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Googlemail.. Now Gmail ..!

The GMAIL.COM signup is on...

About [From Gmail]
Gmail is Google's free webmail service. It comes with built-in Google search technology and over 2,600 megabytes of storage (and growing every day). You can keep all your important messages, files and pictures forever, use search to quickly and easily find anything you're looking for, and make sense of it all with a new way of viewing messages as part of conversations.

Read more at Google...

Ajax File Browser for PHP

Ajax File Browser 2.0.1

This release fixes a critical login problem. Although the feature requests for AFB are so many, I've held off implementing any more of them until the next major release (which is due soon, fingers crossed).

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

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