No more lugging voluminous tomes of literature. eBooks bring you all the books you’d ever want to read, right in your hand…
From hardbound editions to paperbacks, we’ve seen them all. From roadside bookstalls to the huge shopping malls,we’ve come across books varying in shapes and sizes, not to mention a wild assortment of topics. So, […]
Peer-to-peer (P2P) technology came to the forefront of popular consciousness when Napster’s music sharing network became a rage, and drew attention for various reasons. While the future of Napster may be uncertain, the underlying peer-to-peer technology is poised to change the way we use networks. A P2P network essentially consists of several computers (or peers) […]
Man is the only creature that blushes, or needs to, said Mark Twain. If blushing can be taken as an index of lying, then liars are in trouble indeed. Researchers at Mayo clinic in Minnesota in the US have developed a high-definition thermal imaging camera which scans the face of the person who’s being interrogated.
It […]
Frozen desktop
Temporarily ‘freeze’ your friend’s desktop by doing a ‘Print Screen’ of their work area and saving it as their wallpaper. The next step is to minimize the taskbar and hide their desktop icons. They’ll never know what hit them as they try desperately to click on the ‘frozen’ icons.
Play switch!
If you’re in an office […]
Even if the antivirus software gives good detection rates, there’s no way the software can keep track of the new viruses coming up every day. The only way to be up-todate is by regularly installing updates to the signature or virus definition file. The software normally allows for automatic updation of files or you can […]