July 25th, 2010
Bally Chohan of Bally Chohan Technology Dubai (UAE) says that a windows administrator must download and install right tools that perform a single function and also perform it well. Bally Chohan of Bally Chohan Technology Dubai (UAE) suggests some of the best windows tools that a Windows administrator must-have on his computer / server.
Following are some of the tools that Bally Chohan of Bally Chohan Technology Dubai (UAE) would like to suggest to its readers:
• File Synchronisation
• Quicker Copies
• Awesome screen caps
• Close All now
• Quick app launching
File Synchronisation Just imagine a scenario where you have backed up your important document on some external storage device but forgot to synchronise the same on regular basis.
Bally Chohan says that Microsoft has come up with much solution to tackle file synchronisation problem. Microsoft came up with Briefcase, Sync Toy and Live Sync. The common problem with all these application was their inability to offer the option like any third party application.
Bally Chohan recommends Super Flexible File Synchronizer. The url is http://www.superflexible.com .This application is available in 30 days trial version. The best part is that the application being wizard based package is very easy to operate. Moreover this can be installed as a Windows service also. This will run automatically at pre-defined times.
Quicker copies is another windows based tool that Bally Chohan would like to recommend. Users always find the copying behavior of Windows as very frustrating. Bally Chohan would like to recommend TeraCopy. Bally Chohan feels that by using TeraCopy user can perform copy and mover operations in Windows very quickly. Moreover the TeraCopy gives user an option to pause and resume file transfer. This feature is not available in any of the released versions of Windows. The TeraCopy will also not abort operations when it encounters problem however it will try multiple times to copy a file and if in case it fails than will skip over the file and move on with copying rest of the files.
Awesome screen caps Bally Chohan says that until now the best way to capture something on your screen is by clicking PrtScn and capturing the entire image onto clipboard. However the best tool available to capture screen image is Snagit. With the help of Snagit a user can even capture long web pages also which under normal circumstances can be viewed by scrolling down the page only.
Close All now Bally Chohan says that the Close All no utility helps user to close down multiple instances of application with just one click only. You don’t have to close them one by one. Just install Close All Windows utility on your desktop and all your problems of closing multiple instances will be taken care of.
Categories: Tutorials
Tags: awesome screen caps, close all now, file sybchronization, file synchronisation, quicker copies, windows tools
July 8th, 2010
Bally Chohan of Bally Chohan Technology Dubai often comes accross IT Managers with queries on how to write an effective IT asset policy. In the below mentioned article Bally Chohan writes an effective IT Asset Policy.
The DIRECTOR-IT is responsible to ensure compliance with this policy.
All Indian and foreign laws and regulations will be complied with.
IT Equipment will be provided to users on need to use basis. Request for provision of IT equipment must follow the specified process, and must have the necessary business approvals. Procurement / scrapping of IT equipment will be as per defined business processes and with appropriate approvals.
IT Asset Owners will be identified for all IT assets. These owners will classify the IT assets under their control and ensure that the protection provided corresponds to the business value of the asset. Asset owners will authorize access to the assets under their control. Access to IT assets will be reviewed at least annually to verify that personnel have a business need for the access provided.
The IT Asset Owners will be responsible for all IT equipment in their ownership. A formal ownership form will be available for all IT equipment assigned to users – this form will list equipment and software installed. The user is also responsible for ensuring that all software installed are licensed and approved by BALLY CHOHAN TECHNOLOGY DUBAI . “Central” equipment like Servers, LAN and WAN equipment, network printers etc will be the responsibility of the DIRECTOR-IT, who will maintain a list of such equipment and approve any movement of these. This responsibility may be delegated.
Ownership forms will be signed by the owner once every year, in the month of January. Physical verification of the IT asset list will also happen through this process.
IT assets will only be used for authorized business purposes. However, incidental and infrequent personal use is acceptable. BALLY CHOHAN TECHNOLOGY DUBAI has the right to monitor the use of IT assets. Files that are not related to BALLY CHOHAN TECHNOLOGY DUBAI standard software or which are not justified by the needs of the business unit shall not be stored on BALLY CHOHAN TECHNOLOGY DUBAI computer systems. When exceptions are found, and deemed noncompliant, they must be removed. Any action must be taken with an understanding of the standard and locally accepted software. This action must be coordinated with the local business unit management.
The DIRECTOR-IT is responsible for maintaining an up-to-date inventory of all IT assets. This responsibility may be delegated.
The DIRECTOR-IT is responsible for ensuring that warranty / Service is available for all IT equipment. Service could be under warranty, through an Annual Maintenance Contract, or through a process for “do and charge” repair in case of breakdown.
