tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88014682012-01-30T01:44:58.326-08:00Anything and everything..Vinod Gopalakrishnanhttps://profiles.google.com/112626083620196601613noreply@blogger.comBlogger951100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8801468.post-66326462964176371852012-01-28T13:45:00.000-08:002012-01-28T13:56:15.322-08:00

With the ICICI's of  India heralding the technology revolution in Indian banking, one would hope everything is moving in the right direction for customers. And that is indeed true so far as the spread of banking and their ability to touch the lives of people in remote parts of the country is concerned. But, I am not sure if any of our prominent bankers or the market has publicly acknowledged

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Econo-Reflexions: Containing inflation demands more than monetary policy measures

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Over the last few months i noticed that i was consistently crossing my 4 GB usage limit. So I placed a request for an increased broadband usage limit with the Airtel Customer Care center.They duly made note of my request and confirmed that the service would be enabled within 5 working days. And that someone would call me to confirm the same. Its been 3 weeks since this.I have given up hopes that

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If there is one thing that unites all Bangaloreans it is the nostalgia and longing for the old Bangalore, with its wide roads and great weather.Indeed, that Bangalore is a thing of the past, and the Bengaluru of today is a monster devouring into our resources every day, growing at such a rapid pace that all our resources: roads, basic civic amenities like water, electricity, drainage, housing and

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CHENNAI: Overseas Indians who wish to go through the annual ritual of changing the sacred thread (poonool) on August 5 (for Yajur Veda adherents), need not worry about finding a guru to perform the Upakarma rituals.All they need to do now is to log on to www.traditionalwisdom.in, and they can find a guru to chant the right mantras.Designed by two Chennai-based persons, S K Sundararajan, who is

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The concept is not new or novel, I am sure we may have seen it in one form or the other. But swoopo may have got the execution just right. The potential the site offers is amazing and the numbers once you start crunching them are mind boggling.Its so simple in concept that you will hit yourself in the head for not doing it yourself. :)But then its always the case after its been done by someone.

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Earlier this year when Apple announced that the unlocked version of the iPhone was available, I thought I could grab one at last. But with the new iPhone 3GS in the offing at that point I decided to wait it out.So last week I went to the nearby Apple Store with grand plans of picking up my iPhone. Apple ofcourse had other plans for me. I was told that even though the iPhone was available unlocked

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A few decades ago, a mention of Bangalore would have extracted comments like nice town, peace ful town, pensioners paradise etc. Go back just a few years, and Bangalore earned itself new adjectives like IT City, Silicon Valley of India. It even managed to add itself to the Oxfored dictionary as a verb.Today, the mention of Bangalore, will only generate clamouring for Infrastructure, roads,

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The move to invite the Infosys Co-Chairman Mr. Nandan Nilekani to take charge as Chairperson of the Unique Identification Authority of India, in the rank of Cabinet Minister is indeed a very promising move and augurs well for the future of this nation. Now, this is certainly not the first time that we have set out on the task of issuing a National Identity Card, but its certainly the first time

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Some very valid points brought out in Nandan's speech at TED.com. Click here to watch this speech.

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But it looks like its not going to bother Apple... iPhone 3G S it seems will hold its ground after all...See the review for the HTC Magic here.

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As you probably guess this day is named after Milton Friedman. But what exactly does this day signify? Trust me the answer is just as interesting as the question...Friedman Day is the day in the year when Americans have earned enough money to pay the full costs of Government. This is calculated by the American Institute of Economic Research and will vary each year.This year the Friedman Day was

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And Apple seems to have sealed every hole in the iPhone with the Apple 3GS.Its got everything you always wanted:1. Cut, Copy and Paste2. Video Recording3. 3 Megapixel Camera with Autofocus.4. A search feature to search through everything on your phone: Apps, Contacts, Msgs and mails...And its touted to be atleast 2.5 times faster. Get to you apple store before the queues get too long..

