codechef

Introduction to CodeChef
CodeChef.com is India’s first, non-commercial, multi-platform online programming competition. CodeChef features monthly contests, practice problems and discussion boards, all geared towards helping students and professionals improve their software development skills. Our judging system accepts solutions in over 35 different programming languages (like Haskell, Ruby, Python, PHP, Perl, C, C++, C#, Java, Pascal… ) allowing users to test their skills against their peers as well as experiment with new technologies.

About CodeChef

CodeChef was created by Directi as a way to continuously challenge and engage the developer community. The site’s goals are to provide a platform for practice, competition and improvement, as well as enable developers to benchmark their skills against their peers. The first online contest begins March 1^st through March 15^th, and prizes include an Asus Eee PC, a Nokia 5800 and an iPod Touch.

The CodeChef Community

Despite launching only a month ago, CodeChef has over 1200 registered users, who submit hundreds of solutions each day. We’re able to stay connected with the developer community through our Blog, Forums, Twitter and our newly created Facebook Group. We have also announced a set of unique initiatives: CodeChef Campus Chapters and the User group outreach program. We have some exciting new features in the works including a comprehensive ranking system and Facebook Connect integration.

Free domain+disk space offer from one.com

Today i have seen a good webhosting offer from one.com for indian customers.
They are giving 3000M diskspace + domain name for free for first 12 months.
We need to pay only 13.8 USD. I think there is some moneyback offer for 15 days if you are not satisfied with their service. Here is the link http://www.one.com/en_US/.

I have talked to their customer care executive about this offer.
Here is the excerpt of the same. Arjun is their customer care executive.

you: i want to know about free domain + hosting offer
Arjun: hI
Arjun: As a promotion in India, we are offering domain name and 3000MB web space absolutely free for the first year. So all you need to pay is a minimal setup fee of 13.8 USD
you: how long this offer will be active
you: when is the last day to apply
Arjun: there is no end date announced yet
you: ok
Arjun: Is there anything else I could assist you with?
you: can i put the adsense
you: on the site hosted with this offer
Arjun: yes
you: any site templates available from one.com
you: is it possible to put forums on this site
Arjun: yes
Arjun: we offer templates and yes you can install a forum
you: thanks
you: is there any offline payment option available in india
Arjun: unfortunately, no

Alternative earnings through internet.

Modern day students need not depend on their parents or elders for the pocket money. With the widespread use of internet there are lot of opportunities available for making money online. There are couple of online survey sites based in india which are providing reward points for filling up simple surveys ( http://xcel-onlinesurveys.com?sid=1&rid=AF24257&aid=0).
Lot of online work portals like rentacoder.com etc.. which provides works ranging from homework help to large industrial automation projects in the field of IT.

microsoft livesearch win rewards

Live.com microsoft's search initiative introduced a new feature which enables users to play the video search results with mouseover. This is one of the scoring points for Live.com apart from host of incentives you get by searching with Windows Live search engine.

Microsoft has comeup with free talktime offer to popularize there search. Click on the below link to find out more.
http://winwithsearch.com

Their searchperks program where you can win gifts based on the reward points in still on. Last date to register is 31st December,2008. Below link have the details.

http://www.getsearchperks.com/
I don't know whether it helps in popularizing their search , but certainly helps users in winning prizes.