I am flattened by this book

I am talking about "The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century" by Thomas L. Friedman.

It is one of the best books I read recently (few more chapters left for me to read). Since I am originally from India, it makes it an even more interesting and compelling read. The author is 1000% correct about the fact that the Internet and high speed connections has flatted the world so much that everyone in this world has an equal chance of succeeding in the global market who otherwise would have been pushed down by their Culture/government policies etc

It is indeed a great history of 21st century.

Sony PS3 rumor

PS3 launch delayed until fall?
Delay is good for Microsoft XBox 360 isn't? That is not what I wanted to say here. It is something that occurred to me and wanted to start a rumor if there isn't one started already :-)

The way I see it, PS3 will come in 2 versions. One with Blu-Ray support and one without. I don't think Sony will include Blu-Ray in all its consoles and risk the sale of its consoles due to its price point being higher. In fact, Microsoft by setting the baseline, it is hard for Sony to deviate much. So, there will be a

• Core PS3 console with standard DVD player and all the rest of the PS3 features
• Premium console with Blu-Ray support which will be priced much higher than $399 (my guess is $499).

With the next generation high definition players like
Pioneer (Preps $1,800 Blu-ray Player) selling as high as $1800 bucks, it would be hard for Sony to even release a basic support for Blu-ray without raising the price too much.

I am going to wait and see how much of mine is accurate.