Only licensed copies of software, approved by BALLY CHOHAN TECHNOLOGY DUBAI management, may be used on any platform (mainframes, servers, desktops, laptops, portable personal IT devices, etc.). Duplicating, selling, or copying software outside the terms of any purchase agreement and/or license is prohibited. BALLY CHOHAN TECHNOLOGY DUBAI standard (approved) and BALLY CHOHAN TECHNOLOGY DUBAI India software is identified in the appropriate section in this manual.
A user authentication scheme (user IDs, passwords, certificates, biometrics, smart cards, etc.) will be established on all computer systems and networks. These ID’s will be issued based on a documented request approved by an IT asset owner or authorized alternate. A copy of the approved request will be retained on file for a minimum of one year, or longer if subject to contractual requirements.
The identity of all users will be verified before providing and/or resetting passwords.
Temporary passwords will be set to expire at next logon whenever an administrator issues a new id or resets a password. Systems that are able to should be configured to “lockout” after five (maximum) wrong password entries and shall not automatically unlock for at least one hour.
Passwords must be a minimum of six characters and must be changed at least every 90 days.
The last 5 passwords will not be allowed to be reused on systems that permit such configuration.
Passwords must not be displayed on any screen and must not be stored in the clear in any file.
Passwords must be kept confidential. Exceptions to this requirement will be authorized only for operating system support activities where the system architecture prevents the use of personal ID’s to perform required system support functions. In these cases, the passwords will only be shared with personnel with a valid support requirement. These passwords must be changed whenever a person who knows the password terminates employment or has a change of status such that the password is no longer required to perform job functions. A list of individuals who have been given these passwords will be maintained. All other password controls listed above must be followed.
The default access permission for IT assets will be set to “NO ACCESS”.
User ID’s that have not been used in 3 months will be disabled. After 1 year of inactivity, user ID’s will be deleted.
IT security education and awareness programs will be conducted for all new personnel and periodically repeated for all employees and non-employees. Program content will be updated to reflect changes in technology and security threats.
Access to IT assets will be adjusted whenever a change of status occurs, i.e. terminations, transfers, leave of absences, etc. This must be completed in a timeframe commensurate with the business value of the IT asset that the individual has access to. Business Unit management must establish procedures to manage this process. A copy of the request will be permanently filed.
The HR Process for resigned / separation must ensure that clearance is obtained from appropriate IT personnel that all IT equipment is handed back.
Unauthorized attempts to gain access to IT assets will be monitored and reported to the DIRECTOR-IT or other IT persons.
All workstations and PC’s must have a password-protected screensaver activated. The screensaver must be initiated no longer than after 30 minutes of inactivity. Password policies listed above must be followed.
Failure to comply with this policy may result in the following actions:
BALLY CHOHAN TECHNOLOGY DUBAI employee: disciplinary action up to and including discharge
Non-employee: termination of access to BALLY CHOHAN TECHNOLOGY DUBAI IT assets, severance of relationship with BALLY CHOHAN TECHNOLOGY DUBAI and appropriate legal action
Categories: Tutorials
Tags: Bally Chohan, IT Asset policy, IT Policy
July 5th, 2010
Bally Chohan of Bally Chohan Technology Dubai (UAE) is an expert Service Desk Manager with over 19 years of experience in setting up and managing service desk. Bally Chohan has successfully setup and managed service desk providing support to more than eight thousand users.
Bally Chohan has designed a short term course for aspiring Service Desk Managers to help them in setting up and implementing Service Desk processes
Training plan of Service Desk Analyst
Day – 1
- Meeting with New Students
- Analyse strengths & weakness of new trainees
- One to one meeting with Yong to discuss following issues:-
- Implementation of Service Desk
- Problems faced
- Brief introduction of Service Desk team & their functions
- Brief introduction of support teams i.e. Desk side, Server, Network etc
- Meeting with the management and explaining them the benefits of Service Desk
Day – 2
- Handover copy of service desk handbook & catalog of services provided
- Explain process of sending IT notifications & announcements
- Explain documents being managed by Service Desk team
- What’s up gold installation & operation
Day – 3
- Implementation of call logging application
- Explain call logging process
- Explain call transferring process
- Explain Shift Handover process
- Explain Daily/Weekly MIS
Day – 4
- Active Directory related functions
- Process to ADD / Remove user
- Password change request
- Explain Employee joiners & leavers process
Day – 5
- Troubleshooting calls related to:-
- Mitel
- Connectivity
- Printer & other Hardware issue
- Exchequer
- Act
- Management reporting
Categories: Tutorials
Tags: Service Desk
July 2nd, 2010
Bally Chohan of Bally Chohan Technology Dubai lists below some important steps that can help a user to connect to Excheque Server.
