Iriver has always made an impression on me since I bought their mp3 flash player a few years ago. I also once had an iPod Shuffle, but it got damaged after an unfortunate incident. But I’m still keeping my iriver iFP-795, and it still serves its purpose of playing music. Although iPod rules the roost,… Read More »
According to Microsoft, Windows XP was designed to boot up in 30 seconds, and if you add several additional services, this can take up to a minute. The time taken usually depends on additional functionalities you add to your system. The time of startup and shutdown also depend on the speed of your CPU and… Read More »
Are you getting frustrated with your Internet connection and its speed? The first thing you need to know is that the speed of your Internet surfing is not dependent on the speed of your computer hardware at all. Minimum hardware requirements are enough to surf most sites. Although Internet speed is largely affected by external… Read More »
Recently, there was some buzz about Windows 7 coming out next year. We know it’s the major release of a new Windows and we all know it’s called Windows 7, and it’s meant to replace the much maligned Vista. But, why all the fuss about Windows 7 now, when it’s still at least a year… Read More »
File formats can turn out to be an issue when we want to perform some file specific operations. Many times you will notice that you have a nice application which does what you want, but doesn’t support your file format. That could turn out to be a bit of a problem. So, here are some… Read More »
Now that the US Presidential election is over, the focus has shifted once again to the economy. Obama is going to have his work cut out. Many people are either looking for miracles or quick fixes for their money woes. But at the same time, relatively speaking, money making had never been as easy on… Read More »
Ah, BlogRush is dead officially. It was coming since a long way off, but now at least it’s official. John Reese, the guy behind BlogRush, claimed it was an ill conceived venture conceived at 4 in the morning, which is not really much of an excuse, but then again, not many bloggers will be batting… Read More »
Mozilla Firefox is one of the most popular web browsers out there, no doubt. You may also like it for its extensible features and (relatively) high stability. But how can you make it work better for you? Here, I’ve compiled a short list of tips for using Firefox more efficiently.
Email spoofing is a technique used by spammers to alter the originating email address to appear as though it came from some other address (could be your own). I’ve recently been subjected to one of these episodes, during which my email got flooded with tons of spam from a spoofed email address (belonging to me).… Read More »
Been really busy with work, and doing 12 hour work shifts. The result – a serious lack of time to post on my blog. I know I have been silent of late, and hope my readers don’t mind too much. I’m coming to grips with the current financial crisis hitting the globe, and trying to… Read More »