Google Calander Offline Support !

Thoughts of combining Google services and Gears seems to be quite popular these days, however only one service so far (Google Reader) officially provides offline capabilities. Hints of offline support for Gmail surfaced last month after a Google translator pointed out a telling phrase he was asked to translate.

The latest service to spill the beans, though, is Google Calendar. After Google Calendar and Gmail both get offline support, maybe we should expect the same for Google Docs?

Google’s OpenSocial platform is great!

By ZDNet's Garett Rogers

For the past several weeks, I’ve been using Google’s OpenSocial platform to develop a gadget that will work in the Orkut “container”. I have developed several applications for Facebook in the past, so I can say from experience that compared to Facebook, this new platform has some very cool features. For example, developers [...]

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Cricket Fever !

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Flock: My Favorite Web Browser

Although it doesn't have as many addons as Firefox have (infact it only has 8-10 useful extensions) but it is really a Social Web Browser. If you are a bloger then its really really useful and handy. It has special features for blogging, media sharing on Facebook, Photobucket, Flicker, Youtube etc. and an easy to use Feed reader that lets you blog any feed entry you like. It has a media bar through which you can do a lot that i cannot explain in words. Give it a try ! I am sure you will also love it as i do ...

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Yahoo Messenger for Windows Gets a Tune-Up with v9.0

Yahoo is releasing version 9.0 of its popular instant messaging software, Yahoo Messenger, for Windows tonight. All in all, the update contains nothing revolutionary but does introduce some useful features.

Most remarkably, you can now add embed objects - such as movies, images, and maps - into chat conversations. Also handy: you can synchronize the playback of online videos and share Flickr photos in a slideshow, although only with one friend at a time.

Yahoo has also redesigned the user interface of Messenger’s friends list, bumped up file transfer limits to 2GB per-file, begun automatically scanning transfered files with Norton AntiVirus, added call forwarding to its VoIP offering, and designed new skins. Users can now send SMS messages to their friends’ cell phones with the desktop client. And Messenger has been localized for six new markets - the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, India (in Hindi), and Vietnam - raising the sum of localized versions to 25.

While AOL has the most unique instant messaging users in the United States - and MSN has the most worldwide - Yahoo claims that their user base grew by 19% in the past year whereas AOL only grew by 2%.

I asked Yahoo representatives whether they were planning to integrate Yahoo Messenger with their other properties, such as the new social network Mash, but they declined to give any specifics. Hopefully their vague insistence that Yahoo is always looking for ways to integrate its products will lead to something experimental and new, like a Yahoo Messenger-Mash hybrid. A “real-time” social network with extensive chat, messaging, and VoIP calling functionality would be very interesting competition for Facebook and the like. It would also up the ante on MySpace and its integration of Skype, and take on startup FlickIM.

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Facebook’s Social Ad Network: What We (Think We) Know So Far

Just as Google is preparing to take Facebook head-on with its own social-networking platform, it appears that Facebook is preparing to take on Google with its own social ad network. The announcement of what people are already calling SocialAds is expected next week on November 6 at New York’s ad:tech conference (a day after Google was originally supposed to announce a new set of open APIs and third-party apps for its social network, Orkut—now expected to be pushed a few days).

What is SocialAds? We’ll have to wait for the actual announcement to see, but here is what we know so far (or think we know):

It will be how Facebook will actually start to make real money—both through ads on its own site and on other sites through a new ad network it is about to launch (presumably with its ad partner and new investor Microsoft). SocialAds will be an attempt to be like Google’s AdSense, except that it will allow ads to be targeted to Facebook members’ individual interests and profile data rather than the text on a given Web page. This targeting will be done by placing cookies on Facebook members’ browsers when they visit the social site, so that they can be identified later when they visit other sites hosting SocialAds. Facebook is already experimenting with targeting ads on its own site (through its Facebook Flyers program) based on demographic and psychographic data that it culls from members’ profiles. With SocialAds, it will be able to extend that targeting across the Web.

