I read the post by Abhishek Desai and found it very helpful so I am sharing it here. I bet it will be very helpful to Indian Computer Engineering Students.

After several leaks, Microsoft has finally revealed the official name of Project Natal, “Microsoft Kinect”. For those who don’t know Kinect “introduces controller-free gaming with which you take full control of the games by simply moving around,jumping, punching and kicking or whatever you feel like doing”, it will also support video chat.

What good is a browser unless you can tweak it, hack it and bend it to your will? No good at all. The more you can hack it, the better it is. And that means that Firefox must be a great browser as when ever you feel that you know everything about it you come across a bunch of hidden (and some not-so-secret) tips and tricks available that will crank Firefox up and pimp your browser. Make it faster, cooler, more efficient. So today I have come up with 3 amazing firefox tricks you might not be aware of.

The iPhone is a great device for performing a wide variety of functions, like sending email, watching a movie, getting directions to a destination, playing games, surfing the internet, or of course, making a phone call. One thing that hampers the iPhone’s ability to be a worry-free productivity device is its the battery life. It can vary widely depending on how you use your iPhone. So here are few Tips that will definately increase your battery life in your iPhone (They are also applicable to your iPod).

Adobe has released a Flash Player update that fixes a flurry of vulnerabilities including a critical zero-day flaw (CVE-2010-1297) that has been actively exploited in attacks since last week. In addition to the numerous security patches, the new Flash player 10.1.53.64 version brings major functionality and performance improvements.

Check out the following Microsoft Web portals that caters to need of almost everyone. The Portal name is followed by a brief description.
1. Website Spark : It’s for small IT enterprises. Microsoft provides them the tools needed for Designing and development for FREE!. There is no upfront cost for first 3 years. Terms and conditions do apply, but they seem to be obvious For eg : You need to deploy a website before 6 months, renew your subscription after few months, etc. Above all, it is for all budding webmasters!
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what if as a developer you get a set of tools packed in one Pandora box waiting to be leveraged. This is your chance to do exactly that. Microsoft’s web platform is a tool that includes tools that have proved to be very handy to developers. Tools like SQL server management studio, .Net framework, Run time libraries, SEO tool and makes it easy to leverage widely used web applications tools like joomla, J query, wiki etc.
And above all it’s Free to use!!
check it out: Microsoft’s web platform
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A new attack on a Flash bug has surfaced that would give attackers control of a victim’s computer after crashing it, reports PC World. Adobe put out a Security Advisory about this on June 4. It is categorized as a critical issue and all operating systems with Flash are vulnerable including Windows, Linux, and Apple and it is also found in the recent versions of Reader and Acrobat.