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I have a bunch of single-use Gmail accounts for the usual things, like account registrations, site administration, newsletter subscriptions and the like. If you have this same situation, you know that (unless you possess unusual patience) it’s not easy to serially open up multiple Gmail accounts if you have saved the login information for an auto-login. Oh, and forget trying to have multiple parallel Gmail accounts signed in, it’s one-by-one or nothing. Well, until now, that is.

I recently found Gmail Manager for FireFox, an extension that displays your Gmail accounts names, unread message count and various other items in a single right-click interface window at the bottom right status bar of your Firefox browser window. Once you install it and restart FireFox (sigh, it’s just like Windows sometimes…) you get something like the below icon on your statusbar:

Now, just right-click the icon to begin to configure accounts, I have 5 already and more are possible, you can have each, all or none of the accounts be logged into my default. Of course you’ll want to have it remember your password, it’s a single-click to get that account open if you do.

With your various accounts configured, you now right-click the icon to select which account will be the one displayed in the status bar, where it’ll show like mine below:

Left-clicking on that account’s name in the status bar will open up a new tab for that Gmail account, signed in an ready to read email. I find myself never visiting Gmail.com unless I’m on some other machine that doesn’t have this tool installed. Go ahead and select another account and open a tab for it, and another, it’s a blessing to have multiple tabbed Gmail accounts open and usable.

By right-clicking on the status bar icon you get the ability to configure general and per-account settings. There are a wealth of different options for each account, including notification sounds, how often to check mail for that account, how it’s displayed and such.

Another great feature that makes me like this extension is the ability to export and import account and preference settings, so I can quickly get the same accounts setup and configured properly on either a new machine or between accounts on the same machine. This also works cross-platform, such as between Windows, Linux and OS X, say.

I’m sure there are others out there, but since MailPlane only runs on OS X so far, this and other extensions like it are the best hope for multiple Gmail accounts on Linux. Be sure to contribute any that you have found or like in the comments, I’ll credit you and add it to the mix.

Google Analytics is the most popular web analytics software and no doubt the best out there and many blogger’s use it for tracking thier visitors but many blogger’s complain that their own visits are counted in their Google Analytic’s report and that is annoying if your blog in new because sometimes you are going to be the only one visiting your blog, I will show you three ways to exclude your own visits from Google Analytic’s Reports:

First Method: Exclude your IP by creating a filter in Google analytics

to do that open Google analytics , click on access analytics button and sign in

now you will get the analytic’s settings page, click on filter manager

now click on add filter

now on the page that shows up put the information required to make the filter, the information will be as follows:

Filter Name: put anything you like like My IP or Myself

Filter Type: “Exclude all traffic from an IP address”

IP Address: Put your IP Address here (find it on whatismyipaddress.com)

Apply Filter to Website Profiles: Select your Website in the left pane and click add

And now click save changes button

*remember this tip doesn’t only works with WordPress it works with every kind of site

That’s it from now on traffic from your IP wont be counted, but if you have a dynamic IP this thing wont work as your IP will change when you restart your Internet connection, or even if you have a shared IP on a big network because other users from your network aren’t going to be counted so if you are either of the two then you should try other methods

Second Method: Add a PHP code around your Google analytics tracking code (in the footer.php file of your theme) which identifies if a user is logged in and it wont load the tracking code for that user

here is the php code:

<?php if (!$user_ID) { ?>

your Google Analytics code here

<?php } ?>

you will implement this in a way that your code looks something like this:

<?php if (!$user_ID) { ?>

<script type=”text/javascript”>

var gaJsHost = ((”https:” == document.location.protocol) ? “https://ssl.” : “http://www.”);

document.write(unescape(”%3Cscript src=’” + gaJsHost + “google-analytics.com/ga.js’ type=’text/javascript’%3E%3C/script%3E”));

</script>

<script type=”text/javascript”>

var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker(”UA-XXXXXXX-X”);

pageTracker._trackPageview();

</script>

<?php } ?>

The above is an example of the new ga.js code

that’s it you are done now with the help of this code google analytics will not load for logged in users but from what I see it will not track any kind of logged in user including your blog subscriber/commenter’s which maybe bad if you have lots of subscribers/registered commenter’s

Source For this Code: JohnTP

Third Method: Using the Google Analytics For WordPress Plugin instead of manually adding the google analytics code to your footer.php file, I too am using this Plugin and it has some cool features that includes excluding the administrator from Google Analytics Stats

Once you install this Plugin you just have to enter your unique Google Analytics User Account string that can be found in your tracking code for google analytics like the one above. you can get more information on how to get your user account here.

to exclude your own visits just uncheck “Track The administrator too” which is the default behavior of the plugin

that’s it save settings and you are done and as I mentioned earlier this Plugin has few other options too that you can see in the above screens like tracking Adsense clicks which isn’t too accurate but still good enough to track click bombing and it does it without modifying the Google Adsense code

The following tools will help you to better understand your website traffic, analyze and monitor all the visitors to your website. You will get access to vital information about your site’s audience. These tool will give you a clear picture of who is visiting your site or blog, how they found you, where they came from, what interests them and much more.

