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		<title>Free Public DNS (Domain Name Servers)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jul 2010 12:10:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Domain Name System (DNS) translates human-friendly computer hostnames into IP addresses. For example, the hostname &#8216;prashanthpai.com&#8217; is translated into the IP address &#8217;173.192.205.230&#8242;. Here is a list of Free Public DNS servers that are a lot better,faster and safer than DNS servers of your ISP. OpenDNS 208.67.222.222 208.67.220.220 or 208.67.222.220 208.67.220.222 Google Public DNS [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_Name_System">The Domain Name System (DNS)</a> translates human-friendly computer hostnames into IP addresses. For example, the hostname &#8216;prashanthpai.com&#8217; is translated into the IP address &#8217;173.192.205.230&#8242;.</p>
<p>Here is a list of Free Public DNS servers that are a lot better,faster and safer than DNS servers of your ISP.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.opendns.com/">OpenDNS</a><br />
208.67.222.222<br />
208.67.220.220<br />
or<br />
208.67.222.220<br />
208.67.220.222</p>
<p><a href="http://code.google.com/speed/public-dns/">Google Public DNS</a><br />
8.8.8.8<br />
8.8.4.4</p>
<p><a href="http://www.dnsadvantage.com/">DNS Advantage</a><br />
156.154.70.1<br />
156.154.71.1</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nortondns.com/">Norton DNS</a><br />
198.153.192.1<br />
198.153.194.1</p>
<p><a href="http://www.scrubit.com/">ScrubIT</a><br />
67.138.54.100<br />
207.225.209.66</p>
<p><strong>Help :</strong><br />
<a href="https://store.opendns.com/setup/computer/">How to change your DNS</a><br />
<a href="http://code.google.com/speed/public-dns/docs/using.html">Changing DNS server settings</a></p>
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		<title>Computer Hardware Components Price in India</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 01:30:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hardware]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Computer Component Price India]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Computer Parts Price India]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Computer Price India]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hardware Price India]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pen Drive Price India]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I always wanted to know the prices of latest computer hardware components in India. The hardware manufacturers wouldn&#8217;t put the MRP (including bill and warranty) of their products on their site. If I find it on their site, it would be in USD($). Converting $ into Rs can&#8217;t be effective translation of the cost that [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I always wanted to know the prices of latest computer hardware components in India. The hardware manufacturers wouldn&#8217;t put the MRP (including bill and warranty) of their products on their site. If I find it on their site, it would be in USD($). Converting $ into Rs can&#8217;t be effective translation of the cost that an end user has to pay as there will be local taxes and import duties etc. I had to look in shopping sites like eBay.in, Sify, Rediff, Indiatimes etc to know the prices which is quite a lot cumbersome.</p>
<p><strong>Tip:</strong><br />
Sometimes, the hardware dealers in your locality might be having some old stock and they would be selling them at higher prices. Always remember the general rule regarding almost all computer related electronic components &#8211; <strong>The prices always slash down</strong>. So do not buy anything in advance &#8211; just wait for it. Some months back, I bought a 19&#8243; widescreen TFT for Rs.9k. After about just a month, its price slashed down to Rs. 7.6k. Then I got the feeling that &#8211;  what if I waited for a month ? I could have saved some bucks <img src='http://www.prashanthpai.com/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_sad.gif' alt=':(' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>Take the case of flash drives. A couple of years back, I got complimentary pen drive &#8211; a 1 GB one. Back then it was Rs. 1500 ! Now its hardly Rs 300 !!! Flash drive rates have slashed too much and some day will lose popularity. I would dream of the day when sellers would yell in footpath &#8211; &#8220;Dus ka teen&#8221; <img src='http://www.prashanthpai.com/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>Sites to check prices :<br />
<a href="http://www.deltapage.com/">Delta Peripherals </a><br />
<a href="http://www.theitwares.com/">TheITWares</a><br />
<a href="http://www.techtree.com/techtree/jsp/home.jsp?cat=586">Techtree </a><br />
<a href="http://www.itindiaclub.com/">IT India Club</a></p>
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		<title>Lynx : The Text Browser</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 01:30:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Internet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Software]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lynx]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lynx for windows]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[What is Lynx ? Lynx is a free open-source, text-only Web browser. Many search engines like Google recommend you to look at your site using Lynx browser as the search engine crawlers and bots &#8216;see&#8217; your pages the way Lynx sees. Browsing in Lynx consists of highlighting the chosen link using cursor keys, or having [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>What is Lynx ?</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynx_(web_browser)">Lynx</a> is a free open-source, text-only Web browser. Many search engines like Google recommend you to look at your site using Lynx browser as the search engine crawlers and bots &#8216;see&#8217; your pages the way Lynx sees.</p>
