http://www.maatru.net/feed விருப்பத் தமிழ் வலைப்பதிவுகள் தொகுப்புமாற்று!2010-09-02T20:35:20Ztag:google.com,2005:reader/item/d07bf27045bbf43dAdministrator2010-08-06T13:36:55Z2010-08-06T13:36:55Z

By D.B.S. Jeyaraj It was one year ago on August 5th 2009 that Thambiaiya Selvarasa Pathmanathan alias "KP" was taken into custody in Kuala Lumpur at First Tune Hotel on 316 Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman road.The former chief arms procurer of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam(LTTE) was brought to Colombo the

tag:google.com,2005:reader/item/8a691b47e7260157Administrator2010-07-30T13:42:04Z2010-07-30T13:42:04Z

by D.B.S. Jeyaraj The Conclusion of the long drawn out war against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) organization has been welcomed by all sections of Sri Lankan society in particular and the international community in general. Even as war ravaged Sri Lankans breathe a collective sigh of relief and attempt to get on with their lives in a post – war scenario ,it is important to note that the armed conflict’s end does not necessarily mean the national question generally

tag:google.com,2005:reader/item/5a07fa77c92549b2timothy2010-07-18T17:08:00Z2010-07-18T17:08:00Z

An anonymous reader writes "REMIX THIS GAME is an experimental game design contest where participants can re-mix and re-cycle my free-software self-published PC game, XONG. XONG is available under permissive licenses allowing remixes and derivative works of the code, graphics, sound effects, and music—even for commercial use. The source code license is the GNU GPL Version 3, and the media is covered by the Creative Commons BY-SA license. No special software or programming experience

tag:google.com,2005:reader/item/4998b6ead176a549Vanisha Joseph2010-07-17T10:19:47Z2010-07-17T10:19:47Z

Aravind Kumar, chief technology officer, Agriya Infoway, talks about the opportunities FOSS holds for IT companies

tag:google.com,2005:reader/item/1baf89c1b3642e83Vanisha Joseph2010-07-17T10:18:54Z2010-07-17T10:18:54Z

Deepak Gupta, associate vice president, technology, GlobalLogic, talks about the opportunities for FOSS and Linux experts in R&D services hubs

tag:google.com,2005:reader/item/5ea60b42fd119bc5Administrator2010-07-16T13:35:38Z2010-07-16T13:35:38Z

by D.B.S. Jeyaraj The South Indian state of Tamil Nadu has a robust Film industry. From it's nascent stages ,film- making in the state has been inclusive in nature. Artistes and technicians from various parts of India have worked and continue to work in Tamil films. Many non –Tamils employed in the film sector have chosen to live in Chennai. Asin Thottumkal looks up during a news conference, about her new film "Ready" which is being shot in Sri Lanka, in Colombo June 30, 2010.~

tag:google.com,2005:reader/item/a54bdd69c40ebe10Michael S. Kaplan2010-07-16T09:01:00Z2010-07-16T09:01:00Z

It was earlier this month that I wrote the blog entitled Beauty isn't only glyph deep. In it, I made serious accusation about what I consider the irresponsible behavior of the technological efforts of Google and Adobe. And I stand by those accusations. Not on behalf of Microsoft (who I didn't do this for) as a Microsoft employee (who I wasn't writing this as), but as one of the humans who depends on the quality of the work that both of these companies do. Just like almost everyone

tag:google.com,2005:reader/item/0edea94a1e04e2c9Michael S. Kaplan2010-07-15T05:01:00Z2010-07-15T05:01:00Z

This one could have been called Every character has a story #32 since we are talking about either a new character in Unicode, or less disruptively a glyph change! My first thoughts, being a geek who blogs, were to previous blogs of mine like The elusive G-sign said to exist in South America may not be in Windows, says a customer who has hunted for it about the Paraguay Guaraní currency symbol (₲, aka U+20b2, aka GUARANI SIGN)....and It is with a tenge of sorrow that I say this about

tag:google.com,2005:reader/item/014d5cfe02ef4687Michael S. Kaplan2010-07-14T09:01:00Z2010-07-14T09:01:00Z

The first time it came to me was last week. I was looking at license plates. Tamil license plates. Kinda like the ones I saw in Bangalore that I talked about in Canada isn't Kannada, ay (ಎ)? and More on license plates in Bengalūru, and in India, the license plates on buses and taxis had one plate in English and one with the native language (thus for Tamil Nadu, this second license plate was in Tamil). Anyway, I promptly forgot about the issue I saw. Then a few days later at breakfast

tag:google.com,2005:reader/item/fa9cb92c58ce62f8Michael S. Kaplan2010-07-06T09:01:00Z2010-07-06T09:01:00Z

For the official record, this particular posted blog is my own opinions. I am speaking only for myself. More specifically I am not speaking for Microsoft, Unicode, Adobe, Google, Quark, INFITT, Tamil Nadu, Malaysia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, or India. Though I suspect that over 50% of them might [at least privately] agree with me on over 50% of what I am about to say. PDF. Portable Document Format. Adobe’s for all intents and purposes (and intensive purposes, a fair misuse of language under

tag:google.com,2005:reader/item/b22cbc9d48084197Michael S. Kaplan2010-07-03T09:01:00Z2010-07-03T09:01:00Z

