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Opera Mini v4.1 beta launched

April 7th, 2008 5 Comments

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My all time favorite mobile browser Opera Mini has launched the beta of their next version which offers feature that can blow you off. Earlier Opera Mini v4 was lacking [...]

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Write protect your USB/Thumb/Pen Drive

April 3rd, 2008 6 Comments

It happens with me many time that I had to copy some files from my pen drive to our college lab and the moment I plugged in my pen drive, it gets infected with dozens of viruses. Yes, its true that our college labs are too infected. Now before I can use the pen drive [...]

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Disable USB Autorun to Save PC from USB Viruses

March 22nd, 2008 7 Comments

Pen drives are very common these days. Everybody has them for their daily data transfer needs and since these are connected to different computers very often, they become a easy carrier of malicious codes (virus, trojans, spywares etc).
How viruses spread from USB/Thumb/Pen drive?
Whenever a USB drive is plugged into a infected computer, virus copies [...]

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How to safely remove your USB drive when Safely Remove Hardware icon disappears from the system tray

February 13th, 2008 21 Comments

Many times it might have happened with you that Safely remove hardware icon disappears from the system tray and you are unable to safely remove your USB/Pen drive. Pulling out the USB/Pen drive is not recommended in such a case as it might prove to be harmful for the life of your USB/Pen drive.
There is [...]

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Batteries that don’t need charging

January 25th, 2008 4 Comments

Tired of charging your mobile battery every now and then. We have heard of high performing batteries, quick battery charger and even wireless chargers. Look forward to batteries that don’t need charging.
Tired of mobile phones that always need recharging at the worst moments, researchers in Germany are developing a revolutionary new battery that will never [...]

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Splashtop - Instant Boot-up

January 21st, 2008 No Comments

I think its time to see OS booting up in no time like TV do. It is not possible yet and might become possible in future. Instead of waiting for such technology to launch, I give you Splashtop, which can get you online or watching movie in less than 20 seconds or even 5 seconds [...]

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Review : Microtek 800VA Double Battery UPS

December 26th, 2007 8 Comments

Everybody needs a UPS to protect his/her system on power failures else it can lead to data loss or even damage to hardware. Here is a review of Microtek 800VA Double Battery UPS, which I have been using for over 16months.

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