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Yahoo rejects Microsoft Bid 2008-02-11 10:28:01 Yahoo did it . They finally rejected Microsoft Billion Dollar bid thus by not giving chance to monopoly in internet . As per Cnet news , “The announcement had largely been expected, as reports emerged over the weekend such a decision had been made by Yahoo’s board of directors. “Yahoo’s board of directors has carefully reviewed Microsoft’s unsolicited proposal with Yahoo’s management team, and financial and legal advisers, and has unanimously concluded that the proposal is not in the best interests of Yahoo and our stockholders,” the company said in a statement Monday. “After careful evaluation, the board believes that Microsoft’s proposal substantially undervalues Yahoo, including our global brand, large worldwide audience, significant recent investments in advertising platforms and future growth prospects, free cash flow, and earnings potential, as well as our substantial unconsolidated investments,” the company further no ... Microsoft  Yahoo

How to download files from torrents without BitTorrent Client ? 2008-02-08 12:14:50 BitTorrent is the current p2p (peer to peer) file sharing protocol which is used by most of the  people around the globe  to share their files. People who upload (seeders) and people who download (leechers) use bittorrent trackers to host the torrent files through which they share the stuff. Both the people who seed and leech both use Bittorrent client to host and download the file. To know more about BitTorrent , click here Consider this situation , you are not authorised to install the bittorrent client in the system . Does that mean end of file sharing through bittorrent to you ? Bitlet.org helps you share the file by being a web-based Bittorrent Client . Bitlet.org is in its experimental phase now but, it stills runs flawless. All you have to do to download the file is Copy the metalink of the torrent file available on the torrent tracker. Paste the metalink of the torrent file in the URL bar provided on the site. Hit download button. Thats it .  Bitlet.org render ... Download

Compare .NET vs Java : Who has the lead ? 2008-02-08 11:54:43 As you people already know that I joined a premier software consulting and outsourcing company , TATA consultancy Services  ,  in India . Im right now in the second phase of my training and Im undergoing training in Microsoft .NET platform i.e C#.net , ASP.net and ADO.net . As I progress through my training , I learnt a lot about why .NET is preferred among other languages !! I ‘ m listing the comparision of Java and .NET in this article . C# and Java both can be considered as children of C and C++ as they have their roots in the later ones  . Both  Java and C# have have most of the common significant features like garbage collection , hierarchial NameSpaces….. C# inherits some of the concepts from JavaBeans and adds some of its own features  (like metadata tags), and incorporates these features into the syntax differently. While Java runs on any platform with a JVM ( Java Virtual Machine ) , C# runs mostly on windows . JIT compilers are released by Microsoft ...

Create your virtual debit card with paypal 2008-02-06 05:57:12 Money transfer is among the widely used services these days.Many comapnies are offering this kind of services . One of such providers is paypal.To those who don’t have a idea of this website , lemme throw some light on it.  “Paypal Inc.  is a online portal which can be used to transfer money online , to pay to auction sites, online marts and other vendors. it is now a wholly owned subsidary of Ebay.com . Most of the online transactions are presently done on the internet via paypal. “ What is Paypal Virtual Card ? Paypal virtual debit cards can be used for  making online purchases whereever MasterCard is accepted. PayPal Virtual Debit Card generates a virtual card number each time you make a transaction online so that you don’t have to use your personal debit or credit card number ensuring your security and privacy .Right now This is in beta and will soon be a stable service . Benefits of Paypal Virtual Debit card : By generating a new virtual card number ...

How to do group messaging on your mobile with the price of single message in India ? 2008-02-03 04:04:03 Most of you might be sms freaks who might love to share things by messages. Whenever you have to do this , you need to select all the contacts from the list and forward the message to them . Unless you have a sms bonus offer, for every friend it will cost you n*(price charged per message) . If you have friends in other states i.e STD sms you can forget group messaging . So , How to do group messaging on your mobile with the price of single message in India ? Mytoday.com offers you a community based mobile messaging service through which you can send your messages to multiple users spread across the country at the price of single message.  How this works ? To start with , you need to accept their terms of service by sending a sms  “ACCEPT” to 57575   .   Next , you need to create a coimmunity by sending a sms  “CREATE <community name>” to 57575.  for eg. “CREATE TECHNADE” to 57575. Then, what you are waiting for ? Start inviting y ...