<p>Browsing in Lynx consists of highlighting the chosen link using cursor keys, or having all links on a page numbered and entering the chosen link&#8217;s number. Lynx cannot display various types of non-text content on the web, such as images and video, but it can launch external programs to handle it, like an image viewer or video player. The speed benefits of text-only browsing are most apparent when using low bandwidth internet connections, or older computer hardware that may be slow to render image-heavy content.</p>
<p><strong>Why use Lynx now ?</strong></p>
<p>Most search engine spiders see your site much as Lynx would. If fancy features such as JavaScript, cookies, session IDs, frames, DHTML, or Flash keep you from seeing all of your site in a text browser, then search engine spiders may have trouble crawling your site.<span id="more-450"></span> As a bonus, providing text-only alternatives to rich-media content and functionality will make it easier for search engines to crawl and index your site, and also make your site more accessible to users who use alternative technologies such as screenreaders.</p>
<p><strong>How to use Lynx ?</strong></p>
<p>
Download and install Lynx. The first time your run Lynx, you would be having no idea of how to use it. Press <strong>k</strong> from your keyboard to display series of keys and their functions. Here are some keys that you will use most often. And be careful, these ARE case sensitive.</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>g</strong> &#8211; Enter URL to open a web page or website.</li>
<li><strong>q</strong> &#8211; Quit Lynx browser.</li>
<li><strong>v</strong> &#8211; See a list of bookmarks</li>
<li><strong>a</strong> &#8211; Add the current webpage to bookmarks</li>
</ul>
<p>
<strong>To Open A Site</strong>, press <strong>g</strong> from your keyboard, enter the URL of the web site and press Enter.<br />
<div id="attachment_471" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 497px"><img src="http://www.prashanthpai.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/lynx4.png" alt="Open a web page or URL in Lynx" title="lynx4" width="487" height="101" class="size-full wp-image-471" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Open a web page or URL in Lynx</p></div>When you open a web page, use the down arrow key in your keyboard to browse though the links on that page and press Enter on the highlighted selected link. Press <strong>q</strong> at anytime to quit Lynx.</p>
<p>This is how Google looks when viewed from Lynx.<br />
<img src="http://www.prashanthpai.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/lynx3.png" alt="lynx3" title="lynx3" width="612" height="398" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-472" /></p>
<p>And this is how this site looks from Lynx <img src='http://www.prashanthpai.com/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /><br />
<a href="http://www.prashanthpai.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/lynx1.png"><img src="http://www.prashanthpai.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/lynx1-300x187.png" alt="lynx1" title="lynx1" width="300" height="187" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-474" /></a><a href="http://www.prashanthpai.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/lynx2.png"><img src="http://www.prashanthpai.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/lynx2-300x187.png" alt="lynx2" title="lynx2" width="300" height="187" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-473" /></a></p>
<p><strong>Download Lynx</strong></p>
<p>I had a hard time searching for Windows version of Lynx that comes with a setup and actually works. You can download it from here.<br />
<a href="http://csant.info/downloads/lynx_setup-2.8.5rel-1.zip">Download Lynx 2.8.5rel.1 installer (1.68MB)</a><br />
<a href="http://lynx.isc.org/">Lynx Home Page</a><br />
<a href="http://csant.info/lynx">Lynx For Windows Homepage</a></p>
<p><strong>Lynx Viewer (Browser Emulation)</strong></p>
<p>The Lynx Viewer allows webmasters to see what their pages will look like when viewed with Lynx. One does not need to install Lynx at all.<br />
<a href="http://www.yellowpipe.com/yis/tools/lynx/lynx_viewer.php">Yellowpipe Lynx viewer</a><br />
<a href="http://www.delorie.com/web/lynxview.html">Delorie Lynx Viewer</a></p>
<p>Hope this post was helpful <img src='http://www.prashanthpai.com/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>Download Kannada Film Songs For Free</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2009 01:30:13 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Entertainment]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Download Kannada Film Songs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Download Songs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kannada Film Songs]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[KannadaAudio.com is a very good site that allows you to listen to latest Kannada film songs using Real Player. The site also provides devotional songs, classical songs, folk songs, discourses, hari kathe, yakshagana etc ! But the site does not allow download. The song is streamed to your Real Player. In this article I am [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>KannadaAudio.com is a very good site that allows you to listen to latest Kannada film songs using Real Player. The site also provides devotional songs, classical songs, folk songs, discourses, hari kathe, yakshagana etc ! </p>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://www.kannadaaudio.com/"><img alt="KannadaAudio.com" src="http://www.kannadaaudio.com/images/top2.gif" title="KannadaAudio.com" width="300" height="93" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">KannadaAudio.com</p></div>
