How to Flush DNS in Different OS'es?
Most DNS clients cache the results of name resolution requests. This speeds up name resolution if multiple lookups are done to the same address, such as is common when browsing the web. Sometimes a bad DNS entry will be cached and you will need to either flush the DNS cache to get rid of it, or wait up to 24 hours for it to be dropped from the cache automatically. How to Flush DNS in Microsoft Windows In Microsoft Windows, you can use the command ipconfig /flushdns to flush the... Read The Rest →
Windows Updates on Mac OSX – Irony
This is a sight to behold, one of the best desktop views you will ever be able to access. A Windows Updates notification on Mac OS X tiger. Note that the emphasis is immediately placed on the fact that Windows has successfully conquered the Mac OS X desktop. And with the support of virtualization, all roads lead to Microsoft’s Windows. Apple can only benefit from this move. The Cupertino-based company only recently upgraded its Boot Camp Public Beta to version 1.4, making another step toward Windows and especially Vista. However,... Read The Rest →
Firefox 3 Gets Smooth Tab Scrolling
Firefox is improving everyday. Its get more user friendly with every passing build. The latest addition that has been added to firefox is the smooth tab scrolling. Instead of the rough tab by tab stepping, tabs now slide in a continuous soft movement whenever you scroll them with the mouse wheel, add a new one or change to a different tab beyond the current visible section. See the following flash demo to see what Smooth tab Scrolling feels like, I downloaded the latest copy, and you know what its a... Read The Rest →
Mori – Your Notes Organized
Are you a Mac user with lots to do. Mori is a digital notebook that makes it easy to record and organize your thoughts. Unlike the alternatives, Mori doesn’t box you into one way of thinking. Instead Mori’s simple and flexible design puts you in charge of your information. Mori is a place to remember your notes and organize your ideas Imagine a notepad that grows and grows. No matter how big it gets, you can search it in an instant, as if it’s all written on the back of... Read The Rest →
Remote Control any Mac using Mira
Mac’s come with a remote called Apple Remote that allows you to operate your Mac Remotely. Well the software for this is pretty much limited in what it can do. If you want something extra then you need Mira. Mira is designed exclusively for the Apple Remote, taking it beyond Front Row with personal control for any application, on any Mac.Mira has built-in support for over 65 programs, new ones can be given their own specific actions in seconds with no learning curve and no additional software or plugins to... Read The Rest →
Vista Suffers another Setback
The popularity of Windows XP is still making things difficult for Vista. Now Vista has again suffered a major setback, with Lenovo (Olympic 2008′ official sponsor) installing XP on it’s machines to run the Olympic Games’ vital PC-related tasks. Vista will only be used in internet lounges set up for athletes to use during the games. Yang Yuanqing, chairman of Lenovo said, “the Olympic Games require mature, stable technologies and it’s not a place to try new technologies because of the size and importance of the event. Everything must work... Read The Rest →
Something is Cooking at Google
Well today is independence day here in India, and the official google blog has posted an announcement regarding something coming very soon for Indian Users. Here is the announcement posted by Googlers M T Raghunath and Gokul Nath Babu Manoharan.. Happy 60th birthday, India! We can’t wait to celebrate, but we’re going to wait a few days for the formal unwrapping of our gift to Indian users. Check back and we’ll have news shortly. I can’t wait to see what google has done for Indian Users. Maybe they are planning... Read The Rest →
Sexy AIR App – flump
The guys over at Adobe have a launched an uber cool app for Adobe AIR called flump i.e. flickr dump. flump does a very simple job of downloading all the public photos of a user to your desktop.. Using flump is not that straighforward so i have included the steps that you should take to get flump working.. Download and install the application from the AIR file. Once you have installed and launched the application, enter the flickr account ID of the account that you want to download the images... Read The Rest →
Firefox working on changing Web Animation Scenario
Firefox 3 which is due to arrive in late september this year, is working extremely hard to make it one of the best browsers on the planet. They are now working on changing the web animation scenario that is mainly powered by Flash and Animated GIF’s today. Firefox 3 will provide support for new technologies that surely will change the web landscape. One is APNG (the animated portable network graphics format). APNG basically provides an extension to the existing PNG format by providing animation for it. APNG is been available... Read The Rest →
Use any USB Disk for Readyboost
Windows Vista, has a wonderful feature called ReadyBoost. You can use flash memory devices, such as universal serial bus (USB) flash drives, to improve performance of Vista without having to add additional memory (RAM). The flash memory device serves as an additional memory cache i.e. memory that the OS can access more quickly than it accesses data on the hard disk, simply because USB drives are a tad faster than Hard Disks. However, not all USB flash drives are supported to use ReadyBoost. In order for USB drive to be... Read The Rest →
