The year 2009 is going to end soon and in this holiday season most of us may not be going on long vacation and spending time at home watching TV. To bring more channels on your TV at affordable rates Direct TV has introduced special offers, which will bring you lots of saving all year. What makes this deal even better that it does not require you to stand in any queue or fill out lengthy forms, all it takes is just one phone call and you are good to go.

Talking about the quality of channels you get, its just awesome. With Satellite Directv you get many high definition channels of all genres to enjoy with your family together. Enjoy movies, sports and other favorite programs at crystal clear clarity on your TV with Direct TV. All this at a low price of just about $1 per day, yes you heart right at a monthly price of just $29.99 you get 150+ digital channels.

There is one more offer which Direct TV is offering its customers and that is a Visa pre paid card worth $100 free, this is special holiday offer. Bring Direct Satellite TV to your home and make best of your holidays!

One of my friend who is currently running his health club wanted to buy his first phone and to get a number he needed an identity proof. He does not drive so he doesn’t have any driving license and he is not in any college as well so no ID card of college as well. This was a big problem and what I was thinking that being a citizen of country like India; he has no proof of his nationality and existence. I don’t know about other things he might be having like birth certificate but that is not accepted as ID proof! I was little shocked that day and today I hear a good news from Indian Government. As part of a project to issue ID cards for all 1.1 billion of its citizens, Indian Government has announced plans to place information of every single citizen in what will be the world’s second largest citizen’s database. This will help in identifying Indian Citizens anywhere in the world and it should be really helpful in national security.

All I can hope that such good plans don’t get dumped. Corrupt officials will definitely try to make some quick bucks in this too. May God keep the database away from corruption!

TATA Nano will soon be seen on Indian roads and if you are looking for the TATA showroom then wait, you don’t have to actually. State Bank of India (SBI) has announced that they will be the sole agency for bookings of world’s cheapest car, TATA Nano. So next time you head to bank for any work, don’t forget to ask your friendly accountant sitting there because they might give you any inside news which is not public yet.

Ubuntu we all aware of now is one of the famous free Linux flavor has a new version of its LTS series available. With each new release, it’s getting better and better and giving tough competition to premium operating systems. This new Ubuntu 8.04.2 LTS can be downloaded from here instantly or you can order free CD’s of this OS from here if you have a limited or slower internet connection and cannot download big files.

Indian government banned use of Chinese mobile phones few days back. It was taken considering threat to county security after the 26/11 Mumbai Terrorist Attack. Reason why these phones will be banned because Chinese phones don’t have IMI number which is unique for every cell phone in the world and missing IMI number is just like a vehicle with no registration number!

People may get annoyed with this decision but let me ask you, Will you use a vehicle with no registration plate, no chassis number and no engine number? Definitely not! So why use a mobile phone which has no identification. I request people to dump these phones right now. These phones were cheap and many of them were clones of high end phones like iPhone, but none of them have IMI number. Besides threat to national security, these phones are a risky item to have in your pocket like insanely loud speakers, poor quality batteries which can explode and most important the bad impression you give to people around you when you take out that Chinese phone from your pocket!

I know people of India don’t like to thro things easily (even I don’t do being an Indian) so what I suggest to people who own or cell a Chinese phone to sterilize the phone! Make it useless for making and receiving calls by removing its SIM holder, microphone and everything that is related to making and receiving calls you find in the phone. A little bit of soldering iron work can help you in this, if you don’t know how to do then contact your nearby geek friend to do it for you. After this you can use the phone as a PMP (portable media player) since more of the Chinese phones are equipped with big LCD screen, loud speakers, microSD card and video playback capability. And finally its time to buy a decent branded phone. Cheers!

Yes, it’s the birthday of our dear old friend, compact disk. It has turned 26 today. Its one of the media which has been very popular, very affordable and very reliable too. So with every good thing attached to it, and isn’t it necessary to remember its birthday and celebrate it? So let’s give out all CD’s a break today and not put them in drive, but if possible clean then with soft cloth and keep them properly at their place! Just a crazy idea for some but geeks like me will do it.