Archive for October, 2007

JDBC Drivers:What are they?

JDBC has been a widely used API since long for interaction between Java Programs and various Databases.
From a Java programmer’s perspective,JDBC API serves the following mentioned functions:

Loading the appropriate JDBC Driver.

Creating connection with a database or a table based datasource.

Sends SQL Statements to the database/source.

Processing of the retrieved results.

Loading the driver is accomplished either by [...]

Send Free SMS using Yahoo Mail

Few days back i had written a post about sending free SMS in India using 160by2 and Way2Sms in my post Send Free SMS in India using 160by2 and now, I just checked and found that Yahoo Mail too has added another feature of sending messages to your Mobile Phone.

Follow the below mentioned steps to [...]

Philips DCD778: Under-Cabinet iPod Docking System

I wrote about Bose’s iPod Docking Station a few days back in my post Bose’s iPod Docking Station: A clear winner. In this post, i shall be writing about yet another iPod Docking Station (Philips DCD778) which was released by Philips a few months back.

Philips DCD778 according to the company is a device which is [...]

Sync your Google Calendar with your PDA,use Goosync

Goosync is an amazing service which can be used to synchronize your Google Calendar with your PDA/mobile.

GooSync seamlessly synchronizes almost any mobile device with your Google Calendar over the air so that you are always with your vital calendar.
In this post, i will briefly try to describe the service.
In order to sync your mobile [...]

How-To: Save your mobile battery

Usually, mobile phone batteries drain out exactly when we want them the most. However, there are a few things that can be done in order to make you get that last mile from your battery before it drains out completely.

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I am putting below some settings which can certainly help you get around [...]