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mehta··on Screen Resolution ≠ Browser Window (June 2011)
I found the article interesting, specially the the lower half where the strong correlation between the screen size and viewport size is described...
mehta··on Google loses deal to MSFT in its backyard
It is technically a better version of Hotmail. It has no ads, provides better security needed for government usage, restrictions regarding the location of servers and SLAs etc.

In general, all this would probably cost a lot less than the cost of having the services on the premises. As for the comparison with Gmail/Google Apps, I don't know how the comparisons were done there.

[I am a Microsoft employee but I do not represent them. This was mostly from my "common sense"]

mehta··on Microsoft releases first (major) app for iphone (OneNote)
Not really, The title of this post is wrong in saying that this is the first app from Microsoft. They have already released Bing, Messenger and Tag reader :)
mehta··on Ask HN: Feedback on a couple of startup ideas
It's funny but some of my friends and I have been looking at the second idea and have made some progress there. I'll takl to my friends and contact you if they seem interested.
mehta··on Warning: App Store scrapers can discover apps before their release
I believe he said that in his original post. AppMiner.com
mehta··on [dead]
I think he was talking about posts that go against Posterous.
mehta··on Go To University, Not For CS
Love the post. Having done college and then post-grad, I have to say that I missed out on the immense opportunities of learning about culture, art, history and so many more things.

Additionally, One thing that that the article did not mention is the environment in the CS departments(just for hanging out... and getting new ideas) which is way more better then the things you'll learn in class.

mehta··on Google Android Phone Codes
Pretty interesting but just a note that these codes might not be same across versions and hence not to be tried on your current phone(Imagine resetting everything while trying to launch some test :)).
mehta··on Nexus One running Android Froyo 2.2 is 450% faster than Eclair 2.1
Cached link: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:http://...

Scroll to the middle of the page for article.

mehta··on Microsoft Cross-browser Test Results Summary
good joke :)
mehta··on Microsoft Cross-browser Test Results Summary
I agree about cherry picking but I would not call them full of shit. The reason being that every product when being developed starts with a limited set of features and then goes on to start new features once the old ones are complete. May be they are at the point where they have implemented everything they are testing but not other stuff hence no tests for them.

Note that they never say that they are most standard compliant browser. They specify the tests they are running and the % of them being passed.

Disclaimer: I know I might get down-voted for this but I work at MS(not in the IE team though :) ). Of course, my opinions are my own and not my employer's.

mehta··on Posterous silently changes all external links to affiliate links
adBock?
mehta··on Posterous silently changes all external links to affiliate links
If you have ad blockers installed, you'll probably not see this. I can't see this on FF3.5+ with AdBlock plus
mehta··on HN: share your unneeded Google Wave invites
here's the mail address:

http://mailhide.recaptcha.net/d?k=01WClB6QdRzOvnRDNz0QGEqQ==...

Thanks in advance!

mehta··on Catastrophic Bug Found in Windows 7 RTM Build, Launch May be Delayed
Wasn't this found to be intentional? http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=1235
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