Learn Adobe Flex in a Week - Free Video Training

July 30th, 2008 Vineet Sharma Posted in Tutorials | No Comments »

64px-Flexicon Adobe Flex, as we all know is a collection of technologies released by Adobe Systems for the development and deployment of cross platform rich Internet applications based on the proprietary Adobe Flash platform. So if you are interested in learning some basic concepts of this future technology then go ahead & check out the free Flex in a week program by Adobe. Continue Reading »

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Robots hidden in Firefox 3

July 10th, 2008 Vineet Sharma Posted in Tips and Tricks | 1 Comment »

Firefox has a cool little easter egg, just type in about:robots in the address bar & you will find robots greeting you with a special message. The title of the page reads Gort! Klaatu barada nikto!, wondering what it means. According to wikipedia Gort! Klaatu barada nikto! originates from the Cold War-era science fiction film The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951). In the film, the phrase, Klaatu barada nikto, was used by Helen Benson to stop the robot Gort from destroying the Earth. Klaatu is the name of the humanoid alien protagonist in the film. Here is a quick view of the page.. Continue Reading »

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Bit.ly, URL shortening service of the future

July 9th, 2008 Vineet Sharma Posted in Web 2.0 | No Comments »

Who doesn’t know about TinyURL, the popular URL shortening service that is used widely to share links over email, IM’s etc. Here is another URL shortening service launched by Betaworks that goes by the name of Bit.ly. It is still in its nascent stages but it will give a close competition to TinyURL with its advanced feature set. Continue Reading »

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Lively, Google’s Virtual World

July 9th, 2008 Vineet Sharma Posted in Google, Web 2.0 | No Comments »

Lively, Googles Virtual World Google unveils their new 3D virtual world by the name ‘Lively‘. It is a Web-based project that is similar to Second life. Lively allows users to create highly personalized 3D rooms on the web. Users will have their own 3D avatars and custom characters. Photos & videos can also be embedded on the walls of the 3D virtual rooms. These rooms can also be  embedded on a website or a blog through a code snippet. Continue Reading »

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