Inverse Karma

Many computer users often hit upon this dilemma – which format to save an image in. The four most popular image formats are – BMP, JPG, PNG and GIF. BMP can be imagined as some kind of a raw lossless format that is used only in special cases. GIF is largely used for animated images [...]

Firefox, the best browser (uh-huh, I’m saying it!) has reached its latest milestone with the release of version 3.5. The last stable version was 3.0.11. Why did Mozilla jump from 3 to 3.5? Well that is because of the significant features and improvements the latest version offers. So why is Firefox 3.5 so special? Its [...]

Geolocation could be the next game-changer in smart browsing. Firefox 3.5 supports this stellar feature – it lets websites find your location so that they could serve up information that is more relevant for you – for example, finding a local coffee shop or bookstore. Neat! Note that Firefox asks for your confirmation before it [...]

AAC stands for Advanced Audio Coding and is officially the successor to the hugely popular (and still widely prevalent) MP3 format. AAC was developed by Fraunhofer, AT&T, Nokia, Sony and Dolby and offers a number of improvements over MP3. Okay so you clicked on that link and you understood NOTHING (like me!). Fear not peeps, [...]

Ever found a great add-on for Firefox but then realized that it works only in an older version? Well, here’s how to hack into your add-on and force-install it. Note that this merely makes Firefox believe its looking at a new add-on and it may or may not work! (Though in my experience, most add-ons [...]

If you had been following the Facebook blog, you would’ve known that from tomorrow they’ll be letting users to register their new username that would give your profile page a more meaningful URL address. No wait, I think that piece of news was posted on your Wall by the Facebook team already! Now what this [...]

You must’ve come across those slick and glossy movie posters where only one color is highlighted and the rest of the image is gray scaled. Well, thats quite easy to do with Photoshop. Do not worry mortals, if you do not know how to use PS. Inverse Karma to the rescue Below are the two [...]

The Rasmussens (the brothers who came up with Google Maps) have now given shape to what may be the next biggest revolution (no, really!) in Internet communication & collaboration. Enter Google Wave. Codenamed “Walkabout”, Wave is a whole new way of looking at communicating with people – it is a mix of Facebook, LinkedIn, orkut [...]

Microsoft released Service Pack 2 for Windows Vista yesterday. Download the standalone installer here. The file size is 348 MB. But if you’d rather not download such a large file, SP2 will be available on the Windows Update channel around June 30, which will download files required only for your Windows configuration. Note that installation [...]

Most of you would already be using Gmail Labs – but for those who’re a bit lost – “Gmail Labs is a testing ground for experimental features that aren’t quite ready for primetime”. Although Gmail initially warns about instability of some Labs features, I haven’t encountered anything of that sort in months! Development is quite [...]