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All About the iPhone 3G and WWDC 2008

June 10th, 2008 · 2 Comments · apple

“The Eagle has Landed”..and well at half the price. The iPhone 3G is here and people it is up for grabs at half the price. The US pricing is : 199$ for the 8GB model and 299$ for the 16GB. The 8GB comes in black, and the 16 GB comes in black and a new [...]

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How to Watch and Download HQ videos on Youtube

April 27th, 2008 · 6 Comments · how to, web 2.0

We all know that Youtube had introduced the option of uploading High Quality Videos and also given the option of viewing these Videos in the High Quality Version. Now, out of the millions of videos out there,
only a few have the option shown on the video page itself which reads : Watch in High Quality. [...]

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Orkut walks the Facebook Way. Adds the Opensocial Apps

April 16th, 2008 · 3 Comments · google, web 2.0

Okay, I will not wrap this up in any form of introductory bullshit. Lemme get this straight and right to the point. The Apps on Orkut are ALIVE..finally. I was buzzed on my GTalk today by my friend Praxy, who told me that he noticed certain changes in Orkut, right as we were speaking. It [...]

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Dell Vostro 1500 User Review

April 10th, 2008 · 7 Comments · review

You must have noticed that my last post was on the 1st of April. And it has been 9 days since. Where was I? Was I locked in Sona? Was I stranded on an uninhabited island ala LOST? Naah! My previous laptop was a work laptop which had to go. And I was waiting for [...]

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CAT 2009: The game goes online

April 1st, 2008 · No Comments · internet, news

An early morning dose of 440 volts ran down my spine when I dragged my drowsy eyes on the front page of TimeofIndia. The headline read-CAT to be held online from November 2009: IIM. And I said to myself -nothing. So finally it has happened. At par with the other global examinations for graduates applying [...]

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Some really good Youtube Alternatives

March 6th, 2008 · 2 Comments · web 2.0

Yeah we all do agree that YouTube rules. In terms of the user-base, no.of videos available, no.of videos being watched, geography, and most importantly the availability of almost anything when you search for it. It has become the video version of Wikipedia integrated with Google. But yeah, the downside is that the Video quality still [...]

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IE 8 is here-Integrates Facebook

March 6th, 2008 · No Comments · microsoft

As Bill Gates gets dethroned from his spot as the World’s richest man, Microsoft has launched the new version of Internet Explorer ( aka the IE 8 ) at the MIX08 conference. The beta is out for download for testing purposes. Though at the MIX08 conference, the browser has been shown to have passed the [...]

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India’s cheapest vs. Pakistan’s “cheapest”

January 11th, 2008 · No Comments · automobiles

If you missed the NEWS of the year, read this. TATA Motors just launched the World’s cheapest Car costing a dealer price of Rs.1 lakh (2500 USD approx). And more shockingly it looks like this.

TATA promises it to be Eco Friendly, Fuel efficient (20kmpl expected), meets all safety standards ( frontal crash limits as well [...]

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