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ముగ్గురైనప్పుడు
ఆ మూడో ప్రాణం
ఆ ఇద్దరికి ఆరో ప్రాణం అవుతుంది
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అపరిచితుడు

ఎన్ని సార్లు మనం కలుసుకున్నా
అపరిచితులుగానే మిగులుతున్నాం
ఎన్ని వానలు ఎంతగా కురిస్తే మాత్రం
ఈ రక్తపు మరకలు కడగబడతాయ్.

- ఒక ఉర్దూ కవితకు స్వేచ్చానువాదం

Send Text Messages from Your Computer to Anyone’s Cell phone – Absolutely Free.

Hi..

You can now send text messages to any cell phone in US and Canada from your computer. Just type in phonenumber@teleflip.com ( ex:1234567890@teleflip.com). And by the way… there is no charge for this services. Only your carrier’s text messaging rates will apply

Teleflip is strongly anti-spam, so feel free to use and they have plans in place to support international carriers by end 2008. Stay tuned!

Digital Library of India

Hi All,

Let me take this opportunity introduce you to the new world of digital library. I am sure some of you may be aware of the mammoth task taken up by IISC, Bangalore and other participating centers in brining up a huge collection of digital books (1,24,234… still counting ) to the common benefit of all. For the first time in history, all the significant literary, artistic, and scientific works of mankind are digitally preserved and made freely available, in every corner of the world, for our education, study, and appreciation and that of all our future generations.

Just don’t be surprised, it has a collection of book that was written before India’s First War of Independence i.e 1857.

Here is the link… surf through and enjoy (http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/)

విశ్వమానవ బాధ

ప్రతి కంటా కన్నీరే
కనురెప్పల సందుల్లో
ప్రతి హృదయంలో బాధ
ప్రతి ఒక్కరిది కాదా ?

- ఒక ఉర్దూ కవితకు స్వేచ్చానువాదం

Recording inside your browser

Hi All,

Most of us are used to listening to online radio content and podcasts. I am sure you have wished to record some of these programs for listening off-line.

Here is the simple solution for that… just install free browser toolbar ‘Freecorder Toolbar’. It will let you record audio from your speaker/micro-phone and save the content as an MP3 file. Once the toolbar is installed, you will find buttons such as ‘Record’, ‘Stop’, and ‘Play’ and so on for recording the audio content being played. By choosing appropriate buttons you can record/store your audio content.

Word Web- Dictionary + Thesaurus + Word Finder

Hi All,

I am using “Wordweb”- a feature rich English dictionary for a long time now. This software is available free for download (Click here for download ). Once you have this installed, you can work through your words. The interface is easy to use; it will not only give you synonyms, but will also connect you to Wikipedia, Wiktionary and Wordweb online sites. You can set keyboard shortcuts too.

Personal Learning Environment (PLE),

Hi All,

The concept of personal learning environment is gaining importance across the globe. Gone are days, where eductaion is limited to selected few. In this internet age, there are plethora of free resources/tools available that greatly facilitate learning. The best part is educational materials from prestigious institutions are no longer restricted to their four walls.

I will list out few sites that offer free access to their resouces for online learning and skills enhancement. Be it economics, politics, languages or IT...you have it all for free.

1. MIT open courseware
2.Carnegie Mellon University’s Open Learning Initiative
3. Fullbright School’s OpenCourseware
4. NPTEL (a joint project of seven IITs and IISc)

Internet Speedtest

Internet Speed test.

This is the best and simple tool to measure your current line throughput or internet connection speed.

http://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest/