http://karunab.com Got Tech? Will Hack. Wed, 01 Jul 2009 10:02:21 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Sensible Vision came out with this pretty amazing software called FastAccess that does a decent job at facial recognition. But using it on Windows 7 has given me a few issues so I thought I should just talk about it. I've been using Windows 7 ever since the first beta was ... http://karunab.com/2009/07/01/sensible-visions-fastaccess-on-windows-7/ Firstly, I'd like to apologize to all that have been waiting for this. My health and unusually booked schedules are to blame. Lets get into the trip on a day to day basis then! Before I begin, I'd like to thank Microsoft for having us in Seattle despite the prior two ... http://karunab.com/2009/06/29/visit-to-microsoft-redmond/ With the release of the first beta of Visual Studio 2010 which includes support for F#, it was only a matter of time till I tried my hand at it. I don't go for Hello World programs. Apart from C, the first code I've written in every other language (since I ... http://karunab.com/2009/05/24/first-hand-at-f/ The Windows key might have started as something a tad bit redundant (considering Ctrl+Esc does the same thing) but the Windows Key is so much more. I have already spoken about the Win+(1-9) to activate programs in Vista’s Quick Launch Toolbar and its transition to taskbar applications in Windows 7. Of ... http://karunab.com/2009/05/23/the-power-of-the-windows-key/ Well, I've been browsing through Visual Studio 2010 for a while now. I've not gotten into coding but did get a chance to have a look at the User Interface for this product. Here are some of the things I've noticed. WPF is in: Oh yes, you heard right! The start ... http://karunab.com/2009/05/21/vs-2010-beta-1-user-interface/ Microsoft is usually eager to release updates to its products. I have been seeing Vista SP2 news and downloadable links all over the internets. Release Candidates have been around for a while now but I never got any of them because I didn't want to spend an hour or so ... http://karunab.com/2009/05/21/is-microsoft-delaying-vista-sp2-launch/ Yes, they are out! You might have been hearing about the two for the past week or two around the interneticle blogosphere. I certainly did and as with every VS release, I was excited. VS is the best IDE I have seen so its no surprise that a new release ... http://karunab.com/2009/05/21/visual-studio-2010-net-40-beta-1-released/ I guess a lot of programming lovers are into development on smaller platforms. I certainly am one of them. I usually speak of work I’ve done on actual programs when in actuality, there are a lot more smaller pieces of code that I write that never get shown off publically. ... http://karunab.com/2009/05/17/small-platform-development/ Have you heard of Wolfram Alpha (also called WoflramAlpha or Wolfram|Alpha)? If you haven’t, you best do it quickly. Its going to be brought online in about 30 minutes from now. I can’t wait! :D Wolfram|Alpha is an answer-engine developed by Wolfram Research headed by British CEO and founder, physicist Stephen ... http://karunab.com/2009/05/16/wolframalpha-up-for-official-public-release/ I’ve had a bit of reprieve from work here and I finally got some time to install Windows 7 on my laptop. Though my desktop has had the latest builds available to me, they have all been on a test drive. My laptop however had to wait until I was ... http://karunab.com/2009/05/16/windows-7-a-second-look/