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August 22, 2008

Airtel’s challenge

This is simply idiotic.
Even if a hacker figures out a way to make voice calls from an iPhone procured from our stores using a non-Airtel SIM, he will not be able to access any of the ‘Airtel Live’ or ‘Airtel Apps’ features built into all the iPhones sold by Airtel.
Yeah, right. We want the iPhone [...]

August 14, 2008

Smultron and TextMate

Most of the Algorithms I implement are in Java and C++. I’ve been using TextMate instead of TextEdit to write code for the past two weeks and I find TextMate is simply great for writing code in C++ and Java. The editor is fine but I somehow felt I should be using a free application for [...]

August 12, 2008

iTunes Store India

After upgrading to iTunes 7.7.1, this is what I discover when I open the iTunes Store. I was initially shocked when the Music Search wasn’t working on the store and it redirected me to the Advanced App Store Search. India just got added to this page(and so did Pakistan; surprises me!).

July 6, 2008

Flash Player 10

The Mac OS X web browser finally looks a lot less paranoid with the latest plugin installed. It’s currently in beta but that 3x speed boost just made me install it the moment I saw the benchmarks. I hear there are a lot 3D features in this release, waiting for Flash CS4 now.
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July 1, 2008

Apple Certified Refurbished iPod Nano(3rd Generation) Photos

Initially not sure about my purchase, I was very happy when I got my Refurbished iPod Nano from the Apple Store for only $99. The iPod Nano comes with a new part number and is restored to the condition in which it is when a new unit is purchased. My hunch is that refurbished iPods [...]

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