Blog Backlash Can Sting — Ask Dell - The Visible Enterprise

That a blog backlash in blogosphere - the world this blog belongs to can sting is proved by this incident "Blog Backlash Can Sting — Ask Dell - The Visible Enterprise."

Quoted from the article in ITBusinessedge.com, "IdeaStorm notwithstanding — and despite Michael Dell christening the company’s efforts to reorganize “Dell 2.0″ — the company appears to be struggling with the concept of social networking.

"It responded to a blog post from a former Dell sales manager on Consumerist.com with a letter from an attorney ordering the site to delete the post. After the letter was Dugg, Slashdotted and widely slammed in the blogosphere, Dell was forced to recant with an embarrassing public apology."

Apple TV Is Here

What if you have something that can connect all the movies videos you downloaded on to your television? Fantastic! Because you use your computer as the center of your digital and wired life, but television is the center of your entertainment life. But imagine having to sit before your computer, download a movie and then watching it sitting five inches away from the screen.

Sure, if you would like to put up your feet, lean back on the sofa, even eat popcorn and watch a movie or video, its now possible with Apple TV. You can wirelessly transfer the downloaded movie to your television using Apple TV. And it is both Apple Mac and PC compatible.

Suppose you’ve downloaded Ocean’s Thirteen from iTunes. Instead of seeing it on your computer, wirelessly send the flick to Apple TV. Then pull up a seat, put up your feet, and see your movie on your television using Apple TV.

This device can put your iTunes library — movies, TV shows, music, and podcasts right there on your TV. Your digital photos appear in high definition, so you can put on a big-screen slideshow.

Apple TV puts your iTunes library — movies, TV shows, music, and podcasts on your TV. And your digital photos appear in high definition, so you can put on a big-screen slideshow. With up to 200 hours of video, 36,000 songs, or 25,000 photos at your finger tips, there’s always something good on TV.

With Apple TV, you can watch theatrical trailers from Apple.com on your TV. And now you can browse and watch YouTube videos on the big screen, too. Search through thousands of free YouTube videos streaming directly from the Internet. Just sit back and enjoy the show.
Apple | Television | Movies | Music

The Olympus Evolt E-410

Poyal oru vakku kittiyal oru mala

This is an old Malayalam aphorism which mean "If what you ask isn't granted you waste a few words. If you are granted your wish then you get a mountain (meaning whatever you ask)." This means do not hesitate to ask. Or, as the Bible says, "Ask and ye shall receive."



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A good review of Nikon Coolpix L3 camera

A very good page about my favorite brand of camera, the Coolpix L3. It gives me 5.1 megapixels and 3 x optical zoom. It has video too, and unlike the earlier model I had has sound too. I have shot a few videos and they look good. What I do is upload to picasa and then picasa has a way of transferring my pictures to the picasaweb album.

Here's my report on the Samjhauta Tragedy on G2bay.com

My Huawei Cell Phone

I bought a Huawei 3G CDMA phone really cheap at Kurla, Mumbai. It is a basic model and has an FM radio to boot. I always wanted a radio, so that I can listen to songs on the way to work.

This phone has a good backup memory, it's cell also lasts longer than the ones I used earlier, has a cool display and catches all my local FM stations.

Something to rave about since I bought it for just Indian Rupees 1750. If you are interested in lyrics of Hindi songs you can find them here.

What is Skype?

I have often came across the word Skype too many times and wondered what it must be. Have you? Then here is a primer, courtesy, Wikipedia.

"Skype is a peer-to-peer Internet telephony network founded by the entrepreneurs Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis, also founders of the file sharing application Kazaa. It competes against existing open VoIP protocols such as SIP, IAX, and H.323. The Skype Group, acquired by eBay in October 2005, is headquartered in Luxembourg, with offices in London, Tallinn and Prague.

"Skype has experienced rapid growth in both popular usage and software development since launch, both of its free and its paid services. The Skype communications system is notable for its broad range of features, including free voice and video conferencing, its ability to use peer to peer (decentralized) technology to overcome common firewall and NAT (Network address translation) problems, and its extreme countermeasures against reverse engineering of the software or protocol."

