Bloggers' Corner · DIGIT-ARC

Hello!

I invite and request all members of the Digit forum who maintain blogs to post about their latest entries here. Every blogger wants his blog to get noticed, so I thought why not start a thread dedicated to it, instead of seeing random spam cropping up all over the place with people advertising their blogs.

Yeah, I know there is already a thread out there - but this is completely different. This is only about posting about your blog entries, not just advertising any website. And you can post about all your entries. It is not limited to one post for one blog, it is one post for one blog entry.

The submissions have to be technology related. Please do not post links to entries about how you couldn't find your sock this morning! I am sure that would be highly entertaining too but we are only interested in things to do with technology (and saying that you did find a battery inside your sock does not make the post related to technology).

I also request you not to use the 'Quick Reply' box. Use the 'Post Reply' button instead. This way, you can edit the title of your post to reflect the title of the blog entry you are posting about. There should be only one entry per post and no double posting please. Posts older then two weeks from today (i.e. before Wednesday 14 February 2007) are considered stale and we would appreciate fresh content.

And do not be naive enough to post the whole thing here. No one would want to visit your blog when they can read the whole article without firing up another web page. Post only an excerpt from your blog, something that is interesting enough to grab attention. And avoid posting any image(s). We'll see them on your blog anyway.

Thank you for listening to my rambling and get posting!

Edit:
----sniped------
that is what you write, right!
Ah! ok! did not read properly my apologies....don't have the patience to read anything that is not bulleted....

Sorry for deviating from the topic
Does anyone here use Yahoo360

Kyon mere thread ki watt laga rahe ho bhaai!

Both the posts are off-topic.

@hailgautam

aryayush said:
The submissions have to be technology related.

yahoo 360.. sometimes.. it's better than orkut.. though.

Check out blog.koolbluez.com

^^^^^^^^^^^^
Oops... well... there is some tech stuff in blog.koolbluez.com. A well-tried start

Here I am trying to help people spread the word about their blogs and no one seems to be interested. :grumpy:

i was interested but you boo boo-ed me out....

Well, we want the technology stuff.

Ok, this is my blog entry, although it is 8 days old, but relevant.
Tools Needed for Affiliate Marketing

Here's mine:
The Windows Vista post...
Gaming on the new graphics card was just secondary, the main reason being watching HD movies in all their glory. There was however, another important reason for the purchase, that of installing Microsoft's new OS, Windows Vista....
*goobimama.blogspot.com/2007/02/windows-vista-post.html

A thoroughly opinionated post, if I may say so.

If you like Vista, better avoid that post.

^^ Well I wanted to show the opinion of the general non-techie crowd towards Vista. Even they weren't wowed by the OS...

Aryayush:"Kyon mere thread ki watt laga rahe ho bhaai! "
ROFL
thanx for the thread..
www.techlivez.com
a technology blog..updated almost daily.

You are not supposed to advertise your blog, but point us to specific entries.

ok here goes ...the main thing..
The summary of my latest three posts.

AMD reveils Teraflop in a BOX in in San Francisco today.
The BOX runs runs Windows XP Professional on an AMD-
Opteron dual-core processor combined with two AMD R600 Stream processors.
Now AMD has Clearly left behind its major rival
INTEL in Teraflop computing,as Intel need another
five years to fully developed its 80 core chip to make
it available for consumers.
link:*www.techlivez.com/2007/03/teraflop-computing-by-amd.html

TUL corporation today unveils its X1950 SCS3,
the hight performace noiseless graphic card which
stands out from the rest.TUL corporation has partnership
with Arctic cooling solution to provide us with a
silence wonder.
link:*www.techlivez.com/2007/03/power-colour-unveils-x1950-pro-silence.html

AMD(Advanced Micro Devices) has launched a new chipset which
supports a unique feature of supporting large screen television
and monitors.
The AMD series 690 chipset is combination of the AMD's
CPU technology and the ATI's Radeon's X1250 GPU(graphics-
processing unit)
link:*www.techlivez.com/2007/03/amds-series-690-chipset-to-challenge.html

he he
where are the other bloggers on the digit forum..
Aryayush has started such a nice thread for bloggers..
anyways i ll continue with for what this thread meant to be..

here goes latest :
Google's switch .

Now this is something google type ..
Google is Googling around everywhere..from office to softdrinks(GULP)..and
now Cellphone market.
Google and Samsung are rumored to be building the phone, codenamed "Switch".The cellphone will be of Blackberry type..
source here:*www.techlivez.com/2007/03/google-mobile-phone-codenamed-switch.html

INTEL's CLASSMATE.
Intel is currently developing a laptop specially designed for the
school going kids which falls in age group 7-18 .
It has mobile x86 processor and is designed to run Windows or Linux.
Intel's Classmate PC is compatible with a broad segmentt of standard PC software available.

Features:

* 900 Mhz Intel Mobile processor.
* 256 MB of RAM.
* a seven inch LCDwith resolution of 800x480.
* six-cell battery that provides approximately four hours of uptime when fully charged.
* It uses a 1GB NAND flash drive for storage.
* Built-in Ethernet and 802.11G wireless hardware.

source:*www.techlivez.com/2007/03/intels-lappy-for-kids.html

Cool! This is the kind of posts we want - goobimama's and yours.

I see Milind had updated the Vista post a bit.

it's in my sig. My blog is not much techie it's more like a real weblog, to inform everyone whats going on in my life.

The only thing techie i wrote was the K750i tutorial

Must see :

Mind reader gadget which can read human mind has been developed..
based on MRI 71 % success in results:
source:*www.techlivez.com/2007/03/mind-reader-by-germans.html

Also a small hardisk by fujitsu reviewed
Features:
SATA 3.0
only 2.5 inchs
source:*www.techlivez.com/2007/03/fujitsus-mhw2160bj-sata-30-hdd.html

Summary of my blog posts-

Microsoft looks for better way to search the Net

REDMOND, Wash.–Internet searching was at the forefront of the technologies that Microsoft displayed on Tuesday at an event intended to showcase the company’s research prowess.
Despite a lack of visible progress in catching up with Google, the leader in Internet search engines, Microsoft says it still believes that it will eventually turn the tables by improving the quality of its search results and by changing the way computer users search.
*techtoday.110mb.com/?p=33

Windows Live Search Gadget

Microsoft has released a new gadget for Windows Vista sidebar which helps users to search easily without loading the search page in the browser.
*farm1.static.flickr.com/154/413262992_7c4c71b2b2_m.jpg

*techtoday.110mb.com/?p=29\

Windows Vista Review
This entry is the one which one me the first prize in Merawindows vista tutorial contest,so all must read it.-
Microsoft and the testers have really worked hard to build the latest version of Windows Vista. Vista has gone through the testing period for almost 4 years and has emerged as a winner. More than 1 billion people who use the previous Windows versions, Windows Vista will be a revolution for them.
*farm1.static.flickr.com/180/413226242_acefa89fff.jpg

*techtoday.110mb.com/?page_id=26

Mine is *deepakkrishnansblog.blogspot.com
It contains some collected articles and news items about viruses and upcoming technologies... As I am in my XIIth and my exams are going on, I have not been able to ujpdate it since the past few months......

Please do not give links to just the blog, but specific entries. And few month old entries won't do either.

Ankur Mittal, I am reading your Vista review right now.

Hey Ankur: Are you using Aero glass? Cause I'm not seeing the transparency in those screenshots like I'm seeing them on my desktop. Also, your Windows flip is pretty much the old windows flip (alt+tab works in xp too btw). Flip3D on the other hand is quite more visual. Advice:

Get a graphics card and see some Wow (if that's what they call it nowadays)

And please change the title to 'Windows Vista Advertisement' if possible. Makes it a little more accurate.

Gud work ankur mittal.
__________
can't wait to tell u about the latest reasearch showcased
by microsoft in a techfest in Redmond,washington.

Amazing technology have been showcased today at Redmon..
Microsoft Corp. researchers have come up with a possible solution to one of the most troublesome challenges facing humankind: That guy in the apartment next door who plays his favorite Def Leppard album at all hours of the night..
this and lot more...
here :*www.techlivez.com/2007/03/techfest-microsoft-latest-reserch-and.html
A short review by me..

originals here:
*seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/306363_msfttechfest07.html
*www.signonsandiego.com/news/tech/20070306-1622-microsoft-techfest.html

Cool post, this one.

Gud post shud be appreciated with reps ..

hey I found @shashank blog with some gud stuff..keep going dude

March 08, 2007: The day Firefox broke my heart...

I have had this great admiration for firefox and its security. Recommended it to all my friends, family and even enemies (not really, I left enemies with IE). I praised its security to the skies. And now, it has done what I would never have expected it to do. It showed ALL my passwords to a wizardist friend of mine......
*goobimama.blogspot.com/2007/03/march-08-2007-day-firefox-broke-my.html

[FYI, my blog is not really a tech blog, very rare to have something techie on there...]

[That is untrue. At least one in every five entries is related to technology...]

Really cool written by me so must read and post your comments

Microsoft Office 2007 review

*farm1.static.flickr.com/168/414245279_e57eb25e4a_o.jpg
Overview
Microsoft Office 2007 is much bigger than the previous version of this suite. With this new version of Microsoft Office 2007, Microsoft has changed the old familiar MS Office interface. In the place of the, toolbars, ‘the side of the window Task Pane’, ‘drop down menus’ and many other old interface, the new famous Ribbon has been introduced which Stretches across the top of the new Microsoft office suite. The Ribbon divides different features into different categories which, the Microsoft hopes that this will make Microsoft office 2007 more productive and easier for the users to find the tools that were earlier hidden behind the various different menus.

*techtoday.110mb.com/?page_id=34

What! Office does not have any emotional attachment to the user!!!

Vista has, why not Office? :lol:

And please change the title to 'Windows Vista Advertisement' if possible. Makes it a little more accurate.

Not logical

ya i was also thinking the same ..wat did he want to say..

aryayush said:
And please change the title to 'Windows Vista Advertisement' if possible. Makes it a little more accurate.

yeah.Y M$ needs to spend money on AD?we got Very Brilliant ppl for that Job in India..

shashank4u said:
ya i was also thinking the same ..wat did he want to say..

I wanted to say that a review is supposed to be an article where you analyse a product and then points out both its positive and negative aspects as objectively as possible. However, if you read both his Vista and Office reviews, you'll find that they are basically advertisements - extolling and exaggerating the virtues of the products and completely steering clear of the flaws.
I do not mean any offense to the reviewer.

hmmm ok

here my latest entry..

Samsung Electronics Co. has released and started shipping
its much awaited Hybrid hard disk drive. Samsung's MH80
is a 2.5-inch hybrid hard drive with 128 or 256 megabytes
of flash memory.Samsung's MH80 Series hybrid hard drive is
offered in denominations of 80GB, 120GB and 160GB ..

Features:
It uses High densities of magnetic storage technology.
Faster read/write access
50 percent reduction in boot and resume times.
70-90 percent less power consumption.
Less susceptible to shock damage.
more..... here...
*www.techlivez.com/2007/03/hybrid-mh80-hdd-by-samsung.html

aryayush said:
I wanted to say that a review is supposed to be an article where you analyse a product and then points out both its positive and negative aspects as objectively as possible. However, if you read both his Vista and Office reviews, you'll find that they are basically advertisements - extolling and exaggerating the virtues of the products and completely steering clear of the flaws.
I do not mean any offense to the reviewer.

though M$ did gave out Acer Ferrari Laptops to those protagonists who writes goood things that M$ is *GOD*
I got source;dont flame me:
*www.linux-watch.com/news/NS9314284615.html
*www.linux-watch.com/news/NS4598924090.html
AND I do not mean any offense to the reviewer

new update:
about worldcup matches ..india's schedule..
and about watching live streaming cricket on the internet..

if u r thinkin of watchin live matches of worldcup on the internet.
is there any service available or not..
The teams participating and updates:
here:
*www.techlivez.com/2007/03/cricketicc-world-cup-2007.html

comments are welcome.

For the First time, I'm posting here.

Have a Torrent Ratio You Can Be Proud Of

So u ve not read the Aryayush instructions..
do not give just links also give some details abt it..

I asked for the details so that people get interested in and read your entries. In this case, the title itself is exciting enough for people to want to read it.

Here is the latest entry========

INSAT-4B the second in series of
INSAT satellites after INSAT-4A
will be launched in a
few hours from now.

INSAT-4B the second in the series after the INSAT-4 will
be launced with the help of Ariane-5 vehicle of Arianespace
from Kourou, French Guyana .
Main Points of Attracion :

* It will last around 12 years.
* Built indigeneouly by INDIA.
* Launch cost is estimated to be Rs.2.25 billion.
* Insurance Rs.600 million.
more points ,explanation and history..
here:
*www.techlivez.com/2007/03/indias-insat-4b-ready-to-go.html

*www.hitmanscb.blogspot.com/

Dedicated To Hitman My Favorite Game

Please do not post links to blogs! This is not for advertising random blogs. Thank you!

Hey aryayush good job man...Dont you have any of ur own blogs??My reps 2 u for starting this thread

Mega article on VOIP telephony
review of some new services
like Fring beta and Devicescape

here it is :*www.techlivez.com/2007/03/voip-telephony-developments-and-options.html

well seeing all people here I have also started blogging(couldn't help it

) & the first post I have written is the review of Genius 525 Ergo laser mouse + Steelpad QCK combo....Anybody interested can check kirangp.spaces.live.com ....There will be more reviews coming

pirates of the silicon valley

I don't want you to think of this as just a film. Some process, of converting electrons and magnetic impulses into shapes and figures and sounds. No. Listen to me. We're here, to make a dent in the universe. Otherwise why even be here? We're creating a completely new consciousness. Like an artist; or a poet. That's how you have to think of this.

- Noah Wyle as Steve Jobs.

The story revolves around the two most important people in the computer Industry, Steve Jobs and Bill Gates. We start off with Jobs and Woz, in their college years creating small time gadgets like the “bluebox” basically to earn some cash. Woz was amazing at electronics whom Jobs has claimed to have been the first person who knew more electronics than him. Soon we find Woz going on to make a computer, all by himself! Out of spare parts! No one had imagined anything like this, not in their time.

Read more...

I know this is not my blog but this is a very interesting entry and I wanted people to have a look at it.

Poster: goobimama

CSS screwing with me

I was working on implementing a design from photoshop to HTML, when the question of the navigation bar arrived.

I wanted four navigation buttons stacked side by side like this:
*img267.imageshack.us/img267/339/untitledhv7.jpg

I've done this little demo with MS Paint, so please excuse the bad graphics.

But no matter what I did, I kept on getting spaces between the images. I wasted three hours. Three hours on trying to figure out how to get those images to stack up side by side without any space. Searched the net, tried all the possible properties. Nothing. Still that bloody space.

Now there's something that HTML has taught me. Its that space within code doesn't matter. And so my code for the images looked like:

{img blah blah}
{img blah blah}

Which I've been taught should be read as one single line without the line break. After getting frustrated I finally just brought all the lines together:

{img blah blah}{img blah blah}

and voila! No spaces.

Now if someone could please explain why this was happening, or if there are any changes in the HTML/CSS spec that allows for spaces to be read, would be much appreciated.

*goobimama.blogspot.com

*goobimama.blogspot.com/2007/06/css-screwing-with-me.html

I’ve been asked on more than once occasion, “how to download stuff” from the internet. That being said, I thought I’d write a small little guide on how it is that I download stuff. I’m not saying this is the most perfect way to download stuff, but it works for me. Please don't pawn me if you find this to be the most useless guide out there.

As of now, there are two ways to download stuff. The ever popular torrents, and there’s the “Warez Boards” like Projectw.org (which recently shut down) where you get direct links to download stuff from a http server or an ftp server. Warez boards are rare and ftp servers are only for the Uber Geek...

Let’s look at torrents.

*goobimama.blogspot.com/2007/07/goobimamas-guide-to-download-stuff.html

Reason for posting is, partly advertisement, but partly for any contributions that you guys might have to offer

Ah... that's a good post. My NewsFire's feeds are going to be above thousand when I next use the Internet on my Mac.

Nice thread ... and now that I've almost resurrected my blog, let me join this list ..

New way to earn from home : Sell you crap

^^
Some of my crappy thoughts on BMC's decision to buy rubbish from people..

Goobimama's blog is good ..

it_waaznt_me thinks my blog is good!!!!! I'm so honoured! :takes bow:

@goobymama:man........what a work!!! i must say urs is THE BEST BLOODY blog i have ever seen in my lyf.....kudos to u dood.i wish every blog was lyk urs

^^ :goobimama faints:

^^ Lol ..

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nah really....i jst stopped reading it..had a hard ty finally stop reading.i was so engrossed...man i tell u...there r very few things that makes me loose track of tym and ur blog was one of em.thanks for such an amazing tym pass mate

This is my first submission here cause I think its the first time I have written something usefull in my blog.

So here it goes...

Topic Title : Public Speaking : Tips and Tricks.
Discription : A little insight on Glossophobia(fear of public speaking). What are the reasons for public speaking and how can we overcome that fear.
Tips are given by psychologists I met and from some online friends.

Topic Url :

Code:

*hackerashwin.blogspot.com/2007/07/public-speaking-tips-and-tricks.html

Blog URL :

Code:

*hackerashwin.blogspot.com/

.

Any suggestion can be made by e-mailing me on hiddenturbo[@]yahoo.com or contacting me on Yahoo Messenger by ID : hiddenturbo.
Thanks.

I am not a Microsoft hater either

I am not a Microsoft hater either.

Milind, in his usual funny manner, has tried to debunk the myth that he hates Bill Gates/Microsoft just because he does not like Windows.

A choice quote:

I'm not a Microsoft hater. I hate Windows though. That is one big serious mess and I wouldn't want anyone else to go through with suffering that piece of crap. That's what I hate. The two concepts should not be confused.

I agree. And I've been trying to say the same thing for months now. Read more...

[Via Penned Thoughts]

I see. Two blog posts in covered in one!

I blog here,

*www.chotocheeta.com

Choto Cheeta said:
I blog here, *www.chotocheeta.com

Nice one dear

Blackfriars' Marketing: The gutsy marketing and strategy behind Apple's iPhone...

Blackfriars' Marketing: The gutsy marketing and strategy behind Apple's iPhone price cut

Carl Howe has a nice little write-up on Blackfrairs' Marketing about Apple's strikingly different and gutsy marketing strategy for the iPhone.

Money quote:

What people don't get is that Apple is waging a marketing war to reshape the value chain for the mobile phone industry. Everyone is trying to figure out which trench Apple is occupying, when Jobs is flying in jet fighters for surgical strikes.

He explains, quite efficiently, the one question I've had in my mind ever since I've come to know that AT&T actually agreed to pay Apple a percentage of their revenues from the subscriptions. The question was, "why?" Read more...

[Via Penned Thoughts]

nokia has been reducing its prices frequently ... apple ne kiya toh waah waah nokia ne kiya toh ... o! the product is bad ... double standards

^^ +1

aryayush's blog said:
Apple's marketing strategy with the iPhone is simply unparalleled. Steve Jobs had bent the minds of the relentless music industry execs before and he has done it again with the honchos of the cellphone industry. These are undoubtedly Apple's best years and what we are witnessing is a mastermind at his prime.

OK iPod is a huge success but saying same about iPhone is a little too early...
I dont see iPhone being a huge success. It doesn't even have 3G. OK Apple announced a 3G version for release in 2008 but there are still some quirks with iPhone. Lack of 3rd party applications is a huge drawback.
Better we watch and see....
Nokia is still a dominant in phone market and I think this will remain to be unchanged.

1. I did not say that the iPhone is a success. I said that Steve Jobs has "bent the minds" of the "honchos of the cellphone industry". This, in case you don't know, alludes to the fact that Jobs convinced AT&T to improve their EDGE network, allow handling of the activation process exclusively from the comfort of iTunes, make provisions for Visual Voicemail and give Apple a percentage of the subscription revenues. No other cellphone manufacturer has ever held this much clout in front of the network providers.

2. The iPhone is a success. A huge, roaring success, at that. Apple sold one million iPhones in a span of seventy four days after its launch only in one country. They sell in excess of nine thousand individual iPhones per day. Imagine that! I don't know about you, but I sure call that a success.

3. refer the signature below

Cool... I have a blog too. It's (not) Alright...

Recentlly I reviewed Acer 4710z at my Blog... *www.chotocheeta.com/2007/09/23/quick-look-at-budget-laptop-notebook-acer-4710z/

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herez my tech blog : *naveendageek.blogspot.com .. the looks suck, i know

I need suggestions for my blog.

*instantfundas.blogspot.com

Hey guys. If you read the first post of this thread, its not about posting links to your blog. Whenever you post something techie+interesting, you mention it on here...

aryayush said:
Kyon mere thread ki watt laga rahe ho bhaai!

... anyway one new post in my site, is about

AirTalkr: An Install Free IM

www.winvistaclub.com/lounge.html

Google Reader Dashboard Widget

goobimama said:
Hey guys. If you read the first post of this thread, its not about posting links to your blog. Whenever you post something techie+interesting, you mention it on here...

Glad it wasn't me. I hope you guys keep this in mind. It is not about advertising your blog, but pointing us to the interesting technology-related posts you make. Please keep that in mind!

____________________________

Google Reader Dashboard Widget

I follow a lot of blogs around the Internet and use Google Reader for the RSS subscriptions. This allows me to be on top of my reading list wherever I am, on any computer.

However, since Google Reader is a web application, there is one tiny snag. You have to open Safari (or any other web browser) and go to the website every time you want to check up on the new feeds. After using it for a few months in this way, I thought that there must be a better way. Therefore, I searched for some widget related to Google Reader among Apple's list of downloadable Dashboard widgets. Sadly, and quite surprisingly, there wasn't even a single widget related to Google Reader. This spurred me on to create one myself. Read more...

[Via Penned Thoughts]

Here is what going on, on my Blog These days...

New Blogging Schedule :
Monday :- Software / Hardware Review.
Tuesday:- Tech Gyan (Fun Facts obout Tech.)
Wednesday :- World this Week (Tech n Regular news and my Opinion)
Thursday :- Love Talk (A discussion about something I am not good in...)
Friday :- Career Talk.
Saturday:- Personality Development Tricks.
Sunday :- My Life This Week nd Random Content.

PosT TitlE :- uTorrent 1.7.5
Discription :- My Experience of using this world famous bit torrent client.

Post Title :- Career in Programming.
Discription:- My thinking about why Game Programming is a Worthy job option.

So read them..and comment plz....

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Some Screenshots of the direct x 10 games are on my blog :
sushrutsg.blogspot.com

Nokia's N95 8GB released with a Spider-Man 3 surprise
Espoo, Finland -Nokia today announced the shipping start of the Nokia N95 8GB multimedia computer. To celebrate its launch, Nokia has teamed up with Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) to offer a Nokia N95 8GB which comes pre-loaded with the full-length feature film in Europe and selected countries in Middle East and Africa region.
Read On...

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Watch a movie without downloading all parts:

You have a movie you want to watch from rapidshare, but you don't want to wait the 10 hours to download all parts.You want to check out the quality of the movie without downloading all parts..

Here's what you do:

Code:

*maverickshaunt.blogspot.com/2007/10/watch-movie-without-downloading-all.html

LG gets into nature, announces LB2500H wooden Shine

LG has tried just about every angle we -- and apparently they -- can think of with its enormously popular shine and seem to now be stretching as they get into faux wood grain. LG has tossed in a helping of DMB TV, a 2 megapixel camera, Bluetooth, and of course a retractable antenna to focus all that mobile TV fun. While we dig the LG Shine, we miss the original sliding form factor and even though the wood isn't real -- and seriously, since when is a wooden handset cool? -- we think this new aesthetic is a bit scary,Read on...

Found a Trojan / Malware before all the front line AVS scanners, read more...

Virus Found - Possible Threat “Trojan.Zlob” Undetected in many front line scanner

After many itches and glitches, I tried to make my own blog and finally made it. It is hosted in Blogger. Please take a look and tell me the pros (if any)

& cons.

My Blog's address is *www.debsuvra.co.nr

The first thing you got to do is change that theme/colour scheme. It's impossible to read more than one line without permanently damaging one's eyes and sanity.

Arrgh! He's right, dude.

And stop directly advertising your blog. Link to useful entries.

Yeah,It kinda feels like a warez site or smthin(without the p0rn

)

Regards,
ray

Many Nokia codes....hacks added

CONVERT A 512 MB duo/produo CARD TO 640 MB

DO YOU GUYS WANT TO CONVERT A 512 MB duo/produo/MMC CARD TO 640 MB AT NO COST AT ALL.THEN READ ON

Do you know anything about funny talibans?

Check it out *www.debsuvra.co.nr

Please review the blog layout, is it good now?

Quoted from first post:

I invite and request all members of the Digit forum who maintain blogs to post about their latest entries here. Every blogger wants his blog to get noticed, so I thought why not start a thread dedicated to it, instead of seeing random spam cropping up all over the place with people advertising their blogs.

This is only about posting about your blog entries, not just advertising any website. And you can post about all your entries. It is not limited to one post for one blog, it is one post for one blog entry.

The submissions have to be technology related. Please do not post links to entries about how you couldn't find your sock this morning! I am sure that would be highly entertaining too but we are only interested in things to do with technology (and saying that you did find a battery inside your sock does not make the post related to technology).

And do not be naive enough to post the whole thing here. No one would want to visit your blog when they can read the whole article without firing up another web page. Post only an excerpt from your blog, something that is interesting enough to grab attention. And avoid posting any image(s). We'll see them on your blog anyway.

Please stick to the purpose of this thread, to share posts and not blog links. If you guys want to advertise your blog links, then there is already a sticky running on the chit chat section. I know that thread is lame, but there's a reason it is lame. Cause it is full of plain links to blogs. This thread is more of an RSS news aggregator for Digit forum bloggers...

@debsurgha: The design is certainly better but that does not mean good. Anyway, I don't think I have any authority on blog designs. If you like it, go for it. It will get better over time.

goobimama said:
Please stick to the purpose of this thread, to share posts and not blog links. If you guys want to advertise your blog links, then there is already a sticky running on the chit chat section. I know that thread is lame, but there's a reason it is lame. Cause it is full of plain links to blogs. This thread is more of an RSS news aggregator for Digit forum bloggers...

