We’ve got “Gmail for your domain” up and running for exunclan.com after we got the invite from Google. Now, all of us can have email addresses @exunclan.com
Shortest length allowed is 1 character. We have 48 more accounts left, so it’s first come first serve if you want to get the id you want.
Email admin@exunclan.com with the id and password that you want (you can obviously change the password later.), as there is no option for sign-up, only an admin account can create accounts.
So, go get yours!
And you can check your mail here
P.S. I know the logo looks weird, but we’re working on a resized version of it to fit the top block in “gmail for your domain”. It will soon be fixed.

Not much to say, Google is now MSFT’s greatest competitor.

Google Spreadsheets

Apple has pulled out its software development and support operations in India. The company had commenced operations in April and hired about 30 people for its subsidiary, Apple Services India Pvt Ltd. At a meeting on May 29, Apple announced its decision to lay off all its employees. Apple officials told them that “the company is revaluating its operations and has thought of pulling back its Indian operations”.

Apple is giving these employees a severance package of two months salary. It will settle all claims on June 9. When contacted, Steve Dowling, an Apple spokesperson, said, “We have re-evaluated our plans and have decided to put our planned support centre growth in other countries.”

Apple continues to operate its sales and marketing arm in Bangalore which employs 25 people. For most employees it was a bolt from the blue. “It started off with building dreams. We were not given any warning. They just told us the operations would now head back to the US,” said a sacked employee. “On May 15, Apple officials addressed us and were highly appreciative of the workforce and the task it would execute in India. I wonder why they never said anything even then,” said another fired employee.

Considering the low-cost, high-quality talent pool that Bangalore offers, it is unclear why Apple decided to shut shop just over a month after it commenced operations. LoopRumors also reported that Steve Jobs was planning a trip to India in April, which he never did. Apple had set itself a hiring target of 600 by the year-end. After a gala induction ceremony on April 17, the operations team went to Transworks for training. Some of the managers were about to leave for the US for further training when they were asked to stay put.

source: Slashdot, Times of India.

-Abhisheyk

What are the legal options when a webmaster finds his website copied in a code-for-code word-for-word manner on another?

P.S.: No hard feelings or related intentions, I’m just curious.

My Mac is finally here
Have fun
G

Although I had given a prior warning to readers, they still fought over a product which hasnt even launched yet. I merely was showing cons of an over hyped product. But not justifyong myself any further I hereby take back the post so that readers may have their peace and I, mine.

Peace out

Manas

Wii will change everything…
If not, the Wiimote sure will.

Note: I am not a Nintendo fanboy though I posess a Gamecube

The following are nice scraps of news from my site and other places:

• Nintendo recently bought Wiichannel.com, which as of now leads only to their main site. It is supposed to host animations, games and game trailers, TV shows and other audio/visual content for the Wii.
• The Nintendo controller will feature a microphone and will store a user phonebook/address book while it will be used as a VoIP phone and will help gamers communicate while online without the need for a headset. All this comes thanks to a few Nintendo patents unveiled by nrevolutiona which demonstrate exactly how the microphone will be implemented.
• This one you probably know, sensors on the console, wave it like a sword blah blah blah…

I am itcing to release the E3 package but G says it gotta go in the newsletter its been written and scorching my hard disk for weeks…

So thats all for now.

Yup, just like the iPod, the new computers from the
House of Steve Jobs™ come in Apple-white and ‘Sleek Black’


The new 2GHz Apple MacBook arrived yesterday, stocked with an Intel core duo processor that boasts “up to five times the raw speed of even the fastest iBook.” The notebook comes with the variety of bells and whistles you’ve come to expect from Apple laptops, including a 13.3” glossy widescreen display, an 80GB hard drive (up to 120GB with customization), up to 2GB of RAM, built-in Bluetooth and wireless-ready (802.11g) AirPort, an optional DVD-burning SuperDrive, and a built-in iSight camera. Designed for broad multi-media use, the MacBook comes stocked with iLife ’06 for juggling images, video editing, and music production in conjunction with Apple’s Front Row navigation and an included remote control.

By the way anyone noticed that this is the fourth Apple-related post on this web page?? Guys, we’re turning into MacZombies, and it’s time we did something about it.

Let’s all go get these.

Muhahahahahahaha

Four largest record companies defeated in behind-the-scenes battle to charge different prices for songs; downloads still 99 cents, paper says.

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) – Apple Computer said that it has renewed contracts with the four largest record companies, ensuring that songs will still be sold at 99 cents each, according to a news report Tuesday.

The record companies had been pushing Apple to allow different pricing for tracks, especially the ability to charge higher prices for new material from top-selling artists, said the Financial Times.

The companies – Universal, Warner Music (Research), EMI and Sony BMG – were forced to accept Apple CEO Steve Jobs’ pricing because the iTunes music store has so much influence over the U.S. download market, the report said. The iTunes music store accounts for 80 percent of paid downloads.

The newspaper says that some labels were considering signing short-term contracts with Apple now and then bringing up the issue again in the near future.

Online music sales increased 194 percent last year to 352 million units, according to the report.

It seems that in the face of music piracy, record companies are left with little choice…and an even lesser margin of bargain.

After going through a few articles on making Live CDs for various Linux distros, I found a rather interesting article on booting Damn Small Linux from a USB drive and tried it out.

Damn Small Linux, as the name implies, is damn small. It takes about 50 megs and is, obviously, totally free. The UI isnt great and might remind you of older versions of windows (like 3.0 and 3.1), but its size more than makes up for this. Plus, its extremely stable and has all features that any other linux distro would.
Click here.
Use the link above to follow the tutorial that I used – its extremely easy to follow – and boot linux from a USB drive. It’s uber-geeky, having Linux in your pocket.
And the best part – as its like a live CD, it can run without any partitions/uninstallation.