Archive | April, 2009

Happy Birthday Opera

Happy Birthday Opera

Fifteen years ago two young employees at Telenor (Norwegian phone company) began working on a new browser. Little did they know that in fifteen years that little project would soon becoming the pioneer of all modern web browsers – Opera. Although Opera never managed to grow beyond its status as a minority web browser, its [...]

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IPL 2009 – Live Streaming Video Links

IPL 2009 – Live Streaming Video Links

For IPL 2010 Live Video Streams check out the update post After a lot of hoopla about security issues, the second iteration of Indian Premier League (IPL) is finally on its way. And if the first few overs are any indication it’s going to be bigger and even more bad-ass than the first season (just [...]

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Carbonite Backup – Review and License Giveaway

Carbonite Backup – Review and License Giveaway

  Don’t forget to read my review of other databackup softwares including Carbonite and Mozy   Carbonite backup is possibly the most popular cross-platform data backup solution available. Techcrunch termed it as the backup solution closest to perfection they have seen and it is the favourite data backup service according to a Lifehacker poll. Let [...]

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Top Seven Windows 7 Tips and Tricks

Top Seven Windows 7 Tips and Tricks

Windows 7 has received an overwhelmingly positive response and many people (including me) are using it as their primary operating system. Here are my favourite tips and tricks that would allow you to enjoy your Windows 7 to the fullest. 1:Open “Computer” with Windows Explorer By default Windows Explorer’s launch page is the Libraries directory. [...]

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Vaccinate Your USB Drive Against Malware

Vaccinate Your USB Drive Against Malware

Besides the internet, one of the most common methods of propagation of malware are USB Devices (removable storage). Almost all such malwares work in a similar way. They copy themselves onto the USB device and automatically execute themselves when inserted in another computer. In order to achieve this they make use of the autorun.inf file. [...]

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Top 10 April Fools Day Jokes – 2009

Top 10 April Fools Day Jokes – 2009

April 1st is here and people all around the world busy acting silly. Here are some of the best April Fools Day jokes from the World Wide Web : 10. Youtube – Upside Down Youtube decided it would be fun to flip all the videos for a day. Although this one lost points for being [...]

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