Step 1: Right Click on My Computer and click on “Manage”:
This will open the following window. Now click on the “+” sign next to Local Users and Groups…which will expand and will show Users and Groups under it.
Click on Users on the left, which will show you the list of current users on the right hand side as show below.
Now on the right hand side of the window, do a right click in any open area which will show you the following context menu…..
Click on New Users…..
Clicking on New User will open the following window where you need to enter all the required details, e.g., Username, Password, etc.
Make sure you remove the Tick mark from “User must change the password at next Logon”
Then put the Tick marks next to “User cannot change password” and “Password never expires”
Then click on create and then close.
Now you are back to the Computer Management Window showing you the new user account. (In this case Test2 is highlighted)
Now the user is created we have to add the newly created account to the required Groups so that the user can connect to the server remotely and access the application.
Click on Groups on the left hand side of the window. This will show you all the listed/available groups to which the newly created account can be added.
We will be adding the user now to the Remote Desktop Users group which will allow the user to do RDP to the Exchequer Server.
Double-click on Remote Desktop Users now.
This will open the following window with the current members listed on it:
Now click on the Add… button to add the newly created user account.
This brings up the following screen:
Click on Locations… button now to select the local system (in this case Exchequer) because the newly created account is actually a Local User account not a Domain user account.
Type the name of the newly created user account (in this case Test2) and click on Check Names button which will display as follows:
Now as you can see the account is listed on the Remote Desktop Users list.
Next Step is adding the user to the another Group called Administrator as the user accessing the application may need some administrative privileges in order to run the application properly.
Following window shows the current list of members of Administrator Group.
Again click on the Locations button and choose Exchequer and then click on OK.
Now type the newly created account name and then click on Check Names button and then click on OK again.
As you can see below you have the new account listed under the Administrators Group:
Next Step is creating a RDP connection which needs to be sent to the user so that he/she can connect to the Server without any hassels.
Click on Start and then click on Run… which opens the following window.
Over here type “mstsc”
This opens the following window. Now click on the Options>> button to display more options:
In the Computer box type the IP Address of the Exchequer server (10.252.254.35) and then click on Save As…
Give a relevant name to the connection and click on Save.
By now you have finished the Task. To check double-click on the newly created RDP icon from the location where you saved it in the last step which opens the following window:
Over here just enter your Username as “Exchequer\Username” and your password and then click on OK to connect.
Categories: Tutorials
Tags: exchequer
June 28th, 2010
Bally chohan says that it is a way too early to conclude that the success of Apple’s iPad has slowed down netbook sales.
According to Bally chohan,there could be some cannibalization of netbook sales by the iPad. “Sure. But it’s too soon to tell.”says Bally chohan.
Bally chohan was reacting to the claim made on iPad sales,which had put a major dent in the year-over-year sales growth of netbooks, the small, inexpensive Windows-based notebooks that took the market by storm in 2009.
According to Bally chohan, netbook growth slowed dramatically at the first of the year, with year-over-year increases plummeting to 68% in January from 179% in December 2009, then falling further. In April, netbook sales were just 5% over the same month a year ago.
Netbooks’ share of the overall notebook market has stabilized in the high-teens during the first months of 2010, Bally added, so it’s not as if netbooks have suddenly vanished from the landscape. NPD collects sales data from U.S. retail brick-and-mortar stores, as well as from some leading online outlets, including Amazon.com and Apple’s own e-store.
Rather than credit the iPad for the cooling of netbook sales, Baker gave a nod to slightly-more expensive notebooks running Windows. The sub-$500 notebook category now outsells netbooks.
By bally chohan,the development of the under-$500 notebook market is the biggest story of 2009 and early 2010.For a little more money, sometimes just $50 or so, consumers can buy a full notebook with a full-sized keyboard, a 15-in., sometimes a 17.-in. screen, with higher resolution [than a netbook]. That’s how the notebook makers have kept things from dropping into the very bottom of the market.
“Netbooks were a great product at the right time,” Bally chohan said, referring to 2009’s economic doldrums.
According to Bally chohan,that’s not to say Apple’s iPad isn’t doing well or can’t go head-to-head with netbooks for consumers’ credit cards. Last Monday, Apple announced that it had sold one million tablets in the first 28 days of availability.
By the end of this month, Apple will likely have sold 1.5 million iPads, said Yankee Group analyst Carl Howe in a post to his company’s blog Wednesday, putting the tablet in the record books for reaching $1 billion in sales faster than any other consumer product.
