First look and feel of the iPhone 4

In a hand-to-hand comparison with the new iPhone 4 and the iPhone 3Gs, one will instantly notice how much thinner Apple made the new product. The iPhone 4 is 24 percent thinner than the 3Gs and you can tell, as I got a chance to handle the new model shortly after Jobs finished his speech introducing the highly anticipated product.

The iPhone 4 has a lighter, more industrialized look. It has a handsome stainless steel and glass casing that accentuates its thinner profile. Jobs called it the "thinnest smart phone on the planet" and I have no reason to dispute that, based on my experience.

And while I couldn't tell during my time with the phone, which goes on sale on June 24th, the thin phone boosts a bigger battery, perhaps the most notable improvement to address concerns from owners. The bigger battery lets users talk for up to seven hours, according to Apple's specs. The improved battery power can also accommodate 10 hours of video, 40 hours of music, 10 hours of wireless Internet browsing, and an unheard of 300 hours of standby time.

The iPhone 4 also runs on the A4 processor, the same chip that powers the iPad tablet device. You could really notice a difference in speed.

While the iPhone 4's signature new feature - a "FaceTime" application that enables video calling - is still a work in progress, its massively improved screen resolution, processing speed and operating software will no doubt please the millions of consumers who will begin purchasing the device on June 24. And while it's too soon to make a final judgement on screen clarity, you could see an improvement. I want to test the phone in different lighting situations to get a better feel.

Other notable developments with the iPhone 4:

Retina Display Technology

The most impressive thing about the new iPhone by far is its screen resolution, made capable by Apple's Retina Display Technology. The difference between viewing pictures and video on the iPhone 4 compared to previous versions is comparable to watching television on an HDTV set rather than an analog TV. Further, clarity of written text in news apps like the New York Times provide for a much more pleasurable reading experience.

FaceTime app has room for improvement

The front-facing camera of the iPhone 4 powers the most technologically advanced component of the new device - real-time video calling. While the FaceTime application is indeed state-of-the-art, it is limited by only being available via wireless Internet access. Jobs noted that he hopes carriers (eventually, we hope, more than just AT&T) will be able to handle the higher data loads associated with the new feature. As well, FaceTime video calling can only be done between users who each own iPhone 4.

It's still all about the apps

A demonstration of the "multi-tasking" feature of the iPhone's new operating system showcased how users will be able to run multiple apps at one time. Jobs displayed how a music app like Pandora can be run in concert with a new and improved email client (emails are now organized and "threaded" into conversations) or one of the now more than 225,000 apps available at the iTunes App Store.

Folders can now also be used to segment together apps into multiple categories. Rather than displaying individual apps across multiple screens, apps for sports or social networking or navigation can now be found in one place. The new operating system automatically names the folders based on the type of apps within them. Users can then super-cede default names with their own descriptions.

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How to Enjoy the Life

You have heard one common sentence from people "Today, I am not happy". Sometimes people have reason for his/her sadness but many times they are sad without any reason. If you can enjoy every moment, you do not need to go for reading this article. If you want to know how to enjoy the life in all circumstances, read it, follow it, and finally make your life with full of enjoyment.

Get up with your positive quote: Decide on your own positive quote for life. Example: Today, I am very happy and I will make others happy or Today, I will try to live my life as if it was the last day my life or God has got up me for good intuitions. Let's achieve my happiness.

Smile on face: Always keep a smile on your face. If a smile exists on your face, people think you may be in a good mood. A smiling face attracts people and it also gives positive energy to change your current situation. You cannot change a bad incident quickly that happens with you or your family member but a simple smile gives you or your family member lots of hope, which is necessary to handle critical situation.

Forget the past: Do not try to open your past history. Whatever happened previously, forget it. Just think, today you have been born to enjoy life with full confidence. God has chosen you to make you a human being for obtaining happiness.

Watch comedy movies: It is a very quick solution to change your mood. Get some comedy movie dvd(s), watch it and laugh loudly at each funny dialogue or scene. It gives you positive direction to move from sadness.

Make friends who can make you happy: Some people have a funny nature, they can make a smile on your face very easily. Keep in touch with those kinds of friends and also try to be like them.

Don't make big expectations for your future: Sometimes you are not happy because you have not achieved your goal as per your expectations. It can be a reason for your sadness. So, know your limitations.

Satisfy with your things: My friend has a luxury car and I do not have it. It is not possible that each person has each & every thing. Whatever you have, try to adjust with them. If you have lots of money but you are unable to get smile on your face. This money is worthless for you.

Go slow, life is not a race: Try to enjoy the procedure of work not a goal. Go slowly and try to enjoy every moment. Don't try to compare yourself with others. Wherever you are, it's the right place for you. Try to see that happiness is looking for you only and keep telling yourself "I have never heard of the word Sadness".

