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Firefox : Google directly from the Address bar

        Hello there !! Firefox is one of my favorite browser alongside Chrome and it really annoys one when you get used to one feature of a tool and couldn't find it in the other. Today I was wandering about how can I get the same feature of Google search right from the address bar just like Chrome. Now googling has become the most performed task by any engineer in a day and if it takes to open the homepage again and again it really becomes ridiculous. So here I got a solution which serves the same way as Chrome does. Step by Step Procedure : Step 1: Go to the address bar of Firefox and type about:config . It gives a warning which you have to allow. Press the button saying " I'll be careful, I promise ! ". Step 2: In the search bar of the page type in keyword.URL . This brings you to only one option. Step 3: Right Click on the available option and click Modify . Then in the pop-up window paste the following                                        http:

Installing Google Chrome in Ubuntu 12.04

       Whenever it comes to browsing the Internet, Google Chrome always forms a favourite option. Its easy to install it in Windows but again when it comes to Linux, it becomes a headache. The most irritating fact is that Chrome does not come by default in the Synaptic package Manager. So using the terminal to install it forms the only solution. Believe me its very easy and you need just around 5 minutes to get it done. Steps: Download the package file as per your need from the official website. Link Keep the download path as "Downloads". Once the download is done you are almost 90 percent done. Then all you have to do is type in some commands to finally install it. Just copy these commands as they are into the terminal one by one. For 32 bit system:                    sudo apt-get install libcurl3 libnspr4-0d libxss1 cd Downloads sudo dpkg -i google-chrome-stable_current_i386.deb For 64 bit system:                  sudo apt-get install libcurl3 lib

Installing Ultrasurf in Ubuntu

         Ultrasurf has been one of the most used Proxy Bypass Server all the time. Installing it in Windows is perhaps the easiest job I found but when I tried to install it in Ubuntu, I literally  had to scratch my head. After a long search finally I found a solution which goes as this: Step 1: Install Wine in your System from the website http://www.winehq.org/ . Generally it comes pre installed but in case  you don't have it then do it quickly. Step 2: Download the latest Ultrasurf file from the website http://ultrasurf.us/   . Unzip the downloaded file and you will get a .exe file. Step 3: Once you are done with step 1 and step 2, you just need to download two more file and you are done.        -> mfc42.dll  Click Here        -> msvcp60.dll  Click Here   Step 4: Pretty much done. Now you just have to copy both the files at two places. Go to your Home folder and press Ctrl+H. This shows up the hidden files. Locate .wine . Inside the folder follow the path

XMind Shortcuts at a Glance

            XMind is perhaps the most recommended tool for mind mapping projects or tasks. Though there are copious other tools for the same purpose, but the extensive features of this tool makes it the most loved one. Whenever we work with any tool, the first and the foremost thing we search for is the shortcut list. I too needed it most as I had to open the labels over and over again just to find the shortcuts. I googled it out but was unable to find a full list. So thought to make one for myself and as I have already made it then why not share it as well. So here goes the list. Though a short one, but contains all the important ones. Hope it will help you in your work. :)

If not M.Tech then what ??

          Who knows? Life has an ever-changing path with scads of options open at every possible instant. One needs to have a lot of courage and confidence to leave one and follow the other. “Every path is paved with gold” is the marketing mantra and you just need to find the essence of the holiness in the path you choose to kiss the summit in this highly competitive world. Keeping aside reaching the summit, finding the essence is in itself a mammoth task to achieve. Though I was lucky enough (that’s what I think) to get into the MTech program, I did have a lot of choices to make other than Mtech. To be a doctor was my first dream and I tried a bit to achieve it.   But the huge syllabus in my intermediate deprived me to attain such a lovely goal and I had to detour this path with no other option other than the very common BTech. “BTech used to be a very prestigious degree in our times”, is what my father kept on saying all the time. I felt as if I am committing a crime by

FAQ on MS in IIITB

         I wrote a blog about M.Tech curriculum in IIITB to help the aspirants getting into the course and it did solve my purpose. But I also started getting a lot of queries about the MS course offered in the same institute. As I am into the M.Tech course, it became very difficult to answer all those queries. So finally thought to come up with a FAQ list about the MS course. All the questions were answered by an MS student as per his experiences and views. So here goes the question-answer session :   Special Thanks : Priyankar Talukdar (for creating such a nice and compact FAQ) Q: How important is it to have a knowledge on programming languages like C ? Communication skill is not an issue here. Merely mentioning C is considered weak stance. I feel concept and depth of knowledge about a field like database, networking, computer architecture, control system is more preferred than a language such as C ,java ,python or whatever u call it. Q: What about the Campus pl