Belkin’s TuneStudio, another recent introduction at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) as well as at MacWorld Expo, is this wonder gizmo that turns your fifth generation iPod into a full-fledged mixing station. TuneStudio innovates on one of iPod’s weaknesses – recording music – and proves once over again that with...
An article at CyberNet shows you a cool trick to make Firefox 2 render the Tabs according to the installed theme of your OS. Normally Firefox tabs are rendered same across all OS-es, be it Windows, Linux or Mac and are kind of bland if you consider the visual aspect....
After years of speculations and wild rumours flying around, iPhone finally made it’s debut at the MacWorld Expo. Even recently, it narrowly missed enlistment in the top Vapourware List of 2006, published by Wired News. Apple CEO Steve added a super-punch to his shocking, stunning, surprising keynote address by unveiling...
Usage of file / disk encryption has been long prevalent – but never like that of the present times. With the explosive growth of the internet and consequently ever-increasing risk of hacking, protection of one’s private / sensitive data has gained utmost importance. There are hundreds of methods of encryption...
Here are a couple of really cool Web 2.0 logos designed by Utom. They can be downloaded from his blog Utombox in both PNG and ICO formats and are distributed free. Thanks to Utom for the RSS icon which I’m using on my site now. He’s even got a bunch...
What is it? NetMeter is a free, lightweight network bandwidth monitoring utility that sits in your system tray and continually keeps track of the amount of data flowing through your own system’s network connection. It’s highly customisable and shows neat graphs of your current download & upload speeds. The graph...
This article recently posted by my friend Mahesh in his blog Splat, expresses grave concerns over this shocking bill called Orphan Works Act (2006) that might actually allow US citizens to legally steal copyrighted works by others around the world. The bill which was introduced on May 22nd, 2006 in...
In my earlier tutorial titled Creating OpenSearch Plugins for Firefox (adds to the QuickSearch bar) I taught you how to write a basic OpenSearch XML format plug-in that can be used with both Firefox 2.x and IE7. The demonstrated example consisted of creating a plug-in that searches through Invision Power...
Meccano, the French model construction kit maker is set to introduce a Wi-Fi controlled called Spyke at the Consumer Electronics Show, Las Vegas (January 8th – 11th, 2007). The robot which sports a webcam, runs on rubber treads that might even enable it to climb stairs (depending on the power...
A brief introduction This tutorial will attempt to explain in a simple manner how to create an OpenSearch plug-in for Firefox. These plug-ins appear in a drop-down menu in the Firefox Quick-Search bar (located right of the URL/Address bar) and help you perform quick searches across various search engines without...