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A look back at 2008
Another year comes to an end. A very eventful one, with mega movies such as Dark Knight setting new box office records, to India's 9/11, to the global recession. So in the middle of all this, what happened in the software industry? For me, among many things the mobile operating systems and the browsers, stood out the most. The release of Mozilla Firefox 3 made quite a noise by setting a new Guinness World Record for the most number of downloads of a particular software in a day. On June 17, Firefox 3 was downloaded more than eight million times within the first 24 hours.
Outlet for creative energy

From her youngest days in school at St. Bridget's Covent, Sulochana pursued drama avidly, sometimes having to endure a few less comfortable aspects of a performance – one which was to wear nylon chest hair in her role as Gaston from Beauty and the Beast. "I was usually among the tallest in a cast, and I was always cast in a male role!" she smiles. Sulochana is thankful for her experiences of drama in school, as well as her experience of working with the late Ruwani Seimon. "We were given a free rein with some aspects of our performance, like the choreography– and that opportunity really boosted are confidence," she sa

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