Assemble your laptop with Dell

It is very easy to get a desktop assembled from your local computer vendor with a custom built-to-suit configuration. But now with laptops becoming more popular than desktops, it is hard to find someone who can actually assemble a laptop for you with a custom configuration. The result ? You are forced to choose from pre-configured laptops with a pre-determined combination of processor, RAM, Hard Disk, etc. But are you one of those who wouldn’t buy a laptop just because one specific feature is absent or just because one component is lower than your needs. Then buy Dell !
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This post was written by Nikhil Pai on April 21, 2008

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Invisible mode in Google chat is disappointing

Google recently introduced the option to sign in as invisible in Gmail’s integrated chat. This was a feature long available in Yahoo Messenger & Windows Live Messenger but was absent in Google Talk. However Google Chat was much better off without the invisible feature. Read More…

Posted under Software

This post was written by Nikhil Pai on April 15, 2008

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Avast Antivirus update makes it the best choice

It is absolutely mandatory for a Windows user to install some kind of anti-malware on his computer. Its true that antivirus is generally memory intensive but if you are not using any kind of antivirus on an internet connected computer or a computer frequently accessing external usb drives, then you are asking for trouble. Traditionally the antivirus field has been dominated by the likes of Symantec’s Norton Antivirus and McAfee Antivirus. But of late these two giants have been losing market share to ESET NOD32, Kaspersky, BitDefender, AVG, Avast, etc. Should you stay with Norton & McAfee or is it time to move on?

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This post was written by Nikhil Pai on April 14, 2008

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Why the iPhone is not good enough

Since its release in the US markets in June 2007 and its subsequent release in Europe later in the year, consumers are picking up the iPhone with delight. iPhones have been sold not only in the regions where it has been officially released but also in emerging countries like India, China, Brazil & Middle East through the ever blooming gray market.

But is the iPhone worth all the hoopla surrounding it? Diehard Apple fans are definitely thrilled by the iPhone, but the iPhone has many weaknesses which challenges its claim to be the best.

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Posted under Mobile

This post was written by Nikhil Pai on April 10, 2008

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Google Apps Account not a Google Account

Google Apps For Your Domain (GAFYD) is a wonderful service started by Google a couple of years ago providing free email, publishing & collaboration tools. What is not so wonderful is that there is no option to merge an account created within GAFYD with an existing Google account. In other words the Google Apps Account is different from a regular Google Account created by regular Gmail.

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Posted under Web Development

This post was written by Nikhil Pai on April 10, 2008

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Yahoo mail features differ by country

One of the most annoying part regarding the Yahoo Mail featuresets is that the free features offered by Yahoo differ on a country to country basis. While advanced features like POP & Forwarding are not available for free to users having email on the yahoo.com domain, they are available to most of the users on other country specific yahoo domains like yahoo.co.uk, yahoo.co.uk, yahoo.com.au or yahoo.co.in !!

To further confuse matters, the features also depend upon what are the Country & Content settings selected in the Account Information of the Yahoo user. So if somebody on yahoo.co.uk changes his settings to English-US, then his POP & forwarding gets disabled even though he is a yahoo.co.uk user. For a yahoo.com user, no matter what settings you select, there is no chance of POP & Forwarding getting enabled.

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This post was written by Nikhil Pai on April 9, 2008

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Create your online presence with own domain

It is very simple & cheap to create your own online presence on the internet. All you need is around $10 per year. And you don’t need to know html or be too tech savvy. You only need to buy your own domain on a domain registrar such as Godaddy or Namecheap and then use completely free services such as Google’s Blogger and Google’s Apps For Your Domain to host your website & email on your very own domain.

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This post was written by Nikhil Pai on April 9, 2008

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