Exactly. I cannot enforce this because I am not a moderator, but try to limit this thread to what it was intended to be and it'll be better for all of us.

If you start posting random links to your blogs, this will become another useless thread (seems to already be halfway there) and no one will get to enjoy the free advertisement.

So, write about technology and let us know about your post.

Lucky Linux and the ten melons...

I've written a pretty long post about Linux and how it has failed me. (Made sure all my vital parts are covered with fire-proof material...)

A couple of posts back, I had attempted to try Linux, in particular, it's super easy to use Ubuntu 7.10 "Gutsy Gibbon". And I was pretty excited about it (just as I was when installing Vista). How did it go? Not so well. Pretty bad actually. I had planned on moving two machines to Ubuntu, none of them could run it. The first one had a driver issue even though it was a stock Intel board with no frills. The second one which was also a stock Intel board, failed to even boot the installer. What does this lead me to believe? Linux is not ready for the general public.

I got a couple of emails from some Linuxy fellows when I mentioned that I was moving to Linux congratulating me on the Open Source move. But I just don't understand the purpose of Open Source. From what I've been made to understand, it is something like a Chef sharing the recipe. But that doesn't necessarily work in all cases, and especially in case of software development. And I particularly don't understand why the chef has to share his recipe. If one works hard on creating something, one should have the right to use that to make a profit.

*goobimama.blogspot.com/2007/11/penguin-just-doesnt-play-nice.html

Great post. A little more humour would have been appreciated though.

Live pics of Sony Ericsson W890
The SE-center.pl has posted more live pics of Sony Ericsson W890 phone, which is not yet officially introduced. This is a Walkman series product following the W880. According to the source, the W890 comes with a 2” QVGA display, a 3.2-megapixel camera and a frontal camera for video calls (3G support), Bluetooth (A2DP) wireless module and an FM-radio with RDS....Read on

New Sony Ericsson M610i on Sale At Ebay

Proto of Sony Ericsson M610i on German eBay

The new Sony Ericsson M610i is now on offer on german ebay and is available for €1000 Read On

Hey if u r potter fan read that article it probably make u laugh hehehe

The Deathly hollows aftermath

What happen after the deathly hollows in the words of the Great Lord Voldemort

Seriously iam alive and you want to know the reason that why now should i possibly alive besides what happens in the deathly hollows .

You see iam always a men of secrets its that the Potter boy and Dumbledore doesnt know that i have 8 th horocrux too and those fools doesnt know that ! hehehehe Its very sad for me that in these recent days i have accidently dropped my horocrux in my toliet curse my toliet but no problemo i will found that ! i ordered my death eaters to find that horcrux (not horcrux i had told them that it was my girlfriend photo) hehehehehe .

Remaining article on My blog :www.vijaypanwar.blogspot.com
hehe hope u will like that

It is not technology related. Would it hurt to stick to the rules?

aryayush said:
It is not technology related. Would it hurt to stick to the rules?

Sorry bro i doesn't know abt that its a tech. blogger corner sorry for my mistake i deeeply apologize for my mistake

Hmm.. Totally forgot about the humour part. I read it now and it looks like some drag panzy has written the post. Needs to be completely rethought. Thanks for the criticism...

OK. Game's up. Who're you and what have you done to Milind?

@Vicky333, no problem. Chill.

goobimama said:
Hmm.. Totally forgot about the humour part. I read it now and it looks like some drag panzy has written the post. Needs to be completely rethought. Thanks for the criticism...

Array bhai meine bola na bhai mistake ho gayi ! kyo tang kichcte ho yaar .Ab kya mafinama bhi do kya iam just trying to post a humour yaar and again i am saying sorry

Heheh ^^^ I was talking about my post and aayush's comment regarding that. It's all good man....

goobimama said:
Heheh ^^^ I was talking about my post and aayush's comment regarding that. It's all good man....

Sorry bro for my misunderstanding

Moto Q9h On AT&T

The GSM version of Motorola's upgraded Moto Q will be offered by AT&T from tomorrow, November 2, for $200. Upgrades include Windows Mobile 6, 3G and integrated GPS. The most useful feature is .............

If u want to check out more -my blog add. *vijaypanwar.blogspot.com/2007/11/moto-q9h-on-at.html

N-gage service delays

Nokia just delayed the revenge of N-Gage. Expected to come down the pike mid-November, it will still arrive before Christmas, in December.

"Software testing delays" are blamed, the industry equivalent of leaves on the railroad tracks. "We're talking about a couple of weeks," Nokia's Kari Tuutti tells Reuters..........

rest of the article on *vijaypanwar.blogspot.com/2007/11/n-gage-service-delayed.html

PS3 network enters record books

Protein folding is critical to most biological functions

A project that harnesses the spare processing power of Sony's PlayStation 3 (PS3) to help understand the cause of diseases has entered the record books.

Guinness World Records has recognised folding@home (FAH) as the world's most powerful distributed computing network.

FAH has signed up nearly 700,000 PS3s to examine how the shape of proteins affect diseases such as Alzheimer's.

The network has more than one petaflop of computing power - the equivalent of 1,000 trillion calculations per second.

"To have folding@home recognized by Guinness World Records as the most powerful distributed computing network ever is a reflection of the extraordinary worldwide participation by gamers and consumers around the world and for that we are very grateful," said Professor Vijay Pande of Stanford University and a leader of the FAH project.

Disease link

Distributed computing is a method for solving large complex problems by dividing them between many computers.

Rest of the news on my blog- *vijaypanwar.blogspot.com/2007/11/ps3-network-enters-record-books.html

hehe now iam annoying the thread owner sorry fellows iam a big freako

No, you are not. Now, you are posting what you were supposed to.

Oh, and there is no such thing as a "thread owner".

The 8GB Nokia N95 has made its debut in india. The Nokia N95 8GB is the memory-packed big brother of the Nokia N95 multimedia computer.

Boasting up to eight gigabytes of built-in memory, the Nokia N95 8GB has all the key features of its predecessor, including a 5 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics, built-in A-GPS, WLAN, HSDPA and an..
Read On

The First Breed of XO Laptops will be Shiped to Uruguay

The Government of Uruguay has officially ordered the XO Laptops, touted as the "$100" Laptops. This south american country has ordered 0.1 million laptops initially to help it's students. They have plans to buy another 0.2 million to equip every child with a PC in 2009.

READ MORE on *www.debsuvra.co.nr

Virus Found - Possible Threat “Trojan downloader”

Virus Found - Possible Threat “Trojan.Zlob” Undetected in many front line scanner

Virus Found - Possible Threat “Backdoor.Win32.Bifrose.bcb”

Integrated EV-DO Support For HP Compaq Laptops

Sony to Throw in a New PS2 at $99!

Zeitgeist: The Movie

FlightGear Live CD

@ Arya, Nice Thread

duh!! This is how you advertise your blog.

*feeds.feedburner.com/InstantFundas.2.gif

Apple quicktime highly critical vulnerability woes Apple.

....a 'highly critical' vulnerability in Quicktime that can bypass security, expose sensitive information and hackers can be able to access a system remotely. An error in the handling of image description atoms can be exploited to cause a memory corruption when a user is enticed to open a specially crafted movie file. Those movie files are spreading steadily through several pornographic sites. When a user opens a specially created video file, a boundary error in the handling of Sample Table Sample Descriptor (STSD) atoms can be exploited to cause a heap-based buffer overflow....

N85 Checked

In terms of reviews, the Nokia N95 8GB is relatively simple to handle, thankfully. Not because it's a simple or trivial product, but because the original N95 is so well known and has been written about so many times that there's really little point in going over every function that's common to both devices in minute detail.
Setting the scene

But a short summary is in order.... Read on

There are many designers who have joined a manufacturer of phones to create their own mobile, and if you showed this week and the Giorgio Armani-Samsung, this time returned Read On

Nokia's 8800 Arte and Sapphire Arte for the nouveau riche

Nokia 8800 Arte and Nokia 8800 Sapphire Arte are destined to excite style-conscious consumers

Espoo, Finland - Nokia today unveiled a premium pair of handsets aimed at the most discerning and style-conscious consumers. The new Nokia 8800 Arte and Nokia 8800 Sapphire Arte bring 3G capabilities to the highly acclaimed Nokia 8800 series which features an elegant and sophisticated design theme that takes inspiration from nature and sets it apart from the crowd. The Nokia 8800 Arte will start shipping in the fourth quarter of 2007...Read On

Official Nokia N82 press shots!
Unseen official photoshot a day earlier

Check Out

Finally... I had some time and I have put up my own blog.

It's (not) Alright

If you got time, then please visit and comment. I am also looking forward for link exchange. Ayone interested? Drop me a PM/Email so that even I can add your link.

Thank You,
Aditya

From the moon to the Earth–in HD

*www.santhosh.pcchitchat.com/?p=21

My windows is not shuting down

Review of Nokia N81/Nokia N81 8Gb

For Nokia the release of the Nokia N81 is a hallmark event in that it is one of the first handset to support its re-launched N-Gage platform. On top of that, within the Nokia’s range this model is about to claim the position of the most affordable multimedia convergent device marrying music, games and imaging under its hood. So as not to pose a threat to the Nokia N95 and the Nokia N95 8 Gb, this device comes with no GPS receiver onboard, but the N81 still ships with local maps...Read on

Sony Ericsson Concept Phone with USB Port

It’s a slim candy bar style phone complete with a big screen, standard SE key layout but touched up with stainless steel buttons. Yes it’ll do music, movies, text, email, blah blah and blah so where’s the innovation here? It...Read on

The New Lg Voyager Looks like Iphone

The new VOYAGER is the first handset with both interactive touch screen and a full QWERTY keyboard. The phone comes with a music player, dual speakers for stereo sound, Bluetooth and a 2.0 megapixel camera & camcorder.But the first time i saw its photo i felt i am seen a Iphone...Read on

Nokia N82 And Sony Ericsson K850i a Close Look

Nokia N82 – preview

Sales package
Handset
Battery (BP-6MT)
Charger (AC-5)
Wired stereo-headset (HS-43)
USB data cable (CA-101)
TV cable (CA-75U)
microSD memory card (2 Gb)
Positioning

The market is now witnessing a unique situation when Nokia has three “all-in-one” devices on offer, retails them for pretty much the same money, yet packages these solutios with different features. In Europe you will be able to grab them for:
Nokia N95 – 480-500 Euro;
Nokia N82 – 450 Euro;
Nokia N81 8Gb – 430 Euro;

The Nokia N82 seems somewhat odd, however –it wedges into the Nokia’s otherwise consistent range and then provokes a natural question – Is there any real need in this phone? But the answer is right on the surface, you just need to take a better look around to figure out that the N82 is in fact strikes back at Sony Ericsson’s flagship – the Sony Ericsson K850i. This is what Nokia was set to do – roll out a direct rival for the K850i with comparable price tag and an edge in the form of S60. Speaking in favor of this guess is the fact that only now does a Nokia-branded device employs the bundled motion sensor for auto menu rotation not only in the camera application...Read more

Dual core celerons on 20th january :shock:

*www.techjunkiez.com/index.php/2007/12/08/intel-to-release-dual-core-celerons-on-january-20th/

Hi Guys,
I jus started a blog,
*rayraven.wordpress.com/
Kicking it off with a review on Opera 9.5 beta.
Feedback please

Thanx & Regards,
ray

V

I also started a blog *funnymsg.blogspot.com/
Pls comments for improvement
I also hav another two sites *fungame.summerhost.info/ for Flash gaming and to post games in orkut,myspase and for blogs
*shiv.gigacities.net/ for watching TV online

^ u guys have a nice blog

I Review BSNL's EVDO in my blog... have a look:

*www.santhosh.pcchitchat.com/?p=33

nokia n96 in my blog

Trio of new ATI Radeon HD cards get leaked
*www.techjunkiez.com/index.php/2007/12/22/trio-of-new-ati-radeon-hd-cards-get-leaked/

T

A tutorial on How to install Ubuntu 7.10 in Virtual Machine (VMWare Workstation) with screenshots

Please give ur comments on my blog

S

Now i think i should also start blogging.
this things seems to be interesting.

AMD Radeon HD 3870 X2 Grphics card details....with pics

*shyamkol.blogspot.com/2007/12/amd-radeon-hd-3870-x2-graphics-card.html

shyamno said:
AMD Radeon HD 3870 X2 Grphics card details....with pics

*shyamkol.blogspot.com/2007/12/amd-radeon-hd-3870-x2-graphics-card.html

Nice one..really appreciated

ravi_9793 said:
Nice one..really appreciated

The blog or the post !!!

shyamno said:
The blog or the post !!!

post dear

I thought...both....btw thanks.....

T

The_Devil_Himself said:
^^nice blog there sushrut boy.

Thanks

UPDATE :
My Pictures 3D review
*www.sushrutsg.wordpress.com/

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Hi Guys,
I just started a blog..
*adithyau.blogspot.com/
it has just description of presenmaker1.0

RAM Test Tool for Windows from Microsoft... *www.chotocheeta.com/2007/12/23/how-do-you-test-your-ram-when-running-windows-vista/

TO ALL BLOGGERS

This may come helpful to many..

Please visit this thread atleast once

*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/showthread.php?t=76469

And post in replies.

Thanks..
If yöü like it reply there or pm me.
I posted the thread to help yöü all...so please understand what the content really means.

Check out my blog, and please leave some comments if you want

*youthmasala.wordpress.com/

Just a small Guide for Windows user for the security issues... Protect your Windows PC / Notebook

Even i have started blogging very recently. These r some of the posts that i have put till now.
IBM:Five Innovations For Next Five Years
Freezing pc
Nostradamus predictions
Tata`s Rs1lakh car:A curse?
A Christmas truse in WWI
Thank You!

Its a small hardware tool but good results, *www.chotocheeta.com/2007/12/27/run...erboard-notebook-multi-plug-for-audio-output/

Cannot Open Disk Drive On Double Click
*www.techhunt.org/node/11

Windows Active Desktop
*www.techhunt.org/node/19

High Page Rank Websites to get Backlinks For Websites
We all wants to have back links of our websites at high pagerank websites.Backlinks help websites to get high pagerank and in SEO.
*www.techhunt.org/node/21

Wordpress 2.3.2 released www.techjunkiez.com

IE:: Homepage is hacked
*www.techhunt.org/node/24

25 years of TCP/IP @ *suvra.wiizdom.com/2008/01/06/25-years-of-tcpip-ready-for-a-celebration/
Antivirus Protection worse than a year ago @ *suvra.wiizdom.com/2008/01/03/antivirus-protection-worse-than-a-year-ago/

IE cannot open any webpage
*www.techhunt.org/node/28

Set IE7 to All Default Settings
*www.techhunt.org/node/29

Learn about the to be launched USB 3 in USB 3 Sneak Peek @ USB 3 Revealed at CES 2008, Are we moving Fast?

Run IE in no Add-ons Mode.A powerful way to find IE problem and solution.
*www.techhunt.org/node/30

Why should U buy a Penryn tomorrow and not a Merom today ?
Check *tinyurl.com/33oge7 *feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Suvra_Connected/~3/215823371/

Check about MySpace's new tactics to stop predators @
Parents’ advised to block kid’s MySpace Access, to end the MySpace Misery!

Configure DSL modem on LAN port
*www.techhunt.org/node/52

Forgetfulness: An anomaly or a gift ?

Check it @ *tinyurl.com/2lpxhz

Also check my experience of forgetfulness there! :))

The iPod Fixation, and other stuff.

www.more-than-tech.blogspot.com

Behind Indian Broadband
*www.techhunt.org/node/53

Print links in printable version using javascript

[excerpt and code snippet]
With screen media, one can easily link pages on the web(Eg:Click here to visit Google . But when a user 'prints' the page, all your links will probably be lost or atleast won't print as you want them. To avoid this, it would be nice if we could somehow bundle the links with the printed matter. That is what I recently wanted for my website and I found that javascript could easily help me.

............................
.........................
So how do we do that?Its simple 3 steps!
............
.................(directly posting the code)

Code:

[INDENT]var links=document.getElementsByTagName("a"); // returns an array of all hyperlinks
var no=links.length;// Calculates no of hyperlinks 
if(no>0) // execute further action only if atleast 1 hyperlink is found in the matter
{
document.write("Important links from this page have been given below. Please visit them:
")
  for(i=0;iWe start the loop
  {
  href=document.links[i].href;//We obtained the HREF attribute of a hyperlink
  var title=document.links[i].title;//We obtained the TITLE attribute of the same hyperlink
  document.write("[B]"+title+"[/B]:
=>"+href+"
");} //Now we write the link
  }
else
{
false;// return false if o hyperlink is found in the matter
}[/INDENT]

............................
............................

The Way Ahead Of Indian Broadband:
*www.techhunt.org/node/54

DSL Broadband:
*www.techhunt.org/node/55

Blissful Sundays..!

*doctorprasad.wordpress.com/2008/01/20/blissful-sundays/

Digital Watermarking is going to replace DRM ? Who is gonna stay ?
Check Digital Watermarking, a Usable Replacement to DRM?

The art of compulsive overshopping…!!

*doctorprasad.wordpress.com/2008/01/22/the-art-of-compulsive-overshopping/

Erase undetected cd-rw using linux www.techjunkiez.com

ax3 said:
how much space does blogspot gives 4 free ?

Unlimited I think .....

ax3 said:
cool .......

how can v track or c ppl visiting my blog ?

Hey this thread is not for asking questions about blogging, I think this is for discussing about blog posts.

Please create another thread in the QnA sec.

The HTPC : out to replace your TV?

*more-than-tech.blogspot.com/

Open Source DRM, Back to Back @ www.suvraconnected.uni.cc

Webcast: 2008 International CES Keynote:
*www.techhunt.org/node/68

Windows 7 Leaked:: Screenshots
*www.techhunt.org/node/69

Watch Bill Gates at CES 2008
*www.techhunt.org/node/70

Dell and Microsoft Launch (PRODUCT) RED Branded Products to Help Eliminate AIDS in Africa :
*www.techhunt.org/node/71

A comprehensive Creative Zen Review

more-than-tech.blogspot.com

ax3 said:
cool .......

how can v track or c ppl visiting my blog ?

No you can't do tracking and site stats. But there are plenty of third party site stats that work very well with blogger. I'd recommend www.statcounter.com.

goobimama said:
No you can't do tracking and site stats. But there are plenty of third party site stats that work very well with blogger. I'd recommend www.statcounter.com.

There are also www.sitemeter.com for the purpose.

Check the new revamped Suvra Connected... @ www.suvraconnected.co.cc

Here's something for you windows (L)users

There's some things that really bug me to death when it comes to windows users. And I'm not talking about the stupid things they (yep, you are a 'they') do when using my Mac, that's a really long list. This is in their own territory.

1. Right Click > Refresh.
What the hell is wrong with this world? Are Windows users that stupid? I've seen people right-click the desktop and refresh it like countless times. Not even sure what it's for. And some prick had the nerve to use my mac, and say "there's no refresh for your desktop". (Refrains from cursing). Let me tell you this. It's a totally useless practice and just makes you look like a, well, something that's dumb.

2. Ejecting flash drives.
This one's not as stupid as the first one, but it is painful (for me to watch) nonetheless. While ejecting a flash drive in Win2000 and above, all you need to do is left-click on the button, and click on the small little baloon that pops up. Plain and simple.

Yet. I've seen tens of millions of people, double-clicking it, going through countless menus and finally ejecting the drive.......

Guess a bit late here !!

Let me Introduce !!

Sony Ericsson Flashing

Opened >> Jan 15th for public !

Daily Views from Jan 20th >> approx 1300 per day

Jan 15th to Jan 30th Views 18,887
Feb 1st to 14th 19253

Sony Ericsson Flashing, Modding, Patching, Hacking And More

Latest Happenings

People who make it happen !!

Authors >> Akshay
New Author Recruit >> PETER MAJOR from hungray

Moderators >> Joseph and Pratik

Marketting and Advertising on Orkut >> Pratik
Marketting and Advertising at Forums >> Rajeev and Akshay

So anyone any comments ?? .. please !

thanks !!

I thought I'd revive this one. Will get me a little more publicity

Switch to Safari: A look at Safari for Windows
Many who have known this blog from back in the days, must know that I was a firefox boy. Well, at least until it screwed with me. However, back then I had no other alternative but to use Firefox on Windows.

Then came along Safari. In it's BETA versions of Windows, it was a little crashy and buggy so I never mentioned it. I did however use it all along. However, now, with the Safari 3.1 update, it's finally out of BETA. The browser is stable, super fast, extremely standards compliant, and I can finally say, you gotta switch to Safari.

If however you are a heavy extensions user (Power users they call themselves), and can't live without them, then Safari is not for you. If you prefer to customise your browser instead of surfing the web, then Safari is not for you. If you want a out-of-the-box ready to use browser, with some really awesome features, speedy, stable, then give Safari a shot. Here's a small list of reasons to 'go Safari'....read on

ax3 said:
how can v track or c ppl visiting my blog ?

u wont b able to see their faces, but Google Analytics will tell you al LOT about the vistors to your blog - all for free

[tho i must warn you that looking at all the data can become boring if you blogging just for fun and not to improve traffic]

goobimama said:
Here's something for you windows (L)users
1. Right Click > Refresh.
What the hell is wrong with this world? Are Windows users that stupid? I've seen people right-click the desktop and refresh it like countless times. Not even sure what it's for. And some prick had the nerve to use my mac, and say "there's no refresh for your desktop". (Refrains from cursing). Let me tell you this. It's a totally useless practice and just makes you look like a, well, something that's dumb.

operation timed out

Link works for me...

slugger said:
u wont b able to see their faces, but Google Analytics will tell you al LOT about the vistors to your blog - all for free

[tho i must warn you that looking at all the data can become boring if you blogging just for fun and not to improve traffic]

operation timed out

agree with you...

can u help me.. i just now started to use this google analytical..

is it enough to give the starting domain name .. say *xxxxx.blogspot.com ??? will it include my individual blogs .. or should i have to give each blog page seperately to track...??

coz right now i didnt see any page visitors... but my on page visitors copunt keeps ticking...

i usually subm\mit individual links to social news sites...

just add the code in the blog template -

for you the site will be *example.blogspot.com (replace example with your own

)

it will give you results from all pages visited

pages that are visited by people through links given by you at diff sites will be included under Traffic Sources Overview>Referring Sites

data starts coming in 2-3 days time

oookkkk....

thnks ..

and another thing...
i am using "Thisway Blue"
and there is two vertical blue band... on both sides...
i want to utilies them.. say put up adds .. more...
is ther a wayto stretch or use those portion..

please help..

no ida wat "thisway blue" template looks like [googling dint help either]

bu go to Layout>Page Elements

See if the template allows you to add page elements in theverticle blue bands

if it does then just click on a box title Add a page element select the adsense option

once doen just drag it to the verticle blue band for placing the adsense ad

if it does not allow placing page elements there, then either - select another temp8 or edit the template to allow placment of page elemnts

i have added page elements and all ... its filled.. i want to utilise the space ...say now my blog is in the centre... with this two space... on either side...

i just want to make it as three column or wide blog...

for the blog to be a three column blog, the template must be threee column

the test - if you are able to place page elements on both right anf left, itmens that it is a 3-column template, else not

Send free sms to anywhere in india from my blog sidebar

www.techjunkiez.com

^^^ Definitely going to check that out!

Y not.

.

ns4.everydns.net Nameserver not responding

axfr.everydns.net is back online

F-15 Wallpapers

my recent blogging endeavours

Creating your own, unique email id - Microsoft's Live Domain

Family loses its sole breadwinner along with his organs

Google Email Uploader : Transfer/copy/import all your emails to your Google Apps email account

Ok now since I had a nice five days gap between my exams, I decided to do something else apart from studying. So I've started my own blog. This is my first tech related post on it. Please read it and comment how you find it. Suggestions and criticism are welcome.

Opera Mini, and how it can be a pain in the ass

Opera Mini. Widely hailed as one of the best web browsers and one of the best free software for mobile phones on any platform. One that revolutionized internet surfing on mobile phones and generated millions of fans all over the world. It proved that free software need not be crappy, especially ones made on the Java platform. Currently in v4 and completing several million downloads in a short span, its a runaway success. So why, do you ask, is it a pain in my ass? Read more.

My blog isn't quite complete yet. There are many things I want to do to it regarding its overall look but don't find much time. I'll take care of that after my exams get over. Please bear with its spartan look till then.

Where Tech Meets Life

Check out my blog & give me some comments on the same.

@krazzy
that template is prettyyy ollddd

you have to search for some cool blogger templates

@cool_g5
nice blog

left some comments

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DigitalDude said:
@krazzy
that template is prettyyy ollddd you have to search for some cool blogger templates

When I click the option of new template I'm show the same few default templates. What if I want to add my own?

@Digital dude - Thanks

@Krazzy - Plz enable anonymous comments,so that visitors can also comment.

krazzy said:
When I click the option of new template I'm show the same few default templates. What if I want to add my own?

search for 'blogger templates' and download the ones you like they will be either in .zip (in that case just unzip it in your pc) or directly in .xml

and goto the 'Edit HTML' tab in layout section and upload the .xml file

*img253.imageshack.us/img253/2382/bloggertemplatexk0.jpg

and you can use any free image host or google pages to host the template images any, then edit the url for the images in the .xml file and upload again

you can refer this *blogger-templates.deceblog.net/faq/how-to-upload-template-images/

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Sorry, I know I am violating the thread rule. Apologies - in advance !

My blog is not much into technology, but it is not too personal too.

Have a look - *www.dinkar.com

I do not post frequently, I am new to blog, trying to post more.

Please feel free to criticize me, as I would love to know how to improve my blogging skills

Note : I am not planning to earn anything from blog, I am not planning to make it a tech-blog too. Just a plain one.

Cool G5, Done. Also thanks for bringing it to my notice. I thought it was ON by default.

DigitalDude, Thanks for the info. Will do that.

Edit: Uploaded a new template. Somebody check it out tell me what you think about it.

The new template looks cool.
But change the header image if possible.

din said:
Sorry, I know I am violating the thread rule. Apologies - in advance !

