Posted: September 25th, 2008 | Author: Sudhir Upadhyay | Filed under: Tools/Service | 4 Comments »
Cleartrip.com has partnered with with IRCTC (Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation Ltd.) to offer train reservations for Indian Railways.
So, what has changed? Now, you can book Indian railway ticket with simple and ease on Clear Trip. I did try some search on Cleartrip and was amazed by the speed of results. I wonder why these results do not appear so fast on IRCTC website?
Although, the Cleartrip’s clean interface and speed is appreciated but the website does not show the full list of trains. See in the below screenshot: I searched for trains between Mumbai Central to New Delhi for 16th Dec, 2008. Cleartrip show’s me only one train whereas IRCTC shows 9 trains for the same day.
Is IRCTC not sharing the complete database? 
I am sure once Cleartrip overcomes these minor issues, it would be a breeze to book railway tickets online on cleartrip and there would be no Unable To Retrieve Due To Communication failure messages.
Posted: August 11th, 2008 | Author: Sudhir Upadhyay | Filed under: Tools/Service | 1 Comment »
CNN IBN, the leading English Indian news channel has introduced IBNlive Gtalk buddy. By using this buddy, you can get latest news update right inside your Gtalk chat window.
Here is how it works.
- Add im@ibnalerts.com in your buddy list in Gtalk.
- Send help as instant message and you can get the list of accepted keywords.
- The keywords are like sports, ent and top. You receive news stories snippet along with link to the news story.
By using IBNlive Gtalk buddy you can also search for stories on IBNlive.com, just send search “your query” (without quotes) as your message and you will receive links for your search related stories (for e.g. search Beijing Olympics )
See the how to video on IBNlive
Posted: August 7th, 2008 | Author: Sudhir Upadhyay | Filed under: Tools/Service | No Comments »
After Train Fare Search, Rediff has launched Bus Fare Search. The new service lets you search for best Bus fare between different cities. The interface is clean and easy to use. While searching for Bus fare, you also get a comparative view of the trains available for the same route.
The Rediff bus fare searches mainly state transport websites and RedBus.in, Ticketvala.com. The search result takes you to the parent site or to the contact information of the operator.
Posted: June 13th, 2008 | Author: Sudhir Upadhyay | Filed under: Tools/Service | Tags: features of windows vista, free windows vista demo, Windows Vista demo, Windows vista online | 4 Comments »
Want to upgrade your Windows XP to Vista but not sure if it worth the upgrade?
You can take Windows Vista Ultimate edition demo online for free. You can actually use and explore a lot of features of Windows Vista in the demo. The features are categorized in four categories as safe, easier, reliable and versatile. Under these categories you can view and explore new interface, Internet Explorer 7, instant search, Windows BitLocker drive encryption and many others. Advanced user can explore features like remote desktop, group policy, account, firewall management etc.
Although, you require good Internet speed to see Windows Vista in action but this is really cool. check it out.
