Kalpik Nigam
PDF documents are very familiar among the computer users especially those from the educational field. Sometimes, a large quantity of educational information is stored in this file format rather than the usual Doc or RTF document. In this case, working with Acrobat Reader has become mandatory. Being just a viewer, not an editor like Word, means that it should be easier to work with.
Continue reading ‘Acrobat Reader Actually Reads, with Voice!’
Microsoft has managed to put itself in an uncomfortable position after serving malicious code to Windows Live Messenger users via ads embedded in the instant messaging client. According to the Redmond Company, actions were taken swiftly in order to remove an advertisement banner featured for several days in the IM program that pointed to a “security” solution delivering anything but security.
The lack of personal space is something that affects us all, since the size of our houses, especially in crowded areas, is becoming smaller and smaller. And since Japan is one of the countries with the smallest living space (in square meters) per inhabitant, the people from Yamaha have come up with the very intelligent idea of creating a speaker that can take advantage of this situation, and use the walls in order to create a surround effect. Enters the Yamaha YSP-900 digital sound projector, a device that, according to its manufacturers, is actually capable of simulating different audio modes, such as 2.1 or 5.1, without requiring any extra-speakers.
Continue reading ‘Enjoy 5.1 Surround Sound with Just 1 Speaker’
Windows Vista is on the shelves! Available for the general public, not only for enterprises, everyone can upgrade the current Windows XP or buy the brand new OS from Microsoft.
Due to different reasons like high hardware requirements, software incompatibility or the price, some people cannot afford to do the migration, at least not in the near future. Of course there are also the conservative users who attached themselves too much to the XP that now they hesitate to make the move believing in its endurance.
Kaspersky regards the Kernel Patch Protection introduced in 64-bit Windows Vista as a joke. Alisa Shevchenko, Virus analyst, Kaspersky Lab, claims that PatchGuard can “hardly be viewed as providing serious protection against rootkits.” In this context, Kaspersky has revealed that the Windows Vista kernel, for 64-bit platforms only, is just “allegedly” immune to modifications.
Continue reading ‘Kaspersky Reveals the Fundamental Vulnerability of Vista PatchGuard’
Taken from Mehul’s Blog.
I had almost given up blogging but came across this nice incident so had to post it.
This is a true incident that happened with my friend rahul, who’s been looking to try linux but he’s a dumbhead when it comes to technology.
This dude, Utsav came on digit forum and announced that he was selling linux 10 cd’s for Rs. 1500 each. But that thread was locked by the Admin before he could get to talk with the fellow
So, next day he decided to add this fellow to my yahoo list and have a good deal with him there.
What follows hereon is the log of what transpired in the deal between them
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