Do you even remember this? (http://www.mylivesearch.com/). I didn’t until a moment ago when I saw a cover of a TV series and remembered about this in an eerie way. Whatever became of this, I think I can safely say this is pretty much dead. It came out back in May 2007 and more than 2 years later it is still in beta. And a Google search gives less hits than it would give on my name (Don’t believe me? try it). This came as a direct opponent to Google search. It touted to redefine the way search results are found. It complained that Google results are outdated and it will give you the most...

Linux doesn’t always enjoy the love of hardware manufacturers. But it is blessed with an enthusiastic group of engineers who make life that much easier for the rest of us. BTNX-Button Extension (http://www.ollisalonen.com/btnx/) is such application. This nifty application maps mouse buttons with any combination of keys you want. Days of 3-button mouses are gone (except for Apple who are trying to do without buttons). Mouses now come with lot more buttons now.. I never realized the usefulness of this until I got myself a Logitech MX 1100 which has 8 buttons + scroller (except the 2 dpi buttons)....

Came along this handy web site on a Twitter post and thought it’s interesting to share. Started creating my own. It’s getting into shape. Why I thought of posting a short note on this is because I think this will get big. Soon. If you Google for “resume writing” it will give you a big list of pay sites where they provide you different levels of services. From resume writing templates to personal live assistance in providing you with a personalized resume. And these can cost you something around $1000! or more. For many of us starting out, what we need is a nice looking template...

This is a brief introduction to the Iptables. In the most basic terms, iptables can be thought of as a firewall. Basically, there are two components in an iptable: Chains Rules The incoming packets are flown through Chains. You can define many chains as you like and then connect the chains together so the packets are flown continuously. For the normal use, we can do without defining additional chains but I will show one with a chain to grasp the idea. First of all, there are few (among many) keywords that are of importance to learn. INPUT: All the incoming data packets come to this chain OUTPUT:...

I decided to add this little piece seperately becasue the last column was a little long. In this part-2 of securing the SSH connection, I will discuss how to further secure your SSH connection. To recap on the last part, we secured the (already secure) SSH connection by: Using RSA keys to login Disbaling the password login Restricting connections from Iptables We will pick up from there. So now nobody can log into your server (or computer) without having the private key. But this key is just a file that resides in your local computer. So suppose your local computer is in your office or your...

Tech journalists need not be completely unbiased. A real professional one needs to be in order to be ethical but that’s not usually the case. Everybody have their respective likes and nots and they somehow affect their writing. TG Daily is (although fast losing its credibility) a respectable tech news site. But once in a while some incompetent journalist (or so claims to be) comes with a very irresponsible article. I came across a few in recent time but this one made me want to write about it. The article in question is titled “Ubuntu is rubbish“. These kind of X OS is rubbish...

Today my first article got published on Akihabaranews.com. Pretty excited! Please do visit the link and have...

Sometime in recent history Wolfram launched “Wolfram Alpha”, which I first thought was a search-like thing, because back when it first launched it had one search bar like Google’s. I went there in anticipation when it first launched. Mathematica, Wolfram’s flagship product, also what Wolfram Alpha is based on, is an expensive commodity for someone like me who uses Matlab. I have never used Mathematica but it’s hefty price tag had left a superior impression on me. So naturally I was excited to check out Wolfram Alpha. I wen there, typed some words, did not get any answers,...

I will do a brief rundown on the books I have been using which I think are very good. This is sort of a book review. I am researching on the PHY layer of broadband wireless communications but these books are relevant to any engineering student working in the area of communications, signal processing, etc. I will be reviewing few books which I thought were really good reads and made things very clear. Sometimes you read books filled with equations but you really cannot grasp the idea. The books I will be talking about here are the ones which made me really understand things from the basics. So here you...

Don’t panic. SSH is secure. But there is nothin wrong with being cautious. Although Linux systems are inherently much more secure, it doesn’t hurt to add more security. There are two basic things you can do easily: Use RSA keys and disable password login Restrict SSH connections to your computer Use RSA keys and disable password login RSA keys provide security against the man-in-the-middle attacks. You will be generating a key pair; a public key and a private key. The public key will be stored in the server or the remote computer (i.e. the computer you want to connect through SSH), while...