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India 21 day lockdown - What is open & What is closed

2020-03-25T00:33:00.000-07:00

Yesterday India's Prime minister Narendra Modi ordered a complete lockdown for 21 days & people were in a panic as to know what all things are open & what is closed.

Below is a list of services for the same:

What is open:

Hospitals and other related medical establishments
Shops, including ration shops, dealing with food, groceries, fruits and vegetables, dairy and milk booths
Banks, insurance offices and ATMs
Print and electronic media
Delivery of all essential goods including food, medicine, medical equipment through e-commerce
Petrol pumps, LPG, petroleum and gas retail and storage outlets
Police, home guards, civil defence, fire and emergency services, disaster management and prison
Electricity, water and sanitation
Municipal bodies - only staff required for essential services like sanitation, personnel related to water supply, etc
District administration and treasury
In case of funerals, congregation of not more than 20 persons will be permitted
Hotels, lodges, motels and homestays accommodating tourists and people stranded due to lockdown
Telecommunications, internet services, broadcasting and cable services, IT and IT-enabled services will have to work from home as far as possible
Power generation, transmission, and distribution units and services
Capital and debt market services as notified by the securities and exchange board of India

What is closed:

Offices of government of India, its autonomous/ subordinate offices and public corporations
All transport services - air, rail, roadways
All educational, training, research, coaching institutions, etc
All places of worship. No religious congregations will be permitted, without any exception
All social, political, sports, entertainment, academic, cultural, religious functions/ gatherings is barred
Hospitality services
Industrial establishments

Union Budget 2019 - Key Highlights

2019-02-03T10:18:00.000-08:00

Key Highlights of Union budget 2019-2020

On 1st Feb, 2019, Mr. Piyush Goyal - in absence of Mr. Arun Jaitley - The finance minister of India presented the union budget of 2019-2020.

How the budget will impact the lives of Indians would be everybody's question right now, so below are the key highlights or takeaways from the Union budget of 2019-20.

Benefits for income tax:

1. No income tax for salaried individuals/tax payers with income of upto 5 lakhs. Tax slabs remain unchanged for individuals with taxable income of more than 5 lakhs.

2. No income for tax payers with income of upto 6.5 lakhs, if they invest upto Rs. 1.5 lakhs in provident fund & specified equities.

3. Standard tax deductions for salaried individuals raised from Rs.40000 to Rs.50000.

4. TDS threshold for house rent increased from Rs.1.8 lakhs to 2.5 lakhs.

5. No tax on interest income from bank fixed deposits & post offices upto Rs. 40000 increased from Rs. 10000 which was earlier.

6. Gratuity limit increased from Rs. 10 lakhs to Rs. 30 lakhs.

7. Capital tax gains benefits increased from investment in one residential house to two houses with capital gains of Rs. 2 crore, which can be availed once in lifetime.

Free Udemy Courses - Agile, HTML5, Python, SQL, Excel, Photoshop, Flutter, iOS, Android, Stress Management, Motivation, Ruby

2019-01-26T12:25:00.002-08:00

Free Udemy Courses - Agile, HTML5, Python, SQL, Excel, Photoshop, Flutter, iOS, Android, Stress Management, Motivation, Ruby

I will be adding more courses as & when I find them.

If anyone find new courses which are free, please post in the comment with the coupon code.

ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 Schedule, Live scores, results & tickets

2019-01-19T16:45:00.003-08:00

ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 Schedule, Live scores, results & tickets

Download the schedule for ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 Schedule

Download ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 Schedule, Team, Fixtures & Time Table (PDF).

Get tickets to India vs Pakistan match

FIFA World Cup Russia 2018 Schedule Download - PDF

2018-05-26T14:43:00.000-07:00

FIFA World Cup Russia 2018 Schedule Download - PDF

Download FIFA World Cup 2018 Schedule, Fixture and Time Table, Download PDF

If you want to add all matches to your calendar automatically, you can download the shareable calendar :

Download PDF

Augmented Reality (AR) FAQs - Questions & Answers

2018-05-25T16:29:00.001-07:00

Augmented Reality (AR) FAQs - Questions & Answers

Q1: A game based on which animated franchise propelled AR into the mainstream in recent years?

Pokemon

Q2: Which definition best fits “augmented reality”?

