Google Wave Sending 100 001 invitations

Today (30th September) Google will be releasing more than 100,000 invitation to.

Developers who have been active in the developer preview we started back in June
The first users who signed up and offered to give feedback on wave.google.com
Select customers of Google Apps

Further describing the Wave key features

"There are also still key features of Google Wave that we have yet to fully implement. For example, you can't yet remove a participant from a wave or define groups of users, draft mode is still missing and you can't configure the permissions of users on a wave. We'll be rolling out these and other features as soon as they are ready — over the next few months."

Google Wave will be another cool thing that can change the way we interact with people online and via social networks.

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Free Antivirus for Genuine Windows

Microsoft Security essentials released a free antivirus for any genuine Windows copy. It will provide real time protection for your home PC and protect it from virus, spyware and malware threats. If you have a genuine copy you can download it for free.

System Requirements
Operating System: Genuine Windows XP (Service Pack 2 or Service Pack 3); Windows Vista (Gold, Service Pack 1, or Service Pack 2); Windows 7

For Windows XP, a PC with a CPU clock speed of 500 MHz or higher, and 1 GB RAM or higher.

For Windows Vista and Windows 7, a PC with a CPU clock speed of 1.0 GHz or higher, and 1 GB RAM or higher.

You can get free support and report any new threats via Microsoft Security essentials. I think this is a necessary step taken by Microsoft to provide a better security for their own operating system which is been mostly targeted by hackers, viruses and all sort of attacks. If you have a genuine Windows copy then you can download it for free from Microsoft Security essentials. Its performances and look and feel will be updated as we tested it by our self soon. Read more...

Google Latest Treds but no birth day celibrations

Google has announced the Google latest hot search trends for US and Japan in their official blog. However, Google trends was there for some times. This time Google did not celebrate their 11th birth day except for giving out another doodle.


Google released more that 150 000 Project 10^100 ideas for voting. Project 10^100 started on its 10th birthday.

So you can decide how you going to celebrate Google 11th birthday.

1) Vote now and May those who help the most win. Project 10^100 is a call for ideas to change the world by helping as many people as possible.
2) Enjoy the Google HOT trends with Google
3) Enjoy the double LL Google logo.

Anyway Happy Birth Day Google and thanks for bringing all the good stuff in style.

Official Google Blog: Keep up with the latest trends using Google Search

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Vote for Best Geek Blog

Crazzycool blog has been nominated for best geek blog and please take time to give your vote to our blog.



If you have an interesting blog then why don't you submit your blog and drop your link here. We can give you an vote. Thank you for your time and votes for Crazzycool. Read more...

Free Online Mind Mapping Tool

Are you in to mind mapping? Do you always use mind maps to understand, learn or remember things. Then this would be a good news for you. This online mind mapping tool will give you pretty much the same look and feel of using pen and paper.

Mindmeister is simple online tool that allows you to create and share your mind map with friends or work mate. They can keep on editing your mind map as well. For individual use you can create a FREE account by just giving the email address.
After creating your mind map you can export it to FreeMind File, MindManager, Text Document, PDF or image.

Mindmeister useful online tool for people who are into main mapping. I do not want to share more information. You can have a look by user self and I am sure you will like it.

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Add or Update your SQL databse with Excel

Today's hack is to show quick way to update or add thousands of SQL Database record using Excel. Best part of this hack is that you do not have to have much SQL skills or programming skills to update your database. This method is really helpful when you do not find any method to bulk update or add through your application.

Lets See how you going to update or add thousands of records with in couple of minutes using Excel.

Requirements

1. Exact SQL Query to Update or Add the SQL table.
2. String Concatenation in Excel

1. Exact SQL Query to Update or Add the SQL table

If you are familiar with SQL queries writing an query for add or update for a given table is not that hard. But I am too lazy to do that as more than query skills it requires to get all the column names and give the values for each column accordingly. Most of the present database management tools (MSSQL management tools or MySQL managements tools) gives add, update and other SQL queries for a given table. Most of the cases you just have to right click on the table and select the query you want and BINGO it will generate the query for you. Copy the SQL Query that was generate or you have written by your self.

2. String Concatenation in Excel
This is the tricky part and I have couple of secrets to revealed here. So it is better to go through a example and you can apply it to any SQL Query.
1. Open up new Excel work sheet and paste your query there. It will be in single cell.

In this case I will take a simple MS SQL query that will add the item type for set given item in ItemType table.

