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Friday, August 21st, 2009
Attachment reminder for your email client
Has it happened to you that you write a nice long email and mention, please see the enclosed presentation and oops forgot to attach? Thank goodness for this extention. Attachment Reminder for Thunderbird reminds you if you have forgotten to attach a file with your email. It check if you email contains keywords which can […]
1 Comment » - Posted in Linux by Prakash
Thursday, August 20th, 2009
Two New Camera from Canon: SX20 and SX120
Canon has launched two new models to replace the SX10 with SX20 and the SX110 with SX120. Both the models have image stabilisation built in. Here is a comparison: SX20 SX120 12 Megapixel 10 Megapixel 20X Optical Zoom 10X Optical Zoom High Definiation Video Recording @ 1280 x 720 Standard VGA quality Video Recording USB […]
No Comments » - Posted in Photography by Prakash
Monday, August 17th, 2009
Linux Netbook returns a non issue
Microsoft has been harping about the fact that there are more netbook returns of Linux, this is not true. Speaking at OpenSource World, a Dell executive deflated Microsoft’s enthusiasm for making a case out of the number of Linux netbooks returned by unhappy customers. <a href=”http://ad.uk.doubleclick.net/jump/reg.software.4159/operatingsystems;tile=2;pos=top;dcove=d;sz=336×280;ord=V83CSUgD9j0AADXF3O4AAAFj?” target=”_blank”><img src=”http://ad.uk.doubleclick.net/ad/reg.software.4159/operatingsystems;tile=2;pos=top;dcove=d;sz=336×280;ord=V83CSUgD9j0AADXF3O4AAAFj?” alt=””></a> Todd Finch, Dell senior product marketing […]
1 Comment » - Posted in Linux by Prakash
Friday, August 14th, 2009
Standardise power cables for laptops
Dell Ideastrom has this excellent suggestion: Standardize Power Cables for Laptops This will be so cool! You don’t need to worry if you forgot to carry your laptop power cord, hotels/airlines can have direct supply for laptop power and the convenience will be amazing. Its also necessary to standardise on the power adaptors for other […]
No Comments » - Posted in Gadgets and Deals by Prakash
Thursday, August 13th, 2009
Microsoft A History of Anticompetitive Behavior
The European Committee for Interoperable Systems (ECIS), part of the European Commission, has compiled a detailed repor titled: Microsoft A History of Anticompetitive Behavior and Consumer Harm. “For more than two decades, Microsoft has engaged in a carefully designed and extremely successful campaign to protect and extend its monopolies. Microsoft has repeatedly made market allocation […]
No Comments » - Posted in General,Linux by Prakash
Tuesday, August 11th, 2009
Canon 500D/T1i
Canon has launched the 500D/T1i, this fits in between the entry level 1000D and the professional series 50D. This also have video capabilities which all the SLRs are now adding. Key Features 15 Mega Pixel. Same sensor as the 50D, which is a good thing but does megapixel matter any more? Perhaps for some. High […]
1 Comment » - Posted in Gadgets and Deals,Photography by Prakash
Monday, August 10th, 2009
Getting a refund on your Unused Windows
Its very easy to get a computer with what ever hardware configuration you want, you can go on-line and configure it with all possible permutations and combinations. Except for one. Its very difficult to buy a hardware of your choice without Windows. What if you want to use Linux? What do you do? You may […]
No Comments » - Posted in Gadgets and Deals,Linux by Prakash
Tuesday, August 4th, 2009
5 Reasons why Linux is Secure against Viruses than Windows
I have been saying this for a while, why Linux is not affected by Viruses This is Nice article which explains: 5 Reasons why Linux is Secure against Viruses than Windows Summary, from the article: User Privileges. No Executables. No Registry. No Internet Explorer (IE) Linux is not soo common like windows. Don’t agree with […]
1 Comment » - Posted in Linux by Prakash
Monday, August 3rd, 2009
Linux based Media Center device
