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Category Archives: Computing & Internet
Plethora Of Location Services, None A Travelogue Make
There is no service that will collate my checkins and visits. Foursquare should be the one to add this feature. Continue reading
iOS5 vs WP7
A quick look comparing iOS5 and WP7. Continue reading
Chrome’s Remote Desktop Plugin Makes Chromebooks Useful
RDing from your lightweight netbook into your powerful desktop to get heavy computing tasks done make Chrome and Chromebooks an interesting product. Continue reading
Analyzing Jeff Bezos’ Keynote
I dissect Jeff Bezos’ keynote where he unveiled the new Kindle line up. Continue reading
Troubleshooting Live Mesh: Stuck on Processing & Talking to Server (OS X)
If you sync a folder that has too many files using Live Mesh, on OS X Live Mesh freezes with two errors. Processing and Talking to server, here is how you fix it. Continue reading
Captain America Windows 7 Theme & WP7 Wallpapers
A 7 wallpaper Windows 7 theme of the Avenger character with resized Windows Phone 7 versions. Continue reading
Adsense By Facebook: Facebook’s Turn To Step Onto Google’s Turf
With Google+ Google decided to compete with Facebook. Facebook blocked Google Adsense to be used by developers, these indicate a possible competitor to Google adsense from Facebook. Continue reading
A Stalker’s Guide To Foursquare
Foursquare checkins can be very revealing and provide insights into a person that one would rather have private or control over whether to share. Continue reading
4 Fundamental Differences Between Google+ & Facebook
Google+ is Google’s attempt at social but it is not a social network like Facebook. I’ve tried to figure out 4 fundamental differences on what the two products try to do. Continue reading
Defining The Cloud
An attempt to define what cloud and cloud computing is. Steve Jobs’ RDF has confused several. Continue reading
Cable Companies Finally Feeling The Heat
Time Warner is offering $5 off on Internet connection if users subscribe to their cable services. Signs of Internet streaming affecting traditional cable TV are all true. Continue reading
There Is No Post-PC Era
Gartenberg backs Steve Jobs’ marketing claim of a post-PC era. I say there’s none. The PC is still the same, does the same but we interact differently. Continue reading
System Designs & The New Twitter For iOS
System design decisions aren’t random, there is quite a bit of thought behind each of them. As bloggers/influencers we need to look into things before jumping the gun. Continue reading
Stats: Transition From Explorer To The Browser Is Here
The browser is now the desktop. Most of our daily computing activities can be done via the browser and traditional computing is undergoing a transition. Continue reading
GeoThemes: Change Windows 7 Themes Based On Geo Location (App Idea)
I find geo-location based services to be quite fascinating. Windows 7 brought with it themes and geo-location sesnor APIs, mixing both to have themes change based on geo location has been lingering on in my mind for long. Once Long and Rafael released … Continue reading
Tools To Know PC Temperatures And Power Consumption
Microsoft Research has released a utility called JoulesMeter that provides information about the power consumed by your PC. GPU-Z and Real Temp give heat and temperature info about the GPU and CPU, respectively. Continue reading
[Update] Norton 360 v4 First Look And Giveaway (2 Copies)
A quick review of Norton 360 v4 and give away of a Norton 360 v4 box pack. Continue reading
Windows Live Wave 4: Windows Live Mail Changes And New Features
Changes, improvements and new features in the recently leaked Windows Live Wave 4 Windows Live Mail. Continue reading
Some Thoughts On Thoughts About Windows Phone 7 Series
Some thoughts on Windows Phone 7 Series platform and comments made by Mozilla, John Gruber about copy/paste in Windows phone and the iPhone 4 OS Continue reading
BOOKS.SHOW – Touch Enabled WPF Windows 7 Ebook Reader App ‘Done With Microsoft’
At MIX10 a touch enabled open source ebook reader for books sourced from Project Gutenberg was demonstrated. Books.Show was built with Microsoft. Continue reading
Some Numbers About Broadband Internet In India
Some numbers about broadband india penetration in India as mentioned. The number of broadband users in India, average speeds compared to that of the world and China. Continue reading
Get Your RSS As IM In Google Talk
Get your RSS pushed to you in your chat client – Google Talk or any Jabber/XMPP client and some thoughts on the dying RSS technology. Continue reading
Windows Live Wave 4 – What’s Known So Far
The new features in the various Windows Live Essentials Suite that will be announced as part of Windows Live Wave 4. Features expected to be released in Windows Live Mail, Windows Live Messenger, Windows Live Hotmail, Windows Live Writer, Windows Live Photo Gallery and Windows Live Mobile. Continue reading
Microsoft Shows Device Control By Muscle Movement [Demo Video & Images]
Control devices by flexing your finger muscles, control portable media player or other devices by gesture control. Microsoft’s Muscle-Computer Interfaces (muCIs) Continue reading