Last week I read the book "Barbarians led by Bill Gates". It was quite fascinating and I completed it in 3 days flat which included a holiday. Bill gates and microsoft are topics that never cease to fascinate me.
Further, there is another novel called "Five point Someone" written by Ashwat Bhagwad about his college days in IIT while doing his graduation. You just cant keep the book down once you start. Must read for everyone.
Have started reading "pragmatic Programmers" since yesterday. The ptogress has been quite slow since it's a technical book and is quite huge.
Wednesday, August 31, 2005
Tuesday, August 30, 2005
iPhone, Microsoft, Google....
Its been quite a while since I updated the blog. Quite a few things are happening that have got me curious...
1. Rumours are up again about the iphone from Motorola that has the iTunes client from Apple. Cingular is supposed to be the operator. The day is Sept 7th and I am looking forward to it with great expectations and how customers will react to this.
2. This is an old news. Google talk was launched by Google and its in a beta version yet. Unlike Skype, this is based on IETF XMPP protocol and hence can interoperate with other jabber/XMPP clients for Presence and messaging. However voice is only available between Google talk clients since a custom XMPP messages are used for the voice signaling. I am not sure why Google preferred XMPP over SIP since SIP supports a wide range of applications including voice, IM, presence, etc, However, they have assured SIP support in near future.
3. Microsoft has bought Teleo and it will be integrating the voice client into MSN messenger. Lookout Google, Skype and Yahoo, the Redmon beast is here. The VoIP war seems to have heated up, what with so many players entering the market - Skype, Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, Gigmo and so on.
1. Rumours are up again about the iphone from Motorola that has the iTunes client from Apple. Cingular is supposed to be the operator. The day is Sept 7th and I am looking forward to it with great expectations and how customers will react to this.
2. This is an old news. Google talk was launched by Google and its in a beta version yet. Unlike Skype, this is based on IETF XMPP protocol and hence can interoperate with other jabber/XMPP clients for Presence and messaging. However voice is only available between Google talk clients since a custom XMPP messages are used for the voice signaling. I am not sure why Google preferred XMPP over SIP since SIP supports a wide range of applications including voice, IM, presence, etc, However, they have assured SIP support in near future.
3. Microsoft has bought Teleo and it will be integrating the voice client into MSN messenger. Lookout Google, Skype and Yahoo, the Redmon beast is here. The VoIP war seems to have heated up, what with so many players entering the market - Skype, Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, Gigmo and so on.
Friday, August 12, 2005
Flarion off the radar
Qualcomm has announced intentions to buy Flarion, the pioneer of Flash-OFDM for mobile IP based broadband services.
Flarion was desperate since it had many trials going but, no commitment from any operators. Its sad to see a kid in telecom being bought. Especially an European one.
However, Qualcomm is set to gain with this. Considering the fact that its Media Flow Technology is based on OFDM.
Flarion was desperate since it had many trials going but, no commitment from any operators. Its sad to see a kid in telecom being bought. Especially an European one.
However, Qualcomm is set to gain with this. Considering the fact that its Media Flow Technology is based on OFDM.
Tuesday, August 09, 2005
cool firefox wallpapers
Found some really cool firefox wallpapers. Check them out....
1. http://www.isolated-designs.net/stuff/firefox.jpg
2 .http://www.isolated-designs.net/stuff/isolated-designs-firefox-wallpaper-2.jpg
1. http://www.isolated-designs.net/stuff/firefox.jpg
2 .http://www.isolated-designs.net/stuff/isolated-designs-firefox-wallpaper-2.jpg
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