IBM beats Infosys as India's 2nd largest pvt sector employer

While the news that Tata Consultancy Services is India’s largest private sector employer comes as no surprise, what is shocking is the second largest employer in India. This honour goes to IBM.
TCS has hired about 1, 63,700 employees as on June 30, IBM has appointed more than one lakh people in India.
Though no one will admit in IBM’s headquarters in the USA that it has hired so many Indians for the fear of backlash at home, this is a reality which was, hitherto, kept a secret.
According to a report in The Times of India, even though the company’s spokesperson denied commenting about it, a source within the company said that in a couple of years, the India employee strength could cross that in the US, where it employs about 1,55,000 people, and where the pace of hiring is substantially slower than in India.
What is interesting to note is that IBM globally has a little over 4,00,000 employees. So, close to 1 in 3 of its employees is already an Indian.
IBM has been aggressively recruiting in India. If we compare the number of Indian employees in 2006 and 2007, we will see a difference of 20,000 employees. This IT giant was even hiring during recession and has plans to hire more in the coming months.
Another interesting factor to know is that its staff strength is more than four times that of India’s biggest private sector company, Reliance Industries, which recruits about 23,000 people.
Infosys is third largest recruiter which employs around 1.14 lakh employees as on June 30.

Eligibility Criteria to fill online GATE Form in GATE 2011

ELIGIBILITY FOR GATE 2011


The following categories of candidates are eligible to appear in GATE 2011:

a. Bachelor degree holders in Engineering/ Technology/ Architecture (4 years after 10+2) and those who are in the final or pre-final year of such programmes.

b. Master degree holders in any branch of Science/ Mathematics/ Statistics/ Computer Applications or equivalent and those who are in the final or pre-final year of such programmes

c. Candidates in the second or higher year of the Four-year Integrated Master degree programme (Post-B.Sc.) in Engineering/ Technology or in the third or higher year of Five-year Integrated Master degree programme and Dual Degree programme in Engineering/ Technology.

d. Candidates with qualifications obtained through examinations conducted by professional societies recognised by UPSC/AICTE (e.g. AMIE by IE (I), AMICE (I) by the Institute of Civil Engineers (India)-ICE (I)) as equivalent to B.E./B.Tech. Those who have completed section A or equivalent of such professional courses are also eligible.

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Last date for issue of Information Brochure and GATE Application Form 2011:- Third week of October, 2010.
Last date for Submit GATE Application: - first week of September, 2010
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Tips to make your CV perfect

Some tips to make a perfect CV

• Do not mention Resume or CV on top: It takes the most important space in your CV and a recruiter or a consultant does not need to be told that he is viewing a CV, he already knows it. 
• Don't address yourself: When you write your CV, recruiters know that you are talking about yourself, so avoid using these words. CVs should be brief, to the point, hence remove all unnecessary information.
• Write an appealing career summary: Begin with a sensible and interesting career summary just below your contact details. Your CV should be able to attract the attention of recruiters as they see the first screen of their monitor.
• Highlight your strengths and unique skills: Why should a company recruit you? What special skills you have? What is your USP? You need to mention all these in great details to get that interview call. You should mention your extracurricular activities, awards, hobbies, languages you know, academic and non academic interests. Give ample space and attention to non-academic interests and skills. List out all the leadership activities you undertook as a student, awards you won, sports you played, etc.
• Don't make your CV too long: CV should not be so long as recruiters and HR managers don't have time to go through it as they view 100s of CVs everyday. Two pages length is perfect. There are some exceptions - some employers prefer as much information as possible, but on the whole, anything more than three pages may have a negative impact on your interview chances.
• Make sure your CV is in right order: Mostly your employment history is more important than your educational qualifications. This means that on most occasions your employment history should be placed before your educational qualifications.
• Avoid spelling mistakes and grammatical errors: Spelling and grammatical mistakes in your CV may even put you in an embarrassing situation. So, proofread your CV well before you send it to a prospective employer. Also, make sure to use the same tense throughout your CV to make it read well.
• Personalise your CV for every job application: One of the most important thing you should keep in mind before sending your resume to a prospective employer is to optimise its relevancy for that particular post. Once you've viewed the company's website or newspaper and read the job advert you'll be able to determine whether or not there are aspects of your previous experience that don't presently feature on your CV. You should highlight your experience that is more pertinent to the job that is advertised.
• Use a formal e-mail address: Many students create 'funky' or 'cool' e-mail addresses in college but remember that your CV is a formal document. So make sure that you send your CV from a formal e-mail address which is preferably an amalgamation of your first name and last name.
• Use formal fonts: One must chose formal fonts to make a CV like Times New Roman, Arial, etc.

