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	<link>http://blog.taragana.com</link>
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		<title>Sun Offers 3 Free Solaris 10 Exams</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sun is offering three free assessment tests for Solaris 10 operating system focusing on Unix Essential and System Administration. They are for the following certifications:

UNIX Essentials Featuring the Solaris 10 Operating System
Objectives:

Use command-line features and help resources
Manage and view files and directories and change the directory contents
Create and modify files and use basic file permissions
Create [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/sun-offers-3-free-solaris-10-exams/</link>
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		<title>5 Free Java Exams From Sun</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sun offers 5 free proficiency assessment examinations. Read below for details and how you can take them.

Sun Certified Associate for the Java Platform, Standard Edition, Exam Version 1.0

		Exam Objectives:

Fundamental Object-Oriented Concepts
UML Representation of Object-Oriented Concepts
Java Implementation of Object-Oriented Concepts
Algorithm Design and Implementation
Java Development Fundamentals
Java Platforms and Integration Technologies
Client Technologies
Server Technologies


Sun Certified Programmer for the Java [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/5-free-sun-java-exams/</link>
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		<title>The Secret To Twitter</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Robert Scoble recently commented that the secret to twitter is to follow more people, that way you get to learn more. I agree that is it important. However that doesn't give you the real value out of twitter. You can get more out of twitter.
Twitter is a constant stream of chat from various known and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/the-secret-to-twitter/</link>
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		<title>We Are Hiring!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Check out our career page and open positions. We prefer candidates from Kolkata, India. Exceptional candidates out of state will also be considered. In short we are looking for:
1. Software Engineer
You will be developing very high quality software products and services catering to a worldwide market.
Java (JSP, Servlets etc.), PHP and Javascript are the key [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/we-are-hiring/</link>
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		<title>Bangalore &#038; India Java Leaders of the World? Should JavaOne Shift to India?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It was well known that there is a significant amount of Java development in Bangalore these days. However it took me by surprise to find that it may actually be a world leader in terms of amount of Java and India too as a country. What was even more surprising is that USA doesn't figure [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/bangalore-india-java-leaders-of-the-world-should-javaone-shift-to-india/</link>
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		<title>How To Resolve Tomcat - Openfire Port Conflict</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Openfire (Jabber/XMPP server) by default binds on port 8080 which is also used by Tomcat. This causes Tomcat to fail when openfire is started before it. The solution, as always, is simple.
You can either change the port of Openfire or Tomcat. Alternatively you can bind them on different IP addresses in machines with multiple interfaces [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/how-to-resolve-tomcat-openfire-port-conflict/</link>
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		<title>How To Detect AdBlock Plus</title>
		<description><![CDATA[AdBlock Plus is a controversial Firefox plugin to prevent ads from displaying on web pages. There is a simple procedure to detect (and take appropriate action) AdBlock Plus.
The idea is to dupe itself in thinking that a Javascript is from a well known advertising site like Google AdSense or falkag.net. Here is a code snippet [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/how-to-detect-adblock-plus/</link>
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		<title>How To Make AJAX Calls With ExtJS Easily</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Simple things should be simple. While starting with ExtJS, I saw a screencast on Grid which used a rather dubious method of making an AJAX call using an actual form element. I hunted for a better option and I came across a better option - Ext.data.Connection. Here's an working example on how you can easily [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/how-to-make-ajax-calls-with-extjs-easily/</link>
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		<title>How To Install JDK 6 / Java SE 6 (+ Tomcat) in Fedora Core 6 / Fedora 7 in 5 Minutes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Fedora Core developers make it rather hard to install and properly configure Sun's JVM. All said and done Sun's JVM (comes with JDK) is the best JVM implementation out there; not to mention that it is the reference implementation. Here is how you can easily install JDK 6 / Java SE 6 in 5 minutes [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/how-to-install-jdk-6-java-se-6-tomcat-in-fedora-core-6-fedora-7-in-5-minutes/</link>
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		<title>The Power And Versatility of JSON (Over XML)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It is never a good idea to mix syntax with semantics. When comparing JSON with XML this is what first came to my mind. XML provides a syntactical as well as a semi-semantical layer for data transfer. And that makes it a complicated choice. But that is just the tip of the proverbial iceberg. There [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/the-power-and-versatility-of-json-over-xml/</link>
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