My blog is not much into technology, but it is not too personal too.

Have a look - *www.dinkar.com

I do not post frequently, I am new to blog, trying to post more.

Please feel free to criticize me, as I would love to know how to improve my blogging skills

Note : I am not planning to earn anything from blog, I am not planning to make it a tech-blog too. Just a plain one.

I'm a regular reader of your blog. Please don't stop writing. Guys, this guy has got some crazy sh1t going on. Worth the read.

@din

u mite wan2 consider having a contact me thingy setup on ur site

ie, if u dont mind being contacted by people other than thru comments

Sure, you mean like a contact form ?

ya

like where you type in your own id and in the next box type in the message

easier that way

I find post comments to be a perfect way to communicate with a blog owner. At least the initiating of a conversation which can then carry on via email. Having a separate contact form seems a little redundant.

But that's just me.

dino sir - cool blog uv got another subscriber

and i wud recommend this plugin as uv got rather lengthy posts ...

Homepage Excerpts - Shows a user-defined excerpt of posts on the home page or a defined no. of full posts on the Home Page, makes the home page look neat IMHO. I have set it to show only the latest post in full and excerpts of all others. (Download) and yeah no contact form IMHO

^^^^
for that problem you can just insert a 'more' tag after one or two paragraphs then it will show as 'Read more of this post' in the front page...

there's a button for this in wordpress post editor... check out

_

oh thts interesting the 1 under html right ... cool tip

*img138.imageshack.us/img138/2377/moreus8.jpg

this is NOT my post, but found it an interesting read

How do you maximize your notebook / laptop battery life

DigitalDude said:
*img138.imageshack.us/img138/2377/moreus8.jpg

i tried it il stick to the plugin and recommend it to the 1s using the abv the method

slugger said:
this is NOT my post, but found it an interesting read

How do you maximize your notebook / laptop battery life

have read it choto sir writes some really informative posts i wonder why is he absent from the forums

iMav said:
have read it choto sir writes some really informative posts i wonder why is he absent from the forums

ahem....ahem!!
sent sum1 a pm for a lil' clarification about this.....took offense.....khunnas nilkala mujhpe on sunday

iMav said:
[...] i wonder why is he absent from the forums

I was also thinking about that...

guess he is concentrating more on his blog

_

slugger said:
ahem....ahem!!
sent sum1 a pm for a lil' clarification about this.....took offense.....khunnas nilkala mujhpe on sunday

Thanks a lot for the suggestion iMav. Yes, I know the 'More' feature. Tried it once, but it messes up text in some themes.

Among Thinkdigit forum members blog, I am a big fan of Goobi's blog. The thing is, he make a blog post out of anything ! and it is not technical always (I agree tech blogs are very informative for me, but I get bored reading lot). He cover a wide variety of topics. Really nice.

iMav said:

never mind its not imp

dont wan2 turn the thread in OFFTOPIC by washin dirty linen in public

but the blog is not the reason why he is missin

last OT post in this thread from me

^^ +1. Goobi's blog is really nice.

Hi all,

We're inviting forum members to have their blogs posted on our Blogger's Park area of the all new thinkdigit.com. So if you have a blog related to technology, drop me a mail at robert.smith at 9dot9.in with the following details:

Subject of mail: Blogger's Park

Name (Real Name please):
Forum ID:
Age:
Location:
Blog address:
Two line description of your blog:

Since I get waay too many mails a day, I may not be able to respond to all of you, but rest assured that those who are selected will be contacted soon.

Also remember to start posting feedback about our new site in the site feedback thread.

Thanks!

Raaabo said:
Hi all,

We're inviting forum members to have their blogs posted on our Blogger's Park area of the all new thinkdigit.com. So if you have a blog related to technology, drop me a mail at robert.smith at 9dot9.in with the following details:

Subject of mail: Blogger's Park

Name (Real Name please):
Forum ID:
Age:
Location:
Blog address:
Two line description of your blog:

Since I get waay too many mails a day, I may not be able to respond to all of you, but rest assured that those who are selected will be contacted soon.

Also remember to start posting feedback about our new site in the site feedback thread.

Thanks!

will our site link be added with the blog post, as source and credit on thinkdigit site??

@ravi_9793

From what Raaabo wrote, it seems they will include the blog URL as well.

ya they will piut up the link of your blog on the list

i recognised quiz_master and akshayy in the list

*www.thinkdigit.com/blogger.php

ravi_9793 said:
will our site link be added with the blog post, as source and credit on thinkdigit site??

I guess you misunderstood... they are not asking for content syndication...

its just a blogger's directory sort of...

_

That's nice. Going to mail Raaabo now.

DigitalDude said:
I guess you misunderstood... they are not asking for content syndication...

its just a blogger's directory sort of...

_

yaa..you are right. Got now... mailed also.

This is cool! I had no idea we had this thread running over here.

If you are a gamer and have some spare time on your hands, then head over to The ANGRY Pixel.

Comments, criticism and PayPal transfers most welcome!!

I am not a regular blogger .. Anyway here I have my blog www.hereitbegins.blogspot.com

Are these legal?

Stuff available for free RS downloads

David Bach - The Automatic Millionaire

1,TESTOUT MCAD 70-315 - Developing Web Apps with C#
& Visual Studio.NET - 1CD

2, TESTOUT MCAD 70-316 - Developing Windows Apps with C# & Visual
Studio.NET- 2CDs

Ian Rankin - Bleeding Hearts

and many many more......

all these on the front page of a blog on thinkdigit's list

looks like an oversight

well i shall be mailing Raaabo as soon as get my TB fixed

Hey guys!
Check out my site:

*techiesrealm.com

Suggestions are most welcome

^^ Could we maybe be able to click the post title instead of hunting for the "more" button?

@narangz

Agree with Goobi in that. Very difficult to find and click on 'more' button.

Usually the blog post title is a link and that is very easy for visitors.

On a second look, I see it is not the blog url but list of blog entries, still I think it is a good idea to make it links (I see they are ok in the actual blog url)

Time for some free publicity

The truth about the Macbook Air being hacked in 2 minutes...

If you read any news related to technology, you must have come across this headline, "Macbook Air Pwned in 2 minutes". Well the truth is a little deeper than that.

First of all it doesn't have anything to do with the Macbook Air. No one mentioned that it was a Lenovo X28382 or a Acer PZQRT45-c for the other models. It is what software it is running and not the hardware configuration.

Secondly, it wasn't OS X that was vulnerable. It was Safari. Agreed Safari is very much a part of OS X, but it still is a separate software on it's part. It has now been patched btw.

Thirdly, it wasn't really hacked in 2 minutes! No sir.
No one was able to execute code on any of the systems on Wednesday, the first day of the contest, when hacks were limited to over-the-network techniques on the operating systems themselves. But on the second day, the rules changed to allow attacks delivered by tricking someone to visit a maliciously crafted Web site, or open an e-mail....read the full entry

dude windows was hacked after they allowed third party softwares and tht too the crappy flash, so dont twist words such as it is a separate software

, it got pwned if not in 2 mins then in 20 :lol:

its the same thing

goobimama said:
^^ Could we maybe be able to click the post title instead of hunting for the "more" button?

Thanks Milind. I'll do that ASAP.

din said:
@narangz

Agree with Goobi in that. Very difficult to find and click on 'more' button.

Usually the blog post title is a link and that is very easy for visitors.

On a second look, I see it is not the blog url but list of blog entries, still I think it is a good idea to make it links (I see they are ok in the actual blog url)

Thanks Din sir.
Yes the main page is not the blog. It'll list the blog entries & hot forum posts.

Anything else? Interface, look & theme? I want something else as logo & will change it when I get it(Hint, Hint Milind

) or if I create it myself.
Ideas about blog posts?

I've changed it like you guys said & also changed alignment of more buttons as suggested by Milind. They look better now

Thanks Milind & Din sir.

DNS Bajaj : Graphical representation of domain records delegation

DNS Bajaj : Graphical representation of domain records delegation

DNS Bajaj (pronounced DNS by Eye) is an online service that generates a graphical representation of the propagation of Domain records of your site through the Name servers handling your DNS. As the name suggests, it allows you to view the delegation of your domain through the Name servers in a graphical manner and helps pinpoint any errors that may have occurred in setting up your DNS....

Read the full post....

well, ive already posted in review section but

Bose Triport Around ear Headphones

April 26, 2008
Recently my aunt gifted me a pair of Bose Triport headphones

Sadly these headphones didnt have noise cancellation, but if volume is more then half they cancel most ambient sounds

Read it here

Jaxtr : A VOIP-based social networking community

Jaxtr : A VOIP-based social networking community

The ever-growing list of Social Networking communities sees yet another aspirant - Jaxtr. However, what may help it stand out from the crowd, is the fact that has also employed a VOIP-based form of communication rather than just plain text. It also allows one to send free SMS-es to any cellphones/landlines in over 155 countries, India included. The community, which was in Beta testing, finally came out with a stable release this February 25th.

Signing up is simple - fill up a few info and you can start sending out SMS-es right away, even before your registered email id is verified. However one thing that I found extremely odd was that while registering, you need to enter the password only once.....

Read the full post....

Nokia Unveils 5320 & 5220 Xpress Music Phones

A Lesson learnt from the new ThinkDigit.com website - Don't trust your web design firm, get their work reviewed before you make it public

Website owner/webmaster special

^^ Wow! Awesome! And you are right. The Thinkdigit site looks really pathetic.

goobimama said:
^^ Wow! Awesome! And you are right. The Thinkdigit site looks really pathetic.

It was coded very very loosely.

Thinkdigit.com Hacked !!!! (Digit's site hacked, but hacker causes no harm)

Thinkdigit.com Hacked !!!! (Digit's site hacked, but hacker causes no harm)

It is a development that is sure to have far reaching ramifications on the credibility of the organisations concerned. It was recently revealed that an unauthorized individual had succeeded in gaining access to the administrator control panel of the Thinkdigit.com site. The site in question is the online face of the Digit magazine, a popular and quite easily the highest selling Technology-oriented magazine in India. The ownership of the magazine had recently taken over by 9dot9 Media, a relatively new media group headed by Dr. Pramath Raj Sinha.

Read the full post....

Simple PHP CAPTCHA without using databases

Special focus for people who build:
1. Contact form
2. Blog/CMS scripts
3. Any other application that requires form submission
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
@Slugger:
Thanks

Goodbye W710i. You'll be missed.

Its like a farewell post to my cell phone, a Sony Ericsson W710i, which I had for the past one year. Maybe you guys will be interested in reading it.

Facebook Application Cheat

View facebook quiz results without sending bugging invites to friends

Making category specific RSS feeds

Do you bog on more than one categories or topics?
Do your RSS subscriber need RSS feeds only for a category of their choice and not all categories?
Then you must implement the above script.

Slick Review - A great messenger for your mobile

How To change the orange color between login screen and fully loaded Ubuntu desktop

How to change the orange color which is between the login screen and your fully loaded Ubuntu desktop

Blogger's Scheduled post publishing goes live : turns into the most abused/misused fe

one of the stooopidest feature evar introduced on the most popular blogging platform/service

Blogger's Scheduled post publishing goes live : turns into the most abused/misused feature?

Why o' why did you do this!!??

Some pics of my new Nokia 5700.

Clean your keyboard aka Mr. QWERTY:

*techiesrealm.com/blog/2008/04/cleaning-the-keyboard/

How to Recover and Undelete files in Ubuntu the easy way! (collected from the net)

KDE4 review

My experience with KDE4 from the new Kubuntu Hardy KDE4 remix version.

My Hardy Days : PART 1

Check out my Hardy Heron Review PART 1

@Debsuvra - Your blog is not loading. Tried it on IE & Opera.

@Cool G5

I could see his blog in FF / IE / Opera. No problem

May be your ISP ?

Cool G5 said:
@Debsuvra - Your blog is not loading. Tried it on IE & Opera.

din said:
@Cool G5

I could see his blog in FF / IE / Opera. No problem

May be your ISP ?

Well I corrected the possible errors responsible for the 'Page is not Loading' error, it is working fine now. Please tell me how you people think about my site (layout, content etc.)

WoW ! graet thread. How come I havn't noticed it before !

Ok Here I go : *topgeartopspeed.wordpress.com/

* Capture Video With Windows Movie Maker
* Create FreeBSD 7 DVD From CDs
* Disable Access to USB Mass Storage Drive
* Play Winamp Within Winamp
* Switch Among Different Networks
* Windows keyboard Shortcuts

I haven't provided the links coz I want you guys to : Please go to that blog and navigate through pages.
Will update & redesign this blog later

topgear said:
Please go to that blog and navigate through pages.

that's cheap dude

Can’t Afford The Car, Get The Phone

The post has the list of various cell-phones by car manufacturers.

Childish post by Uncle Din. Yes, it is about technology

Less than thousand (I guess) members. Exactly twelve hrs, that also night shift. They didn’t waste even a second I am sure. And the result ? A cute fort ! Really nice. You can see how beautiful it is. The design - perfect.

Read more here

How to enable compositing in Gnome without using compiz

To a higher Degree : M.S./M.Tech or M.B.A.?

I am posting this on my blog after having secured the permission to do so from the original writer.

To a higher Degree : M.S./M.Tech or M.B.A.?

The phone rings once again. On the other end is an engineer confused about continuing his formal education. He has been in engineering for a few years. He sees his colleagues pursuing either an M.B.A. or an M.S. in engineering.

While both are noble pursuits, each is a distinct path to follow, with different expectations and outcomes. Theoretically the option exists to pursue both paths. However, such an endeavour is rarely practical, partly because of the expense involved and even more so because of the daunting prospect of spending six years or more juggling graduate study and full-time engineering employment. So how does anyone decide which road to take?

Read the full post....

My Nokia 5700 Review.

Krazzy AIRTEL

iMav said:
that's cheap dude

Ok ! In your opinion - The way I presented the blog in here is cheap !

For your convenience I'am providing the links - I think this should be better

Ok Here I go : *topgeartopspeed.wordpress.com/

* Capture Video With Windows Movie Maker
* Create FreeBSD 7 DVD From CDs
* Disable Access to USB Mass Storage Drive
* Play Winamp Within Winamp
* Switch Among Different Networks
* Windows keyboard Shortcuts

Blog Images Professionally

1. Easily define & re-size images.
2. Easily add Watermarks to images.
3. Upload images.
4. Save your website bandwidth & storage space.

[...] Continue Reading…

New post in my blog - nothing technical !

Thank you for taking us back to the stone age

It is all about Hartal honey

How to Make a Play list File with Notepad for Media Players

Electrifying Climax of Mumbai Indians Vs Kings XI Punjab

For IPL junkies

I have made a blog...any suggestion ?

www.exclusivearena.blogspot.com

^most important suggestion for you:
Stop stealing content from other websites.

How to transfer your existing dual boot system to a new bigger, better hard-disk

Somebody stop me….no wait, save me

rohan_shenoy said:
^most important suggestion for you:
Stop stealing content from other websites.

U talking abt my blog ?

but I already provided the source...

Well I thought I'd catch some of this free publicity myself.

A very low tolerance for idiots

Not idiots in general. Those I don't mind. What I hate is otherwise intelligent people being dumb when it comes to computers. And there are millions of those around.

I've been told I'm a very bad teacher when it comes to showing someone how to do stuff on a computer. My method of teaching is, make the subject try as much as he/she can to do the task, and only if he/she cannot do it, I might offer a small hint. The belief is if you figure out how to do it on your own, you will not need me the next time. And that is exactly where the problem lies. The stupid subjects just sit there not knowing what to do! Which results in me getting a little out of hand with regard to my temper.

gx_saurav said:
Somebody stop me….no wait, save me

We'd appreciate it if you stuck to posting only about your techie posts, please. The last thing we need to know is what happened between your “friend girls” and “girl friends” and “boyfriends”. Like a not-so-wise kid once said, we tend to have “a very low tolerance for idiots”.

------------------------

Guys, feel free to check out Penned Thoughts every once in a while. The technology category might interest some of you.

Here's the latest post:

About Linux and Why Nobody Seems to Care

To start off, let me assure you that this article is not about bashing Linux or its users or the community centered around it. It’s not written out of spite or hatred. It certainly doesn’t have anything to do with my being an Apple fanboy and, given that it is being published on Apple Matters, you should know that none of us here hold any grudge against platforms other than the Mac.

With that disclaimer out of the way, let me state my case. I’ve recently come to the realization that most Windows and Mac users neither hate Linux nor do they want to get into any debates involving it just so that they can attempt to humiliate their Linux using counterparts. I’ve seen many an OS war and there has always been one common thread—Linux is ignored. Read more…

[Via Apple Matters]

Enjoy.

aryayush said:
We'd appreciate it if you stuck to posting only about your techie posts, please. The last thing we need to know is what happened between your “friend girls” and “girl friends” and “boyfriends”. Like a not-so-wise kid once said, we tend to have “a very low tolerance for idiots”.

it's a blog post, any one else got problem??

That was something funny which happened with me so I wrote, that's it.

Guys, feel free to check out Penned Thoughts every once in a while. The technology category might interest some of you.

Lolz....there is hardly any technology there but Apple.

Here's the latest post:

[URL="*www.aryayush.com/2008/05/19/about-linux-and-why-nobody-seems-to-care/"]About Linux and Why Nobody Seems to Care

[/URL]

Even we Windows Users care where Linux is used, it is very good for embedded & low cost system & there people care.

Photoshop non-destructive techniques by Milind Alvares[goobimama]:
*techiesrealm.com/blog/2008/05/photoshop-non-destructive-techniques/

Virtualization by Chirag Jain:
*techiesrealm.com/blog/2008/05/virtualization/

Removing Linux without reinstalling Windows by Rajbir Singh:
*techiesrealm.com/blog/2008/05/remove-linux-without-reinstalling-windows/

@ Smartguy 1 and Smartguy 2

You people better stop fighting, or I will write a new post in my blog starting with ....

Topic title - Smart Guys and Apple

Post starts with ...

Smartguy 1 loves Apple, so he always talk about it. Smartguy 2 is like an Apple, so he get a lot of girl friends and he always talk about it .....

^^ I was planning 1

din said:
@ Smartguy 1 and Smartguy 2

You people better stop fighting, or I will write a new post in my blog starting with ....

Topic title - Smart Guys and Apple

Post starts with ...

Smartguy 1 loves Apple, so he always talk about it. Smartguy 2 is like an Apple, so he get a lot of girl friends and he always talk about it .....

LOL

N

Hi Slugger,
Nice article.
But did you really take permission before publishing the article on your blog. I find it a little strange that somebody who writes for the American Society of Mechanical Engineers would allow that very article to be printed on your Personal blog. Just a thought. Nothing else.

nice

My latest Splog post. In case someone has some free time on their hands...

The obvious difference between Mac and Windows applications.
It is common knowledge that Apple pays close attention to design of their hardware as well as software. Mac OS X Leopard is by far a better designed OS than Vista ever will be. Apple’s iLife suite has no competition and the Mac desktops and laptops are the best designed in the world. And don’t mistake design to be ‘eye candy’.......

......Let’s take a look at some of the best apps in Windows and their mac counterparts. You be the judge (while I go on ranting). Mind you, I have not scourged the net finding the ugliest Windows apps and placed them against the pretty mac ones. I have googled my best to find the ‘best windows apps’ and compared them to what I feel are the best mac equivalents. Also, be sure to visit the respective websites. Mac app developers websites are 10 times cooler than their ugly cousins!......

That's the difference between a Windows & Mac user.

Windows user has so many things to blog about, life, bike, movie, computer, family, technology, girls.....

Mac user has Mac to blog about.

^^ What a lame attempt at lowballing. Tch tch.

goobimama said:
My latest Splog post. In case someone has some free time on their hands...

Just read it. It's nice. Hopefully Windows will have better apps in near future.

Well written

Goobi, you should have taken some screen shot of those Windows Application in customized state., Wanna see how uTorrent looks here?

*i26.tinypic.com/25itevt.jpg

goobimama's blog has an unmoderated comments feature. Just post your reply there if you have one. This thread is just to draw your attention to blog posts, not hear your nonsense about it.

User Based Charity Initiatives By Microsoft

3 User Based Charity Initiatives by MS:

The i'm Initiative

The Smith Family Office Charity

Carbon Reduction Reminder Service

GO through it, at the end there is another website which you guys might be interested, it is NOT affiliated to MS, choose the corerct meaning of the word, for every correct answer you donate 20 grains of rice.

5 n00b Softwares To Make You Look Pro

Create personalized Windows installation disks.

Improving your digital camera images & arrange your picture library.

Re-size images within a few clicks for transferring and or uploading to sites like Facebook & Orkut.

Take sexy screen shots.

Organize your mp3s by quickly adding id3 tags & embedding Album Art in them.

[...] Continue Reading…

MobiTubia - Youtube In Your Hands

Small part(thnx goobi :razz:

)

www.hullap.com said:
Customization
In Urban Terror there are many ways to customize the look of your player
By /funred {item name} and /funblue {item name} respectively acording to your team
A full List of possible items is given here
And its even possible to wear 2 or 3 things together
like /funred(blue) item1,item2,item3

Urban Terror

^^ Wouldn't it be nice if you could post an excerpt of what your post is about? Urban terror doesn't mean a lot by itself.

^done

[Windows 7] Paint Get’s New Features

Speed Racer DS Surprisingly Lacking The Suck

Every so often, I entertain the thought of giving a licensed game a crazy whirl, preferably based on some popularly, hyped motion picture. The most common perception being that a game specifically made to use a movie brand as a backdrop will most likely reek of fungus bread drenched in spoiled-egg stew, and that the accompanying vice-versa (movie based on a game franchise) will also hold true. Which is what’s so weird about Speed Racer for the Nintendo DS; despite being tailored in mind for people interested in the current-running, heavily-stylized reinterpretation of the Japanese-animated show from the late 60s, the DS version doesn’t borrow many assets from it – especially when compared to its console-counterparts. There’s virtually no story-line to speak of, and signature facets such as the Mach 5’s many whacky gadgets are nowhere to be found (Well, except for the one that makes the car jump – but every car in this game has that!). Even more bewildering, is that it’s a capable, if somewhat derivative, arcade-racer to boot.

Fox Studios Turn Payne Killer

There just isn’t room for creativity in this world these days - at least not if you are a multi-billion dollar Jabba the Hutt like Fox Studios. With Fox’s own Max Payne movie just around the corner, starring Mark Wahlberg as the classy “nothing to lose” anti-hero cop who’s lost it all, the movie studio has decided to eliminate the competition in a move that would make Vladimir Lem real proud.

And who’s the competition, you ask? Why, it’s none other than Payne & Redemption, a non-profit fan film that got over a million fans foaming at the mouth and the stamp of approval from Max Payne’s creator, Sam Lake, himself. A movie that’s been over three years in the making and has burned a hole deep in the pockets of the producer, Luke Morgan-Rowe and the director Fergle Gibson, Payne & Redemption fell foul last month, just after the team released a spanking new trailer, with their MySpace page getting suddenly pulled down citing copyright infringement concerns.

Control What Starts When You Boot Into Windows

System Admin utility from Microsoft let's you control what process initializes when, the processes are categorized for better control.

Being Manan said:
You can do this by using the AutoRuns utility by Microsoft. This utility will allow you to view process categorized under:

Logon
IE
Sidebar (incase youare using Vista)
Print Monitors
Explorer
Scheduled Tasks
Drivers and many more

[...] Continue Reading…

Gee how come I've not noticed that little setting ! pardon me for that.
I was aout to start a thread regarding to this but I've discovered that setting today

Opened my blog for anonymous public commenting

*topgeartopspeed.wordpress.com/

FOSS Supporters Are Hypocrites

No excerpt needed, but please read the full post & the PS too.

The Happiest Days of Our Lives

My monologue about my last two years at SBI .. Recalling some funny and some not so funny moments ..

Six Beat-'em ups for 2008 and beyond

For me, fighting games continue to be a part of my everyday fundamental, button-mashing diet. It only seems like yesterday when I was able to execute my first Hadoken in Street Fighter II. The first time I managed a Fatality off Mortal Kombat’s Johnny Cage, ripping his pretty little head off in supreme satisfaction. The first time experiencing Kasumi’s bouncy-breasty radiance in her Rabbit swimsuit from Dead or Alive Xtreme Volleyball… Oh wait, that last one didn’t have any fighting it in, did it? Ok, more or less, it still had the bouncy-breasty radiance that DOA games are still known for. Upon further reflecting on perpetual conundrums, even cruddy fighting games still had a memorable gimmick or two, like how Primal Fury was essentially Mortal Kombat but with prehistoric animals. Or how Kakuto Chojin so hilariously ripped off Fight Club’s plot. Ah, how one mingles in the memories of the inconsequential!

Getting back to the point, there are still game companies which have stayed long with the fighting genre and continue to support it, despite knowing that the days of coin-op arcades have long passed (Japan notwithstanding). Newer entries continue to be pumped – and thanks to the advent of better net infrastructure, more and more franchises are taking the leap to online matchmaking. No longer content to just playing your homies from the hood or the local game cafe, you’ll now be given the opportunity to fool around with players from all sorts of regions. You haven’t played a real game of Fatal Fury: Mark of the Wolves until some random 15-year-old Asian munchkin promptly hands over your carcass in less than a minute.

Thusly, I solemnly declare that a brief rundown on potential, forthcoming Beat em’ Ups shall be in effective order. Heaven or Hell, let’s fight!

The IPL is over now, some articles on the same. Those who like to revisit those winning moments,speciallly for RR fans here.

First Semifinal : Royals did it again

Second Semifinal : Chennai whitewashes Punjab,enters IPL's final

Grand Final : Rajasthan Royals grab the Inaugural IPL

Shane Warne's The Royal Champ

Rapid diagnosis of javascript errors and their correction

Monsoon Computing

A few basic tips to make sure the gadgets & computers are not adversely affected due to the monsoon.

NetDocs- Story of a Missed Oppertunity

The WallStreet Journal has published a fabulous article on the dynamics between Bill Gates. It reveals how a clash between Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer laid the foundation for the current transition of power. But for me the most interesting aspect of the article was the revelation that Microsoft had come up with the idea of Web based alternative to Microsoft Word as far back as 2001 - that’s four years before the launch of Writely. Google later took over Writely (in 2006) and relaunched it as Google Docs. So, if Microsoft had gone through with their plans then they would have been ahead of their competition by quite a margin and possibly be market leaders today even in online Office Solutions...........

