given a definite dimension to India’s premium bike market, Rolls Royce and Maybach are already getting decent numbers in their order book. Many youngsters and business honchos are following their sports or film’s hero and love to ride their dream machines.

Here are some rules and regulations which you must know when you are importing cars or bikes. When Sachin imported Ferrari and when Kingfisher Vijay Mallaya imported Lamborghini these regulations and the consequent uproar flashed in our TV screens. A complete knowledge on this will help you to import your dream machines and enjoy!

For importing a new bike you have to pay 105 percent duty and100 percent duty for a used one. In case of cars, for a completely built unit or CBU you have to pay 111 percent duty (60% on CBU imports plus countervailing duties and other levies). Whereas the duty on “completely knocked down” or CKD models which are assembled in country, is only 38 to 48 percent depending on engine displacement. These are based on EXIM policies (export and import policy) which are framed on 2002. Here are the few terminologies and conditions you must know

Customs duty: Tariff imposed on import/export on autos and auto ancillaries. In this year budget peak rate of Customs duty from 12.5 per cent to 10 per cent and also Central Sales Tax (CST) from 4 per cent to 3 per cent.

Excise Duty: Excise Duty is an indirect tax levied and collected on the goods manufactured in India. In last year’s Budget had reduced the excise duty on small cars (petrol engines within 1200cc and diesel engines within 1500cc) to 16 per cent, while maintaining it at 24 per cent for all other cars and utility vehicles.

Homologation: Process of certifying that a particular car is roadworthy and the Pune-based Automotive Research Association of India (ARAI) provide this clearance. According to existing norms, every original car model brought into the country by an individual or a manufacturer must have homologation clearance. Even domestic car manufacturers need a homologation certificate for new models. There are some exclusions as well

•Manufacturers can import left hand drive vehicles only for testing and research purposes.
•Individuals importing top-end cars can waive off the testing — or homologation — requirements. Any individual can import a vehicle priced above Rs 20 lakh without sending it for road-worthiness tests.
•Import of new vehicles is only permitted through Customs ports at Nhava Sheva, Kolkata, Chennai, Delhi Air Cargo and at ICD, Tughlakabad
•Very important note for Non Residential Indians (NRIs) – individuals coming to India for permanent settlement after two years of continuous stay abroad can bring in a car provided the vehicle has been in their possession for at least one year abroad. This now ensures that individuals coming to India do not bring in an absolutely new car.

An example will help to understand things better..
If X wishes to buy Suzuki GSX R 1300 Hayabusa(dhoom bike), here is the route ?
Import bikes prices in India are a tricky thing.
Since they can only be imported you will just have to find a reputable importer! The price you can expect to pay for a new bike is based on the following:

Price of bike in the country you wish to buy or the country the dealer has contacts in. + Freight charges + Import Duty @105% + Misc charges.
Eg. NEW from the US $10000 USD(Rs 4,50,000) + $500 Freight + $10500 + $500 = $21500 USD(Rs 10 lakhs).

Import vehicles duty and license structure:

Import of passenger cars / Jeep / Multi-utility vehicles / motorcycles / scooters / mopeds etc. are restricted items of import and can be imported against an import license. However, individuals coming to India on Transfer of Residence after two years continuous stay abroad and other importers may import these vehicles without a license but on payment of customs duty. The various customs duties leviable on vehicles imported into India are as follows:

Click here for rules and regulations to be followed when importing vehicle and for complete duty structure on vehicles and their parts/ancillaries

Troubles with Second hand vehicles:

The restrictions/conditions imposed on import of cars by importers for commercial purposes shall not be applicable in the case of passengers bringing their own car on Transfer of Residence. However, these imports shall be subject to the condition that the vehicle should have right hand steering and controls (applicable on vehicles other than 2 and 3 wheelers). Value of these vehicles for the purpose of levy of customs duty is CIF value, where C stands for the cost of the goods, I is the insurance and F is the freight. Cost in the case of new vehicles is the transaction value between the seller and the buyer, however in the case of old and used vehicles cost is arrived at by taking value of the vehicle in year of manufacture and after allowing depreciation at following rates.

•For every quarter during 1st year 4%
•For every quarter during 2nd year 3%
•For every quarter during 3rd year 2.5%
•For every quarter during 4th year 2%
•Thereafter subject to a maximum
depreciation of 70%

Here are the few useful sites you must visit before importing your dream machine
http://www.cbec.gov.in
http://www.dhi.nic.in

Since the guidelines are very strict and the duties are very high many follow grey market for buying thier dream machines. Here’s the economictimes report on muscle bike’s grey market. Government is checking the loopholes aggresively, pay the duty and enjoy you dream machine with complete satisfaction.

Bored with economics, relax! in the following posts we will have a look on popular imported bikes in India such as Suzuki Hayabusa, Yamaha R1, Kawasaki Ninja,Honda CBR and also about great Audi, Bentley and Porsche cars.

Real Estate Ahmedabad- Property Ahmedabad

2010-11-18T09:27:00.000-08:00

If you jot down the list of famous cities of India then Ahmedabad is bound to fall among the top five. Amidst all the cities of Gujarat, Ahmedabad is the largest and in India it is the seventh largest city. That’s why Ahmedabad real estate market and property market is on boom and going in a full flow. You’ll be amazed to know that Ahmedabad's economy is ever prospering due to the huge growth in the industrial sector. Ahmedabad is one of the most populated cities of India that’s why real estate demand of housing is on high. Since the dawn of the development phase in India, real estate Ahmedabad got the maximum exposure and witnessed highest developments. The real estate sector in Ahmedabad is also flourishing due to major developments by builders in Ahmedabad. Majority of the big builders are constructing properties in Ahmedabad which are not only residential but also for the commercial purposes. It means every kind of property is being catered to

Real estate Ahmedabad is divided into two core sectors that are residential and commercial. Residential real estate sector mainly comprises of flats in Ahmedabad, apartments in Ahmedabad, serviced apartments in Ahmedabad, bungalows in Ahmedabad, penthouses and townships in Ahmedabad. Whereas commercial complexes include shopping malls in Ahmedabad, multiplexes in Ahmedabad etc. it means an overall development is in full swing. Ahmedabad is a spacious land and if you want to buy a property in Ahmedabad then it will surely provide you good facilities be it educational or housing. In short your property will be amidst the best state-of-art designed property. But the prices of properties in Ahmedabad vary depending on the location and the facilities provided and also they keep on fluctuating from time to time. Buying a property in Ahmedabad is not that tough as now you can easily view properties in Ahmedabad view our link “Search Property in Ahmedabad” on RealEstateOnline.in

Thus, it won’t be wrong to say that buying property in Ahmedabad is no more a difficult task, as real estate agents & professional property dealers are present in every locality to make your task easier. So this is the best time to buy property in Ahmedabad and design it as per your needs and requirements.

Day-to-day life exhibits examples of physics

2010-11-18T09:18:00.000-08:00

There are some things that are trade secrets that people use in their day-to-day life and business. Mine is physics. Not the Albert Einstein, E=mc2 type of theoretical, lots-of-math-and-calculus physics, but rather the observed day-to-day stuff that we all tend to take for granted.

One morning this week I drove up Route 1A along the Penobscot River to Bangor. There was a little frost on the windshield, just enough to hint at what is yet to come. When the river came into sight, there was a plume of fog that seemed to emanate vertically wherever there was river. It hung over the river and forced me to wonder what is going on there. What was happening was the relatively warm river water vapor was rising off the river into the cool air and creating this beautiful fog.

Water is part of everything we have in this life. We are 95 percent water, and water permeates pretty much everything we contact to some degree.

As I went up a little farther on 1A and started to pass through some of the villages, the river was out of sight, but another moisture feature caught my attention. There was dew on the roofs of the houses that had asphalt shingles. And there were areas where the distinct outline of the house structure was very visible, just like a drawing.

On some houses it was dew and on some it was frost. It was just cool enough to show this. The frost or dew was dried off where there was more heat loss. Those areas were where there was a lack of insulation, usually due to a lot of wood framing that spanned from the inside of the house to the outside. When this situation occurs in construction, we refer to it as thermal bridging. We have an uninsulated “bridge” that shunts the heat out of the house very efficiently, upping our heating costs.

This is sometimes evident on the side walls of houses, also. Energy people love to look at this. Ah, physics in action!

Another issue we will be dealing with all too soon is frost action. You will notice the frost forming on the grass before it shows up on bare, dry dirt. Those blades of grass are tiny cooling fins that elegantly intermingle with the cold night air and condense out the water that is in the nighttime air.

These kinds of simple phenomena are things that we see every day of our lives that we often overlook. The old-timers, people who lived closer to nature and the land than we do today, probably never even heard of physics. They just knew what nature foisted upon them in their daily lives, and through hardscrabble experience and the lore of generations, usually had a pretty good sense of what the laws of physics did to them on a daily basis.

We can use these clues to help us improve our homes and businesses for more efficient use of energy and safer living and maybe relive and appreciate some of the lessons of the past.

Top 20 Good looking nations !

2010-11-18T09:04:00.000-08:00

Americans are the most attractive looking people in the world, according to a new survey.

The United States, home to George Clooney and Jessica Simpson, came top in a poll of more than 5,000 globe-trotting Britons.
In second place was Brazil while Spain, which boasts Hollywood actress Penelope Cruz as one of its natives, was third.
Blonde, tanned surfers of Australia saw it voted into fourth place, while Italy came fifth.

Sexy Swedes, such as model Victoria Silvstedt, helped it into sixth spot, but England only made it into seventh place in the poll.
India was eighth, France ninth, and Canada finished off the top 10.
England's neighbours didn't fare so well in the poll though as Wales only made it in at number 13, Ireland was at 16, and Scotland was a measly 19th.
A spokeswoman for www.OnePoll.com, which carried out the study, said: ''America has got a lot on offer and boasts some of the sexiest people on the planet.
''The likes of Jessica Alba, Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt all help America's image as a hot bed of good looking people.
''But with a population of more than 300 million, they do have an unfair advantage."
She added: ''England's talent only got them into seventh place and despite Gerard Butler waving the flag for Scotland, they only just beat the Germans.
''But in fairness, when you think of good looking countries, Sweden, Italy, France and Brazil talent all spring to mind before us lazy, pale Brits.
''If you're looking for some fun in the sun, you now know where to head on holiday.''
Other countries to feature in the top 20 include Portugal, Japan and Netherlands.
Germany completed the top 20.

Top 20 'best looking nations'
1. America
2. Brazil
3. Spain
4. Australia
5. Italy
6. Sweden
7. England
8. India
9. France
10. Canada
11. Mexico
12. Portugal
13. Wales
14. Russia
15. Japan
16. Ireland
17. Argentina
18. Netherlands
19. Scotland
20. Germany

Top 10 Web Designing Companies of India

2010-11-18T08:57:00.000-08:00

Web Designing is among the newest inclusion in the list of industries growing in India and it has already become a prime sector with its indomitable presence largely influencing country’s growth. Thanks to the northward trend of demand for websites that many web designing companies in India have come into existence rendering multiple range of services. The top web designing companies in India support their clients with their expertise in designing of web sites, web pages and web applications for Web by using animation, graphic design, communication design, interaction design and other disciplines. Following are the information about the best companies of web designing:

List Of Top 1-10 Web-Designing Companies Of India:

Compare Infobase Ltd :

One of the best website development companies in India is Compare Infobase Ltd. The company provides the best web services in the form of content development, web hosting, graphic designing, and web development. It is one among the largest web development organizations of India and contributes largely to other services like offshore product development, mapping and GIS and PHP and Java programming & development. The company has its presence in New Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai and Gurgaon with its overseas office in the US.

Infinity Ventures(India) pvt. Ltd :

This is one among the most popular website designing companies of India. The company provides a wide array of Web Services like Web Application, web designing, web promotion, web hosting and e-commerce. They primarily specialize in website maintenance for all types of companies. The Indian office is in Lucknow and the other one is in the US.

Live Web Pages :

Comes in the list of India’s top designing companies, Live Web Pages provide website development services like Live Web page-Hosting, consulting, domain registration, website maintenance, technical support and host of other web-related services. The company is located in Mumbai.

Infotex Solutions:

Infotex Solutions is considered as one of the top web designing companies in India. Starting from website designing and software development to website development and graphic designing, the company contributes a lot to this industry. It is also involved in the process of web hosting and e-mail solutions. The company has its base in Mumbai.

24x7 Central Services :

One of the noted web designing companies of India, the company renders multiple range of services including registration of domain name, digital certificates, brand building, portal development and payment gateway solutions. 24x7 Central Services has also diversified its operation in the form of offering business solutions like sales support, publicity and advertising. The company's office is in Maharashtra.

Cherish Solutions:

The company was founded in July 2005 and aims to produce the best web services. The company's key areas are web development, IT consulting and application development. The company is highly proficient in Web technologies. The office of the company is in Chennai.

G Net Softwares:

The company offers the best web designing services for the medium and small sized businesses. Their web services are Website Development,Web Hosting,G Net Placements,Domain Registration and many others.The Head office of the company is in Delhi and the branch office is in Meerut.

Giga Soft Systems pvt ltd:

This New Delhi based company provides complete software solutions. The company's website designers develop new websites, redesign the old ones, maintain websites for their clients and provide other added services. Besides New Delhi, the company has its office in USA and Canada.

Mag Studios:

It is a leading Software development and website development company. The company was founded by a group of IIT graduates and now caters to more than 300 clients across the world. The company offers exceptional web services like developing complex websites with value added features which gives the web an efficient and power packed business tool. The company has its office in New Delhi.

Orange Impex Pvt Ltd.:

This premier website designing company of India is located in Noida, Uttar Pradesh. The company offers web services like the web design packages, website maintenance and many others. The company also deals in animation and multimedia. It renders the customers with qualitative web services and solutions.

Best Computer Networking Books

2010-11-18T08:46:00.001-08:00

Networking For Dummies – by Doug Lowe ISBN : 0470056207 List Price : $24.99

Networking All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies (For Dummies (Computer/Tech)) – by Doug Lowe ISBN : 0470179155 List Price : $39.99

Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach (5th Edition) – by James F. Kurose,Keith W. Ross ISBN : 0136079679 List Price : $103.00

Head First Networking – by Al Anderson,Ryan Benedetti ISBN : 0596521553 List Price : $54.99

Networking: A Beginner’s Guide, Fourth Edition – by Bruce Hallberg ISBN : 0072262125 List Price : $41.99

The Networking Survival Guide: Get the Success You Want By Tapping Into the People You Know – by Diane Darling ISBN : 0071409998 List Price : $16.95

Wireless Home Networking For Dummies – by Danny Briere,Pat Hurley,Edward Ferris ISBN : 0470258896 List Price : $24.99

Home Networking All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies (For Dummies (Computer/Tech)) – by Eric Geier ISBN : 0470275197 List Price : $29.99

Computer Networking First-Step – by Wendell Odom ISBN : 1587201011 List Price : $29.95

Cisco Networking Simplified (2nd Edition) (Networking Technology) – by Neil Anderson,Paul L. Della Maggiora,Jim Doherty ISBN : 1587201992 List Price : $44.99

Guide to Networking Essentials – by Greg Tomsho ISBN : 1418837180 List Price : $110.95

Networking with the Affluent and Their Advisors – by Thomas J. Stanley ISBN : 1556238916 List Price : $38.95

Smart Networking: Attract a Following In Person and Online – by Liz Lynch ISBN : 0071602941 List Price : $16.95

Networking (2nd Edition) (Networking Technology) – by Jeffrey S. Beasley ISBN : 0131358383 List Price : $95.00

List of SEO Companies in India

2010-11-18T08:33:00.000-08:00

Agrawal Consultants
Web Designing, hosting and search engine promotion Calcutta 1994
The Rozaleenda Group, Inc.
Web Development, Multimedia, Print Media, Domain Registrations, Web Hosting, Internet Marketing Kolkata (Calcutta) 1996
Binoy Pillai
Search Engine Optimization , Link Building Campaign, Directory Submissions, Bid management Bombay 1997
Olive e-Business Pvt. Ltd.
Search Engine Optimisation, Submissions, Paid Inclusions and PPC Campaign Management New Delhi 1997
A Weblineindia.com
Web based application and web promotion Ahmedabad 1998
Megrisoft Limited
SEO Services Chandigarh 1998
e-tail networks limited
SEO cochin 0 1998
Aynsoft
web design services delhi 1999
Candid Infosys (P) Ltd.
Search engine optimization, link building, ppc, search engine submission, keyword analsysis New Delhi 1999
Paavan Solanki
Total SEO Business Solution Ahmedabad 0 1999
enfusen
Search Engine Marketing, Search Engine Friendly Designs, Affiliate Programs, E-mail Marketing Pune NY 2000
Page Traffic
Search engine optimization, link building, ppc, search engine submission, keyword analsysis New Delhi 2000
Jalaram Infotech
Cheap web hosting, domain registration, web designing, seo services Ahmedabad 0 2000
Swadeshi Infosystems
Search Engine Optimisation New Delhi 2001
360 degree interactive
interactive marketing, email campaign management, SEO & SEM solutions chennai 2002
SiteAll.com
Froogle data-feed creation and submission services Chennai 2002
Decatrend Technologies
Web-site development, search engine optimization and marketing Chennai 2003
Pegasus Infocorp Pvt. Ltd
Internet Applications,SEO mumbai 2003
sajeevp.com
SEO SERVICES New Delhi 2003
Search Engine Optimization Guru Pvt. Ltd.
Top 10 SE Rankings, Pay Per Click (PPC) Targeted Traffic Campaign, Paid Listing Management. Calcutta 2003
Search Engine Genie LTD
SEO, web design, web development chennai 0 2003
Perfect-Optimization.com
Search engine optimization, web design, link popularity building and manual search engine submission Cochin 2004
SEO India
SEO, Affiliate Program, PPC Management Mumbai 0 2004
K Web Marketing
PPC management and SEO Bangalore 0 2004
Icreon Communication
SEO, Web Design, Web Development Delhi 0 2004
Nabler
Internet Marketing Solutions Bangalore, Pincode:560043 0 2004

Fifa Manager Mode Question Answers

2010-11-18T08:11:00.000-08:00

I took some time ask MM Producer Marcel Kuhn a few questions regarding my favorite FIFA mode, Manager Mode. Please post your constructive feedback and perhaps we can get more insight from the dev team on other modes as they are revealed shortly. Enjoy...

Wepeeler - "I'm big into transfers and building ultimate teams. Is that harder this year?"

Marcel Kuhn - "Definitely, two major reasons for that are the new layers of decision-making in the transfer process and the re-written financial system. Let's start with the financial system, instead of relying on the sponsors, this year the board will be the major source of "income" for your club. The board will grant you two different budgets you will have to manage, Club Budget and Wage Budget. Club budget will be used to pay for players transfer fees, purchase staff upgrades and so on, while the Wage Budget will pay for your players wages. You will start with a specific amount of money, which ensures that Chelsea and Manchester City are rich while Bolton or promoted side Burnley don’t have a lot of cash to spend. During the season you will make a bit of money via ticket sales and sponsors, but what matters the most is to fulfill your board objectives. At the end of the year the board will look at your performance and refresh your Club and Wage Budget accordingly. Obviously, they will only grant you more money to spend, if they are happy with your performance. As you’re dealing with a limited amount of money, the new player transfer and wage values come into play. Players like C. Ronaldo or Kaka were fairly affordable in FIFA 09, in FIFA 10 they will be much closer to the actual transfer and wage values that are being paid for them at the moment."

"As a little bonus, we’ve added a Board Difficulty level this year which will affect your starting Club and Wage budget. This will allow users that want to try out the mode for the first time to start with a fully loaded wallet, while seasoned Manager Mode veterans can challenge themselves on a higher difficulty level and work hard towards signing their dream players."

"In terms of the transfer system, there are a couple of key changes, i.e. which players are for sale, but the most time was spent splitting the logic into a two-tiered process. First you have to convince the club of the desired player and then you have to convince the player. The factors that play into this are not only the offered money, but also things like, how many players you already have in the same position, is your club going to play in Europe next season, how much mentorship can you offer the player as his manager and so on. The overall result will be that you will have a harder time building your ultimate team, but it will also be more realistic and transparent to you why you were able to sign or not sign players."

Wep - "How is the experience point system different? Last year it was easy to get a team of 99s after only 2 seasons. Has that been tweaked?"

MK - "Another portion of the game we completely re-did. We weren’t happy at all with the growth system in FIFA 09 and a lot of post-release user feedback showed us that we’re on the right track. As a first step we removed manual growth, Manager Mode is supposed to be a realistic and authentic experience, being able to make Sami Hyypia from a 84 rated centre back into a 99 rated left winger is neither realistic nor authentic. Therefore we decided to reset to clock on the growth system."

"What you will see in FIFA 10 is, that players will collect experience in 3 different categories – Physical XP, Mental XP and Skill XP. How fast they collect XP depends on the amount of time they play, who they play against and so on. Once they hit a growth point in either of these 3 categories, the related attributes will either increase or decline. In addition every player will have a potential he can reach, this way every player will have its own individual growth. Younger players with high potential will collect XP faster, especially their physical skills will improve quickly, while older players have a higher overall but might start to decline. As a result the user will have to make a lot of decisions regarding his line-up, do I play the young hotshot and allow him to reach his potential as fast as possible or do I go with the currently high skilled player that has started to decline?"

"To give the user a some help making these decisions, we’ve added a new ability for your scout. Your scout will be able to predict the future overall for a player, depending on the scout’s level he can look further and more accurate into the future."

Wep - "Are there "practice sessions" where you can prepare your team for a big game?"

MK - "In FIFA 10 we will introduce pre-season friendlies where you can fine-tune your line-up and maybe get some good results in order to improve your players form before the going gets tough. Player form is a new concept we adopted from Live Season. Note that within Manager Mode, we actually don’t use the real world player form, the form will be solely based on how the player performs within the Manager Mode World. The result of playing really well over a longer period of time will be that the players form increases and his attributes will be slightly improved for the time being. Of course the same applies if your players don’t perform well, which will make it harder to get your club out of a slump."

Wep - "Can you practice with your actual squad?"

MK - "Practice Mode is not included within Manager Mode for FIFA 10. That being said, if that is a feature that users would like to see specifically for Manager Mode, this can be an early addition for the next FIFA wish list. In the meantime, for FIFA 10, there will be a new Practice Mode. It will be accessible via the arena and in this mode you can practice set-plays, do “n vs. x” (i.e. 5-on-5) training matches or improve your finishing in 1-vs-1’s against the goalie."

Wep - "Has the messaging system with the front office been tweaked? If yes, how so?"

MK - "Overall there have been several improvements to get the information to the user in an easier and quicker way. In terms of the information you receive from the Board, you will have a summary right on the new Manager Mode HUB screen. This HUB screen acts as a desktop to provide you with the most important pieces of information at a glance. It will show, i.e. the latest table, activities on the transfer market and the before mentioned Board Summary. As the Board Confidence will play a crucial role and change very dynamic, you will get an update on Board Confidence after every game."

"The incoming message system has one major change that goes in-line with the overall attempt to make navigation more user friendly. For all emails you receive that require a decision, you will have a direct link to the place where you can make this decision, i.e. when you have a failed negotiation you can re-negotiate with that player on the spot rather than having to remember to go to the “Negotiation History” once you’re back in the HUB."

Wep - "Can you edit kit numbers?"

MK - "Big “YES”. We’ve added a screen where you can re-assign kit numbers manually at any point."

Wep - "Is updating your office (ie keepers, strikers, tickets etc ) different?"

MK - "We’ve made minor tweaks here and especially tuned the impact of coaches on player fatigue. We thought that on lower staff levels players got tired way too fast, so we’ve reduced the impact that coaches have on the recovery rate to avoid having to rotate your squad after every 2-3 matches."

Wep - "What exactly do you guys mean about a total football experience. Crowd into it more? Banners, flags, scarves etc?"

MK - "For Manager Mode it means that we wanted to remove everything that takes you out of the immersion of living as a manager in a authentic football world. Let me give you some examples, i.e. C. Ronaldo transferring to Aalborg = not total football, Wigan beating Manchester United 5-0 = not total football, playing in Sunny / Dry weather in the EPL, every week, no matter what time of the year = not total football…. To achieve this we reworked the fundamentals this mode is based on, we work towards avoiding these unrealistic events from happening and replaced them with more football authentic events. In the end we’re aiming to create a game mode that contributes to the overall “Total Football Experience” FIFA 10 will deliver via all its features."

****Edited into this post. These are questions that have been asked in this very thread and have since been answered by Marcel****

Here's Round #2 for you all to enjoy. Again, SUPER SPECIAL THANKS for Marcel for all his hard work!

...dissapointing that he (Marcel) didnt confirm, the addition of "banners, scarves, flags." The real problem with manager mode was it was plain boring

[Marcel Kuhn] - "Details regarding the presentation changes will be released at a later time. But I can tell you already that the different weather conditions in Manager Mode, including my favorite “Rainy night for mid-week cup games”, look amazing!"

"We’re aware that the emotional involvement within Manager Mode was lacking a bit in the past. We’ve started several initiatives to mitigate that problem and to create an immersive game mode, i.e. club branded screens, transfer rumors, CPU squad rotation and more depth in the sim engine that allows you to out-coach the opponent. Would love to hear from the users what they’d like to see in the future in order to make the Manager Mode even more exciting."

Will player morale play a larger role in this year's game? Like if a guy doesn't feel like he's getting the proper playing time he will actually demand a transfer and keeping him in the team might screw with team chemistry. The morale meter is always there but it never seems to affect anything.

[MK] "Morale is not a concept that has been expanded on in FIFA 10. We’ve introduced Form and revamped Player Growth, these two features will have a big impact on the players and the way the user selects his squad."

"Players that are not getting any playing time will slowly see their form decline and as a result their attributes will suffer. Therefore the user has to make sure to rotate his squad at the right time and for the right amount."

"Playing time will also play a role in determining how fast a player grows, therefore it is always important to give young players with a high potential a chance to develop by giving them plenty of playing time."

And how about more players in the 33+ range maybe randomly retiring sometimes before the end of their contract?

[MK] "As far as I know older players randomly chose the point when to retire, if there is a specific issue with this let us know and we’ll try to address it. The reasoning behind playing until the end of the season/contract before retiring is to allow the user to plan accordingly and look for a replacement."

Also, is there a difference playing a rival team, then there is playing a normal team.

[MK] - "There are several differences in the atmosphere of rival games, which is conveyed mainly via audio. There are rivalry specific commentary intros and the crowd is hyped up, in addition goals will be celebrated more frantic."

In MM, how many seasons are you able to play??

[MK] - "We’re aiming to have the Manager Mode last for 15 seasons. With the amount of new features, new logic and tweaks we’re adding this year, it is a big challenge to get everything balanced and tested properly. But at the moment we’re tracking well to reach 15 seasons again, if anything changes we will let you all know."

Can we manage International teams? or just clubs? and also do we get approached by bigger clubs if we are doing well in the season?

[MK] "Just clubs, we’ve looked hard and long at the this feature. But we had to cut it early on, as we had to admit that the amount of work that needed to be done to make the Manager Mode fundamentals work has to take priority over new features. Personally I still like this feature a lot and we might try to include it in future FIFA’s."

Any news on how long we have to wait until we find out if we have had our transfer bid accepted or do we still need to wait until after the next game?

[MK] - "The club and player you are negotiating with will still be taking a week to get back to you. That being said, we’ve removed the restriction of “Available bids”, so as long as your club and wage budget allows you to negotiate with additional players you will be free to do so. Also we’ve added a new feature where, after you successfully negotiated with a player, you don’t automatically sign him. You as the Manager still have to approve the transfer. This allows you to negotiate with multiple players on the same position and if they all accept your offer, you can individually accept or decline their transfer requests."

Did he say anything about loans? And what about getting sacked and having to search for work, or can we sadly pick any team we want after each season?

[MK] - "We didn’t have too much time to work on loans, it’s something that we will have a closer look for coming FIFA’s. The initial choice of club is free, with the trade-off being that higher rated clubs expect silverware and you won’t have the option to lose too many games. These clubs will fire you at the first sign of failure. Once you’re fired you are on your own, your reputation will take a bit hit and the few new clubs that will offer you a job will make their decision based on your reputation."

...did he give you any info about the time in-game spent in the menu? Or it always passes directly to the day of the game? I hated that for transfers.

[MK] - "The Manager Mode will still have a match-to-match rhythm, that being said we’ve added friendly matches to allow you for some more time to fine-tune your club at the beginning of the season and to negotiate with potential new signings."

What is hibernate mode?

2010-11-18T07:48:00.000-08:00

Hibernate mode is a power saving feature for computers. In hibernate mode, the current state of a computer is saved to the hard disk, and the computer shuts down. A user will have to power on the computer to restore the previous settings. When a computer resumes from hibernate mode, it reads the saved settings from the disk and restores the system state as it was before it entered hibernate mode.

How do I make curly hair straight

2010-11-18T06:48:00.000-08:00

Curly hair just loves humidity. Come on, you know how it is: you spend hours holding a hair dryer and with a fat round brush pulling and brushing your hair so that it'll come out straight and sleek. Then you walk outside and get ambushed by the humidity, making your hair more curly and frizzy than before.

This is a common issue for people with curly hair who have at least once tried to make that hair straight.

Some quick-fixes include using permanent straighteners and relaxers- most of which you can find in supermarkets and drug stores to apply in your own home.
A relaxer is best suited for people who have hair that is especially difficult to style. This usually applies to people of African or Caribbean descent who have coarse and frizzy hair. The relaxer is a strong chemical substance that is applied to dry hair and then left on the hair anywhere from 15 to 45 minutes. The relaxer works chemically with the composition of your hair, weighing it down in certain areas and removing curls. Relaxers must be reapplied to new hair growth.

Other straighteners are called perms- permanents. These are better left for salons because this process is for people with a different type of hair characteristic of caucasians- straight hair with a smooth hair cuticle. Straighteners too have to be reapplied with to new growth.

Once the hair is treated, to get the full effect of the straightener or relaxer, most people blow-dry their hair. After a few days or a week of blow-drying, the hair begins to dry out.

