Archive | July, 2008

History of iPhone

Posted on 26 July 2008

The iPhone is a very attractive multimedia and internet enabled mobile device. If you were to describe the iPhone in simple words, you can say it is a combination of an iPod and a mobile phone. Since the iPhone is creating history with its launch, let’s first look at the history of - The iPhone.

Everything You Need to Know about Flash Video Player

Posted on 26 July 2008

Flash video (FLV) player is sometimes referred to as flash media player. This is a free software program which allows you to watch movies, play games, and view animations on the Internet.
FLV player is a standard program which plays Shock Wave Flash (SWF) files. It is provides multilingual support for over 33 different languages. [...]

Do Not Upgrade to WP 2.6 Unless You Have Tons of Time to Fix It

Posted on 25 July 2008

An upgrade to the latest Wordpress 2.6 almost put Tech Pedia out of action. To my utmost shock, all the categories residing on my site went missing after the upgrade.

Top 10 Tweaks, Tips, and Tricks for Windows Vista

Posted on 25 July 2008

1. If you’re annoyed by Internet Explorer’s incessant barking that you’ve lowered your security settings (like, if you’re a non-paranoid expert), launch “gpedit.msc” from either the Run command or Start Search field, navigate through Local Computer Policy / Computer Configuration / Administrative Templates / Windows Components / Internet Explorer. In the rightmost pane, double-click “Turn [...]

Howto : Remove Windows XP’s Messenger

Posted on 25 July 2008

Theoretically, you can get rid of it (as well as a few other things). Windows 2000 power users should already be familiar with this tweak.
Fire up the Windows Explorer and navigate your way to the %SYSTEMROOT% \ INF folder. What the heck is that thingy with the percentage signs? It’s a variable. For most people, [...]

Howto : Build a SCSI Based Server Serving CDs?

Posted on 25 July 2008

An Anonymous Coward asks: “Picture this: a mega SCSI based server box with a bunch of cd-rom drives. What’s the best way to build this beast so that it can serve iso-9660 and hfs CDs to smb/cifs, nfs and appletalk clients? Is there any particular way to deal with SCSI IDs and LUNs? Is there [...]

10 Weirdest Gadgets Ever Made

Posted on 21 July 2008

We use some kind of a gadget in our day to day lives; it can range from a mobile phone to an MP3 player. I love gadgets like the iPhone, iPod, Nokia 9910i and a lot of other stuff which I cannot afford right now. But gadgets are part of our lives today and everybody [...]

Time on Nails : Thumbnail Watch

Posted on 19 July 2008

Things are not getting simpler these days. A simple instrument that shows time is getting into the complex dimension with the introduction of a watch, meant to be worn on nails. I did not make a typo, you read it right. A watch worn on nails and it shows time.
Timex in collaboration with Core77, held [...]

Sweetcron: A Blogging Engine that Updates Your Entire Internet Activity

Posted on 19 July 2008

It sounds scary when our internet movements are tracked and worse, blogged. It might just be a nightmare-come-true with Sweetcron blogging engine which is due to hit mainstream in the coming days.
Sweetcron is capable of synchronizing and recording your activities on the internet. Whether you upload a photo on flickr or bookmark a favorite [...]

All I Hear is Static

Posted on 13 July 2008

To help myself get through college financially, I worked as a Hardware Support technician for the University’s Computer Services. One day, on my phone rotation, I received a phone call from a man who was rather annoyed that he couldn’t access his e-mail from home. Our school had a dial-up system (it was the mid-90’s) [...]

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