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Chrome, Firefox, Opera ?

Its more than two months since Google launched its brand new browser Chrome.

After having used it for as long as its been, alongside my personal favorite Firefox, and trying a bit of Opera 9.5 (actually there is now a 9.6 version) as well, I should say I am very impressed with the features of the new browser from Google.

But perhaps since I have for long been using Firefox, I would still like to go for it atleast until Chrome would accomodate frequently used features like add-ons and plugins in it.

More importantly I will have to come back to Firefox to use Feedly, coz google wouldn't care to do much about its reader.

But on the speed front I should say its Opera that wins hands-down. It beats both the Chrome and Firefox browsers. Infact I was amazed the guys at Opera could comeup with such a very good product after a long innings of being an also-ran in the field. But the competition is going to be tough for them just as it is going to be for Firefox.

With the kind of muscle and vast resources that Google has, not to mention their zeal to revolutionize the online space, it is obviously going to give every other browser a run for their money. The biggest loser obviously is Internet Explorer, which I do not even care to put a hyperlink for.

ISRO's Bhuvan

I just spotted this article at Pluggd.in 

Wow. I was absolutely delighted as I read it. If this were to happen I can't imagine the coverage it would get in the country and the world.

Just imagine how many millions of kids would find that story inspiring. The point is that the scientists are not only doing wonders, but they are inspiring millions of us.

Before I go any further I should mention this story I read on the internet atleast a couple of years ago.

 

Dr. R A Mashelkar, former director of CSIR, was once on an official visit to South Africa, during the course of which he was scheduled to stop by at a museum/exhibition. While going around browsing through the pictures/portraits he found a few satellite pictures of S.Africa very exciting. Apparently that was the first time he was looking at the pictures of a country taken by a space satellite with such amazing clarity. When he asked the officials of that country accompanying him about the source of the images  he was shocked to hear the answer. Probably they were shocked too to see him react that way. He was actually told that the pictures were taken by an Indian satellite.

This incident narrated by the man in question himself, later on as he returned to India, really opened my eyes to understand the capabilities of ISRO and made me feel proud, a feeling that further strengthened after reading reports of NASA chief's shocked reaction and appreciation (on his visit to ISRO's headquarters, if I am not wrong) of the work being done by the Indian scientists on what he called a pittance of a budget.

These guys, I mean the Scientists, are the heroes of modern day India. I have no doubt in my mind when I say ISRO deserves to be called a 'Bharat Ratna'.

Makeover websites :

Look who's got a makeover.

Moneycontrol.com has finally received a much needed makeover. But guys if you are wondering where all the clutter from moneycontrol homepage has gone to , check this out: easymf.com . Aah yeah, thats from Web18 again. I never knew of this website until I checked the latest quarter results of the company wherein it had this big list of them all. Indiaearnings.com has got 'some' makeover, for the good.

If thats the story with the online arm of Network18 group, here is one of their fierce competitor NDTV's list.
NDTV.com ( I am not sure when) has also got a facelift. Is the work any better than the earlier version ? Yeah, a bit. And thats because I thought the earlier one was such crap. Is the work any impressive ? Naah. Never with the main news getting stacked up in a sidebar.

And there is this NDTVKhabar.com . I am new to it. But I wonder who got the Khabar name first: IBNKhabar.com or NDTVKhabar.com (needless to add the former is the better appealing one).