Information Madness

Moving to Dedicated Servers

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 07:46:15 +0100

Hello everybody, Finally it is the time. Information Madness has grown enough to get a notice from ISP that it is using up shared hosting servers and now need to find a new home. I am in the process of taking the whole site backup and moving it to a new dedicated servers. So if you experience any issues/ inconvenience, please bare with me for one week or so. There will be minimal activity on the site as far as the new posts are concerned. If anyone is interested in contributing to Information Madness, please drop an email with your content AT informationmadness AT gmail DOT com. ...Oops! Click the link to read more

Videocon DTH - Official Website D2H.com

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 08:00:09 +0100

I remember back in August I wrote that Videocon is services. he group planned to utilise about 2,000 of its service stations to push its DTH services. Looks like company plans to invest Rs 10 billion in the venture over two years.I just stumbled upon their Official website called D2H.com. Tagline for Videocon D2H is, Direct Hai To Correct Hai. We saw that airtel launched its Direct To Home services with teasers. Now wait for wait for Videocon DTH to come up with something like Direct Hai To Correct Hai. ...Oops! Click the link to read more

BSNL DataOne Unlimited For Rs.500?

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 08:51:34 +0100

Looks like BSNL is heating up its broadband fight with Tata Airtel. BSNL has just reduced monthly fixed charges for the unlimited broadband plans for the period Nov 15th 2008 to Feb 15 2009 for new broadband applicants existing Broadband customers of the Home UL 750, Home UL 750 Plus, Business UL 3300 Plan and Business UL 3300 Plus Plan. Looks like this is a promotional offer but depending on the response it might be extended further. ...Oops! Click the link to read more

Fonolo.com - Visual Toll Free Directory

Sun, 16 Nov 2008 17:56:27 +0100

If you have ever called any customer support number in the past, you may have noticed that to reach to the correct department, you have to jump through hoops to actually talk to any customer service representative. First dial some 800 number then dial 1 or 2 then dial 3 or 5 and then dial 1/2/3/4/5 etc. That is such a pain when you are in hurry and want to get the damn real person to talk to.A new startup called Fonolo comes handy in such situations. Fonolo makes it faster, easier and less frustrating for you to call large companies. is currently in close beta and is has an invite only access. I was able to get my hands on one of this invitation. I registered to the site and I was really surprised how easy it was to call any company's toll-free number. ...Oops! Click the link to read more

Make Free International Calls From Anywhere

Fri, 14 Nov 2008 08:04:18 +0100

I always believe that everything is possible. Nothing is Impossible as IMPOSSIBLE itself says I M Possible . So I am pretty sure making free calls over the internet to anywhere in the world is possible. So how can you actually make free calls from virtually anywhere in the world?Well all you need is an Internet Connection, a laptop and that's all. In my previous articles I explained how you can actually using Gizmo5 and IPKall. If you don't want to download any softwares and really love your instant messenger, you can also .Now comes the fun part, how to actually make calls for free from anywhere? ...Oops! Click the link to read more

31 billion Questions To Google Every month

Wed, 12 Nov 2008 21:04:10 +0100

Have you ever thought about life without Google? Think about it, where did you type your questions B.G.(Before Google)? Ask.com, Yahoo, MSN? Recently Google released a feature called Suggest which gives you likely queries as you type in and man, I can tell you this, it can be interesting to see what people around the world are searching..Check out this funny google suggest image, you will find it interesting.. ...Oops! Click the link to read more

Google Launches Gmail Video Chat And Call

Tue, 11 Nov 2008 19:09:27 +0100

Google today introduced a new feature that will convert your gmail into a video and audio channel where you can see and hear your friends/family while you communicate with them.The feature is called Gmail Video and voice Chat. Gmail Video and Voice chat uses its proprietary plugin and not the flash. The download is 2MB of size and supports Windows XP or later (Firefox, IE and Chrome). Support for Linux is not available for now but may be come later.Once the software is installed, Gmail users will be given the option to see and hear each other without leaving the e-mail application. ...Oops! Click the link to read more

BPL Mobile Launches Mumbai Search Cafe

Tue, 11 Nov 2008 14:28:17 +0100

If every mobile service provider is giving a value added service for local search, why not BPL mobile? BPL Mobile launched Mumbai Search @cafe', a mumbai local search service. Mumbai Search @café does not limit itself to the city alone; its usefulness extends to the conventional access to the World Wide Web by laptops and computers as well.You can use this service by Calling *111#. A menu flashes on the mobile phone screen. Simply key in ‘1’ for ‘Mumbai Search’.Enter keywords of what you are looking for in the search tab, with a prefix ‘1’ Eg. 1 Restaurant in Colaba. An instant SMS in return puts an end to your search. ...Oops! Click the link to read more

Auto Translate Google Feeds Into Your Language

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 23:48:05 +0100

One more reason to love Google Reader. Google Reader has a new feature where you can translate a feed into your language automatically. You just pick the feed from different language and once you subscribe to the feed, go to feed settings --> Translate into my language and there you go, the feed will be translated into your language automatically.Google translate has already launched its automatic translation for Hindi to English and English to Hindi. Though Google Reader is not available in Hindi Check out the translated version below ...Oops! Click the link to read more

Reliance Smartphone For Rs. 10,000

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 23:08:20 +0100

While iPhone, Blackberry, Nokia, HTC are fighting to take the next Smartphone king title, Reliance Communications (RCom) is launching the Smartphone for poor . RCom is launching the cheapest business phone in the country priced around Rs 10,000.The Poor man's business phone by Reliance is designed by AnyDay, a US-based technology and design firm. The phone will be manufactured in China. No the picture that you are looking here is not the Reliance 10,000 smartphone. This is Reliance's discontinued mobile SPY phone. So what will this Reliance Smartphone have??...Oops! Click the link to read more