Is Vista Ultimate, The Ultimate?
{Tech}

Windows Vista has been released for a month now to business, and is going to be released to the general public in a month (January 30). For those who haven't been following Vista's development, it is worth noting that even though Vista comes 5 years after XP, it is a rushed product. Originally set to be a relatively small update to XP, to be released in 2003, it was re-envisioned as a major release, with revolutionary technologies such as WinFS (a new file system), Palladium (security system), Avalon (graphics system) and Indigo (communications system). We don't see such a big breakthrough as it happened from Windows to XP in this XP to Vista.
It doesn't really matter if Vista is a success or not, Microsoft cannot wait another five years to release another Windows. And that is why Microsoft is planning a "Vista R2", codename 'Fiji'. From what little information is available we know that this will be a minor release sometime in 2008. Want to see the features of this damn thing?

Windows Fiji

• The UI will be updated with things that were originally promised for Vista, along with a more powerful sidebar, which will be more than just a dock for widgets (a.k.a. gadgets)
  
• .Net Framework will be updated to 3.5 (or maybe even 4)
  
• WinFS will be applied over NTFS to give us Virtual Folders (or maybe just Saved Searches)
• All bundled application will be updated to newer versions
  
• Tighter integration with Windows Live. Probably through 'Codename Nemo', a media center application that is integrated with Messenger, Spaces, and probably lots of other Windows Live Services.
  
• We might see Monaco, a music authoring tool, similar to Apple's Garageband.
  
• Default playback of HD-DVD (maybe even Blu-ray), Vista currently identifies these disks but cannot play them without an external decoder.
  
• A more advanced Speech Recognition
  
• NGSCB will be implemented to make the system more secure.
  
• New themes, icons, wallpapers, games, and minor tweaks to almost everything.
  

Although Fiji doesn't sound too exciting yet, new features are bound to be added. Still, it might just be a way to keep us quiet while they work on Vienna.
Windows Vienna (formerly Blackcomb) will be a huge departure from current incarnations of Windows, Similar to the transition from OS8-9 to OSX. It will break compatibility with all applications, but the newer, more flexible, richer and secure platform will be incentive enough for applications to be re-written for Vienna.

Windows Vienna

• The current interface will be completely stripped, no more explorer shells, and taskbars. No start menu. Probably no toolbars, or menus (which already started with Vista)..
  
• Speech Recognition will become a major input device (though it will not replace the keyboard and mouse) and will be supported by most third party applications.
  
• Many projects from Microsoft's R&D will come into play, especially from their VIBE research center. A pie-menu is rumored to be used.
  
• A new version of NTFS wrapped in a more powerful WinFS. No more drives, or files/folders location to worry about. File Management will be done through applications, which will automatically index and sort the files they support.
  
• Even bundled applications will evolve a lot (jus compare WMP6 with WMP11).
  
• Search will part a huge part in Vienna (like it does in the control panel of Vienna)
  
• Applications with non-managed code will run in a sandbox mode (like IE7 does in Vista), so that security exploits in a single application doesn't affect the entire OS.
  

Facts are hard to come by about Windows Vienna but it has 15 years of R&D to borrow from, and one thing is for certain, Vienna won't be just an operating system, but a new generation in computing. So don't get amazed on Vista!!

Idiocracy - Only for Idiots
{Cinema}

The only good thing in this is the dvd rip with good image resolution and mp3 sound by Diamond. I can say I wasted my 86 minutes in this. Don't know how it got 6.7 rating in IMDB. I don't see good comedy everywhere, though it has some. The story and direction, everything reminds me of classic cartoons. An Army librarian, is judged to be absolutely average in every regard, has no relatives, and has no future, so he is chosen to be one of the two test subjects in a top-secret hibernation program. He and Rita(heroine) were to awaken in one years, but things go wrong and they wake up instead in 2505. By this time, stupid people have outbreed intelligent people; the world is run by morons - and Joe and Rita are the smartest people there. There is nothing adventures and no Science Fiction but sometimes good humor. I would suggest this movie to watch in TV.. no, that's too far, better let it be the alternative movie during tv advertisements.

Genre: Adventure / Comedy / Sci-Fiction
IMDB rating: 6.7/10
Type: Diamond Dvd Xvid Rip
Torrent: NewTorrents

Flushed Away - Plunge into it

I love to see all animation movies. I have been desperately waiting for the final rip version of "Open Season". But for my surprise I didn't expect this- the best version of Flushed Away from DreamWorks and the director of Wallace & Gromit. You won't believe this as a screener, yes this one is just like the dvd rip. iMBT has done a very nice job. And as DreamWorks usually does, popular actors like Hugh Jackman and Kate Winslet are behind the voices of the characters.

