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Copyright renewal list now available for download

Posted on June 25, 2008 by Sandip Bhattacharya

If you need to use a work on the Internet, you need to be aware (and careful) about its copyright. After all, copyright restrictions are becoming more and encompassing by the day. But what if you want to use content … Continue reading →

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Getting Twitter and Google hosted domains to talk over Gtalk

Posted on May 16, 2008 by Sandip Bhattacharya

I was quite irritated to find out recently that if you have a Google hosted domain and use that to login to Gtalk, you cannot communicate with Twitter without jumping through a few hoops, and even then, only under certain … Continue reading →

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Google pumping for Mac in place of KFC, or just being too helpful?

Posted on May 15, 2006 by Sandip Bhattacharya

Here is what a search for KFC India brings up on Google. I can understand that KFC is very bad in Google SEO and that is why there are no links to KFC homepage in the first page. But why … Continue reading →

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Gmail’s crazy dot-in-your-email-address policy

Posted on December 15, 2005 by Sandip Bhattacharya

According to this Gmail FAQ, Gmail doesn’t recognize dots (.) as characters within a username. This way, you can add and remove dots to your username for desired address variations. … If you created your account with a dot in … Continue reading →

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Microsoft vs. Google

Posted on May 5, 2005 by Sandip Bhattacharya

A great article on the online tussle between Microsoft and Google. For anyone who has been watching Gates over the years, the idea that an upstart like Google could so flummox him and his fierce company takes getting used to. … Continue reading →

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Google Calling my Firefox a Spyware?

Posted on April 17, 2005 by Sandip Bhattacharya

WTF? This is from my Firefox 1.0.2 on FC3. UPDATE: Hmm. I read this post and it seems that others have found this problem too couple of months back. This got to do with some anti-virus search filter used in … Continue reading →

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A world without TV ads?

Posted on September 2, 2004 by Sandip Bhattacharya

This cartoon strip of Rudy Park today, in some way brings out the revolution in TV watching that TiVo has pioneered. Yes, we have all been pissed out with watching too much TV ads throughout the day. In India, there … Continue reading →

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