Modern Street

Maybe you have heard of them, maybe you have not. But I’m sure if you use your computer everyday, you probably would have wondered about them at one time or the other. I know I did. Here are some bytes and pieces about computer care which have been oft discussed throughout the relatively short history of desktops: Read the rest of this entry »

I think I mentioned myself being a part time domain investor, and I own a number of domains, which I’ve either bought from others or registered myself. So it stands to reason why I’ve rambled about domains in the past. If you’ve been planning to have an online presence, remember, the first smart step is to get a good domain name. Read the rest of this entry »

Quite often, when you create a client sample or a report, you might want to add a watermark or an image in the background of your document. At times, these watermarks may be used to represent the status of the document – pending, urgent, confidential, and so on.

Although it was a bit difficult in earlier versions of Word – where you might have had to add these bookmarks by using WordArt or found yourself fiddling with images to display them as a watermark in the background – the task is a lot simpler in Word 2007. Read the rest of this entry »

Finally, Google has decided that all the complaints about scammers using Google’s name to scam people with get-rich-quick programs has reached its peak of tolerance and now it’s time to get tough; Google is now taking them to court.

Of late, scammers using Google’s name to misrepresent Google have been running riot, especially throughout this year alone. Using a combination of fake newspaper sites (clones of bigger news sites), online advertising, and spammy emails, many people are sold on the dream of easy money…. Read the rest of this entry »

In a recent development, newspaper and other online publishers can now set the number of free articles which people can access through Google and keep the rest as subscriber-based only under a newly implemented program by Google, starting last year. Read the rest of this entry »

WordPress, my favorite CMS, has won the Overall Best Open Source CMS Award in the 2009 Open Source CMS Awards which I think is a great milestone for WordPress. It also was first runner up in the Best Open Source PHP CMS Software category. I’ve always believed that WordPress was the most scalable and easy to handle CMS, and this win is now confirmation of that. Kudos to all the hardworking WordPress developers! Read the rest of this entry »