Wave of Google....

I got to know about this when I joined Twitter few weeks ago (that's the moment I realized my mistake of not joining it earlier). Watched the long video (Google itself says "watch our loooooong video") of Google Wave launch (1 hrs and 20 mins) and started diving to get Google wave. Applied then and there to get the invitation, and got the invitation yesterday.

So you want to know what it is. It is an online communication and collaboration tool that makes real time interactions seamless--- all in one place. Collaborate anything you want (text, images, videos, maps). Multiple participants can conversate. Anyone can join the conversation (wave) anytime if allowed. Anyone can reply anywhere anyone can rewind the wave (playback) to see what happened in the wave and when?

Coming to the review, I appreciate the idea google has come up with. It has launched a new fashion on the internet, making it more powerful. I can still see some browser problems there. The first thing I had to do in order to launch it: install Chrome frame. O O it should be working with IE normally, anyways, It still has got some problems. Flash plugins inserted in any Wave by the user take longer time, some time the interface is shrinked or loads half way (and you need to press F5). I am sending these reports to Doctor Wave also. Since it is an infant product so Google has assigned Doctor Wave to take care of it. I am sure he would be working harder.

Features are quite cool. I am yet to explore them and YES here is the video of Google Wave overview: (Don't worry it is just 8 mins long)

I am going to dive into the WAVE!!!! :)

Cheers,

Richie

Cloud Computing is HERE!!!

The first question that arises into the mind after hearing this term is: "Is it cloud of computers??" The answer is: "Oh yes it is". In cloud computing, an user's applications and documents are shifted from desktop to the cloud, where thousands of computers and servers are linked together and accessible through the Internet or the "cloud". Cloud computing is a style of computing in which dynamically scalable and often virtualized resources are provided as a service over the Internet. Users need not have knowledge of, expertise in, or control over the technology infrastructure in the "cloud" that supports them.
The concept generally incorporates combinations of the following:
* Infrastructure as a service (IaaS)
* Platform as a service (PaaS)
* Software as a service (SaaS)
* Other recent technologies that rely on the Internet to satisfy the computing needs of users. Cloud computing services often provide common business applications online that are accessed from a web browser, while the software and data are stored on the servers.
The term cloud is used as a metaphor for the Internet, based on how the Internet is depicted in computer network diagrams and is an abstraction for the complex infrastructure it conceals.
Architecture:
Cloud architecture, the systems architecture of the software systems involved in the delivery of cloud computing, comprises hardware and software designed by a cloud architect who typically works for a cloud integrator. It typically involves multiple cloud components communicating with each other over application programming interfaces, usually web services
This closely resembles the Unix philosophy of having multiple programs doing one thing well and working together over universal interfaces. Complexity is controlled and the resulting systems are more manageable than their monolithic counterparts.
Cloud architecture extends to the client, where web browsers and/or software applications access cloud applications.
Cloud storage architecture is loosely coupled, where metadata operations are centralized enabling the data nodes to scale into the hundreds, each independently delivering data to applications or users.
Find out more @ the original resourcs of this blog (Wikipedia):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud_computing
Comments on cloud computing by IBM:
"Cloud computing is an emerging approach to shared infrastructure in which large pools of systems are linked together to provide IT services." - Shashi B Mal- Director, Systems & Technology Group, IBM India/South Asia
Read IBM's article on it at:
http://www.ibm.com/news/in/en/2008/01/31/v675609i13009t25.html
Let's see the clouds :)
BTW new post coming soon.

