Archive for September, 2005
Google Launches a Special Katrina Search
Wednesday, September 14th, 2005Google has launched two new search features designed specifically for finding information about Hurricane Katrina.
According to Google, you can search on any keyword using Katrina Search and get back results only from Hurricane Katrina-related web pages.
Katrina People Search accesses several public databases to help you find info on friends or family members who may have […]
Web Phone Company Skype is acquired by Ebay for $4.1 billion
Wednesday, September 14th, 2005$4.1 billion ?? :-O
Skype is the most popular VOIP tool available and its user database is really vast.
The current downlod count from Skype.com is 166,121,527 :-O
It has also got different versions for Windows, Mac, Linux & Pocket PC.
Finall after being most popular for all these years, it has got a competitior(Google).
Many people, including me […]
New feature to Gmail, Happy gmail fans
Monday, September 12th, 2005Mark writes:
The missing feature “from address” is now added to the gmail beta.
The beta version is already a BIG hit for google and with a 2GB storage and the fastest loading APIs makes it the best for many users.
warez ads in google adsense? adwords started taking these?
Sunday, September 11th, 2005I was working on Indian-Radio.com, a new site to bring all online desi radio channels to one place.
I placed google adsense in the site and was little bit shocked to see a warez ad saying “free music and video downloads”. I am sure you never saw these before!
just wondering if google started taking these warez […]
So its called Google Jet?
Saturday, September 10th, 2005Google guys(Brin and Larry) bought a personal jet for themselves.
Boeing 767, a 300 passenger capacity jet and thats called a personal jet?
hmm…read more
Ever wondered why blogs are very famous these days?
Friday, September 9th, 2005Blogs are a new way to publish content and advertising to readers, instead of using email to inform their members of news or information. They are also used as diaries for personal thoughts, advertising, fan info, discussion, general news, etc. In the past year as people become familiar with the word “Blog”, what they are […]
It was a cool tuesday morning because of the Movie - Like Mike
Tuesday, September 6th, 2005I was switching channels today morning and in Star Movies a movie was just starting. I waited to see what it was and didnt move from my chair untill it was over. The movie is Like Mike and it was damn funny. I had a very good morning today and watched all the movie in […]
Wikipedia collects $220,000 from donations
Tuesday, September 6th, 2005Wikipedia met their goal of raising $200,000!
Thanks to everyone that donated, this site is going to help move GNU forward - it’s a great thing.- Says Wikimedia Foundation.
Look at the exact figures here: Wiki Fundraising (nearing $220,000)
$220,000(USD) is nearly 1 Crore INR. Use the convertor.
Its a great thins that people are really appreciating free resources […]
Firefox + IE = Foxie!
Tuesday, September 6th, 2005Not really sure about what it is upto.
Found it on the spreadfirefox.com blogs.
I guess it will endup in some logo usage issue. Mozilla is defenitely strict about using its logos for other purpose, so is Microsoft!
Lets wait and see what happens now.
The Collapsible More Link Plugin for Wordpress
Tuesday, September 6th, 2005Just installed the collapsible more plugin for wordpress and its working really good.
This is just a variation to the native more link in wordpress with a read more link, but is really cool.
This is the authors site:
Collapsible More Link wordpress Plugin