These days, the spread of wireless Internet is occurring so quickly that it can almost be difficult to keep up with. As few as five or ten years ago, it was a new technology to be able to connect to the Internet without any cords or cables… now, it is almost strange to see someone using a cable, whether at home, at a café, or practically anywhere. This is of course due to expanding wireless technology, the invention of 3G and now 4G networks, and the spread of smart phones and tablet devices. If you are considering joining in, or if you simply want to switch your wireless provider, visit wirelessinternet.net for some information about different wireless Internet providers.

Many people are under the false impression that only major cell phone distributors offer wireless service. Because Apple products are such a large part of the wireless phenomenon in that their devices are very popular and are wireless-capable, people seem to sometimes assume that AT&T and Verizon (Apple’s partners) are the only widespread wireless providers. However, while these companies do indeed support widespread wireless networks, there are also other options out there when you are searching for a wireless provider. More importantly, however, there are multiple emerging leaders in the 4G market, in terms of types of service:

LTE Wireless: LTE is essentially a version of 4G that is mostly attributed to Verizon, and which covers an extremely broad range, allowing its customers to access the 4G network from an ever-increasing number of locations.

WiMax: WiMax is another 4G service, offered chiefly by Clear Wireless, as well as Sprint. WiMax is the main competitor with LTE for 4G supremacy, as both networks bring you fast and reliable 4G service all over the country. While Clear is less well known to some people than its main rival, it is respected as an innovative and dependable wireless option.

Of course, there is more to know about the above listed services, but these are a few details to help get you started. Choosing the right wireless service is important, as you will likely depend on it quite often. So, before switching networks or even trying wireless Internet for the first time, do some thorough research and find out which network and which specific wireless package is best for your situation. Before long, you will be able to connect from just about anywhere, at any time, on a variety of wireless capable devices.

Printing and suddenly the printer stops responding…err! Let me print that file again but Print jobs have clogged up my printer queue and hang my printing process!

The answer looks easy to cancel a print job in the queue – you simply right-click it and select “cancel,” after which the print job status says “Deleting”. So now you can go ahead and print that document! But wait.. the system seems to have hanged and the jobs won’t delete!

Sounds like a common problem isn’t it?

How to force delete print jobs? Print Jobs- stuck/won’t cancel/won’t delete? Let me share a easy tutorial to Delete all pending print jobs from printer spool.

1) Go to Control Panel

2) Select System and Maintenance

3) Select Administrative Tools

4) Double-click on Services

5) In the list of services, scroll down until you find one called “Print Spooler”

6) Right-click on “Print Spooler” and select “Restart”

7) The “Deleted” jobs will disappear and any queued jobs in your print queue will print

Just like Aircel going ahead to be the first to launch plans for the iPhone4, Airtel too jumped the bandwagon and launched city/zone based plans for iPhone users.

The pricing/plans for iPhone remains almost the same like what other mobile operators like Aircel offers.

The iPhone 16 GB is offered at Rs. 34,500 and 32 GB is Rs. 40,900 with Airtel.

Say you purchase an iPhone from Airtel you are offered around 50% discount in their postpaid plans while in prepaid extra credits (50%) are loaded back in your card (monthly).

iPhone 4 with Airtel (Postpaid) has various monthly rental options;

Plan 600 Postpaid iPhone 4 Airtel:
Offer duration – 24 months
Monthly offer charges – Rs. 600
A2A local minutes – 550 mins
Local SMS – 500 sms
Data (3G) – 300 MB
Rental discount – Rs. 300
–
Your monthly offer charges Rs. 600
Your monthly discount Rs. 300
Your monthly saving 50%
Your savings in 24 months Rs. 7200
–

Plan 800 Postpaid iPhone 4 Airtel:
Offer duration – 24 months
Monthly offer charges – Rs. 800
A2A local minutes – 700 mins
Local SMS – 750 sms
Data (3G) - 400 MB
Rental discount – Rs. 400
–
Your monthly offer charges Rs. 800
Your monthly discount Rs. 400
Your monthly saving 50%
Your savings in 24 months Rs. 9600
–

