Project Nano: Silicon Valley clone planned for India

posted by   sams (94)   26 months ago (www.iht.com)

India is trying to build its own Silicon Valley clone.

"Sabeer Bhatia, co- founder of the Hotmail e-mail service, plans to raise $550 million to start a high-technology project in India modeled on Silicon Valley.

Project Nano City, located in northern India, expects as much as $20 billion of investments, with a potential to generate a

IBM supports Indian Government for its Web Portal

posted by   sams (94)   26 months ago (www.indianraj.com)

Government is turning to MNCs for its IT needs while US is turning to Infosys el al. I am puzzled.

"The Indian government’s National Informatics Center (NIC) has partnered with IBM to add new capabilities to the country’s national portal that enables it to deliver government services to Indian citizens."

A CSS Crossfader Demo

posted by   sams (94)   26 months ago (mikeomatic.net)

Crossfading implemented by using CSS.

ParenScript: A small lispy language that can be compiled to JavaScript

posted by   sams (94)   26 months ago (parenscript.org)

ParenScript is a small lispy language that can be compiled to JavaScript. It also comes with an embedded CSS representation in Lisp. This simplifies the development of web applications in Lisp by allowing the Lisp programmer to write all the documents in Lisp syntax. This way, HTML pages, CSS files and JavaScript code can be generated with the full

Quigo: The next Google?

posted by   sams (94)   26 months ago (money.cnn.com)

"Quigo is not the household name that these other two search giants are. But the privately held company, which competes with Google and Yahoo in a key part of the online advertising business, is quietly becoming a bigger player.

Quigo sells a product called AdSonar to online publishers. AdSonar, like Google's AdSense and Yahoo's Content Match,

CrispAds Blog Advertising Network for Sale on Ebay

posted by   sams (94)   26 months ago (www.quickonlinetips.com)

Another starup on sale at Ebay. Ebay is now becoming an exit strategy for small companies.

CrispAds is a popular Blog Advertising Network and is now up for sale on ebay.

Wget local copies of your online research: Lifehacker

posted by   sams (94)   26 months ago (www.lifehacker.com)

Use wget to keep a local copy of your online bookmarks. The article has the wget command to do the same.

Only problem currently with the script is: It only lets you save the front page bookmarks. (only 1 page worth).

Regular-Expressions.info - Regex Tutorial, Examples and Reference

posted by   sams (94)   26 months ago (www.regular-expressions.info)

A website dedicated to regular expressions!

Blogging Tricks: How to Make Sticky Blog Posts ?

posted by   kjohn (224)   26 months ago (labnol.blogspot.com)

You may have seen sticky threads in mailing lists like Google Groups which always stay on top of the archives independent of the date when they were posted. All new items will appear only after these sticky posts. labnol lists some tricks to accomplish the same for your blog.

The Reverse Brain Drain:The Bangalore boomerang

posted by   sams (94)   26 months ago (business.guardian.co.uk)

The inverse brain drain of Indian technicians heading back home from Silicon Valley was foreseen by New Delhi, says Salil Tripathi.

wwiTV.com - The ultimate guide to Live TV webcasts.

posted by   sams (94)   26 months ago (wwitv.com)

Live online TV channels from around the world!

Microsoft vs. Open Source: Who Will Win?

posted by   kjohn (224)   26 months ago (hbswk.hbs.edu)

The authors believe, neither side is likely to be forced from the battlefield—Microsoft has too much market share and OSS offers too many benefits for users. But there are strategies each can use successfully against the other, as they detail in the e-mail interview.

Beginner's guide from a seasoned CSS designer

posted by   sams (94)   26 months ago (www.cameronmoll.com)

Good reference on CSS.

New Google Module: Google Recommendations

posted by   sams (94)   26 months ago (googlesystem.blogspot.com)

Google has created a new module for the personalized homepage that shows you recommendations, based on your search history, your location and on the search history of similar users.

The module called "Interesting things for you" features searches, web pages, and gadgets.

CSS tips and tricks at The Blog Herald

posted by   kjohn (224)   26 months ago (www.blogherald.com)

Some neat CSS tips and tricks that will reduce your headache later.

