Sankaranand Balaradjou

Author: Sankaranand

  • Optimizing Zone Alarm for low performance systems

    Security threat over Internet has become high and there is a need for standard protection across computers.For users who use Zone Alarm Internet Security Suite, i have some tips for optimizing and tweaking its settings by which you can use it as compatible with your low performance or slower systems.

    After installing the Zone Alarm Internet Suite, open it and

    • Go to Email Protection, if you use external email client like outlook express etc then it is recommend to turn it on other wise turn off the radio buttons of the Inbound mail safe protection, outbound mail safe protection and Junk email.
    • Go to Parental Control, unless your system is not used by any kid you can turn off Parental control.
    • Go to Identity Protection and move the slider to Med. Generally you don’t need to give that importance for your identity but its best recommended to be at middle level.
    • Now Go to Firewall and in the Internet Zone Security, move the slider to Med from High, you don’t want to be in stealth coz your are not that important to be traced 🙂 and also do the same for Trusted Zone Security.
    • ok lets come to the main part, the Anti Virus / Anti-Spyware. i personally believe that one doesn’t need a 24 hour spy ware monitor. Just turn off the Anti-spyware and leave the Anti-Virus untouched coz if you turn it off then there’s no reason of installing an AV. You can turn on the Anti-Spyware when you do a full system scan.
    • Now go to Overview and in the preferences tab, uncheck the option Share my security settings anonymously with Zone labs.

    Thats it now your slower system may seem little faster even after installing Zone Alarm Internet Security Suite.

    Try Zone Alarm Internet Suite:
    Get it from CNET Download.com!

  • BSNL Broadband to offer 2 Mbps connection

    This is The Future

    The great news for all the BSNL BroadBand Customers is that its going to offer high speed internet broadband connectivity to its subscribers. According to The Hindu Report, BSNL Telecom Service which is offering a maximum of 256 kbps internet connectivity to its subscribers will offer upto 2mbps connectivity.

    Mr.Maran has announced this at the India Telecom 2006 conference. The main bit is that BSNL would offer high speed broadband at the existing price.

    Transforming the telecom connectivity into a network to provide seamless access between the knowledge creators/converters and knowledge consumers.
     – A. P. J Abdul Kalam at India Telecom 2006 Conference.

    I personally feel that this great upgrade is silently impacting the Vision 2020 of India. Maybe people who are using 256kbps connection already enjoyed downloading movies, games and other stuffs although they have some download limit but using the no count timings.

    This upgrade will surely influence other Internet Service providers in India and hurray i think my service provider will do something to compete BSNL. But recently a French telecom and internet service provider decided to provide 2GB per second connectivity to all its customers.

    Anyways this was just a great news for users like us,now the chance of exploring Internet has widenup and surely webmasters like me love to see traffic in our site.

  • TVS Taurus – Fiero F3 The 250cc Beast

    TVS has come up with another fire competition with Bajaj’s 250cc Pulsar. The result is this awesome and macho looking Fiero F3 codename Taurus.



    E-Bikers around the internet, address this bike as a beast and i would say that its absolutely correct. A bike empowering with 250 cubic capacity that costs 1.3 lakhs (rumours)..

    This is the first kind of bike in India that has disc brakes in rear wheel. More technical details about the bike is still private or unavailable. i will update this post when the details gets updated.

    Do you think a 250cc bike is worth to ride in Indian Roads ? while only macho riders like wanted more cc, most of the people go by the petrol consumption side.

  • Improving your English online via Thinkglish

    Thinkglish Beta is a free English learning and improving site that is designed for everyone without any age difference. This site helps you to learn a perfect English and improve your verbal communication skills, as well as your listening comprehension.

    They provide interactive sessions,preparing interviews, presentations or if you simply want to have a conversation, you can by thier One-on-One training sessions.

    The basic account is free and anyone can register whereas if you feel and satisfied with their guidance and coaching you can then order for premium accounts which adds additional practice sessions.

    Speaking English fluently has become essential in today’s global
    community. At Thinkglish! you’ll find the best learning content
    available. Our mission is to accelerate your English faster than ever
    before. We want everyone to start talking. Access our interactive
    sessions for FREE and communicate your ideas globally.-  Thinkglish

    I improve my English by blogging and let me try this site… For registering a free account in Thinkglish click here. [via cypherhackz]

  • Which is your favourite advertising slogan ?

    Advertising slogans
    are claimed to be, and often are proven to be, the most effective means
    of drawing attention to one or more aspects of a product or products.
    Typically they make claims about being the best quality, the tastiest,
    cheapest, most nutritious, providing an important benefit or solution,
    or being most suitable for the potential customer.  – From Wikepedia

    Are you fond of Brand name ? Crazy about Designer labels like mine ? Ok ! then lets share your favorite Advertising slogan Please comment which advertising slogan you like and the reason ..

    here are my lists

    • “Challenge everything” ~ EA Games
    • “intelligence everywhere” ~ Motorola
    • “Your Potential. Our Passion. Microsoft.” ~ Microsoft
    • “Thanda matlab Coca Cola ~ Coca cola
    • “Don’t just book it, Thomas Cook it” – Thomas Cook

    To check out your favourite slogan list, visit Wikiquote Advertising Slogans

    and comment out your Favourite slogan…

  • Kaspersky Anti-Virus – a single solution for threats ?


