A Techie’s Blog

Heared this name? Dropbox. A very simple name but it can do wonders. In this digital age, we love our files very much. We can’t even think of loosing our important / precious files. That’s where Dropbox comes to the rescue. Ofcourse there are many websites which allow you to store files online, but dropbox is something different. It’s a somewhat new concept. I have been using Dropbox from more than a month and I love Dropbox. Lets see what makes Dropbox too good to use. Read more…

Previously, I thought upgrading wordpress is a difficult task. But its not. Previously, I was using Wordpress 2.7.1 but now upgraded to 2.8.1. Let me share my experience with you. Read more…

So, the fastest Firefox is released, according to Mozilla. It includes some new features. But visually you’ll not find much difference. Some of its features are:

Private browsing mode: Leave no trace of past Web history by setting your browsing mode to private.

Faster Javascript: With the all new TraceMonkey JavaScript engine, Mozilla brings screaming fast performance to Firefox 3.5.You’ll notice blazing surfing speeds for sites which use Javascript more.

Web Developer: A host of new features for the web developers. Some of them are, TraceMonkey, XHR, downloadable font’s, offline support, etc.

Awesome bar: New features in awesome bar. Now it shows more information about privacy and customization options. Now autocomplete keystrokes match keywords of your choice of bookmarks, history, titles and tags, or URL.

For those of you, who want to view all the new features of Firefox, visit here. And for those who want to download the all new Firefox 3.5, do it from here.

Well, the first look at Opera Unite tells much. Just visit their official website and you’ll know how much they are claiming. Opera Unite is a new software or you can call a new technology, which according to the developers can change your web browsing experience.So now lets experience its features and you are invited. Read more…

For those who don’t kow, Fedora is a Linux based operating system. The new version i.e. Fedora 11 is released. Fedora fans have been waiting for this for a long time. As you know, Ubuntu and Mandriva are released, so now the concentration of FOSS users is mainly on Fedora 11.

It comes in a Live CD, so that you can try it out without installing. You can download either the GNOME desktop environment or either the K Desktop Environment. Read more…

Previously I was using Ubuntu 8.04 and now after the release of 9.04, I thought to give this new version a try. So, I installed this Jaunty Jackalope over my Hardy Heron. The installation was smooth like always. Ubuntu developers have made the installation easy, as compared to 8.04. I chose the new ext4 file system for my Ubuntu partition. One another thing, which I noted is that during installation, there was an option to directly login without entering username & password. A nice feature I would say. Read more…

Ok, first the situation. What if you have bookmarked your favourites in Firefox and now wanted to import that bookmarks directly to Internet Explorer, or Opera, or Chrome. You would think that its impossible to do that, right? No, you’re not right, this can be done. It can be very annoying to install another browser just because you realize that you have exported bookmarks of Firefox and now you need Firefox, just to view your bookmarks. Read more…

Android is an OS by Google. It was previously specifically designed for smartphones, but will be coming for PC’s soon. No one imagined this. The date for its release is not announced yet, but lets hope it is good. It will be a Linux based OS. So you can tell a new competitor is coming in the market.

Mostly Linux is considered for Netbooks/Nettops because manufacturers wish to reduce the cost of the netbook/Nettop. Because if they install Windows OS, then the price will increase by some $$. So, its a nice decision to use open source software (Linux) in these type of PC’s.

Currently HP & Asustek are evaluating Android as a potential or a good candidate for their upcoming  products. But the concern is, will the new consumers accept it? And learn how to use a new OS? We geeks therefore like to learn new things but what about normal PC users? Well, lets see what happens. We keep our fingers crossed for Google Android and are here to welcome it.