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Playstation Phone?
2007-11-22 15:45:00
Times Of India today revealed on their website that Sony had plans of launching a Playstation phone. Ahem Ahem. Just read what the original article has to say.The Japanese company is toying with the idea of developing a ?Playstation phone? that will combine the power of a gaming console with that of a mobile phone, a top company official told ET. What makes it so funny is the phrase "a top company official told ET. "Sounds like what Kevin Smith refers to as " an Insider's news". But well, Times of India does sound quite a credible and reliable source, (leaving aside the tabloids ie).So what could it mean to the rivals. Sony PS3 is picking up momentum since the price slash, and well Sony Ericsson according to me is one of the major market players in the mobile game(of course the leaders being Nokia and Motorola). Sony Ericsson has been known for its range of Music based Walkman range of mobile phones and now with the Playstation version rumored to be in production, I wonder, where d...
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What can you buy this Thanksgiving for 2000$ ?
2007-11-22 15:12:00
What would/should/could be chosen from this huge list of a range of amazing offers?It is so tiring to get through this. But first things first. I don't even have 2000$ to spend for this Thanksgiving and well to add to that I am not in the US. But what the heck! That's not gonna stop me from creating a wishlist of my Thanksgiving Gadget Shopping for 2000$. Surprisingly, most of the items are available on Bestbuy itself except for two, with which I am gonna start.Nikon D40 6.0MP Digital SLR Camera w/ 2 Nikkor Lenses for $649.99 from CircuitCity. Absolute value for money!Next on:Seagate 500GB External Hard Drive for $79.99 is gonna come in very handy for backing up my tons of data.What's next? How about a Sony PS3 40GB w/ NBA 08 Game & Open Season Blu-Ray for $399.99. 40 GB is just more than enough for a seldom gamer like me, who'd love to watch a few Blu Ray Movies as well as kick or slash some Nasty Devil(May Cry) Buttocks.Okay how much are we left with now. Still around 870$...
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Best Bargains for this Black Friday
2007-11-22 14:59:00
For all those people ready with your tiffin boxes, jackets, tents, and an arm-chair to line up in the queue for the Black Friday Shopping Bonanza, here are the deal of the century. Here are some really great options that I have listed down. Of course I'll be back with another list very soon.The best bargain items are listed as per the WebsitesBest Buy:Sony Playstation 3 40GB w/ NBA 08 Game & Open Season Blu-Ray for $399.99Samsung 1080p Upconverting DVD Player for $74.99Samsung 22" Widescreen LCD Monitor for $199.99Dynex 100-Pack 16x DVD-R Disc Spindle - $6.99Circuit City:Nikon D40 6.0MP Digital SLR Camera w/ 2 Nikkor Lenses for $649.99Seagate 500GB External Hard Drive for $79.99Xbox 360 Pro w/ Free Wireless Controller & 2 Games for $349.99And well the killer of em all.Dell Vostro.Intel Core 2 Duo,1.4 GHz,14.1" XGA LCD,2GB DDR RAM,120 GB HDD,8X DVD burner, 128MB nVIDIA GeForce 8400M for 599$.Happy Black Friday. Do remember to bring along a friend to take your place in case o...
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Have you seen the latest Mac/PC Ad?
2007-11-21 19:08:00
It is hilarious. I really want to stand up and applaud these absolute creative geniuses to have brought out such awesome stuff, again,and again and yet again, with no signs of fading away. For those who haven't seen it yet, here's the Youtube video version.
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Would you buy an unlocked iPhone for 1500$?
2007-11-21 16:38:00
This has got to be one of the most ridiculous announcements in this years roundup of iPhone News. T-Mobile said on Wednesday it will offer the iPhone without a T-Mobile contract for 999 euros ($1,478) at its shops. It will also allow those customers who bought an iPhone since November 19 to unlock the device free of charge so it can be used with other SIM cards. Read the full story here.The point that is not clear with T-Mobile head-honchos is what I'd like to shout at them..."WHO"D BUY A 399$ Phone for 1500$?" Was I loud and clear or do I need to repeat again?
