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August 2nd, 2006 Eight different ways Google Checkout prevents and protects you from fraudulent credit card transactions, reimburses you for eligible chargebacks and even fights on your behalf: Update: See the comments at the end for some negative experiences with Google checkout. Consider them before commiting to Google checkout.

June 29th, 2006 Google Launched Google Checkout today. It appears to be a surefire PayPal killer.

August 31st, 2007 Tata Indicom now allows you to pay your bills online using your credit card or using your net banking account. As a Tata Indicom Broadband customer this is a big convenience for me.

November 8th, 2007 Researchers at Arizona State University have developed a low-cost (1/10 of Flash memory), low-power (1/1000 times more energy efficient as Flash memory) computer memory that could put terabyte-sized thumb drives in consumers' pockets within a few years. "A thumb drive using our memory could store a terabyte of information," says Michael Kozicki, director of ASU's Center for Applied Nanoionics.

August 13th, 2008 I mean every word of it. I found this simple configuration tip after days of continuously looking at MySQL logs (mytop), top, slow log queries, debugging the hell out of applications, reading tons of MySQL optimization tips (and pulling my remaining hairs in frustration) on the web.

February 12th, 2009 As the world is going cyber every day, managing your finance (or should I say e-money) needs more than your bank accounts, cheque books, bank transaction reports and etc. Why tax your brain so much when there is a mega-flop (no pun intended, its all digital) machine at your home? There are software for almost everything and today I am going to name 25 of them.

June 28th, 2006 This week, possibly as soon as Wednesday, Google is expected by many to unveil a new Internet payment system. It may start out as an online wallet but could become a PayPal-like infrastructure for payments across the Web, handling everything from skis to music and videos, analysts said Tuesday.

July 20th, 2007 What is auto reconnect in MySQL? The MySQL client library can perform an automatic reconnect to the server if it finds that the connection is down when you attempt to send a statement to the server to be executed. In this case, the library tries once to reconnect to the server and send the statement again.

September 19th, 2006 "Hi there, I am a brithsh businessman and I contact you for a business proposal. I want to to be my co-worker.

June 12th, 2008 Sun offers 5 free proficiency assessment examinations. Read below for details and how you can take them.

October 7th, 2006 Contents Wireless access for field technicians Insurance claim processing with web application and 3G wireless network Free Wi-Fi in retail stores Operational CRM - Anticipating ways to add to a customers' experience Preventing drug counterfeiting using RFID tags Selling internal IT products & services to fund IT projects, R&D & infrastructure upgrade OCR to speed transportation Automated personalized offer generation for cross-selling Using GPS enabled cell phone to track drivers and optimize trips My favorites Wireless Wireless access for field technicians Construction company Emcor Group put voice (cell phone), e-mail and specialized applications on a handheld device that fits in a shirt pocket. Field technicians are now more productive, using a wireless dispatching system tied to Emcor's customer support center.

March 28th, 2009 ZooKeeper is a high-performance coordination service for distributed applications. It exposes common services - such as naming, configuration management, synchronization, and group services - in a simple interface so you don't have to write them from scratch.

September 11th, 2006 I am talking about setting up a full featured website for your small business or personal use with your own domain and receiving your emails@your-domain.com address. You can setup emails for yourself and your employees.

August 31st, 2009 Most of the businesses these days use database server. Although commercial databases like Oracle, Microsoft's SQL Server, and IBM's DB2 server are widely used, but the open source databases are fast gaining popularity, especial with the small and mid size businesses.