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February 2009

In-flight Wi-Fi internet access on anvil

Plans are afoot by major US airlines to put in place Wi-Fi internet access on their aircrafts. This has been one demand by long distance travellers which has not yet been fulfilled.

Google Friend Connect integrates with Blogger

Google has come out with an another feature which integrates Google Friend Connect with Blogger.  This feature will enable visitors of the blogs to subscribe to the posts using Yahoo, AIM, Google or other ids. This integration was announced on Google’s Social blog recently.

Social networking sites can add years to your life

Lady Greenfield, professors at Oxford has stirred hornets’ net by declaring that social media sites are ruining our children’s minds. In an address to House of Lords, she raised this issue while emphasizing the need to regulate children’s behaviour. We all know that Internet has drastically altered minds of our children.

Apple Safari 4 beta browser launched

Apple has come out with  Safari 4 beta browser for Mac and Windows. Some of the Bloggers and Tech journals have been quick to lap it up and have made grandiose announcements claiming Safari 4 beta to be 42 times faster than IE 7.

Will Cloud put an end to Relational Database? No way.

Cloud computing is gradually coming around. We like it or not the coming times will definitely see cloud computing arriving on IT firmament. The good old Relational Database which has helped web developers to build some great applications, it is believed, may be on its last few breaths.  Probably Relational database may not be able [...]

Working long hours on computer

Working long hours on computer has become unavoidable for all computer professionals. Even management consultants and corporate workers cannot do away without logging equivalent amount of hours in front of desktops. With advent of computers in our normal working life, we have been exposed to many diseases which have arisen from our sedentary life styles.

Career options in slowdown

Recessionary times test the inherent strength of an organization. Any organization which continues to grow, albeit, even moderately during recession, is the winner. The times that we are witnessing right now are the worst of our times. Most of us might not have been even alive when the great depression of circa 1930 hit our [...]

Faster Googling on Windows Mobile

Google Mobile App has finally arrived on Windows Mobile. All devices running Windows Mobile in UK, US, Canada,France, Italy, Spain, and Germany will now be able to download Google Mobile App. The experience will be much more thrilling. Google team has announced  on their blog that search time period was cut to half when querying [...]