Technology that overlays digital information on top of real world items

Q3: Which popular Netflix show also put AR on the mainstream map, with one particularly spooky episode featuring AR in gaming?

Black Mirror

Q4: In immersive technology, what does MR stand for?

Mixed Reality

Q5: Which decade saw the debut of augmented reality technology?

1960

Q6: In 2009, who was the first celebrity to be brought to life in AR in a print magazine?

Robert Downey Jr - Print media utilised AR for the first time in 2009 when Esquire Magazine let users scan its cover to make Robert Downey Jr come to life on the page.

Q7: Which industry was the first to use augmented reality for commercial purposes?

BMW launched AR enhanced print ads in 2008, which marked the first commercial use of AR. When held in front of a computer camera the print ads triggered an interactive on-screen car.

Q8: Which organisation used augmented reality as a navigation tool in the 1990’s?

NASA used augmented reality in 1999 to enhance the visual navigation of its X-38 spacecraft.

The ending of Avengers Infinity war explained

2018-04-29T08:53:00.001-07:00

All of you must have loved the action sequences in the movie Avengers Infinity war. However not many would have been able to understand what exactly happened in the end.

Here's a youtube video explaining the end of the movie Avengers Infinity War.

https://youtu.be/0hdnQ8EXdEs

Do have a look and comment in the blog - What do you think about the ending of the movie.

Free Gujarati Songs Download

2010-05-15T04:23:00.000-07:00

Download free gujarati songs....

some of the best gujarati songs...download for free....download free gujarati garba.....

http://www.box.net/gujaratisongs

Michael Hussey - Amazingly Freaky....ICC World Twenty20 2010 2nd Semi Final - Australia Vs Pakistan

2010-05-14T23:50:00.000-07:00

ICC World Twenty20 2010 2nd Semi Final - Australia Vs Pakistan Match Review & Analysis

Wow...wat a match it was...Oz..Oz..Oz...

The dependable Michael Hussey ala Mr. Cricket once again does it for Australia which makes them to the Final of the T20 World Cup 2010 for the first time in 3 years...

Australia were down & out after their bowling which was really below mark & even their fielding apart from some good catches by David Warner....But full marks for Pakistan to come out all guns blazing against the best bowling attack of the tournament..Kamran Akmal was brilliant & so was his brother Umar Akmal...his sizes in the last few overs were superb that too against the likes of Dirk Nannes & Mitchell Johnson...

191 in 20 overs, Pakistan would have thought they can win it from here definitely even with a formidabble Australian batting lineup...The commentators specially Ian Chappel reminded that Pakistan who had nothing to show in the last Australian Summer where they didn't won a single match, have peaked at the right time & can definitely win the match...

Australian chase started badly with losing Warner for 0 in the first over & Watson followed soon...& they were 62/4 in the 9th over...but Cameroon White started to hit the big shots which opened up a slight window for Austarlia...but with wickets falling at the other end & the mammoth total it looked difficult but White was brilliant with 31-ball 43 with 5 massive sixes....& with Micheal Hussey on the crease....& hitting nicely...

With White gone in the 16th over & Smith in the 17th, Australia needed 48 runs off the last 3 overs...& Michael Hussey was the man....He took 14 runs of that over with Aus needing 34 from the last 2. Hussey faced the enitire 19th over & got 16 runs with 2 boundaries....& it was all left to Ajmal to stop Aus & Hussey from getting 18 runs off the last over....With Johnson on strike, Pakistan thought they can get in a few deliveries but Johnson gave the strike to Hussey off the first ball....& after that Hussey needed just 4 balls to get the required 17 runs coz wat he did was ...6..6..4..6..game set & match...Australia win a thriller....

Waqar Younis the Pakistan coach couldn't believe it...he looked really shattered....& so was Afridi & the whole Pakistan side...

Michael Clarke was all praise for Michael Hussey saying that it was an amazingly freaking performance...Like Hussey, he too cannot believe that they have won the match...

Hats off to Michael Hussey....What a player....And as an Australian would say...Cheers Mate...

