IE 7 and IE 8 Mess with Websites

August 22nd, 2010 · Comments Off · Uncategorized

I do not have words to describe the pain we went through with handling IE7 and IE8 on a recent release of a new website for one of our very important clients. As always, we followed a very rigorous QA testing process and our QA team had signed off on the cross browser testing of [...]

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Google dumps Nexus One

August 10th, 2010 · Comments Off · General News

Google appears to have conceded defeat to the iPhone in the mobile devices hardware market with its decision to stop selling its Nexus One phones. Less than a year ago, Google had announced its entry into the mobile devices hardware market with its launch of Nexus One. Right after the launch they used their muscle [...]

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Microsoft – Yahoo announce new search deal

July 29th, 2009 · Comments Off · General News, SEO and SEM

Microsoft and Yahoo have announced a new search deal, which is considered as a big news in technology space. This partnership will make their combined search strengths as the best competition to date to the Google Search monopoly. Even now, Google controls over 60 percent of the search market share, but this partership might change [...]

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Wii and IPhone – A Comparison

July 15th, 2009 · Comments Off · Auro News, Auro Technology Research Program, General News

I got a chance to play with Wii last weekend and I should say it is one of the most remarkable inventions in the world of video games. Since I got fascinated by the power of the iPhone and also the wow factor in Wii, I thought I should write about it right away.

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Microsoft to give Office Online for free?

July 13th, 2009 · 1 Comment · General News

There is news out that Microsoft is planning to launch two version of its Office product – a CD version and a online version. The best news is that the online version will be free! Too good to be true, right? I guess so too, but the fact is that Microsoft is trying to catch [...]

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Microsoft IE browser security issue and workaround

July 8th, 2009 · Comments Off · General News

Microsoft has acknowledged the presence of a serious issue called Video ActiveX Controls allowing Remote Code Execution. This is primarily on  the Internet Explorer browser running on XP and Windows 2003 machines. They have also released an advisory update / patch on this topic which is available here. At Auro Infotech, we chose an alternate [...]

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Google OS challenges Microsoft

July 8th, 2009 · Comments Off · General News

Google has announced that it is working on a Operating System to be called Chrome. This news has created a huge buzz in the industry. This operating system will be called as Chrome, which is also the name of its browser product. Chrome OS is tentatively planned to be launched in 2010. This is the [...]

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Website Recommendations – Web Hosting Talk

May 15th, 2009 · Comments Off · General News, Web Hosting, Website Recommendations

Web Hosting Talk is a leading discussion forum for web hosts around the world. We recommend Web Hosting Talk website to any one with interests or inclination towards learning the latest aspects in web hosting industry. We hang out on web hosting talk quite often as it provides the latest scoop on all the things [...]

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