Any kind of hairdressing or leave-in conditioner that has bergamot oil as a conditioner is one of the best bets to combatting this blow-drying dry-out. The bergamot oil not only provides extra shine and protection to the hair cuticle, but it also doesn't leave behind a significant oily residue like a lot of other products do.

Bergamot oil is a thick oil and comes in either a sapphire form or emerald form--this simply indicates color. Some companies may use this color to signify different added ingredients as well, but all in all, bergamot oil is among the most beneficial and inexpensive products.

When blow-drying the hair, simply place a small amount of the bergamot conditioner (whichever form of it and brand you can find) at the roots and at the ends and then use a comb to distribute the oil by combing a few strokes from the roots to the tips. This works best if you part your hair into several sections to blow-dry.

Once you are done blowdrying, if you feel that your hair is greasy or 'heavy', need not worry because the oil will be completely absorbed in the hair within an hour or two. If your hair is still alittle dry after styling, then simply add a bit more of the bergamot to the necessary areas.

Using the bergamot will maintain blow-dried styles for about a week, which at that point, you should wash your hair using a clarifying shampoo so that the residue of the bergamot doesn't build up too much. Some build-up is ok- that small amount of build-up replaces the oils that your hair lacks if your hair is usually dry.

Bergamot is also beneficial in treating dry scalp, especially dandruff. In the case of mild psoriassis and/or exczema, it is advised that you wash your hair at least twice a week because the bergamot will cause the extremely dry skin to come off in large flakes, leaving behind healthy supple skin. If bergamot is successful in treating your dry scalp, you could even try rubbing some on any dry skin patches on other areas of your body, like the elbows.

Hair sprays and other styling aides can be used on hair that has bergamot oil applied to it.

And one important note: many oil-based products claim that they can make your hair grow faster. There is no scientific evidence to back-up these claims. Many of these products are very greasy and might've turned you off to the idea of using an oil-based product in styling your hair, but bergamot is different.

"Bergamot" is not a brand name and this is not a paid endorsement, just a strong recommendation from a highly satisfied consumer.

Univ of Glasgow - Mechanical Engineering & Management

2010-11-18T06:35:00.000-08:00

Mechanical Engineering & Management

Entry requirements for postgraduate taught programmes are normally a 2.1 Honours degree or equivalent (eg GPA of 3.0 or above) in a relevant subject unless otherwise specified.

English language
If your first language is not English, the University sets a minimum English Language proficiency level. See English Language Requirements.

The online application is the quickest and easiest way of applying to the University of Glasgow. The system allows you to fill out the standard application form online and submit this to the University immediately. You can also attach supporting documents including references, certificates and a transcript of previous studies. You will find instructions throughout the online form to help you complete your application. You may save and return to your application as many times and you wish before submitting it

Source :http://www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate/taught/mechanicalengineeringmanagement/
MSc: 12 months full-time
PgDip: 9 months full-time
PgCert: 4 months full-time
This programme is aimed at students with a mechanical engineering background, but with little management experience. The programme has a lot in common with the MSc in Mechanical Engineering programme including design engineering and other mechanical engineering disciplines.

You will have the opportunity to develop the knowledge and skills needed for modern engineering or technology management.

Content
Core compulsory courses

Integrated system design project
Management and decision making
Financial information management
People in organisations
Managing innovative change.
Optional courses

Desalination technology
Materials engineering
Vibration.
In the summer session, a project will be undertaken by MSc students. The topic of the project can be either in management, or mechanical engineering, in which case the topic will usually be closely allied with the research interests of staff.

Further information: Engineering Mechanical Engineering & Management
Dr Safa Hashim
Tel: +44 (0) 141 330 4319
Email: s.hashim@mech.gla.ac.uk

Laptop Price list India

2010-11-18T06:21:00.000-08:00

HP Pavilion DV6516TX Price – 49,000/-
HP Pavilion DV2401TU Price – 45,000/-
HP Pavilion DV9502AU Price – 39,000/-
HP Pavilion DV2601TX Price – 49,200/-
HP Pavilion DV9223 Price – 64,200/-
HP Pavilion DV9704TX Price – 59,000/-
HP Pavilion DV6767TX Price – 52,000/-
HP Pavilion DV2701TX Price – 42,000/-
HP Pavilion DV2819TX Price – 52,000/-
HP Pavilion DV9731TX Price – 67,500/-
HP Pavilion DV3005TX Price – 52,000/-
HP Pavilion DV6704TU Price – 40,000/-
HP Pavilion DV2713TU Price – 39,000/-
HP Pavilion DV2762TX Price – 52,000/-
HP Pavilion DV9734TX Price – 66,500/-
HP Business Class Notebook Price
HP 530 Business Laptop Price – 27500/-
HP 520 Business Laptop Price – 28500/-

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Compaq Laptop Price in India – Compaq Presario Laptop Prices
Compaq Laptop offers performance and reliability into one portable system. With all connectivity options, Intel and AMD processors and new technology give you a good mobile computing solution.
Compaq Presario laptops have enough features to make your life easy. Whether you’re working on a spreadsheet, or watching favourite DVD, this notebook delivers value and performance.

Compaq Presario C707TU Price – 29,500/-
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Compaq Presario CQ50-106AU Price – 30,500/-
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Acer Aspire 4736z Price – 29,000/-
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Acer Aspire 5738G Price – 40,000/-
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Sony Vaio CS Series Laptop Price in India – All Prices are in Indian Rupee
VGN-CS36GJ/Q/R – Rs. 58,000/-
VGN-CS27GJ/Q/T/P/R/W/C – Rs. 58,200/-
VGN-CS35GN/B – Rs. 52,800/-

Dell Laptops for Home Users

Dell Inspiron 14 Price – 39,500/- Intel Core 2 duo Processor T6500, Vista home premium, 3GB DDR2 RAM, 320GB HDD, 14inch HD Display
Dell Inspiron 15 Price – 29,900/- Intel Core duo Processor T4200, Vista Home basic, 2GB DDR2, 250GB HDD
Dell Inspiron 15 Price – 36,900/- Intel Core 2 duo Processor T6500, Vista home premium, 3GB DDR2 RAM, 320GB HDD
Dell Studio 15 Price – 40,900/- Intel Centrino 2 Processor P8600, Vista home premium, 3GB DDR2 RAM, 320GB HDD, 15.6″ 720p WLED (1366×768) TrueLife Display, Integrated Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 4500MHD
Dell Studio 17 Price – 57,900/- Intel Centrino 2 Processor P8600, Vista home premium, 4GB DDR2 RAM, 320GB HDD, 17.0″ Widescreen WXGA+ (1440×900) CCFL Display with TrueLife, 512MB ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3650
Dell Studio XPS 13 Price – 61,900/- Intel Centrino 2 Processor P8600, Vista home premium, 4GB DDR2 RAM, 320GB HDD, 13.3″ Widescreen WXGA (1280×800) CCFL TFT Display, Integrated NVIDIA GeForce 9400M graphics
Dell Studio XPS 16 Price – 67,900/- Intel Centrino 2 Processor P8600, Vista home premium, 4GB DDR2 RAM, 320GB HDD, 15.6″ 1080p WUXGA (1920×1080) WLED Full HD Display, 512MB ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3670

Hollywood's 50 hottest actresses - Best & Worst Movies

2010-11-18T06:14:00.000-08:00

This is a fine list. It's long and deep. We've considered Hollywood insiders and those such as Isabelle Huppert who have built a reputation in Europe. We've looked at Nollywood (African, particularly Nigerian cinema), Bollywood, and tiny nations such as Iceland and Greece.

Any list will leave out some worthy candidates. We can think of Carey Mulligan, Jessica Lange, Sharon Stone, Lea Seydoux, and Virginia Madsen, all of whom are worthy contenders on a top-50 list. But, the line has to be drawn somewhere.

1, Salma Hayek. Born: September 2, 1966, Mexico . Best movie: Traffic. Worst movie: Grown Ups.

2, Angelina Jolie. Born: June 4, 1975, Los Angeles. Best movie: A Mighty Heart. Worst movie: Alexander.

3, Megan Fox. Born: May 16, 1986, Rockwood, Tennessee . Best movie: Transformers. Worst movie: Jonah Hex.

4, Eva Mendes. Born: March 5, 1974, Miami. Best movie: Bad Lieutenant. Worst movie: The Women.

5, Emmanuelle Beart. Born: August 14, 1963, France. Best movie: Witnesses. Worst movie: Date With An Angel.

6, Freida Pinto. Born: October 18, 1984, India. Best movie: Slumdog Millionaire. Worst movie: You Meet A Tall Dark Stranger.

7, Zoe Saldana. Born: June 19, 1978, New Jersey. Best movie: Avatar. Worst movie: Death At A Funeral.

8, Mary-Louise Parker. Born: August 2, 1964, Fort Jackson, South Carolina. Best movie: Solitary Man. Worst movie: Reckless.

9, Scarlett Johansson. Born: November 22, 1984, New York. Best movie: Lost in Translation. Worst movie: Fall.

10, Diane Lane. Born: January 22, 1965, New York. Best movie: The Full Monty. Worst movie: Judge Dredd.

11, Isabelle Huppert. Born: March 16, 1953, France. Best movie: White Material. Worst movie: Rosebud.

12, Halle Berry. Born: August 14, 1966, Cleveland. Best movie: Jungle Fever. Worst movie: Father Hood.

13, Lucy Liu. Born: December 2, 1968, New York . Best movie: Chicago. Worst movie: Code Name: The Cleaner.

14, Keira Knightley. Born: March 26, 1985, England . Best movie: Pride and Prejudice. Worst movie: Silk.

15, Penelope Cruz. Born: April 28, 1974, Spain. Best movie: All About My Mother. Worst movie: Sex And The City 2.

16, Aishwarya Rai. Born: November 1, 1973, India. Best movie: Guru. Worst movie: Pink Panther 2.

17, Ellen Page. Born: February 21, 1987, Canada. Best movie: Juno. Worst movie: An American Crime.

18, Leslie Mann. Born: March 26, 1972, San Francisco. Best movie: Knocked Up. Worst movie: Stealing Harvard.

19, Kristen Stewart. Born: April 9, 1990 in Los Angeles. Best movie: Adventureland. Worst movie: The Messengers.

20, Keri Russell. Born: March 23, 1976, USA. Best movie: Waitress. Worst movie: The Curve.

21, Angela Bassett. Born: August 16, 1958, New York. Best movie: Malcolm X. Worst movie: Boesman and Lena.

22, Rachel Weisz. Born: March 7, 1970, England . Best movie: The Constant Gardener. Worst movie: Envy.

23, Natalie Portman. Born: June 9, 1981, Israel. Best movie: Black Swan. Worst movie: Goya's Ghost.

24, Naomi Watts. Born: September 28, 1968, England . Best movie: Funny Games. Worst movie: Persons Unknown.

25, Rooney Mara. Born: 1985 in Bedford, New York. Best movie: Social Network. Worst movie: A Nightmare on Elm Street.

26, Catherine Deneuve. Born: October 22, 1943, France. Best movie: Belle de Jour. Worst movie: The Musketeer.

27, Elizabeth Banks. Born: February 10, 1974, Pittsfield, MA. Best movie: The 40 Year Old Virgin. Worst movie: Swept Away.

28, Mary-Louise Parker. Born, . Best movie: This movie. Worst movie: That movie.

29, Vivica Fox. Born: July 30, 1964, Indianapolis. Best movie: Kill Bill 1. Worst movie: Cover.

30, Amanda Seyfried. Born: December 3, 1985 in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Best movie: Mean Girls. Worst movie: Dear John.

31, Helen Mirren. Born: July 26, 1945, England. Best movie: The Queen. Worst movie: Love Ranch.

32, Charlize Theron. Born: August 7, 1975, South Africa . Best movie: Monster. Worst movie: Aeon Flux.

33, Cameron Diaz. Born: August 30, 1972, San Diego. Best movie: Being John Malkovich. Worst movie: The Invisible Circus.

34, Jessica Biel. Born: March 3, 1982, Ely, Minnesota . Best movie: Ulee's Gold. Worst movie: London.

35, Maggie Gyllenhaal. Born: November 16, 1977, New York. Best movie: Crazy Heart. Worst movie: Trust the Man.

36, Juliette Binoche. Born: March 9, 1964, France . Best movie: Hidden. Worst movie: In My Country.

37, Connie Nielsen. Born: July 3, 1965, Denmark . Best movie: One Hour Photo. Worst movie: Soldier.

38, Christina Ricci. Born: February 12, 1980, Santa Monica . Best movie: Monster. Worst movie: Cursed.

39, Audrey Tautou. Born: August 9, 1978, France. Best movie: Hunting and Gathering. Worst movie: The Da Vinci Code.

40, Julia Stiles. Born: March 28, 1981, New York. Best movie: The Bourne Ulitmatum. Worst movie: Down to You.

41, Joan Allen. Born: August 20, 1956, Rochelle, Illinois. Best movie: Manhunter. Worst movie: Josh and S.A.M.

42, Noomi Rapace. Born: December 28, 1979, Sweden. Best movie: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Worst movie: The Girl who Kicked the Hornet's Nest.

43, Rosario Dawson. Born: May 9, 1979, New York. Best movie: Shattered Glass. Worst movie: Alexander.

44, Julianne Moore. Born: December 3, 1960, Fayetville, North Carolina. Best movie: The Kids Are All Right. Worst movie: Laws of Attraction.

45, Lena Endre. Born: July 8, 1955, Sweden. Best movie: The Best Intentions. Worst movie: Gossip.

46, Tilda Swinton. Born: November 5, 1960, England. Best movie: Michael Clayton. Worst movie: The Statement.

47, Helena Bonham Carter. Born: May 26, 1966, England. Best movie: The King's Speech. Worst movie: Novocaine.

48, Marisa Tomei. Born: December 4, 1964, New York. Best movie: The Wrestler. Worst movie: The Watcher.

49, Vera Farmiga. Born: Aug 6, 1973, Passaic County, New Jersey . Best movie: Up In The Air. Worst movie: Neverwas.

50, Kirsten Dunst. Born: April 30, 1982, Point Pleasant, NJ. Best movie: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Worst movie: Kaena, The Prophecy.

NVIDIA GeForce Graphics cards Price List India

2010-11-18T05:39:00.000-08:00

XFX PV-T88P-YDF4 GeForce 8800 GT, 512 MB DDR3 –Rs.13,500
XFX PV-T88P-YDE4 GeForce 8800 GT, 512 MB DDR3 Extreme –Rs.13,900
XFX PV-T88P-YDD4 GeForce 8800 GT, 512 MB DDR3 XXX –Rs.15,200
XFX 8800GTX 768MB –Rs.31,500
POV 7200GS 128MB DDR2 –Rs.1250
POV 7200GS 256MB DDR2 –Rs.1350
POV 7300GT 256MB DDR2 –Rs.2325
POV 7300GT 512 MB DDR2 –Rs.2450
POV 7600GS 256MB DDR2 –Rs.3300
POV 7600GS 512MB DDR2 –Rs.4575
POV 7600GT 256MB DDR3 –Rs.5450
POV 8400GS 256MB DDR2 –Rs.1700
POV 8400GS 512MB DDR2 –Rs.1900
POV 8500GT 256MB DDR2 –Rs.2300
POV 8500GT 512MB DDR2 –Rs.2450
POV 8500GT 1GB DDR2 –Rs.3450
POV 8600GT 512MB DDR2 –Rs.3200
POV 8600GT 1GB DDR2 –Rs.4200
POV 8800GT 512MB GDDR3 –Rs.8,900
POV 9400GT 512MB DDR2 –Rs.3250
POV 9400GT 1GB DDR2 –Rs.4050
POV 9500GT 512MB DDR2 –Rs.4000
POV 9500GT 1GB DDR2 –Rs.4800
POV 9600GT 512MB DDR3 –Rs.7100
POV 8800GT 512MB DDR3 –Rs.10100
POV GTX 260 896MB DDR3 –Rs.18700
POV GTX 280 1GB DDR3 –Rs.28900
Palit Geforce FX5500 256MB DDR –Rs.1900
Palit Geforce 7100GS 256MB DDR2 –Rs.1250
Palit Geforce 7200GS 256MB DDR2 –Rs.1300
Palit Geforce 7300GT 512MB DDR2 –Rs.2150
Palit Geforce 8600GT Super 512MB DDR3 –Rs.4235.00
Palit Geforce 9500GT Super+1GB DDR2 –Rs.3430.00
Palit Geforce 9800GT Super+1GB DDR3 –Rs.8010.00
Palit GeForce 9600GT 512MB DDR3 –Rs.5720.00
Palit GeForce 8400GS (HDMI) 512MB DDR2 Graphic Card –Rs.1660.00
Palit GeForce 9400GT Super 1GB DDR2 Graphic Card –Rs.2745.00
Palit GeForce 9400GT Super 512MB DDR2 Graphic Card –Rs.2460.00
Palit GeForce 9500GT Super 1GB DDR2 Graphic Card –Rs.3430.00
Palit GeForce 9500GT Super 512MB DDR2 Graphic Card –Rs.3320.00
Palit GeForce 9600GT 1GB DDR3 –Rs.7720.00
Palit GeForce 9800GTX+ 512MB DDR3 Graphic Card –Rs.10980.00
Palit GeForce GF9800GT 512MB –Rs.7095.00
Palit GeForce GTX 275 Sonic GTX275 Sonic SP216 896MB 448Bit DDR3 w/ 2 X DVI, HDMI –Rs.17300
Palit GeForce GTX 295 1792MB DDR3 PCI With HDMI –Rs.31600
EVGA 9600GT Knock Out (KO) 512MB DDR3 –Rs.6350
EVGA 9800GT SC(Super Clocked) 512MB DDR3 –Rs.8750
EVGA 9800 GTX+ SC 512MB DDR3 –Rs.10900
EVGA GTX 260 SC 896MB DDR3 –Rs.15250
EVGA GTX 280 SSC(Super Super Clocked) 1GB DDR3 –Rs.22750
EVGA GTX 295 SSC(Super Super Clocked) 1792MB DDR3 –Rs.32500

MSI 8400GS NX 8400GS -TD 512EH 512MB GDDR2 Graphics Card –Rs.1,889
MSI 9500GT N9500GT-MD1G-OC/D2 1GB GDDR2 Graphics Card –Rs.3,852
MSI 9600GT N9600GT Green-MD512 512MB GDDR3 Graphics Card –Rs.5,936
MSI N9600GT N9600GT-T2D1G 1GB GDDR3 Graphics Card–Rs.6,385
MSI 9800GT N9800GT-T2D512-OC(Fan) 512MB GDDR3 Graphics Card–Rs.7,056
MSI 9800GT N9800GT-T2D1G-OC(Lite) 1GB GDDR3 Graphics Card–Rs.8,401
MSI 9800GTX N9800GTX-Plus -T2D512 512MB GDDR3 Graphics Card–Rs.9,184
MSI GTS250 N250GTS-2D512-OC-Cyclone 512MB GDDR3 Graphics Card–Rs.9,521
MSI GTX 260 216SP N260GTX-T2D896-OC 896MB GDDR3 Sonic Edition Graphics Card–Rs.14,560
MSI GTX 275 N275GTX Twin Frozr OC 896MB GDDR3 Graphics Card–Rs.17,921
MSI GTX260 N260GTX Lightning Black Edition 1792MB GDDR3 Graphics Card –Rs.19,041
MSI GTX 295 N295GTX-M2D1792 1792MB GDDR3 Graphics Card –Rs.32,482

Nokia OVI installation errors - Problem solutions from different users

2010-11-18T05:35:00.000-08:00

Nokia :: Ovi Suite Installation Error (latest Version)
i'm having error while installing Ovi Suite latest version i downloaded from the site My PC Details:

Operating System
MS Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit
CPU
AMD Turion 64 X2 Mobile TL-56 67 Â°C
Tyler 65nm Technology
RAM
4.0GB Dual-Channel DDR2 @ 299MHz (5-5-5-15)
Motherboard
TOSHIBA IALAA (Socket M2/S1G1)
Graphics
Generic PnP Monitor @ 1280x800
ATI Radeon X1200 (Toshiba)
Hard Drives
488GB Seagate ST9500420AS ATA Device (Unknown Interface) 48 Â°C
Audio
Realtek High Definition Audio

BB Bold 9700 :: Connect Mac Book Pro / Update Newer Version?
When I connect my 9700 to my MacBook Pro, I get a message saying there is a newer version, and do I want to update? When i click Yes, I get an Unable To Mount The Downloaded Update File message.Then, when I try to manually do it with the .dmg file, it says ApploaderWebSL.dmg not recognized.Any clues, anyone, please, and is anyone else experiencing this issue?

Nokia :: OVi Suite - Update Phone Using PC Suite With Updater Software
I used the Ovi suite to install the free maps on my E72 which work great but the software itself is very poorly written, too many bugs and problems so i would like to uninstall it and use the PC suite instead. can I now update my phone using the PC suite with it's updater software or do I have to now rely on the Ovi suite.

The reason I ask instead of having two pieces of software is i want to a Vista/XP (two machines) clean install followed by a Ghost DVD so the smaller image the better (plus i dont like to have **bleep** installed on my machine:-)

Nokia :: 5800 Installed And Update OVI Store / Thorugh OVI Suite / It Doesn't Work
I've recently installed an update to my ovi store on my nokia 5800 through the ovi suite and it doesnt work. It won't open up at all! I can't install or uninstall anything it keeps saying that it's "unable to start operation: installer already in use" its a pain, can anyone help me please?

Nokia :: Ovi Maps - Ovi Suite Internal Error E66
I have done a hard reset on a nokia e66 with firmware 410. When I first connected to ovi suite the maps module showed me internal error. But it wasn't any server error or try again etc. The steps are the following:

1) Format memory card
2) Download ovi maps from nokia website.
3) Open the maps in the phone and accept all the messages
4) Connect to the ovi suite and open maps.
5) And then magically it will tell you that you need an update on the maps.
6) Now I am in this step which updating but I think it has stuck.

Shame on you nokia for all these problems for a business telephone such as e66. That's why apple is always a level ahead in its interface and is winning just from that. Simplicity just simplicity.

Nokia :: Maps Gone After Update In Ovi Suite - Connection To Ovi Maps Server Timed Out
The maps in my Nokia X6 16gb are gone after i ran an update in which it says will delete the old maps and voices to replace newer ones. Upon completion of the update, when i checked maps that are available in my device,Instead of new updated maps, there is only 1 map left which is Hong Kong and Macau, and i don't live in either one of it. Tried downloading the maps through the Ovi Suite, always got the message "The connection to the Ovi Maps server timed out"

Samsung :: Newer Version Of Sgh D307
Does any one know if Cingular (AT&T) going to put out a newer version of samsung sgh d307?I know Verizon has one the samsung sch u740 ( samsung alias) or will Cingular (AT&T) get the samsung sch u740 anytime soon?

Nokia :: Not Able To Update OVI Suite V 2.2.0.245
When I click on install option from OVI Suite to update to the latest version, It keeps saying there's no network connection even though my net connection works fine. i tried installing the new version of Ovi Suite by downloading from Nokia Site, even that hangs after a while of installtion progress. Is there a easy way to upgrade or update new Ovi Suite ? Also if I cancel any installation mid way, I am not able to start it again unless I clear all installation files after restarting.this is frustrating to see a simple software upgrade is so cubersome.

Nokia :: Error Installing Latest Version Of Ovi Maps
I tried to install Ovi maps 3.03 but during the installation, it says there's not enough memory and it asks me to delete something from the C:. But I didn't really put much in C: and I don't know what I can delete without affecting the system.So, when I open "Maps" now, the old version still pops out (it says 3.01 when I click into "About"),but apparently the installer in the PC suite thinks I have 3.03 already.What should I do?

Nokia :: 5530 OVi Suite / No Firmware Update
My Ovi suite says there is no firmware update for my 5530. The latest is v. 20. Is my US 5530 not included in the new v. 30 update?

Nokia :: OVI Suite Backup And Firmware Update
So this might be a little long winded, but it's just what I've been through so I cant' really condense it down anymore.So a few days ago now (almost a week) I received an SMS from Nokia telling me to update my phone firmware. I then hooked my phone up to my PC, and checked for software updates. I updated OVI Suite to the latest version, rebooted and then checked again. It found the update for my phone and asked if I wished to apply it. Naturally I said yes, it then told me I should backup my phone first, and then asked if I would like to do that now, which I said yes to, and chose to backup everything. It then downloaded the update, applied it, and then asked me to restore my phone, All of which appeared to work fine.A quick look through my phone to check everything and it all appeared normal, My custom theme was there, my facebook app was there, my contacts/photos/music were there. Oh but wait, I was missing my Sudoku game. A little odd, yes, but no worries I got that from the OVI store, I'll just be able to re-download it, because that's why you make purchases from app stores instead of publishers directly.No, apparently not. This game wasn't listed in my "My Stuff" tab in the OVI application. That's ok, I'll just download it from the SMS I was sent originally.

No. Not that either. The SMS link is no longer valid. So at a loss I decide to turn to technical support, I mean after all I have a technical issue I need support with.I e-mail technical support Basically telling them above. Then then ask for a transaction ID, which I have no record of (not sure why not?). I then provide even more information, ask them to escalate, ect. End result is, I don't get my game back. They have no record of me downloading this in the past, and for some reason it isn't available to download anymore.Frustrated, I e-mail the developer/publisher, explaining my situation. They respond promptly (within the hour), providing my with a link and SMS to download the application again, and apologise for Nokia's behaviour. Nice. I've now got my game back things are good again in my world.So with that little story in mind, I raise a few questions. Why was this application not backed up/restored with my phone backup? This seems like a pretty serious bug, especially considering that technical support won't provide download links for games or applications unless you can provide them with information provided by Nokia in the first place ( :s very round about).

My situation is pretty small in the whole scheme of things I guess. But if it can happen to me I guess it can happen to others. So why Nokia can things like this happen? What would have happened if this wasn't a small game, but rather a largish application, with data, that cost lots of money? Sure I could have gone directly to the publisher then as well, but if the purchase was made through the OVI store, what record would they have of me? This centralised store is supposed to handle all of these problems (ie, Steam or Apple App Store). Also how can bugs like this get through the alpha/beta testing of the OVI Suite backup utility? This must surely be considered a critical part of the application.Judging from my response from Nokia thus far, I'm not sure if I'm even expecting a response to this. I guess it should server as a warning to others if they think they can trust this software or even the technical support behind it to back them up in case of issues. My advise? Get a different brand phone.

Nokia :: Ovi Suite 2.1.1.1 Released - Recommended Update For Everybody
we released today new update, Nokia Ovi Suite 2.1.1.1, which contains many critical bug fixes for sync and device updates in Nokia Ovi Suite.We recommend everybody to update their Nokia Ovi Suite into this latest release. Just start update installation, when you see recommended update in Home view notification. Or if you're in hurry, you can also use Tools -> Software updates to immediately check for this new release and start installation.
Our list of improvements in this 2.1.1.1 release:Critical fixes for sync and device updates Critical bug fixes for device software updater in Windows 7 Important fixes preventing repeating calendar entry time shifting in time zones west from GMT Important fixes and stability improvements for contacts sync So hit the install button and give us feedback. Nokia Ovi Suite 2.1.1.1 is also available for download in in our web pages.

Nokia :: Ovi Suite Has Got A Minor Update - 2.2.0.245
Today Nokia Ovi Suite has got a minor update. Its a 100 MB upgration to your earlier NOS 2.2.0.241. If i find any new features, i will inform you about the same.After installation, restart is recommended with the following message. Connecting your device to your computer with a USB cable without restarting the computer may lead to serious system problems. It is highly recommended to restart your computer now.If my post helped you, click on Kudos button and if my solution provided is opt 2 u, accpt my solution.

Nokia :: Ovi Suite Closes Without Any Error
I have an X6 and have installed ovi suite. It has worked fine for a couple of weeks and I have been able to succesfully transfer media such as pictures and music.

Now when I click to start up ovi suite it loads the first white page then closes without any error messages. The OVI icon on the bottom right taskbar disapears when I hover the mouse over it. It will not start. I'm getting really sick of this phone and the software.

Does anyone know why this problem is occuring? Every other device I connect regularly (such as ipod, sony ericsson and 2 external HDDs have not suddenly stopped working) so why has this cheapo Nokia suddenly become incompatible?

Nokia :: Error Signing In To Ovi Suite
i cant sign in to the ovi in ovi suite.it says that i dont have internet connection but i can browse anything in the web?any help?

Nokia :: Ovi Suite Error 80043c90
Symptoms: Synchronising of Contacts unsuccesful.

Nokia :: Ovi Suite Installation Error
I use windows 7 64x and during installation the following error occurs [img]/discussions/attachments/discussions/ovisuite/2862/1/OVI%20Fail.jpg[/img]

Nokia :: Ovi Suite Sign In Error
I am not able to sign into Ovi, from the Nokia Ovi Suite. Every time I try doing that it would tell make sure the internet connection is working properly and try again(see attachment). This is ridiculous, I am always connected to the internet using wifi.

Nokia Ovi Suite 2.1.1.1
PC Connectivity Solution 10.21.0.0
Connectivity Cable Driver 7.1.29.0
Nokia Ovi Suite Software Updater 2010.6.0.60359
Maps Service API 3.0.38.0
Nokia mPlatform 2.6.86
Ovi Desktop Sync Engine 1.1.0.82
Operating system:
Microsoft Windows XP 32-bit Edition, Service Pack 3
Language: English
Detected internet browsers:
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0.5730.13 (Default browser)
- Mozilla Firefox 3.6.3
Detected Bluetooth stacks:
- Microsoft (Version: 5.1.2600, Build: 5512)
- Broadcomm (Version: 5.5.0, Build: 3208)

Nokia :: N97 Ovi Suite Cant Update Support Software
OVI suite can't update the support softare on my N97... it's says "unable to install support software". Any solutions? On the PC I already unistall all Nokia software, used PCSuite Cleaner and cleaned the registry and then reinstall OVI Suite.I don't wont to hard reset the phone, format drive E and reinstall all the software.

