Technology

Short Bytes: Defying all the trolls, Internet Explorer has retained its top spot as the most used browser in the world in the desktop market share. Leading the bunch with 50.86%, the Internet Explorer is far ahead from its competition, Chrome and Firefox. But for how long? In the wake of some of the archaic technologies, as some of the newbies were getting ready to pay obituaries to Microsoft’s Internet Explorer, the vintage browser had showed it still got a healthy heart. In spite of the increasing popularity of Firefox and Chrome browsers, the latest reports by Net Applications paint a different picture. The IE which recently celebrated its 20th birthday is still the number one and the most widely used web browser by the users. The real time web analytics show that the Internet Explorer has about 50.86% of the desktop browser market share with Chrome and Firefox not anywhere close with 31.12% and 11.28% popularity respectively. Internet Explorer 11 is at the top of the b...

There are some simple keyboard shortcuts which one can use while using Internet and it would help the user to avoid typing a lot and also at certain places the mouse can be completely avoided by these tricks. Entering a new website:  Normally users would have to type http: // or www before they want to enter a new website however now just type the name of the website and press <Ctrl><Enter> . By default this will add “ http://www .” in front and “.com” towards the end of the website. Users can also just type out the name of the website for eg: “ xyz.com ” and press <Enter> this will automatically give “ http://xyz.com ”. Now if the website has “.org” then user would need to use <Ctrl ><Shift><Enter> keys and for websites with “.net” they need to use <Shift><Enter> keys to get the full website name. Online applications clues: Toggling between Multiple columns: Suppose user is filling the online forms then usi...

Communication] Evolution. VHF – Very High Frequency. UHF – Ultra High Frequency. GPRS – General Packet Radio Service. WAP – Wireless Application Protocol. TCP – Transmission Control Protocol . ARPANET – Advanced Research Project Agency Network. IBM – International Business Machines. HP – Hewlett Packard. AM/FM – Amplitude/ Frequency Modulation. WLAN – Wireless Local Area Network. System. SIM – Subscriber Identity Module. AVI = Audio Video Interleave RTS = Real Time Streaming SIS = Symbian OS Installer File AMR = Adaptive Multi-Rate Codec JAD = Java Application Descriptor JAR = Java Archive JAD = Java Application Descriptor 3GPP = 3rd Generation Partnership Project 3GP = 3rd Generation Project MP3 = MPEG player lll MP4 = MPEG-4 video file AAC = Advanced Audio Coding GIF = Graphic Interchangeable Format JPEG = Joint Photographic Expert Group BMP = Bitmap SWF = Shock Wave Flash WMV = Windows Media Video WMA = Windows Media Audio WAV = Waveform Audi...

WhatsApp is soon coming to the desktop. Making true of its earlier rumors that its going to show its presence on desktop official authorities made a statement about it. A new webpage web.whatsapp.com is live as a proof for it. “The primary use is of course still on your phone,” a spokesman said, “but there are people who spend time in front of a computer at home or at work and this will help bridge the two.” You can connect you phone to the web and your messages on the web will be stores on your phone too. More flexibility is expected with this decision. According to the announcement they were planning to bring the same experience to iOS,although the time-frame is still unclear. The company said, “we really hope you find web client useful in your everyday lives.” With more than 600 million users using WhatsApp it is one of the giant messaging app. With this announcement it boosted its users with its more flexibility ideas. In November, WhatsApp pa...

Microsoft sites, including search engine Bing and MSN.com downed by ‘bad code,’ not cyberattack On Friday almost all Microsoft powered websites like Bing, MSN.com, Outlook, Live were knocked out of service with most users returning page not available messages. Even the Microsoft powered Yahoo! search was knocked down for about 20 minutes before being restored. Microsoft sites, including search engine Bing and MSN.com downed by 'bad code,' not cyberattack This caused users to speculate that Microsoft was under some kind of high profile hack attack.  Given the rising temperatures between United States and North Korea after the Sony Pictures hack attack, many Twitter users blamed North Korean hackers for the outage. In reality all the Microsoft sites, including search engine Bing and MSN.com, were knocked briefly offline Friday after bad code was rolled out, according to a report. Microsoft engineers struggled to immediately roll-back the code, which w...