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How to shutdown, restart, logoff using command prompt?

By Ajith | Published: September 21, 2010

There are many useful command prompt tools in windows. shutdown for example, will allow you to automate shutdowns restarts and log offs via command prompt or the RUN dialog box. It is really easy to use and have many options.

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Admin, Command Prompt/Shell, Tips | 16 Comments

Please tell me how the new blog theme looks and feel?

By Ajith | Published: February 15, 2009

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At the IITs for a Week

By Ajith | Published: October 9, 2008

I was at IIT Madras (Chennai) for a week from October 1st to participate in the annual technical Festival , Shaastra, there. We planned to compete in one of the robotics events named Emergency Exit. So that was why there were hardly any posts the last week. Although we went there with the primary aim [...]

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Microsoft should be penalised

By Ajith | Published: June 17, 2008

Microsoft has made a big issue with patent infringements by Open Source Software including Linux, they need to look at their own products too. With their unstated theme “Do no Good” Microsoft had recently stated in a press release that Open Source Software were infringing more than 300 patents by Microsoft. Whatever but did Microsoft [...]

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Browser hogging CPU when taking wordpress write post page!

By Ajith | Published: May 13, 2008

Does anybody notice the rising CPU usage of your browser when you are at the create post page (Tiny MCE) of your self hosted WordPress blog? Previously when I was using Firefox the CPU usage rose to 50 percent and FF was running fast like a snail. I thought it was because of problems with [...]

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Admin, Blog, Error, Tips, Wordpress | 5 Comments

Best free online file converter cum video downloader

By Ajith | Published: May 7, 2008

Last week I posted about ZAMZAR the Free online file converter. ZAMZAR had a better paid version too. If ZamZar was amazing here is another free online file conversion, video downloading and file sending tool which can be called the big daddy of it all. YouConvertIt allows you to do everything ZAMAR did plus a [...]

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Edit, File, Free, Service | 3 Comments

Yahoo search suggest, a step ahead of Google

By Ajith | Published: May 2, 2008

Google had added a Search suggest feature in their Google Labs some time ago. It will show autocomplete terms as you typed in your search term. But the feature was never added to the standard google interface. Here is a screen shot of Google Suggest feature in Google labs. But this time Yahoo has added [...]

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Free online file converter

By Ajith | Published: April 30, 2008

ZAMZAR is an online service which allows you to convert between many different file and media types. All this can be done for free when many softwares that lets you convert only between limited filetypes will blow a hole in your pocket. You can upload the file type to the ZAMZAR servers select the filetype [...]

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Convert, File | 4 Comments

WordPress 2.5.1 update released

By Ajith | Published: April 26, 2008

WordPress has released its new version 2.5.1 It has got many security fixes and some minor bug fixes. You may either replace the security fixed files or do a complete update. The files that were fixed with security issues were – wp-includes/pluggable.php, wp-admin/includes/media.php, and wp-admin/media.php. You can just replace your existing files with the above [...]

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Send free SMS or call any mobile phone across the world

By Ajith | Published: April 25, 2008

A new updated article is available: Send Free SMS Please read it. Remember Mobik the free SMS service that shutdown some time ago? After mobik was closed the site was changed to some bed.travel titled one. Any ways here is a new Service that allows you to send SMS to any Mobile phone in any [...]

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Free, Mobile, Service | 32 Comments