Google’s search service. Google indexes and organizes the contents of the Web in a huge database; it’s this database that you use to search the Web.
AdWords. This is a paid search placement program; you create ads and bid on how much you’ll pay for each click the ad attracts. Each time someone clicks on your ad, you gain a potential customer or client.
AdSense. This program enables blog and Web site owners to run targeted ads alongside their content; the content of the ads is intended to complement what you’ve published yourself.
Google Apps. This service provides you with a domain name (for a one-time $10 fee) and enables you to use a suite of business applications, which multiple users can access.
Google Docs & Spreadsheets. This exciting and easy-to-use service gives you a word processor and a spreadsheet application that you can use and access for free.
Google Calendar. A default calendar is created for you when you sign up for Google Apps; you can also create custom calendars and even embed calendars in Web pages.
Gmail. Google’s e-mail application comes with lots of storage space and an integrated chat client to boot.
Google Talk. Google’s chat application lets you send instant messages and even conduct real-time voice conversations through your computer.
Google Page Creator. This Web page editing tool lets you create your own Web site to go along with your Google Apps domain name.
Blogger. Google’s popular, and free, blogging services lets you create your own Web-based diary, complete with an index, an archive, and a comments feature.
Checkout, Google Product Search, Catalogs. I’m fudging a bit and lumping these three separate Google services into a single unit. Each one can help commercial businesses sell products online.
Google Base. A growing number of entrepreneurs are posting merchandise, property, services, jobs, and lots of other things for sale in this Web publishing area.
Google Gadgets. These easy-to-implement bits of Web content can make your Web site more valuable and attract more repeat visits.
Analytics, Trends. These two analytical tools provide you with information about visits to your own Web site and trends in Web searches, respectively.
Desktop, Toolbar. These two tools help you search more effectively, both through files on your own computer and your local network (Desktop) as well as the wider Internet (Toolbar).
Picasa. This powerful photo viewing and editing tool automatically organizes all the files on your desktop and lets you edit them as well.
News, Book Search. These tools provide businesspeople with important up-to-the-minute data they need to keep on top of trends and events.
Google Apps Premium. This corporate version of Google Apps guarantees nearly 24/7 reliability and gives businesses the ability to write custom programs that interface with Google’s services.
Gmail Mobile and SMS. These tools let busy professionals search Google and exchange messages when they’re on the road.
Google Pack. This suite of applications will boost the functionality of virtually any workstation.
Sunday, September 28, 2008
Sunday, September 21, 2008
Fridges - without electricity!
London, Sept 21: An Oxford electrical engineer has come up with a refrigerator that runs without electricity. Not his own idea. He has based it on a model invented by Albert Einstein in 1930.
Einstein and his colleague, Hungarian physicist Leo Szilard, patented a fridge that had no moving parts and used only pressurised gases to keep things cold.
The idea is to eventually stop using modern refrigerators, which use gas that harm the environment. They work by compressing and expanding man-made greenhouse gases called freons - far more damaging that carbon dioxide.
Almost every household in the developed world owns a fridge and its sales are rising as demand increases in developing countries.
Malcolm McCulloch, an electrical engineer at Oxford who works on green technologies, is leading a three-year project to develop fridges that can be used in places without electricity.
The Einstein-Szilard model design was partly used in the first domestic refrigerators but the technology was abandoned when more efficient compressors became popular in the 1950s.
Einstein and Szilard's idea avoids the need for freons. It uses ammonia, butane and water and takes advantage of the fact that liquids boil at lower temperatures when the air pressure around them is lower.
�If you go to the top of Mount Everest, water boils at a much lower temperature than it does when you're at sea level, and that's because the pressure is much lower up there,� says McCulloch.
At one side is the evaporator, a flask that contains butane. �If you introduce a new vapour above the butane, the liquid boiling temperature decreases and, as it boils off, it takes energy from the surroundings to do so, says McCulloch. �That's what makes it cold.�
He is not the only one interested in environment-friendly fridges. Engineers working at a Cambridge-based start-up company, Camfridge, are currently using magnetic fields, instead of gas, to cool things.