The Importance of Technology In Business

The Computer Trend - A Brief History

The last two decades have marked an enormous increase in the number of home computers. With it, computer owners have invariably taken to entrepreneurship in many varied fields. Thanks to the growth of technology, computers and the Internet, new methods have been developed for processing everyday business activities easily. Without the advent of technology, routine tasks would otherwise have taken and enormous amount of time and specialization. Undoubtedly, the computer represents the top technology development in the last century as it relates to businesses today, both large and small. Advances in the field of technology have created a vast number of business opportunities.

Some Statistics

In 2003, the U.S. Small Business Administration produced a report/survey that established conclusively that more than 75% of small businesses owned computers and had heavily invested in new technology. Let us try to understand what the computers mean to businesses and how they contribute to increase their productivity.
USE OF COMPUTERS IN BUSINESSES

The fundamental reasons for the popularity of computers with small businesses are their efficiency, speed, low procurement cost and more than anything else, capability to handle multiple tasks with little chance for error.
Office Routines: Almost invariably, businesses loaded with the burden of increasing workloads and the pressures of being lean and mean, fall back upon technology for most of their administrative tasks. This work includes, among others, bookkeeping, inventory managing and email. The advent of the Internet has also substantially contributed in bringing down the costs of communication and marketing. In a nutshell, technology has reduced the overall cost of business operations.

New Business Opportunities: The explosion of Internet and e-commerce has opened up a plethora of opportunities for all types of businesses. New management methodologies, such as Six  Sigma  are easier to implement due to statistical software. Also, companies are able to train their own employees using in-house Six Sigma software programs, and as a result, save money on labor costs.

It is now possible to have many business functions operate on autopilot. This has opened up new opportunities for software development companies and business consultants. Another business trend that has opened up as a result of advancing technology is outsourcing. It is now possible for a company in America to have its data entry and customer service centers in overseas countries such as the UK. In this way, companies can service their customers 24/7.
 
Indispensable Components of Small Businesses

It is difficult to think of a situation where businesses can do without technology and computers today. It is extremely difficult to say whether businesses depend on computers or computers created business opportunities.

Software Specific To Small Businesses

Certain powerful, yet simple software has come to the rescue of small businesses in reducing their tasks and opening up new channels. Simple applications like spreadsheets and word processing helps them maintain accounts, finances and keep track of correspondence. These applications allow the users to customize reports and other functions to suit their particular business.

Drawbacks

Both men and women in business have adapted successfully to new technology. But the SBA report cites the general decline in skill levels of people, which may eventually result in an overall reduction of income levels. It seems that people get used to technology doing all the work and tend to neglect their skill development. It is up to individual companies to make sure that their employees are still able to do crucial tasks without the assistance of computers, if necessary.

Tampa’s loss is India’s gain, 500 PwC jobs come to India

In what hails as a bad news for IT employees in the US, PricewaterhouseCoopers is laying off about 500 in-house information technology employees — most from its offices in Tampa.

As per a report in AP, the layoffs will slash the ranks of PWC’s IT support staff by nearly half, from 1,100 to 600. This laying off has been done to have a better coordination of IT services between UK and the US.

Thinking about affected employees, PWC is encouraging them to apply for other open and new positions, and will provide severance packages for those who aren’t rehired.

As per other reports, many of these positions will go overseas and will be taken over by another company in India.

This is the second time PWC has cut jobs in Florida. Earlier this year, the firm cut back its tax practice in Orlando.

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India create a $30 tablet PC for students

While organizations like the OLPC tried to hit the $100 mark for a netbook PC, India has gone a step further and created a $30 tablet PC

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The device, called Sakshat, was unveiled by India’s Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal. It is expected to become available in India next year targeting students. To begin with it will cost $30 and be manufactured elsewhere, but the aim is to get the price down to $10 and have all manufacturing done in India.

The device itself has a 10″ touchscreen 2GB of RAM, a USB port, and Wi-Fi built-in. It runs a Linux-based OS and bundled software software includes OpenOffice, a PDF reader,web browser , media player, and video conferencing app. Power will partially come from solar panels mounted to the case

Although the device is said to cost $30-$35 to manufacture, the Indian government may subsidize initial shipments by up to 50% taking the cost to student down to just $15.

