Cross Over – using Windows apps on a Mac
Tuesday, July 1st, 2008 Posted in Mac, Windows | No Comments »I have found that the easiest way to run many apps on a Mac is CrossOver for Mac. It’s built on the Wine codebase, but is a much easier and friendly way of installing Windows apps in virtual “bottles” on ...
Google Gears: Browser up, OS down!
Tuesday, June 12th, 2007 Posted in Technology, Web, Windows | 2 Comments »We all knew this was coming and it has finally come. The final problem of offline access to web-based services has been addressed by Google Gears which was released last week. Today, I saw the first instance of it being ...
Joost is the new TV
Friday, June 1st, 2007 Posted in Movies, Video, Web | 2 Comments »I have tried Slingbox and I have tried Democracy TV. Joost is different. Community features, high quality programming, full screen smooth video. It's a joy, a pleasure. I was captivated for hours as I kept watching show after show with ...
Yahoo! Travel Updated
Thursday, May 31st, 2007 Posted in Web | No Comments »I am a little disappointed with Yahoo! which seems to sneak in great updates without a lot of buzz being generated around it. For instance, the only way I find out about the fact that Yahoo! Travel has undergone a ...
Democracy TV
Wednesday, January 31st, 2007 Posted in Web | No Comments »Democracy TV is a pretty good video player. Not only can it play many formats, it also has RSS feed subscriptions, podcasts and it also does video blogs. It is also integrated with the video sites like YouTube etc. It ...
Demystification: GPS and GPRS
Wednesday, January 24th, 2007 Posted in Mobile | 1 Comment »[This post talks about the difference between GPS and GPRS. If you already know the difference you may skip it.] As an engineer, I would like to apologize to everyone for confusing acronyms being shoved down normal people's throats. GPS and ...
Customize Outlook View based on SpamAssasin’s tagging
Thursday, January 18th, 2007 Posted in Tutorials, Tips & Tricks | No Comments »Read on if you use IMAP and Outlook and your IMAP account is configured to use SpamAssasin and it is configured with SpamBox. SpamAssasin can be instructed to put all mails that it tags as SPAM into a different spam ...
Good Fun: Indian Soaps
Thursday, December 14th, 2006 Posted in Miscellaneous | No Comments »I was just watching "KumKum" on Star Plus on Indian Television through my SlingBox. Boy, I never really watched all that when i was in India, but I really find myself getting addicted to it. Ekta Kapoor sure has something ...
… I love you … Please Repeat?
Wednesday, December 6th, 2006 Posted in Mobile, Technical | No Comments »Me: What time is it? She: It's 10:48 pm Me: What day is it? She: The date is Tuesday, December fifth two thousand and six. Me: When is my next appointment? She: Tomorrow at 4:30 pm in 2260 USB Me: Play music She: Do you want to ...
Closure
Thursday, September 7th, 2006 Posted in General, Gumption, Technical, Windows | No Comments »So you quit your job in a good software company, move to a new country, start school again but it just doesn't feel complete until you do that one thing: Format+Clean+Reinstall Windows on your laptop.I finally got around to doing ...
Opera 9 is here
Wednesday, June 21st, 2006 Posted in Web | No Comments »A very slick looking flash intro. A nice site for promoting the new features. Check it out here. The feature list is quite interesting, the one that stands out is integrated torrent support. Check out all the features here.
Microsoft Robotics Studio
Tuesday, June 20th, 2006 Posted in Technical | 1 Comment »Microsoft Robotics Studio Must I say anything further? "Wow" should suffice.
Yahoo Messenger 8 (beta) is here
Tuesday, June 20th, 2006 Posted in Web | No Comments »Just out, fresh out of the mill. Yahoo Messenger 8 (Beta) with open plugins. Get it here.With plugins for Yahoo!360, I think I know where this is heading. With an excellent web based content creation system in place, Yahoo! is ...
Windows Live Local Outlook Add-in Beta
Tuesday, June 20th, 2006 Posted in General, Windows | No Comments »Windows Live Local for Outlook (Beta) It's less than 3 MB. Give it a spin.
GPS track of Flight from Mumbai to Rajkot
Thursday, June 1st, 2006 Posted in Mobile | 1 Comment »I recently flew to Rajkot from Mumbai. I had my GPS receiver on and captured the raw NMEA data of the entire flight. Here is the take-off part of the flight-path. The plane took-off in the South-East direction, looped over South ...
Wordpress 2.0.2
Saturday, May 20th, 2006 Posted in Web | 3 Comments »I don't know why I am putting it off :(. I updated the other blogs with it, but am yet to update this one. Why? Lazy me!
Windows Media Player 11 Bete released
Friday, May 19th, 2006 Posted in Windows | 1 Comment »Taking a big cue from Google, Microsoft too has entered the "Beta" frenzy. Well, I don't care. I am all charged up and excited about the latest update to Windows Media Player. Windows Mobile Pocket PC & Smartphone owners, don't ...
GWT - First nail in Windows’ Coffin
Friday, May 19th, 2006 Posted in Web, Windows | No Comments »Microsoft so far was confident about Windows since they provide a very easy to use development tools - the Visual Studio. Using those, a developer can create binaries for any variant of the target device without any incompatibilities. On the other ...
Google Shut Up!
Sunday, May 14th, 2006 Posted in Privacy, Technical, Windows | No Comments »It's quite sad that even before Microsoft can release it's Windows Vista, a respectable company like Google cries foul over it's integrated search feature. How can a company innovate and provide a good experience to it's end users if the "new ...
Stale: Yahoo bought MusicMatch
Tuesday, May 9th, 2006 Posted in Web | No Comments »The Old: The New: This is strange, I never came to know that Yahoo! bought MusicMatch until I looked for it today (It used to be one of my first media players in the olden days - does anyone remember Sonique?) But this ...
