http://vishnurao.com/blog A blog. A website. A semi-coherent receptacle for Vishnu Rao mixed with excerpts of technology Sun, 23 Dec 2007 09:57:22 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Use Airplane mode when appropriate If you don’t need phone or Internet access (when you’re simply listening to music or watching a movie and don’t want to be interrupted, for instance), consider put your iPhone in Airplane mode. This will shut off several internal components, dramatically increasing overall battery life. Check ... http://vishnurao.com/blog/2007/12/23/how-to-get-a-long-battery-life-from-your-iphone/ I stumbled upon fleet’s website accidentally while I was writing an article a few months back .. and when i heard about MYFC I really like the idea, waited a few weeks and finally purchased the club today As of now my team is sitting just 6 points outside the ... http://vishnurao.com/blog/2007/11/19/i-bought-a-football-club-myfootballclub-ebbsbleet-united-fc/ uTorrent is the best file sharing software out there in my opinion, however with this update, there are concerns about uTorrent spying on its user's download activities on behalf of RIAA/MPAA. That is not true, it monitors your download activity just in case your dowloading something that might not ... http://vishnurao.com/blog/2007/11/13/%c2%b5torrent-18-alpha/ The web's best tips, how-to and procedures on hacking Gmail and other Google Accounts ok, in a common reply to hundreds of emails that i received on  how to hack a google account or how to hack gmail accounts or for that matter how to hack an orkut account, I am ... http://vishnurao.com/blog/2007/10/01/how-to-hack-orkut-hack-gmail-or-hacking-other-google-accounts-for-passwords-resources/ So, it is official then. Apple is at war with its own users! In the history of the company this is the first instance when the company has takes such a step to protect its propaganda!! I for one apple fan detest the move which is obviously pushed by AT&T. ... http://vishnurao.com/blog/2007/09/29/apple-iphone-warning-proves-true-firmware-update-leaves-iphone-inoperable/ Gmail was found to have a critical vulnerable spot for the second time this week. This vulnerability allows malicious websites to add a filter to your Gmail account and have all your emails forwarded to wherever they wish!! Gmail which is still in beta has been highly successful and very ... http://vishnurao.com/blog/2007/09/28/critical-vulnerable-google-mail-gmail-new-gmail-hack-found/ Here's one very cool app thats worth waiting .. or is it! It is more or less an Alt+tab replacement, but a very good one. A firm based in Australia has come up with this cool 360 desktop which makes a desktop 360 in the real sense .. 360Desktop is ... http://vishnurao.com/blog/2007/09/28/new-app-to-transform-the-static-windows-desktop-into-a-panoramic-360-display/ If you are a regular internet user, you probably use the word google like a verb as a synonym for search or find just like millions others! That's how much effect google has had on each one of our lives. From Bill Gates to a resident in a remote Ghana ... http://vishnurao.com/blog/2007/09/28/happy-birthday-google/ Microsoft is all set to take on the television business with its latest product the Windows Media Center Internet TV, although it is just an upgrade or an added feature for the Vista Platform this looks like its just the tip of the iceberg in the software giant's plans ... http://vishnurao.com/blog/2007/09/27/microsoft-launches-windows-media-center-internet-tv-beta/ A report by Mess.be reveals that there is yet another new exploit in Windows Live Messenger that makes sharing folders vulnerable to buffer overflow and remote exploitation. I personally have never used the sharing folders feature in Windows Live Messenger. There really is no point in having a sharing folder ... http://vishnurao.com/blog/2007/09/27/wlm-sharing-folders-vulnerable-to-buffer-overflow-and-remote-exploitation/