The Technopath

HTC Hero video: The Best Android Phone Yet

Posted by Uzair Sajid on July 18, 2009.

The Android Community got their hands on an unlocked HTC Hero, a little earlier. Though the device would be launching pretty soon in Europe, it would take a while before finding its way around the rest of the world....

How to Get a web browser in Windows 7 E

Posted by Uzair Sajid on July 17, 2009.

Ok now a lot of my friends are doing this article on their blogs so I thought why shouldn’t I do it too?...

AppleInsider are after all – fanboys

Posted by Uzair Sajid on July 17, 2009.

Let me clear the air here first. I’ve been a long term reader and fan of AppleInsider, but their unjust hatred for Microsoft has started to get on my nerves. I mean just what were they trying to prove here? Bing and Safari aren’t even in the same product line – comparing their market share is just plain idiotic ...

Laptop Hunters killing Apple’s Image

Posted by Uzair Sajid on July 17, 2009.

An interesting thing I found out today was the fact that Microsoft’s Laptop Hunter ads have got so effective that Apple’s lawyers have begged Microsoft to stop running them. And this information was shared by non other than Microsoft’s Chief Operating Officer Kevin Turner said during his Worldwide Partner Confer...

Office 2010 features: Paste Options

Posted by Uzair Sajid on July 16, 2009.

Continuing the series of posts about the new and useful features of Office 2010, I bring you Paste Options. Paste options have been there almost all along, but Office 2010 organizes them in a more powerful way....

Project Natal also coming to Windows PCs – and not just for gaming

Posted by Uzair Sajid on July 16, 2009.

This would drop a bombshell on any other Operating System vendor out there right now. That’s right Xbox 360’s Big Gun would also work on the PC, and that too not only for games but for a totally new user experience. Says who? Mr. Bill Gates himself!...

What is Windows Azure?

Posted by Uzair Sajid on July 16, 2009.

My friend Imran Hussain shared an excellent video he found on Windows Azure which really helped me understand it better. I really have a lot of questions about this cloud computing paradigm and how it can help me make better products. Thanks to this video below, I have an idea now. Its informative and creative at the s...

Hide torrent files into images with Hid.im

Posted by Uzair Sajid on July 16, 2009.

Not a long time ago, I created an application project in my image processing code, that hid data and other images inside an image. Something not very unique, in fact anyone with some image processing knowledge can do that....

Office 2010 Feature: Protected View

Posted by Uzair Sajid on July 15, 2009.

I stumbled upon a rather interesting feature while messing around with the Office 2010 Technical Preview. Its called Protected View which kicks in automatically when you open a document that came from an outside source, like the Internet. A good measure I must say, which would protect your system from ...

Windows 7 RTM not done yet

Posted by Uzair Sajid on July 15, 2009.

It seems that a lot of people are still pitching the leaked build 7600 as RTM. Microsoft had clearly stated on the Windows Team Blog that they haven’t yet signed the RTM build. So the build 7600 is just another leak, at best....