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I wanted this phone to come out so badly, simply because the iPhone was locked to AT&T.Thats not the case anymore, the iphone is available unlocked. But now the question is, is it good enough? Certainly Not!! is what the Palm pre would retort to that.Palm has finally cracked open what has been Apple's exclusive domain for the last 2 years.And they seem to have figured a way to do it all better,

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Found this interesting link on the google blog from the brains behind google wave..http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/05/went-walkabout-brought-back-google-wave.htmlMashable also has a few interesting links on google wave.Techcrunch has this exciting article as well.Well.. atleast its creating a lotta noise.. enough to counter all the Bing noise i suppose..

Vinod Gopalakrishnanhttps://profiles.google.com/112626083620196601613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8801468.post-34589607111029560222009-06-03T07:45:00.000-07:002009-06-03T08:00:22.103-07:00

If you did begin wondering why you need to have so many different logins for your email, web messenger, social networking, instant messaging, blogging, micro-blogging etc. I guess its time somebody wrapped all this up for you in a single login.And who better than Google to do it for you. Welcome Google Wave!! Googles biggest launch in a long time.Google wave is an open source based real-time

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I have enjoyed carnatic classical music ever since i can remember. Having learnt both violin and vocal for several years it has always been something that has been close to heart and something that I have enjoyed immensely. Having learnt an instrument, decoding the music into its component swaras(musical notes) came naturally to me. And I never really did bother to learn the theory behind this

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The wired features a very interesting article today: Tweet the new size of thought?.Twitters success has been a much debated topic in the tech circles. And I am yet to see a convincing argument in favour ot twitter. The way we have kept in touch with our friends and family has seen dramatic changes in the last decade. From email to chatting to social networks to micro blogging. Yet what is it

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For long this country has earned its name for the high quality IT Services delivered FROM its shores. Its time some of these are delivered IN its shores now.The global recession has expectedly had its impact on the Indian IT Services industry as well. With the IT Budgets being slashed across the US and Europe, the industry is looking to reinvent itself.The huge IT Talent pool in the country needs

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My association with Bangalore dates back to the early 1980's, a quaint lazy little city, a pensioner's paradise. For the futcha's in Bangalore, you may be wondering if I am talking about our Bangalore.Indeed the city has exploded in the last 10 years. This unprecedented growth coupled with our city planner's myopic vision and bureaucracy have brought the city down to its knees.This city is still

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Saturday Morning saw us heading towards Orlando, with tickets to the Sea World. Its a 2 Hour drive from jacksonville to Orlando. Florida can be so lush green that we were left wondering if this wasnt "Gods own Country!!".Though this was my second trip to the Sea World, I still found it every bit as exciting as the first time. Its amazing to see how the trainers bond with the animals. Its evident

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Its a rat race out here. And you are a part of it whether you want to accept it or not. If you are a small electronics shop owner by the street, with no big brand backing you, you'd probably relate to this incident. But it simply left me speechless.I walk into a store marked Nokia Priority Dealer, to replace my almost dead phone batteries. The man at the counter certainly knew his business and

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India.. the land of mystics, the land of yoga, the land of meditation.. If this is the india you have read about and find intriguing, all you need to do is step onto one of our roads. In that single act you will have thrown yourself into the depths of indian mysticism, yoga and meditation...After all after being thrown into the deep end of a pool, you have no choice but to learn how to swim. Step

Vinod Gopalakrishnanhttps://profiles.google.com/112626083620196601613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8801468.post-38823006227292292892007-10-07T08:29:00.000-07:002007-10-07T08:30:44.893-07:00

An old speech, but still very relevant and leaves you with lots to think about. Click here to watch the video.

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Well the success of India's outsourcing industry has been widely written about and discussed threadbare in almost every forum. It is something we as indians have found reason to be proud of and hope to better ourselves in. From basic call centres to actuarial work, reading MRI scans, financial consulting and ofcourse software. The journey has been great so far. And now we have taken the next step

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Now thats something we ought to always keep in mind!!

