Gadget: Digsby = IM + Email + Social Networks

There are increasing large amount of ways we can contact with friends or know their latest status. MSN, GTALK, EMAIL, FACEBOOK, TWITTER just to name a few. Digsby is a handy software that can centralized all these onto your desktop. Watch the vedio for more detail:

Info: Google Cloud Storage $5USD/year for 20GB!

I have found that I used up the free space provided by Google – it is great to know that starting Nov. 10, 2009, they are offering new storage plan:

20 GB – $5/yr
80 GB – $20/yr
200 GB – $50/yr
400 GB – $100/yr
1 TB – $256/yr
2 TB – $512/yr
4 TB – $1024/yr
8 TB – $2048/yr
16 TB [...]

Gadget: Amazon Kindle Reader for Windows

Amazon finally got their own reader out for PC users: (download here). It features several free books and the option to sync with your Kindle. It might be interesting to give it a try!
Note that you will need your Amazon account to login to their service.

Gadget: PDF Markup Tool – PDF Xchange Viewer

PDF file format is almost a standard now for document sharing and for papers. This file format can be read using the reader provided by Acrobat.
Lately, I have been trying to read research papers on the screen so as to reduce the need of printouts. To do this, I feel like having a marker or [...]

Life: Microsoft on campus interview

This morning I had a 30-minute on-campus interview with Microsoft. My interviewer, Winnie, is a very nice lady from China. She has been working in Microsoft for nearly 15 years and had experienced several positions as program managers, developers, test engineer etc.
The interview process is unlike other interviews that I had before. In the whole [...]

Gadget: Google Navigation for Android 2

Mobile phone is getting more powerful these days — including navigation. For Apple’s iPhone, there are built in navigation engine to do the job, but for Google’s Android platform, the new Google Navigation system can do the work (while your 3G/wireless connenction is alive?). Watch the video for more info:

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Money: No-Tax vesus Credit Card Cashback

Although the economy seems to gradually recover, money-saving ideas are still prevalent. Recently, I found that by paying cash, some stores provide 10% discount and some stands are tax-free. Since the CA tax rate is greater than 8%, both means more than 8% of saving in that purchase. In contrast, if I pay by credit [...]

Gadgets: A Customers’ Complian to Amazon’s Kindles 2

I read an interesting article regarding a guy who accidentally dropped his Kindles 2, thereby making it un-usable. He is not happy with the robustness claim of the Kindles product advertised by Amazon.com and filed a letter to request for a settling fee. Amazon.com replied in a month after they received the mail and agreed [...]

Gadget: Magic Mouse from Apple

Apple have re-invent technology in many ways … this time is the mouse we use (almost) everyday. However, it costs $69USD for this magic mouse! See Apple magic mouse page for more detail.

Entrepreneurship: Pandora Founder’s Talk at UCSB

http://www.tmp.ucsb.edu/extracurricular/keynote_lecture_tim_westergren.html
This afternoon, I attended a talk given from one of Pandora’s founder, Tim Westergren. It is absolutely fantastic to listen to one of the major websites that renovates the music industry in the recent five years. In addition, Tim, as a true Entrepreneur in himself, sets a great example for young Entrepreneurs.
Tim graduated from Stanford [...]