9
Sep

Joindiaspora.com: Latest Entrant to the Social Network; Invites available here

Joindiaspora.com: Latest Entrant to the Social Network; Invites available here

Diaspora.com, has hit the late Alpha stage and we are one of the first to get the invites to access and test the newest entry to the Social Network Circuit. Our first response was “Hey, it looks like Google+“, but then we explored! Let’s start What exactly is JoinDiaspora Diaspora  is a free  personal web […]

13
Jun

iCloud uses Windows Azure Services for Hosting Data: Sources

iCloud uses Windows Azure Services for Hosting Data: Sources

The wizards at  InfiniteApple, a recently-established Apple-related blog have found out that Apple’s iCloud online services actually use third-party services, namely Amazon Cloud Services and Windows Azure. It turns out that iCloud seems to use Windows Azure, unlimited web hosting services and Amazon Cloud Services for storage, as shown by a packet dump. Below we’re […]

10
May

Of the Man who made Mark Zuckerburg wear a TIE

Of the Man who made Mark Zuckerburg wear a TIE

A few days back, the US President, Barack Obama took part in the confirmation hearings for a seat on Facebook. Upon receipt by Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook, the mediator of the interview, Obama joked on the costume of the host (famous for his classic costume T-shirt and Slippers) saying My name is Barack Obama […]

15
Mar

Internet pages loading slow? Some websites don’t open, here is a Solution.

Internet pages loading slow? Some websites don’t open, here is a Solution.

Not all Internet problems can be blamed on yourself, more often, they are the result of a mischief from your Internet service provider. When some specific websites stop working or is having difficulties, your Internet are probably fine. It’s probably problems from your ISP’s DNS. Now, What is DNS In the most simple term, it […]

6
Mar

What is an IP Address, What are the uses of IP Addresses – Explained and Demystified

What is an IP Address, What are the uses of IP Addresses – Explained and Demystified

If you have ever used the internet, you have unknowingly used IP Addresses. An IP Address or an Internet Protocol Address is a numeric value(numbers)  is a unique number consisting of 4 parts separated by dots, e.g. 202.143.111.157, Every machine that is on the Internet or LAN has a unique IP number if a machine […]

25
Feb

Network Address Translation Explained! – Tutorials

Network Address Translation Explained! – Tutorials

Frustrated because you cannot understand NAT?   Was just reading a  blog post on NAT and was reminded how much difficultly I had withNetwork Address Translation (NAT) when I was just starting out on my career as a Cisco networks engineer.   First off, the official  Cisco notes  How NAT works.   Feeling confused after […]