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Games I like most

  • Counter Strike: Condition Zero's single player Deleted Scenes campaign basicallyis "your story" when you play it. You are a part of a Counter-Terrorist organization, their job obviously is to destroy Terrorism.
  • Need for Speed,Hot pursuit 2: NFS Hot Pursuit 2 houses a stable of exclusive, exotic cars fromthe world's most coveted licensors including Ferrari, Porsche, and Lamborghini.
  • Quake III Arena: Untold centuries ago the Vadrigar,constructed the Arena Eternal.As such, they have stocked the arena with the greatest warriors of all time.As a gladiator,we must not only survive,but also win each and every battle against ever more powerful opponents.
  • Half Life 2: It's time for you to once again take up your submachine gun andtake out all the foes threatening humanity.

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My Projects

  • The Boeing Company: This project,I was working mostly on the designing of the webservices as an Integration platform for Ramco & I went to Boeing Company,Seattle for Installation & Support.I was awarded Pride@Boeing,awarding excellence.
  • PHI Helicopters Inc.,: This project,I was involved from presales demo to post go-live support.This implementation was well planned & executed,it is a great success for Ramco.This project is in second phase now.

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My Favorites

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New Songs

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For the AR Rahman concert in Bangalore on October 8, as hundreds of people will be clutching their precious paper entry tickets, others will head to a high-tech point and get their mobile phones scanned for entry.
 
Yes that's right,its mobile ticket.Here's how it works :

  • Call 9844100777 ,where you'll get an interactive voice response, which will tell you of your choice of seats with other details.
  • When you choose your option, you'll get a picture message which will have a barcode and other ticket details. Now this picture message will itself act as the ticket.
  • Then you've to go to the Spice website within 48 hours and pay the amount with your credit card.
  • On the day of the show, you simply have to go and get your phone scanned. Simple.

So easy & innovative,More details : http://www.ciol.com/content/news/2005/105100705.asp?nl=2_21711_Oct7

 
 

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We,Ramcoites take pleasure in announcing that the Retail Management Solution developed by Ramco for Dobi went live successfully on 1st October 2005.

About Dobi- Inter AG

Dobi- Inter AG is based in Suhr (HO), Switzerland, with regional offices located at Zurich and Lausanne. The company is a leading retailer of beauty products. Their product range includes hair care products, accessories for saloons, fashion products, cosmetics and a school for hair fashion.

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While I was checking the stats of this blog,there were 2 new hits

 

One was from Clusty - The clustering engine : (from the site) Uses award-winning Clustering Engine to organize search results into folders grouping similar items together.

And other one from MSN Spaces,but it was from Mobile Spaces(when did MSN started this service ?) http://mobile.spaces.msn.com/

 

I haven't heared it before,is these are new search service ?

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We,Ramcoites are happy to announce a significant order win from Maruti Udyog Limited(MUL),a subsidiary of Suzuki, Japan for providing a comprehensive information security solution for their Internet Infrastructure at Gurgaon.

 
Maruti views information security as a critical necessity. Ramco was chosen over HP ( MUL's existing IT provider) on the strength of its specialized focus on Information Security and proven track record in securing mission critical infrastructure.
 
About Maruti Udyog Limited
 
Maruti Udyog Limited, a subsidiary of Suzuki Motor Corporation of Japan, has been the leader of the Indian car market for about two decades. Its manufacturing plant, located some 25 km south of New Delhi in Gurgaon, has an installed capacity of 3,50,000 units per annum, with a capability to produce about half a million vehicles. It was adjudged No.1 for Customer Satisfaction in the JD Power Survey 2004
 
The company's quality systems and practices have been rated as a "benchmark for the automotive industry world-wide" by A V Belgium. It is listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange and National Stock Exchange.

