Google Cardboard is one of those ideas that is so simple and it makes you wonder why we could not come up with it before Google. In ease you have been living under a rock, it is a virtual reality headset made of cardboard, two lenses and a magnet. There are no active components. You need • Read More »
Tags: Google Cardboard, Tech, Virtual Reality, VR
It seems that world will get driverless cars little sooner than expected. And by the looks of the first Google prototypes it will be a revolution in design department too. Similar to moving from a QWERTY keyboard to touch phone. This has a potential of changing lot of things. In long-term driving test will become a thing • Read More »
Tags: Car, Driver-less, Driverless, Google Driverless Car, Tech, Technology
I had this idea for a while to connect the TV with internet and LAN. So that I don’t have to turn on the computer every time I want to stream something. Also it will remove the need to connect wires between computers and TV when I want to watch something on a larger screen. • Read More »
Tags: Android, Chrome-Cast, Chromecast, Cortex-A9, ES File Explorer, HDMI, Mini-Pc, MiniPc, Movies, MX Player, RK3066, Smart TV, Streaming, Tech, TV, WiFi, XMBC for Android
You can probably notice that discussions are popping up on advantages of 64-bit systems. It is mostly linked with Apples 64-bit A7 processor in new iPhone. If you just search the web for iPhone and 64-bit, you will find that some call it innovation, some say it gives huge advantages including major performance boosts. And • Read More »
Tags: 32 bit, 32bit, 32Bit vs 64Bit, 64 bit, 64bit, A7, Address Bus, Computers, Computing, data Bus, Innovation vs Evolution, iPhone, Phone, Physical Address Extension, Tablet, Tech
I came across this post on readme.lk recently. It’s about upcoming policy on import of used computer systems to cut e-waste. Which is good. Because we do very little recycling. And e-waste consist of mostly non recyclable material with many toxic chemicals. However what I do not agree is the statement which claims Sri Lanka • Read More »
Tags: Affordable Computers, Inexpensive Computers, Low Cost Computers, Second-Hand Computers, Sri Lanka, Tech, Used Computers
Over last few years I used two Mobitel 1290 packages to connect two computers to internet. We used two mainly for extra bandwidth and speed. With introduction of Mobitel Mega plans, After dropped one connection and upgrade the other one to 20Gb package. It let you use multiple SIMs with same connection. Our 3G dongles were • Read More »
Tags: 3G, 3G Broadband, Broadband, DHCP, DNS Cache, E3551, Firewall, HSDPA, HUAWEI, Mega Plan, Mobitel, Nat, Portable 3G WiFi Router, Review, Router, Sri Lanka, Tech, WiFi, WUAWEI E3551
In case you are wondering why your monitor flicker and computer crash after a hardware upgrade, this might be the answer. New hardware can drive the voltage bellow 5% tolerance level required to run the PC smoothly. You can check the voltage level in BIOS or with a Multimeter. But don’t rush to buy a new PSU. • Read More »
Tags: 3.3, 3.3V, BIOS, Computer, Computer Hardware, DDR, DDR2, desktop, Display, Display Flickering, Flicker, Freeze, Low Dencity, Low Voltage, Memory, Memory Upgrade, Monitor, Monitor Flickering, PC, Power Supply Unit, PSU, RAM, RAM Upgrade, Tech, Upgrade
Some news travel very fast. And some don’t. Even when both news is about the same thing. Sometimes you see news in big bold letters on the front page of multiple news papers. And few days later there is a small piece of writing in an inner page stating that the original news was reported incorrectly, which you never notice. • Read More »
Tags: CERN, CERN Neutrinos to Gran Sasso, Faster Than Light, FTL, Neutrino, OPERA, Particle Physics, Speed of Light, Speed of News, Tech
Well! this topic is well covered here, and probably repeated all over the web. But I am going to write this post any way. Because my WordPress move went quite well. And here is how it was done. Everything Starts with Taking a Backup A move is as simple as a backup and restore. You back up • Read More »
Tags: Backup, Backup & Restore, CPannel, DNS, Domain, Domain Change, How to Move Wordpress, Moving, Moving Wordpress, My SQL, MySQL, PHP, Restore, Tech, WordPress
How to fix E61:00 on youtube. Remember that old TV your parents used to have, which simply refuse to work until you give it few good bangs. Well I thought you don’t have to do that any more with new 21st century electronics. Well! I was wrong. My Cyber-shot started to give me this error called E61:00. Basically • Read More »
Tags: Bang, Cyber-Shot, Cybershot, DSC-H3, E61:00, Personal, Photography, Sony, Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H3, Sony Cyber-shot H3, Tech