CEATEC JAPAN 2009

CEATEC JAPAN 2009
The CEATEC event is the showcase for the latest technology and best in gadgets and electronics. The event was first established in early 2000 and its still going strong. This time the event is going to be in Japan. The CEATEC Japan takes place in the October first week from the 6th to the 10th at the Makuhari Messe.

For more information,please visit CEATEC JAPAN 2009

Mobile Number Portability

Mobile phone users in india will be able to retain their mobile numbers even if they switch service providers from Dec. 31, according to the india's Ministry of Communications & IT
The new Mobile Number Portability (MNP) facility will be rolled out by then in the nation's four largest cities and some other service areas, with subscribers in other parts of the country getting the facility by March 20, the government said on Wednesday

To read the news item Mobile number portability by December in the hindu

CSS Formatting using TextMate

If you are writing CSS files using TextMate on Mac OS X here is a formatting tip that will benefit you.

Press CMD + ALT + 0 to hide property values leaving just 1 line displaying the document selector. This is great especially if you need to quickly run through a long CSS file.

Orkut video chat

Video chat in orkut

Orkut just introduced video chat to talk face-to-face with your friends. Open your webcam and download a small plugin, install it,that's all. Next time when you signed in to orkut, if you see a small green camera icons next to your friends names in your chat list that means they are ready to video chat.Then, open a chat window and click on the "Start video chat" link in the "Actions" menu. You can also pop out your chat window and increase the size all the way up to full-screen for a better view of your friend.

Google Fast Flip

Google is testing a new service, Fast Flip, which lets you browse through recent headlines and feeds from news Web sites. Google introduced an experimental news hub called Fast Flip that allows users to view news articles from dozens of major publishers and flip through them as quickly as they would the pages of a magazine.
Fast Flip, which is available at fastflip.googlelabs.com, first appears as a collection of images of news articles that Google has culled from the sites of its partners. The articles are displayed side by side in various horizontal rails that show them arranged by popularity; sections like politics, business, travel or entertainment; topics like tennis, Iran or the Beatles; and news source.

Read more about the google FastFlip nytimes article titled The Google Fast Flip

Best websites to Send SMS online

Smslife is an innovative idea from Bandvalley Technologies.You can Send Free SMS To All Mobiles in India.What an idea friend.

www.way2sms.comWay2SMS is SMS tool which helps you to send SMS .Also, Send SMS to the Group contacts with single click.

www.160by2.com160by2.com Most Popular WAP Site In India.You can send free SMS from ur email. up to 80 characters long.

ibibo.com let you call or send SMSs to anyone - absolutely FREE!

indyarocks
Indyarocks.com is an online and mobile based social networking site for connecting Indians across the Globe. It is a place where you can Invite, Connect, Share, Speakout and Have fun. The platform is designed to provide you with unlimited freedom of expression.

vakowVakow! is a community of people who love SMS blogging and sharing.

SMS GupShup is a free group SMS service! You can use GupShup from your mobile phone or website.


www.jaxtr.comStray online through your phone to stay in touch and get in touch with anyone worldwide.You can send an SMS to anyone in more than 150 countries.



www.atrochatro.comUseful to send free sms to all GSM CDMA mobiles from your computer.

gizmosms.comYou can send FREE messages to any Mobile Phone

www.mysmsindia.comYou can send FREE messages to any Mobile Phone

SMSJunction>You can send FREE messages to any Mobile Phone

The First Halal Search Engine Launched

The last few years Muslims have become very active on the Internet
. The lack of tools for Muslims to be able to continue their online activities responsibly has inspired
ImHalal.com to enter the search engine market.

Potential Muslim internet users who might previously have
avoided the internet for some of its less wholesome content, now have a safe option in the new search engine
Imhalal.com.

While internet use has increased steadily in the Middle East and North Africa over the last few of years, many potential users have stayed away due to religious concerns over the content. The search engine will not return results considered harmful, forbidden content, instead it will only show results that are halal, approved, under Muslim religious law.

Sardeha has high hopes and more plans for the future. "In one month's time we hope to add Islamic widgets such as prayer time so that you can easily find out when to pray or when you come to the website you will see a quote from the Qur'an. We are marketing Imhalal as a social homepage for Muslim households" He said.

"Imhalal is not a dictatorial or censorship website, we want people to be able to continue their online search," commented Sardeha.

The search engine uses 'various techniques' to determine which results are Halal (acceptable) or Haraam (forbidden).

What are your thoughts on this?