Vinod Gopalakrishnanhttps://profiles.google.com/112626083620196601613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8801468.post-42530950639543104032007-04-05T14:46:00.000-07:002007-04-05T14:50:12.111-07:00

Wondering what the hell that title means? Well i just came across an article that says that this is the costliest word on the ad world.This is what wikipedia has to say about Mesothelioma - "Mesothelioma is a form of cancer that is almost always caused by previous exposure to asbestos.[1] In this disease, malignant cells develop in the mesothelium, a protective lining that covers most of the

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Google today announced its new 'pay per Action' advertising product today. Advertisers will need to pay only for completed actions that they can define, like submitting a request, filling a form, buying a product etc. This will make the entire ad world a lot more complicated. It will not be sufficient for google to monitor clicks now. They will also need to know what the user does after clicking

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Holding onto anger is like grasping hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned. - Buddha

Vinod Gopalakrishnanhttps://profiles.google.com/112626083620196601613noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8801468.post-5156471816869670542007-03-15T04:12:00.000-07:002007-03-15T04:28:55.200-07:00

Michael Robertson, the man behind mp3.com and Linspire has added a new twist to his Gizmo free phone project. Gizmo has launched its new Gizmosms service. While the SMS market is huge, 45 billion dollars worldwide approximately. This service is certainly not the first of its kind.So whats exciting about this service, besides the man behind it all, when we have already seen so many sites

Vinod Gopalakrishnanhttps://profiles.google.com/112626083620196601613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8801468.post-41479503621400418452007-03-13T14:28:00.000-07:002007-03-13T14:30:01.017-07:00

Gmail seems to be down for a while now. Wonder what google's up to?Its been almost 15 mins since i noticed...

Vinod Gopalakrishnanhttps://profiles.google.com/112626083620196601613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8801468.post-26245270127385763992007-03-08T08:03:00.000-08:002007-03-08T08:06:36.524-08:00

Well i havent checked this out yet... im going to do it as soon as i get home.. :)But if this is possible.. wow!! but google may have some answering to do...Time to go see if your car is still where u left it...http://blog.outer-court.com/archive/2007-03-07-n12.html

Vinod Gopalakrishnanhttps://profiles.google.com/112626083620196601613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8801468.post-63866579465683733762007-03-06T09:53:00.000-08:002007-03-06T09:59:16.389-08:00

Well if you have been trying to figure your way around ruby on rails and have been wondering what the so called :action's and :controllers and :id's are.and Why do you need them in the code for?and What do they do? etc etc. You have come to the right place.Firstly these are called Symbols. And many have tried to explain the concept of symbols and have failed quite miserably.Alas!! Its not me

Vinod Gopalakrishnanhttps://profiles.google.com/112626083620196601613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8801468.post-24719246495606227582007-03-01T05:46:00.000-08:002007-03-01T07:33:36.463-08:00

Spotplex has added a twist to the Digg story. Here users do not submit stories. Instead sites that want to participate include some java code in their sites. This code then monitors the traffic to blog posts on the site and decides which ones need to appear on the Spotplex page.This makes Spotplex clean as it cannot be manipulated externally. However i think these guys will still need to build

Vinod Gopalakrishnanhttps://profiles.google.com/112626083620196601613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8801468.post-36449294758444536162006-11-09T20:48:00.000-08:002006-11-09T23:39:16.656-08:00

Riya 2.0 has been launched as like.com. And it aims to do pretty much what the site says. Find images like the one you upload.Well it has been said for a while that its not enough to search text and that we need to peek into those images and understand what the image contains and be able to then search these images.They are currently offering searches under the following categories : handbags,

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Finally, the social networking space has heated up enough to get google to finally do what was being expected for a long time now.Gtalk has now been integrated with orkut. Gives all those users using orkut without a gmail id all the more incentive to get themselves a gmail account now.i like the way google is merging all their apps. The day is not far when you have a single sign on where you can

