July 2008 - Posts - Play Things

July 2008 - Posts

Olympic opening ceremony rehearsal videos leaked!

Posted by Sidin Vadukut at 
From the BBC : A South Korean television station has broadcast a secret dress rehearsal for the opening of Beijing Olympics, irking the Chinese organisers of the Games. Apparently the Koreans just wandered in and began filming without anyone stopping them. The video is pretty spectacular. Though there are only a few second worth of snippets, the video...

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The next Google?

Posted by Sidin Vadukut at 
Yes. What a desperate-for-traffic headline that is? But tis true. The internets are ablaze with rumours of a new competitor Google that may finally not go bankrupt a few minutes after the press conference. This is what Webware has to say: There's a big new search engine launching Monday: Cuil . Developed and run by the husband-and-wife team of Stanford...

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The essential guide to becoming a superhero

Posted by Sidin Vadukut at 
With The Dark Knight setting box offices on fire all week, this is a great time to look deep within ourselves and see if we have what it takes to be a super hero. Can we fight crime? Stand for good in the face of gruesome evil? Fill out a catsuit and cod piece in the right places? A Scientific American Q&A feature investigates the possibility of...

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Want the music on your friend's ipod? Here's how to copy it all without iTunes!

Posted by Sidin Vadukut at 
Last weekend a dear friend called up to say how his laptop had crashed and how he can now never take a backup of the music on his iPod. That's because, and most iPod owners know this, there is no way to actually copy back the music on your iPod. It only works one way: PC to iPod. Apple has deliberately created a convuluted database structure that...

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Your mobile talk plan may hold a nasty surprise

Posted by Sidin Vadukut at 
There is no denying it. The economy is in tatters. The sensex is in doldrums and my mutual fund investments evoke two words: Bear Sterns. Good times, though, for HR people everywhere who can't wipe the smirks off their faces as they begin long, sorrowful all-employee emails with the line: "Now that ICICI Bank has slashed bonuses we have decided...

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So how much is the iPhone 3G really going to cost in India?

Posted by Sidin Vadukut at 
That is the question on every mobile-flouting, credit-card-maxed-out, gadget-obsessed, marriage-in-doldrums-due-to-wife-not-getting-enough-attention tech geek's mind of late. Now upfront I will confess that I have no idea myself. Friends keep calling me and to ask what the "business media" thinks will be the price of the "God's...

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