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Google + invites goes away here!!

2011-06-30T03:24:00.000-07:00

Hey,
Although a high demand is there regarding google + invitations!! i managed one from the web. NOT from GOOGLE!!! See i am logged into the the portal --

Need an invite??? just leave your email in comments for this post. I'll let you know further to have it!!! cheers...

UPDATE : see i am not cheating here. it works.. the following person got invitation from me .. you may also try..

UPDATE more:: more than ( past: 22, recent past 30 ) now 34+ peoples got invite , some invites are still left!!! hurry up man!!!

Google delay: google is causing delay in releasing invite mail os please have patience. for example see the pic below

*************update on 2011-07-04************

another lucky chap got invites..but after hours of late. so it's working !!!! SOME people disbelieved me, now see the result!!!

MORE Update, MORE success:

see 1 people get invite within 1 HOUR of sending..of course the entire delay depends upon google!!!

e-procurement (e-GP) related concerns!

2011-05-21T23:45:00.000-07:00

*************Update on 6th jun'11 ****
Seeing a sudden rush of visitor from India. see this and that. Probably they have noticed it. and seems under pressure from CPTU. I also contacted DG, CPTU, proposing to have admin access so that more glitches can be traced out..BUT he declined.... However, if you see some/ all of the below mentioned issues no longer exists, don't be surprised and take the original post as a hoax..

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Bangladesh Govt has nearly completed preparation for launching electronic bidding/ procurement platform (e-GP) for governmental agencies. It’s indeed a good news for all. Now they have given access to a staging site (www.staging.eprocure.gov.bd) to test common functionality of the site. I have tried and got a test access in the site. Also browsed the site for having a basic understanding of the system working. Here I’ll post issues, glitches, bugs, user experiences as per my understanding as well as common concern. The list below will be gradually updated---

Browser support: as a tech savvy person I use Mozilla FireFox 4.01. So whenever I tried to log into the system, it shows a message of incompatible browser --

This is a frustrating user experience. Hundreds of bidder will use this platform/ web site for e-bidding BUT it’s putting very age old browser compatibility constraint to the general non-technical bidders. If a e-Governance site is not user friendly, how calm users will be interested to use it? So it will be wise to remove such type of constraint before going live!! Hope concerned authority will look into it.

email address validation: This is one of the silly issue i have never found anywhere. During registration, it first asks for a valid mail address, if i put '-' anywhere after @ char, it tells to enter a valid mail address. see below-

when i tried by removing '-' character, it certified that mail address is valid!!! what a poor validation rule used in such an e-government site. I haven't tried by using other special chars, may be more bugs will come!!

Session expired issue: No matter how fast you type the e-GP URL and log into the system with credentials, it will show "session expired message" (for the first time only!!) -

This is another hilarious thing!! definitely, general bidders won't be happy with this special feature (??)

Supported file types: although govt is focusing on open source based products/solutions, e-GP portal won't support files from open office or google docs format. see below for list of supported file extensions --

Even proprietary products from Microsoft, Google, oracle, IBM support managing heterogeneous file types and even interoperability to some extent. this is indeed a bad news for linux users...

Max file size: it clearly mentions that size of a file must be no bigger than 2 MB. Hilarious!! I composed some tender doc for some UN agency, size of the document was 8 MB.

For large govt tenders, huge number of documents need to be composed and hence 2 MB max size seems ridicule! If they have so problem regarding the file server, they could take help from public file server sites, such as rapidshare, megaupload and so on

logout issue: It's not a regular behavior, but it happens -- after log in. if you remain idle for sometime, it won't let you to log out. see the below picture

See, i am logged in. If i click on 'Logout', it just refreshes the same page. If i click on 'My DashBoard' , it show session expired page -

Now if you click on the, 'Go to log in page' link, you will be directed to the earlier page with Dashboard and log out link. Huh!! digital e-procurement in action!!!

e-payment issue: although Govt boasts to use e-payment for e-GP portal, it's certainly not the same. See the following pic, you need to pay at least 1 day before tender submission deadline

It is because tenderer need to go physically to the bank for paying money!! is this really e-payment means? I am not here to provide solution, but as a citizen i think everyone will expect the actual meaning of e-payment in place. Otherwise people will use meaning of digital Bangladesh also negatively!

SECURITY BREACH : This is by far the grave breach in this system. After logging into as a tenderer/individual consultant, you can view the PE (Procuring Entity) user lists and even will find 'edit' link to change their profile info also! See the following pic, i have logged into as tenderer/individual consultant which is evident by the items of top menu bar.

By exploiting some URL dynamics, see the PE user details are shown at the middle of the page. Also edit link is there to change their profile info...See the name of CPTU DG and Secretary of IMED is also visible there!! Now I will strongly say that the site didn't undergo rigorous testing phase most undoubtedly!!

Create New Govt user : Being logged into the system as tenderer, you are able to create govt users also..of course you need some intelligence. See the pic below I am creating a new user --SBuser for 'Security Breach user'

Yes!! it's done -- see below my SBuser with other authorized user list of CPTU. So this kind of vulnerable system may create controversy of govt claim to eradicate 'tenderbazee' by e-GP portal

Content approval without content admin : if you wish, you can approve your own content (how??), although approval responsibility goes to content admin. yes, this is a funny bug which remain untraceable by the indian chaps. see the pic below, i am commenting & approving while logged in as a tenderer.

also, another pic below shows that within 7 minutes it was being approved!!! so you are free to publish as much you like!!

Tenderer approval bypassing content admin: Say you are a registered tenderer. Ok, now you can by pass content admin and approve new tenderer/s by your own credentials!! Huh, is it called 'Shuvonkorer faki'?? If it's there how can govt claim to protect fraudulent practices related to tendering. See the pic bleow, a tenderer with pending approval

Now I am logged into as a tenderer and approving this pending one.--

it's done successfully and he is included in the approved list-

Was there any testing phase in this project? seems lots of money spent is going to worthless..may be because fund was given by 'Gouri shen'

Screen rendering issue: yes, after a break of few days.. i was using a certified browser(!!) of CPTU. But see one of the screen rendering issue, the circled table went far right than it should be -

now i'll tell if this kind of issues exist, no need of certified browsers!!! wait, i'll give some more screenshots.