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Its interesting to see what google is up to.Put yourself in google's position. They dont have to compete against just one Microsoft or yahoo. Each of their little applications has to compete with thousands of site's, often startup's. Competion for example has been from youtube, writely, jotspot, bluedot, friendster, flickr etc etc etc...Now there are a couple of ways in which you can handle

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My cousin Satish recently introduced me to mama_pendse. And i must say it was well worth the "networking" exercise.All you need to do is add mama_pendse as your friend on yahoo and he is always there for you. Mama pendse is the latest craze on yahoo and orkut. Everyone wants to be his friend.So who is this guy??? Well mama_pendse is the latest java BOT, that provides you with a host of services

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I recently came across a podcast interview with Kavita Iyer, one of the founders of a new social networking site - Minglebox. My first thoughts when i saw the podcast link to Kavita's interview, was "not another one!!"In many ways it reminded me of the *Pet.com mania during the dotcomboom. Every other guy had a mypet.com, yourpet.com and almost every oneof these was funded by a popular VC firm.So

Vinod Gopalakrishnanhttps://profiles.google.com/112626083620196601613noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8801468.post-7411164504872563272006-10-30T00:46:00.000-08:002006-10-30T01:50:34.885-08:00

Jawed karim gives a presentation in Stanford. A very interesting video. A definite "must watch".

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This hilarious article was written by a Dutchman who spent two years in India, as a visiting expert. A little long article but makes interestingreading!!!For the benefit of every Tom, Dick and Harry visiting India and daringto drive on Indian roads, I am offering a few hints for survival. Theyare applicable to every place in India except Bihar, where life outside a vehicle is only marginally

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Pretty cool stuff... at 1 cent a pixel, looks like a great deal for the Youtube fans.With google gobbling down Youtube, it is indeed the most sought after place on the web. But with so many videos being uploaded daily it is indeed very difficult to get someone to notice a particular video.Itsyourstage (http://www.itsyourstage.com) gives everyone a wonderful platform to showcase their videos.

Vinod Gopalakrishnanhttps://profiles.google.com/112626083620196601613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8801468.post-48927574827114628492006-10-18T21:16:00.000-07:002006-10-18T21:25:17.167-07:00

IE7 is out at last and is available for download!!! So go get it!!!

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You see an interesting app on the web and register yourself. Rest assured you will not need to remeber your login and password for long. For very soon you will have the option of logging in with you gmail account and password!! Google is apparently all set to announce a new product google docs (http://docs.google.com) at the Office 2.0 conference tomorrow. This product will combine writely(which

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$1.65 billion !!! Thats no small amount. As far as Youtube is concerned, way to go guys!!!Now thats one hell of a deal these guys have struck.Somebody please explain why google would build google videos, which i did not think was doing too badly on its own, and then spend such a huge sum and acquire YouTube!!!!!There has got to be better logic than same business goals and sharing the same vision

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My cousin TP just happened to mention blogeverywhere.com Sabeer Bhatias new venture. It would be difficult to call the idea novel or something new. Im sure we have all come across it in one form or the other.So i just thought i'll dig up a little more into what else he is up to these days..And here's a few links i found after an initial probe...Navin.com, India's largest provider of Voice Mail

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IBNLive has a live video news feed thats comes in two options Low Res and High Res. If you are on a broadband the service is really good.But what really takes the cake is that ibnlive is not charging you for this live video. Its absolutely free and is as good as watching the channel itself.Not sure if this is intended to remain this way or its just an attempt to grab some eyeballs from sites

Vinod Gopalakrishnanhttps://profiles.google.com/112626083620196601613noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8801468.post-1156090630135981892006-08-20T09:02:00.000-07:002006-08-20T09:17:10.146-07:00

The last few weeks in Brussels have been amazing. I have had nothing to do on the weekends. No work!!! no social engagements and no phone calls. Phew!!! Dont i sound like a busy man???.. well i've been really busy doing nothing much in particular.So i've been sleeping, watching TV and browsing the net in peace. The only work!!! i have to do is the laundry. But over the last 3 weeks, even this

