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Sony Ericsson’s Playstation Phone or the PSP Phone will be launched as XPERIA Play. This is one of the most awaited phones of 2011 and is being keenly watched by all the gaming enthusiasts from across the world.

XPERIA Play will be a full fledged gaming phone device with slide out game controllers instead of a keypad. It will run on Android 2.3, 1GHz Processor, 512MB of RAM, 1GB of ROM, and the screen is in the range of 3.7 to 4.1 inches according to the leaked information on various websites. (We would love to see it with a dual core Tegra 2 mobile processor).

It is expected that this phone will be showcased in Mobile World Congress in February 2011 and will hit the shelves in April. Lets see how things turn out. So far its looking delicious.

Microsoft provides a free trial / evaluation download for 180 days of their powerful and most stable Server OS – Windows Server 2003 R2 SP2. This download is available as two ISO image files which need to be burnt on two CDs.
Free Download of Windows Server 2003 R2 SP2 is available for both Standard Edition and Enterprise Edition. Link for download is given below.

Link for download of 2 ISO image files for Windows Server 2003 R2 SP2.

You may have to register to get the product key for installation if required. Click here to Register and get key.

I found this link while working on a recent project where we had to evaluate some web apps network performance on Windows. We did not had a Windows server, nor we were in position to buy a licence. Thats when we found that Microsoft offers free download for 180 days trial or evaluation) of Windows Server 2008 R2.
Windows Server 2008 R2 download is available as a consolidated ISO image for English, German, Japanese, French, Spanish, and Chinese. Link for download is given below.
Free download of Windows Server 2008 R2 180 evaluation.

You will have to register as an IT Professional or a Developer to get the download image.

Intel marketing has tried to simplify the categorization of its processors, based low-medium-high principle, rather than as they used to do earlier by the confusing the customers with MHz / GHz / MB Caches or Dual Core, Core 2 Duo, Core Solo etc. They have been partly been successful in this strategy. They have essentially linked the categories to the prices (Core i3 being cheapest and Core i7 being costliest) and performance. But there is still a significant confusion around the target usages of these processors. There are many people who think that there are only 3 processors available from Intel, which is not true. This ‘Intel Core i3 vs Core i5 vs Core i7 Processors’ article will clarify the confusion around the target usages of these processors and also explain that i3, i5 and i7 are categories of processors i.e. there are many processors falling under each of these three categories.
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This article is a result of a Google vs. Microsoft vs. Apple debate with few of my friends. Just about everyone wants to hate Microsoft saying that they always release buggy products that frustrate people rather than giving joy of using them. My argument is that not everything that comes out of Microsoft is hated by people. There are good number of products from Microsoft which people love to use. So here is yet another ‘Top 10 Best Products of Microsoft’ list. This list consists of products which people are passionate about, products which have been loved by users. Note: This list is not is any given order.

1. Xbox and Kinect:

Ever met an unhappy Xbox user? I have only met Xbox fans. People love Xbox. Its an awesome gaming system with superb multimedia graphics. It’s not just loved by players but also by the game developers. It is one of the best platforms to develop on. In fact it’s so good that most of the multiplatform games have been native to Xbox 360 and then ported to the rest of the platforms. It has the best game library of 3 the most popular games consoles in the market today.

2. Windows XP (with SP2):

Perhaps this is the only Windows OS that people love. Every other Windows (including Windows 95, 98, ME (pathetic), Vista) have been disliked by the people. XP is so good that I still use it as my primary operating system. I have used both Vista and Windows 7, and then gone back to XP. It is fast, stable, does not hang, fairly secure (with a decent anti-virus) and just runs all my programs I ever need. That’s what an OS should be.
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I keep working on some experimental projects from time to time as they allow me to put all the theories into action. A number of times these projects work as a wake up call that something that I am confident to be working has stopped working in less than 2 months. That is why I thought I will share my learning or rather failings while working on my phlebotomy certification blog. These post is about things that I have learned about the niche till now. Technical details will follow in a separate post.

What is phlebotomy certification

When I first stumbled upon the phlebotomy niche, I had no clue about what the word means. A quick search showed me that phlebotomy is the act of drawing blood from a patient either for testing or donation. We keep cribbing that the medical expenses in the USA is too high. Well that seems to be because even the smallest tasks like drawing blood is done by experts there. Yes phlebotomists are professionals who have passed the phlebotomy certification exam and specialize in this single task.
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I have been using internet since last 12 years. I started with a dial up connection of 32kbps (remember the purr purr modem sound!) and now I am using a 2 mbps broadband connection. Even after getting a 2 mbps unlimited download broadband line, I always feel that my internet connection is not able to keep up with my browsing requirements. It always seems slow for me and I am not the only one.

So after few weeks of research and experimentation I have come up with this list of suggestions on how to make internet connection faster. Essentially, these suggestions will help you to use your internet connection much more efficiently, thus getting maximum out of your internet connection. These suggestions will make your internet experience faster.
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