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How to set GMail as your default Mail Client in Firefox 3

July 3rd, 2008 · 1 Comment · firefox, google

Okay, now it is official that there are at least a good 8 Million Firefox 3 users (as of June 17) and counting. (The number is being quoted as per the Firefox Download day figures available here) So proud to see India in the 500K plus region. And nothing can be better when your favorite [...]

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Windows Hack: Shutdown Windows XP faster

July 2nd, 2008 · No Comments · how to

Now this is a very basic tip that involves editing values in the Registry. So, if you are not game enough to play with the Registry, I’d suggest stay out. But if you are willing to have a faster shutdown, read on. Go to Run [ Windows +r, or start Menu ,Run]. And then, type [...]

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Wordpress Wiki: How to put Favicon on your Wordpress Blog

July 2nd, 2008 · No Comments · how to, wordpress

See the cute little sun shining on my Wordpress page address bar above? Or the very familiar ‘g’ on the address bar when you go to any Google page . That’s the Favicon. (So sorry, IE 6 users can’t see it ).And why is that minute design detail necessary. Well, it works more like a [...]

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How to behave on an Internet Forum

June 15th, 2008 · No Comments · how to, web 2.0

Netiquettes as we call it, is an essential part of our virtual lives-something which we have started to be quite dominantly participating in. As for geeks like me, I have been more inclined towards virtual lives and online social networking because you get to experience comments, suggestions and information which is independent and free of [...]

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Windows Hack: How to hide files in a JPG image

May 25th, 2008 · 4 Comments · how to

Yes, you read that right. And that is possible. Any type of file, any extension, any number and any size can be secretly embedded in a JPEG image. We’ll show you how. So, how will it be when it is embedded? The image will still exist and will show the properties of the original image [...]

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How to Sprout? A step by step guide

May 25th, 2008 · No Comments · blogging, how to, web 2.0

Sprout is an online content creating tool which enables users to create sophisticated multimedia web content on the fly in a very quick and easy way. It is as easy as probably MS Paint. Just drag and drop. Sprout is for free and the best part is you can just go ahead and create your [...]

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GMail Search the easy way

May 7th, 2008 · 2 Comments · google, how to

The INBOX size is now exploding. GMail now offers almost 6.5 GB of Inbox space and well, 20 MB attachments. How cool is that!! But, I have been using GMail since, umm…end of 2004, and by now , I have almost 38% occupied. That is almost 2.6 GB. Pheww! A total of 3700 mails with [...]

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How to Watch and Download HQ videos on Youtube

April 27th, 2008 · 6 Comments · how to, web 2.0

We all know that Youtube had introduced the option of uploading High Quality Videos and also given the option of viewing these Videos in the High Quality Version. Now, out of the millions of videos out there,
only a few have the option shown on the video page itself which reads : Watch in High Quality. [...]

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How to Upgrade to Wordpress 2.5

April 20th, 2008 · 1 Comment · blogging, how to

There has been a notifier above my dashboard for quite some time. Initially, I had just ignored it. But it was quite some time now and I thought, a Sunday afternoon would be good to upgrade to the latest Wordpress version. I had a 2.3 version running and had plans of upgrading to the latest [...]

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Tweak your Gmail with Firefox

April 14th, 2008 · 1 Comment · firefox

Firefox is what I say is D-Best browser around, and it is my weapon of choice to surf through the Internet. GMail is my preferred (read only visited) mail service. And just when I thought things couldn’t be better, these guys have proved me wrong, yet again. Imagine a world where GMail and Firefox are [...]

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