The market and demand for eLearning is increasing at an enormous pace, with it the need to build eLearning content in an quick and easy way is also surfacing. We have reviewed several eLearning content creators in the past. Our subject for this review is Raptivity.  Now make no mistake, this is not a full fledged eLearning content creator but serves as an add-on to them by helping to add STUNNING interactivity in no time. Intro Raptivity – A Rapid Interactivity tool provides you with pre-built interactions which are based on best practices in the industry.These pre-built... [Read more]

If you use Reliance NetConnect broadband you must have got used to that annoying pop up window that opens up as soon as you initiate an internet connection with it. Here is a nice little hack to get rid of that window: Go to C:\Program Files\Reliance Netconnect – Broadband+\plugins\XFramePlugin Open Config.xml in a notepad. Locate http://www.reliancenetconnect.co.in/ and replace it with about:blank . Save the file. The next time you will initiate the connection, you won’t see the pop up. Enjoy! Related: Reliance NetConnect vs TataPhoton + How to check your... [Read more]

Prerequisites: LAN cards on both the machines – All computers these days have one. RJ45 connectors – You can get one from the market, quite inexpensive. A basic knowledge of computers, just enough to understand the instructions below. Here is what you can do step by step to connect two computers with each other: Insert Cables: Plug in the cable – having RJ45 ends at both the ends – to the two laptops. Change WORKGROUP: Change the WORKGROUP of one of the machines. Here is how you can do that. Right click on My Computer, select Properties... [Read more]

So I got a new personal laptop Lenovo T400, with T9400 Intel Core 2 Duo, 4GB RAM, 9c Li-Ion battery. I have been used to working on company provided laptops for a long time now, so never worried about the admin functions that are required with a new purchase. Installing firewalls, anti-virus, partitioning, generally our network operations guys do such stuff. Since this laptop came with a single partition, I have to choose a partition manager so as to segregate my programs installations and files into different drives. ( If things go wrong or I have to reinstall my OS, I... [Read more]

So, with the worsening power conditions in my city – Bangalore – I had to get a wireless broadband for myself. The kind of work I do online, I can’t afford a second of internet outage and always require a very high speed internet connection. As my research for the ideal broadband progressed, I zeroed-in on two choices Reliance Netconnect Broadband or Tata Photon+. I thought of taking wireless connection as my secondary connection – only to be used when left with no power and when my UPS had drained off – with primary being the ever reliable... [Read more]