Meebo New Features and new partners 2008-02-03 03:12:29 I think you would had heard about meebo by now . Ain’t you ? If you didn’t , lemme introduce it to you. Meebo is a AJAX - rich based web based instant messenger which lets you access all the IM networks at a single place . It uses drag and drop interface and it gives you a feel of virtual desktop. You need not install any application for this . Just login and access your messenger from anywhere . Meebo.com rolled out some very interesting new features. They introduced a developer API for their Meebo Rooms product which will allow  people to integrate a Meebo Room into their own Web site. Meebo is hoping that Web site owners will take this as an opportunity to build a community around their site. Meebo also announced a big win for their new Meebo Network chat and advertising platform.It has  signed five major partners, including Revision3, Piczo, RockYou, Social Project, and Tagged. Revision3 has a live feed featuring a variety of their shows. Meebo will be offering a hass ...

How to view youtube videos on your mobile ? Listen online music on phone and do whatever you can with your PC browser 2008-02-03 02:31:02 Did you ever try to watch youtube on your mobile ? Did you ever try to listen to online music on your mobile ? Most of the times you end up with either your phone or your browser not supporting your need …. So How to watch youtube videos on your mobile ?? Skyfire is introducing a application which will let you do all what you can do with your desktop browser i.e watch online videos on youtube ,  Dailymotion  , Listen online music on Yahoo music , Stay connected with your friends on social networks and browse weather , sports , maps ………………  ” Skyfire is a free, downloadable mobile web browser that makes browsing on your phone exactly like browsing on your PC. Now, you can use the web from your mobile phone with unprecedented speed and simplicity. ” This is what the company defines it product as . Skyfire gives you speedy page loads, full audio, video, images, dynamic Flash content, advanced Ajax, Java and more – just like ... Youtube

Computer screen got frozen ? 2008-02-02 11:29:42 There may be many reasons for this thing to happen . But I’m elaborating solutions to only some simple things that can get your screen freezed up. For Windows : The Keyboard way : The first thing you have to do is switching betweeb processes . Use Alt + Tab to switch from this frozen process . Try to open your Task manager by hitting Ctrl + Alt + Del . In that check for the processes that might be saying their status as Not responding . End such kind of processes . If your keyboard is also frozen ,Reboot your computer and run your checkdisk adn try to fix the disk problems . You can get these tools from Start –> Programs –> Accessories –> System Tools If your computer screen is getting frozen frequently , try to restore your windows to a earlier time , using System Restore . Sometimes , your screen might get freezed up if your computer is low on disk space . Before windows displays Low Disk space message , it makes the screen get freezed up. If you ar ...

Reasons for your Gmail account getting banned ! 2008-02-02 10:57:10 Normally Adsense account gets banned !! That’s what normally people cry about on the net . But what if our Gmail account gets banned ?? Probable reasons for your Gmail account getting banned !! Reemember the main concern of email service providers is preventing spam . So all the reasons I’m mentioning are associated with it . Sending a email to more than 500 people at one time via web browser . If you do that your account might get disabled for 24-72 hours.  The Error will be like “Gmail Lockdown in Section 4″ . Sending a Gmail to more than 100 or more people via POP or IMAP clients . Doing this will get your mail account getting disabled for a day . The error will be ” 550 5.4.5 Daily sending quota exceeded” Sending to more than 25 invalid email address at a time . As Google has to send you bounceback mails if you send to invalid email addresses , it might look to them as if you are trying to increase the server load . These reasons are good ...

My Corporate life experiences 2008-02-02 10:26:29 A bird which flies freely was once caught and was put in a cage where it has been served food everyday by the master . Why I’m talking this ? B’coz everyone’s life will have this transition someday and I also had it on jan 3 , 2008 . As I progress through the corporate life , I find lot of things interesting and very a few things difficult to undergo . Moreover we never try to see happy times , we always get bothered about bad things and bitter experiences [May be it’s default human psychology ] . My day starts at the strike of six in the morning . I share a room here with another professional . So , I brush , bath and come out as soon as possible [ Corporates call it Time Management ] and I reach the canteen by the strike of 7:30  [I’m in southern part of India and food will be extremely bad if I don’t have it when it is hot ] . After that I go to campus and I get indulged in the daily schedules someone else fixes for me . Im at the Corporate Tra ...

