Mobiles »

[2 Aug 2011 | 206 Comments | ]
Best Android Phones in India – August 2011

I have been getting a couple of emails from you regarding which Android phones to purchase as the earlier Android phone guide that I had released was a couple of months ago and is now outdated, in this August 2011 update we have a lot of featured packed Android phones with better pricing, I show you my selection of Android phones that you can buy from the budget ones to the best Android phone in the Indian market.

Hardware »

[30 Jul 2011 | 27 Comments | ]
My new computer a Core i7 a Hackintosh

Believe me or not my old PC that was running the intel Core 2 Quad 6600 processor at 2.4 Ghz that I had made that about 4 years ago needless to say it was due for the upgrade but as some of you who follow this site know that I had moved to the Mac during that time and my primary machine was now a iMac supplemented with a 13″ Macbook Air that I got in 2010 as my laptop so I did not need the PC much and …

Hardware »

[29 Jul 2011 | 4 Comments | ]
Make your computer faster with a SSD drive

Generally we keep upgrading our computers to the latest processors but at the most you might just see around 20-25% overall performance boost even with the latest processor compared to your 2-3 year old processor because the main bottleneck in our modern computers is the slow IO operations due to the physical nature of the disk that we use particular the Hard Disk (HDD), the HDD are very slow compared to the memory and the processors and thus everything slows down due to the same 90% of the times the …

Tips / Tricks »

[28 Jul 2011 | No Comment | ]
Increase your WiFi range using repeater mode with dd-wrt

If you have a spare WiFi router with you and would like to increase the range of your WiFi network you can easily do that with the dd-wrt firmware, you just need to install dd-wrt firmware on the second router and use that in the repeater mode and I show you how.

Mac »

[28 Jul 2011 | No Comment | ]
New Macbook Air and Mac mini 2011 edition launched in India

The recently updated versions of Macbook Air and Mac mini for 2011 have been launched and they have also arrived in India, both the computers now sport the latest Sandy Bridge Core i5 processor from intel and the best part is that they are priced lower compared to last years models.

Mac »

[25 Jul 2011 | One Comment | ]
Mac apps that I install on a new Apple computer

Everyone has their favorite applications which helps you to be more productive or make things easier to work with your computer and here are some of the apps that I install on a new Apple Macintosh computer which helps me being more productive.

Mac »

[22 Jul 2011 | 40 Comments | ]
Clone your Mac HDD with Carbon Copy Cloner

Carbon Copy Cloner is a free application for the Mac by which you can easily clone your Mac HDD’s and I feel is a must have app if you plan to do major upgrades to your Macintosh or install a new Operating System and it’s very easy to use.

Mac »

[22 Jul 2011 | 9 Comments | ]
Initial Impressions about Mac OS Lion

The latest version of Mac OS called Lion was launched on 20 July, 2011 which according to apple brings about 250 new features to the operating system, for upgrading to Lion you need to have the previous version of Mac OS X called Snow Leopard and use the App Store to download Lion It’s a 3.8 GB download, I have installed Lion on my Macbook Air and here are my initial impressions.

Mobiles »

[20 Jul 2011 | No Comment | ]
Windows 7 look and feel on your Android phone

If you liked the tiles screen layout on the new Windows 7 Mobile phone and want to get that look and feel on your Android phone you can easily do that and I show how to get the Windows 7 look on your Android phone.

Internet »

[12 Jul 2011 | One Comment | ]
WiFi router to a super router with dd-wrt

A Wifi router is one of the most important part of your network this is the device that connects all your devices to the outside world, can share a single internet connection with multiple computers / devices but most of the manufactures cripple the functions that your WiFi router hardware is capable of but by using an open firmware like DD-WRT you can unleash the true potential of your router.

Mobiles »

[12 Jul 2011 | No Comment | ]
Smart dialer for your Andriod Phone

Android phones are great with tons of features and the best part about them is that you can customize them as you like, if you Android phones dialer is just stock and does not have features like Smart dialer, one touch favorites and other goodies you will like this app.