Sunday, November 15, 2009

Horror:Your identity and secret data lost??

Nightmare scenario 1:Your mail acc hacked and your vital secrets passed to those from whom you wanted to hide it?
Nightmare scenario 2: Your parents find out which sites you have been visiting and with whom you chatted?
Nightmare scenario 3: You are a film celebrity and all your personal sex clips and videos go into wrong hands?
Scenario 4:You feel cheated by your hubby or Boy friend and install a software called Computer spy and sneak into his database and computer all his secrets are available to you with a click??

Guys scenarios are many the truth is that anyone would love to have a sneak peak into some adversaries PC for whatever reason.
But there are few questions which one must ask before trying Computer spy.
1.Is it ethical?
2.Is it legal?
3.What if the victim comes to know of the espionage?
4.Am i not transgressing from a geek to hacker?
5.Do i want to be in jail?
6Whatever?

So if you still want it after all these questions...go ahead and get it from here.

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Electronics Retail in Mumbai..

The electronics retail revolution in Mumbai is amazing.Long gone are the times when we use to head towards Lamington Road to fetch any electronics or white goods.

The first wave came as Next stores..
Now we have Croma from TATA,E zone from Future group,Reliance digital,Vijay sales,Sony Mony,Snehanjali,Kohinoor and Malaika.These are the multi brands multi stores chain.
The stand alone players continue to thrive despite the biggies due to there local knowledge and contacts.
Some how places like hyper city have become good show case for products to see in a nice environment but when it comes to the real purchase consumers prefer the near retailer....

Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Nokia N 97.

This review maybe a little late but I had to wait for Nokia to officially launch the N97. I like doing things by the book. But for this particular review, I decided to be a wee bit unconventional, so I'm writing it from the handset itself. These notes will be emailed to my editor from the phone.

Form Factor
Let me just get those off my chest - I was a little skeptical of the N97's 3.5-inch resistive touchscreen working out too well. For the record, it's brilliant. It's as responsive as any other touchscreen handset out there.

The simplistic singular button for accessing the menu is just that... Simple. The touch sensitive call keys, on the other hand are just a little too closely spaced. It took a little while to get used to but the UI compensates with onscreen options. The front camera and light sensor work without a hitch.
The slide out QWERTY keypad and screen angle are every bit as great as any ad or image you've come across. There are arch-sliders and then there's the N97. The keys are a bit small, but I'm quickly getting the hang of it. I found the on-screen alphanumeric keypad extremely handy as well for quick one handed typing with its large keys.

The N97 may not be a sleek handset and it is just a little bit on the hefty side, but its weight seems well adjusted for comfort and portability. It has a 3.5mm earphone socket built in and one on the handsfree as well. Didn't care too much for the bundled earphones. A micro USB is located on one side. It doubles as a charger port as well. A screen lock slider switch is right next to it. A set of volume/zoom keys and a camera button are on the other side.

The 5mp camera with a dual LED flash is at the rear behind a slide protector. My one main issue is the lack of a hot swap slot for the microSD card, then again with 32 Gigs of space, it's no big deal. The rear panel had a problem sitting back into the grooves. I didn't want to force it any more than i did. It stuck out a bit ominously though.

All relevant accessories are included with the packaging. All in all, the N97 is a trendy well designed handset. I like it so far. On to the next section.

Features and Performance -
UI
The Symbian OS version 9.4 with an S60 UI coupled with an ARM 11 434MHz processor makes for speedy usage and virtually no lag while multi-tasking. It's at least a couple of levels higher than the 5800's. There's a smooth flow to the system and a quickness that accompanies it when it comes to opening apps like the N-Series video browser section and files that I've normally had issues with. Touchscreen navigation is no problem either. Like i mentioned earlier it's quite responsive but not annoyingly so that it'll activate features if it grazes your pocket or any other surface.

The desktop can be customized to include all relevant short cuts to various options, settings and features. It's called 'Live Desktop' as you can stay connected to Facebook etc. all the time and access it from here. With a flick of your finger you can easily hide all of the options. In some ways though, the 5800's desktop is better. The History for contacts option is not available here in the N97 for some reason. That was rather helpful to keep track of in coming and outgoing contact with a specific person.

Media
The N97 is definitely equipped with one of the better music players in Nokia's multimedia range of handsets. The tones are clear and quite well balanced. The 8 band graphic EQ and presets with Stereo Widening only make things better and provide for a richer audio experience.

The lack of a Visual Radio application was quite a disappointment. I was expecting it to be part of the feature set as it showed up in the specs all over the place. It does have an FM Transmitter though. The FM radio with RDS was just ok and in no way anything to write home about.

