Google Indic-ation
Google has launched Indic Transliteration [http://www.google.com/transliterate/indic] for instant English to Hindi language translation online. I gave a quick try and it seems quite good.…
Micro funding is gaining momentum
Lately there’s been a surge in the number of Internet startup’s and entrepreneurs willing to experiment more vividly with their ideas. Everyday I read about startup’s [http://news.ycombinator.com], meet [http://www.meetup.com/] like-minded entrepreneurs, and focus on my own startup Over the period of…
PAYG Web Hosting
Web hosting is a tricky affair – for the hosting company as well as the end-user. If you find a reliable web host as per your requirements then it works out great, else you might end up facing issues like downtime, lack of support, refund disputes, and continuous hopping from one…
Best Non-US Startups
Some of the world’s hottest Web 2.0 startups are outside the United States. Find out where they are, and what they’re up to. Read more at CNN Money … [http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2007/biz2/0707/gallery.web_world.biz2/index.html]…
Orcas baby!
Microsoft will release Beta 2 of Visual Studio 2008 [http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/aa700830.aspx] (codename Orcas) tomorrow (26th July). Keep an eye on the downloads [http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/aa700831.aspx] page, which also includes the .NET Framework 3.5 Beta 1.…
Next version of Windows
Vista’s [http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/windowsvista/default.mspx] successor, earlier codenamed “Vienna [http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=windows+vienna]“, now known as “7”, due out within three years [http://news.com.com/2100-1016_3-6197943.html].…
WiFi Hotspots
PC World gathers a list of WiFi hotspots (some free) located in India [http://pcworld.jiwire.com/hot-spot-directory-browse-by-state.htm?provider_id=0&country_id=101] (Delhi [http://pcworld.jiwire.com/browse-hotspot-india-in-delhi--1000008.htm]) and Australia [http://pcworld.jiwire.com/hot-spot-directory-browse-by-state.htm?provider_id=0&country_id=16] (Melbourne CBD…
Web 3.0, the final frontier?
Let’s take a quick tour. The first-generation web, Web 1.0 (prior to 1998), with its text-only web pages, centered around the “web browser” (application host). Web 2.0 (2002-2007) is centered around interaction (application dynamics and logic). The Web 2.0 trend is bloated with API’s, mashups,…