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Wednesday, January 4th, 2012
After free online courseware now MIT is offering free online leaning
After the success of Open Courseware, MIT is planning to launch free online learning courses. MIT Open Courseware is now 10 years old, wow! The online course will be called MITx. It will not earn you an MIT degree however it will still give you a certificate of completion. The course will be free, the […]
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Tuesday, January 3rd, 2012
10 cloud startups to watch in 2012
From Gigaom’s article: The past few years have been nothing if not a boon for entrepreneurs looking to cash in on venture capitalists’ lust for all things cloud.  All the activity has been great, and we’ve seen some exciting new companies emerge and prosper — companies such as Heroku, RightScale and New Relic — but […]
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Saturday, December 31st, 2011
How Has Cloud Computing Changed Business?
Mashable has a nice infographic on how Cloud Computing has changed businesses.
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Tuesday, December 20th, 2011
Enterprise and Private Cloud Solutions – Conversations in the Cloud
Recently published postcast on Ubuntu Cloud. This was recorded at Intel Cloud Summit. Conversations in the Cloud. Direct link to the pod cast.
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Friday, December 9th, 2011
Test drive your own private cloud
If you want to test drive your own private cloud, try Ubuntu Cloud Live. It’s a 600 MB image, just download, burn to USB drive, boot your system with it and you have a cloud setup. Download the image from here: http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-cloud-live/releases/11.10/ubuntu-11.10-cloud-live-amd64.img Note: This is a 64-bit mage. Recommended to have atleast a 4GB pen […]
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Friday, December 9th, 2011
Ubuntu 11.10 is here
Ubuntu 11.10, code named Oneiric Ocelot, Â is now available. It has loads of new functions, which puts other operating systems to shame! Here are a few cool features of this new release. Touch support The new Unity interface works well with mouse, keyboard and even touch. The dash allows you to quickly search for files, […]
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Wednesday, December 7th, 2011
Palm size Media center: Zotac Nano
Zotac has come up with even smaller media center the ZOTAC ZBOX nano AD10. Its a palm size full fledged computer which can be used for computing or can be tucked behind your TV and be a media center. It has limited expandability unlike a PC but still every possible port that you may need. […]
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Saturday, October 29th, 2011
Short video about the Ubuntu Cloud
Here is a short video about Canonical’s cloud offering. This was recorded at Intel Cloud Summit 2011.
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Tuesday, October 25th, 2011
The Negative Effects of Technology
The age of technology has ushered in countless conveniences that have shaped our lives in more ways than we can probably even imagine. The late, great Steve Jobs likened technology to a bicycle, in that it helps us get to where we want to go more efficiently. If you want to know how very much […]
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Monday, October 24th, 2011
Harness the power of compounding
In the book, Once Upon a Wall Street, Peter Lynch, one of the most successful mutual fund managers that Wall Street has ever seen, narrates a story. “Consider the Indians of Manhattan, who in 1625 sold all their real estate to a group of immigrants for $24 in trinkets and beads. For 362 years the […]
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Tuesday, October 18th, 2011
LibreOffice coming to Android, iOS and to the Web
At the LibreOffice Conference, they announced that they will be releasing versions for Android and iOS. They also plan to release an online version which you could host on your own as well to offer web based office suite. This would a boon to companies wanting to offer Google Docs but want it hosted in […]
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Monday, October 17th, 2011
Why HTML 5 is the most important standard
Since the time the HTML standard was created, people have been expecting it to be the defacto standard for application development. While it did help simplify many things, it had its own limitations. To address some of these limitations, Java was created. While Java solved some, it also had its own limitations and required a […]
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Thursday, October 13th, 2011
Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot is now available for download
Ubuntu 11.10 is here, The 64-bit version offers multi-arch support, so you can install 32-bit applications and libraries on 64-bit systems. Ubuntu 11.10 Torrent Links Direct Downloads Ubuntu Desktop 64-Bit Edition Torrent Main Server Ubuntu Desktop 32-Bit Edition Torrent Main Server Ubuntu Server Edition 64-Bit Torrent Main Server Ubuntu Server Edition 32-Bit Torrent Main Server […]
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Saturday, October 8th, 2011
Steve Job’s golden words
“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma – which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of other’s opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow […]
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Wednesday, October 5th, 2011
iPhone 4s, is it cool?
Apple has released the iPhone 4S, here is whats cool. Supports both GSM and CDMA can be used across the world. Bluetooth 4 8 Megapixel camera Front camera HD Video recording. Faster A5 Processor, Better late then never, Android phones are already Dual Core. HSDPA support for downloads upto 14.4 Mpbs Whats not so cool. […]
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Monday, October 3rd, 2011
Amazon Fires a price war, HTC flyer now $299
[amazon_link id=”B0053RJ3F8″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link] The Amazon Kindle Fire has started price war. Since its priced at $199, other similar tablets have to drop prices to stay afloat. Blackberry playbook has already dropped pricing starting at $300. Now HTC flyer is down to $299 from $499, a $200 price drop on Bestbuy. Here is how […]
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Sunday, October 2nd, 2011
Amazon Fires a Kindle
[amazon_link id=”B0051VVOB2″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link] Amazon has launched the Kindle Fire, their to be iPad killer. Is is really a killer ? Lets find out. Here are the key specs: 7″ Screen Gorilla glass for extra protection WiFi 8 GB Internal Memory Dual Core 1 GHz processor Whats missing: No expandable memory No 3G/4G […]
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Wednesday, September 28th, 2011
Ubuntu on CNN/CNBC
Ubuntu has received coverage on CNBC TV18 and CNN-IBN. Ubuntu review
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Wednesday, September 21st, 2011
Toshiba R835 an affordable light-weight laptop
Toshiba’s Portege R835-P56x is an in-expensive light-weight laptop. Here is what is cool. 13.3″ Â at 1366 x 768 and LED Backlite Dual layer DVD burner Intel i5 (who needs more performance ?) 640GB hard drive 4 GB RAM (enough for atleast us Linux users) Built in webcam and microphone Gigabit Ethernet 6-Cell battery Ample ports: […]
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Saturday, September 17th, 2011
Inexpensive and light weight Netbook Asus X101
Asus has launched the X101 Netbook. This is low cost, light weight netbook. Good for browsing on the go. This comes with Meego, however you should be able to install Ubuntu or other Linux. May not be able to run Windows. Here are the specs: Intel Atom N435 (1.33GHz) 10.1″ LED Backlight WSVGA (1024×600) […]