So I have had a song stuck in my head since the start of the World Classical Tamil Conference and I find I really don't mind that fact very much. I am just really liking the song. Maybe it is because the song is in Tamil, and that I understand some of it. Or maybe because it is sung by famous Tamil singers with some truly wonderful voices. It might be pe in part due to the video, though that can't be the only reason since I liked it before I saw the video. You can see the video on

tag:google.com,2005:reader/item/c426f155a904e80dMichael S. Kaplan2010-07-01T09:01:00Z2010-07-01T09:01:00Z

So I got into the papers from the conference. There were some pictures, and the guy working at the front desk delighted in finding them and saving them for me. I have no idea why. To whatever extent I may be dashing (a point I will often fervently argue against!) I don't think these pictures necessarily prove it (though Sri apparently disagrees on that point so I won't quibble).... Now the picture in The Hindu was different, as there was an interview. This made the picture's flaws

tag:google.com,2005:reader/item/127dfdef9eff4acbMichael S. Kaplan2010-06-28T09:01:00Z2010-06-28T09:01:00Z

I am probably going to be writing blogs on various topics related to things I learned at the World Classical Tamil Conference and the co-located Tamil Internet 2010 for a while now. I just learned so much, it will take a while to get through it all. So think of the as the first of many different blogs on the topic. This one is more about me than future ones will be. :-) First of all, regular reader Jan Kučera should text me ASAP at the phone number I mailed to your matfyz.cz address because

tag:google.com,2005:reader/item/a4fba3a9778aac36Badri2010-06-27T00:24:00Z2010-06-27T00:24:00Z

இன்று இறுதி நாள். பொதுவாக ‘பின் அறையில்’ இருந்தபடி நிகழ்ச்சிகள் நடக்க உதவிவந்ததால் அரங்கங்களில் நான் அதிகமாகப் பங்கேற்கவில்லை. வாசு அரங்கநாதன் இல்லாத நிலை ஏற்பட்டால் அப்போது அவருடைய இடத்தில் இருந்து பேச்சாளர்களை அறிமுகம் செய்து கலந்துரையாடலில் ஈடுபடுத்தினேன். அவ்வளவுதான். அந்த அமர்வுகளைப் பற்றி பின்னர் எழுதுகிறேன்.தமிழ்க் கணினி ஆராய்ச்சியில் எனக்கு இன்றைக்கு

tag:google.com,2005:reader/item/3961385467a0e950Prabhu Rajadurai2010-06-24T10:54:00Z2010-06-24T10:54:00Z

‘உயர்நீதிமன்றத்தில் ஏன் தமிழ் வழக்காடு மொழியாக வேண்டும்’ என்ற கேள்விக்கு ஏன் இருக்கக் கூடாது என்பதுதான் பதிலாக இருக்க முடியும். ஏனெனில் தமிழ் இங்கு பேசப்படும் மொழியாகவும், அலுவல் மொழியாகவும் இருக்கும் பட்சத்தில், வழக்காடு மொழியாகவும் இருப்பதுதான் இயல்பானது.ஆங்கிலம் வழக்காடு மொழியாக தமிழகத்தில் இருப்பதுதான் விதியினை மீறிய செயல். அந்த விதிவிலக்கிற்கான

tag:google.com,2005:reader/item/9be0a151e5abd932ராஜா சந்திரசேகர்2010-06-15T22:35:00Z2010-06-15T22:35:00Z

குழந்தை தனக்குத் தெரிந்தபூக்களின் பெயர்களைச்சொல்லிக்கொண்டே வந்ததுநினைவில்வரிசை தடுமாறியபோதுபூக்களோடு சேர்த்துக் கொண்டதுதன் பெயரையும்சொல்லி முடித்த நிம்மதியில் புன்னகையுடன் பார்த்ததுகுழந்தையின் பெயரில் சேர்ந்திருந்தது எல்லா

tag:google.com,2005:reader/item/138ecb3eedb9bfa2Lauren Indvik2010-05-24T19:43:50Z2010-05-24T19:43:50Z

The top stories in the mainstream press are markedly different than those that lead on social media platforms, a recent study by the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism revealed.Furthermore, what is popular on one social network rarely proves popular on another. In the 29 weeks that the Center tracked news items on blogs, Twitter and YouTube, the three platforms only shared the same top story once — the week of June 15-19, 2009, when Iranian citizens flocked to

tag:google.com,2005:reader/item/75b9a86c4c4b0c8f(author unknown)2010-05-21T10:26:48Z2010-05-21T10:26:48Z

tag:google.com,2005:reader/item/221aaa74a87ded91ராஜா சந்திரசேகர்2010-04-19T10:39:00Z2010-04-19T10:39:00Z

கண்ணாடிக் குவளைக்குள்இருந்த மீனுக்குள்இருந்த

tag:google.com,2005:reader/item/e923fd8e596f56beBadri2010-04-17T02:06:00Z2010-04-17T02:06:00Z

நேற்று சென்னைப் பல்கலைக்கழகத்துக்கு நானும் நாகராஜனும் சென்றிருந்தோம். அங்குள்ள சில ஆராய்ச்சி மாணவர்களிடம் பேசுவதற்காக.தஞ்சை தமிழ்ப் பல்கலைக்கழகத்துக்காக நாங்கள் ஒரு மென்பொருளை உருவாக்கிவருகிறோம். வேலைகள் முடிந்துவிட்டன. விரைவில் வலையேற்றப்பட்டு அதன் சுட்டியைத் தருகிறேன். தமிழ் பா இலக்கியங்களை தரவுத்தள வடிவமைப்பில் சேர்த்து அவற்றில் சொற்களைத் தேடுவதற்கான