SQL usefull Commands for injection

ABORT -- abort the current transaction
ALTER DATABASE -- change a database
ALTER GROUP -- add users to a group or remove users from a group
ALTER TABLE -- change the definition of a table
ALTER TRIGGER -- change the definition of a trigger
ALTER USER -- change a database user account
ANALYZE -- collect statistics about a database
BEGIN -- start a transaction block
CHECKPOINT -- force a transaction log checkpoint
CLOSE -- close a cursor
CLUSTER -- cluster a table according to an index
COMMENT -- define or change the comment of an object
COMMIT -- commit the current transaction
COPY -- copy data between files and tables
CREATE AGGREGATE -- define a new aggregate function
CREATE CAST -- define a user-defined cast
CREATE CONSTRAINT TRIGGER -- define a new constraint trigger
CREATE CONVERSION -- define a user-defined conversion
CREATE DATABASE -- create a new database
CREATE DOMAIN -- define a new domain
CREATE FUNCTION -- define a new function
CREATE GROUP -- define a new user group
CREATE INDEX -- define a new index
CREATE LANGUAGE -- define a new procedural language
CREATE OPERATOR -- define a new operator
CREATE OPERATOR CLASS -- define a new operator class for indexes
CREATE RULE -- define a new rewrite rule
CREATE SCHEMA -- define a new schema
CREATE SEQUENCE -- define a new sequence generator
CREATE TABLE -- define a new table
CREATE TABLE AS -- create a new table from the results of a query
CREATE TRIGGER -- define a new trigger
CREATE TYPE -- define a new data type
CREATE USER -- define a new database user account
CREATE VIEW -- define a new view
DEALLOCATE -- remove a prepared query
DECLARE -- define a cursor
DELETE -- delete rows of a table

Four new-age MBA programs

Whether it is to manage crowded airports or maintaining the standards of hotels, whether it is to control the devastation caused by natural disasters or to implement environmental policies, trained managers are the need of the hour in every field or profession.

Some new age management courses which are highly becoming relevant and popular among students are given below. These courses are very useful, and trained professionals in this field are highly sought after. 

1) MBA in Environmental Management

By acquiring this degree students are equipped with the knowledge of how to implement environmental policies along with achieving sustainable evolvement and development of industrial projects. Students learn to analyze the interactions that take place between corporates and environment. Students analyze the study of ecology as well as business operations.

Career prospects

Any business project first needs to comply with government and environmental norms and thus require framing a proper environmental management policy considering the varying aspects of environment. Hence, specialists in this field (preferably MBA in Environmental Management) are highly sought after to comply regulations and handle legal formalities.

After acquiring MBA Environmental Management degree, you will be eligible to opt for career in private/government (public) companies, NGOs, research centres or environmental organizations, even at international level. You can be appointed as director of business sustainability, occupational health technician and project manager to name few.

Your function will be to analyze risks and advantages of projects, consider factors environment and how to keep them at bay etc. 

2) Airport Management

Managing a well-equipped airport can be very difficult. A well-equipped airport has variety of equipments for passengers, crew and aircraft. These include runways, taxi ways, terminal buildings with lounge areas for passengers, ramp areas, hangars, restaurants, maintenance shops for aircraft, automobile parking lot, safety equipments, etc.

The manager will carry out administrative responsibilities. He will be in charge of maintaining employees, airport equipment, airport tenant relations, etc.

Airport management provides skills for employment within an airport management role. Students learn about airport planning, airport security, passenger forecasting, aerodrome works, fire safety, dangerous goods and many other related topics. Since there is rising trend of privatization of airports, more and more companies are coming in for management of airports and there would be good opportunity for students with airport management. 

3) MBA in Media Management

After getting degree in MBA in Media management, you have numerous options. You can seek job in radio, television or advertising agency. You can work with various industries at different professional designations. Some of these positions are digital production/management, online content manager and numerous others in technical department. MBA in media management is definitely a valuable asset for those who are willing to work at a management or supervisory level.

The program aims at producing skilled business managers capable of working with not only online technologies but also conventional media to promote products/services or talent in the highly competitive market of today. The effective course curriculum plays catalyst in the formation of an effective media professional. 

4) MBA in Disaster Management

Do you remember the tsunami? Disaster management is a strategy to avoid, reduce, manage and overcome any type of catastrophic event that threatens human lives. It is done by identifying potential disasters, man-made or natural, and by creating contingency plans and procedures to be initiated when and if disaster erupts.

Job prospects: There are employment opportunities in government and non-government organisations, as well as consultancy companies. You can also consider a career in research, training and teaching. Apart from that, students can build their career in emergency services, law enforcement, local authorities, relief agencies, non-governmental organizations and international agencies such as the UNO.

Use Indian Currency-- Rupee Symbol From Keyboard

Recently we know that Indian currency rupee has got its own symbol, so now if we want to use the same as they way we use '$' symbol for dollar and many other symbol for different currency then what to do?

Government of India and many other IT experts predicted that within one year or little more we will can see the use of Indian rupee symbol in computer and all other printed forms.

But if you are excited Indian Citizen and just want to use the symbol of Rupee instead of 'Rs' , then you just have to download the Rupee font from below download link and can install in your system and use it from ' ~ ' key.

