Google to Acquire DoubleClick

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., April 13, 2007 - Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) announced today a definitive agreement to acquire DoubleClick Inc., a global leader in digital marketing technology and services, for $3.1 billion in cash from San Francisco-based private equity firm Hellman & Friedman along with JMI Equity and management. The acquisition will combine DoubleClick's expertise in ad management technology for media buyers and sellers with Google's leading advertising platform and publisher monetization services.


Google Referrals will be retired during the last week of August 2008.

for details go to:
http://www.google.com/intl/en/press/pressrel/doubleclick.html

Sun acquisition of MySQL

Sun Microsystems has entered into database market with $1.4 billion acquisition of MySQL. MySQL founder and CEO Marten Mickos is hopeful about the future progress of MySQL under the ownership of Sun.

MySQL has announced the availability of MySQL version 5.1 of its enterprise product. Version 5.1 of free enterprise database, which is being downloaded at a huge rate is now available under GNU (General Public License). Mickos said that MySQL 5.1 has upgraded its relability and ease of use over 2005's Version 5.0. He told that more than 13,00 bugs have been fixed in version 5.1 and according to the standard DBT2 benchmarks, the performance version 5.1 is 10 to 15 percent better than previous version of MySQL.

Mickos is hopeful about the new developments of MySQL because 100 experienced database engineers will be working on MySQL development.

The new version of MySQL is under development called SAAS (software as a service).

Record your browsing history online

hooeey is an application that helps you locate information quickly from your previously browsed web pages.
Hooeey allows the users to track all their browsing history from any search engine and "also has the advantage on browser's history files as it works on both platforms like Internet Explorer and Firefox.

hooeey makes bookmarking redundant

Record
hooeey toolbar records your web hops in your computerAlternatively you can get hooeey button that records your web hops on your computer.

Sort
hooeey lets you search, tag and rate your visited links even when you are off-line

Upload
hooeey stores your links in your personal online hooeey account

See it all!
hooeey displays your links, tags, rating and more in a single easy-to-read page

http://www.hooeey.com/

visit the above site for details.

Studying in Netherlands with full scholarship

Nuffic is a non-profit, professional organization aimed at making education accessible all over the world, especially in countries where educational infrastructure is lagging behind. Education is crucial for fostering global socio-economic development, improving the quality of life, and increasing intercultural understanding. Nuffic strives to be the intermediary between the education community of the Netherlands and the international community.

If you wish to receive more information about these fellowships, you may contact the nearest Dutch Embassy.

For details about Nuffic: http://www.nuffic.nl/home

Jobs at Internet Society

The Internet society is an interenational non-profit organization founded in 1992 to provide leadership in internet related standards, education, and policy. Although ISOC has offices in WashingtonDC and Geneva, Switzerland, the successful applicant need not work from these location.
Job Titles:

* Technology Program Managers
* Senior Manager of Public Policy
* Senior Education Manager
* Senior Manager of Organizational Membership Development

www.isoc.org/jobs

Scholarship for PHD programmes at Norway

If you are interested at studying PHD programme in norway in any of the specialization area:
- accounting and auditing
- economics
- finance
- management studies
- strategy and management

then your choice can be Norges Handelshoyskole (a leading business school of norway)

for details visit: http://www.nhh.no/Default.aspx?ID=1640

deadline is march 1st.

Dont worry you can also send your application online.
http://www.nhh.no/Default.aspx?ID=1636

watch shows online

Watch thousands of shows and channels online using Joost software which is freely available.

All you need is a good PC and a broadband internet connection.

Go to this URL to find details http://www.joost.com

Powerful CSS coding Techniques

CSS stands for Cascading Style Sheet. These are the files where we write all the information required to apply different styles on our web pages. These files are linked with the HTML files. CSS gives the consistent layout throughout the website.

Hey I have found a web site which has some tips for web designers regarding CSS techniques.

I hope this will help a lot.

http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/02/21/powerful-css-techniques-for-effective-coding/

enjoy reading .....

How safe is it to access email accounts from others computer

Disadvantages of a key logger !!!

Avoid your email username and password being tracked.

It is very easy to track one’s username and password using simple software like key logger.

A Key logger is a program that runs invisibly in the background, recording all the keystrokes, usually saving the results to a log file.

A computer running key logger software keeps records of all the keys being pressed in the keyboard. Anyone who wants to illegally access others personal email can do it by installing free key logger software in their computers. It can also record the screen shots and various activities performed on one’s computer.

Hence, to be sure that your email accounts are not being accessed by other people. If these free web mail services would provide the functionality to keep logs of the last activity then the user could easily check it whether it is being accessed by them or others.

The best thing we can do for now is, if you are frequently accessing web mail accounts from unsafe locations then try changing your passwords after certain duration. Don’t change it too frequently that you forget your own password.

Kantipur City College

Kantipur City College offers academic courses on IT like BCA, MCA, BIT, BE (computer) and many more ..

Establised in 2000 AD, it has already produced lot of IT graduates who are working in different sectors holding responsible positions.

Try to find out in detail using this url: http://www.kcc.edu.np/

Fake job offers

These days it is very common to get fake job emails if you have opened a job seeker account in most of the online job recruiting sites.

I have tried some to test how it works. I was flooded with great job offers along with attractive salaries. You have to be careful whether they are authentic or not.

Please don't forget to check the domain names of the email address from which you are getting email. If the emails are sent via some free email accounts then it is more likely to be a fake email.

You can search the existance of that organization using any search engine from which you are being offered a job. If you find one try directly contacting them by forwarding the email that you have received .

It is fairly simple.

Portable Application Suite

If want to install an operating system in your pen drive along with application softwares then download portable applciation suite from sourceforge.net and experience it !!!

Softwares, Ebooks related to IT

If you want to know the tricks of finding softwares, ebooks and lots of more things present on the www then do email me.

I will be glad to provide you some basic guidelines which will be very helpful for your career enhancement.