Computers are Dumb, let’s use People!
So maybe your computer can bamboozle you at math, but can it beat you at a game of football? Or for that matter, can it even recognize the people in one of your family photos? No! Despite all the teraflops, computers can’t do things even the dumbest people can, so what does one do to [...]
The Classroom Comes Alive
The Massachusets Institute of Technology along with Microsoft Research have come up with a very interesting application for Tablet PC’s to simulate the mechanics of a situation. All that one has to do is chalk out the enviornment - wedges, pulleys, springs, pendulums, wheels, etc., give an indication of the forces on the system, and [...]
They call this Security?
I’ve been using a pre-release build of Office 12 (12.0.3417.1005) for the past couple of months and recently the evaluation period of six months expired. I thought I would have had to switch back to Office 2003 but I really loved Office 12, especially Powerpoint and Outlook. So, I was looking to find a way [...]
Play Foreign Region DVDs with VLC!!
I’m sure that you have been told about the benefits of VLC Media Player, a very versatile player that plays almost all codecs (except RM), but I bet that you didn’t know it could play DVDs from foreign regions.
Yes, in fact it all happens so smoothly that I have been overlooking it for months. I [...]
Shell Script for a Periodic MySQL Backup
I've been playing around with the UNIX shell off late, and its helped me greatly in reducing backup times for backing up my MySQL databases from at least 10 minutes to around 10 seconds. Also, since it's a little tricky to manage periodic backups, I made a little shell script that you can use to [...]
Apple Strikes it Right with the MacBook
The long awaited MacBooks are finally out and although there is is not much revolutionary about them, Apple has managed to pack quite a punch. I has earlier mentioned that Apple has brought itself into direct contention with PC manufacturers, and with the MacBook, the response has been excellent.
The new MacBooks are very well priced [...]
Genuine Movies for Free via BitTorrent?
Warner Brothers has announced that they will soon introduce downloading of their movies for a fees via the BitTorrent peer-to-peer network. You can read more about that from the following.
Warner Bros.'s video unit on Tuesday unveiled plans to sell movies and television shows to BitTorrent Inc. for legal downloads from the Web site that was [...]
Hindustan Times Promotes “Piracy”!
I was shocked to come across this article in the Hindustan Times (Delhi Edition), one of India's leading daily newspapers. It explains how to can watch movies and listen to songs for "free." What it does not mention is that it is providing links to illegal BitTorrent trackers.
The following text is quoted from the published [...]
Sip ‘N Talk!
No, I'm not asking you to sip your favorite drink and talk on the phone but instead this article is about SIP and it's benefits, most notably VoIP. I won't go into the technicalities of SIP because frankly speaking, it can be quite a bore for the most of us. The following text from Wikipedia [...]
Now It’s Apple Hardware vs. PC’s
I've been following Apple a lot off late, and it's probably because of my interest in the Mac OS or because of Apple's taste for building good looking hardware. With the release of Boot Camp, Apple has brought itself into direct competition with PC manufacturers for computers that can run the Windows OS. This move [...]