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More on Google… 2008-09-18 14:00:00 Google seems to be taking the tech world into its own hands. They are staying permanently on the news - and not for messing up.
First, Google Chrome. Then the Google-Yahoo! deal. Then the Android mobile platform.
I am amazed, really. They are going length to length, height to height. They are stable. They are innovative. Are [...] Read more:Google
The Ways of Google (and Microsoft too) 2008-09-11 06:48:34 Google. In a short era, Google has become very easily one of the most recognizable names in the internet and computer world, and almost equally so in the business world. Forget Yahoo!, Microsoft
, Apple and IBM, no name is so well integrated into our networked world as Google. Googling and Googlizing has become a more [...] Read more:Google
The Large Hadron Collider opens - a great day for science 2008-09-10 04:51:00 Today, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN, Geneva was tested for the first time.
It was run on very low power: the full functionality is still possibly a year away. Nevertheless, the accelerator worked well.
The test particles were protons. They were accelerated in a clockwise direction - the anti clockwise direction is yet to be [...]
How to Make a Blog 2008-09-07 04:25:16 The Background
First, the background to this rather unusual post. A few friends of mine, and a few visitors too, have asked me a question I found a little odd - “How to make a blog?”, and its slight variations, like “How to make a blog like yours”, etcetera.
Given the information driven world of today, I [...]
Opinions on Technorati 2008-09-05 00:51:41 Technorati, the well known blog search and index engine. After working with it for 3 months, I have now formed very solid opinions about it.
Make no mistake, I tried to give them time, to understand. But in the end, facts are facts. And judging by the nearly continuous posts in the support forum, I am [...] Read more:Opinions
, Technorati
More ad experiments… 2008-09-05 00:20:54 I have said earlier that I am experimenting a lot with ad networks on my website to see if something as good, or better, than AdSense for low traffic sites can be found.
My last configuration was AdsDaq (with Direct Right Media running as backup), Bidvertiser, and Chitika.
Bidvertiser has a very high return rate, so I [...] Read more:experiments
My site is having problems 2008-09-03 02:23:53 Sorry about it, but my website homepage seems to be having problems
… Trying to sort them out…
Update: The problem was solved. Was a small restriction on part of the hosting service.
a2a_linkname="My site is having problems";
a2a_linkurl="-site-is-having-problems/";
And here comes Google Chrome (the minimal browser?) 2008-09-02 23:04:02 Google Chrome
was released overnight (for those of us in my country). And what an offering…
First note of disappointment: the installer was an online one, much like the very hateable Windows Live thing. Unlike that, however, it actually worked, but I would very much have preferred a standalone installer. And not able to choose the [...] Read more:browser
, comes
, Google
Google Chrome web browser - how good can it be? 2008-09-02 09:48:35 It seems that Google
will be releasing a brand new browser
into the market - Chrome
. We are still 8 hours from its beta release, as of the time of the writing of this post.
Named for the frame on its GUI, should we be expecting much?
To begin with, its is more of a stripped down [...] Read more:web browser
DMOZ, the Open Directory Project - Ever the best? 2008-10-04 05:04:36 DMOZ.org, the Open DirectoryProject
, has been around as far as I can ever remember. The site claims to have been around since 1998, and that is perfectly believable, of course.
Over the years, I have always noted, like many others, one thing in particular: how DMOZ (and the Yahoo! directory) defines search engine rankings for [...]
TechDispenser has been scrapped 2008-09-30 23:34:32 Further to my previous post, I sent a few queries to the ComputerWorld people regarding the disappearance of TechDispenser. Here is their reply:
“Sorry for the confusion, but Computerworld has decided to discontinue TechDispenser.com as a stand alone site. The ad network (IDG TechNetwork) is still alive and well, but the blog aggregation service at techdispenser.com [...]
The fastest download manager of all - Gigaget? 2008-09-29 00:47:03 Every once in a while, you come across freeware so interesting, you wonder “Now why didn’t I know of that earlier?”
This was the case when I recently found out about the Gigaget download manager
. It is free, easy to install, and simple to use. But that is not saying anything, until I get to the [...]
Gaming graphics are gaining in reality, but where does it all end? 2008-09-25 08:46:53 I just felt like losing a little steam from a very hectic day at my university… so I started roaming around GameSpot. What I found out is that Crysis Warhead is out, and it rocks.
Anyhow, that’s not the point. The point is that gaming graphics are getting rather advanced now. Using lesser and lesser power, [...] Read more:Gaming
, reality
Where is TechDispenser? 2008-09-23 01:15:06 As of today, typing “techdispenser.com” in the browser redirects to the IDG Tech Network site. What happened to TechDispenser? Is is dead? Down under?
