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January 2010:

Book Review: The Rainmaker by John Grisham…

Title: The Rainmaker Author: John Grisham My Rating : 8.5/10 I just finished The Rainmaker by John Grisham… I have seen the movie that stars Matt Damon and Danny Devito, and really liked it… So now after reading the book and watching the movie, I can say the book is even better… It is a …
Natural Language Processing…

Have being reading up on natural language processing quite a lot these days… It basically deals with the formulation and investigation of effective mechanisms computationaly for the communication between persons or between persons and machines by means of natural languages… It does not try of the communication by means of natural languages of an abstract …
Book Review: The Broker by John Grisham…

Title: The Broker Author: John Grisham My Rating : 7/10 Finished reading The Broker, and there’s a surprise in it, for all those people who have come associate Grisham’s name with gripping courtroom drama, and stories of brilliant lawyers, foolish lawyers, law firms and their larger-than-life successes and failures… The Broker is not about the …
So iPad it is!!!

So Apple have made their announcement and they’ve gone with the name iPad… Quite a surprise considering my understanding was that the trademark of iPad belonged to another company in the US…
Howto : Twitter from Command Line…

This is a tutorial explaining how to post to Twitter using command-line in Linux, without needing to even open up your web browser…. First, install the curl package: sudo apt-get install curl Next, create a script anywhere in your $PATH, for example tweet.sh inside ~/bin, where ~ is your home directory (make sure ~/bin is …
Book Review: The Lincoln Lawyer by Michael Connelly…

Title: The Lincoln Lawyer Author: Michael Connelly My Rating : 9/10 I don’t usually care for legal thrillers and I never thought I would use a word like “outstanding” to describe one… Then, I read this novel by Michael Connelly… Connelly does an amazing job in creating his criminal defense attorney protagonist, Mickey Haller, and …
Totally Awesome : XO-3 by One Laptop per Child (OLPC)!!!

The nonprofit group One Laptop Per Child wants to produce a touchscreen tablet computer by 2012 that will cost less than $100…. OLPC released its device roadmap, which includes two upgrades to the original XO computer, as well as lofty plans for a new 8.5-by-11-inch tablet device called the XO-3….
Resignation vs. Appraisal!!!

Just can’t stop laughing… Found a gem of an article on the net…. Difference between appraisal and resignation A newly joined trainee engineer asks his boss “what is the meaning of appraisal?” Boss: “Do you know the meaning of resignation? ” Trainee: “Yes I do” Boss: “So let me make you understand what a appraisal …
Howto Make Dell XPS M1530 Multimedia Keys Work With iTunes!!!

I have being using itunes for a long time on my Dell XPS M1530… The only thing that bugs me while using itunes is that the multimedia keys only work when the itunes main window is in focus, which is very irritating… After a little bit of googling I found out this post and his solution …
Rumor: Microsoft’s Bing to Replace Google As Default Search Engine on iPhone…

Businessweek reports that Apple and Microsoft are currently in negotiations to replace Google as the default search engine on the iPhone with Microsoft’s Bing.com… The talks have reportedly been underway for weeks… Read the Article here…
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