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Update: This doesn’t work anymore. HDTVs are cheaper than Monitor TV. Diwali and the Holiday season is almost here, we are gearing up for an upgrade. So thought this would be a good idea. I have seen that HD Monitors are cheaper than HDTVs with the same configuration. So, all you have to do is, buy a monitor, External TV tuner with VGA out, 2.1 speakers. This would be a cheaper solution. Links [...]

    Today, I was just browsing through Xbox LIVE for some arcade games and eye caught up on an Xbox LIVE update which will offer Facebook, Twitter, Last.fm, Zune and much more. This is most awaited update this fall. All you have to do is complete a survey for the Xbox LIVE Update program and wait. Note: Just completing the survey does not automatically get you access to the Preview Program. [...]

Do you have a CD / DVD which is has some precious data? Bad sectors on your old hard drive? Want to back it up? I have an awesome app which is going to work hard to retrieve your data. I started testing out my CDs. I tried verifying it with ImgBurn. You can see that, my CD drive is struggling to read the disc.   Then, I found out about this great software, which does what ever it can to backup [...]

I format my computer frequently (I hate you, virus makers!!).  I needed to backup all my Google chrome data like, Bookmarks, Passwords, History etc. I came upon this cool extension called Google Chrome Backup. Technically, it is a standalone program which extracts data from the Browser. It is pretty user-friendly too. Download – Google Chrome Backup. Technorati Tags: backup,how to,google,chrome,bookmarks,history,password

I have seen many tutorials about setting .com domains for Blogger but yourdomain.com doesn’t redirect to www.yourdomain.com which will leave some of your readers behind. It works when you have www before the domain name but not without it. Here is a tutorial which will never let any reader behind. Preparing CO.CC 1) Goto your domain registrar, register a domain and Click on Set up. Select Zone Record. 2) [...]

A favicon (short for "favorites icon" and also known as a page icon), is an icon that is displayed in the browser address bar next to a site’s URL. This gives an identity to your Website. Surprisingly, this also improves SEO. I have seen many tutorials which will help you to add Favicons to your Blogger / Blogspot Blogs. But I have seen a bug in those tutorials. The favicon doesn’t [...]

I have my computer switched on all day long. Charging mobiles takes up all my plug points. Some mobiles don’t have USB Charging option. Even if they do, they go to the bugging ‘File transfer mode’. So, I thought of making a charging dock. It’s pretty simple to do actually. You basically charge your mobiles with the 5 volt power supplied by the USB port. What you need: 1) A couple of cables [...]

I always wanted to learn Keyboard but, that’s just ‘sometimes’. So, I sometimes learn a couple of tunes. This is how I do it. It is sort of like a free online piano lessons. Technically, we just download MIDI files from the Internet and then play it on a Software called MIDI piano which lets you learn the keys to be pressed. I have made a YouTube Video. . Technorati Tags: free,piano,keyboard,lessons,learn,music,beginners,easy [...]

If you are a Windows user, you will face boot error. I had one recently and had to format the whole computer. I needed to backup my precious files. If the computers not booting up, doing this can be tricky. This is where our friend Penguin (Linux) comes to the picture. Here’ how to do it: 1) Download Mandriva Linux or Ubuntu Linux. (Ubuntu Preferred) 2) Write it on a CD and boot it on your computer [...]

Many people would want to connect their Computer to their TVs for better resolution and Quality. TVs can be a better alternative for a Monitor. Here are some of my articles which will help you do so. For HDTVs (High Definition Television) Some HDTV have VGA slot which will let you connect your computer easily with a VGA Cable. But many don’t have it, but do have Component Cable. For that, you can [...]