Also

5 Alternate Ways to Browse Flickr

With it’s rich and diverse set of photographs from all over the world Flickr in itself is a fascinating service. Now add a captivating interface for browsing the spellbinding images hosted to flickr and you get a truely enchanting service. Here are some alternate interfaces which make Flickr more enjoyable.

Featured services are : CoverFlow, FlickrVision, retrievr, Color Pickr and Tag Galaxy.

Should Microsoft Be Worried About IE’s Usage Drop?

5 less publicized mistakes that can weaken your PHP-MySQL application

^^ Are you some kind of freaking genius?

goobimama said:
^^ Are you some kind of freaking genius?

Jaane do bhai mazzak kyon karte ho

Anywayz, if you are really serious, thanks for your compliment

Heres a new post:

Turn off spell check by default in Firefox for form fields

Will AJAX form submissions help to combat spam?

Display fireworks effect on your website using Javascript

Celebrations are often accompanied by fireworks. Whether it's New Year's eve or World Cup final or something personal like a wedding or birthday. Why should then, your website not have any? Before you continue this article, I want you to first have a glimpse of the effect in this demo.

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Tiny Utilities : Small is Good

This is a series I am doing on my blog. In each part I take a look at 3 tiny but useful freewares (smaller than 1.5 MB). This time I have covered QT Addressbar (gives you vista like addressbar with breadcrumbs navigation), My Lockbox (folder locking software), SUMo and FileHippo Update Checker (both check if your software installations are out of date).

Here's Mine...

This Post is related to how to make an animated favicon for your website.....

And the Link is *hackingdonz.blogspot.com/2008/06/hack-new-googles-favicon-with-new-one.html

Run Windows Server 2008 free for 240 days

Six Premium Antivirus Software for Free
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Describes legit way to get extended trial license for Kaspersky Internet Security 2009, Avira Antivir, Normal Virus Control, CA Antivirus, eScan and F-Secure. Also compares the performances of these AV softwares.

^^ Thanks Pallab for the 6 month KIS 2009 Licence

Tips on Defragmenting Your Hard Drive - :smile:

Moving table rows up and down with javascript

Power Saving Tips for your PC
*ganeshpbhat.blogspot.com/2008/06/must-readhow-to-save-power.html

Whoa nice posts there!
By looking at you guys i also started blogging a week back.
need to decide on theme,logo and lots of admin work needs to be done
Till now i am experimenting with content, most of the posts are junk.

If you guys have time, have a look
Top 8: Online Photo Printing Sites in INDIA

Feedback(mostly would be negative, i know) is welcome

Tutorial: Configuring a standard BSNL modem to allow DHCP Protocol for Direct Internet Access

Debian: The Sidux Install

Debian: Updating Sidux - Kick My Ass if I ever choose tw.debian.org again

Tutorial: How To Have Categories in Blogger

gary4gar said:
Whoa nice posts there!
By looking at you guys i also started blogging a week back.
need to decide on theme,logo and lots of admin work needs to be done
Till now i am experimenting with content, most of the posts are junk.

If you guys have time, have a look
Top 8: Online Photo Printing Sites in INDIA

Feedback(mostly would be negative, i know) is welcome

Nice blog you got there

. My only complaint is your formatting, while not entirely wrong, isn't right either. Otherwise its good

goobimama said:
Nice blog you got there . My only complaint is your formatting, while not entirely wrong, isn't right either. Otherwise its good

Can you Please say what wrong with formatting, so can i can correct it.
and what you think of the site layout & theme?

Thanks for your feedback, appreciated

Just a few examples:

Here are a many sites(there are many but i am giving the major ones in INDIAN context):

No space between the parenthesis?

Firefox is now Trying to make a Guinness World Record for most number of downloads on release date 17,June. and everyone is invited to be a part of it. PLEDGE NOW!!

Trying is with a capital T. No capitalisation for "And everyone". 17,June: there's no space between 17, and june.

Stuff like that. I see a lot of words capitalised for no reason at all. Missing periods here and there. Extra spacing between some paragraphs, no spacing among others.

Your profile itself is written with lots of such errors. And too much use of the word 'he'.

I love what you've done with the banner. Looks awesome.

goobimama said:
Just a few examples:

No space between the parenthesis?

Trying is with a capital T. No capitalisation for "And everyone". 17,June: there's no space between 17, and june.

Stuff like that. I see a lot of words capitalised for no reason at all. Missing periods here and there. Extra spacing between some paragraphs, no spacing among others.

Your profile itself is written with lots of such errors. And too much use of the word 'he'.

I love what you've done with the banner. Looks awesome.

yeah, my writing style suck big times, need to improve it.
any tips?
btw, corrected all the errors you have pointed out

Read. Read like it’s the end of the world. Read novels, newspapers, articles, comics… anything you prefer, just read.

And when you write, wherever you do, write like it’s an English examination and whatever you write is under scrutiny. For example, your post above should have been written like this:

“Yes, my writing skills are not up to the mark and I need to improve upon them. Do you have any tips you can share?

I’ve already corrected all the errors you pointed out, by the way.”

If you start reading and writing properly (with proper punctuation, grammar and spelling), you’ll be writing like a pro within six months from now. You might want to read this post (from me) if you’re interesting in honing your writing skills.

Thanks a Lot!

gary4gar said:
yeah, my writing style suck big times, need to improve it.
any tips?
btw, corrected all the errors you have pointed out

teh best way is teh l337 sp3ak

Yeah try to listen to few english songs, they will be an inspiration for creating cool post headings and some one liners.

Watch movies, especial content rich. Use subtitles where necessary.

Read if you feel like, though i dont read anything apart from few blog posts and reviews.Hate the news paper, mags and all other kinda gimmicks .

When u write , do not repeat a word or phrase too often. change the narration style within lines, you don't want your readers to be a one goer, add twist, ask questions, answer then by your point of view and don't impose your choices.

last but not least be intriguing, at least girls like that

Write less (nobody wants to read an essay, of course unless he is paid for that or a fanboy/critic) but with quality and make your post encompass the whole world, include every topic that entices you and you think your readers must know and appreciate.

Proofread everything you posted.

Lastly never expect something, be happy.

Few things about UI, make it blended, your logo stands out of the current theme. Visit some other blogs ans sites to know what is the current trend of UI, amend ur CSS as required.

Welcome to the blogosphere Gary

btw arya already linked the post I was going to.

Sorry my post should have been written like this:

Hey Gary, hearty congratulations on your blog. Welcome to the Blogosphere. I was going to link you to a post by Aayush on his blog, but I see that he has already done so.

aryayush said:
You might want to read this post (from me) if you’re interesting in honing your writing skills.

Speaking of that link, I can see a comment by me at the end in the comments section, trying to add a couple more pointers to improve one's English. Only thing is that there is an enormous grammatical mistake by me in that comment.

I wonder, if Aayush you can edit the post to rectify it. It makes me look like a rather large dumbass.

Great Article arya, I agree on points you spoke about but i don't think we need Mac OS X to be proficient with English.

It was geared towards publicity of Mac. But i can ignore that point, since other points overpower it

Thanks You All, Digit Bloggers!

I just re did the theme, and chose a theme that covers the entire screen instead of one which leaves borders.

This one looks neat, organised and has an asthetic feel about it.

But its black

so please tell me how it feels.

^you should use your verbal skills to attract "window$ dead" ppl to make them alive by showing Linux and FLOSS

praka123 said:
^you should use your verbal skills to attract "window$ dead" ppl to make them alive by showing Linux and FLOSS

I prefer a more enthusiast oriented Linux aritcle format for advanced distros. I shall do what you say if I find time to (finish) write(ing) my review on Linux Mint 5 Elyssa, which is designed to actually compete with that doors thingy. What I am currently writing is for fellow advanced linux users and intermediate users only, and they need no paragraphs about doors thingy to find the post attractive.

and why no comments there from you of all people ?

this Elyssa reminds me of Silent Hill...hmm...gonna bleach it soon

gary4gar said:
Great Article arya

Thank you!

gary4gar said:
I agree on points you spoke about but i don't think we need Mac OS X to be proficient with English.

No, you absolutely do not, and I never suggested that either. However, Mac OS X does have some really neat built-in tools and applications geared towards the language conscious, so I thought I should point that out (because most of my blog’s readers happen to be Mac users).

gary4gar said:
It was geared towards publicity of Mac.

Absolutely not. If it was, I would’ve had no qualms in specifically stating that fact. I genuinely feel that Mac OS X has vastly improved my writing skills (specially with the on-call Dictionary (one keyboard shortcut can show you the meaning of any word in any application), systemwide spellcheck and Thesaurus widget), so it deserved a mention there.

Anyway, I’m glad you liked it.

krazzy said:
Speaking of that link, I can see a comment by me at the end in the comments section, trying to add a couple more pointers to improve one's English. Only thing is that there is an enormous grammatical mistake by me in that comment. I wonder, if Aayush you can edit the post to rectify it. It makes me look like a rather large dumbass.

LOL! I proofread that article five times to ensure that I hadn’t missed anything. You don’t want to make mistakes in an article where you’re asking people to correct theirs.

I’ll fix your mess.

aryayush said:
I’ll fix your mess.

Thank you for saving me from further embarrassment. I did reread that thing a few times but somehow I missed that portion. It is easy to miss out on small errors while typing from a mobile phone. I'll be more careful next time.

Indyan said:
Six Premium Antivirus Software for Free
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Describes legit way to get extended trial license for Kaspersky Internet Security 2009, Avira Antivir, Normal Virus Control, CA Antivirus, eScan and F-Secure. Also compares the performances of these AV softwares.

I got just 1 month Avira Premium license

don't be sad, Avira free is enough

^^ Yeah

I use Avira free

AAMIR - Movie Review

6+1 Totally Useless Products

They say “necessity is the mother of all invention”. I am not sure though what led people to create the following products. Not only are they totally useless they are almost always weird and funny and sometimes even dangerous.

Sree Yantra

Automated Ice Cream Cone

Earthbound Dog Tag

Duster Cat Slippers

Reserve A Spot In Heaven/Hell

Japanese Face Slimmer

Back Scratcher’s T-Shirt

Neuview Media Player - Breathtaking Quality

The Media Player market is already very crowded with competent free softwares like WMP,iTunes,The KMPlayer, The GOM Player and so on. Amongst this crows premium products like NeuView stand out. So, does it have enough in it to justify it’s price tag? Let’s find out.
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*img3.glowfoto.com/images/2008/06/15-1420191560T.jpg
With VLC
*img5.glowfoto.com/images/2008/06/15-1423083269T.jpg
With NeuView

Enable Explorer Thumbnails for Custom File Types

By default Windows Explorer recognizes and generates thumbnails for a few pre-defined formats. It doesn’t generate thumbnails for many common file formats - which includes FLV, RM, RMVB, MOV, MP4, MKV. Luckily, there is a very simple fix for this. Follow these steps -
Open Note pad and paste the following text :
REGEDIT4
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.EXT\ShellEx\{BB2E617C-0920-11d1-9A0B-00C04FC2D6C1}]
@=”{c5a40261-cd64-4ccf-84cb-c394da41d590}”
Replace .EXT with the desired extension (e.g. flv).
If you want to enable thumbnails for multiple file types you can do so by adding the appropriate registry entries as demonstrated below :
REGEDIT4
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.flv\ShellEx\{BB2E617C-0920-11d1-9A0B-00C04FC2D6C1}]
@=”{c5a40261-cd64-4ccf-84cb-c394da41d590}”
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.mov\ShellEx\{BB2E617C-0920-11d1-9A0B-00C04FC2D6C1}]
@=”{c5a40261-cd64-4ccf-84cb-c394da41d590}”
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.mp4\ShellEx\{BB2E617C-0920-11d1-9A0B-00C04FC2D6C1}]
@=”{c5a40261-cd64-4ccf-84cb-c394da41d590}”
This file would enable thumbnails for flv, mov and mp4.
Save the file with extension .reg (make sure save as type is “All Files” and not “Text Documents”).

How to place your desired drives in the Save As option
*ganeshpbhat.blogspot.com/2008/06/how-to-place-your-desired-drives-in.html

Tips to buy an assembled PC
*ganeshpbhat.blogspot.com/2008/06/buying-guide-new-assembled-pc.html

My recent attempts

Gmail Labs: New features for your Gmail / Google Apps account

Blogger Backup utility: Create offline backup copy of your Blogspot-hosted blog

Write and edit any PDF files for free

Rule 49-O: Vote for NO ONE!! (India)

My latest theme and set of updates:

*thesmallerbang.blogspot.com/

Please comment on the theme and on the top most post

Firefox and Opera Downloaded more than 5 Million Times

Firefox and Opera have both managed to clock five million downloads since release. Firefox achieved this in less than a day compared to five days taken by Opera. But, even then its a major achievement for Opera which has about 1/10th Firefox’s marketshare. In fact number of Opera users have doubled since release of v9. According to internal estimates Opera browser is being used by 20 million people on the desktop. Add this to 12 million Opera mini users and a significant number of users using it on high end mobile handsets (Opera Mobile), NintendoDS, Nintendo Wii etc and it would mean total number of Opera users is actually a lot more than you would expect.

But today is Firefox’s day and lets get back to firefox. Firefox v3 has already been downloaded more than 8 million times and the download counter is still ticking at an unbelievable rate. Earlier today Microsoft sent the Firefox team a cake (with prominent IE logo) congratulating them on the successful launch. Of course this is nothing new. Microsoft had sent over a similar when when Firefox v2 was launched. And more infamously had dropped a huge IE logo in Netscape’s lawn after Internet Explorer v4 was released (but this is definitely a lot friendlier). Here’s the cake Internet Explorer Team sent to Firefox :

*farm4.static.flickr.com/3077/2588746706_e393a221d9.jpg

MetalheadGautham said:
My latest theme and set of updates:

*thesmallerbang.blogspot.com/

Please comment on the theme and on the top most post

The design is very simplistic and easy on the eyes. But looks very much like a website from 1998. It's web 1.0ish.

I need some advice from experienced bloggers here:

Is it OK to write something quite personal (but still sharable) in a blog ?

MetalheadGautham said:
I need some advice from experienced bloggers here:

Is it OK to write something quite personal (but still sharable) in a blog ?

Yeah, but mostly people share personal details by being anonymous

gary4gar said:
Yeah, but mostly people share personal details by being anonymous

This does not show any personal details like location, place of work, etc. Its just a something about how I did such and such a thing and how I handle it.

I think I will post it anyway, since so far its comming out rather fine.

yeah blog were actually meant to be a personal diary kinda thing but then people exploited them as a source of $$ and other things

Must have Application for Windows mobile phones like HTC touch

If you own a HTC touch or any other windows mobile phone it is for you

MetalheadGautham said:
I need some advice from experienced bloggers here:

Is it OK to write something quite personal (but still sharable) in a blog ?

Dude the blog is meant to be personal, depending on what you are focussing on. My blog is everything me, I have shared quite a lot things about my Life's Happenings. It depends on what you are focussing on. If it's a generic blog then why not.

MozBackup : Create backup of your Mozilla-based software [Firefox, Thunderbird, Flock

MozBackup : Create backup of your Mozilla-based software [Firefox, Thunderbird, Flock etc]

MozBackup is a useful Windows-based freeware tool that can be used for backing up the settings and add-ons installed in Firefox, Thunderbird, Flock etc with just a few mouse clicks. It currently supports backing up of Firefox, Thunderbird, Sunbird, Flock, SeaMonkey, Mozilla suite, Spicebird and Netscape settings and profiles.

Read the full post....

T159 said:
yeah blog were actually meant to be a personal diary kinda thing but then people exploited them as a source of $$ and other things

iMav said:
Dude the blog is meant to be personal, depending on what you are focussing on. My blog is everything me, I have shared quite a lot things about my Life's Happenings. It depends on what you are focussing on. If it's a generic blog then why not.

Thanks for the support guys.

Here is the thing I was talking about:

*thesmallerbang.blogspot.com/2008/06/swordsman-who-fights-with-paper-sword.html

Its about how I lived with the PC I have.

Browser Shootout:

With the release of Opera 9.5 & Firefox 3 in the past few days, the browser war has once again begun. Apple released Safari 3.1 for Windows with big claims which started ‘who’s the fastest’ war & now all three claiming to be the fastest browser.

I am going to test Internet Explorer 7 (as Internet Explorer 8 is in beta stage), Firefox 3, Opera 9.5 and Safari 3.1.

What I’ve used in the test:
Operating System- Windows Vista Ultimate SP1 x64
Processor-AMD Turion X2 64bit 1.70 GHz
Memory (RAM)- 1.50 GB
Internet connection-128 Kbps broadband
Stop Watch- Casio (Digital)

Digg it

*techiesrealm.com/blog/2008/06/browsers-shootout/

Why Vista's memory management is better than XP:

We all have heard a lot about Windows Vista being a resource hog & it using almost every single bit of RAM installed in our system. The task manager ‘proves’ this by showing very less Free RAM. Most of the people panic when they have a look at current system resources.

Don’t worry! This is how Windows Vista works & it’s better than Windows XP. To understand how it is better, I’ve written the internal working in simple language which, even a newbie can understand.

*techiesrealm.com/blog/2008/06/vista-memory-managemet-system/

K

Hey guys, I was wondering, all of you on blogger how do you make your blogs look so good? The themes- are they taken from somewhere or do you make them from scratch? and when you post, do you post directly into the blogger space or format it through somewhere first? and lastly how do I make my own themes?

^^take a free theme from author's site then customize it to your will

almost all blog applications provide a web interface for formatting and publishing posts.

Though you can make your custom theme too, but making whole thing from scratch is a PITA

Honda Launches First Hybrid Car In India

Tiny Utilities : Small is Good - VI

Time for another edition of Tiny Utilities : Small is Good. In each edition I review 3 tiny but extremely useful freeware.

In this edition -

XNeat Windows Manager : Allows you to re-arrange the taskbar buttons, pin a window, send any taskbar button to the system tray, make any window transparent and more.

Startup Delayer : Startup Delayer attempts to prevent the customary slowdown experienced immediately after login into your account. When Windows loads its startup files, it attempts to load every application at the same time. This creates a resource crunch and make your system lag. With Startup Delayer you can fix this.

Xentient Thumbnails : Instead of displaying generic icons display content of the image file as the icon.

My new Blog: ClearPixels

amitava82 said:
My new Blog: ClearPixels

super duper ultra dude

Keep up the good work

BTW Guys, I am shifting my blog to wordpress.com
Reasons quite obvious - I need better looks and I need pages.

Shift Will be complete in a few more hours.

Address still *thesmallerbang.wordpress.com
Instead of *thesmallerbang.blogspot.com

^^ Dude! Why not your own domain? It doesn't cost anything these days. Also, I'm not sure how much you can customise themes on WP.com. Also, there will be plugin restrictions (I might be wrong in this though).

Still, get your own domain...

you can't save css changes for any theme in free wordpress hosted blog, that sucks

goobimama said:
^^ Dude! Why not your own domain? It doesn't cost anything these days. Also, I'm not sure how much you can customise themes on WP.com. Also, there will be plugin restrictions (I might be wrong in this though).

Still, get your own domain...

dude, I find wordpress to be MUCH MUCH more satisfactory than blogger.
what wdgets it gives is comparable to blogger or at most times, higher.
it has better themes, better feel, etc, etc.
and I get 3GB free storage space - unlimited bandwidth
it has support to create simple web pages

me thinks wordpress is better option 4 a full website.

T159 said:
you can't save css changes for any theme in free wordpress hosted blog, that sucks

why the F should I care ? I know NOTHING about web scripting languages

^^only if u care abt ur blog and readers, sooner or later u hav to make it distinct

Guys a request. If you like my browser shootout article, please digg it:

*digg.com/software/Browser_shootout_IE_7_Firefox_3_Opera_9_5_Safari_3

Thanks!

T159 said:
^^only if u care abt ur blog and readers, sooner or later u hav to make it distinct

I know LOTS of successful blogs who are not successful mearly by looks.
And there is NO way I can learn css because I already have python, c++, Qt & Java to worry about.

And the day I will make my blog "Different" as you say, will be the day I will need to get myself a seperate domain, hence I will also get seperate hosting, all paid. Its easy to shift from one wordpress blog to another. ;-)

narangz said:
Guys a request. If you like my browser shootout article, please digg it:

*digg.com/software/Browser_shootout_IE_7_Firefox_3_Opera_9_5_Safari_3

Thanks!

nice post, i can effort you have put in.
how you made those charts?, using word/excel?
Dugg

MetalheadGautham said:
I know LOTS of successful blogs who are not successful mearly by looks.
And there is NO way I can learn css because I already have python, c++, Qt & Java to worry about.

And the day I will make my blog "Different" as you say, will be the day I will need to get myself a seperate domain, hence I will also get seperate hosting, all paid. Its easy to shift from one wordpress blog to another.

its just not about looks, its about layout, readability, interface etc.
html, javascript, css aint no rocket science, if u can tinker with linux then its pretty noobish to leave the web desigining lingo, even a 1 day is enough to learn it all ;-)

But its upto u

Dude, you can learn blog tinkerifying css in about an hour.

y is everybody talkin about blogging here

this post was supposed to be like a message board

you post what you blog about for people to notice.

with so much offtopic discussion going on i missed @narangz and @indyan blog announcements

start a new thread where all blog related discussions take place

T159 said:
its just not about looks, its about layout, readability, interface etc.
html, javascript, css aint no rocket science, if u can tinker with linux then its pretty noobish to leave the web desigining lingo, even a 1 day is enough to learn it all

But its upto u

I didn't have to put ANY EFFORT to learn linux. It just came by.

Web Scripting is different.

Pathik said:
Dude, you can learn blog tinkerifying css in about an hour.

pdf or chm will be appriciated.

^^for wordpress
*codex.wordpress.org/Blog_Design_and_Layout
*lorelle.wordpress.com/

the first one provide the info about classes and schemes used in wordpress.
the second one is about customizing wordpress
lastly google for anything you want, ask other wordpress bloggers if u see something in their blog and want to learn how they did it

But before that learn a bit about html and css, a simple google search provided these cool links:
*www.tizag.com/
*htmldog.com/
*www.html.net/tutorials/css/

Thanks T159

Now could someone please tell me how *thesmallerbang.wordpress.com looks now ?

I still need to create 3 pages there, which I can only do after a week.

And could someone please digg/stumbleupon I R PC for me ? I think its the type of things that can help make a flood in traffic.

Looks good now..

One thing though. Since I'm very sure you are going to move from wordpress.com to your own domain, at least burn your feed via feedburner so you don't lose those readers after the move.

@Gautham, the theme looks very good, much better than all your previous themes. Congrats!

gary4gar said:
nice post, i can effort you have put in.
how you made those charts?, using word/excel?
Dugg

Thanks a lot, man!

slugger said:
y is everybody talkin about blogging here

Sorry

goobimama said:
One thing though. Since I'm very sure you are going to move from wordpress.com to your own domain, at least burn your feed via feedburner so you don't lose those readers after the move.

Yup I will move. But not until an year later, when I am done with this schooling and become of age and get a paypal account.

Whats FeedBurner ? Please tell me more about it. I am intrested.

rohan_shenoy said:
@Gautham, the theme looks very good, much better than all your previous themes. Congrats!

The Magic of WordPress and OpenSource.
Thank You.

feedburner.com it will handle your rss feeds. So basically when some subscribes to ur feed, they will subscribe to feedburner feed, so even if u change ur host, you will not lose ur rss feeds as they handled by third party in this case feedburner

iMav said:
feedburner.com it will handle your rss feeds. So basically when some subscribes to ur feed, they will subscribe to feedburner feed, so even if u change ur host, you will not lose ur rss feeds as they handled by third party in this case feedburner

instructions please.

My latest article:

Philips SBC9630 Earphones Review
*thesmallerbang.wordpress.com/2008/06/22/philips-sbc9630-music-for-the-masses/

Just got to Feedburner.com, burn your feed, and put the feed that Feedburner gives you in the <head> section of your template.

I found this today, really an awesome thing. Windows Live Writer : Portable

Muxtape.com : phun music thingy

Muxtape.com : phun music thingy

........Remember the days of yore when you painstakingly created tapes containing all your favorite songs in a single tape. Those tapes, to create which, you raided, scrounged all around to find that one song which transported you to a magical world every time you heard it and had to have in your collection. The tapes which you guarded more zealously than a Bedouin guarding his water. Well tapes are no more and so is the need to hunt heaven and earth to find the songs, what with Google becoming a verb and a given part of our lives.

But the sheer joy and fun of creating mixtapes can now be re-created on the Internet with the help of Muxtapes........

Read the full post....

How to Show Your Name Beside Taskbar Clock

Create UAC White List

How to get custom Side Bar in XP(without any tool!)

B

Please go thorugh my blog:

www.streamjackiegreene.com

*thesmallerbang.wordpress.com

Just changed the theme. Got myself a custom coloured theme. I hope this is better.

can you guys open *www.GaurishSharma.com

^^ 404

looks like DNS have not propagated,
hopefully it would come live by tommorow

Yeah, it doesnt load over here too.It generally takes about 6 hrs to propogate.

Now check, it should be live by now

try with www.site and without wwww

*GaurishSharma.com
www.gaurishsharma.com
*www.gaurishsharma.com

New to blogging, anyways here it is : *brightedges.blogspot.com/
Deals with my techie encounters, reviews, tricks etc.

It will take max 48hrs, Gary. Still a 404.

working now, gary.

Accessing System Tray Icons from KeyBoard

Stop Beep Sound from XP

Five Free Alternatives to Add or Remove Programs

The regular uninstaller of an application often leaves behind useless files and registry entries. This is one of the primary causes behind loss in performance of Windows over time. Not only that, the default Add/Remove applet is slow and as bare-bones as it gets. Here are five alternatives you should consider.

MyUninstaller

Free Uninstaller

ZSoft Uninstaller

Absolute Uninstaller

Revo Uninstaller

*www.pallab.net/uploads/images/software/un_revo.jpg

I R PC - now in Digg

Hi guys!

