Archive for March, 2007

KoolTorch: new search engine

Thursday, March 29th, 2007

After Google validated the search engine market space, there are many new comers as I covered in my Smarter Search Engines post. KoolTorch is yet another candidate. KoolTorch claims - “KoolTorch is a next generation, patented technology that provides a USER FRIENDLY interface for viewing and navigating search results. ” I am not sure […]

Unlimited mailboxes - marketing ploy?

Thursday, March 29th, 2007

Yahoo just announced number of enhancements to email service. Unlimited yahoo mailbox size is one of them. Rediff is also showing a cheap advertisements about offering unlimited email storage space. Here is the video ..

These unlimited mail storage space looks like a marketing ploy to me. How many of us actually use more than […]

Photocopiers are security threats

Friday, March 23rd, 2007

I always thought that Fax machines, corporate scanners and printers can be security threats but never thought a photocopier is something that I should handle with care! Here is an interesting article - Photocopiers can be security threats
“Sharp, one of leading manufacturers of industrial photocopiers, issued a press release this week, just in time for […]

Smarter Search Engines

Friday, March 23rd, 2007

Google is synonymous to search. But does it really answer all your search queries? I have found better results on ask.com at times. It is supposed to have more natural language support. As a user, I do not really care what support or technology a search engine has or whether it gives me “googol” results! […]

Design your dream home with your loved ones

Friday, March 23rd, 2007

With all these web2.0 websites, here is an unique one that I would like to try my hands on. Mydesignin.com introduces an useful concept; design your home with your friends and family.

Web 2.0 Predictions

Friday, March 23rd, 2007

What can we really do with web 2.0? Can it mine all the information on the internet, understand my wants, needs, behaviour and give me all the information that I am interested in? Can it be a push based information model instead of current pull/on-demand model? Web 2.0 probably needs to evolve into more semantic […]

Future of Web 2.0

Friday, March 23rd, 2007

Many have been speculating the future of web 2.0.  Nat Torkington of Oreilly Radar has an interesting take on it. It is darn funny You can read the article here.

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