JavaScript - Trivia & Facts

- As of 2009, the latest version of the language is JavaScript 1.8.1. However, not all browsers support the latest version (as there is no specific need). IE 8 supports JScript 6 (which is equivalent to ECMAScript 3, JavaScript 1.5 - more bug fixes over JScript 5) while Firefox 3.0 supports JavaScript...

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BigTech offers NGOs software titles at huge discounts

Heard this interesting news from Vinod Unny -Non Governmental Organizations (NGOs) in India can get loads of software (& hardware) from Microsoft and other vendors at very low prices. All they need to do is sign up with BiG Tech, the philanthropy program of NASCOMM Foundation and provide details...

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Free .NET 4 & VS 2010 Learning Resources

There is news that Visual Studio 2010 may be launched in the first quarter of 2010.(Trivia: Typically VS products release in the year in their product names but VS 2008 released Nov 2007)There are already a number of useful learning resources on the upcoming technologies -Visual Studio 2010 and .NET...

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PDF Security - a myth?

In the whitepaper "How Secure is PDF?", Adobe Certified Expert (ACE) Bryan Guignard's conclusion on PDF security is -The only way your property can be safe is if you keep it to yourself.The site Giveaway Of The Day (GAOTD) is even giving away a commercial tool called Recover PDF Password for free. This...

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Resize an Image & Email with just 2 steps

Got to know from Vinod Unny's tweet that you can select some pics in Explorer and click the "Email" button to auto-resize to emailable format in Windows7.This feature works in Windows XP & Vista too! Right click a large image that you want to email. Choose Send To > Mail Recipient -As soon as...

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Say Goodbye to Privacy

Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does. Regina BrettDanny Dover makes an interesting point on privacy -The privacy conflicts .. encountered in the offline world are nothing compared to those .. in the online world.With a story & hard facts he illustrates how our private details are...

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