It remains to be seen whether targeting ads based on people’s self-expressed interests and demographics will result in better response rates than contextual ads like AdSense or search ads based on the specific intent of what people are looking for at that very second. And even if Facebook does indeed launch such an ad network, it will only be able to serve ads to people who are Facebook members—which is a large and growing number (Facebook claims 50 million), but still a fraction of all Web surfers. In contrast, Google’s AdSense ads can be served against anyone on the Web. Still, the number of Facebook users is large enough that other Websites would want to serve ads to them, and for advertisers an ad network would simply expand the reach of their existing Facebook ads.

What will be really interesting to see is what form these ads will take, and will they become social applications in and of themselves that spread virally like a Facebook app? It will also be interesting to see whether Facebook launches this social ad network on its own, or with its ad partner Microsoft.

You’d think that the ads would be served through Microsoft’s Ad Center. Why reinvent the wheel? Not to mention that Facebook might be contractually obligated to work with Microsoft on any ads served in the U.S., even those not on Facebook proper. If that is the case, that $240 million investment that Microsoft put into Facebook may soon look like a bargain indeed.

But what if the deal with Microsoft only covers ads on Facebook.com? If Facebook goes it alone on this one, it would confirm that it sees its financial future as being an ad network in its own right. It has already shown signs of this ambition. When Facebook announced that Microsoft would now be its ad partner internationally as well as in the U.S., for instance, the expansion of the relationship with Microsoft covered only remnant ads overseas (i.e., the ad inventory that Facebook cannot sell itself). This is the opposite of the relationship in the U.S., where Microsoft controls and sells the main ad inventory on Facebook. Ultimately, Facebook would be more valuable if it can create and control its own ad network.

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Google gives social networking another go

According to TechCrunch, Google plans to launch a new endeavor that seeks to take Facebook's open platform to a whole new level.

Expected or Unexpected ?

Pakistan Cricket Team coach, Jeof Lawson. He must be feeling great sorrow and helpless after the strange and unexpected result of last one day match between Pakistan and South Africa, in which Pakistani batsmen really worked hard to get the "(un)expected" result.

Somebody ask Lawson now that what he thinks of Pakistani team ? Does he still think that he can do something for them ?

I would say that the performance of Pakistan Cricket team was UNEXPECTED but they were successful to bring the EXPECTED result. Cheers !

New World's Richest Person

On Monday, 29th October, the share values in Mumbai Stock Exchange increased so much that it results in the new world's richest person, Mukesh Ambani. He owns Relliance Industries Limited, based in India.

He owns 63.20 Billion US dollars, earlier Bill Gates were the World's richest person from the past four years he has 62.29 Billion US dollars.

Interestingly Mukesh Ambani climbed up to the first position in one month from the fourth position. About a month ago he became the most richest person of India and the fourth in world instead of Lakshmi Mittal.

Lakshmi Mittal earned his money from his foreign businesses and he is permanently settled in UK whereas Mukesh Ambani lives in India and earned all the wealth from his indian businesses. Analysts say that stock market will go up more in the coming weeks.

Well done Mukesh, spent this money for the well being of poor indian peoples. Because, the rupee that is not used for useful purpose (i.e. to serve the humanity) is useless.

Dubai Downtown

A model of Downtown Burj Dubai is the centre of attention. Downtown has a development tag of $20 billion and will have the tallest building and largest shopping mall in the world.

Rivalries in Pakistan Cricket !

Pakistan has produced some of the world's greatest cricketers, but the history of their cricket is fraught with tales of rivalries between their top players. Individually they have contributed immensely for the team though they never got along each other.
In the sixties, Abdul Hafeez Kardar, the first captain of Pakistan, could not get along with Haneef Mohammad. In the Seventies Sarfraz Nawaz and Asif Iqbal were not in good terms. Then in the Eighties, Javed Miandad and Imran Khan were not the best of friends.Later on, Rashid Latif and Saleem Malek too turned enemies.
The latest of the rivalries was between Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif, resulting in Akhtar hitting Asif on his leg with a cricket bat.

GulfNews: Published: October 29, 2007, 23:51

I hated Waqar, reveals Akram

It was a revelation of sort from the Sultan of swing. Wasim Akram, the legendary left-arm pacer and former skipper of the Pakistan team revealed that he 'hated' his bowling partner Waqar Younis during their playing days.

