Monthly Archive:: October 2008

Tips before you download a software using torrent facility

Torrent facility is most widely used to download music albums, movies and softwares from internet. Torrent clients take care of getting chunks of data from its peer computers and put them together to realize the complete data. But there are some hidden vulnerabilities if you use to download data using torrent facility. Major threat will

Did Yahoo miss the Social Networking bus?

Even when the waves of social networking ripples across the internet , the Internet Giant is slipping its steps to catch the Social Networking bus. Yahoo has started its spree of acquisitions to come out with a social networking site, but it seems like bursting in futility. Yahoo once pushed 360.yahoo.com, then mash.yahoo.com, and spotm.yahoo.com

Expression your emotions in GMail with new inbuilt smileys

A picture can speak more than words, similarly a smiley can express emotions more than words. GMail makes the mail composing much more colorful and easy to express emotions with new inbuilt smileys. GMail composing comes with all the default smileys and some new smileys from Google which relates to hugs, technology, weather, music and

Make free Mobile Calls and IM Chats with your friends using Fring

It would be very much helpful, if we can speak to our friends around the globe without paying much for the telephony. We must thank VOIP and Wi-Fi connectivity technologies for facilitating these services. In fact, I happen to see a similar mobile service that would help its users to make calls to friends using

Convert Your Photos to Pencil Sketch without Photoshop for Free

Pencil Sketches have a classic look, when compared to photographs. You can also use pencil sketches to impress your friends and colleagues by sharing them through social networking sites like Orkut, Facebook, MySpace etc. There are lot of tips and tutorials floating in the internet to convert a photo to its pencil sketch using Photoshop

Avail Free Perks Online by using Microsoft Live Search

Microsoft Live Search is currently holding 4th position in the world website traffic rankings as per the details collected by Alexa.com. In order to push and convert more users to use live search engine instead of other prominent search engines like, Yahoo and Google, Microsoft has launched a point based free online perks program. Once

Get unlimited and free credit for Skype PC to Landline calls

Today I was surprised to see a mail from Skype, which gave me free one month PC to landline calls to more than 30 countries. They had sent me voucher code to redeem this offer. I could not believe it initially, but it was true. I redeemed the voucher code for free PC to landline

Get Free MSDN Magazine and Dr. Dobb’s Journal Digital editions

Microsoft is giving away free annual subscription of MSDN Magazine worth US$60 and Dr. Dobb’s Journal worth US$ 30 digital editions. This is a nice opportunity for software professionals and technology enthusiasts who are interested to own a copy of MSDN Magazine and Dr. Dobb’s Journals without paying any amount, and to stay in touch