More About: Apple , Iphone , Unlocked

Facebook Bug
2007-11-21 12:49:00
I got this bug right in action while surfing through Facebook 's home page to my Profile Page. Have a look at the pic. No photoshop whatsoever! It's pretty annoying.Click to enlarge!For those CSS guys, this actually isn't Greek at all. We can read all those border heights and font colors and other design parameters of the Facebook template. Hmm!!! Have I been lucky to get this shot, or have other people also been facing this irritating page?
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Top 5 Buzzwords of the Year....so far
2007-11-21 11:53:00
It's 21st November already. The Black Friday is approaching and as all the tech-junkies pack their bags for the holiday season, let's have a retrospective at the year that has been. It has been a wonderful year for technology, internet, bloggers like me,the opensource people, not so much for Microsoft (even though they profited) and of course for Social Networking. We have seen the rise of some really cool new words, and the internet media has been abuzz with them. So here I have prepared a list of the Top 5 Newsmakers/News/Keywords/Events whatever you may like to call it of the year so far. Why top 5? I'm too lazy to go for a longer list, and probably no body would be even interested in reading it. Of course, there is still more than a month to go and well, I do expect some more Tech Buzz to keep us occupied before we wind up for this year. So,here I go. In no order as such, but well starting with no.5.LOL.5:Opensocial vs FacebookSocial Networking took a peak with Facebook toppi...
More About: Google , Pod , Phone , Apple

Facebook "is" in status message removed. Or "is" it?
2007-11-21 05:00:00
I noticed this feature yesterday on Facebook , but well, didn't actually think of it as a bloggable item, until the guys at Mashable put it up. But, now it seems its back to square one. Have a look at the screenshot below.The "is" is back. Is it probably because I opted to write another "is" status message when it was removed? So,I explicitly wrote " Sujoy is wondering what's the fuss about Amazon's Kindle", and the Facebook guys thought, Oh! he doesn't want it to be removed. Any other explanations, or has it really gone away again?
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Firefox Addon:Read it Later
2007-11-20 19:23:00
I read a lot of stuff online. Most of which can be categorised as mere skimming or just surfacing the webpages. I bookmark an odd 20 pages everyday and probably subscribe to (let's drop the figures, I'm feeling a bit insecure). So, the point is what is the utility of this addon. Read the Name-Read it Later. Enables thyself to read the skimmed articles later in your time. The addon is available here. What can I say, it's a must have for bloggers, tech-geeks, internet junkies and stumblers like me. Peace! Enough of Firefox for a day.
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First Reviews of Firefox 3
2007-11-20 19:02:00
It has just been hours since the release, and well we have the reviews floating everywhere. Of course the industry firsts are as expected first. As in, CNET is out with their take. Here's the review from CNET's Stephen Shankland which reads, Firefox 3 is an improved version,yet imperfect. ZD Net's Adrian Kingsley writes "Firefox so far looks good!".However, Duncan Riley of Techcrunch isn't that happy and he complains,I fired up Firefox 3 and Flock with the exact same tabs opened, hoping that perhaps Mozilla had finally heard the protests of its loyal user base. The stats say it all.P.S. The stats are still quite high. My tip:Use Flock 1.0. I love it.
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iPod vs Rest of PMP
2007-11-20 18:56:00
Just to prove how strong is the reach of iPod , and its consumer penetration and marketing..yeah , you know what I'm pointing at, I'll just show you this.Image Courtesy: BestBuy.comYep! that's the point. Bestbuy has an MP3 player section divided into two, iPods and the rest.Steve'd be happy to see that!
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Steal these iPods: Thanksgiving Bargains
2007-11-20 18:46:00
The online fever of Thanksgiving is catching on.By that I mean the different tech-deals we get to see online this time of the year. Take for instance, this website. Here you get the iPod Nano 'Fatty' in Blue, with an 8GB capacity for 102$ (last seen with 12 bids). Or perhaps, Techbargains.com which offer the Zune flavors, in case you wanted something not Apple . So, happy shopping.
