MTNL shares climb 2% on 3G launch

MUMBAI: MTNL shares edged higher Thursday as the state-run telecom firm debuts its 3G, or third generation,
phone services.

MTNL plans to offer the high-speed data mobile phone
service free to its high-spending mobile customers initially for a period of two months on a trial basis, according to media reports. The service is expected to be launched by the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, during the Indian Telecom Summit in New Delhi.

MUMBAI: MTNL shares edged higher Thursday as the state-run telecom firm debuts its 3G, or third generation,
phone services.

MTNL plans to offer the high-speed data mobile phone
service free to its high-spending mobile customers initially for a period of two months on a trial basis, according to media reports. The service is expected to be launched by the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, during the Indian Telecom Summit in New Delhi.

India is finally on the 3G map of the world as MTNL kick-started 3G services today.

After much postponement, India is finally on the 3G map of the world as Mahanagar Telecom Nigam Limited (MTNL) kick-started 3G services in Delhi today.

The state-owned telecom operator even has a name for the new service, and it's not mere 'MTNL 3G.' They've christened it as (c'mon, hold your breath!) MTNL 3G Jadoo.

In case you're wondering, we're not kidding about the name.

This being a soft-launch of 3G Jadoo, initially, only some parts of Delhi would have access to the service. Currently, the areas being covered are: Connaught Place, Sanchar Bhawan, Rajaji Marg, India Gate, Pragati Maidan, Delhi Gate, and Minto Road.

So, if you have a phone that supports 3G, and needless to say, an MTNL connection with GPRS activation, take a walk around the areas listed and see if the 'E' or 'G' (that denotes connectivity) on your phone turns to 3.5G!

In case you're curious to know about the speeds being offered, connect your phone to your notebook to find out.

MTNL is not charging extra for the service introduced today as it wants its customers to get a feel of 3G's capabilities. Eventually, there will be a commercial tariff plan announced, and the registration will start after the commercial launch -- a couple of months from now.

Mumbai too will have a similar soft-launch for MTNL's 3G services two months hence, says J. Gopalan, executive director, MTNL (Mumbai).

He adds, "The first phase would include trial services to be offered in areas between the Airport and Prabhadevi. The second phase would include South Bombay."

State-owned telecom operators MTNL and BSNL have the first-mover advantage to offer 3G services in India. With Delhi services commencing today, Mumbai will follow suit in two months' time. Chennai too will get to experience 3G services in January 2009 through BSNL.

Sooner or later (MTNL plans to offer 3G services across India by mid-2009), our countrymen will be able to surf the internet with speeds up to 2Mbps on their smart phones.

MTNL will be installing 15 lakh 3G lines in the first phase of its 3G roll-out in Mumbai and Delhi (which currently have 35 lakh existing mobile lines).

Now that it's finally happening, if you live in Delhi or Mumbai, do you plan to get yourself an MTNL connection just to get a taste of high-speed internet on your smartphone?

Google Takes Chrome Out of Beta

After only 100 days and fifteen updates, Google has taken the "beta" label off Chrome, its WebKit based browser. Given that the company has a penchant for keeping products like Gmail or Google Docs in perpetual beta, it comes as a bit of a surprise that Google already considers Chrome to be a 1.0 product.

Since the first beta release, Google has focused on fixing stability issues especially with regards to playing Flash video), sped up the already fast V8 JavaScript engine, and added a better bookmark manager and privacy controls.

Extensions Coming Soon

According to Google, the next step in the development of Chrome will be the addition of an extension architecture similar to Firefox's. Google is also planning to release Mac and Linux versions soon.

Lots of Users Already

Here at RWW, about 5.2% of our readers used Chrome in November (which is down from the 6.3% we saw when it launched in September and a lot of folks decided to give it a try) and a lot of our writers also use it on a daily basis. In comparison, about 2% of our readers use Opera and 9% use Safari.

A New Focus on Speed

If anything, the release of Chrome engine has made all the other browser developers focus on the speed of their JavaScript engines again, which can only be a good thing for those of us who spend a lot of our days in browsers. The only missing piece that is still holding Chrome back today is the absence of a good extension architecture.

The salute to the Brave Officers

LeewayHertz salutes the brave officers who laid down their lives in protecting us and our Country including HEMANT KARKARE, ASHOK KAMTE & VIJAYSALASKAR.

We Pray for our forces who are still fighting the terrorists without thinking about their lives and family just for us.

We can at least pray for them.. JAI HIND..

