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- November 14th, 2008
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Microsoft Spins Social Web Around Hotmail, Messenger and Other Live Services
In one of the most significant social moves from the Redmond giant, Windows Live Messenger, Hotmail and other Live services will include features that make it possible for users to maintain and share…
- November 13th, 2008
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Broadband Over Power Line
The recent news around opening up of White Space spectrum was significant because it allowed introduction of devices that could provide broadband internet access over fairly large distances. These wou…
- November 12th, 2008
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occelot has posted a new entry on: Daily Bits
Why Are You Single? (Online Quiz)
There are plenty of quizzes around the web right? Today I came across one that analyzes why you are still a single guy or gal. You go through 7 questions, and after that the quiz will tell you the rea…
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Video Chat in Gmail
Using a plugin, now users of Gmail can have video and voice chat with their contacts over Gmail. Techcrunch reports that this latest enhancement comes from the acquisition of a Swedish company called…
- November 11th, 2008
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VMware’s Mobile Virtualization Move
We had mentioned mobile virtualization few months back. Now, VMware's purchase of mobile virtualization company Trango Virtual Processors, based in Grenoble, France seems a definite move into a market…
- November 10th, 2008
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occelot has posted a new entry on: Daily Bits
A Music Player from MySpace ?
MySpace Music, the one stop for all music aficionados, could be graduating to a mp3 player, a la iPod. The suggestion was made by the MySpace CEO Chris DeWolfe at the Web 2.0 summit in San Francisco i…
- November 7th, 2008
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iPhone, The Gaming Platform
Apple's iPhone has been a hit with the masses hooked to mobile internet. And hand-held gaming is one big market that the iPhone is touted to impact majorly.
- November 5th, 2008
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Google Crawlers Now Index Text from Images
Google announced that its web crawlers are now capable of indexing textual data from images. Google's interest in Optical Character Recognition had been evident in the past few years.
- November 4th, 2008
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Broadband Internet Over White Space
November 4th has been marked as the day when the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) puts on vote the issue of opening up the white space spectrum.
- November 3rd, 2008
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Linkedin Brings Applications to Its Platform
LinkedIn is a social network for professionals. More like an online resume, the website lets users interact with professional contacts which could lead to new employment leads and greater professional…
- October 30th, 2008
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Microsoft’s Cloud Framework - Azure Services
As expected from the Microsoft PDC 2008 Conference, their is a new cloud framework on the block and its going to run on a new Cloud Operation System - Windows Azure.
- October 28th, 2008
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Top 10 Countries Censoring the Web
When the World Wide Web was created in 1989 by Tim Berners-Lee (not to be confused with the Internet itself, which is the core network developed many years earlier), its main objective was to enable t…
- October 27th, 2008
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Details Expected on Windows 7 at Microsoft Developer Conference
Information on Microsoft's next operating system and also their cloud operating system are hoped to the highlights of the Professional Developer Conference to be held in a few days.
- October 24th, 2008
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Search on Mobile
Search on mobile devices continues to represent several hurdles and that means opportunities for firms looking to make a mark. The interface and the input mechanism are two of the major challenges in…
- October 22nd, 2008
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Twine : A Semantic Web Application
Much has been said about the Semantic Web and how it would make possible a whole new generation of applications that can provide utilities based on the connections between data.
- October 20th, 2008
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Technology Does Help in Mental Development
How much of technology forms part of your daily routine ? Research at UCLA points to increased brain activity from technology - in this case using search engines.
- October 17th, 2008
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Microsoft and Sony Announce Virtual World on Consoles
At the Tokyo Game Show, Microsoft and Sony announced that later this year they would be each unveiling virtual worlds accessible via gaming consoles.
- October 15th, 2008
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NComputing Offers Alternative to OLPC XO Laptops
The OLPC project was a grand vision. Making computers accessible to the young generations provides them a portal to information that should go a long way in reducing the knowledge divide.
- October 14th, 2008
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AI Inches Closer to Mimicking Intelligence
Artificial Intelligence has long been a core research interest in Computer Science. Machines making sense of information and reacting the same way as humans have just not been that easy to develop.
- October 13th, 2008
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Web Applications Customized to Cell Phones
Recent developments in the mobile space may well be the sign of the way web based services will be made available across cell phones.
- October 10th, 2008
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Touch Screens Are Becoming the Norm on Mobile Phones
Without doubt it was the iPhone that explored and popularized new horizons with the multi-touch interface. In a trend that is going more mainstream, Nokia and Blackberry having announced their latest…
- October 9th, 2008
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10 Financial Meltdowns of The Past
You might be shocked with the latest events in Wall Street and around the world as well, but this is not the first time that we experience a financial crisis.
- October 7th, 2008
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Mozilla to Launch Geo-tagging Project
Mozilla labs is all set to include a new project called Geode that will make use of geographical information while browsing and make better use of geotagged information on the web.
- October 6th, 2008
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Virtual Browsers
Virtual browsers are one of the two technological twists that have come to the browsing world. The other being 3D Browsing.
- October 2nd, 2008
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Check if Your Gmail Account Has Been Hacked
If you rely on Gmail as much as I do, you probably worry about someone hacking into it right? Well, among the advanced features on Google's mailing service there is a cool little trick that you can us…
- September 30th, 2008
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The Human Clock
If there was a "useless crap" category on the blog this post would probably go there...