Managing director Neil Wilson says: �When the magnetic field is next to the alloy, it's like compressing the gas, and when the magnetic field leaves, it's like expanding the gas. This effect can be seen in rubber bands - when you stretch the band it gets hot, and when you let the band contract it gets cold
Einstein and his colleague, Hungarian physicist Leo Szilard, patented a fridge that had no moving parts and used only pressurised gases to keep things cold.
The idea is to eventually stop using modern refrigerators, which use gas that harm the environment. They work by compressing and expanding man-made greenhouse gases called freons - far more damaging that carbon dioxide.
Almost every household in the developed world owns a fridge and its sales are rising as demand increases in developing countries.
Malcolm McCulloch, an electrical engineer at Oxford who works on green technologies, is leading a three-year project to develop fridges that can be used in places without electricity.
The Einstein-Szilard model design was partly used in the first domestic refrigerators but the technology was abandoned when more efficient compressors became popular in the 1950s.
Einstein and Szilard's idea avoids the need for freons. It uses ammonia, butane and water and takes advantage of the fact that liquids boil at lower temperatures when the air pressure around them is lower.
�If you go to the top of Mount Everest, water boils at a much lower temperature than it does when you're at sea level, and that's because the pressure is much lower up there,� says McCulloch.
At one side is the evaporator, a flask that contains butane. �If you introduce a new vapour above the butane, the liquid boiling temperature decreases and, as it boils off, it takes energy from the surroundings to do so, says McCulloch. �That's what makes it cold.�
He is not the only one interested in environment-friendly fridges. Engineers working at a Cambridge-based start-up company, Camfridge, are currently using magnetic fields, instead of gas, to cool things.
Managing director Neil Wilson says: �When the magnetic field is next to the alloy, it's like compressing the gas, and when the magnetic field leaves, it's like expanding the gas. This effect can be seen in rubber bands - when you stretch the band it gets hot, and when you let the band contract it gets cold
Brain Cancer because of excessive Mobile Usage??
Mobile use ups children's risk of brain cancer fivefold
LONDON: Cell phones are among the most favourite gadgets of today's youngsters. But, a new study has claimed that mobile use substantially raises the risk of brain cancer in children.
Researchers in Sweden have carried out the study and found that kids are five times more likely to get brain cancer later in life if they use mobile phones, a leading British daily reported.
According to them, kids are more at risk because their brains and nervous systems are still developing and as their heads are smaller and their skulls are thinner, the radiation penetrates deeper into their brains.
"People who started mobile phone use before the age of 20 have more than five-fold increase in glioma -- a cancer of the glial cells that support the central nervous system," lead researcher Lennart Hardell of University Hospital Orebro said.
Moreover, those who started using mobiles young were also five times more likely to get acoustic neuromas, benign but often disabling tumours of the auditory nerve, which can cause deafness, he said.
However, at 20 the danger diminishes because then the brain is fully developed, the study suggested.
In their study, the Swedish researchers also analysed data from one of the biggest researches carried out into the risk that the radiation causes cancer.
By contrast, they found that people who were in their 20s before using handsets were only 50 per cent more likely to contract gliomas and twice as likely to get acoustic neuromas later in life.
"This is a warning sign. It's very worrying. We should be taking precautions," Prof Hardell said, adding kids under 12 should not use mobiles except in emergencies and teenagers should use only hands-free devices.
LONDON: Cell phones are among the most favourite gadgets of today's youngsters. But, a new study has claimed that mobile use substantially raises the risk of brain cancer in children.
Researchers in Sweden have carried out the study and found that kids are five times more likely to get brain cancer later in life if they use mobile phones, a leading British daily reported.
According to them, kids are more at risk because their brains and nervous systems are still developing and as their heads are smaller and their skulls are thinner, the radiation penetrates deeper into their brains.
"People who started mobile phone use before the age of 20 have more than five-fold increase in glioma -- a cancer of the glial cells that support the central nervous system," lead researcher Lennart Hardell of University Hospital Orebro said.
Moreover, those who started using mobiles young were also five times more likely to get acoustic neuromas, benign but often disabling tumours of the auditory nerve, which can cause deafness, he said.
However, at 20 the danger diminishes because then the brain is fully developed, the study suggested.
In their study, the Swedish researchers also analysed data from one of the biggest researches carried out into the risk that the radiation causes cancer.
By contrast, they found that people who were in their 20s before using handsets were only 50 per cent more likely to contract gliomas and twice as likely to get acoustic neuromas later in life.
