Muchhala's World {OLD}

Blog Shifted

2005-11-12T22:38:00.000-08:00

I am shifting my blog to a new location. I dont wanna use blogger anymore thats why.Here's the link to the new blog: http://www.muchhalasworld.comI will preserve this blog as long as possible :)

Wooosh.......

2005-11-04T05:03:00.000-08:00

Finally deleted all the spam comments on the blog, must have been more than 30. Deleting them all was a tough job.Its amazing what ppl will do to increase their page ranking & stuff.Well if u know of way to stop all this post spam for blogger, please leave ur suggestion. (No Spamming PLEASE)

Finally Finally Recieved My Ubuntu CDs

2005-09-09T00:57:00.000-07:00

Well I finally received my 25 Ubuntu CDs I had ordered sometime in June, from shipit.ubuntu.com :). Didn’t receive as I had thought I would have, had to go to the Foreign Post Office at Ballard Estate in Mumbai. Those Custom people wanted me to PAY DUTY ON UNIVERSALLY FREE DISTRIBUTED LINUX CDs :oThe timings mentioned on their Call letter was 10:30-12:30 & I reached there by 10:45 and the lady

Ratings: Google Talk

2005-09-01T05:26:00.000-07:00

The latest entrant to the world of IM’s is the Google Talk. Well I don’t have the time and resources to Review it but from my experience of using it I did like to rateSize & Resource Usage: 9/10; There’s no IM that comes in a 900 KB pack. The amount of resources it requires is just about 1/4th of that of Yahoo or MSN, it’s a boon for someone like me with ultra low resourcesInterface: 7/10; Its

Finally Finally Microsoft Upgrades my MSN Account

2005-09-01T01:03:00.000-07:00

Today when I logged in to my Hotmail MSN account I finally found my account upgraded to 25 MB. Thank GOD they finally did it. After all those mails to their customer service or even trying the. As just about I don’t care what this account has, because I got my accounts on Yahoo! And Gmail, which are way better than Hotmail MSN. As to what this accounts got is just invites from

Cell phone Prices in India (August '05)

2005-08-30T06:58:00.000-07:00

I-MateI-mate PDA2k Rs.44,000I-mate JAM Rs.33,000O2O2 XDA III Rs.44,000 O2 XDA LIS Rs.41,000O2 XDA II mini Rs.30,000Palm OnePalmOne Treo 600 Rs.28,000NokiaN-8800 Rs.44,099 N-9500 Rs.36,000 N-9300 Rs.31,000 N-6680 Rs.26,500 N-7280 Rs.24,000 N-7600 Rs.22,000N-6681 Rs.21,000 N-7710 Rs.20,500 N-6630

London beats Paris to 2012 Games

2005-07-06T07:01:00.000-07:00

The 2012 Olympic Games will be held in London, the International Olympic Committee has announced.London won a two-way fight with Paris by 54 votes to 50 at the IOC meeting in Singapore, after bids from Moscow, New York and Madrid were eliminated.Paris had been favourites throughout the campaign but London's hopes were raised after an impressive presentation by Lord Coe, the bid chairman.Prime

Europe rejects patent proposal

2005-07-06T06:53:00.000-07:00

The European Parliament has rejected a controversial measure that would have created a single method of patenting software throughout the EU.A government representative said that 648 out of 729 members of Parliament voted Wednesday to reject the proposal, called the Computer Implemented Inventions Directive, which critics said would widen the extent to which software could be patented.The

Windows 1.0 to XP: Screenshots

2005-07-02T23:15:00.000-07:00

Take a look at the all vesions of Windows till dateWindows 1.01 Windows 2.0 Windows 286 Windows 3.0Windows 3.1Windows 3.11Windows 95Windows 98Windows NT 3.1Windows NT 3.51Windows NT 4.0Windows 2000Windows MeWindows XP

Cnet may be up for sale, report says Web site owner has no comment, but shares climb $1.10

2005-07-02T23:13:00.000-07:00

A report that Cnet Networks, owner of several popular technology Web sites, is shopping itself to potential buyers sent the company's shares up nearly 10 percent Thursday.Executives from the San Francisco firm have held informal discussions with Viacom, the parent of CBS television, and Barry Diller's InterActiveCorp, according to an article Thursday in the New York Post.Yahoo Inc. and Time

