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    Company selection Urgent

    ^ You could get kicked out if you dont do well in training. But i have never heard this happen anywhere except in Infy. But even then it isnt bad. Have a friend who did not manage to clear his Infy training, flunked his exit tests i think because he managed to stay until the training completed...
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    Help me with a backup solution

    For the best backup plan use multiple backup strategies.Former posters have already mentioned the best softwares for backing up your data. A good idea would be to separate data from your installation. I have partitioned my HDDs in such a way that OS and installed softwares are separate from...
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    The TE Essential Freeware Thread !

    Hi guys, I am looking for a good replacement for Launchy (Application launcher). I love launchy but it seems to be using up too much resource. I would like to know if theres a good replacement which uses up lesser resource. I dont need a GUI launcher a Launchy like box is good enough.
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    Company selection Urgent

    If you are planning for higher studies be determined and single minded. Dont worry about HR policies/training/salary hikes. The impact of HR policies wont be felt that much by a new Joinee for the first two years. Infosys - If you have any aspirations for higher studies dont accept an offer...
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    Amazon coming to India next year!

    Seems to be so Flipkart turned down Amazon's offer to buy them.And i hear that Amazon is entering India alone.
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    Deactivate auto-renewal of Bonus cards in Vodafone, Karnataka

    After Googling high and low for an answer i just ended up calling the CC . Heres how you do it. 1) Call *121*0# > All activated automatic renewal bonus cards are displayed > You get two options 1. Add New Bonus 2. Remove New Bonus 2) Press 2 to remove New Bonus 3) You are asked for the...
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    kindle cover

    FYI You get some great looking nook covers on E Bay India for a reasonable price that ll fit perfectly for your Kindle 3 (WiFi and 3G version).
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    Ebook Reader - Over 9 Inches topic revival...

    E Ink readers are strictly for reading. There is no point in comparing a Kindle/Nook with the Adam/Ipad. These products are aimed at 2 different markets.Tablets have more features but they are not very good for extended reading.The back lighting really kills your eyes (and this is coming from a...
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    Excited about the new iRiver Ebook reader

    will this be released in India at any time in the future ?
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    Help in finding ebooks online:

    You could try downloading the EPUB edition from the same site mentioned in the link. It opens with Adobe Digital Editions, looks like PDF, is easier to read and gives you the ability to bookmark pages You can also find human read and computer read audio books of of the books you mentioned here...
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    How do you block spam that gets through Gmail's spam filter ?

    you were right .The spammer has switched to using gmail and rediff IDs to send spam. I dont know how he/she knows i am auto-deleting his/her emails from his previous IDs. One thing i did manage to find out was that these spam mails could be related to a particular site (shine dot com). Is...
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    How do you block spam that gets through Gmail's spam filter ?

    That was a good idea, but the contents do vary quiet a bit unfortunately. shopping discounts, dating requests, car deals, job offers and many such mails with fake web links leading to different addresses . After blocking close to twelve IDs finally the number of spams i receive have come...
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    How do you block spam that gets through Gmail's spam filter ?

    ok i tried that but.... 1.Today i got spams from "members25@jobs-arena.info" :/ so "members@*.info" wont work 2. and *@*.info may not be a correct filter term, because when i tried a filter search i got some mails that were not ending with .info in the search results . It filters both spam...
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    How do you block spam that gets through Gmail's spam filter ?

    Thats the first thing i did, but it does'nt work.They keep coming. I went on to create manual filters for specifically blocking those addresses . That does'nt work either because they send spams using slightly altered email ids. Like when i blocked mails from the first 2 mail ids using filters...
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    How do you block spam that gets through Gmail's spam filter ?

    Hi, I have been using gmail for quite a long time now. Never had any issues with spam. For the past couple of weeks i have been receiving a massive number of spam from certain addresses .They have suspicious links in them. Somehow they seem to bypass Gmail's spam filter easily !. They completely...
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    Picture Posted in CWG Newspaper Ad Without My Consent ( by Stuge Post )

    Thats how they work i suppose . I remember a similar goof up recently where an Indian govt ad had a Pakistani Air force General in it with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Sonia Gandhi.Copied from the internet and photo-shopped no doubt, And the hilarious part was that the General had retired...
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    Linux Disk Partition issues

    ok solved it . The problem was that the 10GB partition space had turned into raw partition during the failed install . Formatting that particular drive back to NTFS solved the problem .
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    Windows XP installation issue

    Background : I have 2 hard disks one with windows XP sp3 and the other with Opensuse 11.3 on my desktop.Today i decided to re-install my xp.I booted into the XP CD and went through the setup process selected the same partition in which i had my old xp (partition D)and chose to format and...
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    Linux Disk Partition issues

    I was installing a fresh installation of Ubuntu on my Desktop which also has a windows XP installation .I wanted to repartition my disk and put the fresh installation into my H drive . so i was supposed to click on "manual partition" . But accidentally clicked on the default "install ubuntu side...
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    ~ The Mobile Phone Advisor ~

    Guys i am looking to buy a Nokia X2 . is it available in the Indian market ? . Nokia's website just says "coming soon" .