Author: San

Blocking any website access in your computer can be done by simply editing a file. That too without using any external tool. This trick is enough to make your children safe from internet or to make fool any non-techie guy. This is based on editing a Windows Hosts file which is used for DNS lookup…

TRAI has notified new regulations in the benefit of telecom customer wef Sep 27, 2011. According to this customers (either land line or mobile) who do not want to receive commercial communications can register their preference. You can block all categories or choose some selected categories between 7 defined categories for blocking.

Harvard University website was hacked yesterday by a group called “Syrian Electronic Army.” Hackers placed an image of Syria’s president, Bashar el-Assad, along with a message accusing the United States of involvement in the uprisings against President Assad. “Syrian Electronic Army Were Here”, the words of the message.

Using WMIC service, you can obtain some important information about your computer that are probably not known to you. These information are related to BIOS, CPU, Desktop, RAM, Operating System, Registry, Startup and much more.

YouTube has introduced three new features for its users. The most important one is to convert 2D videos to 3D with a single click. Now verified users can upload videos even longer than 15 minutes. Two additional video editing and improvement tools has been added.

Researchers have found two new vulnerabilities in Android operating system with one of them affecting all Android handsets. The first flaw allows attackers to install applications on the victim’s smartphone without asking for permission or notifying the user. Samsung Nexus S handsets are also affected with this.

After a long testing Google+ is now open for all. It was previously available only on an invitation only basis. Google claims that it has attracted more than 10 million users just after 2-weeks of its invitation-only trail opening. Lot of improvements in other social networking sites indicates that the rise of Google+ has not…

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has decided to limit SMS usage by imposing a new rule with effective from September 27. According to this new rule you will not be able to send more than 100 SMS from a single SIM. The Regulations provide that no service provider shall provide any service packs…

IMEI (International Mobile Equipment Identity) number is a unique number associated with every mobile phone as its identity. There is an interesting maths theory behind each IMEI number. Its last digit is computed according to Luhn Algorithm. Before 2003 this check digit was always set to 0. After revision of GSMA guidelines it has changed.

Microsoft has released Windows 8 Developer Preview. You can directly download it and try your hands on this new edition. No additional hardware will be required for normal functionality, means if your are running Windows 7 or Windows Vista, you can also run Windows 8. Since this is Developer Preview Edition, it doesn’t support upgrading…