By admin on Sep 8, 2011 | In Software | No Comments »
Many a time, we make recordings at home. For example, a younger sister may be embarking on a musical career, and it is important to make a recording of her performance. Or, the baby has just uttered its very first syllables, and it must be preserved for posterity.
We do have our iPods and other gadgets where we can capture that most important performance. What happens if we feel the need to doctor it, give it some background music, or to simple make it a little louder? At such times, there is the need for an editor for audio files.
One of the most versatile and simple audio editors is Audacity. This is available as a free application and can be used on all the major platforms such as Linux, Mac and Windows. There is practically nothing that you cannot do with Audacity. Broadly, you can record, import, edit, translate, modify and export all types of audio files.
To begin with, you have several inputs you can record from. The choices include microphone input, line input or auxiliary sources. The inputs can be mixed, each have their own level controls. Recordings up to 96 KHz are supported. Importing from and exporting to, is allowed from Ogg Vorbis, MP3, WAV, AIFF, FLAC and several other formats. All 16-, 24- and 32-bit formats are supported. A large variety of plug-ins is provided for different functions such as adjusting volume, removing noise and normalizing. Built-in effects are available for Echo, Reverse, Wahwah, Phaser, and others. The complete list of features of Audacity is simply too large to be listed here.
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By admin on Sep 2, 2011 | In Security | No Comments »
Often in my experience at working at an exchange hosting company, I have found that customers rarely know the importance of SSL for exchange servers or even what SSL is. To me it is very surprising as the concept and functionality of SSL is so fool proof, I cannot see why anyone would overlook it. It is a vital feature; but before we get onto the importance of exchange servers, let’s look into a brief introduction of exchange servers.
What is SSL?
The abbreviation SSL stands for Secure Locket Layer. Its purpose is to ensure the safe exchange of data on platforms which are insecure such as internet. That is why the importance of SSL is huge if you are looking to build a secure exchange server.
SSL is the more common and broadly used term, but its technical name has now become TLS which stands for Transport Layer Security. This name helps us understand its functionality in a better way. This shows that the role of SSL or TLS is to secure the data exchanging on an OSI model’s (such as TCP protocol) transport layer.
How Does SSL work?
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By admin on Aug 26, 2011 | In Apple, Software | No Comments »
After a short absence due to a well deserved vacation, I’m slowly preparing for work. At the same time, I’m easing back into blogging.
Today I’m recommending my readers an interesting article about iTunes. The article is posted on the Macapper website and it explains the reasons why iTunes became so popular.
The writer explains that the popularity is due to several factors, including convenience, affordability, security, organization and most importantly, it’s legal.
The article is a very interesting read and I recommend that you go straight to Macapper and read it for yourself. Just click here.
PC Memoirs will be back soon with more!
By admin on Jul 7, 2011 | In Security, Windows 7 | 3 Comments
One sneaking way that hackers and identity thieves can get inside your head and steal your personal information is by executing an application on your computer that will patch your hosts file. Once your hosts file is patched, not only can they block you from certain websites, they can also redirect you to “fake” sites that they constructed to look like your bank or your credit card company in order to steal your information. Luckily, you can edit your hosting file yourself to stop hackers and avoid these elaborate phishing scams. Not only that, you can also patch your own hosts file to avoid dangerous and malware-filled sites.
Editing Your Hosts File (Windows 7)
- Click the Start (Windows) button
- Click on Computer
- Navigate through Windows Explorer through the following path:
- C:/Windows/System32/drivers/etc
- In “etc” folder, select the hosts file and copy and paste it to your desktop.
- Double click on the hosts file you just pasted to the desktop
- Select to open it through Notepad
- Make edits to it in Notepad
- Save using Ctrl+S
- Drag and drop the hosts file back into the “etc” folder
- Select “move and replace file” to overwrite the original file
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By admin on Jul 3, 2011 | In Software | No Comments »
Brothersoft – India’s largest Social Gaming Network ibibo has introduced a new Mobile Browser – the ibibo iBrowser.
ibibo iBrowser is a free, fast and compact mobile browser that allows you to access internet on your phone. The browser offers ease of access to thousands of cool websites from your mobile phone. With ibibo iBrowser, you can keep a track of the most visited sites and displaying the list on top. You can also bookmark your favorite sites for swift access.
The Browser comes with a lot of popular Indian websites pre-embedded, segregated as per category to make mobile surfing effortless.
ibibo iBrowser is FREE to download and use. When using iBrowser, webpages are optimized and compressed before being sent to your phone. Therefore, the data transferred to your phone is significantly reduced, making mobile surfing cheaper.
iBrowser has some cool features like – Multiple Search options, Multiple Tabs & Multi-thread downloads, Night mode surfing and more.
iBrowser is currently available only in English. However, soon it will be available in Regional Indian languages like Hindi, Bengali, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada.
Platforms that are currently supported by ibibo iBrowser – Java, Symbian s60v3, Android and will soon be available on iPhone platform.
