Download Internet Explorer 9 Release Candidate (IE9 RC) - Offline Installer - Windows 7/ Windows Vista/ Windows Server 2008

Internet Explorer 9 - Release Candidate (IE9 RC)

offline installers (once downloaded you won’t need Internet connection while installing or reinstalling IE9)

for…

Windows Vista/Windows Server 2008 (32-bit)
http://download.microsoft.com/download/C/1/7/C1754A31-1B2B-44F6-A51F-E7B2BB2E750E/IE9-WindowsVista-x86-enu.exe

Windows Vista/Windows Server 2008 (64-bit)
http://download.microsoft.com/download/3/7/7/377E5AD2-756A-4FFF-982F-78D5B411EC74/IE9-WindowsVista-x64-enu.exe

Windows 7 (32-bit)
http://download.microsoft.com/download/2/A/5/2A50895F-4BF1-4A68-837B-506AE8301E9D/IE9-Windows7-x86-enu.exe

Windows 7/Windows Server 2008 R2 (64-bit)
http://download.microsoft.com/download/C/1/5/C154F0CF-4BC8-454D-A4E8-314682963937/IE9-Windows7-x64-enu.exe



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previously, Internet Explorer 9 (IE 9) it was in Beta testing
now it is in Release Candidate, which is almost final version

from this what we can gain is…
we can use a stable version of HTML 5, next major revision of the HTML standard, some parts of which are still in draft stage by W3C group
that means, good to start learning HTML 5, as it wud be future of web, which has canvas, audio, video, etc. so shud be replacing Silverlight/Flash programming in about 5 yrs as soon as HTML 5 spec becomes a Candidate Recommendation stage during 2012, and other browsers than IE 9 too support HTML5, which is most likely due to browser wars

Buying a 3G phone? - Buy a HSPA 3G mobile phone/datacard (instead of W-CDMA 3G mobile phone/datacard)

If you are buying a 3G phone/datacard
Buy a HSPA 3G phone/datacard which is very fast (not W-CDMA 3G phone/datacard, which will be very slow)


Some of the HSPA mobile phones are listed below:
http://www.vodafone.in/3g/pages/hspa_handsets.aspx

Exact speeds & more details are mentioned here:

http://softwareforsmart.blogspot.com/2011/02/3g.html

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3G

3G (3rd Generation of cellular wireless standards)
3G is all about fast internet speed
3G system must allow simultaneous use of speech and data services, and should provide peak data rates of at least 200 kbit/s, according to the IMT-2000 specification

3G Standards
> UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunications System) standardized by 3GPP (3rd Generation Partnership Project) which specifies standards for 3G technology based on evolved Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) specifications
> CDMA2000 system standardized by 3GPP2 (3rd Generation Partnership Project 2) which specifies standards for 3G technology based on IS-95 (CDMA), commonly known as CDMA2000.

3 G phone (3GPP family) types Downlink data rates Uplink data rates
3G W-CDMA (Wideband Code Division Multiple Access) 384 kbps 384 kbps
3G HSPA (High Speed Packet Access) (3.5G, 3G+, turbo 3G, enhanced 3G) (3GPP Release 5) 0.9 Mbit/s to 14.4 Mbit/s 0.73 Mbit/s to 5.76 Mbit/s
Evolved HSPA (aka. HSPA+) (3GPP Release 7) 17.6 Mbit/s to 42.2 Mbit/s 11.5 Mbit/s
Dual-Cell HSDPA (3GPP Release 8) 23.4 Mbit/s to 42.2 Mbit/s 11.5 Mbit/s
DC-HSDPA w/MIMO (3GPP Release 9) 46.7 Mbit/s to 84.4 Mbit/s 23 Mbit/s

Buy a HSPA 3G phone/datacard (instead of W-CDMA 3G phone/datacard)...


3G providers in INDIA:
BSNL, MTNL, Tata Docomo, Reliance Communications, Bharti Airtel

3G providers already/to come in this 2011:
Vodafone, Idea and Aircel

Nokia 5233 has no 3G
http://www.gsmarena.com/nokia_5233-3390.php

Nokia 5230 has 3G (HSDPA, 3.6 Mbps)
http://www.gsmarena.com/nokia_5230-2909.php

Very Happy New Year - & - Don't go out-of-luck

‘m alive :) - got busy in trying to read C++ & STL, wil send links to good ones later

Wish you a Very Happy New Year

No images in this blog post - less bloating! :P


IF you thought, I had some good posts for your here, this year…
THEN ...

Here is a small extract from a very-good film, that I would want you to read today! :), yes mandatory :)

Film: The Matador - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Matador - (Pierce Brosnan, Greg Kinnear, Hope Davis, Philip Baker Hall)

Julian (Pierce Brosnan, the James Bond 007 guy), a hitman, who kills for living?, etc.
Danny, a luckless-salesman, who looses his son in an accident? & is mostly jobless?, etc.

