Technology

 Computers
 Hardware & Architecture
Windows PC
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It was a terrible weekend, when my computer failed to start after a partitioning session on my "external" hard drive. Weird! When the partitioning was over, I knew clicking a dialog box...  

 Software & Tools
MS-OFFICE
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HOW-TO: MS Word - Add a description for a numbered item
Do you know how to have an unnumbered text in midst of a numbered list?
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HOW-TO: MS-Excel - Create a simple Combo-box
Ever wondered how some of the professional MS Excel spreadsheets work like windows forms, with a drop down combo-box built into a cell of the spreadsheet?
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... we will see how we can make a drop-down combo with too many values, in which case it will be cumbersome to write down all those values in the Source field more...

HOW TO: MS-Excel - Create a Dependent or Dynamic Drop-down combo-box
Many times we will need to make a drop-down dynamically show a list of values based on the item chosen in another drop-down combo box. Say, vehicle "Model" dependent on "Make" - BMW makes 3 series as Merc produces C-class. So when a user selects BMW as "Make", he should see only 3-series, 5-series etc. in the model. more...

... if you have huge data and you would like to highlight duplicate values, it can be done using 2 simple steps more...


INTERNET
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Wanna glance thru all the newspaper headlines in the morning?
Wanna check for new mails from all your mail ids? But hardly have any time left before you leave for work !
Why not configure your iGoogle home page? more..


Some of my friends have been asking me how to add a menu bar to a blog, like the one below.



Unfortunately, blogger does not provide you any template or a straight forward way to do this. In this tutorial, I will show you how this can be accomplished. more..
Mobile Technology
 Software
Android
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After using Android for more than a year, thought I could share my list of android apps that would be useful to other android users. This assumes significance because...  

Android - Generic declaration of colours
It is very important that we declare background colours and layouts generically. more..

Android - Why not use alert dialog instead of spinner?
Spinner in android is more confusing to use. It is also hard to customize it for our needs. Based on the purpose, a simple alert dialog could be used as a replacement for spinner..more..

ListView is easier to use and straight forward if we extend ListActivity. But what happens if the activity already extends some other activity. Unfortunately , we do not have an option to extend 2 activities...more..

HTC Desire is a great Android phone providing a rich user experience with it's Sense UI. It runs smooth and fast. Several cool features made me love this phone at first sight. That was until I get the "Low on space" notification. more...

Android - Application development issues and solution
How to remove focus for an EditText control? more..