Google 8th Birthday

Today, found the Google Home page with New Logo - It seems that Google is celebrating its 8th Birthday.



But I could not get this news yet from any official website.

Google + Yahoo = GahooYoogle

GahooYoogle - Check this interesting concept. You can search both Google and Yahoo at the same time.

Typing indian language text

Typing indian language text has never been so simple. you can type [hindi], [kannada], [malayalam], [tamil], [telugu] with a 'my-mother-can-easily-use-it' interface. it’s web-based and is now online with email and internet search features.

Check out here quillpad.
Thanks to Mukesh who provided me this link.

Spot Puncture Service - Bangalore

Heard from my friend that this service can be availed at a Membership of Rs.100 per Year.



See Also: Metro eService

Update on 11-Jan-2008:
I have seen the comments of many visitors for this post. Yes, I agree with you guys. Kindly check the above Metro eService post. Trust me - this one is a reliable one. I have used it two times personally.

New Bird Discovered in India

An amateur bird-watcher has found the first new bird species to be discovered in India in over 50 years.

The strikingly colored species was identified from feathers and photos taken in remote forests in the northeast part of the country.

No specimen was taken, because "we thought the bird was just too rare for one to be killed," said Ramana Athreya, the bird's discoverer, in a statement.

Named Bugun liocichla, the small bird is described as a type of babbler, a diverse family of birds that usually live in tropical forests.

The species has olive-gray body plumage, a black cap, orange-yellow eye markings, and yellow, red, and white patches on its wings.

Complete News Story

8 e-mail mistakes that make you look bad

Kim Komando, the America's Digital Goddess, has published her article on e-mail mistakes, which I got it through Microsoft Newsletter.

Here are eight easily avoidable mistakes you should know about to keep your image and inbox in tip-top shape.

1) Failing to follow e-mail etiquette.
2) Thinking you are anonymous.
3) Sending e-mail to the wrong person.
4) Using one e-mail address for everything.
5) Forgetting to check all of your e-mail accounts.
6) Clicking "Send" too fast.
7) Forgetting the attachment.
8) Using your ISP's domain and not your own.

All the above are detailed in this article link of Microsoft Website.

Click here to visit Kim's website here.

Tribute: Cash Pharmacy (1908 - 2006)

Landmark vanishes in time’s abyss
DH News Service Bangalore: 12-Sep-2006

A nearly 100-year-old building has bit the dust in Bangalore. On Monday when Cash Pharmacy was pulled down, another of the City’s landmarks got obliterated.

A nearly 100-year-old building has bit the dust in Bangalore. On Monday when Cash Pharmacy was pulled down, another of the City’s landmarks got obliterated.

Cash Pharmacy catered mainly to the people of Cantonment area. But it was also one place looked up to by all Bangaloreans who were in search of medicines and life-saving drugs unavailable elsewhere in the City.

Located at the junction of St Mark’s Road and Residency Road, the building a few years ago had a first floor with monkey tops, typical of the colonial era buildings. Its unusual elevation made it stand out from the regular tiled-roof buildings around and a wooden facia and trellis ran around the first floor verandah.

Read on more at Source Link below:
Deccan Herald 12-Sep-2006

Clear search history on your Computer

I see many new users asking the question about clearing Search history from the computer.

Search History includes the
1) Browser - Recently visited search history
2) Windows Folder/File names searh history

To clear Browser search history of Internet Explorer, follow the steps below
1) In Internet Explorer, select "Internet Options" options of "Tools" menu. This will bring the Internet Options window.
2) In the General Tab, History section, click the "Clear History" button. This will ask you a confirmation. Click "Yes", to continue.

To clear Browser search history of Mozilla FireFox, follow the steps below
1) In FireFox, select "Options" options of "Tools" menu. This will bring the Options window.
2) Click on the Privary tab.
3) Click on "Clear Browsing History Now" button and click OK to close the Options window.

GMail - Keyboard Shortcuts

Keyboard shortcuts help you save time since you never have to take your hands off the keyboard to use the mouse. You'll need a Standard 101/102-Key or Natural PS/2 Keyboard to use the shortcuts.

The GMail Help Center has well documentented the Keyboard Shortcuts.

A printable version of the same is available here.

Microsoft Robotics Studio

The Microsoft Robotics Studio is a Windows-based environment for academic, hobbyist and commercial developers to easily create robotics applications across a wide variety of hardware. Key features and benefits of the Microsoft Robotics Studio environment include: end-to-end Robotics Development Platform , lightweight services-oriented runtime, and a scalable and extensible platform.