Julian & Danny become friends at a bar

Later, one night, Danny asks Julian, a favour to kill Danny's competitor so that his job becomes secure or something, to which Julian tells the below to the luckless-Danny:

--- not exact words - take the intent ---
... "You are tired working all whole day, and actually, all the luck in the world is with you right now, and your entire life you think that you are not lucky, belive me, you dont want me to do what you asked for, though others would have done so, because once I kill your competitor, you would become out-of-luck, and each day later you will curse yourself why you did that, that day, your entire life" ...
--- not exact words - take the intent ---

In simple, dont go out-of-luck... just because this is last-day of this year, or whatever, or whenever later in the new year – & don’t forget the story - dont go out-of-luck :)

ELSE

...
:) – – u shud have posted comments to me already by now – oh! watever.. - :):):)

END IF

good day!!!

Microsoft Office for Rs.3000, for 3 Home PCs

This offer is as-on 15th Nov 2010.

MS Office has reduced its personal/home version to Rs. 2,999, can be installed/used on for 3 Home PCS – possibly 3 friends can buy one office, and use the same key, and register once with their own email ids, and use the sw forever (?) or until MS Office 2010 is supported for any security patches

Source: http://www.microsoftstore.co.in/microsoft/744/product/Office-Home-and-Student-2010.aspx

For a free MS office software alternatives, check below:
http://softwareforsmart.blogspot.com/2010/10/free-ms-office.html

Cheapest Internet

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Details as of 1st Nov 2010 < This link might be updated periodically later again >


Mobile Internet (GPRS/2G/EDGE) (prepaid) is..

cheapest at:

Airtel &
Aircel

For example, at the above airtel link, u can see below recharge options:

Charge / Usage / Validity Time
24 Rs / 200 MB / 5 days
25 Rs / 25 MB / 30 days
28 Rs / 15 MB / 7 days (Post Free Usage: 30paise / 50KB from main account)
51 Rs / ?? MB / 15 days
98 Rs / 2 G.B / 30 days (better option)
250 Rs / 8 G.B / 90 days (best option)

For example:
> I use max of 200-300MB in general, all Software downloads, Windows updates, anti-virus updates, daily browsing, text & picture downloads (not a lot of video browsing), etc. Also it is almost impossible to use up all the 2 GB in 30 days, for the speed is low in day time
> In 98 Rs plan, u don't really need to care download-usage
> In 250 Rs plan, u don't really need to care download-usage/validity time for next recharge
> Don't recharge too less MB, because you may run out of it, and u will be charged very high (??? but yes, like bill could come to 600 Rs :) as i have seen for one of my friend)


TATA docomo has not so good plans
BSNL site has no 2G plans at all (just 1p / 10kb) (site is not updated since ages, shows even cheaper however its wrong, called customer care and checked
Tataindicom is no cheap (10p / 10kb)


Browsing:
You can browse Internet thru:
> Mobile
OR
> Computer/PC/Laptop - by connecting your mobile, in a USB port (it's a small hardware/small opening on the PC/Laptop, its almost always present) of your computer (sure about Airtel & Aircel connections)


Comes at a cost:
This cheapest Internet comes at another cost, because it is normally slow (2kbps/3kbps), for something to download it could take more time than on connections which are little faster (say, 8Kbps), so time taken for some download take more time, hence more electricity is used.

Best usage:
> if you use Internet occasionally, so don't want to spend a lot money
> occasionally, to download a little bigger downloads, put it in late night (after 12pm), or, early morning (before 7am), even your Windows updates, Anti-virus updates, etc. gets done faster
> Use Opera browser for browsing Internet, this basically speeds up the browsing with its "Opera Turbo" technology, for example, when downloading an image of 100KB, it resizes the image to a low-quality image, then downloads to your system, for example, just 20KB may be downloaded, and then shows it to you, mostly your eye may not recognize the difference
> If you anyway spend a lot of time on computer (without any video chatting), then what you loose, just connect to Internet, and do you work, play games, etc. The Windows downloads, anti-virus updates, they utilize your Internet connection in idle time, else start a download, for example, Opera's download manager. When you are done, pause/stop the download, shutdown your computer. Next time you start computer, you can resume, previously paused/stopped downloads. Or, just connect Internet, and browse in Opera anytime. For this unlimited Internet is good, for example, Airtel's 98 Rs (1 month) or 250 Rs (3 month) plan.


Off topic:
If you need high speed (in Mobile), you shud consider 3G mobile Internet, where u can video mobile call someone. BSNL has it, its coming in Tata DoCoMo.

Wiki Bhasha

WikiBhasha can translate a Wikipedia page from English to other languages like Hindi, with a very simple tool. Tool is a 2 Pane View, for example see English in left pane, Hindi on right pane. You can edit parts on right pane & submit. Previously each language article is written from scratch, may not be needed anymore.

Link: http://www.wikibhasha.org
Video: http://www.wikibhasha.org/wikibhasha/tour.htm