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Well i've been moving again... Bangalore to hyderabad and now in Brussels, Belgium.. the land of chocoloates, diamonds..But thats not what this is about... This is bout the pissing boy...For those who thought Tintin was the golden boy.. he he you ought to see this to believe it...This dude is one hell of a popular guy...check him out.. i have been told u should NOT miss it if you are in belgium

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Having been a part of the software industry in the last 2 years, I could not help noticing a radical change thats taking place in the industry. The pronounced impact of this change is on the developers and those that are still playing technically inclined and find themselves in the software services industry. Gone are the days when an Architect was required to have an understanding of all the

Vinod Gopalakrishnanhttps://profiles.google.com/112626083620196601613noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8801468.post-1145938047949695112006-04-24T21:02:00.000-07:002006-04-24T21:13:43.276-07:00

Yes, Back 2 Bangalore. Got here a few weeks back and waiting to catch up with life et al. Something that i havent done in the last few months.Just want to thank all u guys(yes,even the fellows who come here and post ad's), for visiting whats been a dead blog over the last few months.

Vinod Gopalakrishnanhttps://profiles.google.com/112626083620196601613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8801468.post-1134105643853412002005-12-08T21:09:00.000-08:002005-12-08T21:20:43.863-08:00

Been really busy shifting cities :(. Landed myself back in india earlier this week. Settled down and rearing to go atlast!! :)Came across this excellent tool that lets you access your favourite web services at the click of a mouse button. Its extremely simple and neat.Check it out!!!

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This is in light of some of the events that have happened in the last few weeks, like the Google-Sun Agreement and some applications/technologies that are very much being talked about(like Thinkfree, AJAX Office Suite etc).Microsofts Key Strength is the popularity of its Office Suite. We have had a number of free Office Suites like the OpenOffice, Staroffice etc who have not been able to make

Vinod Gopalakrishnanhttps://profiles.google.com/112626083620196601613noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8801468.post-1129024127609690832005-10-11T02:41:00.000-07:002005-10-11T02:48:47.610-07:00

I'd mentioned an AJAX based office suite that'd let you do all your word processing using a browser.Thinkfree lets you do exactly that. I am still in the process of installing plugins that'll let me use it. But its a wonderful service and will definitely find a lot of takers.

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Ojos is here atlast. Almost here!!!Munjal Shah has posted a few snap shots of whats to come on his blog and it certainly does look good.Can't wait to get my hands on this one.. :)

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I guess its stale news already, but i thought i'll mention it anyways.Google seems to want to have a share of everything on the web. And so they have an aggregator. Is it any good? Any different? I dont think so. Its just another aggregator. Whats the idea google???

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Works caught up with me!!! The forecast for the next few weeks looks bad too. But im hoping to keep the blog going.Leave you guys with the Blook.

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Overnight, Skype has transformed from being the global telephone company threatening major telco's to a communications tool for eBays customer's.eBay will be acquiring Skype for a whopping $ 4.1 billion.Why would an online auctions company want to do with a Internet based Telephone Company?Even if it somehow made sense, they could have developed their own IP based application for communication

Vinod Gopalakrishnanhttps://profiles.google.com/112626083620196601613noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8801468.post-1126511162078573102005-09-12T00:43:00.000-07:002005-09-12T00:51:26.283-07:00

An entire office suite will soon be available on your web browser.AJAX Office suite will be to MS Office as gmail is to Outlook. Cool eh..Yahoo!! Google!!! could probably hold all our files on their servers, making everything accessible from anywhere!!! It'll definitely give Microsoft something to think about. Just imagine, you wouldnt need the MS Office suite anymore!!!