Microsoft Codename Max

posted by   kjohn (224)   26 months ago (www.microsoft.com)

Microsoft® Codename Max lets you make beautiful photo slideshows to share with your family and friends. You can also use the newsreader to keep up with the latest news updates from around the world.

Finding Great Developers - Joel on Software

posted by   sams (94)   26 months ago (www.joelonsoftware.com)

The great software developers, indeed, the best people in every field, are quite simply never on the market.

US academics claim 9/11 was 'inside job'

posted by   sams (94)   26 months ago (www.thisislondon.co.uk)

Leading scientists in the US say the facts of their investigations cannot be ignored and say they have evidence that points to one of the biggest conspiracies ever perpetrated.

Professor Steven Jones, who lectures in physics at the Brigham Young University in Utah, says the official version of events is the biggest and most evil cover up in

IBM Building PS3-Based Supercomputer

posted by   sams (94)   26 months ago (www.redherring.com)

Gaming chips will migrate from Super Mario Bros to supercomputers after IBM announced Wednesday that it will build high-performance computing systems out of these kinds of processors.

Specifically, a supercomputing machine—dubbed “Roadrunner” and set to be fully installed by 2008 at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Los Alamos National

Bush Acknowledges Secret CIA Prisons - Forbes.com

posted by   sams (94)   26 months ago (www.forbes.com)

President Bush on Wednesday acknowledged the existence of previously secret CIA prisons around the world where key terrorist suspects have been held and questioned.

Google PageRank - Algorithm

posted by   kjohn (224)   27 months ago (pr.efactory.de)

A simple & readable tutorial on how Google Page Rank algorithm works.

The Comic Project: Comics Online..

posted by   sams (94)   27 months ago (thecomicproject.blogspot.com)

Online comics scans for you. Mainly for Indrajal Comics!

"I grew up on these comics: Phantom, Mandrake, Bahadur: and reading them was so much fun. Yes!! Indrajal Comics!!! Although you will see a few non-indrajal titles, this blog is committed to bring you original Indrajal scans."

Google Revealed: The IT Strategy That Makes It Work

posted by   sams (94)   27 months ago (www.informationweek.com)

A detailed look on how Google does things differently.

"A unique mix of internally developed software, open source, made-to-order hardware, and people management is the secret behind the search engine."

Particletree · How to Add an API to your Web Service

posted by   kjohn (224)   27 months ago (particletree.com)

APIs are a great way to extend your application, build a community, excite your users and get in on the Mashup Mania spreading across the web. Here is starter guide on the topic.

Businesspundit: Please Stop With Your Chinese Math

posted by   sams (94)   27 months ago (www.businesspundit.com)

Businesspundit warns of an doing 'Chinese math' in your business plan. "Market numbers are important, and so is breakeven analysis. Present these numbers as part of your plan, but don't act like the low percentages mean they will be easy to reach. If you are counting on easy milestones for your success, you aren't ready for entrepreneurship."

India - Information Technology Pulse: 18 million Indians online - 10 Future Developments as a result

posted by   wowvijay (15)   27 months ago (india-it-pulse.blogspot.com)

The huge Online population in India throws open 10 new exciting possibilities.. more »

Eight Wonderful Google Games To Keep You Entertained

posted by   sams (94)   27 months ago (labnol.blogspot.com)

Some good Google based addictive games/tools... more »

Top blogger Amit Agarwal is stepping up the gas..

posted by   sams (94)   27 months ago (labnol.blogspot.com)

Among those planned is "a video pocast show this month".. more »

AllPeers almost ready to launch!

posted by   sams (94)   27 months ago (www.techcrunch.com)

AllPeers get positive comments from Techcrunch.
"I’ve been testing the product with co-founder Matthew Gertner - this is going to be a very popular application. Very large (video) files transfered in my tests without difficulty, including after repeatedly shutting down the browser mid-transfer. Like other bittorent clients, the transfer picked ..... more »

Drawspace.com - Drawing lessons online

posted by   sams (94)   27 months ago (www.finearteducation.com)

Online drawing classes for you!.. more »