Author Archives: Prithvi Mandava

Cool Timer Helps You Stay on Task

By Prithvi Mandava | Published: September 26, 2008
Windows only: Stop wondering where the time went and start using a timer to be more productive. Cool Timer is a small timer application with three modes: countdown, stopwatch and alarm clock.
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Top defrag utility: IOBit Smart Defrag

By Prithvi Mandava | Published: September 25, 2008
One of the remedies I often recommend for a sluggish system is to defrag the hard drive. For those unfamiliar with the term, defragging involves reorganizing your hard disk by placing files closer together so your operating system can find them more quickly. Your Windows operating system comes with a disk defrag utility of its [...]
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Google Android Demo Video

By Prithvi Mandava | Published: September 22, 2008
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For the geek that has it all comes a desk that can fit it all

By Prithvi Mandava | Published: September 22, 2008
Introducing (well I’m not “introducing” anything really since this thing has been available for at least a few weeks now) the Pro Gaming Table from Digital Edge. Priced at $380, and designed with CH controllers in mind, the Table offers what looks to be eight different platforms.
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Oosah Hosts up to 1TB of Media Online for Free

By Prithvi Mandava | Published: September 20, 2008
Web application Oosah hosts a whopping one terabyte (that’s 1,024 gigabytes) of media online for free. In addition to hosting videos, photos, and music you upload directly to the site, Oosah also integrates with Flickr, Picasa Web Albums, Facebook, and YouTube. Once you’ve connected your accounts, you can actually drag and drop photos between webapps—so, [...]
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Three free alternatives to pricey graphics software

By Prithvi Mandava | Published: September 19, 2008
Why spend big bucks on graphics software when you can get many, if not most, of the same features from freeware? Here are three mui-expensive graphics apps and their free counterparts:
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Top 10 USB Thumb Drive Tricks

By Prithvi Mandava | Published: September 19, 2008
Is that a gigabyte in your pocket? And are you putting it to good use? The explosion of USB thumb drives gives anyone the ability to take some serious file storage space along with their house keys.
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Five killer software freebies you’ve (probably) never heard of

By Prithvi Mandava | Published: September 19, 2008
I don’t know about you, but I’m getting a little spoiled by all the free software out there. Seriously, I feel for the developers working hard to make a buck when there’s so much good freeware. Like these five gems, all of which I use almost daily and love dearly:
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The Indian behind Intel’s super chip

By Prithvi Mandava | Published: September 19, 2008
When Intel launched its first six-core x86 microprocessor – a high-end processor to crunch huge amount of data – designed and developed by its Indian team, there was relief at its India office.
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Trojan masquerades as iPhone game

By Prithvi Mandava | Published: September 19, 2008
Security firm Sophos warned on Thursday that e-mails being circulated on the Web that purport to offer a free iPhone game instead are carrying a Trojan horse that can take control of infected Windows machines.
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