More new Gmail features

Even though Google introduced Anti-Virus capabilities to GMail recently, now they have introduced another set of new features which are available at What's New page.

Features

Web Clips
This will allow users to view news and RSS feeds inside GMail, without having to leave the GMail page.
View Attachments
With this you will not need to download or open attachments of many file types as it provides a "View as HTML" feature.
Supported file types are;
.pdf, .doc, .xls, .ppt, .rtf, .sxw, .sxc, .sxi, .sdw, .sdc, .sdd, and .wml.


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Google Desktop tweaked to block attackers

Due to a bug in Internet Explorer, data of Google Desktop (in user's machines) was in danger. Google has fixed it quite soon and users do not have to apply any patch as they have done it on their end.


But according to the news Microsoft is still looking into the bug.

Why Microsoft can not make a bugless browser? We know that developing a software without any bug is an (so-called)impossible task. But Microsoft is always issuing patches?



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Rename a database in MySQL through Linux console

Steps to follow to rename a database in a Linux environment can be listed as follows.

1. Stop mysql
    Use $ kill -9 [processID]
2. Search the place where the database folders are stored
    Use $ mysqladmin variables | grep datadir
3. Goto the folder which contains the database folders
4. Rename the folder
    Use $ mv
5. Start mysql
    Use $ mysqld_safe &

Adobe clinches Macromedia deal

Adobe Systems Inc has bought Macromedia Inc for $3.4bn. According to a news; the deal has been closed on last Saturday.

Adobe has commented that the users will experience a cheaper service than before. But normal senario is when a company becomes a dominator the prices go higher. We'll see? going down

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Creative Clock

Check how nice this clock works. A creative idea. ClockBlock

If you think Internet Explorer is great, read this

Many internet users happen to use Internet Explorer as the default browser, since it is provided with Microsoft Windows. So the users do not think of other choices, and stuck to IE.

It's still not too late to switch to a great browser like "Firefox".

www.stopie.com is a site completely related for this matter.

A Baby Named Google

Today only I heard that a child is named Google, actually Oliver Google Kai born on September 17th 2005 as son of Walid Elias Kai (a Ph.D. holder in search engine marketing) who is also a Google fan.

He is having his own home page, and also a blog.

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