To install Rupee font follow below step :

Step-1 Download Rupee Font From any of Below Two Links :

Link 1
Link 2

Step-2 Instal the font on your PC.
To do so just Open Control Panel and open Fonts From there and copy the downloaded file there.

Step - 3 Select the Indian Rupee Font From the Font Style.

Step- 4 Just use Tilt key from below escape key (' ~ ')
Each time you will use '~' key you will get the symbol of rupee.


Just try it and give comments on it.

5 best companies in IT & ITeS sectors in India

In this technological era, IT companies are creating waves. Not only are they expanding their business and seeing a huge turnover, but they are employing in large numbers. 

One must also understand the difference between IT and ITeS companies. While IT companies are about engineers writing complex code, ITeS (IT-enabled Services) is about youngsters with an accent talking away. ITeS can be defined as outsourcing of processes that can be enabled with information technology and covers diverse areas like finance, HR, administration, healthcare, telecommunication, and manufacturing. 

However due to expanding business, both IT & ITES companies have enough reason to crossover. They are discovering synergies, which can open up new business opportunities and keep the growth ticking.

As per Nasscom experts, the top 5 players in both the IT and ITeS sectors are -:

1) TCS: Tata Consultancy Services: Is a software services and consulting company headquartered in Mumbai. TCS is the largest provider of information technology and business process outsourcing services in Asia.

Revenue: $6.3 billion

2) Wipro: A giant information technology services corporation headquartered in Bangalore. It has interests varying from information technology, consumer care, lighting, engineering and healthcare businesses

Revenues: $4.3 bn

BPO revenues: $465 mn

3) Infosys: Infosys Technologies Limited is an information technology services company headquartered in Bangalore. Infosys is one of the largest IT companies in India with 113,796 employees (including subsidiaries) as of 2010.

Revenues: $4.8 bn

BPO revenues: $294 mn

4) Cognizant: Cognizant India is one of the most important global delivery centres of Cognizant Technology Solutions and plays a significant role in business outsourcing services apart from providing services such as consulting and IT-related solutions.

Revenues: $3.3 bn

BPO revenues: $200 mn

5) Genpact: Genpact is a global business process outsourcing company. It was formerly a GE owned company called GE Capital International Services or GECIS. It operates from India, China, Guatemala, Hungary, México, Morocco, the Philippines, Poland, the Netherlands, Romania, Spain, South Africa, and the United States.

ITeS Company: Genpact

Revenues: $1,120 mn

IT partners: Mastek, NetSuite 

Reference : Learn Hub

73,000 Wordpress blogs shut down by U.S. Government

This is alarming. Torrent news site TorrentFreak is now reporting that Wordpress host Blogetery has been shut down by United States authorities… along with all 73,000 Blogetery-hosted blogs.

Although details are still very tentative, here’s what we know: Blogetery’s entire site has been taken down, and the company’s ISP is claiming that they had to terminate Blogetery’s account immediately after being ordered to do so by law enforcement officials, “due to material hosted on the server.”

“This was not a typical case, in which suspension and notification would be the norm,” Blogetery’s ISP said. “This was a critical matter brought to our attention by law enforcement officials. We had to immediately remove the server.”

Although TorrentFreak speculates that this is part of a recent Homeland Security effort to take down file sharing sites, that doesn’t quite make sense: surely in that case Blogetery would have been asked to pull specific infringing blogs, not have the rug yanked out from under them.

No, the extreme response taken here by U.S. Authorities implies some sort of believed terrorist connection or child pornography ring, not just a handful of warez and MP3 blogs. Even so, though, unless Blogetery itself is suspect of harboring terrorists or child pornographers, it’s hard to condone this sort of extreme action that has instantly silenced over 73,000 users, the majority of whom are doubtlessly innocent of any wrong-doing.

Look out PDA, here comes TDA!

Novinit a French company has developed the worlds first TDA or Tactile Digital Assistant. The TDA is based on touch-screen technology and relies entirely on your thumbs for input, which are harder to lose than a stylus. The TDA is named Jackito and comes with two simultaneous touch points so you can operate it with your thumbs at the same time and so no need for a stylus. Using the TDA is very easy, since you can search a database or a large address book, with just your thumbs. Using the device with your thumbs is actually much faster than a stylus well at least thats what the company claims. The device comes with a variety of features like finger-touch control, battery life, fast graphics, multitasking, real-time processing, interchangeable skins and much more.

The idea of a device like Jackito was conceived from the fact that the worlds first touch screen based PDA was already developed by a US company called Litton in 1978 for the US and German armies. After some years Novinit pondered If theres a touch screen based PDA for the armies, why not for the gizmo lovers? Arnaud de la Fouchardire of Jackito says, The architecture chosen for Jackito focuses on user friendliness. Fingertips (as opposed to a stylus) are used as a natural device for touching the options displayed by the LCD touch screen. About 200 engineers from 10 countries for over 10 years, have worked on making this device better and $50 million has been invested in these efforts.

