Archive for October, 2008

Comodo Internet Security: Download it for free!

From the house of Comodo, the company which is famous for free comodo firewall comes another great free release. Comodo Security Solutions, Inc,has released free Comodo Internet Security (CIS), a complete Antivirus and firewall security package for PC users. The software will help you prevent and detect malware such as viruses, adware, spyware, Trojans, bots [...]


Track Quitters on Twitter using Qwitter, Know What Went Wrong!

Social Media is witnessing explosive growth and a site, blog, product, business, etc.. popularity and authority is measured by the number of followers they have on these social sites. That’s not something you’ve heard for the first time right?
Here is a twitter based service called Qwitter (http://useqwitter.com) which tracks your [...]


Firestatus: Update Twitter, Facebook and Friendfeed right from Firefox

I am subscribed to a good number of social networking sites and sometimes I am scared of keeping track of them. Logging in manually to check stuff and reply and post new things can get really indulging and hence time consuming. This would mean that you end up not concentrating on your work. In the [...]


Google Search: Now Scanned Images are Searchable.

Google just announced the capabilities to read through and make searchable, scanned pictures or documents in the PDF format. This is made possible using the Optical Character Recognition (OCR) technologies.
This technology does not come as a surprise to me as Google was in the process of scanning millions [...]


Halloween Wallpapers and Social Media Icons from TNerd.com

We are excited to announce a new category "Design" on TNerd.com today. This category will hold information about anything related to graphics and design. To start with we are releasing a set of 2 Wallpapers and 6 Social Media Icons themed around Halloween. Feel free to download and use these icons on your [...]


Download torrents from your browser using Bitlet: A web browser-embedded BitTorrent program

BitTorrent or BT is one of my favorite ways of getting stuff. It’s one powerful platform to share stuff. If there would ever be a list of top 10 Internet Technologies which changed the face of Internet my vote for BT would be #1. A small little torrent file that manages connections and tracks your [...]


Ubuntu 8.10 code named Intrepid Ibex released: Get your copy now!

Much awaited version of Ubuntu code named Intrepid Ibex is finally released. Ubuntu 8.10 is one of the most popular distro of Linux. There’s a large community that supports the development of Ubuntu.
Ubuntu is a community developed, Linux-based operating system that is perfect for laptops, desktops and servers. It contains all the applications you need [...]


Microsoft is better placed in the “cloud” than Google, or is it?

With the recent announcements at PDC Ballmer proved his words right. “We will keep coming back again and again until we do it right”, said Ballmer, in one of his interviews where he was talking about search engine technologies.
Whether it is a search engine or the online [...]


Youtube Officially announces Deep Linking! Now pinpoint Your Favorite Part in the Video

Google finally put up a blog post on Youtube blog officially announcing the launch of Deep Linking feature on Youtube, this comes almost a week after TechCrunch wrote about it. It sometimes makes me think that companies should outsource their announcements to TechCrunch.
Anyways, based on the official announcement, going forward you can link to the [...]


Microsoft Windows 7 build 6801 leaked: Download available on torrents!

With all the buzz about Windows 7 and the new features which have been demonstrated, I am sure a lot of people would be keen on getting their hands on to the new operating system from Microsoft. People who attended the PDC (Professional Developer’s Conference) held on October 28, 2008 were luck enough to get [...]