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2011-04-23T23:21:00.000-07:00

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Share it with your dearest ones!! hurry up for the concession deal..

SharePoint 2007 Administration Exam, 70-630 questionnaire

2010-03-07T06:33:00.000-08:00

Hi,

It's a great news to share with you all. I appeared for MOSS 2007 server configuring Exam, TS: 70-630 yesterday. I not only passed, but also secured 1000 marks out of 1000. Don't you believe it?? see the following pic, my name is not shown for security reason.

Also here is the certificate from Microsoft

wanna need the questionnaire (i.e. full set of 51 questions & answers, not a sample of 5/10 questions!!)?? I can guarantee (with 90% surety) that you will get these questions in the exam. As I always say, nothing is really free in the world!!! So believe this before asking me to provide the questionnaire. If you gonna propose me a 'give and take' policy, I'll readily forward it to you...

Happy SharePoint Exam!!!

Sample questionnaire (with 90% guarantee of passing)for floowing SharePoint exams are available to me -

70-631
70-541
70-542

Post your comment with interest and email address so that I can communicate with you...

PMBOK 4th edition for PMP exam

2009-12-09T20:18:00.000-08:00

Hi,

PMI has released 4th edition of PMBOK guide for PMP aspirants on Dec'08. So 3rd edition is of no use now. After 30th Jun'09, any one wanna be PMP has to prepare him/herself according to 4th edition of the guide. I have tried long time to get a hold of the book. As I am not a PMI member and PMI member or PMPs are rare in my surroundings, it's very tough to get it. Either you have to buy it or become PMI memebr.

Even I contacted with some wanna be PMP aspirants, they somehow avoided whether they possess the latest edition of the book. After, a long search at last I get hold of it!!!! yeah, I got (I mean, I managed) soft copy of the PMBOK 4th edition from the Internet. Have a look at some random pages from the book (if you don't believe) --

Sounds good?? So if you are interested to get a hold or possess one copy of the book, you may contact with me. Put your email address in the comment with expression of interest. Remember, nothing in the world is actually free...believe this before showing your interest!!!!!

***Update on Success Story*****

Are you confused that it won't work?? In that case, see the mail exchange between me & some one who got it from me..If needed i can provide you more evidence..Hope it will be sufficient

More success story..appreciation from another lucky chap...

Cheat Sheet: Google Wave command

2009-11-25T00:07:00.000-08:00

Google Wave Command Cheat Sheet Search Cheat Sheet

This is a quick guide to the operators and restricts supported by wave search.
Keywords
about:[keyword] — finds waves which have [keyword] occurring anywhere. Same as [keyword].
title:[keyword] — finds waves which have [keyword] in the title.
caption:[keyword] — finds waves which have an attachment where [keyword] occurs in the caption.
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Status
is:read — finds all read waves.
is:unread — finds all unread waves.
Note: you cannot currently do a search like “-is:read” by itself and get reliable results due to an outstanding restriction on megastore queries
is:mute — finds all muted waves.
is:unmute — finds all waves not muted
is:active — currently the same as is:unread.
is:note — finds all waves which have you as the only participant and contributor
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Participants
from:[address] — finds waves from the participant identified by the address. Special case of from:me identifying waves from yourself.
by:[address] — same as from:[address].
to:[address] — find waves which are a dialogue between you and the participant identified by the address.
with:[address] — find waves that have the participant identified by the given address explicitly listed.
owner:[address] — find waves by person, that they created.
only:[address] — finds waves to which only the participant specified by the given address contributed.
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Date Search
Currently, there are a few restricts:
past:[date term] — finds all waves in the last period.
previous:[date term] — finds all waves in the period before the last period.
before:[date term] — finds all waves before a certain period.
after:[date term] — finds all waves after a certain period.
which can be combined with date terms:
day
week
month
year
So you can have past:week, past:year. There is also support for
past:N[date term] where N > 0. So you can have past:3days (today, yesterday, the day before yesterday).
Also you can have
past:Ndays
past:Nweeks
past:Nmonths
past:Nyears
Finally, you can abbreviate days, weeks, months and years to a single letter (d, w, m, y). Thus you can write
past:3d
past:2w
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Folders
in:[folder name] — find waves in the folder with the given name. For example, in:inbox.
in:[search name] — find waves in the saved search with the given name.
is:unfiled — find waves which have not been moved to a user folder.
is:filed — find waves which belong to some user folder.
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Attachments
has:attachment — finds waves with an attachment. This changed from “is:image”.
has:document — finds waves with an attachment which is a document. (coming soon)
has:image — finds waves with an attachments which is an image. (coming soon)
caption:[keyword] — finds waves with an attachment with caption containing [keyword].
filename:[keyword] — finds waves with an attachment with filename containing [keyword]. (coming soon)
mimetype:[keyword] — finds waves with an attachment with mimetype containing [keyword]. (coming soon)
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Tags
tag:[tag name] — finds waves with the tag [tag name].
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Gadgets
has:gadget — finds waves which contain a gadget.
gadget:[keyword] — finds waves which contain a gadget with name containing keywords. e.g. chess, fridge, map, risk, sokoban.
gadgeturl:[keyword] — finds waves which contain a gadget with urls containing keyword.
gadgettitle:[keyword] — finds waves which contain a gadget with a title containing keywords.
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Expressions
foo & bar — match waves with foo and bar.
You can use AND, or skip the operator altogether, as the logical and is the default.
foo | bar — match waves with foo or bar (or both).
foo OR bar — match waves with foo or bar (or both).
-foo — match waves that do not contain foo. (There is an outstanding bug that causes searches with only negative terms to fail. To get around it, use to:me -foo)
“foo … bar” — matches waves that contain the exact phrase “foo … bar” (There is an outstanding bug for live search not working with phrases)
foo & (bar | -baz) — matches waves that contain foo and either bar or do not contain baz.
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Phrases
“[multiple terms]” — match waves with one or more terms in sequence:
“hot dog” catches waves with the terms hot and dog in sequence. This is also required for other operators such as in:”new inbox” where say “new inbox” is a saved search.
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XML Search
tags:subtag — find all waves which have this combination.
tag:[tag] — find all waves which have this .
attribute:[value keyword] — finds all waves which have < …. attribute=value …> where keyword is a token in value.
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Wave ID
id:”” — find a wave with a specific wave id.
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Zero Inbox
If you want to zero inbox, you can hack this temporarily by saving a search “my inbox” with the query:
in:inbox is:unread this:week. You can then use the menu option “Mark as read” in the wave panel.
Alternative zero inbox: in:inbox is:unread past:7days -is:mail
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Saved Searches
A search can be saved using one of two methods:
Create a search in the search box and then press the Save search button at the bottom of the Digest panel.
Add a search using the searches Add button on the Navigation panel. Then add the search query and name of the search in the Saved Search popup panel.
Saved searches can be edited and managed using the pop-up menu which shows when hovering over the saved search in the searches section of the Navigation panel.
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Filters
Filters are saved searches which also have an action to apply to all waves which match the saved search. The actions supported are
skip inbox – removes the wave from inbox. Whilst this wave continues to match the search, it will continue to stay out of the inbox. Skip inbox will shortly be renamed archive.
mark as read – Whilst the wave continues to match the search, it will be marked as read.
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Folders
You can add a folder by using the Add button on the folders section of the Navigation panel. A folder is added by typing the folder name in the text box given and hitting enter.
Folders can be managed using the pop-up menu that shows when hovering over the folder on the Navigation panel.
Add folder – A subfolder can be added under the current folder.
Rename – rename the current folder.
Delete – delete the current folder.