Nokia :: 5800 XM Not Working With Newest Ovi Suite Update 2.0.2.42
I've just installed the newest version of ovi suite, however my computer manages to detect my mobile when the usb cable is connected but not the ovi program. It was working fine prior to the update.Is anyone else experiencing the same problem? I am also running windows 7 and running other cell phone programs as well such as Sony Ericsson PC Companion. Could there be a conflict with that?

Nokia :: Ovi Suite 2.2.0.241 Released - Recommended Update For Everybody
We released on Monday 21.6. new version of Nokia Ovi Suite, official version is Nokia Ovi Suite 2.2.0.241. Our recommendation for everybody is to update to this latest version. We plan to start web update for existing Nokia Ovi Suite 2.x users during Wednesday 23.6. Keep your installed Nokia Ovi Suite running, you'll see update notification automatically when update is available.- Nokia Ovi Suite 2.2.0.241 is also available for direct download in www.ovi.com/suite web pages Our list for improvements for Nokia Ovi Suite 2.2 release:New, simplified navigation in Nokia Ovi Suite Enjoy your photos and videos in a beautiful full screen view Get free, updated country maps for your device Basic support for Nokia N900 (messaging sync and memory card access not supported by Nokia N900) Microsoft Outlook 2010 sync support, including support for Outlook folders Faster start up and improved proxy support.

Nokia :: 5530 Ovi Suite Crashed During Software Update
As the title said, my ovi suite crashed during the installation process of the new software ( 31.0.005 ). I did a backup of my phone, but don't know if this and how this is accessible? My phone wont start now.. I don't know what to do.

Nokia :: E72 - Ovi Suite Connection Error
I've had my e72 since February, but I only just finally got around to downloading ovi suite on my PC. installation was fine, then it came to the part where it says to connect the phone, so I did that, but nothing happened. the thing on the PC said that I should select 'ovi suite' or 'PC suite' when it appears on the phone, but the home screen was blank. i've tried connecting it many times and still nothing. the phone lights up when i connect it to the computer, but it doesn't prompt me for the connection mode. i've checked the settings (currently on usb conn. mode: PC suite / ask on conn.: yes) but it's not asking me on connection, nor is there any indication on the ovi suite program that it is connected.

Nokia :: 5800 XM / OVI Suite / Error With Maps
So i connect my Nokia 5800 XM all works great, i open OVI suite and go to maps. I want to downlaod the maps for my county to my mobile phone, and there start to come some problems.when i press maps on OVI suite, on the right side of the window i see the logo of the OVI maps and its in black/white and there is a text msg: "Internal Error" and Maps encountered a unknow error, try again later.So i did try but still the same, what is wrong, how to fix it? any help?

Nokia :: OVI Suite - Error - Can't Run
I instaled ovi suit and i can't run it becouse error;

Nokia :: Unrecoverable Error On Startup Of OVI Suite
When I start OVI suite an unrecoverable error message is displayed and if I press OK the programme shuts down.

Nokia :: Ovi Suite Install Error 1622
I just got a new 7020 phone which came with an usb cable but no applications disk. I downloaded the latest ovi pc suite and tried to install it. After a bit it's installing I always receive a generic 1622 error and the installer quits. Stopped the avast antivirus and tried reinstalling, still no success. The computer is an acer laptop with a centrino processor, 512mb ram and windows xp sp3.

Nokia :: OVI Suite / Error Installing / Invalid Drive
I have tried in excess of 10 times to install Nokia Ovi Suite on my PC.I have visited this site and tried all of the suggestions, removing existing software, restarting, redownloading the newest version of NOS and installing to no avail.The error message I get every time is:

Installer

Error 1327.

Invalid drive: S:

Nokia :: Ovi Suite 2.1.0.87 Internal Error - Cant Perform Sync
Since Iâ€™ve updated Nokia Ovi Suite to the latest version (2.1.0.87), due to an internal error, I canâ€™t perform sync, backup or install an available application update on my Nokia N85. Is it possible to fix it, or where can I download a previous version of Nokia Ovi Suite?

Nokia :: Critical Error In Address Book Using OVI Suite In E71
I downloaded Nokia OVI Suite (NOS) on Oct 3 2009. I synchronized all available elements: Address Book, Messages, Notes Photos etc. Then (after some days) I sync. My E71 with Outlook by using (old and trusty) Nokia PC Suite. After a day I realized that some! of the phone numbers of some! of my contacts disappeared. I can't tell which and how many details (data-element/s) in each contact data were deleted. I can only tell that all contacts are still there, but some of them with no phone number or missing phones.

I know that if I was aware of this problem before sync. To Outlook, I could have saved most of my data. I also found a full backup of my E71 dated 16 Aug. 2009. I have about 1,200 contacts and I can't tell which was damaged and what is that damage.

Nokia :: OVI Suite - Make And Receive Calls Via OVI Suite
I have recently installed OVi Suite.

1. How can i make and recieve calls via OVI Suite like we used to do in PC Suite.

2. When i am trying to create Smart groups in Messenging, i am seeing a mixture of Phone numbers as well as Name. I donot understand why all the names are not getting displayed.

Nokia :: Ovi Suite 2 Fresh Installed Windows - Error Starting Back Up
I have an N97 handset and a 5800 handset. I have recently tried to use Ovi Suite to back up my phone and hit a problem.

I have reinstalling my windows machine from scratch using an original Windows XP install disk. I used windows update to install all windows patches (including IE8 and SP3) . When running windows update it tells me there are no new updates available. I also installed the latest firefox browser.

I downloaded and Ovi suite 2.0 from the Nokia website. I allowed it to detect my N97 handset. I allowed it to check for software updates and it told me there was an update for Ovi, which I installed.

I have set up Ovi not to sync anything with my phone. When I connect my phone and it appears in the Ovi suite, I can click on the "Back up" link or select back up from the tools menu.

At first it tells me than an operation is in progress and that I must wait or cancel it. I can't see that the Ovi suite is doing anything, no progress bars are present. If I wait 5 minutes and try back up again, the back up dialog appears. I select next to move onto step 2. It first says: "Wait a moment while preparing the backupâ€¦" then after about 30 seconds a red exclamation icon appears with: "Internal error. Due to an internal error, backup cannot be made. You can try again from Tools > Backup"

I've tried restarting the machine, restarting the phone, disconnecting, reconnecting and I cannot progress past step 2 of the backup.

I have also tried connecting a 5800 phone and experience exactly the same problem.

This is a fresh install of both Windows and Ovi suite with all the latest updates.

the N97 handset is running v11 of the firmware, since (although it is unbranded) v12 is still not available. the 5800 handset is running v21, since (although it is also unbranded) v30 and v31 are still not available. Both phones were bought directly from Nokia.

Here is the information from the Ovi suite:
Nokia Ovi Suite 2.0.0.10
PC Connectivity Solution 9.38.0.0
Connectivity Cable Driver 7.1.20.0
Nokia Ovi Suite Software Updater 2009.40.0.60128
Maps Service API 3.0.35.0
Nokia mPlatform 2.5.168
Ovi Desktop Sync Engine 1.0.0.684

Operating system:
Microsoft Windows XP 32-bit Edition, Service Pack 3
Language: English

Detected internet browsers:
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 8.0.6001.18702
- Mozilla Firefox 3.5.3 (Default browser)

Detected Bluetooth stacks:
- Microsoft (Version: 5.1.2600, Build: 5512)

Both phones have micro SD cards inserted. how I can back up my phone using the Ovi software?

Nokia :: E55 And OL97 Calendar Sync With Ovi Suite - Error 8004fceb
On June calendar sync worked fine between my E55 and Outlook 97. After my summer vacation sync doesn't work.
Now I get always error message: "Reconnect the USB cable or connect via Bluetooth. Then senc again. Error code: 8004fced" I have tried with cable and BT. Already I have reinstalled Ovi Suite and I have flashed my E55 again but these didn't help. Sync working with contacts, messages and pictures.

Nokia :: 3710 Bluetooth Error With Nokia Ovi Suite
I want to connect my Nokia 3710 fold to the Nokia Ovi Suite. But when I try I get this. Is there a driver I need to download. If there is where can I get it from?

Nokia :: N97 Pc Suite Support Update And Synchronize Error
I have the last version of PC Suite (7.1.30.9) installed on my PC (Windows XP SP3). When I connect my N97, it first gives me this message:"The pc suite support installed on your phone must be updated to support new features"I went to "help" and clicked on "Reinstall PC Suite support". It asked me a confirmation, which I did, but then nothing happened! Now the option "Reinstall PC Suite support" is not available on PC Suite anymore and the biggest issue I have is that the application "Synchronise" does not work (it was not working before).

Nokia :: N78 / PC Suite Update Pops Up / Reboot But Error Continues
I am trying to install and use the Nokia NSeries software that came with a N78-1. The installation seems to be successful, but just after the Nokia NSeries PC Suite software is installed, I can see it is launched (icon in system tray) as the rest of the software is installed.It then pops up a "This program has performed an illegal operation". After the reboot, I try again, but with the same error. At some stage, I tried it again, and got an application error with more info.

Nokia :: Intern Error Since Ovi Try To Update Maps 5800
i did plug my nokia 5800, ovi found out that my maps could be updated...it deleted all my older maps and as it tried to download the new one i always get this message "internal error the software faced an unknowed error.try again later" i have more than enough space on my memory card (5.3 Go free) , i tried downloading the france map piece by piece and it stille don't work, even with the language files which are about 2Mo . the download start with the progression bar but never end

Nokia :: E71 Sync Back With PC Suite After Started Using OVI Suite?
How can I make my nokia E71 sync back with PC Suite after I started using OVI Suite? I have a Nokia E71, and i was using Nokia PC Suite to sync it with my outlook 2007 it all worked fine, contacts, to do notes and calendar (i wasn't syncing mail cuase i use gmail), untill the new ovi suite came out and i decided to try it since It sounded better.turns out It really sucked this ovi suite!! one of the worst softwares I've ever used, it duplicated all of the appointments that had color categories in outlook 2007, it is dead slow to sync!!!(i mean reeeaaly slow), even tough the Suite integrates more stuff in to one place it has reduced funcionality to sync stuff with my phone, it offers less funtions, not to mention that the user interface sukcs (its poorly desingned, it takes long to accses stuff, it shows me stuff as if it was advertisement).PC suite was very simple but funcional, oviously i went back to pc suite, to my surprise i couldn't sync, pc suite & the phone would do as if they were syncing, but when i checked at the end it wouldn't sync stuff.

Nokia :: N6230i Tranfer Data From PC Suite To OVI Suite
Can i tranfer data from PC suite to OVI Suite - I need transfer all data from Nokia 6230i to new Nokia 6303 classic, or how to do it?. N 6230i is not connectable to OVI suite!

Nokia :: Software Version 9.05 / Error Message / Nokia Email Incompatible Version / Uninstall First
software version: 9.05(75)error message:nokia email an incompatible version of this product is detected, and has to be uninstall first.

Nokia :: N900 Smart Suite And Ovi Suite
Have a N900. Got the phone to work against Smart Suite and later Ovis Suite very well for the first 3 weeks. Then the trouble started. I used it both with USB cable and BTooth. First my synchronization with Lotus Notes calendar stopped (have to go by the PC), then contacts and messages. And today it does not even recognize the phone as a compatible phone. In the whole period I have been installing all kind of applications. My suspicion is that the trouble is due to an installation of a particular application - my question is:Anyone that got an idea what might have caused this?? Hope for help without re-intsalling the machine.

Nokia :: N900 PC Suite And OVI Suite Support?
PC Suite provides limited support for the N900 - backup does not work.OVI Suite does not support the N900 at all.When will these software products catch up with the N900?

Nokia :: N76 - Ovi Suite NOT Replacement For PC Suite?
PC Platform : Windows XP pro with SP3
Nokia Phone N76
Nokia PC Suite Ver 7.0.9.2
Nokia Photos Ver 1.5.242
Nokia Lifeblog Ver 2.5.224
Nokia Ovi Ver 1.1

1. Ovi Suite is NOT a replacement for PC Suite. I have an email from Nokia support telling me so and that its OK to run BOTH sets of software. BUT the POINT of MY email to them was I DO NOT WANT to cluter my PC up with 100s of 'ragtail' Nokia software products - I want all the functionality encapsulated in one product which is why both these products are supposed to do so by NAMING their products ' Nokia xxxx SUITE '

2. I used LIFEBLOG under PC suite extensively. All my SMS text messages are saved and stored because I use this DATA for business communications. SMS is a record just like an email. It is invaluable to me to have an accurate record of ALL my SMS text messages. I was experiencing problems with Lifeblog NOT transfering ALL my SMS messages from the phone to Nokia PC suite. New messages not previously transfered to my PC were not picked up my the Lifeblog software as being needed to be transfered to my computer. I still dont know why it doesnt recognise these messages. Is there some sort of 'flag' put on the message in the phone data ? Why cant I CHOOSE which INDIVIDUAL Messages that I want transfered. AND why cant I set a control to transfer the message from the phone to the PC MORE than ONCE. (For instance I may inadvertantly have deleted a record of an SMS message on Lifeblog but the message is still in the phone memory and I want to transfer that message again - but there is NO way that I can see to do this..........

Nokia :: N900 Pc Suite/ovi Suite
where how? ah?

N97 i miss you??

Nokia :: N85 PC Suite Or Ovi Suite?
I have just replaced my N70 with the N85 and was using PC Suite.I now see that there is another PC application called Ovi Suite which does a lot of what PC Suite already does.I cannot decide whether to continue using Pc Suite or install Ovi Suite.What advantages are there using OVi Suite.Any advice would be gratefully received.

Nokia :: Will Ovi Suite Replace Pc Suite?
I've noticed that the ovi suite can do pretty much everything the pc suite can do, will the ovi suite replace pc suite?

Nokia :: Difference Between Ovi Suite And PC Suite?
Maybe I totally missed it, but what's the difference between the new "Nokia Ovi Suite" and the "Nokia PC Suite"?Is the NOS perhaps the new NPCS?

Nokia :: N97 V20 / Update Firmware / PC Suite & Update Manager
I've just spent 2 months wage on an N97 and i've spent the last 2 days trying to update to firmware 20 and it gives me an error.i've tried using nokia pc suite + update manager, ovisuite but nothing works.they detect my phone, they see it, download the firmware, start installing and after that it stops.What can I Do?

Nokia :: Linux Version For PC Suite Required
A couple of days ago, i purchased a brand new N95.To my frusruration, I found out there's no support for Linux from Nokia.I want to know, is there going to be a release soon for Ubuntu Linux? (Debian based)Does any one know about another brand that does support Linux?I would apreciate an answer from a FORMAL nokia team member and if there are any other users sharing my situation, please post in your situation as well.Linux users are an ever growing community that has doubled itself in the past few years, with an accelerating growth!

Mobile Handset charges in India Nov 2010

2010-11-18T05:24:00.000-08:00

GSM Handsets

1 VERTU - Signature Rs.5,54,000
2 VERTU - Constellation Rs.2,62,000
3 VERTU - Ascent Rs.2,22,000
4 MOTOROLA AURA Rs.104,000
5 APPLE - iPhone 3GS 32GB Rs.41,500
6 APPLE - iPhone 3GS 16GB Rs.35,000
7 APPLE - iPhone 3GS 8GB Rs.29,500
8 MOTOROLA - Milestone Rs.29,000
9 NOKIA - E7 Rs.29,000
10 HTC - Touch HD2 Rs.28,500
11 SONYERICSSON - XPERIA X10 Rs.28,300
12 HTC - Desire Rs.28,000
13 MOTOROLA - Milestone XT720 Rs.27,400
14 SONYERICSSON - Satio Rs.25,900
15 SONYERICSSON - Xperia X2 Rs.25,500
16 NOKIA - N900 Rs.25,000
17 HTC - Legend Rs.24,500
18 NOKIA - N8 Rs.23,999
19 HTC - Hero Rs.21,500
20 Sony Ericsson - Vivaz Pro Rs.21,200
21 Sony Ericsson - Vivaz Rs.20,500
22 SONYERICSSON - Aino Rs.20,500
23 NOKIA - 6700 Gold Rs.20,000
24 Nokia C7-00 Rs.19,999
25 HTC - Touch HD mini Rs.19,500
26 GARMIN ASUS G60 Rs.18,900
27 GARMIN ASUS M10 Rs.18,500
28 NOKIA - N97 mini Rs.18,500
29 NOKIA - N86 (8 MP) Rs.18,500
30 ASUS - P835 Rs.18,300
31 SONYERICSSON - W995 Rs.17,500
32 NOKIA - E72 Rs.16,800
33 NOKIA - X6 (16GB) Rs.15,900
34 SPICE - D1111 Rs.15,799
35 SONYERICSSON - M1i Aspen Rs.15,300
36 ASUS - P565 Rs.15,160
37 GARMIN ASUS M20 Rs.15,000
38 HTC - Wildfire Rs.15,000
39 SONYERICSSON - XPERIA X10 mini pro Rs.15,000
40 NOKIA - X6 (8GB) Rs.14,200
41 SONYERICSSON - Xperia X8 Rs.14,200
42 SPICE - D1100 Rs.14,099
43 SPICE - S1200 Rs.14,049
44 HTC - Touch 2 T3333 Rs.13,600
45 Nokia C6 Rs.13,600
46 NOKIA - 5800 Express music Rs.13,400
47 NOKIA - N79 Rs.13,200
48 NOKIA - E71 Rs.13,100
49 SONYERICSSON - XPERIA X10 mini Rs.13,100
50 HTC - Tattoo Rs.13,000
51 NOKIA - E52 Rs.12,400
52 ASUS - P 552w Rs.12,350
53 SONYERICSSON - Yari Rs.11,900
54 NOKIA - 6700 classic Rs.11,700
55 NOKIA - E5 Rs.11,700
56 NOKIA - E5 Rs.11,000
57 SONYERICSSON - W705 Rs.10,900
58 SONYERICSSON - J20 Hazel Rs.10,700
59 SONYERICSSON - Elm Rs.10,200
60 SONYERICSSON - C903 Rs.10,200
61 ASUS - P527 Rs.10,000
62 NOKIA - 5530 XpressMusic Rs.9,800
63 NOKIA - 6700 slide Rs.9,800
64 SONYERICSSON - W595i Rs.9,600
65 NOKIA - X5-01 Rs.9,499
66 NOKIA - E63 Rs.9,200
67 SONYERICSSON - T715 Rs.8,900
68 SONYERICSSON - W20 Zylo™ Rs.8,300
69 NOKIA - 5235 Rs.8,200
70 ASUS - P320 Rs.8,000
71 HTC - Smart Rs.8,000
72 Nokia C5 Rs.7,999
73 NOKIA - 5250 Rs.7,999
74 NOKIA - 3710 fold Rs.7,499
75 NOKIA - 5230 Rs.7,399
76 SPICE - D6666 Rs.7,399
77 SONYERICSSON - Jalou F100 Rs.7,300
78 SPICE - S7000 Rs.6,949
79 NOKIA - X3 Rs.6,700
80 SPICE - M 7070 Rs.6,549
81 SONYERICSSON - C510 Rs.6,400
82 SONYERICSSON - F305 Rs.6,400
83 NOKIA - 5233 Rs.6,299
84 NOKIA - 6303i classic Rs.6,200
85 SONYERICSSON - Naite Rs.6,000
86 SONYERICSSON - Cedar Rs.6,000
87 MOTOROLA - EX 128 Rs.5,999
88 NOKIA - 7230 Rs.5,999
89 Nokia C3 Rs.5,999
90 Nokia X2 Rs.5,899
91 SONYERICSSON - W395 Rs.5,800
92 SPICE - QT 66 Rs.5,299
93 SPICE - D 5555 Rs.5,149
94 MOTOROLA - EX 115 Rs.4,999
95 NOKIA - 5130 XpressMusic Rs.4,999
96 SONYERICSSON - Spiro™ Rs.4,900
97 SONYERICSSON - S312 Rs.4,500
98 SPICE - QT 56 Rs.4,299
99 NOKIA - 7210 SUPERNOVA Rs.4,200
100 NOKIA - 2730 classic Rs.4,199
101 SONYERICSSON - W205 Rs.3,900
102 NOKIA - 2700 classic Rs.3,799
103 SPICE - QT 55 Rs.3,699
104 SPICE - M 6600 Rs.3,349
105 NOKIA - 2720 fold Rs.3,149
106 SPICE - M 6363 Rs.2,999
107 NOKIA - 2330 classic Rs.2,700
108 NOKIA - 2690 Rs.2,649
109 MOTOROLA - WX295 Rs.2,390
110 NOKIA - 2220 slide Rs.2,349
111 SPICE - QT 52 Rs.2,299
112 NOKIA - 2323 Rs.2,250
113 SPICE - M 4580 Rs.2,149
114 MOTOROLA - WX265 Rs.2,090
115 Nokia - C1 00 Rs.1,999
116 MOTOROLA - WX290 Rs.1,990
117 Nokia C1-00 Rs.1,790
118 MOTOROLA - WX260 Rs.1,775
119 NOKIA - 5030 Rs.1,699
120 NOKIA - 1800 Rs.1,599
121 SPICE - M 4242 Rs.1,599
122 SPICE - QT 44 Rs.1,549
123 NOKIA - 1616 Rs.1,399
124 NOKIA - 1280 Rs.1,149

CDMA

Sr.No. Company (CDMA Handset Model Price
service provider )
1 Reliance BLACKBERRY - Tour 9630 Rs.27,990
2 Reliance LG RD 10000 Rs.24,990
3 Reliance BLACKBERRY - Curve 8330 Rs.18,490
4 Reliance BLACKBERRY - Pearl 8130 Rs.15,990
5 Reliance Samsung 2 ON Rs.14,300
6 Reliance LG 9800 Rs.13,000
7 Reliance BLACKBERRY - Curve 8310 Rs.12,990
8 Reliance LG 9100 Rs.12,990
9 Reliance Coolpad 2938 Rs.11,000
10 Reliance Coolpad 289 Rs.7,999
11 Reliance Samsung M569 Rs.7,500
12 Reliance Samsung M309 Rs.5,600
13 Reliance Coolpad 188 Rs.4,999
14 Reliance LG 6600 Rs.4,200
15 Reliance LG 3500 Rs.1,199
16 Reliance LG 3510 Rs.1,199

Phone memory full delete some data error

2010-11-18T05:18:00.000-08:00

This has been devised mostly thinking about and experimenting with my Nokia N97 and infamous low memory and RAM issues. Most of these ideas will be applicable across the board to many other s60 devices.

There are some things you can do to manage the C memory better/phone memory.

1. Clear your browser cache often

2. set different message allocation ( if you have not done so already)
messaging- options- settings- other ( set it to 999, and e memory)

3. Go to OVI store (app on your phone) and change that memory allocation for most apps.
opitons- account- settings- installation preferences

Note: Applications such as, Boingo, qik and jaiku CAN'T be removed from your phone, by who knows who's decision.

4. Remove Facebook, Accu Weather, Bloomberg, apps from the C drivve and reinstall them via OVI store and place them in the E memory/mass memory ( Specific to Nokia N97)

NOTE: If you are using Nokia Messaging application, it can only store data on the C drive so keep that in mind

NOTE: RAM is another issue with N97. Don't keep too many apps running at the same time as it will run out of RAM and either close all applications on the spot or crash the phone and result in restart.

BETTER RAM management : Here are some things to consider

also consider investing in the best taskman 1.99$ ( at the time of publishing, tho this may change in the future) in the ovi store or y browser (free) to manage your ram and all the apps that are runnig on the phone that you might want to close if you are not using them. It shows you how much free RAM you have, how much free phone memory and mass memory/memory card.

http://www.drjukka.com/YBrowser.html

now y browser is free, it has a great amount of stuff you can do with it, but it is not as easy to use as best taskman and it does not look so pretty- that is if you care about looks over function. on Dr. Jukka's site you can also find Y- tasks which might come in handy for some users

This may not be a comprehensive list of things one might be able to do, but it is a good start to any such low memory trouble

How to invest in share market in Other countries

2010-11-18T05:15:00.000-08:00

There are many ways to invest in the money of another country; the most direct way is to purchase the currency outright. The good news is that investing in currency can be a fun and rewarding experience for any investor and can help to diversify your portfolio. The bad news is that trading in currency (also known as Forex) is the largest commodity in the world, so making a profit can be quite challenging.

1
Review the convention for how currency is quoted. Currencies are quoted in pairs; that is, two different currencies. The first currency in the pair is the transaction currency, and the second currency is the payment currency.
2
Walk through a pricing example. Let's say you want to invest in Euros. The quote for EUR/USD is 1.50. If the quote moves to 1.5010, it means the Euro is getting stronger and the USD is getting weaker. However, if the quote moves to 1.4990, it means the Euro is getting weaker and the USD stronger.
3
Determine which countries' money you wish to invest in. While any nation can trade currency in the Forex market, most trades are made between five different currency pairs. They are: EUR/USD, USD/JPY, GBP/USD, USD/AUD, USD/CHF and USD/CAD. If the currency you are interested in is not part of the "majors," you can still invest; however, the rate may not be as favorable. Use a currency converter to find the rate for the country you are interested in.
4
Demo three trading accounts. There are numerous Forex trading platforms on the market. Any reputable dealer will allow you to demo the trading platform before funding the account. This will allow you to try your hand at buying or selling your currency, understand how to place an order, understand how the currency moves and understand what advantages one platform offers over another.
5
Open an account. Once you get the hang of it, fund your account and make your first purchase. Do not use more than 10 percent margin at first. This is the equivalent of a loan and is very risky if you don't know what you're doing. Once you purchase shares, you have officially invested in that country's money.

Read more: How to Invest in Other Countries' Money | eHow.com http://www.ehow.com/how_5696005_invest-other-countries_-money.html#ixzz15disl4h3

Manually Manage Music in iTunes

2010-11-18T05:10:00.000-08:00

What are the ways to manage music in iTunes?
There is only one way to manually manage music in iTunes, you have to set the software up to manually interact with your iPod. Normally, iTunes will sync your media stored in your iTunes Music Library. This means you plug in your iPod, iTunes opens on its own, it syncs the library to your iPod and then you can eject the iPod and begin to use it. Any changes made to your Music Library are automatically updated on the iPod. If you add music, download a new podcast or delete a video from iTunes, it will do the same to your iPod whether you wanted it to or not.

Why would you manually manage music in iTunes?
If you manually manage music in iTunes, it gives you complete control over what stays on your computer and what stays on your iPod. If you want to only keep a certain amount of music, videos or more on your hard drive, manually managing music in iTunes would give you that control. You can delete, add or change things in iTunes without worry that it would reflect on your iPod.

For example, if you manually manage music in iTunes, and you have the complete collection of The Beatles in your Music Library, you may only want a few of their albums on your iPod. If this is the case, then you can simply drag and drop what Beatles albums you want onto your iPod, listen to them on the go and when you plug your iPod back in, everything will remain as is. iTunes will not try to add all the albums back onto your iPod. If you did not engage manual management, iTunes would copy the Music Library as is onto your iPod.

How to manually manage music in iTunes
It is very simple to set up your iPod to manually manage music in iTunes, simply plug in your iPod and wait for it to load. Once loaded, click on your iPod in the device list and its primary screen will pop up. From there, you want to select the tab next to "manually manage music and videos." Once checked, it will take a few seconds for iTunes to record the changes and you will have turned off the automatic sync feature for your iPod. After this, you will simply drag and drop music and other media to your iPod and delete it at will.

ime difference between two excel cell

2010-11-18T05:08:00.001-08:00

Total Hours: INT((B1-A1)*24)

Total Minutes: INT((B1-A1)*1440)

Total Seconds: INT((B1-A1)*104100)

A1 is the larger of the two times.

Interview Tips

2010-11-18T04:58:00.000-08:00

A day or two before the interview most of us have butterflies in out stomach because we are probably too nervous to even say that we are nervous and feel anxious. The internet is filled with tips and tricks for interview and how to face them; often reading different articles could mean losing track on information about a specific top. The help that you need is 10 must to do things prior to an interview. If you are able to prepare well for an interview then that’s usually half the work done, you are looking to start the interview on the right note and using these 10 must to do things prior to an interview you have given yourself the best chance to beginning an interview in the right earnest.

