New Yahoo! Mail Beta

Yahoo! Mail Beta is a web-based email application that combines the rich, responsive interface of a desktop program with the available-from-anywhere convenience of your existing Yahoo! Mail account.

Benefits of Yahoo! Mail Beta include:

* Drag and drop messages into folders for better organization

* A preview pane makes it easier to read your messages

* Speedier Ajax-interface

* Keyboard shortcuts such as Ctrl-S to save a message

* Navigate from message to message with the arrow keys

* Messages open in tabs or new windows so you can multitask

Yahoo! Mail Beta doesn't work in Opera (GMail does), it's pretty fast, loads faster than GMail, but you don't have the feeling you're using a desktop client. For example, scrolling the list of messages takes some time, you have to wait a couple of seconds after you select a message (you only see: "Loading message...").

The built-in RSS reader works very good, it imports your feeds from My Yahoo, but you can't categorize them or move them, you can't export your subscriptions into OPML.

As described on Google Blog

Aptana - The Web IDE

Aptana is a robust, JavaScript-focused IDE for building dynamic web applications.
Highlights include the following features:

• Code Assist on JavaScript, HTML, and CSS languages, including your own JavaScript functions
• Outliner that gives a snapshot view of your JavaScript, HTML, and CSS code structure
• Error and warning notification for your code
• Support for Aptana UI customization and extensions
• Cross-platform support
• Free and open source licensed under the Eclipse Public License, v1.0. (Source available soon)

Online tool to create documents, edit them your way, and share with anyone...

New! Online tool to create documents, edit them your way, and share with anyone...

Empressr web-based application

Empressr!

Empressr is the first web-based application that lets you create, share and store presentations online. It goes beyond current presentation applications by enabling you to incorporate rich media features, like streaming video and animation, to create the most dynamic presentations possible.

eyeOS [Web Operating System]

What is eyeOS?

eyeOS is an Open Source Web Desktop Environment, commonly known as Web Operating System (Web OS) or Web Office. eyeOS is Open Source Software, and can be downloaded or used trought the official eyeOS server. The basic System comes with some office and PIM applications, and the complete eyeOS software database can be found at eyeApps.org and in the public server. More information can be found at the forums and in the screenshots section.

Meebo! The web based IM

Meebo is a web based IM that lets you log into your IM networks from any computer with a browser and internet connection with no firewall issues.

It employs technologies (like AJAX) to make it act more like a desktop application, which dramatically improves usability.

Many users enjoy the benefits of a native DHTML application, as it does not consume as many system resources as a Java applet (such as ICQ2Go or Yahoo Web Messenger).

Some users are also experimenting with setting meebo as their Active Desktop page to use meebo like a native Windows application for their instant-messaging purposes.

So Go Meebo!

Browse Happy!

Have a website? Want to link to Browse Happy? Then feel free to download one of these promotional graphics, and thanks for the link!

The Web Word Processor

·	Share documents instantly & collaborate real-time.
	Pick exactly who can access your documents.
·	Edit your documents from anywhere.
	Nothing to download -- your browser is all you need.
·	Store your documents securely online.
	Offsite storage plus data backup every 10 seconds.
·	Easy to use.
	Clean, uncluttered screens with a familiar, desktop feel.

Gmail for your domain

This special beta test lets you give Gmail, Google's webmail service, to every user at your domain. Gmail for your domain is hosted by Google, so there's no hardware or software for you to install or maintain.

		Gmail - 2 gigabytes of storage and search tools that help your users find information fast. Instant messaging from right inside their accounts.
		Google Talk - Users can call or send instant messages to their contacts for free – anytime, anywhere in the world.
		Google Calendar - Users can organize their schedules and share events and calendars with others.
		Control Panel - Easily manage user accounts, aliases, mailing lists, and chat settings.

Want to be part of this beta test?

Gmail for your domain is currently available as a limited beta. If your organization is interested in helping Google test this service, we'll consider your domain for this beta. You'll need to sign in with a Google Account (or get a new one), and answer a few quick questions about your organization and your email needs.

