Animesh Kumar {itsAnimesh}
I'm an IT professional from New Delhi, India. Currently for the most part I work as a Technical Consultant developing Open Source ICT solutions for social and societal inclusion. I'm also pursing PG in Management. Below are the latest updates from a some social networks I subscribe to.
Tech Gyaan:
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Happy Birthday Firefox!!!
Mozilla Firefox celebrated its fifth birthday Monday. Five years ago on November 9th Mozilla shipped version 1.0 of the open-source browser. In just five years, Firefox has taken 24 percent of the browser market share, according to Net Applications. it still sits in second place behind Microsoft’s Internet Explorer, which controls about 65 percent of …
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Difference Between Humans and Computers!!!
I have been working for over 3 months now and during this time i have often found myself either giving ‘orders’ to a computer or giving ‘instructions’ or ‘requests’ to humans. Here are some similarities and some differences that I encountered. If something goes wrong, usually the person giving the order is partly to be …
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Google Wave gets user manual!!!
It’s no secret that Google Wave is hard to understand, and goes over our heads. It is supposed to free us from our preconceived notions of communicating and collaborating with people online, but these may be difficult to shake off since we’re all used to email and instant messenger. It’s supposed to give us the …
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Steve Jobs – “CEO of the Decade”!!!
In 1976, Steve Jobs and Stephen Wozniak, with funding from multimillionaire A.C. “Mike” Markkula, founded Apple. Then in 1985, Apple co-founder Steve Jobs was forced out of his own company after he and then-CEO John Sculley began to fight over the direction of Apple. Then Jobs founded another computer company, NeXT Computer. In 1986, Jobs …
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Piet – Where Programs look like Abstract Paintings!!!
Today I was randomly surfing around online when i found something quite unusual : Piet. It’s a programming language named after Piet Mondriaan, the Dutch artist, who pioneered the field of geometric abstract art. In this programming language, a program is actually an image where each color determines what to do. The color decided where …
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What is Considered a Good Application???
Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away. — Antoine What is a good application? or lets put it this way what defines a good application? It’s not just one thing, of course, there is no magic formula for making a good application. …
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Ubuntu 9.10 vs. Mac OS X Snow Leopard vs. Windows 7!!!
Apple let Snow Leopard out of its cage earlier this autumn, and Canonical will release another beast this week: Karmic Koala, otherwise known as the open-source operating system Ubuntu 9.10. This comes on the heels of Microsoft’s launch of Windows 7, a major update of Vista. So, there are a lot of reasons …
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Ubuntu 9.10 “Karmic Koala” (Review)!!!
A a new Ubuntu release definitely requires a post! Ubuntu 9.10 “Karmic Koala” has been released. There have been some significant changes since that release in April, so read on to find out what they are and why you might want to consider upgrading to Ubuntu Linux 9.10.
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An Apple or A Google Fan???
I came across this article today which speaks quite highly of Apple, and I thought I’d drop some thoughts on this topic as well. These days i’m trying my hand on programming for the iPhone, learning to use MacOS, Xcode and even the iPhone have been interesting experiences. I’m an Apple newbie(though being using Ipod …
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Mozilla Unveils Raindrop Messaging!!!
Just as Google Wave represents an attempt to imagine what e-mail would look like if it were invented today, Mozilla’s Raindrop represents an attempt to imagine a more modern communication client. The Raindrop project was introduced the other day at the Mozilla Labs website by the Mozilla Messaging team which also develops the email …