I managed to submit *digg.com/comedy/I_R_PC to digg, and I got a digg in the first 10 seconds itself

. Can someone please digg it for me ?

And my blog again went through a theme overhaul.
*thesmallerbang.wordpress.com
Please comment on this new theme, customised with custom colours by me.

^^ You seem to be changing your blog theme faster than a Sheep changes its feathers...

goobimama said:
^^ You seem to be changing your blog theme faster than a Sheep changes its feathers...

Sheep does not HAVE any feathers

And I am just trying to get the perfect LOOK.
I don't seem to get anything good enough for my blog anywhere I go

So how is this attempt ?

MetalheadGautham said:
Sheep does not HAVE any feathers

And I am just trying to get the perfect LOOK.
I don't seem to get anything good enough for my blog anywhere I go

So how is this attempt ?

Theme is nice & clean but its looks empty without any image, put some nice logo in the header

I see the Creative Commons image is now visible, remove the text. Don't keep too much text all around, it's a turn off.

iMav said:
I see the Creative Commons image is now visible, remove the text. Don't keep too much text all around, it's a turn off.

It was a HUGE hack I did to make the image work.
I copied in the html code from my blogger account

And learnt about < b r / > tag.
then lots of tweaking.

[Vista vs OSX vs Ubuntu] Erasing A RW

A comparison of the default Explorer/Finder & GNOME options for erasing a RW. It's a post just to show how easy it is & NOT how to do it.

PC Configuration for the month of June

Thinking of buying or upgrading your computer? Here's the PC configuration of the month.
Digg it

Spamlets - Spam Can Be Fun

Spam is undoubtedly one of the biggest nuisance on the web. It’s everywhere - its in your mailbox, its in your blog comments, its there on social bookmarking sites and so on. While spam filters continue to wage their war against spam, spammers are getting creative - often with hilarious results. A twitter hash-tag service spamlet collects all such spam messages for your viewing pleasure.

Here are some of the gems I came across :

did you know that the big bang theory started with my big bad bazooka?
Upgrade your hardware now. Small men, do not give up hope, your time is here right here.
A key from her bedroom is in your pants”
enlarge your pole with wonder pills
power in your pants
Victory is yours when its big
Tiny droopy dingdong requires a massive correction with herbs.
Big Ben just got bigger and I am enjoying every inch of it.

Indyan said:
did you know that the big bang theory started with my big bad bazooka?

Upgrade your hardware now. Small men, do not give up hope, your time is here right here.

A key from her bedroom is in your pants”

enlarge your pole with wonder pills

power in your pants

Victory is yours when its big

Tiny droopy dingdong requires a massive correction with herbs.

Big Ben just got bigger and I am enjoying every inch of it.

hlarious.

narangz said:
PC Configuration for the month of June

you sound like me

*thesmallerbang.wordpress.com/2008/06/14/gauthams-guide-to-building-the-perfect-mainstream-value-pc/

MetalheadGautham said:
you sound like me
*thesmallerbang.wordpress.com/2008/06/14/gauthams-guide-to-building-the-perfect-mainstream-value-pc/

Oh. Thanks for pointing to your blog. I got the configuration from Pathik. If you've read the post on my blog I've mentioned that the configuration is by Pathik.

Well, it's quite similar but not exactly similar. Anyway I want to tell you & others that I do not copy & paste others' work. If I do come across an article which I like from other website I copy a part of it as a quote & put a link pointing to that blog or website.

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Internet faces changes beyond recognition:

Internet will face radical changes as early as next year. The Internet’s ruling body- The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICAAN) today agreed to open up the strict rules for TLDs.

How to fix corrupted XP files easily

MetalheadGautham said:
you sound like me
*thesmallerbang.wordpress.com/2008/06/14/gauthams-guide-to-building-the-perfect-mainstream-value-pc/

Don't you think any person with the slightest know-how about hardware would select the same config? Considering the budget range and other variables? Don't accuse people like that.

Pathik said:
Don't you think any person with the slightest know-how about hardware would select the same config? Considering the budget range and other variables? Don't accuse people like that.

Thanks Pathik for clearing up this mess.

Pathik said:
Don't you think any person with the slightest know-how about hardware would select the same config? Considering the budget range and other variables? Don't accuse people like that.

I never directly accused hum.
I just asked for a conformation.
Because recently, that page in my blog got an unusually high number of visits.
No war intended.

Yeah well including the sarcastic smiley and posting it on a public forum doesn't exactly qualify as asking for confirmation.

^^this theme (Garland) is teh best, i was using it on my wordpress.com blog

MetalheadGautham said:
I never directly accused hum.
I just asked for a conformation.

If you wanted to confirm you could have sent me a PM. Leveling baseless allegations on a public forum is not a way to confirm, Sir. I felt humiliated by your post. There is something called reputation. It's like calling someone a thief.

goobimama said:
Yeah well including the sarcastic smiley and posting it on a public forum doesn't exactly qualify as asking for confirmation.

To add to it there was a comment by MHG on my blog, which still is unapproved by me.

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Recalling the Bill Gates era

Bill Gates- the man with a vision & a legend is retiring today, leaving behind his legacy. He will still be the Chairman of Microsoft but will now be spending more time guiding Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Mr. Bill Gates was the man with both technical & business management skills and I wonder if Microsoft will be able to dominate the software industry in the hands of Steve Ballmer? I am not so sure and I guess only time will tell the future of Microsoft.

New Antivirus Shootout by Virus.gr

Virus.gr has released the results of Antivirus shootout conducted on June 21, 2008. Forty-nine antimalware products were tested by them using 246705 virus samples. This test was conducted by virusp, a private virus collector.

Top 5 single-engine Premium Antivirus products :

4. Kaspersky version 8.0.0.357 - 97.95%
5. eScan version 9.0.742.1 - 97.44%
6. The Shield 2008 - 97.43%
7. AntiVir version 8.1.00.331 Premium - 97.13%
8. Ashampoo version 1.61 - 97.09%

Top 4 single-engine Free Antivirus products :

10. AntiVir version 8.1.00.295 Classic - 95.54%
11. AVG version 8.0.100 Free - 94.85%
13. Avast version 4.8.1201 Professional - 93.78% (virus.gr claims avast free uses the same engine hence would have identical result)
16. BitDefender version 10 Free - 91.32%

Change Opera Mini Icon to Your Desired One

Feeling Geeky...

Fed up with GNOME/KDE resource hogging Desktop Environment, but do not want to loose GUI! So now its time when you turn to fluxbox. Call this page "HowTo forge a simple geeky environment"....

Eleven Ways To Shut Down Windows

Do you have any idea, how does Computer calculates its moves in chess -- No

So, here is your answer! Now challenge its intellection power...

Signal Patterns - Discover Yourself (Invites Available)

Personality analysis tests are certainly nothing new. But Signal Pattern is attempting to take it to the next level by making the process more scientific, detailed and social. After having completed the test, I would definitely admit that it’s one of the most detailed personality test I have ever taken. In fact I doubt that many people would even have the patience to answer all 100 questions.
One unique characteristic of Signal Patterns is that instead of rigidly classifying you into group x or group y, it attempts to analyze the prominence of 45 unique traits in your personality. After you complete the survey you would be provided a visual representation of the top 10 traits (or all 45 if you wish) accompanied by a lengthy text explaining the traits in greater detail. Signal Patterns then takes it to the next step by making the whole process more social in true Web 2.0 style. You can invite your friends and compare each other’s personality. Again, Signal Patterns impresses with it’s advanced reporting options. There are three reporting modes which allows you to discover your similarities as well dissimilarities with your friend.

Accessing Ext3, NTFS, HFS+ Via Windows, Ubuntu & OS X

Being Manan said:
Here I shall share with you the programs and tips that will allow you to access:

1. Ext 2/3 & HFS+ via Windows.
2. NTFS & Ext 2/3 via OS X.
3. HFS+ & NTFS via Linux. (NTFS is available by default in leading distros).

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Wow! This is an awesome thread. All the last four posts are useful to me.

Thanks to the thread starter for doing this honourable service to the Digit community. You rule, man! 8)

New said:
Eleven Ways To Shut Down Windows

Dude, I’d expected something funny. Who cares about eleven actual ways to shut down Windows!

Want something like Yourname.va.my for free!

Live Vista CD/USB Without Using Bart's PE

You might have read many tutorials, which guide you to make Vista/XP live CD using Barts PE software.Barts PE procedure is pretty time consuming as well as old. In this tutorial I am going to show you the Vista/XP live CD and Vista/XP live USB stick without using the old Barts PE freeware.Let's start the procedure.I have tried to keep the short as small as possible.

F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program : An overview

F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program : An overview

Joint Strike Fighter [JSF] program is a joint, multinational acquisition program for the Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps, and eight cooperative international partners. Expected to be the largest military aircraft procurement ever, the stealth, supersonic F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (F-35) will replace a wide range of ageing fighter and strike aircraft for the U.S. Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps and allied defense forces worldwide. The program’s hallmark is affordability achieved through a high degree of aircraft commonality among three variants: conventional takeoff/landing (CTOL), carrier variant (CV) and short takeoff/vertical landing (STOVL) aircraft. Innovative concepts and advanced technologies will significantly reduce weapon system life-cycle costs while meeting the strike weapon system requirements of military customers.

Read the full post [Zoho]

Macro Mania

Having an intense passion for photography, I am always clicking pictures. According to some people, the pics I take are weird & they don’t hesitate to call me a mad, but then it’s their opinion. I always respect the opinion of my audience & take their criticism in improving my work. Since, my vacations were nearing it’s end, I decided to go outside & explore various place than sitting on the computer & doing nothing.

Last.fm Beta - My Impressions

Review of the all new Last.fm interface.

*www.pallab.net/uploads/images/theweb/lfm_lib_thumb.jpg

My latest article, which is (unfortunately) still in beta stage since I feel too sleepy to write good english the past few nights :-

Extreme Computing with AMD Phenom

*thesmallerbang.wordpress.com/

Why I Still Use Windows

Finally, I thought I need to do some soul searching and decided to see why I still spend a fourth of my HDD space, totalling 18.6GB, on windows. I found three rather sad reasons why I am still not able to safely get rid of that OS in C: drive and related files in D: drive, despite the fact that neither me nor several other users of my computer boot into windows these days.

Read it Here:
*thesmallerbang.wordpress.com/2008/07/04/why-i-still-use-windows/

Please comment.

PS: should this have been in the OSS section ?

Caps Lock must die!

Are you also in habit of hitting Cap Locks while trying Tab or Shift and then banging your head. Now it's time to kill that futile key from your keyboard... read here

New Wordpress theme: Zhovnya or A clean slate

Well I don't know what is with me and WP themes. Here's one that was sort of a left over half done theme which I just thought I'd polish up a bit. Its more of looking clearly than anything else.

Zhovnya is a Konkani word again. Means 'you nice fellow' (slight variation in meaning possible). Hope you like it and download the crap out of it. This theme looks best in Safari cause of the search bar, and works fine in Firefox and IE7.

*img.skitch.com/20080704-qbfsx5a734w5p43pnpbbnm2ji2.jpg

Make your presence felt on the Web in about $8USD/Rs350INR

Get Your own Personalized Blog and Email on your own Domain.

Hi i am back with my new blog completely for Mobile news and reviews.....
Check it out

Samsung M8800 (Samsung Bresson / Samsung Pixon)

Here is the details about the samsung 8 megapixel phone
Some of the specifications of the new device are there, and the bad news is that it doesn't has a WVGA display, just a 3.2" 240 x 400 pixel touch-sensitive panel in 16 million colours similar to that in the Samsung Omnia. Read more

Microsoft Tinker : The best Windows Ultimate Extra yet ?

...The day before yesterday, 24th September, Microsoft reportedly released a bunch of Windows Ultimate Extras, specifically three to the Windows Vista Ultimate users worldwide. This update contained a new Dreamscene, a new Sound scheme and an all new game named Microsoft Tinker. Although this release of Ultimate Extras is by far the fastest from the Redmond company, Microsoft Tinker is not half baked here. Tinker is actually a puzzle based game, having a goal to help the robot in the game to the reach the finishing point....

My encounter with a plagiarizer [aka Fraudster]

My encounter with a plagiarizer [aka Fraudster]

Towards the beginning of this week, I discovered that a website [from now on referred to as a ‘dust-bin’], had been displaying posts from my blog on its site and re-directing it under its own URL (made me feel a little important initially – after all you only copy stuff that you know is good, hence the first few sentences). Anybody clicking on that link would come to my blog, but the address in the address bar would still be shown as that of the dust-bin. To compound to the matter, these re-directed posts made its way into search engine results and many were being displayed even before my own.

Read the full post....

Re: My encounter with a plagiarizer [aka Fraudster]

slugger said:
My encounter with a plagiarizer [aka Fraudster]

Read the full post....

Every Blogger,Webmaster or Site owner should bookmark this handy tool: *www.copyscape.com

thanks gary

never thought that personal bloggers would need to use this site

BlackBerry Storm 9500

The highly anticipated BlackBerry Storm 9500 today made its first official appearance, popping up on German Vodafone web site. Images and specs of the first touchscreen RIM-manufactured device have been floating around the net for what seems like ages but it hasn’t yet been officially announced. If all the rumored features are confirmed when the device actually sees daylight then the Apple iPhone 3G might Read more

Submitting something after a long time.... Not so great though..

There are OSs other then Windows/Linux/Mac you know?

There are other operating systems too you know. Win-Lin-Mac are not the only ones in the holy sacred mind boggling world of softwares which are interface between a human and a computer. Here are the five alternatives to Windows / Mac / Linux (For x86 platform ofcourse), I found interesting

Thanks!

Nokia N95 Meets It's Evil Brother

The Nokia N95-1 was truly a marvelous accomplishment that was unrivaled at the time, and remains strong even now, a year and a half later. It was the most talked about S60 smartphone, the most ambitious juggernaut Nokia cleverly named Read more....

Promising CodePlex Projects

Some cool Open Source projects from Microsoft's Open Source arm - CodePlex.

Many of you might be knowing the Open Source arm of Microsoft - CodePlex. It has some really awesome applications. I have been following the site for quite some time now. It is filled with applications that make software development a breeze and it also has some really nifty tools that help you in efficiently using your Windows PCs.

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Windows Vista - a Perception

Techies Realm said:
Etymologically speaking, the word Vista means ‘view’ or ‘prospect’. This leads us to the first major feature of Windows Vista and a big advantage of it over Windows XP, that is its sophisticated appearance. It does not at all prove to be an eye sore of any sort.
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Hi Aryayush,

Good thread. Useful to many bloggers.

Windows XP Gets another six months life

Microsoft to Open Web Search R&D in Paris, London and Munich

Union Bank’s New Logo Copied

The Union bank of India's new logo is a blatant rip of Kangaro's Munix brand.

A couple of weeks back one of India’s leading banks - The Union Bank of India, unveiled it’s new avatar, a new logo and promotional campaign

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Everything you need to know about BSNL EvDO Data Card

Get a Unlimited connection with speed upto 2.4Mbps for rs 550/- only

What Windows Cloud Should Do … At Least

Ballmer announced Windows Cloud, an OS for the internet. I feel that it should do somethings like the ones pointed out at least.

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Clickjacking - Scary New Cross Brower Exploit

Last month Jeremiah Grossman and Robert “RSnake” Hansen brought to the world’s attention a scary new cross browser exploit being termed as Clickjacking. In their own words :

Alas, it turns out that some of the issues we found weren’t just a little bad - they were a lot bad. So bad, in fact, that we felt compelled to do some responsible disclosure. One issue lead into another issue into another and poof - we have at least two and probably more incoming vendor patches at a yet to-be-determined date. And we’ve only worked with a few vendors. So… yah. It’s pretty bad.

Click to expand...

Indyan said:
Clickjacking - Scary New Cross Brower Exploit

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Nice Post

Long time no post... anyway, after a gap of nearly two months, here is my next post:

Life on the Cutting Edge - ArchLinux
*digg.com/linux_unix/Life_on_the_cutting_edge_ArchLinux

Please comment and Digg.

India vs Australia - Live Cricket Streams

The much awaited and much hyped India vs Australia (Border Gavaskar Trophy) is well on its way. Thanks to a host of new age services you are no longer solely dependent on satellite channels like NeoSports for your dose of cricket. Here are a few services offering live streams of India vs Australia cricket match for free.

Tips to increase Alexa ranking

FIFA 09 - Quick & Dirty Review

.... Anyways, let’s get down to the interesting part, the things most of you would like answers to. Is FIFA 09 really next-gen, as promised? Does it deliver oh-so-realistic visuals? Have the quirks and bugs in previous versions been ironed out? How does it compare to its arch nemesis - Pro Evolution Soccer? All these and more will be answered!

Smoking Apples Live Chat: The Notebook Event

The event has been confirmed: Apple will be releasing new notebooks on October 14th. Just over a month after its “Let’s Rock” event, we get to be excited over another one! Long live the Apple Special Events!

The last time round, we hosted a Live Chat event right here on the blog. Apart from us not being quite prepared, and CoveritLive having a 15 minute outage, we thought it was a really good success. Over 91 unique people had chimed in and the chatter was loud enough to wake up the neighbours.

This time round, we will be using the same CoveritLive technology, but we’re better prepared for comment overdose [to those with CoveritLive IDs, please let us know in advance so we can queue you in]. CoveritLive has also promised that there will be no outage during this Apple event so that should keep the conversation flowing. And to the rest of you, there is a sound off button for the clicker so your neighbours can have some good sleep.

Bookmark the page, or visit smokingapples.com at the said time to participate. We hope you can be there. The event starts at 10:30 PM IST and the chat kicks off half an hour in advance (at 10:00 PM IST).

[link]

I've posted this cause a lot of us digitians get together for these live chats (earlier we used to have it on Yahoo messenger). Try and see if you can make it.

goobimama said:
Smoking Apples Live Chat: The Notebook Event

[link]

I've posted this cause a lot of us digitians get together for these live chats (earlier we used to have it on Yahoo messenger). Try and see if you can make it.

Best way is to use IRC - Try Freenode.net

It has multiple servers and handle thousands of users.

yeah. perhaps we can loan you the unused #digit

Make Vista’s User Account Control Less Annoying with Norton

User Account Control or UAC is one of the most annoying new features in Windows Vista (7 Steps to Delete a Shortcut! - give me a break). Microsoft has promised to tone it down in Windows 7, but you don’t need to wait for Windows 7 to make UAC more bearable.
Norton has released a free utility called Norton UAC Tool that replaces Windows Vista’s standard UAC prompt. The most significant change that Norton has made is adding the “Don’t ask me again” option. This allows you to add day-to-day harmless actions to the whitelist and makes UAC significantly less annoying. Besides this the Norton UAC Tool also displays a modified version of the UAC prompts - which I find to be more informative.

gary4gar said:
Best way is to use IRC - Try Freenode.net

It has multiple servers and handle thousands of users.

MetalheadGautham said:
yeah. perhaps we can loan you the unused #digit

It's not happening on IRC. Period. The UI just isn't cool enough. Honestly.

iMav said:
It's not happening on IRC. Period. The UI just isn't cool enough. Honestly.

No Comments :lol:

Having Linux Partition slows down Windows Booting ?

A troublemaking fact about co-existing of both Linux and Windows in a same computer appears to be very puzzling and weird. From a last few months both of my PCs were continuously giving slower booting time in Windows Vista when there is also Ubuntu/Arch Linux installed in other HDD. This is ridiculous at a first thought but finally after some repeated retrievals of Windows Vista boot time readings, I can’t deny this.

7+1 Must Have Mobile Apps

There is only so much you can do with J2ME due to inherent limitations of the platform. But that doesn’t mean there aren’t any good applications for Java based mobile phones. Here are my top seven free J2ME applications....

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Nokia 5800 XpressMusic review

Dark Knight Review

yamaha fz 16 preview by me at my blog

Social Networking - It's not a waste of time

[FONT=&quot]You always thought that Orkut users had no other work than doing baseless scraps. Do you hate replying to those baseless and plastic scraps forwarded by your friends? Do you want to use Orkut to some positive effect? If so go ahead, read on.[/FONT]

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Windows 7 - The Successor to Windows Vista

In the days of cool and catchy names (Feisty Fawn, Jaunty Jackalope and Snow Leopard) Microsoft is going back to the basics and has decided to call its next Operating System - Windows 7. Yes, its official now. The successor to Windows Vista will be called Windows 7.
That’s how Windows started out. In the pre Windows 95 era each Windows build was known by a version number like most other softwares - ugly but sensible. Then Microsoft decided to get cool and used years in place of version number. This continued till Windows ME. Then they changed their mind again and came out with Windows 2000 only to ditch the year based naming system for their next two releases - Windows Xp and Windows Vista...

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Tab focus trick in Mozilla

Guys today is blog action day. I would encourage everyone to participate.
My post :
Blog Action Day 2008 - Five Ways You Can Make A Difference

Today is Blog Action Day 2008. Blog Action Day is an annual nonprofit event that aims to unite the world’s bloggers, podcasters and videocasters, to post about the same issue on the same day. Their aim is to raise awareness and trigger a global discussion. This year the theme is Poverty. Here are five resources through which you can make a difference through the internet, sitting on your couch.
FreeRice : According to the United Nations, about 25,000 people die each day from hunger or hunger-related causes, most of them children. FreeRice.com allows you to make a difference while playing a game. You have to answer Multiple Choice Questions related to English Vocabulary (default), English Grammar, World Capitals, Famous Paintings, Chemical Symbols, Multiplication Table, German, Italian, Spanish and French. For every question that you answer correctly FreeRice will donate 20 grains of rice to UN World Food Program. I love FreeRice because it’s entertaining, it helps you to learn and at the same time make a difference....

Get Ready For PDC 2008

October 26th is around the corner. Microsoft’s answer to the Macworld is about to happen. Microsoft employees and the internet is abuzz with some amazing stuff. Sitting here in India all I can do is envy the lucky Microsofties who will be partying on the roof of The Standard. It’s kinda pissing off ‘coz there is almost nothing by Microsoft that happened here other than Microsoft’s Largest Launch Event - Mumbai Leg. Some major announcements about Windows Strata (Microsoft’s Cloud Computing platform) and the big Windows 7 hands on.

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5 Tools To Build and Maintain Your Twitter Network

Twitter was initially meant to be a tool to answer the two commonly asked questions - “What you are doing?” and “Where are you?”. But soon after its launch twitter exploded. It became a social networking phenomenon that very few people initially expected it to be. Twitter is now a golden tool for Marketing and Networking, and maintaining a twitter network is more important than you probably think. Here are five tools to get you started.

Build Your Network

Twubble : Twubble can help expand your Twitter bubble—it searches your friend graph and picks out people who you may like to follow. Twubble’s suggestions are ordered based on the number of your friends that are following the tweeter. Every suggestion is accompanied by a list of your friends who are following the particular user, his twitter profile picture, link to Google Search page for the person and the Follow button.

Apple’s Latest MacBook Refresh & Connection with Snow Leopard

Just yesterday Apple refreshed, better say reinvented its entire MacBook lineup of computers with something that left the world drooling over. The notebooks got new, faster, more powerful processors, graphic processors, RAMs, Hard Disk Drives and most exclusively a whole new way to create a laptop. These new Macs will come from a single block of Aluminum, efficiently cut and polished with laser with precise manufacturing techniques never seen before.....

.....Snow Leopard is on its way to be released in the next year and that’s too touting of native multi-core support in both processors and graphic chips and OpenCL. So Jobs pretty much needed some multi-core hardware and DDR3 RAM in his machines to show the true power of this new OS. I think that some similar updates are soon coming into iMacs and Mac Pros as well to catch up with the pace and with Snow Leopard. Personally, I liked the new models and decided to buy one MBP but will wait until the Snowy comes out and the price fells a little to keep up with my wallet.

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Guys can some one volunteer to periodically update this space with any interesting blogs they come across

Edge-of-chaos said:
Guys can some one volunteer to periodically update this space with any interesting blogs they come across

AFAIK this place is for boasting of our own blogs. There is always technorati for what you are asking.

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media encoding

get the post blog from bij.wordpress.com/2008/10/18/media-encoding
higlight This is not a flashing subject..............

Free Software From Microsoft For Indian Students

Free Vista Business Edition for Indian Students & more goodies.

BeingManan said:
I have come across a lot of posts on many Indian forums where they say Microsoft is giving away free software but that is NOT valid for India which kind of annoys me but as it turns out, Indian students are also eligible to free, yes you read it correctly - free.

There are 2 ways by which you can eligible for this:

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India seals Mohali test, lend Aussies a crushing defeat

The Diwali celebrations have already began a week earlier in Mohali. India registered an emphatic win over Australia in the second test of Border Gavaskar Trophy after the first test fizzled out in a draw. India achieved this great victory after bowling out Australia in the first session of the 5th day of the second test match, after Aussies were made to chase a steep target of 516.

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Why India MUST pursue the development its own, credible Space-based capabilities?

Why India MUST pursue the development its own, credible Space-based capabilities?
Was a result of my attempt to understand why India needs to contnue its development of the Space program

Part 01
Part 02

Re: Why India MUST pursue the development its own, credible Space-based capabilities?

Data Compressing Softwares for Windows : A Short Review

File compression is something very common in this world of technology nowadays, since it is used almost everywhere in every computer in some way or another. According to Wikipedia, Data Compression (actually files are data, everything in the storage is data so the term is basically Data Compression) “is the process of encoding information using fewer bits (or other information-bearing units) than an un-encoded representation would use through use of specific encoding schemes.” Now since the size of the web and user consumable data is ever growing, we need to have something to pack that large sum of bits and bytes into smaller packages. File compression has the answer for this problem and it is quite a necessity........

......Now I am not teaching about the chronicles of file compression here, rather I am going to discuss some useful application for file compression in Windows. There are oodles of file compression softwares available for every platform and comparing each and every one of them is not quite the task I’m going to start here. People who want to think beyond the default Windows compression tool can start here. Below, the most useful and well known softwares available for Windows are discussed. Let’s have a look....

Minefield 3.1b2: Private Browsing is almost here

Minefield, the developer build for Firefox is doing some great jobs with arguably world’s fastest JavaScript engine Tracemonkey.....

