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  • Writing in Devnagari

    In a comment to my blog Vikram asked what’s the best way to write in Devnagari? The best way to write in Hindi/Marathi (Devnagari) on a Windows 2000 or newer systems is to install the Indic Support. Then learn to use the Devnagari Inscript Keyboard. It takes some time to learn but make it a point to type…

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  • Google Maps

    Have you heard about Google Maps? It’s a very innovative way to see and browse maps which is a lot different than how other map sites (MapQuest, MapsOnUs, MapPoint) do. The most interesting part is the map that is shown to you always fits in your browser window and is made up of tiles. You can…

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  • What’s with SPAM?

    SPAM is becoming such a big problem and I don’t see any comprehensive industry-wide solution emerging anytime soon… there’s a lot of talk but very little action… I know there are a few solutions in the works but why are they taking so long?I know there is SPF (Sender Policy Framework)+Microsoft’s Email-Caller-ID. AOL has already started implementing…

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  • हिंदी में ब्लागींग?

    जब मैने देखा की blogger.com में UTF-8 सपोर्ट हैं तो सोचा क्यों न हिंदी में कुछ लिखें?अगर आप इस पन्नेको ठीक तरह से पढ़ सकते है तो कृपया इस पोस्ट के साथ अपनी टिपण्णी जोडे. (Click on comments below) धन्यवाद! PS: If you can’t read this text, set your encoding to UTF-8. In IE View->Encoding->UTF-8.…

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  • Gmail

    I recently heard about Gmail. A new email service from google.com. But since the news was out on April 1st I was a little skeptical in the beginning. But it looks like the rumours are true. There indeed is a gmail in beta at the gmail.com. The mail service seems to be promising. With 1GB of…

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