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I finally got around to upgrading my iPhone to the new 2.0 release and it is worth every penny…oh wait it was free. Since I have a hacked iPhone I wasn’t able to use iTunes and just upgrade the iPhone, I used Pwnage Tool to upgrade the software.  The software is so easy to use, it [...]

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It’s official we are heading back to the mainframe model, with a dumb terminal (now called a web browser) and the mainframe machine (now called cloud computing). It’s hard to believe the computer wonks at IBM had it right the first time around. It seems as my laptop gets more powerful, I’m pushing more of my [...]

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After using my 15″ PowerBook G4 for the past 3 years I decided it was time to upgrade. I looked at the MacBook Pro (MBP) and the MacBook Air (MBA) and after using both I decided I wanted the larger screen size of the MBP.  I got the 2.4GHz with the glossy screen and it’s [...]

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A couple days ago I was called an iHole - someone who can’t stop talking about their iPhone.  Well it continues…By now I’m sure you’ve been slammed with iPhone coverage and heard the latest version is being released on July 11. People love the iPhone because the interface is so natural, it doesn’t ship with [...]

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At last the Securities & Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has agreed to allow Direct Market Access (DMA) which will facilitate wire speed Straight Through Processing (STP) on the exchanges. If the previous sentence is as difficult to understand as Kevin Federline’s role in life then you may want to pass on this blog [...]

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The newest Apple reseller in Bombay is iStore, it’s a division of Reliance Digital under Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Retail. It’s the 3rd location to open up after Bangalore and Hyderabad. The Bombay store is located in South Bombay across the street from the Mahalaxmi Temple on the ground floor of Tirupati Apartments. I [...]

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Many people are wondering what the name of the new company will be if the deal goes through…in reality who cares. MSFT has a market cap of USD 280 billion, I’m pretty sure Ballmer ain’t changing the name.
What’s more interesting is the rise and fall of YHOO. During the dot com bubble everyone was [...]

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After being in India for a couple of years, I tend to look around and notice things that potentially might work from a business angle. Although many of the things I’d like to see are around efficient process flows, below are several ideas that are not necessarily game changers but still have large appeal.
1. Consumers [...]

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Firewalls are great for blocking incoming traffic to protect your computer. However, I’ve always wanted to know in real-time whenever a program on my Mac attempted to establish an outgoing connection to the internet. Enter Little Snitch, the program does just that, it tracks the outgoing traffic. Some programs “phone home” to establish [...]

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It’s been 2 months since Apple came out with the latest version of it’s operating system 10.5 (aka Leopard). I finally installed it last week and can say it was worth it. I initially was going to upgrade my system by having Leopard install over my existing OS, but at the last minute decided [...]

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