So 3G is finally in India provided by none other than BSNL and MTNL. Recently I got a connection too for my Samsung Star 3G and here’s how I connected my PC to the Internet using it.

Requirements:

• BSNL 3G connection with a data recharge or a data top-up (in case of a data top-up your main balance should be more than Rs 50). See BSNL 3G tariff plans for more info
• Samsung Star 3G phone (any other 3G compatible handset may be used but for this tutorial I have used a Samsung Star 3G)
• Samsung PC Studio

Procedure:

1. Activate EDGE on your 3G USIM. Normally this is activated by default. If this is not the case, call BSNL customer care at 9400024365 and ask them to activate it.

2. Create a new connection profile with the following parameters:
Connection name: BSNL 3G
APN: bsnlnet
Keep the other parameters at default.

3. Make this profile your default one.

4. Fire up your mobile browser and see if you can surf the NET on your mobile phone.

5. If you can surf the NET on your mobile phone, you are all set to go.

6. Install Samsung PC Studio on your PC.

7. Connect your Samsung Star 3G to your PC and open PC Studio.

8. Your phone will be detected automatically.

9. Goto Widgets > Internet Connector.

10. Create a new connection there with the following settings:
Connection name: BSNL 3G
Country: Other
APN: bsnlnet
Leave the other parameters as it is.

11. Hit connect and Voila you are connected to the Internet!!!

Here’s the speed test results of BSNL 3G in Barrackpore, Kolkata, West Bengal:

compared to BSNL DataOne connection (500 Plus plan, speed upto 2MBPS):

BSNL advertises to provide speed upto 3.6MBPS but that varies depending upon distance from tower, network congestion and other factors. However, I got a satisfactory speed of above 2MBPS throughout the day.

Well that’s it, enjoy mobile broadband. And if you have any questions do feel free to ask!!!

How to join the coveted Infosys Technologies? Or in other words, how to become an Infoscion? Well here’s my tale on how I became an Infoscion.

The Preparation

The whole deal started somewhere around August-September 2009. Due to recession and NASSCOM’s new rule, not a single company had visited our college. So we started preparing at full speed. By we, I mean me and my two highly dedicated room mates. We finished aptitude from Arun Sharma’s CAT book and did some reasoning as well from TIME’s material. Note that at this point we weren’t preparing for any particular company. It was more of a generalized preparation for whatever company came first.

By the mid of November our preparations came to a halt for semesters were at the door step. Our end semester exams continued till the 9th of Jan 2010. At completion we started preparing for TCS immediately for our college had informed that TCS would visit campus soon. Unfortunately that was not to be. TCS got canceled with no confirmation from Infosys or any other company. We were depressed and dejected but we did keep our preparations on. At this point we did reasoning from RS Aggarwal and english from the same and GRE Baron.

We almost gave up hope when one fine day it was declared that Infosys Technologies Pvt Ltd is going to visit campus on the 3rd of Feb 2010 at GIET Gunupur.

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Which fruit/vegetable do you think is shown in the picture?!? Any guesses!!!

This is what happens when you are not sure whom to exterminate:

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Any guesses on what this picture represents?

HINT: Its a human body part but it has NOT been mutilated in any way

Hello everybody. Wishing you all a

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Or you may download the PSD file.

Diwali is a day from today and the whole web (and the world) is going ga-ga over it. Here’s how some people and websites have started celebrating diwali.

1. Orkut just got a new Diwali image

2. And so did SantaBanta

3. Want Neta Patakas? Bihar is the place to go.

Patna: The firecrackers named after the politicians are in huge demand on this Diwali in Bihar.

The demands for Neta patakas, as called by locals, have gained momentum on the eve of Diwali Festival.

RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav has been leading the sale of firecrackers named after him. The Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and LJP chief Ram Vilas Paswan was not far behind him.

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4. Barrack Obama lights the lamp at the White House

Barack Obama celebrated Diwali by lighting the ceremonial lamp at the White House amidst chanting of Vedic mantras seeking world peace, becoming the first US President to personally grace the occasion.

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5. Island Crisis has some really cool pictures of Diwali

On this occasion, here is an exclusive collection of some of the best ever Diwali pictures and photographs ever from across the world.

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All BPUT even semester exams were postponed by the order of the Government of Orissa following a strike by the BPUT Student’s Union (BSU). This was due to the high handedness that the university has shown recently regarding matters such as NFT and supplementary exams. The agitation was furthur fuelled by the hypocrisy of the Vice Chancellor who promised to re-prepare the exam schedule in a more suitable way but deferred from his promise. It has also come to attention that AICTE and the PMO has issued a warning to solve the desired problems and refrain from further such issues or the University would be dissolved!!!

Who said Oriya girls weren’t beautiful? May be their species existed a dime a dozen or a dime in two dozens but look at this and you would know what I am talking about. Or better still take a gander at the picture below:

There’s a new Knight Riders Theme on Orkut available upto May 24th or the end of IPL. So if you are a Kolkata Knight Riders fan like me, go ahead and grab this theme.