Review your CV. In all likelihood we all remember every word of our curriculum vitae. That is a good thing but when you are faced with an interview when the most experienced people who have given many interviews might fumble. This can be embarrassing to say the least; you would not like your new employer to think you are taking things lightly in an interview. It’s always a good practice to sit down a day before the actual interview and review your curriculum vitae.
2. Imagine the interview – Here the objective is to prepare oneself for the atmosphere that you would face in the interview hall. You have prepare for an interview brilliantly but once you reach the interview venue and you see scores for people already present there it could be nerve racking. But if you imagine this situation a day prior to an interview then it is as if you were expecting this and that’s what is happening so there’s nothing out of the unusual. You walk in confidently and seeing such a confident person in you some other people might feel uncomfortable.
3. Dress appropriately – Who said looks do not matter, well they do and a lot. No one wants a shabbily dressed person working in the office it just brings bad taste and you could be the one who’s never asked for a cup of coffee. Do not wear a t-shirt even; you can wear a stripes office wear shirt and a neat trouser. Your appearance must be of a polished person, donning a professional & conservative look would be really cool.
4. Knowing the Company – One of the things that might really work in your favor is that if you can take some time to research about the company you are going to give an interview to then that’s one tool that will be much appreciated. All you need to do is visit the online website of the company and gather information regarding what business in company is involved, what products or services they sell, visit the about us page for quick review of the company’s history etc.
Presenting something unique – A unique presentation depends whether it applies to your prospective job or not. If you are applying for a job in an architectural company. In that case you can carry some of your best design work and sheets. That would be a great way to impress the interviewers or recruiters that you have the ability and skills, the work will speak for you.
Positive visualization of the interview – As said earlier if you walk into an interview with the world of confidence then people around you will feel threatened, though that’s not the aim it certainly gives you an advantage. By creating a positive visualization of the interview you are preparing yourself to face the interview and prepare your mind for it. See yourself as if you are inside the interview room and seated comfortable answering all questions the recruiter poses to you. When you face the actual interview you are doing something that you already knew you would be.
Create a questions list – An interview is not to be seen as if it’s a person interrogation. The interview is a “getting to know you” meeting, which means you can pose questions to the interviewers as well. Please do not start with questions like what are the work hours or how much salary will I draw. Instead ask questions that show you are ready to do the job and present you as a person who is quick to get start with the task presented to you.
Prepare yourself to impress – it’s all in the mind, usually a screening interview will not last more than 15 minutes, in those 15 minutes you will have will the opportunity to impress your would be would recruiters. Talk confidently and dress up in appropriate attrite, do not look as if you do not belong to that job, instead you should prepare yourself to appear as candidate that is willing to take on a challenging job.
Prepare interview material – Sometimes people aren’t preparing well a day ahead of the interview. They are so tensed they think watching movie will help and early morning they can’t even locate their interview file. Relax and create a small list of your interview material, gather it can place all papers, curriculum vitae, previous appointment letters all related documents and put them in your file. Review if every paper is in order and relax.
Sleep well – Once you are have done on of the 9 above must to thing prior to an interview its time that you get much needed rest a day before the interview. Once you are sure that you have prepared confidently and you have reviewed your curriculum vitae then a good night’s sleep can do a world of good for you. If you cannot get a good sleep next morning you will definitely feel lethargic and might have to take aspirin to feel good. A good night’s sleep will ensure you are feeling good about everything the next morning and you will have all the energy and confidence to face the interview.
Getting a job is not guaranteed every time but by preparing for it well you are giving yourself the best chance to get a job. With these 10 must to things prior to an interview we simple aim to help you prepare for an interview with tips. Preparation is important to success in any field so if you prepare for an interview well then you are going to get a job

Product based Company vs Services company

2010-04-18T02:10:00.000-07:00

Product based Company vs Services company

It is a common notion among the freshers and also among some of the people in the industry to consider services company as completely devoid of innovation and thriving solely on labor arbitrage. I was myself guilty of similar thinking for a long time.

However, after the little experience I have in the industry and watching both Services and product development side by side, I have realized that both have their own unique challenges and it is not at all fair to put services companies on a lower pedestal than product companies.

Firstly, there aren't really any true product companies. No company can simply build and sell products without providing services around them. Microsoft - the epitome of software product development - has a very large fraction of its work force providing support and associated services around its products. Apple, IBM, Sun - you name it - all develop products and provide services around them. If anything - many of these companies (notably IBM) have realized that services is a much more profitable business to be in. IBM Global Services is probably world's largest software services company.

Secondly, unlike common perception, services companies constantly innovate to remain competitive. The innovation may be in the form of better processes, better hiring strategies, or in developing complex technical solutions for their clients. It is true that many large software services companies do routine incremental maintenance work for systems that were architected elsewhere. However, that is true for large product companies as well which need to invest majority of their resources in maintaining and updating previous versions of their products. If anything, a services company has better chances of doing interesting work in varied technologies as against a product company which is likely to be tied to a single platform and a single product. For a services company, every client and every project is an opportunity to pick up a new technology. The portfolio and technical breadth of services companies is undeniably greater than those of product companies.

The greatest advantage of working in a services company is that you learn to listen very carefully to what your customers are saying. On the shoulders of its clients, a services company gets an opportunity to look closely at varied business models, ship varied products and learn from mistakes and successes of others.

The product company on the other hand the product based company has its own systems in place and is more of ‘content’ than ‘presentation’.
Let me elaborate a bit. A product company is not necessarily great because it innovates. What makes a (good) product company truly stand out is its ability to place its bets on building something in a way that nobody else has, and then giving it all the company's got. Product companies invest in R&D, they take chances, and in their DNA is the ability to know “what” to build without somebody telling them to. The what is a very key element.

The technical challenges and innovation will be similar but a services company does not own the intellectual property and also does not take the responsibility of the success of the idea. This responsibility makes a product company special because it makes long term revenue for the company. (And explains the swelling packages offered to the employees!)

Which one’s for you. You decide yourself..
Product companies are about innovation, service companies are about understanding, listening to clients and addressing the solution within deadlines. The processing of listening to the market is the common aspect of both. However, the kinds of people required for these roles are fundamentally different. Think consulting firm, and you can imagine the big B school MBAs in client relationship roles. There is a lot more emphasis on soft skills, on formal processes, less emphasis on precision or sustainability, less time for innovation, less thought on the code line and more on getting to a solution that works in time. Product companies require more creative people, but their social skills might not be as good. Again this is an observation and not a rule of thumb.

Narad Vachan:
A product company uses its people to create intellectual property.
A services company rents its people out so others can create intellectual property.
A product company takes a $20/hour Java programmer and uses her skills to create a $20 million product.
A services company takes a $20/hour Java programmer and rents him out for $25/hour.

What is Garbage Collection?

2010-03-12T07:15:00.000-08:00

What is Garbage Collection?

Garbage collection refers to the strategy adapted by Microsoft .NET to free unused objects or objects that go out of the scope automatically. This article covers the concepts of Garbage Collection and the strategies adopted by Microsoft .NET for handling managed memory efficiently. Garbage Collection is a process of releasing the memory used by the objects, which are no longer referenced. This is done in different ways and different manners in various platforms and languages. The Common Language Runtime (CLR) requires that the objects should be created in the managed heap, but we do not have to bother with cleaning up the memory once the object goes out of the scope or is no longer needed. This is unlike the strategies adopted in programming languages like C and C++ where we were required to cleanup the heap memory explicitly using a free function of C and delete operator of C++. Under normal circumstances Garbage collector is a low priority thread but when memory becomes limited, Garbage collector becomes high priority and release memory automatically. But we cannot actually tell when Garbage Collector does the job.

Note: Generally, the garbage collector runs when the .NET runtime determines that a garbage collection is required. You can force the garbage collector to run at a certain point in your code by calling System.GC.Collect(). The System.GC class is a .NET class that represents the garbage collector, and the Collect() method initiates agarbage collection . The GC class is intended for rare situations in which you know that it's a good time to call the garbage collector; for example, if you have just dereferenced a large number of objects in your code. However, the logic of the garbage collector does not guarantee that all unreferenced objects will be removed from the heap in a singlegarbage collection pass.
Problems with Manual Memory Management
One of the major causes of program failure today, particularly in applications that run for long time is due to manual memory management. It leads two main problems

First one is, when a programmer allocates a block of memory in a data storage area of operating system (i.e. in Random Accesses Memory) intending to free it latter, but some time he mistakenly forget to release memory that is no longer required, this condition is known as "Memory leak".

If this application runs long enough, these leaks accumulate and the application runs out of memory that is not big deal in a programs like 'notepad', that user runs for a few minutes and then shutdown. But a fatal application like web server that are supposed to run continuously for days or week will lead to accumulation of memory leaks and application failure.

Second one is when a programmer manually deletes an object but then mistakenly or other objects try to access this memory location later. This will lead to hanging of application, and more over some times transistor that had make up the deleted object memory would still contain 'Plausible' values, and program continues to run with corrupted data.

These two above mentioned bugs are worse than most other application bugs because what the consequences will be and when those consequences will occur are typically unpredictable. That is making our application perform in unpredictable ways at unpredictable times. For other bugs, when we see our application misbehaving, we can just fix it.
Automatic Memory Management
Microsoft.NET made solution for above mentioned bugs. That is Microsoft made automatic memory management as a part of .Net common language runtime (CLR), which allows it to be used in any .Net language. That is in .Net application if CLR detects that, an Application is no longer using the memory and that it no longer needed, CLR release that memory (i.e. Application does not have to explicitly free Memory that was allocated). This mechanism runs automatically in background and is known asGarbage Collection

It solves the problem of manual memory management with out having to write any single line of code. You can't forget to delete an object because the system cleans it for you when it is not required and you can't access deleted object through an invalid reference because the object won't be deleted as long as you hold a reference of it

This Garbage Collection is like an automatic seat belt. The passengers couldn't forget to buckle it. More over we know that automatic belt require more space and mechanism than manual one. Similarly .Net application requires more system resources than ordinary application.

Main aim of .Net is that faster development with fewer bugs. That is we want programmer only think about program logic. Not any other things likeMemory Management or else.
How does Garbage Collection works
An Overview

Memory is not infinite. The garbage collector must perform a collection in order to free some memory. The garbage collector's optimizing engine determines the best time to perform a collection, (the exact criteria is guarded by Microsoft) based upon the allocations being made. When the garbage collector performs a collection, it checks for objects in the managed heap that are no longer being used by the application and performs the necessary operations to reclaim their memory.
However for automatic memory management, the garbage collector has to know the location of the roots i.e. it should know when an object is no longer in use by the application. This knowledge is made available to the GC in .NET by the inclusion of a concept know as metadata. Every data type used in .NET software includes metadata that describes it. With the help of metadata, the CLR knows the layout of each of the objects in memory, which helps the Garbage Collector in the compaction phase ofGarbage collection. Without this knowledge the Garbage Collector wouldn't know where one object instance ends and the next begins.

Garbage Collection Algorithm
Application Roots

Every application has a set of roots. Roots identify storage locations, which refer to objects on the managed heap or to objects that are set to null.
For example:

* All the global and static object pointers in an application.
* Any local variable/parameter object pointers on a thread's stack.
* Any CPU registers containing pointers to objects in the managed heap.
* Pointers to the objects from Freachable queue.
* The list of active roots is maintained by the just-in-time (JIT) compiler and common language runtime, and is made accessible to the garbage collector's algorithm.

Implementation

Garbage collection in .NET is done using tracing collection and specifically the CLR implements the Mark/Compact collector.
This method consists of two phases as described below.

Phase I: Mark
Find memory that can be reclaimed.

When the garbage collector starts running, it makes the assumption that all objects in the heap are garbage. In other words, it assumes that none of the application's roots refer to any objects in the heap.

The following steps are included in Phase I:
1. The GC identifies live object references or application roots.
2. It starts walking the roots and building a graph of all objects reachable from the roots.
3. If the GC attempts to add an object already present in the graph, then it stops walking down that path. This serves two purposes. First, it helps performance significantly since it doesn't walk through a set of objects more than once. Second, it prevents infinite loops should you have any circular linked lists of objects. Thus cycles are handles properly.

Once all the roots have been checked, the garbage collector's graph contains the set of all objects that are somehow reachable from the application's roots; any objects that are not in the graph are not accessible by the application, and are therefore considered garbage.

Phase II: Compact
Move all the live objects to the bottom of the heap, leaving free space at the top.

Phase II includes the following steps:

1. The garbage collector now walks through the heap linearly, looking for contiguous blocks of garbage objects (now considered free space).
2. The garbage collector then shifts the non-garbage objects down in memory, removing all of the gaps in the heap.
3. Moving the objects in memory invalidates all pointers to the objects. So the garbage collector modifies the application's roots so that the pointers point to the objects' new locations.
4. In addition, if any object contains a pointer to another object, the garbage collector is responsible for correcting these pointers as well.

After all the garbage has been identified, all the non-garbage has been compacted, and all the non-garbage pointers have been fixed-up, a pointer is positioned just after the last non-garbage object to indicate the position where the next object can be added.

Finalization

.NET Framework's garbage collection implicitly keeps track of the lifetime of the objects that an application creates, but fails when it comes to the unmanaged resources (i.e. a file, a window or a network connection) that objects encapsulate.

The unmanaged resources must be explicitly released once the application has finished using them. .NET Framework provides the Object.Finalize method: a method that the garbage collector must run on the object to clean up its unmanaged resources, prior to reclaiming the memory used up by the object. Since Finalize method does nothing, by default, this method must be overridden if explicit cleanup is required.

It would not be surprising if you will consider Finalize just another name for destructors in C++. Though, both have been assigned the responsibility of freeing the resources used by the objects, they have very different semantics. In C++, destructors are executed immediately when the object goes out of scope whereas a finalize method is called once when Garbage collection gets around to cleaning up an object.

The potential existence of finalizers complicates the job of garbage collection in .NET by adding some extra steps before freeing an object.

Whenever a new object, having a Finalize method, is allocated on the heap a pointer to the object is placed in an internal data structure called Finalization queue. When an object is not reachable, the garbage collector considers the object garbage. The garbage collector scans the finalization queue looking for pointers to these objects. When a pointer is found, the pointer is removed from the finalization queue and appended to another internal data structure called Freachable queue, making the object no longer a part of the garbage. At this point, the garbage collector has finished identifying garbage. The garbage collector compacts the reclaimable memory and the special runtime thread empties the freachable queue, executing each object's Finalize method.

The next time the garbage collector is invoked, it sees that the finalized objects are truly garbage and the memory for those objects is then, simply freed.

Conclusion: Thus when an object requires finalization, it dies, then lives (resurrects) and finally dies again. It is recommended to avoid using Finalize method, unless required. Finalize methods increase memory pressure by not letting the memory and the resources used by that object to be released, until two garbage collections. Since you do not have control on the order in which the finalize methods are executed, it may lead to unpredictable results.
Understanding Object Generations

When the CLR is attempting to locate unreachable objects, is does not literally examine each and every object placed on the managed heap. Obviously, doing so would involve considerable time, especially in larger (i.e., real-world) applications.

To help optimize the process, each object on the heap is assigned to a specific "generation." The idea behind generations is simple: The longer an object has existed on the heap, the more likely it is to stay there. For example, the object implementing Main() will be in memory until the program terminates. Conversely, objects that have been recently placed on the heap are likely to be unreachable rather quickly (such as an object created within a method scope). Given these assumptions, each object on the heap belongs to one of the following generations:

* Generation 0: Identifies a newly allocated object that has never been marked for collection
* Generation 1: Identifies an object that has survived a garbage collection (i.e., it was marked for collection, but was not removed due to the fact that the sufficient heap space was acquired)
* Generation 2: Identifies an object that has survived more than one sweep of the garbage Collector

The garbage collector will investigate all generation 0 objects first. If marking and sweeping these objects results in the required amount of free memory, any surviving objects are promoted to generation 1. To illustrate how an object's generation affects the collection process, ponder image shown above, which diagrams how a set of surviving generation 0 objects (A, B, and E) are promoted once the required memory has been reclaimed.

If all generation 0 objects have been evaluated, but additional memory is still required, generation 1 objects are then investigated for their "reachability" and collected accordingly. Surviving generation 1 objects are then promoted to generation 2. If the garbage collector still requires additional memory, generation 2 objects are then evaluated for their reachability. At this point, if a generation 2 object survives a garbage collection, it remains a generation 2 object given the predefined upper limit of object generations.

The bottom line is that by assigning a generational value to objects on the heap, newer objects (such as local variables) will be removed quickly, while older objects (such as a program's application object) are not "bothered" as often.
Strong and Weak References

The garbage collector can reclaim only objects that have no references. An object that is reachable cannot be garbage collected by the garbage collector. Such a reference is known as a strong reference. An object can also be referred to as a weak reference; another term for a weak reference is the target. An object is eligible for garbage collection if it does not contain any strong references, irrespective of the number of weak references it contains.

The managed heap contains two internal data structures whose sole purpose is to manage weak references: the short weak reference table and the long weak reference table.

Weak references are of two types:

* A short weak reference doesn't track resurrection.
i.e. the object which has a short weak reference to itself is collected immediately without running its finalization method.

* A long weak reference tracks resurrection.
i.e. the garbage collector collects object pointed to by the long weak reference table only after determining that the object's storage is reclaimable. If the object has a Finalize method, the Finalize method has been called and the object was not resurrected.

These two tables simply contain pointers to objects allocated within the managed heap. Initially, both tables are empty. When you create a WeakReference object, an object is not allocated from the managed heap. Instead, an empty slot in one of the weak reference tables is located; short weak references use the short weak reference table and long weak references use the long weak reference table.

Consider an example of what happens when the garbage collector runs. The diagrams (Figure 1 & 2) show the state of all the internal data structures before and after the GC runs.

Now, here's what happens when a garbage collection (GC) runs:

1. The garbage collector builds a graph of all the reachable objects. In the above example, the graph will include objects B, C, E, G.
2. The garbage collector scans the short weak reference table. If a pointer in the table refers to an object that is not part of the graph, then the pointer identifies an unreachable object and the slot in the short weak reference table is set to null. In the above example, slot of object D is set to null since it is not a part of the graph.
3. The garbage collector scans the finalization queue. If a pointer in the queue refers to an object that is not part of the graph, then the pointer identifies an unreachable object and the pointer is moved from the finalization queue to the freachable queue. At this point, the object is added to the graph since the object is now considered reachable. In the above example, though objects A, D, F are not included in the graph they are treated as reachable objects because they are part of the finalization queue. Finalization queue thus gets emptied.
4. The garbage collector scans the long weak reference table. If a pointer in the table refers to an object that is not part of the graph (which now contains the objects pointed to by entries in the freachable queue), then the pointer identifies an unreachable object and the slot is set to null. Since both the objects C and F are a part of the graph (of the previous step), none of them are set to null in the long reference table.
5. The garbage collector compacts the memory, squeezing out the holes left by the unreachable objects. In the above example, object H is the only object that gets removed from the heap and it's memory is reclaimed.

The System.GC class

The System.GC class represents the garbage collector and contains many of methods and properties that are described in this section.

GC.Collect Method
This method is used to force a garbage collection of all the generations. It can also force a garbage collection of a particular generation passed to it as a parameter. The signatures of the overloaded Collect methods are:
public static void Collect();
public static void Collect(Integer int);

GC.GetTotalMemory Method
This method returns the total number of bytes that is allocated in the managed memory. This method accepts a boolean parameter. If the parameter is true, it indicates that it should wait for the garbage collector to finish.

GC.KeepAlive Method
This method extends the life time of an object passed to it as a parameter. The signature of this method is as follows:
public static void KeepAlive(object objToKeepAlive);

GC.ReRegisterForFinalize Method
This method re-registers an object for finalization, i.e., makes an object eligible for finalization. The method signature is as follows:
public static void ReRegisterForFinalize(objectobjToRegister);

GC.SupressFinalize Method
This method suppresses the finalization on an object. The prototype of this method is:
public static void SupressFinalize(object obj);

GC.GetGeneration Method
This method returns the current generation of an object or the same of the target of the weak reference. The signature of this overloaded method is:
System.GC.GetGeneration(object obj);
System.GC.GetGeneration(WeakReferenceweakReference);

GC.MaxGeneration Property
This property returns the maximum number of generations available.

GC.WaitForPendingFinalizers Method
This method blocks the current thread till the execution of all the pending finalizers is over. The signature of this method is:
public static void WaitForPendingFinalizers();

Abstract classes v/s Interface

2010-03-10T02:30:00.000-08:00

Abstract classes
Abstract class is class which contain one or more abstract methods, which is implemented by sub classes. An abstract class can contain no abstract methods but also containe mehtod with body. Abstract classes are useful in a situation when some general methods should be implemented and specialization behavior should be implemented by subclasses.Abstract class can contain private as well as protected members.
When to use Abstract Class-If we have a base class where all the classes will perform the same function, then we can define that in our Abstract class. If you plan on updating this base class throughout the life of your program, it is best to allow that base class to be an abstract class. Because you can make a change to it and all of the inheriting classes will now have this new functionality.

Interface
Interface is extremely useful when you don’t want a big hierarchical type framework. As interfaces are implicitly abstract, they cannot be directly instantiated except when instantiated by a class which implements the said interface. The class must implement all of the methods described in the interface, or be an abstract class. An Interface can only have public members. A class implementing an interface must implement all of the methods defined in the interface, while a class extending an abstract class need not implement any of the methods defined in the abstract class.Maintainability–if you want to add a new feature (method) in its contract, then you must implement those method in all of the classes which implement that interface. However, in the case of an abstract class, the method can be simply implemented in the abstract class and the same can be called by its subclass.Interfaces are slow as it requires extra indirection to to find corresponding method in in the actual class.

When To use interface – Interfaces are useful when you do not want classes to inherit from unrelated classes just to get the required functionality.It is used where there of chances adding new method in future. Interfaces are more used to set standards. interface gave merely a specification,nothing implemented for any standalone project which can be changed at will its more design flexible and it can be utilized to model multiple inheritance.

Did You Know about Burj?

2010-01-08T11:35:00.000-08:00

Did You Know ?

* Ten cranes and the world's fastest high-capacity constuction hoists - with a speed of upto 2m/sec (120m/min) are used to move men and material.

* The building service/fireman's elevator will have a capacity of 5,500kg and will be theworld's tallest service elevator.

* Burj Dubai will be the first mega-high rise in which certaib elevators will be programmedto permit controlled evacuation for certain fire or security events.

* Parts of the tower reach upwards in a helical shape, with terraces, there are 26 intotal.

* The Burj Dubai's observatory Elevators(double deck cabs) have a capacity for 21 personson each deck and will have the world's longest travel distance from lowest to highest stop.This Elevators will travel at 10 m/sec.

* The Burj Dubai observation deck located 442 meters above groubd will be the highestpublicly accessible observation deck in the world.

* The curtain wall of the Burj Dubai will be equivalent to 17 football(soccer) fields or 25American football fields.

* The tower's peak electricity demand is estimated at 36 mVA, equivalent to roughly 360,000100-watt light bulbs all operating at the same time.

* There will be 200 meters of spectacular dancing fountains at the foot of the BurjDubai.

* When Completed, Burj Dubai will be the tallest building in the world in all fourcategories recognized by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat(CTBUH), which compiles and ranks the world's tallest buildings.
* The tower will house one of the first armani hotels.
* Samsung Corporation from South Korea is the main building contractor.
* The tip of the spire can be seen by a person 95 km (60 miles) away.
* At the peak cooling times, the tower will require approximately 10,000 tons of cooling per hour, which is equivalent to the capacity provided by 10,000 tons (22.4 million ibs or 10.2 million kg) of melting ice in one day.

* Burj Dubai will contain the world's highest elevator installation.
* The amount of rebar used for the tower is 31,400 metric tons - laid end to end this would extend over a quarter of the way around the world.
* The Burj Dubai's water system will supply an average of about 946,000 liters (250,000 gallons) of water per day.

Phographic memory 2

2009-02-21T21:50:00.000-08:00

Photographic Memory Techniques - Exposed
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Photo graphic memory

2009-02-21T21:46:00.000-08:00

How to Get a Photographic Memory Fast
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16:9 Widescreen video recording on the Nokia N97

2009-02-15T20:44:00.000-08:00

More reason for me to get the N97! What with YouTube going widescreen and HD last weekend, I felt compelled to buy a compact camera that could record in 16:9 so that I could upload videos in widescreen without having to edit them on my computer. Luckily I only got to the browsing stage.

It may have been obvious to everyone else, but I overlooked the N97’s widescreen video capture on the N97’s launch day because based on the boxed thumbnail photos in the gallery, I thought it would be the same story for the video recording.

Consoliderated ICFAI question papers

2009-02-09T22:59:00.000-08:00

Check these links:

http://rsrivastava.wordpress.com/icafi-question-papers/
http://icfaiquestionpapers.blogspot.com/

i will be updating this list uptodate!

ICFAI previous year exam papers for all gruops

2009-02-08T20:51:00.000-08:00

ICFAI previous year exam papers for all groups

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What is Happiness?

2009-02-01T23:11:00.000-08:00

Happiness can mean different things to different people. For example, for one person, it may mean being in a relationship, whereas for someone else it may mean feeling you have the ability to handle whatever life throws at you.

While you might think that there are certain things that make you happy (or could make you happy if you had them), research has shown that there are certain common traits amongst happy people - and it isn't necessarily what you might have thought.
What Makes Happy People Happy?

You might think that happy people have lots of money, are physically attractive, have great jobs, or own the latest gadgets. Or, you might just think happy people are plain lucky, and are born that way.

Research suggests, however, that there are a number of variables that make a far greater contribution to happiness than external and more superficial factors.

That doesn't mean that if you have a lot of money you won't be happy, or that having a lot of money is bad, it just means that other factors are more important in determining happiness. In fact, a strong positive relationship between job status/income/wealth and happiness only exists for those who live below the poverty line and/or who are unemployed.

What distinguishes happy people, is that they have a different attitude - a different way of thinking about things and doing things. They interpret the world in a different way, and go about their lives in a different way.
Why is Happiness Important?

This might seem obvious - why wouldn't you want to be happy?! But the implications are greater than you might think. Happier people are generally healthier people - not only mentally, but also physically. So you can see than happiness is actually something that is really important, that you might want to increase if you can.
The "Happiness Equation"

It has been suggested that there are several factors that contribute towards our happiness. This is an 'equation for happiness' suggested by Martin Seligman, an American based psychologist:
H = S + C + V

H = Happiness
S = Set range - (genetics: about 50%)
C = Circumstances (8-15%)
V = Voluntary Control - (past, present, future)

This all looks very scientific, and is actually based on research findings, but can be explained quite simply:

Set Range/Genetics - There is some evidence to support that we are all born with a certain "set-point" of happiness, determined by our genes. This is supposed to change only slightly, if at all, as we get older. This contributes towards around 50% of our level of happiness.

So, if something dramatic happens, for example, you win the lottery, or break up with your boyfriend or girlfriend, within a year or so (depending on the situation) your happiness level will return to its set point.

Circumstances - There is also some evidence to suggest that the circumstance we live in influence our level of happiness. You don't always have a lot of control over your circumstances (for example, we can't all live in mansions and drive new cars). Evidence suggests, however, that this accounts for only around 8-15% of our happiness levels, which really isn't that much.

Voluntary Control - This third factor is the most important factor in the equation, because you can control it, and in the process control your happiness. It includes all aspects of your life over which you have a relatively high degree of control, including your thoughts and actions. This includes the way you choose to think about and act on the past, present, and future, and seems to have quite a significant impact on how happy you are - if you do the math, it could be up to 42%!

- Past - When thinking about the past, people who are happier pay attention to what is 'good' about the past, rather than focusing on the unhappy times. They are grateful, forgiving, and don't believe that the past will determine what happens in the future.

For more information on gratitude (being grateful) for the past, check out this fact sheet.

- Future - When it comes to thinking about the future, happy people are flexibly optimistic - what this means is that they are optimistic (in a realistic sense) about how their future is going to be, but if it doesn't turn out that way, they know it's not going to be the end of the world either.

- Present - The way you think about and act in the present is also essential in determining how happy you are. This might include things such as taking pleasure in life and your surroundings, building and being in meaningful relationships, and the way we react to things in life, good and bad.

For more information about the things you can control in your present which might help increase your happiness, check out the 'Tips for Increasing Your Happiness' fact sheet.
You do Have Control Over Your Happiness

So, you can see from this equation that you do have some control over your happiness. Even though a certain proportion of your happiness is beyond your control, and is determined by genetics and by circumstances (which you can only control to a certain extent), you can increase you happiness level by focusing on those areas in your life that you can control.

You might choose to control your attitude, the way you choose to interpret situations, and the way you think about yourself. If you think about it, and the fact that it could be accountable for around 40% of your happiness, this could make a big difference in your life.

Check out the interactive game Reach Out! Central if you want to see in action how the way that you think about and respond to situations can influence your mood, and your level of happiness of unhappiness.
But Does Aiming to be Happy Mean You Can't be Sad?

Not at all. In fact, going through times where you're sad can sometimes make that happiness all the brighter.

Sadness is a part of life, and sometimes it's even possible to feel happy and sad about something. For example, you might be happy to move out of home, but sad that you won't see the family, or your family dog, as much any more.

You might even wonder whether it's possible, or OK to be happy, when there is so much suffering and injustice in the world. Happiness is natural, and it is possible to be compassionate and caring, and in tune with the sadness of the world, while still experiencing happiness in your life. This awareness might even prompt you to act in a way to help improve the situation of others - an action which may actually increase your happiness.
Happiness - Something That Can be Worked On

Happiness is something that means different things to different people, but overall it seems that it is the way we choose to think about ourselves, our place in the world, and the world around us, and how we act in that world, that differentiates the happy people from the less happy people.

This is something that you actually have voluntary control over, and that you can work on in your daily life. Not only that, but it can contribute to a large proportion of your happiness, as seen in the equation. It's up to you.

A day in life of a software engineer

2009-01-07T06:45:00.000-08:00

What is your occupation/job title?

Software Engineer / CMO (Chief Morale Officer -- I was made that by my coworkers back in March or so.)

Are you self-employed?

Nope.

What is your background? What types of degrees, skills, experiences are necessary for this field?

I have a computer science degree and a religious studies degree... but I don't use religious studies very much :) I held internships at Excite, Microsoft, and two start-ups before working at NBCi. I also worked in the computer lab on campus at UCSB while in school, doing IS for the Humanities faculty. I think that it is REALLY important to do a lot of interning during college in order to be a good software engineer, because it gives you an opportunity to find the right area to work in once you graduate. I also think that my double major gave me a head start, as I can communicate better than the average engineer with product people.

How did you get started in this field?

My dad got a free Apple IIe from the credit card company once and I started doing BASIC. But the real reason I ever got into computers is because of my dad's obsession with technology and gadgets, which he passed on to me. :) I used to sit and watch him and his friend build computers, or watch him take apart and repair stereo equipment, etc. Then, when something of mine broke, I would try to fix it myself. The Apple we had got me onto lots of BBSs, which were, in some ways, the precurser to using the Internet.

In terms of jobs, I got started in the computer field working for a company (which has since folded) as a QA engineer. Many of my friends worked at the company, which is probably one reason I got hired :)

What college (if any) courses have been most helpful for your career?

I think that my OS and compiler courses were invaluable, because they forced me to complete really big projects by myself, which both made me more familiar with the process and also made my programming skills a lot stronger. They also made me have more faith in myself as a programmer.

What are your specific responsibilities?

I am in charge of the site-wide registration system, including registration with partners and projects which require a registration aspect (like the Saturday Night Movie, Hecuba's Mirror, or Project Mir -- all NBC-related projects). I also work on other projects that require application engineering.

Describe a typical workday and workweek. What do you do during a typical day?

