Archive for December 2008
How Vodafone and Airtel spoiled NewYear !
Posted by: manoj1987 on: December 31, 2008
This is an article born out of frustration of a mobile phone user from India !
” sms will be charged at regular rates on 31st dec and 1st Jan …….“
Are you familiar with some sms of this kind ? then , hello ! i am one among you who is irritated by CSPs !!
Vodafone (earlier [...]
technocrat.net shut down
Posted by: manoj1987 on: December 31, 2008
The technocrat.net public discussion site is shut down.
It would be more appropriate to quote Bruce Perens (founder of technocrat.net) in this matter :
” The technocrat.net public discussion site is shut down. This has happened because the site never achieved the ability to financially sustain its editorial staff and system expenses with its revenues.
When it became [...]
Buy an electronics item and get malware absolutely free !
Posted by: manoj1987 on: December 31, 2008
In a recent thread in many forums , a mention was made about electronics items that come with pre-loaded malware . This was noted in the 1.5″ Mercury Digital Photo Keychain that is $24 . Much to the disappontment Samsung’s SPF-85H 8-inch digital photo frame shipped with a virus .
Amazon reached out to its [...]
Tech in 2008
Posted by: manoj1987 on: December 30, 2008
- In: Tech News
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Still we are not on a vacation on the moon or drive flying cars and wear wristwatch-sized video conferencing systems ! Science has not developed to that point but the technological breakthroughs in 2008 show that these are not impossible ! . 2008 has seen a lot of technical advancements, far better than what was imagined [...]
PlayStation3 : the sinking ship
Posted by: manoj1987 on: December 30, 2008
The PlayStation is a 32-bit fifth generation video game console released by Sony Computer Entertainment in December 1994.
PlayStation 3 hasnt seemed to have attracted many and is in bad times. U.S. sales of the PS3 fell 19% last month from a year earlier. Analysts say they expect PS3 sales for this month may lower than [...]
