Category: Technology

Google has a (beta) secure version of its search engine at encrypted.google.com. It uses SSL encryption (HTTPS protocol) for an end-to-end secure search service. This is particularly useful for those who are in fear of surveillance, censorship etc. If you are a Mozilla Firefox user, instead of going to the URL and searching each time, […]

Google has a (beta) secure version of its search engine at encrypted.google.com. It uses SSL encryption (HTTPS protocol) for an end-to-end secure search service. This is particularly useful for those who are in fear of surveillance, censorship etc. Instead of going to the URL and searching each time, you can set the SSL version as […]

By default, Outlook opens Inbox folder at startup. However, there are users who want to open some folder other than Inbox at startup. For example, if you are the more organized type and sort emails based on source, urgency etc, you would probably want to go to the high-priority folder first, instead of inbox. Change […]

FullonSMS is a website that allows you to send full 160 character, free SMS to mobile phones in India. You have to register with your mobile phone number to start sending messages. You can send messages to any phone in India. You may have already used many other SMS services. Unfortunately, such sites restrict your […]

Windows users have a painless way to connect their Nokia mobile phones and use its internet connection. The Ovi Suite takes care of all the configuration and drivers. However, Mac users have been ignored by Nokia so far. There are tools to sync photos and other data to a Mac, but no quick and easy […]

Windows users have a painless way to connect their Nokia mobile phones and use its internet connection. The Ovi Suite takes care of all the configuration and drivers. However, Mac users have been ignored by Nokia so far. There are tools to sync photos and other data to a Mac, but no quick and easy […]

Android supports sideloading of applications (ie. non-market software). But it is not the first mobile OS to do so – Microsoft (Windows Mobile), Nokia (Symbian) etc. all allowed non market apps. However, with Windows Phone 7, their latest mobile OS, they have gone the opposite route to Android, and taken Apple’s closed app store route. […]

Linux file system hides files and folders starting with a period ‘.’ by default. If you need to hide any file/folder, simply rename it and add a period at the beginning.However, there are times when you need an alternate method of hiding files and directories. Follow these steps: Create a new file named “.hidden” inside […]

Opera Mini is quite possibly the best browser available for many of the common mobile OSes. It has exceptional speed, resource efficiency and ease of use. The integrated search bar in Opera Mini gives a nice stream of revenue to its makers and also saves users the hassle of loading up Google/Yahoo etc. However, if […]

The touch screens of Apple devices like iPod Touch, iPhone and iPad and highly refined, but if there is one thing common to all iOS devices, it is the irritating auto-correct feature that gets on your nerves all too often. If you use some uncommon words regularly, you can get around the problem by adding […]