INSERT INTO [MyDB].[dbo].[ItemType] ([ItemNo],[Type]) VALUES ('1000','S1');
2. Then Identify the areas that will change from record to record and the areas that will stay the same for all the records.

I will bold all the area that are dynamic.
INSERT INTO [MyDB].[dbo].[ItemType] ([ItemNo],[Type]) VALUES ('1000','S1');

3. Now start taking each section of the query and paste it in different cells.

Sections for our example will be like this

Section 1 - INSERT INTO [MyDB].[dbo].[ItemType] ([ItemNo],[Type]) VALUES ('
Section 2- 1000
Section 3 - ','
Section 4 - S1
Section 5 - );
So each section should go into a different cell in the same row.





Tip You will notice that when ever you try to copy Section 3 (',') the first single quote will get disappear in Excel. You have to enter another extra quote to fix this problem. So Section 3 will be rewritten as follows.

Section 3 - '','

4. Now you have to recreate the SQL Query that you copied using Excel String Concatenation.

In the same row leave one cell space after the query and select the next cell. Click on Insert Function button (fx) and it will POP up a Windows. Select Text and then Concatenate. Another window will be open with Text1 Text2 fields. Apply each section for each text field in the same order.

The final result of String Concatenation should give you the exact same SQL Query you start with.

5. You are pretty close to finish updating couple thousands of records in your database. Now you have to get all the relevant record in your database and updated fields in Excel.
Tip: Always try to do or get the updated work in Excel. You can do that by providing the existing data in a Excel Sheet or any data entry or someone who is going to update your records.

Otherwise you have to copy and paste the data from another file type to excel and clean it up a little bit.
Anyway Excel is quite powerful in sorting, grouping filtering and changing thousands of fields as the same time. Speed and the options would be much better than your application (in most of the cases). Anyway it is a different set of skill which we will go through later.
6. Copy and paste fields in appropriate columns in your excel.

In our example I have only two fields and I will copy the set of Item numbers and Item Type Code is the two columns that we bold in Step 2.




7. Select each cell including the Concatenated one (but excluding the dynamically changing cells) and click on the small black box at the bottom right hand corner ner and drag it down until the row that last dynamic field is populated. It is some thing like if you have 9000 records you need to fill other cells (SQL Query) in those 9000 cells.
Warning : Always remember to Back up your database before applying this step.

8. Finally you all individual SQL query for all your records in the Concatenated field. Updating or Adding it really dose not matter. Select all the rows and copy and paste it to the SQL Query execution window. and Execute the Query. Either it will add all the records or updated.
That's it!

Warning : Always remember to Back up your database before applying this step.

Update queries may update the whole table or wrong row base on the conditions you have provided.

You can do deleting certain rows from database tables using this method as well. Again it will have the same risk deleting the whole table or wrong rows base on the condition you specify. Always double check before you execute the query.

Use this hack make you life easy and share your experience with us.
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50% off for 24hours - 31 days to build a better blog eBook

31 days to build a better blog by Darren (ProBlogger) is a eBook that has changed the way I blog and can be applied again and again to improve your blog. As Problogger is celebrating its 5th birthday Darren has decided to give the eBook out for 50% off for the next 24 hours.

Is that mean eBook is only $9.97? Yes.
Is there any reason why your waiting? No.

Click here to order eBook. Do not forget to quote 'probloggeris5' without the quotes to receive the discount. Remember it is only valid until the end of today (24th September 2009).

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Push Gmail for iPhone and Windows Mobile

Gmail has become something that you cannot live without. Most of the time it is necessary to check the updates in your Gmail as all your information communications contacts are centralized with Gmail. So they have come up with more ways to connect with Gmail and sync it using your iPhone or Windows mobile.

Image by six steps  via Flickr

This is what Gmail says about this new feature and how to apply it.
"ou can set up push Gmail by itself or choose to sync your Contacts and/or Calendar as well. If you're using an iPhone, make sure you're running iPhone OS version 3.0 or above (on your device, click Settings > General > About and scroll down until you see Version). If your software is out of date, follow Apple's upgrade instructions. Then, visit m.google.com/sync from your computer for set up instructions. If you're already using Google Sync, you can just enable push mail.

Once you're set up, new messages are normally pushed to your phone within seconds. While this type of speed is pretty awesome, push connections tend to use more power than fetching at intervals, so don't be surprised if your battery life isn't quite what it used to be. We've done a lot of work to optimize power usage, but if you prefer to save battery life, you can always turn off push in your phone's settings and fetch mail every 30 or 60 minutes instead."