Seven Processors and a larger screen The Jackito runs on seven processors with full parallel-processing capabilities (two micro-controllers and five accompanying reconfigurable cores), a large 4.5 color QVGA LCD fingertip touch-screen that offers resolution of 320x240 dpi, display with landscape orientation and two SD/MMC card slots. The TDA runs on an operating system called 3ActilOS, has 2.5 MB SRAM and 16 MB NOR Flash memory. The Jackito measures 140 x 80 x 16 mm and weighs just 150 g. It feeds on a single AA battery, which according to the company, can sustain for several weeks. Using the touch-screen with your thumbs or index fingers means that you dont have to carry or use a stylus, keyboard or any other input device. Also Novinit says that the finger's contact area is hundred times larger than that of a stylus and a stylus exerts hundred times more pressure on the screen than a finger. Arnaud goes on to say that The Jackito is not only an electronic device, but also a personal companion, supporting the three essential ingredients of a well-balanced lifestyle works productivity, personal life and edutainment. The Jackito will also come preloaded with about twenty applications,  which includes games, puzzles, address book, clock, to-do list, synchronization feature, backup application, etc.

Dhruv Dave: What can Web 2.0 Marketing do for you?

Dhruv Dave: What can Web 2.0 Marketing do for you?: "The arrival of Web 2.0 has transformed the online marketing landscape dramatically. Small and medium sized businesses can now compete on a l..."

What can Web 2.0 Marketing do for you?

The arrival of Web 2.0 has transformed the online marketing landscape dramatically. Small and medium sized businesses can now compete on a level playing field with industry giants like Unilever or websites such as MySpace.

With Web 2.0 you can market your products on social networking sites and blogs at very little cost, while the new technology also allows you to monitor customer trends and measure results. Want to find out how well your content is received? Social media can give you near real-time feedback.

One of the oldest and most traditional methods of Web 2.0 marketing is targeted advertising on search engines. With this method you can have your ad listed on the search results page or appear within an article on a subject related to your product. These are generally paid for per click, but you can be guaranteed each click will bring a new visit to your site.

A much more recent phenomenon is the use of social networking websites to market products. This method is used by everyone from one man operations to multi-national corporations. A page on MySpace or FaceBook can boost the popularity of your product, but be sure to keep the content fresh and updated. Also, you will generally have a young audience here so the content should reflect this.

Blogs offer similar opportunities for Web 2.0 marketing. This is an inexpensive way to subtly market your product or service on the web. However, good content that is updated regularly is essential. Just talking about your products will drive visitors away. Your blog entries will have to be interesting, informative and well written.

If you feel you have the resources and talents in your organization to make interesting audio snippets, you could try podcasting. Again, you will need to provide something that listeners will want to hear, while promoting your product. For example, if you sell cars or car parts you could produce a podcast on car care tips.

Ideally, you'll want to get news and references to your business out there in as many ways as possible. Web 2.0 allows you to send news and press releases direct to the consumer. For example you could offer a RSS feed on your website, or submit search engine optimized press releases to online news sites.

The real attractiveness of Web 2.0 marketing is that it can be cheap. Not all of the options described above might be suitable to market your business, but a simple blog or MySpace page will cost you very little.

Not having a clear cut definition for Web 2.0 does not signify unimportance. With the speed at which ideas are created, thrown out, and modified, it's too easy to stand by and wait for "proof" of Web 2.0's effectiveness. Now is not the time to debate semantics. Now is the time to incorporate Web 2.0's tools into your marketing strategy.

Facebook to hire 500 employees in India soon

For all Facebook lovers who have the right skills, there is good news in store for you. The US-based social network site has recently announced that it will be launching an office in India in about two months. The office will be located in Hyderabad and will be in response to a growing demand for multilingual technical support. This move will facilitate communication between FB users, developers and advertisers.

If all goes well, this office will be operational soon and will generate plethora of job opportunities and will give a boost to the economy of the city.

As per a report in The Economic Times, Facebook has been assigned bout 50,000 sq ft space and is going to recruit close to 500 people for running its operations. Facebook, which has nearly 8 million users in India and nearly 500 million users across the globe, would reportedly invest $150 million in the initial phases.

The new office will add to Facebook’s operations in Palo Alto (California), Dublin (Ireland) and a recently opened office in Austin (Texas).

China Renews Google’s License

The world’s largest search engine and the world’s most populous country traded barbs and threats this spring when Google said it might leave the country over the Chinese government’s Internet censorship. That fight cooled to a simmer over the last few months. Today, Google announced on its official blog that China has renewed its content provider license, further defusing the tension between the two.