The iPad is very competitive with netbooks echoed by Bally chohan. NPD’s consumer surveys with netbook owners and prospective iPad buyers have shown “very similar responses about what they expect to do with the device,said by Bally chohan
The slowing growth of netbook sales, and the ability of traditional notebook makers to shift some buyers to more expensive models have also slowed the decline in average selling prices (ASPs), a number that plunged last year to OEMs’ dismay. In March, for example, ASPs were only 5% lower than the same month a year ago, compared to much of 2009 when ASPs were regularly down 15%.
Categories: ACT 2007, Acrobat 7 Professional, Tutorials
June 28th, 2010
Bally Chohan of Bally Chohan technology Dubai (UAE) describes below an ideal internet policy to be implemented in the corporate. By implementing the internet policy, any organization can save its network from unwanted attacks and moreover can safeguard its database also.
BALLY CHOHAN TECHNOLOGY DUBAI Internet Policy
Internet access is provided in Bally Chohan Technology on need to use basis. Request for Internet Access is to be provided on the prescribed format available at IT Service Desk. The form must be duly filled up, and must state clearly the reason why Internet access is requested. The request needs to be authorized by the direct supervisor of the requestor and a functional supervisor at least at MG-4 level, the Director-IT, or the Director HR if the direct supervisor is below MG-4. The form needs to be handed over to the local Helpdesk who would arrange to provide Internet Connection to the requestor. Lead time at present for providing the Internet connection is 1 working day from the date a duly authorized request is received.
Internet access will be through Bally Chohan Technology proxy servers.
The user is responsible for adherence to the BALLY CHOHAN TECHNOLOGY DUBAI Internet Policy Internet Access is being provided for business use; therefore Internet sites that are not related to this purpose are to be avoided. Specifically, chat sites, sites with pornographic, racist, or otherwise objectionable content, and sites unrelated to our business are to be strictly avoided. BALLY CHOHAN TECHNOLOGY DUBAI India reserves all rights to monitor internet access and take action as appropriate if the Internet Access Policy is violated. Please clarify any doubts with the DIRECTOR-IT or with the HR Director. The user is also required to ensure that appropriate safeguards (the latest anti-virus signatures, appropriate settings on the Browser) on his desktop / laptop are in place. Please contact the Helpdesk if there are any doubts. Internet sites can transmit viruses and have tools which can allow third parties to hack into our network. Please contact the Help Desk or the DIRECTOR-IT immediately if you suspect your desktop / laptop is at risk.
Files may not be downloaded without specific written / mail approval of the DIRECTOR-IT.
Laptop users are required to ensure that the BALLY CHOHAN TECHNOLOGY DUBAI Policies are not violated when accessing the Internet from locations other than the office.
Please note that accessing the Internet using Company owned IT equipment and / or from Company premises without appropriate authorization is a violation of UK LI Policies. Please ensure appropriate approval on format IARF is obtained before you access.
Categories: Tutorials
Tags: internet policy
June 19th, 2010
Bally Chohan says that the cyber criminals are working in more organized way than ever before. Cyber criminals like virus writers used to write viruses just for fun at one point of time. But now they are working in a more organized way. Virus writes have started trading their services these days.
Bally Chohan has come across different trends the way malware is being distributed these days. There was a time when people used to develop viruses just for more but now that is not the case, they have become more organized. Also there used to be cyber criminals who used to develop malware just for making some money. However they have started to operate in groups now. This has taken the shape of an industry now.
Bally Chohan says that the web attacks are planned in a more organized way by group of cyber criminals these days. These groups offer different cyber criminal services. The motive of these groups is to just make money. They are ready to do all sorts of cyber crimes for financial gains. If you pay them what they want they can do anything for you, right from virus writing to hacking bank accounts. The work in a chain and you will find different groups working in this chain. This has put an extra pressure on security systems.
Bally Chohan says that in recent days he has witnessed some politically motivated cyber crimes also. These attacks are not just done for financial gains but for gaining some political benefits. The companies involved in building antivirus and other security systems are working on innovative ways to counter these attacks. These companies have started to look beyond traditional methods like virus databases and heuristic scanning. Kaspersky for example has come up with application control technology, whereby helping its clients to restrict unwanted applications. Kaspersky also has a database of all infected URL’s which they keep on updating on regular basis. Moreover in addition to infected websites, Kaspersky also maintains database of safe to surf websites. Kaspersky is planning to incorporate all these features into its corporate security solution. These additional features help Kaspersky in protecting its clients from any cyber attack.
