Internet slow? Blame Mediterranean cable.

Many internet users in India are facing slow Internet connection for the past few days. This time it may be the case that your ISP is not cheating on you. Its is due to a under sea Mediterranean cable snag. The area lies between Egypt and Greece. The worst hit country has been Egypt. Indian ISPs are routing the traffic through alternative routes which has led to congestion. India's 50% bandwidth capacity has been hit. It might take 15-20 days to restore services back to normal.

Reset Security Code of Your Nokia Phones

I am removing the link to the website which has the software. I feel this might be wrongly used by stolen mobile users. I regret for the genuine users, but can't help.

Formatting Nokia 6670

Before following any of the steps please backup your phone data (including your contacts, messages etc) using Nokia PCSuite. For all those people who are formatting to get rid of viruses please don't make a full backup. Just take backup of (contacts, messages, etc) otherwise the virus will roll back once you restore your backup. The procedure below will restore your mobile to factory settings. You will loose all your data in phone and memory card(if inserted). You should have reasonable charge in your phone before you proceed.

To perform the format key in *#7370# just like you enter phone numbers. Now the phone will prompt "Restore all original phone settings? Phone will restart". Select Yes. The phone will prompt for the lock code and then restart. Now wait patiently for it to switch itself on. Don't get impatient.

Hurray now the phone is back from factory again :)

Disable Session Restore in Firefox

I find the session restore feature in firefox very handy. One of my friend pointed me out it's flaw. It's flaw lies when we use a public computer and a improper system shutdown occurs. Next time your session gets exposed to a new user. Here is the solution to the problem:-

• In the address bar of firefox type about:config
• In the filter section type browser.sessionstore
• Set the value of browser.sessionstore.enabled to false
• Set the value of browser.sessionstore.resume_from_crash to false

Huraaah, you are done. Now restart the browser and surf tension free.

Boost up Windows XP with Flash Drive

Computers running Microsoft Windows XP can be boosted up by using flash drive as a page file medium. Before carrying on make sure that USB 2.0 port is there in your computer. Right click on My Computer and select properties. Next follow the circle in the pictures below :-

After reaching the third window, select your flash drive and choose custom size. Then set the value you want to allocate for page to the flash drive. This procedure emulates the Microsoft Windows Vista ReadyBoost feature. Now enjoy a faster XP.

Time For a Safer and Faster Internet Experience

Today I will recommend a DNS service which will make your internet experience safer and faster. Whether you are a home user or an organization it will come handy to keep your internet clean. The best part is it's absolutely free.

Features include phishing protection, domain blocking, adult site blocking, web proxy blocking and domain whitelisting. It works with dynamic ip holders also. Visit OpenDNS for this wonderful experience.

Sun to acquire MySQL

Sun Microsystems has announced that it is going to acquire open source database giant MySQL AB.

Make Your Windows Faster and Cleaner

I will recommend a wonderful software to make windows run faster. It makes windows fast by removing junk entries from the registry. It not only makes windows faster but also keeps you safe from spywares and adwares. The best part is that it removes already present spyware from you system. It has features like Spyware Removal, Security Defense, Registry Fix, System Optimization, Startup Manage, Privacy Sweep and Junk Files Clean. The name of the software is Advanced Windows Care 2 Personal. It's a 100% freeware.

Firefox Indic bug stays

The indic font bug I mentioned in my previous post has been carried on to Firefox 3 Beta 2. I have given a feedback , let's see if the final release has the bug fixed or not.

Firefox Indic Font Bug

Last two days I was working on setting up one of my friend's bengali blog. Blogger doesn't support bengali as a language. So had to manipulate a bit to get bengali written. After everything was complete, it was testing time. IE passed the test, when Firefox's turn came it failed. I was disappointed at my favorite browser's failure. I searched the net throughly to find that Firefox has this bug since eternity. Firefox has problem displaying Indic fonts. The matra of Indian text in Firefox tends to be out of place. The bosses know it but they have postponed the fix until the Firefox 3 series releases. The 3 series is in the beta stage. I will download it and post whether they have fixed the bug or not.

World's Thinnest Laptop

The world's thinnest laptop is here. It's maximum thickness at a point is 0.76 inches. So it's as light as air. Yes, that's the name Apple has given to it. Here comes the newest innovation from Apple , MacBook Air. Steve Jobs (ceo, Apple) unveiled it at the Apple MacWorld Conference in San Francisco. This was the most anticipated release from Apple after the
iphone.

World's Cheapest Car

The world's cheapest car Tata Nano was launched a few days ago. The best part is that it's made in India. People never imagined that such a product can be possible at an on road price of approx $3000. Yes, Mr. Ratan Tata has delivered it and how. There may be many takers of the car but some are contemplating a traffic coagulation, some are tensed about the pollution. All these notions has been countered by Mr. Tata but only time will tell whether a promise is a promise or not.

"A promise is a promise" - Ratan Tata