Here is how it works.

• Add im@ibnalerts.com in your buddy list in Gtalk.
• Send help as instant message and you can get the list of accepted keywords.
• The keywords are like sports, ent and top. You receive news stories snippet along with link to the news story.

By using IBNlive Gtalk buddy you can also search for stories on IBNlive.com, just send search “your query” (without quotes) as your message and you will receive links for your search related stories (for e.g. search Beijing Olympics )

See the how to video on IBNlive

The Rediff bus fare searches mainly state transport websites and RedBus.in, Ticketvala.com. The search result takes you to the parent site or to the contact information of the operator.

This is a very unique and first of it’s kind marketing gimmick and I am sure this is going to help the movie.
via Economic Times

Here is how it works:

• Print or draw the box like the one below and write one of these words in every square.
• Cross appropriate square when you hear one of these words.
• When you have crossed, five squares, horizontally, vertically or diagonally, stand up and shout BULLSHIT!!!

Now, instead of avoiding meetings, you will look forward to them :-).

The Beneficiary will have to visit any of the specified ICICI ATM branch and has to enter the following parameters.

• The beneficiary’s mobile number
• The 4-digit code (as received by the remitter / ICICI Bank customer)
• The 6-digit code (as received by the beneficiary)
• The amount remitted (in INR)

You will be charged Rs. 10 +taxes upto Rs. 5000 remittence and Rs.25 +taxes for above than Rs. 5000.
You can transfer maximum of Rs. 10000 transaction and not more than 25000 per day.

Read FAQ about smsNcash

Thanks India Inc.

Some key points are:

What form do you need to fill?

ITR-1: Income from salary, pension and interest earned in a financial year

ITR-2: Capital gains, income/loss from house property and income from any other source

Checklist

• Enter all the details in CAPITAL letters
• Ensure that name, address and other personal details are entered correctly
• Double-check PAN number, bank account details and the MICR code you write
• Store the acknowledgment safely property and income from any other source.

You can file your income tax return online, however, you still have to visit income tax office for acknowledgment if you don’t have digital signature. You can get your own digital signature which starts from Rs. 800/- for two years.

You can also avail third party services like Taxsmile and Taxshax to file your Income tax return, the service starts from as low as Rs. 181 on Taxshax and Rs. 250 on Taxsmile.

Cartoon by Satish Acharya

Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe - Abraham Lincoln

A new article on SearchSAP.com by Kent Sanders talks about transferring your skills from Basis to Netweaver. The article not only tells you the road ahead for Basis consultants but also explains how you can get to that road.

The key points raised by author are:
Java is the way ahead: As more companies are opting for portals and web business, you can not avoid Java.

Go for Solution Manager or Enterprise Service Oriented Architecture ( eSOA)

If you want to stay up with the latest in SAP technology and differentiate yourself from your Basis competition, then mastering the SAP Java Application Server, enterprise SOA technology, and Solution Manager will keep you ahead of the game.

Read complete article on SearchSAP

On a related note do check the tips from Prem Sagar about how to survive an IT slowdown.

But wait before you jump to conclusion that iPhone would be available to you in Rs. 8500/- (1 USD= 42 INR approx). Kiruba has this article in which he explains why the real cost of iPhone would not be under Rs. 9000 in India.

The truth be told, Apple really isn’t slashing its cost of handsets. It’s just passing on the slashed cost to the mobile operators. Apple sells the phone to Airtel and Vodafone for a little lower than the original cost of $399, maybe for about $350 (approx Rs 15,000). While Airtel or Vodafone may sell it to you for about Rs 9,950, they will recover the loss by a slightly higher monthly charge over a two year period.

Although, there are reports that an iPhone (8 GB) costs $173 to make.

Read the complete article by Kiruba.

The operating system collector SAPOSCOL is a stand-alone program that runs in the operating system background. It runs independently of SAP instances exactly once per monitored host. SAPOSCOL collects data about operating system resources, including:

Usage of virtual and physical memory
CPU utilization
Utilization of physical disks and file systems
Resource usage of running processes

The SAPOSCOL can be stopped/started through either SAP (through Operating System Monitor or transaction code ST06 -> Detailed analysis Menu) or Operating System. However, sometimes it may happen when you try to start the SAPOSCOL it gives you the message it’s already running. Like in example below.

SIDADM> saposcol -l
***********************************************************************
* This is Saposcol Version COLL XX.XX
* Usage: saposcol -l: Start OS Collector
* saposcol -k: Stop OS Collector
* saposcol -d: OS Collector Dialog Mode
* saposcol -s: OS Collector Status
* The OS Collector (PID XXXXXX) is already running …..
************************************************************************

If you try to see the status of SAPOSCOL through command saposcol -s, you will not see the status and if you try to grep the process with command ps -ef|grep -i saposcol, it will not show the process.
So, what do we do now?

There is another parameter of SAPOSCOL which is not documented in it’s menu list and that is force option (-f).

All you need to do is start SAPOSCOL with command saposcol -f, it will start the process forcefully. Once it’s started stop the process through saposcol -k and start it normally through saposcol -l. Now, your SAPOSCOL is running and collecting the OS information for you. I have tried this on Unix and it works not sure about Windows though.

Read more about SAPOSCOL

Update: If your SAPOSCOL still doesn’t start with the above steps then follow the steps belo:

Start SAPOSCOL in dialog mode with saposcol -d option. You will get a prompt to type further command, help command can be used to see what all commands are available.

Try to kill the SAPOSCOL with kill command. After it’s killed execute command leave, this will clean shared memory ( Make sure the SAPOSCOL is not running).

Start the SAPOSCOL with command launch and quit from dialog mode.