Make money at home helps you in giving a good start to your endeavor in making money online. It covers the minute of the things in an elaborate way to facilitate easier understanding to beginners. Alan has explored various money making sources like google adsense, ebay, amazon, affiliate marketing, review writing, video and photo uploading, guest blogging, widgets designing and many such topics. It definitely helps to clear many doubts arising in our mind while we are just stepping out into this online money making domain.

In the coming days I will cover various money making tips on this website and I will also answer queries of all those looking to make a fortune out of Internet.

We come across databases in many form in our day to day life in offline as well as online world. As Internet is growing rapidly and many of the service provider are trying hard to provide their services to be rendered from the comfort of your home from your desktop or laptop, most of the web applications have been developed and the core of these application is database. Say for example you access your bank account details from Internet, where do you think these account details are saved? Yes they are saved in a database and when you enter the account number and password then the data relevant to your account is pulled up from the database and shown to you. There are various types of Database Management Systems available like Oracle, DB2, SQL server, My SQL etc.

The web applications are primarily developed on either Java or ASP.Net programming language. And their are specific methods like JDBC and ODBC to be used to let your programs (web applications) connect to the database and retrieve the appropriate information despite the type of database. All the database management system above understand a single language called SQL or structured Query Language.

While dealing with database driven applications it is very important to know about SQL and JDBC or ODBC depending upon the programming language you are using for the application development.

So what is SQL? SQL stands for Structure Query Language, a common programming language used to manipulate information in the database. Using different SQL queries data can be added to a databse or deleted from it and we can retrieve and show data depending upon our requirement using these SQL statements. Example of the simplest SQL query is

SELECT * from table_name

This will retrieve all data within a table.

Now let me give you a brief of What is JDBC. It stands for Java database Connectivity and it is the standard Application programming Interface that allows Java programs to talk to the Database Management System. As JDBC is a standard specification, a Java program that uses the JDBC API can connect to any database management system for which there is a JDBC driver.

What is ODBC? ODBC stands for Open Database Connectivity and it is an interface to access database like Microsoft Access, Excel and dBase, DB2 etc through Call level Interface specification of the SQL access group. In the perspective of the end-user, ODBC is the best way of accessing information stored in another database without the need of understanding how it is done. In the perspective of the programmer, ODBC is a code that can make programming easy enough so it can access other databases in other software.

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>> It can be up or down. It’s more fun when it’s up, but it makes it hard to get any real work done.
>> In the long-distant past, its only purpose was to transmit information considered vital to the survival of the species. Some people still think that’s the only thing it should be used for, but most folks today use it for fun most of the time.
>> It has no conscience and no memory. Left to its own devices, it will just do the same damn dumb things it did before.
>> It provides a way to interact with other people. Some people take this interaction very seriously, others treat it as a lark. Sometimes it’s hard to tell what kind of person you’re dealing with until it’s too late.
>> If you don’t apply the appropriate protective measures, it can spread viruses.
>> It has no brain of its own. Instead, it uses yours. If you use it too much, you’ll find it becomes more and more difficult to think coherently.
>> We attach an importance to it that is far greater than its actual size and influence warrant.
>> If you’re not careful what you do with it, it can get you in big trouble.
>> It has its own agenda. Somehow, no matter how good your intentions, it will warp your behavior. Later you may ask yourself “why on earth did I do that?”
>> Some folks have it, some don’t.
>> Those who have it would be devastated if it were ever cut off. They think that those who don’t have it are somehow inferior. They think it gives them power. They are wrong.
>> Those who don’t have it may agree that it’s a nifty toy, but think it’s not worth the fuss that those who do have it make about it. Still, many of those who don’t have it would like to try it.
>> Once you’ve started playing with it, it’s hard to stop. Some people would just play with it all day if they didn’t have work to do.

1. How to: Postpone Vista activation for a year

In vista the activation technique was modified and a cumbersome technology called Volume Licensing 2.0 which required to set up a “Key Management Service” (KMS). But it places a heavy burden to Corporate hence Microsoft developers invented a registry key (”skiprearm”) that helps to corporate IT administrators to reduce this burden. Brian Livingstone of windowssecrets has demonstrated this simple registry hack by exploiting the skiprearm and a simple command to extend the Vista Activation requirement to almost a year.

