Honey, I blew up the Ipod, and got the IPad

"Honey, I blew up the Ipod, and got the IPad," Steve Jobs didn't say this.

The difference (from iPhone) is you can't make phone calls, and there is no camera, but with a Sim. (What a waste of 3G !!) With bluetooth, it could have been also a mobile and make video calls too. Still it is a mobile device ,just as "Apple is the largest mobile devices company in the world".

Apple iPad: the first review | Technology | The Guardian

www.guardian.co.uk

You may wonder what the Apple iPad is for. The answer: everything, but could that be too much?

Deeds not Words that makes a man

"I'd rather be a really good one-term president than a mediocre two-term president," Obama.

Well good intentions may win one awards, but it is deeds and not words that makes a man (as in mankind).

President Obama Would Rather Be Really Good One-Term President - ABC News

http://abcnews.go.com/WN/Politics/presid...

President Obama tells ABC News' Diane Sawyer that he'd rather be a "really good one-term president" than a "mediocre two-erm president."

Now cellphone has a new use! A cure for Alzheimers !

Now cellphone has a new use! A cure for Alzheimers !!

Of course don't take this at face value.

The cellphone radiation controversy takes a new turn - SmartPlanet

www.smartplanet.com

The sudden firing of head football coach Jim Leavitt for going all George Patton on one of his players is not the biggest controversy this week on the

Google & Privacy:

Google & Privacy:


"If you have something that you don't want anyone to know, maybe you shouldn't be doing it in the first place." Google CEO, Eric Schmidt on CNBC Interview in Dec,2009.

"Drummond said that the hackers never got into Gmail accounts via the Google hack, but they did manage to get some "account information ...

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How China exposed Google's hypocrisy | IT Security | TechRepublic.com

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In the midst of our celebration for Google's suddenly principled stand on the matter of Chinese censorship and oppression of dissidents, we should not

Venezuelan Economics!

Buy at 2.6 exchange rate and sell at 4.3, provided you have good connections. President Chavez's prescription for the Venezuelan economics.

May be our politicians have something to learn there.

UPDATE 1-Devaluation ups stakes in Venezuela election year | Reuters

www.reuters.com

(For more stories on Venezuela's devaluation click on [ID:nN09265157]) * Chavez popularity could suffer after devaluation * Venezuelans rush to shops anticipating price hikes * Inflation will jump

Freedom of Speech or fall in Stock price, which is more priceless?

Freedom of Speech or fall in Stock price, which is more priceless?

Google linked its decision to sophisticated cyberattacks on its computer systems that it suspected originated in China and that were aimed, at least in part, at the Gmail accounts of Chinese human rights activists.
In terms of individual users, we would advise people to deploy reputable anti-virus and anti-spyware programs on their computers, to install patches for their operating systems and to update their web browsers. Always be cautious when clicking on links appearing in instant messages and emails, or when asked to share personal information like passwords online.

Whether google.cn remains or not, google.com should !!

Official Google Blog: A new approach to China

googleblog.blogspot.com

Like many other well-known organizations, we face cyber attacks of varying degrees on a regular basis. In mid-December, we detected a highly sophisticated and targeted attack on our corporate infrastructure originating from China that resulted in the theft of intellectual property from Google. ...

Right now it seems the best approach to avoid a hacker attack similar to this and the attack the Indian PM's office faced, is to disable Javascript in Adobe or any alternate PDF Reader.
Better to do this if you value your private information, passwords etc. Only those documents, if at all any, that needs Javascript can be selectively enabled to use Javascript!!!
This can easily be done by going to Edit-Preferences in Adobe Reader and then disabling Javascript.

Tweedledum & Tweedledee

Tweedledum & Tweedledee

Tweeted all their way,

Ready to fight anyone;

When the Crunch came

Tweedledum was left alone;

Then came the big bad Crow;

And all that Tweedledum could do

Was blame the Crunch!

(This verse has no connection with any recent incidents;

and does not allude to any person dead or alive!!!)