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Using this SlideShare WordPress plugin by Joost de Valk. Installation is pretty straightforward: Download the plugin. Unzip the downloaded file. Upload the “slideshare” folder to the plugins directory of your WordPress blog. Activate the plugin in the WordPress admin panel. Start embedding SlideShare presentations! You simply have to copy-paste the code (for example: [slideshare id=415548&doc=brainrulespzreview-1211213300619507-9&w=425]) […]

I’ll let the picture do the talking. Saree guards on an R15? Seriously. How much lamer can our vehicle laws get? I wonder how a saree guard would look when fitted on a Ducati 1098S. What do you think? Note: Check out this photo set of the R15 taken at a Bangalore showroom. A colleague […]

Over the weekend, I was looking for a way to turn on Intel SpeedStep on my Core 2 Duo-based Desktop PC. Here’s how: Enable Intel SpeedStep in your Desktop’s BIOS. Set your Desktop’s power management setting to “Minimal Power Management.” You can read more at this “SpeedStep How To” from Intel. My rig immediately dropped […]

The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs. It’s worse than lust.

Acer, the company that manufactures terrible laptops, dumps the monkey on you for a song, and finally screws you at the service centre, has chosen Hrithik Roshan to be their canary that sings: “Life is busy. Acer makes it easy,” in their latest ads. It’s glaringly obvious that Hrithik Roshan has never booted up an […]

A thought that occurred to me while listening to a Zapak Mail advertisement on FM: How ridiculous would I sound if I told you that my new email address is vinayahs@zapakmail.com? And how embarrassed would you feel when sending an email to vinayahs@zapakmail.com? I predict an early demise for Zapak Mail.

A recent white paper on the Apple iPhone that I wrote for TechDirt’s Insight Community has been featured on the TechDirt website: TIC’s Picks: How Can Others Respond To The iPhone? Vinaya HS explains why it’s a mistake for other device makers to simply copy the iPhone, rather than leapfrogging it with new innovations (even […]

You probably have heard about – or worse, experienced – XM’s satellite radio service conking out in the United States. For all those hard-earned dollars paid as subscription fees, you would be forgiven for thinking that XM could have put out a better press release than simply saying: XM Satellite Radio has resumed normal levels […]

Last week, Avinash and I had a chat about the current state of mobile phones. We wished for a simple mobile phone that would just let us talk, message, and get on with our lives. I don’t need – to quote Avinash – a “multi-device franchise.” To my surprise, Nokia’s just about granted my wish […]

From http://ophcrack.sourceforge.net/: Ophcrack is a Windows password cracker based on a time-memory trade-off using rainbow tables. This is a new variant of Hellman’s original trade-off, with better performance. It recovers 99.9% of alphanumeric passwords in seconds. It is a very efficient implementation of rainbow tables done by the inventors of the method. It comes with […]

Trust Asus to come up with something innovative. They’ve managed to piece together the “World’s First SideShow Laptop,” the Asus W5Fe. Wow! A SideShow Laptop you say! But how do you know a SideShow Laptop when you see one? Voila… In the words of the manufacturer: SideShow is an independent operating system that can be […]

Nick Bradbury, of FeedDemon fame, recently wrote a 7-part series titled “Simplicity Ain’t So Simple” that talks in depth about simplicity in software design. It’s a nice read for anyone who’s wondering about the complexity in today’s software and what should be done to reduce the madness and clutter. Brew these over a cup of […]

As long as we have service providers who care two-hoots about their customers and as long as organizations such as TRAI and RBI remain toothless-tigers, no do-not-call registry (DNCR) system is going to work in India. The problem is simple. We’re trying to create independent do-not-call registries. For example, you have a DNCR per cellular […]

ZoomClouds offers both ready-made and customizable tag cloud solutions for your WordPress, TypePad, or Movable Type based blog. And it’s FREE! The tag cloud is generated based on your site’s RSS feed and uses the Yahoo! Content Analysis API plus a proprietary content analysis API. You can choose the depth of content that should be […]

I couldn’t resist the temptation to switch. And switch, I did. From Internet Explorer 6 to Internet Explorer 7. My initial reaction: “Things are not where they used to be!” Now I have unwaveringly used Internet Explorer since the days of Windows 95 and I can’t use a different browser even in my dreams. I […]

Have you always wanted to: Carry your web browser with all your favorite bookmarks? Carry your calendar with all your appointments? Carry your email client with all your contacts and settings? Carry your instant messenger and your buddy list? Carry your whole office suite along with your documents and presentations? Carry your antivirus program and […]