Archive for November, 2010
Tuesday, November 30th, 2010
Exclusive Interview: Ubuntu Is The Number 1 Desktop OS
My Interview in Muktware.com. Ubuntu, the Canonical-sponsored operating system is gaining new grounds – in both enterprise and consumer segments. The Company now has new challenges — the challenges which develop as a company grows. We talked to Prakash Advani, Partner Manager – Central Asia at Canonical, to understand how Canonical is preparing Ubuntu for […]
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Thursday, November 25th, 2010
Impressive 3d slide transations for OpenOffice presentations
If you want to jazz up your open office presentation, you can install openoffice OpenGL transition library to get very cool 3D transition effects. On Ubuntu, just install this package openoffice.org-ogltrans Now you will have these additional slide transitions which you can use. You would find these at the end of the list of slide […]
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Wednesday, November 24th, 2010
A replacement for X finally!
The good old X Server is finally getting a replacement. Wayland will provide a replacement but can co-exists along side X Server for compatibility and features. It will also reduce the complexity today where for 3D effect, we are running Compiz. The X architecture has been around for a decades now. It has gone through […]
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Monday, November 22nd, 2010
Android will be the dominant smartphone platform says Apple co-founder
Apple co-founder, Steve Wozniak says: The Google OS is likely to win the race similarly to the way that Windows ultimately dominated the PC world. Woz stressed that the iPhone, “Has very few weak points. There aren’t any real complaints and problems. In terms of quality, the iPhone is leading.” However, he then conceded that, […]
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Tuesday, November 16th, 2010
50 Awesome Open Source Apps
Came across this interesting list of: 50 Awesome Open Source Apps You’ve (Probably) Never Heard Of Note: Most of the apps are Windows based..
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Monday, November 15th, 2010
Android is now No. 2 Mobile OS
As per last quarter reports published by Gartner, Android is now number two Mobile operating system with 25.5 percent market share. While Symbian is loosing market share, it still retails the number 1 slot due to Nokia. Android market-share jumped from 3.5 percent to 25.5 percent vs the same quarter last year. Android 2.3 is just round […]
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Wednesday, November 10th, 2010
The new Maslow’s hierarchy of needs
Malsow’s 5 Hierarchy of needs is commonly know to people, this was updated to 8 a while back. 1. Biological and Physiological needs – air, food, drink, shelter, warmth, sex, sleep, etc. 2. Safety needs – protection from elements, security, order, law, limits, stability, etc. 3. Belongingness and Love needs – work group, family, affection, […]
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Tuesday, November 9th, 2010
Should I Buy an iPad?
A while back, my friend Ramnath forwarded me this interesting flow chart, It holds true for iPad and may apply to many of our wants [not needs]. A few people who owned iPads, [althought many would not admit], were finding their iPad had diminishing marignal utility. After a few days of use, they were not […]
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Monday, November 8th, 2010
Google earth on your wall, if you are feeling rich
If you have loads of money to spare, feeling itchy and love Google Earth. You can setup Google Earth on multiple screens, this can be on a full wall or all your walls, depending on how many large screens you can have. Ok, you can still set it up with 2 monitors to try it […]
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Wednesday, November 3rd, 2010
Updated Windows Vs. Ubuntu hardware requirements
I have updated the Ubuntu vs Windows Hardware requirements to include Ubuntu 10.10 and Ubuntu 10.04, memory requirements still remains a humble 256MB which hasn’t changed in the last 10 releases 🙂
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Wednesday, November 3rd, 2010
Google Sues the United States: Department of Interiors
The US Department of the Interior is looking for a mailing solution for its 88,000 employees. Their tender asks for “Microsoft’s Business Productivity Online Suite-Federal (BPOS-Federal)”. They justify by saying: “Based on extensive market research, the Department determined that although many companies can provide messaging services in general, they either cannot provide services that address […]
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Tuesday, November 2nd, 2010
Nokia N8 looks like a desperate attempt
What do you get when you marry a Tata Nano Engine with a Merc ? You get a Nokia N8 :)Â Nokia has been struggling to maintain market share, and this looks like a desperate attempt. As always Nokia has added so many hardware features which others can’t matchup, read till the end before you decide. […]
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Monday, November 1st, 2010
Recycling the Buddha way
Buddha, one day, was in deep thought about the worldly activities and the ways of instilling goodness in human beings. The following is the text of conversation between him and his disciple. One of the disciples approached him and said humbly “Oh my teacher! While you are so much concerned about the world and others, why don’t you look […]