Though I pushed you did stumble across it, so stumble it please.

GaurishSharma.com said:
Monitor Your HDD's Health, Keep your Data Safe!
Here are 2 tools I use to constantly monitor my HDD's Health. you can also use them, so next time whenever your HDD fails you know it before.this is done using a Inbuilt feature in HDD's called S.M.A.R.T.

Monitor Your HDD's Health, Keep your Data Safe!

Damn! I just realized that I screwed up the 2 threads. :lol:

Inquisitor Vs Peers: The Search Wars Start Again

The Search Wars start again with a raging battle between Inquisitor and Peers, plug-ins those brought instant search feature in browsers. The first comer, Inquisitor recently spurred up support for Internet Explorer and Firefox while improving its strong base over Safari while Peers is constantly improving with Firefox. The previous Safari-only Inquisitor is looking forward towards its Firefox agenda hence directly clashing with reigning Peers in its own territory. Brawns apart, actually both of the plug-ins does provide the same functionalities of search-as-you-type internet search results from popular search engines like Google, Yahoo or other Opensearch supported sites like Wikipedia. Let’s take a quick look at both the tools before directly pitting each against another.

Flexible Manufacturing System (F.M.S.)

Flexible Manufacturing System (F.M.S.)

One of the most revolutionary concepts of Machining Processes to emerge in the last two decades has been the concept of Flexible Manufacturing System (F.M.S.). It is a concept of machining where a set of machine tools can be used to perform a wide range of machining operations to produce a variety of products. This dynamic nature of the machine tools can be achieved by developing a beautiful amalgamation of Hardware and Software components.

Abstract, Part 1, Part 2, Part 3

an old post moved from googlepages in to the blog

The Filter - Music, Movie and Web Video Recommendation

The Filter started out as a music recommendation and playlist generation plug-in backed by Rock star Peter Gabriel and Eden Ventures. When it launched there was no auto-playlist generation in iTunes. But things changed with the release of iTunes 8 (which incorporated Apple’s playlist generation technology called Genius). As a result The Filter also had to change and evolve. Earlier this year they unveiled their new and revamped service which now supported iTunes (both on Windows and Mac), Windows Media Player, Winamp and even many Symbian powered Nokia handsets. So how does the brand new The Filter perform? Does it have what it takes to stand out from the host of music recommendation services?

[Review] Sony DSC-T500

I have bought and gifted 2 T200s and 1 T300 before purchasing this camera. The SonyT500 was launched after the T700 & you thought only Microsoft could have version 6.1 named as 7. Deciding which 1 to buy was quite a tough call. Choosing between 720p HD video recording & 4GB internal memory did make me swing like a pendulum, but in the end the HD factor was something I couldn’t resist.

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Six Premium Antivirus Software for Free - II

Earlier this year I brought to you Six Premium Antivirus Software for free (the links for F-Secure, eScan Anti-Virus, CA Anti-Virus and Norman are still working). Well, the security companies are at it again and there are loads of free extended trial keys up for grabs. Here are six premium security products for free. Grab them now, since these things don’t last long.
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Contains license keys for Mcafee, PC Tools, Norton, Avira, BitDefender and AVG.

Of Apple, iPhone & The Truth

Things they won't tell you about the iPhone.

Office 14 To Feature In-Built Chat

Office 14 to have in-built chat feature to collaborate & communicate within Word.

Write faster to your USB drive
Link: *www.w3hobbyist.com/general/write-faster-to-your-usb-drive/

Canon SX100 IS Digital Camera Review

^^Hey u got a new theme, but change some default looks. Like page1, page2 etc.

Good Bye Windows 3

Remember Windows 3? The Operating System that in many ways helped Microsoft become a behemoth it is today. Windows v1 and v2.x didn’t exactly set the world on fire. The Windows juggernaut really got rolling with the release of Windows v3.
Why am I blogging about Windows 3x while the rest of the world is going gaga over Windows 7? Because Microsoft killed off Win 3x at the end of last month. Yes, you read it right. Although Win 3x is a long forgotten thing of the past for most of us, Microsoft was actually issuing licenses for Windows 3x till October 2008. So who was buying it?

My Philips SHP2500 Headphones Review and the Cell Phone Purchase Guide I wrote a couple of weeks ago.

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Vista has the coolest UI of all MS OSs, and some of Mac OSs of the past!

^^ Wow! Right off the Assembly Line!

Opera Slim - Recover Your Screen Space

Opera Sharp – the default skin since v9.5 (kestrel) is a beauty. It’s probably the best looking default skin for any browser (at least on Windows). However, it comes at a cost. The super wide tab bar eats up a lot of screen real-estate.
Fortunately enough there is a solution....

Newbie Blogger here..

Some Useful Webmaster Stuff

WHOIS check

Using a WHOIS check, you can find out detailed information about a domain - the registration / expiry date, the owner’s details, the registrar details, the nameservers it uses etc.

*whois.net
*whois.sc

Reverse IP check

Using a reverse IP check, you can check out the other sites hosted from the same IP / server. Generally in shared hosting, many sites are hosted on the same server. Using this tool, you can find out who your virtual neighbours are.

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Looking forward to Link Exchange.

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TCS Rural IT Quiz 2008

As you may be knowing about TCS Rural IT Quiz. It has been conducted from the past 9 years and is still going strong. I had been the state finalist for 2008.

Windows 7 - 3 Features That Are Music To Ears

Some cool insights into the new audio advancements in Windows 7 are that is exactly what they are – cool! With Windows 7, there are 3 particular features that interest me and will interest most you guys too.

Let’s begin with 1 of the biggest annoyance in previous iterations of Windows which now has been ironed out.

Make Vista Look & Behave Like Windows 7

Since Windows 7 has been unveiled at PDC 2008, coders and artists have been hard at work to emulate it’s look for it’s predecessor – Vista. Along with the theme, coders have come out with applications that provide you with 7’s features like Shake & Snap on Vista too. As a matter of fact, 7’s calculator can run on Vista too! To make your Vista look & feel like Windows 7 here are some resources that you can use.

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Good post manan. Stumbled.

Device Drivers: A Proposed New Model through Hardware API

Consider a very common scenario these days, you went to a computer hardware store, bought your dream graphic card with all your savings, brought it back home and installed in your PC. All went fine until now, you just can’t hold your breadth to play Crysis. Now here comes the blooper, as soon as you fire up Crysis, Windows gone kaput with an infamous BSOD. Great for the shiny new card you just bought, eh?

Evolving with the present growth of technology, computer hardwares are making new leaps everyday and performance level are steadily increasing. This hike in the hardware industry and technological advancement also needs its worthy counterpart i.e. software to be sophisticated enough to make the most out of them. Now this is the single most important part and significantly problematic too. It is observed from time to time that when something new is put in the market, end-users confront many serious driver related problems with these new products that ruin hardwares innate capabilities for better performances. Underlying compatibility between a device and code-base is most important part, making the respective operating system to handle hardwares better.

BTW I have started a new website, Feeling Entity finally with a paid domain name.

^^ Love the theme! Now pay some and get yourself a paid host too. The top left banner kills the entire look of the site.

As of now, Twitter allows you to get your Direct Messages pushed as SMS to your phones and even lets updates from people you choose to be sent to your phone. But, it doesn’t give you your replies as SMS, yeah pisses me too. Here is a neat setup in order to get your Twitter replies sent to you as SMS:

Get @replies From Twitter SMSed (India)

iMav said:
^^ Love the theme! Now pay some and get yourself a paid host too. The top left banner kills the entire look of the site.

Thanks for your attention. I know that banner sucks but did not know it would appear there

Surely I'm going to get something paid very soon.

^^hey get the hosting fro me, at negotiable price

Tell me if interested

Stop doing business, first sort out my problem. Then sell yourself or your host space.

well i patched it if you like it then tell me an i will tell you the whole thing to do
or
wait for webmasters here, who can provide complete solution

well anybody interested in Football??
www.chelseablues.co.cc

How Effective is Your Antivirus Software?

I have covered various security products before. I even told you how to get them for free (Six Premium Antivirus Software for free and Six Premium Antivirus Software for Free - II). But in the past I mainly concentrated on the detection rates. Detecting a malware is important, but equally important is completely removing the malware (once detected). So how effective is your antivirus in cleaning up the mess once a malware is successful in attacking the system? Anti-Malware.com put all the popular antivirus softwares through the test and the results are shocking to say the least.
Anti-malware.com first infected the test bed with Adware. Win32.NewDotNet, Backdoor.Win32.Sinowal.ce, Email-Worm.Win32.Scano.bd, Rootkit.Win32.Agent.ea, Rootkit.Win32.Podnuha.a, Trojan-Dropper.Win32.Agent.vug, Trojan-Dropper.Win32.Mutant.e, Trojan-Proxy.Win32.Saturn.cu, Trojan-Proxy. Win32.Xorpix.dh, Trojan-Spy.Win32.Zbot.bsa, Trojan.Win32.Agent.lkz, Trojan.Win32.Monderb.gen, Trojan.Win32.Pakes.cuh, Trojan.Win32.Small.yc and Virus.Win32.Rustock.a. Once the system was compromised antivirus softwares were installed and full system scan was run. After the antivirus software was done, a list of remaining traces was prepared. You can find the detailed methodology used here.
So, how did the antivirus softwares do? Terribly. Here are the results:

Web designers: Are you looking for free, professional, AJAX loading icons that are customized to your needs?
*www.w3hobbyist.com/web-designing/free-ajax-loader-animated-icons-generator/

CAT 2008 Analysis and Solutions

The CAT 2008 - the premier MBA entrance examination in India was held today. I will try to post a detailed analysis and the answers / solutions here.

The CAT 2008 Solutions are expected to be out by 5 PM.
Analysis:

The CAT this year has 90 questions in all.

25 Quant
25 DI
40 Verbal

The DI section was a bit complicated and very calculation intensive, while the Quant section was relatively easy. The Verbal section, as always was unpredictable and no one seems to know how they fared. As there were 40 questions in the VA section, it will play a major role in determining the chances of getting into the IIMs.

*www.pathikshah.com/blog/cat-2008-analysis-and-solutions/

MyPersonality - Gauge your personality

These days, the focus in ThinkDigit forum has been shifting from providing technical assistance to imparting socializing tips. The threads in chit-chat section are far more than the other sections combined. The forum geeks seem to be enjoying the off topic threads far more than the regular tech related ones.

A thread by a forum member on how to get develop a good rapport/contact with girls took a strange turn with people posting their personality results. The thread not only got immense response from the forum members, but it also threw light to the social side of the forum geeks. The thread had a post from a member who took an online personality test following which many members joined the site & took the test. Then the geeks went on posting their personality results just as you see in post your internet speed threads. I too thought of giving the personality test a spin & here is what I found out.

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Cleartype compatibility with Adobe Fonts in Windows Vista

... Font smoothing never was Microsoft’s forte, even the not-so-old Windows XP boasted of horrible font renderation, let alone other fancy stuffs. While on the other side, being hailed from Desktop Publishing front, Apple brought richer font smoothing experience in Mac line of operating systems. MS decided to change the course of game with its ‘Cleartype’ technology, first applied OS wide in Windows Vista....

...Now Cleartype is good at an initial look and performs fine with Microsoft approved Cleartype enabled fonts. But things are not the same always with other fonts and could become rather disappointing to work with in Windows Vista. For example, graphic designers swear by Adobe products like Photoshop, Illustrator etc and they come with a great number of fonts included in installer. Many of these fonts are used in Desktop Publishing industry and needs to be perfectly rendered. Surprisingly Cleartype is pawned here with just providing ‘standard’ font smoothing to them. Unavailability of Sub-Pixel Rendering kills the pleasant feeling of them and easily convert them into death screams for a graphic designer. Fonts like Myriad Pro, Lucida Family fonts appear horribly jittery in Wordpad and throughout various MS Office apps...

Minimize shutdown delay of Opera Mini in Symbian OS

The performance of java applications sometimes degrade when used in a Symbian environment. Same happens with the popular java application, Opera mini. You must have experienced that Opera Mini, takes a fair bit of time to close when you exit it. Even on phones with moderately good hardware, it takes around 10 seconds to exit Opera Mini.

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How To Eject/Close CD/DVD Drive Tray With Desktop Shortcut

BTRACS – Tracking Private Torrent Trackers

In just a few years Bittorent has cemented its position as the P2P leader, displacing traditional networks like Kaaza and Gnutella. These days if you know where to look almost everything under the sun can be found via torrents. Often, the best place to find stuff is restricted private torrent trackers. Due to their controlled environment private trackers often provide better quality and speed with very little fake stuff.
But getting into a private tracker can be a hassle. Most of them are invite only or open registrations only for a few days. This is where BTRACS or BitTorrent automatic tracker checking system comes in. BTRACS monitors private torrent trackers and displays list of trackers where signup is currently open. At the moment it is tracking 309 trackers out of which 95 are open for registration. The list on the front page is updated every 10 minutes.

TuneUp Utilities 2009 - Only System Optimiser You’ll Ever Need

TuneUp Utilities is an award winning system optimization tool that has long been my favourite. The 2009 edition was released yesterday and boasts of several new features. Let’s take a look at the latest release and see if it’s worth the upgrade.
New in 2009 :
Retooled Interface: TuneUp Utilities 09 maintains the look and feel of TuneUp 08 with a few changes. The new addition is the Start Page. It basically acts as a dashboard. It gives you a quick summary of your computer’s current condition, and recommends actions to be taken. There are other several minor changes e.g. “Maintain Windows” Tab has been renamed to “Clean Windows” which makes more sense.

TuneUp Speed Optimizer: TuneUp System Optimizer has been retooled into TuneUp Speed Optimizer. Speed Optimizer asks you a few questions regarding your system usage and recommends tweaks best suited for your system. Speed Optimizer is a huge improvement over its predecessor. It’s much more comprehensive and more importantly suggests tips that I can use (I found myself agreeing with most of the recommendations).

Online Virus Scanners

Suppose that you have downloaded a file but you suspect that it may be infected with a virus, but you don’t want to install an antivirus that could possibly bog down your system, as in most cases. What do you do? You use a Online Virus Scanner. There are many free services that allow you to scan your files online for viruses. The most popular of them are:
1. Virus Total

*www.virustotal.com

It is the best online virus scanner. You just need to upload your file and it will do the rest. It scans the file using 37 popular antivirus engines to minimize detection errors.

Use Mobile Phone As Webcam

This tutorial will show you How to use your mobile as a Webcam.

Many of us don’t have Webcams and might want to use your mobile as a Webcam to save on some cash and also to put your mobile camera to better use.

You will need to install your Bluetooth stack / drivers - Microsoft, Bluesoliel, Widcomm etc if you plan to use Bluetooth to connect your phone and PC. You will also need to install Nokia PC Suite in case you are using a Nokia phone.

There are two applications to use your mobile as a Webcam:

Voodoo XNU kernel hits release candidate

After a gruesome wait for more than one month, I was really becoming much unrested about Voodoo’s future and even started some fights on ridiculous reasons in some Mac forums. Previously, I posted about my two long waited wishes those appeared to come true in this week and Voodoo was definitely one of them. Being a admirer of Mac OS X for many reasons, I really like it to run on PCs defying restrictions from Apple. OSX86 was started earlier and was catching up with real Mac slowly, finally defining something which can truly hold position for this noble project. Now we have something that can compete with original Apple Macs over their reliability and performance frontiers, Voodoo XNU kernel is here.

Read more @ *www.feelingentity.com/2008/11/28/voodoo-xnu-kernel-hits-release-candidate/

Control Startup Programs In Vista With Windows Defender

Windows Defender, has the ability to allow you to customize which programs to be allowed to run on Windows Startup and also provide in-depth information about the program. This is pretty much the services.msc with a better GUI. To access the functionality:

Need for Security

The security was beefed up in the city after the recent Wednesday terror attacks. Police squads were seen patrolling all over important junctions, high profile malls, railway stations and almost every place. In midst of this tense situation in the city, I was required to visit Nokia care to collect my phone, which was left with them for repairs.

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[NPTEL]High-Quality Free Video Tutorials by Profs of IITs

Gaurishsharma.com said:
NPTEL is an acronym for National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning which is an initiative by all seven Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and Indian Institute of Science (IISc) for creating course contents in engineering and science.

Basically, Senior Profs of Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and Indian Institute of Science (IISc) have recorded video of their lectures and they have been hosted at Youtube.these are high quality lectures by experienced & well trained. The course contents focus mainly on engineering and science.

The various Courses there are

[NPTEL]High-Quality Free Video Tutorials by Profs of IITs
nptel's channel on Youtube

Already nptel is a popular channel with over 50lakh views.
But sadly not many Indians are taking advantages of it

So please dig this:*digg.com/tech_news/NPTEL_High_Quality_Free_Video_Tutorials_by_Profs_of_IITs

Send Free SMS - India

*www.pathikshah.com/blog/send-free-sms-india/

A list of the best free SMS sites.

Have you fell for a web hosting plan that advertises GB's of diskspace and TB's of monthly data-transfer? Then read this and see how you can save a considerable part of your money!. Link below:

*www.w3hobbyist.com/web-hosting/web...-disk-space-and-tbs-of-monthly-data-transfer/

EnvyNG - Install Graphic Drivers in Ubuntu/Debian in a jiffy

Hunting for hardware drivers is a cumbersome task. You first have to note down the exact model no of the hardware, next you have to navigate through the manufacturer’s website which is riddled with a complex layout and finally you get to download the driver. To add to your worry, if you download the incorrect drivers for your hardware it will create more problems than good, not to forget you will end up wasting precious bandwidth and time. Now you would plead if there is any software, which could download the required updated drivers for your hardware and install them automatically while you relax a cup of coffee. Fret not; your wish will be met by simple software named EnvyNG.

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Beginning with Vodafone

Ditching the old, shitty cellphone network provider is rather easy, choosing an efficient new one is not. A devoted customer of BSNL aka Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited should probably switch, if not ditch all the providers at once. Many people alleged that each and every one playing in the battlefield of Indian Telecom is dirty and crappy, and should be banned out of the country eventually. But one has to see the perils of life without a cellphone connection, so I had to stick with one, something better in some way.
I had a so called Lifetime prepaid connection from BSNL Mobile, so I did not have the guts to just throw it away. Instead I started some market research within the friend circle only, after a google search on the same went in vein. They did not seem to understand the switch and wanted me to continue as I was doing. Now surely I do not pretend to be a mobile junkie like my friend Gaurav, but putting my money for best available results is a topmost priority for me. Since I am buying those recharge vouchers now & then, I have my full rights to get the best out of them. Airtel or Vodafone was almost automatic choices for me and almost everyone in my vicinity recommended either one of them. Now that was a tough decision, choosing between two of them.

First Look - Seadragon On iPhone

Finally Microsoft comes onto the iPhone. My initial thought was that Windows Live would be the first with a Google like Live Suite for the iPhone, but Live Labs is just kicking ass! Seadragon is the first iPhone app available on the App Store from Microsoft and it is beautiful. And iterates 1 thing for sure, Microsoft is better at coding applications for alternate platforms as compared to Apple within the given parameters.

What is Seadragon?

Driver Installation: Clearing Misconceptions

Unlike Mac OS X, which runs only on preconfigured Apple machines, Windows needs users to install specific drivers for their hardware usually available from their respective vendors. Now most users, when installing their new hardware, just connect the new component and pop in the included driver disk to their drives and just install everything from that Autorun prompt. They ignore the default notification from Windows itself, that ‘Found New Hardware’ window stating concerned hardware’s name. Incidentally most of the time, driver disks accompanied with products are ridden with several bloatwares and crappy softwares which might not be needed after all. These programs load automatically into Windows and tend to start at system startup, hogging resources and making Windows boot slower in the process.

A Rant Against Everything

The following lines are part of a full-blown rant against anything and everything. I can’t be held responsible if it hurts your sensibilities. Also, I can’t be held responsible if you waste 30 seconds of your life on this page. So here goes:

My last post was on the 18th of November. That makes it 12+16=28 days between that one and this post. A lot of water has flown under the bridge between then and now.

Most of the things that could have gone wrong, gladly obeyed Murphy’s law...

Read it all...

14 Awesome Christmas Screensavers

Embedded OS: New Concept on installing an OS

Embedded OS is in. Hardware manufacturers, consumer PC makers are proudly showing it off with their next-gen machines boasting features like ~5 seconds boot time. Mainstream motherboards are going to have little amount of NAND flash memory embedded on them which will be loaded with Linux distros with very small footprint. The resulting features are awesome, providing shockingly fast access to common internet applications, entertainment modules like media players etc. This comes handy when we want to have our hands on these regular applications in split timings without bothering about starting a full blown OS. It’s very interesting indeed and full of potentials too.

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Well on a different tangent...I have a blog on Tata Sky! Take a look
www.tatasky-dth.blogspot.com

Recession Hits Google's Orkut!

This is what I found when I logged into my Orkut account today:.....

Privacy on Orkut

Know where orkut stacks at privacy in social networking..

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ASHUTOSH KAUSHIK: BIG BROTHER

15 Awesome Christmas Themes for Windows Vista and XP
Recently I blogged about some awesome Christmas Screensavers. Now its time for some awesome Windows Themes (visual styles). Fifteen breath taking Windows Themes (Visual Styles for Windows Xp, Visual Styles for Windows Vista and WindowBlinds skins) have been hand picked by me, to get your desktop dressed up for this Christmas.

ThinkDigit Mumbai Meet - 14th December 2008

Spam Magnets

The amount of spam being generated all over the world shows no sign of going down. If I had access to the stats, I’d be able to tell you that [a very large number under 100] % of all mail is spam. Okay, so I do have access to the bloody stats but I’m too lazy. Now moving on, in times like these you’d think that one must follow some basic rules of the Internet. No, I’m not talking about clearing your browsing history after each session. The rule I’m talking about is - ‘You should not give out your e-mail address on public bulletin-boards, forums etc’. But do people listen? NO.....

How to add Abrite or Adsense to Wordpress

You have a sparky new blog and would want to earn some bucks from it. Great. You head over to Adsense or Adbrite and sign up, set your ad formats and get the code. OK now what? Where do I place the code? Which file do I edit? Vertical banners, in between posts...

Slumdog Millionaire - Why Going Gaga Over it ??

a small article regarding my take on Slumdog millionaire....

reply and comment please...

it would be great help for me to improve on blogging further...

thnks a lot guys who commented in my blog prev....

Service Tax Reduced

Service tax has been reduced to the earlier 10% level from 12%. This little 2% might actually save you some money as this tax is a component of most of your bills and bank charges. This reduction is effective...

nice article ...%^^^^^^^^^^^^ :-D

Windows 7 and Vista SP2 promises BitTorrent performance improvement

....Microsoft was never a fan of BitTorrent. Pretty obvious, how can you be a fan of something that easily and almost effortlessly steals your revenue in front of your nose using your tools? But then, BitTorrent is not all about pirated stuffs, it’s all about file sharing. When I used Windows XP and Vista previously, a crawling uTorrent was not so easy to bear every time. The whole story changed with introduction of Windows 7 (beta actually, for now and RC in recent future), suddenly my torrent downloads got faster than ever before without tweaking a single thing in OS. There was tweaking tools available there to change maximum number of simultaneous TCP/IP connections for Windows XP and this time MS is going to let the applications have the power of tweaking this option directly without any third party app....

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ spam

That aint spam. Might be a bit offtopic, since here we're talking mostly about technology.

@IronManForever
There was a spam posted by someone after my entry which has now been deleted by the mods. Now naveen's ^^^^^ is pointing to my post which is unfortunate.
@naveen_reloaded please edit your post.

EDIT: Thanks Naveen.

^^^ welcome bro...

GearUp Before entering the Arena of Internet!!

a small aricle on the basic things one should have or do before entering into internet arena ...

please read it and comment...

Ur comments will help me write more stuff ..

Secure Your Google Account

GaurishSharma.com said:
Secure Your Google Account
Almost everyone using Internet these days have atleast one Google Account.many people like me have multiple google accounts. your Google Account is the gateway to lots of services we use dail. to be able to use any google service you need a google account. the popular google services are Gmail - E-mail,Orkut - Social Networking,Blogger - Blogging,Youtube - Video Sharing,Adsense - Advertising etc. these are a few to name but there would many more service you would be using.

Imagine the horror of waking up one day and finding that you cannot access your account, now you cannot check your E-mail or new scraps. Neither you can post to on your dear blogger blog or check how many clicks your blog generated yesterday. Even you Youtube Subcription updates are long gone! In Short a Total disaster !!
So our Google Account is very valuable to all of us and we should do everything possible to protect it.
Therefore I am going to list a few preventive & post-attacks measures you should take.

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A Look At MeshPack Apps & Mesh Uses

I was fortunate enough to get a token for the Developer CTP of Live Mesh (Azure Services), though quite late but who cares.

These are not available for the public beta build (sounds like someone with higher-level access, don’t I! )

Top Indian Torrent sites

Do comment and let me know what u feel about this

Review of few popular mosquito-repellants
1. All-out liquid vapouriser
2. Tortoise mosquito yes
3. Mortien mosquito coil
4. Odomos cream
5. The UV light electrical killer

Link: *www.w3hobbyist.com/general/review-of-few-popular-mosquito-repellants/

victor_rambo said:
Review of few popular mosquito-repellants
1. All-out liquid vapouriser
2. Tortoise mosquito yes
3. Mortien mosquito coil
4. Odomos cream
5. The UV light electrical killer

Link: *www.w3hobbyist.com/general/review-of-few-popular-mosquito-repellants/

WTF!!! what are mosquito-repellents reviews doing on a Tech blog?

This is really a off-topic post :lol:

anyways, the review is nicely written like your other posts. Very detailed :))

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hey rambo: you could have tried the HIT spray :grin:

sekhar_xxx said:
hey rambo: you could have tried the HIT spray

No, but incidentally we have have a very local brand called 'Sekhar'.....'sekhar chapp macchhar powder'...its a white granular thing that is supposed to be mixed with some definite amount of water and be sprayed upon breeding grounds. I doubt if its a house-use product.

