In the world of desktops everyone is talking about Linux market share (non-existent to negligible) but Linux is becoming omnipresent in other segments… from Supercomputers to Smartphones to embedded devices. In fact many of you are running Linux at home (sometimes even unaware that you are doing so!) If you have: And you use Linux…
Windows 7 is out today. But I have been using it for a long time now. On my home PC and also on my work laptop. Yes my day to day work is all about Linux but for office connectivity and productivity work I use my office laptop with Window 7. Here’s a short list…
I came across this article on Cnet today. At least for me speed is not the only thing. I use Firefox exclusively (at home and at work too). I like Firefox because of all its features and all the add-ons I get with it. Firefox has such a huge collection of add-ons. Some of them…
Do you sometimes wonder what’s taking your disk space? If you have thousands of files like I do, it can get very difficult to quickly see what is consuming all the disk space. There is a nice program called WinDirStat (Windows Directory Statistics) that shows you visually with color coded proportional blocks arranged according to directory structure,…
I thought it was some kind of joke at first. But no! It is real. Check it out!The PC configuration is weak though. They could have used a Core 2 Quad instead of Core 2 Duo.
कूटांकन, विषेशतः (उघड कुंजी वापरून) म्हणजे काय प्रकार आहे आणि ह्या तंत्रज्ञानाचा वापर केल्याने आंतरजालावर तुमच्या वैयक्तीक किंवा इतर महत्वाच्या माहितीची बुरुजगळ न होता सुरक्षितपणे कसे व्यवहार करता येतात हे मी एकदा माझ्या मामाला समजावून सांगायचा प्रयत्न करत होतो. ही माहिती इतरांनाही उपयुक्त वाटेल असे वाटल्याने मी ती सोप्या शब्दात येथे देण्याचा प्रयत्न करीत आहे.…
Today Google announced a new browser! Chrome. It’s available for immediate download. There is an elaborate comic book style story of the idea behind it all too. I just got my hands on this browser and after about 15 minutes of browsing with it, I am impressed. It is only available for Windows right now. It downloaded and…
I have moved my mail hosting to Google. And it’s completely FREE!! I still get to keep my @bapat.net mail, but the mail is now handled by Google instead of Hostmonster. My @bapat.net email address has been in use since December 2000 when I registered this domain and I have been hosting my mail on my own…
My home theater refresh is complete now. I started with the TV, replaced my 43″ Samsung DLP with a 60″ Sony SXRD KDS60A3000 (CircuitCity $1800). Then I realized that my receiver won’t work with the TV, so I bought a new receiver Sony STR-DG910 (CircuitCity $380). Then I realized that I won’t be able to take advantage of the…
All the components arrived in the week of Sept 4. My PC was assembled and running by the weekend. I was disappointed at first because no matter what I tried, the OCZ memory won’t run at the rated 400MHz. It only ran at 266. After searching through Abit forums I found that the BIOS version…