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The improved Sony Mylo 2, which we have compared with N810 and iPod Touch earlier, is now available on Amazon. Available for about $288, it is a nice device for making VoIP calls and browsing the internet. Some of the highlights of the device include:
QWERTY Keyboard
1.3 meg camera
1GB on board memory expandable through memory slot
Integrated […]
May 12th, 2008 | Posted in info, linux, mobile | 1 Comment
I upgraded the site to Wordpress 2.5 last night. The new admin interface is indeed cool, but it seems to take a while to get accustomed to it, because we were so much used to the old interface.
The upgrade went pretty smooth, except for one issue with the visual editor. Popup dialogs like Add image, […]
April 4th, 2008 | Posted in info, tip | No Comments
For people living outside the United States, the best way to buy recently launched books is Digital downloads options provided by many online book vendors. Most of the time, Amazon used to launch the digital editions along with the paperback or hardcover editions. With the introduction of Kindle, Amazon’s e-Book reader, Amazon has dropped […]
February 5th, 2008 | Posted in info, technology | No Comments
From military equipments to mobile phones, GPS has come a long way. As a natural progression, GPS chips are now finding their way into Digital camera’s too! Adding the lat and long data to the EXIF can help in preserving more memories and can also be a fun way to view all your JPEGs laid […]
January 31st, 2008 | Posted in info, mobile, photography | No Comments
According to statistics, Internet usage in India doubles every month. But the growth of e-commerce in the country is not that encouraging. For a nation with a population of more than one billion, a handful of online shops is all that we know of. Here are some of those that I found.
This is a ‘living’ […]
January 28th, 2008 | Posted in info, technology, tip | 6 Comments
We know this was coming. Finally, the DRM daemon has been conquered. Leading from the front is the Amazon’s mp3 downloads store, which now offers DRM free music from all major labels.
Gone are the days when there was only one mp3 player per house. Today everyone has atleast 10 devices which are mp3 enabled. […]
January 12th, 2008 | Posted in apple, info | No Comments
YouTube is a great source of hard to find music videos. What if you need a mp3 version of your favorite video song? I used to go through a long procedure of downloading the flv first, then ripping the mp3 using VLC command line. This step, while giving you greater flexibility like setting the mp3 […]
January 12th, 2008 | Posted in info, tip | No Comments
TATA unveiled the one lakh car today and it met many people’s, including yours truly’s expectations. Instead of a toy car, TATA showed a very practical vehicle which will help many Indian families to upgrade from two wheelers. The reaction to this car has been mixed. As I wrote earlier, many people were worried […]
January 10th, 2008 | Posted in auto, info | No Comments
In a few hours from now, Tata Motors - the prospective owner of Jaguar and Land Rover, will unveil the world’s cheapest car. With this small car, TATA is trying to achieve something which has eluded many car manufacturers in the past. The previous efforts tuned out to be damp squibs with either poor passenger […]
January 8th, 2008 | Posted in auto, info | No Comments
That was quicker than I thought. The migration to WordPress from Drupal has been complete. For my blogging needs, Drupal was becoming an overkill. No doubt it is one of the best CMS out there, but it was getting difficult for me to maintain the blog with a complex system like Drupal. The migration was […]
January 7th, 2008 | Posted in info | No Comments