September 2006

Google Reader – Just got better

September 29, 2006

Google Reader till now was one of the most “unusable” applications from Google’s stable. Google which re-defined usability with applications like GMail did not extend the same usability aspects to Google Reader. Now after hearing to the constant complaints/suggestions from the users, GReader has introduces a total new look and feel, and to be honest [...]

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F1 Car Guide

September 26, 2006

If you are a Formula1 fan, you should definitely check this link: BBC MotorSport – Inside a F1 Car Lots of information about the Aerodynamics, Electronics and Cockpit is covered in this amazing animation ! If you are not a Formula1 fan, it doesn’t mean you shouldn’t have a look at this link. Only that [...]

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Kicked out of Yahoo ?

September 26, 2006

Today I received a mail from Yahoo (my-y…@yahoo-inc.com) with this content: Your Yahoo! ID is: somethingsomething Your password for this account has recently been changed. You don’t need to do anything, this message is simply a notification to protect the security of your account. Please note: your new password may take awhile to activate. If [...]

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CCleaner

September 25, 2006

In response to my previous post on Disk space, Rahul suggested me to try the CCleaner application. Initially I thought that the functionality of CCleaner was similar to that of Windows Disk Cleanup I was proved wrong ! First I ran Disk Cleanup to clear the temporary files. Later I ran CCleaner and the tool [...]

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Running out of Disk Space ?

September 23, 2006

Even with a big hard drive (100GB), I somehow manage to fill it up lots of data and one day I realize that the disk is out of space. I am sure its the same case with many others as well To overcome this problem, you are left with 4 options Buy a new additional [...]

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Openlaszlo

September 22, 2006

One of my colleague introduced me to Openlaszlo today and I should say I was amazed by what all you can do using Laszlo. This is what the Laszlo has to say about OpenLaszlo : OpenLaszlo is an open source platform for creating zero-install web applications with the user interface capabilities of desktop client software. [...]

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Clickless Browsing

September 21, 2006

Some time back Saarr was released which helped in previewing a summary of a search result. The end result was that it helped in reducing the number of clicks. I was introduced to 2 more tools CoolIris and Browster (via Labnol) which unlike Saarr shows the complete page when you hover over the link. Browster [...]

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Poderosa – Alternative to Putty

September 20, 2006

PuTTY is a free implementation of Telnet and SSH for Win32 and Unix platforms, along with an xterm terminal emulator. I use PuTTY for 2 primary reasons It can save the session information and I can quickly load the session of my choice (i.e. I don’t need to remember the IP details etc) It has [...]

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Running Multiple Instances of Yahoo and Google IM

September 18, 2006

Check this screenshot: This is the memory usage of Yahoo IM when its initially started on my machine ! So with this kind of memory usage, why would anyone want to run multiple instances of Yahoo messenger ? My first E-Mail ID was with Yahoo and was created 8 years back. I recently created a [...]

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Planning to upgrade to Windows Vista ?

September 16, 2006

If you are planning to upgrade to Windows vista, you should also start planning to upgrade your PC hardware ? But do you really need to upgrade your hardware ? The Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor is the right tool to answer this ! It recently had an “upgrade” to RC and the same is available [...]

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