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Google’s $4.4 trillion plan to save the planet

‘The search giant unveiled a US$4.4 trillion plan Wednesday to reduce the U.S.’s dependency on fossil fuels and embrace alternative energy. The proposal would yield a net saving of $1 trillion by 2030 and slash U.S. carbon dioxide emissions by 48 percent, according to Google, which said it had been busy “crunching the numbers.”‘ – CIO

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An elegy for Singur

Mr. Ratan Tata has said in his press conference that, “Two years ago, I said if somebody puts a gun to my head, you would either have to remove the gun or pull the trigger. I would not move my head. I think Ms Banerjee pulled the trigger.”

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Breathtaking pictures from 2008 Olympics Opening Ceremony

Breathtaking pictures from 2008 Olympics Opening Ceremony!

2008 Olympics Opening Ceremony

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Social news for India @ indiahacker.com

The new ‘Powered by reddit’ indiahacker.com brings social news for India; based on reddit source and with a clean and minimal user-interface like YCombinator’s Hacker News. The site allows user participation to submit new stories, to share them via email, comment on them or vote it up or down.

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Best online marketing articles of 2007

Here is a huge repository of articles relating to online marketing. These include how to use blogs, social media sites like Facebook, Digg, delicious, etc. to your benefit and other general marketing tactics.

Best internet marketing blog posts of 2007

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California consumes more petrol than India or China!

“…a familiar line spouted by Americans these days is, ‘Why should the US curb energy consumption, when India and China are guzzling petrol and polluting the whole globe?’…”

California consumes more petrol than India!

Amazing Stat: California Uses More Gas than China

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Al Gore’s energy challenge, we can solve it

Former Vice President of USA and an environmental activist, Al Gore, issued a challenge yesterday to all fellow Americans to achieve 100% energy from indigenously produced renewable sources within 10 years. This is not only a challenge for Americans, but a mission for all residents of the planet who ought to play their own part in their own region. Visit weCanSolveIt.org to sign up and join the revolution.

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How to securely wipe your system before resale

Free, open-source boot disk utility Darik’s Boot and Nuke (DBAN) automatically and completely deletes the content of every hard disk it can find on your computer when you run it.

Darik’s Boot and Nuke Securely Wipes Your System in an Emergency

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A good night’s sleep best way to boost memory

The brain consolidates learned experiences and harden up weak memories which otherwise might fade in time. “People complain about sleep deprivation, but now with the 24/7 society and information overload we need our sleep more than ever.”

Sleeping soundly ‘boosts memory’

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How to log onto multiple Google Talk accounts on a computer

Scenario (for Windows): You’ve got multiple GMail accounts, say, one for work and another for personal use; and you would like to sign onto both Google Talk accounts on the same computer at the same time. By default, GTalk doesn’t permit multiple instances, but a simple hack can fix it.

Right Click on the Google Talk icon (in the start menu, either in your quick launch or, Start > All Programs > Google Talk > Google Talk), then click Properties, then add /nomutex at the end of the line, for example, in my setup this looks like:

“C:\Program Files\Google\Google Talk\googletalk.exe” /startmenu /nomutex

Now, launch as many Gtalk instances as you want. Voila! Have fun 😉

Multiple GTalk instances on a computer
Multiple GTalk instances on a computer