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Gmail gives you a second id without asking

Today I received a spam mail and it wasn’t addressed to me, somehow it escaped Google’s mail spam filters and reached my inbox. When I opened to see the mail it wasnt addressed to my mail id instead it was a id very similar to my id just without the ‘.’ dot.

And later learned that Gmail reserves all combinations of the name when we create our account. So if I create an account with mr.x@gmail.com, it reserves mrx@gmail.com and even m.rx@gmail.com. So any mail addressed to these ids will reach you !!

Original id  :  mr.x@gmail.com

Automatically created ids : mrx@gmail.com , m.rx@gmail.com

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Google Chrome OS – A brand new perspective on the OS since Unix/DOS

Finally Google is threatening Microsoft with its new initiative to launch a brand new OS or rather a totally new perspective on the term OS itself. The new Google Chrome OS will run on a new windowing system on top of Linux kernel.

And Google has taken the web browser to another level by announcing the new OS. Let me put things into perspective, when a new computer is built the manufacturer installs a OS  like Windows,Linux,Solaris or Mac, then we install the softwares on top of it. But now Google wants to replace the OS with a browser thats right , a web browser something like your Google Chrome browser or Internet Explorer or Firefox. When you switch on your computer, it will run a Google Chrome Browser and everything else will run within it. But then Google chrome’s interface will more or less resemble current OS’s for the sake of familiarity.

And all your (web) applications will run within the web browser aka new Google Chrome OS. So all these applications will be written by web developers and they will run in your computer just like your current Desktop applications. Though there are many things a web application is not allowed do in present OS context,  you never know where the new lines will be drawn on the Google OS.

And the advantages ? web applications can run within any browser , so even Windows users can use these apps through IE or Firefox or the Mac users through Safari. So it will encourage developers to crank their brains, after all their applications have a chance of wider adaptions compared to current set of Desktop applications.

Google announcing the New Google Chrome OS  on Google Blog.

Google Chrome OS FAQ

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TCS to start giving promotions within Two months

After the attrition started zooming TATA Consultancy Services (TCS) is working on a plan to initiate the promotions which are on hold for almost two years now. Some of the HR are advising the employees who are resigning to wait for 2 more months to see improvements within TCS, indirectly meaning that management and corporate office are ready to give back the benefits and promotions once again.

This has been confirmed by more than one source and employees can expect relief within next month, though all eligible candidates might not get their promotions, atleast those who are waiting according to their seniority are expected to be given their due. And it is expected the situation will gradually improve.

You can read about the current attrition crisis in TCS here