Wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Very Happy New Year!

Yesterday we went to Christmas in the Park . Christmas in the Park is a San Jose Community tradition that is organized as a non-profit corporation known as Christmas in the Park, Inc. Each year, Plaza de Cesar Chavez in San Jose is transformed into a holiday fantasy with musical and animated exhibits and glittering lights and the 60-foot City Community Giving Tree. Here are some pictures.

Google launched Gmail Mobile a few days back. You can access your Gmail account from your mobile phone or device by pointing your phone's web browser to http://m.gmail.com. I tried Gmail Mobile using a Nokia 6200 phone and it worked just fine. The interface is pretty clean, easy to use and is mobile phone friendly. Here is the list of carriers and phones that currently support Gmail Mobile.

Thinkers 50 website has been providing a list of most influential living management thinkers. Take a look at the 2005 top 50 global thinkers list.
The candidates are judged on parameters like originality of ideas, their practical application, rigor of research, the impact of their ideas, global outlook and loyalty of followers.

With gas prices skyrocketing, I feel fortunate to work for a Commuter-friendly company. The Environmental Protection Agency(EPA) has released a "Best Workplaces for Commuters" list.
The Top 20 employers on this list of Best Workplaces for Commuters from the FORTUNE 500 Companies are ranked by the percentage of their total U.S. workforce eligible for outstanding commuter benefits that meet EPA's National Standard of Excellence.

I was visiting San Diego this week and got chance to spend some time at Coronado Island. Coronado Island, located directly across the bay from Downtown San Diego, has one of the best white sandy beaches that I've seen. From this island, you get magnificent panoramic views of Downtown San Diego. Here's a picture from my camera of San Diego as seen from Coronado Island.

Google has created a desktop search application that lets people retrieve E-mail, Microsoft Office documents, chat logs and a history of Web pages previously viewed on their PC, all via a Web browser. Google has also launched Google SMS that lets users send queries from mobile phone. Earlier with gmail launch, Google upset the critics because it is designed to collect a person's entire E-mail history. Is this intrusion of privacy or what? Is this a privacy disaster? Imagine all your information Google will have access to if you have a gmail account, you use Google SMS and also use Google desktop search application?

One of my friends send me these amazing pictures.
PICTURES THAT PLAY WITH YOUR MIND!

Per CNET news, Paul Otellini will succeed Craig Barrett as Intel's fifth chief executive. Will he be able to stop the market share slide of Intel? Will AMD-Sun Servers continue to strike at them? Wait and watch, the playing field is getting exciting....

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