Motorola Announces Five Mass Market Mobile Phones

Motorola looks set to gain some more market share away from Nokia and other low-segment vendors with the introduction of 5 new handsets - C118, C139, C168, C257 and C261. Some are thin, some fat, some with FM Radios, Cameras and a Lantern, but all with a stylish design.

what is Firefox

There's an article on firefox at O'reilly by Brian King. Anybody new to firefox needs to read it. Check it out here.

Firefox security update

Firefox version 1.0.7 has been released which has some bug fixes and security updated.

Not sure if these fixes are already part of 1.5 beta!.

Opera without adware

Opera has decided to be freeware rather than adware. That means now one wont see an ad bar and this simplifies the user interface. This is a rather sudden turn around for Opera since they always considered themselves for niche markets and power users.

Firefox makes it to the CNET's Top 10 products (digital living)

Firefox makes it to the CNET's Top 10 products (digital living). Others as expected include the iPod and Google apart from others. Complete list here.

Google Blog Search

Google launched the blog search yesterday. Accessible at http://www.google.com/blogsearch or search.blogger.com.

Apple and iPod Nano

Here is a review of the new Apple iPod Nano unveiled last week. The Nano shows that Apple isnÂ’t sitting on its laurels - it's evolving the iPod and expanding its market appeal.

Ebay laps up Skype

As per sources, EBay is to buy Skype in deal worth $4.1 bln. More details here.

Firefox 1.5 Beta 1 out..

Here it is...Firefox 1.5 beta 1 is out. Just installed it and looks fine till now. No problems so far. And this release is for testing purposes only. The regular users should go for the stable Firefox 1.0.6 release. That makes me a beta tester of firefox :).

In case you want to try out this beta release, go get your own FF.

Great book

Well, I have recently taken up reading the book "The Pragmatic Programmers: From Jorneyman to Master" by Andrew Hunt and David Thomas. My comments are reserved for later once I finish...

From the stable of Pragmatic Bokshelf, I came across yet another new book titled "My Job Went to India: 52 Ways to Save Your Job" by Chad Fowler. I just read the introduction and couple of other sample chapters and was impressed. This guy knows what he is writing and was bowled by his overall grasp of the situation and the compulsions of the business people who are outsourcing the work.

I have always empathised with the Western software folks when this outsourcing phenomenon started. And I see the same empathy and concern from the author about the jobs being shipped to India and other low cost countries.

"These were sons and daughters who were scraping by, trying to raise money to support their parents and their spousesÂ’ parents. These were mothers and fathers whose IT jobs meant the difference between really educating their children or sending them to a school from which the further educational options have a hard limit. They werenÂ’t trying to steal the American dream. They were trying to squeeze a once-dry economy for a few drops of life-giving
cash flow"

The above quote is taken from the introduction chapter of the book "My Job Went to India: 52 Ways to Save Your Job"" by Chad Fowler.