Category: Tips n Tricks

  • How to find Bluetooth & WLAN MAC address of Nokia mobile device

    I needed the latter one to whitelist my N86 on my home wifi network so thought of keeping the codes as reference for future use. At the standby screen (idle position), just type in the following codes : Bluetooth MAC address *#2820# WLAN MAC address *#62209526# I have tested the codes to be working on…

  • Integrate Skydrive in your windows explorer

    SkyDrive 25GB Storage SkyDrive is the free online storage service offered by Microsoft (Live) where you can save & share your files with other people. SkyDrive offers 25GB storage with each file size limited to 50MB. All you need is a Windows Live ID to start using the service if you are not already using…

  • Install Windows 7 by making a bootable USB drive

    Gone are the days when OS were installed by CDs & DVDs. Yesterday, I made the switch to windows 7 by installing the OS by making a bootable Win 7 USB drive. Actually my optical drive died and I didn’t knew it but it gave me a chance to install an OS by means of…

  • Download Kaspersky Antivirus & Kaspersky Internet Security Updates 2010 Offline

    Earlier I have written about downloading Kaspersky updates for Kaspersky Antivirus 2009 and Kaspersky Internet Security 2009 and now I am writing this article to download updates offline so that Kaspersky Antivirus 2010 & Kaspersky Internet Security 2010 can be updated. All you need is a computer which has Kaspersky Antivirus or Kaspersky Internet Security…

  • Why use sftp instead of ftp

    We all know about the good old FTP which we have used so many times to upload or download data from/to a web server to/from our computer. But do we know how much risk is involved in using FTP? Many of us don’t. So through this post, I will try to highlight why one should…

  • Modify & Use WP-cumulus 3d sphere for Custom Links

    You must have seen the revolving 3D sphere of tags which gives the site an aesthetic look and get the visitor involved to browse more of your content. Its available as a nice plugin for WordPress blogs already but I wanted to have the 3D sphere show some custom links and not tags or categories.…

  • Lunascape – Triple Engine Browser

    We web designers know how important it is to check our web designs in different browsers as different browsers interpret things differently because they are based on different engines. Not to mention we have IE 6 (I hate it as much as I love my love). Right now apart from Multiple IE browser trick, and…