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LinuxBIOS is a free open source software project aimed at replacing the proprietory BIOS. It performs necessary hardware initialization and than executes different boot loaders aka payloads. Few popular payloads are FILO, OpenBIOS, EtherBOOT and ADLO.
Google’s sponsorship would definitely help improve quality of the LinuxBIOS project. I was surprised to see more than one million devices shipped with LinuxBIOS this year. They are set to have explosive growth in 2007.
Written by Pranav Malvania on November 16th, 2006 with 561 comments.
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Many PC makers including Dell , bundle Goolge Pack in their PCs so I assume inclusion of Skype would provide an option to choose VOIP services.
This looks to me win-win for Google & Skype. Skype has an interesting problem. Skype needs a vehicle to go directly to PCs, especially after Yahoo extended its reach to provide VOIP services to millions of MSN messenger users. Google Pack may provides what Skype is looking for. For Google, Google talk is not catching up as fast as they would have hoped. Also Yahoo & MSN messengers interoperability provides another hurdle to overcome. This relationship may help Google to have strategic alliance with Skype in future.
Despite of direct competition with Payal & Google Checkout, I think eBay & Goolge can workout a deal which can provide protect their interest in different space. Â
Written by Pranav Malvania on November 14th, 2006 with 2 comments.
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World Wide Web population reaches to 100 million. Netcraft reports that there are more than 100 million websites alive and kicking today. If you want to read more check out this CNN article.
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Written by Pranav Malvania on November 1st, 2006 with 1316 comments.
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Google announced acquisition of first application wiki company, JotSpot. Aha, Now I understand what Larry Page meant when he said Google shall focus more on features. He actually meant Google shall buy companies to expand product portfolio, while it continue to add features in products.  :-)
Written by Pranav Malvania on October 31st, 2006 with 198 comments.
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Microsoft today lauches Microsoft Office Accounting Express 2007 for small businesses and it is free. Microsoft also plans to include Office Accounting Express 2007Â as part of Microsoft Office 2007 professional and ultimate releases. It is integrated with other Microsoft Office products.
I watched product demonstration. It has Outlook style and looks clean.
I initially thought Microsoft wants to lure small businesses outside USA but website says this software is designed for US based businesses. It raises a question who are ready to adopt and migrate in already competitive market of finanical softwares. It may put some pressure on Intuit. I guess good for small businesses. Â
Written by Pranav Malvania on October 30th, 2006 with 1 comment.
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Much anticipated open source response to Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, may be just a day away. On Mozilla’a site it says Firefox 2.0 release is due on Tuesday, October 24, 2006 3:00:00PM PST.Â
It will be interesting to see, whether FireFox makes further headways in Microsoft’s bastion.
Written by Pranav Malvania on October 23rd, 2006 with 1 comment.
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This is a first public beta of MS AJAX toolkit previously known as ATLAS. As many of you know, in past Microsoft only released ATLAS as community technology preview. Developers who used ATLAS CTP in their projects, please take a look at migration guide before using ASP.NET AJAX beta.
Scott Guthrie of Microsoft has nicely compiled main features into his release announcement. Microsoft says beta is stuffed with many goodies, Let’s see what review developers give coming days.
Written by Pranav Malvania on October 20th, 2006 with no comments.
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Well, title is little misleading, but the news itself is kind of interesting. You can download Internet Explorer 7 optimized for Yahoo from here. The question is, Is it intentional or fiasco? May be it is intentional, When I installed IE 7 beta earlier this year, I found that Yahoo toolbar stopped working. I think Yahoo wants to preempt users and avoid backlash. No doubt it shows how much Microsoft and Yahoo are aligned these days. Â
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Written by Pranav Malvania on October 18th, 2006 with 3 comments.
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Yahoo’s Bradley Horowitz, Vice president of product strategy group shares his thoughts about Yahoo vision in an interview to CNet. He also takes jab at Google’s recent YouTube acquisition. Looks like Yahoo’s media team is in action after meeting a sales target for this quarter. I won’t be surprised to hear splash from Yahoo soon.
Written by Pranav Malvania on October 17th, 2006 with 2 comments.
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Ask.com has launched a mobile search product at m.ask.com or mobile.ask.com. Ask Mobile is optimized for mobile devices and uses Skweezer throughout to improve readability and download speed on your mobile device. SearchEngineWatch breaks it all down for you, feature for feature.Â
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Written by Pranav Malvania on October 13th, 2006 with 1105 comments.
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