Archive for April, 2009

How To Identify Whether You’re at Risk for Mesothelioma

Mesothelioma is a form of cancer that is almost always caused by exposure to asbestos. In this disease, malignant cells develop in the mesothelium, a protective lining that covers most of the body’s internal organs. What is actually disturbing is the fact that Mesothelioma can take quite a long time before its diagnosed.  In this era, [...]

Microsoft Sees Drop In Revenue For The First Time in 23 Years

Microsoft has announced a dip in its revenue  and earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter ending March 31st. Its for the fist time in 23 years that Microsoft has seen a drop in revenue. 
The Redmond, Wash.-based company said sales fell 6% from a year earlier to $13.7 billion, missing analysts’ expectations of $14.1 billion.
Meanwhile, [...]

[India] Inflation at 0.26% for week ending 11th April

Inflation for the week-ended April 11 has come in at 0.26% compared to 0.18% week-on-week (WoW). Earlier Reserve Bank of India had cut Repo and Reverse Repo rates by 0.25% .

Key Steps to Beat Fear

Fear is one of the widely experienced human emotion. Fear of something going wrong in the future, fear related to activities which might never actually happen in future is often very prominent and can stop you from doing certain tasks. The worst part about fear is that it even stops you from making an attempt. [...]

New to Google Adsense? Attend the Websense Orientation Webinar by Google

If you are someone who is new to Google Adsense, but would certainly like to use it provided you understand it, here is an opportunity for you to learn, seek answers to your questions from the Google Adsense team. As part of its awareness and user education initiative, Google Adsense team is hosting a free [...]

[Dead Links] Check for Dead Links on your website with these 2 Tools

While designing and developing and maintaining, websites end up with a lot of dead links, these dead links for sure are extremely frustrating to visitors, but checking them manually is not realistic. Now, you can check for dead links on your websites with these 2 tools.
1.) Link Checker, Online link validation tool : Every link and connection within [...]

Adobe Flash Support for Set Top Boxes, Blu-Ray Players is coming

Adobe has got serious about Flash Support for the television and has announced that the software will soon be supported by “set-top boxes, Blu-ray players and other devices  which usually form part of your digital living room. In short, Adobe Flash is all set to conquer your Television.
With the support for Adobe Flash coming on [...]

Oracle aquires Sun Microsystem for $9.50 per share in cash

Oracle has finally declared that it will be buying Sun Microsystems for $9.5 per share. The transaction is valued at approximately $7.4 billion, or $5.6 billion net of Sun’s cash and debt.
The Sun Solaris operating system is the leading platform for the Oracle database, Oracle’s largest business, and has been for a long time. With [...]

[Google Adsense] Receive Your Cheques Securely at No Extra Cost

If you are in India and happen to be a Google Adsense Publisher, there is good news for you. From now on, Google Adsense cheques will be delivered securely without any extra cost in India. Earlier, if you wanted to receive secure cheques, Google used to charge a fees of 25$. 
Google Adsense team sent out [...]

Aneesh Chopra named as First Chief Technology Officer by President Obama

Aneesh Chopra, current Secretary of Technology for Virginia has been named by Obama as the Chief Technology Officer. The CTO position is linked with that of the Chief Information Officer, Vivek Kundra was named as the CIO just a few days back, but they are two distinct jobs. The White House explains the difference as
The responsibilities [...]