Grow Puzzle

2005-06-26T11:32:00.000-07:00

Try this puzzlehttp://kiteretsu.jp/on/grow3/Its one that will make u go crazy.I got the complete score 20000 after an hour.Put things in order so that it helps the other to grow.Just a hint.Start with egg and then the robo(the box)And the last 3 be dish, booster & tv

Microsoft Readies BitTorrent Alternative

2005-06-20T10:46:00.000-07:00

Researchers at Microsoft's (Profile, Products, Articles) Cambridge, England, labs are developing a file-sharing technology that they say could make it easier to distribute big files such as films, television programs and software applications to end-users over the Internet.Code-named Avalanche, the technology is similar to existing peer-to-peer (P-to-P) file swapping systems such as BitTorrent's,

Found: Europe's oldest civilisation

2005-06-14T20:49:00.000-07:00

Archaeologists have discovered Europe's oldest civilisation, a network of dozens of temples, 2,000 years older than Stonehenge and the Pyramids.More than 150 gigantic monuments have been located beneath the fields and cities of modern-day Germany, Austria and Slovakia. They were built 7,000 years ago, between 4800BC and 4600BC. Their discovery, revealed today by The Independent, will

RSS To Carry Spyware Before Year's Out

2005-06-14T09:50:00.000-07:00

By the end of the year, spyware programs will have tripled in number, put Firefox in their sights, and have turned to RSS to distribute its key loggers and ad spawners, a security expert said Friday.Richard Stiennon, director of threat research at anti-spyware software vendor Webroot, first presented his six predictions at this week's Gartner IT Security Summit.Number one on his list?"The first

isnoop.net's free gmail invites no more

2005-06-07T10:04:00.000-07:00

I just went to check the number of invites with isnoop.net and this is what it said:I Quote from http://isnoop.net/gmail/I have gotten the word from Gmail's Product Manager that my service is no longer tolerable. At midnight PDT June 7th, 2005, this service was disabled. I would like to extend my sincere thanks to all who contributed to this service. Your generosity helped out a vast number of

Firefox Bugged Again

2005-06-07T08:22:00.000-07:00

Spanish Security firm Secunia, has found a seven year old flaw - 'frame injection' vulnerability, in Mozilla's Firefox browser which allows attackers to place malicious content on trusted websites.The warning reveals a flaw in the way the browser handles frames. The application does not verify if a page, displayed in different frames on a particular website originates from the same site. This

NASA frees rover from Martian sand trap

2005-06-06T06:31:00.000-07:00

After inch-by-inch progress, Opportunity back on trackNASA's Opportunity rover has broken free from the Martian sand dune where it had been stuck for more than a month, the mission's top scientist announced Saturday."We're out of the trench, and we're back on the surface again," Cornell astronomer Steve Squyres, principal investigator for the Mars Exploration Rovers, told MSNBC.com.In a mission

Apple to NOT drop IBM's chips .. but to have them both

2005-06-05T20:08:00.001-07:00

Over the past week, there has been renewed rumor-mongering about discussions between Apple and Intel about the possibility of a move to Intel's x86-64 platform. Many have, once again, interpreted this as meaning that Apple would completely drop the PowerPC platform within a short time of moving to x86 -- but that is not at all what we've been hearing from sources in Cupertino.Apparently, any

Harry Potter 6 - The Half-Blood Prince

2005-06-05T20:08:00.000-07:00

Release Date: July 16, 2005The following is a list of facts that we know about book six, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.From JKRowling.com:- The link between Chamber of Secrets and Half-Blood Prince relates to a discovery Harry made in 'Chamber' that foreshadows something that he finds out in 'Prince'.- Tom Riddle is not the Half Blood Prince (he is Voldemort).- Arthur Weasley is not the

IBM sells Blue Gene for brain research

2005-06-05T19:22:00.000-07:00

IBM has sold a multimillion-dollar model of its new Blue Gene/L supercomputer to simulate the workings of the human brain.The Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Lausanne, Switzerland, purchased the supercomputer, dubbed Blue Brain, and its researchers will collaborate with experts from IBM on the project, Big Blue is expected to announce Monday.The two-year project will build a