Watch the highlights of this match at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58blvd90w8w

ICC World Twenty20 2010 2nd Semi Final - Australia Vs Pakistan Highlights Video

Michael Hussey is ecstatic after completing a miracle chase, Australia v Pakistan, 2nd semi-final, ICC World Twenty20, St Lucia, May 14, 2010

Image courtesy - @GettyImages & Cricinfo

Vishwanathan Anand "Vishy" - World Chess Champion 2010

2010-05-14T22:38:00.000-07:00

Vishwanathan Anand "Vishy" is the World Chess Champion once again, he became the first player in chess history to have won the World Championship in three different formats: Knockout, Tournament, and Match..

Prior to the World Chess Championship 2010, Anand, who had booked on the flight Frankfurt-Sofia on April 16, was stranded due to the cancellation of all flights following the volcano ash cloud from Eyjafjallajökull. Anand asked for a three day postponement, which the Bulgarian organisers refused on April 19.

Anand eventually reached Sofia on April 20, after an exhausting 40-hour road journey. Consequently, the first game was delayed by one day. The match consisted of 12 games. After 11 games the score was tied at 5½-5½. Anand won game 12 on the Black side of a Queen's Gambit Declined to win the match and retain the World Championship.

Salute to this gr8 man... Similar to Sachin Tendulkar, Vishy too is a very humble person...& thats why he has achieved this gr8 heights in his career...

He too deserves a Bharat Ratna...

Reference : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viswanathan_Anand

Agneepath: अग्नि पथ! अग्नि पथ! अग्नि पथ!

2010-05-14T02:24:00.000-07:00

Here is a famous poem by Harivansh Rai Bachchan. It is dedicated to those whose life is a tough struggle all the way, but whose resolve is superhuman…

वृक्ष हों भले खड़े,
हो घने, हो बड़े,
एक पत्र-छॉंह भी मॉंग मत, मॉंग मत, मॉंग मत!
अग्नि पथ! अग्नि पथ! अग्नि पथ!

तू न थकेगा कभी!
तू न थमेगा कभी!
तू न मुड़ेगा कभी!
कर शपथ! कर शपथ! कर शपथ!

ये महान दृश्य है, चल रहा मनुष्य है,
अश्रु श्वेत् रक्त से,
लथ पथ, लथ पथ, लथ पथ !
अग्नि पथ! अग्नि पथ! अग्नि पथ!

Vriksh ho bhale khade, ho ghane ho bade, Ek patra chhav bhi mang mat, mang mat, mang mat Agneepath Agneepath Agneepath.

Tu na thakega kabhi, tu na thamega kabhi, tu na mudega kabhi, Kar shapath, kar shapath, kar shapath, Agneepath, Agneepath, Agneepath.

Ye mahaan drishya hai, chal raha manushya hai, Ashru shwet raqt se lathpath, lathpath, lathpath, Agneepath, Agneepath, Agneepath.

Reference: Wikipedia & http://www.geeta-kavita.com/hindi_sahitya.asp?id=93

You can see all his gr8 poems at http://www.geeta-kavita.com/indian_poetry_list.asp?author=Harivansh_Rai_Bachchan

कोशिश करनेवालों की हार नहीं होती ......Koshish karne valo ki kabhi haar nahi hoti.....

2010-05-14T02:11:00.000-07:00

The famous poem by Harivansh Rai Bachchan....

Perfect Boss

2010-05-14T02:00:00.000-07:00

Got this as an email...so thought of sharing it....

This is the story of "The Perfect Boss"

There were about 70 scientists working on a very hectic project. All of them were really frustrated due to the pressure of work and the demands of their boss but everyone were loyal to him and did not think of quitting the job.

One day, one scientist came to his boss and told him - Sir, I have promised to my children that I will take them to the exhibition going on in our township. So I want to leave the office at 5:30 pm. His boss replied "OK, You're permitted to leave the office early today".

The Scientist started working. He continued his work after lunch. As usual he got involved to such an extent that he looked at his watch when he felt he was close to completion. The time was 8.30 PM.

Suddenly he remembered of the promise he had given to his children.

He looked for his boss, he was not there. Having told him in the morning itself, he closed everything and left for home. Deep within himself, he was feeling guilty for having disappointed his children. He reached home. Children were not there.

His wife alone was sitting in the hall and reading magazines. The situation was explosive; any talk would boomerang on him. His wife asked him, "Would you like to have coffee or shall I straight away serve dinner if you are hungry.

