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How to browse internet on a Linux system using the GPRS/EDGE connection of a phone?


How to browse internet on a Linux system using the GPRS/EDGE connection of a phone?

Using GPRS/EDGE connectivity feature of  your mobile phone for surfing on your computers is quite easy if you happen to use Windows, thanks to the dedicted softwares provided by mobile phone manufactures like Nokia’s PC-Suite, Motorola’s Phone Tools etc. Well, things are not that easy in Tux’s world due to the lack of availability of…

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By Debjit
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GMail tip: Recover your lost password using your mobile phone (Google Account)


GMail tip: Recover your lost password using your mobile phone (Google Account)

How often do we forget our passwords? Well this is a very absurd question. The Password Managers of the various browsers these days make sure we forget our passwords (sarcastically). And as we forget passwords, the innumerable web services have to take care of the password retrieval mechanisms which generally consists of sending a verification…

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By Debjit

Access your Windows Live Profile from your Mobile Phone via SMS


Access your Windows Live Profile from your Mobile Phone via SMS

If you’re in the US or the UK, you may now see and update your information on your Windows Live Profile using SMS (text messaging). No need of a WAP enabled phone or any data internet plan for your phone. You just need to text some predefined codes to a number (ShortCode) and you can…

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By Debjit

The Facebook Phonebook


The Facebook Phonebook

In case you lost your mobile phone, and eventually the contacts too, you need not worry unless you are a regular on Facebook. By regular I mean your network on FB is kind of vast and is outgoing. There are 50% chances that your friends will have entered some valid Phone number. And you can…

 Facebook   Ideas   Pragmatism   Programming  

By Debjit
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Google Sync beta – two-way sync between your Phone and Gmail !


Google Sync beta – two-way sync between your Phone and Gmail !

Here’s another winner from Google, Google Sync, which lets you synchronize your contacts on the phone with your Google account. Now, you won’t have to worry when your phone gets lost! All your contacts would remain safe in the ‘Contacts’ in your Gmail.

 Computers   General   Google   How-To   Mobile   News  

By Debjit

Google prefers HTML5 over it's own homegrown Google Gears


Google prefers HTML5 over it's own homegrown Google Gears

Earlier this month, Google had launched the Offline version of their email service, Gmail which was using the google gears as a storage for the inbox.  We had also conducted a poll on whether this Offline version of GMail could replace desktop mail clients and not very surprisingly we had 76 % votes for the…

 Google   Ideas   Web  

By Debjit

Bluetooth to get speeds like Wi-Fi


Bluetooth to get speeds like Wi-Fi

The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) announced a new way in which Bluetooth will provide for consumers’ ever growing need for speed at the Mobile World Congress which was held at Spain this year (16-19 feb to be precise. The Bluetooth SIG is taking a logical step by applying Bluetooth protocols over an existing 802.11…

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By Debjit

Track your FedEx shipment using iPhone


Track your FedEx shipment using iPhone

Supply Chain Management giant, FedEx has launched a nifty little application for the iPhone platform called the Fedex Mobile for iPhone. This app provides up-to-date shipment tracking information. You are just required to key in your FedEx tracking number and you can retrieve current the status of your shipment. The app also has options for…

 Apple   Software  

By Debjit

Google book search goes mobile


Google book search goes mobile

As we have already mentioned earlier, Google is on a roll. Now they have launched The Google Book search for Mobile phones. The entire portal has been redesigned keeping mobile compatibility in mind and are optimized to be read on a small screen. To try the google book search for Mobile, open your browser in…

 Google   Software   Web  

By Debjit

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