Sadly, Nokia still didn't find it necessary to include a few relevant codecs like DivX and XviD for video playback. Having a great widescreen like this feels like a bit of a waste in this case. So you'll still have to get a hold of a decent converter to alter your videos for the N97 to MPEG4 and 3GP. The ability to Copy Paste videos would have made this handset so much more appealing.

Podcasting, a voice recorder and a quick link to YouTube are available. The games are not impressive so no big deal. A few editing options are also present for pictures taken via the camera. It all supports AV out but no cables have been included.

Wednesday, June 3, 2009

File Extension SRT..

Imagine viewing a Japanese cinematic masterpiece without subtitles?
A Chinese action flick minus subtitles?

With the advent of DVD we are getting subtitle options unlike the VCD.
The magic file extension used here is"File Extension SRT".The SRT files have made it possible to provide subtitles in multiple languages.It has made the subtitles writing program so easy that its been implemented even by very small linguistic population.

"File Extension SRT" is also used in some mobile phone software's for improving the sound file.
Its amazing how human curiosity and the desire to improve things around us led to this subtitle movement.
This small piece of software has opened the flood gates of foreign language cinema for the entire world to relish.It has given a new lease of life to classics from different cultures to transcend and be relished through out the world.
Thanks "File Extension SRT" for making our life simpler..

Wednesday, May 27, 2009

JPEG format..

The roadside cameraman from childhood is fading from memory.There was a tripod over which the blanket covered camera was put and it use to give passport sized pics thru it.Hilarious by today's standards when a mobile phone sports a 8 MP digital camera in it!

When i was introduced to the net in early 90s it was a slow and tardy affair with the dial in connection compared to today's age of broadband!

The best part of the net was the ability to see and send images the JPEG ones.
The images used the "File Extension JPG"  format.The surprise part is the success of this format from the old days to HD days now the format has not changed.Now even the home theaters come with an ability to read the File Extension JPG.
So one can see the images taken by a digital camera or mobile by inserting the memory card in the DVD players card reader slot!
I remember the times when the slow Internet speed took a lot of time and patience to open an image file but now we see streaming video or live TV on the net.
The File Extension JPG format is used by a commoner to a pro.The JPEG format is user friendly as it opens with most software's.

Sunday, May 3, 2009

MY PDA..ASUS P 527.


GENERAL2G NetworkGSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
Announced2007, September
StatusAvailable. Released 2008, October
SIZEDimensions113 x 58 x 15.4 mm
Weight125 g
DISPLAYTypeTFT resistive touchscreen, 65K colors
Size240 x 320 pixels, 2.6 inches
SOUNDAlert typesVibration; Downloadable polyphonic, Midi, MP3, WMA, WAV ringtones
SpeakerphoneNo
MEMORYPhonebookPractically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall
Call recordsPractically unlimited
Internal128 MB storage, 64 MB RAM
Card slotmicroSD (TransFlash), buy memory
DATAGPRSClass 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
HSCSDNo
EDGEYes
3GNo
WLANWi-Fi 802.11 b/g
BluetoothYes, v2.0
Infrared portYes
USBYes, v1.1
CAMERAPrimary2 MP, 1600x1200 pixels, autofocus
VideoYes
SecondaryNo
FEATURESOSMicrosoft Windows Mobile 6.0 Professional
CPU32-bit TI OMAP 850 200 MHz processor
MessagingSMS, MMS, Email, Instant Messaging
BrowserWAP 1.2.1/2.0
RadioFM radio
GamesYes
ColorsSilver
GPSYes, SiRF Star III chipset
JavaYes, MIDP 2.0
 - Business card scanner
- Voice Recognition 
- MP3 Player
- Pocket Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF viewer)
- Organizer
- Voice memo
- World time
- Stopwatch
BATTERY Standard battery, Li-Ion
Stand-by
Talk time

The PC revolution.

Many many year ago the IBM head proclaimed after inaugreting the first computer which was a room size"World will need seven of these".

Rest is history thanks to a man named Bill gates who dreamed of the PC in every home!
Today we cant imagine a life without computers..its omnipresent thanks to the PDA revolution.
Palm was the first to herald this revolution,but with time they sceded this pole position to companies like HTC and Samsung.

The Palm revolution was based on a solid piece of software called PRC or File extesion PRC.
This format is used by Palm to store the program files and textual information.
The correct file extension PRC helps in resolving problems like viewing the program files of palm and picture gear pocket.
Some other popular softwares for PDA use the File extension PRC like the Mobipocket an e book reader.