Archive for October, 2008

Zee Dish TV dishhomepick Service

Thursday, October 23rd, 2008

First I cannot find a way to update my package from Dish Maxi to Dish Maxi Plus.
So, I tried their dishhomepick number for Gurgaon. The number listed on their website where you can call to get some dude to visit your house to renew your connection.
I found the number for Gurgaon and called it. [...]

What happens if your Gmail account is blocked?

Monday, October 20th, 2008

A friend of mine found that Google disabled his Gmail account. He cannot recall doing anything that could result in Google blocking his Gmail account.

mchek: More Delhi-Gurgaon Expressway Madness

Sunday, October 19th, 2008

Good god. I tried recharging my Smart Tag using the pathetic OxiCash option.
Can’t. Apparently they are not accepting ICICI Bank accounts any more.

Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 delivery to your home!

Saturday, October 18th, 2008

Microsoft would charge Rs. 929 to deliver a CD with Internet Explorer 7 to your home in India! That is pretty cool.

But not as cool as Canonical delivering a full operating system (Ubuntu) to your home India for FREE!

New Toyota Prius looks like Toyota Corolla/Camry

Saturday, October 18th, 2008

I do not get it. Toyota is making all of their new generation models look like the Camry which I so dislike.
Here is the photo of the new updated model.

Delhi-Gurgaon Expressway Smart Tag and Visa Credit Cards

Friday, October 17th, 2008

I was happy to see when I noticed Visa Credit Card sign boards on the Delhi Gurgaon Expressway. The sign boards mentioned that I could now use a Visa Credit Card to recharge my Smart Tag.
I got online. Took a while before I could land on the relevant page.
Noticed that I cannot really recharge [...]

Adobe Flash Player 10 Madness: Get back Flash Player 9 for the time being!

Thursday, October 16th, 2008

If you are a WordPress user, you might have noticed that file upload has stopped working with the latest Flash 10 Player update.
They made some changes in the code of the player which requires the developers of WordPress to change their own code to make it work again.

Et tu, ASUS

Thursday, October 16th, 2008

I am amazed when I see hard core techie companies like Asus using Women to showcase their products. I do not remember Apple doing that

Microsoft still don’t get it…

Wednesday, October 15th, 2008

I’m a PC is already OLD.

Google Custom Search and Chrome

Wednesday, October 15th, 2008

OMG Google. How could you?