Web Traffic Visualization

ClickTracks offers intuitive, insightful analysis of your web site. It shows you campaigns, site navigation patterns, PPC, SEO and ROI stats instantly. It is a web analytics program that uses a radically different architecture, making it easy for marketers to perform desktop datamining activities that are difficult or impossible to implement using traditional web analysis methods. Clicktracks includes overlaid navigation view, PDF and Excel report export, parameter and cookie stats, tabular campaign report, internal search analysis, visitor segmentation with labels, keyword ranking report, E-mail campaign tracking, geographic location report, and more.

Crazy Egg is a tool to supplement your analytics with stunning visuals and actionable data. This program is for people who want more ad revenue, for those who care what visitors do, or need to make improvements. With this program you can create tests to figure out what people are doing on your website. Get a picture of where people clicked on your site. find out where people click based upon the things like: Top 15 Referrers, Search Terms, Operating System, Browser, etc. Share data with people who matter to you. Clients, bosses, imaginary friends, and people you are trying to sell ad space to.

Indextools provides e-business leaders accurate, insightful and timely intelligence about the effectiveness of their Web efforts, thereby helping them to increase sales, reduce marketing costs and provide a higher level of service to their customers and partners. IndexTools specializes in delivering on-demand web analytics solutions to the enterprise and SME market.

Intellitracker is the smart way to drive your business. It redefines web analytics and delivers interactive business intelligence to the heart of your business.

VisitorVille applies video game principles to help you easily visualize and better understand your web site traffic statistics.

Blog and RSS Feed Analysis

Feedburner is the leading provider of media distribution and audience engagement services for blogs and RSS feeds. Its Web-based tools help bloggers, podcasters and commercial publishers promote, deliver and profit from their content on the Web.

MeasureMap helps you understand what people do at your blog, and what influence you are having on the world.

Mint is an extensible, self-hosted web site analytics program. Its interface is an exercise in simplicity. Visits, referrers, popular pages and searches can all be taken in at a glance on Mint’s flexible dashboard.

Performancing is a home for professional bloggers. A place where those that want to make money from their blogs can learn, and perfect the art of making a living from weblogging.

Pheedo’s FeedPowered advertising platform converts your RSS feeds into rich, dynamically updating advertising that engages your audience. Leverage your existing RSS assets to extend your brand, drive traffic, and acquire new feed subscribers. Pheedo retrieves your RSS feed several times an hour and updates your FeedPowered advertisements with any newly published items. Great for time-sensitive content and frequently updated offers.

Technorati is a site that measures the popularity of blogs based on the number of people that have “favorited” them using the service.

Market Research Data and Site Rankings

Alexa provides the statistics for all of the Internet. It lets you compare your blog to another one.

Compete provides information on every site on the Internet including site traffic history and competitive analytics; a site specific trust assessment; and a list of all available promotions.

comScore is a global Internet information provider. It maintains massive proprietary databases that provide a continuous, real-time measurement of the myriad ways in which the Internet is used and the wide variety of activities that are occurring online.

Hitwise online competitive intelligence service provides daily insights on how 25 million people interact with over 1 million web sites in 160+ industries. Its unique, global network of Internet usage data is integrated into the user friendly service, helping you better plan, implement and report on your online branding, search marketing, content strategies and online partnerships.

Nielsen//NetRatings offers web analytics package for you to be able to compare your site with others in your industry. Produces widely followed research reports in dozens of different Web verticals.

Analytics Software Packages

Google Analytics helps you learn even more about where your visitors come from and how they interact with your site. It makes it easy to improve your results online. Write better ads, strengthen your marketing initiatives, and create higher-converting web sites. Google Analytics is free to all advertisers, publishers, and site owners.

Site Meter’s comprehensive real time website tracking and counter tools give you instant access to vital information and data about your sites audience. With the detailed reporting you’ll have a clear picture of who is visiting your site, how they found you, where they came from, what interests them and much more.

WebSTAT makes Web analytics easy and cost-effective. Its hosted analytics software tracks and stores web statistics for businesses and non-profit organizations of all sizes. You don’t need thousands of dollars to get a good web traffic analysis package.

Hitslink offers a Professional and Enterprise version of their web-based real-time reporting package. It offers a conversion tracking of pay-per-click campaigns. You can track user definable events, such as, promotions and downloads as well on your site.

iPerceptions provides analytic solutions looking at customer behavior both online and off. It helps you discover the issues that matter most to the customers.You will know: what changes to the site will enhance your visitor’s level of satisfaction , strengths and weaknesses of your visitor’s experience, who, when, and why visitors are coming to your site.

WebTrends enables you to provide your visitors with the most engaging experience possible. Measure and test all aspects of the online experience from marketing to site content and usability—all of which increase visitor engagement and conversion rates. With functional reporting for each department, from marketing to merchandising to business analysis, you can answer the questions that are most important to the overall business as well as each department.

imWare tools suite is a software-as-a-service package that helps instantly add interactivity and web analytics to content rich web sites. Hundreds of customers have simplified interactivity and web analytics on their sites by deploying imWare. It is comprised of four tools and an accompanying web analytics package. All tools are hosted by Clickability and are simple to deploy.

Clickfox’s patented, proven software enables companies to transform existing customer data into true, objective insight by showing customers’ step-by-step behavior within interactive systems and across the enterprise. ClickFox can translate interactions from multiple service touchpoints into an intuitive, visual map, revealing quickly and easily what customers actually do and why, so that companies can align customer needs with their business objectives.