A very peculiar legal case in USA

This can happen only in the US of A. You all would have heard of absurd legal cases in which people sue someone just because they wanted to without a good reason. I came across one such case and its the heights of stupidity that the US justice system has come down to.

Texas Case No: D182-951 Modica vs Dr. Wilcox

Amy Modica was complaining of sleepless nights and circulation problems. She visited her doctor Howard Wilcox who after listening to her symptoms described them as normal. Hearing this Modica claims to have suffered a heart attack. “The only way that I am to get the help that I need is to tell my doctor of my symptoms. I’m in the middle of trying to tell him the entire situations, and being cut off in mid sentence is wrong. I lose my train of thought and I don’t get...

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Blog:-
*bluehillsbeckon.blogspot.com/

The Greater Things In Life
Working 9 to 5, 6 days a week, or succumbing under school and peer pressure. Scared not to be able to perform, or maybe just a little too tired to always win. In all this, we have forgotten one little, but very inportant aspect of life. Peace and happiness. Yes, these are the greater things in life.

Read on:-
*bluehillsbeckon.blogspot.com/2009/04/greater-things-in-life.html

Cool City for s60 v3 & N-Series Devices

Cool City Theme for your Symbian Smartphone.

Mumbai Indians defeat Chennai Super Kings

My take on the Inaugural match of the Indian Premiere League : Season 2.

Royal Challengers thrash Rajasthan Royals

My take on the second match of the DLF IPL 2 between Royal Challengers Bangalore & Rajasthan Royals.

Music in OUR Lives

Music, melody, a charm ain't it. Hearing it pleases our ears, soothes our minds, makes us calm. I think I've already justified the importance of music in a single line!

I love music too, listening to it on my computer, radio, TV wherever possible. It's very important that there is music in our lives, without which, life no doubt becomes tad boring and monotonous. It's good enough that it cheers you up, call it a mood lifter. We all listen to music, on our iPod, whil playing games, while watching movies, even from our mobile phone and in our cars too.

We can't even imagine a world w/0 music!

*bluehillsbeckon.blogspot.com/2009/04/music-in-our-lives.html

Carbonite Backup - Review and License Giveaway

Carbonite backup is possibly the most popular cross-platform data backup solution available. Techcrunch termed it as the backup solution closest to perfection they have seen and it is the favourite data backup service according to a Lifehacker poll. Let us take a look at it and find out if it lives up to all the hype.

Carbonite 1 Year License Giveaway - Just comment to win.

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Setup Google Apps for Free for your Domain/Website/Blog

Google Apps is one of the best and widely used service from Google for Businesses. The service allows you to use custom domain names with various services of Google like Google Mail, Google Talk, Google Docs etc.

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Lets say you have a domain abc.com, and want your E-mail Address as your.e-mail_address@abc.com, than this can be done with Google Apps[FONT=verdana,tahoma,arial,sans-serif].[/FONT]

There are 2 editions of Google Apps, one is Premier Edition and Another is Standard Edition. For opting Premier Edition, user will have to pay some specific amount to Google per account on a yearly basis. While Standard Edition is completely free for Users.

Premier Edition have some Enhanced Features + Products and is must opt for Businesses, while Standard Edition has regular features like that of Gmail, Google Docs, Google Calendar etc.

This Blog Post we will learn How to Configure and Setup Google Apps for Free for your Domain/Website/Blog.

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Tuesday, April 21, 2009

"EARTH DAY" EveryDAY
I think all of you have heard about "EARTH DAY." Basically we switch of the lights for an hour. What's the big deal right? Well wrong! It's a big - BIG deal, with BIGGER impact and consequences. The amount of power saved in that single hour is enough to, well let's just say, it's A LOT.

*planningforever.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/earthday.jpg

*bluehillsbeckon.blogspot.com/2009/04/earth-day-everyday.html

Rain God greets the Indian Premiere League 2

How to Add Command Prompt To Folder Context Menu

Kirti Vadapav - Best Vadapav in Mumbai

My Review on the Best Vadapav in Mumbai. Must read for all Vadapav Lovers

ROBOTS

*www.hero.ac.uk/sites/hero/resources/robot_300.jpg

We all know what a Robot is. Well we do, or do we? Most people just think of a robot as a put together metal frame that has a plain, bland metallic voice which says "Hello" and simple words as such. But no, Robot's are not just a piece of metal put together. They are much more.

Read On:-

*bluehillsbeckon.blogspot.com/2009/04/we-all-know-what-robot-is.html

ATI Radeon HD 4770: The real VFM GPU

ATI Radeon HD 4770 is the new shiny graphics card out there. Its available for 6.5k . So, is it worth it? For performance & conclusion visit:

*www.technostarry.com/hardware/ati-radeon-hd-4770-the-real-vfm-gpu/

Will Newspapers Become Absolete ?

*urssiva.com/2009/04/18/will-newspapers-become-absolete/

comments are welcome....

Please read this comment guys...

CopyRight : What side are we really ?

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*urssiva.com/2009/05/01/copyright-what-side-are-we-really/

Trusted ways to Earn Money Online

Trusted ways to Earn Money Online

Here I would share a few trusted methods which are known to make money.these are not like scam/survey sites which never pay! maybe it would take a while longer for you to earn your first payout but surely you will earn a lot in longer term. rest assured these methods are 100% correct;both legally & morally. It does not require you to steal or hack.

okay, enough of mumbo-jumbo, lets see what these methods are:

Trusted ways to Earn Money Online via Gaurish Sharma Live

Chip Forum Mumbai Meet at CHIP Test Centre - 25th April 2009

Mumbai Indians mar Kolkata Knight Riders IPL Dream

DOG STORY 2

"Dog Story 2" is a direct continuation to The "Dog Story" which was published on April 9, 2009.

*bluehillsbeckon.blogspot.com/2009/04/dog-story.html

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Above is a picture of the first pups that we met, of whom, none that we know survive, except ones who were taken away by kind families.

The pups are gone, the earlier ones few months ago, and the new ones just the day before. I came back from school, and came to know that the puppies are missing since morning. I went out and searched for them in the entire neighbourhood, looking into every drain and nook. But all efforts were in vain. A weird sadness erupted inside, which, for the entire day, kept my mind gloomy.

READ ON:-
*bluehillsbeckon.blogspot.com/2009/05/dog-story-2.html

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The yet to be released Nokia N86 has some nifty features. Read about them in here: *blog.mobitnt.co.cc/?p=29

Kings XI Punjab defeated Royally

Chennai Super Kings Discharge Deccan Chargers

Royal Challengers Bangalore crush Mumbai Indians

Cheated In the blink of an eye

My views on the Chelsea-Barca game along with Hiddink's magical touch
PS. My first blog post in about 3 weeks

Deccan Chargers trigger Mumbai Indian Collapse

A Cruel CRUEL World

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Day before yesterday, I was in for a shock, and a pleasant surprise. I was just looking down the balcony to the deserted mid-afternoon street below, when I saw a little while speck amongst the green bushes that form kind of a boundary outside the house. It took me only a second to realise what that speck was.

READ ON:-
*bluehillsbeckon.blogspot.com/2009/05/cruel-cruel-world.html

^^lol, thats one funny dog

I know, sometimes he makes such a saaaad face..

Optimize your Couputer: The SMART Way

Nowadays, PCs are so common that even a road seller and a 'paanwalla' has one. But almost 90% of all PCs are poorly optimized, or too cluttered for comfort. We keep seeing advertisements such as "Fix errors of your computer" or "Make your computer super charged" while surfing the net, but all such ads lead us to commercial and costly softwares.

Below are three freewares to provide hassle-free and guranteed optimization of your computer:

Read On:
*bluehillsbeckon.blogspot.com/

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what is couputer???

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Hi Blogger Friends,

I would like to tell you about a blog ive been writing for quite sometime now. It covers issues like business tips, motivation, entrepreneurship, technology reviews, cool gadget reviews, tourist destination reviews, fashion and lifestyle, corporate news, etc.

Visit the blog : *udayrana.blogspot.com/ :smile:

Today's post is unique and different than the other posts of mine till date. As you have seen, the site has undergone huge changes in the past few days. And to keep up with that, I'm making a post that is "thoda hatke" aka "a li'l different" than the past post. You may like it, you may not, but honestly, I prefer the former choice!

See the works:

*bluehillsbeckon.blogspot.com

Reliance Broadnet: Thoughts of a Frustrated Customer

Are you happy with your life the way it is?
Do you feel that your day is incomplete without tearing your hair out in frustration?
Do you feel like punishing yourself for the sins that you have committed?
If the answer to any of the above questions is a YES, go get yourself a Reliance Broadnet connection and...

Read More!

Square web 2.0 button in photoshop

*www.fotoshop7.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/p.png

^^ Ravi, good blog there, bookmarked :

Unseen HAVEN
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*bluehillsbeckon.blogspot.com

Tweeting From The Web – Two Worthy Alternatives

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A surprisingly large number of users still use Twitter’s web interface for tweeting. A good majority of them are basic users who possibly don’t need advanced features offered by the desktop clients. However, there are times when even power users are forced to use the web-client. For example, when tweeting from office or cyber cafe. Here are two new web-based alternatives to Twitter.com which were released earlier this week. They offer features comparable to desktop clients right inside your browser.

Harry Potter - Movie Review

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*bluehillsbeckon.blogspot.com/2009/07/harry-potter-movie-review.html

Watch the July 22 Total SOLAR ECLIPSE - LIVE

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Location

Start Time

End Time

Maximum Eclipse at

India

05:54

07:18:11

06:21:00

Bangladesh

05:59:16

08:04:39

06:58:14

Japan

09:55:39

12:30:19

11:13:00

Singapore

08:40:52

09:43:56

09:11:26

Indonesia

16:20:18

18:50:14

17:40:54

China

08:33:45

10:54:09

09:41:59

*bluehillsbeckon.blogspot.com/2009/07/watch-july-22-total-solar-eclipse-live.html

Mumbai witnesses the highest tide ever

Watch the pics of highest tide which lashed on the Mumbai shores yesterday & day before it.

Save Bandwidth with Presto

Fedora 11 bought an excellent feature to its package manager YUM. If you have been religiously following the discussions on mailing list then you might know it. If you are clueless then let me tell you. It is known as ‘Presto’. Presto is designed to save bandwidth incurred when the user upgrades the current software to a new release (version). Presto relies on Delta RPM’s which are smaller in size than regular RPM’s

Fedora 11 Review

It has been more than a month since the release of Fedora 11. Many top sites have already posted their review of this eleventh version of Fedora. Meanwhile I decided not to jump on the bus too soon but use Fedora 11 for a month before giving my words on it.

Social networking is a paradox

This is what happened with me just a few days back:

Random Friend: Are you on Orkut/Facebook/hi5/<insert any god forsaken site here>?

Me: No.

Read On...

how to start conversation with a girl

u have a girl’s number and wondering how 2 start a talk. if she is someone who knows u, then no problem, u can carry on smoothly. but if u r not known to her she’ll hardly talk, na?? there’s a trick to start a good conversation and keep it on

Read on....

how to make friendship with a girl

now this is something which every guy is intrested in. there could be many ways to work this out but u can never be sure of anything. if the girl is smart enough to guess what u r upto, u would end up only being a laughing stock. but there’s a way to woo any kind of girl, provided u have guts.

Read on...

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Create Instant Messenger Hyperlink for Blog/Site/Signature

If you have a blog or website, and you want your visitor contact you directly on your IM, here is the simple way you can apply to your website. Visitor of your website can send a Instant Message to you by clicking a single link and message will be delivered to your desktop Instantly. In case you remain offline at that time, then you will be able to read those messages whenever you login again.
Instant messenger hyperlink is a link that a visitor/reader can click and it will instantly open the chat window with the person’s chat ID already in place. Read More at I always Capital

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Internet Explorer (IE6) users are Now Forced to use Bing

Microsoft launched its new search engine Bing. For years, Microsoft has tried to shrug off its reputation as a monopolistic tyrant. Today comes news that seems to undermine those efforts pretty badly.

The Next Web reports that users of Internet Explorer 6 are being forced to use Bing as their default search engine — even if they’ve manually switched their preference to another search provider, like Google. Attempts to switch the browser to something other than Bing result in an error message. Read Full Article

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Web Speed will be Optimized up to 10 (Ten) Times Faster in 2010

As the web matures, it’s also getting more complex. Yet much of it is still fundamentally based on things like HTML which are 30 years old. A new startup, FasterWeb, aims to bring these old technologies up to speed — as it were — making the web faster, by optimizing the old standards for doing new things. And in doing so, it claims that it can increase the performance of any site by 2 to 10 times — something which would obviously be a huge leap forward, if it can deliver. Read Full Article

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Microsoft’s New Bing Bot named MSNBOT 2.0b

Microsoft posted on its Bing Community blog alerting website owners that they may start seeing a lot of bot Bing Bottraffic from the user agent “msnbot/2.0b (+*search.msn.com/msnbot.htm)”. No name changed for Bing’s new bot. Microsoft said not to worry about the increase of traffic at your web by new Bing Bot as this is Read Full Article

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Download Free Norton Internet Security & Norton Antivirus 2010

Symantec lets you download Norton 2010 Beta products for free: Norton Internet Security 2010 and Norton Antivirus 2010. norton Remember these are “beta” pre-release versions of Norton products, made available for free download for public testing before the final version is released. Read Full Article

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Adobe Air Based Feed Reader Sharefire

ShareFire is a feature-rich news aggregator that lets you share stories via AIM, Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, email and more with no copying and pasting, or dragging and dropping.
ShareFire features:
* Share stories right from ShareFire. Built-in support for AIM, Twitter, and email (Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail, or your default email client).
* Post articles to Facebook, Delicious, Digg, Newsvine, MySpace, Google Bookmarks, and Windows Live Favorites Read Full article

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Play Chess on iPhone with Facebook Friends on move

Former Digg Lead Architect Joe Stump’s Blunder Move, a new iPhone development company specializing in board games, has released Chess Wars, an iPhone game that lets you play your Facebook friends in Chess while on the go with your iPhone. Chess Wars uses Facebook Connect for Mobile to directly integrate into the Facebook platform and play via the iPhone. Chess Wars also comes with a built in chat, so you can chat against your opponents while challenging them. Read full article

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Difference Between Intel Core 2 Duo vs Dual Core vs Pentium D

Huh ! Confused about the difference between Pentium D vs Dual Core vs Core Duo vs Core 2 Duo ? Well here is the explanation.

First of all let me tell you that Dual Core is a name of "class" or architecture of processors which refers to any processor (weather its Intel or AMD) with two cores on the same chip. Whereas Intel Core or Intel Core2Duo is a registered trademark [™] of the Intel Corporation. Many peoples (even geeks) sometimes gets confusion between Core 2 Duo & ....Read Full Article

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How to Hide/Remove Labels/Categories Count in Blogger

How to Hide those digits which displays next to my categories/labels ?
How to Hide display quantity of posts which displays next to the label ?

Well if you are concerned with any of the above issue, here is the solution.

If you are new to blogging and you have less posts for some particular labels, You dont want to show how much post you did under labels then its better to hide it. Label count is a number written by default next to lables ( See image on left ) and displays quantity of posts under that label. .....Read Full Article

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Hanuman Chalisa Translated with Meaning & Free CD

Yesterday, i received an email from a friend which describes the meaning of Hanuman Chalisa in English. Lord Hanuman known also as 'Anjaneya' (son of Anjana) or Maruti (or Maruti nandan), is one of the most popular concepts of devotees of God in Hinduism and one of the most important personalities in the Indian epic, the Ramayana. His most famous feat, as described in the Hindu epic scripture the Ramayana, was Hanumanleading an army of monkeys to fight the demon King Ravana. He is also referred to as Bajrang Bali .....Read Full Article

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iPhone Hack, iPhone Security Broken

An Apple expert and hacker has shown that the iPhone, in all its various forms and moltings, is child’s play to compromise. This comes despite assurances from Apple regarding the 3GS’s encryption feature. Bad news for businesspeople of the 21st century, who have glommed onto the iPhone and its service halo like no other device. The wonder-phone has certainly changed the way smartphones and other devices are made, but this isn’t the first time Apple’s security measures have been described as.....Read Full Article

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Blogger/Blogspot Post Views Hit Counter shows Page views/visits of each post.

Queries Solved:
How to put visit counter which shows each & every visit of individual post ?
Can i have a separate hit counter for each blog post ?
If you are looking for the answer of any above issue, read on..

Blogging is fun, and most of blogger wants to make their blog unique and good looking. Making a little change in your blog can create a wonder.

Many of you wants to show a visible counter that displays the number of page views of each individual post. You can find such counter Below the post title of this post. Unlike the website counter which shows the visits of complete website, here is the Post hit counter which shows you page views (not unique visits) of your blog’s each post. Here is how to display Post Views Hit Counter in your blog....Read Full Article

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*bluehillsbeckon.blogspot.com

WTF is wrong with @ialwayscapital ? Almost looks like spam, if it isnt.

Use Your Friends PC While Using Yours.

*askvarad.blogspot.com/2009/07/use-your-friends-pc-while-using-your-pc.html

Complain, complain....Stop It!

*gracewalk.files.wordpress.com/2008/04/stop_complaining1.jpg

"Everybody complains. We complain about this and that and about anything which doesn't go according to exactly how we want it to go. We complain if we cannot finish homework, saying there's too much. We complain like hell has broken loose when we catch a terrible bout of flu.

But in all this, only a very very small percentage of people analyze their own situation. I have been among that small percentage group."

*bluehillsbeckon.blogspot.com/2009/08/complain-complainstop-it.html

Yes you are addicted!

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Facebook, My Space, Orkut, Yahoo! etc etc etc, these have become a very basic and common part of our "today" lives. Nowadays, we play around with a cellphone as if we were born with one dangling on our ears.

READ ON:- *bluehillsbeckon.blogspot.com/2009/08/yes-you-are-addicted.html

Generate Bokeh effect in your photos 

You might have seen photographs in newspapers or magazines wherein the subject is pin sharp while the background is smoothly blurred. Such photographs are not only beautiful to look at but also help in keeping your attention to the spot where the photographer wants you to. If you always wanted to do the same to your photographs, you must read the following & start practising to get perfect with what professional call as – Bokeh.

Read full article

Introduction to Command Line Interface

Of Reality Shows…..

“Reality Shows” are a sham. A sham I say. A lot of hooblah and opinions have been raised about it, and I’m thinking of voicing mine now.

It’s a shame to what lows can a TV network sink to just to get lazy ass nuts to watch the idiot box all day, and that’s a nice way of putting it. From the reign of KBC and “Kyunki Chaas bhi Kabhi Dahi Thi”, to just hour after hour after hour of jewellery /makeup/saree/scantily clad soaps that even defy a sane human being’s logic, let alone those who watch such shows, reality TV came as a welcome change. (phew?)

Read On here...

A new CASIO

Well guys, all for being against social networking sites and envying every beautiful picture of mother nature I see, I love another yet simple, harmonious and elegant element that life has to offer - "MUSIC".

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*bluehillsbeckon.blogspot.com/2009/08/new-casio.html

How to make a Shiny Silver Button in photoshop
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Enable SKU edition selector for Windows 7 installation & upgrade from RC to RTM.

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Select Windows 7 SKU Version On Install & Create SKU Specific Install Discs

Swine Flu - It's Happening!

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*bluehillsbeckon.blogspot.com/2009/08/swine-flu-its-happening.html

Fight against Swine Flu

All you ever wanted to know about Swine Flu(h1n1).

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Insert Advertisements between Header and Posts in Wordpress - Good for Bloggers

Check more Useful Posts at Mrintech.com :smile:

Review of Samsung 2233 SW

And more on www.technostarry.com

Total Guide For Building A Budget Level PC.

*askvarad.blogspot.com/2009/08/building-budget-level-pc.html

Pls comment

Some recent posts

Some recent posts

Dr. Kota Harinarayana: Development of Complex Systems – Issues and Challenges

WTF was this Pakistani thinking?!!!

Suggested reading for the weekend

Send a SMS to a planet located far, far away

Open URLs and send emails with ease using Text2Link

Get a free license for eXpert PDF Pro software

Interesting reading for the week

F-35 Joint Strike Fighters in Thunderbird colours

Pakistanis dancing to Indian film music…..MUST watch

Download Corel Paint Shop Pro X for free

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My experience at paris 15th august independence day celebrations

*techbuddy.in/2009/08/18/independence-day-celebrations-at-paris-embassy-exciting-and-disappointing/*techbuddy.in/2009/08/18/independence-day-celebrations-at-paris-embassy-exciting-and-disappointing/

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swordfish said:
My experience at paris 15th august independence day celebrations

*techbuddy.in/2009/08/18/independence-day-celebrations-at-paris-embassy-exciting-and-disappointing/

accha! toh u r from here

told you the name sounds familiar

Suggest related posts from your blog to your readers with the LinkWithin widget

Suggest related posts from your blog to your readers with the LinkWithin widget

Suggesting your blog readers additional post to read from your blog, that are similar to the ones they are currently reading would be a nice way to constructively engage your readers. If you are a Wordpress user, then it, I believe, is pretty simple. For those of us using Blogspot, we had to get down & dirty playing around with CSS & HTML to enable it – no longer.

Read the full post....

Publishers of the Develop 3D magazine are giving away free copies of their magazine. UK residents would get a physical copies. The rest can download & read the PDF version

Contains some great article. Would love it if you are love Industrial/Product Design, CAD or simply love to oogle at sec c well-designed products

You can download it from here
*develop3d.com/

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slugger said:
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accha! toh u r from here

told you the name sounds familiar

and u too

your avatar is same ..

8 Tips To Improve Your IE 8 Experience

Accelerators in particular, are quite helpful & do accelerate some processes. Having said that I’ll agree that Internet Explorer isn’t there yet. It’s got some quirks however if you’re an Internet Explorer 8 user, here are some tips to better your experience

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Unleashing Pixel Track - Photography Forum

Calling all photographers. register at Pixel Track. :d

Pixel Track - Photography Forum

Beginning with Linux Commands

Some basic commands to get you started with Command Line under Linux.

Download the Google Maps for your Apps e-learning course tutorial for free

If you have an interest in GIS or plan to start using the Google Map API, then you can surely make use of this training tutorial module now being offered for free download. If not for anything else, at least the fact that it is now being offered for free should be incentive enough to download it. ;p

Read the full post....

The 9 Theorems of Innovation at Google – Marissa Mayers

The ability to innovate and ideate are considered as cornerstones of Good designers. An Engineer’s ability to display these two qualities should lead her/him on to great accomplishments and designs.

Read the full post....

Batch Convert images in Irfanview

Resizing digital images is must if you want to publish them online or want to email them to your friends. If you have a couple of images, you are fine but what if you want to send more than 10 photographs? Resizing each one will take ages & no sooner you will get bored too. Leave resizing, what if you need to alter file names, contrast, sharpness, format etc of the image? What if I tell you, the above can be done in a few minutes & that too with just a click? Yes, that’s true, I am not joking. Read on.

Read full article

Ok , its just the promotion of this file sharing site and you know what you get ? yes : -

1. Unlimited Uploads

2. Unlimited Downloads

3. Resume support (for free premium accounts , register fast !)

4. Remote Upload (upload from another url link)

5. Best of all its superfast , remote uploads at 20MB/sec yes that is 200 mbps .

Read Here : - *askrajesh.co.cc/wordpress/?p=359

Commander Dilip Donde of the Indian Navy has set out to circumnavigate the Earth in his Sail boat

Once completed he would be the first Indian to have achieved this feat [AFAIK

]

He has set up a blog to chronicle his voyage and is updating it from time-to-time

His blog - Indian Navy Solo Circumnavigation

If you are on Twitter, it would be a nice idea if you tweet his URL - I already did it

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Forgot FB profiles indexed by Search Engines

His Facebook profile - *www.facebook.com/people/Dilip-Donde/775401095

Use The Xbox 360 Controller To Control Your PC

Here's a detailed guide on using your Xbox 360 controller as a substitute for the mouse+keyboard (no full-fledged typing though) to control your PC.

Opera 10 is here!

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Opera 10 : What’s New?

As expected, Opera 10 was released earlier today. Opera is the first major browser to reach double digit version numbers. Let’s take a look at what’s new in Opera 10.

Opera 10 : The Missing Pieces

After an extended alpha and beta (followed by a brief RC) phase, the final build of Opera 10 is finally out. It contains lots of exciting new features and all in all stays true to Opera’s tradition. Opera 10 includes never seen before features (in browsers at least) like Opera Turbo. Check out my initial review of Opera 10 to learn more about them.
Opera is the first major browser to reach a double digit version number. Not only has Opera survived in the hostile browser market for fifteen years it is also doing rather well. Opera 10 was a great opportunity for them to take it to the next level. Unfortunately there are lots of missing pieces in Opera browser. Here are some of the major disappointments in Opera 10.
1. Lack of an API: Opera’s reluctance to release an API (application programming interface) has always perplexed me. It seems bizarre given that Opera’s motto is to give users the power. Undoubtedly, the biggest strength of Firefox is extensions. And it’s not just Firefox; all other major browsers (Internet Explorer, Safari, Chrome and Maxthon) support plugins in one way or the other.

Gaurav Live celebrates its First Anniversary

You are invited for the first anniversary of Gaurav Live.

Ganesh Utsav 2009 Photo Album

Pics of Ganesh Utsav 2009 shot in & around Mumbai.

How to change network icon in windows 7

How to Rename Network Connections in Windows 7

How to Enable and Disable Transparency in Windows 7

Minimum hardware requirement for Aero in Windows 7

Editions Of windows 7 that support Aero desktop experience

How to find out your Windows 7 edition

How to update nVidia Graphics card on windows 7

Six reasons why Twitter sucks!

A Wake-up Call!

My first post after a long time!

Hope someone remembers this idiot!

Hi to all... Can you guys please help me here?
*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/showthread.php?t=120905

How to Contribute to Open Source World

Open Source is all about contributing one’s skill, knowledge & even money if one can. If you ever thought to contribute to open source but never started it due to lack of idea, then reading this piece of article will help you a long way. As usual with Open Source, possibilities are endless but here I will list some which I feel will suit most of you.