Google has been waiting to hear back from Chinese authorities about its ICP license since the company filed for its renewal last week. The company’s license must be reviewed annually. Its renewal will allow the search giant to continue operating its China-based site, Google.cn. If Google had been unable to renew its license, it could have meant the end of the company’s operations in China.

iCloud is the world’s first free online computer

Its really Amazing News just have look at it.

Yesterday, iCloud, the world’s first free online computer launched after eight years of development. It allows users to have free storage, applications , virtual desktop, and backup in the cloud, accessible from any computer connected to the Internet.

The version that is now available to the public includes access with 3GB of free storage space (which isn’t much), 30 free applications (such as Office, Mail, Music, Video, IM, Sharing, Games, Collaboration, and Development tools), 20 free widgets,free backup  to provide secure storage. Further, it doesn’t require installation and can be run through Internet Explorer or Firefox. That means Safari, Chrome, and Opera lovers will just have to wait a bit longer.

No word yet on whether it can be accessed from Firefox Mobile. According to the site, even getting it running with Firefox is still being worked on. Also, no word of basic specs that are needed to run such a application. It seems to be working on my MacBook, but loading a bit sluggishly.

You can start your own free account over at iCloud’s website.

Isn't it Amazing !!!!!!!!

Reference :  http://www.geek.com

Google Docs now lets you draw : Just Try it

Back in 2007 Google acquired the San Francisco company Tonic Systems, whose expertise lay in products for creating presentations  in Java. That expertise was put to good use within Google and this week we can see the fruit of their labors with a new feature  addition to Google Docs. Google has added the ability to enhance your work with drawings.

They can be added to documents, spreadsheets, and presentations and are accessible via the Insert menu. This brings up a new window and a blank canvas on which to draw. The tools available to use include:

• Line
• Arrow
• Scribble
• Text
• 113 predefined shapes and WordArt

You also get the expected fill color, line color, and line thickness editing abilities as well as being able to change the order, rotation, alignment, and grouping of the shapes in your drawing. Drawings can be created on your own or through collaboration with others turning the feature into a nice brainstorming tool for online meetings.

The reason it has taken so long to add drawing capabilities to Google Docs is down to performance according to the Google Blog post. In it Tony Glenning, Drawings Team Lead, says:

The drawing feature that we’ve built relies heavily on a relatively new capability in browsers: the ability to render vector graphics. We use the SVG (scalable vector graphics) standard to accomplish this in most browsers and VML (vector markup language) where SVG is not available. Only recently has the performance and ubiquity of such technology enabled us to deliver what we hope is a delightful feature. As browsers continue to improve, we can deliver more and more useful cloud-based functionality.

Reference : http://www.geek.com

Google's master Android plan

Google has launched an effort to make everyone an Android software developer. The search giant is hellbent on growing its app inventory and the Android marketplace and has the momentum and open approach to just give Apple a run.

Now Google is offering a do-it-yourself mobile app tool. The tool, which is available now in Google Labs, is called App Inventor. Google sets the scene:

To use App Inventor, you do not need to be a developer. App Inventor requires NO programming knowledge. This is because instead of writing code, you visually design the way the app looks and use blocks to specify the app’s behavior.

Mozilla bring Firefox 4 Beta version

It seems that Mozilla is in no mood to keep it easy for Internet Explorer. To counter the recent success that came to Internet Explorer, Mozilla has launched a beta version for Firefox 4.

The beta version brings with it a new look and of course a fresh stack of features. The entirely redone user interface for Firefox 4 Beta seems to be copy of Google Chrome. The tabs would come on the top by default and covering up Menu bar of course. To access the commands, it will come with a Firefox button and is carrying new add ons too on top of all those look and feel changes.

To make it more secure, few changes have been done and Mozilla has supposedly worked on some advanced protection features. In fact, the open source community has done bit on its crashes related issues; now if a plug in crashes, it would only be caused to end rather whole browser going down.

The beta version is expected to boost HTML5 support, full WebGL support for 3D rendering and in fact ad support for videos and everything. The browser is expected to be a killer product.

Steps to Execute Google App Engine on IDE NetBeans

Hello Friends!!


This Article is for those who works on Google Application Engine If you want to run your Google Application Engine with NetBeans, so here is the beginning  just follow these steps you can easily configure your google app. engine with netbeans.