Mercedes MP3 Watch

2005-06-05T11:57:00.000-07:00

If you can't afford the svelte S-Class or the catchy C-Class, here's a (relatively) cheaper W-Class MP3 wrist watch for you. The watch has 512mb of memory, and runs for between six to eight hours on a single charge. It also features a voice recorder and can of course store data as well. Generally Mercedes cars would have all top of the line features in even the most basic models, but here we have

Journey to the centre of Earth

2005-06-05T10:58:00.000-07:00

Japanese scientists are to explore the centre of the Earth. Using a giant drill ship launched next month, the researchers aim to be the first to punch a hole through the rocky crust that covers our planet and to reach the mantle below.The team wants to retrieve samples from the mantle, six miles down, to learn more about what triggers undersea earthquakes, such as the one off Sumatra that caused

The machine that can copy anything

2005-06-05T10:54:00.000-07:00

A revolutionary machine that can copy itself and manufacture everyday objects quickly and cheaply could transform industry in the developing world, according to its creator. The "self-replicating rapid prototyper," or "RepRap" is the brainchild of Dr. Adrian Bowyer, a senior lecturer in mechanical engineering at the University of Bath in the UK.It is based on rapid prototyping technology

Firefox 2.0 Roadmap

2005-06-05T10:08:00.000-07:00

IntroductionFirefox will be one of the most critical delivery vehicles for Gecko and XULRunner technology in 2005. Our goal is to continue to build a "best of breed" browser product for Windows, Linux and Mac OS X. We have ambitious goals for the workload between now and our next major release set. This document is a description of our current thinking on how we intend to get to Firefox 2.0. At

AMD may lower K8 prices in July

2005-06-05T10:06:00.000-07:00

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) may cut the prices on its K8 platform CPUs in July, which would come one month before Intel’s planned price cuts for its Pentium 4 600 series, according to market sources. Intel is expected to lower its prices on August 14, although sources indicated Intel may implement the cuts earlier if motherboard sales in the second quarter are lower than expected.AMD claimed no

Laptops Now More Popular Than Desktops

2005-06-05T09:57:00.000-07:00

SAN FRANCISCO - In a sure sign that the era of mobile computing has arrived, notebooks have for the first time outsold desktops in the United States in a calendar month, the research firm Current Analysis says.After tracking sales from a sampling of electronics retailers, Current Analysis says notebook sales accounted for 53 percent of the total personal computer market last month, up from 46

First ThinkPad tablet set for debut

2005-06-05T09:46:00.001-07:00

The first-ever ThinkPad that converts to a tablet PC will make its debut on Monday, CNET News.com has learned.China's Lenovo Group is expected to announce its new X41 Tablet Series (X41T) in coordination with IBM, which developed the convertible laptop. This is the first computer released by China's Lenovo Group following its purchase of IBM's legendary PC business earlier this year.With its

Tech Support

2005-06-05T09:46:00.000-07:00

Customer: "I've been ringing 0700 2300 for two days and can't get through to enquiries, can you help?".Operator: "Where did you get that number from, sir?".Customer: "It was on the door to the Travel Centre".Operator: "Sir, they are our opening hours".Samsung ElectronicsCaller: "Can you give me the telephone number for Jack?"Operator: "I'm sorry, sir, I don't understand who you are talking about"

www.porn.xxx

2005-06-05T09:45:00.002-07:00

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has allowed porn websites to have .xxx as their domain instead of .com.The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers said it would begin negotiations with ICM Registry, to iron out technical issues and prices for the new web addresses.ICANN spokesman Kieran Baker said that adult-oriented sites which is a $12 billion

IRam Boosts Windows Boot

2005-06-05T09:45:00.001-07:00

Giga-byte Technology, the Taiwanese hardware maker has found a way to boot PCs based on Microsoft's Windows XP operating system faster.The company has come up with Iram, a PC add-in card with four DDR DRAM (double data rate dynamic RAM memory) slots that's designed to be used as a PC drive.According to the company, since IRam uses DRAM rather than a hard disk to store information, data can be

MS Accepts Korean Site Attack

2005-06-05T09:45:00.000-07:00

Software giant, Microsoft, has acknowledged that its South Korean website has recently been victimized by hackers. According to reports, the attack was directed on the news section of the site.Microsoft s spokesperson Adam Sohn confirmed that the site had been attacked on Tuesday morning, and the company had taken the site offline for a few hours to fix the problem.Investigations have revealed

