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How to Login automatically to connect net for web browser based authentication

by Saurabh on January 9, 2010

Reliance Broadband is an ISP in India and they use a web browser based authentication system to log the user onto their network. One of their most popular plans the – Night Booster 4X offers 4 times more speed than day for unlimited  downloads from 10PM to 8AM. Now if there was a way to turn on your system at 10PM, automatically login to Asianet and turn your download manager on and then shutdown at 8AM it would have been perfect. The only problem is that the http based authentication system makes it a bit unwieldy to automate. Well not really :-) . I found a bash script to automate this login process. [click to continue…]

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Google related software in one Pack : Download all at Once

by Saurabh on December 23, 2009

If you are a fan of Google products (I must say its getting increasingly hard to come across someone who is not) you might be using Google related software on your computer. As I am about to buy a new computer, I was looking up what is new that Google has to offer. Google Pack is a nice one stop shop to download various Google related software you might want to download in one go. [click to continue…]

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Smarter Fox Firefox add-on to speed up your browsing experiance

December 23, 2009

Smarter Fox is a Firefox browser add-on which does exactly what it claims. It makes your browser a lot more smarter. It quickens up the browsing experience a lot but giving the user a host of options to search and lookup information.

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Find AdSense for feeds directly in Blogger

October 31, 2009

Recently I visited the AdSense for feeds blog of google & I found that now it even easier to configure their blogs to work with FeedBurner and AdSense for Feeds, with just a few clicks, are able to do both at the same time. To set this up, go to Blogger and select the blog [...]

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Google now discover new URLs Using RSS/Atom feeds

October 30, 2009

Hey ! Just what we needed. In its endless efforts to make the life easier for webmasters, Google has now understood that indexing RSS feeds and Atoms could be yet another value addition to their arsenal of indexing tools. Google generally would use incoming links, sitemaps, etc to index new files and websites, and with  [...]

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Yahoo Meme : Yahoo’s New Service Like Twitter.

October 14, 2009

Yahoo! Meme is the new micro-blogging service from Yahoo is now open to all. I decided to check out what was all the fuss was about and came away with mixed feelings. I liked its layout even though it felt a bit like Twitter, the idea of sharing videos, images and audio seems to be [...]

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Try out the unofficial Free Open Source Chrome OS now!

October 14, 2009

Can’t wait anymore to get the ultimate Google product, the Chrome OS, on your PC? Wait no more. Built from SUSE Studios, the Chrome OS Linux basically is a light install of SUSE Linux containing the latest developer build of Chrome for Linux. Although not the official launch from Google, the unofficial Chrome OS Linux [...]

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Microsoft Courier – First Details

September 30, 2009

Courier is a real device, and we’ve heard that it’s in the “late prototype” stage of development. It’s not a tablet, it’s a booklet. The dual 7-inch (or so) screens are multitouch, and designed for writing, flicking and drawing with a stylus, in addition to fingers. They’re connected by a hinge that holds a single [...]

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Windows 7 – $30 for Students

September 20, 2009

Windows 7, the next and most updated operating system for home PC’s is getting closer to release on October 22nd. Coming with new improvements, upgrades and an eye pleasing new “glass” look, the OS should please owners of both powerful and underpowered machines alike. Any student with a valid student email address are eligible to [...]

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MAPTOR Combines a Projector and Mapping GPS Into One

August 26, 2009

Shaving some size and weight off the average GPS handheld or foldable map, MAPTOR, designed by Jin-Sun Park and Seon-keun Park, displays your maps via a pico projector no larger than a tiny flashlight. The concept includes a built-in GPS receiver that provides you with a little red dot of your location, so that you [...]

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