Clickstream is a fully featured ASP delivered web analytics solution provided by Clickstream in conjunction with its partners. The automation and elimination of tagging inherent in the Datasherpa Platform enables the delivery of enterprise analytics out of the box with virtually no setup or maintenance costs. For the first time hosting providers are able to deliver enterprise level functionality at a minimal cost, thereby creating a significant new revenue stream.

Datasherpa Web Analytics can be configured for different levels of service depending on the hosting provider’s needs and customer segmentation. The solution can be deployed virtually or on premise.

Coremetrics a company that provides most accurate and complete record of visitor behavior—capturing every click of every visitor over time, and storing them in Coremetrics’ LIVE (Lifetime Individual Visitor Experience) Profiles secure database.

DeepMetrix provides a web analytics solution. Get campaign tracking, conversion, ROI, visitor segmentation and commerce, plus powerhouse features like CRM, data mining and A/B testing.

For end-to-end website tracking, LiveSTATS.BIZ delivers more for less. The proof is in the feature set, and the price will have you wondering why other solutions cost so much.

Fireclick makes Web analytics easy through a hosted application service that automatically gathers and stores data for online businesses. No set-up fee. No training fee. No expensive consulting required. To report, present, and share the analysis of data, Fireclick provides a comprehensive suite of tools unmatched in the industry. Fireclick provides integration of Web analytics with paid search engines, e-mail providers, affiliate programs and more in order to provide a consolidated view of all site activity.

MetriServe provides all the web statistics and web analytics tools you need to find out in real-time who your visitors are, where they are coming from and how they are using your web site. Use this valuable knowledge to sell more products and services and to improve your advertising campaigns.

Moniforce‘ s webSensor Enterprise is a high-quality web analytics solution that provides insight into your website visitors’ behaviour. You can immediately work with the results from webSensor Enterprise. You know exactly where to make changes that will attract more visitors, make sure visitors return more often,increase the conversion rate from visitor to customer , improve the effect of online marketing campaigns.

Mtracking’s ASP web analysis service gives accurate real time reports on the marketing performance of your web site, e-marketing and online campaigns.

Nedstat enable you to improve the effectiveness and profitability of your online communication and business. It makes website analytics straightforward and accessible. Nedstat offers a wide range of reporting possibilities on campaigns, content and conversion.

SPSS offers software and solutions that help organizations direct and automate decisions to meet their goals and achieve measurable competitive advantage.

Omniture provides organizations with actionable, real-time intelligence regarding their online strategies and marketing initiatives. Omniture helps organizations quickly identify and understand the most profitable paths through their Web sites, where visitors are dropping off, what’s driving critical success events, and how different segments of visitors interact with the Web site.

OneStat.com -provides different web analytic solutuions. With instant access to dozens of live interactive reports, it helps to improve the effectiveness of your online and offline marketing initiatives.

Optimal IQ offers product for monitoring click fraud.

Quova protects your business against online fraud by verifying user locations. It increases your revenues and improves user experience with geographically targeted online marketing.

SiteClarity translates complex data into a clear and actionable format that presents multiple layers of insight into online customer behavior. As an enterprise tracking and reporting solution, SiteClarity delivers a centralized solution across all operational areas including marketing, site optimization, and customer retention. Unlike other solutions, SiteClarity tailors its reports and services to meet your specific business needs. Focused reporting packages and power administration tools provide a deeper understanding of online customers to re-define and optimize online strategies.

StatCounter is a free yet reliable invisible web tracker, highly configurable hit counter and real-time detailed web stats. Insert a simple piece of our code on your web page or blog and you will be able to analyze and monitor all the visitors to your website in real-time.

With WebAbacus software, you can find out which areas of your site are the most productive; understand the true effectiveness of your marketing campaigns; work out which products are most attractive to different customer segments or discover who is reading your information and what they’re doing with it. More importantly you can also find out out what isn’t working, together with the best way to put it right.

WebtraffIQ is a web analytics agency, providing a complete campaign tracking platform. This enables our clients to see how various online and offline marketing techniques are working, in effect creating a rich picture of a web site’s activities.

Maximine’s High-Performance Site Analytics(HPSA) solution is explicitly designed to address the demanding challenges of today’s mission critical web environments. As sites become increasingly large, complex and dynamic, compounded by accelerating growth in the number of user-contributors, MAXAMINE produces the solution that delivers all three performance imperatives required for enterprise business success: coherent solution that provides maximum cost-efficiency, flexibility and analytic capacity; fast implementation and rapid customization with dynamic on-the-fly search and query capabilities, quality control and reporting.

1961:

Barack Obama born in Honolulu, Hawaii

1967:

Moves to Indonesia with his mother Ann Dunham and step father, Lolo Soetoro.

1971:

Obama moves back to Hawaii to live with his grandmother and go to school.

1979:

Graduates high school. Attends Occidental College.

1981:

Transfers to Columbia University.

1983:

Graduates from Columbia University with a degree in Political Science, majoring in International relations. Obama then goes on to work for Business International Corporation.

1985:

Moves to Chicago to become a community organizer.

1988:

Starts at Harvard Law School.

1990:

Elected as the first black president of the Harvard Law Review.

