Archive for February, 2010
Wednesday, February 24th, 2010
Linus Torvalds ditches iPhone for Android based Google Nexus
Linus Torvalds has purchased a Google Android based Nexus One cellphone. But I have to admit, the Nexus One is a winner. I wasn’t enthusiastic about buying a phone on the internet sight unseen, but the day it was reported that it finally had the pinch-to-zoom thing enabled, I decided to take the plunge. I’ve […]
3 Comments » - Posted in Linux by Prakash
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010
New Plug Computer 3.0
After clocking 10,000 + Units of the Plug Computer, Marvell is releasing Plug Computer 3.0. For those who came in late, Plug is a small lower powered computer which can do those nightly downloads, uploads, data captures, image captures from web cams and more. What new? 2.0 GHz 1 Watt power consumption Gigabit Ethernet Wifi […]
2 Comments » - Posted in Gadgets and Deals by Prakash
Sunday, February 21st, 2010
India in 1835
LORD MACAULAY’S ADDRESS TO THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT, 2 FEBRUARY, 1835 I have travelled across the length and breadth of India and I have not seen one person who is a beggar, who is a thief. Such wealth I have seen in this country, such high moral values, people of such calibre, that I do not […]
6 Comments » - Posted in India by Prakash
Friday, February 19th, 2010
50 megapixel camera from Hasselblad
If your work required very high megapixel camera, this is for you. And yes it costs an arm and a leg – 25,000 dollars! Check out more. Hasselblad H3D II 50 Digital Camera 50MP
No Comments » - Posted in Photography by Prakash
Wednesday, February 17th, 2010
Oh Rats! They find explosives!
Fight global terrorism with Rats, the bomb squad is here! Rats, which many people dislike are being trained to find explosives. They are used to find Landmine’s and are saving lives. They are suitable for this, as they have a keen sense of smell. They are also being used to screen for diseases and are […]
No Comments » - Posted in General by Prakash
Tuesday, February 16th, 2010
30X optical zoom cameras from Olympus and Fuji
Olympus and Fuji have both released 30X optical zoom cameras. This is amazing amount of zoom for those wildlife enthusiasts Here is a comparison between the two: Features Olympus SP-800UZ FinePix HS10 Optical Zoom 30X 30X Digital Zoom 5X 2X Megapixel 14 10 Image Stabilisation Dual Triple Display 3″ LCD 3″ Tilting LCD Movie Recording […]
1 Comment » - Posted in Photography by Prakash
Monday, February 15th, 2010
The affordable Olympus Pen
Olympus has been bringing Micro Four-Third cameras to the market faster that expected. After the E-P1 and E-P2, they have now released E-PL1 which is cheaper by US$ 200. Here are the specs. Kit includes 14-42 Zoom lens 12 MegaPixel 2.7″ LCD HD Video support List price US$ 599 E-PL1 has a few advantages over E-P2: […]
No Comments » - Posted in Gadgets and Deals,Photography by Prakash
Sunday, February 14th, 2010
OpenOffice Marketshare India and other countries
WebmasterPro has an interesting way to calculate the percentage of people using OpenOffice. Poland & Czech Republic lead in OO usage and have 22 percent people using OpenOffice. Germany 21 percent and France 19. UK/US at 9 percent. India is low at 5 percent. See more at WebMasterPro.
No Comments » - Posted in Linux by Prakash
Tuesday, February 9th, 2010
USB 3 is here
 USB 3 devices have finally started showing up in the US and expect them to be more widely available everywhere else in the world, later this year. USB 2 has been around, but with serious bottlenecks. Its slow and gets slower when you connect multiple peripherals. Is USB 3 going to solve the problem? […]
No Comments » - Posted in Gadgets and Deals,General by Prakash
Sunday, February 7th, 2010
Avatar was created on Ubuntu
What common between Avtar, King Kong, Lord of the Rings, Fantastic Four, X-Men, i-Robot? They were all created at Weta Digital in New Zealand. Now some vital stats: 2 Petabyte disk array 10gbps networking 10 TB Ram 35,000 cores (4,000+ blades) Ubuntu 🙂
No Comments » - Posted in Linux by Prakash
Saturday, February 6th, 2010
Why Microsoft can’t be creative anymore
Here is a nice article posted in New York Times written by a former Microsoft Vice President. “Microsoft has become a clumsy, uncompetitive innovator. Its products are lampooned, often unfairly but sometimes with good reason. Microsoft never developed a true system for innovation. Some of my former colleagues argue that it actually developed a system […]
No Comments » - Posted in General by Prakash
Friday, February 5th, 2010
Symbian goes Open Source
After Google Android, now Symbian has decided to go Open Source. Since Android is Linux based and this had a good chance of Linux becoming the de facto operating system in Cellphone too. So Symbian reacted and released all its source code too, in the hope that their customers don’t switch to Linux and they […]
No Comments » - Posted in Linux by Prakash
Thursday, February 4th, 2010
My take on Apple iPad
Now that the dust has unsettled on the iPad and more anxiety is being generated :), I decided to write my two cents. Apple is known to be an innovative company and they have done exactly that with this device, however they could do better. What they seems to have done is just zoomed up […]
2 Comments » - Posted in Gadgets and Deals by Prakash
Monday, February 1st, 2010
Good morning Mumbai
Here is a photo taken during a sunrise in Mumbai. Have fun!
