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Entries from June 2007

Audi Q7

June 30th, 2007 · 1 Comment

Saw this near Pedder Road.

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Tags: Cars

Black Bentley

June 27th, 2007 · No Comments

Saw this beauty at the Mahalaxmi Racecourse in Bombay.

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Tags: Cars

One click TV downloads

June 24th, 2007 · No Comments

I started talking to someone about using the internet to download TV shows and they at first were excited as I continued talking their eyes were glazed over as I rattled off things like - feed reader, RSS feeds, BitTorrent, dot torrent files, DivX, Xvid, etc… Then I realized maybe I should put together a [...]

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Tags: Technology

iPhone’s disruptive interface

June 23rd, 2007 · No Comments

We are less than a week away from the iPhone being released into the wild and the suspense is building. However, since I’m in India there is no chance of getting the phone from my local Apple dealer. But, that just shows how big this launch is. I downloaded a 175mb file [...]

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Tags: Technology

Indian broadband update

June 20th, 2007 · No Comments

Back in April, I commented about Indian telcom chief Dayanidhi Maran’s plan for 2007 to be the year of broadband.  Here we are at the middle of the year and nothing positive yet, just negative news:
- Maran is out as telecom chief, some sort of power play within the DMK governement
- no new ISP’s [...]

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Tags: Business · Technology

Moore’s newest movie - Sicko

June 17th, 2007 · No Comments

Michael Moore’s newest movie is called Sicko and will be released on June 29th. However, the movie is already on the BitTorrent network and I was able to download and watch it over the weekend. The movie is an expose into the American health care system and focuses it’s attention on people that HAVE health [...]

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Tags: Media

Porsche showroom in Mumbai

June 10th, 2007 · 1 Comment

For the past several weeks I’ve noticed some work being done to a building near Kemps Corner. I figured it would be another lame clothing store but today I drove by and saw them putting up the signage for Porsche. The last letter “e” was put up first, I’ll take some pics next [...]

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Tags: Cars

Apple’s Developer Conference

June 10th, 2007 · No Comments

This week is the highly anticipated Apple Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco. All eyes will be on getting juicy bits of information on 10.5 (aka Leopard) from Steve. I’m also betting there will be an update on the iPhone launch which is all systems go for June 29. The new MacBook Pro’s are [...]

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Tags: Technology

Joost, Calix and India

June 10th, 2007 · No Comments

What do those three things have in common…Cisco Systems. It’s been a pretty busy two weeks with a lot of news involving ex-Cisco people. First up is Mike Volpi who is now the CEO of Joost, which is a way to watch TV over the internet. At Cisco, Volpi ran the multi-billion Routing [...]

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Tags: Technology

Yes, DLF. Really?

June 8th, 2007 · No Comments

Equities markets around the world seem to be quite volatile as of late. The buzz this past week on Dalal Street is the monster IPO from construction kingpen - DLF (Delhi Land and Finance). I’ve heard some people say it will be the biggest IPO ever in India and then others saying it [...]

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Tags: Business · Investing