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(Picture courtesy Wikimedia) Today (2010-03-14) Pi Day. As ardent geeks, let us celebrate the enigmatic number representing the ratio of circumference to diameter of a circle = 22/7 or 3.1415926535897932384626433832795028841971693993751058209749445………………………….!…
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Who said it is? But it is not a rhetorical question. It is true that many to whom desktop computer is synonymous with Windows try to move curiously near Linux…
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What is a satisfactory searching experience, a la a sumptuous meal! Mmmmmm, that’s Good Search! A little thing I picked up when I worked in a restaurant is that it’s…
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Search engine, you asked? Well, err… Ok. I use Yahoo!; I use WolframAlpha – It’s really good. Try it; I even use Bing (from the stable of Big Bad M$)……
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Here is a highly insightful and succinct answer to this question from Apostolos Dountsis: The term High Level Language refers to the higher level of abstraction from machine language. Rather…
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“It starts out as a convenience, becomes a habit, then a necessity, and finally an addiction.” That is how Robert X.Cringley succinctly sums up the Google phenomenon! Here is a…
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Are you bitten by the wireless bug? Do you believe that Bluetooth and Wi-Fi are the God’s choicest blessings to the mankind? Hold on! Wireless technology may not be a…
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