Why has such a well trafficked site suddenly disappeared? I can only say that it may be something temporary, for the reasons of its disappearance are beyond me…
Update: TechDispenser has been scrapped
[...]
Social Bookmarking links 2008-09-21 11:28:26 The more observant of you may have noticed that the social bookmarking links
at the bottom of each post have been evolving since day 1. What has actually been happening is that I have been trying to use different plugins, each of which works differently. The current one is offered by “Add to Any”, and [...] Read more:Bookmarking
, Social
, Social Bookmarking
Feed problems 2008-09-21 03:02:56 I am having a few feed problems
. Please bear the inconvenience as I fix them. Thanks.
Update: Solved. A broken RSS feed was caused by my last post - the RSS format did not like my usage of the “&” character in the topic title.
a2a_linkname="Feed problems";
a2a_linkurl="-problems/";
a2a_show_title=1; [...]
The Android-HTC G1 starts selling 2008-10-22 03:43:12 The first Android
(backed by Google) smartphone (made by HTC, Taiwan), known as the G1, has gone on sale.
The most well-hyped, and evenly criticized mobile product since the iPhone, we will now see if the product meets the success level it is expected to.
Read a little more at ComputerWorld
[...] Read more:selling
Comment spam becoming an increasing problem for the Scientechie 2008-10-22 02:02:14 As with all growing blogs, Scientechie is beginning to face the problems that come along with being a popular blog. As the number of readers increases, and the exposure on search engines increases, so does the number of spammers who find this blog.
I would hate to enable pre-posting comment moderation. Thus, I will, as of [...] Read more:Comment
Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex closing in… 2008-10-21 22:08:19 Due to be released on October 30, 2008, Ubuntu
8.10 Intrepid Ibex is just over a week away from final release.
One of the most hotly awaited Linux distros around, I took a round on their beta testing site to see the newest features:
A new Gnome update with plenty of fixes and tab support for Nautilus
Upgrade [...] Read more:closing
Math Help Forum - Just a pointer… 2008-10-20 07:52:44 I am a university student, after all, and maths is one of the core parts of studying engineering. These days, I am having my mid-semester exams (which also counts for the relative drying up of posts), but I remembered one of my favourite mathematics discussion sites and thought some of my readers may like to [...] Read more:Forum
Apple vs. Microsoft vs. Linux - Lightbulb joke 2008-10-17 02:42:39 Q: How many Microsoft
engineers does it take to change a lightbulb?
A: None, they just define darkness as an industry standard.
Q: How many Apple
engineers does it take to change a lightbulb?
A: 13, 1 to do the screwing and a dozen lawyer-types to prepare for the recall.
Q: How many Linux
developers does it take to [...] Read more:Lightbulb
The power of LyX - the document processor 2008-10-17 01:51:29 Quoted from the LyX homepage:
“LyX is a documentprocessor
that encourages an approach to writing based on the structure of your documents (WYSIWYM), and not simply their appearance (WYSIWYG).
LyX is for people who want their writing to look great, right out of the box. No more endless tinkering with formatting details, “finger painting” font attributes [...] Read more:power
OpenOffice.org 3.0 released - and why you might want it 2008-10-16 13:35:13 Think of this post as an OpenOffice
.org 3.0 review, in comparison to Microsoft (MS) Office 2007.
—
OpenOffice.org 3.0 was released on the 13th of October, and as an x.0 release, it warrants some attention.
For those who do not already know, OpenOffice.org is a free, mature, office suite that may be used as a replacement for the [...]
Induction into Alltop 2008-10-15 11:37:11 A few days back, my blog was ‘inducted’ into Alltop, for the ‘Tech’ sector.
Alltop is like a blog aggregator, only much more selective. I like the way the site is split into keyworded sections, making it very easy to find blogs of your choice.
And thus, I am honored to be included in this very selected [...] Read more:Induction
Mandriva 2009 Review - Desktop Emphasis 2008-10-12 23:37:41 Introduction
I was excited about the launch of Mandriva 2009. Why? Mainly because the 2008.1 (Spring) Edition was so good. It had the best KDE 3.5 implementation in its class. So when 2009 came out, with a brand new KDE 4.1, I went for the download like a shark after anchovies.
The download, perhaps, was a little [...] Read more:Desktop
Elections and Technology - why the two are immiscible 2008-10-12 12:24:24 Classically, politics and technology are not related. Why should they be? They are two separate domains!
Or are they?
Maybe, not anymore. And none more so during elections. Large country or small, honest or corrupt, tech influences the elections amazingly.
Take the USA, for example. How else does a simple error made by any one of the hopefuls [...] Read more:Elections
, Technology
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