First of all you would need the VirtualBox App. Which you can download HERE.
Now you need a Chrome OS image built for virtual machines. You can get that from GDGT or download the torrent from here. They both work fine. For me I had some issues with the GDGT file, but the file from torrent worked just fine. If you decide to download it through the torrent, you would need winRAR to unzip it in windows, if you are a mac user don’t worry about it OS X will do it for you. Continue reading →
What happens when Autocommit is on and we issue a DDL operation.
Does the transaction gets committed or rollback ?
Well the very first thing to keep in mind is that
Autocommit is NOT a feature of Oracle database.
It is the feature provided by various tools that we use ( e.g TOAD , SQLPLUS etc ).
Oracle works just on the principal of getting message from client to either commit or rollback and that is it !
When we set autocommit ON ( say in SQLPLUS ) , It is sqlplus client which sends commit after each transactional statement to Oracle on our behalf.
So please do not get confused that Oracle has Autocommit feature like other Databases such as Microsoft SQL Server etc.
Thus when Autocommit is on in sqlplus and you say :
Insert
Update
Delete
It is actually executed as :
Apple launched iTunes 9 in yesterday’s “Lets Rock” event. iTunes 9 has many new cool features like a new iTunes store, Home Sharing and Genius Mixes, to name a few. If you have already upgraded (if you have not, I say go for it) to the latest version, you must have noticed that Genius Mixes does not appear below your original Genius Continue reading →
Vedic Mathematics - Subtraction from numbers nearing power of 10 like 10,100,1000 etc using “All from 9 and last from 10 ” method.
Many a times we need to subtract a number from say 100 or 1000 etc and if we go by traditional method we would start by right hand side and then subtract from 10 then move towards left and subtract the carry etc.The entire process is very much time consuming .
Even in our day to day life when we go shopping etc and our total is say 68.25 and we give 100 how much balance do we expect ?
Well vedic mathematics provide a very simple and effective way of doing this.
Just remember “All from 9 and last fom 10 ” method.
Apple store was down for a while this morning and it came back online with best news of the month, Apple OS X update 10.6, better known as Snow Leopard is out. Yes people, it is showing up on front page of Apple’s website and you can pre-order it TODAY. It would be $29 for the single user upgrade and $49 for family pack. Continue reading →
How to add clock timings mentally?.
There are lot of situations when we need to add timings..Just you knwo when we arrive at airport and come to know that flight is around 2hrs 45 mins late and you wanna check when would it actually arrive or any of the similar situations where we need to add timings.
Well with this method you no longer need pen /paper or calculator or even watch to do that and you can do that on your own mentally within flash of a second !!!
This method will teach you exactly that. 
Multiplication by 12
How to multiply any number by 12 ?
Method/Steps :
1.) Take the number to be multiplied by 12 and multiply it by 10 (add a zero at the end of it).
2.) Again take the same number to be multiplied by 12 and double the number.
3.) Add both the numbers ontained in step 1 & 2 and your answer is ready !!
Example :
How to multiply any number with 11 or multiplication with 11 ?
Method/Steps :
1.) Take the number to be multiplied by 11 and keep the left digit and right digit as it is.
2.) Add both the digits and put the result in the middle of those.
3.) If the addition is > 9 then add 1 to the left digit.
Above steps would be more clear with examples below.
Example :
Attend the Microsoft Windows 7 Launch Event in any of these below listed cities and get a free copy of Windows 7. 
* Atlanta - Sep. 28
* Baltimore - Nov. 9
* Boston - Oct. 5
* Chicago - Oct. 20 Continue reading →
New images keep coming as we move closer to September’s Apple Event. This one is the latest. Pudits say it ain’t gonna happen before 2010. But no one knows except Apple. So we have to wait until September. Till then enjoy these sweet images.
