1. have passion (you love what you do)
2. treat programming as more of a hobby than just a job (you do what you really enjoy doing)
3. are ready to speak for hours in your favorite technology (you have considerable knowledge in your subject area and have good communication skills)
4. love to learn new technologies / methods on your own (you are a self-starter)
5. have strong opinions about which technologies are better and which are not – with convincing reasons. (Strong opinions are usually result of  deep learning, unlearning and relearning especially when you have to present convincing reasons)
6. are not comfortable with the idea about working in the technology of your dislike. (you do not take your knowledge and skills for granted)
7. may not desired skill but have right will to get the right skill. (Attitude matters)

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Please do anything of the following if you really know what you’re doing. There are ways where you do not need to perform any of the below steps. This is one of the many ways of doing the same.

1. Take backup of
   • Addressees and Email data from Email Clients (E.g. Outlook Express, Thunderbird or Microsoft Outlook)
   • Documents & Settings > Profile (Favorite, History, User specific documents (My Documents) etc.)
   • Music Playlists
   • Each of your browser profiles and plug-in stored data
   • Local Bookmarks
   • Drivers of each software or device you’re using
   • Dial-up and Networking settings.
   • Locally stored data of IMs (e.g. Skype, MSN, Yahoo)
   • Folders placed on Desktop!
   • All other important settings, files and folders of the drive you’re formatting
2. Make a note of
   • All the installed software
   • Path of the installed software
   • License information, CD-keys and serial numbers of each of the software
   • Username and passwords which you have stored in your browser or local machine
   • All the browser plug-ins that you use
   • Anything that is important but missed in the above list!
3. Format the PC
4. Install The operating system
5. Verify that drivers and other required components of operating system are updated
6. Install the antivirus software
7. Install all other required software
8. Restore the data which you backed up earlier.
9. Verify that everything is working as it should after the restoration of the data.
10. Archive the backup in a DVD or something alike.

Everyone likes it. It has narrowed the difference between web and desktop. It is none other than Gmail – a fantastic email service from Google.

Given that Gmail had provided several options to be used as to be served as the email client, there was a minor inconvenience. Gmail had to include your primary email address and some mail clients like Microsoft Outlook inform users that this message is sent “On Behalf Of” it didn’t look professional especially in business emails.

The reason for “On behalf of” was also logical. “The reason we include your address in the headers at all is to help prevent your mail from being flagged as spam by your recipients’ email services – as per this Gmail Help discussion.

Google has implemented a workaround for this – Click Here for details about how to implement it in your ownGmail account.

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1. Project Manager Who Loves Chatting with the Client At Her Convenient Time
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Facebook has announced the release of “amour propre” names – that is, instead of your Facebook page looking like http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=583511870, you can apply the account to look like

http://www.facebook.com/utpalvaishnav

Some conditions:

• You account should be opened prior to the day this announcement is made
• First come, first served basis
• Minimum name length should be at least 5 characters

You can read more here.

You can see countdown-clock here.

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1. How To Synchronize Twitter And FaceBook Status

Microsoft has recently declared about their latest weapon in the Search Engine War  - www.bing.com and, they’re going to invest as little as $100 million for marketing.

Given that the name says it’s not Google but the question is, aren’t they trying to be the next Google!? And unfortunate for them, the next Google is already out there it is called Google 

Proven Rule of thumb that works on the changing face of time is,

Try to be the new – not next!

Now, consider this: if Microsoft adds a few more features and if they prove popular, how long will it take Google to mirror or even leapfrog? Perhaps Microsoft might have better answer for this – at this point, I can’t think of!

But, I can think of the next wave of communication that is new… it’s called Google Wave. Worth sparing 1 hour 20 minutes for seeing this mind-blowing presentation  – Email, instant messaging, wikis, forums, blogs, mobile, SMS… Seems that Google Wave will totally exterminate existing communication models of the businesses.

So the question is, what do you want to have new today? – Yet another Search Engine or a Completely New Way of Communicating?

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Let me spell it. Many people do not know it correctly; even some so called techies.

A few days ago a client from USA asked me, “Is it necessary to have https if I want users of my site to provide their credit card details?” I replied, “Yes, 100%” – he asked me again, “Are you sure?” – Good god, he has over 25 years of experience in IT industry! He runs a firm which provides services in IT, Management and Consultancy.

Both are transport protocols. Transport protocols used for information to be passed back and forth between web servers and web browsers (clients).

Http:// stands for Hypertext Transport Protocol

Https:// stands for Secure Hypertext Transport Protocol

What does ‘S’ do in https://? It stands for security. When you visit a website, look at the address in the browser’s address bar. Does it show http:// as the first 7 characters of the web address?

If yes then it means that the website is communicating with web server using standard unsecured way and it is possible for someone to earwig on your computer’s communication with the web server. This provides a possibility for your sensitive data to be hacked.

If you fill out a form (or enter some text in the input-boxes provided) and submit it, someone might see the information you send to the web-server.

This is why you should NEVER EVER enter your important details like Credit Card Numbers or Bank Account details via unsecured http website.

If you ever provide your valuable information via internet, make sure that the website address starts with https:// – this encrypts your data before transferring onto web server and thus no-one can see your data without your knowledge.

Make sure that you are aware with this simple fact when entering your sensitive information.

Happy Browsing!

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Here is the process:

1. Go to Facebook.com and log into that.
2. Search for “Twitter” in Facebook and add the first “Twitter” application that shows up in the search results. (The developer of the application is Twitter itself.)
3. Allow Twitter to access your profile.
4. Log into your Twitter account using the Twitter Application inside Facebook.
5. After you test out the Facebook to Twitter functionality by typing a message and clicking on “Update,” click on “Allow Twitter to Update Your Facebook Status”
6. You’re done! Your Twitter and Facebook Status are in Sync now!

Here is the graphical representation of the steps : http://www.insidefacebook.com/2009/01/22/how-to-sync-your-twitter-and-facebook-status-updates/

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