Convergence at cross roads
One of the most promising applications of broadband is convergence. Basically it’s the voice and data in one pipe. There have been many promises made so far about the “potential”; however, there has...
View ArticleUbuntu Linux
I would take a break from the regular broadband bashing and instead focus on the new imminent release of Ubuntu Linux, code named as Feisty Fawn. With cutting edge software, Ubuntu’s version promises...
View ArticleFinally!
Finally, I am able to access Internet, courtesy Airtel. It’s just been installed in my premises after a tough fight with the dodos who had very specious arguments about “ports” and “pairs”. I literally...
View ArticleMTNL: Low cost PC’s
This is a first from telecom company. MTNL ties up with Novatium for low cost PC’s. It only affirms what I had been asserting long time back. The hardware is incosequnetial and the real growth of...
View ArticleUbuntu: Gutsy Gibbon ahoy!
I was indeed seduced with the option of having a brand new distro on my laptop; specially when the reviews suggested that it had improved support for laptops. I had to manually install the whole damned...
View ArticleThe open source hassles
I have been an open source proponent over the past 4 years and realised the frustration over the period of time by sticking on to it. At the centre of debate is the copyright versus copyleft scenario...
View ArticleUbuntu 8.10
Another glorious open source application. In my case, my laptop’s CD drive has gone kaput for reasons unknown to me. Although I had ordered Ubuntu 8.10 from shipit, it would take weeks before I could...
View ArticleTata Photon Plus: Open Letter to Tata Executive
This is in response to Tata Teleservices “executive” commenting on my blog on the previous post. Dear Ms Sangeeta, Thanks for not “influencing” my thoughts. I understand that you work for the company...
View ArticleBSNL Broadband: RTI application filed :)
Opening up another salvo, I am planning to file another application against BSNL this time. The objective is the ask them the following: 1) The cost of providing access to Broadband to a customer’s...
View ArticleUbuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx
This is it. In a few hours, Canonical would “unleash” the power of free open source software. Atleast, it now looks like “Apple Mac Os” surpassing Windows way ahead. I have included the video for those...
View ArticleNokia: Dying a slow death
It dominates the low end market. It dominates the developing countries. It’s made efforts to work towards opening up Symbian. It’s making forays in Linux and assorted phones. Yet, the largest phone...
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Nokia Mobile: Selling it’s soul to Microsoft
One of the breaking news of the day is that Nokia has opted for Windows 7 platform; I usually don’t comment on these “platform changes” but Nokia is dying a slow death. I had earlier written about...
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Friday Evening Links -
Deja vu: Libya Blocks Internet Traffic Internationl Business News What do subscribers know about how mobile operators manage their data traffic during peak hours? fiercewireless.com What They Don t...
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Hollywood Still Hoping To Make Netflix Less Appealing – Studio Execs Want It...
With Hulu essentially a timid extension of the cable industry, Netflix is about as disruptive as you’re currently going to get in the Internet video space. That’s certainly not thanks to Hollywood,...
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Mobile Access : Tablets and ecosystem
Image via Wikipedia Which is better? iPad 2 or Kindle? It’s hard to decide on the specifications and my only interest to put up the post here is to mark a shift in the way Internet is being accessed...
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Opera Mini 6
The beauty of the mobile browser is that it is cross platform. I have covered this browser (for mobiles) in earlier write ups too but I think the most significant advance is the pinch to zoom that has...
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New additions
Image via Wikipedia I have cleaned up the sidebar; unfortunately, in it’s prior avatar, it was rather bland. Changes were made to the tag cloud and a category cloud has been added. One of the major...
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Skype: Microsoft acquistion and disruptive VoIP?
New York Times has run a story on Skype‘s acquisition and Image via CrunchBase how would it be disruptive for the traditional cellular carriers. A lot has been written skype’s acquistion (please see...
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Some random site stats
Image via Wikipedia Although I cannot publish the site stats here, but surprisingly, I am still seeing Internet Explorer 6 in the stats. While Windows remains a dominant platform, most of them are...
View ArticleTata Docomo 3G: Informal review
I wanted to see for myself as to what the hoopla about the 3G services is all about. Over the past few months, I have shifted to Linux Mint Debian having given up Ubuntu all together. Hence, I was keen...
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