Vinod Gopalakrishnanhttps://profiles.google.com/112626083620196601613noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8801468.post-1125885395197171922005-09-04T18:06:00.000-07:002005-09-05T01:10:10.636-07:00

TP just passed on this very interesting link.Yubnub- Social Command line for the wed, as the site describes itself, is a very simple idea thats in line with our migration to the concept of the WebOS.Developed by Jon using a new framework thats rapidly gaining popularity called the Ruby on Rails, it is a very simple concept. It lets you create your own commands for the various services being

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Michael Robertson of the MP3.com and Lindows/Linspire fame is all set to take on Skype with his Gizmo Project as part of his new venture SIPPhone.How Gizmo compares to Skype is yet to be seen. A couple of links from the Gizmo site suggest that the argument leans slightly towards the Gizmo camp at the moment.Where Gizmo does score over Skype is that it uses the open SIP Protocol in comparison to

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A product thats likely to be launched very soon, Ojos may revolutionize image search on the web.It certainly does not sound like a new concept, with many sites like flickr, Picasa already offering services that let you upload, organize and search images.The key differences seem to lie in the way Ojos is going about doing it. They are relying on two main technologies :face and text recognition.

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Internet based applications are here to stay, some of them competing and outperforming their rival desktop based applications. Innovations in web designing have thrown open platforms to developers that have no relation to the underlying OS’s. This is pretty much in line with Jason Kottke’s ideas. Asynchronous Javascript and XML, a programming technique that’s more commonly referred to

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Not being able to use the Google Talk service through my office firewall, I could barely wait to try it out on the weekend.And when i did get it working at home and a friend with whom i could try the service out, i felt absolutely handicapped with many of the basic features that we've been used to in IM's missing in Google Talk. It has a neat interface and the works. But it does leave you a tad

Vinod Gopalakrishnanhttps://profiles.google.com/112626083620196601613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8801468.post-1125202553972054682005-08-27T21:05:00.000-07:002005-08-27T21:15:53.973-07:00

With Australia being asked to follow-on in the Ashes Test, a first in the last 17 years of Ashes, the crowds werent exactly enjoying their Saturday night party. With plenty of booze in the air and some added adrenalin thrown in thanks to the state of affairs on the circket field, we were trying to make ourself as scarce as possible as we made our way back home from Vinayak's place.As we got onto

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Over the last few weeks we have seen quite a lot written about Google and Microsoft.Google Eath Vs MSN Virtual EarthGoogle Homepage vs MSN Start PageGoogle and Microsoft seem to have their own views of the internet world of tomorrow.While Microsoft has been consolidating its position in the PC market by bundling a variety of information organisation/management tools along with its OS making the

Vinod Gopalakrishnanhttps://profiles.google.com/112626083620196601613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8801468.post-1124958973751189362005-08-25T00:16:00.000-07:002005-08-25T01:36:13.780-07:00

Come weekend and Indianmasti were back in action with a Desi movie in Chinatown Cinema. The flavour of the week was Telugu.The 'gang' had decided to accompany our 'Golti'(GB's as we TB's/MB's prefer to call them) friend Praveen to the movie. For reasons inexplicable i decided to join the 'gang' though i dont understand a single word of Telugu. Not the brightest of decisions that i have taken.

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Google followed up its launch of the Google Desktop with the Google Talk, Googles IM Client.This much talked about IM client as expected supports the popular Jabber IM Standard and can exchange messages with other clients supporting the standard XMPP Protocol like Trillian, GAIM, iChat, Adium, and Psi. Google says it will soon support MSN Messenger and Yahoo Messenger. Though they claim that

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Google today launched Google Desktop Search with a new componenet "The Google Sidebar"!!!Ofcourse, it has replaced the "Desktop Sidebar" software that i have been using. Not a change thats going to last for long though or so it seems...It has a new sidebar component which apparently is inspired by Windows Vista. The sidebar lets you check stock prices, weather, news, snaps et al. It also

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From complete joblessness to a maximum workload, the shift happened smoothly, silently and extremely swiftly, inflicting a killer blow on all my plans, time and everything else.So Friday was indeed very welcome, with prospects of an AZAADI night at Inflation, an indian disc. But ofcourse it took quite a while before i realised that my plans had been changed. Some issues that cropped up in our