I usually get up around 8 and check my email first thing. (Oh, the life of an addict.) I get to work at 10ish and spend the day in meetings with partners and product people, working on my current projects, and fixing bugs on the site. I often spend some time helping other people in my group (or other groups) learn our technologies. If there is a release going out, I tend to stay late, since we put releases up when traffic is lower (and that's usually later in the day).

Name 5-7 job skills that are needed for your job.

1. Engineering ability. It's not important that you know the exact language right away, if you can design your code well.

2. Communication skills. Often, I have to translate something technical to people who do not understand technical jargon. Other times, I might have to explain to a partner how to use our specific technologies. It's important to understand what someone is asking you and be willing to help them.

3. Patience, mostly for the reasons listed in #2. :)

4. More patience. Sometimes you will work with people who don't understand your needs or what you are trying to say.

5. Flexibility. Often, I will have to work on things that I have never seen before, simply because there is no one more qualified to do the work. Or, I will have to do someone else's job for them in order to continue working on my project, because they are overwhelmed.

Are you in a team oriented position?

Yes. I work with other engineers as well as project and product people.

Do you have flextime? Vacation time? Work at home? Telecommute?

I can work from home, but they don't encourage it, since that makes it harder for other engineers and product/project people to get in touch with you. Thus, I usually only telecommute a few days a month (if I'm waiting for something, like a repair guy, or I am sick).

How many hours per week are expected or warranted for peak performance?

We are judged by our output, not by our hours. If I get my projects in early or on time, then I'm golden.

Are many evenings or weekends required for your job?

Only those when I am doing a high-traffic release; that is, a release which requires that traffic on the site be low in order to not disrupt service. As this is a rarity, I usually don't work weekends.

How much travel is involved with a job in your field?

None.

Could you give me examples of projects that you are working on?

I recently completed a project that set a cookie using Javascript which is then grabbed and expired by a nsapi module; the data is used to see how far people make it on the registration page before they decide that they don't want to register anymore. It doesn't grab any information from what they've typed in -- it just notes whether or not they actually edited a field. The results from this are then parsed and a report is created which will help us decide how to shorten the page.

Could you describe your work settings? Offices, machinery, resources etc.

We work in cubes which have certain windows removed so the office feels more open. I personally have a Ultra 10 and an NT machine.

What aspects of your job do you find most rewarding (pros) ? Least rewarding? (cons)

I like that my projects are seen and used by millions of people. However, at times I find it frustrating to wait on the "project queue" in order to work on things which I find interesting. Also, the people here are fantastic -- I really like my coworkers.

Are you confronted with difficult decisions or situations in your position?

Yes, and I am trusted to make the right decision.

What is the Female to Male Ratio in your position/field?

In my specific group, there are three people, and I am the only woman. As far as our company... if I do a search for "software engineer" in our company address book, there are 4 women listed and 33 men. (This is not an actual count... the address book is outdated. But, up that on a larger scale, and it's still the same ratio.)

Describe the changes taking place in your field. Project future trends? Turnover rate?

Turnover rate these days in the portal world is huge. Just last week, we laid off 150 people, many of whom were engineers; Go.com was just re-absorbed; Excite@Home had layoffs as well. I think it's a combination of advertisers backing out and people worrying about Internet companies that don't have a hard income. However, it's always hard to know exactly where this field is headed... it's been surprising too many times. :)

Do you think women avoid technical careers? What do you think can be done to encourage girls to get more involved in the technology field?

No, I don't. I just think that many women -- at least, those I went to college with -- aren't interested in "spending days upon days in front of a computer." I certainly don't do that, so I think that part of the problem is a misconception about what being an engineer means. I also think that another issue is how women are brought up -- I certainly do not recall seeing many girls my age playing video games, the way that boys did. As technology becomes equally engrained in everyone's lives, though, I think that more women will naturally flow into this field.

Do you believe that women will be in more technical jobs in the future?

Hopefully! Women can do whatever they want. I don't see a difference between women and men as far as technical ability is concerned; it is just the question of more women desiring technical jobs. I mean, they can get 'em if they try :)

Do you have any advice for women and girls that are interested in going into the field?

Make sure to take many internships during summers. DO NOT force yourself through school by working through the summer -- it is a lot better for your resume and your ability to actually work in the real world over the summer. Sometimes it is easier to find an internship via people you know at a certain company; other times, having a mentor is helpfu

Life of a software engineer.

2009-01-07T06:42:00.000-08:00

IT industry is indeed a boon to the job-seekers in India. It pays you well and if you are moderately lucky you will end up doing no work, but earning handful. The IT companies have created a compensation trend that other industries are finding tough to adapt to. Today it is like ‘If you wanna lead a comfortable life with no physical strain- get in to any software company’.

Work profile of a developer. He lands up in training which is of no relevance to him (atleast to his understanding- Its just a formality) and after that gets on to work. His life depends on the project and the manager. In the same company we see people free-riding to the core and on the other hand some poor ones slogging their stuff out. Bottom line - Workload does not depend on the company. The former gets closer with the team by going to as many treats as possible. Birthdays, engagement treats, appraisal treats, once there was a ‘India wins cricket match’ treat (though nowadays we dont get a chance to have one such) and there we spend 2.5 hours from 12 to 2:30. Come back and you feel like sleeping like a crocodile. If the company also provides a dormitory- no problem. Else adjust to the inconvineance in the seat and sleep. Wake your PL up before 5, as she has to go home and you - answer the mails and get ready. Its already too late by 6. In some companies,my friends used to go for a movie show at 10 AM on a monday morning. This is the life of a free rider.

Now to the life of a slogger. After the training - you are told about the project and your work with much hype. You dont get complete information from one person. You need to gather it in bits and pieces from many people. Suddenly when u go for doubts people become extremely busy or atleast they want to become busy. Finally you set your foot in the project and get on with the work. There will be an age old framework for the project and it is sacrosanct and iron clad. You talk for hrs together about an alternative- but hear the response. ‘It works till date. No risk. Follow the herd’. OK ! no probs.

Come in the morning. If you are a good planner, list the To-do activities. See the problem and fit it in the framework you know. If you cant fit - change the problem. But framework must be same. Not an inch deviation is advisable. Keep informing your PL about your progress. Even if you send the same mail again it does not matter. You must recognise him/her. thats it. If you have your client who can reach you in your mobile, your happiness is screwed. He will call u when you are in rest room or when u r in bed or when you are driving. If the time is 9 PM, he will ask why are you leaving early. Are u not feeling well? ‘Customers are Gods’. So curse the real god and say ‘Ya. am a bit hungry :-( ‘

Whats appaling is - the room for creativity and willingness to change is not there in many companies. If you are a master in something. its sign of a problem. Its time to shift to something you are not good at. What this life does is that it saps your creative thinking. You are comfortable in the “comfort-zone” and are happy with what you are. Where is it leading us ? nowhere !

25 websites to sign up to before Christmas

2008-11-26T21:02:00.000-08:00

25 websites to sign up to before Christmas

25 of the best social networking sites and services you should check out before Christmas hits

Christmas is a time of being with your loved ones, of focusing all your attention on them and sharing good times.

But what if you can’t stand your family, and would much rather be chomping your turkey dinner down in front of the green-ish glow of your computer monitor, instead? Good thing we’ve highlighted 25 websites you should sign up to before Christmas, so you’ll have many networks of strangers to escape to when your aunties start arguing about how to make gravy.

1.) Qype - have you ever felt so enthusiastic/loathing of a restaurant, bar, hair dresser or cobblers, that you want to tell the whole world? Now you can, as Qype is an addictive site that allows users to post reviews of any public service, rewarding users with prizes the more they post.

2.) Mallplace - not keen on braving the crowds of Westfield? Shop from the comfort of your home, but still get that shopping mall feeling, by walking around this massive virtual mall, with all the major high street brands, designers, and small indies all gathered under one URL. You'll find discount codes and vouchers here that you won't find anywhere else.

3.) Flickr - get revenge on your family and friends this Christmas, by posting photos and short videos of them arguing over the last Quality Street choc, and see what all your contacts are getting up to as well.

4.) Twitter - highly addictive, this micro-blogging site has the ability to suck hours out of your week, as you update your friends on your actions in 140 characters or less. Think of it as being similar to updating your Facebook status, but several times a day. Just try and avoid the Fail Whale (pictured) and you'll be fine.

5.) Dopplr - heavy traveller? Tell the world where you're visiting next, and see what your friends have been up to lately as well. You'll also find recommendations for each city you visit, along with...how much carbon you've racked up along the way. Gulp.

6.) Blogger - continuing on the over-sharing theme so far, Blogger is a free service that allows you to set up a personal blog in under five minutes. Customise your blog to the nth degree, and become an expert on whatever niche subject you wish to write about.

7.) Fav.or.it - a British start-up that has been described as a 'Digg killer', Fav.or.it is a news aggregator, pulling in content from thousands of blogs. You can comment on the posts right there on Fav.or.it, which are then ported over to the original blog post.

8.) Stumbleupon - another news aggregator, Stumbleupon gives users the power of selection, much in the same way as Digg, with a simple 'green thumb' submitting an article to the site, which thousands of other users can discover, and in turn give a green thumb too. The stories tend to be very quirky, making for an interesting read every time.

9.) Vimeo - rather similar to YouTube, Vimeo caters for the art schoolers amongst us, with all the user-generated videos being of the more creative ilk. The bitrate and resolution is far superior to YouTube, and with the recent addition of 720p support, it's for the more discerning video viewer.

10.) MyMall - just like the aforementioned Mallplace, MyMall is another virtual shopping mall boasting 500 shops and 36 categories. You need never be wanting for a shopping experience on a rainy day again.

11.) Tumblr - blogging for those who just can't be bothered, Tumblr can pull in feeds from any of your online accounts, including Flickr and Twitter. Share photos, music, videos and text, and see what your Tumblr friends are getting up to at the same time.

12.) ThinkGeek - T3's favourite online shopping haunt, the US store offers bizarre gadgets and geek objects including lolcat magnets, a recent purchase for our office. Sadly the international shipping is quite high, so buy in bulk to make your single purchase of a paper email pad seem more justifiable.

13.) HotUKDeals - a must-read for the current economic climate, Hot UK Deals is a forum for credit crunch-dodgers to post vouchers, sales info and freebies.

14.) LinkedIn - a social networking site for professionals, think of it as Facebook for suits. Entirely valuable for anyone who wants to network, it's a brilliant tool for staying in touch with past, present and potential colleagues.

15.) Where Is Your Username Registered - not so much a site you sign up to, more a site that helps you choose a username for the aforementioned sites. Type in your name, or preferred alias, and it will bring up a list of sites that already have users with the submitted name, and those that don't.

16.) Sumopaint - we have no idea how this site is still in operation, as it's such a blatant rip-off of Adobe's Photoshop, however that hasn't stopped us from using the photo editing site when in dire straits. Edit photos just like you would in Photoshop, using the exact same tools and lay-out. Perfect for netbook owners.

17.) Qik - you can't carry a camcorder every day, so instead take video on your mobile phone, and live-stream it to the internet for all to see. It's a free application for a variety of mobile phones (we recommend using it on Nokia N95s), and is perfect for shooting videos at gigs, which are then uploaded instantly to a live-streaming site.

18.) 12seconds - a relative newcomer in the online video world, 12 seconds works like Qik, and allows users to live-stream video from their mobile phone or webcam straight to their 12seconds profile. As the name suggests, all videos are under 12 seconds in length.

19.) Del.icio.us - we're assuming most of you use at least one computer every day, so you know there's nothing more frustrating than bookmarking something on your work PC, only for you to get home and forget the link. Del.icio.us is a social bookmarker site, letting you take your bookmarks with you wherever you go.

20.) Last.fm - founded in London's trendy Shoreditch, Last.fm is an online music radio service, which builds up information on each user, streaming songs to their musical taste. Create custom radio stations and playlists, and even listen to tracks on demand - all for free!

21.) Friendfeed - manage all of your above accounts and profiles on one handy page, which will pull in every footstep you make online. Use it to track your friends' activities, and save hours of time and mouse clicks.

22.) Hungryhouse - a UK takeaway delivery service, you simply type in your post code or address, and a list of nearby takeaway restaurants appears. Search by category, and once satisfied, view the menu and book your order on the site. Sit back and wait as your takeaway order is then given to the restaurant, and delivered to your front door.

23.) Imeem - another media sharing service, Imeem has jumped on our radar recently thanks to the terrific music-streaming app for the Google Android G1 phone. Interact with your friends by sharing videos, photos and music.

24.) Joost - it's been around the block for a few years now, and was founded by the creators of Skype and Kazaa. Live-stream popular TV shows legally, along with movies and music videos.

25.) ThisNext - a social shopping experience, users bookmark products available to buy online, and thanks to the tags applied are easily browsable with a quick search. The electronics section in particular unearths plenty of random gadgetry, and it takes only a couple of clicks to go straight to the shop to purchase one for yourself.

Astronaut Invents Zero-G Coffee Cup

2008-11-25T21:23:00.000-08:00

NASA astronaut Don Pettit loves his coffee. So it comes as no surprise that he found a way to drink coffee from a cup, instead of the traditional straw, on his day off Sunday aboard the International Space Station.

Drinking any liquid in the weightless environment of space could be a messy affair. With hot coffee, it could be a potentially scalding affair. So astronauts use silver pouches and plastic straws to sip anything from water to orange juice to Pettit's beloved space java.

"We can suck our coffee from a bag, but to drink it from a cup is hard to do because you can't get the cup up to get the liquid out, and it's also easy to slosh," Pettit told Mission Control while sending a video of his new invention to Earth.

Pettit arrived at the space station last week aboard the shuttle Endeavour, which is delivering a recycling system that converts urine into drinking water and other new gear to outfit the space station for large, six-person crew.

He used a piece of plastic ripped from his Flight Data File mission book and folded it into a teardrop-shape that's closed at one end. Surface tension inside the cup keeps the coffee from floating out and running amuck.

"The way this works is, the cross section of this cup looks like an airplane wing," he said. "The narrow angle here will wick the coffee up."

The result: space coffee in a zero-G cup.

The theory behind the novel coffee cup is the same one used by rockets to draw fuel into their engines while flying through weightless conditions in space, Pettit said.

"This may very well be what future space colonists end up using when they want to have a celebration and do a toast," Pettit said.

Pettit is no stranger to space invention.

During his first spaceflight as the space station's Expedition 6 science officer in 2002/2003, he was renown for his Saturday Morning Science efforts and tinkering with broken hardware. He told SPACE.com before launching aboard Endeavour that he hoped to hunt down his favorite tools, stowed away in a so-called Strange Tool Bag, when he returned to the space station.

It was during his Expedition 6 mission that Pettit packed along enough instant coffee to tide him over during his long-duration mission in space. Drinking coffee through a bag pales in comparison to the comfort of a real cup, he said.

"You can enjoy a cup of coffee in a weightless environment without having to sip it from a bag," Pettit said. "You can just keep sipping and sipping clear down to the last drop in the cup."

Hacking Airport Wi-Fi

2008-11-24T22:23:00.000-08:00

Travelers beware: Poorly secured airport Wi-Fi networks are catnip for snoops. AirTight Networks' David King is trying to harden them up

Richard Farina booted up his computer on an American Airlines (nyse: AMR - news - people ) flight in October from New York to San Francisco. It was one of the first commercial flights to offer wireless Internet service. Within a couple minutes of reaching 10,000 feet, Farina was snooping the airwaves with the ability to see what his fellow passengers were doing without having to leave his cramped middle seat.

Farina isn't a bad guy. He was just doing his job as a so-called white-hat hacker for AirTight Networks, a manufacturer of wireless intrusion protection hardware and software. AirTight's chief executive, David King, sends hackers out for unsolicited security assessments. Earlier this year he dispatched Farina and a few other of his 100-plus employees to collect wireless security data at 20 U.S. airports and a few abroad. They found rampant phony Wi-Fi hot spots created by phishers and, at several large airports, plenty of open or insecure networks run by critical operations such as baggage handling and ticketing. Almost all public networks allowed data such as user names and passwords to pass through the air unencrypted. Only 3% of people used something more secure.
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To be sure, King's missions are self-serving; he runs a business that sells the devices that plug security holes. But King says that U.S. airports have a genuine problem. Very few, such as McCarran International in Las Vegas, monitor all wireless traffic for intruders. (The Vegas airport officials are quick to add that they don't censor for content.) Others, like San Francisco International, are laissez-faire. AirTight found that 47 wireless networks used for SFO's airport operations were wide open or poorly secured.

Wireless networks are some of the most easily hacked. Indian terrorists this summer broke into underprotected networks to e-mail a warning prior to bomb blasts in Delhi and Ahmedabad. In August the Justice Department indicted 11 members of a retail hacking ring, accusing them of grabbing millions of credit and debit card numbers off networks inside stores run by TJX Companies, BJ's Wholesale Club, OfficeMax (nyse: OMX - news - people ), Barnes & Noble (nyse: BKS - news - people ) and Forever 21, among others.

To be sure, King's missions are self-serving; he runs a business that sells the devices that plug security holes. But King says that U.S. airports have a genuine problem. Very few, such as McCarran International in Las Vegas, monitor all wireless traffic for intruders. (The Vegas airport officials are quick to add that they don't censor for content.) Others, like San Francisco International, are laissez-faire. AirTight found that 47 wireless networks used for SFO's airport operations were wide open or poorly secured.

Wireless networks are some of the most easily hacked. Indian terrorists this summer broke into underprotected networks to e-mail a warning prior to bomb blasts in Delhi and Ahmedabad. In August the Justice Department indicted 11 members of a retail hacking ring, accusing them of grabbing millions of credit and debit card numbers off networks inside stores run by TJX Companies, BJ's Wholesale Club, OfficeMax (nyse: OMX - news - people ), Barnes & Noble (nyse: BKS - news - people ) and Forever 21, among others.

The most common means of protecting Wi-Fi networks, the Wired Equivalent Privacy encryption standard, or WEP, was broken in 2001. Nowadays a moderately skilled hacker needs only a couple of minutes to crack its key with an off-the-shelf wireless card. In November a pair of German computer science students made a critical first step toward cracking the Wi-Fi Protected Access encryption standard, or WPA, once heralded as the solution to WEP's insecurity.

The market for wireless intrusion prevention systems is still small: $168 million worldwide this year, according to research firm Gartner, but that represents a 40% gain from 2007. King's AirTight competes with other sellers of Wi-Fi security gear such as AirMagnet and AirDefense, which was recently acquired by Motorola (nyse: MOT - news - people ) for an undisclosed sum. Publicly traded Aruba Networks (nasdaq: ARUN - news - people ) and Cisco Systems (nasdaq: CSCO - news - people ) sell wireless security systems that are already built into their networking gear. Four-year-old AirTight has 600 customers paying between $40,000 and $50,000 a year. The private company in Mountain View, Calif. also licenses its products to hardware makers Siemens (nyse: SI - news - people ) and 3Com (nasdaq: COMS - news - people ).

Making Computers Based on the Human Brain

2008-11-24T22:21:00.000-08:00

How the biology of gray matter is having an increasing influence on computer design

When Lloyd Watts was growing up in Kingston, Ont., in the 1970s he had a knack for listening to songs by Billy Joel and Elton John and plunking out the melodies on the family piano. But he wondered, wouldn't it be great to have a machine that could "listen" to songs and immediately transcribe them into musical notation? Watts never built the gizmo, but his decades-long quest to engineer such a machine has finally resulted in one of the first commercial technologies based on the biology of the brain.

Microchips designed by Audience, the Silicon Valley company Watts launched, are now being used by mobile handset makers in Asia to improve dramatically the quality of conversations in noisy places. Even a truck passing right by someone using the technology won't be heard at the other end of the phone line. The chip is modeled on functions of the inner ear and part of the cerebral cortex. "We have reverse-engineered this piece of the brain," declares Watts.

The 47-year-old neuroscientist is on the leading edge of what some believe will be a fundamental shift in the way certain types of computers are designed. Today's computers are essentially really fast abacuses. They're good at math but can't process complex streams of information in real time, as humans do. Now, thanks to advances in our understanding of biology, scientists believe they can model a new generation of computers on how the brain actually works—the microscopic chemical interactions and electrical impulses that translate sensations into knowledge and knowledge into decisions and actions. It's a successor to the old ideas about artificial intelligence, and a handful of companies have initiatives under way, among them IBM (IBM) and Numenta, a Silicon Valley startup.

Scientists caution that the changes won't come quickly. "The nervous system is very sophisticated, but I applaud what they're doing. Eventually we'll figure it out," says Carver Mead, a microelectronics pioneer and professor emeritus at the California Institute of Technology.

In one of the most ambitious efforts along this track, IBM was scheduled to announce on Nov. 20 a $4.9 million grant from the Pentagon's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency for research into creating intelligent computers. The money funds the first phase of a multiyear effort to engineer computing systems that simulate the brain's activities while rivaling its compact size.
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The government says it will use the results to design battlefield monitoring systems that detect threats and warn troops. Dharmendra Modha, manager of cognitive computing at IBM Almaden Research Center in San Jose, foresees a wide variety of applications, from security monitoring to detecting worrisome climate changes or predicting disastrous storms. "We're creating a planet that is covered with sensors," he says. "We need a global brain-like device to aggregate, integrate, and make sense of all this data—and respond if appropriate."

The mind behind Numenta, Jeff Hawkins, has a long record of inventions, including the first successful handheld computer, the PalmPilot, and the first successful smartphone, the Handspring Treo. But for more than two decades his real passion has been figuring out how the cerebral cortex works and applying that knowledge to computers. Hawkins hopes to produce a software toolkit for product developers next year that will allow them to mimic the way humans process visual imagery. Uses could include medical imaging, security monitoring, and Web search. "We're laying the foundation for a second wave of computing," says Hawkins

Purchasing adsense new ready website

2008-11-23T23:40:00.001-08:00

Purchasing an Adsense ready website is a good idea, especially if you don't know much about web development, but there are a few things to take care of. There are basically two types of Adsense ready websites – the duplicate content websites which get sold over and over and custom-made, original Adsense ready websites. Let's have a look at both of them:

“Recycled” Google Adsense ready website – let's call them recycled because they get used over and over and over… You can purchase 10, 50 or 150 websites, each with hundreds of pages, for less than $100! Of course, these websites get sold, in their exact same form, to hundreds or thousands of other people. However, what you lose in search engine rankings you make up in structure and content quality. And with a few dozen Google Adsense ready websites like these, you only need to handle some high quality link exchanges, or get visitors on your sites through the other program offered by Google to advertisers – Adwords.

Unique content Adsense ready websites are the other option. You will most likely pay a few hundred dollars for a unique website with 15-25 pages of original content. Instead of a hundred duplicate content websites you will have just one original website. It's hard to say which option will allow you to earn more from your online business, but it's clear that your unique content website will outrank duplicate content in the search engines. An original Adsense ready website offers a more stable income level, and you can grow it into a top ranking site in time. Your online earning will depend on numerous factors, but one thing is for sure – the search engines will love your site for bringing new content to the Internet and will reward you by ranking it higher. Here are some tips on generating fresh content for your website: 1. How to get good Adsense content?

You can either write your own content or pay someone else to write it. If your Adsense content is on a topic you like, try to write it yourself. If you have a website on rocket engineering and you are a philosophy major, maybe you'll want to get a copywriter or ghostwriter to do the writing, for a fee.

2. How long should the Adsense content be for one web page? There are no limits as far as length is concerned. Create an article or content that covers the chosen topic. Most web masters using Google Adsense prefer to have a minimum of 250 words for each new page. Others claim that Google favors web pages with over 1,000 words of unique content. The general rule, however, is that if the visitors like your Google Adsense content, so do the search engines.

3. What keyword density should I use to rank high on Google? Again, there are no strict rules. Successful publishers use the main web page keyword at least four or five times. The web page title should also include the keyword. High quality Google Adsense content doesn't look like a string of keywords – it manages to blend in the keyword nicely, so that human visitors read a relevant and well planned text.

4. How many pages should my Adsense ready website have? The more unique content you have, the better your site will rank. Unique Google Adsense content, however, is hard to obtain at “industrial levels”.

5. How much does it cost to get original content for my Adsense website? A good copywriter might charge $15 for a 400-word article. You can also use different outsourcing companies and freelancing sites to look for cheaper alternatives. Outsourcing your writing job might save you 50% of the costs. However, make sure the quality of the Adsense content you purchase is high.

Purchasing adsense new ready website

2008-11-23T23:40:00.000-08:00

Increase adsense earings

2008-11-23T23:39:00.000-08:00

I have a couple of blogs and experimenting with google adsense. I'm in for only a couple of months, so i actually thought the main thing i need is great traffic.

Things changed when one of my posts (not from this blog) went to reddit top 5. it then appeared at fark and delicious tops also. i had something like 60000 visitors in two days, and earned... well, a dollar or so.

that's the moment i started thiniking about optimizing my pages for adsense.

I already had ads with no borders, and colors were matching my template. i searched web for some answers, and did a couple of things. after that, my CTR increased about 20 times. unfortunately, at that moment traffic was quite low, but i still have some everyday income that is about 20 times higher. here are the simple steps:

1. Instead of 468x15 Link Unit i put 300x250 Rectangle at the top of my page under it's header.
2. I made links blue. Yes, people simply expect free links to be blue.
3. I made ads urls color match text color.

As simple as that! If i did that before, i could get about 150$ in 2 days. So make the changes right now!. If you experience your CTR increase after doing this (belive me, you will!), let me know. Perhaps, next success story will be about you!

Adsense formula

2008-11-23T23:38:00.000-08:00

If you're just geatting started, there's a simple formula for you to understand how to earn money with google adsense:

Revenue = Traffic * CTR * CPC

You probably understand what traffic means.

So CTR is Click Through rate, and it means how many of your visitors are clicking ads. It actually depends on how your site is adsense-optimized.

CPC is Cost Per Click. Different words have different costs. Some can be about $0,01, some are over $10.

Live in Air: 10 Things You Need To Know About In Flight Wi-Fi

2008-11-23T06:02:00.000-08:00

1. Your last bastion of Internet Free peace is gone. Forever. You'll be forced to work on flights instead of valium napping or reading comic books, and your boss will expect you to be checking email. Time to plan a camping trip.
2. Total bandwidth is not as fast as Cable Modem, but it seems faster than slow DSL. (We were sharing 3.6Mbps down and 1.8Mbps up, which isn't bad at all, on this Virgin America test flight, and it felt this fast when benching.)
3. But bandwidth is shared between customers. Aircell's GoGo a 3GHz EVDO-Rev A related tech modded for ground to air, started crawling as soon as other passengers signed on. (I got a test result measuring 66kbps down at one point, but Ryan showed about a mbit down. )
4. You have to pay. Virgin America charges, for example $9.95 for flights under 3 hours, and $12.95 on flights over 3 hours.
5. You will still need to close your laptops and shut off your devices until you reach cruising altitude.
6. Most airlines, even those that are not blocking ports, are blocking known VOIP ports. For our sanity. Although I WAS able to initiate a really solid iChat video session, but they may filter this on real flights. (See Below, courtesy of Nick Bilton from the NYTimes.)
7. Although plenty of airlines will have Wi-Fi by the end of next year, I prefer Virgin America because they've got 110v AC power plugs in coach.
8. WiFi porn won't be blocked by Virgin America or American Airlines (according to a test earlier this week.) But blocking porn is silly — people can easily play porn on DVDs or predownloaded files, but people generally have refrained so there's no reason to think they'll do otherwise now.
9. Flights using Go Go service will be able to connect to a VPN.
10. You can file share with other computers on the 802.11 a/b/g Wi-Fi network. That's good for gaming, but also, make sure your firewall is up.

2008-10-29T22:54:00.001-07:00

21 Easy Hacks to Simplify Your Life

2008-09-24T07:57:00.000-07:00

21 Easy Hacks to Simplify Your Life

"Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity! I say, let your affairs be as two or three, and not a hundred or a thousand instead of a million count half a dozen, and keep your accounts on your thumb-nail." - Henry David Thoreau

If you're trying to simplify your life, it's best to follow the four simple steps I've outlined before — it's just the simplest method.

But sometimes life gets in the way, and you need a workaround, some way to get past your usual obstacles and to trick yourself into keeping things simple.

I use these "hacks" myself (in this case, "hacks" refers to workarounds or tricks to reach your goal), and I've found them to be effective in many cases. Please note that you might have read some of these once or twice (or thrice) on this blog before, but I thought it would be a useful resource to gather them all into one post.

Also, don't try to implement all of them — that would be far from simple. Not all of them will apply to your life anyway. Pick one or two and try them out.

