The Microsoft Windows Operating Systems use the AUTORUN.INF file from removable drives in order to know which actions to perform when a new external storage device, such as a USB drive or CD/DVD, is inserted into the PC. The AUTORUN.INF file is a configuration file that is normally located in the root directory of removable media and contains, among other things, a reference to the icon that will be shown associated to the removable drive [...]

In my previous post,I have mentioned that I received notifications on my Airtel Number as SMS.These messages came from the number 600.I was wondering how the service works and this is what I found out.

I found a new free website monitoring service.(via Twitter ) Howsthe.com Website (HTTP) Monitoring Howsthe.com will monitor your websites or web services using the HTTP protocol. If there are any issues reaching your website or if we receive a HTTP status code other than one in the range of 200-300 (status codes), Howsthe.com will notify you by email and/or SMS. We can also search your page content for keywords and notify you if they’re not [...]

Optimzing CSS and Javascript speeds up your site and also helps in reducing bandwith usage. I found 4 plugins which helps you in optimizing CSS and Javascript files of your wordpress site. Wp-Minifier This plugin integrates the Minify engine into your WordPress blog. Once enabled, this plugin will combine and compress JS and CSS files to improve page load time. Minify is a PHP5 app that can combine multiple CSS or Javascript files, compress their [...]

With Windows 7, you now have the option to boot the OS from a VHD, a virtual disk file, instead of a partition. This way, you don’t have to reconfigure your hard drive partitions.
This feature is similar to Ubuntu’s Wubi installer which uses a similar concept to avoid reconfiguring hard drive partitions.
Basically, instead of installing windows 7 to your physical HDD by getting rid of Vista or even dual booting off another partition, you can install to a virtual HDD (in VHD format), and boot off the VHD so you actually get the hardware functionality to play with!!