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Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Firefox 3.5 confirmed for 30th June ’09 Release

As per official sources the release date for the much awaited Firefox 3.5 browser is 30th June ’09. Earlier the RC3 was released for the same.

I’m eagerly waiting for this one.

Here is a video on more about this release:

http://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3Dk5Zbc-Rg6e8&ei=FZdJSrm_NYbm7APC9em-BQ&sa=X&oi=spellmeleon_result&resnum=1&ct=result&usg=AFQjCNF8sl7VMdBGgNphgKo4HJ1y3wXbiw

Happy Firefoxing :)


Monday, June 29, 2009

Outlook Tip: No Attachment Reminder

We all are aware of the pitfalls of accidently sending a mail without an attachment. I was searching for a way around the same. And to my surprise (of course a pleasant surprise) I found this amazing tool on the net.

I landed here:

http://www.officelabs.com/projects/forgottenattachmentdetector/Pages/default.aspx

This is a tool named Forgotten Attachment Detector (FAD) developed by Bhavesh Chauhan. To run it requires Microsoft’s Latest VB runtime to be installed on your PC. If it is not present it will show a prompt and redirect you to Microsoft’s website.

I tried and tested this tool and found it to my taste.

Thanks to the developer.

Outlook Tip: No Subject Mail

We all are aware of the pitfalls of accidently sending a mail without subject line. I was searching for a way around the same. And to my surprise (of course a pleasant surprise) I found this amazing free script on the net. I started using this script almost immediately and it has certainly brought about an amazing improvement in my time utilization.

In lay mans term this script checks whether text has been entered in the subject line.

I tested this script extensively and the one feature that I really liked about this script was that it will still give you an error if you accidently pressed spacebar.

This tiny script proved to be very efficient:

Private Sub Application_ItemSend(ByVal Item As Object, Cancel As Boolean)
Dim strSubject As String
strSubject = Item.Subject
If Len(Trim(strSubject)) = 0 Then
Prompt$ = “Subject is Empty. Are you sure you want to send the Mail?”
If MsgBox(Prompt$, vbYesNo + vbQuestion + vbMsgBoxSetForeground, “Check for Subject”) = vbNo Then
Cancel = True
End If
End If
End Sub

To run this script, follow the following steps:

1. Open your Outlook

2. Press Alt+F11. This opens the Visual Basic editor and then Press Ctrl+R which in turn opens a Project-Project 1 (left side)

3. On the Left Pane, one can see “Microsoft Outlook Objects” or “Project1, expand this. Now one can see the “ThisOutLookSession”.

4. Double click on “ThisOutLookSession”. It will open up a Code pane.

5. Copy and Paste the above mentioned code in the right pane. (Code Pane) and save it.

6. Now whenever u try to send a mail without subject, it’ll raise a pop-up to remind you.

Are the Russians taking India for a ride?

I just heard read that India has already made payment of an additional $102 million to Russia to speed up Admiral Gorshkov aircraft carrier. This is over and above Moscow’s fresh demand for $2.9 billion for the warship. With the release of additional funds last week, India has now paid a total of $602 million for Admiral Gorshkov, purchased in 2004 for $964 million.

This is one deal that was fraught with flaws from the moment it was signed. Firstly this aircraft carrier was de-commissioned by Russia themselves ‘cause of severe performance and safety issues. Later, it was sent for a refit at Sevmash, which was originally a submarine building yard. And 2007 onwards, Russia started making additional demand for the repair and refit project, citing cost over-runs due to increasing work.

To add to misery, India has already bought 19 Mig29Ks for operating them from this aircraft carrier. These fighter jets are all reaching technological obsolescence.

As a part of the same deal, India is believed to be leasing a Nuclear (Akula class –II) submarine from Russia. This same submarine was involved in a terrible mishap near Japan when around 20 of its members died of what was later described as poisoning caused by accidental triggering of fire-suppression system filled with toxic Freon gas.

I think Russia is trying to rip India off and we are gladly playing ball.