http://www.nitinramamurthy.com Your guide to Information Technology Thu, 10 Aug 2006 23:48:14 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It says a lot if a show is sold out weeks before the performance. I missed out getting tickets for Friday's show. It was sold out a whole month before the show! Luckily, Tiesto was performing on the 27th too. So, I jumped the gun. As usual, Ruby Skye had ... http://www.nitinramamurthy.com/2006/05/30/tiesto-ruby-skye-an-night-to-remember/ I never knew the day would come when I would feel the irrepresible urge to cause harm to my powerbook. I experienced Murphy's law first hand - "Anything that can go wrong will go wrong" Scenario: I have a project due in 1 hour. I'm workin furiously on my laptop in ... http://www.nitinramamurthy.com/2006/05/23/bad-bad-powerbook/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrlW_fgWMR8 Note: He's talking about OS 9. OS X is a lot better! ;) http://www.nitinramamurthy.com/2006/04/25/i-love-macs-but-this-video-is-just-hilarious/ Apple released the 17" Macbook Pro today.It is priced at $2,799. The 17" MacBook Pro measures 15.4" x 10.4" x 1" and weighs in at 6.8 pounds. This beast comes with a 2.16 Ghz Core Duo processor, 1 GB 667MHz DDR2 RAM, 256MB ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 and a new ... http://www.nitinramamurthy.com/2006/04/23/17-macbook-pro-launched/ I managed to get hold of a Powermac G5 today. If I could describe this piece of art in one word, it would be...elegance. The smooth simplistic design is something which PC makers should strive for. This baby has no tangled wires, and every single component just slides into place. ... http://www.nitinramamurthy.com/2006/04/22/apple-powermac-g5/ Unlike the four gospels in the Bible, this text indicates that Judas betrayed Jesus at Jesus' request. Although, there's a huge debate with respect to the credibility of this claim. More About this story here However, the catholic news service has a very contrasting view on the findings. Link http://www.nitinramamurthy.com/2006/04/14/the-lost-gospel-of-judas/ Today, Apple has released software allowing users to boot Windows on the latest Macs. It's released as a beta called "Boot Camp". This allows the user to create a new partition with XP on it. However, it's a trial version that works for a limited time. It will be included ... http://www.nitinramamurthy.com/2006/04/05/apple-takes-the-plunge/ This has got to be the most weird idea ever! They plan to get 600 million people to jump at the same time, to shift the earth into a different orbit and solve global warming. Time of impact: 20 July 2006 at 11:39:13 GMT Check this site out. http://www.nitinramamurthy.com/2006/04/02/world-jump-day/ A teenager in Kent was fined by a female police officer for using the F-word in a conversation he had with his friends. I wonder what Eric Cartman would have to say about this offense. “F**k f**k f**kity f**k”?? Source: BBC http://www.nitinramamurthy.com/2006/04/01/teenager-fined-for-using-swear-word/ Well..it finally happened. Two hackers (blanka and narf) have managed to install Windows XP on an Intel-Mac, thus bagging the $13,000 bounty. This is a slap in the face for many technologists according to whom XP or Vista will never be installed on a Mac due to the new EFI. ... http://www.nitinramamurthy.com/2006/03/20/praise-the-lord/