Official Gmail Blog: Push Gmail for iPhone and Windows Mobile

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Any FaceBook Account can be hacked for $100

This is something similar to popular Hotmail yahoo mail account password hacking that you can find in ebooks websites and blogs. This time they ask 100 US dollars to hack any Facebook account. Is it just a phishing site or for real?


There is a simple way to get $100 which you cannot complain to any authorities as you are trying to hack someone else Facebook account. Overall this type of campaigns are phishing and either it will collect your username, password, other personal information or get money out of you.


Do not give out any information or send money to any of these type of hacking password retrieval services available online. They know you are doing something bad.

For more information read Your Facebook Account Worth $100 by Luis Corrons
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Google Stuff Up!

As at 22nd September 2009 - This stuff up works

Go to www.google.com

Type "search" in the Google search bar and hit "I'm feeling Lucky"

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Online Shopping Cart Up and Running Within 24 Hours

Disclosure: We are a professional review site that receives compensation from the companies whose products we review. We test each product thoroughly and give high marks to only the very best. We are independently owned and the opinions expressed here are our own.


If you want to sell some products online you need to have a online shopping cart, payment gateway and of course product to sell. Imagine you have selected the products you want sell across we will tell you a way to setup a shopping cart and make it up and running withing 24hours.


Most of you know how to get a shopping cart and set it up and go live. But what makes it too long to do it. Too many options and you will be lost in all these options and kill time without any productive work.

What are the areas you will most likely lost in making a decision.

1. Select a domain name
2. Select a web hosting company
3. Select a build in shopping cart
4. Select a payment gateway

Crazzycool recommendation is always keep things simple and get things done spending less dollars at the initial stage. Start it simple and when the idea picks up and making profit out of your online shopping cart you can always redesign it to suite your needs.

1. Select a domain name

If you already have a business name, the domain name should be with that name. .Com should be the first choice unless you are restricting your product only for one location.

If you prefer buying a domain describe your product or service it will take some times to select a good domain name. Basic hack I would use is Yahoo domain names. Only reason is yahoo domain names gives you similar domain name option for keywords you have given. Try to select the meaningful, shorter domain name. Do not spend time looking for three letter domain names. Its all GONE. Also do not buy it straight away.

2. Select a web hosting company

Let us recommend you a web hosting package that works really well. We have used it for many type of web sites and works really well. We have already tested the shopping cart, technical support, emails, databases and all other requirements that basic web server should have. It is nothing but BlueHost and only cost you $6.95 per month. You will get

Unlimited hosting Space
Unlimited File Transfer
2500 POP/IMAP Email Accounts
Free Domain
$50 Credit for Google AdWords (For Online Advertising)
Support PHP and MYSQL

It is compatible with the shopping cart we going to check in shortly. If you are 100% sure about having the online shopping cart and make money and $6.

3. Select a build in shopping cart

OpenCart is one of the coolest open source shopping carts you can find for free. It got so many options that you might required to provide all the information your customers required. Download it and upload it to your BlueHost web hosting account and follow the installation instructions.

4. Select a payment gateway

OpenCart is supporting couple of well known payment gateways. Why don't you choose Paypal and set up an account with them and link with OpenCart. Isn't it fast. Now you have a shopping cart up and running and also ready to take payments as well.

Wait a minute still you do not have products in your shopping cart. I don't think it will be a problem to upload 10 to 20 products to OpenCart withing couple of hours. Please note this is not a technical guide but simplifying choosing better solutions out there quickly. But always we will help you in getting your online shopping cart up and running. if you required any help please leave a comment or send an email. Read more...

Quickly find out when Windows was last shutdown/rebooted

Every wondered to find out when your desktop was shutdown or rebooted by your mischievous sibling?

Here's a quick way

To find out last reboot
1) Open command prompt and type in

net statistics workstation | more

The second line will say


Statistics since ....

You can find out since when the machine is up

To Find out last shutdown

The easiest way to determine the last shutdown date/time is to check the event logs. When you shutdown a computer Event ID 6006 is written to the Event log which denotes a clean shutdown.
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Official Google Blog: New AdWords bidding tutorial

Last month Google AdWord has launched a new feature called Bid Simulator. Bid simulator estimating the number of clicks or impressions you could received if you had used a different maximum CPC bid. Check out the video tutorial Google AdWard has released...

To start with ....