    I have been using Internet and Computers from 2000 and have experienced the efficiency of all the Anti-virus softwares like Mc Affee, Norton, Pc-illian, AVG etc but not even satisfied with any one of them because they occupy huge space and need more resources that an AV shouldn’t use. Another great dis-advantage is that they are not that effective, first they are corrupted by Virus and then they allow Virus to corrupt our system. funny huh ..

    After using AVAST Anti-virus for the past 3 years i have experienced not even a single problem becoz AVAST Anti-Virus uses very less resource and works effectively. But it was two days before my system totally got messed-up and i had no other way then to format my entire drive so i proceeded to do that so. After re-installing all the softwares i once again thought of installing the Avast AV but my friend Srinivasan recommended me to try Kaspersky Internet Security, so on taking his recommendation i installed the Kaspersky to my surprise i have never experienced such a good anti-virus software in my life. This AV is built with all the features a system requires and the main bit is that it uses very very less resource of ram.

    You can download Kaspersky Internet Security :Get it from CNET Download.com!

    I recommend the following Anti-Virus for your OS.
    Only Anti-Virus:
    If you prefer to use only anti-virus software and already have another firewall installed for your internet security then download Kaspersky Internet Security and while installing select only the Anti-virus to install.

    Only Firewall:
    If you prefer to use only Firewall then download the Mcafee Desktop Firewall which doesn’t even needs a 10 mb of ram. It works like a gate system and has no extra features.

    Both Anti-Virus and Firewall:
    Well the ultimate answer from me is simply install the complete Kaspersky Internet Security.

  • Reasons why Gtalk is still in beta


    There are many reasons why Gtalk is still in Beta because it doesn’t satisfy the Basic Etiquette of Instant messengers. Although Google keeps rolling out new features like Orkut Integration, Voice mail, File Transfer, Off line messaging etc but someone needs to draw Google’s Attention on fixing some bugs users experience with it.

    Its not a matter of how many features you have, but how they actually work. Lets have an overview of major problems and dislikes that some of users facing with Google Talk.

    • After the Integration of Google Talk with Orkut, sometimes it disables features like GMail Notifications, File Transfer, Voice mail and hides the mail icon absolutely. You won’t find settings for Orkut and Notifications
    • Window Focusing and Pop Window Conversation is an annoying feature in Gtalk which works even when you disable all notifications in settings. There should be an option to disable it completely and make it stay like idle.
    • Automatic Integration of Gtalk Music Integration with Windows Media Player,currently you need to set the plug in WMP settings but most of them actually think that Gtalk cannot actually show tracks from WMP.
    • Unintuitive sorting and showing them as online status, many users have experienced this problem actually.

    Hope the Google Team will make Google Talk more better with consideration.

  • Nokia 5500 [review]

    Are you looking for a sporty phone ? Nokia 5500 is a trendy looking mobile phone that is inspired by Sports. Like Sony W830i, this phone can be used as three face mode like phone, music device and sport’s coach. Nokia 5500 Sport is a phone that projects and develop your athletic health. Confused ? Yep

    It is more than an ordinary phone which manages your communication and momentum at the same time.

    This phone is specially built as sport phone which means it has high durability, enhanced water, knocks and dust resistance.

    How it can be used as a sports device ?

    The Nokia 5500 is specifically designed as a sports phone because is has a sports tracking ability. You can track and calculate your working sessions like jogging distance etc by remote sensing device.

    Other Features of this phone:

    This phone as a special feature called Intuitive Tap Command by which you can play or pause or switch to next track of your music just by tapping anywhere at your phone. Unlike other phone, it has Text to speech capabilities which reads out your SMS when you are on the move. An Integrated music MP3 player with FM radio entertains you.

    Specifications of this Phone:

    It Weight only 103 g with a thickness of 18mm and 208 x 208 pixels display. An inbuilt 2.0 mega pixel camera with up to 4x digital zoom. Mp3 player supports AMP, MP3, AAC, eAAC+, WMA formats. A 10 MB built-in memory with 512 MB* MicroSD card, also expandable memory card that you can add MicroSD card up to 1 GB. It supports Connectivity through USB, Bluetooth v2.0+EDR, Infrared while the data transfer support of EDGE and GPRS.

    This phone costs around $405.01 maybe around 18,000 rupees.

    Highlights of the Phone:

    • Trendy and Sporty body
    • Sports Tracking Ability
    • Intuitive Tap Command
    • Expandable Memory

    You can buy this phone from Cnet.

  • IndiMIX ‘06 – The Next Web Now

    IndiMIX ’06 is an online event that is going to take place on 9th november at National Centre for the Performing Arts, Mumbai. The special host for this event is Mandira Bedi, who anchors the show and engages the participants in special contests by which you can win thousand of real cool prizes from Microsoft.

    This event welcomes every individual who indulges in web business, web developing and design.
    You can learn and explore how future Microsoft products and Microsoft’s new consumer services strategy help your business. A session for Web developers, designers and business professionals.

    It is testimony to the promise of effective Web experiences; it is the point of inflexion; it is the demonstration of the genesis of creativity and innovation; it is The Next Web Now. — IndiMIX ’06

    Some of the speakers who are going to take part in this event are Steve Ballmer (CEO of Microsoft), Anil Kumble (Indian Cricketer & Director, StumpVision (P) Ltd). So buddies if you are of Mumbai or willing to attend the Mumbai event, you can register here and for non-mumbai residents you can either watch the event online by live webcast and for residents of Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Delhi, Kolkata you can watch online by visiting your nearest Virtual Townhalls. To view the townhalls near your city please click here.

    Register for Event | Live Webcast | Virtual Townhall.