Cheers,

Richie

Looking for details of a particular patent? Try Google Patents

I donno whether u know it or not but it has been online 2.5 years. If you are looking for details of any patent which was submitted to United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), Google Patents is a perfect to dig on. You can find the scanned copies of originally submitted copies on this website.
Google Patents is a search engine from Google that indexes patents and patent applications from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), which are taken from the original USPTO database (which is in the public domain). All 7 million patents have been put in the database. Optical character recognition (OCR) has been performed on the pages to make them searchable. This searchability includes all US patents.
History and background:
The service was launched on December 14, 2006. Google says it uses "the same technology as that underlying Google Books" allowing scrolling through pages, and zooming in on areas. The images are saveable as PNG files but can be converted with a graphics program to TIFF files which can be OCRed.
Review and criticisms:
The indexing is not perfect. Reportedly, as of 14 December, not all IBM patents were locatable, as searching for IBM patents retrieved only 1,197 results on Google Patents, but that IBM received nearly 3,000 patents in 2005 alone.Unlike Google Patents, Espacenet includes US patent applications as well as granted patents. In terms of response time however, the performance of Google Patents is considered to be very good.

Read story about launch on Forbes here

Wanna read critical overview of this patent search tool, click here

Finally I was able to post it for a long time. It was in my drafts from march. ooof!!!

Thanks,

Richie

'Slumdog' team thrilled with Golden Globe win

With Indian music maestro A R Rahman scripting history by winning the first Golden Globe award with 'Slumdog Millionaire' which also bagged three other prizes today, film's actor Irrfan Khan is keeping his fingers crossed for Oscars next month. The actor, who stars as an inspector in the Mumbai-based rags-to-riches saga hopes that the film will be able to script history at Oscars as well.

"I am happy for Rahman and for the film. I am sure it is going to get some Oscar nomination as well, so we might make history," Irrfan told PTI. Rahman, nicknamed 'Mozart of Madras' by Time magazine, became the first Indian to win the Golden Globe award for Best Original Music Score with 'Jai Ho'.

The film also bagged three more prestigious awards for the Best Motion Picture Drama, Best Director award for Danny Boyle and Best Screen Play award for Simon Beaufoy. It beat the heavyweights like Brad Pitt's 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,' Batman film 'Dark Knight," 'Frost/Nixon,' and political drama 'Milk' to win in the Best Picture category.

By:

PTI

Yahoo! Messenger for Mac is here!!!!!!1

Mac Messenger: Get it hot from the oven. All Mac users, welcome to the new Yahoo! Messenger for Mac 3.0 Beta 2 (for Mac OSX 10.4 or later). Now with tabbed IM windows (chat with two or more friends from a single window, just tab over or drag it out to make it its own window), chat rooms, message archiving, improved webcam and file transfer, and the best part – more emoticons to send, share, IM! After you’ve downloaded it, read up on the other new features on its blog at:

http://blog.messenger.yahoo.com/blog/2007/09/06/new-mac-version-beta-2/

Download it from following link:

http://messenger.yahoo.com/mac.php

Keep visiting my blog ...

Regards,

Richie

Receiving spams from your website email forms try CAPTCHA!!!!

This script generates images (known as "Captcha's") which contain security codes used for protecting a form from spam bots. By encoding a 'password' inside an image and asking the user to re-enter what they see you can verify the user is a human and not automated software submitting your form. See how it works:

http://www.white-hat-web-design.co.uk/articles/php-captcha.php

Google phone is coming......

Is Google going to introduce its Google phone? According to mobile industry insiders and analysts, Google is developing its own mobile phone which will tentatively be available for sale in 2008.Google might be working with HTC and mobile giant Orange to materialize this low cost and internet-connected mobile phone. Both Orange and Google have kept perfectly silent on this matter.

Nevertheless, Google spokesman revealed that mobile is an important area for Google and Google will continue to focus on creating applications as well as establishing and growing partnerships with these industry leaders to develop innovative services for its users worldwide.

If this rumour is true, it will benefit a lot of users. News leaked out from Google disclosed that this new Google phone is able to receive emails, handle voice-over-internet calls (VOIP), and other internet based functions. This phone will help users to synchronize their emails easier, make cheaper calls and even enjoy short movie clips from YouTube! All these can be done without a PC.

The launching of Google phone will definitely affect other mobile phones' market share. This news is spreading fast and it seems to be pretty accurate. Having said that, feverish speculations about Google products have been proven wrong before. Previously Google was widely reported to be building its own line of personal computers. However, what was actually produced was a set of free software programs designed to make any existing Windows PC easier to use.