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Veeven has released a new telugu script generator tool called Lekhini which is based on Nagarjuna Venna’s Padma

The main tweaks he did in his words :

The following are the advantages of my simplification:

• No need to scroll down in search of a text box to type in (The input box is right on top. Just type in after the page load.)
• You do not see options and settings that you never use (You will see just what you need.)
• The 3-window operation (type in one, copy in another, and paste in yet another) has been reduced to 2-window operation. (type and copy in one, and paste in another).
• An RTS Translitelation Chart beside your typing area—easy reference (to know what to type to get what).
• No more Yahoo ads

Please go to Lekhini site and give it a try.

Another round of Indian Blogging Awards. this time from BhashaIndia(Microsoft). More info from their site http://bhashaindia.com/Contests/IBA/. Nominations are open now.

The Indic Bloggers Awards was conceptualized with the aim of encouraging those people who till date have been not only expressing their opinions but also promoting the use of an Indian language on the Internet.
Blogs in an Indian language started before February 2006 would be chosen for the Indic Bloggers Awards in the following categories:

* Activism / Social Activities
* Art and Literature
* Entertainment
* Journal
* Political
* Sports
* Technology
* Topical

The second set of awards would be for the best blog in a particular Indian language. The languages would be:

* Bengali
* Hindi
* Tamil
* Marathi
* Malayalam
* Gujarati
* Konkani
* Sanskrit
* Telugu
* Kannada
* Punjabi

Process
An Indian language blog started before February 2006 is eligible to be chosen for the Indic Bloggers Awards. The winning blog would be chosen on the basis of the aggregate points it scores from the votes it receives from you and the points BhashaIndia’s panel of judges award it.
The first step in this process is the Call for Nominations. From the 22nd of March 2006 to 5th of May 2006 everyone would be allowed to nominate a blog (remember it has to be in an Indian language). You are allowed to nominate only one blog per language per category. You may however nominate more than one blog in different categories or languages. Each nomination is considered to be a vote.
In the subsequent round from the 6th of May to the 12th of May 2006 these blogs would be evaluated by BhashaIndia’s panel of judges on the basis of six broad criteria.

* Quality of Content
* Quality of Language
* Frequency of Posts
* Visual Aesthetics
* Popularity
* Features

The blog that receives the highest aggregate points after these two rounds would be chosen for the Indic Bloggers awards for that category or language.

Lot of buzz going around the blogosphere for the last few days about the release of new Firefox version 2.0(Bon Echo). The Alpha 1 release is now official and is available on Mozilla site.

Some of the changes/features in the new version are :

- Changes to tabbed browsing behavior.
- New data storage layer for bookmarks and history (using SQLlite)
- Extended search plugin format.
- Updates to the extension system to provide enhanced security and to allow for easier localization of extensions.
- Support for SVG text using svg:textPath More information and download available on Mozilla site.

http://www.mozilla.org/projects/bonecho/releases/2.0a1.html

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