"In general, when you increase your maximum CPC bid for keywords on search you are able to generate more clicks to your site. This may be because your new bid qualifies you to appear higher up in the Sponsored Links on the search results page, or because your higher bid qualifies your ad to appear in new, more expensive auctions. The goal for you as an advertiser is to decide whether or not these additional clicks come at a cost that is still profitable for you"

Official Google Blog: New AdWords bidding tutorial

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Better way to read News with Google Fast Flip

Google has introduced a better way to read news faster just like you flip the page of news paper. Better solution for the slow loading because of most of the news sites are media rich.


"Today we're adding a new experiment to Google Labs: Google Fast Flip, accessible at fastflip.googlelabs.com. Fast Flip is a new reading experience that combines the best elements of print and online articles." Says Google.
If you are a person who reads news online this would be a better solution. New York Times, the Atlantic, the Washington Post, Salon, Fast Company, ProPublica and Newsweek are some of the three dozen of top publishers that Google partnered with.

"We've also made a mobile version of Fast Flip with tactile page flipping for Android-powered devices and the iPhone, so you can browse on the go. This is accessible at the same address." describes further about this cool news reading feature.


Official Google Blog: Read news fast with Google Fast Flip

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Something you never knew about Google Image Search

This might be a feature that you might have dreaming about. Google is working behind the sean so there is less chance that you might be aware of it. Did you know that you can match similar images?

Google Image search has introduce couple of new feature that are quite useful to you. Refine the image search by colour, or copy right status is some of them. Really useful if you are looking for some images to be reused without getting in to problems or looking for some images with same colour for your presentation or web template. The feature we going to see is bit advanced and some of you might have already dreamed the possibilities of such feature.
Google Similar Images will find out the similar images to the one you given. Let me explain it using a example.

Imagine you found a nice picture of Paris Hilton while you surf through the images. You would like to see similar type of images. What exactly mean by similar images? Sample colour patterns same objects and for sure Google is looking for more details in this image search for you. Only what you have to do is click on the link which says Similar Images. You will be surprised how well it will give you the similar images.
Why don't you give it a try with your favorite images around and find similar images.
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Remote Desktop Connection Windows 7

Remote Desktop connection is one of the common things you would use in a Local Area Network to access other computers or even through internet if you know the IP and have access to the computer. Lets have a quick look at how you going to set up your Windows 7 computer to allow remote desktop connection.


First Go to Windows 7 Control pannel.
Click on System and Security
Click on Remote Settings

This will pop up a new windows that will allow you to setup the remote desktop settings. Options are similer to other Windows Versions except for couple new options.

Under Remote Desktop select the option
"Allow connection from computers running any versions of remote desktop (less secure)"

If you are trying to remotely connect to your Windows 7 computer using Windows XP or Vista computer this would be the best option even though it says less secure.
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Want to see you blog post in news sites

This is something I have found accidentally and more than hearing my side of the story you would prefer to know how you can put your blog post in 100 top tire news and media sites including reuters, McGraw-Hill USA Today, FoxNews, Gannett, Internet Broadcasting and many more... My favorite is Computer shopper

Image via Wikipedia

So is it creating quality content? Unique blog posts? I know these does not sounds good for you. Yes this might help you in some what but it is not they way I am talking about. More simpler and easier way to so.

Submitting your blog to this special directory will do the job for you. You do not have to talk to individual news sites to get your post published.

What is this special blog directory?

There is a time in each blogger that start submitting to hundreds and thousands of blog directories that you come cross. This is some thing I have done at that time and my blog got approved and start getting publishing my blog posts in actual news sites.

Here are couple of post in computer shopper site.
How to: Remove AntiSpy Spider
Install Windows 7 with me

Only thing you have to do is submit your blog to blogburst. If you have already done it and if you are not aware that your posts are already in news and media sites log back to the blogburs and check them out.

Like in most of the blog directories your blog need to meet their minimum requirements and it need to get approved. Even though the site says invitation only you can submit your site and get it approved without a invitation. (I haven't seen ant invitation so far)

Good Luck!

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Play Google Voice messages in Gmail

This would be a great news for people who have already got a Google Voice account (At the movement it is invitation only). Google voice is a simplified great concept to manage all your phone number under a one number as well as to hide your mobile or any other phone number. Also it would be a good solution to stop or avoid calls that you do not want.


This is new Gmail Lab feature that will allow you to receive Google voice messages and play them on the same page.