Simple tricks to simplify your life:

1. Three-box decluttering. If you're trying to declutter a room, drawer, shelf, desk … use three boxes to quickly sort everything. Just quickly go through each shelf or drawer or flat surface at once, putting things into three separate boxes: Trash, Donate, Maybe. The first two boxes are obvious … the Maybe box is for stuff you're not too sure about — you can put this in storage for a few months and decide later. Put everything else — the stuff you love and use — back neatly.
2. Create a no-distractions zone. This is great for when you want to do some focused work — which is just about every day for most of us. Create a zone with no distractions — no phones, no email, no co-workers or kids or spouses, nothing on the walls, no IM or Twitter, no web surfing. Just the tools you need to do your work and nothing else. You could also create a time within your schedule for this distraction-free zone — say 8-10 a.m., for example. No distractions within that block of time. You can do email and phone calls before and after, but not during. I like this hack for when I need to do some writing but have a hard time concentrating.
3. Create a short-list. This is for the big-picture simplifying. If you're having a hard time getting your life to something truly simple, create a short list of things you love doing most. This should be 4-5 things. For me, that's writing, reading, running and spending time with my family. Your short list will be different. Then, try to eliminate everything in your life that's not on the short list, to make room for the things you love.
4. Deflect all requests for a week. If you're feeling overwhelmed, make the decision that you will not say "yes" to any new requests this week. If you get a new request, politely decline. If it's a request you can't decline, tell them you'll get to it next week because you have some projects you need to finish this week. Then pick one or two or even three projects (depending on their sizes) and focus on finishing them this week. You can worry about new stuff next week. Repeat this hack when needed.
5. Go schedule-less. This works well if you've been over-packing your schedule. Try this: set a policy that you won't schedule any appointments. This won't work for some people who have mandatory meetings, but if you control your schedule, you can tell people, "I'm sorry, I don't make appointments anymore. Call me on that day and we'll see how things are going." Leave your day wide open. At the beginning of the day, pick a few things to focus on and try to get them done. If you need to meet with someone, call them and meet.
6. Single-task. This is good for those who tend to be all over the place. I've talked about it many times before: don't allow yourself to switch between tasks. When you're working on a report or writing an article, don't do anything else. When you're processing email, get to empty and do nothing else. One task at a time … finish the task … move on to the next. Try this for one day, focusing on it completely for that day. If it works for you, try it again the next day.
7. Start your day with peace. I love this one, because it's so easy to implement and yet it can have such a powerful effect on your day. When you first rise, do something that is calming and peaceful. That might be running or walking, having a quiet cup of coffee with a book, watching the sunrise, meditating or yoga … whatever works well for you. It can be 10 minutes or an hour, but find some peace in the morning and use it to calm you throughout your entire day. Read more.
8. Eat only 7 things. If you're trying to be healthful, but are having a hard time navigating complicated diets, try this hack to simplify things. Limit yourself to non-packaged foods. Eat only seven things: fruits, veggies, whole grains, lean protein, lean calcium, beans, nuts, good fats. Nothing from a box. This will require that you cook your food, but it doesn't have to be complicated. Read more.
9. Go paperless. This works great for certain types of jobs — mine, for example. It won't work for other jobs. But if you can do it, you can save time filing, save time searching for stuff, save space, simplify your office, and save a few trees to boot. First, insist that everything be sent via email or through online documents. Then create a filing system that works for you. Personally, I like to keep things online, and just archive and search rather than creating a complicated hierarchy of folders, but you might prefer a more traditional system on your hard drive. Do what works best for you. For those things that can only be sent via paper, scan and toss. Try to limit the scanning, and request that things be sent electronically.
10. Go media free. If your life is filled with information overload, and you find little time to do the things you love to do, consider eliminating media from your life, at least temporarily. This includes cable TV, DVDs, newspapers and magazines, Internet news and the like. Now, I'm not saying you should eliminate the things you love. For myself, I would never eliminate reading books, for example. You might love a certain TV show — in that case, eliminate everything else. You can go media free for a week to see if it improves your life, and then consider extending it for longer. This hack won't work for everyone, but I enjoy it.
11. Limit yourself to 3 tasks. If your to-do list is long and overwhelming, pick three tasks you want to do today — important tasks that aren't just urgent but actually have a long-lasting impact on your life. Focus on getting these three tasks done before anything else. If you finish early, you can either call it a day or get some bonus tasks done. Read more.
12. Limit yourself to one project. How many projects are you juggling right now? If there are too many, you might be limiting your effectiveness. Instead, focus on one project right now, and put the others on the back-burner. Try to get that one project done as quickly as possible, and then work on the next one. Read more.
13. 5-sentence emails. This works well if you spend too much time writing emails. I got the idea from Mike Davidson, who advocates limiting each email to five sentences or fewer. This forces you to keep your emails brief and to the point. It limits the amount of time you use doing email. And it forces you to decide what's important in each email. I generally follow this rule (though I break it from time to time) … and if you get short emails from me, you now understand why.
14. 30-day rule. This is a fantastic hack for those (like me) who have trouble with impulse buying — that great enemy of simplifying. The rule is that if you want to buy something, you have to write it on your 30-day list, with the date that it was added to the list. After 30 days, if you still want it, you can buy it. This doesn't apply to necessities such as groceries … which helps you distinguish between wants and needs, a great skill for simplifying.
15. Only wear a few colors. I actually do this, and it helps me simplify my wardrobe. I basically wear only black, blue, grey and green, with some browns thrown in now and then. This means that it's very easy for me to match my clothes, and I don't need a lot of clothes. You'll have other colors you love to wear — build your wardrobe around them. This won't work for people who love having lots of clothes in a wide range of colors, but for myself, it keeps things nice and simple — and I don't like thinking about clothes anyway.
16. One in, two out. When you bring something into your house, you have to get rid of two things. The normal rule is one in, one out, but somehow that never seems to work — things still accumulate. Instead, get rid of two things and things will stay simple.
17. Work four days a week. Of course not everyone can set their own schedule, but if you have that luxury, limit yourself to four days a week — 8 hours or less. You might even set it to 6 hours if you can manage that. And then make it three days. But how can you work only four days if you currently work 5 and are overloaded as it is? It's funny, but you can somehow make it work. It's a well-known law that our work expands to fit the time we give it … and the flip side of that is if you shrink the time, you will shrink the work to fit the time. If you only have four days in a work week, you will pick the most important tasks. You will get the work done that needs to be done, and you'll naturally eliminate the rest. You'll set a schedule that works. You'll delegate and outsource and automate and eliminate. And you'll have an extra day off. Try it and see — I bet you can manage it.
18. Retire early. This is a radical hack, but it can work for some people. In fact, it's worked for many. Simply set an early retirement date (maybe even next year!) and force yourself to save up the money you need. Take a mini-retirement if necessary. Then go back to work and save up for your next mini-retirement. Or set your early retirement in five or 10 years, and then never go back to work. It sounds unrealistic, but if you look at it this way, you can save the money you need to retire. It means forcing yourself to make choices — do you want to spend impulsively now, or retire early? If you cut back on spending you can save more. Live simply and frugally and invest the difference. Make more money in the short term so you don't need to work as much later.
19. Limit storage space. Do you tend to save everything? Have tons of stuff in storage, in closets or attics or garages or cupboards? The less storage you have, the less stuff you'll save — which will save you the stress of having to go through all that storage to find stuff, to organize stuff, to maintain stuff, to get rid of old stuff. A good example is my desk — I work on a table with no drawers. This means I don't have all the usual stuff in a desk, and forces me to keep things simple. You can apply this to all areas of life if you like.
20. Staunch your information flow. Similar to the media fast, you can cut back on the amount of information coming into your life. Do you currently have tons of emails coming in? Find ways to reduce them — unsubscribe to mailing lists, ask people to stop sending you joke or chain emails (or block them from your inbox), automatically filter things you don't really need to read, pre-empt common questions with an FAQ. Do you read a lot of blog feeds? Unsubscribe to those that don't give you value. Do you read a lot of news? Pick one news source instead of five.
21. Send only five emails a day. I did this for a little while and loved it. I would pick five important emails to respond to, and that was it. The rest would be delayed or deleted. I ended up prioritizing, and while some people didn't get a response, I also didn't spend all my time in email. It freed me, and made me realize that I don't have to respond to every email — people will make do.

Watch Live Olympics on Linux

2008-08-15T00:24:00.000-07:00

CCTV2 (thanks to Steve):
sop://broker.sopcast.com:3912/15103

Here's how you can watch the Olympics live on Linux:

Note: You can also use sopcast to watch the Olympics under Windows but I am not going to talk about Windows sopcast here as I don't use it.

Step 1: Get VLC
Ubuntu:

sudo apt-get install vlc

Other distros; go to http://www.videolan.org/vlc/

Step 2: Get sopcast, extract it and go to its folder

wget http://download.sopcast.cn/download/sp-auth.tgz
tar xvzf sp-auth.tgz
cd sp-auth

Step 3: Launch p2p sopcast stream
Usage:
./sp-sc-auth sop://[sopcasturl] [shareport] [streamport] > /dev/null &
List of streams: http://www.sopcast.org/channel/
Full list in XML: http://www.sopcast.com/chlist.xml
More streams on Google
Note: Not all streams have audio
Note 2: If sp-auth is giving out an error, you might need to download the stdc++5 library link: http://www.sopcast.com/download/libstdcpp5.tgz
Example:

./sp-sc-auth sop://broker1.sopcast.com:3912/48608 3904 8904 > /dev/null &

Step 4: Fire-up VLC, open network stream http://localhost:[streamport]/tv.asf
Note: you might have to wait 20 seconds or so before it allows you to connect to the stream

Linux Myths!

2008-08-15T00:10:00.000-07:00

One of the main reasons that most people are afraid to try Linux is because they have this preconceived notion about linux being too hard to use and difficult to maintain; or that they have to do something drastically differ ant and there is a steep learning curve to using linux. After reading most of the comment on this post of mine and other popular forums for new linux users, it only solidified my belief that most non-linux users are very ignorant about linux. So here is an attemp to dispel some of the myths surrounding Linux:

Myth# 1: Linux Installation is difficult.

This is fairly popular Linux myth. Maybe 5 years ago; I would have agreed with you, it’s simply not true anymore. Let’s talk about the most popular linux distro at the moment, Ubuntu. On a brand spanking new computer, if you were to install Ubuntu from scratch, you would basically have to follow that same configuration options like selecting language, keyboard type and username/password, as you would do in a new vista installation. On the upside, there is every reasons to believe that your linux installation will be finished a lot sooner than a windows installation; and there will be less restart, if any.

Myth# 2: I have to know the Linux terminal in order to use Linux.

False. There is absolutely no reason why a regular computer user can’t use linux for years, without having to use the terminal. Windows has CMD (or command.com, or now powershell) just like Linux has the terminal. It is meant for power users or developers to tinker with fine points of linux (or show off to their friends). Windows has a suite of applications that has no graphical front-end for server and system administrators (Windows Sysinternals anyone?), same holds true for Linux. One can also look at Mac OS X; which is based on BSD and has a terminal just like linux. But a Mac user will probably never use one in his lifetime.

Myth# 3: There is no one-click installation in linux. I have to compile everything.

Wrong again. Windows one-click installation is possible thanks to MSI windows installer; and just like linux windows also has it’s fair share of differant installers. In Linux, Debian and RPM installers (or package managers) are the two most widely used linux installers out there. They install applications the same way a windows installer installs an application, minus the step by step configuration. So this one is also busted. :)

Myth# 4: Linux Lack applications.

Just official debian repositories alone has more than 18000 applications. Lack of applications is the least of linux’s problem; just like windows, linux has many applications that performs the same task. You can also use Wine to run windows applications that might not have a suitable alternative for linux. You can find a list of windows applications that can be used with linux using wine; including photoshop CS2 and MS Office 2007.

Myth# 5: Can’t play my movies or use my itunes/ipod.

Wrong and wrong. VLC for linux plays many popular formats including, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, mp3, ogg, DVDs, VCDs, HD DVD and various streaming protocols, and with more than 96 million users; you can’t get wrong with that. itunes works fine with wine for linux, if for some reason you can’t get itunes to work you could always use itunes alternatives like Banshee, amaroK and Xine.

These are some of the more common myths surrounding linux, that I know of. I am sure there are many more that I didn’t cover. Personally, I use Vista, Debian/Ubuntu and (more recently) OS X; I love them all. Even though I have a soft corner for linux, it would be unfair for me to try to shove linux down all non-linux users throat. However, users needs to get the right informations so that they can decide whats right for them.

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7 Lessons Olympians Can Teach Entrepreneurs

2008-08-15T00:08:00.000-07:00

What qualities would you come up with if you were asked to describe an Olympian? Perseverance? Determination? Fearlessness? Quick Wits? Teamwork? You could probably come up with a long list of admirable qualities.

Now how about if you were asked to describe an entrepreneur? Don’t all of those terms apply to the most dedicated of entrepreneurs? Don’t the successful ones share the fearlessness and dedication that Olympians exhibit?

Although a professional cyclist may be different in many ways to the founder of an Internet startup, many of the traits and qualities of a successful cyclist are the same for successful entrepreneurs. So while we celebrate the greatest of all sporting events, let’s learn a few lessons from these amazing individuals. Here are seven lessons you can take from the hard work and struggles of Olympians.

1) Great talent means nothing without great teamwork:

lebron-jamesJust ask LeBron James LeBron James . The 2004 Olympics were a disaster for Team USA Basketball. Despite having the most talented individuals on the court, the United States lost three times and came home with a disappointing bronze. After that, the leadership’s mentality changed to make sure 2008 was different. Coach Mike Krzyzewski didn’t choose individuals, but chose a team. This group has now played together since 2005 and 2006 in preparation for these Olympics and showed their strength in a 101-70 opening rout of China.

Learn from Team USA’s mistakes - getting great talent is never enough if that talent does not mesh and work well together. You must build a team with members that complement each other and are selfless in achieving company goals. If you ignore that team dynamic, you’re probably going to be stuck with something far more disappointing than a bronze medal.

2) Endorsement deals are great, but don’t let them distract you:

In sports, endorsement deals mean commercials, visibility, new products, and a wad of cash. For Internet entrepreneurs, endorsement deals mean venture capitalists An-Interview-With-Alan-Patricof , networking, new credibility, and of course a wad of cash. But if you get too engrossed in venture capital, it can become something you regret. If you spend too much time finding a deal instead of working on making your product the best it can be, nobody will want to endorse you in the first place, regardless of whether you’re an athlete or an entrepreneur.

3) Finish:

Finishing isn’t always easy and you can get distracted from the end by distractions. Sometimes it’s just painful and the last thing you want to do, but nobody succeeds without finishing. The greats dig deep to summon the strength needed to finish. Just ask Track and Field Gold Medalist Derek Redmond. Even if you do not come out the winner in the end, you can hold your head up high and know you did what most never do: finish what they start.

4) When you are injured, you need to work even harder to reach your goals:

yao-mingYao Ming is the Chinese icon of sports. But the basketball all-star’s role in the 2008 Olympics was put into doubt when he broke his foot in February. China worried about not having Yao during its great Olympic debut. Yao’s response?

If I cannot play in the Olympics for my country this time, it will be the biggest loss in my career to right now.”

Yao Ming then worked his butt off to rehabilitate, to heal, and to prepare. And it paid off: He once again carried the Chinese flag during the opening ceremony and headlined the Chinese national team. In the world of Internet startups, dramatic changes to the market can put you and your company’s future in doubt as well. When you are at the short end of a lawsuit or being hammered by the media, remember what you set out to do in the first place. To make something successful you’re going to have to take those bruises, stand up, and work even harder to succeed. Injuries are temporary - they’ll eventually heal. Throwing in the towel is permanent.

5) Know your competition:

Some people suggest that you ignore the competition and focus only on your own goals and your own work. True, it’s more important to focus on your company and your business than obsess over the competition, but not looking at the big picture is also foolish. Baseball teams know the tendencies of opposing pitches. Tennis players know whether their opponent’s forehand or backhand is weaker and adjust their game accordingly. As an entrepreneur in a very fast-paced market, knowing when new competitors pop up or about what customers think of the current competition can help define a better direction for your company. If Olympians don’t ignore their competition, why should you?

6) Nothing worth accomplishing comes quick and easy:

michael-phelpsMichael Phelps is out to break the world record for gold medals won in a single Olympics. 8 medals isn’t a cakewalk – he has 17 races to swim to win those 8 medals. Hours of practice. Hours of cool-down laps after those races. Years of training. Hundreds of workouts. Hell, it takes Michael Phelps 20-30 minutes to get into his state-of-the-art swimsuit. That is dedication. But the reward is eternal.

You don’t need to stay in a pool for half of your life to accomplish your goals. The lesson is still the same - there is no substitute for hard work and dedication when it comes to success. Putting in those extra hours or persevering that much more can make all the difference between your idea’s success and your company’s dissolution.

7) Remember what’s really important:

You’re a human being first and an entrepreneur second. The Olympics are about people, not money or politics. Entrepreneurship is the same. Don’t create or join a startup because of the financial rewards – very few achieve Mark Zuckerberg The-New-Faces-at-Facebook -level success. Do it because you love it and because you believe your idea can help make people’s lives better.

Cell Phone Etiquette Rules

2008-08-15T00:02:00.000-07:00

Do we really still need to talk about this? You’d think with over a decade of experience under our belts along with our inherent delusions of hyper sophistication that we’d have figured things out by now. But the sad truth remains: cell-phone douche-baggery is worse than ever! In terms of maturity levels, many of us rank amongst toddlers, interrupting anyone and anything with our loud nonsense, our little fingers obsessively pushing buttons with what’s left of our attention spans constantly distracted by various bells, whistles, and bright colors on tiny screens. This ridiculous need to be in touch with all people at all times is getting out of hand, and while we think we are staying more connected with each other, we are in fact treating those closest to us like China treated the Mongols. We’re building giant walls people! The following are basic cell phone rules of etiquette which people still can’t seem to follow. In fact, they should be called “How to use your common sense and remain polite in a human society.” Read them, learn them, and absorb them into your system as you would the vitamins from a mango smoothie.

1. Talking too loudly.

“YES! FOR THE LOVE OF BABY JESUS, WE CAN HEAR YOU NOW!” For some bizarre reason people feel the need to raise their voices while on their phones. I think we’ve come far enough, technologically speaking, to trust the phone’s microphone to adequately amplify and carry your voice. Your mouth couldn’t physically be any closer to the microphone, so unless you’re talking into it from a Captain Kirk distance or calling in an airstrike while under heavy machine gun fire, there’s no need to yell. Hell, even Kirk never raised his voice and he was communicating with an alcoholic Scotsman on a space ship!

Note: There are attention-seekers out there who speak loudly on purpose to “show off” recent accomplishments and victories to impress surrounding strangers. Do not hate on them too much, they were probably adopted and are cursed to constantly seek approval from anyone within earshot.

2. Holding inappropriate conversations in public.

No one needs to hear how wasted you were last night, or what color your boyfriend’s boxers were on the night the two of you, um, “played Scrabble.” Keep your personal conversations personal. If you don’t want people to see you crying in line at the bank or while ordering a stuffed-crust pizza, refrain from having emotional conversations in public. Offer to call the person back, step outside, or find a quiet place where you can openly and unabashedly describe your new foot fungus.

3. Rudely interrupting conversations.

Have you ever felt the only way to maintain a conversation with the person right in front of you is to give them a call? Ever arrive at the climax of a hilarious story, only to have the momentum ruined by “Sorry, I gotta take this”? Why is the disembodied voice of someone else more important than the flesh and blood standing before you? It’s very frustrating to stand around waiting while your “friend,” date, or family member gets into a phone conversation on your time. When this happens, I recommend simply walking away. Even when you’re sitting in a restaurant, if your date would rather chat with someone else, then you should get up and leave immediately to find someone else. Or, as I mentioned earlier, call them on their other line. “Hey, how’s it going? How’s your sea bass? Isn’t the wine delicious?” If you can’t beat ‘em, call ‘em.

4. Checking your phone at the movies.

Movie theatre announcements and people who are quick to “shhhh” have done a decent job of reducing reducing cell phone rings over the years. But people are still checking their calls and text messaging rfiends, silently, but equally annoyingly. There’s a reason why we spend an arm and a leg to watch movies in the theatre. When the lights go out and the screen lights up, we try to forget our everyday troubles and we submerse ourselves into whatever the hell world we bought tickets for. We escape. But when out of the corner of our eyes we see someone’s entire face light up while they check their phone messages, we’re yanked right back to reality and are reminded of how many jerks per square foot there are in the world. Turn your phones off, have a little consideration for the people around you. The world won’t stop spinning if you’re unavailable for 2 hours. “But what if there’s an emergency?” The odds of an actual emergency occurring are astronomical. Besides, if there was an emergency, it already happened. You already weren’t there, and chances are the people who could actually do anything about it, already have.

5. Texting while driving.

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Somebody please get the “Darwin Awards” on the phone. Of course, if you’re driving when you do, make sure you’re on hands free or have pulled over before you start explaining how there are people who send texts while behind the wheel of a vehicle. According to a Harvard University study, cell phones cause over 200 deaths and half a million injuries each year. And that’s with eyes on the road! Laws are in place to make sure people aren’t talking on their phones, and yet people are typing?!?! (I very rarely use the double question mark with the double exclamation point at the end of sentences, but this is ridiculous) I would love to see the tombstone: Was LOL when he WCTTFW (Went crashing through the freaking windshield) Anyone caught texting while driving should be stripped of their driving license forever.

6. Texting while talking.

You ever have someone try to listen to your story while text messaging someone else? You want to give them points for making the effort as they clumsily insert “oh yeahs” and “un huhs” at all the wrong moments, cutting you off mid-sentence with a “no way” as they furiously thumb type in your face, but at the same time you want to volleyball spike their phone to the ground for being unbelievably rude. A third option is tell better stories.

7. Texting small talk.

Does our friendship mean nothing? Have we become so lazy and disinterested in each other’s lives that we’re asking people to sum up their days with a text? “How r u?” “What’s up?” “What’s new?” These arbitrary questions are annoying enough when asked in person, but at least we have the ability to fire back equally insignificant responses in one second or less. But expecting people to waste their time typing “not bad, u?” or “same sh*t” or heaven forbid “let me tell you about my day” is about as lame and pointless as your appendix.

8. Loud and annoying ringtones.

I was riding the bus to work one morning, when out of nowhere the silence was shattered with screaming. It was the type of scream a frat boy lets out when a serial killer is in the process of gutting him with a fountain pen. I just about had a cardiac arrest and many of the people on the bus jumped out of their seats. It was only when the repetitive screaming suddenly tripled in volume that we all discovered the culprit: a cell phone. Some jerk pulled the phone out of his pocket, embarrassed at how loud it was, and accidentally dropped it on the bus floor. The joke now on him, the whole bus watched in amusement as this dude’s face grew redder and redder, scrambling to pick up and silence the screams coming from his phone. While there are far too many stupid ringtones out there to mention here, the story makes the point: turn down your stupid ringtone! No one thinks you’re clever, or funny, or musically savvy when you’re little pocket jukebox interrupts their thoughts. That guy on the bus probably thought his scream-tone was hysterical, but the looks on everyone else’s face read loud and clear: “What a douche bag!”

9. Disturbing live performances.

Comedy shows, concerts, plays etc…Nothing boils my blood more than having art ruined by a ringing cell phone. I nearly gave a security guard a standing ovation when he grabbed a gentleman by the collar and escorted him out of a Cirque du Soleil show for having his cell phone go off during a particularly dangerous acrobatic stunt. You ruin someone’s comedy act or interrupt an actor on stage, in turn spoiling the experience for everyone around you who’s spent their hard earned money on a night out, and you’re an arrogant douche-monkey who should be put in the corner with the rest of the 5 year olds. But when you disturb a performer who’s very life depends on needle-point focus and concentration, you should be put in jail.

10. Location location location

There are countless locations where “taking the call” is inappropriate and extremely annoying to those around you. The first two off the top of my head as the most frustrating are in libraries, and fast food restaurant lines. One of the last places on earth, aside from an empty church or your own bathroom, where people can go to read, think, and study in silence, is under attack by people who refuse to disconnect from the outside world. Does the word SSSSHHHHH mean nothing to you? Take the call outside, before someone throws “War and Peace” or Stephen King’s “It” at your head.

While ordering food, there’s no need to explain how annoying a phone call can be for both the restaurant staff and for the customers in line behind you. Check out how one Subway restaurant dealt with this problem. Again, if people are going to act like children we need to treat them like children. Well played Subway, well played.

20 Things I'm Glad Life Taught Me!!

2008-04-14T21:53:00.001-07:00

ow many times have you heard someone say, "Hindsight is always 20/20"? If you are like me, you hear it a lot and think it a lot more. Last year Jay wrote an article listing things he wished he'd known earlier. It got me thinking that the most crucial lessons in life and success aren't taught in books or written on blogs, but they are found by living life itself.

Sure, there may be nuggets of wisdom that we pick up from Dumb Little Man, Zen Habits, or Life Remix, but it is up to us individually to act upon them and learn the lessons. If it takes a failure for us to learn something important, so be it.

Here are 20 things that I personally came to understand and believe in. Your 20 could be totally different. Perhaps you only have 5, it doesn't matter. The key is that you learn from your life, your failures and your successes. Neglect any one of those and you are taking a rocky road to learning and personal development.

1. You must create and look for opportunities: Opportunities rarely ever come knocking on the door of someone who's not seeking them. You have to create and seek opportunities for yourself. You have to take the initiative to get the ball rolling and the doors opening.

2. Negativity will only bring more of it: When you focus only on negativity, obviously that's all you will see. You will not seek out positivity, and even when positivity comes into your life, you'll look for the negative part of it.

3. Where you are does not determine where you can go: It doesn't matter if you're homeless or living in a mansion, poor or rich, or if you have a 4.0 grade point average or "failing", it won't make any difference in the future. There are countless rags to riches stories to back this point up. If you have the drive and talents, you can go anywhere. You create your own limitations and horizon.

4. If you can't help others, you can't help yourself: Even if it's just to hold the door for someone or some other simple gesture, it will do wonders for your life. You'll feel great and you'll eventually be returned the favor sometime during your life, whether you realize it or not. If you don't want to help others, then others won't want to help you, and nor should they.

5. Follow your passion, money will follow: If you have passion and have fun doing your job, then I wouldn't consider it a job. You can focus on creating even more passion for that subject and money will eventually follow you. If you focus only on the money, it won't come because you're focused on the quantity of your work and not the quality.

6. Enjoy yourself: Have fun as much as possible, don't take everything so seriously. Push your worries aside and bring enjoyment closer.

7. If it were easy everyone would do it: This is why get rich quick schemes will never be true. If it was so quick and easy then everyone would be millionaires. Making money and accomplishing tasks is hard work, but well worth it.

8. Planning is good but so is being spontaneous: Planning ahead in business and in life is important but so is being able to quickly change that plan. Various people and events will get in the way of your plans, so you have to be able to modify or forget your plans at times. Be spontaneous once and awhile, it makes life interesting.

9. You have many talents: You may be a talented athlete or musician but you probably have ten more talents you don't even know about. When people find something they're good at, they only focus on that instead of seeing what else they can do.

10. Don't work hard without rewards: What's the point of working hard to follow your dreams if you aren't going to treat yourself along the way. Each little or big goal you accomplish should be rewarded with a proportionate treat, maybe a day off or a big slice of cake.

11. Money does bring happiness: As I said, you shouldn't be chasing money but when you do earn it, you know you've been accomplishing something. It feels great and brings you happiness because you know you'll have more freedom and time to do what you want.

12. Someone always has it worse: At times you may be having a bad day, but stop yourself and think about it; there has to be millions of other people are having a worse day than you.

13. You'll need others: Make as many friends as you possibly can and never burn bridges. You will need others for your success.

14. Being open-minded is the key to more knowledge: If you want to know more about the world you have to be open-minded. Give everything a chance.

15. Failure is great: One of the most important, if not the most important steps to success is failure. You have to fail at least once, but it's better if you've failed multiple times. You can learn so much more from your failures than you could any other way. And when you finally achieve success, you'll appreciate it so much more.

16. Most people are actually nice: This is something I've only recently realized. Most people are nice, but not usually to strangers. Once they get to know you and you get to know them, they will most likely seem like very nice people.

17. Words and thoughts control everything: What you say and think will ultimately become reality. If you say you're going to fail, then you will because you'll find a way to make it happen. If you say you're going to succeed, the same will happen, you'll find a way.

18. Your view is the reality: How you see an event or situation is how it exists. If you see something as tragic and negative then that's what it means to you. If you see something as exciting and positive, then that's what it is.

19. Inspiration and motivation are everywhere: I don't care where you are, there is something there that can motivate and inspire you. You can be at war is some far away country, in horrible conditions, but there will be something there to keep you going and strive for something better. You just have to recognize it and keep it with you.

20. You can change the world: Every single person has the ability to change the world whether directly or indirectly. When you change your life and the lives of those around you, you've changed the world. Small things that you do can make a huge impact on the world

25 Statements to Happiness

2008-04-14T21:47:00.001-07:00

Seven years ago I came across this list. I don't recall where it came from but I do know that I couldn’t agree with even one of these statements. In fact, I found the very idea of anyone being able to agree with most of them absurd. I thought, “You gotta be kidding me! Who really goes through life THAT friggin’ happy?” For some reason, I kept the list.

Over the years, I made it a goal to change myself or my life to eventually be able to say all of these statements with complete sincerity and heartfelt gratitude. I am surprised and pleased to realize I have finally succeeded with most of them.

I still struggle with #19 sometimes. And, I’m not exactly sure if it’s such a bad thing to need to compete with others (#10) since competition is a great motivator. But, other than that, I’ve pretty much achieved the rest thanks to my new career as a writer. I’m lovin’ it!

And, so, I present this list to you in the hopes that maybe it will inspire you, too, to do whatever it takes so that you can, in the not-too-distant future, likewise, enjoy all of these great things, too.

25 STATEMENTS TO HAPPINESS

1. Most of the time, I have a great time!

2. I am content with my professional career.

3. I listen to my inner feelings and let them guide me.

4. Every day, I laugh and smile a lot.

5. I rarely become annoyed or angry.

6. People in general like me and my company.

7. I don’t get easily afraid of anything.

8. I rarely feel stressed out.

9. I adapt easily to changing circumstances.

10. I don’t feel the need to compete with anybody.

11. My life is a great adventure and so much fun!

12. I don’t spend much time worrying.

13. The world is beautiful and full of opportunities.

14. I sleep very well at night and wake up refreshed.

15. I usually focus on the solutions and not the problems.

16. I feel relaxed most of the time.

17. I know my abilities and feel confident most of the time.

18. I feel mostly fine, even when I’m alone.

19. I have no regrets over past mistakes.

20. To me, arguments are a waste of time.

21. I’m always open to new ideas and concepts in my life.

22. I live the way I choose and I let others do that, too.

23. I don’t blame or intimidate others to get what I want.

24. If I’m not happy about something, I take the initiative to change it.

25. I like myself the way I am.

I know, I know. Crazy to be able to be this happy, isn’t it? But, I am. And, you can, too. Just keep your eyes on the prize. Do whatever you need to do to get there from here. And, never, ever give up. Be awesome! Be your own hero!

What can you do in 10 minutes or less?

2008-04-14T21:43:00.000-07:00

More than you think. In a brief 10 minute window you can release tension, prevent future frustrations, get your blood flowing, etc. In fact, here are 50 things you can do. With time out as an excuse, what are you going to begin doing differently tomorrow? I don't care what it is, the point is, just do something!

