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February 2010

Why Corporates Block Social Networking Sites?

If you are employed with any of the big corporates and have been notified by your systems department about the excessive time you are spending on Twitter and Facebook, then this post if for you and your employer.

Windows Live Writer 2010 to be Unplugged Soon.

Do you blog regularly? Do you use Live Writer for blogging on your WordPress platform? Then this piece of news is for you. Microsoft team has been working on Windows Live Writer and its new 2010 edition is being readied for launch this year. There will be great changes in the new version of Live [...]

Safety Audits of High Rise Buildings.

Recent incident at Bangalore has left people wondering about CSR commitments of many of companies of our times. OHSAS 18001:2007 is the standard which governs Occupation Health and Safety of an organization and its employees. When an organization embraces OHSAS 18001 standard, it mandates establishment of a management system.

Private Power Producers All Set to End 11th Plan on High.

India’s 11th plan is expected to finally end on March 12. Country is expected to add about 64000 MW of generation capacity by end of 11th plan. It may not be very good figure when you see it in light of planned addition in generation capacity which was kept for 11th Plan.

Was Google Right in Pushing Buzz in Gmail Accounts.

Google had every Gmail users a wee bit worried about privacy on their Gmail accounts. Buzz is a welcome addition to Gmail account but probably Google erred in forcing it into Gmail accounts. Later on they backtracked but every alternate Gmail user I came across was eager to know the ways to put if off. [...]

After Picasa and Flickr Accounts, Now Try Skydrive with 25GB Space.

Picasa has 1GB limit, which means you can store and upload images which have the storage limit of up to 1 GB. Flickr’s free account lets you save about 200 images on each of its free account. But as you grow, you are adding lots of images and pictures of your friends, families and acquaintances [...]

Google Docs export to Your Computer.

Google Docs usage has been on the rise. The best thing about them is they are available every time you log in to your account. You don’t have to worry about loading them in to your laptops or USB drive while you are away from your work place. But what happens when you don’t have [...]

Will Google Buzz Challenge Facebook ?

Google Buzz is having all Gmail users very excited about the new offerings. It may be only early days but stats reveal that Buzz usage is sky rocketing. Gmail users were initially surprised to see Buzz page after login in to their account few days back. Some even tweeted to know the ways to shut [...]