india

India is launching a $4 USD Android smartphone and it is in part funded by their defence department.  $3.67 at current money exchange rates... 1.3Ghz quad code CPU + 1GB RAM + 8GB storage + card slot for storage expansion.  IPS screen also, but no resolution listed. Looks just awesome...

India blocked 32 websites this week, including GitHub and the Internet Archive, because some dumbass decided the sites are used to spread "ISIS propaganda".  The bans on GitHub, Vimeo, DailyMotion, and Weebly have now been lifted but the other 28 sites remain blocked. The list of sites...

I've been watching the drama and incessant offer bombing from GreenValueHost over the past few weeks (over on that OTHER site) ..... These 30-100TB bandwidth plans with a dedicated server worth of RAM and upwards of 300GB of disk have my face bruised from facepalming. GVH = CC.  No doubt.  ...