Introduction I am very paranoid when it comes to browsing and computer use. Since I use my laptop a lot for online banking and other important accounts, I need to ensure that I don’t have any viruses, spyware or malware in my system. So I take the following precautions to keep my laptop safe, I [...]

First a clarification – the free in this article stands for "free as in free beer". I am not talking about open source or GNU software, but rather software which you can download without paying a cent (legally of course). I have two computers at home and on the main desktop I have Windows XP [...]

Introduction Indian government is yet to give 3G band licenses for mobile access. Yet months before that BSNL has introduced 3G in the form of wireless EVDO broadband service (the advantages of being a public sector company!). It is only available in select cities in India and offers download speeds up to 2mbps! But if [...]