Plan 1000 Postpaid iPhone 4 Airtel:
Offer duration – 24 months
Monthly offer charges - Rs. 1000
A2A local minutes – 950 mins
Local SMS – 1000 sms
Data (3G) - 600 MB
Rental discount - Rs. 500
–
Your monthly offer charges Rs. 1000
Your monthly discount Rs. 500
Your monthly saving 50%
Your savings in 24 months Rs. 12000
–

Plan 1200 Postpaid iPhone 4 Airtel:
Offer duration – 24 months
Monthly offer charges - Rs. 1200
A2A local minutes – 1050 mins
Local SMS – 1250 sms
Data (3G) - 800 MB
Rental discount - Rs. 600
–
Your monthly offer charges Rs. 1200
Your monthly discount Rs. 600
Your monthly saving 50%
Your savings in 24 months Rs. 14400
–

Plan 1400 Postpaid iPhone 4 Airtel:
Offer duration – 24 months
Monthly offer charges - Rs. 1400
A2A local minutes – 1250 mins
Local SMS – 1500 sms
Data (3G) - 950 MB
Rental discount - Rs. 700
–
Your monthly offer charges Rs. 1400
Your monthly discount Rs. 700
Your monthly saving 50%
Your savings in 24 months Rs. 16800
–

Plan 1600 Postpaid iPhone 4 Airtel:
Offer duration – 24 months
Monthly offer charges - Rs. 1600
A2A local minutes – 1400 mins
Local SMS – 1750 sms
Data (3G) - 1150 MB
Rental discount - Rs. 800
–
Your monthly offer charges Rs. 1600
Your monthly discount Rs. 800
Your monthly saving 50%
Your savings in 24 months Rs. 19200
–

Plan 2000 Postpaid iPhone 4 Airtel:
Offer duration – 24 months
Monthly offer charges - Rs. 2000
A2A local minutes – 1900 mins
Local SMS – 2000 sms
Data (3G) - 1350 MB
Rental discount - Rs. 1000
–
Your monthly offer charges Rs. 2000
Your monthly discount Rs. 1000
Your monthly saving 50%
Your savings in 24 months Rs. 24000
–

iPhone 4 with Airtel (Prepaid) has various monthly rental options;

Plan 600 Prepaid iPhone 4 Airtel:
Number of recharges – 24
Recharge value - Rs. 600
Monthly offer charges - Rs. 544
Service tax @10.3% – Rs. 56
A2A local minutes – 550 mins
Local SMS – 500 sms
Data (3G) - 300 MB
Credit Back into Main A/C – Rs. 272
–
Your monthly offer charges Rs. 544
Your monthly discount Rs. 272
Your monthly saving 50%
Your savings in 24 months Rs. 6528
–

Plan 1000 Prepaid iPhone 4 Airtel:
Number of recharges – 24
Recharge value – Rs. 1000
Monthly offer charges – Rs. 907
Service tax @10.3% – Rs. 93
A2A local minutes – 950 mins
Local SMS – 1000 sms
Data (3G) - 600 MB
Credit Back into Main A/C – Rs. 454
–
Your monthly offer charges Rs. 907
Your monthly discount Rs. 454
Your monthly saving 50%
Your savings in 24 months Rs. 10896
–

Plan 1600 Prepaid iPhone 4 Airtel:
Number of recharges – 24
Recharge value – Rs. 1600
Monthly offer charges - Rs. 1451
Service tax @10.3% – Rs. 149
A2A local minutes – 1400 mins
Local SMS – 1750 sms
Data (3G) - 1150 MB
Credit Back into Main A/C – Rs. 726
–
our monthly offer charges Rs. 1451
Your monthly discount Rs. 726
Your monthly saving 50%
Your savings in 24 months Rs. 17424
–

Plan 2000 Prepaid iPhone 4 Airtel:
Number of recharges – 24
Recharge value – Rs. 2000
Monthly offer charges – Rs. 1813
Service tax @10.3% – Rs. 187
A2A local minutes – 1900 mins
Local SMS – 2000 sms
Data (3G) - 1350 MB
Credit Back into Main A/C – Rs. 907
–
Your monthly offer charges Rs. 1813
Your monthly discount Rs. 907
Your monthly saving 50%
Your savings in 24 months Rs. 21768
–

As I said earlier Airtel is offering city/zone based plans, the above mentioned plans apply for Mumbai.