The man replied "If you would like to have coffee, I too will have but what about Children?"

Wife replied "You don't know? Your manager came here at 5.15 PM and has taken the children to the exhibition"

What had really happened was ... The boss who granted him permission was observing him working seriously at 5.00 PM. He thought to himself, this person will not leave the work, but if he has promised his children they should enjoy the visit to exhibition.

So he took the lead in taking them to exhibition. The boss does not have to do it everytime. But once it is done, loyalty is established.

That is why all the scientists at Thumba continued to work under their boss even though the stress was tremendous.

By the way, can you hazard a guess as to who the boss was..?

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He was none other than the mastermind behind India 's successful nuclear weapons and missiles program.

Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam, Former President of India.

EDI - Electronic Data Interchange

2010-05-14T00:14:00.001-07:00

EDI – Useful Links

E-procurement - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Electronic Data Interchange - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Help Documentation and EDI Basics Training

Download Basics of EDI, Framework EDI Help Documentation, and other EDI Training Materials

http://www.eccnet.com/xmledi/guidelines-styled.xml

XML vs. EDI

XML vs. EDI questions

Re: XML vs. EDI questions

Back to basics for b-to-b

It is back to basics for business-to-business automation as companies take a hard look at the real benefits -- and drawbacks -- of online exchanges

XML versus EDI | Content wire.com

Mike Hogan explains inter-enterprise communications 4 July 2001, 2 pm GMT

EDI to XML Mapping

A tutorial on how to transform EDI files into XML using Stylus Studio's Convert to XML tool. Subsequent post-processing of the converted EDI data is done through XQuery or XSLT, modeling a real world XML data integration application.

XML/EDI Advantages

Introduction to Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)

Roger Clarke's Introduction to EDI

Electronic data interchange

Roger Clarke's Home-Page

Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) - Advantages Of Edi, How Edi Works, Security Issues, The Future Of Edi

Final Basic Semantic Repository/Universal Data Element Framework Report, 2.0 ELECTRONIC DATA INTERCHANGE REPOSITORIES

This document serves as a quick repository analysis,

XML/EDI FAQ

XML & EDI - Peaceful Co-Existence

The Data Administration Newsletter delivers business intelligence, data warehousing and analytics resources provided by Claudia Imhoff, Bill Inmon and other experts. Additional topics include data quality, data integration, CRM, data marts, data mining, business performance management, BPM, data modeling, enterprise application management, ERP, RFID, storage, supply chain and others.

XML & EDI - Peaceful Co-Existence

Gentran Integration Suite - Sterling Commerce

EDI News and Routing Guides

EDI to XML Mapping

Electronic data interchange

Electronic Data Interchange - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) - Advantages Of Edi, How Edi Works, Security Issues, The Future Of Edi

E-procurement - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Gentran Integration Suite - Sterling Commerce

Help Documentation and EDI Basics Training

Download Basics of EDI, Framework EDI Help Documentation, and other EDI Training Materials

http://www.eccnet.com/xmledi/guidelines-styled.xml

Introduction to Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)

Re: XML vs. EDI questions

Roger Clarke's Home-Page

Roger Clarke's Introduction to EDI

XML & EDI - Peaceful Co-Existence

XML versus EDI | Content wire.com

Mike Hogan explains inter-enterprise communications 4 July 2001, 2 pm GMT

XML vs. EDI

XML vs. EDI questions

Daily Deal Sites

2010-05-14T00:09:00.000-07:00

Daily Deal Sites

Here’s a list of sites that provide with some of the best daily deals.

(1.) 24hoursloot

24hoursLoot is an online store for selling a single item (mostly t-shirts and sometime toys, electronics products, furniture and more..) everyday at deep discounted price in limited quantity. An item is released every midnight at 12AM Indian standard time, seven days a week. If that item sells out during its run (in 24 hours), a new item will not appear until the next release time. Read more in FAQs

Why should you buy at 24hoursLoot.com:

· Premium quality products in the lowest price.

· 15 days "No-question asked" money back guarantee.

· Various secure payment options (offline & online).

· Fast shipping anywhere in India.

· No signup/registration required to buy an item online.

· A prompt customer care service.