"Previously, clicking "Play message" opened a new page in your browser, but starting today, you can play voicemails right in Gmail. Just turn on the Google Voice player from the Gmail Labs tab under Settings and whenever you get a voicemail notification, the player will appear right below the message itself." Says in Gmail Blog.

Official Gmail Blog: New in Labs: Play Google Voice messages in Gmail
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How to schedule a task / batch in Vista

Scheduling some of the regular tasks in XP had made my life a lot easier. Now, myself, a happy XP user, was forcibly converted to a Vista user.

Schedule Tasks in XP were set up via Control Panel -> Schedule Tasks.

Exploring Control Panel in Vista, I found no such joy! After a bit of exploring, I found the Task Scheduler. Here is how you can get there...

Right click on "Computer" and click on "Manage"


And you will see "Task Scheduler" listed in the left hand window under the "System Tools". Now you can set up those schedule tasks in Vista that you always had wanted to... Read more...

Access online content, without registering in the websites

Going through the searches and links on the email, I came across this fantastic way of viewing content that requires registration, without actually registering for these sites.

Trick I use is to visit BugMeNot and in the search box, enter the webite you want to view content from, for example NyTimes. This will then give you a list of usernames and passwords that you can use to login to the website and view the content. Along with the username and passwords, it provides their accuracy percentage. This way, you dont have to go through the annoyance of registering yourself.

Firefox users can use the extension to automate this process. Upon installing the extension, the websites can be visited by a mere right click on the username/email address text box.

This is surely come in handy... :)
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Popular Web 2.0 + Apps Easter eggs

If you are looking for the hidden easter eggs on the Web 2.0 then you have come to the right place :) Here's a list of some of the cool ones!

Flickr: Click on a picture. Then go to the address bar and type in ?snow=1

e.g.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeremyarthur/3898855277/?snow=1

if the original picture is

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeremyarthur/3898855277/

Google loves Microsoft:

Try www.google.com/ibm

- It returns Page not found!

Try www.google.com/microsoft

- It still returns something

Reg file on Google: http://www.google.com/google.reg

What is it??

Firefox Book of Mozilla Easter Egg

type about:mozilla

You get A quote from the "Book of Mozilla" about the birth of Firefox.

Google Flight Simulator:

Get Google Earth 4.2

Hit Ctrl+Alt+A

Wola, you can a full on flight simulator and a plan and airport to choose!

Answer to the life, the universe and everything ... according to Google

http://www.google.com.au/search?q=answer+to+life,+the+universe,+and+everything+&btnG=Search&hl=en&rlz=1C1GGLS_enAU301AU303&sa=2

Wolfram Alpha Easter Eggs

Where did I put my keys?

What do Men want?

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How to find the Internet Hot Trends

Are you curious what is rest of the world is searching? or talking about? Yes you can find out what other people are looking for and the internet HOT trends. It is quite useful if you are addicted to news or if you maintain a blog or website.

Twitter is one of the first site that will come to your mind. Yes. thats one of the sites that gives out real time hot trends using the tweets. If you have looked into the results you might have noticed that three four words or search phrase out of ten does not have a proper meaning. It is either something twitter s made up or just a word phrase commonly used.
Image via CrunchBase
Google has recently start giving out some hot trends for given days. It is quite interesting to see what people are searching. Not like twitter you can go to back dates and see what are thehot trends for pass days. It is quite good if you are doing research on some website or online topic or a current situation. Google today's hot trend is the one that close to real time update which can be used to bring more search engine traffic to your blog or website.

Now you know what people are looking

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Four new themes for Gmail

If you are using the same old Gmail theme for some times it might be time to change for a new one.



Enjoy and try out the new four themes and see do you like any one them.

Official Gmail Blog: Four new themes
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Crazzycool is not a misspelled word any more

This is not a Crazzycool hack or trick or tweak but something you will notice if you Google crazzycool. Google will not try to correct the Crazzycool saying did you mean crazy cool? If you are starting with a brand name with wired spellings then this would be a nice hack

As I mention if you have a website or a blog with a wrong spellings (intentionally done to make it looks cool) or brand name Google will always try to correct it to something English.

How can you get rid of Google spelling suggestions?

I do not know is there any straight forward method to do it but this is something I have notice accidentally. Closest reason I can think of is number of inbound links and number of times the word crazzycool has been found in the Google index. It has found over 5000 pages in Google index.