Webwars : Who will win and who will lose ? Microsoft , Yahoo , Google ? 2008-02-02 09:48:29 As you all might be aware of the Microsoft signing up for yahoo by now , what is the future of the web going to be like ? This is one question that is in the heads of the most of the people on the web at this moment . For those who are unaware of the news so far here is the details first . The news is Microsoft has put a bid of whopping 44.6 billion Dollar $ for yahoo . Yahoo which has been performing badly in terms of stocks and other statistics these days might agree to this deal . The offer that has been made is double the present value of the yahoo shares accounting to 31 $ per share [present yahoo share is 14.81 $ before deal I think and I heard it rose to 29.81$ after the news ]  . Inspite of innovations that yahoo has been making , it is performing badly with most of the users getting aligned to the Competitor Google . MSN wants to take on Google in its core service i.e Google Search by going for this deal  as yahoo is the next nearest competitor for Google . So what can ... Google  Microsoft  Yahoo

Get Microsoft assistance for starting your business : Microsoft Startup Center 2008-01-20 10:21:14 Software giant Microsoft has recently released  Startup Accelerator Program. This program is aimed for helping high potential software startups get easy access to Microsoft resources like people and programs, guidance regarding future directions, and support to accelerate their success. The Microsoft Business Team evaluates hundreds of technology startups each year to identify those with the strongest potential to succeed in the market, with the capability to shape the industry’s future and enhance the overall value of Microsoft products and services for customers. . The program has been launched with 20 companies and will grow to 100 over the next 12 months. Sign up here if you  like to be considered for the program. This is how Microsoft simply describes the program in two steps : Your idea for your business our resources to start off right The Startup Accelerator program will provide Access to Microsoft people to help solve your problems quickly Provide free or ... Microsoft

How to view locked orkut albums ? 2008-01-20 09:55:40 I know most of you love to pass time browisng through others profiles on Social Networks . One of such social networks is orkut . Recently orkut has added privacy options to its users by letting them give permissions for locking their albums and scrapbooks . Are you desperate to go through one such kinda of locked album ? At Technade I have a answer . For using this hack you need to have a Firefox Browser and a Greasemonkey addon . After that click the link below to download script of userscript.org . Greasemonkey script for viewing locked orkut albums Install this script and just keep browsing through other’s orkut albums . Tell me howz it!!!! Source : Techbuzz ...

Apple wonder : MacBook air 2008-01-20 09:38:33 Apple is always in news whether it’s Ipod or Iphone or MacBook air !!! In 2007 it has been in news all the time with its iphone and now Uncle steve is back again with his new laptop range ” MacBook air ” . With this release Apple is ready to take on VAIO TZ series . The standard price has been set at 1799$. What does this MacBook air have in its wallet for you ? The dimensions of the notebook are height: 0.16-0.76 inches (0.4-1.94cm), width: 12.8 inches (32.5cm), depth: 8.94 inches (22.7cm) and weight: 3.0 pounds (1.36kg). Based on MacBook Pro design , this Apple’s enterprise oriented subnotebook will come with a 13.3-inch display, full sized keyboard and iSight built into the frame. The keyboard will be complete with a backlight, featuring a large touch pad and will come with multi-gesture support just like as in Apple’s iPhone.It will have an 80GB hard drive as standard with the option of a 64GB Solid State Drive and it will come with 2GB of memory . ... Apple

World’s largest Building : Crystal Island , Moscow 2008-01-13 02:33:25 Crystal Island is one of the world’s biggest building projects, initiated by Norman Foster, founder and chairman of Foster + Partners . It is going to be built in Moscow on the peninsula between Moscow River and Andropov Avenue.  The height of the building will be 450m , with a floor area of 2.5 million sq.mt and nearly 0.5 million square meters. The expected cost of building this project is expected to be 4 Billion USD.It’s not going to be just one more huge building . It’s going to be a city inside the building . It will host about 3000 hotel rooms, 900 serviced apartments, a school, some exhibition spaces, theaters, retail and catering businesses, two public viewing platforms, at 150 meters and 300 meters , 16500 space underground parking . It’s going to be eco-friendly . The exterior face of building uses solar panels which, along with wind turbines will generate electricity for the huge tower. Natural ventilation will be provided using numerous ...