(2.) BindaasBargain

Time determines the best deals. With over a billion searches made by millions of Indians every month now, it is time for a new shopping experience – the Bindaas experience. An online store that operates within a brisk time frame, Bindaas Bargain offers a new deal every day! Great stuff ranging from cool gadgets, home theatres, luxury watches, smash games – you name it (literally) – we have it all, at incredibly cheap prices; delivered to your doorstep swiftly.

So for those of us who dreamt of a friendly Indian holistic webshop that would talk when talked to and answer when asked, it’s time to realise your dream. Welcome to the Bindaas world of bargains!

(3.) MyDala

mydala is YOUR platform which gets you great deals in your city leveraging the "power of group buying". Group buying happens when like minded people come together to get deals that we can never get on our own as individuals. We all are the power of mydala.

Each day we feature something cool to do at an unbeatable price.
You only get it if enough people join that day so invite your friends!
Check back the next day for another awesome mydala!

Still have questions? Check out the FAQ

(4.) BuyThePrice

India is a world of first class entrepreneurs. Just like many others, we too are a very passionate bunch of young professionals who dream to change the way online shopping happens in India.

Our first flagship offering, buytheprice.com is an effort to move towards achieving our dream. Inspired from observing the buying behavior of our friends / family, we focus to bridge certain gaps like customer aggregation, balancing the estimated and actual demand using the ability of internet which can make it happen on a large scale. In simpler words, a case where common sense meets enablers.

Web 2.0 has been around for sometime, where the community contributes to the content. In simple words, an internet user benefits from the contribution of some other user whom he may or may not know. Until now, web 2.0 was used in ecommerce to the extent of product reviews and ratings. It has not been used truly in the sense of one user benefiting from the transaction of another user. Buytheprice.com does this through what we term as ecommerce 2.0 Our tagline "you make it happen" reflects our philosophy where YOU (read customer) is a major dimension like products and prices on the website.

(5.) Group2Deal

Every day our experts try to negotiate best deal with the businesses in your city promising them a minimum number of customers. This creates a Win- Win situation for customers & the Businesses.The Deal is featured in our Website with details about the Vendor, Pictures & reviews about the Deal.Each Day log on to Group2Deal.com & check out the deals.If you like the Deal, click on the BUY button to buy the deal.We take the billing information from you & do not charge you until a minimum number of people buy that deal.You can also share this deal with your friends to ensure that the deal is struck.The deal is on only if minimum number of people buy the deal.

It’s a Risk free Win-Win Situation. This is the “POWER OF BUYING TOGETHER”.

(6.) Wanamo

WanaMo's sole mission is to help you find the coolest things to do in your city at amazing discounts. So that leaves you to just enjoy & indulge in those exciting things that your city has to offer. Explore More, Do More, Want More! This is what you’ve to do which we call it as “6 Steps to Want More!

1. THE DEAL: Each day, we “feature an exclusive deal” at an amazingly discounted price which reaches your inbox.

2. BUY: Click the “BUY!" button to book your deal by paying a small “Advance”. This amount is part of your final bill & is not a fee of any kind; so you don't have to worry about paying anything extra!

3. TIPPING POINT: As soon as we reach the minimum number of WanaMo bookings, everyone gets the discount and the “Deal goes Live”. In case the minimum number of buyers for the deal is not reached – we don’t charge you a single rupee!

4. SHARE: To make sure the Deal reaches the minimum, help share it with you friends on Facebook/Orkut/Twitter etc and also win exciting referral bonuses.

5. REDEEM: Once the deal is live, WanaMo will immediately e-mail you a “printable WanaMo coupon” which you can use like Cash and take it to the vendor to avail your discount.

6. WANT MORE!: Go out, have fun, and check back the next day for another incredible WanaMo deal!

(7.) DailyDeal

Daily Deal is a deal news site and community that focuses on providing information one super cool deal every day.

Feel free to add sites that provide daily deals by adding it in the comments.....

Happy Shopping......

ASP.NET AJAX Tutorials List

2010-05-13T23:09:00.000-07:00

Here's a list of some good tutorial links on AJAX & ASP.NET AJAX.....

Hope everyone like's it.