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Windows Worries
2007-11-20 18:33:00
Denis Dubie of ComputerWorld UK, in his blog reveals the survey figures of rejection of the new Redmond Obese-OS( that's what I'm gonna call it, as we call Ubuntu 7.10 -Gutsy Gibbon),Windows Vista. The survey was conducted by Forrester.Here are some of the key results of the survey.As expected, Windows XP remains one of the biggest obstacles to the acceptance of the Vista.Out of 600 US and European companies ,employing a minimum of 1000 employees each, which participated in the survey, 84 % of their PCs were running on Windows XP.The survey also said:.....Ninety percent of 961 IT professionals surveyed said they have concerns about migrating to Vista and more than half said they have no plans to deploy Vista.Well Santa, send some Christmas Love to Redmond!!
More About: News , Microsoft , Resources , Review

5 Rumors for the Black Friday
2007-11-20 16:22:00
Ok! So the Black Friday is almost here and well, its time for people to queue up early in the morning in front of their favorite gizmo store. So, how about cooking up some rumors for this Black Friday instead of some Turkey eh!So here I go!1:Facebook joins Opensocial, and well Google links up Gmail user IDs to it. Those who already are logging in Facebook via Gmail email IDs, get an invite to a Gmail/Google Facebook exclusive group/app.2:iPhone launches back the 4 GB model. Sold for 250$. Wait! I've got a better one. Steve shows Woz a big hug, and tells him that iPhone is going the Open way. As in, no more lock! Free,Free,Free!!!!!!! So all those minds occupied by keywords like unbricking, jailbreak et al, can just sit down, stretch their legs and eat Turkey.3:Glenn Wolsey admits that he was the one who hacked his own site. ie. Glenn Wolsey is malcor.4: eBay sells Skype to Yahoo!5:Digg finally unbanns me. How I miss digging!!Too much to digest for now. Shall be back with a real pos...
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Gmail Hack Post: Search by Language
2007-11-20 16:12:00
I found this on a blog on zdnet and well, I'll save the surprise for the end. Apparently Gmail allows to search by language. Yes. Here's the trick how. Search the following in the search bar-?language:?.e.g. If you want to search for German, you can type in "language:german" minus the quotes.Now for the surprise! English isn't supported yet by Gmail. ROTFL.This simple search in Gmail shows you messages it believes is written in German or Spanish whatever.Original article linked here.
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Firefox 3 beta released
2007-11-20 13:50:00
The prelaunch beta which had been leaked previously, is finally here for its first official beta test. For those who are looking around with no bulbs glowing whatsoever, I'm talking about Firefox 3 beta v1 released officially today. Get your test copy by visiting this link.For all those who want to test it, my little tip, backup your Bookmarks and just keep a note of the addons you had installed. They all might not be supported on the New Firefox. Peace!
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What is that fuss about Amazon's Kindle?
2007-11-20 05:52:00
Just hit Techmeme now(ie 11/20/2007, 1020 hrs IST) and what you'll find is that the first half of page is occupied by Amazon's new paid ebook reader named as Kindle .More on the name a bit later. So what is so revolutionary about this new gadget kid on the block? It reads ebooks, rss feeds,blogs, e-magazines, enables you to download all of 'em in less than a minute without any internet, wi-fi, or PC connection by using a wireless network called Amazon Whispernet which is something on the lines of a cellular phone network service,which means this is available only in the US(but of course). Display as bright and crisp as paper, ie is clearly viewable even in strong sunlight unlike LCD displays in all portable handheld devices. No monthly bills, only 9.99$ per book download from a library of 90,000 strong Amazon Library. Now more of the official specs is available in the press release.Costs a bummer at 399$ for just an ebook reader!Now what they didn't tell you at the release specs....
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Over with CAT-Time for the Blog to Roll
2007-11-19 15:47:00
After the disastrous performance at my attempt to become a manager,ie.CAT 2007 ,I am reminded of only one song and ie. ..But life still goes on,...I can't get used to living without living without...Living without you by my side.Anyway, time to get back to Technology. God, Internet has been buzzing with all crazy news from all ends. Facebook entering China , Amazon with a paid "blog reader?",Google Magazine, Mininova hitting the 1 millionth torrent upload, 17 newspapers join Yahoo.....phew!!! Lemme take a breather! Shall be back with the normal updates soon,very soon. I still need some time for myself to get back to normal as I'm recovering from the trauma of Nov 18th, also known in India as CAT 2007. I promise, Techkeyla will be back in a blink.