1991:

JD From Harvard Law School

1992:

Marries Michelle Robinson.

1993:

Obama becomes an attorney at Miner, Barnhill & Galland. Becomes a lecturer at The University of Chicago.

1995:

His first book, Dreams from My Father is published.

1996:

Elected to Illinois State Senate.

1998:

Reelected to Senate.

1999:

Daughter Malia Obama born,

2001:

Daughter Sasha Obama born.

2002:

Reelected to Senate.

2004:

Delivered the keynote speech at the Democratic National Convention. Elected to Senate after defeting Alan Keyes.

2006:

Barack Obama’s second book, The Audacity of Hope is published.

2007:

Announces his candidacy for the Democratic presidential nominaiton.

2008:

Defeats Hillary Clinton to become the first Black man to represent the democrats for the presidency.

With the Elections getting closer and closer, the mud slinging, rumor mongering and back-biting seems to be approaching its peak. While the candidates have to face the brunt of these attacks, no one has it worse that Barack Obama. Ever since he announced his candidacy, he has been under intense scrutiny.

No matter what people have to say about him, it always seems to come back to one question: Is Barack Hussein Obama a Muslim? His first name is Arabic, his middle name also happens to be the last name of one of America’s biggest enemies in recent times and his last name is only an alphabet away from America’s other big enemy. To add to that, his father was a Muslim from Kenya.

Now that you have the background, lets deal with the facts.

- His father: His father was a practicing Muslim but later on in life he gave up the religion and declared himself atheist.
- His mother: His mother was a white Christian from Wichita, Kansas.
- United Church of Christ: He has been a member of the United Church of Christ for a number of years.
- His children: Both his daughters have been brought up as Christian.
- Education: He was educated in a regular school in Kenya. He DID NOT go to a Madrassa as CNN once reported. People seem to forget the apology and retraction that CNN issued.

Conservatives suggest that Obama is proving that he is a Muslim Manchurian Candidate by proposing that all American troops be withdrawn from Iraq. However, there are other candidates who suggest the same, including Republican hopeful, Ron Paul.

They can’t even justify his not being Christian based on other issues like Abortion and Stem Cell research because there are people from the Democrat as well as the Republican side who agree with him on some issue or the other.

It seems that people want to disqualify him so badly that they will cling to anything. However, there is NO proof to suggest that Obama is Muslim, so people should just let it go and move on.

Barack Obama’s Family

Senator Barack Obama is the son of Barack Obama Sr. and Ann Dunham. His father was originally Kenyan, and he came to the University of Hawaii on a scholarship. There, he met Ann Dunham of Wichita, Kansas. They got married in February 1961 and Barack Obama Jr. was born in August 1961. Obama Sr. was married in Kenya and had 2 children before moving to the United States.

Obama Sr. was a Christian who converted to Islam. He then declared himself as atheist.

When Obama Sr. got a scholarship to Harvard in 1963, he decided to go alone and separated with Dunham. They got divorced later. Obama Sr. returned to Kenya a few years later. He remarried for a third time, although, he technically never divorced his first wife. Obama Sr. fathered a total of 8 children with 3 different wives. He died in a car accident in 1982.

Ann Dunham met Lolo Soetoro a few years later and they got married in 1967. She and her son Barack then moved to Indonesia for a few years. There, his step sister, Maya Kassandra was born in 1970. She now lives in Hawaii. automated testing She is a school teacher there.

Obama moved back to Hawaii in 1970 to go back to school. He lived there with his grandmother Madelyn Lee Payne Dunham. She still lives in Hawaii and is a practicing Buddhist.

Ann Dunham moved back to Hawaii in 1972. She lived there till 1995, when she died of Cancer.

Television rating Point- TRP is the criterion that indicates the popularity of a channel or programme and this data is very useful for the advertisers. In a highly clustered market targeting audiences it is very problematic because in the market there are numerous channels with a variety of programmes catering round the clock to a vast and scattered population. Television ratings provide information about the viewers TV watching habits and the socio-economic background of the audience. This helps advertisers and corporate media planners in selecting the right media at the right time.
Presently, INTAM (Indian Television Audience Measurement) is the only electronic rating agency functioning in India. INTAM uses two methodologies for calculating TRP. First is frequency monitoring, in which ‘people meters’ are installed in sample homes and these electronic gadgets continuously record data about the channel watched by the family members. ‘People meter’ is a costly equipment, which is imported from abroad. It reads the frequencies of channels, which are later, decoded into the name of the channels and the agency prepares a national data on the basis of its sample homes readings.
Second technique is more reliable and relatively new to India. In picture matching technique people meter continuously records a small portion of the picture that is being watched on that particular television set. Along with this agency also records all the channels’ data in the form of small picture portion. Data collected from the sample homes is later on matched with the main data bank to interpret the channel name. And this way national rating is produced.
Presently, TRP is based upon only a small urban sample of 5500 homes spread all over India.
Many times channels misrepresent the TRP facts in their favour. For example, if a channel gets top ratings during a specific time slot it advertises this fact as number one channel. While in terms of average ratings another channel is on the top. Actually, leading in ratings for a long time has become very difficult to achieve now-a-days. There would be continuous fluctuation in the top positions. TRP has become such a big issue for channels that it is almost dictating the content of television programmes. Once the TRP crosses six points, the producer feels no dearth of advertisers. Unless and until a new and more reliable mode of ratings is evolved advertisers, channels have no other option but to rely upon the present system of TRP only and viewers to suffer it.

