Google Gears: Browser up, OS down!
Tuesday, June 12th, 2007 Posted in Technology, Web, Windows | 2 Comments »We all knew this was coming and it has finally come. The final problem of offline access to web-based services has been addressed by Google Gears which was released last week. Today, I saw the first instance of it being ...
Joost is the new TV
Friday, June 1st, 2007 Posted in Movies, Video, Web | 2 Comments »I have tried Slingbox and I have tried Democracy TV. Joost is different. Community features, high quality programming, full screen smooth video. It's a joy, a pleasure. I was captivated for hours as I kept watching show after show with ...
Yahoo! Travel Updated
Thursday, May 31st, 2007 Posted in Web | No Comments »I am a little disappointed with Yahoo! which seems to sneak in great updates without a lot of buzz being generated around it. For instance, the only way I find out about the fact that Yahoo! Travel has undergone a ...
Democracy TV
Wednesday, January 31st, 2007 Posted in Web | No Comments »Democracy TV is a pretty good video player. Not only can it play many formats, it also has RSS feed subscriptions, podcasts and it also does video blogs. It is also integrated with the video sites like YouTube etc. It ...
Opera 9 is here
Wednesday, June 21st, 2006 Posted in Web | No Comments »A very slick looking flash intro. A nice site for promoting the new features. Check it out here. The feature list is quite interesting, the one that stands out is integrated torrent support. Check out all the features here.
Yahoo Messenger 8 (beta) is here
Tuesday, June 20th, 2006 Posted in Web | No Comments »Just out, fresh out of the mill. Yahoo Messenger 8 (Beta) with open plugins. Get it here.With plugins for Yahoo!360, I think I know where this is heading. With an excellent web based content creation system in place, Yahoo! is ...
Wordpress 2.0.2
Saturday, May 20th, 2006 Posted in Web | 3 Comments »I don't know why I am putting it off :(. I updated the other blogs with it, but am yet to update this one. Why? Lazy me!
GWT - First nail in Windows’ Coffin
Friday, May 19th, 2006 Posted in Web, Windows | No Comments »Microsoft so far was confident about Windows since they provide a very easy to use development tools - the Visual Studio. Using those, a developer can create binaries for any variant of the target device without any incompatibilities. On the other ...
Stale: Yahoo bought MusicMatch
Tuesday, May 9th, 2006 Posted in Web | No Comments »The Old: The New: This is strange, I never came to know that Yahoo! bought MusicMatch until I looked for it today (It used to be one of my first media players in the olden days - does anyone remember Sonique?) But this ...
google calendar : getting on my nerves
Friday, April 14th, 2006 Posted in Web | 2 Comments »So now google launches a calendar, and it's integrated with Gmail. Innovation has boiled down to emulating Microsoft office in AJAX. Gimme a break!! What's the big deal in repeating something. bull! After Google Search, Google Earth was a good innovation coming through ...
w.bloggar update
Thursday, April 13th, 2006 Posted in General, Web | No Comments »seems impressive because it supports almost all the blogging hosts/systems. But it had a very sad way of screwing up HTML entries (converting new lines to line breaks), so I quit using it. Quit using it almost a year ...
Gates memo warns of ‘disruptive’ changes | Tech News on ZDNet
Wednesday, November 9th, 2005 Posted in Web | No Comments »Gates memo warns of 'disruptive' changes | Tech News on ZDNet A must read. It highlights how MS is still poised to compete very strongly with the opposition.No monopolies here. Google & Microsoft tooth and nail.
Windows Live! - A reaction - no real innovation
Friday, November 4th, 2005 Posted in Web, Windows | 2 Comments »Well I checked out the Windows Live thingy and am not really very impressed by it. Microsoft had to do this as a bare minimum reaction to stay in business.And this is exactly what this is. A bare minimum reaction. Most of the ...
Windows Live! Released today
Friday, November 4th, 2005 Posted in Web, Windows | No Comments »Boy o boy o boy! This is the worst of times, this is the best of times. The rate of change is accelerating. Release cycles are getting shorter. There is no long term way of doing anything right anymore. Change, realignment, reorganization, reconfiguration ...
New Search Engine - ma.gnolia
Friday, October 28th, 2005 Posted in Web | No Comments »New kid on the block. ma.gnolia is a new search engine that claims to work on a different philosophy. Found is the New Search What you mark in Ma.gnolia not only stays found but keeps coming back to you as your interests change. ...
Testing Google
Saturday, September 24th, 2005 Posted in Web | No Comments »Google claims to give us 2 GB mailboxes. Google wants everything to be on their servers so they can process it. The more the data they get, the better. They can have more accurate analyzers which will help their ad-sense engine ...
Public Proxies and Thought Pointers - where will google stop?
Sunday, September 11th, 2005 Posted in Ideas, Web | No Comments »The next thing google will probably do now is provide public proxies. Using a google proxy will be faster than surfing the internet directly - the catch - nice pretty plain-text ad's will get embedded in the web-pages we browse through ...
Neave Lab › Flash Earth
Tuesday, August 23rd, 2005 Posted in General, Web | No Comments »Neave Lab › Flash Earth Google earth online - Using Flash. More usable, lovely. Try it Out.
Fixed some problem (Typo?) in Drupal MassMailer module
Sunday, August 14th, 2005 Posted in Web | No Comments »I spent quite some valuable minutes trying to find out why the MassMailer module of Drupal wasn't able to access the SavedSearches of the ContactManager module. I saw the debug SQL query which was causing an error. It went like: Table 'contact_search' ...
Clean Pipe - Prolexic Technologies - Defense against DDoS?
Thursday, August 4th, 2005 Posted in Technical, Web | No Comments »Prolexic Clean Pipe The Prolexic Intrusion Prevention Network (IPN) is a multi-million-dollar, four facility, global network designed specifically to protect Prolexic customers from DDoS attacks. Prolexic's Clean Pipe offers the most advanced DDoS protection available in the world. We have incorporated ...
