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Engadget finally does it right.
They have added two most asked features to their website this time around. I usually had to install firefox and get some plugins to do this. But now Engadget have add these two features one is to display the new post where you want and auto refresh.
Good on you engadget. the live event starts at 11:00 pm indian time.
Posted on 27 January '10 by Prasanth, under Computers & Internet, News & politics. No Comments.
India will soon get new currency Symbol similar to the $. Which can easily be typed. It is expected to be released in march of this year.
Very soon, the Indian Rupee too will get a distinct identity — an identification symbol
The Indian government had announced a competition in March last year inviting creative designs from Indian residents to represent the rupee in a simple form.
The finance ministry guidelines stated that the symbol should represent the historical and cultural ethos of the country. It should be applicable to a standard keyboard and has to be in the Indian national language script or a visual representation of it. The size of the final design should not be smaller than 232 square cm (36 sq inches).
Five designs were short-listed from over 25,000 applications received from across the country. The short-listed candidates made a presentation on the design in December and the winning design is set to create history in March.
The five selected designs are simple, easy to write and are designed to appeal to the Indian and international community. Some of these designs reflect the Devanagari script.
The finalists are not allowed to reveal the details of their design till the results are declared, expected in March 2010.
Posted on 26 January '10 by Prasanth, under News & politics. 4 Comments.
Langara College Rethink scholarship ad is the best college ad i have seen ever.
Some of the effects make for great greeting cards, Check it out.
Posted on 26 January '10 by Prasanth, under Advertising. No Comments.
Updated
Some one took my advice and made this new version of the old song Mile Sur Mera Tumhara. It is being aired on zoom and is 15 minutes long. Watch a smaller version of it below, go here to watch the full version.
The new version is okay but i still prefer the old one. Too many movies stars in the new one and less musicians and athletes etc.
This brings back so many memories, why are no other channels doing this? This is how i knew about all the famous artists and their talents.
Something like this could help younger generation know about, current artists and also bring some patriotic feeling in them.
How cool would it be if someone did a song with all the leading musicians, actors, social workers, politicians, sports stars, industrialist etc of this generation.
Posted on 26 January '10 by Prasanth, under Television & Movies. No Comments.
I am using a macbook, so i am running mac os x. I want to install windows 7 through bootcamp. I want to get a legit copy but at 6000 Rs, i can’t justify it. So i am not going to use windows 7 unless it comes free with my next computer.
If windows 7 came at 800 Rs i wouldn’t have even given it a thought, i would have went ahead and bought it. I really don’t understand this policy of companies. Can you imagine how many more copies they could sell if it was 800 Rs. They could make this without loosing any money, just give a jewel case and a Dvd with the operating system. No need to include that big packaging that come with the 6000 Rs version. In fact you could sell it as online download for 800 Rs. Then even the cost of burning a Dvd and shipping is saved, which you could pass on to the user.
I know this will never happen, but would be nice if some genius at Microsoft could figure this out.
Trouble is, not all are willing to pay for original software. Win 7, which launched just three months ago, has quickly made its way into the grey market too. The OS is officially sold in India in the price range of Rs 6,000 to Rs 11,000.
That’s a price level many still find too high, even though it is strategically lower than Win Vista, which was priced between Rs 7,500 and Rs 22,700. According to reports, 50,000 pirated DVDs of Windows 7 were sold in India right from the day of the official launch on October 22, 2009, generating an unaccounted business of around Rs 50 lakh (Rs 5 million).
When contacted, a grey market vendor in New Delhi, Palika Bazaar claimed that he had sold hundreds of copies of Win 7, priced between Rs 800 and Rs 2,000, since its launch.
Posted on 26 January '10 by Prasanth, under Computers & Internet. No Comments.
Its surprising to see that some of the well known name don’t feature in this list.
I thought Emmanuelle Chriqui was wonderful in Entourage. I think people like her for her character in the tv show more than for her face. There are many women more beautiful than Emmanuelle Chriqui, but her role as a desirable girl friend goes a long way in putting her on top of the list.
I am also not surprised to see Padma who has become a huge star since her hosting the top chef series. She really looks beautiful and like to eat, what more can a guy want.
Supermodels Padma Lakshmi and Lakshmi Menon have beaten Indian actresses Aishwarya Rai and Freida Pinto in a most desirable women poll conducted by a portal.
Posted on 25 January '10 by Prasanth, under Television & Movies. No Comments.
How far have we come, an operating that used to run on a computer, now can be run as a app in browser over the web.
Its works really well. Some of UI elements look so out of date now a days.
How will we look back at our current operating systems in future. Will we think Snow Leopard and Windows 7 were at their UI best when we look back.
Posted on 24 January '10 by Prasanth, under Computers & Internet. No Comments.
Amair Khan is having a stellar year. After acting in one of the highest money making movies in bollywood, he now goes on to sign the biggest ad contract. He is making a killing this year. Who is the big Khan’s now?
After the stupendous success 3 Idiots, the actor has landed the biggest endorsement deal in Indian advertising history.The Economic Times reports that the actor will promote new telecom entrant, UAEs Etisalat, for Rs 30-35 crores for three years.
Posted on 21 January '10 by Prasanth, under Advertising, Television & Movies. No Comments.
A nice place to find and read all the rumors of apple tablet. You can see what features are being predicted.
Its an interesting look at the rumors, if apple releases just a bigger iphone there will be a lot of disappointment. From all the rumors and patents they have applied for in the recent months. It looks like Apple’s tablet will be something special.
As always it be way costly and i will try to get one after a year or so. Which is when it will probably land in India.
By the way iPhone 3GS has not yet launched in India.
Posted on 17 January '10 by Prasanth, under Computers & Internet, Gadgets. No Comments.
Nature has figured out a way to sense earth quakes six seconds earlier and we still can’t predict them.
If ever you wondered about whether animals can sense earthquakes before they hit, heres video proof that might confirm the theory.
The best part about the is that the dog searches for its owner before trying to escape itself. I wonder how many humans would have done the same.
A few seconds later, the camera shakes as the quake rocks the building. The shot then shows drawers sliding out and debris dropping from the ceiling as people run from the room.
Sophie did a lap around the room trying to find her owner. They both made it out of the building safely.
Posted on 15 January '10 by Prasanth, under News & politics. No Comments.
