Entries Tagged 'Technology,Softwares & Computers' ↓
August 9th, 2007 — P2P, Technology,Softwares & Computers
Do you remember when you downloaded these x264/HD torrent file baited by the wonderful cinematic experience?
After sweating your Internet line, you try (in vain) opening the files.
HD movies are basically high definition, high resolution format which looks gorgeous. You can detect wheat and chaff from the file size. I’ve seen some 1080p torrents which are more than 35 GB in size. Most the 720p x264 will come ~4.4 GB.
This goodness after extraction will be in .mkv (or .mp4) format. How do you play this .mkv file? VLC player will play it but sometimes you won’t get sound and only video. Plus the clarity is also not good.
So, here’s a guide that will help you live hard (not just survive) in the world of P2P and HD. 
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July 6th, 2007 — Technology,Softwares & Computers
The latest casuality of etisalat (ISP in UAE) is Orkut. Finally it’s blocked. How can you access Orkut in UAE or anywhere it’s blocked?
Sometime back, I posted an article How to Access Blocked Sites in UAE where one of our reader Ankur suggested to use VPN connection to access blocked sites.
I tried one of the methods where we establish a Virtual Private Network (VPN) to bypass ant ban and access blocked sites without any issues. The good part is it’s free, you’ll access the sites in the normally in our browsers.
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June 29th, 2007 — My Days in Dubai, Technology,Softwares & Computers
China along with some Gulf Countries (including UAE) block sites which they feel might be inappropriate. Some offices and educational Institutes even block sites.
Here’s a new way to bypass the ban. This trick WILL work for sure.
I’ve posted about Accessing Blocked Sites in UAE before. But this time, Amit posted a trick which is really cool.
Opera mini is the new mobile browser for your mobile phones. Now they offer a new beta version, wherein we can try out how good the browser. This also is the place where we’ll play smart and open blocked sites.
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June 15th, 2007 — My Days in Dubai, Technology,Softwares & Computers
Do you know that etisalat (Telecom Provider here) pays a company called Secure computing Dhs 9.5 million ($2.6 million) to block sites every year?
Almost none of the proxy browsing site works. The sites which claims softwares for proxy browsing are also blocked. Nor does some tricks like changes the URL to IP.
Yet to can take damage control measures.
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June 13th, 2007 — Technology,Softwares & Computers
You guys know what I do at work.
I don’t like people nosing in my laptop to see what I’m doing. I hate that. I don’t look at what my colleagues are doing and I accept the same from them as well.
Although I sometimes say I’m uncomfortable, still we can’t help people peeking in. If also in this soup, fret not. Help is here. All you need is to run Firefox.
Got fed up with the fact that my privacy is hitting a all time low, I searched for some Firefox Plugins for help.
Got fed up with the fact that my privacy is hitting a all time low, I searched for some Firefox Plugins for help.
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June 2nd, 2007 — Technology,Softwares & Computers
Access your RSS feeds offline, read email + feeds in one place, getting your reader on D & G outfits, adding some nifty add-ons… this article is all about get more out of our beloved Google Reader.
I must tell this that 100% of the information that’s going to feature here is courtesy of Lifehacker. Maybe you can tell this post is sponsored by Lifehacker. 
Just on a side note, if there was only I would read, then it would be Lifehacker!
It’s time to get ‘high’. So let’s get started and take our Google on next level…
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May 7th, 2007 — Potpourri, Technology,Softwares & Computers
This post is the two post series on the fine art on time passing at work. The art that I almost mastered.
The Time Pass at work Series
An Introduction to Time Pass at Work and Why it is good
Definitive Guide for Geeks to Time Pass at Work
The Fine Art of Time passing at Work
How not to get caught Time Passing at Work
Being a geek (at least above average nerd) has it’s own perks. You can enjoy what you like to do. 2-3 of my friends also asked me what I’m doing in front of my PC or/and what I’m browsing. All I must be doing is uploading some plugin via FTP, using IRC, reading RSS feeds but all this is alien for many of the people. Overnight we’re called ‘Geek’. You’re called Geek even if you’re using Firefox browser.
So here are some time passing techniques for the Geeks!
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