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"Zopa is a term taken from business theory. It stands for Zone of Possible Agreement and is the overlap between one person’s bottom line (the lowest they’re prepared to get for something) and another person’s top line (the most they’re prepared to give for something). It’s the way people negotiate all sorts of stuff - buying a car, getting a mortgage - even a teenager negotiating with parents

Vinod Gopalakrishnanhttps://profiles.google.com/112626083620196601613noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8801468.post-1123038112215132142005-08-02T19:52:00.000-07:002005-08-02T20:01:52.223-07:00

With Skype making its code available to other SPs to provide services over skype, the possibilities of services that can be delivered are many. This has pushed Skype onto a new frontier : Mobile phones.With a $10 a year software rental charges, iSkoot is offering long distance calls to any Skype user for nothing more than the cost of local air time to dial up from your mobile to your broadband

Vinod Gopalakrishnanhttps://profiles.google.com/112626083620196601613noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8801468.post-1123034619756343202005-08-02T18:59:00.000-07:002005-08-02T19:03:39.763-07:00

Microsoft has not taken time to respond to Google's Hompage.Click on the title of this blog or on the links section for the link to their "Start" page, which owes much of its look and feel to the Google homepage. Nothing whatsoever on the page to indicate its a Microsoft page though, but for the small MSN icon on the top corner of your browser window.

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David Stifry Technorati's CEO informs us in his blog that Technorati has been optimized for mobiles.For those who can try it out : http://mobile.technorati.com

Vinod Gopalakrishnanhttps://profiles.google.com/112626083620196601613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8801468.post-1122961950248155062005-08-01T22:31:00.000-07:002005-08-05T02:07:36.756-07:00

The economist has an article on IPTV - a direction in which most traditional telecom players seem to be moving in.With major cable firms enticing customers with a "Triple-play bundle" of TV, Broadband and telephony services, Mobile operators and thirdly VOIP providers.IPTV is the last ditch effort from Telecom providers to stay in the race. There seem to be lots of legal and technical hurdles

Vinod Gopalakrishnanhttps://profiles.google.com/112626083620196601613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8801468.post-1122879517598666832005-07-31T23:11:00.000-07:002005-07-31T23:58:37.613-07:00

Receive your RSS feeds on MSN Messenger/yahoo messenger or on your mobile.Now that's really realtime!!!Had a long lazy weekend. But things continue to move at a hectic pace all around. Its another Manic Monday!!!

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An awesome site that traces the history of Windows all the way from QDos to Windows Vista.http://www.levenez.com/windows/history.html#04And a sneak preview of the Windows Vista..http://bink.nu/photos/news_article_images/category1012.aspx

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Check the new google homepage out : http://www.google.com/ig/And click on personalize your homepage.A panel slides out from the left and Google has it all here. It acts as an RSS Reader. You can add your own RSS Feeds. Just drag and drop feeds anywhere you want on the screen. You dont need to download an Aggregator anymore.You have your mail, news, weather any other feeds that you want - all in

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A recent whitepaper calculates the cost of Microsofts Monopoly to the industry as $10 Billion.http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/07/26/1434243&from=rss/

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Checkout http://virtualearth.msn.com/ ..This is to go live on the 25th of July...

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This could be the reason why normally creative people produce movies like "War of the Worlds". (Im still on the copyright issue!! .. read the blog below)Ages after movies like "Alien", "Predator" and "Independance Day", all that we get from one of the most Creative Directors in Hollywood is a rehash of the same thing.The movie had nothing new to offer. Nothing exceptional in terms of thought or

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Newton did not come up with ideas from a complete void. He and many others have been inspired and have drawn on ideas from many other great works before their time. For Innovation and new ideas to thrive, previous innovations and ideas should be freely available and shared. In a world where Copyright and intellectual property laws are becoming more stringent, we seem to be moving in

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It was every Desi’s nightmare I was told, when I landed here. But somehow I seemed to have sidestepped it. Rather, I had been amply warned to be able to avoid it. So my decent Indian haircut, albeit ancient prevailed for a few months/haircuts. But last Monday was a day of mood swings. Monday morning, I decided I was sick and hence decided to stay at home. Was a wonderful day. Got up late.