Visual Studio 2010 Certifications

2010-05-13T01:57:00.000-07:00

Visual Studio 2008 Certifications

VS 2008 Certifications Path

Source Link: http://download.microsoft.com/download/B/6/6/B66B006F-50AB-493E-BEBE-FD3B1BF548F6/VisualStudio2008_CertPath.pdf

Visual Studio 2010 Certifications

VS 2010 Certifications Path

Source Link: http://download.microsoft.com/download/B/D/D/BDD81000-E7E6-4B7A-A213-8579369FB0AF/VisualStudio2010_CertPath.pdf

Resources http://www.microsoft.com/learning/en/us/certification/view-by-technology.aspx
http://www.microsoft.com/learning/en/us/certification/cert-vstudio.aspx#tab3

Mobile Phone Review : Samsung Star S5603

2010-04-26T22:03:00.001-07:00

Samsung Star S5603 is the upgraded 3G version of the earlier released Samsung star. It comes along a 2.8 inch TFT capacitive touch screen that is cable of displaying 16 million colors. For connectivity, it features Bluetooth Wireless Technology (version 2.1 + EDR) along with USB 2.0 interface for high sped data transfer. The Samsung Mobile Phone also features a 3.0 mega pixel camera with LED flash, Video telephony, and video recording capability. Navigation is pretty smooth and easy owing to the accelerometer rotation which adds to the usability factor of the Mobile Phone. For memory Samsung Star S5603 features a 50MB in built memory along with expandable memory support up to 8GB via MicroSD card slot. The memory options, thus give you a lot of options to store your favorite songs, images, videos, or games for that matter.

Samsung Star S5603 features a fully functional music player along with support for major audio formats including AAC, MP3, and WMA. This Samsung Mobile Phone offers a standard talk time of around 8 hours along with a standby of 365 hours. Additional features include FM radio, unlimited phone book capacity, embedded java games, and WAP browser support. Samsung Marine is a Mobile Phone, which features water and dust resistant techniques, and complies with the with the IP57 (Ingress Protection) standard for additional durability. The battery here, also does a good job and provides around 9.5 hours of talk time, and up to 670 hours of standby time. It is basically a GSM cell phone with a CMOS 1.4 mega pixel camera featuring 4x digital zoom and photo effects. The digital zoom closes on to the subject to provide better shots while capturing.

The Samsung mobile phone supports an Mp3 player, and comes along a 6MB internal memory with expandable options up to 8GB via MicroSD card slot, which is ore than enough to address storage related issues. For connectivity, it features Bluetooth Wireless Technology (version 2.1 + EDR) along with USB 2.0 interface for high sped data transfer. The Mobile Phone also supports GPRS support, along with WAP 2.0 for effective internet browsing. Other features associated with this Samsung mobile phone include offline mode, world time, calculator, and scheduler. The music player support multiple audio formats including Music player supporting MP3, AAC, eAAC, and Midi . For entertainment it features Java enabled games, and an stereo FM radio. It specifically suits mountaineers, mariners, and trekkers, owing to its rough and rugged usability.

For more information on Samsung Mobile Phones, Mobile Stores, Samsung Star S5603 Price, and Mobile Phones in India, please log on to www.consumermate.com.

Salute to the God of Cricket...........

2010-04-23T22:57:00.000-07:00

To have walked the same land as Sachin…

… I feel blessed!!

Happy Bday.....Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar............aka...GOD....

Microsoft Tech.Ed 2010 Win-a-Minute Quiz contest

2010-04-22T01:47:00.000-07:00

Good news....Got this mail from Microsoft TechEd...

Dear Participant,

It gives us immense pleasure to announce you as one of the winners for the Microsoft Tech.Ed 2010 Win-a-Minute Quiz contest. You can find the complete winners list at http://www.microsoftteched.in/winners.aspx.

As a winner, you are entitled to receive a movie coupon. In order for us to dispatch the prize, we request you to share your address not later than April 23, 2010. Thank you for participating in the Tech.Ed India 2010 Win-a-Minute contest. We look forward to your association in similar future engagements with Microsoft.

Regards,

Microsoft Tech.Ed 2010 Support Team

Had participated in the Microsoft Tech.Ed 2010 Win-a-Minute Quiz contest during recently concluded Tech.Ed 2010 & had answered a lot of questions so was hoping to win...And yes I did win...so gr8...

So now waiting for the movie coupon...

