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As a curious fan of anything new on the supermarket shelves, two new drinks (the non-alcoholic and non-carbonated variety…sorry!) top my list now – the thick-mango drink, Galla and Parle’s new packaged lemonade, LMN. Galla has been available in Bangalore for over…
I was going through the firmware update notes for my EOS 450D when a peculiar word usage caught my attention! Version 1.0.9 changes are listed as, “Fixes a phenomenon in which AEB (Auto Exposure Bracketing) shooting does not operate normally under these…
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…