Airtel iPhone 4 Plans and Aircel iPhone 4 Plans are almost the same with similar pricing, hopefully other operators will soon announce some different plans for iPhone 4 users in India.

iPhone 4 the wait is finally over and it makes its mark in India. Surprisingly Aircel becomes one of the very first operators to announce some fabulous plans for iPhone 4 users.

Aircel takes over Bharti Airtel and other leading operators in terms of promotions, advertising their plans in almost every leading newspapers across the country.

iPhone 4, You get your money back, when you buy from Aircel. With Aircel’s incredible money back plans you can recover up to 100% of your iPhone 4 cost over a period of 2 years. With these Aircel iPhone plans, you get a fixed discount on your monthly mobile bills upfront. This, when totaled over 24 months will add up to the cost of your iPhone 4.

iPhone 4 is available at Aircel stores, Apple stores, Shopper’s stop, Reliance Digital, Croma and many more outlets.

You can also call 121 or send Aircel an SMS to 5800 000 (Toll free) and fix an appointment to get a personalized demonstration at the nearest Aircel Store.

Aircel Postpaid plans -

The iPhone 4 with Aircel is available in the following postpaid plans:

		Advantage Plans 50% Money Back		Premium Plans 100% Money Back
	Plan	16GB	32GB	16GB	32GB
	iPhone Cost (MRP in Rs)	34,500	40,900	34,500	40,900
	Activation Charge	NIL
	Monthly Rental (in Rs)	1119	1359	2139	2510
	Monthly Discount (for 24 months)	720	860	1440	1710
	You Save in 2yrs. (in Rs)	24×720=17280	24×860=20640	24×1440=34560	24×1710=41040
	Monthly net payment	399	499	699	800
	Free Local minutes	1250	1500	2000	2250
	FREE SMS (Local + National)	500		1000
	Free 3G Data	350MB	500MB	750MB	1GB
	Value of freebies	1245	2225	1500	2550

CLIP/Local CUG free in all the plans, 3G speed on aircelnet APN is 3.6Mbps and 7.2Mbps. Aircel Tariffs Plans: local to Local call on any network Rs.0.01/sec., STD call to any network Rs.0.01/sec., SMS (Local/National) Rs. 0.50/SMS, SMS(ISD) Rs.5/sms, Roaming as per normal tariffs, 2G GPRS Rs.0.10/10Kb.

Aircel Prepaid plans -
The iPhone 4 with Aircel is available in the following prepaid plans:

The above plans are default 2G plans. To activate 3G, SMS ‘Start 3G’ to 121 from your Aircel phone.

There is a new APN created for Apple iPhone users – Aircelnet. The QOS for Aircel APN is:

Aircel Postpaid:
a) 100% subsidy plans- 7.2 mbps (downlink) and 3.6 Mbps (uplink)
b) 50% subsidy plans – 3.6 Mbps (downlink) and 1.8 Mbps (uplink)
Aircel Prepaid: 3.6 mbps (downlink) and 1.8mbps (uplink)

Aircel offers an excellent offer for exiting iPhone users; if customer is an existing iPhone customer, can he take Apple plans from Aircel.

Normally Access Point Name (APN) setting in an iPhone is pretty easy but here’s some information;

On your iPhone go to Settings >> General >> Network – Now tap cellular data network – Enter Your APN in the ‘APN’ section.

Aircel APN settings for iPhone:

Aircel APN – aircelgprs / aircelgprs.com

Vodafone India APN settings for iPhone:

Vodafone India APN – portalnmms / www

BPL Mobile / Loop Mobile APN settings for iPhone:

BPL Mobile APN/Loop Mobile APN – www

Airtel APN settings for iPhone:

Airtel APN – airtelgprs / airtelgprs.com

BSNL APN settings for iPhone:

BSNL APN – bsnlnet

MTNL APN settings for iPhone:

MTNL APN Postpaid (Delhi) –
2G GPRS (Postpaid) # gprsmtnldel
3G postpaid # mtnl3g
HSDPA postpaid # mtnlhsdpa

