Monthly Archives: September 2007

Why Internet cafe Logging will fail?

Posted by toalakan-web on September 21, 2007 None comments

There is no better reason than this story from London. I’m sure when London installed a public cam some body told “The crime rates will go down to zero” but the reality after 10 years of spending 200Million pounds was its not effective.

Well Indians are  fast it wont take 10 years to realize the mistake of logging the Internet cafe communications in Mumbai. When the next government changes in Maharashtra a new scandal shows up with the Mumbai Internet logging system  and the usual happens, yeah the system is sacked,a enquiry committee formed and most of all we forget about it. Did you the

One good thing we all humans all around the world irrespective of religion,race,color is we forget everything about politicians or so called law makers.

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Al

India Goes the USA way…

Posted by toalakan-web on September 17, 2007 1 comments

Well a few months ago I read a article in www.rediff.com stating India is 50 years beyond USA. But the Mumbai police have decided to bridge the 50 years gap and they didn’t stop there they are way ahead of US atleast a few years ahead.

Well here is the story Mumbai police will monitor all Internet communications in and out of Internet cafes in Mumbai. All communications will be stored in a centralized server and available to Cyber crime department of Police. There is no exception yo can’t escape the long arms of Law and  the big boss will always watch you.

According to me this isn’t going to prevent terrorism but it will certainly will be useful for post criminal investigation. Moreover

  • why an Innocent citizens communication have to be monitored just because he can’t afford to buy his own computer or Internet connection at home?
  •  So how long before some one is going to bribe and get info about a specific user?  You people know the drill.
  • With Indian banks preferring Online banks over personalized banks more and more people will start using Internet cafes. So will Mumbai police not atleast store communications between banking web sites and user..?
  • With already Internet scams showing up on Internet with the help of wireless web cams and cafe owners,so how are the police going to make sure the communication between Internet cafe and Central server will not be breached. One day or the other some one is going to break it nothing is secure.

Beware people next thing they are going to monitor all phone calls through public phones.

I’m not going to browse in Mumbai if I’m there wait ,an better Idea will be not to use Internet at all. I wish I could do that but how can I ?that’s my bread winner. So people don’t be worried if you don’t know to use Internet be happy that you don’t know.

Thx

AL

Plantronics Voyager 520

Posted by toalakan-web on September 15, 2007 None comments

Its been a long time since I have posted to my blog. I have become more lazy now a days that’s the reason. Well I recently upgraded my Bluetooth headset to Plantronics Voyager 520.

I had a Plantronics Voyager 510 a big fan of that device and the best in the market till to date for the cost. I got the 510 for 45 bugs 18 months before I didn’t have a single problem and lot of my friends got that and are really satisfied with it. But the 510 couldn’t survive my rough handling so the windscreen got broken a month before. Since the Plantronics started offering the voyager 520 I decided to go for it.

It was really tough finding Voyager 520 in stock as it always ran out of stock at many sites I ordered. Finally I got mine from a site called www.chumbo.com for 60$.

Here is a picture of comparing the voyager series size with orbitz chewing gum. The Plantronics voyager 520 has been reviewed by so many time by pros on the web. I will basically tell you the pros and cons of 520 over 510.

Voyager 520 in its desktop Charger

Pros:

  • Its smaller than the Voyager 510.
  • Has a talk time of 8hrs.2 hrs more than 510 although my 510 talk time went down after a 6 months of use to 3 – 4hrs still good.
  • Feels light and won’t even notice it if you R used to wearing the 510 for long time.
  • Seamlessly connects with my Laptop and phones.

Cons:

  • USB charger is not part of package its available as a accessory. It would have been good if they have shipped it along with the package like the Discovery 655 BT headset.
  • No improvements over 510 in range.Still causes static once I cross 20 feet from source.
  • The volume control is little hard to press especially when increasing the volume sometimes I end up disconnecting the call.
  • No big improvements in wind noise canceling same as 510.

If you are looking for a mid range Bluetooth headset that connects with almost any Bluetooth device around the price range of 50$ – 60$ then this is the headset for you. if you have decided to buy Plantronics Voyager 510 then you can certainly buy 520 which has longer talk time and smaller.

I will attach a voice test Mp3 file later.

Thx

AL

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