Toshiba Qosmio G40-P730 Laptop
Toshiba Laptops

The Toshiba Qosmio G40-P730 Laptop PC is equipped with 2.0 GHz Intel Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T7300 with 4-MB L2 Cache, 800 MHz FSB featuring Mobile Intel 965GML Express Chipset Mainboard, 2-GB DDR2 533 MHz SDRAM, 400-GB 5400 rpm SATA hard disk drive and a 8X Super Multi Dual Layer (8.5 GB) DVD Writer.

toshiba qosmio g40-p730 laptopThe Toshiba Qosmio G40-P730 Laptop PC is equipped with 17-inch (43.1 cm) WXGA Widescreen Active Matrix LCD TFT display with Clear SuperView technology (200 NIT brightnes) powered by NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT Graphics Chipset with 512-MB Dedicated Video Memory offering maximum of 1920 x 1200 pixels screen resolution with 24-bit 16.7 million colors.

The NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT graphics chipset incorporates DirectX 9.0 and OpenGL compatible games unleashing high performance graphics one need for playing the latest games titles on laptop PC.

Compaq Presario B1214TU Laptop
Laptops

The Compaq Presario B1214TU Laptop is powered by 1.1.5 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T5250 with 2-MB L2 Cache, 667 MHz FSB featuring ATI R415ME Express Chipset Motherboard, 1024-MB PC2-5300 DDR2 667 MHz SDRAM (Maximum 4-GB in 2 slots), a 160-GB SATA 5400 rpm Hard Disk Drive and 8x Super Multi Double Layer (8.5 GB) Slot-in DVD Writer.

compaq-presario-bThe Compaq Presario B1214TU laptop computer features 12.1-inch (30.7 cm) WXGA TFT active matrix display with BrightView technology powered by integrated Intel Graphics Media Accelerator GMA X3100 Graphics Chipset with upto 384 MB shared memory supporting Dual independent display option, Direct x 9.0 acceleration, and Open GL 1.4 and offering maximum screen resolution of 1280 x 800 pixels in 16:10 aspect ratio.

Compaq Presario B1214TU laptop PC comes with integrated WiFi 802.11a/b/g wireless connection, integrated 10/100/1000 Ethernet LAN connection, and standard 56kbps V.92 fax/modem card for connectivity. The laptop also offers integrated Bluetooth v2.0 + EDR (Enhanced Data Rate) wireless connection allowing upto 3 times faster data transfer rate than standard Bluetooth connection.

HP Pavilion HDX9001TX Laptop
HP Laptops

The HP Pavilion HDX9001TX Laptop is powered by 2.0 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T7300 with 4-MB L2 Cache, 800 MHz FSB featuring Mobile Intel mobile 945GM chipset motherboard, 2-GB PC5300 633 MHz DDR2 SDRAM, 320-GB Serial-ATA 5400 rpm (150 Mbps) hard disk drive and 8X double layer DVD Writer with 8.5 GB data capacity.

hp pavilion hdx9001tx laptopThe HP Pavilion HDX9001TX Laptop sports 20-inch (50.8 cm) WXGA Widescren LCD TFT display with BrightView Technology powered by ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600 graphics chipset with 256 MB dedicated VRAM capable of rendering upto 1680 x 1050 pixels screen resolution in 16.7 million colors.

Preloaded with Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium Edition, HP Pavilion HDX9001TX laptop comes with integrated WiFi 802.11a/b/g wireless LAN connection, integrated Bluetooth HP module, integrated 10/100/1000 Ethernet LAN connection, and standard 56kbps V.92 fax/modem card. In addition, laptop offer 3 USB v2.0 ports.

Dell Latitude D630c Laptop
Dell Laptops

The Dell Latitude D630c laptop PC is powered by 2.20 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T7500 with 4-MB L2 Cache, 800 MHz FSB featuring Mobile Intel 965GM Express Chipset, 2-GB DDR2 667 MHz SDRAM (upto 4 GB max in 2 slots), 120-GB 5400 rpm SATA hard drive and a 8X DVD Super Multi Double layer (8.5 GB) DVD Writer.

dell latitude d630c laptopWeighing 2.0 Kgs the Dell Latitude D520 Laptop PC features a 14.1-inch (35.8 cm) WXGA Widescren Active Matrix LCD TFT display powered by Integrated NVIDIA Quadro NVS 135M Graphics Chipset with upto 512 MB shared memory built-in into Intel 965GM mainboard offering upto 1280 x 800 pixels screen resolution with 16.7 million colors.

The Nvidia Quadro NVS 135M Graphics Chipset offers support for Direct x 9.0 acceleration, Dual independent display option, Dynamic Display Detect, and Open GL 1.4 graphical environment.

