Pathik Shah

What is Mesothelioma?

Mesothelioma is a form of cancer that is caused by exposure to asbestos particles. It causes malignant cells to develop in the mesothelium, a protective lining that covers most of the body’s internal organs. Companies are liable to pay their employees a fair amount compensation if the workers are exposed to asbestos. Many lawsuits pertaining to Mesothelioma are filed every year around the world.

Mesothelioma, Asbestos and Adsense

Google Adsense is the biggest online advertising network in the world. It offers context sensitive advertising in which ads are published across the publisher network based on the content and certain keywords.

Mesothelioma has been the highest paying keyword since around 2005. It’s rumored that the CPC (cost per click) on Mesothelioma based keywords like mesothelioma, mesothelioma asbestos, mesothelioma lawyers, peritoneal mesothelioma, mesothelioma attorney ranges anywhere between $90 to $40. This is the amount paid to the publisher each time anyone clicks on any mesothelioma related ad. To compare this with other keywords, an average keyword pays you only about $0.06 - $0.20 per click.

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Google has started its quarterly Pagerank update; many websites and blogs have already had their Pagerank updates. I was expecting it to happen around 30th June, but looks like they started it a week earlier.

PathikShah.Com is now a PR3 blog. My Alexa Rank is currently fluctuating around 420,000 which is pretty decent. The growth, while not spectacular, has been quite steady. My next aim is to become a PR4 by 2010.

Thanks to all my readers for making this possible.

HTC Hero

The Android scene is buzzing with activity, just after the official launch of the HTC Magic, HTC is out with a new Android Phone, the HTC Hero. What’s more interesting than its 5 MP camera and awesome specs is the HTC Sense UI it comes bundled with.

The specs of the HTC Hero are almost the same as the HTC Magic except for a 5 MP camera, more RAM, better design and a 3.5MM headphone port. It also includes native support for Flash.

HTC Hero Specifications:

• Dimensions: 112 x 56.2 x 14.4 mm
• Weight: 135 gms
• Display: 3.2 inch TFT Display, 320 x 480 pixels, 65K colors
• CPU: Qualcomm MSM 7201A 528 MHz
• RAM: 288 MB RAM
• ROM: 512 MB ROM
• Connectivity: GPRS, HSCSD, EDGE, 3G HSDPA / HSUPA, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, Bluetooth v2.0 with A2DP
• Camera: 5 MP Camera with AF
• OS: Android 1.5
• Audio Support: MP3, AAC+, WAV, WMA9
• Video Support: MPEG-4, H.263, H.264, WMV9
• Battery: Li-Ion 1350 mAh

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Airtel has launched the HTC Magic / Google Ion / MyTouch in India. This is officially the first phone launched in India based on Google’s Android platform. The HTC Magic is powered by Android v1.5 and has much better specifications than the HTC Dream / G1. It sports a better camera, a virtual keyboard and is much slimmer and lighter.

HTC Magic Specifications:

• Dimensions: 117.7 x 55 x 13.7 mm
• Weight: 118.5 gms
• Display: 3.2 inch TFT Display, 320 x 480 pixels, 65K colors
• CPU: Qualcomm MSM 7201A 528 MHz
• RAM: 192 MB RAM
• ROM: 512 MB ROM
• Connectivity: GPRS, HSCSD, EDGE, 3G, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, Bluetooth v2.0 with A2DP
• Camera: 3.15 MP Camera with AF
• OS: Android 1.5
• Battery: Li-Ion 1340 mAh

Airtel is offering services like Portfolio Manager, Hello Tune Manager, Weather Channel, Mobshare, In Mobile Search, City Search etc with the HTC Magic. It is priced at Rs. 29,900 and will be available at all Airtel Centers and HTC resellers. Airtel will provide free data transfers of 100 MB per month for the first 6 months. It seems to be an unlocked version, will soon confirm this.

Great news, except for the price. I was really hoping to buy this when it came to India but 30K seems too expensive.

This tutorial will show you How to connect two PCs by LAN (Ethernet). There are many ways to connect two PCs, but connecting them together by LAN is the easiest and most cost effective way. Plus, you can use this method for any number of PCs.

What you need:

1. 2 PCs with Ethernet Cards or Onboard Ethernet

Most new motherboards come with onboard Ethernet, you can check this out in My Computer > Properties > Hardware > Device Manager > Network Adapter.

2. A Crossover Ethernet cable.

The normal Ethernet cables won’t work, you must have a cross crimped Ethernet cable which can be used to transmit data in both directions.

3. A Ethernet Hub

A Ethernet hub is needed if you plan to connect more than two PCs. If you want to connect just two PCs, you can do it directly without a hub.

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