Oh Rats! They find explosives!
Fight global terrorism with Rats, the bomb squad is here! Rats, which many people dislike are being trained to find […]
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USB 3 is here
 USB 3 devices have finally started showing up in the US and expect them to be more widely available
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Why Microsoft can’t be creative anymore
Here is a nice article posted in New York Times written by a former Microsoft Vice President. “Microsoft has become
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5 More Reasons Why IE6 Must Die
“There are at least 142 vulnerabilities in IE6, 22 of which are not yet patched.” Read more. If you are
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Sending emails faster with Thunderbird
Here is a tip to save time while sending emails using Mozilla Thunderbird. If you compose an email with Thunderbird,
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My Next Notebook or Netbook?
Two years ago, I said good bye to my lone Desktop. I wasn’t sure how I would survive 🙂 since
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Brewing your own herbal tea
Making your own herbal tea can be fun and keep you healthy too. Here is Herbal Tea-HOWTO. Herbal teas boosts
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Plug Computing is a very interesting
What’s a plug computer? Small ARM Based Computer Runs Linux and other OS: Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora, Gentoo and FreeBSD Consumes
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Stop complaining, you are richer than you think
Many of us (this includes me :), often complain that we don’t have enough money, we don’t earn well, we
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Workflows and Dependency maps
Dr. Nagarjuna, Founder of Gnowledge and Director FSF India, shared this very interesting app. It creates a dependency map for
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Making free/cheap calls using Nonoh and Nokia E63/E71
I have been using SIP Protocol, Nonoh Service and Nokia E63. Nonoh.net allows you to make free calls to many
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Building a solar water heater for 5 dollars
This is an interesting article which talks about building a solar water heater using a discarded refrigerator and few other
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Microsoft A History of Anticompetitive Behavior
The European Committee for Interoperable Systems (ECIS), part of the European Commission, has compiled a detailed repor titled: Microsoft A
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OpenOffice extension has an edge over MS Office
It was Firefox which popularised the concept of plugins and now OpenOffice too has come up with nice extensions. With
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Love and the Indian Economy
Some time back, I read an article in the Hindustan time about a person spending Rs. 45,000 flowers on 14
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Why the Hindu Muslim Divide?
Before the British left India, they created the Hindu-Muslim divide in India. Unfortunately this divide still exists. Governor-General Lord Canning
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Nice Ubuntu user guide
My friend Ramnath Shenoy, pointed me to this excellent Ubuntu guide for beginners. Its quite detailed and covers a lot
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Multiple users, one computer
Todays computer have more power than what is required by a single users. Thanks to the Gigahertz race, processors are
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Safe Browsing with Firefox and Netcraft Toolbar
I recently received a phishing email which was suppose to do all kinds of funny things. When I clicked on