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Want to spy on your not-so-tech-savvy girlfriend? Google Latitude is what you need!


Want to spy on your not-so-tech-savvy girlfriend? Google Latitude is what you need!

Google is on a roll these days. First it was the launch of Gmail Offline, then it went under sea with Google Earth 5.0, now it has provided a nifty feature which lets you and your friends know about each others’ current location, and going by the way Google is launching these services, I believe…

 Computers   General   Google   How-To   Mobile   Social Media  

By Debjit
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How-To stop Firefox (linux) from starting in Offline Mode ?


How-To stop Firefox (linux) from starting in Offline Mode ?

This particular problem of Firefox starting in Offline Mode is particularly because of a network unavailability problem. And is common when you have your NetworkManager turned on along with the network service.

 Hacks   How-To   Linux   Networks  

By Debjit

Show content / region specific news to your website readers


Show content / region specific news to your website readers

Yet another rocking feature from Google`s AJAX APIs – Now You can add Google news to your website and doing this is just a child`s play. You just need to add a Google News based iframe element into the code of your webspace.  You can choose the types of stories that will appear in your…

 Google   How-To   Programming   Software   Web   Web Design  

By Debjit

The definitive 'Plymouth' Guide for Fedora 10


The definitive 'Plymouth' Guide for Fedora 10

Plymouth is the new Graphical Boot system of Fedora 10 which replaces the old RHGB boot system. If you have already installed Fedora 10 and are able to see a blue-white bar at the bottom of your monitor/screen while Fedora 10 loads, then Plymouth is actually enabled on your system. You are unable to see…

 General   How-To   Linux  

By Debjit
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How-To capture only a specific portion of the screen in Windows 7?


Windows 7 provides you with a tool called the Snipping Tool, with the help of which you could actually select a portion of the screen whose screenshot is to be taken. This is very helpful since you are now freed of the hassle of ‘Prnt Scrn’-ing the entire screen and cropping the required portion out….

 General   How-To   Microsoft   Pragmatism   Software   Windows   Windows 7  

By Debjit

How-To access and browse Linux partitions from Windows ?


How-To access and browse Linux partitions from Windows ?

For users who Dual Boot Windows and Linux, accessing files from their linux partitions while in windows has never been a good enough experience. But, we now have many tools that make this problem a cakewalk. Let us see a few of these softwares and their features:

 Computers   Hacks   How-To   Linux   Windows   Windows 7  

By Debjit

How-To copy data from the local cache of "Google Gears" ?


How-To copy data from the local cache of "Google Gears" ?

Google Gears is software offered by Google that enables more powerful web applications, by adding new    features to your web browser. One of it`s feature is that it provides a LocalServer module that caches and serves application resources like HTML, JavaScript, images, etc. There are a number of applications that use Google Gears, including Google`s…

 Google   How-To   Linux   Microsoft   Windows 7  

By Debjit

How To Enable Automatic Login In Fedora Linux


How To Enable Automatic Login In Fedora Linux

Setting up Fedora 10 to log into our account automatically is very easy. You simply need to append a few lines to the file called custom.conf located in the /etc/gdm/ directory. Now, open the above mentioned file in a text-editor like gedit or kedit, and append these lines:

 How-To   Linux   Pragmatism  

By Debjit

Want to stay Invisible on Google Talk? Read On..


Want to stay Invisible on Google Talk? Read On..

Google Talk is getting cozier. You can now stay invisible right from your Google Talk client. This feature currently is available on Google Talk, Labs Edition. Even though the Labs Edition was launched long back, it still has not gained much popularity considering the fact that it is available for download only from Google Labs.

 Computers   How-To   Software  

By Debjit

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