Check the complete introduction here.

Check out the complete details at Microsoft Robotics Home Page.

Windows Vista - RC1 - now available for download

Windows Vista RC1 is available for participants of the Windows Vista Customer Preview Program. Please go to the Customer Preview Program website to register and receive a Product Key, which is required to install and activate the software.

Click Here for Download Information.

My friend VJ has put up Vista Pricing details in his recent post.

Meaning of English words in Pure Hindi

SQL Server - JOINS

Found a very stuff on SQL Server - Topics includes Aggregation, Joins, Scans and Seeks, Subqueries.

Check the Craig Freedman's Blog for details.

Celebrating Centenary of Vande Mataram - 07-Sep

Celebrating Centenary of Vande Mataram
The National song of India
-written by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee in 07-Sep-1876.

वन्दे मातरम्
सुजलां सुफलां मलयजशीतलाम्
बहुबलधारिणीं नमामि तारिणीम्
रिपुदलवारिणीं मातरम्॥

WikiPedia Link

Happy birthday, Google Talk! (24-Aug-2006)

GTalk completes 1 year from its launch on 24-Aug. I noticed this on the GTalk Client Application Logo, which changed automatically.

More information at GTalk website.

Amazing Act

This is Fantastic. You absolutely MUST watch it!!!!!... See it again and again...

This video is from a TV show where people said, "Hey, I have talent!" and judges would decide if they did or did not. When this couple did their act, there was no question. Everyone was floored. The video is about two minutes and includes some snappy music. Also, it will look much clearer if you don't run it full screen. The bigger the picture the fuzzier it will look. They put on an incredible act.

Click Here for the Video.

Happy Ganesh Festival - 27-Aug-2006

Lord Ganesh (Mumbai folks

One of the most popular Gods in India, lord Ganesh or Ganpati is considered a symbol of wisdom and a bringer of good luck. It is said that his elephant head epitomises everything related to wisdom-small shrewd eyes, long ears that miss nothing, a long nose that can smell out anything fight and his vehicle, a mouse, reflects how much importance a wise man gives to the smallest of life forms. Shown at gateways and on doors, either by visuals or symbols, generally facing the rising sun in the east, Ganesh is revered across India as a great clearer of obstacles. Meetings, gatherings, weddings, functions and celebrations begin with a prayer of lord Ganesh and no new venture-be it a new company, a new house, a new shop is inaugurated without reciting a 'mantra' of lord Ganesh.

Ganesh is remembered on chauth or chaturthi, the 4th day of every month of the Hindu calendered, but most of all on Ganesh Chaturthi which is celebrated as his birthday. Ladoos are distributed on the day-by tradition ladoos were placed in different corners of the house and eaten before the meal. Milk is offered to idols of lord Ganesh at home and at temples, and Ganesh puja is performed at all temples and hi-house prayer rooms. Fasting, feasting and distribution of sweets offered to Lord Ganesh are important aspects of Ganesh chaturthi rituals in India. Hindus pray to images of Lord Ganesha, large and small, many of them made specially for the occasion by cottage industries and street side artisans, and those that do not wish to keep the idols alive by daily prayers, offerings and lighting oil lamps, immerse them in the nearest water body (all rivers, lakes and the sea which are sacred to Hindus).

Business Intelligence - Tutorial

I found this Foundation Tutorial on Business Intelligence. Its very simple to understand. Visit LearnBI website for the tutorial.

Toad for DB2 - Freeware

Long back I used Toad for Oracle. Recently, I wanted a GUI client for DB2 UDB 8.x. With help of my friend Srini Rao, I came to know that Toad has DB2 version also.

The best thing I noticed on ToadSoft website is that "DB2 Freeware version does not expire". This is something great :-)

I also notice Toad has SQL Server, My SQL Clients too. I am impressed with Toad's GUI. Its very simple and usefull for any Database Professional.

For more details, visit ToadSoft Home Page.

Narayana Murthy retires from Infosys

Bringing his illustrious corporate career to an end, IT major Infosys Chairman N R Narayana Murthy retired on Sunday from the service of the company, which he had launched as a small firm in the city in 1981 and took it to enviable heights in the last two and a half decades.

Murthy turned 60 on Sunday and as per the company's corporate governance policy, he relinquished his executive post. However, he would continue as its non-executive Chairman from Monday.

Source: Rediff News