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The State Of The Social Web

2010-02-23T23:25:00.000+05:30

Rewind. It's the 1990s. The Internet is still a novelty commodity in most parts of the world. People still read paperbacks, hardbacks, newspapers and journals. They still turn to their trusted radio sets, and TVs. Most importantly, the still hang out with their friends. In the real world. Fast Forward to the present. The amount of information entering and exiting our lives each day is phenomenal

iPad Madness: [Part 2] 5 Reasons To Loathe The iPad

2010-02-04T04:34:00.001+05:30

In Part 1 of my series about the iPad, I told you about 5 features that could make it a killer device. However, even the best devices have their own set of cons. Who doesn't remember the first iPhone, which came under a lot of fire because of its inability to handle simple things like copy/pasting, etc. In this article, we take a look at what isn't good about the iPad. It's a big iPhone really!

iPad Madness: [Part 1] 5 Reasons To Love The iPad

2010-02-02T17:04:00.002+05:30

Hello readers! Greatest apologies for not having posted for a month. I was busy giving my exams. A lot of geeky, techie stuff has occurred over the past month and I am dying to get cracking. And first up, we have the iPad. I mean... what better way is there of ending a hiatus than by talking about the latest Apple gizmo on the scene. The Apple iPad was introduced on the 27th January amongst much

Tweak Firefox For A Faster Browsing Experience

2010-01-08T23:36:00.002+05:30

As one of the best and leading browsers in the world, Firefox offers a ton of customization options to its users. Amongst those is the about:config page that you can reach by typing about:config in the address bar. By modifying a few critical settings in the about:config page, you can make your Internet experience a lot faster. Go ahead and change the following settings and see the

This Month In Tech History [January]

2010-01-01T23:17:00.000+05:30

First of all, a very Happy New Year to all you. May 2010 give you tons and tons of success, happiness and good karma. It's the 1st so today we are going to take a look at all things that were important in January in the past. Share this post with your friends by clicking above. Leave your views by clicking on the post title.

Jargon Demystified: Dualbooting

2009-12-31T00:23:00.000+05:30

Us geeks have a penchant for different operating systems. We always want to get our hands dirty with something new, something faster, something just-out. It's part of the adrenaline rush that's so very essential for our tech-happiness. And the one thing that is essential to trying out new OSes, is dual-booting. The worst part about wanting to try out a new OS is the fact that moving to a new OS

WriteMonkey Takes The Monkey Out Of Writing

2009-12-20T14:04:00.002+05:30

Free app WriteMonkey makes it really easy to stay focused on your writing endeavours. As a blogger, I frequently find myself getting distracted by different apps when I least need them. The worst past is that more often than not, these distractions make me lose my train of thought. So, I set out to look for an app that'll give me basic text handling (Notepad-esque), without letting any

3 Timewasters To Make Your Weekend Fun

2009-12-19T19:59:00.000+05:30

The weekend is here and most of us like nothing more than to stretch out and engage in our pursuit of trivial nothings. There's nothing better on a weekend than brewing some Sunday coffee, catching up on the week's top stories, checking social networks, and basically doing nothing at all. And to add to that, you now have Technokracy's recommended timewasters on the Internet. A Timewaster is

Beat Spammers With Disposable Email

2009-12-16T01:31:00.001+05:30

Remember that last time when you really, really wanted that free e-book but were fretting to complete that "one-time, free registration" that promised not to sell your email-id to millions of spammers and businesses worldwide? Remember the feeling of helplessness as you slowly crawled across your keyboard, punching in each key with a growing dread and fearing the worst? Yes, spam can be a

Boost Productivity By Managing Gmail Better

2009-12-13T17:20:00.002+05:30

The Internet has permeated our lives in a clinical, ruthless manner. No matter where we are, we need to be connected. It's reached a point where an hour away from one's email inbox can lead to complete anarchy. I, for one, feel that having a cluttered Inbox severely stresses me out. It's like a pile of work that's pending. At the same time, I also realized that I'm using one of the most

3 Reasons Why I Wouldn't Use Google Wave Yet

2009-12-11T23:54:00.001+05:30

Google took a jab at redefining email when they opened Google Wave to the public earlier this year. Tomes and tomes of, well... webpages, were filled with how awesome a product Google Wave is. The entire Internet seemed to be waving and blipping with excitement. This was about redefining email. About changing how you and I interact. About being awesome as always, the Google way. Don't get me

Cybercrime. And Why You Need To Know About It

2009-12-11T18:19:00.002+05:30

The fact that most computers are vulnerable to malware (viruses, trojan horses, etc.) is no new news. But what is shocking is the alarming rate at which malware is getting more and more sophisticated. The earliest viruses were mere pranks, meant for gags. With time, these viruses started evolving into crazy scripts that did everything from deleting your data, to stealing your identity. Now, more

