Bye Pod? Recover Stolen Devices

By Ashutosh in Entertainment on

Here’s a clever service I stumbled upon during my morning browse. Gadget Theft [http://protect.gadgettheft.com/] have setup an online service where you simply register your device (iPods, USB Flash Drives, Digital Cameras and others), and install their agent files in the root of your device. If your…

Global Broadband Speed Test

By Ashutosh in Business on

I must confess, the quality of consumer broadband here in India is not at all comparable to global standards. With a massive IT, BPO and backoffice technology infrastructure; a household consumer would expect to have a decent internet connectivity. But the average speed-to-cost ratio is unacceptable. Speedtest.net [http://speedtest.…

If they were Gzipped, everyone will save bandwidth

By Ashutosh in .NET Web Dev on

What’s common among these websites: Digg, MSN, Orkut, Reddit, Wikipedia, eBay, Blogger and Flickr. Besides being some of the most popular [http://www.alexa.com/site/ds/top_sites?ts_mode=global&lang=none], they are also prone to the excessive bandwidth consumption. And believe it or not,…

25 startups to watch

By Ashutosh in Business on

It’s getting crowded on the Web 2.0 frontier, but there are still some startups that truly stand out. Business 2.0 Magazine identifies the ones most likely to strike gold in 2007. Checkout these 25 startups [http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2007/biz2/0702/gallery.nextnet.biz2/]. For…

The Hypothesis of Total Relationship

By Ashutosh in Personal on

> According to Quantum Physics, a particle exists in a particular space and time only if you observe it. Before the observation it is a mere possibility, a potential. But what about looking at it from the point of view of the particle ? Conversely,surely, the observation of the particle…