Google's chatback badge!

If you have a blog, online profile or some personal web page, would you like to communicate more with your visitors?

Google have launched a new Google talk feature that lets visitors of your web site chat with you! It is called as 'chatback' because instead of you doing all the talking on your blog or web page, your visitors can talk back to you. They could leave comments, but those are public, and hard to use for real conversation. With chatback, its a real time instant message session.

For example, you can ask authors of blog posts here about your doubts or can provide with your quick questions or suggestions!!

To use chatback, you must have a Google talk account.. but your visitors don't need that. Isn't that amazing? They even don't need to have an email address, nor to have ever used instant messaging.

When the visitors visit your site, they will see a badge similar to the one below, showing your online status (available, busy, idle, offline). And, if you are available, they can just click and start chatting.


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Technically speaking, chatback uses web-based google talk gadget so your visitors don't need to download anything. It opens in a new window so that they can keep on chatting even if they navigate to other pages.

The chatback is not just for the blogs. you can use it on any web page where you are allowed to add HTML code. To get started, visit the chatback start page. Just copy the provided HTML snippet and add it to your web page. Visitors will then see a badge on your site indicating your availability and can click to start chatting with you. If some point in time you don't want to get distracted, just set your online status to 'busy' and visitors won't be able to chat with you, until you change your status back to 'available'.

New Browser from Google:Chrome

Google have announced plans to take on Microsoft and Firefox with their own browser.
The Google Chrome browser will be based on the existing Webkit rendering engine and integrate not only tab-based browsing but
Google Gears and the latest version of the company’s search technology, called Omnibox.

Omnibox, which will replace the address bar and search bar in the Google Chrome browser, will offer search suggestions,
popular pages and history pages. Omnibox will also automatically replicate a webpage’s own search box, allowing site and
query strings to be entered simultaneously: for instance, entering “amazon”, pressing tab and then the search term will automatically
go to an Amazon search results page for that term.

Google Chrome BrowserThe Google Chrome browser will also include some of the more popular features from existing rivals.
It will have a homepage of nine instant-access shortcut thumbnails along with recent search history and recent tabs.
Tabs themselves will be switched to above the window, not below it as on Firefox. There’ll be a privacy mode - which Google are
calling an “incognito” window - within which no record of surfing will be kept. Malware and phishing will be protected against, with
the Google Chrome browser automatically downloading a constantly updated list of harmful sites in the background.

An updated JavaScript Virtual Machine, called V8, will also be an integral part of the Google Chrome browser,
which has been specially developed in Denmark. It promises to speed up JavaScript and reduce memory bloat,
which will make a significant difference in webapps. It’ll also flag up any core offenders, whether webpages or plug-ins,
that use up more memory than they should. Chrome will allow webapps to create their own, address and toolbar free windows,
better replicating traditional desktop apps and blurring the differentiation between the two.Intended for release as an open-source project,
the Google Chrome browser has no specific release date attached to it. -SlashGear Take Google Chrome for a test drive!



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Who Writes Linux and Who Supports It

• Who is Writing Linux?

* Every Linux kernel is being developed by nearly 1,000 developers working for more than 100 different corporations. This is the foundation for the largest distributed software development project in the world.
* Since 2005, the number of active kernel developers has tripled, reflecting the growing importance of Linux in the embedded systems, server, and desktop markets.
* Between 70 and 95 percent of those developers are being paid for their work, dispelling the “hobbyist” myth present from the start of open source development.

• Who is Sponsoring Linux?

More than 70 percent of total contributions to the kernel come from developers working at a range of companies including IBM, Intel, The Linux Foundation, MIPS Technology, MontaVista, Movial, NetApp, Novell and Red Hat. These companies, and many others, find that by improving the kernel they have a competitive edge in their markets.

• How Fast is Linux Developed and Released?

* An average of 3,621 lines of code are added to the kernel tree every day, and a new kernel is released approximately every 2.7 months.
* The kernel, since 2005, has been growing at a steady state of 10 percent per year.

Linux XP Desktop 2008

Its a simple, reliable and user-friendly system

In the modern dynamically changing world with wide business and personal communications are very important for feeling assured and to have habitual, reliable and comfortable tools for work and communications.

Quickly growing sector of IT-decisions offers set of variants similar tools, but comfort and satisfaction from use similar tools it is not always equal to your expenses for their purchase.

We consider, that modern technologies have reached that level, when the program becomes not simply technical set of bits, and turns in work of art in which it would be desirable to take pleasure everyone minute of work with it. Therefore, we offer for you ergonomic, comfortable and functional workplace � Linux XP Desktop.

Linux XP Desktop makes your computer virus-free, stable and dependable. You'll spend less time fixing your PC and more time using a standard well-known graphical interface to get work done.

* The most user-friendly interface ever made for Linux
* Simple and clear installation and Windows-style setup tools
* Full set of applications for work in the Internet.
* Support of Microsoft Office document formats (WORD, EXCEL and others)
* Useful tools for working with Windows networks and VPN
* Full control of your computer, data and applications
* Stable, dependable and without any reinstallation
* Absolutely virus-free environment
* Free updates through a simple but useful interface (no RPM knowledge is required)

You will always know what programs are running and forget about viruses. A set of Windows-like setup tools allows you to perform system management duties in a way that is familiar to you.

To start working with Linux XP Desktop, your Windows-experience is all you need. You do not have to read tons of files on your screen, buy mountains of manuals, search the Internet for answers or call your Linux-guru every hour for help. Just install Linux XP Desktop and use it.

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How can I enable theme support in Windows Server 2003?

Windows Server 2003 has the theme support services disabled by default.

To enable themes on Windows Server 2003 follow the next steps:

1. Go to the Services applet in Administrative Tools (or click Start, then Run, and type "services.msc" (without quotes) and click
   OK).
2. Find the "Themes" service, right-click and select Properties, select "Automatic" instead of "Disabled" in the startup type box.
3. Click Apply.
4. Right-click the Themes service and select Start.
   

You can also modify start state and start it from a Command Prompt console by using the following command:
sc config Themes start= auto
sc start Themes (or net start Theme)

For now you only have Luna Blue, Silver and Olive Green to choose from.

1. Go to Control Panel, select Display and then go to the Appearance tab.
2. In the "Windows and Buttons" drop-down list select "Windows XP Style". Click Ok.
3. Now you can choose the color scheme.