Dell Latitude D520 Laptop
Dell Laptops

The Dell Latitude D520 laptop PC is powered by 1.83 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T5600 with 2-MB L2 Cache, 667 MHz FSB featuring Mobile Intel 965GM Express Chipset, 1024-MB (1-GB) DDR2 667 MHz SDRAM (upto 4 GB max in 2 slots), 120-GB 5400 rpm SATA hard drive and a 8X DVD Super Multi Double layer (8.5 GB) DVD Writer.

dell latitude d520 laptopWeighing 2.38 Kgs the Dell Latitude D520 Laptop PC features a 15.4-inch (39.1 cm) WXGA Widescren Active Matrix LCD TFT display powered by Integrated Intel Graphics Media Accelerator GMA 950 Graphics Chipset with 224-MB shared memory built-in into Intel 965GM mainboard offering upto 1280 x 800 pixels screen resolution with 16.7 million colors.

The Intel GMA 950 Graphics Chipset offers support for Direct x 9.0 acceleration, Dual independent display option, Dynamic Display Detect, and Open GL 1.4 graphical environment.

Dell XPS M-1330 Laptop
Dell Laptops

Dell’s new Dell XPS M-1330 laptop is powered by 1.66 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T5450 with 2-MB L2 Cache, 677 MHz FSB featuring Mobile Intel 965GM Express Santa Rosa chipset motherboard, 2-GB DDR2 667 MHz SDRAM (max 4-GB in 2 slots), 160-GB 5400 rpm SATA hard drive and a 8X DVD Super Multi Double layer (8.5 GB) DVD Writer.

dell xps m1330 laptopWeighing 1.79 kgs the Dell XPS M-1330 Laptop PC is build using Magnesium Alloy casting and it features 13.3-inch (33.7 cm) Ultrasharp Widescreen WXGA TFT display with TrueLife technology powered by Intel Integrated Graphics Media Accelerator GMA X3100 graphics chipset with 128 MB shared memory built-in into Intel 965GM mainboard offering upto 1280 x 800 pixels screen resolution with 16.7 million colors.

The Dell XPS M-1330 laptop offers a wide range of component upgrades - including integrated WWAN or a Blu-ray DVD burner optical drive.

Dell XPS M-1530 Laptop
Dell Laptops

Dell’s new Dell XPS M-1530 laptop is powered by 1.66 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T5450 with 2-MB L2 Cache, 677 MHz FSB featuring Mobile Intel 965GM Express Santa Rosa chipset motherboard, 2-GB DDR2 667 MHz SDRAM (max 4-GB in 2 slots), 160-GB 5400 rpm SATA hard drive and a 8X DVD Super Multi Double layer (8.5 GB) DVD Writer.

dell xps m1530 laptopWeighing 1.79 kgs the Dell XPS M-1530 Laptop PC is build using Magnesium Alloy casting and it features a large 15.4-inch (39.1 cm) WXGA Widescren Active Matrix LCD TFT display powered by integrated NVIDIA GeForceTM Go 8400M Graphics Chipset with 128-MB dedicated GDDR3 dedicated memory built-in into Intel 965GM mainboard offering upto 1280 x 800 pixels screen resolution with 16.7 million colors.

The Dell XPS M-1530 laptop offers a wide range of component upgrades - including integrated WWAN or a Blu-ray DVD burner optical drive.

HP Pavilion dv2601TU Laptop
HP Laptops

The HP Pavilion dv2601TU Laptop is powered by 1.46 GHz Intel Pentium Dual Core Processor T2310 with 1-MB L2 Cache, 533 MHz FSB featuring Mobile Intel mobile 945GM chipset motherboard, 1-GB PC5300 633 MHz DDR2 SDRAM, 160-GB Serial-ATA 5400 rpm (150 Mbps) hard disk drive and 8X double layer DVD Writer with 8.5 GB data capacity.

hp pavilion dv2601TU laptopThe HP Pavilion dv2601TU Laptop sports 14.1-inch (35.8 cm) WXGA Widescren LCD TFT display with BrightView Technology powered by NVIDIA GeForce Go 8400M graphics chipset with 64-MB dedicated VRAM capable of rendering upto 1280 x 800 pixels screen resolution in 16.7 million colors.

Preloaded with Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium Edition, HP Pavilion dv2601TU laptop comes with integrated WiFi 802.11a/b/g wireless LAN connection, integrated Bluetooth HP module, integrated 10/100/1000 Ethernet LAN connection, and standard 56kbps V.92 fax/modem card. In addition, laptop offer 3 USB v2.0 ports.

HP Pavilion dv2601TX Laptop
HP Laptops

The HP Pavilion dv2601TX Laptop is powered by 1.5 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T5250 with 2-MB L2 Cache, 800 MHz FSB featuring Mobile Intel mobile 945GM chipset motherboard, 1-GB PC5300 633 MHz DDR2 SDRAM, 160-GB Serial-ATA 5400 rpm (150 Mbps) hard disk drive and 8X double layer DVD Writer with 8.5 GB data capacity.

hp pavilion dv2601TX laptopThe HP Pavilion dv2601TX Laptop sports 14.1-inch (35.8 cm) WXGA Widescren LCD TFT display with BrightView Technology powered by NVIDIA GeForce Go 8400M graphics chipset with 64-MB dedicated VRAM capable of rendering upto 1280 x 800 pixels screen resolution in 16.7 million colors.

Preloaded with Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium Edition, HP Pavilion dv2601TX laptop comes with integrated WiFi 802.11a/b/g wireless LAN connection, integrated Bluetooth HP module, integrated 10/100/1000 Ethernet LAN connection, and standard 56kbps V.92 fax/modem card. In addition, laptop offer 3 USB v2.0 ports.