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Google wave invite giveaway -- 2nd phase

2009-11-08T06:30:00.000-08:00

Hi,

I have already completed the first phase of wave invite give away program. See the testimonials
at the end of previous article. So, the concept works. Please go through rest of the article keeping in view that "Nothing in the world is actually free".

I gave away 2 invites previously. I have managed 4/5 more nominations in the mean time. Of those, 3 invite has already been arrived!!!! So again at least 3 of you lucky guys will get from me. prior to that, you have to complete some steps. Don't feel boring, once you are selected, you will get the invitations instantaneously, as I will hand over 3 of my Gmail accounts to you!!!! seems great??

Another thing, those who were left out from 1st phase, you need not have to complete the initial steps, just comment on this article again showing your interest. But if you follow the steps here that will be a plus point for you.

Tweet/Retweet the sentence 4/5 times (Just copy & paste it to Twitter)-

Few Google wave invites are still available here http://bit.ly/2lbK64. It works also http://bit.ly/hp7Bw. Increase your chance now!!

followed the step?? Next comment on this article showing your interest and mail address. I will mail you next instructions. Remember, do not comment on this article before completing the initial steps (for new comers). if you do, I will delete those comments.

I will update here on this article daily. the whole program may continue 4/5 days for completion. Couple of more steps will be required in the mean time. So keep patience..stay tuned..and most important, keep an eye on the regular updates!!! and not to mention, please follow the steps.

*******Update on 2009-11-10 ************

As nobody has commented yet, I am thinking people are not much interested OR believe it will not work like many other sites. If you are reading this post and you are believer of later reason, just take a look at the testimonial mentioned at the beginning of the post. If you go there, you will find the mail address of winners. You may mail him/her..however, if nobody requires wave invites, I have nothing to loose..Ha ha!!!

************Update on 2009-11-11*******

So far 1 people have commented. I will congratulate him now and will give a wave invite to him. He does not need to complete last steps. So if you are a disbeliever, it should be enough for you!!!!

*********** Update on 2009-11-13 **********

Hi, this phase is almost over. As mentioned, first commenter is selected. so next steps will be applicable for later commenter. I will wait for 12 hours more. After that , I will select the guys for wave invite....

******** Update on 2009-11-14 ********

Yeah, 2nd phase is closed. But the fact is that, among 3 commenters, 2 commenters have managed wave invite from somewhere else. And 3 rd commenter didn't mention his mail address.. So this phase is completed without giving any wave invite. Of course, i'll launch a 3rd phase soon, if you are interested just comment on this post and mention your mail address also. It's because, i can mail you instructions for this...

Google Wave invites for distribution

2009-10-18T05:17:00.000-07:00

**Update: For Google wave invite give away program (2nd phase ) visit here http://bit.ly/2lbK64 .

Hi,

You will be pleased to know that I have been nominated by 3 of my friends. But things were not the same for the last 2 weeks. If you see my past 4-5 articles, it will be clear. Even I announced a Google voice invitation for a wave invitation..but all were in vain. However, Within 1 week, the invitations will be arrived to 3 of my gmail accounts. So, In total I have 24 invitations to distribute. This is not an end, I am trying to grab more invitations from some other friends. May be at last, I will distribute my own account. I am seeing the whole distributing process as a means of profiting myself. So if you support my thinking, you may follow the instructions below. Among the contenders, I will distribute my invitations...Please remember that invitations are limited but contenders may be more...so don't feel that you are cheated in case you fail to get nominations.

Please follow the steps mentioned here. If you don't follow this I will not nominate you...

Browse at least 5 links of this blog. You can browse on main blog page or browse to an article page and go to links there.
Browse the Google wave complete features article in docstoc. Browse on at least 5 links on the article page.
Browse the Google wave 101 article on Bukisa. Just Browse at least 5 articles of the author, no need to click on links there...

Already done the above 3 steps, ok.. Now please add comment to this article showing your interest and mail address...You are one of short listed for wave nominations from my part. If I find anyone has commented without completing the above steps, I will simply delete the comment...

Couple of more steps will be required for completing nomination..I will add those shortly once my invitations are available...

********updated on 2009-10-19*******************

To my surprise, just after 1 day of being nominated by one of my friend, I have got an invitation from Google wave. See the Screenshot of log in screen...

Unfortunately, some are not following rules, please see my comments below.

Also, please pray that I get the chance to invite 8 more people from this invitation....I have heard that some people can't invite others.

*************Updates on 2009-10-20 *************

I have 1 good news and 1 bad news today. Which news you like to hear first? Yeah,, Good news is that I received 3 invitations on 3 of my Gmail accounts and nominated by another friend for wave invitation on 4th Gmail account. So here actually 2 good news!!!

Now, the bad news is that There is no provision to send invite to more people from all these 3 invitation. See the below pic. The red circled text is the problem. Also I logged into wave portal..no provision to send invite to other people...