I don't want to tell the plot, because it is not very different. But as the animation films do this will surely entertains you a lot. Seems this is the first time, they have used the stop motion characters with CGI. There are many chances in this film for you to laugh louder. Also the OST seems good and the humorous character of the singing worms adds more fun. I would suggest you to see this movie at least once.

IMDB Rating : 6.9/10
Genre : Animation / Comedy
Torrent : NewTorrents

New Year Eve in Bangalore

I am not one among the guys who used to do their Roll Call in Brigade Road, MG Road and Forum every weekend:- touching only entrance of all the pubs in the way; having only 200 bucks in hand; ready to spend 300 bucks from the 75,000 limit Credit Gold card; blaming friends for not taking their purse for treat, when passing through all kind of beverage shops etc.. But I did the same kinda stuff roaming Brigade road on the New Year Evening. Seems the terrorists haven't marked this New Year in their calendar!! Happy about that, because we were able to tell our parents that we were celebrating New Year outside our house. I managed to get at least a dustbin corner to park my bike. All the traffic police seemed really busy in doing traffic control work, because my TN regd bike escaped easily from them. This is the brigade road around 8pm full of decoration lights was good though the local kannada fm was torturing our ears.

These three + the one which the camera could not capture as he was the photographer, are my friends. New Year Party had begun.. We got one big cake quite enough for four of us and left Brigade thinking of TV Channels.

In home we sang "Happy New Year to us" song cutting the cake, around 00:15 i think, because we were watching the mesmerizing AR Rehman & Nelly Furtado Concert in Star plus at 00:00:000. It was really nice to see Rehman introducing the 'Pray for me brother' song, following Kalbali, Eshk Bina, Tere Bina and Humma with the intro of Blaze. Even Nelly did the best with Josh at last. Singing Maneater, am like a bird and another song from her only infamous album Folklore followed by Promiscus girl feat Josh and the famous Powerless at last. I have been searching the net in vein till now to get the Powerless feat josh good quality audio. That was the end of my New Year celebration.

Welcome to 2007

So.. Another great year has come to an end. I hope 2006 was a good year for you, as it definitely was a good year for me. Yeah, I became a Conroe Owner getting the Intel Core 2 PC, started doing this (blogging), got unlimited internet connection, got some new friends, saw hell lot of movies, played some really good games and things like that and more over was never experienced any problems..
Hopefully this 2007 will give us more fun and happy in our life. So I am wishing you good and prosperous 2007 wanting the same from u.

Am Really Back

Don't want to tell the excuses for not writing blog.. Am really back to write blog frequently because of these two things:

One "2007" : In order to choose a simple New Year resolution which can be done, I have chosen to write blog frequently. If I am not able to do this, then I think I should take "brushing teeth regularly" as the 2008 resolution.. Hopefully it should not happen!!

Two "fans Support!!" : Yeah! Really, Not believing it? One of my friend has given me encouragement for continuing the blog. And by the way, I like to refer my quote from my first blog: "...when my friends are there i can do anything i can..(in tamil it is - 'eathyvitta enna venumnalum seivan..."

So, guess what? U gonna find some more waste space occupied in the blogger.com server.. Yeah I am going to put more blogs frequently :) Watch out..

Got BroadBand

It took for me long time to think about writing another blog..This is because i was busy those days. Sometimes i think something crazy about the word 'Busy'. i can say Everybody is busy all time - working, sleeping, reading, hearing music, breathing..one will not say 'i am busy in playing' unless he is a player,and 'i m busy in singing' unless he is a singer..so one will only be busy in the work he has to do, or which is important to him..

Okay..leave that. Hereafter i hope i can write more frequent blogs, because i got broadband connection. Its quiet worthy for unlimited connection of 256kbps for 900 bucks provided you are having your own modem, otherwise 100 bucks extra as life rental - plan of almost all providers. Airtel is the best as far as my knowledge goes,but its only available for you if you are lucky. I am not one of the lucky persons..Airtel responded me within a day to say sorry for the non feasibility of broadband connection in my area.

So i started scanning for next option since i couldn't wait for a minimum of 2 months as airtell told me, yes its minimum not maximum..the next options are bsnl, sify, reliance and tataindicom..I can easily omit Tata Indicom because of its well known poor customer service and well known problems. Sify i think its costly when comes to installation and charging..so opted for bsnl with little hesitation because of govt sector, because of my friends suggestion who is using it.