Samsung Corby Mobile Phone

2010-02-08T22:15:00.000-08:00

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd, is a leading mobile phone provider in India. They hold the second largest share in the mobile manufacturing industry in India. Samsung is known for its sleek and stylish mobile phones. They have mobile phones in slider, clamshell, classic candy bar and flip phones. Samsung has recently launched Samsung Corby mobile phone targeted towards today’s youth. It is a trendy mobile phone for college goers who want to stay connected and want an affordable phone loaded with features.

The Samsung Corby Mobile Phone helps you stay connected as it supports social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter and MySpace. This enhanced multimedia features ensure that the user stay connected easily with friends and family. The user can easily upload their latest pictures, messages and video’s online. The Samsung Corby Mobile Phone supports communities like YouTube, Flickr, Picasa and Photobucket. The user can easily upload photos and videos to these sites through this Communities solution. The Samsung Corby mobile phone is available in bold colors like Jamaican Yellow, Cupid Pink, Minimal White, and Festival Orange.

The Samsung Corby Mobile Phone supports innovative multimedia capabilities. The Samsung Corby supports a 2.8-inch QVGA screen with 262 K Color TFT display. It is a quad band WAP 2 enabled phone. The Samsung Corby weighs just 93.2 grams with sleek dimensions of 103 x 56.5 x 12 mm. The Samsung Corby Mobile Phone is equipped with a 2 MP Camera with digital zoom. It also has an inbuilt video recorder and player, so you can download and play all your favorite videos. The Samsung Corby Mobile Phone has an inbuilt music player and FM Radio.

The Samsung Corby Mobile Phone offers connectivity options like Bluetooth, WAP and internet HTML Browser helping you stay connected and easily share all your videos, music, pictures etc. The Samsung Corby offers quad band connectivity and supports EDGE networks so that the user can stay connected anywhere in the world. The Samsung Corby Mobile Phone has an embedded user memory of 68 MB and has an expandable memory of 8GB with the help of a MicroSD Card. The Samsung Corby Mobile Phone has the easy unlock feature and helps you access the menu quickly with Smart Unlock. You can utilize the smart Unlock feature in three ways, like the Simple unlock, unlock and speed dial and lastly unlock and run an application.

For the latest Samsung Corby Mobile Phone prices and the best deals check consumermate.com.

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VS2010 RC2 Available for download

2010-02-08T22:11:00.000-08:00

Much Awaited VS2010 RC2 ia available for download now.
This is only available to MSDN subscribers and will be available to public by February 10th 2010. This RC includes go-live license for deployment in production environments.
Seems that performance issues are improved as per developers feedback.But we need to download ,install,check and see
how fast it is.Seems that MS VS2010 Product team working closely with 3rd party companies that have popular Visual Studio add-ins
(such as Resharper, CodeRush, Whole Tomato, etc) to make sure the environment works well.
VS2010 RC2 comes with ASP.NET MVC but it don't include ASP.NET MVC R2.
If you want to work with ASP.NET MVC R2 ,you have to install it seperately.

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Of tons and thousands

2010-02-06T04:01:00.000-08:00

Jacques Kallis scored his 34th Test hundred against India in the first Test, to draw level with two retired legends of the game - Sunil Gavaskar and Brian Lara.

Only two players are ahead of him now in the list of top century makers in Test cricket: Sachin Tendulkar and Ricky Ponting.

For a long time, Sunil Gavaskar held the record for the most Test hundreds, and his mark of 34 tons was thought to be nigh impregnable. However, the burgeoning of cricket, the increasing number of matches and the special talents of Sachin Tendulkar all combined at the right time for Gavaskar's mark to be overtaken.

However, achieving the landmark of scoring 34 Test hundreds is still an extremely special event for any cricketer, and the exclusivity of the club that have scored that many - Tendulkar, Ponting, Lara, Gavaskar and Kallis - shows how tough it is to get into.

