I have been hearing a lot about Facebook these days. It has become really popular amongst the developer community after Facebook launched its API for public use. I was interested to explore FB after Ram @ Photon worked in Facebook App project.
I have still not got hands dirty on the Facebook API. Din’t [...]

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I got this cute doll as a gift from one of our Clients @Photon
It feels so good when Clients are this sweet, You feel you have to deliver and perform better than before.

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Gmail will face some serious competition now as Yahoo has almost acquired Satish Dharmaraj’s Zimbra which has become an industry leader in web mail (at least for the enterprises)
via [techcrunch]
offical announcement

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I hardly find time to watch tv these days. I was watching Aek Chaabi Hai Pados Mein on Star which is a nice family entertainer. She plays the Female lead in the serial. I have seen her on so many other ADs these days. But did’nt know her name. There’s not much I [...]

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Bheema – The Trisha – Vikram starrer is set to hit the screens for Diwali .
I was reading some news online at ibnlive.com and saw a flashy promo banner for the film.
Clicking on it took me to Buzz18.com the latest site under the Network 18 banner.
You can listen to the Audio tracks of the [...]

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Got this irritating message when I was working with a simple PHP /mysql app i was trying out
Client does not support authentication protocol requested by server; consider upgrading MySQL client
I just changed the database username for the  application and the error went missing
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/old-client.html has some thoughts on the same

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I was searching for a book and landed on amazon.com.
I already have an account there. So I signed in and tried to order the book.
The book it self is only $15 but the shipping charges is $12.
Looks like I will have to wait for the book to hit indian stores , may be I can [...]

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McLaren have been excluded from the 2007 constructors’ championship and fined US$100 million following Thursday’s FIA World Motor Sport Council (WMSC) hearing in Paris. Drivers Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton have not been penalized and are free to continue their fight for the drivers’ title.
More on this news here 
This  means Ferrari are going to win [...]

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SEOMoz has come up with a sexy SEO quiz. The questions are kinda advanced and I fell for a couple of them.
Do take the quiz and post your scores here.
SEO Dark Lord – 98%
Are you an SEO Expert?

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One of the main reasons for using Ajax in any web application is
1.Rich User Experience
2.Reduce bandwidth
But a MSDN article I came across tells us that Update panel control does not reduce bandwidth usage in any manner (contradicting the general opinion about AJAXified web apps)
rendering shockingly easy and “for worse” because its simplicity and ease-of-use come [...]

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