Google releases iPhone interface for Google Book search

Google releases iPhone interface for Google Book search

Google has just released an iPhone optimised interface for their Book search portal. This brings almost 1.5 million public domain books within easy reach of iPhone/iPod touch owners. The only problem is that unlike other eBook readers available for the iPhone, the user has to be connected and online...
Filed in: Announcements, WebApps
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Clone an Ubuntu system using Synaptic Markings

Clone an Ubuntu system using Synaptic Markings

How many times have you had to reinstall the OS on your computer and then had to install all your favorite pieces of software by hand. I’m sure it’s quite painful. And even more so when you forget to install a couple of software and then have to install them in a crunch when you need them...
Filed in: Linux
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Recover data from an iPhone backup

Recover data from an iPhone backup

My sister lost her iPhone a couple of days back and with that all her contacts, notes and calender entries that she had painstakingly stored on the device. Her only hope of getting all that important data back was the backup that she had taken a couple of days earlier and she asked me to help her out. Well,...
Filed in: Linux, Mac OS X
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January 2009 – Most popular posts

January 2009 – Most popular posts

The first month of 2009 has been a super exciting one. The Palm Pre was demoed at CES, the next version of Android is almost upon us and I managed to publish my first post on MakeTechEasier. With all the fun stuff happening in the tech world, Geeky Ninja has managed to be the only sane place around the...
Filed in: Announcements
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Control firefox with the keyboard using ubiquity

Control firefox with the keyboard using ubiquity

Well, actually, Ubiquity can do a lot more. Ubiquity is a firefox extesion that is can really only be described as a launcher for the Internet, integrated with the web browser, which in this case is Firefox. Confused ? Well, Let me explain. Ubiquity allows you to use your keyboard to give commands to...
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Zim – Desktop based wiki for Linux

Zim – Desktop based wiki for Linux

Applications to help you take and organize notes on your computer are available dime-a-dozen. Linux purists will, ofcourse, give their vote to text editors such as Vim or Emacs but there are also applications such as Tomboy and BasKet available for the non-geeky users that make taking and organizing...
Filed in: Linux
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Search Wikipedia and Google from the Start menu in Vista

Search Wikipedia and Google from the Start menu in Vista

The search function integrated in the Start menu is probably one of the best features in Windows Vista. I use it all the time to search for files on my computer and even as a launcher to launch applications. It also gives an option to search the Internet from the same search box, but the only problem...
Filed in: Windows
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Move your feedburner feeds to Google

Move your feedburner feeds to Google

Google acquired feedburner somewhere in 2007 and since then has been running the service almost unchanged. But, that is going to change soon. The feedburner service (which is also used to manage the feed of this blog) is going to go away sometime over the course of next week and Google is migrating all...
Filed in: WebApps
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Configure Remote Access to your Ubuntu Desktop

Configure Remote Access to your Ubuntu Desktop

Ever tried helping your non-technical friends with their computer problems over phone. If yes, you know how irritating that can be. To solve the problem, Microsoft added an option to one of the Win XP service packs to let remote users take control of your system and made troubleshooting Windows systems...
Filed in: Linux
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Resize images easily with Bulk Image Resizer

Resize images easily with Bulk Image Resizer

Bulk Image Resizer from Mariussoft is a free utility to quickly and easily convert multiple images at the same time. The utility supports the most popular image formats and the resized images are of good quality free from any distortions. The application is pretty simple to use with just a few options....
Filed in: Windows
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