Here is a list of the top century makers in Test cricket:

Player	Matches	Innings	Runs	Centuries	Inns per 100	Average	Centuries total	% of Runs from 100s
Sachin Tendulkar	165*	268	13234	45	5.96	55.37	6555	49.53%
Ricky Ponting	142	240	11859	39	6.15	55.67	5634	47.51%
Jacques Kallis	136*	229	10799	34	6.74	55.37	4555	42.18%
Sunil Gavaskar	125	214	10122	34	6.29	51.12	4802	47.44%
Brian Lara	131	232	11953	34	6.82	52.88	5889	49.27%
Steve Waugh	168	260	10927	32	8.13	51.06	4342	39.74%
Matthew Hayden	103	184	8625	30	6.13	50.73	4092	47.44%
Donald Bradman	52	80	6996	29	2.76	99.94	5393	77.09%
Rahul Dravid	139	240	11395	29	8.28	53.75	4391	38.53%

Each batsman on the list has several traits in common - they are all without a doubt, all-time greats of the game, they have all scored mountains of runs for their countries, and they've all averaged over 50 over their careers - the hallmark of a great batsman.

Sir Donald Bradman is, of course, in a different league, but it is interesting to note that most of the other batsmen seem to average 6 to 7 innings per century. The only two who are above 8 innings per century are Dravid and Steve Waugh, and not surprisingly, they hold the record for the most nineties in Tests, having scored 10 each. Had a few of those nineties been converted to centuries, they would have been in the same bracket as the others.

Also not surprising is the fact that there is a direct inverse correlation between the number of innings a batsman takes to score a century and the percentage of his total runs that have come through centuries. The Don is once again in a league of his own, but for the others, some interesting conclusions can be drawn.

From the numbers above, it seems that amongst the great batsmen, roughly half of the total runs they score in their careers come in roughly one seventh of their innings. That is roughly 50% of their runs are scored in 15% of their innings.

However, bowlers would do well to exercise restraint before breaking out into a jig at the numbers, thinking that these great batsmen are susceptible to inconsistency. The thing is, each one of them has scored such a mountain of runs that even half of what they have scored, at the averages they score, is a not inconsiderable total.

Trivia stat of the day: The number 34 was doubly special for Jacques Kallis in this match. Not only did he score his 34th Test hundred, he also became the 34th player to reach the milestone of scoring 1000 runs against India in Test matches.

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2010-02-04T02:45:00.000-08:00

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Web Service Vs WCF

2010-02-02T23:19:00.000-08:00

Introduction

ASP.NET Web services were developed for building applications that send and receive messages by using the Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) over HTTP. The structure of the messages can be defined using an XML Schema, and a tool is provided to facilitate serializing the messages to and from .NET Framework objects. The technology can automatically generate metadata to describe Web services in the Web Services Description Language (WSDL), and a second tool is provided for generating clients for Web services from the WSDL.

WCF is for enabling .NET Framework applications to exchange messages with other software entities. SOAP is used by default, but the messages can be in any format, and conveyed by using any transport protocol. The structure of the messages can be defined using an XML Schema, and there are various options for serializing the messages to and from .NET Framework objects. WCF can automatically generate metadata to describe applications built using the technology in WSDL, and it also provides a tool for generating clients for those applications from the WSDL.

Protocol Support

WCF Supports following protocol: HTTP, TCP, Named Pipes, MSMQ, Custom, UDP.

Web Service Support only HTTP Protocol.

Hosting Support

Web Service can be hosted only with Http Runtime on IIS. WCF component can be hosted in any kind of environment in .NET 3.0, such as a console application, Windows application, or IIS.

WCF services are known as ’services’ as opposed to web services because you can host services without a web server.

Self-hosting the services gives you the flexibility to use transports other than HTTP.

Backwards Compatibility

The purpose of WCF is to provide a unified programming model for distributed applications.

WCF takes all the capabilities of the existing technology stacks while not relying upon any of them.

Applications built with these earlier technologies will continue to work unchanged on systems with WCF installed.

Existing applications are able to upgrade with WCF

Integration

WCF can use WS-* or HTTP bindings to communicate with ASMX pages

Advantage of WCF or Limitations of ASMX

An ASMX page doesn’t tell you how to deliver it over the transports and to use a specific type of security. This is something that WCF enhances quite significantly.

ASMX has a tight coupling with the HTTP runtime and the dependence on IIS to host it. WCF can be hosted by any Windows process that is able to host the .NET Framework 3.0.

ASMX service is instantiated on a per-call basis, while WCF gives you flexibility by providing various instancing options such as Singleton, private session, per call.

ASMX provides the way for interoperability but it does not provide or guarantee end-to-end security or reliable communication.

Reference : http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa702755.aspx

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