Bally Chohan has often met some of its clients with a worry that the increased security on their system will result into degradation of its performance. To counter t his Kaspersky has come up with new features which scans only updates on the previously installed application and not the application every time. Kaspersky is also planning to introduce new search engine in near future that will consume less memory.
Bally Chohan says that the cyber criminals don’t attack MP3 players because of lack of financial motivation there. However he has witnessed more and more attacks on mobile platforms. Attacks on mobile phone are much easier whereby a mobile phone owner receives a SMS indicating some financial benefits. However these types of attacks i.e. attack on mobile commerce services are very rare.
Categories: Tutorials
Tags: antivirus, Cyber crimes, Kaspersky
June 6th, 2010
Adding a User to the Exchequer Server and Giving appropriate Rights
Step 1: Right Click on My Computer and click on “Manage”:
This will open the following window. Now click on the “+” sign next to Local Users and Groups…which will expand and will show Users and Groups under it.
Click on Users on the left, which will show you the list of current users on the right hand side as show below.
Now on the right hand side of the window, do a right click in any open area which will show you the following context menu…..
Click on New Users…..
Clicking on New User will open the following window where you need to enter all the required details, e.g., Username, Password, etc.
Make sure you remove the Tick mark from “User must change the password at next Logon”
Then put the Tick marks next to “User cannot change password” and “Password never expires”
Then click on create and then close.
Now you are back to the Computer Management Window showing you the new user account. (In this case Test2 is highlighted)
Now the user is created we have to add the newly created account to the required Groups so that the user can connect to the server remotely and access the application.
Click on Groups on the left hand side of the window. This will show you all the listed/available groups to which the newly created account can be added.
We will be adding the user now to the Remote Desktop Users group which will allow the user to do RDP to the Exchequer Server.
Double-click on Remote Desktop Users now.
This will open the following window with the current members listed on it:
Now click on the Add… button to add the newly created user account.
This brings up the following screen:
Click on Locations… button now to select the local system (in this case Exchequer) because the newly created account is actually a Local User account not a Domain user account.
Type the name of the newly created user account (in this case Test2) and click on Check Names button which will display as follows:
Now as you can see the account is listed on the Remote Desktop Users list.
Next Step is adding the user to the another Group called Administrator as the user accessing the application may need some administrative privileges in order to run the application properly.
Following window shows the current list of members of Administrator Group.
Again click on the Locations button and choose Exchequer and then click on OK.
Now type the newly created account name and then click on Check Names button and then click on OK again.
As you can see below you have the new account listed under the Administrators Group:
Next Step is creating a RDP connection which needs to be sent to the user so that he/she can connect to the Server without any hassels.
Click on Start and then click on Run… which opens the following window.
Over here type “mstsc”
This opens the following window. Now click on the Options>> button to display more options:
In the Computer box type the IP Address of the Exchequer server (10.252.254.35) and then click on Save As…
Give a relevant name to the connection and click on Save.
By now you have finished the Task. To check double-click on the newly created RDP icon from the location where you saved it in the last step which opens the following window:
Over here just enter your Username as “Exchequer\Username” and your password and then click on OK to connect.
Categories: Tutorials
Tags: exchequer
June 4th, 2010
Bally Chohan says .htaccess is a language that is used mainly for executing functions mainly involving the server. For exmaple say you want to set redirects htaccess is a best place to set redirect as well.
How to protect any folder using .htaccess by Bally Chohan ?
Lets say you want to password protect folder “Bally Chohan” for it your .htaccess file contains following instructions.
AuthName “Bally Chohan”
AuthType Basic
AuthUserFile /home/httpd/vhosts/ballychohan.info/httpdocs/yourusername/.htpasswd
Require valid-user
<Files .htaccess>
order allow,deny
deny from all
</Files>
How to Ban IP Address using .htaccess by Bally Chohan ?
Now for this, there are different ways of blocking the IP address.
Create another .htaccess file – but put this in your main directory. Now this is where it gets a bit more tricky.
There are different ones to choose from.
A) “deny from all”
this will block every single IP address known to existence.
B) deny from 000.000.000.00.0
this will block the IP address from the exact address shown.
C) do the same but instead of “deny” change it to “allow” this will do the opposite of the one mentioned above.
How to Customized Error Pages by bally Chohan?
ErrorDocument 404 http://www.ballychohan.info/404_Error.html
This script makes the page “404_Error.html” appear every time a 404 error happens.
To do the others such as: 401 Error – Unauthorised access, you change it to:
ErrorDocument 401 http://www.ballychohan.info/403_Error.html
Bally chohan says there are lot of configuration which we can do through .htaccess. Bally chohan try to highlight few of then here. Bally chohan would like to explore more in its future posts.