2. How to use Vista screen Saver in Windows XP

re you bored with the traditional built-in screen saver of Windows XP and you want to have the same stylish looking Vista screen saver in your XP box. Yes now you can use the Vista screen saver in to bring life to your XP desktop.The most popular Vista screen savers are Bubbles, Aurora, Mystify and Ribbons. So here I have provided these 4 screen savers for Vista. Just take a look of the Bubbles and Aurora screen saver.

3. Install Windows Media Player without WGA

WGA does not permit you to install media player 11 in Windows XP if your copy of XP has not been validated. If you still want to install WMP11, there are workaround ways to bypass and disable the WGA validation check during setup installation process.

4. How to permanently get rid of WGA validation

Microsoft released the Windows Genuine Advantage program for combatting piracy, but rather then serving the purpose it has become a headache for people who are using the genuine version of Windows XP and obviously to all non-genuine Windows XP users.

5. Enable DreamScene feature in Windows XP

I always want to play with my Windows XP ( I am also using Vista Ultimate as dual boot) and like to exploit different features. When I started using Windows Vista Ultimate, I was spelbound to see the DreamScene feature of Vista Ultimate. Suddenly an idea came into my mind why not have this Ultimate feature in Windows XP and here I will guide you how to perform this simple tricks in Windows XP.

6. Amazing Holes in the earth

You can say it nature’s fury or a human blunder in search for nature’s wealth. These collection of holes on our earth’s surface are not only huge but amazing. Most of these holes are diamond mines like Kimberly mines, Diavik mines etc. It reminds us of how tiny we are when we compare ourselves to these holes.

7. 10 best hoax e-mails of all time

Should it read 10 BEST or 10 WORST hoax e-mail of all time??If you have an e-mail account then you must be familiar with emails like Bill Gates sharing his fortune, Microsoft’s lottery promotion, Some one in Nigeria requesting you to be a partner to transfer massive amount of money to his account and many more.

8. Unseen Pages of Google

Google has definitely created a niche for them. It is a rare incident that a web surfer has not heard about Google. This is the major search engine that has eveolved out of a PHD project. Pages and products like Doodles, Google Blog, Google Store, Google Docs and Google Labs are well known to every body.

9. Show Current Music track in Google talk in Vista

When I posted about Google Talk Not displaying the Current Music Track as Status message in this blog long back, I saw people asking about the trick to make it show in Windows Vista. I suggested them a few trick but none of them worked to my knowledge. It is until today when I decided to set my status in Google Talk as the music playing in media Player (Cause I wanted to impress someone)

10. Hidden Files/Folders do not show in Windows Explorer

Last week one of my client came to me with his laptop saying his laptop is running extremely slow. When I started the laptop, it took 10-15 minutes to get the Desktop. I was shocked; the laptop having a DUAL CORE processor with 1.5 GB of RAM is taking that much time to start up.

Finally wish all of you a great year ahead.
Happy New Year 2009

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Sinkhole in Guatemala

This sinkhole occurred in early 2007 in Guatemala . The hole swallowed a dozen homes and killed at least 3 people. It is reported to be 330 foot deep (100 meter).

Udachnaya Pipe, Russia

It is a diamond mine in Russia and was discovered in 1955. It s almost 600 meters deep and the open mining in this pit will be ceased in 2010 in favor of underground mining.

Mirny Diamond Mine Siberia

I’m pretty sure most people have seen this one. It’s an absolute beast and holds the title of largest open diamond mines in the world. At 525 meters deep, with a top diameter of 1200 meters, there’s even a no-fly zone above the hole due to a few helicopters having been sucked in.

Great Blue Hole, Belize

The Great Blue Hole is a large underwater sinkhole off of the coast of Belize. It lies near the center of Lighthouse Reef, a small atoll 45 miles from the mainland and Belize City. The hole is circular in shape, over 1,000 feet across and 400 feet deep. It was formed as a limestone cave system during the last ice age when sea levels were much lower. As the ocean began to rise again the caves flooded, and the roof collapsed.