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After another Saturday at work, Madagascar seemed to be just about the right way to relax. A nice light hearted animation flick.But Madagascar does not come anywhere close to Shrek or Ice Age or some of the other animation flicks. But with a walk down Chapel Street on a Saturday night, the trip to Jam Factory was well worth it for more than one reason. The Director has got himself a few animals

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At last we had another long weekend. It’s a great concept to shift a holiday to the end of the week so that you get that well needed long break rather than a holiday right in the middle of the week. This time it was the Queen’s Birthay. I’m not sure if it was a co-incidence that the Birthday was conterminous with the weekend or whether it was conveniently shifted. Will need to look that one up.

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Figure this one out... a lil late sending this, still... :))http://www.google.com/googlegulp/index.htmlAnd this one is interesting...http://yagoohoogle.com/

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I miss the krrrrrrrrrrrr from the autos, trrrng trrrng from the cycles, Pom Pom from the buses, peeeeeeah peeeeeah from the cars and various other varieties of horns and expletives that resonate in Indian roads. Be it men, women, kids , young or old, not a soul hesitates to use the horn. Not without a reason though. You would feel absolutely incapacitated without a horn in your vehicle. I mean,

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And then one day I was on a flight to Melbourne. The events of the previous weeks had run through so fast that the mind had not had the time to process them.Sitting in the Malaysian airlines flight, helping an old Indian couple and myself get some vegetarian food, it hit me like a bag of ice falling from a 1000 ft above me. Well, couldn’t think of anything worse to compare. I survived though.I

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..and when the herd is hunted, it is the slowest and weakest ones at the back that arekilled first.This sentence has to be judged not by what it says literally but by the wealth of knowledge that it camouflages.The intended audience for this sentence was certainly not a herd of buffaloes, I hope.It is applicable to each and every one of us and everything we do in our daily life.When it comes to

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It is when I read a blog recently, which spoke about the mind and its struggles with its own ego, that set me thinking on whether indeed we could define tangible boundaries to the minds capabilities. Later on in the week while discussing topics for a debate competition, we hit upon an argument on whether a topic could favour someone who has an idea about the topic. Yes, it could in terms of

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With such tremendous improvements in technology, we should be completing our work faster. Shouldn’t we? But how many of us do? Why is it that people these days tend ‘to work’ longer hours, finishing exactly the same amount of work? Or should I be saying why is it that people these days tend ‘to stay in office’ for longer hours, finishing the same amount of work? So what is it that people

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The arrest of the Kanchi Shankaracharya Jayendra Saraswati has come as a huge jolt to the entire nation.Like they say, everything is open to interpretations.Shankhara – is supposed to mean one who clears or kills all doubts.But it could just be a combination of words with no meaning at all. Or you could interpret each word separately and arrive at your own conclusion.Very simply put, these are

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It was on a recent trek which covered Mullyangiri, Kammengundi, Halebidu, Belur and Donigal, that the aura behind the deccan struck each an every one of us. Though for most part of the journey we trekked sitting comfortably inside a Qualis, I still prefer to call this trip a trek, because we did trek for a few hours towards the end.Not only were we awestruck by the beauty of the deccan plateau,

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The IT industry as a whole seems to be making a very conscious effort to contribute to the calorie levels of its employees. “Employee Growth” is being taken care of in every sense of the phrase.Pssst…. If anyone is in the Office Furniture business, armless chairs are going to be the next super sellers. It is only natural that the comfort needs of employees are satisfied along with supporting

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For those of you who could not make any sense about the subject, its just a command in linux/unix that lets you trace the route to any machine on the internet from your machine.Well frankly I had no idea what i was trying to name when i was asked for a name for my blog while registering. In fact it left me wondering as to how i got myself into this at all. This in short is the story behind the

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