MTNL APN Postpaid (Mumbai) –
2G GPRS (Postpaid) # gprsmtnlmum
3G postpaid # mtnl3g
HSDPA postpaid # mtnlhsdpa

MTNL APN Prepaid (Delhi) –
2G GPRS (Prepaid) # gprsppsdel
3G Prepaid # pps3g
HSDPA Prepaid # ppshsdpa

MTNL APN Prepaid (Mumbai) –
2G GPRS (Prepaid) # gprsppsmum
3G Prepaid # pps3g
HSDPA Prepaid # ppshsdpa

Idea APN settings for iPhone:

Idea APN – imis / internet

Tata Docomo APN settings for iPhone:

Tata Docomo APN – TATA.DOCOMO.INTERNET

Reliance APN settings for iPhone:

Reliance APN – rcomnet

Videocon APN settings for iPhone:

Videocon APN – vinternet.com / vgprs.com

Uninor APN settings for iPhone:

Uninor APN – uninor

If trying to use a laptop to connect to the internet using other handset’s normally the access number will be *99# or *99***1# depending on your mobile network operator.

Note: The above information is based on research and may change from time-to-time to which the author has no control. Use the information at your own risk, the author does not take the responsibility of the same.

Hostgator on May 24 2011 officially announced its operations in India promising top notch performance servers hosted locally in India.

The advantage for sites mainly with Indian traffic would be low latency and access time. With the network path being very short and the one that never travels out of India, an international broken backbone will never affect traffic/access to your sites.

The access times for sites hosted on such low latency network from within India and the Asian region is very fast. Also other account functions such as access to Cpanel/WHM, Emails, FTP etc see very fast speeds compared to overseas hosted websites.

Hostgator Plans for India are same as those offered by Hostgator US just that one needs to pay service tax charged @ 10.30% as imposed by Indian tax authorities.

Hostgator also offer 24×7 localized support for the Indian Operations via helpdesk, live chat and phones.

Hostgator India is offering a 7 day beta test of their shared hosting accounts on their Indian servers for people who want to test the speed and access times of their Indian servers. You can email them at sales@hostgator.in to request a beta testing account.

Visit: Hostgator

Coming to the actual facts and my review towards Hostgator India would be:

Why on Earth will I want to pay 10.30% more than what I pay to Hostgator US?

Why should I pay the INR to USD difference to my bank/credit card company to pay for their plans on their Indian hosting?

Their setup is still in the initial stages with the affiliate system not in place.

Hostgator India can be a big blow to other Indian Hosting companies since they have entered their space now moreover Hostgator is known for eating up their competitors!

With an office in Nashik – Maharashtra, I’d love an invitation to their space to check out how secured is their server space with our data!

RIM’s BlackBerry PlayBook is up for pre-order in the UK with a release date of June 16.

Sources suggest the pricing for the PlayBook would be at £399 for the 16GB, WiFi-only model (matches Apple’s 16GB iPad 2 WiFi in the UK).

RIM’s 32GB PlayBook will be available from £479, while the 64GB model will be £559.

There is no confirmation about the 3G version though.

RIM’s BlackBerry PlayBook features include:

• 1 GHz dual-core processor
• 1 GB RAM
• 3 MP high-definition forward-facing camera
• 5 MP high-definition rear-facing camera



• Codec support for superior media playback, creation and video calling
• 1080p HD video; H.264, MPEG4, WMV HDMI video output
• Micro USB and Micro HDMI ports
• 7″ LCD display, 1024 x 600 screen resolution
• 0.94 lbs (425g)
• Multi-touch capacitive screen
• Full Adobe® Flash® 10.1 enabled



Visit: Pre-Order Page | BlackBerry PlayBook UK

I use LOOP Mobile (BPL Mobile), Airtel, Vodafone, Aircel and I always get confused with it comes to checking the balance of my mobile service operator.

I have therefore decided to make an easy to remember guide and share it with everyone too.

How to check Balance in Reliance Mobile:

• Dial *367 or SMS ‘BAL’ to 53670
• Dial *367# From Your Reliance Mobile to Check Account Balance.