"This is a warning sign. It's very worrying. We should be taking precautions," Prof Hardell said, adding kids under 12 should not use mobiles except in emergencies and teenagers should use only hands-free devices.
Saturday, September 20, 2008
Knowledge Hound website
Here’s a useful resource to track down information on the Web: www.knowledgehound.com is an aggregator site that collects ‘how-to’ links on various subjects - from motorcycle repairs and first aid, to solar cooking and personal finance
For the avid do-it-yourselfer—or just those who need help with cooking, parenting, or job hunting—there is Knowledge Hound. It claims to be the Web's largest directory of free how-to links, and also includes its own original how-to content.
For the avid do-it-yourselfer—or just those who need help with cooking, parenting, or job hunting—there is Knowledge Hound. It claims to be the Web's largest directory of free how-to links, and also includes its own original how-to content.
Saturday, September 13, 2008
Flexibility of fixed deposit & savings account
There’s a plethora of banking products available in the market today which gives you the flexibility of a fixed deposit as well as a savings or current account.
Want to enjoy the benefits of a savings account coupled with the high returns of a fixed deposit? Don’t worry. There are plenty of banking products available in the market today which give you the unique combination of a fixed deposit and a savings account.
HSBC’s SmartMoney Account, for instance, lets you enjoy the higher returns of a fixed deposit and yet retain the liquidity and flexibility to meet all your needs. You can open this account with a minimum fixed deposit of Rs 25,000 and earn high returns. However, in case of need you can withdraw up to 90% through an overdraft facility. The best part is that you pay interest only on the amount overdrawn, while earn interest on your fixed deposit.
Says an HSBC spokesperson, “You will be charged an interest of 2% over the interest rate being paid on the deposit (or average interest rate paid on all linked deposits), subject to a maximum of the prime lending rate (PLR). The interest is charged only for the amount utilised and for the number of days you are in debit. The interest rate on an overdraft limit over Rs 200,000 is linked to the bank’s PLR.”
Likewise, Citibank Multi Deposit is a fixed deposit linked to a savings or a current account. The deposit is held in units of Rs 1,000. The balance in the Multi Deposit gets added to the withdrawable balance of the customer.
According to the bank, while the savings account offers an interest rate of 3.5% on the minimum amount held in the savings account between the 10th and the last day of the month, the Citibank Multi Deposit offers customers an interest rate that is typically higher than the savings rate if you hold the deposit for a minimum period of seven days. The Multi Deposit offers customers the same liquidity as a savings account as the balance gets added to the withdrawable balance.
Says Uday Sareen, Citibanking Head-India, Citibank NA, “At the heart of this facility, which combines the liquidity of a transactional account with potentially higher returns than the savings rate, is leveraging technology to provide convenience to clients. Citibank introduced this in the early 90s by booking deposits in small units (Rs 1,000 in the case of the Citibank Multi Deposit), thus giving customers the flexibility of a partial withdrawal.”
According to him, this facility comes especially handy for customers who may require the use of these funds at short notice. Related product offerings also include the Citibank Unfixed Deposit, a facility that allows an overdraft against a fixed deposit.
You can also enjoy such facility by opting for HDFC Bank’s SuperSaver Facility on your savings account. This gives you an overdraft facility of up to 75% of the value of your fixed deposit. You can choose between a savings account or current account to link to your fixed deposit. This facility also gives you the flexibility in altering period of deposit, maturity and payment instructions, principal amount and rollover mode.
What is more, senior citizens can enjoy a higher rate of interest on their fixed deposits. The only criteria being that a minimum amount of Rs 25,000 for a minimum tenure of six months is required to open a Super Saver Account, in addition to a Zero Balance Savings Account.
Says an HDFC spokesperson, “There is no need to break your fixed deposit for short-term needs. You need withdraw money only for the specific period of need. Cash can be withdrawn through an ATM or by cheque or teller transactions.”
However, if you wish to avoid taking overdrafts and still take advantage of your fixed deposits, then you can opt for HDFC’s Sweep-In Facility on your savings account.
In this case, you can link your FD to your savings or current account and use it to fall back on in case of emergencies. A deficit in your account is taken care of by using up an exact value from your FD. Since deposits are broken down in units of Re 1, you will lose interest only for the actual amount that has been withdrawn.
