Monthly Archives: August 2009

Tr.im got back on it’s feet : Questions surround trim now

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Recently Tr.im had decided to shut down and they also posted that all links would stop working after 31st of December. It looked as if they were damn serious. 

The news spread like fire and within a day the blog-o-sphere and the Twit-o-sphere was hot with news and view of people and readers putting on their comments. Some actually started lamenting for the service ( I didn’t).

But now Tr.im is back, the reason that has been stated that shutting down of tr.im created great outcry in the blogging community and so Tr.im had come back.

Many analysts thought that this was a Pr Stunt and so did i. Tr.im also stated that Tr.im will continue to function as it used to and so will the API. But surely this will give a boost to the url shortening service.

Trim is still looking for someone to acquire it and if i am not wrong then Trim might soon find it’s new owner. Lets see what happens!

Microsoft Can’t Sell Word to Anyone now!

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In a case, the judge in texas rules out the Microsoft cannot sell Word in United States due to patent infringement. Well this is quite shocking but it is true. Why? To know just read on. 

The judge said that the order prohibits Microsoft from selling or importing to the United States any Microsoft Word products that have the capability of opening .XML, .DOCX or DOCM files (XML files) containing custom XML.

In the complaint i4i accused Microsoft on a method for reading XML. 

The injunction, which becomes effective in 60 days, prohibits Microsoft from selling future Word products that allegedly use the patented technology. It also enjoins Microsoft from testing, demonstrating, marketing or offering support for those future products.

Microsoft also has to pay $290 Million as damages! lol. Microsoft isn’t prepared for it, surely. 

We are disappointed by the court’s ruling, We believe the evidence clearly demonstrated that we do not infringe and that the i4i patent is invalid. We will appeal the verdict.

- Said a Microsoft Spokesperson. 

Microsoft doesn’t seem in a mood to take that likely. It is surely going to kick it off and on the next hearing i think Microsoft will surely make it.

[Via Seattlepi]

WordPress releases WordPress 2.8.4

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WordPress team has announced WordPress 2.8.4. This release happens to be a security release. This release among other issues addresses a vulnerability discovered a couple of days back. What that vulnerability did was that it allowed an attacker to perform an unsolicited password reset. According to WordPress:

Yesterday a vulnerability was discovered: a specially crafted URL could be requested that would allow an attacker to bypass a security check to verify a user requested a password reset. As a result, the first account without a key in the database (usually the admin account) would have its password reset and a new password would be emailed to the account owner. This doesn’t allow remote access, but it is very annoying.

We fixed this problem last night and have been testing the fixes and looking for other problems since then. Version 2.8.4 which fixes all known problems is now available for download and is highly recommended for all users of WordPress.

Revive your Rechargeable Batteries!

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The Batteries sometimes suffer from many problems. Because we use Ac power the Batteries suffer from Chemical Problems. So here we are trying to revive two batteries which were made in 2005. If you have any NiCd or NiMH batteries that won’t hold their charge, you can often revive them. Revive Rechargeable Batteries by using following methods.

  1. Use up the power of the battery as much as possible.
  2. Put them in a plastic bag and seal it.
  3. Place the bag in the freezer for at least 24 hours. Overnight is sometimes enough.
  4. Take the bag out of the freezer and leave the batteries to return to room temperature. Do wipe of the condensed water of the batteries before using them. Leave them sun for a few hours to dry.
  5. Fully charge the battery, then use them again,  get the power as low as you can get it. Repeat this charge-discharge cycle a few times, and see if you get a longer life.

Your mileage will vary, but two of the experimental 4-year-old batteries are now useful. We get between 2 and 4 hours from one of them, depending on the load of the gadget. You can do this with cellphone batteries, or batteries from lots of other gear.

I would like to thank the blog ‘A geeks day out‘.

Office Suite for Nokia Mobiles By Microsoft : Much needed step to Boost MS Office

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Microsoft has agreed an Agreement with Nokia, where Microsoft will create a mobile version of the MS Office Suite the will be working on Nokia Phones.

Well this deal will help to give a boost to the Office Suite from Microsoft as Symbian which is a competing OS with Microsoft’s very own Windows Mobile will also get a Office Suite.

