Tech Reviews
Evaluating products, services, and technologies - the good, bad, and quirky.
IDEA IntelliJ 14 is out
Yes, you heard that right! I just got notification from the asset management team at ThoughtWorks that IDEA IntelliJ 14 is out and we get...
Developers beware of OS X Yosemite
It’s been a bit over 24 hours of using OS X Yosemite and I’m liking all the UI sugar it’s added. So far, my regular applications work...
Twitter Images Not Loading
I recently moved to Pune and of course to a new ISP (Tata Telecommunications in Pune). For strange reasons, images on Twitter wouldn’t load. Also,...
TerraCopy: Copying files the way it's meant to be copied
TeraCopy is an amazing tool for Windows which allows users to queue up copy requests, pause them, re-order them and change copy file lists at...
Trying Minefield 3.7a1pre
Ever since I started using Win7 (first public beta) I have liked one thing about Internet Explorer that Firefox couldn’t do. This was the ability...
Dell Win7 x64 sound driver updates cause system freeze
I noticed that Dell had finally released updates for some of their drivers on their support site for a Dell Studio XPS 1640 on Windows...
Sensible Vision's FastAccess on Windows 7
Sensible Vision came out with this pretty amazing software called FastAccess that does a decent job at facial recognition. But using it on Windows 7...
VS 2010 Beta 1: User Interface
Well, I’ve been browsing through Visual Studio 2010 for a while now. I’ve not gotten into coding but did get a chance to have a...
Is Microsoft delaying Vista SP2 launch?
Microsoft is usually eager to release updates to its products. I have been seeing Vista SP2 news and downloadable links all over the internets. Release...
Visual Studio 2010 / .NET 4.0 Beta 1 released
Yes, they are out! You might have been hearing about the two for the past week or two around the interneticle blogosphere. I certainly did...
Small Platform Development
I guess a lot of programming lovers are into development on smaller platforms. I certainly am one of them. I usually speak of work I’ve...
Wolfram|Alpha up for Official Public Release
Have you heard of Wolfram Alpha (also called WoflramAlpha or Wolfram|Alpha)? If you haven’t, you best do it quickly. Its going to be brought online...
Windows 7: A second look
I’ve had a bit of reprieve from work here and I finally got some time to install Windows 7 on my laptop. Though my desktop...
Checking out Windows 7 Build 7077
I got my hands on Windows 7 Build 7077 to take it for a spin. I’ve had Windows 7 discs and keys around for a...
Dell Studio XPS 1640 Issues
Once upon a time, not too far long ago, I got a Dell Studio XPS 1640. I found that the laptop was great. I knew...
Apple Wheel: Is this meant to be a joke?
First of all, I should say, the only source I have is this youtube video. Apple wheel is a “revolutionary” laptop with no keyboard, just...
Windows 7 Public Beta Serial Key Fiasco
Earlier today at CES 2009, Microsoft announced that they would release 2.5 million copies of Windows 7 for public beta (build 7000) which came out...
Browser Tryouts: Google Chrome
Having heard all the rage about Google Chrome, I decided to try it out this Friday morning before leaving for college. What’s this I see?...
UAC = false;
So finally I got bugged with UAC enough to switch it off a few weeks back. Not all of it though. Just the module for...
The Undeletables
I had to reinstall vista once and so vista copied its already existing files into Windows.old like any other decent OS does. This was of...
The Vista Experience
I’m on Windows Vista Ultimate right now and here is what I feel. Its a really good OS since it performs quite well if you...