20 Jan 2006

Internet Explorer 7 Build 5299 (Beta 2 Preview) via JCXP.net

The folks at JCXP.net have put up couple of shots and a download link to Microsoft IE 7 build 5299:

Internet Explorer 7 Build 5299 (Beta 2 Preview) - JCXP.net

PC virus completes 20 years

Its been 20 years since the advent of the first PC virus - Brain. According to F-Secure, this virus was first discovered in 1986 and survived till 1995.

It is currently believed to be extinct.

23 Things to Do With a Thumb Drive

Got a thumb-drive those useful little USB devices which let your carry out data in your pocket? Here are 23 Things to Do With it.

13 Jan 2006

PHP Easter Egg.

Know a website thats running PHP? Just add a ?=PHPE9568F36-D428-11d2-A769-00AA001ACF42 at the end of the URL and watch the fun :)

Try this one.

12 Jan 2006

Mozart's music diary online [via BBC]

src: bbc ukTo mark Mozarts 250 birthday, the British library has put up a digital version of his diary online.

For music fans, this is a never-before opportunity to take a look at ALL his original works - in its original form.

Found on BBC NEWS | Technology | Mozart's music diary goes online

Code4Bill - Microsoft to find the best student technologists in India.

Here's a chance for 20 Indian students to win internships at Microsoft research center in India and for only one to be chosen to work with Bill Gates Technical Assistants Team in Redmond, USA.

The competition is called Code4Bill.

Note: HURRY! Last date for application is 18th Jan 2006.

8 Jan 2006

Windows 98 and trying to read Unicode website?

Wikipedia says this is not possible since Win98 does not provide OS-level support for Unicode Indic Scripts. However, the only possible solution is downloading IE6(ugh!) or a modified version of Firefox.

For the Firefox enthusiasts, i wish to draw your attention to the following words on the site:

The patch on this page is extremely unlikely to be integrated by Mozilla. The reason is that Mozilla and Firefox are switching from their existing graphics rendering layer to a new implementation, and the patches here apply to the old implementation (used in existing Firefox versions).

Which in simple terms means that this a unofficial "patch" to firefox to help it overcome the shortcomings of Windows 98. However, although the patch is stable (which means lesser chances of Firefox crashing) it is unlikely that this change will become a part of the official Firefox installable for various reasons.

Google Pack [via Google blog]

Google has announced the avialability of a Google Pack which contains a collection of must haves on any respectable PC. Some of the important ones include the Google suite (Google Earth, Google Picasa, Google Desktop, Google Toolbar for IE, Google Talk) and Other including Firefox, Norton Antivirus, Real Player, Trilliam (a hybrid Instant Messenger), Ad-aware (Anti-spyware), Adobe Reader 7 and a Google PAck screensaver.

In case you already have some of those, you can omit downloading those.

4 Jan 2006

Blogger Help : What is BlogThis! ?

Blogger help recently improved the BlogThis! book marklet to include rich formatting and added options to edit as html or rich text. Makes life simpler for bloggers like me.

Great going guys!