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Free math web site and book (PDF)

This is free math site. You can learn
=> Operations with real number
=> Solving equations and inequalities
=> Polynomials and Exponents
=> Factoring and Solution of Quadratic Equations by Factoring
=> And much more

From the site, “…We are a group of authors who have had a long and successful career in education and publishing. We feel it is time to give something back to the educational community for its commitment to using our textbooks for over 20 years. Several million students have purchased at least one of our textbooks, but you will now be able to start using those same textbooks along with the teacher’s resource material for free…”

Visit site online.

Mobile phone sms/text message turns off Dell computer

Chris found an interesting bug that turns off Dell computer by mobile text (sms) message.

Video is here

According to dell, “

Communication devices do sometimes cause interference with other communication devices. The level of interference created may depend in part on the model and condition of the phone…
Dell systems are designed to operate in line with industry standards for power and electro-magnetic shielding. We recommend to customers who are experiencing interference to avoid using mobile phones within one foot of the system. We encourage customers to contact Dell directly if they have other concerns.

“

Download MSDN Library on your computer

MSDN one of the best resources for Windows programming is now available for download :D

This library is an essential resource of information for developers using Microsoft tools, products, and technologies. A must have download for any Microsoft developer. You can browser or search everything offline.

Download MSDN Library

Download MSDN Library from Microsoft website. – MSDN Library provides access to essential programming information, including technical white papers, software development kits and code samples necessary to develop web services and applications. This is an updated version of the MSDN Library for Visual Studio 2005.

More info at MSDN blog

Internet explore (IE7) will be available via windows xp update

Microsoft is planning automatically push Internet Explorer 7 to all Windows XP users when the browser update is ready later this year. IE7 promises to bring standards such as CSS and support for PNG files etc. This is a good thing most of web developer.

According to zdnet.com, “IE 7 will be delivered in the fourth quarter as a “high priority” update via Automatic Updates in Windows XP, Gary Schare, Microsoft’s director of IE product management, said in an interview Tuesday.”

Some pretty good discussion going at Slashdot and digg.

How do I find out the popularity of my web site?

SEOmoz has published new interesting tool called Page Strength, for all website publisher. From SEOmoz webpage, This tools gives following information:

=> The Relative Importance/Visibility of a Webpage
=> The Potential Strength/Ability of a Page to Rank in the Search Engines
=> Data on Popularity, Links & Mentions of the Page Across the Web

The tool is designed to satisfy the curiosity of webmasters, surfers and web marketing professionals seeking a better metric to quickly assess a site/page’s relative importance and visibility.

Overall, it is a great tool, IMPO. Visit SEOMoz’s Page Strength tool online.

Microsoft acquires Winternals and Sysinternals

Slashdot is reporting that Winternals and Sysinternals are acquired by Microsoft.

Congratulations mark and his team!!!

I hope we will see more exacting stuff from them or Windows power utilities. From markâ€™s blog “I’m very pleased to announce that Microsoft has acquired Winternals Software and Sysinternals. Bryce Cogswell and I founded both Winternals and Sysinternals (originally NTInternals) back in 1996 with the goal of developing advanced technologies for Windows. Weâ€™ve had an incredible amount of fun over the last ten years working on a wide range of diverse products such as Winternals Administratorâ€™s Pak, Protection Manager, Defrag Manager, and Recovery Manager, and the dozens of Sysinternals tools, including Filemon, Regmon and Process Explorer, that millions of people use every day for systems troubleshooting and management.”

Read more at Markâ€™s blog and Slashdot story

Understanding Windows Vista Explorer File management

This article talks about File management with Vista Explorer. Vista Explorer features some significant changes in both layout and functionality. Take a tour of the new Explorer’s redesigned interface.

FTA “One of the most significant changes to Vista’s interface is the new look of the Windows Explorer file management tool. Explorer has undergone much more than just cosmetic changes. It’s now more intuitive and easier to use in many ways–although it may take a little getting used to for those who have become set in the ways of its Windows 2000/XP predecessors. In this article, we’ll take a look at the new Explorer and how you can use it to make everyday tasks easier.”

Indian-born scientist developing coated DVD’s that can make hard disks obsolete

An Indian born scientist in the US is working on developing DVD’s which can be coated with a light -sensitive protein and can store up to 50 terabytes (about 50,000 gigabytes) of data.

Professor V Renugopalakrishnan of the Harvard Medical School in Boston has claimed to have developed a layer of protein made from tiny genetically altered microbe proteins which could store enough data to make computer hard disks almost obsolete.

Replace your mouse with your eye

No need to use mouse to control GUI elements on screen. Your eyes are more than sufficient to replace your mouse. According to BBC story, “Computers of the future could be controlled by eye movements, rather than a mouse or keyboard. Scientists at Imperial College, London, are working on eye-tracking technology that analyses the way we look at things.”