Yesterday, Google announced on it's official blog that CHROME is the next OS for netbooks.


After I went through their announcement, I found that they're more focused on speed,simplicity and security. They're working with big names like Acer, Adobe, ASUS, Freescale, Hewlett-Packard, Lenovo, Qualcomm, Texas Instruments, and Toshiba. I've not read a single word on multimedia. Operating System, as a definitive term, is evolving or being changed by group of people. Anyone expecting to play around with fullblown content on Google OS, forget about it. Speed, simplicity and security has lots of restrictions being put up.

Google Chrome sounds good for people on the go, who need nothing more than information real quick, be able to communicate faster than ever and has nothing to do with gaming and multimedia rich stuff like that.

On top of that Google Chrome(Browser turned/termed OS) is being built on Linux kernel. So, it'll be the one of those Linux variations. It's just to see how Google would end up making it up hasslefree.

And, I'm one of those guys who extremely hate Linux for desktop use. Google might change that view towards Linux. Time will tell.

Granted, It's Free and open source project, there is no harm trying it next year. You've no moral rights to file complain if anything went wrong while using free OS albeit there is wide array of community based support which I again think sucks. But, what this also means the affordability. You might end up paying 20%-30% less on the same computer.

For now, I'm holding on to Windows 7, waiting for it to be released on Oct 22nd, no matter what.


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Gmail has removed 'Beta' tag from it's site. It has removed this tag after hanging on it for more than 5 years.

Gmail was splended even when it was BETA, I felt no BETA experience then and it's still splended ever after ridding that BETA thing. In a way, it was just meaningless and so used to with it, it felt almost invisible to my retinas.


It's Google's blog where I read that they announced "Google Apps is out of beta".

Well, nothing much to write about.


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I know every PC technician has their own ways to solve the problems and help their customers. I'm sharing mine.

What Can I do? I can fix computers,laptops,cellphones,repair damaged motherboards,networking,webdesign,flyers,banners,Graphic designing,Video Editing,assembling,overclocking, etc etc...(I forgot what I can do..)

What are my tools:


As a tech guy, I always think about software and hardware part.

Let me first go with the software part:

1. Ultimate Live BootCD for Windows: This is the Windows XP version of BootCD with lots of pre-compiled helpful tools to solve much of the problems. I used PEBuilder to create this BootCD and You must have Windows XP CD with you to have this BootCD. Detail instruction can be found here.

2.Gparted : This is a freeware ISO that you can download and burn as a bootable disc. I always and always keep this with me. This linux GUI tool helps you to manage partitions without hampering a data on the hard drive. I mean, you can resize your partitions without deleting data on it. Be it new harddrive or old drive, it takes care of partitions very nicely. Read thoroughly the instructions before using this tool. It could be disastrous if you don't know what you're doing esp using softwares like this. It's very easy to master though.

3. Acronis True Image Boot CD : I kick Norton's Ass for Imaging Solution and rather pats Acronis for the job. Acronis True Image Boot CD is my another Tool which I always keep with me. It saves time when I've to install OS on many systems with identical configuration. Besides, I use this for incremental image backup of my own systems. Just in case, my harddrive fails.

4. CPU-Z : This little software gives you all the details about make and model of your CPU,Memory and BIOS. You don't need to peek into your system with that petty light to read the microscopic letters off those chips. L2 Cache,Core speed,FSB,Northbridge/SouthBridge,multiplier,... Stop looking inside the casing.. Kiddos.

5.GPU-Z : If you are into GPU overclocking then you'd know what this little software is all about. GPU-Z shows all the information related to your Graphic Processing Unit(GPU),gives you wholesome idea on the power of your Graphics Card.

6. Everest Home Edition Freeware : I've tried so many diagnostic softwares and this one is my favorite. I use this to take a quick look into the system. Gives you wholesome idea about your system.

7. DriverMax : I still remember the days when I used to peek into the casing and take a note of model number of my sound card, then search for it's driver and download/install. Well, it's passe. Softwares like DriverMax does the job of finding drivers for unknown/undetected devices. It's very easy now a days.

8. Secunia Personal Software Inspector 1.5 : This one is new in the business. Windows update is not enough, you are still vulnerable if your other non-MS softwares are gone unpatched. This is where Secunia's Software Inspector comes to the rescue. It checks all the software and collects if there is any update to install.