Windows 7

What Is Windows 7
Windows is the world's most popular OS software product.
Windows 7 will build on the substantial investments the company has made in the fundamentals with Windows Vista - improving:
- Security
- Reliability
- Performance
Windows 7 is designed to be compatible with the same hardware, applications, and device drivers as Windows Vista today. Windows 7 will offer improved navigation, a new taskbar and a streamlined UI so that common tasks done in Windows are done easier and more quickly. You will be able to share data to all your PCs and devices in your home network or at work.
With Windows 7 + Windows Live, you will be able to stay connected to the people that matter to you, and with Internet Explorer 8 you will get a faster, safer, more productive Web experience.
Along with new features such as "Touch Gestures" and "Device Stage", Windows 7 will enable you to get more out of your devices including the ones you use most often like your digital cameras, mobile phones and printers.
Windows 7 will make it easier to use networked media devices to play music, watch videos, and display photos that are on your Windows PC.
And Windows 7 will also offer more options than ever to customize and personalize your Windows PC with styles that match your personality!

Read more about windows 7 at Microsoft Windows 7

Unique Identity Cards for All Indians

The former CEO of Infosys, Nandan Nilekani, has taken up the challenge of heading a Government of India initiative that seeks to provide all Indians with an unique identity card (ID).

In February 2009, the Government of India envisioned a project for providing unique IDs to all Indians. To bring more accountability to this massive project, it asked the former CEO of Infosys, Nandan Nilekani, to head it.

The decade-long project, which Nandan calls, “the mother of all IT projects,” seeks to provide each of India’s 1.2 billion people with an ID card embedded with a microchip. This would help build a massive national database and bring a new accountability to the system. Most importantly, the project could enable millions of poor Indians to gain access to much-needed financial aid and social services.

Read more about the pioneer and his project in this interesting BusinessWeek article titled The Man Behind India’s ID card program

The Windows Based Web OS -Nivio

Nivio is a web based operating system which runs a Windows desktop from browser. It comes with Windows XP, 5GB of space, back up, virus protection, anti-spam and other kind of software apps available for purchase. Using Nivio you won’t need to extra hardware, fire drives, or cds. Nivio brings your desktop to you, wherever you are. Plus as it’s Windows based, there’s nothing new to learn and files are always backed up so you don’t have to worry. The standard version of Nivio is $12.99 a month. Of course you’ll have to pay for MS Office software, but items such as iTunes, Adobe Reader, and KlipFolio are free.
What Nivio say:
“Nivio is a fully functional Windows desktop environment accessible via a web browser through any internet connected device running on any platform (including Linux, MAC and Windows). Nivio enables a user to seamlessly access the desktop data & applications when and where they need it; be it at the office, from home or even on the go. Nivio stands for "hardware liberation". Your files follow you. You don"t need to take around your external media or even burn CD"s. Just log onto Nivio and access your files on any computer at your destination. With Nivio, your data follows you.”

visit Nivio.com find out more about this interesting technology and its possible impact.

Self Destructing Web Content

Self Destructing Web Content

Vanish! It is the new tool to delete online data. Developed by the University of Washington, Vanish allows data, messages, files, and other web content to self-destruct after a certain time. Soon, emails, Facebook messages, and Google documents can all be set to disappear into thin air by using Vanish, if assistant professor Yoshi Kohno, who designed the software had his way.

There is so much data now created, shared, and stored online, as opposed to on individual computers. And, documents could remain online for years, even after the user deleted the original file. Vanish would ensure that even archived or backed-up copies of the data are unreadable after the time limit set by the original user.

While it is a great technological advancement, this technology can easily be misused. Professor Kohno too acknowledges that the software could be used for ill intent.

Read the original BBC article find out more about this interesting technology and its possible impact.

Beware of Some of the Worst Email Mistakes!

According to the findings of a national survey carried out by Creative Group, a US firm that provides marketing and web services, almost eight out of ten advertising and marketing executives have confessed to making a mistake when sending an email. Read on to find out how to avoid the mistakes that can put an end to a career!

The most common mistakes range from sending an e-mail to the wrong person, accidentally sending out salary information or other personal data to the entire staff, unwittingly e-mailing a new job search to the boss, and sending personal photos as attachments instead of business spreadsheets.

Always giving your e-mail your individed attention and thinking twice before hitting the "Reply all" button are the best means of avoiding what can be unforgiveable errors.

"Email mistakes can be painfully visible and viral," says Megan Slabinski, Executive Director of the Creative Group. "Professionals must be especially careful in this economy not to do anything that could cause employers to question their competence or judgment, and that means paying close attention when sending any kind of message, particularly if the information is sensitive."

There are utilites like those at SperrySoftware.com or SlipStick .com that will prevent a majority of these problems.Of course, no tool can overcome that most insidious of problems - the lack of thinking before hitting Send