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Monthly Archive for October, 2008

Facial Recognition in Picasa

I guard all my photos with the highest level of care that they deserve. I am sure most of you do. The “born digital” photos are the easiest to manage in that you download them to your laptop or desktop. I have also been systematically scanning the negatives and photographs from very early on. Now [...]

iPhone

We went to Washington DC this past weekend to visit our son Vivek when I really put the iPhone to maximum use. It is a brilliant device. My only gripe is its battery life. Since Vivek is living in Washington area only for a short time, the apartment he is renting is really minimal. He [...]

Cloud Computing

Cloud computing refers to the idea of computing happening out in the “cloud”, which refers to the internet. Increasing availability of faster network connections and most importantly, the affordability of the bandwidth would mean that for certain selected applications, having them run elsewhere on the cloud can be very attractive. Amazon popularized this concept because [...]