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SonyEricsson has launched its first 3G tune-centric Walkman phone in the form of the W900.

 
http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/78719/walkman-phone-goes-3g.html

  • The W900 features a simple drag and drop system to grab music from a PC and load it on the phone. Its support for UMTS 3G networks also means that over-the-air downloads should be just as nippy.
  • It has 470MB of internal memory, with a slot for Memory Stick cards if needed, which should hold as many as 240 songs.Supported formats such as AAC, MP3, MIDI, WAV and XMF, Microsoft's WMA is noticeably absent. Music is also put centre-stage in the design, with physical buttons to give direct access to the music functions.
  • On the software side, alongside the Walkman music player, you'll find Adobe Photoshop Starter Edition, Apple QuickTime and software for hooking up to a PC. It also boasts a Java platform so you can download the latest games.
  • It supports SMS and MMS messages, instant messaging and push email. It includes Bluetooth and infra-red wireless connectivity, plus connections to 2100MHz GSM UMTS networks, and 900/1800/1900MHz GSM GPRS networks.

 

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Cisco announces $1.1b investment initiative

 
http://www.ciol.com/content/news/2005/105101912.asp?nl=7_191324_Oct19

  • Cisco Systems, maker of Internet equipment, has announced an investment initiative totaling $1.1 billion in India. Cisco Systems president and CEO John Chambers announced this on the first day of his three-day visit to India. This is the largest business investment of Cisco outside of the US.
  • In addition to this, Cisco will set up an IP-based Next Generation Network (NGN) lab with Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) in Chennai. The lab will support BSNL's telecom network evolution by providing an environment to test services before rolling out on the actual network. To support these two initiatives, Cisco will invest a company $10 million.
  • Cisco will also support the government's initiative of establishing ?Common Service Centers? (CSC) in villages in India. The company would provide networking equipment necessary to build networking infrastructure for up to 100 villages.

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Got Flock invitation today,so here's first look :
 
Flock - What it is  ?
 
Flock is browser based on the open source Mozilla code base plus some more enhancements on storage of favorites & history management etc.,for the list of features visit http://www.flock.com
 
Getting started with Flock

  • Download & Installation is simple (like firefox)
  • If you have del.ico.us account,then it is simple to add & share your bookmarks online.Good thing is,you can tag your bookmarks,so that it builds a community around it.
  • Then there is a History search built in.
  • There is also a blog editor in built with in Flock & one more cool thing is a scrapbook called 'Shelf' where you can add your text snippets,images,urls etc., which you can use it later while you blog.

Wait,there's more you can do with Flock,checkout http://www.flock.com/fiveways/togetstarted/13.php

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We are happy to share with you a significant order win from South Eastern Coalfields Limited.
 
About SECL
 
South Eastern Coalfields Limited is the largest coal producing company in the country. It is one of the eight subsidiaries of Coal India Limited (A Govt. of India Undertaking) under the Ministry of Coal. The company was adjudged the best PSU in the country for 97-98; awarded the Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial National Award for pollution control and energy conservation in the year 2003 and Excellence award in 2004.

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Oracle intends to release a free version of its database, a reaction to the growing competitive pressure from low-end open-source databases.

 
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-3513_22-5920796.html

  • Oracle is expected to announce the beta release of Oracle 10g Express Edition (Oracle Database XE), which will be generally available by the end of the year. It is targeted at students, small organizations and software vendors that could embed the Oracle database with an application.
  • The latest edition is the same as other databases in Oracle's lineup but is limited in usage. It can only run servers with one processor, with 4GB of disk memory and 1GB of memory.

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Went to US Consulate this morning (for the second time,yes first time on Oct 26th-my HR has missed out a DD) at 10:00am,came out at about 12:45pm(phew..phew..I was standing all over)
 
On interview,the officer dint even ask anything.Before to me,there were 2 refusals (I guess they were on H1,officer took around 1/2hr doing a research on the firm stated in petition) I went in,he just collected all the documents & then told me to pay the DD at the cash counter
 
Hurray!Over,Im all set for travel!

