11 simple stretching exercises on the desk

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I spend a lot of time on my desk, staring at my desktop’s large screen. My body used to get stiff, and sometimes numb, it was very irritating. To help my muscles out, I frequently stretch at my desk. It not only made my body feel better, but it gave my mind a break from the stress.

If you’re like me your shoulders creep up to your earlobes with stress during the day. I hold all of my stress in my upper back and neck. And while I prefer a massage, I can’t get one every day. But this series of simple stretches help, and I can do them in the comfort of my own office chair. Why not give them a try yourself?

1. Chin Tuck

To loosen stiff neck and shoulder muscles, drop your chin to your chest and stretch. I also like to roll my head from side to side to stretch the side of my neck and the backs of my shoulders. Take some time to relax and do this stretch—it feels so good. (more…)

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How to prepare for a conference

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SXSW, Future of Web Design (FOWD), Future of Web Apps (FOWA) are upcoming this season and lets not forget all of those DrupalCon, WordCamp and OSSCamp conferences that take place throughout the year. Every computer addict attends at least one or two of those conferences every year. So we asked a couple of guys, how they prepared for the conferences and compiled a list of To-do’s.

In India, we don’t have many conference’s but there are a couple of them like the OSSCamp and Linux related conferences. I am a part of AIESEC too and these guys have a lot of conferences every year thought not related to tech but they are still interesting.

Conference-Pic

There is a lot of excitement about these conference but amidst that we can forget the strategic plan of action. So these tips might help you through the next one. (more…)

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What is Hacking and Who is the Hacker ? Explained

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Hacking is considered a crime and a hacker a guy sitting in his garage doing miracles with mouse clicks. Taking down websites, stealing secret govt. information. Ripping people off their email and bank accounts. Girl’s like them *wink*.

A hacker is someone who can make a computer do what he wants whether the computer wants to or not.

Hacker

A few years ago I also believed this and thought of hacking as bad and every hacker a computer criminal. At first, “hacker” was a positive term for a person with a mastery of computers who could push programs beyond what they were designed to do. Later it became associated with computer vandals intent on harming systems and this is where it stands today.

The word “Hacker” is subject to a long standing definition controversy. (more…)

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10 Tips for a better Wireless Network – WiFi

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Wireless networks give you the freedom to use internet anywhere at work or home. No, one is a expert in wireless router issues because of the numerous scenarios people face. So, we have compiled a list of the common mistakes people often do, which lead to wireless connectivity issues.


1) Metal surfaces cause interference, so it is advisable to put your wifi router on a wooden or non-metallic surface.

2) Place the wifi router in a central location atop furniture because radio waves spread best sideways. The router should never be placed on the floor. (more…)

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Everything you need to know about the new iPad 2

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Apple just launched the new ipad i.e. ipad 2 at a invite-only event in San Francisco, USA. While it looks seriously awesome, apple has a ton of new features in the box. Heres everything you need to know about the new ipad 2.

iPad 2 Main Image

Lighter and Thinner :

iPad 2 is 33 % thinner marking it at 8.8 mm, it’s even thinner than iPhone 4 which is 9.3 mm. It’s also 15 per cent lighter and will be available in white and the original black.

Back and Front facing camera :

The new iPad has the expected front-facing VGA camera (as well as one on the back). Like the iPhone 4 back camera, ipad’s back one shoots 720p video. A new app ‘Face Time’ has been introduced for video calling. (more…)

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Excellent anti-smoking ads collection

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Smoking Man

These ads are touching but I think only a few people may feel the problem after seeing these. It is proven that anti-smoking campaigns help some people quit, but the number is very low. We need to join our hands and control this menace. (more…)

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What Beer should you drink ? [infographic]

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Beer is awesome, i had a Corona and a Budweiser yesterday. Well, i was just stumbling and found this awesome infographic about beer. Nothing’s better than sharing ehh .. ! (more…)

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Cyber Warfare is Reality

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Cyber warfare is a situation when the world is at a cyber war (using computer and internet to conduct warfare) where hackers aided by the govt. will try to compromise enemy nations data sharing infrastructure (Defense systems, Power grid, Stock exchange, Water supply) which will damage the target country to the farthest extent possible. Cyber Attacks can be of any type. It can be series of DDOS attacks or data manipulation rather than theft or destruction.

Countries prepping for cyberwar

In Cyberspace battles are fought in nanoseconds, Cyber attacks can be on a large scale(ddos) or may be discrete like the enemy has entered your system and manipulated your data and may have installed a backdoor, you come to know about it later. Sometimes the enemy hits you so bad that you become defenseless and are forced to surrender so precautions are necessary. Attacks can be made on Military as well as private networks, the target could be a Defense system or Air traffic control or may be a Power grid. (more…)

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What do the numbers on your credit card actually mean ? [infographic]

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Every one has a credit or a debit card but how many of you know what those numbers really mean? Contrary to what you may think, they aren’t random. Those 16 digits are there for a reason and, knowing a few simple rules, you could actually learn a lot about a credit card just from its number. This infographic shows you how to crack that code.
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Changes coming to the Internet

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Internet is what connects us together, it’s no longer love. It has grown larger than anyone could have ever imagined. Nowadays almost everyone uses email, chat, facebook, twitter, youtube. It all started in the early sixties, no one person invented the Internet as we know it today. However, certain major figures contributed major breakthroughs.

Internet is getting better by the minute as new technologies enter it. So, we will be discussing about the one’s which will have an impact.

A New Internet Protocol System : IPv6

Since 1981 the internet has been working on TCP/IP, which was IPv4 (Internet Protocol version 4). IPv4 gave us around 4.3 billion IP addresses (Theoretically 2^32 or 4,294,967,296 unique addresses) to use, which sound a lot. But with the rate of growth these addresses are quickly running out, means that new devices cannot be assigned new “addresses” on the internet except via a technique called Network Address Translation (NAT) which can put multiple device behind the same IP i.e. sub-allocation of an IP.

IPv6

IPv6 or Internet Protocol version 6 is the solution to the problem. IPv4 used a 32-bit addressing scheme instead IPv6 uses a 128-bit address, giving users a maximum of 2^128 available addresses (4x more). (more…)

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