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Fanboys Combat: Glenn Wolsey suffers being hacked
2007-11-17 16:53:00
In the ultimate showdown between the Apple Fanboys and PC Fanboys, this is what happened to one of the most visited Apple weblogs. Glenn Wolsey,a 15 year old prodigy from New Zealand , whose blog glennwolsey.com is thronged by millions of Apple addicts and even those who aren't, everyday, has been hacked by someone called malcor. The site shows the following screen now.As expected, when many fans and avid readers of the blog(which includes me as well) are disappointed, there are also thousands who are pretty excited about the whole event. Read the comments on Malco's blogs here and find out.Just be prepared to read a lot of geeky foul language from anonymous techies from both ends(Mac as well as PC ie).UPDATE: The blog now shows a blank white page, and well as the image read, the blog had been hacked for 24 hours. So we can expect it to get back online quite soon!
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What is common between Prison Break and Blogging?
2007-11-17 15:49:00
What could possibly be similar, or remotely common between Prison Break and the wild world of Blog ging , what we know as the Blogosphere? Apparently, there is a full page theory stating things which do draw parallels between the two, and not only that. The main protagonist ,Michael Scoffield (I'm a huge fan of Prison Break) has been even compared to have traits which should be there in a blogger who wants to be successful. Hmm, not sure if I have those mentioned traits. Read this post here by Christine Kayser, the co-founder and writer for MovieSnobs.net, on a blog called: bloggingexperiment.com. I'm sure you'll love it!
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Youtube Hack
2007-11-17 05:04:00
Everyone must have heard about the recent announcement from the guys at Youtube about rolling out the next gen of Youtube in 3 months, which would allow better and higher resolution of videos, probably a longer duration limit of videos and better sound etc. What Youtube does when we upload a File already in a standard resolution,say 640X480 or upwards, is tone it down to normal 4:3 TV scale 320X240,convert it online to FLV which means compressed size at the cost of picture quality. Well, yes of course, video streaming is faster at this rate. But for broadband users, Youtube is just meh!All that is gonna change in 3 months from now. But this post which I found in a forum( forum.videohelp.com, Read the article here) gives a step-by-step guide of retaining video clarity, and hacking the duration limit etc on the current Youtube. The procedure is a bit too long, and too intriguing for me, but for all the people who really want to dig in to upload your really long webisodes,podcasts,what...
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How the Gates stole Leopard
2007-11-17 04:35:00
Hilarious cartoon,courtesy:geekculture.com. Won't say much. Just click to enlarge.Have a Good Laugh!
More About: Humor , Apple , Microsoft , Leopard , Gates

The iPhone Microsoft One-on-One
2007-11-16 15:23:00
Well, everyone is by now quite familiar with the following image.Have a closer look at the top-right corner. On the TIME iPhone special, there is a story on "Is Microsoft Dead?".Quite coincidental you say! LOL.
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Behold: Anti-Google enters
2007-11-16 13:40:00
I happened to stumble upon this article at Sphinn(yeah! the blue button you see below).It is titled "Say Goodbye to Google ". I even read a similar forum discussion here.It is true that Google, in its pursuit for organizing the entire online information has started to appear to some,as a Giant who wants control over all. We cannot deny that Search today is synonymous to Google,or vice versa. Gmail has become one of the most widely used Mail services, setting trends with security,spam filter, large sized inboxes and attachments sizes larger than most free mail inbox sizes. Firefox is the pioneer of the Open Source browser league and well, I, being in India, am an Orkut addict. And I just skipped some other major Google products and their features, coz that would take up the entire page. Apparently, the entire scope of Google seems to upset a few people(a few, because they are only a few, again,I assume). Here are some questions these so-called Anti-Google people have to ask.Is Google ...
