The World's Billionaires

This is the recent update list from the mighty Forbes magazine..its good and proud to see indians in the top positions.....India is definably shinning.....but its sad to see bill gates going down...but hey he is still going to be the best philanthropist.


http://www.forbes.com/2008/03/05/worlds-richest-billionaires-billionaires08-cx_lk_0305all_slide_2.html?thisSpeed=26000


Also an interesting article on "Are You Born To Be A Billionaire"

Slow Motion Camera..

This really some cool videos i found while surfing youtube..its about the latest slow motion cameras available today...really really awesome..

Some "maybe" Useful Info....

1. 3-4 years back this was one of the most wanted applications for a ubuntu system, "Alien" is a software tool which can convert an .rpm to a .deb package and vice versa.But currently ubuntu has become very rich with its centralized repositories that this software has lost its charm...but not the least i find many server applications and many more softwares still available only in Rpms or in Srcs but not in debs..so still Alien has some work to do.

http://lifehacker.com/363502/convert--red-hatfedora-packages-for-ubuntudebian-installation

2.DownThemAll is a really cool and really fast download manager extension for firefox...i have been personaly using it for the past 3-4 months and since installing this extension my downloads have really really increased...seriously this extension along with a good internet connection will make you an Download addict....

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/201

...hey by the way check out the new iGoogleBar extension..


3.Ever tried to use webcams in linux...its a bit or may be more complex. But here is a nice tutorial i found to navigate through the complexity of.....(...just kidding)

http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/tutorials/6463/1/

And one more good tutorial for installing packages from Source files on linux...

http://www.tuxfiles.org/linuxhelp/softinstall.html

4.AndLinux, this is a new software package which apart from the usual way...runs your Linux Apps on Windows...here is the post from "lifehacker" which gives full details of this new package..

http://lifehacker.com/358208/seamlessly-run-linux-apps-on-your-windows-desktop

5.Not unknown but still yet to gain popularity this is a proxy network tool, Vidalia ,it is a tool which helps one to connect to the TOR network and browse through the internet anonymously.Check it out @http://vidalia-project.net/index.php

Also check out "spicebird" which is very close to outlook but still very powerfull and yeah its built over mozilla Thunderbird,sunbird,so its really going to rock...
http://www.spicebird.com/

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10 Accidental Inventions

These seen to be some of the most famous accidental inventions over the last few decades....

Check it out here:http://www.pocketgadget.org/2008/01/14/serendipity-10-accidental-inventions#html

1. Penicillin

2. The Microwave

3. Ice Cream Cones

4. Champagne

5. Post-It Notes

6. Potato chips/crisps

7. The Slinky

8. The Pacemaker

9. Superglue

10. LSD

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