HP Pavilion dv2519TU Laptop
HP Laptops

The HP Pavilion dv2519AU Laptop is powered by 1.5 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T5250 with 2-MB L2 Cache, 800 MHz FSB featuring Mobile Intel mobile 965GM chipset motherboard, 1-GB PC5300 533 MHz DDR2 SDRAM, 160-GB Serial-ATA 5400 rpm (150 Mbps) hard disk drive and 8X SuperMulti LightScribe Double Layer (8.5 GB) DVD Writer.

hp pavilion dv2519TU laptopThe HP Pavilion dv2519AU Laptop sports 14.1-inch (35.8 cm) WXGA Widescren LCD TFT display with BrightView Technology powered by Intel Graphics Media Accelerator GMA X3100 graphics chipset with 128 MB shared memory capable of rendering upto 1280 x 800 pixels screen resolution in 16.7 million colors.

Preloaded with Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium Edition, HP Pavilion dv2519AU laptop comes with integrated WiFi 802.11a/b/g wireless LAN connection, integrated Bluetooth HP module, integrated 10/100/1000 Ethernet LAN connection, and standard 56kbps V.92 fax/modem card. In addition, laptop offer 3 USB v2.0 ports.

The Nokia N96 will be going against the Apple iPhone next month. The release date of N96 has been advanced — it was only expected sometime past October. The N96 has all the right specs to go against the iPhone, which will be officially available on August 22nd.

First things first — price? Well, the official price of the N96 is currently unknown. The N96 can be priced anywhere between Rs. 28,000 and Rs. 36,000, and the iPhone will sell for Rs. 31,000 for the 8GB version and Rs. 36,100, for the 16GB version. Although, as we note later in this piece, it would be wise for Nokia to price the N96 significantly less than the iPhone 3G — it is, after all, Nokia’s market share to lose.

On to the comparison then. While the iPhone includes a 3.5-inch screen, the N96 comes with a 2.8-inch one — the iPhone’s is a multi-touch screen, while the N96’s isn’t. The iPhone seems to enjoy a better footing as far as its user interface is concerned; especially with that 3.5-inch screen. In every other aspect however, the Nokia N96 seems to have an upper hand.

- The Nokia N96 has dedicated keys for dialing and SMS. The iPhone 3G comes with a virtual keyboard.

- Both devices will come with 16GB of internal memory. However, the N96 supports the microSD format which will allow for an additional 8GB of storage. The iPhone has no expansion slots.

- Both devices will support 3G.

- The N96 supports Bluetooth with A2DP, the iPhone does not offer A2DP support. Both phones offer WiFi.

- The N96 sports a 5MP Carl Zeiss lens with auto-focus and an LED flash. Compare this to the iPhone’s 2MP camera. Both support photo geotagging.

- Both devices will support A-GPS. The N96 adds value to this feature by bundling maps from three countries along with the unit. India, Singapore and the UAE will come bundled with a 3 month navigation license across eight Indian cities: Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi/NCR, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Mumbai and Pune.

- N96 comes preloaded with Wave Secure, a S60 security application that allows consumers to track their handset in the event it is lost or stolen. It also allows them to backup their phone data over the Internet.

- Both devices support multimedia features and play videos and music. Here too, the N96 will add value to its proposition: it will come bundled with a full-length Hindi feature film — Om Shanti Om, 50 music videos, and a mix of 100 Hindi and 100 English songs.

- The N96 will also pack along three N-Gage games, with an unlimited license on for the 3rd edition of Asphalt Urban.

- The N96 also comes with an additional VGA camera on its face for making video calls. Handy when we do get 3G connections.

- The iPhone has the App Store for third-party applications, while the N96 has the plethora of apps made for the Symbian S60.

If you are wondering which of these phones to pick up, we suggest waiting a bit until our labs does a thorough job of testing both of them. The iPhone’s review should be ready for your perusal on the 22nd of August; the N96’s not too long after that.

It’s a shame that we have no official word on Nokia N96’s price — that would make a value comparison much easier at this stage. It looks like both parties are playing the price card very close to their chest.

Our take on the price equation: Nokia cannot afford to let the iPhone get the upper hand in the consumer market that both are targeting. While Nokia holds about 60% of the market in India, it will certainly need to guard against the Apple juggernaut. Note that the same retailers that pushed Nokia products will now be carrying the iPhone as well. Considering that, it would be wise if Nokia prices the N96 at a significantly lower point than the iPhone 3G.

Which one would you go for — the iPhone 3G or the Nokia N96? You can book your Nokia N96 at www.nokia.co.in/N96. Note that you will need to pay a pre-order amount of Rs. 4,000. The N96 will be available come September.

How to buy an Apple iPhone in India ? What is the price of iPhone 3G in India? What is the exact date of launch? Will an unlocked iPhone you bought in US or UK work here?

Vodafone and Airtel will launch iPhone 3G model but does India have 3G? Read this quick iPhone FAQ Guide before you purchase an iPhone from Indian mobile phone dealers.

1. Is the Apple iPhone available in India – Yes but not through the official channel yet.

2. If iPhone is available where can I buy iPhone in India – The Apple phone is not available here officially but you can order it on eBay or buy it from some mobile shops in Delhi, Kolkata, Hyderbad, Mumbai, Chennai, etc.