Details..

Create TinyURL!

The following URL:

http://needsupport.blogspot.com/2006/07/microsoft-to-invest-
150-mn-in-pune.html

has a length of 79 characters and resulted in the following TinyURL which has a length of 24 characters:

http://tinyurl.com/fgsgo

[Open in new window]

Note: For IE 4+ on Windows, the TinyURL is automatically copied to your clipboard and is ready for pasting (using Ctrl-V). To copy the TinyURL to your clipboard, either select the text and copy using Ctrl-C, or right click the link next to the TinyURL and select the copy link location option.

MSN & Windows Live Messenger Status Image Generator

Welcome to my MSN & Windows Live Messenger Status Image Generator! This was created by me (Alex P) for myself and other Messenger users! Thanks go to msgshit.com for the hosting!

Since I started recording stats on the 2nd of February 2006, we have served up a massive total of 5215219 delicious status images! Party!

To generate yourself an image for use in your signature or blog or wherever you like, simply fill out the following fields. Entering a display pic URL is optional & you must enter your username without spaces.

Web2.0Generator

This is meant to be a parody of Web 2.0 Logos. While they are pretty cool, they are all kinda the same. It was created as a joke, not a serious logo maker. But feel free to use it to make a logo. :P

Check out at http://msig.info/web2.php

Happy Independence Day!!

Image from Aqshar.com

Dragons: A Fantasy Made Real on Discovery

Premieres 6 August, 8pm

Throughout human history, people have been fascinated with dragons, which have appeared in the myths and legends of almost every world culture – the Inuit, the Aztecs and the Chinese, to name a few. These people never connected, yet all of them conceived of the same mythical animal. Working with production crews from around the world and collaborating with top scientists, artists and animators, Discovery Channel’s new special combines legend, scientific fact and theory, CGI animation and cutting-edge special effects to bring dragons to life in Dragons: A Fantasy Made Real.




Using stunning computer-generated imagery from the same graphics company that made creatures for the Discovery Channel’s Walking with Dinosaurs and Walking with Prehistoric Beasts, as well as the Harry Potter films, viewers see dragons from the inside out. The special imagines how dragons would have evolved into a number of different species through the ages and around the globe, and how each dragon species was endowed with physical adaptations and behaviors specialized for its environment. In this story, dragons find a mate, raise young, protect their territory and struggle to survive human encroachment, just as animals have done throughout history.

Repeat Airings :
7 August, 3 pm
9 August, 9 am
10 August, 8 pm
12 August, 5 pm
13 August, 11 am

More info at: Discovery Channel

Firefox 200 Million Downloads

Today the Firefox download counter crossed the 200 million mark.

We know that this number doesn't represent actual users because this number includes both Firefox 1.0 and Firefox 1.5 (soon Firefox 2,) because not every one completes every download, and because not every download results in a new Firefox user.

That being said, 200 million people seeking Firefox is a huge accomplishment and we're right to celebrate our role in driving that number.

Microsoft to invest $150 mn in Pune

Microsoft is set to pump in $150 million (Rs 702.84 crore) in a mega software development centre in Pune, according to Arvind Kumar, IT secretary, government of Maharashtra.

When announced, this will be the single biggest IT investment coming into the city so far. TCS recently announced an investment of Rs 500 crore for Pune.



"This is only the beginning. We are hard selling Maharashtra to every possible MNC," Kumar said on Wednesday. He said the Microsoft investment would be announced soon and that it would be outside the Hinjewadi IT Park.

Kumar said the state is also in discussions with other multinational IT companies like Hewlett Packard and IBM to bring in their future investments into the state.

Senior state government officials recently met a delegation from IBM and laid out the red carpet to them, he said. Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a meeting organised by CSI in Pune, Kumar said: "It's time we got out of the office and sold the state to these big IT investors."

"In fact, the state has thrown open its gates and is wooing investors in the sector, trying to offer them whatever they ask for," he said.

