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I am a PC and I work in Windows :)

Posted Friday, September 19, 2008 5:42 AM by akhus
Microsoft “I am a PC” campaign just rolled out on Windows.com, I just love those new Ads so much better than the previous ones. Anyway thought I would join and Say I am a PC and I work in Windows used by over 1 BILLIION users world wide! A very nice gesture Read More...
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How to make 20% of your time?

Posted Saturday, May 31, 2008 7:12 PM by akhus
I heard once that a company allows for their employees to use 20% of their time to work on whatever project they like! Well that is definitely true in kindergarten they give you a lot of time to use it on whatever project you want and everybody will be Read More...
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The human aspect of software

Posted Saturday, May 31, 2008 6:23 PM by akhus
The contrast between software and basic human aspects of life has quite a resemblance that it struck me while writing a piece of code. I just kept seeing code in a different way when I gave a deep thought around how software is an extension from our human Read More...
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Windows 7 Multi touch feature demo

Posted Wednesday, May 28, 2008 4:25 AM by akhus
At All things digital conference D6 , the multi touch feature was demo' d, introducing a Microsoft surface experience on the tablet PC. I always believed that 2008 will be about touch technology and I bet apple new OSX will try to include something similar. Read More...
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Live Mesh Remote Desktop is Magic!

Posted Wednesday, April 30, 2008 8:46 PM by akhus
Ok, I went home installed live mesh on my Home PC, and then wondered how will I be able to remote into my home PC from work if I didn't setup my router to open RDP port. Well Live Mesh doesn't require any port to be open, even it is not listening on any Read More...
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At last Search Commands is out

Posted Monday, April 28, 2008 3:19 PM by akhus
I have been using it for over a year now, and was hoping it would get out to the public. Office labs released search commands for Office 2007. An amazing tool that really helped me find my way through a ribbon at times when I was lost between all those Read More...
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Software + Services in action @ Live Mesh

Posted Thursday, April 24, 2008 1:12 AM by akhus
I guess my previous post was kind of setting the stage for this one. It is really amazing today to see such a product coming to life by Microsoft, and showing the world that we deliver on our strategies and goals for software + services for the consumer. Read More...
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Why software plus services is a better strategy

Posted Saturday, April 19, 2008 2:02 PM by akhus
Honestly, I am not saying that because I get paid by Microsoft! but 2 years ago or almost less than that when all those new concepts came out like Software as a Service (SaaS) or Platform as a Service (PaaS) I never saw this working for small - medium Read More...
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Have you tried InkSeine? if not you should !

Posted Friday, March 14, 2008 7:33 AM by akhus
Microsoft research released an amazing prototype handwriting application that redefines the way you take notes on your tablet or ultra mobile PC. I have been using it for the past week and just can't tell you how easy and fun taking notes has been for Read More...
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2008 is all about touch

Posted Friday, December 28, 2007 1:57 PM by akhus
I have just bought an ultra mobile tablet PC from Fujitsu for my father. Of course I was exploring every aspect of it just before wrapping it as a gift :). I never really liked those tiny keyboards or using the touch as a form of user input. However, Read More...
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Windows Live @edu moving online services to the next level

Posted Saturday, November 17, 2007 9:49 PM by akhus
Online services for the consumer has been just booming in the past 4 years but today Microsoft, Google, Yahoo and others are just taking online services to a whole new level. It is not just about the average consumer to consume those services it also Read More...
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Windows Live from the desktop to the cloud

Posted Friday, November 16, 2007 8:22 PM by akhus
I just started using the new windows live suite 2.0 and trying out each application and service and thinking how there is amazing coordination now between the software on the desktop and the services offered on the cloud. Using Windows Live Mail application Read More...
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SkyDrive goes to 1GB!

Posted Friday, October 12, 2007 5:21 AM by akhus
Today Skydrive gets a refresh with new updates and features. Skydrive team blog posted a list of those updates and most important is that now you have 1 GB of storage (YES!). Further you get to share those files with anyone even if he/she doesn't have Read More...
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Next Generation browsers and the future of offline storage using DOM and SQL

Posted Sunday, August 12, 2007 6:22 AM by akhus
After all the hype around Google gears offline web applications began to emerge as an alternative to desktop apps, and further a new HTML 5.0 specification which is still in progress is defining a new model for persistent storage. HTML 5.0 defines two Read More...
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Windows Live Mail, Hotmail, Office Live and Custom Domains

Posted Saturday, July 21, 2007 7:00 PM by akhus
Ok i know how confusing the branding was, and ya Windows Live Mail is not hotmail :) it is a desktop application to access any kind of email either POP3, IMAP or HTTP like hotmail etc... So why use it, and what is office live and custom domains where Read More...
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