This software will be completely Free and a web based program which will provide flexibility to Nokia users in Sharing and and editing their Documents.

FaceBook Lite : Lighter version of Facebook!

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Lot’s of Buzz being created about FaceBook, especially about FaceBook taking over FriendFeed. But FaceBook is upto something. And now with the entry of FaceBook lite, it surely does mean something.

Recently my friend told me that he saw something on his Login Page on Facebook after logging in. Here what it said :

We are building a faster, simpler version of Facebook that we call Facebook Lite. It’s not finished yet and we have plenty of kinks to work out, but we would love to get your feedback on what we have built so far.

WTF is FaceBook Lite??

Here’s a simple defination. FaceBook lite is a simpler version of the much Complex FaceBook. RIght now we know only this much, but as soon as we get more info it well get posted here.  Check out the Screenshot below. (click to enlarge)

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It looks as if FaceBook is trying to Challenge Twitter especially with the real-time search. I think FriendFeeds takeover was the first step towards the destruction of twitter. I don’t think it’s that easy to kill twitter, but lets hope for the best!

Its official! Apple MacBook Pro hard drive freezes temporarily for a short time period

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Recent reports suggested the fact that Apple’s MacBook Pro laptops are freezing for a certain period of time. Apple has bravely come out and accepted the fact. Apple representative Bill Evans admitted the existence of this harddisk issue and assured that Apple is working towards releasing a software update.

This issue seems to affect only MacBook Pros with 7200 rpm hard drives. The hard disk falls asleep for a period of about 10 seconds during operation and freeze the computer for that time period. A loud beap is heard and a hard drive clicks before it freezes. We can only hope that the software update is rolled out as soon as possible.

This may give a blow to Apple and boost to it’s Rival, Microsoft! :) Also check out the Apple Discussion Forum to get know what are the improvements our subscribe our blog to stay updated!

Orkut Finally Kicks out Internet Explorer : IE 6 You must Die!!

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Well IE 6 is one of the most used browsers (atleast in India) and Orkut is one of the most used Social Networking websites in India. Now the Bad part. If your using Internet Explorer 6, you really need to change! 

Google’s Orkut has dropped support for Browser Internet Explorer six following many other websites which have taken part in IE6 no more campaign.

Well personally i think it is necessary to kick it off because so many exploits have been found in Internet Explorer six and also Webmaster need to work really hard to optimize their website for internet explorer six (i know that because i have had great problems with that!)

It’s quite clear that Internet Explorer can’t run ahead with the technological developments like HTML 4, 5 and so on… So it’s time to say Good bye to your Internet Explorer 6!

iTunes 9 to have a few social aspects

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A rumor is flying around that iTunes 9 will bring with a few social features as well. The source that came up with this news informed that with iTunes 9, there is a possibility that you will be able to broadcast the songs you are listening to a variety of social networks. The thing which is more interesting is that Apple might be planning to create a new social application. There is no clarity of that app being an iPhone app or a desktop app. But whatever it is, it is believed that this app will provide a central platform for performing your social networking activity. I think it would be an iPhone app to take the spotlight away from Apple’s rather controversial decision to reject Google Voice.

Friendfeed has been facebooked : Yes, FriendFeed is a part now a part of Facebook

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It’s official now, FriendFeed has been Taken over by one of the fastest growing social networks, Facebook. 

How does it affect me?

Well right now, there won’t be any difference between how FriendFeed is working, so you can log into your account as usual and the API will also work as it Earlier used to.

What’s new then?

Well in their blog post, friendfeed said that currently friendfeed will continue to work as usual but future plans will be integrating it with the 250 Million member community, Facebook.

Well heres a part of it from their press release:

Facebook today announced that it has agreed to acquire FriendFeed, the innovative service for sharing online. As part of the agreement, all FriendFeed employees will join Facebook and FriendFeed’s four founders will hold senior roles on Facebook’s engineering and product teams.

“Facebook and FriendFeed share a common vision of giving people tools to share and connect with their friends,” said Bret Taylor, a FriendFeed co-founder and, previously, the group product manager who launched Google Maps. “We can’t wait to join the team and bring many of the innovations we’ve developed at FriendFeed to Facebook’s 250 million users around the world.”