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Wiki vs Google vs Facebook
2007-11-16 12:01:00
I know the "vs." title is just getting on too much. But I just can't help it. Its the Tech News section across the Web which is splashing such news throughout. In one of the most loud announcements from Wiki head honcho,Jimmy Wales, it was revealed that Wiki is stepping into the social networking arena. Well, not explicitly mentioned. This is what happened. Jimmy Wales calls this new project, Wikia, which is a new twist in the search tale. Incidentally the page shown resembles a Facebook profile.( Read the full story here).So search meets Social Networking finally? I won't indulge in speculating on this. More in this article are some startling trivia about Wikipedia. Interestingly, it has been termed as Google 's worst Nightmare. I shall call it Wiki vs Google vs Facebook.Pic Courtesy:matthewbuckland

Gmail User Happiness Survey
2007-11-16 11:26:00
Remember people, I did a post on the Orkut User Happiness Survey . Gmail today is out with their own version of the Happiness Survey, shockingly titled,the Google Mail User Happiness Survey. Here's a screenshot.Click to enlarge. The survey link is available in your own inboxes just left to the Mail Settings link, or go to this link.Google has been publicising their goodwill and real ethical side, firstly with Adsense click space reduction and now with User Happiness Surveys. I am sure if they read my post on the 5 Gmail wishes, they'd surely get some answers. What say Larry,Sergey?
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Cybershot "Nano-ed"
2007-11-16 08:55:00
This one comes straight from the page of Engadget on 25th Oct( see link here for the original link). But well, being the Apple fan I am, I just couldn't resist including this is my Blog.On the left is the former Apple iPod Nano ad in its 5 color range grandeur.And on the right is the new Sony Cyber-Shot range. Perhaps,imitation is indeed the greatest form of flaterry eh! Love 'em both.P.S. Each Sony Cyber-Shot is turned to a 90 degrees to the position of the Nano.
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5 Favorite Facebook Widgets
2007-11-15 17:02:00
CIO did an interesting article enlisting the 5 Favorite Widgets for Business users on Facebook . Now I am not that,right! (Well, I do dream of becoming one, one day, but that's a different story). So here I am, writing down my own 5 favorite Facebook Widgets, not necessarily in any order.1: Blog FriendsIt is the best way to make my contacts and friends know of my latest posts. Only limitations is for a blogger like me who maintains 4 different blogs,there is no option but to just stick to your three favorite ones.Hmm! Similar widgets also existing on my Facebook profile are: Flog Blog and Stumble Upon.2:Pirates vs.NinjaI love Naruto and am a big big fan of the Jap-Anime league of which I worship Uzumaki Naruto.So for a change , when I get to be one, and kick the buttocks of the Jack Sparrows and Captain Hooks , I love it. It hurts when you lose but! Similar widgets: Vampires, Werewolves, Zombies et al.3:FlickrNeed I say more.4:iLikeFor a music buff like me , this is the best way to ...
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Blog in Dollars?
2007-11-15 15:42:00
People who have been blogging now for the last two years or more must be quite aware of the Technorati powered Widget which quantifies the financial worth of one's blog. The Dane Carlson project page is linked here.There is another website with a similar purpose called Website Value Calculator. The startling results are about to follow. This blog of mine, ie Techkeyla has got so far a traffic of 12,000 visitors in the last 40 days or so since its genesis. Its Alexa rating is in the range of 3 million, and I wouldn't mention the Google Page Rank. Both the value calculators are based on Alexa rating, and Google Page ranking. However, they have different results to show.First: Dane Carlson's Blog Worth Calculator.For Techkeyla the worth is: 2,258.16$ My blog is worth $2,258.16.How much is your blog worth? According to Website Value Calculator however, it is a mere 208$. My site is worth $208.How much is yours worth?BTW, for my other two, not-so-popular blogs, Tathastu and Magnum...
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Ubuntu vs Leopard vs Vista
2007-11-15 13:28:00
This post is courtesy Google Trends. I just love it. This isn't a sudden awakening to the Google tool that has been out for long. But yeah, the implementation just impressed me absolutely. We have all been subjected to the intense drama of the face-off among the three big-wigs in the OS world. For all the morons who are still wondering, I'm talking about Ubuntu 's Gutsy-Gibbon, Apple 's Mac OS 10.5 Leopard, and Windows' successor of XP,Vista. Now, people may argue that the Leopard has been sucking all the eyeballs, internet spaces on blogs, forum discussions and well search engine keyowrds as well. But the Google Trends comparison actually gives a startling eye-opener. Have a look at the graph below. The figures are of the last month,ie Oct-15th to Nov 15th 2007.(The figures before that aren't much different either.)A region wise ,city wise, and a language wise comparison of the search trends.The region-wise comparison strengthens the point here . That people across the globe, ...
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