Archive for September, 2006
Thursday, September 28th, 2006
22″ LCD Monitors
A friend was looking at buying a 24″ LCD. After some reserch, I suggested to him to go for 22″LCD since that was half the price and just 2″ less. Here are some good deals You can get an Acer for US$ 300 while a Viewsonic sells for US$350. Specs are similar: Screen Size: 22″ […]
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Thursday, September 28th, 2006
HP 17″ Widescreen notebook for US$ 799
* AMD Turion 64 Mobile Technology ml-34 processor (1.8GHz) * Genuine Windows XP Media Center * 512MB DDR SDRAM * 80GB hard drive * Double-layer DVD?R/RW Super Multi drive with LightScribe * 17″ WXGA+ high-definition widescreen display (BrightView) * ATI Radeon Xpress 200M graphics * 54g 802.11b/g wireless LAN * 6-in-1 digital media card reader […]
1 Comment » - Posted in Gadgets and Deals by Prakash
Wednesday, September 27th, 2006
320GB External Hard Drive for US$109!
Buy.com is offering Iomega Limited Edition 320GB USB 2.0 External Hard Drive for only US$109. This is a good deal. Shipping is free. You can also search for Buy.com coupons through google and save additional US$5. Deal ends September 29, 2006. Note: I had difficulty in getting buy.com to accept my international visa credit card […]
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Wednesday, September 27th, 2006
New section on Gadgets and Deals
My friend Harsh suggested that since I track lots of gadgets and their prices, I should put them up. So here I start this section.
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Wednesday, September 20th, 2006
Games for Linux too
If you thought that good games were only available for Windows, think again. Not only there are some great games for Linux but they are completely free at no cost and with the source code!. Read more. Top 10 Free Linux Games Have fun.
3 Comments » - Posted in Linux by Prakash
Tuesday, September 19th, 2006
46 Best-ever Freeware Utilities
For those who are still struggling with Windows 🙂 Here is a list of 46 Freeware Utilitites to make your life simple.
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Monday, September 18th, 2006
Digg – the next Slashdot?
Interesting article about digg.com: Cheatsheet: What is Digg? I have been following slashdot.org for a while and recently came across digg. I find digg to be having more articles of interest to me.
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Monday, September 18th, 2006
SUSE Linux Enteprise Desktop 10 to give Microsoft a run for its money :)
From an article in The Telegraph about the launch of SUSE Linux Enteprise Desktop 10 “We are confident that with Desktop 10, we will give Microsoft a run for its money,†averred Prakash Advani, Novell’s practice head for the subcontinent.
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Sunday, September 17th, 2006
10 Programming Languages You Should Learn
From the article on Eweek, open source tools are on the top. Some open source ones in the list. PHP Perl Ruby and Ruby on Rails Python Happy coding 🙂
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Sunday, September 17th, 2006
Now Linux is going to power a Boeing Aircraft
Often people have doubt if Linux can manage mission critical applications. Beoing is going to run their Aircraft Networking equipment! Now what could be more mission critical? Read More.. And in another related news: NASA testing Linux robots which is going to explore the surface of Moon and Mars!
2 Comments » - Posted in Linux by Prakash
Saturday, September 16th, 2006
101 Ways To Improve Your Digital Photography
Nice Article .
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Tuesday, September 5th, 2006
What does your browser reveal about you?
Interesting blog post.
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Monday, September 4th, 2006
Why doesn’t Linux need defragmenting?
Linux has always been better than Windows is many ways.. one of them being that Linux doesn’t need to be defragged. Read this excellent article to know why. I am tempted to write an article on 101 reasons why Linux is better 🙂 If I get enough inputs for this.. I would go ahead and […]
3 Comments » - Posted in Linux by Prakash
Sunday, September 3rd, 2006
Open source companies to watch
From Network World article.: All these companies business model is to open source their software and charge for services. Open Source companies to watch: Cleversafe – Grid file system. Digium – Open Source PBX – Asterix. Hyperic – Platform for managing heterogeneous IT environments. Optaros – Helping enterprises choose open source solutions. Qlusters – System […]
