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Scene 1: Lenovo’s Worldwide Competitive Analyst, Matt Kohut, predicts that Linux will always remain a niche operating system for netbooks. He said this in an exclusive interview with Tech.Blorge. Scene 1.5! The interview generates tons of comments – 46, as of writing…
Stumbled upon a new IBM research executive brief titled, ”Beyond advertising – Choosing a strategic path to the digital consumer’, which as IBM adds, is a follow-up to their 2007 document, more provocatively titled, ‘The end of advertising as we know it’!…
One of Jeremiah Owyang’s (@jowyang) tweets caught my attention today. He actually tweeted, “Wow, It’s so rare that I see a blog that captures my attention, read the rest of @penelopetrunk ‘s blog”. If that doesn’t pique anyone’s curiority, what else will? Penelope’s…
Minor victories against Airtel and HDFC/ eBay aside….can I really call them victories, but? I spent almost a month merely explaining my problem to Airtel. With HDFC/ eBay (eBay mailed me that the money will be sent back to my account in…
Sweet Jesus…at last! After 28 days of incessant phone calls and 4 blog posts – Airtel’s customer care goes completely berserk, Airtel Hell…the new Dell Hell, Free advice to Airtel and Day 26 – AirtHELL continues! Next on line – getting the…
What’s with me and anything online? I was looking for a Bluetooth headset since my Jabra BT 125’s ear loop broke and really liked Nokia BH-900. Found some good deals in eBay India, and went ahead with the purchase. Started paying through…
26 days have passed since I lodged my first complaint that I cannot call a number – 0008004401625 – using my Airtel landline or mobile, while the number works on any other service provider’s network! On last count, quite a few people…