On Cloud Nine

What do you use your desktop/notebook for? Can you list the top five things that you use on your machine that do not require a browser? Watching movies on DVD is one that immediately pops into the mind. But as I came across this link that a friend told me about last week, I began [...]

Stop paying for the pipes!!

Can you imagine the City Municipal Corporation charging you for the pipes that carry water? Or the Electricity Company charging you for distributing electricity? Yes, they have Transmission & Distribution (T&D) costs, and they are factored in, but you pretty much pay for the electricity that you use! If you can’t imagine any of these [...]

E-mail – a ‘Timex watch in the digital age’?

In Die Hard 4.0, Timothy Olyphant’s character, Gabriel, calls John McClane (Willis) a ‘Timex watch in a digital age’. A couple of days back a few thoughts wafted through my mind while sharing an interesting link that I read about with my colleagues at work. I happened to read about Google’s acquisition of On2 Technologies, [...]