* Posts by Ritesh Tendulkar

17 publicly visible posts • joined 14 May 2007

Facebook: Give us your credit card and pals' addresses as GIFTS

Ritesh Tendulkar
Meh

Re: Could actually be quite handy

Not true about not knowing someone well enough to know address. Actually, I've faced this problem with some people I know very well and been to their places countless number of times but do not know the postcode. Agreed not difficult to find out, but was just saying it's possible you could know someone without knowing their address.

Xbox SmartGlass hits Android ahead of schedule

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I tried this over the weekend and absolutely loved it. works quite well as a controller but the advantage of a proper keyboard on text entry screens is simply takes the interaction to a different level.

I noticed a couple of seconds delay sometimes between going to a text field and keyboard opening up on the phone, but overall I'm well impresse.

Punters favour Amazon to block Apple tablet flood

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FAIL

Amazon

They may have been saying they will buy it from Amazon ( as in the website not the brand)!

Google opens Android front in Zuckerberg data war

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And how does this help all Nexus S users? I thought Google's motto was 'Do No Evil'... Oh wait....

Doctor Who to marry Doctor Who's daughter

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The Stupids

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I'm_My_Own_Grandpa

Google brings @gmail.com back to Blighty

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Of course, everyone knew that if your address was abc [at] googlemail.com and you were sent a mail to abc [at] gmail.com you would still receive it. Right?

How Google became Microsoft: A decade of hits, misses and gaffes

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VMWare?

No mention of VMWare?

Google's email goes titsup (again)

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Joke

@Shocking

Make sure you dont use GFail when you do so!

Yahoo! boss warns of reorg ahead

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From what I've heard/read, she seems to be up to the task. It will be good to see Y! turned around.

MySQL daddy 'Monty' quits Sun

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Superman

He _swallowed_ the bitter apple?

Half Life 2 used for firefight fire drill

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No Shit Sherlock!!

"However, those with videogames experience performed better than those without."

Firefox 3.1 release date hampered by cheeky monkey

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Javascript engine throwing monkey wrench in the works?

The madness of 'king cores

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640K ought to be enough for anybody

Windows Genuine Advantage cries wolf (again)

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@Irritating..

"yet I was here at 3am ringing up an Indian bloke to exchange 48-digit codes at a sluggish pace "

Could you please enlighten me what exactly is wrong with the bloke being Indian here?

Wanted: business model for free mobile network

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Re: Tsunami of texts?

There is no such thing as free lunch. If you don’t pay anything for call charges, you shall pay by enduring the nuisance of a barrage of unwanted texts.

Microsoft squares up to Google with $6bn buy

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+1 kingdom of hatred

Also, billg owns only 8% of MS. Its stupidity to blame him for whatever MS does. Let the flaming begin...

Littlewoods bombards man by phone. Big mistake

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Homechoice

Video Network Ltd., owner of the Homechoice brand, kept sending me reminders for £1.41 even after I had disconnected the service and paid disconnections charges. They also attempted to debit the amount from my bank account but that kept failing because I had cancelled the direct debit. Eight months after the disconnection, I recieved multiple letters threatening legal action and possibility of adding my name to bad debtors list. When I called up their call centre ( a premium line number which cost me around £4 due to all the wait ), I was told that the amount was insignificant and they would waive it. Since then I have recieved two more letters demanding the payment...