Categories: Tutorials
June 1st, 2010
Q: What is craigslist?
A: Local classifieds and forums for 450 cities worldwide – community moderated, and largely free.
Q: What can I find there?
A: Jobs, housing, goods, services, romance, local activities, advice – just about anything really.
Q: What are the origins of craigslist?
A: As an email list of SF events, started as a hobby by Craig Newmark in early 1995.
Q: Who runs craigslist?
A: Jim Buckmaster has been CEO since late 2000.
Q: Is Craig still involved with craigslist?
A: Craig works full-time in customer service, and makes media appearances.
Q: Is craigslist a nonprofit?
A: No, craigslist was incorporated as a for-profit in 1999.
Q: Why does craigslist still use a .ORG domain?
A: It symbolizes the relatively uncommercial nature of craigslist, as well as our service mission and non-corporate culture.
Q: How much traffic does craigslist get?
A: More than 9 billion page views per month
Q: How does that compare with other companies?
A: craigslist is #7 in terms of english-language page views
Q: How many people use craigslist?
A: More than 30 million each month, including more than 25 million in the US alone
Q: How many classified ads does craigslist receive?
A: craigslist users self-publish more than 30 million new classified ads each month
Q: How many job listings does craigslist receive?
A: More than 2 million new job listings each month
Q: How many images are uploaded to craigslist?
A: More than 10 million new images per month
Q: What about craigslist discussion forums?
A: More than 75 million user postings in 100 topical forums
Q: How many employees does craigslist have, and where are its offices located?
A: 25 of us work out of a victorian house in the Inner Sunset neighborhood of San Francisco
Q: How does craigslist support its operations?
A: By charging below-market fees for job ads in 10 cities, and for brokered apartment listings in NYC.
Q: How much are job ads?
A: $25 in Chicago, NYC, LA, DC, Boston, Portland, Sacramento, Seattle, and San Diego, and $75 in SF.
Q: How many craigslist sites are there, when were they launched, and why is craigslist expanding?
A: Per user request, there are now 450 craigslist sites in all 50 US states, and over 50 countries:
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SF Bay Area |
| 6/2000: |
Boston |
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Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, Portland, San Diego, Seattle, Washington DC |
| 10/2000: |
Sacramento |
| 4/2001: |
Atlanta, Austin, Denver, Vancouver |
| 10/2002: |
Miami, Minneapolis, Philadelphia, Phoenix |
| 4/2003: |
Dallas, Detroit, Houston, London, Toronto |
| 11/2003: |
Baltimore, Cleveland, Honolulu, Las Vegas, New Orleans, Pittsburgh, Raleigh, St. Louis, Tampa Bay |
| 1/2004: |
Montreal, Providence |
| 2/2004: |
Nashville, Charlotte, Cincinnati, Columbus, Fresno, Hartford, Indianapolis, Kansas City, Milwaukee, Norfolk, Orlando |
| 9/2004: |
Albuquerque, Anchorage, Boise, Buffalo, Memphis, Salt Lake, Santa Barbara, Manchester, Edinburgh, Dublin, Melbourne, Sydney |
| 11/2004: |
Albany, Amsterdam, Bangalore, Eugene, Inland Empire, Monterey Bay, Omaha, Orange County, Ottawa, Paris, Reno, San Antonio, Sao Paulo, Singapore, Spokane, Tokyo, Tucson, Tulsa |
| 1/2005: |
Auckland, Bakersfield, Belfast, Berlin, Brisbane, Brussels, Burlington, Calgary, Cardiff, Des Moines, Edmonton, Glasgow, Jacksonville, Louisville, Richmond, Stockton, Winnipeg |
| 2/2005: |
Birmingham UK, Buenos Aires, Columbia, Manila, Mexico City, Rome, Seoul |
| 3/2005: |
Zurich |
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Allentown, Barcelona, Birmingham AL, Cape Town, Delhi, Hong Kong, Lexington KY, Little Rock, Madison, Maine, Modesto, Mumbai, New Haven, New Jersey, Rochester, Shanghai, Stockholm, West Palm Beach, Wichita |
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Adelaide AU, Ann Arbor, Asheville, Athens GR, Bangkok, Beijing, Champaign-Urbana, Charleston SC, Chico, Dayton, Delaware, El Paso, Florence IT, Fort Myers, Frankfurt, Geneva, Grand Rapids, Halifax, Harrisburg, Humboldt, Istanbul, Jackson MS, Jerusalem, Johanessburg, Lima Peru, Madrid, Milan, Moscow, Munich, New Hampshire, Oklahoma City, Osaka, Perth AU, Prague, Puerto Rico, Redding, Rio De Janeiro, San Luis Obispo, Santiago, Saskatoon, Syracuse NY, Tallahassee, Tel Aviv, Tijuana, Vienna, Western Massachusetts, Victoria BC, West Virginia |
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Costa Rica, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming |
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Baton Rouge, Bristol UK, Chennai IN, Ithaca, Knoxville, Leeds UK, Liverpool UK, Mobile, Montgomery, Newcastle UK, Pensacola, Quebec, Savannah, Shreveport, Toledo |