Later, at a meeting organised by MCCIA, Kumar said Intel and Advanced Micro Devices were also on the state's list of invitees.

According to him, these hardware majors will also be given the same fiscal benefits as the software ones. Kumar said a proposal to see if free land could be granted to investors in tier II and III cities, if not Mumbai and Pune, was being considered.

The cities being promoted are Nashik, Aurangabad, Nagpur and Amravati.

India Ofices: http://www.microsoft.com/india/address.aspx


-- From TOI

Free File Hosting @ File Lodge

File Lodge - Free File Hosting - Free Image Hosting - Upload up to 500MB of files absolutely free!

Free File Hosting @ File Lodge

File Lodge is a free file hosting provider especially designed to look after you and your files.

We offer a huge 500MB of file storage and support almost all file extensions, such as jpg, gif, mpg, avi, wmv, doc, pdf, mp3 etc

Bandwidth is unlimited.

What is a file host? A file host is a website that allows you to upload files to its servers, you are then provided with links for you to post on your favourite forums / webpages / blogs / auctions / in emails, anywhere you wish!

Perfect for sharing photos/images, music, and video with friends and family.

We generate various linking codes for you files, from [IMG] tags to music and video codes. This allows you to quickly and easily get your files live wherever you are using them.

Yahoo! & Microsoft have joined forces

Partners - Yahoo! Messenger with Voice

Yahoo! & Microsoft have joined forces

It's a great day for the world of instant messaging. Working hand-in-hand with our friends at Windows Live™ (MSN), we've connected our IM communities, making it even easier for you to stay in touch.

From the new Yahoo! Messenger with Voice, you can see when your Windows Live™ (MSN) Messenger contacts are online and send them instant messages. Keep all your friends in one place and IM with them anytime, right from Yahoo! Messenger. How cool is that?

CSS Remix: CSS-Based Website Gallery

CSS Remix: CSS-Based Website Gallery » About

CSS Remix celebrates the dynamic innovation and creativity of designers who are on the forefront of CSS-based design. We honor those designers who aren’t afraid to think outside the box and who are reinventing our ideas of what great web design can be.

CSS Remix was created to present the latest techniques in visual presentation, user experience, and site coding to the web design community in a simple and effective manner. We keep the focus on what you actually want - web sites and how they’re made.

Yahoo, Microsoft Begin IM Testing

By David A. Utter

A limited public beta test of interoperability between the instant messaging systems run by two major Internet players begins today; 350 million users of Yahoo Messenger with Voice and Windows Live Messenger will be able to communicate across the two systems.

Another walled garden is in the process of being dismantled. Instant messenger (IM) users have been restricted in communicating with users on separate systems. The frustration over this has led to a demand for better interoperability.

Software solutions like Trillian , and web services like Meebo, have been available to address the problem. Those approaches allow a user to combine IM profiles from several services into one place, and chat with all of their contacts.

Give two things credit for the breaking down of the wall between Microsoft and Yahoo, which announced their plans for interoperability last year: consumer demand and online advertising. People wanted control of their messaging experience. They can email anyone on any system, or call from a cellphone to any other cellphone, without a problem.

Why should IM be any different?

Read the Entire Article

Add comic book style captions

Now with Captioner you can add comic book style captions to your digital photographs! Put words in someone else's mouth. Make an entire comic based on your photos. Tell a story. Have fun! Works with your photos hosted on Flickr or anywhere else.

Make your own Flickr badge

Make your own (unofficial) Flickr badge. Print it out, laminate it, wear Flickr with pride! Show the world how truly photographically geeky you really are!



Go create your own Flickr badge: Click here

Create Your Poster

Make your own customized movie poster. Be a star, spoof your family and friends. You're the director and executive producer of your very own super-blockbuster and you'll have the poster to prove it. All you need is a photo from that fancy digital camera of yours. Works with your photos hosted on Flickr or anywhere else.

