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Are you the one who has interest in SQL Server 2008 and wants to understand its capabilities? Then this e-book,  Introducing Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2, is for you.

No matter whether you are a DBA, an application developer, a power user, or a technical decision maker. Regardless of your role you can use this to discover the new features in SQL Server 2008.

Introducing Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 is a free e-book from Microsoft.

Click here to download your free copy.

Opera Mini browser was submitted on Apple iTunes store in March last week. There were so many debates going on in blogosphere, about the approval process by Apple. As it is a direct competition to Safari, many predicted that this won’t be approved by Apple.

Despite of all these arguments, Opera Mini Browser is now made available to public in Apple Store. This app has been approved by Apple on 13 Apr 2010, after 20 days.

It’s slick interface really gives a better performance.  Here are few screenshots from Opera Mini Browser.

Opera Mini Browser video demo would explain more about the features and performance. Opera Mini had definitely created really a tough competition to Apple Safari.

I have just installed the app and the first experience is good. Still a lot more to explore.

Download Opera Mini Browser from Apple App Store.

Mini Opera has been submitted to Apple Store. Check out the cool features in Mini Opera browser and the speed comparison with Safari. 

Opera also started a counter to find, how long will Apple take to approve(???) the app. Not sure how long this counter is going to run?

And they are also running a competition. “When do you think Opera Mini will be approved by Apple?” The closest guess wins a brand new iPhone!

Participate and win an iPhone : Guess and win the iPhone

Cheat sheets are always easy to get help and to have most frequently required information on hand.

Learning Unix is always the big task as it has so many commands to remember. Though there are many available, only a few would of of in day-to-day use.

Below given cheat sheet would be a great help for those who are just started with Unix. Keep this one page reference poster in your desk to get familiarised with Unix commands.

Source : Jacob Peddicord

Download in PDF format : Unix/Linux Command Cheat Sheet

Microsoft Learning is an official portal which offers e-learing and training to advance the career through certifications. Recently they have released a free ebook on “First Look Microsoft Office 2010″.

This book has a detailed explanations about the new features of MS Office 2010 and tips and tricks.

Microsoft offers this e-book free for a limited time. So hurry up and save the e-book before they widhdraw the offer.

Download e-book First Look: Microsoft Office 2010 (PDF file, 10.5 MB)

Download e-book First Look: Microsoft Office 2010 (XPS file, 27.9 MB)

Wall Street Journal and Financial Times famous online magazines. Here is a cool Google hack to read these magazines for free.

Financial Times

Wall Street Journal

Thanks to Amit

Editing the photos in iPhone is no more a tough task to do. Adobe Systems released its official iPhone app Photoshop.com Mobile in October. This was initially released, in October, only for US and Canada users. It is now made available for all global users.

Photoshop.com Mobile is a free iPhone app that offers some cool basic photo editing features.

According to iTunes Store, top edit features available in this app are as follows

Basics : Crop, Rotate and Flip

Colour : Exposure, Saturation, Tint, Black and White

Filters : Sketch, Soft Focus

Effects : Vibrant, Pop, Border, Vignette Blur, Warm Vintage, Rainbow, White Glow, Soft Black and White

It is really great to have all these features bundled into a single free app. We hope that there will be more features added to the list.

I have used a couple of apps to edit the pictures I take through iPhone. Now this single free app replaces all other apps.

The best part I like in this app is that all these effects are made available based on the swipe. There are no buttons, dials and select boxes. All we need to to is just a swipe from left to right in the screen.

In the short span of time, this app holds the first place in Free Photography app category.

You can download this free app from Apple iTunes Store – Photoshop.com Mobile