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Sanket Barot
It’s an essential task for any computer user, but it’s also pretty intimidating for most. Here’s a simple guide to backing up the data on your computer There are many reasons why you should back up your computer—possibilities of hard disk corruption or crash due to malicious programs or technical faults, accidents such as fires or thefts, and so on. However, for most users, a ‘backup’ is either inessential or too technical. It needn’t be either of these; here are guidelines you could follow to make backing up a routine task.What to back upYou should back up data that cannot be replaced easily, balancing this with the need to keep backup sizes within reasonable control. If you have hundreds of gigabytes of music, it may not be possible to back up all of it within reasonable costs.You could...
Monday, November 24, 2008
Saturday, November 22, 2008
Mobile users beware! Hackers are on the prowl
Mumbai: With India adding almost 8 million cell phone subscribers per month - and SMS being the largest-used service - hackers find wishing a great tool to target gullible users. Rakshita Kolaskar (name changed) was pleasantly surprised to receive a SMS recently, announcing her as the winner of a $3 million (around Rs 12.5 corer) prize from the Shell International Mobile Draw. The message prompted her to mail her claim and asked her to call an international number. However, when her excitement died, she tried hard to recall if she ever used any Shell product or service, as the SMS...
Browse safely in a cyber café
Some ways to protect your identity and your data on a public terminal Public computers, like those found in cyber cafés, hold two types of risks. First, you don’t know what programs are installed on the computer; so there’s a very real danger from malicious programs like key loggers or spyware that can capture your keystrokes to figure out passwords and other confidential information or monitor your browsing behavior. Second, over-the-shoulder peeping can enable others to find out your passwords. Moreover, you have to be extremely careful about protecting your privacy on such terminals, since you don’t know who will use the computer after you. Here are some tips to keep yourself safe while using a computer in a cyber café (or an airport or hotel). Always log out: While checking mail,...
Sunday, November 9, 2008
Bluetooth
Bluetooth is a short range wireless digital communication technology. It was developed as a low cost, low power way of removing many of the data wires between devices. This concept is called a PAN or Personal Area Network. The Scoop Bluetooth can remove the wires from your printer allowing your computers or PDA to print directly to it wirelessly. It can remove the wires from your mouse, your joystick, your digital camera and can replace the cradle you drop your PDA into to synchronize your calendar. On an even more personal level, it can remove the wires between your cell phone and a hands-free headset. Then there is the mobile Internet aspect. Why not push IP over this digital communication channel? Using a digital cell phone with Bluetooth and a Bluetooth PDA, you can wirelessly surf...
Intel vs. amd???
I believe you are going to buy a dual core processor. The main competition exists between Intel Core2 Duo and AMD Athlon X2. Intel Dual Core (not Core2 Duo) is crap and you should not go for it. Until recently, Intel was unable to compete with AMD. But with the advent of Core2 Duo Processors Intel is giving good fight to the increasing market of AMD. You can buy processors starting from Rs.3000/- to Rs.20000/-. Now it all comes up to the investment you are going to make. If you can afford to buy best motherboard and the best processor, you would be spending a huge sum of money on something that you won’t really need at this point of time. So find out what motherboards are available in the market (company +model name) and processor options you have. I would personally suggest you to think...
.:: NOKIA ::. Nokia Universal Codes Code Description:
These Nokia codes will work on most Nokia Mobile Phones(1) *3370# Activate Enhanced Full Rate Codec (EFR) - Your phone uses the best sound quality but talk time is reduced my approx. 5%(2)#3370# Deactivate Enhanced Full Rate Codec (EFR) OR *3370# ( Favorite )(3)*#4720# Activate Half Rate Codec - Your phone uses a lower quality sound but you should gain approx 30% more Talk Time.(4)*#4720# Deactivate Half Rate Codec.(5)*#0000# Displays your phones software version, 1st Line: Software Version, 2nd Line: Software Release Date, 3rd Line: Compression Type. (Favorite)(6)*#9999# Phones software version if *#0000# does not work.(7)*#06# For checking the International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI Number). (Favorite)(8) #pw+1234567890+1# Provider Lock Status. (use the "*" button to obtain the "p,w"and...
Mobile Setting
For LG (t2mkn)*6861# factory reset*8375##668#*#3646633#*0#*3241#*3240#*0008# language*0009# language*0000# language*7674#*76863#*77463#*72337#*79763#*7245786# check read FFS*762442# GVCMMI Magic###765*02####765*05####765*08####765*07####765*78#1945#*5101# sim lock menu2945#*5100#for Ericson*#06# IMEI<**< lock menu>*<<*<* service menu*#0000# fast English menu**04*0000*0000*0000# menu without SIMGA628*#103# YES date and timefor Siemens*#06# IMEI*#0606# sim lock status*#0003*(secret code 8 digits)# - SP unlock*#0000# then Green button - Reset language to automatic selectionS40*#337# - reset (without simcard)*#06# - Soft version (with simcard) long...
Recharge your phone every month free (Working in Nepal's Mobile - NTC & SPICE)
Recharge your phone every month freely by following this process Please follow the instruction & you can recharge your SIM card absolutely free... Yes it is possible; see how technology can be used to make technicians fool. I just got a mail from a friend of mine, whose friend is B.Tech. (ETC) from IIT Powai, teaching me how to reload my hand set every month for free. Engineered by a group of rebel programmers. I am going to share this to all of you. Please follow the instructions as stated below before you start it: Applicable for NTC Prepaid (NAMASTE), a Mero Mobile (SPICE) user only, sorry for UTL users and it is done illegally of course. But there are many things that are illegal in this world. But then who cares. Don't worry nobody can trap you. No legal action can be taken...
