Carnatic Music

Looking for an online portal where you can hear the Carnatic music.I have recently come across this Raaga portal.Nice collection for music lovers.

http://www.raaga.com/channels/carnatic/

GMail is Public?

Heard Gmail is open for public registration,means now no invitation is needed to get a gmail account.In my India browser I do not see any link allowing me to signup for a GMail account.In the USA browser I see the link "Sign up for Gmail",but still its being redirected to the Mobile based sign up.I guess it should have been removed for some reason or other...

Try Microsoft Office 2007

Here goes two ways to try the new Office suite from Microsoft.
1]Web based Test Drive Here
2]Download the trial version.This is valid for two months[60 days] Here
If you just want to know the look and feel of the product try the first one,If you seriously want to explore the suite go for the second option.From here you can easily upgrade to the Full version.

Image Source:www.Microsoft.com

Blogger Error

Got this error when I was trying to access one of the previous posts.The message says "We're sorry ,but we were unable to complete your request"

Lab Tests

After a long search I finally found a good resource on web related to the Lab tests,disease conditions etc.,The site provided a list of tests that have to be taken by individuals according to the age group.This site will be useful for people of age 35 plus,from which age the performance of the organs will start degrading.People of age less than 35 can use this information to take enough measures to safeguard their bodes from the most common diseases that will affect in the respective age groups.I want you all to go through the site and add, doing a Master Health Checkup for you and your parents as part of the New Year Resolution.

LabTestsOnline

MSDE- Microsoft SQL Server Desktop Engine

MSDE - Microsoft SQL Server Desktop Engine, is a Free,light weight, re-distributable DataBase from the Microsoft.It is a less-featured version of the Microsoft SQLServer 2000 which is free to use for non-commercial use.For commercial use, one need to register with Microsoft [Most probably in this case also it can be destributed free of cost].The first restriction the MSDE comes in the form of size of each DataBase.It is set to a maximum of 2GB.Next it doesnt provide any graphical interface to administor the database and there are performance restrictions as well.For Students,website developers and programmers it is a perfect
choice.In Microsoft's words
MSDE 2000 is a royalty-free, redistributable database engine that is fully compatible with SQL Server. MSDE 2000 is designed primarily to provide a low-cost option for developers who need a database server that can be easily distributed and installed with a value-added business solution.
How to know whether you have MSDE installed in your machine or not.
To check it go to your Control Panel->Add or Remove Programs and check if you can see something like the one shown in the below snapshot.

World Cups so far

So far eight world cups have been conducted.Australia has won 3 times,West Indies 2 times and India,Pakistan and Sri Lanka Once each.England has conducted the tournament 4 times, but has never won the cup.In 1987 the world cup was conducted for the first time outside England.West Indies for the first time was unable to make it to Finals.More over the games were reduced from 60 overs to 50 due to the shorter daylight hours on the Indian Sub-continent.England lost the cup to Australia by a narrow margin of 7 runs.
Lord's hosted the Final Matches for four times.The latest World Cup was won by Australia in South Africa.
World Cups Statistics
1975 : Hosted by England and won by West Indies[60 Overs Match]
1979 : Hosted by England and won by West Indies[60 Overs Match]
1983 : Hosted by England and won by India[60 Overs Match]
1987 : Hosted by India/Pakistan and won by Australia[50 Overs Match]
1992 : Hosted by Australia/New Zealand and won by Pakistan[50 Overs Match]
1996 : Hosted by India/Pakistan/Sri Lanka and won by Sri Lanka[50 Overs Match]
1999 : Hosted by England/Scotland/Dutch and won by Australia [50 Overs Match]
2003 : Hosted by South Africa/Zimbabwe/Kenya and won by Australia[50 Overs Match]

Source : http://www.icc-cricket.com

Joost Internet TV

Joost pronounced - 'juiced' is an effort from the makers of skype to bring the TV to the web.The project which earlier was called 'The venice Project' is renamed to 'Joost' to let more users test the service.The Pro being the much TV-like experience and the con being it needs a high speed broadband connection to truly experience the service.According to the words of Joost website

Joost™ is a new way of watching TV on the internet, which uses new and established technologies to provide the best of both the internet and TV worlds. We're in the process of making it as TV-like as we can, with programmes, channels and adverts.

Sign up here to get a Beta Invitation

FAQ about the Joost Service

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