May 2010

How do I reset my Blackberry phone to factory default settings?

How do I reset my Blackberry Curve mobile phone to factory default settings?

Few days back, one of my colleague left our organization for better career. She handed over her phone to me, and I had to reset the phone to factory default settings before I hand over it to the authority. This is the first time, I was trying to reset Blackberry phone. It was a new experience, thought I should share with everyone.

WordPress 3.0 RC1 is ready for download – Countdown begins for Final Release

Wordpress 3.0 RC1 is ready for download - Countdown begins for Final Release

Automattic has kept their words, WordPress 3.0 is almost ready for final release by May 2010. But before the final release, they want to make sure that all features has been covered, all bugs has been squashed, and all potential issues has been addressed. That’s why first release candidate of WordPress 3.0 is out for download today.

Did Perez Hilton really lose once-in-a-lifetime deal?

Did Perez Hilton really lose once-in-a-lifetime deal?

I guess you already know that Perez Hilton was offered $20 million as a part of buyout his blog PerezHilton.com by Eight Days., Zack Taylor Group and Dirty World, LLC. – $18 million up front, and $2 million in escrow for a year. As expected, Perez rejected the offer. Is he a loser?

How to remove Category slug from WordPress blog url?

How to remove Category slug from Wordpress blog url?

If you are thinking to clean up your WordPress permalinks, you should first remove your Category slug from the blog’s Category url. Today, I’m going to show how to remove it from your blog.

Adobe & Apple at War

adobe and apple at war

Apple and Adobe, two ‘A’ class tech giants are at war over Flash support for the iPhone & iPod. Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple referred to Flash as unreliable, 100% proprietary, a battery hog, and a closed system that falls short. Now, those are quite a few strong words which Adobe will never find amusing. Steve denies that Apple’s no-Flash policy [...]

Is it better to buy custom domain from Blogger?

Is it better to buy custom domain from Blogger?

Recently one of my friend who has just started blogging, asked me this classic question – “Is it better to buy custom domain from Blogger”. I have faced the same question few times before. Here is my explanations.

Oh Yeah! Please don’t tell me it’s a True Story!

Oh Yeah! Please don't tell me it's a True Story!

I hate ‘Read how a single mom is earning £xxxx working at home’ type of advertisements that take you to a page where a single mother is smiling at her 8 weeks old baby and explaining how she is making thousands just participating in surveys. Then you click any link on that page and it will take you to a sign-up page.

3D Desktop software BumpTop is now in Google’s pocket – Test it before it disappears

Is Google going to buy the whole world? Definitely it’s too much to say. But the way Google is acquiring companies, this may become true one day. Today I learnt that Google just bought another company, this time it is a 3D desktop software company, called BumpTop. It found the software pretty amazing, lets watch the video from TED 2007 first before going into the details.