Yashventures

I installed Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise on a computer today and then tried to install D-Link DWL G122 USB WiFi adapter with the drivers that came with the adapter. It didn’t work. Searching for a driver on D-Link’s site turned futile because D-Link has since discontinued the product. Some search on Google and I [...]

Well I am a Windows guy, but heard a lot about ubuntu of late so thought of giving it a try. I was amazed and surprised toknow that Canonical – ununtu’s owner company – sends out free CDs. SO I ordered one. Even Microsoft sends out free trial CDs of their software but you have [...]

For some time now Software as a service – SAAS in short – is generating a lot of buzz. People say its the future. In future you won’t have any desktop applications. Everything will be online, word processing, spreadsheet, entertainment, personal information management, CRM everything will be hosted online. People say Google’s online office applications [...]

I just upgraded Yahoo! messenger. The download and installation took place in the background and it was a smooth upgrade – that’s what I thought for a moment! When I opened up my Internet Explorer I saw Yahoo.com had become my homepage! How can Yahoo! change my browser homepage without asking me? That’s bad! It [...]

I am trying out a new Google service these days – GMail for domain. Google hosted email for your own domain. I have moved the Uconomix.co.in domain’s mails to Google for testing purpose. It looks cool. It comes with all the GMail goodies – excellent web interface, free POP3, built in chat and much more. [...]

I just converted our wired network to a wireless one (Wi-Fi based). It was fun and pretty easy. You just need right mix of networking devices and a bit of knowledge about playing with IPs and stuff. In a typical scenario you’ll need following devices: DSL modem (for Internet connection) – D-Link 502T which was [...]