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India rejects Microsoft's Open-XML standard

Good news arrives, from India for all those against Microsoft’s Open-XML format. This format has been voted out for now by the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) in favor of the Open Document Format (ODF) backed by IBM, Sun Microsystems … Continue reading

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Basic Blogging Tips

From my new blog – RedWeb-  is a post about blogging : Here are a few blogging tips that I managed to write combined with my experience and from what I read on other websites. 1. Select a niche or … Continue reading

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Making money : Paid to Click advertising.

Whew!! That Dell- Ubuntu post did make some news !! I got about 7000 visitors in a few days!! That apart, it is spring-break now, and I’m really enjoying life without school. I’m working on a few websites, and am … Continue reading

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Dell gives ubuntu its place.

Today while browsing for deals I saw that Dell introduced two very hot, top configuration Inspiron systems for about $760 for 14.1″ one and $756 for the 15.4″ version. And guess what? These systems were preloaded with Ubuntu Linux!! After … Continue reading

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Ebay used my Registrant address for shipping

A few days ago, when I bought an item on ebay, the Registrant’s address on file on ebay was used as the shipping address. The thing is I had forgotten to add the apartment # in both the shipping and … Continue reading

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For Linux Newbies : My presentation on Linux last semester.

I should have done this long back, but here is the pdf version of the presentation that I gave last semester at school. It is completely Linux Newbie targeted, and basic concepts of Linux/ Open Source, etc have been put … Continue reading

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Addicted to LCD ?

        I have this desktop PC that I bought a few months ago. I got a Optiquest 19″ LCD. I was initially in favor of CRT screens. Don’t ask me why. It might have been because I … Continue reading

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My comments on satellite radio.

Way back in 1999 (if I remember right) was when I’d heard of Worldspace. I was very excited about it, though in 9th class, there is very little that a boy can understand about technology. I’ve always been the guy … Continue reading

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Why I chose to stick with XP,

This is not another post about Vista, and going back to XP, though I’ve done that too. I’m talking of my choice to stick to Windows XP here in the US, whereas back home I ran only ubuntu. Back home, … Continue reading

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The twelve-point maintenance formula for sub 150cc carb. motorcycles.

Written for a TVS Victor, should work for other Indian bikes as well. 1.Regularly wash your bike yourself. Doing it yourself ensures that u get to see if there is anything unusual with the bike. Also it ensures that the … Continue reading

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