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  1. Freeware/Cleanware on Free Windows Software Without Spyware/Adware · · Score: 2, Informative

    These are the programs I install as soon as I have to work on a new machine -

    1. Firefox with adblock plugin (browser)
    2. CDEx (ripping audio CDs)
    3. AVG (antivirus)
    4. AceMoney Lite (Personal finance management)
    5. Irfanview (Image viewer)

    Cheers

  2. Re:Where do i sign up? on Westerners Migrating to India for Jobs · · Score: 3, Informative

    Check out these other big Indian Job sites-

    http://www.naukri.com/
    http://www.timesjobs.com/
    http://www.jobsahead.com/

  3. Re:Awesome tech support on Half-Life 2 Finally Activated · · Score: 2, Informative

    "...they tracked ME down instead of me having to beg them to help." Arent you glad you are not using a pirated version? ;)

  4. Re:A LOT more new stuff... on New Apple iPod with Photo Capabilities · · Score: 1

    They will need to change their iPod campaign otherwise...(the one with silhouette and white ear buds)

  5. My favorite on Greatest Equations Ever · · Score: 1

    Speed=Distance/Time

    Quite useful you know...

  6. Re:I can think of another... on Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow · · Score: 1

    Attack of the Clones gave a whole new meaning to the phrase Blue Screen of Death

  7. Re:P2P is Worse on Searching For Trouble With Google · · Score: 1

    I'm pretty laissez faire on this one. If you leave your keys in the car and car running, the insurance company won't cover its theft (or at least, so goes the lore)

    ...but, you stealing the car is still a crime.

  8. But on Rio Reveals iPod Mini Slayer · · Score: 1

    ...it looks ugly.

  9. Abandonware on Liberated Games Launches · · Score: 5, Informative

    Tons of other abandonware games available here .

  10. Slash-bore on New iMac Pictures Leaked? · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    What has happened to slashdot lately. All you read about is gmail's rumors, apple's hoaxes, linux' greatness and MS bashing.

    Is that all nerds want to read? There is more technology out there...more pr0n...lets not forget star wars...

    .

  11. Re:Blog web design on Duke University Students Receive iPods · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...not to mention animated gifs, static background; moving text, multiple huge images...i just wish there was a frame somewhere in there and this would have been the winner!

  12. List size on Complete List of Bugs Fixed in SP2 · · Score: 1

    Its such a long list, they would have been better off to publish a list of things which they did not fix.

    (Although they might be included in SP3)

  13. Re:Dear tired.com on 32,000 "Why I'm Tired" Emails · · Score: 1
  14. Re:I thought this very interesting on Google Files for IPO · · Score: 1

    "8. Being number one, Google is the number one target for search engine spammers and search engine optimizers, which reduces Google's quality. Google recently had to change its page ranking in response to link farms and blog link manipulation, such as having "miserable failure" point to George Bush. Of course, other search engines are also targeted, but not to the extent Google is a target."

    Is this really a reason not to buy Google shares? Because its number one and targetted more?

    I can't believe they squeeze in such ridiculous points just to complete a Top 10!

  15. Coding on BASIC Computer Language Turns 40 · · Score: 1

    I remember firing up BASIC (or was it BASICA...or GWBASIC?) and starting by setting "Screen 2", which let you use the graphics components. Next was "Auto" for auto line numbering. "System" was to exit BASIC.

    BTW if you want to go back in time and work on GW-Basic, its available as a abandonware at this site xtcabandonware.com and GWBASIC is available here GWBASIC.

    Cheers

  16. Re:How did they pick beta testers? on Google's Sergey Brin Talks on Gmail's Future · · Score: 1

    If you are a regular blogger at google's blogger.com, you get an account too.

  17. Re:It isn't forced on us.... on Forbes Reviews Google's Gmail [updated] · · Score: 1

    I just hope they don't say "You cannot receive email more than 2MB in size" or "You cannot send attachments bigger than 1MB"

  18. Re:Google Portal? on Google to Launch Free Mail Service? · · Score: 1

    Clever designs are easier to duplicate than clever search algos (specially when its not public)...

  19. Re:Cost of Cardiosurgery on India Woos Medical Tourists · · Score: 1

    Wow! thats a lot of money. It sure would make sense to come to India, get operated and go back. As long as other things are in order...(trust, condition of patient to travel, arrangement etc)

  20. Cost of Cardiosurgery on India Woos Medical Tourists · · Score: 5, Informative

    My mother went through angioplasty at the Escorts Heart Research Institute (New Delhi, India, http://www.ehirc.com/). Not only did the operation go smoothly, the total cost of the whole procedure (including stay, doctor's fee, consultations, actual procedure, angiography etc) came to under $4000. Out of this $2000 was for the medicated stent used, which is imported from the US.

    (PS: This particular hospital performs over 20 angioplasties and around 8 bypass surgeries daily)

  21. Re:ONLY! 9Mb on LOTR:Return Of The King Trailer · · Score: 1

    Well it should stay around 30-40MB with compression also improving with the years..unless the trailer is some 5 minutes!

  22. Chat on Where Is Spam When You Want It? · · Score: 1

    Give out your email id on public chats/IRC, spam bots will definitely pick it up...

  23. Re:How they used to do it in the old days on India Chooses All-Electronic Voting · · Score: 1

    I work in a media company in India and I can tell you that because of EVMs the time taken for tallying ballots has also come down by a significant time. We used to spend days in office waiting for the last ballot to be counted to declare the result. Now its over within a shift!