More new Gmail features

Even though Google introduced Anti-Virus capabilities to GMail recently, now they have introduced another set of new features which are available at What's New page.

Features

Web Clips
This will allow users to view news and RSS feeds inside GMail, without having to leave the GMail page.
View Attachments
With this you will not need to download or open attachments of many file types as it provides a "View as HTML" feature.
Supported file types are;
.pdf, .doc, .xls, .ppt, .rtf, .sxw, .sxc, .sxi, .sdw, .sdc, .sdd, and .wml.


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Google Desktop tweaked to block attackers

Due to a bug in Internet Explorer, data of Google Desktop (in user's machines) was in danger. Google has fixed it quite soon and users do not have to apply any patch as they have done it on their end.


But according to the news Microsoft is still looking into the bug.

Why Microsoft can not make a bugless browser? We know that developing a software without any bug is an (so-called)impossible task. But Microsoft is always issuing patches?



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Rename a database in MySQL through Linux console

Steps to follow to rename a database in a Linux environment can be listed as follows.

1. Stop mysql
    Use $ kill -9 [processID]
2. Search the place where the database folders are stored
    Use $ mysqladmin variables | grep datadir
3. Goto the folder which contains the database folders
4. Rename the folder
    Use $ mv
5. Start mysql
    Use $ mysqld_safe &

Adobe clinches Macromedia deal

Adobe Systems Inc has bought Macromedia Inc for $3.4bn. According to a news; the deal has been closed on last Saturday.

Adobe has commented that the users will experience a cheaper service than before. But normal senario is when a company becomes a dominator the prices go higher. We'll see? going down

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Creative Clock

Check how nice this clock works. A creative idea. ClockBlock

If you think Internet Explorer is great, read this

Many internet users happen to use Internet Explorer as the default browser, since it is provided with Microsoft Windows. So the users do not think of other choices, and stuck to IE.

It's still not too late to switch to a great browser like "Firefox".

www.stopie.com is a site completely related for this matter.

A Baby Named Google

Today only I heard that a child is named Google, actually Oliver Google Kai born on September 17th 2005 as son of Walid Elias Kai (a Ph.D. holder in search engine marketing) who is also a Google fan.

He is having his own home page, and also a blog.

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A poem by an African Man

Dear White fella............ Couple of things you should know.....

When I born, I Black,
When I grow up, I Black,
When I go in Sun, I Black,
When I scared, I Black,
When I sick, I Black,
And when I die, I still black.......

And you White fella,
When you born, you Pink,
When you grow up, you White,
When you go in Sun, you Red,
When you cold, you Blue,
When you scared, you Yellow,
When you sick, you Green,
And when you die, you Gray.................

And you calling me Colored ???????????

Quite correct but innocent idea. I love this poem very much.

Have you ever used EJB?

View cartoon story: EJBHammer

Nice and a completely true idea from TSS. Without XDoclet, writing an EJB is a huge work.

I totally agree with this. What do you think?

Google set to display books

Google Print resumes its work from today for books and other contents that are not covered by Copy Right Law. So the authors of the books can decide whether they want their books to be available on Google print or not.


Google print also would be a great help for people who are trying to find a good book to buy since it allows you to read some parts of the book.

Scored 98% - Sun Certified Programmer for Java 2 Platform 1.4 (CX-310-035)

I scored 98%.

Today is a very special day for me as I could comprehensively complete the Sun Certified Programmer for Java 2 Platform 1.4 (CX-310-035) exam. I could score 98% which is believed as to be a great score.

I got ready for this while I was too busy with a new project in my office. But I was able to some how manage and complete the exam with a great score.

And if you are having any questions or clarifications I may be able to help you. Just put me a mail with an explanation, so that I will help you on clarifying those.