50 Random Articles
- The Biggest Benefit of Economic Crisis in USA
The economic crisis may be doing what pastors, family therapists and matrimonial counselors have long struggled to accomplish and yet mostly failed: keeping troubled marriages together.
Marriage counselors and divorce lawyers nationwide say more distressed couples are putting off divorce because
- Mac User Moves To Microsoft Vista and Back
An interesting journey of a Mac user who, attracted by shiny new Microsoft Vista, decided to move to Vista and after experiencing it decided to move back again to a "brand new, white MacBook" on which he told his story.
His
- Binary Explosive, Tannerite: the Truth
Now why is there so much fuss over Tannerite. All a punk would know about Tannerite is that, it's a binary impact detonate explosive. The hack is to mix a jar of white stuff with some grey stuff and get
- Research indicates waist circumference is the strongest indicator of type 2 diabetes risk in men
According to the team, as waist circumference increased, so did the risk of developing diabetes, with the risk in men with the highest waist circumference (up to 158 centimeters) increasing by 12-fold, they report.
"Our findings support the contention that the
- Compete in 2005 TopCoder Open Competition for a shot at the $150,000 Prize Purse
Sun Developer Network is sponsoring 2005 TopCoder(r) Open Competition. You can program in any of the languages - Java, C++, C# and Visual Basic.
This competition is a real-world event to design and develop component-based software. During the tournament you will
- Google Improves Image Search with Five Filtering Options
This winter Google has not stopped including various features to all the products they have. Just when I was wondering it would have been better if Google could help us with a more refined image search option, they DID it
- Partimage: Free Norton Ghost / DriveImage Alternative
Partimage is a Linux utility which saves partitions having a supported filesystems (see below) to an image file. It is a free and open source alternative to the popular software Norton Ghost or DriveImage. Most Linux and Windows filesystems are
- AdSense as java expert?
I was responding to a pdf viewing (using java) question on Artima - http://www.artima.com/forums/flat.jsp?forum=1&thread=96447&start=0&msRange=30.
After I submitted my comments I noticed that the first AdSense ad contained the same link I had posted!
Looks like very soon AdSense may supplement the
- Microsoft Makes a Mess Out of Silly Laptops Giveaway to Bloggers
Watch out bloggers! Those of you with Microsoft's laptops gifts can keep them back. MIcrosoft had send Acer Ferrari laptops to 90 bloggers during pre-Vista-launch. They were supposed to be returned to Microsoft after the review. After a peek-a-boo over
- How to Develop Rule Based Java Software Using Java Rule Engine API (JSR 94)
For mission-critical applications, the process of automating business policies, procedures, and business logic is often better managed by leveraging a Business Rule Engine.
Using business rules can help you develop more agile applications with shorter time-to-market. A business rule is
- Is Twitter Enabling Stalking?
Stalking appears to be the most appropriate way to describe my recent experiences. First of all Twitter (I love the service) has changed the message from so and so is your friend to the eerie message so and so is
- Apache HTTPD: How To Turn Off Index Listing in Directory & Sub-Directories; Protect WordPress wp-content
In Apache HTTPD server normally when you have no index or default page in a directory, a visitor may be served with a full list of files in that the directory. This could pose a serious security risk. It also
- Diovan (Blood Pressure Drug) Cuts Risk of Diabetes, Especially in High-Risk Group
Valsartan, commercially known as Diovan, a drug that controls blood pressure and reduces heart risk, also appears to protect against diabetes, especially in high-risk people, according to new research presented at the American Society of Hypertension's Twentieth Annual Scientific Meeting
- Regulator grills Satyam's former finance chief in jail
HYDERABAD - Market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) Wednesday grilled Satyam Computer's former chief financial officer Vadlamani Srinivas in Chanchalguda central jail here.
A SEBI team reached the jail and began interrogating him soon after a city court
- WordPress 2.3 Beta 1 Released...
WordPress team has released version 2.3 after 3 months of "feverish" work. It is obviously targeted for the adventurous and savvy to test and provide feedback for the final release.
Some of the features of 2.3 include plugin and core update
- Gtdagenda Web based GDT Review
The web-based GDT(Getting Thing Done) applications are gaining popularity, given their high mobility and negligible price. Gtdagenda is one such online GTD tool for managing tasks. Gtdagenda can be employed as a simple to-do list tool, or even incorporated into
- Microsoft Office 2007 Product Key Free
If you have come looking for free Microsoft Office 2007 product key, you have come to the right place to get all the information.
