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microsoft yahoo saga continues!

admin — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 08:48:02 +0000

You might have read in my earlier blog post about Microsoft bidding $44.6 billion for Yahoo but the story is far from over. With internet analysts and experts predicting a few days back that it was a done deal Yahoo has managed to prove them wrong. The analysts predicted that it would be difficult if [...]

new forum launched!

admin — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 17:45:03 +0000

Hi, I have launched a new site for technology especially computer help and support. The site aims at creating a knowledge bank for people who need help in computers from topics ranging from Beginner level to an Advanced Level. We have right now incorporated a various topics when it comes to computers including programmimg, operating systems, [...]

Advertising link gone from Google!

admin — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 03:44:37 +0000

I know its kind of stupid to post about this but it is kind of weird on Google’s part as well. The advertising link on the homepage of Google which was there till yesterday night was gone today morning. I woke up today and booted my computer and the advertising link is gone. The [...]

microsoft wants to buy Yahoo! for $44.6 billion

admin — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 15:15:33 +0000

I was shell shocked when the news came in on CNN that Microsoft wants to buy Yahoo! for $44.6 billion and i was like thats nothing new especially when it comes to internet companies. Its been ever since competition buying out competition but this is special because this is the BIG DEAL. If this deal goes [...]

top 10 productivity services from Google

admin — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 19:13:19 +0000

I recently compiled a list of top 10 productivity services from Google which greatly help me in my work as a freelance programmer as well as increases my total productivity on the internet. This list is what helps me to do my job on the internet in very limited time interval as well as within [...]

online web storage is the new frontier!

admin — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 10:18:08 +0000

Google has long announced its intentions to have an online web storage service probably called as GDrive, AOL already has Xdrive which offers 5GB of free upload space for its users plus a software that can be installed on our computer and can upload and download files seamlessly. Amazon already has a web service which [...]

Websites crucial to customer buying decision, retention, interaction

admin — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 17:34:28 +0000

A recent survey conducted by 1and1 website hosting in one of their press releases said that websites were crucial to customers buying and retention decisions. This is quite evident in todays age where in earlier people used to have their telephone numbers on their visiting cards but now they have their website address on their [...]

download Google, Youtube, myspace and dailymotion videos

admin — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 17:25:43 +0000

Didnt you ever want to have a easier way to download that favorite youtube video on your hard disk or that favorite myspace Tv video on your harddisk and you had to use those complicated softwares which were often loaded with spywares and malwares. Well, thanks to get2pc.com we have a simpler alternative. You can [...]

orkut introduces Photo albums!

admin — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 18:58:47 +0000

Orkut recently introduced photo albums where in users can organize their photos in albums and describe the albums separately. I think it was about time orkut did that because the simple photos that orkut had all this while was getting a little messier and therefore this is a good thing that they have finally added [...]

Its downtime again!

admin — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 03:49:55 +0000

This is the second time that I have a post where in I have to apologize for downtime and it was getting really frustrating for me. Hence, I decided that it was time to call it quits and therefore yesterday night changed my website hosting and for good. Now, its been just one day since [...]