I have been quite often asked about which port is good to access internet at high speed? Most people would often prefer connect their modem to either USB or Network port to achieve high speeds of internet surfing.

Well actually, the fact is the connection speed of

USB Port – 12 mbps
Network Port – 100 mbps
Wi-FI Access – 54 mbps

while the internet speed is usually connects about 512kbps or 1MBPS (DSL line). Since 512 kbps or 1 mbps is no match to …

If you have a wireless enabled notebook/ipod, dont ever leave your wireless router wide open. Chances are anybody passing by can detect your wireless network and could access internet through your router. They could also possibly steal your personal information and misuse the internet on behalf of you.

Below are some of the very basic steps, that will ensure minimum security to your wireless router.

1. Change Default Passwords
2. Encrypt your Wireless network with WPA/WEP
3. Enable MAC address based blocking.

Change the Wirless …

What is the video format that can give best video quality with minimum file size?

I have always faced lot of problems in uploading videos to Youtube and eveytime I upload it the video quality has been poor. Since then I always wanted a good balance between video quality and file size.

I would recommend following video formats in order to attain the the best quality video for youtube. Refer to the official Youtube recommendation. Dont forget that you …

I got stuck in this puzzle at the Royal palace in the latest PS3 version of Prince of Persia 2008. It took me about 2hrs to find a solution. You have to position the cranks in such a way that the black liquid passing through the flood gates. The first part on the left side was easy and the second part on the right side was bit difficult.

Here is the solution for the puzzle for both parts as shown in …

I was working on a javascript bbcode editor (textarea based) and often if the textarea contents are long and automatic scrollbars are enabled. If i replace selected code in textarea using javascript often the cursor jumps to start of the textarea and focus is lost. This problem only happens in firefox and works fine in IE.

This is a very annoying problem and everytime you have to scroll down to insert changes to your textarea content.

Here is you fix it.

Store …

I recently got stuck in this boss fight and i am unable to kill The Warrior in City Gate – City of Light mission in the recently released Prince of Persia 2008. All the game said was

The Warrior cannot be harmed by sword or magic. Use the environment to kill him.

Here is how you kill the warrior in the fight:

The only way you can kill the warrior is by pushing him out from the edge of the floor. Keep attacking …

For the past two i was facing terrible problem with my internet connection. I am unable to reach the paypal site and every time i type in firefox, it connects to paypal site and gets stuck “looking up paypalobjects.com” and it takes forever to load.

I used bsnl dataone connection and recently internet has been really slow and many websites are not loading. I really believe the problem is related to one of the breakdowns of undersea cable or it could …

Have you been in a situation where websites are slow loading or virtually inaccessible? This could be because of the internet breakdown in your ISP backbone in your area. It could be also result of breakdown of undersea cables.

If that is the case you will need to use alternative DNS IP addresses provided by your ISP. You have to use free DNS service like OpenDNS or TreewalkDNS . Both the services are FREE.

Go to Network settings > Internet Protocol > …

Since Dec 20, many parts of india, asia and middleeast countries experience a dramatic slowdown of internet and blackouts because of of the undersea cable breakdown. Users are unable to access many important websites such as paypal and other sites from north america because of traffic re-routing.

I remember same kind of incident happening last where cables are torn off by a ship dropping anchor and cutting the cables.

The real impact of this incident is much felt today (monday) where …

How to setup BSNL Dataone automatically connect to Internet when modem switched ON?

If you are using BSNL broadband in India and most of the time you will be connecting to internet using a username and password. You might be wondering why cant you connect to internet when modem switched on.

It can be easily done with few steps. All you need to do is to setup your DSL mode to work in PPPoE mode. In this mode once the …