Office Professional 2007, Office Home & Student 2007, Office Standard 2007, Office Small Business 2007 are all
- Impact2 WordPress Theme - Review
I am very excited about the new theme we are building. Please, please, please take a look and shower it with your comments and feedback. Let us know how we can improve.
It is a css based three column theme designed
- McClatchy suffers 1Q loss of $37.5 million as ad revenue wilts, raising more analyst concerns
McClatchy 1Q loss widens amid advertising meltdown
SAN JOSE, Calif. — The McClatchy Co.'s losses widened in the first quarter amid an advertising meltdown that is increasing pressure on the publisher to meet commitments to lenders. The report released Thursday was
- Need for international crisis management plan to detect cyber crimes: Govt.
NEW DELHI - Concerned over the growing number of cyber crime cases in the country, the Government on Thursday said that an international crisis management plan needs to be put in action. It also laid
- Translator Plugin Gold Languages Supported Matrix
This is the full matrix of translations supported by Angsuman's Translator Plugin Gold.
Notes:
Green and Yellow indicates that the language combination is supported.
Yellow indicates that only limited amount of text can be translated by Engine4.
Red indicates lack of translation
- Dovecot: How To Enable Secure (SSL) IMAP & POP3 With (Free) Self-Signed Certificate
First you should learn how to create a self-signed certificate using OpenSSL (free). After that it is a simple matter of copying the files to appropriate location and enabling dovecot to use SSL authentication. Let's look at the details.
First you
- Translator Plugin Pro / Gold Fully Compatible With Wordpress 2.5
Translator Plugin Pro & Translator Plugin Gold is fully compatible with WordPress 2.5. Existing customers of Translator Plugin Pro & Gold can upgrade to the latest version of WordPress without any concerns wrt. Translator plugins.
- How to 'Watch' Over Your Linux System Automatically
There is a very useful but rarely used command in Linux, watch. While those of you who know about it are surely aware of all the easy works it does for you, I want to tell it to them who
- Satyam gets evaluation bids, rules out part sales
HYDERABAD - The fraud-hit Satyam Computer Services has received several proposals from corporate entities and private equity (PE) firms to evaluate it as an integrated company, the IT bellwether said here Tuesday but ruled out selling 'parts' of its business.
'Appropriate,
- How To Divorce (Muslim's Only) Through Twitter
Despite the All-India Muslim Women Personal Law Board’s (AIMWPLB) diktat barring men from declaring talaq (divorce) by SMS, email or over the phone, the medium seems to have become the most popular way by which Muslim men are divorcing women
- Sangamo's technology (ZFP) for efficient, permanent correction of disease-causing gene accepted for publication by Nature
Sangamo BioSciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: SGMO) today announced publication of data that demonstrates the use of the Company's zinc finger DNA-binding protein (ZFP) technology to achieve highly efficient, permanent correction of a disease-causing gene in primary human cells. This research, published
- Depreciating rupee forces Infosys to slash hedging amount
BANGALORE - A depreciating rupee has forced IT bellwether Infosys Technologies Limited to reduce its exposure to hedging in the currency market to $576 million from $932 million for the next two quarters, a senior executive said Tuesday.
'We have brought
- Why Should You Learn to Love CopyWriting? Twitterers Have 30 Suggestions for You!
All in a day's work they say. Our Ed, Angsuman Chakraborty was twittering the other day. He said to Jim Connolly of how passive he is to indulge into copy writing and Jim Connolly just aired the tweet, "Anyone got
- 10 Cheapest Digital Cameras Below $100
You can't afford to spend beyond your limits these days, esp in this time of global economic slowdown. But should that refrain you from buying a good digital camera which you were longing for almost a year? Not at all.
- Google Knol is a No Match for Wikipedia
It's more than six months for Google's Knol set foot in the webworld. Aimed at provide food for authors Knol was to offer more credible Knowledge units to web. Knol was anticipated to be a tough challange for Wikipedia. Things
- Sorting Priorities in Life
Here is a nice story on sorting the priorities of life:
A professor stood before his Philosophy class and had some items in front of him.
When the class began, wordlessly, he picked up a very large and empty mayonnaise jar and
- Review: Sony VAIO mini
Sony VAIO, mini is perhaps the most talked about notebook of the town. Sony has left no stone unturned to promote it like a darling as well as making it as fashionable as it can get. While most of the
- An Indian Wedding... What do you do?