Here are some ideas. If you have other thoughts, leave them in the comments!

1. Brush your teeth

2. Do 15 sit-ups

3. Read the health news headlines of the day

4. Straighten your posture

5. Eat an apple

6. Stand up and stretch

7. Send a friendly email to a friend

8. Resist the impulse purchase of a candy bar

9. Post an inspirational quote on Twitter

10. Do 10 lunges

11. Drink a glass of water

12. Smile

13. Put a package of oatmeal in your pocket or purse for a healthy breakfast or snack

14. Throw a bottle of water in there as well

15. Plug your cell phone into the charger

16. Pay a bill online

17. Ask to have your salad dressing on the side

18. Start a dollar jar to be added to once per day

19. Open a window

20. Say thank you to someone who deserves it

21. Take a deep breath

22. Put on your seat belt

23. Wake up 10 minutes earlier

24. Post a comment on a blog

25. Turn off the lights when you’re the last one out

26. Put on your make-up (this usually pertains to the ladies, but hey, whatever makes you happy)

27. Share a healthy recipe

28. Give your mother a call

29. Wash your hands

30. Put on hand lotion

31. Check your blood pressure

32. Jog in place for 9 minutes

33. Throw away that pen that doesn’t work

34. Take a canvas tote bag to the grocery store

35. Ask a friend to join you for a healthy dinner

36. Put down the remote control and get up to change the TV channel

37. Hug your kids

38. Replace your next cup of coffee with a cup of tea

39. Lay out your clothes for the next day

40. Put your car keys in the same place everyday

41. Take a 10 minute break

42. Suck on a breath mint

43. Add a little pepper to your salad

44. Load the dishwasher

45. Play FreeRice for 5 minutes

46. Take a quick walk

47. Prepare your coffee maker the night before

48. Skip your late evening grocery store run

49. While watching TV, do 5 push-ups during the commercial

50. Read this list over again and count how many things pertain to you

These things take no time at all but they all could ensure a positive day and a healthier lifestyle. How many of these do you or can you do in a day? What other things can you add to the list?

Whatever you choose to do, make your day healthier and happier. If you can, do the same for someone else too, because, after all, it’s about a healthy lifestyle!

What is ORACLE APPS ( ERP )?

2008-04-14T21:41:00.000-07:00

(Also known as e-business suite)

Lets take an example. Suppose you are running a small grocery shop named "Janata Grocery", so the typical operation as a shop owner is you basically buy groceries from some big seller and stock it in your shop. Now people come to your shop for day-to-day needs and buy stuff from your shop at a slightly higher price than what you originally bought and stocked it in your shop.
Ocassionally you may not be carrying items or run out of stock that people ask for so you make a note of it and promise the person to come back tomorrow and they will get their item. So far so good, now lets name some entities before we proceed and things get complicated. The big seller from whom you buy stock is called as Vendor, the people who come to your shop to buy things are known as customers, the stock in your shop is known as inventory.

So far we have identified few entities that play an active role in your day-to-day operations. As time goes by, your business expands and now you take orders over the phone and provide service to deliver the items to your customers, so you hire people to help you out in maintaining the inventory, do the delivery part and all the necessary stuff to keep the business running smoothly. The people you hire are known as employees.
So in this small shop, you typically manage the bookkeeping activities by hand using a notepad or something similar. Now imagine the same setup on a larger scale where you have more than 10,000 customers, have more than 1000 vendors, have more than 1000 employees and have a huge warehouse to maintain your inventory. Do you think you can manage all that information using pen and paper? Absolutely no way! Your business will come to a sudden stop sign.

To facilitate big businesses, companies like Oracle Corporation have created huge software known in the category of ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) as Oracle Applications. Now coming to think of it, Oracle Apps is not one huge software, instead it is a collection of software known as modules that are integrated and talk to each other.

Now what is meant by integrated? First let us identify the modules by entities. For e.g Purchasing and Account Payables deal with the vendors since you typically purchase from vendors and eventually have to pay the dues. Oracle Purchasing handles all the requisitions and purchase orders to the vendors whereas Oracle Accounts Payables handles all the payments to the vendors.

Similarly Oracle Inventory deals with the items you maintain in stock, warehouse etc. Dealing with customers is handled collectively with the help of Oracle Receivables and Oracle Order Management. Order Management helps you collect all the information that your customer is ordering over the phone or webstore etc whereas Receivables help you collect the money for the orders that are delivered to the customers.

Now who maintains the paychecks, benefits of the 1000 employees? right! it is managed by Oracle Human Resources. So you get the idea by now that for each logical function there is a separate module that helps to execute and maintain that function.

So all the individual functions are being taken care but how do I know if I am making profit or loss? That's where integration comes into play. There is another module known as Oracle General Ledger. This module receives information from all the different transaction modules and summarizes them in order to help you create profit and loss statements, reports for paying Taxes etc.

Just to simplify the explaination, when you pay your employees that payment is reported back to General Ledgers as cost i.e money going out, when you purchase inventory items the information is transferred to GL as money going out, and so is the case when you pay your vendors. Similarly when you receive items in your inventory it is transferred to GL as money coming in, when your customer sends payment it is transfered to GL as money coming in. So all the different transaction modules report to GL (General Ledger) as either "money going in" or "money going out", the net result will tell you if you are making a profit or loss.

All the equipment, shops, warehouses, computers can be termed as Assets and they are managed by Oracle Fixed Assets. Initially Oracle Applications started as bunch of modules and as time passed by they added new modules for different and new functions growing out of the need for today's internet world.

So if you come across a module that you are trying to learn and work on, first try to understand what business need is it trying to fulfill and then try to understand what the immediate modules that it interacts with. For e.g lets say you come across Oracle Cost Management module, you will learn that it helps to maintain the costs of items in your inventory and the immediate modules that it interacts with are Oracle Inventory (ofcourse), Oracle Bills of Material, Order Management and so on..

There is more to ERP than this layman explanation of a complex beast that does not justify a single bit but I wished I had this knowledge when I was thrown into Oracle Applications right after I graduated from college. Back then the only piece of software I had known to write was implementing binary trees, infix, prefix, postfix notations in pascal and TSRs (Terminate and Stay resident) using assembly.

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Organise your life

2008-04-07T05:43:00.000-07:00

The competitive madness, the rush to be there first, odd working hours, pressure to succeed, security for future. It's all taking a toll of the human race, slowly and smartly killing the more beautiful facets of human life. Everyone is striving to improve their lifestyle but sadly it's their lifestyle that is worst hit. A little effort coupled with some determination can set that disorganized, stressful life on track.

1. FOCUS: Focus on what you want in life. This focus should be same as the focus of Arjun (Mahabharata) on the Bird's Eye. Similarly all of us need to understand what we need to achieve in life, visualize or plan how to achieve it and get going with it. Plan each and every move of yours to achieve your target. Your goal should be realistic and practical. You take care of your vision and the Universe will take care of the rest.

2. COMMITMENT: This is another point, which needs a detailed explanation. For an organized lifestyle, you need to be committed in all aspects of life. Be it relationship, be it work, be it your goal in life or be it anything else. This commitment always helps yourself to be a better person and your commitment towards yourself also makes life easier for you. You should make realistic goals and be committed to achieve them. Say you have set a target that you have to knock off those extra 4 kilos in a month, you need to motivate and push yourself to a daily exercise regime and fitness plan to achieve that.

3. PASSION: Do what you love doing in the first place. But for some it may not be possible for doing only what you love, but there is no reason that you cannot take out your time to do things of your interest which keeps you more satisfied and more content in life. This will make your life interesting, challenging and your lifestyle will be more organized than if you are doing something, just for the heck of doing it. Think of something which actually excites you and keep on pursuing those activities on a regular basis. The bottom-line is passion and enthusiasms are contagious.

4. MANAGE YOUR FEARS: If you are nervous or scared about anything, there is nothing wrong in it. It is very human. To be more organized in life you need to understand, why do you get nervous and for what reasons you are scared. Once you identify them it is easy to channel you energies and work towards doing away with it. It's simple, if you follow it, be a leader, be bold and take a risk in life. This will definitely help you do away with your nervousness. Always try out new things in life and change is always positive.

5. HEALTHY ATTITUDE: For a more organized life style, your approach towards life should be healthy and very positive. Even under very difficult situations, you should not loose heart. Should be brave and face the challenges. There will be ups and downs in the path of anybody's life, but one should not think negatively about life at any point of time. The other parts which are again important are that you should be generous in nature and forgiving. This will also reduce your temper and help to build up a positive attitude. This is the essence of making your lifestyle organized.

6. TIME MANAGEMENT: Always be ahead of time. Never allow yourself to chase time, but time should chase you. Be it reaching to office, be it attending a meeting, be it getting the kid from school, be it paying your bills, be it attending a social function, one should always be on time or ideally before time. This actually reduces much of your worry and lot of your restlessness. This not only makes you important in the public eyes, it also helps to command respect. Apart from being on time, time management also includes that you should allocate your time in such manner that you do all your stuff within the scheduled time. Time management helps one to lead a less stressful life and be a merry person too.
7. HEALTHY FOOD: Eating habits are an important aspect of your lifestyle that cannot be overlooked. Eat for living and not live for eating. This means that you should eat to keep yourself healthy and fit enough to carry on with all your activities. Always try to avoid food with more fat content in it, avoid oily and fried stuff. Fat intake in your body should be proportional and so should be sugar intake. These are the two most dangerous food components, which are very dear to the taste buds, but harm us the most. Secondly, one should have a balanced diet and also eat more of fiber foods and drink plenty of water to keep one self healthy and fit and avoid falling sick.

8. REGULAR EXERCISE: Very important rule for a more organized lifestyle is daily exercise. One should do something for his body as well as for his mind and should spend at least 20-25 minutes for exercising. Exercising and simultaneously doing some other work should be avoided totally. This actually does not help you gain 100% from the time you are exercising. Do aerobic exercise 3 times a week, non stop exercise using the large muscles. These will be weight training and band resistance exercises. Build yourself up to 3 or 4 sets of 8 to 12 repetitions. NO PAIN - NO GAIN (You should feel those last sets and last repetitions). Stretching everyday first thing in the morning and after you exercise reduces muscle tension, promotes circulation, loosens your body and mind, and prevents injury. Always stretch slowly and hold each stretch 30 to 50 seconds. (NO BOUNCING).

9. MEDITATION: Meditation is another way of reducing your stress and should be done at least for 5-10 minutes a day. It rejuvenates your energies and helps you to be a cool person by reducing all your worries and stress. "Be thankful for everything you have in your life - appreciate life", "Make YOURSELF # 1" these the thoughts should fill your head while meditating. Breathe in slow and relax completely as you exhale (in through the nose and out through the mouth).
10. REWARD YOURESELF: This will help you to make yourself feel good each moment of your life. You will cherish every moment by just being your-self and this will boost up your energy to do better and the best in life and achieve your goal, the first point discussed in this article. Make a daily goal - reward yourself. Make a weekly goal - reward yourself. Make a monthly goal - reward yourself. Make a 3 month goal - 6 month goal - and a year goal - reward yourself. Go for the long term - make a 5 year goal and reward yourself BIG TIME! This is the last and the final golden rule for a more organized lifestyle.

Lifes water of Cup !!

2008-03-26T06:08:00.000-07:00

A group of working adults got together to visit their University lecturer. The lecturer was happy to see them. Conversation soon turned into complaints about stress in work and life. The Lecturer just smiled and went to the kitchen to get an assortment of cups - some porcelain, some in plastic, some in glass, some plain looking and some looked rather expensive and exquisite. The Lecturer offered his former students the cups to get drinks for themselves. When all the students had a cup in hand with water, the Lecturer spoke: "If you noticed, all the nice looking, expensive cups were taken up, leaving behind the plain and cheap ones. While it is normal that you only want the best for yourselves, that is the source of your problems and stress. What all you wanted was water, not the cup, but we unconsciously went for the better cups." "Just like in life, if Life is Water, then the jobs, money and position in society are the cups. They are just tools to hold/maintain Life, but the quality of Life doesn't change." "If we only concentrate on the cup, we won't have time to enjoy/taste the water in it."

The World's Longest Domain Name

2008-03-14T20:20:00.000-07:00

www.thelongestdomainnameintheworldand
thensomeandthensomemoreandmore.com

claims to be the world’s longest domain name. But is it? It turns out that this is a matter of definition. According to the domain registrars, the longest legal domain name is 63 characters starting with a letter or number.

If you included subdomains (which precede the primary domain name and are followed by a period) you can get longer, probably up to some limit supported by individual browser software.

If you include domain suffixes in your character count you also can get longer (+4 for .com and +6 for .co.uk, for example).

I don’t think either subdomains or suffixes should be included in the search fro the world’s largest domain name, meaning the best you can do is tie for first with 63 characters.

As Esther Dyson notes, nobody will type in these long names - they are opened by clicking links or selecting from a list.

Some other fun long domain names:

http://3.141592653589793238462643383279502884197169399375105820974944592.com/: the 3 is a subdomain, I like the photo of Dr. Evil

http://www.abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzabcdefghijk.com/: a free email service

http://www.llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwyll-llantysiliogogogoch.com/: named after a Welsh Village, claims to be the world’s longest domain name (of course, by my definition, it is at best tied) and in Guinness records as the world’d longest domain name (turns out the title is for world’s longest domainnamed after a real place)

Here are more longest domain names according to the Internet Book of Records (a strange name for a web site). Thanks to comments on Google Blogoscoped for getting me started on this trivia.

C#.net simplified in short !! brush up before interview!!

2008-03-07T23:24:00.000-08:00

I thought of simplifying the whole c# into a small paragraph (i m working now to make it short)so that you can brush up when you go for any interviews.

Only things that you need to know about c# is use of variable,how to classes and combine it, use properties inside class,use oops 4 concepts of classes,built in classes,data reading and formating,how to create methods and use it,use conditional statements like switches and statements, structures, delegates, exceptions and arrays.

Use comments like //, /* ,*/

In the option menu of project you can change the color,indentation etc...

These are keywords !!

abstract const extern int out short typeof
as continue false interface override sizeof uint
base decimal finally internal params stackalloc ulong
bool default fixed is private static unchecked
break delegate float lock protected string unsafe
byte do for long public struct ushort
case double foreach namespace readonly switch using
catch else goto new ref this virtual
char enum if null return throw void
checked event implicit object sbyte true volatile
class explicit in operator sealed try while

contextual keywords
get partial set value where yield

To display a value in dark window, you can enter it in the parentheses of the Console.Write() or Console.WriteLine(). Here is example:

using System;

class Program
{
static void Main()
{
Console.WriteLine(248);
Console.Write(1);
}
}

Suppose u want to write some symbols in cmd u have to use these conversions with writeline:

Dec Bin Hex
0 0000 0
1 0001 1
2 0010 2
3 0011 3
4 0100 4
5 0101 5
6 0110 6
7 0111 7
8 1000 8
9 1001 9
10 1010 A
11 1011 B
12 1100 C
13 1101 D
14 1110 E
15 1111 F

Example :

using System;

class Exercise
{
static void Main()
{
var Number = 0xFE;

Console.Write("Number: ");
Console.WriteLine(Number);
}
}

If u want to store more in a variable use double word that 32 bit instead 16 of ordinary variable:

using System;

class Exercise
{
static void Main()
{
var Population = 72394475;

Console.Write("Country Population: ");
Console.WriteLine(Population);
}
}
This would produce:

Country Population: 72394475
Press any key to continue . . .

Or...

If you declare an integer variable using the var keyword and initialize it with a value lower than 2,147,484,647, the compiler concludes that the memory needed to store that variable is 32 bits:

Class is a technique of using one or a group of variables to be used as a foundation for a more detailed variable.

class Program
{
static void Main()
{
int bedrooms = 3;
}
}

u can also use add class from designer and view using class view box.

If you want your class to be accessible to code written in other languages, precede the class keyword with public when creating it

When you initialize a variable using the new operator, you are in fact reserving some space in the heap memory. The memory is "allocated" for the variable. When that variable is no longer needed, such as when your program closes, it (the variable) must be removed from memory and the space it was using can be made available to other variables or other programs. This is referred to as garbage collection.

The variables declared in the body of a class are referred to as its member variables and each member variable is referred to as a field.

The public and private keywords are referred to as access level.

We saw that, to use a class, you could first declare a variable for it and initialize it. Fortunately, you don't have to use a class to initialize an object. You can declare a variable that resembles an instance of a class and initialize it as you see fit. This is referred to as an anonymous type. To use it, declare the variable using the var keyword and use the new operator to allocate memory for it

using System;

public class Exercise
{
static void Main()
{
var BookInformation = new
{
Title = "Calculus 6e Edition",
Pages = 1074,
Cover = "Hard Back"
};

Console.WriteLine("=//= BookInformation =//=");
Console.Write("Title: ");
Console.WriteLine(BookInformation.Title);
Console.Write("Nbr of Pages: ");
Console.WriteLine(BookInformation.Pages);
Console.Write("Type of Cover: ");
Console.WriteLine(BookInformation.Cover);
}
}
This would produce:

=//= BookInformation =//=
Title: Calculus 6e Edition
Nbr of Pages: 1074
Type of Cover: Hard Back
Press any key to continue . . .

If an object can also perform actions or assignments. An action performed by a class is called a method

public class House
{
public char PropertyType;
public uint Bedrooms;

public void Display()
{
Console.WriteLine("=//= Altair Realty =//=");
Console.WriteLine("Properties Inventory"); ;
Console.Write("Property Type: ");
Console.WriteLine(PropertyType);
Console.Write("Bedrooms: ");
Console.WriteLine(Bedrooms);
}
}

use code editor for view methods.
The right combo box, named Members, displays the members of the class
The Solution Explorer is a window that displays the file names and other items used in your project.
C# allows you to declare a class member and refer to it regardless of which instance of an object you are using. Such a member variable is called static.
Like a member variable, a method of a class can be defined as static.

create a constant variable using const keyword.

Using the this member variable (in C/C++, it is a pointer), you can access any member of a class within any method of the same class

A namespace is a section of code that is identified with a specific name.
namespace Business
{
class House
{
}
}
use the period operator to access an item that is part of the namespace

using System;

namespace Business
{
public class House
{
public string PropertyNumber;
public decimal Price;
}
}

class Program
{
static void Main()
{
Business.House property = new Business.House();

property.PropertyNumber = "D294FF";
property.Price = 425880;

Console.WriteLine("=//= Altair Realty =//=");
Console.WriteLine("Properties Inventory");
Console.Write("Property #: ");
Console.WriteLine(property.PropertyNumber);
Console.Write("Market Value: ");
Console.WriteLine(property.Price);
Console.WriteLine();
}
}
This would produce:

=//= Altair Realty =//=
Properties Inventory
Property #: D294FF
Market Value: 425880

Press any key to continue . . .

compiler of the Microsoft .NET Framework is a program called csc
use this :
csc Filename.cs
compiler to produce an executable using the name of your choice
csc /out:NameOfExecutate.exe Filename.cs

If you want to use a pointer in your application, you must precede the name of every method that uses unsafe code with the unsafe keyword.

using System;

class Exercise
{
unsafe static void Main()
{
int Length = 224;
int *Len = &Length;

Console.Write("Length ");
Console.WriteLine(Length);
Console.Write("Length ");
Console.WriteLine(*Len);
Console.WriteLine();

Length = 804;
Console.Write("Length ");
Console.WriteLine(Length);
Console.Write("Length ");
Console.WriteLine(*Len);
}
}

csc /unsafe Exercise.cs

The + button allows you to expand a hidden code section

instead of, the sections of code created by the Code Editor, if you want, you can create your own sections. To do this, start the section with

#region Whatever
and end it with

#endregion Whatever

You don't have to type anything on the right side of #endregion. After creating the region, the Code Editor would display a - button to the left side of #region with a line from there to the left of #endregion:

Console class provides the Read() method to get a value from the user
VariableName = Console.Read();

ReadLine()

After getting the string, you must convert it to a number. To perform this conversion, each data type of the .NET Framework provides a mechanism called Parse.

the user has entered the string you can then convert it to a DateTime value

DateTime OrderDate, OrderTime;
Console.Write("Enter the order date(mm/dd/yyyy): ");
OrderDate = DateTime.Parse(Console.ReadLine());
Console.Write("Enter the order time(hh:mm AM/PM): ");
OrderTime = DateTime.Parse(Console.ReadLine());
Console.WriteLine("Order Date: {0:D}", OrderDate);
Console.WriteLine("Order Time: {0:t}", OrderTime);

strNumber = Console.ReadLine();
Number = int.Parse(strNumber);

To properly display data in a friendly and most familiar way, you can format it. Formatting tells the compiler what kind of data you are using and how you want the compiler to display it to the user. As it happens, you can display a natural number in a common value or, depending on the circumstance, you may prefer to show it as a hexadecimal value.

Character Used For
c C Currency values
d D Decimal numbers
e E Scientific numeric display such as 1.45e5
f F Fixed decimal numbers
g G General and most common type of numbers
n N Natural numbers
r R Roundtrip formatting
x X Hexadecimal formatting
p P Percentages

Here are examples:

using System;

public class Exercise
{
public static void Main()
{
var Distance = 248.38782;
var Age = 15;
var NewColor = 3478;
var HSalary = 22.74;
var HoursWorked = 35.5018473;
var WeeklySalary = HSalary * HoursWorked;

Console.WriteLine("Distance: {0}", Distance.ToString("E"));
Console.WriteLine("Age: {0}", Age.ToString());
Console.WriteLine("Color: {0}", NewColor.ToString("X"));
Console.WriteLine("Weekly Salary: {0} for {1} hours",
WeeklySalary.ToString("c"),
HoursWorked.ToString("F"));

Console.WriteLine();
}
}
This would produce:

Distance: 2.483878E+002
Age: 15
Color: D96
Weekly Salary: $807.31 for 35.50 hours

Variable declared in the body of a method is referred to as a local variable

Program.cs file is the mail file in an application. The programs starts from this file.

static int Main() --> this is the main method!!

Passing an Argument by Value

When you declare a variable in a program, the compiler reserves an amount of space for that variable. If you need to use that variable somewhere in your program, you call it and make use of its value. There are two major issues related to a variable: its value and its location in the memory. The location of a variable in memory is referred to as its address.

When you declare a variable in a program, the compiler reserves an amount of space for that variable. If you need to use that variable somewhere in your program, you call it and make use of its value. There are two major issues related to a variable: its value and its location in the memory. The location of a variable in memory is referred to as its address.

using System;

class Exercise
{
static void Initializer(out double n)
{
n = 128.44;
}

public static int Main()
{
double Number = 15.25;

Console.WriteLine("Number = {0}", Number);
Initializer(out Number);
Console.WriteLine("Number = {0}", Number);
return 0;
}
}
This would produce:

Number = 15.25
Number = 128.44

ability to have various methods with the same name in the same program is referred to as method overloading. To perform overloading, the methods must have different numbers or different type(s) of arguments.

constructor:
var flr = new Flower();

If you declare a variable of a class in your program, when the program comes up, the compiler reserves enough memory space for each member of the class. The memory space reserved for each member variable is filled with an initial value based on its type. For a string object, the space would be left empty. For an integer type, the space would be filled with 0. A better way to take care of this type is to provide a value whose role would be to initialize the member variables with the values of your choice. A method that initializes an object can return any value but it is preferable to be of type void because its primary purpose is to reset the values.
A constructor is a special method that is created when the object comes to life. This particular method holds the same name as the class and it initializes the object whenever that object is created. When you create a class, if you don't declare a constructor, the compiler creates one for you; this is useful because it lets all other objects of the program know that the object exists. This compiler-created constructor is called the default constructor. If you want, you can create your own constructor.

To create a constructor, declare a method that holds the same name as the class. Remember that the method must not return any value.

Here is an example:

namespace FlowerShop
{
public class Flower
{
Flower()
{
}
}
}
A constructor can be used to initialize the member variables of a class
A destructor does the cleaning behind the scenes. Like the default constructor, the compiler always creates a default destructor if you don't create one.
~Flower()
{
}
A class can be created inside of another class.
public class Outside
{
public class Inside
{
}
}

Boolean Variables

When interacting with a computer, a user submits values to a running application. Some of these values are valid. Some other values must be rejected or changed. To take care of these, the values must be checked, examined, re-examined, etc. The validity of a value is checked against its type. For example, a number can be checked as being equal to another. A condition can be checked as being true. A measure can be checked as to whether it is higher than a certain threshold
Boolean TheFloorIsCoveredWithCarpet;

A variable is referred to as Boolean if it can hold a value that is either true or false. To declare a Boolean variable, you can use either the var or the bool keyword. Here is an example:

using System;

public class Exercise
{
static int Main()
{
bool DrinkingUnderAge;
}
}

Please circulate this link don't be pessimistic!!

All ICFAI questions papers

2008-03-07T22:41:00.000-08:00

I found it very difficult to find past years ICFAI question papers .. atlast i accumulated all the question papers from different sources .. and thought of upload it here !!

http://www.ziddu.com/download.php?
uid=brOdm5aoca6b4palaLKWlJeiaLOalZU%3D8

Please circulate it among friends as this is the only source to get all the question papers!!!

:-)

World's fastest car !!!

2008-03-07T09:53:00.000-08:00

The Bugatti Veyron costs 1.2 million and is currently the most expensive and fastest factory built car in the world. Bugatti is a division of Volkswagon and will be available in the U.S. sometime this year.

I'm sure there are more expensive collector cars out there but nothing produced in the last 10 years is more expensive then the Bugatti.

Bugatti Veyron at top speed
Uploaded by Flabber

Here are some "production" vehicles and their costs:
Mercedes Maybach - £281,380 (made in Germany) $492,415.00US
Rolls-Royce - £250,000 (UK) $437,500.00US
Saleen S7 - £234,000 (US) $409,500.00US
Bentley Azure - £223,000 (UK) $390,250.00US
Lamborghini Murciélago - £162,000 (Italy)
Aston Martin Vanquish - £135,000 (UK)
Ferrari 575 M Maranello - £127,000 (Italy) $283,500.00US
Bentley Continental GT - £110,000 (UK) $192,500.00US
Porsche GT2 - £106,000 (Germany)
$185,500.00US

Arguably, rare, specialized and antique cars will "cost" more...

The world's most expensive car is up for sale. And whether or not you think it's worth the estimated $10 million asking price, it's no doubt exceedingly rare, beautiful and--like many follies in automotive history--a triumph of hubris over reason.

This Bugatti Type 41 Royale was the brainchild of Ettore Bugatti--and also a hugely expensive misstep in the history of his firm. In the 1920s, Bugatti was expecting to get a contract from the French military to build 16-cylinder aircraft engines. The contract never materialized, but Bugatti felt he could use half that engine, a straight eight, to form one of the most amazing luxury cars in history. http://www.forbes.com/2001/11/05/1105vow...

Don't charge ur mobile whole night and don't keep it near by

2008-02-29T08:32:00.000-08:00

Email received:
Never, ever answer a cell phone while it is being RECHARGED!! A few days ago, a person was recharging his cell phone at home. Just at that time a call Came in and he answered it with the instrument still connected to the outlet. After a few seconds electricity flowed into the cell phone unrestrained and the young man was thrown to the ground

Response:
This is very true. Cell phones are extremely dangerous. Just the other day I was minding my own business and sitting in a park and a cell phone came up to me and bit me. Yes, you read this
correctly. It bit me.

Response:

This is very true. Cell phones are extremely dangerous. Just the other day I was minding my own business and sitting in a park and a cell phone came up to me and bit me. Yes, you read this
correctly. It bit me. Turns out that the bad corporations like Motoroilia have been creating new cell phones which have the features of a dog.

Yes I know a lot of people say Motoroilia cell phones run dog slow. But now they also have other dog properties. They try to make it sound friendly. Their advertisement says you can whistle and the phone will come to you so you will never lose your phone. But they don't tell you that it can also bite you. Be very careful.

Of course Motoroilia is the second largest cell phone maker in the world right behind Nukia and Sumsang and there are millions if not billions of cell phone subscribers in the world and cell phones have been around for almost 10 years now and you have never heard this before. This is because of a giant conspiracy by everybody in the world except anonymous email senders who are now the only trustworthy source of information.

You know you can trust us because we are anonymous. We can tell the truth without fear of sane people pointing out to us and screaming "loony bin! loony bin!" which is how they silence their enemies.You think your mother loves you, but know that the anonymous email senders love you more.

You must believe me because though there have been millions of people in parks with cell phones, and no local newspaper, government body or TV reporter has ever told you of a cell phone biting people, you must believe me because I heard it from a friend's sister's
brother's uncle's cat's sister's owner's neighbour's acquaintance.

So be safe! Next time you approach a cell phone be sure to yell in a loud and stern voice. "STAY" "SIT" "GOOD CELL PHONE" before the cell phone gets close to you. Even do this to your own cell phone. You never know who might be carrying a cell phone in their pocket, so make sure you say this to other people and strangers all the time, BEFORE you are attacked by their cell phones.

At least for now, the cell phones appear to obey these commands. For better results from your own cell phone and increased safety, keep your cell phone happy. If you have a flip phone, you can put food in it before you flip it shut for the night. I recommend honey or
something more sticky.

Email received:

PLEASE READ IMMEDIATELY, I HOPE YOU'RE NOT DOING THIS!!!

Never, ever answer a cell phone while it is being RECHARGED!!

A few days ago, a person was recharging his cell phone at home. Just at that time a call Came in and he answered it with the instrument still connected to the outlet. After a few seconds electricity flowed into the cell phone unrestrained and the young man was thrown to the ground with a
Heavy thud. His parents rushed to the room only to find him unconscious, with a weak heartbeat and burnt fingers. He was rushed to the nearby hospital, but was pronounced dead on arrival. Cell phones are a very useful modern invention. However, we must be aware that it can also be an instrument! Of death.

Never use the cell phone while it is hooked to the electrical outlet!
Switch off your cell completely while filling gas at a gas station. Incidents of cell phone bursting out and people being hurt in the same way have happened in the U.S. , as was shown in the same news broadcast.