But don't worry, If needed, I will handover my other 2 gmail accounts to 2 contenders (those have commented here). I apologize for my shortcomings here..I have no way to do more...Another good thing is that, 2 of you will get the invites instantly as i will handover my gmail accounts to you..So once you are selected, no more wait for Google to send you invite

***************** update on 2009-10-21 *****************

Yes, I appreciate your patience. It's coming to an end. Those who have commented here will soon receive a mail to your mailbox / spam folder. Check your mailbox carefully. Rest of the instructions are there. So this time, 2 lucky chaps from all of you get invitations from me.

Some more wave invites will be reached to me soon. That's another part. I'll let you know accordingly. I am very very sorry as I told about 24 invitations previously, but unfortunately I have 2 invitations to give away right now . pardon me for any inconvenience!!!

****************Update on 2009-10-22 *************

And I have calculated the result based on the criteria specified in the mail. 2 of all those who commented (except last 3 people who commented much late) have been selected. Some people didn't obey the steps such as, some people have requested to rule them out of contest, someone didn't reply to me, someone tweeted less than 4 times, some people replied very late etc. So they are temporarily out of final selection. So the winners are

tarang.com( a t ) gmail (dt) com
iamweer@gmail.com

Kudos the winners from my part. Within hours I will handover my 2 gmail accounts to them. I will append winner's comment here later.

see tarang's testimonial here----

See Weer's testimonial here --

Those who were left out in final selection, don't worry I'll include them in 2nd phase of this program. I will get at least 2 more invites within 4/5 days. So 2nd phase will start then.. I'll let you know when it starts...Stay tuned. Also you may follow my blog for further updates.

Google Wave 101

2009-10-15T23:43:00.000-07:00

Many of you have already got Google Wave invitation. So you are on the way of your wave journey!! Now you may not aware of all the features of it.

So for your convenience, here is a link of such article. Enjoy your wave journey and maximize
it's usage, build your social and business reputation with it

Google wave 101

Already in Google wave?? This is for you. Explore the ins and outs of Google Wave.. Hurry up!!!

Google voice Invitation exchange Google wave invitation

2009-10-03T07:41:00.000-07:00

Hi,

I have got a google voice invitation . But I live outside US. SO this is jut no use to me. If you want it, I can spare it for you. In case you, don't believe, see the invitation mail from google ---

Again, I am ready to get a google wave invitation to exchange the voice invitation I have. So if you have got a google wave invitation, you can just exchange it with mine. waiting for your proposal...

Google wave: A complete Guide

2009-09-29T21:23:00.000-07:00

100,000 invites for Google Wave, a new online collaboration/communication tool, are being distributed September 30, 2009..Google wave is already created a hype circling it's revolutionary existence. Check the following article for details...

Google wave, complete features

Enjoy the article, get google wave invitation, use it and show your feelings for it....

10 most poisonous animals in the world

2009-09-27T22:15:00.000-07:00

Have you seen the notorious animals in the world?? Her I have found 10 of the top most poisonous ones!!!! Click on the following link for the detail information--

10 Most Poisonous animals in the world

Keep 100 mile distance from these creatures!!!!!!

Warren Buffet's advice for recession year 2009

2009-09-27T22:09:00.001-07:00

Although a bit late, I have found the remarkable advices of Warren Buffet. The speech was made targeting the recession period of 2009. You will also be glad to know that it's very contextual and practical.

Read the article here.

Enjoy the advices and apply those to your business!! Happy recession end from the world!!

Precautionary steps for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

2009-09-26T22:22:00.000-07:00

In our everyday life we are using Computer for various needs, specially those PC geeks & nerds, hackers & crackers are using it for tens of hours continuously. It may cause some physical disorder if appropriate Ergonomics are not followed. One such vicious disease is CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME.

You may check the article here Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Check it and use it in your daily life...

Detect Blood Clots/Stroke with Tongue

2009-09-26T21:42:00.001-07:00

As a part of first aid, you can detect sign of blood clots/stroke with the help of your tongue. Yes, i found it in the following link..

Blood clots/stroke detection with tongue

Hope you will be benefited from it...if so, why not spread the link??

Check your Cell Phone genuity!!

2009-09-18T01:20:00.000-07:00

The cell phone you are carrying is of many use to you. But, it may cause you severe damage if the device is not from original manufacturer.

Have you ever seen the IMEI number of your cell phone?? Have you ever executed *#06# in you cell phone?? It will show the serial number / IMEI number on your cell phone screen. But the salient question is that how to understand whether it is counterfeit or original manufacturer. Click on the following link and read the article --

Cell Phone Genuity Check

Found it useful??

An Introducton to Scrum (Agile Project Management))

2009-09-17T22:51:00.000-07:00

Today I will provide a presentation depicting Scrum introduction for a non-agile / eager to learn agile guys. Yes, agile is becoming popular day-by-day. PMI has endorsed agile, a new group PMI-agile has been formed and it is officially launched by PMI CEO.

The presentation is also redistributable.. So enjoy it..

Introduction to Scrum.

Need more presentation?? just chime in.

ONE PARAGRAPH THAT EXPLAINS LIFE!

2009-09-09T22:45:00.001-07:00

Arthur Ashe, the legendary Wimbledon player was dying of AIDS which he got due to infected blood he received during a heart surgery in 1983..

From world over, he received letters from his fans, one of which conveyed: "Why does GOD have to select you for such a bad disease"?

To this Arthur Ashe replied:

"The world over, 50 million children start playing tennis, 5 million learn to play tennis, 500,000 learn professional tennis, 50,000 come to the circuit, 5000 reach the grand slam, 50 reach Wimbledon, 4 to semi final, 2 to the finals, when I was holding a cup I never asked GOD 'Why me?'. And today in pain I should not be asking GOD 'Why me?' "

"Happiness keeps you Sweet,
Trials keep you Strong,
Sorrow keeps you Human,
Failure keeps you humble and Success keeps you glowing,
But only Faith & Attitude Keeps you going...”

How to use iTunes 9 with iPhone apps

2009-09-09T21:26:00.000-07:00

Finally Apple has released iTunes 9. A much hyped release among apple lovers. It's became craze of internet community after a while of it's release. Here I am pointing to an article that shows how can you use it with other iPhone apps with ease.

