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Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) has successfully launched Chandrayaan-1 yesterday, their first mission to Moon. This is the first step in a series of goals that will eventually lead to India sending manned spacecrafts to moon by 2015 or so. According to ISRO, the primary objectives of Chandrayaan-1 mission are:
- To place an unmanned spacecraft [...]

Onine Friendships - Are They Really Worth It??

Posted by: Ashok on: October 10, 2007

I was listening to a talk show on NPR the other day. It was a fascinating discussion on how Internet is changing the way people, especially youngsters, seek and manage their relationships with others. One of the callers, who was a teacher, was wondering how kids are losing the sense for real life these days [...]

Stickies For Windows

Posted by: Ashok on: June 11, 2007

If you ever used a Mac, you’d know what a nice tool Stickies is. I find it very useful to quickly jot down any notes, to-do lists etc. that get autosaved. I recently came across something similar for Windows too — Stickies For Windows.
It comes with keyboard shortcuts for creating/deleting stickies. Would have been much [...]

Chatting Inside Yahoo Mail

Posted by: Ashok on: November 9, 2006

Just read the news that Yahoo is going to integrate instant messaging with their email — CNET has this screenshot on their website.
I’ve been expecting Yahoo to introduce this feature, given the fact that their new email interface (currently in beta) uses tabs to display multiple messages in the same window. Google’s Gmail also has [...]