My Blog My Diary
Delete button right on top
Now there’s an easy-to-find delete button for those messages you really don’t want. For everything else, there’s Archive. (Archive removes a message from your Inbox, but it’s still in All Mail and you can always search for it.)  Learn more
 Now we have a delete button in GMail. So no more fishing around menus for deleting a mailÂ
 Now we have a delete button in GMail. So no more fishing around menus for deleting a mail
There is a great news from Google. Google is starting a federated service for IMs. Many have tried to enable ppl messenging across different IMs but none has succeeded particularly so far. I hope this one succeeds . Read more on the link below.
Source : Official Google Blog: Open federation for Google Talk
India’s ISRO Chairman, G Madhavan Nair recently gave a brief description of a fully-reusable 2-stage satellite launch vehicle that is being planned at ISRO. From the article: ‘This is in its initial stages of vehicle configuration and the first stage is configured as a winged body configuration, which will attain an altitude of around 100 km and deliver nearly half the orbital velocity. This stage after burnout will re-enter and will be made to land horizontally on the runway, like an aircraft. The second stage after delivering the payload in the orbit will be made to re-enter the atmosphere and will be recovered using airbags either in the sea or land. This is only in its conceptual stage.’
“The first draft of version three of the GNU General Public License was released to the public this afternoon. Major improvements touted in version three include changes designed to mitigate the damage posed by new threats to free software such as software patents. One individual stated about the release: ‘It is changes in law, not computer technology, that pose the principal challenges to the free software community. Chief among these changes has been the unwise and ill-considered application of patent law to software. Software patents threaten every free software project, just as they threaten proprietary software and custom software. Any program can be destroyed or crippled by a software patent belonging to someone who has no other connection to the program.’”
Apple’s television ads for its new Macs boast that for years, Intel’s chips have been “trapped inside PCs–dull little boxes, dutifully performing dull little tasks.” Now, the voiceover proclaims, the Intel processor will finally be set free.
Of course, that’s not exactly the way Intel would put it.
“Never would we characterize our customers that way,” Intel Vice President Deborah Conrad said in an interview.
Conrad said that Intel cooperated with Apple for some particulars of the TV spot, but added, “We didn’t know what the end result was going to be.”
The company did get a peek at the ad before Tuesday’s keynote, but it wasn’t too much earlier.
“It’s probably a good thing that we didn’t see them earlier,” Conrad said.
That said, if Intel’s work with Apple inspires some PC makers to think more creatively, Intel wouldn’t complain.
“We certainly hope that this innovation engine kind of picks up and that you do see the beige box makers going, ‘You know, maybe we could do something that looks and feels like that.’ That would be a good thing, I think, from our perspective.”
Bink has an interesting article up on his site concerning Windows XP SP3. Microsoft has apparently pushed back the scheduled release date of SP3 to the second half of 2007. Microsoft executive Steve Ballmer had originally announced that the 3rd service pack for XP would be released before the launch of Longhorn (now Windows Vista).
Bink suggests that we could see a “Rollup Package” coming from Microsoft in the near future for XP, with the possibility of that package replacing SP3 all together. One can also reason that Microsoft will use the delay of SP3 to further the cause of upgrading to Vista later on this year. Server 2003 SP2 is still scheduled for release in Q3/4 of this year and no more service packs will be made available for Windows 2000 or NT4.
View: Bink.nu Article
General opinion around us is this is one of the best keynotes ever. Incredibily entertaining yet sincere. Jason says, “There was no spin. I still don’t know what Viiv is about, but I understood everything [Google] showed today perfectly.”
Are you nuts?
* Kya aap akhrot hain?
Have a nice day!
* Acha din lo!
What’s up?
*Uppar kya hai?
You’re kidding!
*Tum bachcha bana rahe ho!
Don’t kid me!
* Mera bachcha mut banaao!
Yo, baby! What’s up?
* Beti Yo, uppar kya hai?
Cool man!
* Thandaa aadmi!
Don’t mess with me, dude.
* Mere saath gandagee mat karo, Ek Hustee !!
Check this out, man!
* Iskee chaanbeen karo, aadmi!
She’s so fine!
* Woh itnee bedaag hai!
Listen buddy, that chick’s mine, okay!?
* Suno dost, woh choozaa mera hai, theek?
Son of a gun.
* Bachcha bandook ka…
K-”Who’s calling?”
W-”Watt.”
K-”What is your name, please?”
W-”Watt’s my name.”
K-”That’s what I asked you. What’s your name?”
W-”That’s what I told you. Watt’s my name.”
A long pause, and then from Watt,
W-”Is this James Brown?”
K-”No, this is Knott.”
W-”Please tell me your name.”
K-”Will Knott.”
W-Why not?
K-Huh? What do you mean why not?
W-Yeah! Why won’t you tell me your name?
K-But I told you my name!
W-Didn’t you say you will not?
K-Not not, knott, Will Knott!
W-That’s what I mean.
K-So you know my name.
W-Of course not!
K-Good. So now, what is yours?
W-Watt. Yours?
K-Your name!
W-Watt’s my name.
K-How the hell do I know? I am asking you!
W-Look I have been very patient and I have told you my name and you
have not even told me yours yet.
K-You have been patient, what about me? I have told you my name so
many times and it is you who have not told me yours yet.
W-Of course not!
K-See, you even know my name!
W-Of course not!
K-Then why do you keep saying of course Knott?
W-Because I don’t.
[Pause]
K-What is your name?
W-See, you know my name!
K-Of course not!
W-Then why do you keep asking Watt is your name?
K-To find out your name!
W-But you already know it!
K-What?
W-See, and you know mine!
K-Of course not!
W-Exactly!
K-Listen, listen, wait; if I asked you what your name
is, what will be your answer?
W-Watt’s my name.
K-No, no, give me only one word.
W-Watt
K-Your name!
W-Right!
[pause before it hits him]
K-Oh, Wright!
W-Yeah!
K-So why didn’t you say it before?
W-I told you so many times!
K-You never said Wright before
W-Of course I did.
K-Ok I won’t argue any more. Do you know my name?
W-I do not.
K-Well, there you go, now we know each other’s name.
W-I do not!
K-Gud!
[pause before it hits him]
W-Oh, Gud!
K-Gud.
W-No wonder, it took me so long, is that Dutch?
K-No, it’s Knott!
W-Oh, okay. At least the names are clear now Gud.
K-Yes Wright.
Google Earth is out and the good news is that it is available on Mac too
We feel like proud parents around here. Our eldest, Google Earth for the PC, is officially leaving beta status today, and we couldn’t be more pleased. For those of you who downloaded early, upgrade to the latest and discover Google Earth all over again.
And we have a brand new member of the family — Google Earth for Macintosh. We’re happy to finally have some good news for the, ahem, vocal Mac enthusiasts we’ve been hearing from.
Recent Comments