Monticello Dam, California

The Monticello Dam is a dam in Napa County, California, United States most noted for its large circular spillway. The Monticello Dam’s spillway is

otherwise (and affectionately) known as The Glory Hole. The glory hole is located about 200 feet from the dam. Water spills over its lip when the lake reaches 1,602,000 acre-feet. The funnel’s largest diameter is 72 feet and narrows to about 28 feet. It is designed to handle a maximum of 362,000 gallons of water per second, which occurs when the lake level rises to 15.5 feet above the level of the funnel.

Bingham Canyon Mine, Utah

The Bingham Canyon Mine is an open-pit mining operation extracting a large porphyry copper deposit southwest of Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, in the Oquirrh Mountains. The mine is 0.75 mile (1.2 km) deep, 2.5 miles (4 km) wide and covers 1,900 acres. It is the world’s largest manmade excavation.It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1966 under the name Bingham Canyon Open Pit Copper Mine.

Kimberley Diamond Mine, South Africa

The Kimberley Diamond Mine (also known as the Big Hole) holds the (disputed) title of being the largest hand-dug hole in the world. From 1866 to 1914 50,000 miners dug the hole with picks and shovels, yielding 2,722 kg of diamonds. Attempts are being made to have it registered as a world heritage site.

Diavik Mine, Canada

The Diavik Diamond Mine is a diamond mine in the North Slave Region of the Northwest Territories, Canada, about 300 kilometres north of Yellowknife. It has become an important part of the regional economy, employing 700, grossing C$100 million in sales, and producing 8 million carats or about 1,600 kg (3,500 lb) of diamonds annually. The area was surveyed in 1992 and construction began in 2001, with production commencing in January 2003.

Let’s have a look on the features to compare why Samsung’s Instinct is much better than Apple’s iPhone.

Technical specification of Instinct:

• CDMA EV-DO Rev A network support
• Measures 4.57 x 2.17 x 0.49 inches and weighs 4.4 oz
• 3.1 inch TFT LCD display with a resolution of 240 x 432. Also features haptic touch screen
• 2 megapixel digital camera
• Video recording and streaming with support for H.264 and MPEG4
• Support for MP3, AAC, AAC+m, MIDI, QCP, and WMA
• Bluetooth 2.0 with stereo Bluetooth profile support
• WAP 2.0, XHTML, HTML, WML, WMLS capable browser
• PictBridge support
• Phonebook
• 2 GB microSD memory card
• USB Charging Cable
• Two standard 1,000 mAh Lithium Ion Batteries
• Each battery support 5.75 hours of talk time

And just look about the specification of iPhone:

• UMTS/HSDPA (850, 1900, 2100 MHz)
• GSM/EDGE (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz)
• Wi-Fi (802.11b/g)
• Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR
• Measures 4.5 x 2.4 x 0.48 inches and weighs 4.7 oz
• 3.5-inch (diagonal) widescreen Multi-Touch display
• Audio formats supported: AAC, Protected AAC, MP3, MP3 VBR, Audible (formats 2, 3, and 4), Apple Lossless, AIFF, and WAV
• Built-in rechargeable lithium-ion battery
• Supports upto 5 hours of talk time.

iPhone has a larger 3G network: No, infact the 3G capability of iPhone is lesser then Instinct:

iphone 3G has become much cheaper just $199 so I must grab it. Wait…You have not checked the price of Instinct, at $129.99 it is much more affordable with a loads of more benefits.

But iPhone has an assisted GPS feature which will help me in nagigation. Are you a fool, did you check the GPS feature in instinct? It has  voice guided GPS navigation system.

Speech to action is another feature which is not present in iPhone but a part of Instinct.

If you are thinking that you can watch LiveTV with your much uber iPhone then give it a second thought, it will not cherish your desire. But yes Instinct can.

Though both the sleek gadgets have a 2.0MP camera, Instinct can shoot video but iPhone cannnot.

Now you decide whether you would go for an Instinct or for much hyped iPhone. The only thing what I liked about iPhone is the look and the sleek design.

Bottom Line: Samsung has injected a lot of feature in Instinct but they forgot to look nto the design aspect of the phone else they could have done definitely a more appealing design.

Source: Instinct the phone

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