Go create your own poster: Click here

Picasa

A free software download from Google.
Picasa is software that helps you instantly find, edit and share all the pictures on your PC. Every time you open Picasa, it automatically locates all your pictures (even ones you forgot you had) and sorts them into visual albums organized by date with folder names you will recognize. You can drag and drop to arrange your albums and make labels to create new groups. Picasa makes sure your pictures are always organized.
Picasa also makes advanced editing simple by putting one-click fixes and powerful effects at your fingertips. And Picasa makes it a snap to share your pictures – you can email, print photos home, make gift CDs, instantly share via Hello™, and even post pictures on your own blog.

 

Firefoxies

There is another news for Firefox users and lovers! You can be a Firefoxie. submit your photo here and vote.. Top voted individual will be presented to Firefox Executives!!

Here is what the website says:

Welcome to Firefoxies.com. We are currently doing our best to spread the safest, most powerful, and most fun browser in the world. It is everyday people like me and you developing for the greater good the best web browser around. The one problem is that we never get to see the face of the people who use and develop this platform. It is time to vote on you think is the most "Firefoxy" below.

Vote on the Firefoxiest Firefox users below. The top voted people will be presented to Firefox executives.! Who knows what can happen!

Go there right now

Google: Gmail down

Now, that's a news! I found Gmail from Google is down [time 2.12am IST] .
Check out the screenshot taken :

A never happend thing got happened..!

Google Pages

Yes, there is another great news about creating webpages online with Google. You can create a new look, I would say, web page with easy to use editor and all the tools to create a good looking webpage. It has some templates to use and one can create a new page also.

Providing 100mb space with uploading facility, Google is simply great !!

Go have a look at the page I have created with Google Pages

http://sarjya.googlepages.com/

Ajax .. the new web era

I heard about the Ajax - pronounced as a-jacks some time back and was curious about it. Well, got some description below from Wikipedia :

Asynchronous JavaScript And XML, or its acronym, Ajax (Pronounced A-jacks), is a Web development technique for creating interactive web applications. The intent is to make web pages feel more responsive by exchanging small amounts of data with the server behind the scenes, so that the entire Web page does not have to be reloaded each time the user makes a change. This is meant to increase the Web page's interactivity, speed, and usability.

The Ajax technique uses a combination of:

* XHTML (or HTML), CSS, for marking up and styling information.
* The DOM accessed with a client-side scripting language, especially ECMAScript implementations like JavaScript and JScript, to dynamically display and interact with the information presented.
* The XMLHttpRequest object to exchange data asynchronously with the web server. In some Ajax frameworks and in certain situations, an IFrame object is used instead of the XMLHttpRequest object to exchange data with the web server.
* XML is commonly used as the format for transferring data back from the server, although any format will work, including preformatted HTML, plain text, JSON and even EBML.

Like DHTML, LAMP, or SPA, Ajax is not a technology in itself, but a term that refers to the use of a group of technologies together.

Some more website are listed below:

1. http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/AJAX
2. http://www.ajaxian.com/
3. http://www.ajaxmatters.com/r/welcome
4. http://ajaxpatterns.org/

Think web - think Ajax!!

Use Symantec security alerts

The best way to keep yourself aware of latest virus threats, Removal Tools and Security Advisories is to have the Symatec Security Alerts on your website.

The easy to use and easy to configure script is availale at Symantec website: Link below- http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/cgi-bin/syndicate.cgi

Be alert!!

Free ASP - MS ACCESS Hosting

The website http://www.1asphost.com/Default.aspx is providign free hosting service with the following options:

• 100MB Disk Space
• 1GB Monthly Bandwidth
• Active Server Pages Support
• Windows-based Hosting

This comes with MS Access Database. So.. dont think too much .. go register !

Prevent SPAM: Stop using your email address..

I read somewhere that it is good practise to stop writting you email over the Interenet to prevetn SPAM. well .. you can use an image on your email address..
something like this:



I created this image at - http://services.nexodyne.com/email/index.php

You can create your email address images/icons for Gmail, Yahoo!, Hotmail, Netscape, QQ, Rogers ...etc.

