Ubuntu Pocket guide available as free download

The free Linux distribution has never looked more attractive.. If you have ever considered of switching over to Ubuntu, and you are a new user there is no need to worry because the official Ubuntu pocket guide is available for free download..Ubuntu Pocket Guide and Reference covers all the beginner-to-expert knowledge you'll need to make the move to Ubuntu.

Download Ubuntu Pocket guide

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Search people

There are various reasons why you might need to search for people, you may need to find a lost relative, an old flame, a classmate or a business contact - but if you are using a search engine such as Google or Yahoo to search for people, you have probably realized by now that it might work in some cases but in most cases it won't.

How come the best search engines fail so miserably when it comes to people search? The answer lies in a little known but very important part of the web called "deep web".

Also known as "invisible web", the term "deep web" refers to a vast repository of underlying content, such as documents in online databases that general-purpose web crawlers cannot reach. 

Pipl's query-engine helps you find deep web pages that cannot be found on regular search engines.

This is actually a cool idea.. who knows one day you might need this to search your old crush:-) or ur best friend who knows:-)

PIPL

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URL Alias in firefox

This is one of the nice add on features in firefox which enables you to add one of the chrome's feature on firefox. i.e URL alias.

URL Alias enables short keyword searches from the address bar as shown in the above image. Suppose if you type flickr , it will take you directly to that particular username's photostream. It's a pretty great stuff and it reduces ur time to type in the whole address:-).. Chrome users know the power of URL aliasing.. So non chrome users experience this fun and post in your comments. The link for the add on is

URL Alias

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Its Photosynth again!!

Hi guys, i was going through the CNN news site yesterday and the website was flooded with articles of the new president of the united states of America.. Earlier in my blog entry i had an entry regarding the microsoft photosynth. If want to see a synth this is one amazing synth on the site of CNN of the inaugural ceremony. I bet you will enjoy watching this synth.. see the level of detail:-).. Keep zooming inside the clarity becomes higher and higher.. Here's the link below

CNN-The Moment

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The ObamaMobile

The Obamamobile is the new presidential limo unveiled and it can withstand rocket and chemical attacks.It's official sign is Cadillac one, but will be always remembered as Obamamobile:-)
The secret service agents are already familiarizing with the machine they call the 'The Beast' built by general motors in Detroit and based on Cadillac chassis. Click on the image above for detailed explanation

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Search ur song and download!!

I am back with another cool discovery..Have you ever heard of a search engine for your mp3 songs??.. I guess not.. But there exists one.. This is a very beautiful and simple search engine for your mp3 songs.. And the cool part is you can also download the song immediately as after u search and the lyrics of that song is also available for download.. From next time onwards if you are looking out for a particular song i guess this search engine would be better to use than google:-)..

mp3realm.org

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Add twitter gadget to ur gmail account

Follow these simple steps and you will be able to use twitter from your gmail account

Step 1: Click on the Labs icon

Step 2: Enable 'Add any gadget by URL', then click 'Save Changes'

Step 3: Click 'Gadgets'

Step 4: Enter the URL for TwitterGadget, then click 'Add'

Step 5: You are done.. you can now use twitter from ur gmail account.

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Sit in a Ferrari Scuderia at home

This is pretty awesome... Actually i was just going through the latest formula 1 car F 60. And some how by luck or accident i found it.. You will get the feel of sitting inside a Ferrari spider:-) trust me i am not bluffing.. please click the link below. don't hesitate.. And press
f 11 for full screen mode after clicking the link.

http://www.ferrariworld.com/events/ss16m/virtualtour/eng/index.htm

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Yahoo! BOSS

BOSS (Build your Own Search Service) is Yahoo!'s open search web services platform. The goal of BOSS is simple: to foster innovation in the search industry. Developers, start- ups, and large Internet companies can use BOSS to build and launch web-scale search products that utilize the entire Yahoo! Search index. BOSS gives you access to Yahoo!'s investments in crawling and indexing, ranking and relevancy algorithms, and powerful infrastructure. By combining your unique assets and ideas with our search technology assets, BOSS is a platform for the next generation of search innovation, serving hundreds of millions of users across the Web.

source:http://developer.yahoo.com/search/boss/

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Send and archive-new google labs feature

This is a new feature in gmail. Are u out of space and u have to delete the mails by yourself explicitly..So now this new feature helps you to archive mails automatically whenever you reply to mails i.e it adds a extra send and archive button which helps you to do that.
So how to enable?? Go to settings tab select labs under and enable the send and archive feature and save your changes

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Dictionary of Algorithms and Data structures

This is for all the programming freaks.This is one cool site which contains all available algorithms and data structures. All of these are sorted out in a alphabetical order and hence the name. For example if you search for insertion sort a description of it is as shown below:

insertion sort

(algorithm)

Definition: Sort by repeatedly taking the next item and inserting it into the final data structure in its proper order with respect to items already inserted. Run time is O(n²) because of moves.

