Hungry????? go and cook u'r self. But how?? Learn it here else search a restaurant

Are you bored of eating the same stuff daily or going to the same restaurant every day. If yes then try Yahoo! Food. Yahoo.com, one of the mosted visited protals in the world is proving a new service Yahoo! Food. You can use this service to learn new recipies for everday or for special days. The site is enhanced by food videos which makes the learning process easier and fun.The site also allows you to search for Restaurants and cooks.

Yahoo! Home page: http://www.yahoo.com/
Yahoo! Food Home: http://food.yahoo.com/

Have a Great Taste!!!!!!

Now search u'r favorite mobile ringtones using this new Rediff.com service

There's a good news for mobile lovers who change thier ringtones frequently. Rediff.com, a web protal offering services such as news, shopping, Rediff Bol (chat), blog on mobile etc. has announced the launch of Rediff ringtone search. This service allows users to search their favorite ringtones phonetically by using keywords related to a song/movie title,actor, lyricist, or music director. The search results are from a huge database of over 60,000 ringtones in Hindi, also including 15 regional languages.
So, now whether you are looking for a monophonic, polyphonic,sing, or true tones go forward with Rediff ringtone search.

Rediff home page: http://www.rediff.com/
Rediff mobile site : http://in.rediff.com/mobile/

Microsoft Contest----- Securewars

Securewars _ IT Pro Security Contest
Securewars is a unique Microsoft India initiative to promote the concepts of Information systems security amongst Indian IT Professionals. This contest targeted at all IT Professionals based out of India with many fabulous prizes to be won.
For Full Details visit Microsoft at http://www.microsoft.com/india/securewars/Default.aspx

How to register?

Registration process will start from 30th Nov 2006 to 31st Dec 2006. For registration visit http://www.microsoft.com/india/securewars/MyContest/TakeExam.aspx.

Eligibility

Any IT professional residing in India shall be entitled to participate in the Contest ("Participant").

An employee, agent or a relative of an employee of Microsoft, or its parent company Microsoft Corporation, USA shall not be eligible to participate in the Contest.

Each Participant must ensure that his/her participation in the Contest is lawful and is in accordance with the applicable laws.

Stages of the Contest (Highlights, Please check the details at Microsoft site)

Stage - I will start from 7th Dec & end on 31st Dec 2006. Results will be announced on 3rd Jan 2007. Stage 1 will have 50 objective and multiple choice questions.
Stage - II will start from 3rd Jan 2007 and end on 15th Jan 2007. It will have 50 objective and multiple choice questions.
Stage -III will start from 17th Jan 2007 and end on 31st Jan 2007. In stage III, which will be offline, the top 100 participants will be given a case study with defined business and technical requirements with possibility to propose numerous products, technologies and processes.
Stage –IV Top 10 participants from stage III will be interviewed by a panel of experts.

Prizes

1 st prize winner willl get 2 Tickets to the cricket match on 28th April 2007 in West indies which includes return air tickets, lodging and boarding.

Top 10 will get Xbox 360

Top 100 will get Windows Smart Phones

Top 1000 will get USB kits

500 Early Bird Prizes – Back Packs

AdWareAlert -----Spyware and Adware removal tool

• AdWareAlert scans your computer for hidden parasites and removes them permanently.
• Advanced system cleaner works to repair and correct errors caused by ad and spywares and tweaks your PC for optimal performance.
• Annoying pop-up ads are blocked before they have a chance to bother you again.

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Spyware and Adware Software------Spywarebot

Spywarebot is a spyware and adware removal tool.

What SPYWAREBOT can do for your system----

• Scan your computer for hidden AdWare and Spyware, Remove them permanently.
• Software Blocks adware and spyware from sneaking into your system.
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Registry repair software- Registry Smart

RegistrySmart is a PC error diagnostics and repair. It scans every inch of your file system and registry in under 2 minutes.

