Microsoft announced new packaging (box) for Windows Vista and Office 2007 system. The new design looks to be user-friendly; the new packaging is a small, hard, plastic container which will house both disc and documentation. Microsoft expresses the plan to extend this packaging style to other Microsoft products after the launch of Windows Vista and 2007 Office system.

No matter you love or hate Microsoft, you got to admit its cool packaging. In fact I haven’t seen this kind of packaging before. Hope the stuffs inside would be cool just like the cover. I can’t get the feeling of “Don’t Judge …

Microsoft has announced the availability of Windows Media Player 11 for Windows XP (64-bit edition). The download size is little bulkier than I expected, around 26.6 MB. Those who are still using dial-up will take more than an hour to download that. Initially this will be only available for English language users. Oh! Forgot to mention this download is available to customers running genuine Microsoft Windows, typical Microsoft: so predictable.

If your computer is running the Windows XP operating system with Windows Media Player 11 for Windows XP installed and when you upgrade to the Windows Vista operating system, …

Jason Calacanis in his “Media Philanthropy“mention that organization/site like Wikipedia can change the world if they monetize their site. Especially he was talking about Wikipedia, which in his evaluation would have been a US$5B worth, if that would have been a private company. As we all know Wikipedia run by Wikimedia foundation, a non-profit organization (with only five paid employees), are not supposed to monetize their site (well in traditional sense).

I am not really sure what is actual intention of his post, since he did mention his proposal to Wikipedia to put an AOL leader board …

Recent information development and Windows Vista issue might cause users to shift to Mac OS X. It’s not just a guess, Microsoft’s Vista pose obstacles to user friendliness and not to mention economical aspects ties with this upgrade. Microsoft’s Vista indeed have the quality to be the next generation OS, but from the consumer’s perspective it will be nothing but a big expansive commodities. Remember consumer means I am referring to general user’s not business or enterprise users.

You will get the picture if I explain it step by step. Microsoft is bringing out Vista …

I always wonder what makes a blogger successful professional blogger. As the name implies professional blogger earn through blogging (off course a significant amount regardless of full time or part time). I remember my Idol Daren Rowse wrote in his one article that blogger’s earn in many ways, not only by just showing ads. According to Daren blogger’s may earn by showing contextual advertisements, referral or selling product/services (e-book etc.). Some even earn by selling their blogs, usually happen when its custom built with well designed and good traffic. But anyway I am getting away from my point of discussion, …

In previous session of WordPress tutorial I discussed the very basic, as if get to know WordPress stuffs. In this session I will focus on the installations, and features/capabilities of WordPress. Since current public release version of WordPress is 2.0.4, so you can assume that when I refer the WordPress it will be that version.

Installation
WordPress installation is very easy; literally don’t take even 3 minutes. Every WordPress installation package contains installation instruction step by step. So if your hosting server & database meet the requirements you should not have problem. Still if you …

Breadcrumb(s) is a term used to describe hierarchical links that tell the visitor where he/she currently is on your site. Visually breadcrumbs are just links with some sort of separator between them, such as a bullet image. This CSS code transforms ordinary looking links into a breadcrumb by giving each link a background image.

There are many different ways to implement breadcrumbs in CSS. This is one; it works in all three major browsers. I will just give the style sheet, rest you can work out-

style type=”text/css”
.breadcrumb{
font: bold 12px “Lucida Grande”, sans-serif;
}
.breadcrumb a{
background: transparent url(media/breadcrumb.gif) no-repeat center right;
text-decoration: none;
padding-right: 10px; /*adjust …

Blog platform do encounter glitches and errors time to time. But not necessarily you will have to stop for that, there is always ways around, and not always it’s your blog software’s fault. Sometimes errors occur from server side too.

If you encounter
“Forbidden
You don’t have permission to access /your blog directory/wp-admin/post.php on this server.”

First check your server’s file and folder permission. All folders should be in 755 and files should be in 644 permission. If everything fine, but still you are encountering this error, try to post/save a test post with just a line or two non technical words. If …

I have been involved with precise metal, especially Gold, silver and diamonds a year or so. Not so big shot stuffs, just buying and selling in small quantities since that gives me some financial freedom (not much but every penny counts). Precisely saying the success relies on several factors. First you need to know the simple rule of demand, means what are highly in demand in the market. Second you require looking for supply, needless to say comparative low cost (since you need to make money out of it) and quality (Precise metal means you need to make sure …

Diamonds are one of the most beautiful stones imaginable, but did you know that diamonds should match with your personality and lifestyle. I know a lot of you never consider the thought a person’s lifestyle especially garment’s and jewelry carries a big portion of personalities. Your personality is part of your wardrobe and your personality should also be part of your jewelry. Means what you were reflects you lifestyle even your financial status or profession. Well so is diamonds carries your personalities. You can buy ready made diamond jewelries or even loose diamonds to make something that suits your needs …