Agnivo Roy

One of the first things you need to know about comparing any mobile plan or deal is to first forget about all the fancy marketing promotional material that comes with them!

To give you an idea of what I mean, you have probably seen something similar to: “Sign up for a $59 deal & we’ll give you free handset and $159 worth of free calls.”

Sounds tempting? Yes, it surely does…

So what does this really mean? Well, the first detail I will verify is that $159 worth of free calls means absolutely nothing until you know exactly what you are being charged. The key to knowing how to compare any mobile phone plan or …

Most people who still create or have designed some basic static web-pages sometime in their life should remember what FrontPage is. For those who are new to website and web-page designing, FrontPage is a HTML editing application from Microsoft that’s still in use for designing simple web-pages and websites. It’s extremely user friendly and helpful for beginners as well as pros, but it’s a commercial software package.

So, here comes Nvu : the free, open source and multi-platform alternative to Microsoft Frontpage and the likes. Nvu is a sponsored project of Linspire: bringing Desktop Linux to the masses. Nvu is open source and covered under the MPL/LGPL/GPL tri-license.

Nvu (pronounced N-view, for a “new view”) is …

Remote Access to computers is nothing new and most of you are aware of it. But how many of you have tried remotely accessing a PC at your home or office? I guess only a few of you. Remote Access enables logging into a computer located remotely, transfer files, share desktop, print or perform maintenance tasks without ever being physically in front of a PC located miles away.

Remote PC Access not only does save time but also saves you from travelling to the remote computer to perform some tasks on it. Image you are confined to bed due to an accident and your boss wants a very important job done …

A FTP program or FTP Client is one of the indispensable tools that a webmaster, web developer or a script installer should have. A FTP program ( File Transfer Protocol ) enables you to transfer (upload/download) files and folders to a web-space on a server easily. The FTP protocol was solely devised and being used for serving the purpose of management of data on a web server or remote server.

You must be aware that there are a lot of free and paid FTP programs available on the net, but how many of them are feature rich or stable ? FTP users are quite familiar with incomplete uploads, time-outs and hanged UI. Even the paid shareware applications …

While looking for a free or affordable online backup solution today, I came across IDriveE offering secure, encrypted and hands-free Online Backup solution.

They are offering free accounts with storage limits of upto 2GB ( without any backup and restore restrictions or bandwidth limits or file type restrictions ) and all the features of their affordable Pro version which offers unlimited storage for $4.95/month or $49.50 for a year, saving you the fees for 2 months.

If your are satisfied with the trial account and outgrow the 2GB space, they offer seamless account upgradation. Moreover, there’s no time limit on the free account…if you’re using under the 2GB, continue to use it as much …