• RegistrySmart Repair Features
• Fix Windows-Installer Errors
• Repair DLL Files
• Windows Startup Errors
• Internet Explorer Errors
• Runtime Errors
• Prevents PC from Freezing or Crashing
• Restore Correct File & Registry Paths
• Broken DLLs, OCX, and ActiveX Components
• Corrupt Files
• Stabalize Scripting Errors Tune & Repair Your PC with Diagnostics

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How to know that your PC is infected by Windows Registry Errors

Have your noticed the follwing problems:

• PC runs much slower than when you first bought it
• PC keeps crashing at critical times
• Unable to remove a software using add/remove dialog
• PC doesn't shutdown correctly
• PC doesn't startup correctly
• PC needs frequent rebooting
• Getting the "Blue Screen of Death"

If you face any of the above problems then your PC seems to be infected by Windows Registry problem. You need to Fix this problem.

Error Doctor is one such software that you can use to clean / fix registry problems with just few mouse clicks.

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Does your computer run slow?? Try registry repair

Windows users that have a habbit of trying out new softwares might have noticed that in the long run their computer slows down. Why does this happen?? When you install a new sofware then the windows registry entries are updated to include the new sofware registry information. But when you remove a software then the registry settings many times are not cleared properly or modified properly to reflect the software removal completly. This causes your computer to slow down. You can repair your registry by using registry repair software.
Try this one for free

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Spyware And Adware

Spyware and Adware are the software programs that intefere your browsing activity. You have noticed while browsing pop ups appearing while browsing these are example of them. What do they try to? Actually adware try to sell a product or increse traffic to their sites. Spyware try to invade your privacy, your personal information like information which you submit on forms while browsing. They make it possible for hackers to hack your computer. Some of them are to direct you to some site so that the site gain traffic. These programs are downloaded to your computer while browsing but you may not know.
To prevent these you can install pop up blockers like the one that come with yahoo or google toolbars for free. I have such a toolbar on my computer now no more annoying popups.
Second is to install a sypware/ adware remover tool on you PC and check your PC at regular intervals.

You can scan you PC for free here

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Hope You have scanned your PC by this software or some other

How to share large files Uploads and Downloads

Many times we have a requirement to share large files but we cannot send them as attachment in email because of file size limit. Today I came across site www.rapidshare.com. This site allows you to upload and download unlimited files and share it with your friends and family. The service is available as free and paid. I had come here to download a file. I used the free service to download. Using free service i had to wait for few minutes before download permission was granted. Using paid service you can get instant download. I havn't checked the upload feature.

Why pay for cable TV when you can watch them for free

Now get ready to turn you PC into a entertainment hub. PC in now-a-days not only a tool for office work, it used for communication, games, entertainment etc. We pay for watch cable tv on a regular basic but now you can watch it for free on your PC. In this way if you are working on your computer and you want to have a glance of cricket match or your favourite serial/movie when you are tired you can just open a new window and refresh yourself then go to work again.

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you can watch over 3000 cahnnels from different regions of the world. Choose the favorite and enjoy!!!!!!!

Sun Microsystems open sources its Java Programming language and associated software

The company has released the first Java code under version 2 of the General Public License (GPLv2), which governs Linux and other open source products. This will allow Java products to be easily integrated with Linux platform. The Sun-hosted Java.net Web site will offer access to Java Platform Micro Edition (Java ME) software for mobile phones and Java Platform Standard Edition (Java SE) software for desktop applications.

Windows Live Mail, The next generation of web mail from Microsoft

Windows live mail is currently in Beta Version and is recieving good response.It has been build up from the ground to make it easier, faster and safer.Its main features include

--2GB storage space
-120 days expiration period
-drag and drop functionality
-features like address auto complete
-anti-phishing features
-easier to read send and organize mails

This product is expected to be available to all users in around six months to come.

More space for Hotmail users

Microsoft has upgraded the storage space of all its active hotmail users account that are more than 2 years old to 1000 MB and also the account expiration days to 60 days. Previously Microsoft provided 250 MB storage space to its users and the expiration was after 30 days. This means that now you can keep more mails, share more photos, keep more files etc. So, it a great gift for hotmail users-ENJOY!!!!!!!

want to get paid for providing your help??