FORWARD THIS TO THE PEOPLE THAT MATTER IN YOUR LIFE,

I JUST DID!!

FOUR THINGS YOU PROBABLY NEVER KNEW YOUR MOBILE PHONE COULD DO

2008-02-29T08:03:00.000-08:00

Subject: FOUR THINGS YOU PROBABLY NEVER KNEW YOUR MOBILE PHONE COULD DO

Very, very useful info.

4 THINGS YOU PROBABLY NEVER KNEW YOUR MOBILE PHONE COULD DO

There are a few things that can be done in times of grave emergencies. Your mobile phone can actually be a life saver or an emergency tool for survival. Check out the things that you can do with it:

FIRST Emergency

The Emergency Number worldwide for Mobile is 112. If you find yourself out of the coverage area of your mobile; network and there is an emergency, dial 112 and the mobile will search any existing network to establish the emergency number for you, and interestingly this number 112 can be dialed even if the keypad is locked. Try it out.

SECOND Have you locked your keys in the car?

Does your car have remote keyless entry? This may come in handy someday. Good reason to own a cell phone: If you lock your keys in the car and the spare keys are at home, call someone at home on their mobile phone from your cell phone.

Hold your cell phone about a foot from your car door and have the person at your home press the unlock button, holding it near the mobile phone on their end. Your car will unlock. Saves someone from having to drive your keys to you. Distance is no object. You could be hundreds of miles away, and if you can reach someone who has the other 'remote' for your car, you can unlock the doors (or the trunk).

Editor's Note: It works fine! We tried it out and it unlocked our car over a mobile phone!'

THIRD Hidden Battery Power

Imagine your mobile battery is very low. To activate, press the keys *3370# Your mobile will restart with this reserve and the instrument will show a 50% increase in battery. This reserve will get charged when you charge your mobile next time.

FOURTH How to disable a STOLEN mobile phone?

To check your Mobile phone's serial number, key in the following digits on your phone: * # 0 6 #

A 15 digit code will appear on the screen. This number is unique to your handset. Write it down and keep it somewhere safe. When your phone get stolen, you can phone your service provider and give them this code. They will then be able to block your handset so even if the thief changes the SIM card, your phone will be totally useless. You probably won't get your phone back, but at least you know that whoever stole it can't use/sell it either. If everybody does this, there would be no point in people stealing mobile phones.

This is the kind of information people don't mind receiving, so pass it on to your family and friends

Start enjoying your present

2008-02-26T07:48:00.000-08:00

To realize the value of ONE YEAR
Ask a student who has failed his exam.
To realize the value of ONE MONTH
Ask a mother who has given birth to a pre-mature baby.
To realize the value of ONE WEEK
Ask an editor of a weekly newspaper.
To realize the value of ONE DAY
Ask a daily wage laborer who has ten kids to feed.
To realize the value of ONE HOUR
Ask the lovers who are waiting to meet.
To realize the value of ONE MINUTE
Ask a person who has missed the train.
To realize the value of ONE SECOND
Ask a person who has survived an accident.
To realize the value of ONE MILLI-SECOND
Ask the person who has won a silver medal in the Olympics.
Treasure every moment that you have!
So, Start enjoying your present and make use of it!!

HOW TO GET A bETTER SINGING AND TALKING VOICE

2008-02-26T07:44:00.000-08:00

HOW TO GET A bETTER SINGING AND TALKING VOICE

I've been involved in singing & drama for a large chunk of my life. The most simple advice I can give is sign up with a local drama group/singing group (probably the first step) or take private lessons (best option for quick improvement). I took several years of one to one lessons which dramatically improved my vocal range, projection, pitch control, consistancy and strength of my voice. I sing musical theatre, opera, blues, classical & rock. All of which require different singing styles, from the musical theatre 'belt' to a strong operatic vibrato.

Singing and being able to project your voice are not really things which can be learned formulaically or via a forum.

However I'll give a few tips which were constantly drilled into me by various teachers over the years which may be good to start off with until you begin lessons:

- Have good posture. Stand up tall, shoulders back, head held high, feet spread a little. This opens up your chest and allows sound to resonate better.

- Learn the words and melody of the song, or the lines on your script. It is hard to perform well when you are staring at a piece of paper. Once you have learnt your words, then you can begin to really practise. One of the most important things is to enunciate your words, otherwise you may produce a nice sound but nobody will know what you are singing about.

- When practising scales start off use one vowel sound (eg..A) and then repeat using a different one (E...etc) You'll be amazed by the difference in sound and vocal range you will have with each new vowel.

- Practise singing a cappella (without accompaniment). This will help you learn pitch control, which you won't get from singing along with your favorite cds.

- Use your diaphragm to project sound. It feels somewhat like a tensing of the stomach muscles as you move up the scale. A particularly useful tool when trying to do the musical theatre 'belt'.

- Only learn one or two vocal styles at a time (more can be horribly confusing!). Have a listen to various types of music and decide what you are interested in learning, then head to your teacher and ask them if they think the style suits your voice & vocal range. I'd say the most important styles are musical theatre & classical. Two very different sounds, made very differently. If you can master both you are well on your way.

- Practise daily, unless you are sick. It is very important to rest your voice when not on form or you may cause more damage.

- Practise deep breathing, filling your entire chest cavity with air. You'd be surprised how shallowly most people breath. Breathing control is incredibly important for singing and speaking.

- Buy and begin using sheet music to learn songs. Even if you cannot read music (I can't really read it) you pick up a lot by following along. The sheet music often gives indication of style, volume and how long to hold the note.

- As with exercise warm up, practise and then cool down. Without warming up you can easily strain your voice. Limber up your body beforehand too..your entire body is involved in making a good sound, not just lungs and mouth. Do some stretches and deep breathing.

- Do not drink milk or eat dairy products (like chocolate) before singing. They create more mucus in your throat and make singing pretty tricky. Citrus fruits & alcohol dry the throat. Spicy foods and coffee irritate the throat. Anything ice cold causes your throat to constrict. Warm water, green tea & herbal teas are the best thing to drink before singing.

- Relax your body and voice before a performance or your lesson. Try yawning a few times to loosen your vocal cords.

- Move your mouth lots when you sing. It sounds obvious but you really have to enunciate and open your mouth. Use your lips, teeth & tongue and don't mumble.

Phew! Well that turned into rather a list but all this stuff was drummed into me so I figure it will be useful for other wannabe singers and performers. As I said at the start of this post..most important thing is to get a good teacher and practise. Far better to learn the right things now than get into bad habits and have to backtrack and correct things.

Virtual Barber Shop (Audio...use headphones)

2008-02-20T08:38:00.000-08:00

This is the most amazing piece of audio I've ever heard in my lifetime! You've got to listen to it with your headphones. Please, DO NOT USE SPEAKERS, USE HEADPHONES, or you will ruin the sound illusion. This file has also been published at Metacafe, so if it doesn't play here, visit the link and don't forget to vote for it!

Ask Peter Answers Peters Answers: Evil Spirit or Scary Prank?

2008-02-20T08:27:00.000-08:00

Like an evil spirit, Peter Answers swept into my room and magically hypnotized over half the kids. I tried shouting. I tried clapping. I tried cold water. But nothing I did helped. Peter Answers (Peteranswers.com) kung-fu was too strong.

Its magic was hypnotic.

“NO WAY!! How did it know that?”

“Ask Peter who is standing behind you!”

“THAT IS FREAKY!!!”

“Ask Peter what the name of my dog is!”

“PETER ANSWERS IT RIGHT EVERY TIME!!!”

(whispered) “Ask it who is in love with Nicki.”

No, I was pretty sure this was not what I assigned. Sometimes a little distraction is a good thing. It helps to break up the day a bit. Keep things fresh. But this was like a virus. A nasty one. And it was spreading rapidly.

Peteranswers.com: The Peter Answers Computer Prank

What is it?

The Peter Answers (or peteranswers.com) Computer Prank is a magical virus, pure and simple. It’s spread from host to host through word of mouth and has an incubation period limited only to a carrier’s access to a computer with internet connection.

What is it?

The Peter Answers (or peteranswers.com) Computer Prank is a magical virus, pure and simple. It’s spread from host to host through word of mouth and has an incubation period limited only to a carrier’s access to a computer with internet connection.

How is it spread?

It all starts with an initial carrier–some individual who knows the secret trick to this hypnotic prank. It works like magic, and if you knows it, you most definitely have the power–hypnotic power, psychic power. Once you know the magic, all you need to do is simply hop on a computer, zip to the Internet and go to peteranswers.com.

Once at the site, all you have to do to memorize your audience, is draw attention to the idea that there’s an entity within the Internet that can answer all of your questions. Kind of like a Ouiga board but with dead on accuracy. What happens next, is what reminds me of a David Blaine trick. Because it’s pure magic.

Pure genius.

In the first box, the keyboardist types in the petition:

“Peter, please answer the following:”

In the second box the typist enters whatever question they’d like–usually from the growing crowd.

“What is Jesse’s middle name?”

Upon hitting the return button, Peter, from his comfortable couch at peteranswers.com, instantly answers the question. Correctly.

(GASP!)

Peter Answers My Question: How does peteranswers.com work? Subtle Mind Control.

Like I said, I’d already lost over half the room. Even if I’d ordered all computers shut down, they’d still be thinking about how to do the magic trick for the rest of the day. I’m not kidding. Peteranswers.com had a firm hold of these kid’s minds, and it wasn’t letting go any time soon. So I figured I might as well do a little research.

With Google’s help, it didn’t take me long to figure it out. And once I did, I knew peteranswers.com had met it’s match. As with any infectious illusion, the best way to vaccinate is to simply reveal the magic trick.

There’s really nothing like a quick injection of the truth. Sure, the David Blaine impostors will be furious at having their trick exposed. But any short term disruption they may cause is nothing compared to the long term, manic-obsessive behavior that are symptoms of the Peter Answers Computer Prank virus itself.

Peteranswers.com: The Magic Tricks Revealed

First, instead of typing in the petition box, “Peter, please answer the . . .” begin by instead typing:

“.”

That’s right. Simply type a period. What happens next is pure magical genius.

Instead of seeing what you’d expect (a “.”) you see a “P”. Then type whatever the heck you want and the rest of the phrase “Peter, please answer the following” appears.

As long as nobody pays any attention to where your fingers are actually landing the prank works slick.

The trick to the prank is to here type in the answer to whatever question you are going to ask next. When you’re done just keep typing until the phrase is complete. Whenever you hit the “:” your cursor will jump to the next box–where you’ll type in the actual question.

Hit return and bingo! Whatever you really typed into the petition box appears.
peteranswers.com and peter answers for advanced users

Once you get the hang of how peteranswers.com works, it won’t be long before you run into a little snag. The problem is, sometimes your answer is much shorter (has fewer characters to type) than the 41 keystrokes it takes to type “peter please answer the following question”:

There are actually three ways to solve this problem:

1. Type another “.” When you do this, the program opens back up and shows exactly what you are typing again. For example, if your “answer” was “Lisa.” That’s only 4 keystrokes, which would take you to “Pete” in the petition. Just type another “.” after the last letter of your answer. Now you’ll have “Peter” and from now on you can continue typing the rest of the petition, “please answer the following question:”
2. Another option is to fake it until you get to “Peter, please answer.” You don’t have to keep punching keys until the entire long petition is filled out. Just remember to type the “:” when you’re done.
3. The final way to make this work is to simply play dumb. Pretend you lost control of your fingers and type a “:” when you’re done. As soon as you type the “:” you’ll skip to the next box. Just say “oops” or something and keep going.

So there, my dear friends. The truth has set you free. Once the mystery of peteranswers.com is solved, the novelty wears off pretty quickly doesn’t it?

And if you’re a school teacher, it’s really fun to watch two things:

1) The air escaping from the Peter Answers carriers as they lose their power, and

2) The enlightenment of one who only recently had been losing their minds in a state of confused awe.

What? Still don’t get it? Well how about this? What follows is the absolute best of the best . A complete collection of the best Peter Answers tutorials available on the web. Can’t do much better than that can we?

To start off here, first I present to you a YouTube Peter Answers video shot by a kid. The video itself is terrible, but I love the kids accent and language. It’s only about 3 minutes long so go check it out.

Not good enough? Boy tough crowd. Ok. Try this next link on for size. WikiHow has the absolute best explanation on the web about how to do Peter Answers, and how Peter Answers really works.

Alright, surly you get it now right? No? Fine. More of a visual learner. Great. Check out this next YouTube video and I promise without a doubt you will be working Peter Answers like a wizard. This Peter Answers Video Tutorial, unlike the one above is short, sweet, and very excellent. This guy does a perfect job explaining this trick.

Now stop dilly dallying and get on over to the real Peter Answers web site and have some fun!

How to Be Happy !!

2008-02-14T20:55:00.000-08:00

How to Be Happy

Everybody gets moody. That's why people go on diets, spend too much money for clothes, or suck up to popular people - because they think it will make them happy! That happiness often proves to come to us! However, if you get to know people around you, you will see what makes the happiest people crazy.
Steps

1. Keep your thought process and think positive. If you catch yourself thinking that things aren't going to work out, then think again. Remember that most things work out better than you fear - so imagine that your fears are ungrounded and that success is ahead. Rather than thinking of the problems and getting desperate, imagine the best outcome and then work out what you need to do to make that happen. Follow your "inner guidance system." If the thoughts you are thinking are not giving you a good feeling, then think about something else that will make you feel good in that moment. Monitor your thoughts consistently throughout the day. Sometimes this may not be as easy as you think if you are stuck in a "negative" train of thought and your brain chemicals are getting fired up and forming an "anxiety or anger" pathway. Anxiety, fear and anger patterns can be interrupted by focusing on doing a math problem, counting backwards, counting in odd numbers, doing a sudoku puzzle, etc. - this will dissipate the rush of chemicals that are making you feel bad. Immediately then go back to picturing scenes/remembering things/imagining, planning stuff that makes you feel good.
2. Volunteer and learn to be a giver. It is possible giving time and resources to others who need them will contribute more to your happiness and positive outlook on life than most anything else. The key to successful family relationships is sacrificing time for others. Give of your time to your spouse and give yourself up for him/her. Devote time and resources to your children and recognize they are your most valuable worldly asset. The happiest days of our lives, when we really dig down deep, is when we see the smile on the face of a child who has nothing and you have given them something of immense value to them such as reading them a book, it means you love them enough to give of your time. Serve at a rescue mission and you will learn the meaning of "I cried because I had no shoes and then I saw a man who had no legs." Give and it will be given unto you. Isn't it true the happiest people we know are typically the ones who for some foolish reason are always ready to give you the clothes off of their back? And frequently it is true that the most discontented people are the ones who are selfish, demanding, and inconsiderate of others. So form the habit of being a Big Giver and you will know one of the secrets to successful happy living.
3. See the world for what it really is. You have friends and family that love you. Learn How to be thankful. Think of all the things you have to be happy about. Relax, calm down, take things slower. No one has everything, and everyone has something of sorrow intermingled with gladness of life. The trick is to make the laughter outweigh the tears. We cannot change the past, but we can enjoy today, and look to the future. But if we are prepared to take credit for the past and accept that everything that happened in our life, good and bad, has made us the person we are - the battle is half won.
4. Lighten up. Don't take yourself too seriously. Stress can cause many mental, physical, and spiritual problems in your life. One of the major causes of stress is worrying about things that are out of your control. Learn to recognize these things and if you can truly do nothing about them, then just let them go. Take time to laugh at yourself and the situations you find yourself in. Laughter is a powerful, positive medicine and the calmer and more peaceful you can take things, the happier your life will be.
5. Be yourself. You can't please everybody. Don't let criticism worry you. Don’t compare yourself to other people – at work or in your personal life. In the first place, no one knows what other people are going through. More importantly, when you compare yourself to other people, you always tend to see yourself on the "short end". So this is never a good or helpful thing for you to do. One way to get in touch with yourself is through journaling. The goal is to open up completely to yourself and learn to be your best friend by knowing that the truth (to yourself) will set you free from fear! Practice self-acceptance no matter what. Never do something you're not comfortable with. You'll respect yourself for sticking to your guns, and that self-respect will make you happy.
6. Make a scheduled time every day for relaxation. This is a good time to go over any therapy that you’re working on. Having a "relaxation" time or a "quiet time" every day strengthens you, allows the stress and tension in your life to evaporate, and keeps you more on a positive, even keel.
7. Get a job you love. If you have a job you hate or dislike, seriously consider changing your job, or even changing careers. Having a job that makes you look forward to your day when you wake up in the morning is critical to a happy, fulfilled life. Making special time to enjoy interests, hobbies, and family, not only makes life happier, but helps us be more productive on the job.
8. Develop a strong relationship with your family. That includes trust. If you are in an abusive family, you must find a way to stop the abuse that may include separation. If you want a stronger relationship with your family, you're going to need to be honest with them. Tell your family about your life and don't insult them - it hurts them just as much as it hurts you to be insulted.
9. Choose the right companion. Get involved with activities that reflect who you are, and get to know people who like the things you do. Don't rule out the Internet as a place to find a significant other, just get to know them over the phone or through a few months of emails before agreeing to a meeting in person.
10. Choose your friends carefully. Nearly everyone needs someone who cares for them and treats them well. If you have friends who are treating you badly, then ditch them and find friends that do care about you. If you can't find any friends like that in your current circumstances, then look elsewhere. If you're feeling sad, there's nothing like going out with your friends to make you feel better. Surround yourself with friends who are positive, encouraging, and helpful. We all need this continuing, positive encouragement to make solid positive progress in life.
11. Do what you can for those less fortunate than yourself. Volunteer at a hospital or be a part of a program, which take care of patients in some way. When you leave the hospital, you will be so much happier knowing that you've done something meaningful, something someone else can appreciate.
12. Wish the best for others and mean it. It is so easy to be jealous and petty and forget to celebrate the good fortune of your coworkers, friends and family.
13. Keep learning. Whether it is a new hobby or a new dance, just keep learning something that interests you. Just find a new interest and go for it!! It will give you something to keep you occupied, and a new outlook on life.
14. Set goals. Live up to them. When you accomplish a goal, it's a great feeling. If you put all your failures down to other people, you put yourself in their power. Take responsibility for when things go wrong in your life.
15. Be healthy. Give your body and mind what it most needs in order to function in an "optimal" way. "Optimal" in this case means being the healthiest you can be, and the most psychologically balanced you can be. Eat a healthy, balanced diet and ensure that you get all the vital vitamins and minerals that your body requires for its optimal biochemical functioning. Supplement your diet with the appropriate vitamins and minerals if necessary. Get plenty of exercise. This will prompt the production of the "feel good" hormones that make you feel happy (endorphins). Plus, there are all the other obvious fitness and disease fighting benefits, too numerous to mention here.
16. Strive for long term goals vs. short term satisfaction. It is very easy to gain short term satisfaction, a quick high, a fast relief from your current problems. But it is what it is , a "short term" satisfaction, its effects die out very soon, leaving you again with this empty feeling. Set long term goals, set a goal which takes some time, some thought, some effort to achieve. This will make you continually work towards improving yourself bit by bit and will give you the satisfaction of bringing a permanent change in your life. A permanent revolution.
17. Understand that life can really be a joke and you just have to laugh with it.
18. Sometimes the best way to feel happy is to feel despair and the only way out is to laugh at the shambles of a predicament you're in.
19. Cut out beautiful pictures and paste them into a scrapbook.
20. Create something, be it some artwork (no matter how bad or good), sing your heart out, dance manically until your feet and body give way or perhaps cook a delicious meal for people you love.
21. Deeply breathe in fresh air.
22. Learn how to feel and experience all your different senses in the best possible way: sight, sound, taste, touch, smell.
23. Walk down the street and greet your neighbours with a smile, a nod and a greeting.
24. Enjoy the sunshine, enjoy the air.
25. Say hello to every one with a smile.

Tips

* If you have problems getting your feelings and opinions away from other people, learn the techniques of self-assertion, rather than using anger or avoidance by bottling them all up inside.
* Take up a spiritual practice. Research shows that people who meditate have a somewhat detached approach to the problems of this life, and are calmer, happier and more contented than usual. Turning to that higher power, closing your eyes and thinking of artistic images, doing deep breathing, etc. Can give you a sense of peace.
* Try to make someone else happy and you will feel happy for achieving something!
* Research suggests that happy people have a simple mental strategy towards life. When they think about something good that happened to them, they explore how they personally contributed to that good feeling and feel happy about themselves.
* Listen to the music that makes you feel good. When you wake up, put on some uplifting / upbeat music.
* Be honest with yourself. Is there something that is keeping you from being happy - an addiction, a bad habit, or insecurity? Do something about it!
* Smile! It's contagious and takes less effort than frowning. Stop stressing about money or things out of your control.
* Get plenty of sleep every night.
* When you receive a compliment from others, accept it and say "thank you", with a smile.
* Get healthy or stay healthy by eating right and exercising.
* The true key to happiness is acceptance - learning to be happy with what you already have. A lot of people know it but don't quite keep it in their minds. Never ever compare your life with that of the others. Don't be too proud, don't get envious. Accept the gifts you received and stop wishing for something 'more special'.
* Pay your bills on time, and be in the habit of keeping an orderly home. Treat yourself to something special once in a while, not because you 'need' it, but just because you 'want' it. Fulfill your own desires once in a while.
* Caring for and loving a pet is a great way to stay happy once you reach that goal. If you have the time, energy, and stability to take on the responsibility of caring for a pet, you might consider this. (Don't rush into this or adopt a pet for the wrong reasons! This is a long-term commitment, but is a great way to share your happiness).
* Make new friends and talk to them about your problems. Listen to theirs, communicate.
* Get out of your house and hang out with friends.
* Even in the most terrible times, do not turn to alcohol or drugs, or anything else that is addictive, abusive to your health and others or is considered a bad habit.
* Keep a "Thankful For..." Journal. Every day write down a few things that you are thankful for and then review what you have written in past entries. It's a great way to remind yourself to be thankful for what you have and to boost your mood!
* Talk on the phone to a hot guy/cute girl. This makes that frown go away!
* Think about happy thoughts like winning a million dollars or going to see that new movie this weekend.
* Remember that things could always be a lot worse than they already are.
* Remember a happy thought is a 100 times more powerful then a negative thought which is gonna make you moody

Warnings

* If you can't be happy from within, and be satisfied with what you have or who you are, then you will never be truly happy with anyone else.
* Do not spend your money only for necessities. Money is only a tool used to acquire the things you need or want in life. Do not love the tool or become a slave to it. Occasionally you should treat yourself and others to something special to enjoy the fruits of your labors.
* Remember that actions have consequences; even how we think can have consequences.

2008-01-31T04:29:00.000-08:00

1000 E Mail IDs of HR & Consultants

2008-01-31T00:05:00.000-08:00

1000 Mail ID of HR & Consultants..

Most of them are from Bangalore.

Please make a good cover letter, attach the resume & send them resume.

Here are the E mail IDs

freshers@bplmail.com,
indiajobs@cadence.com,
freshers@cosystems.com ,
freshers@infy.com,
career@integramicro.com ,
freshers@sageindia.co.in ,
recruitment@blore.tcs.co.in ,
sourcing@tcscal.co.in ,
fresher@sanyo.co.in,
noidahr.rec@st.com,
resume@quasarinnovations.com,
careers@ltitlblr.com,
bangaloregr@amdocs.com ,
delhigr@amdocs.com,
freshers@cranessoftware.com ,
dsphr@india.ti.com,
unicon@vsnl.com,
gauri@writeme.com,
freshers@induslogic.com,
freshers@inf.com
jobs@enterprisesoft.com
kashmira@soundtek.com
cyber1@vsnl.com
chunnu@satyam.net.in
pancham@pclink.com
jobs@esolvetech.com
adaptive@satyam.net.in
hrd@sybortechnologies.com
careers@oitlnet.com
recruit@synergyamerica.com
careers@oitinet.com
dshah@erpw.com
simplex@bgl.vsnl.net.in
careers@oitlnet.com
jobs@esolvetech.com
adaptive@hd1.vsnl.net.in
innsys@vsnl.com
kashmira@soundtek.com
rrecruit@vsnl.com
vkd.bvlinks@axcess.net.in
rramanna@inteliant.com
jobs@enterprisesoft.com
vandanap@duettech.com
PSIndia@rens.com
renworld@bom5.vsnl.net.in
Want2B@aditi.com
resume.india@rsys.com
telecom.enkay@gems.vsnl.net.in
mimi.goodman@arbitron.com
careers@comcompetence.com
amity@singnet.com.sg
alphacon@vsnl.com
vkd.bvlinks@aworld.net
hr@gracelabs.com
jobs@aplab.com
careers@gnostice.com
sanjeev@netcreativemind.com
lokeshmn@knowsys.net
careers@brain1consulting.com
HR-India@mcubeit.com. (blore)
careers@citadel-soft.com (blore)
r.ramya@craftsilicon.com (blore)
viirgosolutions@rediffmail.com
jyothi@dewdrop.co.in
jobs@smart-bridge.com (hyd)
techruit@gmail.com
aoi.careers@atosorigin.com
jobs@ushafire.com
careers@yasutech.com
manoj@trans-quest.com (blore)--sound s/w technologies
careers.in@capgemini.com,
careers@teneoris.com,
rati.purwar@cgl.co.in,
talent.search@lntinfotech.com,
info@binotech.net,
jobs@humancommerce.com,
jobs@lifetreeindia.com,
jobs@sapientinformatics.com,
icihrd@comneti.com,
soumya.venkataramanan@iflexsolutions.com,
indiajobs@srgroup.net,
careers.bdc@qualcomm.com,
pat@zolon.com,
info@teracomgroup.com,
manushka@zerocorporation.com ,
careers@winsoftech.com ,
saraswathynew@ethicsoft.com ,
jobinids@idssoft.com ,
jobs@ispan-tech.com ,
jobs@pixelinfotek.com ,
padmag@deccanetworld.com ,
swc@scl.co.in ,
jobs@icelerate.com ,
myhr@corejob.com ,
itjobsnjobs@rediffmail.com ,
Freshers2005@covansys.com ,
hr_recruitment@sifycorp.com ,
nkavitha@sriharitech.com,
alankar@equra.com ,
fresher@dsrc.co.in ,
shariff@delphisoft.com ,
info@teracomgroup.com ,
HR-India@mcubeit.com
tapoleena.dey@mphasis.com
nagesh@ezrecuit.com ,
hr@vitinfotech.com ,
louis.babu@eurothermadel.com ,
balajee.ms@maplesesm.com,
sai_prashanth@dell.com ,
careers@in.firstapex.com ,
e_recuitment@scandent.com ,
poornima@speedera.com ,
indiacareers@efi.com ,
jobs@bsil.com,
careers@igate.com,
gautam@mahindra.com ,
pschoudary@corbus.com,
nvijay@thoutworks.com ,
sanjay@cisctechnology.com ,
hr@vitinfotech.com,
amrisha.singh@oracle.com ,
gnrit@yahoo.com
bangalore@siriuspro.net
info@vxl.co.in
david@axsellit.com
career.scs@siemens.com
hrd@trigen.com
careers.fresher_blr@iflexsolution.com
jobs@dgbmicro.com
india_eng_recruiting@google.com
krishna.ka@in.ness.com
vinceraj@ssdi.sharp.co.in
hr.india@tek.com
shilpa@nextindia.com
kann_anq@hotmail.com
meera.m@polaris.com
sanjay@cisctechnology.com
nvijay@thoutworks.com
careers@igate.com
jobs@bsil.com
indiacareers@efi.com
poornima@speedera.com
e_recruitment@scandent.com
careers@in.firstapex.com
sai_prashanth@dell.com
megha.jain@grapecity.com
preeti.sharma@grapecity.com
praneeth.kobar@gmail.com (ENsoft ,hyd)
jobs@ntlindia.com
abhilash@sequoiaindia.com
bdm@netlife.in
paruldevgan@hsbc.co.in (java and n/w musT)
shalini@gemini-india.com
hr@niharinfo.com (hyd)
praveen@iquest-consultants.com
careers.in@emeriocorp.com
srinathsap@xsilica.com(hyd)
jobs@nagconsultant.com
nandita_patkar@cms.com (hyd)
raghavendra@innovisioncorp.com
nascentsoft@yahoo.com
fresherjobs@ntlindia.com
hrd@bsw-soft.com ,
recruitment@lasonindia.com
batchmate@hclcomnet.co.in
aoi.careers@atosorigin.com
hrd@bsw-soft.com
marina@cordiant.net
hr.spel@pg.siemens.com
info@mcubeit.com
careers@ispacesoftware.com
freshers@induslogic.com
careers-blr@yahoo-inc.com
jobs@tavant.com (blore)
freshers@quinnox.com (blore)
walkin@infotech.kilmist.com (blore)
shruthi@edisofttechnologies.com (blore)
jobs@scripps.com (hyd)
supriyak@mastek.com (blore)
careers@detech.co.in (hyd)
hr-da.spel@pg.siemens.com
jobs@sapientinformatics.com
jobs@humancommerce.com
info@ematrxindia.com
batty@shikshaplanet.com
jobs@akaerotek.com
neeraj@aztec.soft.net
freshers@bplmail.com
Cadance Design Systems - indiajobs@cadence.com
CG SMI! TH Software (Bangalore) - fresher@cgs.cgsmith.soft.net
CO-SYSTEMS - freshers@cosystems.com
DeDuCo Software Systems(Bangalore) - careers@deduco.com
ERICSSON - freshers.blr@eci.ericsson.se
NUNTIUS Systems India (P) Ltd - fresher@india.nuntius.com
PHILIPS SOFTWARE (Bangalore) - reena.maria@philips.com
SAGE Design System (Bangalore) - freshers@sageindia.co.in
SEIMENS Information Systems (Bangalore) - hmsrecruit@sisl.co.in
SONY Bangalore - freshers@sonysard.co.in
r.sureshkumar@softima.com
careers@ispacesoftware.com
knack@freshersworld.com (Mumbai)
supriyak@mastek.com
tapoleena.dey@mphasis.com