VMWare Working to Virtualize Smartphones

2009-12-11T12:40:00.001+05:30

Most geeks have, at some point of time or the other, used multiple operating systems at once. We love our Windows environments, our Linux distros, and our Joliclouds. And we love to have them running at once. Well, if VMWare (the pioneers of virtualization) are to be believed, that same goodness is comin to our phones as well. Srinivas Krishnamurti, VMWare's head of mobile phone virtualization,

Extensions Come To Chrome

2009-12-09T15:26:00.015+05:30

Everyone knows that Chrome is an awesome browser. It's fast, it's free and it's Google! But the one advantage Firefox always had over Chrome was extensions. In fact, that's the only reason why a lot of users (including yours truly) didn't make a permanent switch from Firefox to Chrome. But all that is set to change. Google recently made extensions live in Chrome's developer version, and today,

Setup Google DNS For Your Computers

2009-12-05T00:08:00.007+05:30

Update 2: Conclusive results that Google DNS is blazing fast. Update 1: OpenDNS responds to Google's latest offering Holiday season seems to be a time of festivity even amongst Google engineers. Last year, they unleashed a slew of Google Labs features upon the world, each more innovative than the other. It seems like they are upto it again with some useful as well as fun ideas coming through.

Pimp Out Your Email

2009-12-03T22:13:00.003+05:30

Last week, I did a post on making your Desktop look good. If you missed it, read Trick Out Your Desktop To Make It roductive. On a similar, but more vain note, today I am going to talk about making Gmail look good for you. These tweaks, though more of a cosmetic kind, will make your Gmail experience nicer, and more worthwhile. First of all, switch to Firefox. It's one of the safest browsers

This Month in Tech History

2009-12-01T21:59:00.003+05:30

As kids, we were always taught that we are shaped by our past. The same can be said about technology. That lovely feeling of nostalgia that fills us geeks when we look back at how technology has evolved over the years can be really moving. I still remember my first mobile phone (a measly Nokia 5110i. I roll with an N82 now. Sweet!), my first (and only) iPod, the iPod Mini 2G, and my first

Trick Out Your Desktop To Make It Productive

2009-11-28T16:40:00.005+05:30

The desktop is the first thing that greets us when we log into our computers. And it's also probably the most underutilized aspect of our working environment. Most of us (you too, homie!) just dump all our icons and shortcuts onto the desktop and forget about cleaning them up later. Although that approach gets the work done for most of us, it isn't half as productive as it can be. Luckily, you

Technorati Blog Claiming Process

2009-11-27T19:31:00.000+05:30

This post is basically here so that Technorati can verify that I own this blog. I will be publishing more content soon. Technorati Claim Code: MVVN3DKYKGKY

Fishbowl is awesomeness for Facebook!

2009-11-26T15:55:00.001+05:30

Microsoft recently released Silverlight 4, and they showed off its capabilities to the hilt by showing us a cutely titled Facebook client "Fishbowl". Fishbowl essentially provides you with a view of your Facebook account without the ugly bells-and-whistles (read: Suggestions, Highlights et al). It turns down Facebook into what it was supposed to be before social networking overloaded the Internet

3 Things I Miss in Mozilla Firefox

2009-11-25T10:17:00.003+05:30

Everyone knows it. Mozilla Firefox is an awesome product, which shines as a bright beacon (read open-source and free), in an otherwise increasingly commercial software market. Recent stats show that if the number of Firefox users around the world were treated as a country, they would form the third largest country by population, preceded only by China and India. After conquering Antarctica and

Nifty Windows 7 Features

2009-11-23T11:35:00.001+05:30

We've all hated Windows Vista for every torture that it inflicted upon us. And many of us were very skeptical about Windows 7 and whether it would be able to live up to our expectations. Right from the early Betas down to the RTM (Release-to-Manufacture), Microsoft had taken it upon itself to rollback all the Vista-esque pain and provide us with a leaner, meaner computing experience. On October

Chrome OS: Unveiled

2009-11-22T07:49:00.002+05:30

2009 will probably be remembered for major software upgrades, be it the much hyped Windows 7 launch, or the Office 2010 Beta, there's been something in it for everyone. But another area that has really taken off over the past year has been Cloud Computing (very simply put, that's living and doing most of your work online). And that's exactly what Google was hoping to exploit when they announced

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2009-11-21T09:12:00.000+05:30

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Welcome

2009-11-21T09:05:00.001+05:30

You have reached Technokracy (pronounced tech-nau-cre-SEE). No. That's not a typo. Technokracy is the geek's democracy. It aims to be a blog that brings you quality opinions on existing and upcoming technology. Whether you are a novice, or maybe a Geek-guru, Technokracy hopes to whet your appetite for information. You are encouraged to dive deep into the articles that will be published and start