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  1. Phantom Lancer

    Are We (Indians) Racists ?

    Though this issue never crops up when i have a talk with my Indian friends it almost always crops up in all my conversations with my friends abroad and leaves me very embarrassed . Our Fair and Lovely Adverts are a standing joke abroad ..... It gives everybody the idea that Indians hate to be...
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    Is LCD TV a must buy?

    Dont jump in just because there are many people buying LCD TVs . Only you can decide whether you want to own one . If you do decide to buy have a big budget , otherwise wait till it becomes cheaper .
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    Danish students allowed use of internet during exams

    Here in India we rarely take initiatives to better our old "Cram school" education system . "Dont change something that isnt broken beyond repair" is the mentality we have and it does nt help . many a suicides later cbse board has partially done away with the old system of examination . but...
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    Sorry, Indians not allowed

    This is not something new .... I have visited a night club in Chennai where only expats are allowed on the dance floor ... Indians can occupy only the first floor which is barred like a cage . Convenient for them , nobody (Indians) seem to want to protest
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    4G comes first time in the world

    Dont wait for 4G ... it ll take forever to come to India .... we can never hope to copy the japs ... The average Internet speed in japan is 63mbps now
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    Are phones cheaper in US ??

    I am not talking about Chinese products (from Chinese companies)which have drastically increased recently .... An Apple I-Pod or a Philips Go Gear sold in the US wont have a "made in china" tag
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    Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic koala

    GoTo System>Preference>Network Connections .... Select the "Mobile Broadband Tab>Add" and then just follow the instructions to set up your Photon+ connection
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    Downloading Video For My Mobile....

    Your one stop shop for all your conversion needs and whats more its fully free ! I use it for my phone and i-pod .... convert videos from 1 format to another .... rip audios from videos .... trim videos quickly etc etc etc
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    Movie DVD Authoring

    Using ConvertXTo DVD ... works like a charm
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    Best Email Service

    Gmail ...... because Its simple .... opening a new Google account is also simple as you dont have to answer too many questions .
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    Movie DVD Authoring

    I just checked a number of converters and recoders (including format factory). The only one i was happy with was autogk , reportedly used by the ripping legend aXXo . Its the only one which allows you to specify the output file size without too much compromise on quality . But unfortunately the...
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    Movie DVD Authoring

    I am trying to rip some of my dvd movies and create a 4 in 1 movie disc . right up till now i have managed to rip the movies to my hard disc as avi(using autogk and dvd decrypter) and also mpeg(using total video converter) . I am using sony dvd architect 4.5 for creating the dvds . The problem...
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    Are phones cheaper in US ??

    Generally electronic items are costlier in India because those items are assembled in other countries and then imported . so import duty is much higher and this increases the price for the end user . Generally if you have noticed products imported into India are assembled or both assembled and...
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    how to play java (.jar file) on PC with keyboard

    Trivia .Jar is not a java file but a java Archive(pronunciation : Ark-i-ve) file . format is similar to zip file but includes a manifest file . A manifest file is an index of all the files and their types contained within the archive file . primarily used to package together the various java...
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    Songbird Media Player

    yup its a bit of a resource hog . Takes a second to start up , not something you see very often in Linux apps . But i dont mind turning a blind eye to that , sound quality is top class and its makes great eye candy . I hope they iron out all the minor issues , this media web browser concept is...
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    Songbird Media Player

    For those of you who have not yet tried out songbird , now is a good time ! . It is available for most Operating Systems (windows , mac ,Linux) . Developed by the people behind WinAmp and Yahoo music search engine it is an open source software . This is positioned as a web media player as it...
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    Which distro for data backup use of old system

    You have a deluge of distributions specially made for computers with limited hardware (32-192mb ram and Pentium2+) and you know what it doesnt have to look ugly ! Here are some distros made specially for legacy comps and they look as good as a ubuntu Antix Elive OzOs There are many more ...
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    Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx (LTS)

    September 2010 will debut with Lynx Gnome 3 visual tour [Link]
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    Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic koala

    Yup updates have ironed out all issues with the Network manager :)
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    Ext3 partition not showing in Windows (cant format)

    Yes ext3 and ext4 partitions wont be shown in windows . you can use partition Magic to reformat part of it to NTFS . NTFS partitions are shown in both OSes
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