If theres a quick way to achieve this? May be build the links and spread the word around faster. Youtube and facebook is not considered as misspelled in Google search.
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Happy 10th birthday, Blogger

CrazzyCool wish you a happy 10th birth day, Blogger and thank you very much for the birth day presents.

Are you a blogger too and you might find these blogger birthday presents interesting and useful. My favorite is Label cloud and what yours?

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Will BookMarklets replace Browser Add-ons

When Google release its web browser most of you missed the Addons and tool bars. Browser Add-ons and toolbars give more functionalities and shortcuts to your browser. In Google Chrome you lost all these. Is there any way that I can add add-ons to Google Chrome? What is a Bookmarklet? Will Bookmarklets replace the browser add-ons?


What is a Bookmarklet?

The word Bookmarklet derives from two words; Bookmark and applet.
As it says Bookmarklet is a applet that can be run through book mark or hyper links. It can be simple as word counter, time display to complex tools that can change how you blog.

Still if you do not have a idea about what is a bookmarklet and how it works try couple of simple bookmarklets available. You can find lot of bookmarklets in here. They are quite simple and want to try out some complex one in Gmail or blog editor. Try Bookmarklet for Zemanta. You will love it.

Advantages of Bookmarklets

Can be used in any browser (IE, FireFox and even in Chrome)
Only run when you need it.
Keep you browser clean as you do not have to install anything.
Can be complex and used for any kind of functionalities.

What you think about Bookmarklets?

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Today's Gmail problems

We have been discussing the problems that can raise as we centralize all our information in to one place. This can be one thing. Alway good to be in safe side.

If something can go wrong it will - Murphy's law

This is what Gmail Engineering team says to say out Tuesdays Gmail Problem

Update (2:37 pm): We've fixed the issue, and Gmail should be back up and running as usual. We're still investigating the root cause of this outage, and we'll share more information soon. Thanks for bearing with us.

We know many of you are having trouble accessing Gmail right now — we are too, and we definitely feel your pain. We don't usually post about minor issues here (the Apps status dashboard and the Gmail Help Center are usually where this kind of information goes). Because this is impacting so many of you, we wanted to let you know we're currently looking into the issue and hope to have more info to share here shortly. If you have IMAP or POP set up already, you should be able to access your mail that way in the meantime. We're terribly sorry for the inconvenience and will get Gmail back up and running as soon as possible.

Official Gmail Blog: Today's Gmail problems
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Buying a Laptop Computer or Netbook

It is not an easy task to buying a laptop computer. Not just because of the price of the price of the laptops but comparing the features with the prices will easily makes you feel lost. Do not forget that cheap new notebook have new member. Netbooks are cheaper and portable. So how you decide which laptop, desktop or netbook to buy.


How much you can or willing to spend on your new computer, laptop or netbook comes first. Without proper budget you will easily get lost because you can buy one for $500 as well as for more than $5000. I will leave it with you.

Before you go any further spend couple of minutes to go through the hardware requirements and operating system you would prefer. At this stage you will get Windows Vista
or XP with your laptop and soon Windows 7 would be available. In terms of hardware it is Screen Size, RAM, Hard disk space, Processor and video and sound card would be main components you need to think of.

Then it would be better to decide you want to buy a desktop, laptop or netbook. You might need to answer couple of usability question before you make the decision.

* Do I want it to be portable?
* Do I want 5-6 hours of battery life?
* Do I want to use it mainly for internet browsing and access documents and Excels?
* Will I not constantly use it for couple of hours?
* Do I have another computer?
* 1GB - 2GB RAM is quite enough?

If you answer yes to most of the above questions then I would recommend you to go for a netbook which is cheaper, extremely portable and quite handy to take it when you travel. Not recommended for constantly using for longer hours.

* I want to it to be portable?
* I do not really worried about the battery life?
* I want to run couple of general applications and some photo editing applications?
* I will use it for hours and hours?
* I want more RAM and disk space to be used?

Then it is ideal to buy a laptop base on your hardware requirements. You can upgrade/downgrade RAM and hard drive base on your requirement and budget. With netbooks it is bit hard to work for longer hours as the screen is smaller.

Image by Getty Images via Daylife

If you do not want portability at all and want to run really heavy and experiment with application, operating systems and what to run programing languages and databases you must choose a good desktop. Also if you have a limited budget desktop would be a good option as well.

Try to keep your requirements simple. Otherwise new models will add to the market and you will never end up buying a new computer but wasting your time going through specifications and requirements.

Do not forget to share your experience buying a new laptop, computer or netbook...

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