<p>But the site <strong>does not allow download</strong>. The song is streamed to your Real Player. In this article I am gonna show you how to download songs for free and play it on your computer using Real Player. Here&#8217;s how to do it.<span id="more-176"></span></p>
<ul>
<li>Go to <a href="http://www.kannadaaudio.com/">KannadaAudio.com</a>. Film names are arranged in alphabetical order. Select a movie name to see a list of songs.</li>
<li>Right click on a song name and select <strong>Save Link As</strong> option. Save the file and do NOT open it with Real Player. It&#8217;s barely a few bytes in size and has the file extension <strong>.ram</strong><img src="http://www.prashanthpai.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/save2.png" alt="Save Link As" title="Save Link As" width="383" height="366" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-373" /></li>
<li>Now open the saved file using any text editor like Notepad. You will see URL of the song.<img src="http://www.prashanthpai.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/save3.png" alt="Open with Notepad" title="Open with Notepad" width="386" height="255" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-374" /></li>
<li>Copy the desired song URL to address bar of your browser and hit Enter.<img src="http://www.prashanthpai.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/save4.png" alt="save4" title="save4" width="758" height="113" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-375" /></li>
<li>You will be prompted to save the file or play it using Real Player. Save the file with any name. The file will have <strong>.rm</strong> file extension.<img src="http://www.prashanthpai.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/save5.png" alt="Save File" title="Save File" width="498" height="360" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-376" /></li>
<li>Play the saved file with Real Player and voila you are done.</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Update</strong> : sensongs.com seems to have Kannada mp3 songs for direct download. Use that instead.</p>
<p>Enjoy <img src='http://www.prashanthpai.com/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>How To Redirect Webpage</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2009 13:53:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this post, I am going to explain one of the two simple ways to redirect a webpage to another webpage. Client Side Redirect (carried out by your browser) You can create a webpage that instructs the browser to redirect a webpage to another after certain time delay. The time delay is purely optional. This [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In this post, I am going to explain one of the two simple ways to redirect a webpage to another webpage.</p>
<p><strong>Client Side Redirect (carried out by your browser)</strong><br />
You can create a webpage that instructs the browser to redirect a webpage to another after certain time delay. The time delay is purely optional.<br />
This is achieved using the meta refresh command which is to be placed within the head tags. Here&#8217;s the general syntax :</p>
<pre>
&lt;head&gt;
&lt;meta http-equiv="refresh" content="N; URL=destination_webpage_address"&gt;
&lt;/head&gt;
</pre>
<p>The browser redirects the user from the current page to the destination webpage address specified in the &#8220;URL&#8221; attribute of the meta tag after a time delay of N seconds.<span id="more-163"></span><br />
If you do not want any time delay and want the browser to redirect immediately, you can set the delay time N=0.</p>
<p><strong>What&#8217;s the use of time delay option ?</strong><br />
Almost all browsers can successfully handle these automated redirects. Most of the browsers allow the user to turn off this feature to prevent phishing,spam, etc. In such cases, we can provide an message and usual link to the destination address. The browser displays the message and link for specified time and then automatically redirects.<br />
Here&#8217;s a complete example of a redirecting webpage. Consider that I save the following code in file named <em>index.html</em></p>
<blockquote><p>
&lt;html&gt;<br />
&lt;head&gt;<br />
&lt;title&gt;TechnoHolics &#8211; Automatic Rediraction Example&lt;/title&gt;<br />
&lt;meta http-equiv=&#8221;refresh&#8221; content=&#8221;4; URL=http://www.prashanthpai.com/main.html&#8221;&gt;<br />
&lt;/head&gt;<br />
&lt;body&gt;<br />
If your browser doesn&#8217;t automatically redirect you to the main page after 4 seconds, you will have to &lt;a href=&#8221;http://www.prashanthpai.com/main.html&#8221;&gt;Click Here&lt;/a&gt;.<br />
&lt;/body&gt;<br />
&lt;/html&gt;
</p></blockquote>
<p>In the above example, whenever a user accesses the webpage http://www.prashanthpai.com/index.html, the browser redirects the user to http://www.prashanthpai.com/main.html after 4 seconds. If the user has disabled automatic redirection in browser, he can click the &#8220;Click Here&#8221; button to reach the destination webpage.</p>
<p><strong>Aliter :</strong><br />
There&#8217;s another method of achieving client side redirect with the use of <em>window.setTimeout</em> in JavaScript. But I prefer the use of meta tag method cause JavaScript may be disabled by the user using Browser&#8217;s Options or <a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/722">Firefox NoScript AddOn</a>.</p>
<p><strong>Note :</strong><br />
<strong>Server Side Redirect (carried out by the webserver)</strong> : This redirect is carried out by the webserver. You will have to just <a href="http://webmaster.iu.edu/tool_guide_info/redirect.shtml">edit the <em>.htaccess</em> file</a> on your server.</p>
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