Use iTunes 9 with iPhone apps

Hope you will enjoy it.

Tazoodle, a search engine that will PAY you in return

2009-09-08T06:07:00.000-07:00

The Search Engine arena is turning into a new phase. Yes, seeing Google and Bing's success more investors are trying to invest in search engine business with new idea. one such idea is TAZOODLE, it will pay you for using it in searching. Yes, see below how does it works--

Do you use a search engine? Of course you do. So, why not use a search engine where you can earn income? With Tazoodle, you can. Here's how it works...

Register a user account with Tazoodle. No credit card is required and there are no monthly fees. No monthly cost means no monthly cost!

Log into your account and search for information on the Internet as you would any search engine. In addition to general information, the search results page may show our advertisers. If you view an advertisers website, you're on your way to qualifying for sharing in the days revenue pool. Continue using Tazoodle throughout the day to search the Internet. If you view a minimum of twenty advertiser websites, you qualify to receive income. It's just that simple. But, there's more!

You'll earn a cash commission by introducing Tazoodle to website owners that advertise. Plus, you'll earn even more income if the person that you introduced Tazoodle to subsequently introduces Tazoodle to someone else who advertises. Wow!

Tazoodle offers you a way to earn income for something that you already do and that's using a search engine.

You can also enjoy a video if you like to know a bit detail

Please remember one thing, If you are reading this article, click on the following link. TAzoodle requires to endorse your sponsor (i.e referrer ) for earning cash purpose. So please don't forget me as your sponsor. The link is http://www.tazoodle.com/referral.php?ref_id=187%23

Don't think, register there and you will also get your referral link. So you can also promote yourself to your friends and dear ones also. Cheers!!! Have a ncie day

Orange and T-mobile merger!!! will be Uk's largest carrier

2009-09-08T02:18:00.000-07:00

T-Mobile and Orange are to merge their UK businesses, creating a mobile phone giant with 28.4 million customers.

source: BBC and softsailor

France Telecom and Deutsche-Telekom announced earlier today that they will merge Orange UK and T-Mobile UK in order to compete against O2 and Vodafone in the British market. Although the partnership doesn’t have a name yet, it will definitely become UK’s largest carrier with 28 million subscribers, and a market share of 37 percent. Before this agreement Orange and T-Mobile were the third, and respectively the fourth largest carriers in the UK with O2 and Vodafone in the first and second place.

The UK market is a very competitive market, and according to France Telecom and Deutsche-Telekom, from now on it will be even more competitive. Both companies expect total savings of €4 billion thanks to this agreement which will provide better indoor and outdoor coverage via 2G and 3G services.

The biggest winners of the deal are the customers as both Orange and T-Mobile will have enough money to develop new technologies, and to provide better subscriptions for their users. The united company will be led by Tom Alexander, CEO of Orange UK, and this may be due to the fact that T-Mobile lost more than 87,000 subscribers in the UK since the end of June. Seems to me that T-Mobile has a lot more to gain than everybody else, but we’ll see what happens and we’re waiting for more details soon.

Barack Obama Speech for Student -- Full Transcript

2009-09-07T20:22:00.000-07:00

source: Whitehouse web site

The President: Hello everyone – how’s everybody doing today? I’m here with students at Wakefield High School in Arlington, Virginia. And we’ve got students tuning in from all across America, kindergarten through twelfth grade. I’m glad you all could join us today.

I know that for many of you, today is the first day of school. And for those of you in kindergarten, or starting middle or high school, it’s your first day in a new school, so it’s understandable if you’re a little nervous. I imagine there are some seniors out there who are feeling pretty good right now, with just one more year to go. And no matter what grade you’re in, some of you are probably wishing it were still summer, and you could’ve stayed in bed just a little longer this morning.

I know that feeling. When I was young, my family lived in Indonesia for a few years, and my mother didn’t have the money to send me where all the American kids went to school. So she decided to teach me extra lessons herself, Monday through Friday – at 4:30 in the morning.

Now I wasn’t too happy about getting up that early. A lot of times, I’d fall asleep right there at the kitchen table. But whenever I’d complain, my mother would just give me one of those looks and say, "This is no picnic for me either, buster."

So I know some of you are still adjusting to being back at school. But I’m here today because I have something important to discuss with you. I’m here because I want to talk with you about your education and what’s expected of all of you in this new school year.

Now I’ve given a lot of speeches about education. And I’ve talked a lot about responsibility.

I’ve talked about your teachers’ responsibility for inspiring you, and pushing you to learn.

I’ve talked about your parents’ responsibility for making sure you stay on track, and get your homework done, and don’t spend every waking hour in front of the TV or with that Xbox.

I’ve talked a lot about your government’s responsibility for setting high standards, supporting teachers and principals, and turning around schools that aren’t working where students aren’t getting the opportunities they deserve.

But at the end of the day, we can have the most dedicated teachers, the most supportive parents, and the best schools in the world – and none of it will matter unless all of you fulfill your responsibilities. Unless you show up to those schools; pay attention to those teachers; listen to your parents, grandparents and other adults; and put in the hard work it takes to succeed.

And that’s what I want to focus on today: the responsibility each of you has for your education. I want to start with the responsibility you have to yourself.

Every single one of you has something you’re good at. Every single one of you has something to offer. And you have a responsibility to yourself to discover what that is. That’s the opportunity an education can provide.

Maybe you could be a good writer – maybe even good enough to write a book or articles in a newspaper – but you might not know it until you write a paper for your English class. Maybe you could be an innovator or an inventor – maybe even good enough to come up with the next iPhone or a new medicine or vaccine – but you might not know it until you do a project for your science class. Maybe you could be a mayor or a Senator or a Supreme Court Justice, but you might not know that until you join student government or the debate team.

And no matter what you want to do with your life – I guarantee that you’ll need an education to do it. You want to be a doctor, or a teacher, or a police officer? You want to be a nurse or an architect, a lawyer or a member of our military? You’re going to need a good education for every single one of those careers. You can’t drop out of school and just drop into a good job. You’ve got to work for it and train for it and learn for it.

