Pluto has been classified as a dwarf planet now. Any celestial body that adhers to one of the following properties is treated as a dwarf planet:
1. Is in orbit around the sun 2. Has sufficient mass to assume a hydrostatic equilibrium.
3. Is not a sattelite of a plante 4. Has not ‘cleared the neighbourhood’
This definition reclassified pluto [...]
Archive for August, 2006
Pluto – No more a planet
Posted in Science on August 26, 2006 | 2 Comments »
Platform Vs Application(War is over)
Posted in Technology on August 11, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
A ‘platform always beats an application’ myth has been made irrelevant by open source community. In each of its past confrontations with rivals, Microsoft has successfully played the platform card, trumping even the most dominant applications. Windows allowed Microsoft to displace Lotus 1-2-3 with Excel, WordPerfect with Word, and Netscape Navigator with Internet Explorer.
This time, though, [...]
Microsoft and Yahoo(New IM buddies)
Posted in Technology on August 10, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Microsoft and Yahoo have joined hands on instant messaging,their instant messaging (IM) services that enable users of Windows Live Messenger, the next generation of MSN Messenger, and Yahoo Messenger with Voice to connect with each other. This interoperability — the first of its kind between two distinct, global consumer IM providers will form the world’s [...]
