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Desktop Crash

I have a HP Desktop at home. Yesterday, I tried using it after a long, long time.
But, Windows XP didn’t booted up properly. It shows the login screen, asking for the username and password. But, after filling it up, when I pressed Ok, it rebooted automatically. I don’t know why!
So, I popped in Ubuntu 7.10 [...]

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Awesome customer service @ Dell - Vertical Lines Issue

I had bought a Dell Inpiron 9300 laptop almost 3 years back. Recently, I noticed a 2 inch thick band of vertical lines in the middle of it’s display screen. So, I just googled, and to my surprise, I found out that this is a known issue.
And, the company is ready to replace the [...]

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Vodafone to launch iPhone in India - Comparison of iPhone vs Nokia N95 vs Sony Erricson P1i vs HTC Dual Touch

So, the news if finally out. Vodafone is going to launch the much awaited iPhone in India in the last quarter of 2008.
But, is iPhone worth this long wait?
Lets just compare iPhone features with the existing high-end phones in India - Nokia N95, Sony Ericsson P1i and HTC Dual Touch.

So, its clear, apart from the [...]

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Now its Dell :(

2007 hasn’t been a great year for me so far.
First, it was the Air Sahara episode. And, now its Dell.
My Dell laptop’s hard-disk conked off. I ran diagnostics tests on the laptop and found that the hard drive has bad sectors. Moreover, the warranty had expired too
So, was forced to shell out money [...]

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Ordered Dell Inspiron 9300

I was thinking of buying a laptop since last few months. But, wasn’t able to get a good deal in India. So, finally, I have asked one of my friends in US to order it and get it for me, just ‘coz lappies are lot cheaper there than here in India. I have zeroed [...]

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