| 1/2006: |
Bellingham WA, Cairo Egypt, Chattanooga TN, Colorado Springs CO, Gainesville FL, Hamilton ON, Kitchener ON, Hyderabad India, Lansing MI, Medford OR, Oxford UK, Palm Springs CA, Santa Fe NM, Taipei China, Ventura CA |
| 6/2006: |
springfield MO, columbia MO, rockford IL, peoria IL, springfield IL, quad cities IL/IA, fort wayne IN, evansville IN, south bend IN, bloomington IN, gulfport-biloxi MS, huntsville AL, salem OR, bend OR, london ON, windsor ON, fort lauderdale FL, sarasota FL, daytona beach FL, cape cod MA, worcester MA, green bay WI, eau claire WI, appleton-oshkosh WI, flagstaff AZ, yakima WA, utica NY, binghamton NY, hudson valley NY, long island NY, akron-canton OH, youngstown OH, greenville SC, myrtle beach SC, duluth MN, augusta GA, macon GA, athens GA, flint MI, saginaw MI, kalamazoo MI, upper peninsula MI, mcallen TX, beaumont TX, corpus christi TX, brownsville TX, lubbock TX, odessa TX, amarillo TX, waco TX, laredo TX, winston-salem NC, fayetteville NC, wilmington NC, erie PA, scranton PA, penn state PA, reading PA, lancaster PA, topeka KS, new london CT, lincoln NE, lafayette LA, lake charles LA, merced CA, south jersey NJ, fort collins CO, roanoke VA, charlottesville VA, blacksburg VA, provo UT, fayetteville AR, rocky mountains, micronesia, helsinki FI, warsaw PL, oslo NO, naples IT, jakarta ID, marseilles FR, kolkata IN, budapest HU, caracas VE, hamburg DE, pakistan, bangladesh, beirut LB, malaysia, panama, caribbean, portugal, christchurch NZ, wellington NZ, durban ZA, prince edward island, newfoundland, cote d’azur |
| 11/2006: |
More than 130 new cities were added in November 2006 |
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Categories: Tutorials
May 27th, 2010
During the annual function of a school in Dubai ,Bally Chohan was addressing of the students on the basic application of multimedia in real life .Bally Chohan told that now a days the multimedia ’s application are using in various fields such as Creative industries, Commercial, Entertainment and fine arts , Education , Engineering , Industry , Mathematical and scientific research , Medicine , Document imaging . Uses these application Bally Chohan said the life can be easy and to save the time with better result. Bally Chohan defined the defination of multimedia, Multimedia is usually recorded and played, displayed or accessed by information content processing devices, such as computerized and electronic devices, but can also be part of a live performance. Multimedia also describes electronic media devices used to store and experience multimedia content. Multimedia is distinguished from mixed media in fine art; by including audio, for example, it has a broader scope.
Application of Multimedia
1-In Creative industries-Creative industries use multimedia for a variety of purposes ranging from fine arts, to entertainment, to commercial art, to journalism, to media and software services provided for any of the industries listed below. An individual multimedia designer may cover the spectrum throughout their career. Request for their skills range from technical, to analytical, to creative.
2-Commercial-Much of the electronic old and new media used by commercial artists is multimedia. Exciting presentations are used to grab and keep attention in advertising. Business to business, and interoffice communications are often developed by creative services firms for advanced multimedia presentations beyond simple slide shows to sell ideas or liven-up training. Commercial multimedia developers may be hired to design for governmental services and nonprofit services applications as well.
3-Entertainment and fine arts- multimedia is heavily used in the entertainment industry, especially to develop special effects in movies and animations. Multimedia games are a popular pastime and are software programs available either as CD-ROMs or online. Some video games also use multimedia features. Multimedia applications that allow users to actively participate instead of just sitting by as passive recipients of information are called Interactive Multimedia. In the Arts there are multimedia artists, whose minds are able to blend techniques using different media that in some way incorporates interaction with the viewer. One of the most relevant could be Peter Greenaway who is melding Cinema with Opera and all sorts of digital media. Another approach entails the creation of multimedia that can be displayed in a traditional fine arts arena, such as an art gallery. Although multimedia display material may be volatile, the survivability of the content is as strong as any traditional media. Digital recording material may be just as durable and infinitely reproducible with perfect copies every time.
