Dell Hybrid Desktops
For nearly two decades now we haven’t seen any innovation in design from makers of Wintel PCs or laptops. Over the last few years, it has been solely Apple that…
July 2008
Virtual Box is now free
Virtualization (the ability to run multiple OS simultaneously) is gaining lot of traction nowadays. In the PC world this started initially with VMWare and Virtual PC (which Microsoft acquired from…
Cold Steel – Lakshmi Mittal
Two weeks back on my way back to Chennai in Mumbai Airport I picked up the book – Cold Steel, Lakshmi Mittal and the Multi-Billion-Dollar Battle for a Global Empire…
Starbucks closing shops
If you are following US Business news you would have read about Starbucks closing over 600 of their stores around the USA. I am wondering what took them so long…
The Bank Job (2008)
While returning from the USA in my flight I saw this movie “The Bank Job“. The Bank Job is supposed to be a true life story of a bank robbery…
The Alps (2007)
At the San Jose Tech Museum, I went to see the IMAX movie “The Alps” which had breathtaking views and an emotional story – an expert climber had been wanting…
Hellboy II (2008)
To kill time I went to Century Cinemas in Grand Mall to watch “Hellboy II” – why Hellboy, because there was no other movie I would have liked. The movie’s…
San Jose Tech Museum
I was in San Jose area and had the whole day to spend before my return flight (Jet Airways from SFO to BOM) in the evening. So I started the…