- September 25th, 2008
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Do You Have an Idea to Save The World? Google Wants to Hear About It!
Google recently launched a project called "10 to the 100th," and it is generating a good amount of buzz on the web. The idea is a really cool one and I applaud the Mountain View company for kick start…
- September 23rd, 2008
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Watch Stand Up Comedians on YouTube
I don't live in the U.S., therefore I don't know many comedians from there. Well, at least I didn't until a while ago. Then last week I came across a post on Make Use Of that listed a bunched of them,…
- September 17th, 2008
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Ninja Cat Video
There are some good chances you have already seen this video on the Web. If you have not, take one minute of your day and do it. It is just amazing.
- September 15th, 2008
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Best Online Flash Games: Gravity
For those of you that like to start the week procrastinating, here goes a cool flash game, called Gravity. You basically need to release an atom among some larger particles, and make sure that there w…
- September 10th, 2008
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occelot has posted a new entry on: Daily Bits
The Day of the Large Hadron Collider
Any person in the world, sparing those who have been blessed with seclusion from information, would have come across the words LHC or Higgs Effect or Doomsday proclamations today. Invariably, this day…
- September 8th, 2008
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occelot has posted a new entry on: Daily Bits
Looking For Bargains on eBay?
Today I came across this website called Last Minute Auction, and the concept is interesting. Basically they collect and present all the eBay auctions they will expire in under 1 hour, and that cost un…
- September 4th, 2008
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occelot has posted a new entry on: Daily Bits
Convert MIDI to MP3 Online and for Free
I play the Saxophone, so I am often downloading MIDI files of songs, both to see how they are played, and to have a background track to play with. Even if you are not a musician I am sure that you d…
- September 2nd, 2008
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occelot has posted a new entry on: Daily Bits
Google Chrome: Links to the Best Coverage
Everyone seems to be talking about Google's open source browser today huh? Instead of rambling on that as well, I will just give you some links so you can check what the fuzz is all about.
- August 29th, 2008
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August 2008: Thanks to Our Sponsors
Just wanted to make a quick shout to our sponsors and thank their support. They provide useful services for web-savvy people, so check them out.
- August 27th, 2008
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Online Quizzes To Kill Some Time
If you have some time to spare, here are online quizzes that I came across this week. The first one is about how much money you could take in a bank robbery. Weird huh? Apparently I could take as muc…
- August 25th, 2008
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occelot has posted a new entry on: Daily Bits
Understanding Arithmetic is Key
There is this video on YouTube called "The Most IMPORTANT Video You Will Ever See." One would think that it reveals some secret about our life right? Well not quite, the video is in fact about arithme…
- August 21st, 2008
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Vista Owners Mass Downgrading to Windows XP
I am really not sure how Microsoft is still trying to argue with people, defending that Vista is a very good operating system, and that it is only problem is a bad reputation. They even tried to do a…
- August 19th, 2008
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occelot has posted a new entry on: Daily Bits
Best Online Flash Games: The Bowman Game
I am pretty sure you have already played an archery or bowman game once in your life. This online flash game is probably not what you are expecting though. There is no target. The objective is to thro…
- August 14th, 2008
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occelot has posted a new entry on: Daily Bits
How Cloud Computing Is Changing the World
There are good chances you already came across the term "cloud computing" once or twice, even if you don't completely grasp the meaning of the term. If that is the case, check out this article on Busi…
- August 12th, 2008
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occelot has posted a new entry on: Daily Bits
20 Weird USB Gadgets
Over at TechCult there is a list with 20 Things You Didn’t Know You Could Stick In Your USB Socket. You think you saw them all? A USB Ghost Radar? A Barbie USB Driver?
- August 6th, 2008
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Best Online Flash Games: Winterbells
My friends introduced me to this game called Winterbells, and I want to share it with you as well. The game's rules are simple. You will assume control of a cute little rabbit and jump from bell to be…
- August 5th, 2008
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8 of the Best Adobe AIR Applications
Adobe AIR showed a lot of potential during its period of public beta but unfortunately had very few applications that really took advantage of the technology. Thankfully over the last month or so we h…
- August 4th, 2008
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iPhone to Change Mobile Gaming?
The iPhone for sure shook the mobile industry, but now people are claiming that it will also affect the mobile gaming one. Time just published an article on that line titled Can the iPhone Rule Gaming…
- July 30th, 2008
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A Tribute to the Box Art of Video Cards
It might be a geek thing, but since I was a teen and started playing with computers I have always admired the box of video cards. They always had some beautiful graphic art. Dragons, knights and other…
- July 28th, 2008
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AdAge Claims Online Advertising is Overhyped
And I don't agree with it. Their first argument is this one: The inconvenient truth is that for all its new-media spin, display advertising is "old" media -- a commercial message to be placed next…
- July 25th, 2008
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Best Online Flash Games: Ragdoll Cannon
I was browsing through my RSS feeds today and came across a cool little game called Ragdoll Cannon. The concept is pretty simple: you have a cannon that shoots dolls, and on each level you must make t…
- July 24th, 2008
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occelot has posted a new entry on: Daily Bits
Live Video Streaming with Qik
In the ever expanding panorama of online media services a new service eases the effort it takes to go live. Qik ( pronounced as 'Quick') provides live video streaming from a wide array of mobile phone…
