Unlike last year’s Infotech 2009, I can personally conclude that Infotech 2010, ‘C pas Mal’, aulieu de ‘Rien d’interressant’ or ‘another sales and marketing event for IT companies’. The main objective of mine to make it a must to attend this event was: 1) Apple iPad in Mauritius and 2) Emtel Stand Well. I was [...]

It has been since I enrolled at the University of Mauritius that I always wanted to buy and read Robin Sharma‘s ‘The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari‘. In fact I knew about him when he had delivered a conference in 2008 I think at Swami Vivekananda Conference Center, Pailles, Mauritius. (The same event followed when [...]

Hello folks! It has been a while that I have not blogged under the category British Computer Society. So, allow my to pen another interesting blog post on it. Still pursuing the journey towards academic excellence, I find that I am climbing the ladder of the BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT – Higher Education [...]

Hi folks! La Grippe A is out there, again! Check out this blog post for the case in 2009. Here is a message from the Vice-Chancellor concerning the situation at the Reduit Campus: I (Prof. Konrad) am worried about the possible spread of the H1N1 flu with the start of semester (Academic Year 2010/2011) so [...]

7 years have gone in the routine life of: 5.00 am: beepp, wake up and get ready for school 7.00 – 8.00am: Travel (transport gratuit) 8.00a – 2.30pm: 8 or 9 study periods according to the school timetable 2.30- 3.30: Travel (or kasse ene poz lor lagare) 4.00-5.30 or 3.00 – 4.30: Tuition 5.00 – [...]

One year and 3 days ago, was held the second edition of Mauritian Bloggers Meeting. As recently as last month, there was a Caudan TweetUp Meeting, where carrotmadman6 made the special appearance . (hey btw, did we know who is The Stig, actually, a professional stuntman, or the one and only Michael Schumacher?) So….for the [...]

A very Good Morning folks!! Happy, Happy, Happy over the celebration of Brazil’s victory over Cote D’ivoire yesterday night!! However Kaka being red carded spoilt a bit the fun! Despite securing passage to the round of 16, @realkaka will miss Friday’s group finale against Portugal. For me, Brazil is the best! As Coach Sven Goran [...]

In Mauritius cyber – island, we are offered the facilty of internet and mobile banking by our local banks (Mauritius Commercial Bank (MCB) and State Bank of Mauritius (SBM) for instance) However, no promising signs of eCommerce in Mauritius are yet seen i.e Purchasing of goods online at a local shop and the product being [...]

In January, Steve Jobs announced the much awaited tablet- Apple iPad. Yesterday, at Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco yesterday, the world saw the word’s thinnest smartphone: the iPhone 4. Apple’s new baby has new features and the renamed iPhone OS to iOS. (Makes me wonder about the proprietary name occupied by CISCO for [...]

FIFA 2010 World Cup South Africa Starts as from 11 June 2010 to end 11 July 2010. The football mania is over here in Mauritius with crazy promotion on LCD TV and Furniture. Specially for furniture, we have the leader of the Political Party – Party Malin featuring in local ads. You can subscribe on [...]

Information Pioneers is a campaign from British Computer Society (BCS), The Chartered Institute for IT, that seeks to show how the contributions of five very different people helped to shape the information society that we live in today. These five three minute films, created by an award-winning production team, demonstrate how information empowers people, and [...]

Heyya Folks! Howdy?? Here’s a review of some of nice applications running on my white iPhone 3GS. Have a look, share some more apps if you have enjoyed them or would like to review them.. (Starting from newest app) 1. Spartacus Blood and Sand Based on the Starz Original TV series “Spartacus: Blood and Sand,” [...]

So here we are, 2010 Elections in Mauritius are over! Over one month of Political campaign by the two major parties: Alliance de Lavenir & Alliance du Coeuron the whole island. Interesting blog posts can be found on: experiment1132 , On est de L’avenir and the Famous Party Malin. The leader of the political party, [...]