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Tag Archives: Internet

Buzz Hack – Using Firefox

10-Feb-10

When everyone around me has buzz, why don’t me? After doing some research here is a simple hack. You do not need any invite. Just follow these instructions and you are in.

Install User Agent Switcher addon in Firefox
Restart Firefox
Go to Options Menu > Default User Agent. Select iPhone 3.0
Log on to https://m.google.com/app/buzz

and you are there… [...]

India and Internet

20-Dec-09

You may have heard – the reach of Internet in India is increasing rapidly. VoIP has came in, 3G & IPtv is at the doorstep, bandwidth prices are falling down, BSNL’s netPC launched, but I still do not see a great future. I do not see awareness of .in domains, for promoting Hindi, I do [...]

Handling Data in Mega Scale Systems

20-Nov-09

Vineet Gupta (from Directi) touches some practical aspects of scaling web-applications. He talks about scaling app-servers, database-servers, alternatives of RDBMS, handling replication and transactional behavior. Thought the presentation is big, it touches all major aspects of scaling and gives broader insight. Check out yourself…

Buzzword: Cloud Computing

23-Jul-09

Youtube link for video: Larry Ellison – What The Hell Is Cloud Computing

Larry Ellison, CEO of Oracle Corporation, describes all the fuzz around cloud computing in a short introduction. He touches very reasonable concern –
“computing industry is the only industry more fashion driven than woman’s fashion“
Of course, this is true. Think about the last [...]