tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55199972009-10-26T11:08:59.599+05:30Until man duplicates a blade of grass, nature can laugh at his so-called scientific knowledge. - Thomas EdisonJaganathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03366010202531947416noreply@blogger.comBlogger107125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5519997.post-1149683079398582282006-06-07T17:54:00.000+05:302006-06-07T17:54:39.490+05:30

My Two Cents!This was one change that I have been contemplating for a while. Finally, took the plunge today. My two cents is now on Wordpress. While Blogger is a great tool for newbies, Wordpress offers more powerful features and tools for the experienced blogger. It is also relatively easy to use. All of the blog postings and comments from here are migrated to my Wordpress host.So see you at My

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Coming soon: Google Spreadsheet. @SUM(trouble) for Microsoft's bottom line?For Google fans, some exciting news is always on the cards. This time it is their web based spreadsheet application. (You may recall that Google acquired Writely, a web based word processor sometime back). While not claiming to be a full-fledged spreadsheet application like the MS Excel, this simple application can help

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Most people who tried Office 2007 are surprised by the new features and changes to the suite. It is now a common opinion on the internet that while Vista is a heavily bloated OS, Office 2007 brings in a refreshing and welcome change (I am yet to test Vista Beta 2, so my opinion may be different. I am waiting for that one mail from Microsoft). One of the new features in Word 2007 is posting to the

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Bloomberg.com: JapanHere comes the battalion of good samaritans to take on the evil Apple and its iPod empire..So funny to read such news. Anyway, good luck guys.

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Geek.com PDA/cellphone Review: Motorola QNice and cool review of the Motorola Q. While the author is happy with most of the features of the phone, he sorely misses the Wi-Fi. We knew that, didn't we?

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MobileCrunch: Why the I-Phone Will Be Apple'’s Huge BlunderAtleast that's what this article claims. While the author provides a very different perspective of the upcoming (?) iPhone, I beg to differ with him on many of his opinions. The success of iPod (as well as Mac OS and the associated hardware) is because of the simplicity of the UI design and the elegance of the aesthetically pleasing

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NerdTests.com Fun Tests - Computer Geek / Nerd QuizOh well, I love quizzes, especially like the one above. I scored 89 percentile and got a "Computer Geek" title. Try your geekiness too!

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For people like me, who spend 70% of their time in the Outlook inbox and calendar, here is some good news. With 2007, Outlook is now a full featured RSS reader (Another catchup game from Microsoft in the recent times). RSS readers with an outlook-like interface are a great way to fool your boss - while he may think you are busy reading emails and acting upon them, you are in fact browsing through

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Bloomberg.com: Top WorldwideWeeee..!!!!! Probably, the best news of the week. Only slightly priced higher than the PSP, the Wii is all set to fit everybody's pocket. (Money, that is!). So all the people, fasten your seat belts and get ready for the Wii.

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IE Tab :: Mozilla Add-ons :: Add Features to Mozilla SoftwareOccassionally, you might want to run the IE browser too. Many banking and financial websites allow you to enter their secure website only if you use IE (They think it is the safest browser, HA HA HA). Switching between both of them will be a pain. Why not run IE within Firefox? If that sounds interesting, this plugin is for you. It

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As the much-hyped Motorola Q's release has now become imminent, it is time to do a little bit of analysis to see if it is really worth all of the hype generated. In my opinion, the HTC Wizard, which is branded as Cingular 8125, Qtek 9100, O2 mini S etc., is a much better option. Here are my 5 reasons why you should select the Wizard over the Q.1. The Q runs the Smartphone version of Windows

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Ever wanted to find a font just like the one used by certain websites or publications? Well now you can, using the WhatTheFont font recognition system. Upload a scanned image of the font and instantly, what the font will find the closest matches in its database.read more | digg story

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Digg had a link to the download for a leaked version of the Windows Media Player 11. My innate urge to try anything new prompted me to download this beta (with a high risk of messing up my Windows XP install! But these days I am a great fan of System Restore - the only feature in Windows XP that is worth an upgrade from Windows 2000). While I am largely disappointed with the lack of anything new