4- Education-In Education, multimedia is used to produce computer-based training courses (popularly called CBTs) and reference books like encyclopedia and almanacs. A CBT lets the user go through a series of presentations, text about a particular topic, and associated illustrations in various information formats. Edutainment is an informal term used to describe combining education with entertainment, especially multimedia entertainment.
5-Engineering-Software engineers may use multimedia in Computer Simulations for anything from entertainment to training such as military or industrial training. Multimedia for software interfaces are often done as a collaboration between creative professionals and software engineers.
6-Industry-In the Industrial sector, multimedia is used as a way to help present information to shareholders, superiors and coworkers. Multimedia is also helpful for providing employee training, advertising and selling products all over the world via virtually unlimited web-based technology.
7-Medicine-In Medicine, doctors can get trained by looking at a virtual surgery or they can simulate how the human body is affected by diseases spread by viruses and bacteria and then develop techniques to prevent it.
Categories: Family websites
May 26th, 2010
Bally Chohan says why is google unique .The answer of this question is according to Bally Chohan ,Google provides so many services rather than other Search Engine.These services of the google are quick fast and significant. which is devided according to the category.so user use these services according to the requirements.
1-Gmail (6 P)-It has only received sporadic emails from gmail account .and chatting etc.
2-Google Maps (1 C, 11 P)-It has keep the map of whole universe
3-YouTube (2 C, 17 P)-you tube provides all video services.
4-Google Earth (6 P)-It is a virtual globe, map and geographic information program that was originally called EarthViewer 3D, and was created by Keyhole, Inc, a company acquired by Google in 2004.
Bally Chohan decribes some services which provide the marketing and advertising on google.such as Ad Manager,AdWords,AdSense,Google Alerts,Google Analytics.
Categories: Tutorials
May 25th, 2010
Bally Chohan has given a comment on Spice S7000 touchscreen phone,Bally Chohansays this cell phone have few recent features except the others.Bally Chohan says, In recent Spice Mobiles has launched its latest touchscreen phone, the S7000 in India – complete with an array of features that include a 3.2 inch WQVGA screen, a 3.2 megapixel camera and unlimited phone book entries.
The launch of this phone comes just a few months after the company launched its 12 megapixel camera phone in India, the S-1200.
About the memory Bally Chohan says ,As for the S7000, it comes with 19MB of internal memory which can be expanded up to 16GB with the help of a T-Flash memory card. The phone is capable of video recording at 15fps – although the resolution of the recording hasn’t been specified.
Also, the camera doesn’t have a flash. On the good side of things, the phone supports an array of video formats that includes RMVB, FLV, WMV, AVI, MP4, 3GP, MOV, DAT and RM. It supports 720P videos as well.
Other features include Zi predictive text, 1000 SMS memory, email facility, JAVA, incoming call guard, FM radio, Bluetooth v2.0. The phone can be used as a webcam as well. The phone is also social networking ready and comes preinstalled with Yahoo, Wapedia, VuClip, Facebook, Nimbuzz, Reuters, Ibibo, OperaMini and Snaptu applications.
It has an 880 mAh battery that provides up to 220 hrs standby and up to 3.5 hrs talk time. As of now, the phone is available only in white color.Bally Chohan says about the price of the cell phone the price of the cell is not more costly accordind to it,s features As for the price, this will set you back by Rs. 7,499.
Spice has also announced that it is partnering with Disney for mobile content for this handset. This means that the S7000 will come loaded with Disney content as well. As of now, the phone will come with exclusive content of Price of Persia- Sands of Time, the latest Disney movie.
Categories: Tutorials
May 25th, 2010
Bally Chohan explains step by step process for publishing shared folders in Active Directory domain.
1. Create new folder. The newly created folder can be named as Test Folder
2. Right Click on the newly created folder. -> Sharing and Security
3. Sharing -> Share this Folder -> (type in the name of newly created Folder) -> Enter description in comments column
4. Start ->Run -> path of newly created folder (this will help you in verifying that share has been properly created)
5. Active Directory -> Users and Computers ->RD OU (Right click)-> Select New -> Shared folder (type in the name of newly created folder)
6. After typing the name of newly created folder enter UNC path ->OK
Categories: Tutorials
