How To's

Apple Hating

Aug 11th, 2008 | By Shamim | Category: Applications, How To's, News

What are you doing to me Apple? Well maybe not the whole of Apple. But the Apple software division. The reason for my Apple-dislike – Apple software update trying to push Safari with iTunes and Quicktime. I understand why any company would try to combine various software packages together. But software companies should understand the [...]



Taking Screenshot Of Long Webpages

Apr 18th, 2008 | By Shamim | Category: Applications, FREE, How To's

Picnik is an excellent web-based tool for editing images online. But this application has more features than what meets the eye. The Firebox browser extension for Picnik allows you to take a one click screenshot of any webpage. This feature might fail to impress at first glance. But ask yourself a question. How difficult is [...]



How To Rotate Banners With OpenX

Apr 17th, 2008 | By Shamim | Category: Applications, How To's, open source

OpenX is an open-source ad management platform. I wrote an overall review of OpenX (aka OpenAds) in my last post which discusses the benefits of the platform and also points out some of the cons. One of the most important uses of OpenX is rotating banners. Banner rotation is very easy with OpenX. But unless [...]



Top 10 Ways To Kick Your PC In The Nuts

Apr 9th, 2008 | By Shamim | Category: Featured, Hardware, How To's

People abuse and kill their computers every day. This is causing PC’s to become extinct at a rapid pace. Here are a few ways to increase the rate of decay of your computer.

Not installing antivirus or spyware protection on your computer.
Not defragmenting the hard disk. Its effects are most visible if you never [...]