With Pictures like these the message bieng sent out to the world is that India is on the path to become the next super power in the world. But this remains very very far from the thruth..... Only time will tell what the truth is.

Okay, that's not entirely true. Many of Gates' duties are being handed off to Ray Ozzie and Craig Mundie as part of the tech icon's effort to step away from day-to-day technical leadership at Microsoft.

But while the company is looking for individual leaders, the company is also aiming to further democratize its technical leadership. A key part of that is a new internal communications system designed to allow workers to spitball ideas on where the company should be headed

With Win Fx up getting ripe for the developement community , Microsfot is now seeting up its eyes on .NET 3.0 , with a typical life cycle of technology now spanning not more than 10 years , .NET 3.0 will be most probably be the last of the major releases on this Platform.

 

Technology of tomorrow will be governred by suport for cross platform integration and total distributed architechture.

 

Read more .. ADO.NET 3.0 , ASP.NET 3.0

Windows Firewall debuted with the release of Windows XP, and Windows XP Service Pack 2 enabled this feature by default. This host-based stateful firewall replaced Windows' Internet Connection Firewall.

Is Windows Firewall up to the task of securing your network? I have my doubts. While it does offer some protection, it's only half of what a firewall needs to do.

Learn about Windows Firewall's available settings, find out your options for deploying settings across the enterprise, and get my take on where Windows Firewall falls short.

With the Low Cost Airlines bubble bursting , the focus is again shifting to convetional packages from the service providers . The best part is the Ministry of Railways , Govt of India has had the last laugh on this .

Low Cost airlines were not able to meet up to the service expectaion level of the customers , also they had sever problems in manging the overall cost.

 Abu Dhabi the new match fixing capital ... that's what it looks after the first indo - pak match player here on April 18 , 2006 . A team which gave a 5-1 defeat to England succumbs to a team which just 2 months back was plagued with problems at fronts .. from captaincy to bowling to batting.

 

It is important to highlight the interest shown in the venue by some elite politicians from both sides , however one section is not very happy with the hospilatity metted out to them  .... Cricket it seems is more of a busienss for all these days.....

                                                                

How many of us give some serious thought on the security of our personal information , studies indicates that less than 1 in 50 people have ever given some thought on making his personal information secure .

 

Starting today this section will highlight some key points that will help us to make our information more secure than the outside world.

 

To start we focus on the security settings of the IE , i think none of us really understands what all those settings mean , Microsft has nover done sincere effort to stream line the internals of the IE . The IE in itself is a classical example of pattchy software which has the all the ingrediants to become a sitting live bomb for the computer.

 

IE has the ability to provide a secure browsing experience. But it's the responsibility of the organization or the user to configure it properly.

When it comes to the newer versions of Windows (including Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, and Windows 2000), IE 6 is an extension and integral part of the operating system. Using IE 6, you can block pop-ups, disable Java and ActiveX controls, and protect yourself from cross-site scripting.

Find out what you need to know about configuring the right security settings in IE, and familiarize yourself with IE's default settings.