For my summer vacation this time I selected Kodaikanal. I booked my ticket to travel from Chennai to Kodai road by Pandian Express in Class 1A. I thought this to be First AC, but we were pleasantly surprised to see a AC coupe (H1 compartment). It was...

Small and Medium Sized IT Companies (including Vishwak ) in India have been enjoying Government of India Tax break under 10A scheme (managed by STPI ) where by for their investments on new plant and machineries they get a 10 year Income Tax holiday. Few...

Both in my home and work I have powerful 8GB Quad-Core Desktops running Windows Vista x64 and I love the machines. I use extensively Windows Live Writer for writing my blog posts and Live Messenger for IM. Now they come as a single install package (Windows...

Recently I bought a XBOX 360 from USA to be used a Media Extender. The AC Adapter was 110V and surprisingly unlike your laptop/mobile chargers this doesn't support multiple voltages. So to connect the XBOX in India I needed a new AC Adapter that works...

About 18 months back I was surprised to find a convenient checking-in process done by Kingfisher (Yes, I know that this was the only item I am in praise of an airline other than my favourite Jet Airways). It is by what they call "Roving Agents"...

April 27, 2008 was celebrated as Worldwide Pinhole Photography day. Since 2001, the last sunday in April is dedicated for this celebration. People in the digital world may not be aware of Pinhole Photography. Perhaps some will vaguely remember learning...

I was running Vista Business in my Sony Vaio Laptop for almost a year and I wanted a change for change sake. Going back to Windows XP was unimaginable and felt old. I needed something new. So about a month or two back, I got interested in trying Windows...

நேற்று விடுமுறை, எங்கே போவது என்று யோசனை செய்ததில் சுட்டெரிகக்கும் கோடை வெயில் பயமுறுத்தியது. குளிர்ந்த திரையரங்கம் தான் சரி என்று முடிவு செய்து, இணைத்தில் தேடியதில் ”சத்தியம்” சினிமாவில் ”சந்தோஷ் சுப்ரமண்யம்” படத்திர்க்கு சிட்டு கிடைத்தது. எவ்வளவு த...

I have been enjoying "Archie" comics for over two decades now. I was introduced to them during my high school days by my cousin "Anand" who is now working in USA. Those days (and even now in Indian Rupees) they used to be very expensive...

ஓவியர் மதி அவர்களின் “அடடே” புத்தக வெளியிடு நேற்று மிக பிராமாண்டமாக “Music Academy"யில் நடைப்பெற்றது. இந்தப் புத்தகத்தை வெளியிடுபவரான எனது நண்பர் திரு.பத்ரி சேஷாத்ரி அவர்களின் அழைப்பில் விழாவிற்கு சென்றிருந்தேன். இப்படி ஒரு பெரிய விழாவைத் திட்டம...

Though I purchased the book " The HP Way " long time back, I just managed to finish reading it few weeks back. The book is written by HP (Hewlett Packard) co-founder & Silicon Valley legend David Packard . This small book of 200 pages is...

Last week nearly 6 of our solutions and offerings got listed in Microsoft's Solution MarketPlace site. Having got listed in Microsoft Solutionfinder will make it easier for our customers to find about Vishwak and our solutions. It adds a line of credibility...

It has been more than 2 decades since I have been to a Stadium to watch a cricket match live, the last time was during my School Days that too only once and I remember it vaguely . So yesterday when I went to MA Chidambaram Stadium (Chepauk, Chennai)...

எனது நண்பர் திரு. சிவாபிள்ளை சமீபத்தில் ” மொழிகளுக்கான ஐரோப்பிய விருதை ” பெற்றுள்ளார். அவரை பாராட்ட லண்டனிலுள்ளத் தமிழமைப்புகள் ஒரு விழாவை போன வாரம் மிகச் சிறப்பாக கொண்டாடினர். அவர்களுக்கு என் மனமார்ந்த நன்றி! Share this post: email it! | del.icio.us...

On my way back from USA, I saw this movie " Juno ". I suppose this to be a hit movie b'cos in every store I went to in last 1 week in Seattle, I kept seeing tons of DVDs of this movie. It is starred by Ellen Page as a 16 year old Teen, who...