And this isn’t just important for your own life and your own future. What you make of your education will decide nothing less than the future of this country. What you’re learning in school today will determine whether we as a nation can meet our greatest challenges in the future.

You’ll need the knowledge and problem-solving skills you learn in science and math to cure diseases like cancer and AIDS, and to develop new energy technologies and protect our environment. You’ll need the insights and critical thinking skills you gain in history and social studies to fight poverty and homelessness, crime and discrimination, and make our nation more fair and more free. You’ll need the creativity and ingenuity you develop in all your classes to build new companies that will create new jobs and boost our economy.

We need every single one of you to develop your talents, skills and intellect so you can help solve our most difficult problems. If you don’t do that – if you quit on school – you’re not just quitting on yourself, you’re quitting on your country.

Now I know it’s not always easy to do well in school. I know a lot of you have challenges in your lives right now that can make it hard to focus on your schoolwork.

I get it. I know what that’s like. My father left my family when I was two years old, and I was raised by a single mother who struggled at times to pay the bills and wasn’t always able to give us things the other kids had. There were times when I missed having a father in my life. There were times when I was lonely and felt like I didn’t fit in.

So I wasn’t always as focused as I should have been. I did some things I’m not proud of, and got in more trouble than I should have. And my life could have easily taken a turn for the worse.

But I was fortunate. I got a lot of second chances and had the opportunity to go to college, and law school, and follow my dreams. My wife, our First Lady Michelle Obama, has a similar story. Neither of her parents had gone to college, and they didn’t have much. But they worked hard, and she worked hard, so that she could go to the best schools in this country.

Some of you might not have those advantages. Maybe you don’t have adults in your life who give you the support that you need. Maybe someone in your family has lost their job, and there’s not enough money to go around. Maybe you live in a neighborhood where you don’t feel safe, or have friends who are pressuring you to do things you know aren’t right.

But at the end of the day, the circumstances of your life – what you look like, where you come from, how much money you have, what you’ve got going on at home – that’s no excuse for neglecting your homework or having a bad attitude. That’s no excuse for talking back to your teacher, or cutting class, or dropping out of school. That’s no excuse for not trying.

Where you are right now doesn’t have to determine where you’ll end up. No one’s written your destiny for you. Here in America, you write your own destiny. You make your own future.

That’s what young people like you are doing every day, all across America.

Young people like Jazmin Perez, from Roma, Texas. Jazmin didn’t speak English when she first started school. Hardly anyone in her hometown went to college, and neither of her parents had gone either. But she worked hard, earned good grades, got a scholarship to Brown University, and is now in graduate school, studying public health, on her way to being Dr. Jazmin Perez.

I’m thinking about Andoni Schultz, from Los Altos, California, who’s fought brain cancer since he was three. He’s endured all sorts of treatments and surgeries, one of which affected his memory, so it took him much longer – hundreds of extra hours – to do his schoolwork. But he never fell behind, and he’s headed to college this fall.

And then there’s Shantell Steve, from my hometown of Chicago, Illinois. Even when bouncing from foster home to foster home in the toughest neighborhoods, she managed to get a job at a local health center; start a program to keep young people out of gangs; and she’s on track to graduate high school with honors and go on to college.

Jazmin, Andoni and Shantell aren’t any different from any of you. They faced challenges in their lives just like you do. But they refused to give up. They chose to take responsibility for their education and set goals for themselves. And I expect all of you to do the same.

That’s why today, I’m calling on each of you to set your own goals for your education – and to do everything you can to meet them. Your goal can be something as simple as doing all your homework, paying attention in class, or spending time each day reading a book. Maybe you’ll decide to get involved in an extracurricular activity, or volunteer in your community. Maybe you’ll decide to stand up for kids who are being teased or bullied because of who they are or how they look, because you believe, like I do, that all kids deserve a safe environment to study and learn. Maybe you’ll decide to take better care of yourself so you can be more ready to learn. And along those lines, I hope you’ll all wash your hands a lot, and stay home from school when you don’t feel well, so we can keep people from getting the flu this fall and winter.

Whatever you resolve to do, I want you to commit to it. I want you to really work at it.

I know that sometimes, you get the sense from TV that you can be rich and successful without any hard work -- that your ticket to success is through rapping or basketball or being a reality TV star, when chances are, you’re not going to be any of those things.

But the truth is, being successful is hard. You won’t love every subject you study. You won’t click with every teacher. Not every homework assignment will seem completely relevant to your life right this minute. And you won’t necessarily succeed at everything the first time you try.

That’s OK. Some of the most successful people in the world are the ones who’ve had the most failures. JK Rowling’s first Harry Potter book was rejected twelve times before it was finally published. Michael Jordan was cut from his high school basketball team, and he lost hundreds of games and missed thousands of shots during his career. But he once said, "I have failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed."

These people succeeded because they understand that you can’t let your failures define you – you have to let them teach you. You have to let them show you what to do differently next time. If you get in trouble, that doesn’t mean you’re a troublemaker, it means you need to try harder to behave. If you get a bad grade, that doesn’t mean you’re stupid, it just means you need to spend more time studying.

No one’s born being good at things, you become good at things through hard work. You’re not a varsity athlete the first time you play a new sport. You don’t hit every note the first time you sing a song. You’ve got to practice. It’s the same with your schoolwork. You might have to do a math problem a few times before you get it right, or read something a few times before you understand it, or do a few drafts of a paper before it’s good enough to hand in.

Don’t be afraid to ask questions. Don’t be afraid to ask for help when you need it. I do that every day. Asking for help isn’t a sign of weakness, it’s a sign of strength. It shows you have the courage to admit when you don’t know something, and to learn something new. So find an adult you trust – a parent, grandparent or teacher; a coach or counselor – and ask them to help you stay on track to meet your goals.

And even when you’re struggling, even when you’re discouraged, and you feel like other people have given up on you – don’t ever give up on yourself. Because when you give up on yourself, you give up on your country.

The story of America isn’t about people who quit when things got tough. It’s about people who kept going, who tried harder, who loved their country too much to do anything less than their best.

It’s the story of students who sat where you sit 250 years ago, and went on to wage a revolution and found this nation. Students who sat where you sit 75 years ago who overcame a Depression and won a world war; who fought for civil rights and put a man on the moon. Students who sat where you sit 20 years ago who founded Google, Twitter and Facebook and changed the way we communicate with each other.