"We hated each other so much that we were not even on talking terms both on and off the field; but the fact is that Pakistan benefited from our rivalry," remarked Akram, who was here to attend the HSBC Cricket Challenge. Their rivalry was so intense that "every time Waqar took wickets, I too would too get charged up to do the same," Akram revealed, while adding that it were the opponents who actually suffered from their rivalry.

Akram went on take 916 wickets from Test and one-day matches while Younis had 789 wickets from both forms of the game.

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Yes, age has sobered both of them now and Akram admitted that they were good friends now.

GulfNews: Published: October 29, 2007, 23:51

Top 50 Soccer (Football) Goals

I don't know how these goals were rated but all of them are amazing and mind blowing. Whether it is by chance/luck but it is a fact that the accuracy and timing of execution is perfect.

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Kaash ...

In Pakistan all the beloved "Leaders" can only come out of their bankers under "Fool Proof" security (which gives a sense of pleasure to all Fools), which ceases the "affected" city. Like today our "favorite" Chief Minister of Punjab visited a Public place in Lahore and the whole city was ceased. If this could happen in our country i.e. "Occupied Pakistan" then a lot of money would be saved and the public will feel a real relief.
Kaaash ...

Shoaib Akhtar and Rahul Dravid

At last Speed star (and extremely rude) Shoaib Akhtar has been included in the Pakistani Cricket squad for the last one dayer against South Africa.

On the other hand Rahul Dravid "The Wall" is dropped from the Indian squad due to his unsatisfactory performance during the one day series against Australia, though the Indians are too strong when they are at home.

Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb and General Pervez Musharaf

Aurangzeb Aalamgeer was the the last Musghal emperor who ruled on the complete territory of "Indian Kingdom" but he spent all his life fighting against so many different insurgencies till he died in 1707. After his death one kingdom was split into different autonomous territories.
Pervez Musharaf also spent his whole ruling period to fight against the very own citizens of "Occupied Pakistan" in different regions like Dera Bugti, North Waziristan, South Waziristan and now in Swat and who knows whats next on his list !

But there is a significant difference in the situation of General Musharaf and the Aurangzeb: in the time of Aurangzeb all the insurgencies were motivated by "Hindu and Marhata" peoples against a "Muslim" Ruler. Those motions were also the reaction of weakness of the Mughal emperors due to their "inhouse fight for the rule". Where as Musharaf himself brought war on his own citizens, first he pushed them against America by showing pointless obedience to his foreigner Masters and then he started to impose restrictions on them against the promises that were made by Pakistani Govt at the time of their inclusion in Pakistan. We know that this pointless war has no end then why ? Do you want to conquer them for America ?

If you want peace in these areas then bring justice and stop ruling on them like a colony.

Crystal Clear !

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Fools ?

I have heard that someone said that

"All the Generals are fool but not all the fools are General"

Off course this quote is generic and you have to decide by yourself whether it is true or not !

First day at Swat !

Armed personnels had a very tough day in Swat, it was a great tragedy for the Pakistani people, i think we are experiencing a nightmare, all this because of some dumb and nonsense Generals. If this thing kept on going then one day it may be the News Headline that

"Look this is the only area of Pakistan where no operation is going on !"

And now in SWAT

Wow what an adventurous army we have in this country having brave 'Commando Chief', now armed personnels are in Swat for adventure. Don't these bunch of fools think that they are already suffering in North Waziristan, South Waziristan and Bajaur without any sign of success in their mission. And now they went to Swat for some more treatment, why don't these 'brave' personnels feel the need for talk. For corrupt peoples they have a Reconciliation Ordinance and on the other hand they are bombing on their citizens. What a joke :)

Hence the Murderers are 'Nationally Reconciled'

An unethical and undoubtedly shameful ordinance has been implemented by the person who occupied the Pakistan with the slogan of "Accountability without any distinction" to free the peoples who sucked this country mercilessly. Imran Khan rightly says that its Jungle where no rule is followed.
The people of Pakistan will have to fight for the freedom of "Occupied Pakistan"

Paradise on Earth

The Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a paradise on earth only for those who have guts not for all ...