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Inside Google Desktop: Say hello to Google GadgetsHa, its a widget war out there! First it was Konfabulator. Then came the Mac dashboard. Then Vista widgets. And then Opera. The Gnome desktop will also have widget support. And Add Google to this list now (They call it gadgets by the way).I am really not getting the point here. Within a years time (That is, when Vista gets released) all mainstream

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IBNLive : India to surpass US in mobile businessWe knew this is going to happen sometime. But the most interesting fact is that the country still has tremendous growth potential in this area. With only 100 million connections till date in a country which has a 1 billion+ population, it is just a matter of time before it has the largest number of subscribers in the world. No wonder Nokia set up a

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A friend of a friend of a friend of mine works for Microsoft. Last week I met him at a party. After a couple of rounds of Vodka, our M$ friend showed me the latest source code of Windows Vista beta. I managed to get it on a thumb drive without his knowledge. Please do not share this with anyone as this is highly confidential. M$ may ask me to remove this any time, so copy the source to your hard

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While casually browsing ebay for some gadgets, I came across something that I was least expecting: GSM Motorola Q. While the official release date of the GSM Q is unknown, the CDMA version is said to be released sometime this month.The seller does not mention how he got this unit. (He in fact claims to have two of them!) Obviously an engineering sample, I always wonder how these items sneak out

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Desktop search is now becoming a standard on all OSs. Apple already has it through spotlight. Linux has it through Beagle and the upcoming Vista also has a built-in hard drive search functionality. For Windows XP, there are a whole lot of desktop search engines available- like Google, Yahoo, Copernic and MSN, though I prefer MSN. I like the ease of moving the search bar around,

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With a flurry of new traffic coming from tech enthusiasts, I thought it is high time that I redesigned the website. Thanks to Eris' template generator, this blog now sports a fresh new look. Thanks also to all the encouraging emails- I am now planning to regularly update this blog with tips and articles. (Of course, try at your own risk :-))

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If you are carrying one of those sexy phones like the RAZR V3/V3i and want to do a lot more than just making calls, here are a few tips that can help in converting it into a smartphone. (Well, almost!). A mobile phone with Java MIDP 2.0 support and a data plan with your cellphone operator are required to run these applications. Some of these apps will cost you money, but these applications do a

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If you want to test IE7 without the risk of installing a beta software, here is a simple way to do it. This method does not install IE 7 the usual way- instead you just run it from the installer package and hence your system does not get littered with beta dlls all over the place.Download IE7 beta from the MS website at http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/ie7/default.mspx . Save the file at a

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If you ever kept the count, I am sure the Motorola Q and the Windows Vista are the ones which could well qualify for the Guinness Records for the most number of 'delayed again' news. Competitors sense the opportunity, and pump out products that have more features and can really live up to the hype generated by their originals. Apple is gearing upto take on Vista with its leopard. With plenty of

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Airtel India has gone from bad to worst in terms of GPRS pricing. At a time when the data service usages are increasing by leaps and bounds in other countries, Airtel has committed a biggest blunder by introducing some new plans which turn out to be very expensive. The erstwhile Mobile Office plan gives way to three new plans which are priced at INR 399, 599 and 799. The first plan offers 100 MB

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It is quite funny how the Call-center culture is propagating in Bangalore. You can feel this pulse in almost every nook and corner of the City these days. The ubiquitous Dharshini or Sagar - the small coffee joints where you can sip a cup of coffee with a Vada soaked in hot steaming sambar are now getting completely westernized. A relaunched Dharshini in Jayanagar 4th T Block now has a new name:

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Morgan Stanley says iPhone is for real, made in TaiwanThis is something that I always wanted and wrote in this blog several times. A phone running a UNIX based OS with a OS X UI is something irresssssistible.The only problem I see is that these phones may be tied to the much-hyped "Mobile Me" MVNO service from Apple. As long as it is on GSM, no problems - it will just be a matter of time before

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