Google needs help of people like you and me for improving its products because they are made for us. You ca help them by participating in interview, focus groups, online survey etc. Google generally pays $75 for each hour you spend with a google researcher. It doesn't matter where you live or whether you have used any google products till now or not. Check out the details at https://services.google.com/inquiry/user_study
and earn a handsome amount.

Microsoft changes its strategy

It seems Microsoft has changed it strategy. From years the company focused on Software distributing licenses for its Windows software and building software for the hardware that other manufactured. Now a days company is focusing attention on Xbox, and Zune. Microsoft was the biggest opponent of Open Source but now it is signing agreements with other companies to support it. It signed agreement with Zend for future development of PHP. A week back it signed agreement with Novel, a long time enemy and proponent of Linux (Open Source operating system) to ensure that Windows and Linux may run side by side.

Zune Vs iPod

Microsoft releases its music player "Zune" which is similar to Apple’s iPod. Till now Apple’s iPod, it’s iTunes software and its online music store dominates the digital music market. Zune launch is a Microsoft’s attempt to loosen the iPod grip over digital music market and overtake it, will it be able to do that?
Microsoft’s Zune comes with music library software and online store similar to the Apple’s iPod. Zune device does not work with other online stores and its online store even does not offer songs for non Zune devices. Zune works on wireless technology and comes with 30 GB Harddisk. The pricing is same as that of iPod. Zune has a bigger screen of 3" as compared to iPod’s 2.5". When it comes to downloads iPod performs much better.

Large BPO pharma contract in TCS pocket

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), India major software giant has bagged a large pharma BPO contract from Eli Lilly for providing drug development services, including clinical trial, data management, statistical analysis and medical writing. Although not disclosed by the company, the multi-year contract is estimated to be around $30-35 million.

BSNL to step its foot in the IT Space

India. State owned BSNL (Bharat Sanchar Nagam Limited), India’s Largest telecom provider has decided to enter the IT space by providing solutions like web hosting, premium mail services, server collocation, customer vault services, online security solutions, online gaming solutions, and data centre facilities etc. The announcement would me made as soon by the company. IBM and telecommunication Consultants of India (TCIL) are providing the platform for these IT services.

Yahoo IM in Yahoo mail

Just as Google users use Google talk and Google mail services in the same window soon Yahoo users may be able to use the messager and the mail service in the same way as google users are doing now. Yahoo is planning to integrate the two services so now you no longer will need to download the Yahoo Internet messanger to user system. The company has demonstrated this service at Web 2.0 conference, Garling House publicy. So, its for us to see now what other major players like msn, rediff etc. do, will they take the same step.

TCS buys Australian company

India Leading software company Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has overtaken the Australian company TCS Management (TCSM) for Rs. 51.60 crore. TCS has to pay 17 lakh Australian dollars in cash and the rest amount is to be paid in five years.

Hutch takes services from Microsoft

India. Day by day mobile companies are taking each possible step to offer more and more online content to their customers. Following this Step Hutchissan Essar has entered into an agreement with Microsoft to offer online services such as messaging and email search to its mobile customers.

Streaming Video on Reliance

India. India mobile customers are increasing at the fastest rate in the world. To attract more and more customers companies are making various strategies like keeping the tariff rates as low as possible, offer all services that their competitors offer as well as some unique services which make them stand apart. People want everything in real time and on their demand. Taking a step towards this Reliance Communications Ltd. (Anil Dhirubhai Group Company) has started offering online streaming video services to its customers from this Thursday. The service started with the telecast of presiding speech by Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer.

Indian IT act on path of amendment, law to be stricter

India has remained a favorite choice for outsourced IT and IT enabled services because of the low operation cost, talented people, high potential and being the country with the highest number of youths in the world. Data security is a major concern in call centers. Past reports of data theft from call centers had made the Indian government to think and thus it has now decided to make amendment to the IT act to account for higher security so that India remains the most preferred hub for IT services as it’s now and no one could raise a question on data privacy.

