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 […]
Gadgets and Deals
Photography
Olympus E-P1 vs the Panasonic GH1
Olympus just released its Micro Four Thirds camera the Olympus E-P1. It was Panasonic which introduced this concept by doing
Linux
Amazon Kindle source code released
Amazon has released the source code for its e-book reader Kindle. And guess what it runs Linux. Have a look
Linux
Routine check of drives
When I boot up my Ubuntu system, it often says Routine check of drives and takes forever to boot up.
General
Safe Browsing with Firefox and Netcraft Toolbar
I recently received a phishing email which was suppose to do all kinds of funny things. When I clicked on
General
Sixth Sense technology is coming
MIT Media labs is working on a Sixth Sense technology, amazing stuff. Check out this video.
Linux
Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope download links
Jackalope is finally released in the wild. The best way to get it by torrent as the download mirrors are
General
Tired of spam SMSes ?
Whenever you avail of any service which sends you an SMS alert, be aware, there is nothing which prevents the
Linux
Tata Indicom Photon+ and Reliance NetConnect Broadband+ on Ubuntu
Its been raining high speed internet in India. Tata, Reliance and BSNL have started offering 3G USB Data Cards which
India, Linux
Infosys to contribute to Open Source
The currently global economy seems to be getting better for Open Source. After enterprises adopting Open Source now software outsourcing
Linux
BJP commits support to open source
The BJP, India’s biggest opposition party has released its IT vision which states that they will use Open Source and
General
More patent related lawsuits from Microsoft
Simple business model: Make your product/technology popular. Let people start using and depending on it. Now extract money by suing
General
Is patents leading to innovations?
Patents were designed to protect the innovator. But deals in the recent past prove otherwise. They are primarly used by
Quotes
Thomas Edison said: Let there be light
Thomas Edison’s teachers said he was “too stupid to learn anything.” He was fired from his first two jobs for
Linux
Fighter jet grounded due to Windows virus
French fighter planes were unable to take off after military computers which were running Windows were infected by a computer
Linux
Ubuntu vs Vista vs Windows 7
This is an interesting article comparing various features of Ubuntu with Vista and Windows 7. It covers the following: How
General
IE lossing market share to Firefox
Internet Explorer has been loosing market share to Firefox. This is now old news but we now have stats to
General, Linux
Ext4 filesystem is here
Ext4 is here and it rocks! It a faster file system and expect it to show up in upcoming distros
General, India
Korea to Get 1Gbps broadband by 2012
While we are still struggling with a few Kbps speeds, which we call Broadband in India. Korea is already rolling
Gadgets and Deals
Review of LG Dynamite KP 199 mobile phone
LG has recently launched this mobile phone in India with a claimed battery life on 1 month (standby). I have