The Neuros LINK a disc-less PC designed to be connected to your TV comes with a wireless “Keymote”to control the unit from the comfort on your couch. Like a PC, it is customizable and expandable: 2.8Ghz CPU 1GB DDR SDRAM memory (expandable up to 8GB) Up to 1080p H.264 video playback Support an extensive list […]
1 Comment » - Posted in Gadgets and Deals,Linux by Prakash
Wednesday, July 29th, 2009
Nice quote on living
Do not lose hold of your dreams or aspirations. For if you do, you may still exist but you have ceased to live. – Henry David Thoreau
No Comments » - Posted in Quotes by Prakash
Friday, July 24th, 2009
Fuji launches 3D camera
FujiFilm has launched a 3D camera which has two lenses and two sensors. One captures the foreground and the other the background. To actually get a 3D picture, you need to send the photo to a special lab to process and send the photos back to you. Looks innovative, initial pricing seems to be high, […]
No Comments » - Posted in Gadgets and Deals,Photography by Prakash
Thursday, July 23rd, 2009
OpenOffice extension has an edge over MS Office
It was Firefox which popularised the concept of plugins and now OpenOffice too has come up with nice extensions. With the OpenOffice extensions, OpenOffice.org has an edge over MS Office. Here are some nice extensions that I liked. Sun PDF Import Extension : To edit PDFs. Sun Presenter Console : Makes it very easy to […]
1 Comment » - Posted in General by Prakash
Monday, July 20th, 2009
Love and the Indian Economy
Some time back, I read an article in the Hindustan time about a person spending Rs. 45,000 flowers on 14 foot bouquet for Valentines Day and the article title “In times of meltdown, a Rs 45,000 bouquet” sounded like it was criminal to spend so much money in Economic Downturn. First I would like to […]
No Comments » - Posted in General,India by Prakash
Monday, July 20th, 2009
Funny quote from Albert Einstein
“You see, wire telegraph is a kind of a very, very long cat. You pull his tail in New York and his head is meowing in Los Angeles. Do you understand this? And radio operates exactly the same way: you send signals here, they receive them there. The only difference is that there is no […]
1 Comment » - Posted in Quotes by Prakash
Thursday, July 16th, 2009
Editing PDFs in OpenOffice
If you thought PDFs are read only, guess what you can edit them. To edit PDFs, install this plugin in Openoffice: Sun PDF Import Extension Once installed, you can open .PDF files in OpenOffice Draw, edit and export back as PDF.
1 Comment » - Posted in Linux by Prakash
Thursday, July 16th, 2009
Why the Hindu Muslim Divide?
Before the British left India, they created the Hindu-Muslim divide in India. Unfortunately this divide still exists. Governor-General Lord Canning wrote to Vernon Smith, President of the Board of Control, on November 21, 1857: “As we must rule 150 million of people by a handful … of Englishmen, let us do it in a manner […]
No Comments » - Posted in General by Prakash
Tuesday, July 14th, 2009
Nice Ubuntu user guide
My friend Ramnath Shenoy, pointed me to this excellent Ubuntu guide for beginners. Its quite detailed and covers a lot of what the beginners would needs to know. Check it out.
No Comments » - Posted in General by Prakash
Monday, July 13th, 2009
Google announces new operating system
Google has announced a new opeating system: Crome OS. The interesting bits. – Open Source – Linux based – Free of cost – Working with various partners for bundling – Designed for Google Crome Browser Read the rest of the announcement
No Comments » - Posted in Linux by Prakash
Friday, June 26th, 2009
Multiple users, one computer
Todays computer have more power than what is required by a single users. Thanks to the Gigahertz race, processors are getting faster and faster. The result is that an average Joe uses only 10% of the processing. The best way to harness this underutilised power is to get multiple users to share the resources of […]
No Comments » - Posted in General,Linux by Prakash
Saturday, June 20th, 2009
Finally a phone that charges it self
Nokia has developed a phone that charges itself using microwaves. It picks up waves from TV signals, radio and other mobile phones. Finally all the radiations that’s been cooking our brains is finally being put to some good use.
