I recieved this email today I am not sure if this is a genuine one. Can you confirm whether you also recieved any similar emails ? Dear Google Docs user, We wanted to let you know about a recent issue with your Google Docs account.  We’ve identified and fixed a bug which may have caused you to share some of your documents without your knowledge.  This inadvertent sharing was limited to people with whom you, or a collaborator...

This a true story of mine. I brought a Lenovo 3000N200 series laptop one year back, exactly 21’st Feb 2008 from Dubai Shopping festival for Rs 35, 000. I was very satisfied with their product initially, as it is cost effective with good performance. But after 3 months of working my laptop charger burnt out. I called up the customer care (18004252666) asking for the replacement and they said because it is burnt, they can’t replace...

I have been receiving these occassional scaremails where someone forwards you a story warning you of all the dangers that are out there in the cold dangerous world. Worst part of it is that people just forward in indiscretely to all the people in their addressbook. People don’t even try to vet the story before sending it down the line. It is because either they are too ignorant to know the truth or because they are too...

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My recent posts on the state of free software in Kerala,  have drawn flak from several pseudo free software activists.  Some of them have even called me an agent of Microsoft.  I think this post is going to generate some more heat and the pun is intentional. Recently Kerala State IT mission and  C-DIT have launched a new initiative called Centre for advanced  training in free and open source software(CATFOSS).  You can read...

Guest Post by Anand Subramanian I recently was trying to learn something about Cyber Crimes and Internet Legalities. And I find this little thing that amused me to no end. Check out the Kerala Cybercell’s Official site page on mobile abuse and cellphone crime. I found that the content was quality stuff and it was odd (you know why!). I do a quick duplicate content search on copyscape and see this:

I had applied for a stall and my request was turned down. I felt that Free software movement in Kerala is being monopolized by some organizations and its promoters. Anyway’s, I decided not to post about it as its normal bureaucratic BS and I don’t want to start bad mouthing about the whole nonsense that happened. I must say the stalls were good, the credit goes to the people who manned the stalls. But now it looks like...