Articles Archive for January 2008
Hardware »
I always wanted to buy a Ultra Mobile PC but just couldn’t not justify the pricing, I have good news for computer geeks and gadget freaks, this year is finally going to be the year of affordable UMPC in India, to start for HCL surprised me with the launch of Mileap X for Rs 14,000 and Y series a tablet editon of UMPC starting at Rs 29,990 and ASUS was not far off by launching there Asus Eee PC for 18,000 in India.
The thing to note is that HCL Mileap …
Internet »
You might have seen RSS feeds on every site, but do you know what it means and how to use the same, check out this video to understand about RSS and how you can use the same.
Web Applications »
Everyone needs a good file converter, for example if you got that file via email in a .gz format and you thought why don’t they send it in a zip format, or that important document that was sent in PDF format and you wanted it to be in a doc format in short it good to have a file converter.
I have just got the perfect web-app for you it can convert almost any given file format to another, Best of all its FREE to use and you don’t need to …
Software »
I would like to share with you some of the top free softwares that I have been using all these years to do my work and keep me safe and most of them are even better than the bloated paid software that you might be currently using. Also by using these software you will make your PC run faster and will also save you money in the long term.
Telephone / Mobiles »
Personally I have been using the iPhone for the last couple of months and I can say it’s a revolutionary device probably one of the best gadget that I have used in the recent times, and makes my older Smartphone’s look as they were from the last decade.
A very interesting and an Inspiring story on wired regarding the iPhone which has shaken up the entire mobile industry, the inside story regarding the iPhone and the challenges faced by Apple which had started work on the same four years ago.
Hardware »
Here is a list of some of the sites where you can check online for pricing of PC hardware in India. This would give you an idea before hand how much the various components will cost, do allow for a slight variation in prices as they would vary from state to state.
http://www.deltapage.com/ (Chennai)
http://www.theitwares.com/ (Mumbai)
http://www.priceguru.in/
Events »
Well to be frank I was not highly impressed by what Bill Gates presented in CES 2008, nothing new that we haven’t seen before or very exciting was announced, and BTW this was Bill Gates last keynotes at his CES as he is retiring in July 2008.
What was aired in the middle was this funny spoof “Bill Gates last day at Microsoft”
Internet »
Just last week I heard news that TRAI was going to bump the minimum speed for broadband from 256kpbs to 2Mbps, I was overjoyed but I don’t think so it’s going to happen, TRAI is now justifying that 256kpbs is an acceptable speed to define broadband in India.
According to TRAI even in US the FFC defines speeds in excess of 200kbps as broadband.
In 2008 Look forward to get broadband via new mediums like DTH, 3G, Wifi and WiMAX. Currently most of the broadband connections in India are via DSL then …
Gaming »
Well it seems the censorship board of India and the I&B ministry is planning to add it’s clutches to the Video Gaming Industry…… Well this so called gaming industry is already in an nascent stage in India, we already don’t get many game titles in India because many popular publishers just don’t want to come to India coz they say we don’t have numbers. I just don’t know how this new move of silly censorship will this help this industry.My argument is that almost all the games are already …