So today, I want to ask you, what’s your contribution going to be? What problems are you going to solve? What discoveries will you make? What will a president who comes here in twenty or fifty or one hundred years say about what all of you did for this country?

Your families, your teachers, and I are doing everything we can to make sure you have the education you need to answer these questions. I’m working hard to fix up your classrooms and get you the books, equipment and computers you need to learn. But you’ve got to do your part too. So I expect you to get serious this year. I expect you to put your best effort into everything you do. I expect great things from each of you. So don’t let us down – don’t let your family or your country or yourself down. Make us all proud. I know you can do it.

Thank you, God bless you, and God bless America.

Universal Precautions for Swine Flue Pandemic

2009-08-29T23:25:00.000-07:00

Swine Flue is now one of the biggest problem/diseases in the world. Tens of peoples are infected by the disease day by day.WHO has published some universal precautions for the disease. such as, here is a sample pic

For more pics and prescriptive texts , visit the following links

Swine Flu: Universal Preacautions

Universal Precautions for Swine Flue

Please spread the message as soon and many as possible.

Programmatically Bluetooth device pairing with no passkey -- problem and workaround/ solution

2009-08-29T21:26:00.000-07:00

Hi,

I hope you already know that, some Bluetooth devices are dumb/ without non interactive GUI and for some of these devices, pairing is done with no passkey. This is very easily done from OS level (via control panel). But the problem occurs when you try to pair with such devices programmatically. You will see some GUI where a request from device will require some passkey to you. This problem I observed with Microsoft Bluetooth Stack.

I have searched the web extensively, but found no workaround. I got some suggestions, such as 0000, 9999, 1234 and so on. But no result was there.

WorkAround

There can be 2 workaround here.

Using Windows Bluetooth API
Using 32feet.net API..this works well with Microsoft Bluetooth stack

Seems Interesting??? Just Chime in so that I can add the workarounds here...

Earn while you tweet, Also Enjoy a $5 Bonus on early Sing up!!!

2009-08-28T01:53:00.000-07:00

Twivert provides "value ads" which you can share with your friends through twitter. When someone clicks on these ads you get paid, thats it.

Wanna know the details before sign up??? just see the article Twitter Earning

Don't want to waste your time??? then just click here Earn while you Tweet

Lot's of people are doing it?? why are you late!!! just Hurry up

Snow Leopard, Next generation OS from Apple

2009-08-25T21:07:00.000-07:00

Have you heard of Snow Leopard ? it's not actually a Leopard, but a venture from Apple in the Operating System (OS) arena. it’s the next iteration of Apple’s Mac OS X, and it’s also a beast that hunts cute little snow bunnies (no, not young women who spend a great deal of time skiing) and *gasp* eats them. Hence, it sometimes has blood around its mouth, and sure enough, the snow leopard pictured on the desktop you get when you install the latest version of Mac OS X, had something alive for breakfast the morning the picture was taken.

It was released in June. Now a renewed version is going to be published within this month (Aug'09). if you want to know the features of Snow Leopard, browse the following Link

Snow Leopard

Hope you will enjoy it. Apple is rocketing with it's innovation

Create your first iPhone Application and Promote it to APPLE

2009-08-17T21:35:00.000-07:00

iPhone is a craze to peoples, from tech to socail and neutral minded. Lots of people are now trying to develop applications for iPhone, not only just using it. you may also learn to develop iPhone app.

I have collected the article from smashingmagazine. The article is a nice one for developing your first iPhone app from scratch, you may also buy their book from their web site.

create iPhone Application

Hope you will enjoy it.

Google wave complete features

2009-08-15T23:29:00.000-07:00

Probably, you already know that, Google wave will be commercially released within Q3 of 2009. But you will feel glad that it's developer preview is already available. You will find the complete features of it in the following link--

Google wave: a complete guide

Hope you will enjoy it. Also share your comments if you like it.

Google Chrome OS early screenshots

2009-08-15T21:00:00.000-07:00

I have collected it from mashable. They have claimed that it is collected from unfamiliar sources. That's not a problem. Just see the screen shots. I like your comment whether the screen shots are liked by you or not. To me, it's not so bad...but hope the UIs will be more innovative....

When the Chrome OS will appear in reality?? imagine a tech war between Microsoft and Google!!!

Gartner Hype Cycle 2009 Report: Twitter trending down, Web 2.0 up

2009-08-11T21:27:00.000-07:00

Analyst firm Gartner has just released its latest Hype Cycle white paper, detailing some of the biggest trends in technology this year. According to the report, cloud computing, e-books and Internet TV are at the "Peak of Inflated Expectations," while this year's biggest hit Twitter is said to have "tipped over the peak" and is just about to enter the infamous "Trough of Disillusionment." Social software suites and other microblogging services are likewise starting their downward trend. Interestingly, web 2.0 is deemed to be nearly past the Trough and entering the "Slope of Enlightenment."

We can't help but feel that Gartner may be underestimating the impact of microblogging. It remarks that services like Twitter enable "new kinds of fast, witty, easy-to assimilate exchanges." Microblogging is rated as having a "moderate" impact on business, however Gartner does not analyze the over-arching trend of Real-time web that microblogging exemplifies. They do make a good point that "channel pollution" is a current issue with these services, however this is where the ecosystem of search and filtering products - around Twitter especially - are proving their worth. See also our post earlier today about the new distributed forms of microblogging that may rise to take Twitter's place over time.

Visit Gartner Inc. web page for details of the report. Also, you may find a greater details of the report here. Also, here is 2nd link for the article.

Google Caffeine: New search engine from Google

2009-08-10T21:27:00.000-07:00

Google has announced about it's improved search engine Google caffeine yesterday. It will be more faster, to some extent real time search and will index more contents, as per Google's claim. See the screen shot when given some texts in it ---

Now it will need time to comment on the caffeine engine, as it needs more through testing and investigation. as for now, you may play with the caffeine developer preview. Search and enjoy!!! let us share your experience in comments.

Long Live Google Caffeine!!!

