Stupid headline, and the Indian media
Posted by Abhijith as Uncategorized
A stupid headline:
http://abhijith1729.blogspot.com/2008/07/stupid-headline.html
A recollection of the media in India:
http://abhijith1729.blogspot.com/2008/07/recollection-of-indian-national-media.html
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The Dark Knight is AWESOME
Posted by Abhijith as Uncategorized
The Dark Knight, the new installation from DC Comics’ Batman, is a wonderful piece of work.
I would suggest you watch it. A review.
——–Possible spoilers ahead———-
Well, with (almost)3 villains, a confused superhero, a coveted heroine who doesn’t last long, brilliant suspense-building scenes and a few gadgets and gizmos, it is good enough to keep you asking […]
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YouTube ordered to handover user data
Posted by Abhijith as Uncategorized
“Google must hand over all the information contained in its logging database, including the login ID of the users who have watched videos, the time they started to watch the video, users’ IP address, and the video identifier.”
This is part of a running $1 billion lawsuit against YouTube/Google by Viacom, a company in the entertainment […]
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Firefox 3 downloads record official
Posted by Abhijith as Uncategorized
Hurrah! The world record aimed for has been validated. Firefox 3 now holds the first ever Guinness world record for the most software downloads -8,002,530- in 24 hours. I’ve got my own certificate. Yeah!
There were some detractors across the blogosphere who didn’t understand the purpose for a push for records. It’s not the records they are […]
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iPhone, USA vs India
Posted by Abhijith as Uncategorized
A few details about iPhone in USA(as of date of the post):
* compulsory new 2 year post-paid contract with only one company, AT&T
* costs for the lower capacity model, phone = $199 from July 11 for 3G model + monthly charges = $70 excluding taxes, excluding messaging, but unlimited data access i.e. free internet
* unlocking […]
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Wall-E……
Posted by Abhijith as Uncategorized
I was captivated the moment I saw the trailers long back: a tale of a lonely robot cleaning up the earth falls in love with another robot - too good to miss.
—-Possible spoilers included—–
The outline of the story is this: Earth has become a garbage dump largely due to a monopolistic company which is the […]
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Bill Gates rants over Microsoft online support and XP
Posted by Abhijith as Uncategorized
This is supposed to be an internal email sent by Bill Gates, about his experience in downloading Movie Maker from Microsoft.com, in 2003. This email was released during anti-trust suits against the company, so its authenticity is beyond doubt.
“I am quite disappointed at how Windows Usability has been going backwards and the program management groups […]
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Johnny(1980), a review
Posted by Abhijith as Uncategorized
A review of the 1980 Tamil movie starring Rajni and Sridevi, Johnny:
http://abhijith1729.blogspot.com/2008/06/johnny1980-review.html
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First reactions: Firefox 3
Posted by Abhijith as Uncategorized
So I downloaded Firefox 3 after Mozilla servers were up after their embarrassing crash, contributed towards a world record, and installed it half-heartedly, not knowing what to expect.
First off were the icons, I didn’t like the big back button, I customised it to ’small icons’ to make it small.
Gmail opens considerably faster, sites with heavy […]
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The aftermath of the Dasavatharam review
Posted by Abhijith as Uncategorized
I must say that I wrote this review of Dasavatharam just after coming back from the movie, so I put spilt all my pent up emotions.
Now, after a few comments and a couple of other reviews, I will say this: Kamal has tried real hard to make a completely different film, with subtle sub-plots woven […]
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