Google Sync for the iPhone | No Comments

Written by Umair Salam on 01 July 2009CE | 09 Rajab 1430AH | Apple, Google, Technology, Videos
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To synchoronize your Calendar & Contacts between your iPhone & Google. Indispensible.

             


Happy Canada Day! | No Comments

Written by Umair Salam on 01 July 2009CE | 09 Rajab 1430AH | Canada
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Michael Jackson Dead at Fifty! | 1 Comment

Written by Umair Salam on 26 June 2009CE | 03 Rajab 1430AH | Uncategorized
Tags: death, Entertainment, life

The undistputed King of Pop who never wanted to get old, much less die, has died relatively young at the age of fifty. Blogosphere is probably abuz with this story as sudden as it happened with a report of a heart attack in the morning. Life is so unpredictable!

             


WP application for the iPhone | No Comments

Written by Umair Salam on 23 June 2009CE | 00 Rajab 1430AH | Uncategorized
Tags: Apple, Blogging, iPhone

I just installed a new WP application for the iPhone which makes it super easy to blog. Now I should be able to blog even more as long as I have stuff to write about. It’s amazing how ubiqutous & easy it has become. I remember the early days of the Internet (God that makes me sound old) when it was so hard to update a web page (this is before blogging was invented). I created websites on tripod.com, xoom.com, geocities.com (which was recently discontinued by Yahoo). From telnet and FTP and HTML in notepad to ubiquitous Wi-Fi and smart phones, the times have changed so much! Are you having fun yet?

             


Other Suns and Planets | No Comments

Written by Umair Salam on 21 June 2009CE | 27 Jumada al-Thanni 1430AH | Science
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Scientific American has an extraordinary article about discoveries that astronomers are making with the technology of today: solar systems outside of our own. And they’re making amazing and sometimes shocking discoveries. Check out the article here.

             


The Unofficial MacGyver How-To Handbook | 1 Comment

Written by Umair Salam on 20 June 2009CE | 26 Jumada al-Thanni 1430AH | Technology
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The Unofficial MacGyver How-To Handbook The Unofficial MacGyver How-To Handbook oihf The Unofficial MacGyver How-to Handbook

             


Blogging via new iPhone | No Comments

Written by Umair Salam on 19 June 2009CE | 25 Jumada al-Thanni 1430AH | Uncategorized
Tags: iPhone Apple

I finally broke down and got a new iPhone! Just couldn’t resist the temptation.

             


Microsoft’s Bing | No Comments

Written by Umair Salam on 19 June 2009CE | 25 Jumada al-Thanni 1430AH | Google, Microsoft, Technology
Tags: Google, Microsoft, Search, Technology, Web

Microsoft’s attempt at wrestling some market share from Google using its latest Search technology presented to the world at Bing.com seems a little more than a revised version of MSN Search (or whatever they called it before). What’s with the name? Is Microsoft trying to rhyme it with the old ping command. I could see Bing becoming a synonym for search: Did you Bing it? (as in Did you Google it?) I still think that it has no chance against Google – although I could be wrong, as a lot of analysts out there are saying it has potential. I see some bloat in the product right off the bat. My browser complained that there are some Silverlight components on the main page and I had to install the plugin to get going. Not good. Also, the structure seems to be copying Google’s style but the designers at Bing couldn’t resist adding some unnecessary stuff onto it just because…my only use of Bing has been out of curiousity as I’m sure the majority of the usage so far. If I were a Microsoft fanboy, I could see using Bing as my default search engine. Bing has a lot of work ahead of itself to compete with Google in my humble opinion.

             


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