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Microsoft Corp. unveiled a new strategy Tuesday to move software and services online
 
http://www.detnews.com/2005/technology/0511/02/0tech-368864.htm
 

  • With a new Web site called "Windows Live," Microsoft hopes to create a new platform that will unfasten some of its applications from computer hard drives.
  • The site, available at http://www.live.com, repackages some of the features Microsoft already offers at its heavily trafficked MSN.com, adds more customization tools and makes it easier to view the same products and services at any time from any place -- whether it be a home computer or a mobile phone in a shopping mall.
  • A new version of Microsoft's MSN Messenger instant-messaging product will include functions such as improved ability to make computer-to-computer phone calls and the option of calling cell phones and traditional land lines for a fee. Trial version due out later this year.
  • A Web-based way to store bookmarks for your favorite Web pages, for easy access when you aren't at your computer. Trial version available now through http://ideas.live.com.
  • A set of Internet-based services targeted to businesses with under 10 employees that aims to complement existing Office software such as Outlook and Excel. One early piece of this system will be Office Live Basics, a free, ad-supported service for easily setting up a Web site and Web-based e-mail accounts. 

 

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I might travel next week to US,getting prepared myself (for the long journey!)
 
Last week was full of eye testing(@ AG Ramesh Hospital,Adyar) oooof,he did multiple testing to verify the results & finally got the prescription yesterday.Today went for Arsito opticals,Adyar for new glasses,bought a new POLICE glasses,costed around 3600/- for just frame(!) & another 1000/- for plastic high index glasses.
 
And also bought a new shoe,huh..somewhat shopping over.

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Microsoft Corp. has a new name for its anti-spyware program.
 
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/247483_msftdefender08.html

  • Late last week, the company announced that it would begin using the name "Windows Defender" for the anti-spyware program that it plans to offer as part of its flagship PC operating system.
  • That was when the law firm contacted Lyttle on Microsoft's behalf, Evans said. Under trademark law, companies need to pursue cases of trademark infringement as part of the process of ensuring that their marks are protected.

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Microsoft has finally unveiled SQL Server 2005, the new version of its enterprise-scale database system, and Visual Studio 2005, its flagship software development suite.

 
http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/79616/microsoft-launches-the-visual-studio-2005-and-sql-server-2005-big-guns.html

  • The long-awaited releases signal a new Microsoft assault on the enterprise market, with the company battling on price, and hoping its built-in analysis and reporting tools represent an attractive, and more affordable, alternative to specialised business intelligence applications.
  • It is a move to cut-off further advances from the open source MySQL, a part of LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP / Perl / Python), the open source enterprise software stack. Microsoft executives, however, denied it was a serious rival compared to Oracle offerings.
  • Described as the biggest launch in Microsoft history a number of events will be rolled out across 89 countries.

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I came across this cool app on photo sharing which resembles Flickr & Picasa but it has lots & lots of features & everything is made easy.It is called as Slide!
 
What is Slide ?

Slide is a free downloadable desktop program that indexes photos on your hard drive, automatically groups them into intuitive channels, and plays them back via a unique always-on ticker interface.

Shortlist of features:

  • With just one click members can choose to share any photo or invite both registered and unregistered friends and family to subscribe to entire channels of photos.
  • Subscribes you to a few -public- channels from that friend (if he had any)
  • The slide can also be published on any web page like I did it in http://www.karthi.net/about.html

More list available on http://www.slide.com/static/howworks

 

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A new worm that propagates by exploiting security vulnerabilities in Web server software is attacking Linux systems, antivirus companies warned on Monday.

 
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-5938475.html

  • Worm spreads by exploiting Web servers that host susceptible scripts at specific locations, according to antivirus software maker McAfee, which has named the worm "Lupper."
  • Lupper blindly attacks Web servers, installing and executing a copy of the worm when a vulnerable server is found
  • A backdoor is installed on infected servers, giving the attacker remote control over the system. The server joins a network of compromised systems, which can be used for example, in attacks against other computers.

Here's the Symantec Report : http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/linux.plupii.html where you can find more details.

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