Bill Gates makes his bet on GUI & Web Services

On Microsoft's 30th Birthday, Bill Gates says,"I’m most proud of our making 'big bets' on technologies like the graphical user interface or Web services and watching them grow into something people rely on every day." To read more click here.

You could also read this interesting article on Web Services.

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Why Internet Explorer is unsafe?

Another interesting site which is dedicated for telling all the netizens 'Why Internet Explorer is unsafe?'. I feel if u are not using Firefox, you should read this.

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Mysore beats Bangalore on WiFi

Yes its true that the IT captial of India aka Bangalore is still not wire-free as Mysore. City of Palaces becomes the first city in India to go completely WiFi, now u can stay connected from irrespective of the location in the city without wires.

I hope Bangalore takes a note of it and we do have it in the near future, currently only some of the Coffeeshops & Hotels in Bangalore provide WiFi.

You can read on Mysore going wire-free on TOI.

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GBS - Google Blog Search

Yes the Search giant has added another dimension to their search engine, this time it searches the *Blogs*. Still a Beta search, i guess it will take sometime before people start using it more often for considering fellow bloggers opinions/feedbacks on any topic. I did a search for my name [Vivek Kondur] and the reuslts are quite good, as it featured many of my posts randomly from different blogs.

But, i am sure this guy wouldn't agree with what i have said about the search results,..."Improved Relevancy: One example. I did a search for my name [Gary Price] and found several non-relevant results in the first 20. In the second result "Gary" is found in one part of the post and "Price" in another. Then, back to results mentioning yours truly before posts discussing the "price" of movies for sale. Note: Yes, of course, I could search "Gary Price" and get more precise results but most searchers don't use quotes to denote phrases".

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iPod nano

I want one, that was my first expression when i saw *Nano* on Apple site. Gadget i would be buying shortly;).

Logging: log4j / commons-logging API /JDK 1.4 logging

Very useful article on choosing the right logging API for your projects.

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Hype Cycle on ESB

Quote of the week

" A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others " - Ayn Rand

Hype Cycle on Emerging Technologies, 2005

Gartner has come out with their 10th edition of Hype Cycles, the report quotes it has covered a lot of technologies across various trends, regions and industries. It is worth going through their report on Hype Cycle.

Where to find the report? Click here.

Next Gen mobiles

If you are planning to buy mobiles, then i feel u need to check out this before investing your money. Some really cool ones, but i am sure you need to shell out more money to enjoy more features.

Source: Indiatimes Infotech.

ENV - Emission Netural Vehicle

Did u read the heading right? Yes it’s true, there is indeed a vehicle which doesn’t pollute a bit and what it emits would surprise you even more, any guesses for what the emission would be? It emits 'WATER', making it one of the ENVs. I watched it on BBC World yesterday night.

To know more about the technology behind the bike and other stuff then you could find some info over here: BBC | Bludja | Fuelcellsworks | Update by Bludja.