9. HDDlife : It's the data that's more valuable that the harddrive itself. HDDlife verifies your Harddrive's performance all the time using SMART technology. If your harddrive is about to fail, it gives you ultimatum so that you could backup soonest as possible. This software could save fortune for many. I like it personally and have it on my system.

And, I've collection of security softwares like antivirus, antispywares, etc. I also possess data recovery softwares just in case to recover deleted images from Camera's memory card.

On hardware part:

10. PCI Diagnostic/POST card: It gives out certain code which means something related with the system's problem. It helps me save time while troubleshooting. This is a PCI card which could be inserted into PCI slot of the system and displays the error code on it's display panel. Mine is combo, I can use it on Laptop as well as desktop. Parallel port is used if I've to check issue on Laptop. If codes are suspicious I go with the manual ways. Checking stuff one by one but first of, I give POST card a good try which in most cases has helped me a lot.

11. Multimeter,solder unit: To check if proper voltage in/out is maintained or not or in some cases fault finding of the board or to replace the bumped capacitors using a solder. I haven't got chance to use this as much as screw drivers.


12. Screw driver: I've screw drivers of all shape and size. Pliers,twizzer are few to name. I could open big casing to cell phone with my screw drivers. I also put set of nuts and bolts with it just in case.

13. No battery Hand-crank flash light(not the fleshlight f**kers): Some times, I really have to see inside the system and this flash light saves big time. What more, it's no battery, run on dynamo principle. Just crank it for few minutes and get at least an hour or more light.

14. Hand Vacuum : For cleaning, blowing dust inside the system. Nothing much of a use other than that. Oh yeah, when I cut my hair, I suck it up using this thing. That is it's another use.

15. Netbook w/wireless internet: I keep this with me when I've to troubleshoot. I've pay as you go wireless internet USB and I use it only when needed. When I'm into someone's house, and then I forget that registry entry, I quickly log into the net and find the solutions using my Acer netbook. Saved me bigtime. Kindda looks geeky with those netbook internet.

16. Cables: I've all sort of spare USB cables,Network cables,Sata/Pata/VGA/power splitter/etc cables. I keep this with me because sometimes even a bad cable gives heck of a headache. Only solution is to replace and it works like a charm.

17. External Harddrive/Pen drive: I've 2 external pocket USB hard drive, and 2 8 GB kingston pen drive. These are useful at times for urgent backup and restore. I've useful tools loaded on my pen drives all the time.

Okay folks, these are the weapons in my arsenal which lots of tech guys are reluctant to share with normal users. I believe in sharing knowledge. If you've yours, email me.


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When Google was in it's infancy almost 11 years ago, I then felt the tremendous growth of it. I'm kind of having same feeling for Bing after long time.

"Bing is a search engine that finds and organizes the answers you need so you can make faster, more informed decisions." That's what Microsoft has to say. When searched online for the meaning of Bing, it's Chinese Flatbread and I don't really know if it really has to do anything with it. CEO Steve Ballmar thinks it's short and sweet. To me, it's catchy. Let's Bing.

Bing went online on June 3rd, 2009 and I was quite reluctant to write about it and it's possibilities. But after a month of use, I could say Bing is as terrific as Google.

It's not surprising to read stories like how fast Bing is growing helping Microsoft to gain it's market share. Proves Bing is taking on everyone.

One killer aspect of Bing is that it keeps showing you one impacting image from all around the globe. I've known things which I've never known before after using Bing. Bing is kind of educator. Just hover your cursor down below on the right where there is © symbol and You'll get to know what it is all about. To use slide show image of the day from past, it imposes you to download silverlight(A contender to Flash - I don't really understand what SilverLight has when Flash has it all. )

Bing is pretty much organized and very fast to index. Google has not yet finished crawling my updated personal site whereas Bing already indexed my updated site. FYI, I updated my personal site just a week ago.

Bing shows my updated Site on it's search result

Google still is showing the same old stuff, hasn't indexed my new site yet.

If you've not heard of Bing, it's time to Bing. Go Bing.


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Not really, but you can have that dock in your Windows GUI. Drag and drop your favorite applications to the dock and you are all set.

You can layout your dock in any side; top,left,right,bottom of your screen.

Rocketdock in action

This nifty program is far more efficient than any other paid programs of the same genre which tried to mimic the Mac's GUI. To be true, it increased my efficiency while working.

Forget about lame Quick Launch, or any other Windows Shortcut tricks you've been using. This little software will do the magic.

Astonishingly, this is FREEWARE.

Go to Author's Site(Review/Download):


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