When the Moon came close to say Hi!!

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On January 10th, 2009 the Moon came very close to the us, that is within 357,500 Kilometres from Earth. This is not as close as one that happened in 12th December 2008 which was 1000 Km more closer and was the biggest during the period from 1993 till 2016. New Scientist reported here.

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Google launches “What’s Popular” Gadget, limits it to iGoogle

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Google recently launched an iGoogle Gadget called “What’s Popular” where you can view, add, and rate popular content on Internet. Did you say whats new in that, well that’s what all others are saying here. It seems to be a clone and/or mashup (or what ever you can think of) of champions like Digg, Stumbleupon, Reddit, Techmeme, and alike.

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Google Maps for Mobile (India) Silently Introduces Directions

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You may have used Google Maps numerous times on your desktop and mobile, tried its ‘Get Direction’ feature eagerly and got the error ‘No Route Found.’ But not anymore, Google recently introduced its Get Directions features for its cities in India without any fanfare and hungama. Yes, you can now get directions on Google maps within the city and across them, print them and take it along. This is helpful

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How I Passed The CISSP Exam!

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Well, yes it’s true. I cleared the CISSP exam (Certified Information System Security Professional) from ISC2 (http://www.isc2.org/) last week and just few days away from getting the actual certificate. The last step in certification, the endorsement, is going on and might get over in couple of weeks.

The sheer success, the help I got and my efforts compelled me to share my study pattern and exam plans with thecommunity. Hope it will be of

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