Its always better to take steps carefully when dealing with govt sectors.Yes, you should not opt for internet connection and phone connection in a single form from bsnl, if so its gonna be absolute delay. I applied for the phone connection first in BDA complex with the refundable security deposit of 500, which i got exactly the last day of the week followed. Then i requested for broadband form, with the option of 900 plan with own modem choice. I opted for own modem, since the line man who gave me connection clearly told there is no modem in stock in bsnl office. At last got the connection within a week. Bought Dlink ADSL 2+ modem and tried to configure it in my system for two day and still trying to configure it with my NetGear router so that i can share internet in my pc and my laptop..

DVD Version 2

--BLU-RAY & HD-DVD--

I was randomly looking over the pages of PC World - September 2006 edition, where at the first time I saw names like high definition DVDs, Blu-ray, HD DVD. And started looking over it.. After the launch of mid 90's only now DVDs have become popular and cheapest in India. Now everyone is getting DVD writers for mere 2K bucks and it has become the essential part of a PC. I got one not a year before.

It seems there is the next version of DVD and is out already and there are two flavors of them which has heavy competition. Yes, there's a new standards war in town: HD-DVD versus Blu-ray. Both promise true high-resolution video and more features than the current generation of DVDs, but because the formats are incompatible, hardware manufacturers, and we are in a situation to take decision to go on which side.

HD-DVD by Toshiba was first to market, and Blu-ray movies by Sony are available now but not extensively. The DVD switch will also affect PCs: several manufacturers will start shipping systems with Blu-ray drives, which will work via third-party software, over the summer, and Microsoft and Intel are supporting the HD-DVD drives. Blu-ray discs are more expensive, but hold more data, while HD-DVD is comparatively cheaper holding less data. This is the capacity chart for them:

Capacity
Blu-Ray		HD DVD
ROM single layer: ROM dual layer: RW single layer: RW dual layer: Highest test: Theoretical limit:	23.3 / 25GB 46.6 / 50GB 23.3 / 25 / 27GB 46.6 / 50 / 54GB 100GB 200GB	Single layer: Dual layer: - - Highest test: Theoretical limit:	15GB 30GB - - 45GB 60GB

(Taken from engadget)

Since manufacturers of blue laser diodes are still unable to improve yield rates, the shortage may result in pushing back the competition between Blu-ray Disc and HD-DVD optical disc drives in the market to the first quarter of 2007. So it should take some 2015 for us to put hands in them!!

The REAL COMEDIANS
--Tribute to the real comedians of South India.--

Do you think Vivek and Vadivelu are the comedians? They are not the real comedians, they are just jokers trying many ways to make people laugh. Real Comedian is the one who makes us to laugh as well as cry very easily at each and every bit of the film.

The Stable Answer for the Real Comedian from Tamil side is well-known; he is none other than our beloved, college going graduate, fresh youth, charming - Cap10 (as he pronounces). But there has been a very heavy competition from Telegu side emerged & well established star NBK alias Ballaya alias Balakrishna.

I have compiled some of the highlight comedies of these comedians. In this case it is hard to separate their highlights from the whole film. For example, you cannot distinguish comedy from the screenplay in Narasimha, a comedy box office hit form Cap10. But thanks to our real humorous friends' u-tube posts, I compiled some of their masterpieces.

Our Cap10 vs NBK
BEST INTRODUCTION

Our Cap10's

Do you still like the introduction scene of Arnold in Terminator 2? If so you might not have seen this scene.
Intro - sunglass http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bn-CKI1UgtI

NBK's move :

Have you seen the stupid intro scene of MI2? Getting some sunglass goggles. very funny!! See this MI0, a stubborn reply for all the Hollywood stuntmen to pack and go home...See how our hero uses his powers to save a lamb, clearly depicting his humanity. A superb into scene showing hero's power and his humanity.. our Cap10 is clean bold in this move.
MI0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygR68FIvri0

BEST LOW BUDGET COMMEDY

Our Cap10's :
This is the most wanted scene of all time. This can be taken as the low budget yet rich humor scene.
Mostwanted scene http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDM8NHTJ9_k

NBK's move :
See this how this low budget comedy is..Our Cap10 touches his moustache to fight with enemies. But Ballaya points his fingers to move anything he wants. Whose has more power? Decide urself..

