Filed under Hardware by Abhilash on September 29, 2008 at 9:29 AM
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After a lot of waiting and wanting, the first Android based mobile device has been released.
Introducing the T-Mobile G1.
What do you think the G stands for (Google 1 maybe?). For starters, I like the phone and how it looks. I am however, more tolerant of bulky phones than most I think (considering that I currently [...]
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Filed under Internet by Abhilash on September 29, 2008 at 7:16 AM
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I got a mail from Google.
It was something that they said they had sent to me about 20 days ago, but I just got it. That’s cause it came by regular post. That’s right; SNAIL MAIL.
This is the mail they send to you once your adsense account reaches $10.00. Mine just did, hence the [...]
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Filed under Life by Abhilash on September 27, 2008 at 3:06 PM
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This is truly the smoothest beer that I have ever had!!!!
I usually drink Fosters and when there is no option I drink Kingfisher. I recently had Cobra and I HAVE BEEN CONVERTED TO A DIFFERENT FAITH!!!! HALLELUIAH!!! From now onwards: Cobra Fosters Heinekin Budweiser Kingfisher That’s how it will be.
Since I was a little drunk [...]
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Filed under Life by Abhilash on September 27, 2008 at 2:57 PM
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Went to this new place in Mumbai called Piano Bar. If I had to sum it up in one sentence I would say that “the place is so small that a single sumo wrestler would fill it up”.
Of course I am exagerating, but not the fact that the place is small. It is just one [...]
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Filed under Travel by Abhilash on September 27, 2008 at 9:24 AM
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I had the opportunity to visit a really nice place about 5 hours drive from Bangalore. The Kabini River Lodge is towards the southern tip of the Nagerhole National Park. It is also on the banks of the river Kabini (Hence the name), which is a tributory to the larger river Kaveri (Cauveri). This makes [...]
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Filed under Life by Abhilash on September 14, 2008 at 2:08 PM
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I have decided to start learning the guitar. A friend of mine is leaving town and has decided to let me have his guitar and the things that he has with it like the tuner, the various books that he had bought when he decided to try and learn playing it. He did not succeed. [...]
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Filed under Life by Abhilash on September 7, 2008 at 6:07 AM
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India conducted its first nuclear test in 1974. The effect of this was that the Indian janta was proud to be from a Nation that is nuclear capable and can deter other nuclear nations. Other people slammed India’s tests saying that they were giving fuel to the regional unrest (namely Pakistan) by carrying out nuclear [...]
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Filed under Hardware by Abhilash on September 3, 2008 at 10:21 AM
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I have just bought my first Plasma TV. A 42 inch LG set. Earlier I had a 21 inch Sansui CRT. So a big leap for me both in terms of tecnology and screen size. I am, so for, extremely happy with the purchase. In India this Plasma cost me Rs. 60000, thats about USD [...]
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Filed under Software by Abhilash on September 3, 2008 at 9:17 AM
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The number of patents that Microsoft has is closing in on the 10000 mark, up from “only” 5000 in 2006. Added to this venerable list is the application made in 2005 for Page Up/Page Down functionality. This patent was granted to them on the 19th of August 2008. This is almost as funny as their [...]
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Filed under Software by Abhilash on September 3, 2008 at 4:08 AM
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Microsoft recently gave us the second beta release of Internet Explorer 8. It has hardly been any time and the IE8 bashing is at full swing. The folks at exo.performance.network have said that IE8 is a seriously bloated software taking more memory than WinXp does as a complete OS. The usual memory print being around [...]
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Filed under Life by Abhilash on September 3, 2008 at 3:32 AM
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Reliance Communication’s Chairman, Anil Ambani will be meeting with Steven Spielberg in New York soon to negotiate the sale of 50% stake of Dreamworks to Reliance Communications. The deal is stated to cost Anil Mabani $1.2 billion and has been in the making for the last 2 months.
Reliance ADAG recently started Reliance Big Broadcasting and [...]
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Filed under Software by Abhilash on September 3, 2008 at 3:19 AM
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Google Chrome is out!
Released while I was fast asleep, this browser secretly hopes to take away much more users from Internet Explorer that Firefox could ever do (even though in their info comic they talk about cooperation and stuff). One more weapon for world domination in Google’s arsenal. They already have the content and now [...]
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