Reset your Twitter password -- Received mail from Twitter TWICE in a week

2009-08-07T22:27:00.000-07:00

I got the same mail from Twitter 2 times within a week, stating my password is reset. It's simply bizarre to me. The mail is as follows --

Hey there.
Due to concern that your account may have been compromised in a phishing attack that took place off-Twitter, your password was reset. Please create a new password by opening this link in your browser:
http://twitter.com/account/password_reset?email=xxxxxx&token=0eb1e14ee8eh2888a9046fb433c74200

This will reset your password. Remember to choose a strong password that is a combination of letters, numbers, and symbols. Do not reuse your old password.
As a reminder, you should be extraordinarily suspicious of any third party that offers to artificially inflate your follower count. We do not endorse any of these sites.
Please make sure to:

Scan your computers for viruses / malware, especially if unauthorized tweets continue to be posted in your accounts even after you've changed the password.
Check the Connections page at http://twitter.com/account/connections and revoke the access privileges of any third party applications that you do not recognize.
Avoid providing your username and/or e-mail and password to untrusted third-party sites.
You can also visit our help page for hacked or compromised accounts at.

The Twitter Team

Please do not reply to this message; it was sent from an unmonitored email address. This message is a service email related to your use of Twitter. For general inquiries or to request support with your Twitter account, please visit us at Twitter Support.

Have you observed the same thing?? if so share your comments here.

HTML 5 and CSS 3 Cheat sheet!!!

2009-08-04T05:08:00.000-07:00

Welcome to the world of HTML 5 and CSS 3. XHTML 2.0 has been died...

Wow!! At last I found the cheat sheets in the web. For your convenience, it is uploaded in the following link..Enjoy and have a look!!!!

HTML 5 Cheat sheet or HTML 5 cheatsheet

CSS 3 Cheat Sheet or CSS 3 sheat sheet

Coding A HTML 5 Layout From Scratch

2009-08-04T03:26:00.000-07:00

Yes, it's HTML 5 and CSS3..just arrived today..what a cool news...Just now found the beautiful article in the web. Smashingmagazine has done it in an excellent way.

For example, the article implments the following design using HTML 5 and CSS3. Check the link below or click on the picture for the article...hope you will enjoy

HTML 5 and CSS3 -- How to

Advanced ASP.NET Ajax Server Controls, for .Net 3.5

2009-08-02T02:42:00.000-07:00

This book is related to ASP.net with AJAX programming..learn how to build Rich Internet Application with AJAX...

You may download the book from the below link..it's for free
ASP.Net and AJAX for .net 3.5

Hope you will enjoy the book

How to catch a Lion??

2009-07-30T21:15:00.000-07:00

Newton 's Method:

Let, the lion catch you.
For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.
Implies you caught lion.

Einstein Method:

Run in the direction opposite to that of the lion.
Due to higher relative velocity, the lion will also run faster and will get tired soon.
Now you can trap it easily.

Software Engineer Method:

Catch a cat and claim that your testing has proven that its a Lion.
If anyone comes back with issues tell that you will upgrade it to Lion.

BD Police Method:

Catch any animal and interrogate it & torture it to accept that its a lion .

Kala Jahangir Method :
Keep warning the lion that u may come and attack anytime.
The lion will live in fear and die soon in fear itself.

BD Govt Method:

Send Police around 2AM and kill it, while it's sleeping !

Manirathnam Method (director):

Make sure the lion does not get sun light and put the lion in a dark
room with a single candle lighted.
Keep murmuring something in its ears.
The lion will be highly irritated and commit suicide.

Karan Johar Method (director):

Send a lioness into the forest.
Our lion and lioness fall in love with each other.
Send another lioness in to the forest, followed by another lion.
First lion loves the first lioness and the second lion loves the 2nd lioness.
But 2nd lioness loves both lions.
Now send another lioness (third) into the forest.
You don't understand right... ok....read it after 15 yrs, then also u wont!

Yash Chopra method (director):

Take the lion to Australia or US.. and kill it in a good scenic location.

Dipzol method:

Continuously dance before the lion for 5 or 6 days.

Animal right Activist method:

Save the lion from a danger and feed him with some vegetables continuously.

George bush method:

Link the lion with Osama bin laden and shoot him!!!

Gavaskar method:
Ask the lion to bowl at u.
U bat for 200 balls and score 10 runs
Lion tired and surrenders

Find out MAC Address of Bluetooth devices from your HandHeld / PDA / SmartPhone

2009-07-30T07:06:00.000-07:00

I was working on a embedded project. We got a Medical device, an iPAQ mobile and a BlueTooth programmer from client. They already installed the software in iPAQ with establishing connection with the device. That means, I don’t have the passkey of the device. So If I want to connect with the device from my PC or laptop, I have no clue other than asking client for the passkey. One alternative way was there. The existing software uses a BlueTooth configuration wizard, which takes last 3 digit of the device MAC address. I chalked out a plan for retrieving the MAC address of the device. Here is the details—
1. At first I connected the iPAQ with my PC through the charging cable of the iPAQ.
2. Established connection with the iPAQ through ActiveSync.
3. Opened the VS 2008 ‘’Remote Registry tools”. And connected with the iPAQ.
4. I found the MAC address in the following location
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WIDCOMM\DEVICES
5. There were several devices info. Each key device was named with MAC address of the device. Under each key there is a sub key “Name”. It contains name of the device in HEX.
6. Decoded the Hex value to ASCII. WHooA!!! I got the device name and of course the MAC address.

New "Kaaba" Bar will be open in New York-- Shame!!

2009-07-29T23:54:00.001-07:00

Shocking?

???

In the business area of MID TOWN MAN HATTAN in?New York?a new BAR is opened in the name of APPLE MECCA which is familiar to KAABA MAKKAH This bar will be used for supply of WINE and Drinks. The Muslims of New York are pressurizing Government of USA to not open this BAR.

Please do Forward this mail to as many peoples as you can.

We need 2 wake up and 2 stand for the dignity of our RELIGION ISLAM!!

Together we can and we will?Inshallah

FireFox 4.0 early Screenshots

2009-07-29T23:45:00.000-07:00

FireFox is creating hype among Internet users.. it's going to release version 4 of it's browser. see the screen shots --

FireFox 4.0 look and feel

Hope you will enjoy it