"Microsoft Zune"--- Sewed Imperfect..Atleast for now..

'Zune" is here folks....But not so "Soon".....It took Microsoft nearly Four years to realise its folly in predicting wads in store in the future....hm...As always..Let me point a fe instances!!...

-->Guess who told that a meagre 32KB of memory is the maximum, any application in this world requires to run...hmm...Yeah...u guessed it Right...None other than "Bill Gates

-->Internet wasn considered a potential technology(pre 2K) and its growth wud be minimal(Thou many went the same way...that all were surprised the way it grew and continues to.)...

-->Web 2.0..."Oh Man..Come on thats not going to work out".....hm..But they were soon enough to formally inaugurate it even in India on Nov9...(under the auspices of Mandira Bedi)...haha...

-->Online Spreadsheets(Google introduced)....."Come on man they are crazy"...But soon Microsoft office was put up....

Following the footsteps Microsoft Zune was formally launched today only to get critics comment on it. Moreover some of them make Microsoft a Laughing Stock...Only to expose that it was particular in delivering the product for matching its rivals in terms of quantity but not "Quality"...The main rival here is iPod which has become a household name and even Sony Corp. Tried in vain only to declare its defeat!...

So here's the Laughing Stock

1. Microsoft Zune ....would work only in "Windows Xp" but not in "Windows Vista"...Thats really Cool...So we might have to look out for some third party vendors to create it soon enough..

"Maybe even the Developers of Zune were'nt given Access to its propreitery Vista's code"..Lol

2.It does not Synchronise with "Windows Media Player 11".Thank God...iPod supports all version of iTunes.

3. Bill Gates expression to the fact that Microsoft signed a multi milion dollor deal with a popular Music Content provider was "hm...is that so"...

So Why Cannot it Dent iPOD?

Microsoft's Zune music player has little or no chance of denting Apple's iPod juggernaut and contrary to all the digital ink spilled on product comparisons and reviews most of the reasons are strategic. Apple has built up quite a moat around its iPod business.

Bottom line: Even if Microsoft's Zune is just a first volley,it has a tough road ahead.

ONE : Apple has managed to integrate the iPod into daily life. Today Apple announced it is partnering with Air France, Continental, Delta, Emirates, KLM and United integrate the iPod with in-flight entertainment systems. This development builds on an August integration deal with Ford, General Motors and Mazda and a January partnership with Chrysler. Overall, Apple has wormed the iPod into 70 percent of 2007-model automobiles.

TWO: Apple has critical mass to thwart new features on the Zune. The most interesting feature of the Zune is the ability to wirelessly share and download music.

"There won't be enough Zune users to make this feature really sing".

Apple has sold more than 70 million iPods. It could copy Zune's wireless feature and make a huge impact instantly. "The Zune's most talked about differentiator, wireless sharing with other Zunes, will not turn out to be a significant selling point. If, at some point, there are millions of Zunes in the market, the wireless sharing capability may prove to be a more compelling feature.

THREE: Content partnerships. Speaking of critical mass, Apple has lined up more video and music deals with iTunes relative to Zune's market place. While this moat is formidable it may be the easiest to overcome. Why? The entertainment industry is wary of Apple's clout and it can't hurt to have another big player as a counterbalance. The customer experience may be a little harder for Zune to conquer.

FOUR: The grandmother effect. Ask your grandmom about the iPod and you'll get a response. That state of affairs has taken years of marketing to cultivate. The Zune? Still confined to geekdom and one swell launch party isn't going to close the gap soon.

FIVE: The halo effect (or lack of it). If you believe in Apple's so-called halo effect, which dictates that iPod sales lead to Mac sales the reverse could be true with Microsoft. It's the holiday season and Vista's delay is likely to hamper PC sales. Will that impact Zune sales?

But Folks...That was Really an Awesome Attempt made by Microsoft to Dent iPod...But not Atleast for now..Just play it Safe!!..Kudos To Microsoft!...Hope Bill will succeed his usual way to impose Billings on Us ,To Build and Increase the Vastness of his empire and extend his clutches to all walks of our life!!!

Belling the CAT....

Hm.."Belling the CAT"....Seems a well known phrase.But for me it has meant different.I too considered it easy to Bell the CAT...Cmon man..is that difficult to get 60 on 150.Are these people so Dumb!...hm..only then i Began to Realise.."How Dumb I am?"

Hm..So you can see the above picture.That was my position few months ago.So wad turned out to be a CAT for me at an instant when i had more time has turned out different now..How can I forgot the basics of Biology...Damn."I forgot that even tigers belong to the CAT family"

So no way for me now except to..hope u got it from the picture!!!

hm..Anyway....Last minute preparations are getting along pretty well....hope i will give my Best Shot At it...Hope the tiger turns out to be like "The Bengal Tiger" @ Dada...hm..hope u got it right...

Things to Learn From Movies..Contd...

Tamil Movies......