Chair pulling http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmCpFu8kq0k

BEST POWER

Our Cap10's
Do you like science fiction comic movies? Is there any hero in the film industry who has this much power? Embrace yourself!!
Current's shock http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nOhiKwZWdU

NBK's move :
Is that bursting transformer is a feat than moving a train by pointing finger? You can see who Ballaya is.. Again Cap10 is clean bold in this move.
Train http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jROdvv1AB0I

Our Cap10's team
Paparazzi video got our Cap10. See his childish angry. Don't laugh he is angry!!
Child gets angry http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iME4RBT4YLs

NBK and his team
This is yet another high budget film with lot of big hens in our ballaya's team. Spielberg couldn't have imagined such a script for Jurassic Park series. Yet another mile stone form telegu side.
The Team http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NskkXnyRdQY

BEST REAL COMMEDIAN

So in conclusion our Cap10 Vijayakanth has to work hard and has to think even more creative to beat Ballaya. So sadly Vijayakanth is the runner up for REAL COMMEDIAN. And the REAL COMMEDIAN award goes to non other than "Ballaya". To know more about the winner, logon to http://www.nbkfans.com/

There were plenty of nomination from tamil as well as telegu actors like Krodham Premkumar (is busy in Krodham 100), Ramarajan (has no money to fill the nomination form for REAL COMMEDIAN), Chiranjeevi etc..

BEST STUNT COMMEDIAN
Chiranjeevi got special awards for the BEST STUNT COMMEDIAN for the following clips:

Horse stunt http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxAORwD7J8U
Tractor stunt http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EB-gzPCvNpY

So Tamil industry has to work hard as telegu is going to its extreme... In this case we have to admit our lose... Our Cap10 is the only rescue person.. WE WILL WAIT, WILL WAIT ..WAIT (as told by cap10) for him in future products to beat deadly NBK..

Vettaiyadu Vilayadu

Vettaiyadu - Villain did the hunting.
Vilayadu - Hero did the childish playing.

I was one among the eager audience to see Kamal movies, coz he is one among the few not spoiling our Tamil industry. I was also quite impressed on Goutham for the good and natural screenplay of Kakka Kakka. So there is nothing to wonder on the expectation for the trio Kamal, Goutham, Harish.

The first half of the movie went very well without flaws. Though the villain was introduced bit early, I had so much expectation for the cause of the serial murders. In the interval, I was debating with one of my friends who told me this one is not as good as Kakka Kakka, that it has a different plot. I meant to say Kamal is not some 30 years old Anbuchelvan, in Kakka Kakka encountering local rowdies. Here Kamal has a matured role of investigating which needs patience and intelligence to unveil mysteries. Moreover the first half went naturally and the way I expected. I was comparing VV in my mind as a non commercial Hollywood movie meant for academy awards.

But all my satisfaction and joy started collapsing seeing the flashback of the villain. I compromised my mind asking myself why it shouldn't happen? I am okay with the plot that villain killing Anderson, Kamal's associate and attacking kamal for escape. But I could compromise myself when Kamal escaped form the fire very easily who is about to die within minutes. I was expecting some sort of intelligent escape of Kamal. This is first flaw. The villains suddenly escaped to India. Another one surprise!! Okay lets compromise this. Then as, usual Tamil cinemas do, there is one song for villains which they started playing, made me annoyed very much.

Kamal after arriving India discusses this issue and tells as if he has some good plan and starts to execute it. But I don't understand the plan itself and the effectiveness of the plan. As usual villain started chasing after Hero’s family. But the strange thing is hero comments villain as small boys in between all the murders. At last these small boys take the heroine as everyone expected. But as not everyone expected, one among the two villains himself falls into Hero's trap. Here I started thinking about plans after the movie and the next day works. And after this I can see that the dialogue writer and the director are in a miserable situation to end the movie.

The other thing which might have taken care is violence. Since this movie is not for a separate audience of SAW series or Hostel, I feel there is no need for showing extreme blood and gore scenes if it not required. This movie is a thriller and not a horror.

So what is worth to see this movie? Really the whole first half of the movie is simply best. The mature love between Jothika and kamal, really a good move. Music is simply superb. Music is the only part to relax in the second part, though some songs might have mixed in other part of screen play. I would say there might be some quarrel on screen play, which got much worse because of that. Villains are given more importance and more scenes. And these small boys hunts people whomever they don't like easily. And luckily our hero and heroine escaped from them, though luck didn't work for heroine at first.
So we can expect really good movies from Gautham if he is away from Kamal. And as usual we can expect really good movies form Kamal if he is away from Gautham.