Regards,
LeewayHertz Team

Get the rendered style of an element

I guess most of you, one time or another, has had the need to find out what style was actually rendered on an element. The easiest way to do this is through the style property followed by the specific value you’re looking for:

 var intPosLeft = document.getElementById("left").style.left;

However, this only works if the CSS has been applied inline on the element. As we all (or at least most of us) have realized, having inline styles isn’t a very good and efficient approach. So then we move all our CSS to an external file and suddenly the style property return no values when checking it.

What the hell happened?

The style property is reserved for inline styles (ridiculous, if you ask me), so you need to find another way to do it. Of course, then, there’s one standard way and one Microsoft way.

I have put together a function named getStyle (yes, the name is supposed to be funny) to solve this issue for you:

I’ve updated one line for IE. The previous code worked fine as well, it’s just a matter of personal preference when it comes to code syntax.

function getStyle(oElm, strCssRule){
 var strValue = "";
 if(document.defaultView && document.defaultView.getComputedStyle){
  strValue = document.defaultView.getComputedStyle(oElm, "").getPropertyValue(strCssRule);
 }
 else if(oElm.currentStyle){
  strCssRule = strCssRule.replace(/\-(\w)/g, function (strMatch, p1){
   return p1.toUpperCase();
  });
  strValue = oElm.currentStyle[strCssRule];
 }
 return strValue;
}

It is then called, for instance, like this:

 getStyle(document.getElementById("container"), "font-size");

The first parameter is an object reference to the element you want to check, the second is the CSS name of the property you want to know the rendered value for.

Interesting to know is that specific values will return a value even if it was applied by shorthand in the CSS. For example, this will work just fine:

/* Element CSS*/
div#container{
 font: 2em/2.25em Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
}

var elementFontSize = getStyle(document.getElementById("container"), "font-size");

An other interesting thing is that Firefox, Opera and Safari will returned the actual pixels of a font size applied with em, while IE only return the value in em.

Web browser compatibility

This script has been tested to work in the following web browsers:

• IE 5.5+


• Firefox


• Safari


• Opera 8.5

The reason that it doesn’t work in IE 5.0 is having a function in the replace method as a second parameter. You might want to put this in a try...catch clause if you expect any users with that version, like this:

try{
 strCssRule = strCssRule.replace(/\-(\w)/g, function (strMatch, p1){
  return p1.toUpperCase();
 });
 strValue = oElm.currentStyle[strCssRule];
}
catch(e){
 // Used to prevent an error in IE 5.0
}

Now You Can Take a Cellphone Call From Any Landline in the House

Do you find the idea of disconnecting your home phone service and using only your cellphone a tempting proposition? If so, there’s a way to cut your landline and sort of keep it too.

With the XLink (www.myxlink.com), you can connect the wired phones in your home to the service of your Bluetooth-capable cell, so that when your mobile rings, you can use a traditional home phone to see the caller ID information and actually take the call.

Using the XLink, you leave your cellphone in a part of the house that gets the best wireless reception. Two models are available: The $80 BT is for those who have already cut their home phone cord, while the $110 BTTN lets you add your cell numbers to an existing wired system.

While not the first product of its kind, the XLink does allow you to connect up to three separate cellphone numbers to your home phone network. Each phone can be assigned a distinct ring, so the appropriate family member answers. Knowing that their parents won’t inadvertently grab a call meant for them should help teenagers in the house rest easy.

SAP - ERP software

About SAP and its use

ERP Software is short for Enterprise Resource Planning software. ERP software aids and controls the ERP management system, which is a system that integrates and automates all facets of business operations. This includes planning, manufacturing, and sales, while more recent ERP software products encompass marketing, inventory control, order tracking, customer service, finance and human resources as well.

SAP is an acronym for "Systeme, Anwendungen, Produkte in der Datenverarbeitung", which means "Systems, Applications and Products in data processing". The company was founded in 1972 by the former IBM employees Claus Wellenreuther, Hans-Werner Hector, Klaus Tschira, Dietmar Hopp and Hasso Plattner. As of 2005, SAP employs over 28,900 people in more than 50 countries.

SAPs products are in the Enterprise resource planning ERP business sector. The company's main product is SAP R/3, where the "R" stands for Realtime, the number 3 relates to the three tier application architecture: database, application server and client. The predecessor to R/3 was R/2. Other major offerings include APO (Advanced Planner and Optimizer), BW (Business Information Warehouse), CRM (Customer Relationship Management), SRM (Supplier Relationship Management), Human Resource Management Systems (HRMS) and KW (Knowledge Warehouse). The company also offers a new technology platform, named SAP NetWeaver. While its original products are mostly used by larger companies, SAP is now also offering products for small and medium sized enterprises (SME) with SAP Business One and SAP All In One.