How to check Balance in Loop Mobile (BPL Mobile):

• Balance Inquiry (On Screen): *100#
• Balance Inquiry (IVR): 50501

How to check Balance in Vodafone:

• Key in *141# on your Vodafone India mobile phone and press OK.

How to check Balance in Aircel:

• To check the balance and validity on your Aircel Prepaid connection, kindly dial 123 or send BAL to 121.
• Key in *125# on your Aircel mobile phone and press OK.

How to check Balance in Airtel:

• Key in *123# on your Airtel mobile phone and press OK.

How to check Balance in Idea Cellular:

• Key in *130# on your Idea Cellular mobile phone and press OK.

How to check Balance in BSNL Mobile:

• Key in *123# on your BSNL mobile phone and press OK.

How to check Balance in MTNL Mobile (Trump mobile / Dolphin mobile):

• Key in *444# on your MTNL mobile phone and press OK.
• Dial balance enquiry number “444″ to get the balance Talk time.

How to check Balance in Tata Docomo:

• Press *111# and press ok
• Call 12525 and follow instructions

How to check Balance in Tata Indicom:

• To check the balance in the account, please dial 12527 from your mobile phone and you will get your balance details from the IVR.

How to check Balance in Virgin Mobile:

• Dial 125555 and then press 2

How to check Balance in Spice Mobile:

• Dial 456 to hear you account balance and validity
• Dial *456# to see the balance and validity

How to check Balance in Uninor Mobile:

• You can check your prepaid balance on your Uninor phone by dialing *222*2#

Note: The above information is based on research and may change from time-to-time to which the author has no control. Use the information at your own risk, the author does not take the responsibility of the same.

I am sure every ‘normal’ internet user does know about static ip. For all those who still don’t know what a static ip is:

A static IP address is one that is bound to a particular interface on a server and is persistent between reboots. This means that a server with a particular static IP address bound to it will always use that IP address for whatever services are being used on that interface.

A fixed (non-dynamic) IP address. Your IP address and host name are recorded in the DNS tables, and remain unchanged each log in.

I had a call recently from Tikona Wi-Broadband guys (no idea from where they got my mobile number from!) telling me about their mind blowing plans and super-sonic speeds, I asked the sales-guy to come up at my place and explain their plans in detail.

Finally he is at my place, I see the plans they don’t seem any different from Airtel Broadband, MTNL Broadband and more.. though I have tried every ISP provider in India (almost) I decided why leave Tikona?

The next thing I ask the sales guy is do you offer static ip address? He looked stunned and out of words, maybe like I asked him is Tikona Broadband available in Mars! He takes his time and finally concludes its best to talk to his senior executive. He repeats my question 4 times to his guy and finally hands me the phone since the guy on the other end wasn’t able to understand what I am asking.

I ask him about static ip address, he tells me yes sir your connection will be good and the speeds will be as promised. I repeat; he says yes sir all connections have ip.

I say thanks and ask the sales guy to contact me after 1 month as I will be out of town.

If you (Tikona) don’t understand what is static ip, how are you going to serve me in future? Senior guys too have no idea about static ip!

I drop the idea to use Tikona Broadband… anyways gives me an idea to blog about my experience!

Image search is probably one of the most important aspects of Google search engine.

Recently Google introduced a system wherein a user who is searching an image doesn’t really need to browse across the website and the image loads in a frame, undoubtedly its a great feature for a user (searcher) but is a big traffic loss for the webmaster.

All webmasters know how important is legitimate traffic but losing that traffic just because your website is in background of that image frame doesn’t really make sense.

A lot of webmasters have implemented a simple script wherein you can break out of frames.

Break-Out-Of-Frames is a WordPress plugin that adds a small piece of javascript code to the head of each web page, so that it can break out of foreign frames.

You can download Break Out Of Frames from here.

For those who aren’t wordpress users or blogger can use the following simple code for the websites to break out of frames ie., redirect image search from google to your post;

<script type=”text/javascript”>
<!--
if (parent.frames.length > 0) { parent.location.href = location.href; }
-->
</script>

Code inclusion needs to be between your <head> </head> section of your website code.

It maybe noted that above method also helps you redirect users to your site from those websites too which use your content in a frame in their websites.