Archive for August, 2011
Tuesday, August 30th, 2011
HP should open source webOS
Looks like HP is going to kill webOS. HP webOS as a part of the Palm acquisition. I sometimes wonder why did HP acquire Palm in the first place?  anyways,  webOS is the new operating system which Palm decided to ditch their OS kernel use Linux as their kernel as Linux has mult-tasking. Since webOS is […]
2 Comments » - Posted in General by Prakash
Sunday, August 21st, 2011
Learning something new today from KhanAcademy
KhanAcademy a non profit offers free courses in every possible subject right from Biology to Maths. I found it very interesting. The best part is the content is all under creative commons, free to use and share. Even Bill Gates is endorsing it! Have a look: KhanAcademy.org
No Comments » - Posted in General by Prakash
Sunday, August 21st, 2011
The Story of Linux: Commemorating 20 Years of the Linux Operating System
Nice video created by Linux Foundation to celebrate 20 years of Linux. 20 Years of Linux
1 Comment » - Posted in Linux by Prakash
Saturday, August 20th, 2011
KDE and Google Crome coming to Wayland
After KDE announced that they will support Wayland in 2012, Google Crome browser will also support Wayland, which means you could run Google Crome directly on Wayland without X? Sounds like fun. 2012 looks exciting if the world doesn’t come to an end 
No Comments » - Posted in Linux by Prakash
Friday, August 19th, 2011
Linux in 20 years
Image by Linux Foundation
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Thursday, August 18th, 2011
Motorola Defy +
Motorola has updated the Defy with Defy + which is scheduled to launch in September. Most of the specs remain the same of the earlier one like Gorilla Glass a 5-megapixel camera with autofocus and LED flash. The size and dimensions also remain the same with 3.7″ screen. Like the Defy, the Defy + is also waterproof, […]
1 Comment » - Posted in Gadgets and Deals,General by Prakash
Wednesday, August 17th, 2011
Google acquires Motorola Mobility for patents
Google has acquired Motorola Mobility essentially for its 24,500 patents. Google has been bogged down by patent hoarding companies which have put pressure on Android as a platform. They decided instead of focusing on innovating, they would focus on building a patent portfolio. Google had no choice to pay for patents,else they would end up losing […]
1 Comment » - Posted in Gadgets and Deals by Prakash
Thursday, August 4th, 2011
My Kindle review
I have been using the [amazon_link id=”B002Y27P3M” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]Kindle[/amazon_link]Â for a few months now, here is brief review. Its very easy to use thanks to the e-ink technology which doesn’t emit light and feels just like paper. Very good if you like to read a lot. With 3GB of space, you can carry […]
2 Comments » - Posted in Gadgets and Deals by Prakash
Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011
Olympus E-P3 is here
[amazon_link id=”B0059589OU” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Olympus E-P3, the third generation of Micro four-third camera is now available.This is a perfect camera for someone who wants a professional camera in a compact body. Whats nice: Built in Flash Fastest auto focus Built-in auto focus illuminator light 12 Megapixel Touch sensitive LCD. What would be better if they […]
No Comments » - Posted in General,Photography by Prakash
Tuesday, August 2nd, 2011
My first video on YouTube
During my interview with Hindu Business Line, they also took a video about Ubuntu.
No Comments » - Posted in In the News,Linux by Prakash
Monday, August 1st, 2011
11 features Apple copied from Android
[amazon_link id=”B00414WBT4″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link] Congratulations Apple users, you are soon going to have 11 new features which Android users already enjoy Many Apple fanboys find Android a copy of the Apple.. now its Apple who is copying from Android. Apple iOS5 has copied 11 features from the Android platform which will show […]
