Articles Archive for January 2009
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Imagine having coffee in your table, and transferring content from your tabletop surface to your mobile. Sounds unreal, think again. Welcome to the Star Trek Era. Surface computing is a new way of working with computers that moves beyond the traditional mouse-and-keyboard experience. It is a natural user interface that allows people to interact with digital content the same way they have interacted with everyday items such as photos and music their entire life: with their fingertips.
I just happen to see the live demo of Microsoft Surface at a promotional …
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Wix is an online application
that you can use to create and publish Flash-based websites without any programming knowledge. I was very curious to see what they are offering and when I came to know that the site is finally public beta, I immediately took the plunge.
The Wix Editor is a flash based drag and drop tool which makes it easier for anyone to add, remove and arrange objects in the webpage project. Adding a page element like buttons and borders can be done in just a couple of clicks. …
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Do you want to explore the possibility of running your own Facebook or Orkut because you are simply beyond the realms of everybody else? Well, there are options for you. The web has allowed you to be able to create your own free social network for anybody or a private network for you and your college campus.
It was during 2007 when I actually thought of creating a social networking site for my final year diploma project. At that time, I wasn’t aware that such sites like Ning exist.
Ning
One of the …
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I just got my hands on the Dreamspark software CD this morning. I got myself verified from my local NIIT franchisee and this software became mine. It comes with a pink glossy CD cover with bold letters inscribed ” ENTRY FOR DREAMERS ONLY.”
Let me share with you something about this Endeavor.As shown in MTV, Microsoft unveiled the DreamSpark™ Program in November - a software giveaway for an estimated 10 million eligible students in India. DreamSpark will provide students access to the latest Microsoft developement and designer tools at no …
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Thumbtack is the latest innovation from the live labs. I used it for 10 minutes, and I am in love with this product. It makes it so easy to organize my web life. You can now save links, photos, and text that from different Web sites to a single place. Just Grab the stuff you want by selecting and copying it, drag it into a Thumbtack collection, then get to it from anywhere you can get online. Share it with your friends, or just keep it for yourself. It’s way …
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We all know that web 2.0 names are IN - Google, Yahoo, del.ico,us, Skype etc made sure of that. That said, I come across many web 2.0 names that just don’t cut it IMHO - they are stupid and in my opinion do not get the message across not to mention many times they are not even pronounceable.
I have compiled a list of 10 of the stupidest web 2.0 that I know of:
Fidj.It - is a free service that lets you share posts, links and more with your friends, family …
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We all know about ASUS and how it has redefined the word ‘netbook’ with it’s sexy series of mini laptops.
Here is a gizmo that will clash with Nokia E90 Communicator and win hands down.
ASUS M930 offers two fast and easy input options for the businessman on the go: numeric when closed and full QWERTY when open. It also gives you total connectivity with support for GPRS,EDGE, WCDMA, HSDPA, Bluetooth 2.0, WiFi and USB 2.0
The M930 converts into a 3.5 G modem with its one step Quick Modem Setting in areas …