Driverless Webcam

Creative Optia driverless webcam

Highest video resolution: 640X480
Frame Rate: 30 fps
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image:1.3 megapixel2 resolution (1.3 Megapixel 1280x960 (software
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Precision Lens
Manual Focus Ring
USB2.0 Connectivity, also
backward compatible with USB 1.1
Privacy Control
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tilt and swivel head mechanism

REQUIREMENTS

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500MB HDD
CD-ROM
USB 1.1

A Call Center company employs only young graduates at the entry level but is that actually true???????????

All companies generally hire youths at the entry level positions but it is shocking to know that big call centre companies in India like IBM Daksh, Convergys, Vertex and Genpact have started hiring people above 40+ years. Employees in the 40+ age group include housewives, self-employed or freelance professionals and ex-defense serviceman (retiring out of short-service commission). What has attributed companies to follow this trend is the need for stability in BPO. Youths have generally high desires and they tend to be less stable, they migrate from one company to another very soon as the trend is seen these days. Contrast to this people at 40+ have settled so they are more stable. It has opened a chance for housewife’s to contribute financially to the growth of their family. It a good news for 40+ people if they have a desire to work in such companies.

A step to Boost PHP or To Safeguard Windows

Microsoft has entered into a collaboration with Zend to work towards development of technologies that will enable PHP (HyperText Processor) programs to run on Windows servers 2003 and the upcoming server named "Longhorn". This seems to be a result of the popularity of the scripting language PHP worldwide and its growing number of users. Zend will establish a Windows testing lab to maintain high performance of PHP on Windows Server.
Most People deploy PHP programs on Linux/Unix, so is it a step of Microsoft to safeguard windows and avoid people from shifting to Linux. Linux and PHP have the advantage of being OpenSouce thus no expenses and that will remain the cause of PHP - Linux couple popularity, I hope.

Use your mind and your tech skills to get win a Las Vegas trip and $2500 cash

Each day brings a new fortune for u. Here one for u. Microsoft is running a contest open to the entire world in which you can win a trip to Mix07 in Las Vegas, and $2500 cash. What you have to do is just build an addon for IE7 and submit it between nov 1, 2006 and feb 9, 2007.

Go to ieaddons.upload.com to begin the submission process. If you already have an account with upload.com you can log in with that information.

Microsoft has partnered with CNET and download.com to collect, evaluate and host addons for IEAddOns.com and the contest.

Full details about the contest, including more resources, can be found on the contest home page http://msdn.microsoft.com/ie/addoncontest

In order to make it easy for you to develop your own addons, Microsoft has provided plenty of resources at http://msdn.misrosoft.com/ie

In case you r not interested in developing addons then you can check out http://ieaddons.com/ to download addons for IE7 to make browsing more customised and suit u'r needs.

Microsoft IE7 Launch Ad Campaign Photographs

Who will win the browser race???????

It seems that there is some browser race going on these days. First yahoo releases the IE7 version then the next day Microsoft releases its IE7 browser. A day or 2 after that Firefox 2.0 is released.

Microsoft IE7 features a new look providing more space to view the webpages. It has added tabbed browsing which allows to view multiple site within one IE window. It has enhanced the printing features. It allows to subscribe to RSS feeds and now you can make your searche from your favorite search engine directly from the browser. Improved security features help protect you against malicious software, and help to keep your personal data safe from fraudulent websites and online phishing scams.

You can use IE7 with-
Windows XP Service Pack 2
(SP2)
Windows XP Professional x64 Edition
Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 (SP1)

Yahoo IE7 browser is essentially the IE 7 browser with a number of tweaks, such as Yahoo home pages, Yahoo as the default search engine and a Yahoo toolbar.

The following lines at http://www.mozillazine.org/ describe the release and features of Firefox 2.0

Mozilla Firefox 2 Released
The Mozilla Corporation has officially released Mozilla Firefox 2 for Microsoft
Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. Coming just days after the launch of Microsoft Internet Explorer 7,
Firefox 2 offers a refreshed user interface, anti-phishing protection,
improvements to the built-in search feature, tabbed browsing changes, the
ability to restore an interrupted session, better support for Web feeds, inline
spell-checking, support for microsummaries and a number of other
enhancements.

In terms of release Yahoo stood first but who will get the most number of downloads and which will satisfy most number of customers, lets see.