• Rants

    Cribs, complaints about unprofessional or unethical behavior from those who are high on the pedestal.

    Hotmail – The New Hotbed of 419 Scam

    by  • August 30, 2009 • Rants • 1 Comment

    419 scammers now use SMS Centres based in India

    419 Scams are nothing new, at-least not to techies. However there are scores of people across the planet who continue to fall for these scammers who are primarily based out of Africa. Why do people fall for such schemes? Lack of common sense is obviously the reason. Greed is another. Take a look at...

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    The Overcooked Netbook

    by  • March 14, 2009 • Rants • 0 Comments

    Sony Vaio VGN P15G

    The new Sony P Series is by no means an innovative product. Years before the newly launched Sony Vaio VGN P15G , Sony developed and sold the Picturebook series Vaio VAIO PCG-C1XS laptop. Unfortunately, the trend of Netbooks hadn’t caught on then. Much like the consumer demand for gas guzzling cars in 50′s in...

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    Bigger The Company, Harder They Fall

    by  • January 14, 2008 • Rants • 5 Comments

    Reliance Infocomm‘s latest stunt has fallen on it’s face and become the gaffe of the year. Ok, maybe gaffe of the month. It activated ‘Ring-Back-Tone (RBT)’ for all customers without any prior intimation/permission. To my discerning musical ears, a nondescript song being played at 2.4 kbps-mono over a 1mm speaker is probably worse than...

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    The Winner Takes It All

    by  • September 29, 2007 • Rants • 13 Comments

    Take the talent shows – so much in vogue in India. First you invite the industry pundits to join the panel of judges. You make them do the sweaty work of scraping the dirt, trying to find raw gemstones. And when they have fairly narrowed the selection based on their years of experience, you...

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