Another format used can be - user[at]domain[dot]com .. i.e. me[at]yahoo[dot]com ..

So.. have practise and Say NO to Spam.

Odeo - An online Audio Service = Free

Odeo is a creative way to record and share audio—and it's free.

• Record Audio Create recordings from your browser—or your phone
• Share with People Send your voice to friends, family, or colleagues
• Podcast to the World Make shows that people can get with iTunes
• Discover New Audio Hear friends, favorites, or something new

Wordpress - V2.0.2 available for download now...

Hello,
Well.. I came to know that Wordpress is also providing a Blog setup - A complete release of Wordpress is available for downloading at their download center. It says:


"The latest stable release of WordPress (Version 2.0.2) is available in two formats from the links to your right. If you have no idea what to do with this download, we recommend signing up with one of our web hosting partners that offers a one click install of WordPress or getting a free account on WordPress.com.

We’ve got information on installation and upgrading if you need it. If the admin looks a little scrambled after you upgrade just make sure to hit F5 to reload and get the new styling."

More details available at Wordpress

Free website Templates

well.. I found some websites providing really good quality HTML website templates.
You can download the templates and edit the HTML part, also the Images - the Photoshop file in PSD format.

Here are some websites providing nice - professional quality free website templates:

http://www.mastertemplates.com/free-templates.htm

http://www.freelayouts.com/

http://www.freewebsitetemplates.com/

http://www.templatesbox.com/templates.htm

HTML 5..

I found a draft on HTML and related technologies on http://whatwg.org which says

For compatibility with existing content and prior specifications, this specification describes two authoring formats: one based on XML (referred to as XHTML5), and one using a custom format inspired by SGML (referred to as HTML5). Implementations may support only one of these two formats, although supporting both is encouraged.

XML documents using elements from the XHTML namespace that use the new features described in this specification and that are served over the wire (e.g. by HTTP) must be sent using an XML MIME type such as application/xml or application/xhtml+xml and must not be served as text/html. [RFC3023]

These XML documents may contain a DOCTYPE if desired, but this is not required to conform to this specification.

HTML documents that use the new features described in this specification and that are served over the wire (e.g. by HTTP) must be sent as text/html and must start with the following DOCTYPE: .

More detail are at

http://whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/#html5

pb Wiki

What's a Wiki?

A wiki is a kind of free-form website that is easy to edit. On a pbwiki, any visitor with the site's password can edit any page on the site. pbwikis can be made public to allow anyone to read a wiki, while still restricting editing to those who know the wiki's password. But pbwikis can be private, too.

Edits are done in plain text and don't require learning fancy or complex codes like HTML. Just start typing! It's also easy to create new pages and make links to pages you've already made.

Why might you want a pbwiki?

* Sharing notes on Mayan culture for History class
* Brainstorming the new product design for Tuesday's client presentation
* Taking notes to figure out which digital camera to buy
* Keeping track of the projects you're involved with and your TODO list

It's profoundly simple to make a new wiki with pbwiki. It's totally free of charge and spam-free. With nothing to download, you'll be sharing information in a jiffy!

Go, have your own Wiki at pbWiki

Technology News!

Create your own scrolling RSS Ticker News at http://www.tickermyfeed.com/

India Times - Mousetrap

Mousetrap is and online edition of the Times of India column by Peter Griffin

Get the latest tech news around here.. Go check Mousetrap

Firefox Downoads Live Counter

Many Firefox users are curious about the question of Firefox downloads! Well there are a lot - really!! The time I am writting this post it is 169708673 only!

You can have the download counter script on your blog or a webpage. I found a nice and helpful artilce on Firefox Counters at Quickonlinetips.

Check out the counter and script associated with it at: Firefox Counter

Firefox Flicks

Firefox Flicks website is now open and you can view the ads like - "Dare Devil" and the "Drama Queen".

Go visit Firefox Flick here: Firefox Flick