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Airtel Fair Usage Policy

Posted by sudhirmangla February 14, 2009

Airtel one of the most preferred ISP in India has resorted to capping the data limits of unlimited plans. And they are citing it as Airtel Fair Usage policy. Similar schemes were made famous by Comcast in the US, which had raised much hue and cry and ultimately lead to broadband metering system in the continent. An oddity of the policy is that subscribers weren’t informed about it and was first noticed by some sharp eyed users who noticed the speeds being reduced to exact half of what they... Read more »

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Using with JQuery with ASP.NET (Resources)

Posted by sudhirmangla February 8, 2009

JQuery is most popular javascript library which eases javascript development. But JQuery  does not work very well with ASP.NET. Here we try to list some of the best resources on the internet to get you started with JQuery with ASP.NET Introduction to JQuery jQuery Primer Part 1 and Part 2: Karl Seguin has two nice posts that provide a quick overview of some of the basics of how to use jQuery. Introduction Related to ASP.net: Check out Rick Strahl’s longer Introduction to jQuery article for... Read more »

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Microsoft Launches Celebrity Site Wonderwall

Posted by sudhirmangla February 7, 2009

Microsoft has partnered with media company BermanBraun Interactive to launch an entertainment and celebrity site for MSN called Wonderwall. With a slew of similar entertainment focused sites already in existence, Microsoft’s move is a gamble, but the company says the entertainment gossip category continues to grow and in the last year it increased 14 percent. Microsoft is also counting on the fact that 84 percent of people on the Internet in the U.S. visit an entertainment site every month. Wonderwall... Read more »

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Is Microsoft Coming with its Own Smartphone

Posted by sudhirmangla February 7, 2009

With the Mobile World Congress nearing, rumours about Microsoft’s plans to oust its own range of smart phones have gained steam. The rumors first appeared at the recently concluded CES at Las Vegas. It is thought that the upcoming handset will use Nvidia’s Tegra processor and a Qualcomm telecommunications baseband chip. Microsoft has a decent presence in the smart phone arena, thanks to its Windows Mobile OS. However, the company has never been involved in the production of Windows Mobile... Read more »

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EU plans Ban on Pirate Bay

Posted by sudhirmangla February 7, 2009

In a few weeks time, members of the European Parliament will vote on the Medina report, which proposes a wide range of anti-piracy measures and regulations. The report specifically mentions The Pirate Bay, and it approves actions by national courts against the popular BitTorrent tracker. The proposals in the report, drafted by the 73 year old Spanish socialist Manuel Medina Ortega, show many similarities to the wish lists of the RIAA, IFPI and MPAA we published earlier. The report calls for more... Read more »

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Gmail gets multiple inboxes

Posted by sudhirmangla February 7, 2009

Gmail’s latest Labs creation is one of the best yet: panes that let you create separate inboxes using filters and labels. Anal-retentive over-organizers of the world, rejoice! Want to have a pane just for emails from your family? Or from a particular mailing list? You can easily split up threads from different people or groups or based on different subjects or anything you want. It’s a great way to use filters to turn one email account into many. Brilliant. To turn on Panes,... Read more »

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Windows 7 RTM in October 2009 via Leaked Product Roadmap

Posted by sudhirmangla February 3, 2009

Windows 7 will be released to manufacturing in 2009, more precisely in the third quarter of this year, with information from a leaked product roadmap pointing to the first half of October 2009. The past week, Steven Sinofsky, senior vice president, Windows and Windows Live Engineering Group, revealed the official product roadmap for Windows 7 beyond the public Beta Build 7000. Sinofsky indicated that the next development milestone for Windows Vista’s successor would be Release Candidate (RC),... Read more »

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