Alternatively, some online underground sites are also selling unlocked iPhone in India but these unofficial iPhone suppliers in India do not share their contact address so be careful in case you run into shipping problems.

3. Will Indian iPhone work with the GSM SIM card of Airtel, Idea, BSNL or Vodafone? If you buy an old unlocked iPhone (not iPhone 3G), it will work with GSM networks here but but you cannot use the Visual Voicemail feature of iPhone. Also, iPhone is GSM based so it may not work with Tata Indicom or Reliance CDMA network.

4. Can I buy an unlocked iPhone in US and use it in India - Yes, any old iPhone bought in US (or UK or Canada) works in India - you can just buy a local SIM card in India and replace the AT&T SIM. Make sure you read the Apple policies as this may break the warranty.

5. I bought an iPhone in US and am traveling to India on a business trip. How can I save on iPhone international roaming charges while making phone calls in India - Do not use the AT&T call service, instead make phone call over VoIP using the Wi-Fi option of iPhone. You can use Jajah or even Skype to make cheap international calls over the Internet.

Related: Video: How to Unlock & Jailbreak iPhone

6. Is Apple not selling unlocked iPhone - Yes, they have launched an unlocked iPhone in France so no need to pay anyone for unlocking the iPhone.

7. What about Apple Store in India – iPhone will be sold only via Airtel and Vodafone stores. The Apple stores that you have in Mumbai, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Delhi, etc are greate for buying Macbooks, iPod, Apple TV and other Apple products but they won’t stock the iPhone 3G.

8. What is the price of iPhone in India – The unlocked 4GB iphone is around 20k while the 8GB unlocked iPhone costs around 30k. (includes shipping and taxes) The prices will fall once iPhone 3G arrives here this year and is expected to sell for Rs 10,000 – 12,000.

9. Should I wait for iPhone or invest in BlackBerry or Nokia N95 ? Read this comparison of smartphones - iPhone vs Blackberry, N95. Check these iPhone typing tutorials to see if you can type faster with the touch-screen keyboard. And this online size tool will help you compare the dimensions of iPhone with you existing mobile phone.

10. How do I buy an iPhone officially ? While you can’t buy that yet, pre-register iPhone with either Airtel or Vodafone.

11. What is the launch date of iPhone in India – Both Airtel and Vodafone will launch iPhone 3g on August 22, 2008.

12. I have an old iPhone v1.0 - should I upgrade to iPhone 3G ? While 3G means better data transfer speeds that GPRS / EDGE, you really can’t take advantage of the speed here in India because 3G isn’t available. Other than speed, the iPhone Apps store can be accessed from the old iPhone as well if you download and install the iPhone firmware upgrade via iTunes. Also see iPhone 3G Review.

iPhone is a quad-band GSM mobile phone so it will working internationally in countries outside the US though you’ll have to ask AT&T to turn on international roaming on the iPhone and that the places you’re going offer GSM coverage.

8800 Rs.36399

E90 Communicator Rs.34900

N95 8GB Rs.30000

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N95 Rs.24950

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9500 Rs.21566

N77 Rs.20000

9300i Rs.17274

E61i Rs.16969

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N73 Music Edition Rs.15136

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5310 Rs.10800

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3110 classic Rs.5800

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The UEFA Champions league is open to the league champions of all UEFA member associations (except Liechtenstein, which has no league competition), as well as to the clubs finishing from second to fourth position in the strongest leagues. Since January 2007 the two lowest-ranked league competitions (currently the Andorra and San Marino leagues) can also represent their domestic champions in the Champions League.

The number of places in the competition depends on the association’s rank in the UEFA coefficients table:

* associations ranked 1 to 3 have four positions,
* associations ranked 4 to 6 have three positions,
* associations ranked 7 to 15 have two positions,
* associations ranked 16 or lower have one position.

An association’s rank also determines the stage at which the clubs enter the competition. For example, the three highest-ranked associations have two places in the group stage (for champions and runners-up) and two in the third qualifying round (for third and fourth-placed teams), whereas the lowest-ranked associations have only one place in the first qualifying round for their champions. Nine highest-ranked associations have at least one automatic place in the group stage.

An additional place in the group stage is reserved for the title-holders, in case they don’t qualify via their domestic league. However, an association is limited to sending at most four clubs for a season. This means that if the title-holders come from a league given four positions, but finish out of the top four, it will take the place of the fourth placed team. The fourth placed team will go to the UEFA Cup.

In addition to sporting criteria, any club must be licensed by its national association to participate in the Champions league. To obtain a license, club must meet certain stadium, infrastructure and finance requirements.

There was controversy when Liverpool won the competition in 2004/2005, but finished outside the top four in the Premiership. The Football Association ruled that Everton F.C. (who finished fourth) would get the final spot. However, UEFA came to an agreement that both Merseyside rivals would be allowed to enter the competition with Liverpool starting from the first qualifying round and Everton starting from the third qualifying round. Liverpool became the first team to negotiate all three rounds of qualification and reach the Champions League group phase, a feat matched by Artmedia Bratislava of Slovakia in the same season.

FC Barcelona, Manchester United and FC Porto are the teams that have appeared most often in the group stages: thirteen each. However, each has won the Champions League only once since the group stage was established.