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• Mocrosoft to unviel cloud computing efforts

  Posted: 26 Oct 2008 at 10:34 by Ankit Dass

  Microsoft To Unveil Windows 7, Cloud Computing Efforts Next WeekMicrosoft is going to make announcements at the PDC next week about cloud computing. They have already announced the support of Windows Server and SQL Server on Amazon's EC2 cloud . This could be a major step as micrsoft tries to make a

• Securtiy hole in Googel Android

  Posted: 25 Oct 2008 at 18:40 by Ankit Dass

  Hacker finds a security hole in the Google Android software on the T-Mobile G1Well, i am not surprised that a security hole has been found. in such a large software system, it is quite expected that something could have gone unnoticed in terms of security. The main thing to watch out is what action

• BBC SPORT | Tennis | Federer on course for Halle title

  Posted: 14 Jun 2008 at 23:46 by Ankit Dass

  BBC SPORT | Tennis | Federer on course for Halle title: "Federer on course for Halle titleRoger FedererWimbledon champion Federer is chasing his fifth Halle crownRoger Federer reached the final of the Gerry Weber Open in Halle on Sunday with a 6-1 6-4 win over Nicolas Kiefer.The unseeded Kiefer was

• Federer wins his first match at the French Open 2008

  Posted: 28 May 2008 at 11:19 by Ankit Dass

  Federer won his opening match 6-4, 6-4, 6-3 yesterday over Sam Querrey of the United States. He was more aggressive than usual and seemed to go for his shots, especially his forehand down the line. He will now face either Spain’s Albert Montanes or close friend Kristof Vliegen of Belgium for a third

• Visual Studio 2008 and ReSharper v3.0

  Posted: 01 May 2008 at 10:40 by Ankit Dass

  I have been using Visual Studio 2008. The official version of Resharper ot be used with VS 2008 is v4.0 However the version 4.0 is still not out (expected anyday this month) and the bank has no plans to approve it soon.So i had to find a solution to use my ReSharper version 3.0 to work with VS 2008.

• Product Owner role in Agile Teams.

  Posted: 13 Apr 2008 at 12:17 by Ankit Dass

  I am currently working on my assignment (from Oxford University) Adopting Agile in a project and while doing that i started wondering as to what exactly is the role of the product owner? What does a prodcut owner do, day in day out. I came across a few points after searching for product owner role o

• Roger Federer at Estoril Open

  Posted: 13 Apr 2008 at 12:06 by Ankit Dass

  Roger is starting his clay season at the Estoril Open in Portugal from Monday 14th April.He will look to improve his perfect 5-0 record against Olivier Rochus in the 2008 Estoril Open first round. Federer has been drawn in the same quarter of the draw as sixth-seeded Frenchman Nicolas Mahut, who he

• Roger federer gets a coach..

  Posted: 13 Apr 2008 at 12:01 by Ankit Dass

  Roger Federer arrived at the Estoril Open in portugal on Saturday with tennis coach Jose Higueras.Federer has been without a coach since splitting with Tony Roche almost a year ago. After suffering a bout of mononucleosis at the beginning of the season, he has not gone beyond the semifinals in any o

• My iPhone

  Posted: 19 Mar 2008 at 17:22 by Ankit Dass

  I got a new iPhone. Though its been a month now, but i thought i will post it here anyway. Its an awesome piece of device. Functionally my windows mobile does everything what the iPhone does. But the difference is the way iPhone does it. Yes..Its all about the user experience with the iPhone which i

• Agile Methods course - University of Oxford

  Posted: 02 Mar 2008 at 21:59 by Ankit Dass

  Tomorrow i am going for the "Agile Methods" module to Oxford university. I have been working feverishly to finish my pre-assignment which is a presentation on "Scrum on a large distributed team". After doing lot of study on scrum in last 2 weeks, i have really started appreciating this practice. Tho

• How will i prepare for my dream MBA?

  Posted: 03 Feb 2008 at 00:14 by Ankit Dass

  I am planning to apply to the MBA schools in Fall 2009. Thats gives me roughly 18 months to prepare. I have to plan every step to the minutest detail and got to feel good that it is the right time to apply.My preparation will involve:1) GMAT.2) Essays preparation.3) Geeting the right recommenders.4)

• I am back after a 3 month gap

  Posted: 02 Feb 2008 at 23:55 by Ankit Dass

  Its been a long time since i last blogged. Its been a strange and absolutely wonderful time from Nov to Jan 2008 end. A lot happened during this time, some was good some was ok.. I have some sweet memories.But now after three months of letting myself loose, i am back in business. I will blogging muc

• FogBugz based on Event Bsed Scheduling

  Posted: 07 Nov 2007 at 10:56 by Ankit Dass

  Fog Creek is currently demo-ing their new bug/task tracking system FogBugz.Most of the systems which we currently see (for example Jira, Bug tracker) are based on the fact that they are good at reporting, maintaining and tracking (somewhat) bugs and tasks. That's it. The role of a bug/task tracker s

• Facebook Developer Garage London October 2007

  Posted: 23 Oct 2007 at 10:37 by Ankit Dass

  Ever wondered how you could create the next mega app for Facebook. Do you know what FBML is? Well i will tell you that. It is "Facebook Markup Language"."Get wise and monetise"....This is the title for the upcoming Facebook developer Garage event in London on 24th October 2007.I will be there and yo

• Sapient to enter in Interactive media space in India

  Posted: 12 Oct 2007 at 09:10 by Ankit Dass

  In London and NA we have been making rapid strides in the Interactive Media market for quite soem time, now its India's turn!!!Our studios will synergise real-time work: Sandeep Dhar- Interviews-Opinion-The Economic Times

• Silverlight video

  Posted: 09 Oct 2007 at 13:47 by Ankit Dass

  Just got this off of Glenn Block's blog. Scott Hansleman posted a Silverlight video of Scott Guthrie demonstrating MVC to ALT.NET Crowd. See it here.

• Orcas

  Posted: 08 Oct 2007 at 14:12 by Ankit Dass

  I tried Orcas (new version of visual studio) over the weekend. I really like the new interface. Though the interface is not drastically different, but its sleek look on Vista is awesome. Feature wise, there are quite a few, but one feature which i liked a lot is the ability to multi target. As i hea

• Credit Crunch - Will this lead to recession?

  Posted: 15 Sep 2007 at 08:13 by Ankit Dass

  Northern Rock the UK's fifth-largest mortgage lender, has asked The Bank of England to provide emergency financial support. This has made the Newcastle-based firm the highest-profile UK victim of the global credit crunch, triggered by the sub-prime mortgage crisis in the US. But the question is how

• Artificail Intelligence - Machines taking over?

  Posted: 11 Sep 2007 at 11:42 by Ankit Dass

  Continuing from m earlier discussion about Artifical Intelligence, i found the following from one fo the technology writers who went to the Singularity SummitSingularity Institute Research Fellow Eliezer Yudkowsky explained over the weekend at the Singularity Summit why many believe that machines wi

• Artificial Intelligence - Where are we heading to?

  Posted: 10 Sep 2007 at 13:39 by Ankit Dass

  Recently the Singularity Summit was held in San Francisco and it was attended by record number of people.I had been reading quite a lot on the Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence recently. The singularity institue exists to confront the new world of Artificial Intelligence, both the op