Archive for November, 2005
Wednesday, November 30th, 2005
Dual Core comparison – AMD vs. Intel
Cnet did a 7 round testing on the Dual cores offered by AMD and Intel and finally AMD was awarded the winner. Read the full review. Also read previous Post which explains why: Intel’s dual-core Pentium 4 a rush job
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Monday, November 28th, 2005
Electronic communications lacks human touch
I hate it when colleagues sitting 5 feet away send an IM message, when they can just yell. If you think that electronic communications (email, SMS, IM) is improving communications, think again. It is actually creating new barriers to communications and we continue to complain of the communication gaps in our various relationships. As social […]
2 Comments » - Posted in General by Prakash
Sunday, November 27th, 2005
Open source behind closed doors?
Many corporates are using Open Source but don’t want to talk about it. ZDNet has an article on the various reasons why organizations are doing that. Primary reason being the fear of Microsoft increasing the license fees if they get to know that that a corporate is using open source. This implies that more and […]
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Wednesday, November 23rd, 2005
Canon Powershot S2 IS vs. Konica Minolta Dimage Z6
I was planning to buy the Konica Z6 but after much consideration settled for the Canon S2. Advantage of both Canon S2 and Konica Z6. – 12X Optical Zoom. – Standard AA Batteries. – Standard SD Memory. – Many SLR like features and finer controls. Canon S2 Advantage: – Better image quality as per web […]
5 Comments » - Posted in Photography by Prakash
Monday, November 21st, 2005
The master in the art of living
Nice Quote: “The master in the art of living makes little distinction between his work and his play, his labor and his leisure, his mind and his body, his information and his recreation, his love and his religion. He hardly knows which is which. He simply pursues his vision of excellence at whatever he does, […]
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Saturday, November 19th, 2005
Honda Jazz coming to India
Honda is going to launch the Jazz in the premium hatchback segment. This would directly compete with Suzuki Swift and the Hyundai Getz. An international car magazine Top Gear rated Jazz as Number 1 while the Swift was rated at Number 3. The Jazz is also expected to provide a better mileages than both the […]
34 Comments » - Posted in Cars by Prakash
Friday, November 4th, 2005
Preach what your practice Mr. Gates
The whole of Microsoft’s Wi-Fi network is going to be power by Linux. As per Computerworld: Earlier this year Microsoft and Aruba Networks jointly announced the two companies will work to replace Microsoft’s existing Cisco wireless network with Aruba’s centrally-managed infrastructure, which eliminates the need for individual changes on the access points. Mark Robards, Aruba […]
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Tuesday, November 1st, 2005
Parking Meter in Bangalore
The Hi-Tech city of Banglore has a parking meter at Brigade Road. The funny part is its a manned by a person who puts the coins. So why have a parking meter in the first place? Its better to have a person writing a receipt. The problem is that people want to get Hi-Tech but […]