Install the Google App Engine NetBeans Plugin

To install the Google App Engine NetBeans Plugin, follow these instructions:

1. Start NetBeans
2. Make note of NetBeans version number
3. Click Tools -> Plugins
4. Select the Settings tab
5. Click the Add button
6. Type “App Engine” (without the quotes) into the Name field
7. If using NetBeans 6.7 paste http://kenai.com/projects/nbappengine/downloads/download/1.0_NetBeans671/updates.xml into the URL field
   
8. If using NetBeans 6.8 paste http://kenai.com/projects/nbappengine/downloads/download/Latest_NetBeans68/updates.xml into the URL field
9. Click the OK button
10. Click on Available Plugins
11. Select all Google App Engine plugins
12. Click the Install button

Installing the Google App Engine Service in NetBeans

To install the Google App Engine service in NetBeans, follow these instructions:

1. Start NetBeans
2. Click on the Services tab next to Projects and Files
3. Right-click on Servers and click Add
4. Select Google App Engine and Click Next
5. Select the location you unzipped the Google App Engine SDK
6. Click Next
7. Unless you have another service running on port 8080 and port 8765 leave the default port values
8. Click Finish

Run the Guestbook Sample App

We are almost done! To test the install and ensure everything runs properly, let’s try running the included Guestbook sample app.

1. Start NetBeans
2. Click File -> New Project
3. Under Samples, select Google App Engine -> Guestbook
4. Click Next
5. Enter the location in which you’d like to store this project
6. Click Finish
7. Click the Run button (looks like a green Play button in the toolbar)

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How to Change the Logon Screen Background in Windows 7

How would you like to change the logon screen background in Windows 7 so as to give your Windows a customized look and feel? With a small tweak it is possible to customize the Windows 7 logon screen and set your own picture/wallpaper as the background. Changing logon screen background in Windows 7 is as simple as changing your desktop wallpaper. Well here is a step by step instruction to customize the logon screen background.

1. The image you need to set as the background should be a .jpg file and it’s size should not exceed 245KB.

2. The image resolution can be anything of your choice. However I prefer 1440 x 900 or 1024 x 768. You can use any of the photo editing software such as Photoshop to compress and set the resolution for your image. Once you’re done, save this image as backgroundDefault.jpg.

3. You will need to copy this image to  : C:\Windows\system32\oobe\info\backgrounds

You will need to create that path if it does not already exist on your computer.

4. Now open the Registry Editor (Start -> Run -> Type regedit) and navigate to the following key : HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Authentication\LogonUI\Background

If Background does not exist rightclick LogonUI, select New and then Key, and then name it Background. Now locate OEMBackground (listed on the right side). If it does not exist, right-click Background and select New and then DWORD and name it OEMBackground.

5. Double-click on OEMBackground and set the Value Data to 1.

6. Now log-off to see the new logon screen background. If you would like to revert back to the default background, just set the Value Data back to 0.

Slogan of best Technology

Better by Adobe.......................................................Adobe

Stronger than dirt....................................................Ajax

Think different........................................................Apple Computer

The power to be your best......................................Apple Computer

Think outside the box..............................................Apple Computer

Easy as Dell.............................................................Dell Computer

Solutions for a small planet....................................IBM

Intel Inside...............................................................Intel

Your potential. Our passion...................................Microsoft

Where do you want to go today?...........................Microsoft

At the heart of the image.......................................Nikon

Connecting people.................................................Nokia

Software powers the Internet...............................Oracle

Slightly ahead of its time.......................................Panasonic

The network is the computer.................................Sun Microsystems

The quality goes in before the name goes on........Zenith

List of Linux Viruses / Trojans / Worms

Below is The list of the Linux viruses / trojans / worms discovered uptill Now :


Trojans

* Kaiten - Linux.Backdoor.Kaiten trojan horse
* Rexob - Linux.Backdoor.Rexob trojan

Viruses

* Alaeda - Virus.Linux.Alaeda
* Bad Bunny - Perl.Badbunny
* Binom - Linux/Binom
* Bliss
* Brundle
* Bukowski
* Diesel - Virus.Linux.Diesel.962
* Kagob a - Virus.Linux.Kagob.a
* Kagob b - Virus.Linux.Kagob.b
* MetaPHOR
* Nuxbee - Virus.Linux.Nuxbee.1403
* OSF.8759
* Podloso - Linux.Podloso
* Rike - Virus.Linux.Rike.1627
* RST - Virus.Linux.RST.a
* Satyr - Virus.Linux.Satyr.a
* Staog
* Vit - Virus.Linux.Vit.4096
* Winter - Virus.Linux.Winter.341
* Winux (also known as Lindose and PEElf)
* ZipWorm - Virus.Linux.ZipWorm

Worms

* Adm - Net-Worm.Linux.Adm
* Adore
* Cheese - Net-Worm.Linux.Cheese
* Devnull
* Kork
* Linux/Lion
* Mighty - Net-Worm.Linux.Mighty
* Millen - Linux.Millen.Worm
* Slapper
* SSH Bruteforce

Reference : www.technews.in