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Recently I bought a XBOX 360 from USA to be used a Media Extender. The AC Adapter was 110V and surprisingly unlike your laptop/mobile chargers this doesn't support multiple voltages. So to connect the XBOX in India I needed a new AC Adapter that works...
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I never thought I will buy an Apple Mac as my primary PC (laptop) but I did just that today. After nearly a month of thinking, I finally bought a Macbook Air to replace my aging Sony Vaio TX57GN laptop. The machine looks irresistibly beautiful. I bought...
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My corporate IT (Exchange Server) enforces security policy on all mobile devices that connect to it. So my phone is locked by a PIN. When I connect the Windows Mobile Phone (HTC S710) to PC, Vista displays a dialog box (like the one below). This dialog...
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One thing I hate about buying Electronics (Computer accessories as well) and Compact Discs (VCDs, DVDs) is the chore of cutting open the plastic packaging without hurting your fingers or the product. I just don't understand why the manufacturers want...
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Read the earlier part of this project here where I talked about the Digital Conversion of VCD/DVD and sharing in XBox. After all the Proof of Concept, I decided it was time to go full time Digital. Bought new hardware for my house. One was a high-end...
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Nowadays, with the poor QoS of Telcos in India many users are forced to carry more than one phone. Some are doing it so that they can separate their personal and official calls. For me in all my years of having a mobile phone right from the first Motorola...
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I have a Nikon D80 camera and for best results I like to store the photos I take in Nikon's Raw file format (.NEF). The problem with this format is that very few programs know how to handle it correctly & fully. Windows: If you want to view the...
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I got the first phase of my pilot program to have my house moved to Digital Media done. I thought the toughest part will be the purchase(choice), installation and wiring of the hardware but it turned out to be the easiest part. I got my SqueezeBox connected...
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I use a Windows Smartphone ( HTC s710 ). Few weeks back while attending a professional presentation I took down some notes and saved it in the SMS "Draft" folder. Today I wanted the text available in my PC so that I can use the contents, I didn't...
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Over the years I have tried with little success various models of Wireless input devices (Keyboard and Mouse), right from the early Logitech desktop sets. I see only one advantage of a wireless over the wired models is the convenience of giving it to...
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In MSN today, I saw this article on PARADE Magazine picks its must-have technology for 2007 . What I liked about this list was it was yet another list of Mobile Phones & Music Players. Not all of them were exciting, but I learned of few new interesting...
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Over the years, I have tried with different operating systems (Windows 3.1, 98, 2000, XP, Vista), newer hardware, different hardware brands (WinTV, Pinnacle, Aver), newer interfaces (PCI, USB) but I was never successful in getting a stable working setup...
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My everyday work laptop is a lightweight Sony Vaio TX57GN around 1.25Kg, having a Core Solo CPU, 1.5GB RAM, 4200RPM HDD, Vista its speed is sub-optimal and I can only use it for email and browsing. Even then I am not complaining and actually I love it...
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I have started on a journey to centralize all my digital assets in a central computer (a.k.a server) in my house. The server will have all my digital photographs, music & video. The easiest of the three is to move my photos from my desktop to this...
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This week I got my System's team at Work to assemble a super fast PC for me. The Monster PC is loaded with: Intel Core 2 Quad Core Q6600 @2.40 GHz Processor ASUS P5w64WS Professional Mother Board 8GB RAM - Transcend 2GB DDR2 RAM x 4 NVIDIA GeForce...
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