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• This is why SEO (search engine optimization) is booming like anything
  


• MS followed Windows Desktop Search after Google Desktop Search
  


• Google launched Google Calendar
  


Waiting for MS follow up for calendar..

PJ is flying to Japan

Just a good news to share.. My friend PJ, he is flying to Japan for some conference. I dont know much about VOIP world, but he told me its not just any conference, but its one of the best conferences related to VOIP.
Great !!!

Apple Macs ready to boot with windows XP

Great News for Mac && Windows lovers.
Now apple mac would be able to boot with windows XP. Apple is in beta testing of their Boot Camp Software to make it possible. User would be provided options to choose OS to boot with like we have when we install multiple version of windows OS or linux with window. Only a few things before your mac boots with windows.

- You will need to purchase Windows XP.
- Only new Macs with Intel Processor support this dual boot.

Internet Explorer Developer Toolbar released

The Internet Explorer Developer Toolbar provides several features for exploring and understanding Web pages. This is just great to explore contents of any page including DOM, CSS, HTML elements and quite a lot of other things related to any page.
Download is available here

Here is the complete feature list :

 Explore and modify the document object model (DOM) of a Web page.
 Locate and select specific elements on a Web page through a variety of techniques.
 Selectively disable Internet Explorer settings.
 View HTML object class names, ID's, and details such as link paths, tab index values, and access keys.
 Outline tables, table cells, images, or selected tags.
 Validate HTML, CSS, WAI, and RSS Web feed links.
 Display image dimensions, file sizes, path information, and alternate (ALT) text.
 Immediately resize the browser window to a new resolution.
 Selectively clear the browser cache and saved cookies. Choose from all objects or those associated with a given domain.
 Choose direct links to W3C specification references, the Internet Explorer team weblog (blog), and other resources.
 Display a fully featured design ruler to help accurately align and measure objects on your pages.

How Bill Gates works !!!

Here is How Bill works

Article tell about what all tools/applications he use to improve his productivity. Just like, he has three screens in his office synchronized together, to make one big display screen to manage things easily.

Follow the link for complete details. I would just say..Nice read !!!

Fwd:The Steve Jobs Question

This is what, i got as a forwarded mail from one of my friend.
Nice read...

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From: Shankar, Gauri
Sent: Monday, April 03, 2006 9:24 PM
Subject: The Steve Jobs Question - by Robin Sharma

I've been hearing a lot about Apple CEO Steve Jobs lately - his winning ways with the iPod, his transformation of Apple, his achievements with film studio Pixar. He's a pretty interesting guy, from what I can gather. Brilliant. Driven. Passionate. He's also a philosopher.

Jobs spent some formative time in India. He studied with sages. He visited meditation retreats. He pondered life's big questions. Speaking of questions, I've heard there's one in particular that he asks himself every time he faces a big decision or choice point in his life: “what would I do if this was the last night of my life?” I love it.

No one on their deathbed ever regretted the risks that they took. The place of least security is in the security zone. To live a big life, it's essential that you take calculated risks - often. Without daring, there can be no winning. Steve Jobs met his wife that way. He was giving a speech at a university and spotted her in the audience. He met her after the event and wanted to take her to dinner - but he had a business meeting. As he walked to his car, he asked himself: “if this was the last night of my life, what would I do?” He ran back to the auditorium and found her. They've been together ever since.

This is a great time to reflect. You are leaving one year and welcoming in another. Go deep. Reflect on what To Dos you have not done because fear got in the way. Think about how quickly life is passing and what needs to get done so you feel you played your best game as a human being. And then walk out into the world - and shine. We'll all be better off once you do.
“iCon”, the new biography on Apple CEO Steve Jobs (Apple sold 18 million iPods in 2005). It's a superb read. Gives you an inside glimpse of the thinking, behavior and life of a modern day business genius. Love him or not, the guy's a true visionary.

With Regards,
Gauri Shankar

Puzzle - 2

Here comes another puzzle.

Card trick without the trick!!

This is a card trick without the trick. There is no sleight of hand, no tricks up my sleeve, no magic whatsoever. It’s all done with logic, yet it will amaze most people. Joel and I are working together as a team to do the trick. Babak will be the culprit.
I ask babak to pick 5 cards out of a deck. He can pick any five cards, he can shuffle the deck 7 times, and it really doesn't matter. He honestly picks out 5 cards that I cannot see. He hands the five cards to me (Joel can't see any of this). I look at the cards and I pick 1 card out and give it back to Babak. I then arrange the other four cards in a special way, and give those 4 cards all face down, and in a neat pile, to Joel. Joel looks at the 4 cards I gave him, and says out loud which card babak is holding
(Suit and number). I did not convey any information to Joel other than the way i ordered the 4 cards, (all face down, aligned in line with one another) so how did I encode babak's card using that method?

Solutions are welcomed. (plz don’t use google !!! )