Entries Tagged as 'Software'

Thursday, June 11th, 2009 Posted by R Dinakaran

Apple updates MacBook Pro family ; starts from Rs 74,000 in India

This is a press release from Apple

SAN FRANCISCO—June 8, 2009—Apple® today updated the aluminium unibody MacBook® Pro line to include 13-inch, 15-inch and 17-inch models featuring Apple’s innovative built-in battery for up to 40 percent longer battery life. Each MacBook Pro includes an LED-backlit display with greater colour intensity, the innovative glass Multi-Touch™ trackpad, an […]


Thursday, May 28th, 2009 Posted by R Dinakaran

How Nokia replaces chargers

What do you do if your Nokia mobile charger conks out? Buy a new charger. I agree, this is not a great advice.
Okay. I will put it this way. What if your phone is still under warranty and the charger conks out? Again, buy a new charger. Are you not entitled for replacement because the […]


Saturday, April 4th, 2009 Posted by R Dinakaran

The End of Microsoft Encarta

It put on a brave fight, but was no match for online encyclopedias such as Wikipedia. Finally Microsoft has decided to pull the plug off Encarta.
Microsoft says in its Encarta FAQ section: “On October 31, 2009, MSN® Encarta® Web sites worldwide will be discontinued, with the exception of Encarta Japan, which will be discontinued on […]


Saturday, February 21st, 2009 Posted by R Dinakaran

Limited unlimited

If you have an Airtel Internet connection with an ‘unlimited’ data plan, things may not be the same again.Under its Fair Usage Policy, if your downloads cross 40 GB, your download speed will be “rationalised by up to 50 per cent for the rest of the billing cycle”. What this means is that you will […]


Tuesday, February 17th, 2009 Posted by R Dinakaran

Microsoft Reveals New Windows® Phones

Microsoft has launched a new mobile software Windows Phone. This mobile software is based on Windows Mobile 6.5. Which means, the software you see on Windows-based mobiles will now be known as Windows Phone, not Windows Mobile.
The new phones will feature “a new user interface and richer browsing experience”, says Microsoft. Windows® mobiles will also […]


Tuesday, February 10th, 2009 Posted by R Dinakaran

Google toolbar with tabs

The beta version of the Google toolbar for Firefox has come out with a new tab page. What is a tab page? It is different from the tabs you have on top of Firefox. If you have used Google’s Chrome browser, you will be familiar with it.
When you open a new tab in Firefox, you usually […]


Tuesday, May 20th, 2008 Posted by R Dinakaran

Blank CDs as flash drives (Vista only)

Do you know that Windows Vista can turn your spare blank discs into drag-and-drop bins for extra files?  The Online Tech Tips blog shows you how to do it.
Writable CDs and DVDs are used as flash drives, to where you can add files continously rather than having to burn the CD.  This can be useful as backup solution.


Thursday, May 1st, 2008 Posted by R Dinakaran

Dangers of the proprietary web

Do companies such as Adobe and Microsoft have ‘hidden agenda’?
The founder of Mozilla Europe, Mr Tristan Nitot, thinks so. He has been quoted by Zdnet says companies building Web sites should beware of proprietary rich-media technologies like Adobe’s Flash and Microsoft’s Silverlight.
He described the nature of the Web at the moment as open, but suggested […]


Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008 Posted by N Nagaraj

The future engines of growth

Google officially launched a new service called the Google App Engine about a couple of weeks back. Essentially:
With Google App Engine, developers can write web applications based on the same building blocks that Google uses, like GFS and Bigtable. Google App Engine packages those building blocks and provides access to scalable infrastructure that we hope […]


Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008 Posted by N Nagaraj

More on ‘Software as a Service’ (SaaS)

Today’s edition of eWorld had a couple of stories (1, 2) to do with SaaS, so I thought it might be a good time to do a round-up of some resources around the web.
Here’s the entry for SaaS in Wikipedia.
If you want to really bite into the SaaS apple, here is a feature and a tutorial from […]