Skype rival Gizmo Project has introduced a new service that lets the public make free phone calls from web browsers. Dubbed Gizmo Call, the service provides free calls to most fixed lines around the world and to “select” mobile phones. We couldn’t find a list of which destinations are accepted for free calls, but it [...]
February, 2007 Archive
Yahoo pipes out a challenge to Google
There is so much information circulating throughout the web in the form of XML feeds that it’s hard to keep track of it all. However, Yahoo wants to make it easy for ordinary web surfers to pick the eyes out of it all and organize it into a custom made useful format with tools from [...]
Intel develops 80-core supercomputer processor on fingernail
Chip maker Intel researchers have developed the world’s first programmable processor that delivers supercomputer-like performance from a single, 80-core chip not much larger than the size of a finger nail. The new chip is the result of research aimed at delivering Teraflops performance for future PCs and servers. Technical details of the Teraflops research chip [...]
Original Names westernized
ORIGINAL NAME – ADOPTED WESTERN NAME Janya Banya Joshi – Jon Bon Jovi Audumbar Agashe – Andre Agassi Malati Hinginkar – Martina Hingis Damayanti More – Demi Moore Meghana Rane – Meg Ryan Arjun Shivajinagarkar – ! Arnold Schwarznegger Devendra Gadge – Darren Gough Shevanti Dagadu – Sharon Stone Sitaram Wagh – Steve Waugh Janoba [...]
Google launches Google Maps Australia
Google today launched Google Maps Australia at http://maps.google.com.au, which enables users in Australia to find local information using online mapping facility. In addition to map and satellite images, the expanded service includes Australian business listings, driving directions and support for Google Maps for mobile. The launch of Google Maps Australia is aimed at businesses who [...]
I’m Alive, I Believe In Everything
Ack :- Harshad Kale I’m Alive, I Believe In Everything Self. Brotherhood. God. Zeus. Communism. Capitalism. Buddha. Vinyl records. Baseball. Ink. Trees. Cures for disease. Saltwater. Literature. Walking. Waking. Arguments. Decisions. Ambiguity. Absolutes. Presence. Absence. Positive and Negative. Empathy. Apathy. Sympathy and entropy. Verbs are necessary. So are nouns. Empty skies. Dark vacuums of night. [...]
Ratan Tata takes off in F-16
Ack : – CNN IBN Live After sealing the $12-billion jumbo deal to buy Anglo-Dutch steel-maker Corus, Tata Group chairman Ratan Tata pulled off another surprise by flying a fighter jet at the Aero India Show in Bangalore on Thursday. Tata, 69, undertook the feat during the Bangalore air show, in which the makers of [...]
Microsoft nightmare continues – Google Docs to support Powerpoint
As if Microsoft didn’t have enough to worry about after the lukewarm response to Vista and Office 2007, Google’s free online office suite is set to do Powerpoint as well. Code-named Google Presently, the presentation feature is set to become a part of Google Docs & Spreadsheets which, as the name suggests, currently offers document [...]
Is Windows losing out & Linux gaining?
The penguin’s come of age. What began as a battle between proprietary and open source Linux software, started by geeks around the world, isn’t plain tech rhetoric anymore. It’s now a mainstream commercial platform — a technology that enterprises are taking very seriously and looking at as a major cost-effective solution that has scalability and [...]
VSNL faces $406-m claim from FLAG
The long-standing dispute between Tata-controlled Videsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd (VSNL) and FLAG Telecom, part of the Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group (ADAG), over the FLAG Europe-Asia cable system has worsened, with FLAG moving the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) seeking “monetary relief†of $406 million, plus interest, from VSNL. On 6 Feb, VSNL told BSE that [...]