Also known as linear insertion sort.

Generalization (I am a kind of ...)

Sort.

Specialization (... is a kind of me.)

binary insertion sort

The Link is: www.nist.gov/dads/

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Coolest Gizmo

Want to know about the latest gadgets and want to know their description. This one site provides you the information regarding the latest coolest and freakiest gadgets:-)

visit: www.coolestgizmo.com

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WikiTaxi-Browse Wikipedia offline

This is one of my favorite discoveries so far. Did you ever want to take Wikipedia with you while you are offline? Call WikiTaxi : Its a portable application that delivers the Wikipedia of your choice wherever you go.

The coolest part of this is it does not require installation. You just to extract the WikiTaxi archive into any folder of your choice and it can be also on your USB drive also. The WikiTaxi is multilingual that means you can use it from Wikipedia's from different languages. Before you can actually use the WikiTaxi you need to download your Wikipedia from the internet and import it to WikiTaxi database.This is necessary for offline browsing. After this download you don’t need internet connection.

To download WikiTaxi: Download Now

For the links regarding the dumps please visit: www.wikitaxi.org

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English Songs

I had a friend of mine visit my home from Bangalore recently. We were having some discussion and during the discussion he asked for a particular English song and i did not have it. He said not to worry. He gave me a cool site from where i could download songs from. Trust me this site contains almost all available songs. You can even download whole albums.. But this site is useful those who are looking out for a very particular track:-)

link is www.mp3fusion.net

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Human Networking

I was just watching news the other day and there was a debate about what will be the technological trend of the year 2009. And there was this one person who mentioned Human Networking. I was like wat Human Networking???? I have heard of social networking but what is human networking? I wanted to what it is and I immediately googled it and was amazed to know what human networking is.

Human networking is one of the innovative solutions by Cisco Systems,Inc. The human network is generally regarded as a social structure composed of individuals, business partners, friends or other organizations connected through technology, using devices such as PCs, cell phones, PDAs and digital TVs. The human network connects to people in a variety of ways, whether via emotional, cultural, ideological, familial or behavioral ties.
There are different things possible with human networking. You can use your mobile phones to fix your scooter. A video changes everything. This networking technology brings countries, people and culture closer together. It also enforces the "the travel less principle" by means of "Telepresence". TelePresence helps these busy executives meet face to face, without traveling place to place. An Italian businessman travels from New York to China without leaving his neighborhood. All these things are possible on human networking.. I personally feel this will be the trend of 2009.. This is what i have understood:-).

For more videos regarding human networking please visit:
http://www.cisco.com/web/about/facts_info/advertising.html

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A lappy without keyboard ???

Are you guys amazed by this... And who has all these kind of innovations.. Its obvious its Apple:-).. They came up with Mac Book Air last year and this year a Mac Book wheel... Pricey though :-( but the technology is sweet.. The video explains everything.. So just watch the video and enjoy

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They Experiment they implement!!

Google are known for a lot of reasons. Starting from search engines they came up with adsense, gmail, google groups, gtalk and the list never ends.. So how do they do it??. Its via google labs.
Google labs showcases a few of our favorite ideas that aren't quite ready for prime time.

The prototypes of the products to be released are uploaded here and the users are asked to play with the prototypes and based on the users feedback, the bugs are fixed and the product is released. After the product is ready and released they are termed as "Graduates Of Labs"

For more info visit
www.labs.google.com

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USERNAMECHECK!!

Recently i just happened to visit this site... This site allows you to see whether a particular user name of your choice is available at your use or not. This site contains most of the sites like orkut, facebook, blogspot etc. you just need to type a username and the site will show in which all sites the particular username is available and in which all sites its not available.. It's one cool site

www.usernamecheck.com

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Weaving the world's Photos

The world is beeing digitized through photography at an enormous rate. Aerial imagery,once the domain of GIS is now viewed everyday by people on the web. Photo sharing sites like flickr contain billions of photographs and the process is accelerating as cell phones and cameras merge.

So how best can we make use of these available photos..What special we can bring about them???
The technology of photosynth is to geo locate the photographs and to arrange them as if they were taken in 3D.. For example you have visited the taj mahal and you have lot of pictures associated with Taj Mahal then u can create a synth out of it.It merges common pictures magnifies the detail of the picture... The synth gives u a 3D view of the place..u can navigate through..It gives the feeling of u being in that place... This is what i have understood:-) It is one piece of sweet technology.
www.photosynth.net

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