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Spam
Busting Center
TheGuide
launces a Spam Busting center. Spam or unsolictited mail is the
curse of Internet. It has to be fought at grassroots level. Learn
how you make a difference in fighting this cancer! (Jan
20, 2001)
Review:
Avayon
DXP-1000 DVD/Divx Media player
Detailed
review of Avayon DXP-1000 DVD/DivX player. It suports all possible
media and plays almost all known formats. All this for affordable
cost. Read and decide for yourself. A rich product for reasonable
price from Avayon
Technologies, Inc.(November 8, 2004)
Review:
iPod Shuffle:
Vipul
Shah brings to our attention details of Apple's new thunderstorm
in form of iPod Shuffle.(May 30, 2005)
Safeguard
your Bank account usernames and passwords
Vipul
Shah talks about how to prevent your on-line back account being
hacked. (Apr.14, 2005)
Review:
PlaneQuiet Active Noise Cancellation Headphone
Vipul
Shah tries out PlaneQuiet noise Cancelling/reducing headphone and
finds it good value for money.. (Mar.30, 2005)
Review:
Canon PowerShot S70
Vipul
Shah introduces us to small, slim, affordable and powerful Canon's
7.1 mega pixel camera which makes taking bad picture extremely difficult
for even first time camera users. Mar. 18, 2005)
Review:
Bluespoon AX, A Bluetooth headset Vipul
Shah brings to our attention Bluetooth headset from Nextlink which
is tiny, comfortable, good performer and could be worn on either
ear with glasses. Mar. 18, 2005)
Review:
Sony Ericsson T630 
Vipul Shah
brings to attention ageing star of Sony Ericsson stable T630, a low
priced bluetooth, camera phone with big and bright screen. (Feb. 18,
2005)
Review:
Nokia 9500 Communicator
Vipul
Shah brings first detailed review Nokia 9500 communicator. Expensive
but worth it. With Nokia 9500 Communicator, Nokia reclaims its status
as King of mobile world .(December 23, 2004)
Review:
Philips
DVP 642K Divx certified DVD Player
Till now
if you wanted to see movie on your living room TV, you had to use
only DVD or VCD if you could stand lower quality of picture and
didnt mind dealing with multiple CDs for every movie. But
that is about to change. Vipul Shah shows how.(October 24, 2004)
Bluetooth
mobile headset
If you need best audio
quality which can be heard in crowded and noisy environment, Plantronics
M3500 with its AudioIQ technology and active noise cancellation
is the bluetooth mobile headset for you. (July 14, 2004)
Review:
Plantronics DSP-500 USB Headset
Plantronics DSP-500
USB headset is as good as you get when nothing but highest quality
will do for your PC Audio. (Apr. 26, 2004)
Review:
Jabra FreeSpeak 250 bluetooth mobile headset
With introduction of
Jabra FreeSpeak 250 Jabra is creating new segment of under US$100
Bluetooth headset with extra long talk time as well as light weight.
(Apr. 5, 2004)
Review:
Zoom brings Bluetooth to dialup modems
This modem -- blue
tooth enabled, gives you freedom of being anywhere in your house
and connect your laptop to the Internet. (Feb. 19, 2004)
Erasing
Information From Hard Disk Drive
Erasing Data from Hard
Disk Drive, once written, is almost near impossible! It is almost
like writing in stone. If you concerned about the Privacy of your
information... Please read on.(Nov. 21, 2003)
Mobile
Applications mobile manufacturers forgot to include
Having a GPRS enbalbed phone is nice but if can't
check regular email account or surf all the web then it is not of
much use. Vipul Shah points out how this is about to change.(Nov.
18, 2003)
REVIEW:
Nextlink’s Bluespoon Digital and Chameleon bluetooth headsets
Do you Drive and Talk at the same time? These devices
can one day save your life. Vipul Shah reviews these headsets.
(Nov. 8, 2003)
Laptops,
Tablets, and PDA gap is closing…
Are you a person using laptop? You will be surprised
the functionality offered by some of the Handheld to the point that
you may not need more than that. Vipul Shah points out how the gap
is closing between different computing devices.(Sept..
03, 2003)
Privacy
and Security on your PC
Concerned about your Privacy & Security of the
Information on your PC? If not then you SHOULD BE David
Rittenhouse enumerates very practical
steps to assure security of the information on your PC. (Feb. 20,
2003)
National
Security in Network Era
We are using all foreign made Hardware/Software!
Is that threat to our National Security? There definitely is? We
Indians need to wake up to this and take measures. Read on....(Nov.
16, 2002)
Security
Issues in Network Age--An Interview by Mid Day reporter
We are using all foreign made Hardware/Software!
Is that threat to our National Security? There definitely is? We
Indians need to wake up to this and take measures. Read on....(Aug.
15, 2002)
Privacy
In Days Of Online Banking, Credit Cards, Phone Companies...in Network
Age 
So you like the convenience Online Banking, Credit
Cards and many more products which make your life easy? At what
price is your convenience: Your Privacy. Read on....(Aug. 15, 2002)
Online
Stock Trading:With Ease Come The Perils
So you are taken in with ease with which you can
trade stocks online? Watch out with this there are some security
issues. Vipul Shah once again brings a Three part article to inform
us. (Feb. 4, 2002)
Ten
Tips To Stop Spam
Check these out as they go a long way. (Jan 23,
2001)
My
Computer System is Infected with Virus, What Should I Do?
Above all don't panic. Dr.
Arun Mehta gives simple steps to follow in case of this eventuallity.
Must Read! (Jan 22, 2001)
Direct
E-mail Marketing
So
you want to use E-mail to market your Product/Service? Suresh
Ramasubramanian tells us how to do this effectively.
Do what you may, Never resort to Mass E-mailing known as
SPAM. It hurts you and others. (Jan 20, 2001)
Spam
Costs Everybody--Don't
Send e-mail that is "Postage Due".
Don't use mass emailing to market your wares. It
is very expensive to everyone. Suresh
Ramasubramanian gives us
the details. (Jan
20, 2001)
Concerns
And Challenges Of Internet For Children
With more and more of our children using Internet,
many serious concerns have come up! A child psychologist, Ms.
Minal Morarji of Rockville MD, details some of the challenges
ahead of us. Must read for parents.(Updated May 1, 2000).
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