Setting Up Multiple Homepage's in Firefox

2005-05-29T04:59:00.000-07:00

If there’s more than one site you always visit after starting up Firefox, you can set your homepage to open several tabs of different web sites at once automatically.From Firefox’s Tools menu, Options, General, enter the addresses of sites separated by a pipe |, as shown above. Or, you can open up all the sites in tabs and hit the “Use Current Pages” button.Thanks to ImageShack for Free Image

Cell Phone Prices in India

2005-05-29T04:51:00.000-07:00

NOKIANOKIA - 9500 Rs.39,000NOKIA - 9300 Rs.36,000NOKIA - 6630 Rs.29,100NOKIA - 7710 Rs.29,000NOKIA - 7280 Rs.28,000NOKIA - 7600 Rs.26,500NOKIA - 7270 Rs.21,500NOKIA - 7610 Rs.21,500NOKIA - 7200 Rs.19,800NOKIA - 3230 Rs.19,700NOKIA - 6670 Rs.19,500NOKIA - 6260 Rs.18,500NOKIA - 6170 Rs.17,000NOKIA - 6230 Rs.16,500NOKIA - 6600 Rs.16,000NOKIA - 7260 Rs.14,500NOKIA - 3660 Rs.14,000NOKIA - 6820 Rs

Microsoft Windows XP on Sony PSP

2005-05-29T04:46:00.000-07:00

Unified Next-Gen DVD Format Unlikely

2005-05-29T04:41:00.000-07:00

It seems as if the promise of a unified next-generation DVD format may be dead for the near future. This comes after comments from Toshiba president Tadashi Okamura to a group of Japanese business leaders that seemed to indicate that the two sides were far from any kind of agreement.Sony, however, seemed to hold out hope while at the same time stipulating that any agreement must be in its

Nanotech to increase DVD capacity to 850 GByte

2005-05-29T04:35:00.000-07:00

Iomega believes DVD media to remain competitive with upcoming optical storage technologies such as Blu-ray and HD-DVD: Nanotechnology could multiply the current maximum capacity to 8.5 GByte by a factor of 40 to 100, the company said.The DVD appears to be far from its end of life according to Iomega's discovery. The firm was granted two patents that cover a specific use of nanotechnology in

Do u know of Good Free Web Hosting??

2005-05-03T21:06:00.000-07:00

If anyone of you know about good free web hosting please let me know.All i want u to do is leave the site link as a comment to this, with ur name (if u wish to)I thank all of you.

Only Geius Can Say these...

2005-02-12T06:05:00.000-08:00

The professor of a university challenged his students with this question. "Did God create everything that exists?" A student answered bravely, "Yes, he did". The professor then asked, "If God created everything, then he created evil. Since evil exists (as noticed by our own actions), so God is evil. The student couldn't respond to that statement causing the professor to conclude that he had "

Firefox Reaches 21 Million

2005-01-29T10:10:00.000-08:00

Mozilla Firefox 1.0 has seen a 21 million download since 9 November when it was released. Since then it has garnered more than 7% market share at the expense of Microsofts Internet Explorer which has for the first time seen its market share dip below the crucial 90% mark since 2001. Firefox has mainly gathered momentum due to increasing security concerns from Microsoft Internet Explorer, which

Convert Your Hotmail to 250 MB

2005-01-13T09:15:00.000-08:00

Follow these Simple Steps and your Hotmail Account size will increase 1. Go To Options --> Profile2. Change: Country -->United States Zip Code -->33332 3. Update your account and Sign Out 4.

Wish You a Happy New Year

2004-12-31T11:35:00.000-08:00

Wishing all of You a Very PROSPEROUS & HAPPY NEW YEAR

I got Gmail Invites

2004-12-30T00:52:00.000-08:00

I have got a lot of gmail invites (20 to be precise) with me if any one who wants it should just leave a comment and i will send the invite. Invites will be given on first come first serve basis. Kindly note that Gmail Invites genrally reach your Bulkmail instead of the Inbox, so dont forget to check there.

I got Gmail

2004-12-23T04:15:00.000-08:00

Today I finally got Gmail - Googles Revolutionary e-mail that so much more quick, easy and clutterfree. After months of fruitless searching i finally got Gmail Invites, beleave me in one night I got 4 invites. This was more than enough for me to create Gmail Accounts for each of my famaliy members. Google dosent even collect any personal data like date of birth, address, nothing. You just have to