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Windows Vista: Turn off the “Wow”?

Published on March 2, 2007 in 2007, Blogosphere, Microsoft, Operating system, Personal technology, tech blog, technology, Vista and Windows Vista. 3 Comments

vista Microsoft has listed a 100 “wows”? for its latest OS, Windows Vista.

Sadly, majority of the votes on the net are against Vista. XP works

just fine for everyone at the moment, for several reasons and most people would like to first try Vista on their secondary computers or elsewhere, before upgrading to it.

Understandable. Upgrading to Vista doesn’t just mean spending up to $400 on software, but also cash on RAM and video card upgrades, or buying a new PC. In order to get the peripherals compatible with the new Vista install, or even to get the software compatible with Vista, a service pack has already been recommended. So what really appeals about Vista?

Does it have a touch screen? Or is photo tagging and 3-D window flipping winning some consumers or the “coupons”? that came along for the upgrade? No matter how much you criticize Big Bill for this latest Microsoft Operating System, the interface is attractive, some do like the glass effects and of course it comes with an improved security. Although a learning curve is involved, it would be worth a try as the bugs are removed and as the prices go down, maybe in a while, it could turn on the “Wow”?!!!
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Can you launch a successful startup with $2000? Yes, dig Digg!

Published on February 28, 2007 in Apache, Blogosphere, Business blog, Business networking, Digg, Kevin Rose, Linux, MySQL, Personal technology, PHP, Startup, vc, Venture Capital, Web 2, Web 2.0 and Web technology. 1 Comment

Common knowledge says a new business venture requires angel investors of some kind or at least the biggest obstacle is the financial part.

Would you believe if you were told Digg was launched at a cost of $2000 ONLY using the open source LAMP stack (Software progams bundled for running dynamic websites or servers: Linux,Apache, MySQL and PHP) , with a monthly hosting cost of $99, without advertising cost of a single dollar?

Let’s have a look at Digg’s statistics first:
No. of users: 500,000
No. of links: More than a million
Traffic rank: 78
Staff: 15 people
Monthly traffic: 10 million pages per day

Of course, Kevin Rose, the founder of Digg, an important name in Web 2.0 amongst the most popular internet celebrities today, had experience working with dotcom startups before he found Digg, yet I think there is reason for being optimistic that if you have an idea that sells, a major chunk of your job is done!