Archive for August, 2007

AOL + MTNL = aol.mtnl.in

Published by ud on August 23, 2007 in Internet. 0 Comments

MTNL has recently entered into a strategic alliance with Time Warner’s portal division AOL to launch a portal aol.mtnl.in. AOL will bring its services and content to the MTNL customers in India via this co-branded portal. It will offer AOL services like

  • easy to use email
  • instant messenger
  • live content, news, videos and music

Some of the MTNL services in the pact will be:

  • games
  • tariff plans
  • costumer care

Nokia Recalls 46 Million Batteries

Published by Nipon on August 15, 2007 in Mobile. 5 Comments

Some 46 million Nokia batteries have put phone users at risk. These are BL-5C batteries, only those that were manufactured by Japan’s Matsushita Battery Industrial Co between December 2005 and November 2006. The problem is the battery up heats while charging and explodes. There has been some 100 overheating incidents all over the world, though no serious injuries were reported.

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HOW TO: Show Post Excerpts In Your Wordpress Blog Archives

Published by Nipon on August 6, 2007 in Web Publishing. 1 Comment

It is a good idea to show post excerpts in the month, category and author archives of your Wordpress blog. When a user visits an archive page he will only see the first few lines of the post and if interested may proceed to read entire article(s). This besides being more user-friendly will serve two goals, firstly more pageviews and secondly no duplicate content on your site. Continue reading ‘HOW TO: Show Post Excerpts In Your Wordpress Blog Archives’

Windows Media Player Can’t Play Files With Compressed ID3 Header

Published by Nipon on August 4, 2007 in Software and Windows. 0 Comments

I had downloaded some mp3 tracks over torrent. All files played fine. Next time I tried playing, WMP refused to play them. Seeking help from web I found out the problem is due to compressed ID3 tag info. Continue reading ‘Windows Media Player Can’t Play Files With Compressed ID3 Header’

Ban Karo! Social Spam Filtering

Published by ud on August 4, 2007 in India, Internet and Mobile. 0 Comments

Recently TRAI had launched Do-Not-Call registry to protect your cell-phones from being bombarded by the telemarketing calls. So be it a credit card company or a travel agency or wait maybe a holiday package that is being going to be offered to you on the other side of the phone, you can still be spammed, at least thats my belief in TRAI.

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Stay Away From Malicious Torrent Clients

Published by Nipon on August 3, 2007 in Software. 1 Comment

Beware of malicious BitTorrent clients. These clients fool you promising fast downloads but actually install adware bundles that can’t be uninstalled easily. Continue reading ‘Stay Away From Malicious Torrent Clients’