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Friends, I am planning to buy a mobile phone with a budget of maximum 20K. Please suggest me a phone based on your choice. Below are my requirements: Brand: Nokia (Most Preferred)/Sony Ericsson/Motorola/Samsung Features: Connectivity: GPS, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, 3G(Optional). Camera: >3 MP...

Hi, I am planning to travel to Mumbai to meet my girlfriend. I am planning to take a train from Bangalore on 13th August and will be arriving in Mumbai on 14th. I shall be staying in Mumbai till 18th and will leave on 19th Morning by flight. Since I consider all of you as very good freinds...

Recently I purchased a Windows mobile powered handset from Motorola. The model is Motorola Q 9h which is a smartphone loaded with many applications. As internet is ubiquitous these days, even on mobile you need a way to connect to the internet to access e-mails, read news, get stock quotes etc...

Hi, I have recently purchased a Motorola Q9h windows mobile based smartphone. I want to surf the internet and access e-mail on this. I have activated the AirTel GPRS (Rs. 99/- p.m.) service, but I am unable to connect to internet. I have contacted AirTel helpline, but the call centre...

A few into after starting with Perl, I have managed to write a small and simple perl game. It does not do big things but can be used as a timepass. The idea is about guessing a random number correctly. Every time you run the program, it will create a random number between 1 to 100. As you enter...

Hi, As we know, Linux is all about freedom and sharing with others. We have a few Linux Users Groups (LUG) in India to help other Linux users and newbies getting started with Linux. With so many Linux enthusiasts in this forum, let's start a new LUG to help other people. Now, by help I do...

Hi, This is thread I am starting to discuss all about Kolkata, Calcutta and Bengali culture. From Ilish (Hilsa) to Mohun Bagan, from City Center to Coffee House, from Bookfair to Nandigram, discuss everything you want to discuss about Kolkata or Bengali's. Starting with a list of Bengali...

Google search is now available over IPv6 at ipv6.google.com (you'll need an IPv6 connection to view it). While IPv4 provides about four billion IP addresses — not enough to assign one to every one of Earth's more than six billion inhabitants — IPv6 provides enough address space to assign almost...

Hi, I have seen many people here posting about tutorials on programming languages. So, I have decided to put together a list of pointers to online resources for programming purposes. All the resources listed below are free to anyone interested. I will be adding to the list as and when I come...

Hi, I am using Ubuntu Hardy Heron. I have installed the KDE package from the repository. After this, the boot splash screen is showing the blue Kubuntu logo instead of Ubuntu. Please suggest how I can get back the earlier Ubuntu splash screen without uninstalling KDE.

Hi, After so many days of hesitation, I have finally switched to Linux with the help of Ubuntu Hardy Heron and Wuvi installer. Kudos to the Ubuntu team for providing such a simple installer for people like me who were afraid of losing their windows partition during Linux install otherwise...

Hi, I am thinking about learning Perl. Can you please point me to a good book to start with. I have a bit of programming language knowledge but I want to start from basics.

Google has come up with a better and shiny April Fool's Day prank this year with the announcement of Virgle. The project claims to have a goal of creating a human establishment in Mars over next 100 years. It also has created a webpage dedicated to the project. Official announcement by Sir...

My friend is coming to bangalore with his wife and family. Can anybody suggest me a safe and good hotel in Bangalore. Also the budget is less than 1000 Rs per day for a double bed room (non A/C).

I am planning to invest in a new car due to the bad state of public transportation in Bangalore. This will be my first car. I will be using the car primarily for home to office transportation and for some little outing on weekends. I have done some research on the sites and magazines and have...

If you like listening to old hindi songs, lets share your favorite songs and singer here. As for me, I am a huge fan of Kishore Kumar. My favorites are: 1. Roop Tera Mastana 2. Yeh Shaam Mastani 3. Chingadi Koi Bhadke 4. Mera Jeevan Kora Kaagaz 5. Aanewala Pal And many others...

Hi, I want to purchase a few software like Kaspersky Antivirus and others. I don't want to buy from the internet. Does anybody know a place or shop in Bangalore which sells legitimate software.

I am looking to purshase music CDs for hindi/bengali songs online or from a music store. Please let me know of any good website from where I can buy the CDs. I have seen a few sites but the collection is limited there. Also it would be of help if you can let me know of a good music shop in...

Macs are for those who don't want to know why their computer works. Linux is for those who want to know why their computer works. DOS is for those who want to know why their computer doesn't work. Windows is for those who don't want to know why their computer doesn't work. :D:D:D

I have a 120GB hard drive with Vista installed. Some time back I had created a partion of 10 GB using the Vista disk manager. Now by some mistake, I have deleted the partion and I can't see the 10GB space anywhere in Windows. Can anybody please tell me what is the problem or how can I get back...