Your life is more digital than ever! Your identity is indicated by a set of numbers and letters everywhere and each platform or organization identifies you by a different customer number/ account number / email id or mobile number. The best of the face recognition softwares is not half as good as the friendly neighbour-hood… Continue reading The Password Bunker
Password Woes
The first time I came across passwords was in Enid Blyton books where kids get a thrill of using passwords for entry to their play groups. Later I read about secret societies who used passwords and signs to prevent infiltration into their groups. The masonic handshakes were the passwords of the times. These… Continue reading Password Woes
Online Woes
These days major load of the postal department has been taken over by Courier services and E-Commerce and net banking. P & T has become just P . Telegram had gone redundant years back , but only recently has the Govt admitted to the fact and has closed down the service officially. Yet there are… Continue reading Online Woes
Appy Times – First published in Jan 2016
These are times when it is difficult to find someone who is not keenly interacting with a smart phone, be it in a cafeteria or a classroom. Even people of my age, have become ‘touch-savvy’ , if not ‘tech-savvy’. Guys who have problem understanding whats an app, understand and use ‘WhatsApp’ … Continue reading Appy Times – First published in Jan 2016
Is Technology the new God ? First published in AUG 2015
“Uparwala sab dekh raha hai” the saying is as old as the hills, but what’s new in the TV commercial is that ‘Uparwala’ here refers to ‘CP Plus’ CCTV. Earlier days, a child was told “God sees all, knows all, is all powerful and he knows what you are up to , anywhere, any time,… Continue reading Is Technology the new God ? First published in AUG 2015
Pen Drives are Secure First published in May 2015
Ever since the news of ‘Navy War room leaks‘ broke out in 2006 , pen-drive phobia reached such proportions that many senior officers would not touch a pen drive with a barge pole. Ironically use of CDs increased though they can be as much of security hazard as a pen drive. Had pen drives not… Continue reading Pen Drives are Secure First published in May 2015
Genesis of Innovation -First published in mar 2015
What sparks an innovation ? Does it always require a genius ? The other day, I while scrolling through an endless stream of facebook jokes, and I came across this. “ A lady (could have been a gentleman) complained at a computer shop, claiming that the new laptop computer she had bought would not carry… Continue reading Genesis of Innovation -First published in mar 2015
MIGRATION TO LINUX – First published in Feb 2015
MIGRATION TO LINUX An article originally I wrote for Indian Army.. INTRODUCTION 1. Today, we are in information age and we use many electronic devices to meet our information needs. The core component of any electronic device is its operating system. Though there are many types of devices used for computing, Computers have become synonymous… Continue reading MIGRATION TO LINUX – First published in Feb 2015
Booklet printing and The Spirit of Ubuntu – First published in NOv 2014
These days we tend to do more screen reading than traditional book reading. While it is okay to read blogs, news-feeds etc off the screen, certain materials like tutorials and how-tos need to be studied leisurely. Taking printout on A4 sheets is ok, but it is still not so convenient. To have a… Continue reading Booklet printing and The Spirit of Ubuntu – First published in NOv 2014
My E-Bookshelf – First published in Nov 2014
I have often wondered as to why is it that we see no icon on the desktop called ‘My Book-Shelf. ’when ‘My computer‘ is so universal. Is it because computers have replaced books ? Can they ever do that? In my own case, the very first computer, I owned was an AT286 Machine, which… Continue reading My E-Bookshelf – First published in Nov 2014