Archive for the ‘ Techi Gyaan ’ Category

Coming Soon: Adobe Flash and AIR on Android!!!

At Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Adobe has unveiled AIR and Flash 10.1 for Android, both of which should arrive in the first half of 2010… Have a look at its press release and blog article…. Looks like its Adobe’s reply to Steve Job’s comment that “They are lazy”… This move is like a knockout punch for [ READ MORE ]

Google Takes on Social Networking with Buzz!!!

Google has announced a new social networking service called “Buzz” that looks like Facebook but feels like Twitter… Buzz basically integrates your Gmail account and based on your location lets you share links, photos and videos, status updates with your contacts from your mobile device (supports iPhone, Android and Google has released a new version [ READ MORE ]

Generate Hardware Information on Linux!!!

You can generate a nice report (HTML or XML format) of your laptop/desktop hardware information by executing this command: lshw -html > sysinfo.html You may need to install it first… For Debian and Ubuntu users installation is simple.. sudo aptitude install lshw You can find the detailed information about lshw from the following page: http://www.ezix.org/project/wiki/HardwareLiSter [ READ MORE ]

The Zen of Using a debugger!!!

I never used a debugger when I was doing my bachelors in computer science I always thought this, maybe because I didn’t really know how to use a debugger… Of course the theory behind debugging was taught to me, and we had some practical tests too, but I never really needed it during my graduation, so it [ READ MORE ]

So iPad it is!!!

So Apple have made their announcement and they’ve gone with the name iPad… Quite a surprise considering my understanding was that the trademark of iPad belonged to another company in the US… [ READ MORE ]

Howto : Twitter from Command Line…

This is a tutorial explaining how to post to Twitter using command-line in Linux, without needing to even open up your web browser…. First, install the curl package: sudo apt-get install curl Next, create a script anywhere in your $PATH, for example tweet.sh inside ~/bin, where ~ is your home directory (make sure ~/bin is included in your [ READ MORE ]

Howto Make Dell XPS M1530 Multimedia Keys Work With iTunes!!!

I have being using itunes for a long time on my Dell XPS M1530… The only thing that bugs me while using itunes is that the multimedia keys only work when the itunes main window is in focus, which is very irritating… After a little bit of googling I found out this post and his solution works… [ READ MORE ]

Commandline Fu!!!

I’m a great fan of Linux command-line, basically because of its amazing versatility… I love to find new ways to do things from the command line, so do not have to leave the comfort of my keyboard…. Recently, I found a site that let’s me learn awesome command line tricks.. Its called commandlinefu.com [ READ MORE ]

Howto Reinstall Grub!!!

It being a very common problem and sooner or latter a Linux user tends to face it when installing Windows after Linux… The master boot records from the memory are lost and they are writed for windows only systems…. So here is the way to write Master boot records or rather installing grub again so that LINUX [ READ MORE ]

Howto Hack/bypass Cyberoam!!!

Most of the organisations are implementing cyberoam –unified threat management system now-a-days…. Cyberoam is used to make filtrations to the sites being browsed by the users i.e. unwanted sites are being blocked (Eg: facebook, orkut etc) (I know its a real pain you know where.. :-/) Let see the details of cyberoam before cracking cyberoam… Cyberoam is [ READ MORE ]