Here’s what I found when signing up for a discounted copy of Windows 7 (for anyone with a .edu email address):
… is Microsoft’s best stab at a web browser since IE 4.
So, just like they did with Vista, Microsoft is planning to release multiple versions of Windows 7. In an interesting post on TechCrunch, Devin Coldewey clinically takes apart this strategy. The section I loved the most was: Can you imagine a Microsoft hot dog stand where they use the same wiener and bun in every [...]
http://code.google.com/p/blackgold/issues/detail?id=3 The greatest bug report ever. Haven’t laughed like this in ages!
Guess what, I received a surprise New Year gift today. All the way from Praha in the Czech Republic. A limited edition NetBeans 10th Anniversary T-shirt from Sun Microsystems! NetBeans turned 10 this past year, and to commemorate this, the folks had conducted the NetBeans Decathlon, in which yours truly was one of the winners. (I [...]
Steve Ballmer announced today that “techies” could download and test the beta version of Windows 7, the latest OS from Microsoft, starting Friday. I don’t have a spare computer to try that. But even if I did, I won’t have the guts to do so. Having endured Vista over the past couple of years, I [...]
While I was shocked at the goings-on at Satyam Computers as reported in the media over the past few weeks, today’s news that the founder and Chairman B. Ramalinga Raju has admitted to grossly inflating the books comes a thunderbolt. As a shareholder in Satyam Computers, I am appalled at the moral bankruptcy of this [...]
From the Onion News Network. Hilarious! Apple Introduces Revolutionary New Laptop With No Keyboard
Interesting video.
I have been dabbling with Facebook Ads for some time for a class project, and I thought about jotting down some of my experiences. Facebook Ads v/s Google AdWords The first question that arises whenever you thrown in a new product into a crowded field with established products is “How does it compare?” In this [...]
I just noticed that the three browsers that I use all have two-word names, and the words are of equal length. Google Chrome (both words are 6 letters long) Mozilla Firefox (7) Internet Explorer (8) Not inspired by XKCD: Fixed Width
A couple of months ago, when I first downloaded Google Chrome, I was skeptical about whether I would use it at all. I’m (was) a Firefox junkie, and have a number of addons installed, and I love the Firefox experience. I was of the opinion that with its vibrant developer community, Firefox had the “network [...]
If you are a Java developer looking for a powerful IDE that can get you started in no time, you should look no further than NetBeans. Why? NetBeans is free and open-source. A lot of people list preference with open-source software just because it is free. But beyond just the cost, there is a lot [...]
One of the rules of competitive strategy is that if you own a successful platform, the benefits that you can derive from it can be incredible. One can see that Google is exploiting this successfully with the Chrome browser. Here’s how. In Internet Explorer or Firefox, if you navigate to a page, but the server [...]
If you use Gmail and Firefox, you should give the Better Gmail Firefox plugin a try. It is amazing!
Perhaps the best reaction ever to Google Chrome was (from the comments section of some blog): “No, not another browser, please! I am a web developer, and I simply cannot afford to add another testing environment to my current list!”
When I started using Office 2007 a year ago, I found the transition not difficult, but frustrating. In fact, even frustrating is a stronger word. From a design perspective, it was difficult to fathom why the UI designers would not just tinker with, but significantly alter the menus. Considering that the core audience for Office [...]
… is the greatest software application ever. Period.
When you apply filters in Excel 2007, and then copy the filtered data from one sheet to another, you will find (to your frustration) that what has been copied to the new sheet is not just the filtered data, but also the invisible data that was filtered out. Oh, the ways of Microsoft! If I [...]
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