Multiple deposits can also be linked to the savings account. Moreover, you can avail of both, a SuperSaver Facility as well as a Sweep-In Facility, if you have linked your deposits to a savings facility.So, are you ready to get the best of both worlds?
Want to enjoy the benefits of a savings account coupled with the high returns of a fixed deposit? Don’t worry. There are plenty of banking products available in the market today which give you the unique combination of a fixed deposit and a savings account.
HSBC’s SmartMoney Account, for instance, lets you enjoy the higher returns of a fixed deposit and yet retain the liquidity and flexibility to meet all your needs. You can open this account with a minimum fixed deposit of Rs 25,000 and earn high returns. However, in case of need you can withdraw up to 90% through an overdraft facility. The best part is that you pay interest only on the amount overdrawn, while earn interest on your fixed deposit.
Says an HSBC spokesperson, “You will be charged an interest of 2% over the interest rate being paid on the deposit (or average interest rate paid on all linked deposits), subject to a maximum of the prime lending rate (PLR). The interest is charged only for the amount utilised and for the number of days you are in debit. The interest rate on an overdraft limit over Rs 200,000 is linked to the bank’s PLR.”
Likewise, Citibank Multi Deposit is a fixed deposit linked to a savings or a current account. The deposit is held in units of Rs 1,000. The balance in the Multi Deposit gets added to the withdrawable balance of the customer.
According to the bank, while the savings account offers an interest rate of 3.5% on the minimum amount held in the savings account between the 10th and the last day of the month, the Citibank Multi Deposit offers customers an interest rate that is typically higher than the savings rate if you hold the deposit for a minimum period of seven days. The Multi Deposit offers customers the same liquidity as a savings account as the balance gets added to the withdrawable balance.
Says Uday Sareen, Citibanking Head-India, Citibank NA, “At the heart of this facility, which combines the liquidity of a transactional account with potentially higher returns than the savings rate, is leveraging technology to provide convenience to clients. Citibank introduced this in the early 90s by booking deposits in small units (Rs 1,000 in the case of the Citibank Multi Deposit), thus giving customers the flexibility of a partial withdrawal.”
According to him, this facility comes especially handy for customers who may require the use of these funds at short notice. Related product offerings also include the Citibank Unfixed Deposit, a facility that allows an overdraft against a fixed deposit.
You can also enjoy such facility by opting for HDFC Bank’s SuperSaver Facility on your savings account. This gives you an overdraft facility of up to 75% of the value of your fixed deposit. You can choose between a savings account or current account to link to your fixed deposit. This facility also gives you the flexibility in altering period of deposit, maturity and payment instructions, principal amount and rollover mode.
What is more, senior citizens can enjoy a higher rate of interest on their fixed deposits. The only criteria being that a minimum amount of Rs 25,000 for a minimum tenure of six months is required to open a Super Saver Account, in addition to a Zero Balance Savings Account.
Says an HDFC spokesperson, “There is no need to break your fixed deposit for short-term needs. You need withdraw money only for the specific period of need. Cash can be withdrawn through an ATM or by cheque or teller transactions.”
However, if you wish to avoid taking overdrafts and still take advantage of your fixed deposits, then you can opt for HDFC’s Sweep-In Facility on your savings account.
In this case, you can link your FD to your savings or current account and use it to fall back on in case of emergencies. A deficit in your account is taken care of by using up an exact value from your FD. Since deposits are broken down in units of Re 1, you will lose interest only for the actual amount that has been withdrawn.
Multiple deposits can also be linked to the savings account. Moreover, you can avail of both, a SuperSaver Facility as well as a Sweep-In Facility, if you have linked your deposits to a savings facility.So, are you ready to get the best of both worlds?
Thursday, September 11, 2008
About google_ad_host
If you’re using Blogger.com (or BlogSpot.com) blogging service, and use the new template system to add a Google AdSense page element block to your blog, you will notice that there is additional line in the ad unit appended to the JavaScript when you viewing the HTML web page source code. The extra line of ad code is google_ad_host, which locates directly below google_ad_client which represents user’s publisher ID.
google_ad_client=”pub-7042087181757148″;
google_ad_host=”pub-1556223355139109″;
There is speculation that google_ad_host is the publisher ID of Google’s Blogger that will take a cut of advertising revenue share from displayed ads impressions and clicks. Thus, there are bloggers at DigitalPoint forums who accused that Blogger commits cheating or stealing as the service agreement or terms does not specify that any possible revenue sharing by using the AdSense widget.
