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Nov 07

How Apple “Chinesed” My iPod

chinese ipod 

    I have never bought a single thing from Apple before, but, everything has its first "iTouch" :), and I decided to get an iPod for my friend’s birthday.

    So here I am on the Apple website filling out all the right forms, giving my extra-sensitive information, and all nine yards.

    Since I know that my friend’s b-day is four days from now, I am very concerned this iPod to be delivered as fast as possible and I see my choice of shipping methods Apple offers me which are:

apple shipping method for ipod

     Great, I think, and choose "2Day shipping" – "I am willing to pay $10 for 2 days, time matters more, my friend will be so happy" – I am thinking. 2-3 minutes of clicking and typing go by and here it is "You order was successfully processed!" – splendid!

    Coming in to work next morning, opening my gmail, seeing "Apple Store Shipment Notification", having my "internal smiling" moment, and clicking a FedEx link to track this order. Wanna see what I saw? Be my guest:

apple ships ipod from shanhgai, china

    Did you notice anything interesting? Probably not, cause I did not tell you that I am ordering stuff from United States. Well now, as I told you, take a second look – see anything? My iPod is picked up at 6:16, which is nice – I paid my $10 for it, but wait.. The location does not seem to be familiar -> CN is definitely not US (well at least not yet :) ).

    I got so negatively puzzled to see that my iPod was shipped from China! Don’t get me wrong, China is a beautiful country, and I have been there less than a year ago, but common, Apple, can you keep your own warehouse with your own products in you own country!? What did I pay my $10 for?

    random thoughts:   Thought of trying "Mac OS X Leopard" some time this week, got so upset, will stick to my lovely Ubuntu

November 8th 2007 UPDATE: I received my iPod in exactly two business days – thank you Apple!
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16
Oct 07

Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon Parties all over the World

Ubuntu LogoAccording to Ubuntu once Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) is out, there will be plenty to celebrate, whether you were directly involved in the release process or just rejoice because the next iteration of the best distribution is finally out.

    Thursday, 18th of October ‘2007 is the tentative date for Ubuntu 7.10. Many parties will be on this date, or you can pick your own date! Go ahead and put down your favorite pub, park or cafe and celebrate getting Gutsy Gibbon out of the door!

   Ubuntu Feisty Fawn

    get it while its hot :)

    Come and join Ubuntu parties all over the Globe! The schedule of already "Confirmed Parties" are here. 

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28
May 07

Ubuntu Dell – Three Real Models

Welcome to DELL Open Source

You asked, we listened. For advanced users and tech enthusiasts, we’re happy to offer a new open-source operating system, so you can dive in and truly enjoy a PC experience just the way you want it. In addition to the FreeDOS systems we already offer, we are proud to announce PCs with Ubuntu.

dell pcs featuring ubuntu

 
    So far only these three models are for sale with Ubuntu on them:

Dimension E520 N
Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor E4300 (1.8GHz, 800 FSB)
Ubuntu Desktop Edition version 7.04
1GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz- 2DIMMs
250GB Serial ATA Hard Drive (7200RPM) w/DataBurst Cache™
Inspiron E1505 N
Intel® Pentium® dual-core proc T2080(1MB Cache/1.73GHz/533MHz FSB
Ubuntu Edition version 7.04
512MB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 533MHz, 2 DIMM
80GB 5400rpm SATA Hard Drive
XPS 410 N
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor E4300 (2MB L2 Cache,1.8GHz,800FSB)
Ubuntu Desktop Edition version 7.04
1GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz – 2 DIMMs
250GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s Hard Drive (7200RPM) w/DataBurst Cache™

 

 

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11
May 07

India to build a $10 laptop

cheap $10 laptopThe Indian Ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD) invested in designing a $10 laptop computer.

Until now, one laptop including labour charges is costing $47 but the ministry forecasts that the price will radically come down when the demand will rise to manufacture one million laptops. An official from HRD ministry said:

    The cost is encouraging and we are hopeful it would come down to $10. We would also look into the possibility of some Indian company manufacturing the parts

The final year engineering student of Vellore Institute of Technology in conjunction with researcher from Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore has proposed two designs to the ministry.

In both of the submitted designs, according to Times of India, all components would be located on a single circuitboard. This would keep prices down and make it easier to find and repair problems.

The true estimate to launch a $10 laptop is another two years:

    We do not want to rush into it. Many issues remain to be resolved like royalty to the designer after the design is patented. Prototyping would also take time. We would even conduct destructive testing and create a proper maintenance network

HRD received several proposals from some big multi national companies, but none of them was willing to develop laptop for $10 bucks – greedy closed mind/source corpo-s.

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9
May 07

Why Web and Movie Pirates Can’t Be Touched

PirateAccording to forbes pirates don’t just plunder. In Sweden, it seems, they also believe in sharing.

As the world’s largest repository of BitTorrent files, ThePirateBay.org helps millions of users around the world share copyrighted movies, music and other files–without paying for them.

That’s illegal, of course–at least it is in the U.S. But when Time Warner‘s (nyse: TWX – news – people ) Warner Bros. studio accused them of breaking U.S. copyright law in 2005, the pirates gleefully reminded the movie company that they didn’t live in America, but rather in "the land of vikings, reindeer, Aurora Borealis and cute blond girls."

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