Value-added services for telecommunications

Telecommunications is booming in India and one company that is making waves in the telecom sphere is www.one97world.com. This value added service provider has a network infrastructure for delivering innovative VAS network services, business logic, information and entertainment content. Take a look.

G2Bay, monetize your information!

Here's a friend networking and sharing site that believes in social networking and that information is money and wants its members to benefit when they give out information on the net. They have many ways of monetizing the information we give away to websites and portals for free.

The site also is for serious networkers who would like to earn money. So, no fake, fraud, spam profiles here. And that's a good thing in the networked world where, um, you go and see these arresting face, only to discover that the profile is fake, the photograph belongs to that of some supermodel.

Ergo, is it goodbye to all that?

iPod nano

Always been a great sucker for gadgets, so, hm, here's a quick review of the iPod nano. The iPod nano has replaced the iPod shuffle for audio listening, it's tiny, the screen is great, it has all the things one would like about the iPod photo, but in an impossibly compact size and shape.

Source: MAKE: Blog: iPod nano

Blackberrys, Hellomoto and IVR Technology

Didn't know there was a special site for blackberrys. But here it is. But when I clicked, I get this, "This page cannot be found." A pity. Meanwhile see Motorola's "Hellomoto" page. Some cool stuff in there.

Incidently as far as Interactive Voice Response (IVR) technology is concerned, a company in India is making deep inroads. Take a look at this company. They have a range of value added telephony services to offer, including downloads, SMS- and MMS-technologies, and are aiming very high as this article about it's chief would indicate.

The Great Skype Experiment

http://blog.planet-cell-phone.com/2006/09/13/the-great-skype-experiment/trackback/

Masters or slaves?

It is disconcerting how technology gives us the "bum's rush" sometimes. It's like this. I have important work to do, most of it online, and most of the morning the power fails, I sit there fidgeting, reading a novel (Evelyn Waugh's "The Loved Ones"), not knowing what to do. Then the power comes on, I switch on the computer, and, and, the net is so slow, it's almost impossible to surf.

Ever faced this problem? I am sure you have. During the deluge in Bombay cell phones didn't work, during the bomb blasts emergency services went on a blink, etc. Now coming to think about it, can you imagine how much we are dependent on our little chargers for our cell phones, our digital cameras, our laptops, and our PDAs. Are we the masters of all these technology, or are we slaves still?
Tags: Evelyn Waugh, Cell Phones, Digital Cameras, Laptops, PDAs

Types of Cell Phones

Have you wondered what types of cell phones exist in the market? I have. And here's a very good classification I have found.

Camera phones are hugely popular and are developing all the time as the cameras become more and more high resolution enabling for better quality photos. You can also send these pictures to friends with compatible phones via picture messaging; the price of which will depend on which of the various cellular phone providers you are with. Some camera phones can have zooms, mirrors for self-portraits and rotating cameras to make things easier. Multimedia messaging allows for pictures and sounds and text messages to be combined in one.

PDA phones (where PDA stands for Personal Digital Assistant) is usually the most expensive cell phone types because you can do so much with them. Currently with anything up to 400 MHz processor speed and a max of 64MB of memory they are mini computers on the move with amazing quality TFT color screens and very many features and room for more with expansion slots. Word processing, spreadsheets, the list goes on. These include Pocket PC Phones which are a scaled down version of the Windows you have on your PC from Microsoft.

TV phones streaming television to your phone. The cell phones on this page all have streaming TV capability that will allow you watch TV right on your cell phone screen. This breakthrough in technology is just beginning to get real HOT. Show your friends and co-workers that you have the coolest cell phone in town - order your TV cell phone today!

Bluetooth phones are the wave of the future! Bluetooth technology allows your cell phone to be aware of other Bluetooth-enabled devices that are physically nearby. This means that your cell phone can intelligently communicate with other devices like, for example, a wireless hands-free headset so that you don't need clumsy wires in order to use your headset.
Tags: Camera phones, PDA phones, TV phones, bluetooth phone