In actual, the part that google_ad_host is used for revenue sharing is true. But rumor that Blogger is taking a part of ads revenue earned is simply invalid, correct at least up to the time of publishing. Case study on Blogger confirms that it’s using Google AdSense API to provide the AdSense snippet on users’ blogs. Google AdSense API features a Revenue Share Program where developer can keep a percentage of revenue between 0% to 75% include from publishers’ earnings. But nothing to worry about reduced earning for publishers using Blogger service yet, as Blogger is taking 0% from you - that’s right, 100% of ads money generated from your impressions and clicks belong to you (less Google share, which you have no control anyway).
How to prove that Blogger is not stealing your money? Simply login to your Google AdSense account, then go to My Account tab, and click on Account Access link. You can see all third party service (such as Blogger) that you granted access as host to your AdSense ad code and reports in order to provide you with AdSense account management through their site. From here, you see that the Revenue Share Rate for Blogger site is 0%.
From the FAQ, Google AdSense API also states that you will receive an notification email if there’s any change to revenue share percentage rate, and third party services are also required to clearly display to your publishers the revenue share that you retain as well.
If you still worry about loss of revenue, simply click on disable access link, and then use HTML/JavaScript to replace AdSense widget, as shown in this workaround to add custom channel to AdSense in Blogger widget.
google_ad_client=”pub-7042087181757148″;
google_ad_host=”pub-1556223355139109″;
There is speculation that google_ad_host is the publisher ID of Google’s Blogger that will take a cut of advertising revenue share from displayed ads impressions and clicks. Thus, there are bloggers at DigitalPoint forums who accused that Blogger commits cheating or stealing as the service agreement or terms does not specify that any possible revenue sharing by using the AdSense widget.
In actual, the part that google_ad_host is used for revenue sharing is true. But rumor that Blogger is taking a part of ads revenue earned is simply invalid, correct at least up to the time of publishing. Case study on Blogger confirms that it’s using Google AdSense API to provide the AdSense snippet on users’ blogs. Google AdSense API features a Revenue Share Program where developer can keep a percentage of revenue between 0% to 75% include from publishers’ earnings. But nothing to worry about reduced earning for publishers using Blogger service yet, as Blogger is taking 0% from you - that’s right, 100% of ads money generated from your impressions and clicks belong to you (less Google share, which you have no control anyway).
How to prove that Blogger is not stealing your money? Simply login to your Google AdSense account, then go to My Account tab, and click on Account Access link. You can see all third party service (such as Blogger) that you granted access as host to your AdSense ad code and reports in order to provide you with AdSense account management through their site. From here, you see that the Revenue Share Rate for Blogger site is 0%.
From the FAQ, Google AdSense API also states that you will receive an notification email if there’s any change to revenue share percentage rate, and third party services are also required to clearly display to your publishers the revenue share that you retain as well.
If you still worry about loss of revenue, simply click on disable access link, and then use HTML/JavaScript to replace AdSense widget, as shown in this workaround to add custom channel to AdSense in Blogger widget.
Monday, September 1, 2008
Best Animation Tutorial for Beginners
Tommorow's world will have lots of demand for animators.Animation, the art of rendering life to the sketches...is very interesting career for art lovers.
I love animation and i have my plans to learn and prove myself in that field
I found the best introdution to animation at the following link :
http://www.cartoonster.com/
Well explained with an imaginative brain.
Teaching when aided with artistic representation will have its true effect on students.
Some good institutes in india for animation courses :
1. Toonz Animation Academy
2. ARENA
3. ANTS
4. MAAC
5. ANIMASTER
6. IMAGE
7. ZECA (ZEDCA)
I love animation and i have my plans to learn and prove myself in that field
I found the best introdution to animation at the following link :
http://www.cartoonster.com/
Well explained with an imaginative brain.
Teaching when aided with artistic representation will have its true effect on students.
Some good institutes in india for animation courses :
1. Toonz Animation Academy
2. ARENA
3. ANTS
4. MAAC
5. ANIMASTER
6. IMAGE
7. ZECA (ZEDCA)
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