IPL 3 on YouTube

 

Let me put it straight. You can get it here

http://www.youtube.com/ipl

The news : It is the first time it is happening . An event with such an amount of popularity is live streaming on net. Google has started a channel for the live display of season III of IPL matches. The channel actually exists since last IPL. That time they were broadcasting the highlights. The internet community has much for joy this time. It is live feed on YouTube. All you need a decent internet connection. You can watch it from office if it is not blocked by your web master. Spread the word.

Google Buzz Desktop Client

Google has recently launched its service called Google Buzz. It is supposed to take on the  Twitter and Facebook. Google Buzz Desktop is a free Adobe AIR client that allows you to update Buzz from your desktop. You need not have to open your Gmail account to update Buzz. It helps you get rid the cluttered interface of Google Buzz.

Google Buzz Desktop Client Features
* Updates every 2 minutes
* Emulates iPhone version of Buzz on desktop
* Works on any platform/browser.

 

Download here

http://www.avenidanet.com/air/GBD.air

Send SMS/MMS through internet

There are a number of sites providing this service but Text4free allows you send message all over India. You can also send text messages all over the world. There is no need to create and account. All you need is to go the site http://www.text4free.net/. Follow the instruction, enter the recipient's no, your matter and then attach an image. You are ready to send this message to your dear ones.

 

Send Free MMS message. Send pictures, audio files, and graphics. All by simply attaching them.

Send free text messages to 10 numbers at a time.

Hope you find this useful.

How to Confirm BSNL Broadband Plan Change

 

Every day, I see a lot of queries like “ how to confirm that my plan is changed ? “ , status show “ open  “ etc. Let me help you go through a few steps using which you can confirm that the plan is changed or not.

First and easy method,

Go to http://data.bsnl.in/wps/portal, log in using your 14 digit alpha numeric portal ID  and check post paid orders. Enter the phone no in the prescribed format and hit enter. You need to enter only your phone no. . Please note that you should not use zero. Normally you will get a table with your current plan and plan applied. On plan applied, see the effective date and status. Effective date should be in past and status should be provisioned.

There are other methods using which we can confirm the plan change. Please note that the following are just trick and the one in the portal will be final. There are many options for a plan change. Let us go through

 

Unlimited Plan to Unlimited plan

Go to http://speedtest.net/ and perform a speed test. Compare the speed of your plan with applied plan. If there is a speed difference, you plan is approved.

 

Unlimited plan to Limited plan

Check the usage details. If you are still on the limited plan, chargeable units excluding night unlimited will be zero.

 

Limited plan to Night unlimited plan

Check the night unlimited usage. If it is zero between 2 –8 am, then your plan is night unlimited.

 

Hope this helped. If you have any doubt, feel free to ask.

How to Auto Redial when the connection fails

 

Most of us automate the downloads. We set download and leave the system unattended, may it be during night unlimited or during day time, it is a head ache if the connection fails in between. You have to manually reconnect to resume the download. We can automate the process by a few simple adjustments in the dialler. A dialler is the window where we click connect.

Procedure:
Control panel > Network connections > Choose you dialler > properties > Options tab > check the box " Redial if line is dropped "

There is not need for a batch file or any other utility. When the system fails, it will try to reconnect the no of times mentioned. Also it is wise to set the reconnection time to 1 minute or higher to make sure that line problems do not affect your connection.

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How to change your BSNL Portal ID

 

BSNL gives two IDs, one is the user name that we enter in the modem if in PPPoE or in dialler in case of Bridge mode. Another is the Portal ID which we need to log in to the BSNL portals http://data.bsnl.in/wps/portal and http://bbservice.bsnl.in/ to check usage or change password.

http://data.bsnl.in/wps/portal is modified on 11 th of this month adding a new feature to change your Portal ID. Portal ID is a 14 digit code of the form ABC123mmddyyyy.

ABC represents your surname

123 – A 3 digit code

mmddyyyy – Date of application normally like 25102008

To change, log in to http://data.bsnl.in/wps/portal using the Portal ID and password,

On the welcome page, on the left side, you will find an option to Change  user ID, single click it.  You will be directed to a page where you can enter the desired Portal ID and click “ submit “.

Similarly you can change the  portal password and the service password from the same screen.

Hope you will find some use to it as the portal ID is usually very hard to remember with all those numbers.

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Bitmeter

Bitmeter is rated among a few good tools used to monitor internet usage. It has a graphical display which can distinguish download and upload. Upload is displayed in green and download in red. The biggest advantage is that it will show if you system is downloading without your consent. Simply look at the meter, it will show the rate at which it is downloading. If it is not initiated by you, it can be a virus.

  

It has a very good interface to show statistics. It shows the activity for last few hours, last few day and last few months in a very efficient manner.

The statistics for the day, week and month can be displayed in an efficient manner.

It can be split into hour, day and month. Didn't like the colours ? You can disable it by unchecking the box.

 
You can choose between Kbps, KBps, Mbps and MBps. We can either opt for a bar graph or a line graph. 

 

It has a stop watch that can show almost every details. You can reset it any time to monitor the usage.

 
If your plan has download/upload limit (say 1 GB), this is your best choice. Bitmeter will alert you once you have almost consumed your bandwidth. These settings are customizable. 
 

 

It can alert you if your download goes beyond a certain speed

 

or if you have downloaded a particular amount.

Please note that Bitmeter needs .NET Framework 1.1 or later to run. Download the set up and bitmeter will automatically download . NET for you. It will take some time, but it is worth it.

Safe and Free Download

Click here to download the latest version of Bitmeter.

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