Talking about browsing, some of you are possibly reading this using Microsoft’s Internet Explorer (IE). During the early years when Netscape Navigator ruled, Microsoft was agressive, worked bloody hard, did a good job and made IE into a pretty fine web browser. IE eventually stole the market share from Netscape. After that point however, the […]

Like many technologists, I spend a lot of time on the Web. Much too much for my liking. Searching for information, following digital trails and finally consuming it.
The primary search generally begins via a search engine and may occasionally involve a fine tuning of the search query for better results. Not too bad in […]

Just when you thought the Net was slowing down, someone goes and transfers 6.7 gigabytes of data across 10,978 km in less than one minute!
If you think you can do better than that, you may want to participate in the competition. As of now, there’s no closing date. According to the Internet2 site, “The Internet2 […]

I’ve never run a BBS. And I’ve barely ever used one. Yet, I’m sentimental about the BBS.
A Bulletin Board Service represents the essence of what turns me on. Communication. And community. People connected together via technology. To learn, share, help or just plain mingle.
Oct 15, 1995. QuantumLink Communications came into existence. Ajit Menon (my […]