1. The villains always wait for the hero to speak out his punch dialogues before starting to attack him.

2. An Heroine is a dismal creature whose only job is to fall in love with the hero and sing duets...

3. The hero with a pistol having 5 bullets has the sole expertise to kill 20 militants armed with AK-47 without a single shot fired hitting him.

4. The heroine whose condition is very serious and hopeless to survive according to doctors using state of the art treatment facilities gets cured if the hero comes and kisses her in the forehead and at once she is ready for a Duet!!

5. Poison bottles will be labelled "Poison" while getting from the medical shop!!..

6. Cars and trucks that crash will almost always burst into flames rising up in the air....

7. All Bombs will always have a display panel showing countdown as "1 minute" but in the meantime he would tackle 25 thugs for 10 minutes only to find countdown time now at "45 sec".....

8. There will always be an open space in a very densely populated to facilitate the hero to dispose the bomb...

9. The vilain will be throwing a Grenade at a hero,But the hero always catches it by hand and finds time for punch dialogue's and throws back to villain just in time of it to explode.

10. It does not matter if you are heavily outnumbered in a fight involving martial arts,your enemies will wait patiently to attack you one by one by dancing around in a threatening manner until you have knocked out their predecessor.

11. The Villain Always has a Beautiful daughter.

12.Men Don't transform into Ghosts!

13.The hero decides to dance on the streets and the passersby join the hero to dance in sync to the hero's step!!

Few Things To Learn From Movies!!

English Movies.........

1. If being chased through town, you can usually take cover in a passing St Patrick's Day parade at any time of the year.

2. The ventilation system of any building is a perfect hiding place. No one will ever think of looking for you in there and you can travel to any other part of the building without difficulty.

3. The Eiffel Tower can be seen from any window of any building in Paris.

4. A man will show no pain while taking the most ferocious beating but will wince when a woman tries to clean his wounds.

5. When paying for a taxi, never look at your wallet as you take out a note , just grab one at random and hand it over. It will always be the exact fare.

6. Cars and trucks that crash will almost always burst into flames.

7. Any person waking from a nightmare will sit bolt upright and pant.

8. One man shooting at 20 men has a better chance of killing them all than 20 men firing at one.

9. It does not matter if you are heavily outnumbered in a fight involving martial arts your enemies will wait patiently to attack you one by one by dancing around in a threatening manner until you have knocked out their predecessor.

10. Dogs always know who's bad and will naturally bark at them.

11. Rather than wasting bullets, megalomaniacs prefer to kill their arch-enemies using complicated machinery involving fuses, pulley systems, deadly gases, lasers and man eating sharks that will allow their captives at least 20 minutes to escape.

12. Many musical instruments - especially wind instruments and accordions can be played without moving the fingers.

13. All bombs are fitted with electronic timing devices with large red readouts so you know exactly when they're going to go off.

14. It is always possible to park directly outside the building you are visiting.

15. A detective can only solve a case once he has been suspended from duty.

16. If you decide to start dancing in the street, everyone you bump into will know all the steps.

Tamil Movies Next....

Orkutting in College!! Guess Who's Smart!!.......

Hm...its been quite some time that orkut'ing has become popular in India and Of Course my Engineering College(Supposed to be)....There has Been quite a confrontation and cold war going on between us and our Lab Administrators...
Reason...."www.orkut.com"......hm..we guys are deeply engrossed in it nowadays and often end up opening a secret window of IE during lab hours.......
Hmm...Atleast they must have been happy that we were doing some work rather than posing before screens ,acting too smart like doing the lab excercises.....
So it ended up like one day...the most expected thing happened..."THEY BLOCKED ORKUT"...hm..Guys were a bit dissapointed until they found use of proxy servers...But not too fast..."Kproxy.com" was also forbidden soon...and this went on...Like we guys think intelectually and search at home for smartest access and new sites for using as proxy..But it wud work out only for some days....the thing wud be out and BINGO itll b blocked ....
Hm...But some of us needn worry bout that...hahaha...No worries..But we continued to use "ORKUT"....at any time aniwhere in lab and we didn worry about the whole "Forbidding " stuff....
hm..Because we used the "Worlds Mostly Used Server" for our proxy activities...But many till now do not know that it even serves as a proxy...We are talking about none ather than.."www.Google.com"....
Hm...still wondering if its true...Ssssh....ill tell you how to work thru it...This is a Reward for those who sincerely read my blog full of mokkai....
here it goes...

http://www.google.com/translate?langpair=en|en&u=www.whatismyip.com

So let me tell u how it goes..."just place ur website address in place of "www.whatismyip.com"..so if its orkut...then

http://www.google.com/translate?langpair=en|en&u=www.orkut.com

Bingo it works...And the catch here is..this is actualy a translator service..."translate?langpair=en|en" here en indicates "English"...So actually u are using google for ur proxy service...Cool isn it..

So here is the reall challenge for admins...which of course is nearly impossible to win...The only way this wudn work is the Admin Blocking "www.Google.com".....But that isn possible....So Caught in the own Trap....
So Guys what are you waiting for....Are You Ready To Rock!!!