I just came back from a semi-traditional Indian wedding. It was an interesting experience. I met with many first-cousins and other relatives who are supposed to be close to me, but this is the first time I am seeing them,
- Wipro to acquire Citigroup's Indian IT subsidiary
BANGALORE - India's second largest IT bellwether Wipro Technologies Tuesday announced acquisition of Citi Technology Services, the India-based captive provider of IT services and solutions to Citigroup entities worldwide, for $127 million in an all-cash deal.
As part of the deal,
- Analog Devices shares advance after analyst upgrades on cost cuts
Analog Devices shares climb after upgradeNEW YORK — Shares of Analog Devices Inc. climbed Thursday after a Raymond James analyst upgraded the chip maker, saying it is "getting into fighting shape" by cutting expenses, which could boost its margins.
Analyst J.
- Programming Language Survey: Please Provide Your Input & See Results
A short survey on your programming language preferences, shouldn't take more than 1 minute of your time. Please participate and let others know too.
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- Create Bootable Windows 7 USB Drive
I am sure you don't want to downlaod and install and run the mammoth Windows 7 yet in your PC. But being a curious techie, you can not leave it unattended either. So what can you do so that both
- Top 5 Slider Mobile Phones of 2009
In these days, mobile phones are not only used for making and receiving calls, they also stand for the status and personality of the person who carries it. Main three design categories that stand out are conventional Candybar style,
- How To Add Revision Number, ID Automatically To Subversion Files in Two Simple Steps
Revision number of a file is an important information. Two most common uses are in serialization and in making version specific database upgrades for an application. I am using it for the later. Here is a simple way how you
- Symantec, McAfee settle with NY AG over subscription disclosures
Software makers Symantec, McAfee settle with NY AG
NEW YORK — Two of the nation's largest security software companies have agreed to clearly detail the terms of subscription renewals and pay penalties totaling $750,000 in a settlement with New York's attorney
- Vioxx & Celebrex Raise Risk of First & Repeat Heart Attack: Large Study
A large study, conducted by Dr. James M. Brophy and his colleagues, from the McGill University Health Center in Montreal, confirms that selective COX2 inhibitors - Vioxx (rofecoxib) and Celebrex (celecoxib) are both associated with increased risk of repeat heart
- Is Homeopathy Quackery?
That is the conclusion of a team of medical researchers in Britain and Switzerland, who reviewed a mountain of published evidence. They compared 110 trials of homeopathic remedies against a placebo with 110 trials of conventional medicines, which were also
- EU fines Intel a record euro1.06 billion, orders it to stop tactics that hurt competitor AMD
EU fines Intel a record euro1.06 billionBRUSSELS — The European Union has fined Intel Corp. a record euro1.06 billion ($1.44 billion) for monopoly abuse.
It is ordering the chip maker to halt sales tactics that it said blocked smaller rival AMD
- Don't rely on our Satyam audit: PricewaterhouseCoopers
NEW DELHI - In a curious twist to the Satyam Computer Services fraud, its erstwhile auditors PricewaterhouseCoopers have said their opinion on the financials of the beleaguered company may be rendered 'inaccurate and unreliable'.
In a letter to the new board
- US military using Facebook, Twitter to counter Taliban propaganda, reach new audiences
US military Tweets to counter TalibanKABUL — The U.S. military in Afghanistan is launching a Facebook page, a YouTube site and feeds on Twitter as part of a new communications effort to reach readers who get their information on the
- Watch your life passing by...
A nice Flash animation of timeline; innovative ;)
- 10 Reasons Why NOT TO Buy Apple iPhone in India
Apple iPhone needs no special introduction anymore. There have been numerous articles and Millions of people who have been fanatic about iPhone - some rationally, some blindly. Here in this article, we are not going to talk about Apple iPhone
- Google AdSense Changes Its Own Rule for ImDB?
I don't get Google AdSense. Last year with great fanfare they announced making the text of the ad non-linkable while keeping the title and URL linkable. This lead to immediate loss of huge revenue by publishers worldwide. And yet they
- FireFox Rises to 10% Market Share Worldwide
More than 10% of net users are going online with the Firefox browser according to analysis firm One Stat.
In US it has higher shares of 14%.
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However there appears to be a consensus among technical blogs that Firefox usage is
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