Read Entire Article

Photoscape - OpenSource Gala

Well, we all know about the open-source revolution, and to tell you, it's really going strong... Today, an article that serves two purposes, the open source revolution, and your photo-editing needs as well...nice for a combo ain't it..
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*bluehillsbeckon.blogspot.com/2009/09/photoscape-opensource-gala.html

Mobile Phones - The Revolutionary Evolution

*www.celtnet.org.uk/mobile-phone/img/mobile-evolution.gif

*bluehillsbeckon.blogspot.com/2009/09/mobile-phones-revolutionary-evolution.html

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How to create, edit and remix audio files without installing any software?

UCAV: How to wage a war from your living room

Alan Turing’s three greatest contributions: Richard Buckland

Recommended readings for the weekend – 2009.09.12

www.rayarunava.com

New blog.

Non techie though.

Opera Mini 5 Beta Reviewed

Test-drived the new Opera Mini 5 Beta & here is it's scorecard.

Linux Distros - Shameless promotion

Well, these days I'm extra pro-Open source, as having used them, I'm totally convinced of their functionality, and use. And what more? You no longer have the guilt of using pirated software....which mind you was made by some developer's hard work.
*linuxpoison.files.wordpress.com/2007/07/snapshot11.jpg

*bluehillsbeckon.blogspot.com/2009/09/linux-distros-shameless-promotion.html

Beginning with Vi

Editing configuration files is a routine for Linux system administrators & the equivalent advanced users. Even normal users will at times need to edit configuration files to troubleshoot any problem or tweak occasionally. For those using GUI, Kword or Openoffice Writer can come handy but what if you are on a server system with no GUI or your display is gone bonkers? Fret not guys, let me introduce you to my dear friend, Vi.

Read Entire Article

MTNL 3G Jadoo Review

I tested the Jadoo 3G service from MTNL & I'm glad to tell you that it totally rocks!

Securing your files from unauthorised access with Ubuntu

We are all paranoid about our files. Aren’t we? Whether if they contain personal information or classified information, there is a certain degree of concern we have. However with the advent of digital age, it is not that we can simply put them in lockers and guard them...

^Is that your blog?

^ ^ ^ Nope
ico and his friend's. But my post

^They paying for that domain? :shock:

I thought ico was King of the unemployed! :lol:

Domains are cheap.

Even I have one. But I am too lazy to maintain a blog.

^How much do they cost anyway? 500 bucks a month? I have a blogspot blog, but update it very regularly. Like once in 4 months if the winds blow in the right direction.

LOL! No. .com costs for a minimum of Rs.450/YEAR (yes Year), you'll get hosting for a year for as low as Rs.200 or even free if you wish. But of course premium domains come for premium prices.

EDIT: I suggest you to begin with a .co.cc domain (free

) and a free host such that you can learn some stuff and then after few months move to a paid hosting and .com domain.

Ah no sorry, would rather buy a GTA IV with those 450 bucks. :lol:

For the moment I am more than happy with my blogspot.com blog.

lol . . even I have my own domain

Thing is I need webspace now

^^Its my blog and Liverpool is part of our team now

And ya we are paying for dat premium domain name & webspace

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BTW whos ubuntu fan here

Beautify the Terminal

Give that old fashioned terminal a makeover.

Definitive Guide to Viruses & Antivirus softwares under GNU/Linux

All your queries relating to viruses, antivirus softwares etc solved in this definitive guide to Viruses & Antivirus softwares under GNU/Linux.

some stuff from my blog

Pictures from Yudh Abhyas 2009 Indo-US military exercise

Download ZoneAlarm® Pro 2010 for free [only for 24 hours]

Suggested Reading for the Weekend – 2009.09.20

Mumbai celebrates Green Diwali

Stuff I posted on my blog

Reclaim ‘Bombay’ and ‘Bangalore’

Download Paragon Partition Manager Professional for free [24 hours remain]

HP giving Cloud Computing for Dummies for FREE! – get your copy NOW!

A blog not updated for long, but a-amazing kik azz writing. Must read it

Lethal Weapons - Kashmir Diary

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*nspeaks.com/858/top-5-reasons-not-to-use-fantastico-for-installing-wordpress/Top 5 Reasons not to use Fantastico for Installing Wordpress

Do you use One Click Fantastico De Luxe for Installing wordpress? Well then stop using it as there are few problems which can arise if you keep using Fantastico for installing free scripts.

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Wordpress 2.9 – Features, Tips and Screenshots

Wordpress 2.9 is nearing and will be released in next 2 months probably. Check out its upcoming features, learn about some cool tricks and check screenshots of new features in Wordpress 2.9.

19 Must Have Extensions For Google Chrome

Google Wave Invites For Ten Lucky Readers

Jazz up your Linux Desktop with Compiz Fusion

Ubuntu 9.10 Kamic Koala : What's New?

TuneUp Utilities 2010 Launched – Adds Windows 7 Support

Clicker is Your Online TV Guide [Invites Available]

MultiGet : Ultimate Download Manager for Ubuntu

Orkut Redesigned – Faster and More Efficient [Invites Inside]

*www.pallab.net/uploads/images/theweb/orkut_new_t.jpg

How NOT To Spend a Saturday

Let’s be honest. We all make it through five working days just because we anticipate a relaxing and fun-filled Saturday at the end of those five days. I actually start the countdown on Monday – “Just 5 more days to go, so hang in there!”. And it actually works! At the end of each day, I proudly say to myself that I’ve survived another long and boring 10 hours. This pride turns into unbridled joy at the end of Friday, for obvious reasons....

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The Biggest Match So Far

One of the leagues most awaited fixture. The Blues take on the Reds at home in Stamford Bridge. Chelsea, fresh from banging almost 20 goals past the opposition and conceding just 2, while Manchester United lost to fools, drew and have a weak first team. How will it end up by tomorrow? Read on for a full preview.

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Looking Back - Chelsea 1-0 ManU

First off, lemme tell you that this was one of the scrappiest matches I’ve ever seen and there were hardly any clear-cut chances for both sides. Still, the result is all that matters and Chelsea got the perfect result – a hard-fought 1-0 victory which leaves them 5 points clear at the top of the table! *abhi247.com/myblog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif

I never actually expected to be able to watch the match, having been deprived of my weekly dose of the Premier League since the past three months. However.....

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wow gr88 thread...thanks for this one... well i do have a blog www.puneetgarg1991.blogspot.com
but i dont guess u people may find anything of ur importance there

Use Panning Technique to shoot dynamic motion shots

You might have noticed photographs where subject is pin sharp while the background is hazy giving a feel of motion. Such photographs are known as pan shots. Panning gives the image a dynamic perspective. Panning helps in showing action in still photographs & is often used in sports photography. Though similar to Bokeh but still Panning is way different than Bokeh. Bokeh doesn’t portray motion but panning does.

*farm3.static.flickr.com/2598/4100214246_6852b0ed10_o.jpg

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How to Enable Port Forwarding

How Fix Windows 7 BSOD Due to 4GB RAM

Managing software under Linux(Debian) - Part 1

How-To on Installing, Removing & updating software on your Debian Linux based system.

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Is Nokia Neglecting the Indian Market for New Launches?

*www.techans.com/2009/11/is-nokia-neglecting-the-indian-market-for-new-launches/

Symbian S60 - Protect your data with Remote Phone lock.

*desiibond.blogspot.com/2009/11/symbian-s60-protect-your-data-with.html

The Week That Was

After finally getting myself a good Internet connection, the last thing I wanted was that thing dying on me. That, dear reader, is the reason for my absence from this place for the whole week. I just got the damn thing working today and now I no longer feel like I’m missing a limb. *abhi247.com/myblog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif
Okay, so here’s a brief recap of all the things that happened and didn’t happen during the past couple of weeks. First off, I got myself a new...

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REDISCOVER YOUR CHILDHOOD

Two years with Nokia 5700 Xpress Music

Connect Internal HDDs Using Hard Disk Docks

Have any unused hard disk lying around? So now is the time to use it. Sometimes you dont want to use two hard disks on a system. But still you want to use your second hard disk, which is lying around. You may be wondering how to use it, without spending much. Lets see how. Lets also take a look at Vantec Hard disk dock.

Download Counter Strike 1.6 For Free

Counter Strike is one of the best games I have played so far. Now also, whenever I feel bored I play this game. Many of you must have heared this name. Yes, I agree that this is one of the best FPS games out there.

Download Microsoft Office 2010 Beta For Free

So you have all must have mastered Microsoft Office 2007, right. So now its again time for you to try a new version.

Everything Out There

My blog is up from ashes [literally] after a long time. Have lost some sleep over restoring the backup and bringing it back to its (not so) glory days, now I present to you....

Everything Out There

Some topics that may be of interest to you:

1. Videocon commercial by Tata Elxsi
2. Triangle geometry question and solution
3. Computer hardware prices
4. Speed Up DNS with Free service
5. Essential software for Windows - freeware
6. Intellectual Terrorism Video
7. Cruel Video of animal torture in China

For more do visit the blog.
Giving out Google wave invites for comments on any post.

Latest Computer Hardware Prices

Just started a new section for Computer Hardware Prices. Currently I have added prices of Proccy's, mobo's and RAM's. More to come. So Check out now.

Cross browser font rendering comparison

When designing a website, apart from the usual gradients and other graphical elements, the single most important constituent is the Font. It takes a hell lot of trial and error to get the right font for your website, you need to try different ones, look at them from different angles and decide if they’ll work for you or not. On the other hand, since the browsers will be finally rendering whatever you’ve chosen as your favourite, a designer also has to keep in mind how different browsers are generating the fonts according to the underlying code. That’s why I decided to give the 3 most popular browsers a go on their own capabilities of font rendition.

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Acer 5738z review

*desiibond.blogspot.com/2009/12/acer-5738z-review.html

ReDesign Your Gmail

Tired With Your Old Gmail Login Screen. Get A New Look For Gmail!

Install essentials in Fedora using EasyLife

A software which lets you install the required restricted codes, media players, utilities etc with a single click on your Fedora system.

I'm resuming blogging after a gap of nearly 9 months to get settled into my college life.

Here is my latest post:

Twenty Ten

How to take a perfect Moon shot

Moon is a beautiful body in our solar system. Its various phases are so picturesque that one often feels to capture its beauty with a camera. Capturing moon is not easy at it sounds & more often you will get nothing but a white orb if you don’t know the right technique to capture the moon. In this guide I’ll explain intricately to get a perfect moon shot which will elicit ‘wows’ from your friends & colleagues.

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some stuf from my blog

Space Agencies & Manned Moon missions: International Astronautical Congress 2009

Pictures of PAK-DA, Russian long range Bomber Aircraft

Suggested reading for the weekend – 2010.01.02

Get licensed version of O&O Defrag Professional Edition Software for Free

How to make any Website a reader-friendly page

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I was 2 times state finalist of the TCS Rural IT Quiz.

A blog entry on its jouney.

Mani's Lunch Home - South Indian Delight in Mumbai

A must read for south indian food lovers in Mumbai.

stuff from the blog

Disable comments in selective posts in Blogger [Blogspot]

India’s Fast Breeder Nuclear Reactor Core being transported & lowered into place

Russian Surface to Air Missile (SAM) Simulators

Punjab National Bank Phishing Email - Beware

Configure XMMS media player to scrobb tracks on Last.fm

Configure XMMS media player to scrobb tracks on Last.fm

*last.fm/

Last.fm provides a good platform to share with the world your music liking & also to befriend people who share similar music taste like yours. Most Last.fm users scrobb(post) their tracks on their profile via the media player. The media player updates the tracks played by the user onto their profile in real-time. This is done by a plugin which pings the Last.fm server. On Linux if you’re using XMMS media player, you can update your track list by using the XMMS-Scrobbler plugin. I’ll tell you how to install XMMS media player, the XMMS scrobbler plugin & then configure the plugin so it can update your profile on Last.fm.

Click to expand...

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My Computing Voyage - From Windows to Linux!

The real journey of mine from a computing newbie to intermediate user, from windows to linux!!

Google In 3G

Search Google Images, Youtube Videos and also your PC Multimedia's in a 3rd Generation Manner, using Cooliris only in Mozilla FireFox.

Dell S2409W LCD Monitor Review

Reviewed the 24 inch, Dell S2409W LCD Monitor.

Review: Logitech Wireless Keyboard K340

Logitech Wireless Keyboard K340 gets reviewed.

Google starts new service to integrate Twitter, Picasa, Flickr, and Google Reader in your Gmail account.
Google starts new service – Google Buzz TechTin | Technology container

some posts from my blog

Cloud Hosting Launched by Eukhost Ltd.
ESDS Datacenter Operational from “3rd Feb 2010"
Pics of ESDS Fully Managed Datacenter

Some Valentine Ideas For Geeks

Valentine’s Day is near and I thought to write a blog post for this occasion. First of all, whats the definition for a typical geek? A typical geek is a one who stays away from social life, talks less and keeps on doing programming stuff.So incase, you want to show the feelings on Valentine’s day and don’t know what to do or what to gift, then read on, this post is for you.

How To Convert Photos Into Sketches

Sometimes black and white photos can be more appealing than the color photos. So turning them into sketches is a good thing. It also shows the artistic touch. So do you ever wanted to convert a photo into a sketch, but don’t know about Photoshop and all.By using this little nifty utility, you can convert your photos into sketches easily and yes, you don’t need to be an expert for photo editing to achieve this task.

For old times’ sake

Have you ever wondered how much you’ve changed over the years? Ever realized how much your tastes, likes, dislikes and preferences have matured (or in some cases, become more childish) since the time you were in your early teens?

While aspects such as your choice of apparel, cuisine etc can be attributed to the maturity you gain over the years, I don’t think any such explanation exists for a person’s musical taste. Or at least, there is none that I know of.

Since the time I first gained exposure to music...

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Add Grunge effect to your photo

In this tutorial we will add grunge effect to a photo very easily. It is very easy. Just need 10 minutes to add grunge effect to any image.
*www.psyag.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/grunge-mitul1.jpg

The photographer awakes from his slumber

Photography has been one of my hobbies ever since I got my first cameraphone – the SE W700i. I’ve shot quite a few amazing (according to me, anyways) photographs using that device since 2007. I parted with my W700i towards the end of 2009 and got the Nokia N79 with its 5MP camera and other bells and whistles. With the upgraded camera, I imagined myself breaking free of the limitations imposed by my old cameraphone. But the lack of time didn’t allow me to pursue my hobby any more.....

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Soap bubbles in Photoshop

In this Photoshop tutorial, I will show you how to make soap bubbles in Photoshop. In the end of tutorial final PSD file is also available for free download.
*www.psyag.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/soap-bubble.png

GIVEAWAY: Win FREE License of Daniusoft Media Converter Ultimate Full Version worth $60

Daniusoft Media Converter Ultimate is a great multimedia tool. It can be used for DRM Removal; DVD Ripping; DVD burning; Media Converter; Media transfer etc

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Some articles I wrote recently.

Healthiest Fruits That a Diabetic Person Can Eat: Discover What Fruits a Person Suffering From Diabetes Can Have and Keep Blood Sugar Level in Control

Fitness Test — Take The Fitness Test and Determine If You Need An Urgent Check-up or Not

Lose Body Fat to Stay Healthy: Discover Tips To Lose Body Fat and Living a Healthier Life.

Cure to Diabetes: Discover How You Can Prevent Diabetes by Losing Body Fat

Losing Body Fat: A New Year Resolution That Won’t Ever Meet it’s End.

Free WinX HD Video Converter Deluxe worth $49.95

Here is a good chance to get WinX HD Video Converter Deluxe absolutely FREE!! It is multi-functional video converter software, which supports converting all SD (Standard Definition) videos and HD (High Definition) videos. This is all in one video converter which will fulfill all your video converting needs. Normal price of this software is $49.95, but you can get it free.

Google acquires online image editing website Picnik

Enable \ Disable password required after Wakeup in Windows 7

NZXT Gamma PC Cabinet Review

Free Fresh 15 RSS Icons
*www.psyag.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/preview.jpg

Giveaway - WinX DVD Ripper Platinum – Backup Your DVD within 5 Minutes TechTin | Technology container

Oh my god. :disbelief:

The Three Things I've Learned Lately

There’s not a lot happening around me these days. Still, learning is a thing that never stops. Here are three things I’ve learned over the past month or so:

The user really is the weakest link in anything that needs security: I got myself a laptop bag and a small lock. To be absolutely safe during my journey, I locked the main pocket.....

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Disable Unwanted Daemons in Fedora for Faster Bootup & Memory Increments!

Whenever your Linux system boots up, certain daemons(equivalent of windows services) are loaded into the memory in background. These daemons provide certain functionalities & launch certain applications in some events. Daemons run in background all the time from bootup & get into action when a particular event happens on a system.

For E.g. You plug a pendrive in your computer & after a few seconds you see a nautilus window with the pendrive contents. This is due to the “HAL Daemon” which monitors the hardware & once it detects the new hardware i.e. pendrive in our case it reports to the GNOME about it & simultaneously mounts it & launches Nautilus. HAL is a critical daemon in a Linux system but not all others are & so we must disable them. Disabling unwanted daemons helps in freeding up valuable memory resources & also helps in making the boot faster. Some daemons when kept running also open up potential loopholes for hackers to exploit.

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TCS TechBytes - IT Quiz Engineering students of Karnataka.

Hea7en and He1l

A small match report of Chelsea v Aston Villa

Boost Productivity with Workspaces

Ubuntu 10.04 comes with Impressive Feature Set

A look at the new changes 7 features to be included in the upcoming Ubuntu 10.04 codenamed Lucid Lynx which is set to release on 29th April, 2010.

Howto Recover Windows 7/XP/Vsita Bootloader
A self tested nice and easy tutorial .

Shoot Good Photographs with your Camera Mobile

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my computer tricks and tips blog--
*karanthetechie.blogspot.com/

Hey guys,
please visit my college quizzing blog (*qbitmesra.blogspot.com).
I would appreciate constructive criticism. Also any general tips to improve the blog would be appreciated.

My life in Chennai - episodes 1 & 2:

Episode 1

Episode 2

Mobbler : Last.fm radio player and scrobbler for Symbian smartphones

Chennai Life – Ep.4

Is this little mini-series turning out to be some sort of weekly soap? I hope not, because then I’ll have to down shutters and move to the mountains to regain my sanity!

Moar!

Howto Manage Hibernate Mode in Windows7

Hibernate is a feature of many computer operating systems where the contents of RAM are written to non-volatile storage such as a hard disk, as a file or on a separate partition, before powering off the computer. When the computer is restarted it reloads the content of memory and is restored to the state it was in when hibernation was invoked. Hibernating and later restarting is usually faster than closing down, later starting up, and ..........Read full story

Stuff posted on my Blog

Suggested reading for the weekend 2010.06.19

Dr. Homi J. Bhabha – Scientist in action [suggested YouTube viewing]

Write a Research Paper within seconds [and present it at Science Conferences]

Write a Research Paper within seconds [and present it at Science Conferences]

No kidding! You can actually author a “Scientific Research paper” within seconds that could very well get accepted for presentation at a Science Conference of considerable repute [or disrepute as things would stand after things come out in the open].

Read the full post ....

India crush Srilanka in Asia Cup 2010 final

Good win for us.

Welcome to TechRav !

Here is my site..
Sishad S
it consist of some tech tips,news and my personal blogs.

some stuff I put up over the weekend

Understanding Nuclear Energy and Technology [suggested weekend reading]

Russian stealth: Hunt for the invisible [weekend YouTube viewing]

Resume YouTube video download after a computer shutdown or restart

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This is from my blog

Being Prabhav: Bollywood = lame

Please subscribe to my blog! ( click on d follow button)
Or hit the like button here Thanks!
Welcome to Facebook

some stuff on my Blog

Warbird in Pune: MiG-23MF Flogger Aircraft [aka Vijay]

My [not so] new Rig

Warbird in Pune: MiG-23 MF Flogger Aircraft [Updated]

Install & run Unigraphics NX4 (or older) in Windows 7 and Vista

Debsuvra Ghosh, Misspelt, Mispronounced, Misunderstood

With so many 'mis' on the title, it's hard not to imagine the piece as a mis-story, which is, even if I vouch for it, unmistakably falsified vagaries. And again, the title is not a misnomer at its core, just signifying my underpinnings for the article. I think, therefore, it's justified to start the stagnating propaganda.

Read the rest of the article @ Debsuvra Ghosh, Misspelt, Mispronounced, Misunderstood - Feeling Entity

some stuff I had posted on my blog

Easy and hassle-free downloading from file-sharing sites [software]

Aviation reading [suggested weekend reading]

Carbon Dioxide powered Engine for Space travel [India connection]

Nukes in Space: Rainbow bombs [Documentary]

My first post afte a long time...

All Change

What does a bored man do when he finally gets some time for himself? He blogs.

Well in my case, I tend to save myself the trouble of writing something and instead, when I have some free time I fiddle with the blog’s theme. Call it stupid if you like, but that’s the way it goes for me. A lazy Saturday made even lazier by the doctor’s pills was spent in...

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Design Clipboard Icon in photoshop
*www.psyag.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/54.jpg

In this Photoshop tutorial we will design a cool looking clipboard icon. At the end of tutorial you can download PSD file and PNG file of the icon.

Continue reading Design Clipboard Icon in photoshop

Design Recycle Bin icon in Photoshop
*www.psyag.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/251.jpg

Hello friends, today we will design a nice looking recycle bin icon in Adobe Photoshop. As usual you can download the PNG file and PSD file at the end of tutorial. Its free for personal and commercial use.

Continue Reading Design Recycle Bin icon in Photoshop

some jottings from my blog

Dakshin Gangotri Station: Pride of India [Antarctica] [suggested weekend reading]

Download & install Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire for free [Students offer]

MMRCA Aircrafts in flight [weekend YouTube watching]

My opinion on Independence Day.

In Dependence

A long time ago when I was in school, we were invariably asked to write an essay on Independence Day around this time of the year. Being the innocent little boy that I was, unaware of the evils lurking in this world, I used to write all sugary stuff, singing praises of our country, its leaders and the martyrs. But after having lived here for 23 years, the whole idea of an ‘independent, sovereign, secular’ state has gone for a toss...

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ZERO DAY: United States Air Force website hacked [defaced site]

Exercise Garuda: Indian Air Force in France [French report]

Google's unwise spam/bot verification process

Google's unwise spam/bot verification process

Needed to create an alternate e-mail account to transfer a certain group of e-mail types from an existing account to another to try and end the insanity prevailing in that account.

Being a long time user of Google's email service [Gmail & Google Apps] & the other associated Google services that one can access with a Google account, thought no further than Gmail again to create a new account.

Read the full post....

Le.vg - Le Resources and Information.

www.aame.in - my new Blog address

Changed my Blog address. It is now

www.aame.in

www.aame.in - my new Blog address - AA Me

Dude, the cake is a lie!!!111

Useful resources for GRE prep
Greet Death ! Blog Archive GRE preparation resources

Posted after 1 year :mrgreen:

The Pandemonium

A blog for Tech, music, gaming and pretty much everything. Just started.

Upload Photos to your Facebook Account straight from your desktop by just right-clicking on the picture(s) : TechRav: Upload Photos to Your Facebook Account with just a "Right-Click" ! !

Turn Your iPod Touch into iPhone

[HOT] Turn your iPod Touch into an iPhone! ~ DE-TECH-TIVES

created a mashup - uploaded it on youtube

YouTube - India's Nuclear Weapons Programme & delivery systems [Buddho Hesheche by Cactus]

please rate it

thanks

^I didn't like that mashup much. Although the compilation is good, but it kind of feels directionless.

The History of iPod

Apple sold over 250,000 New Apple TVs

Please rate

PiTiVi 0.13.5 Video Editor Review

Open & read any PDF files on the Internet with Google Docs [and other reading tools]

Open & read any PDF files on the Internet with Google Docs [and other reading tools]

....But Adobe is bit of a bloatware. If you are in the habit of running multiple resource-intensive applications running in the background [CFD analysis, multimedia encoding] while surfing, not having to run Adobe to read a PDF file may not be a very bad prospect.....

Read the full post....

Krow said:
^I didn't like that mashup much. Although the compilation is good, but it kind of feels directionless.

thanks for your input. will keep it mind next time

one of my guest blogger has written a Tech Post in my blog about

Steps to Secure Your Computer System

Visiting ThinkDigit forum after a relatively long time. Long gone are the days of 2006-08 when I used to visit every now and then.

Anyway, got some blog posts to share, though most of them will be regarded as 'offbeat'.

The Beginning of a Discovery
A post about how path to discoveries begin.

The Necessity of Observer
My approach to explain the necessity of observers.

A idiotic post about myself

Productivity and Customizability
Customizability and it's effect on productivity.

^ happy birthday

ico said:
^ happy birthday

Thanks!

Take Hi-resolution detailed pictures with your cheap cellphone camera

Take Hi-resolution detailed pictures with your cheap cellphone camera

Had to send someone scans of an article today. With no more college, did not have access to a free scanner & doing it from a commercial place would have cost me 5 bucks a scan - a loot I'd say.

Anyway, I have a Nokia C3-00 which comes with a fairly decent 2 MP camera. It took reasonable pictures of the pages - served the purpose.

However, if you have a much lesser costing cellphone that comes with a lower resolution camera, like a VGA camera, you can still produce hi-resolution, detailed pictures using it.

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Firefox: Open Multiple Websites With One Click

This is a small tutorial which I wrote by putting together some tips from Mozilla’s knowledge base. It takes only a couple of minutes and saves a lot of your valuable time.

Suppose you have 5-6 or more websites that you visit when you fire up your browser. What you’d normally do is that you would open a new tab manually for each site, then type in the address/select from your bookmarks. Pretty tedious, eh? In this tutorial, we’ll see how we can get Firefox to do the boring stuff for you. All you need to do is tweak a few settings, after which you can open tabs for all your must-visit-daily websites with ONE click. Sounds good? Let’s get our hands dirty, then.

Read It HERE!

There was another source from a printed media who recommended 125w hexacore on a sad board with 4 pin atx (worse, the board comes with an imprint “140w CPU support”) with no MOSFET sink and a 4+1 phase. Now even if we point out such facts infront of them, they’re simply not going to listen. Worse they’ll throw couple of fancy/big words to make us go “lolwut” and pose infront of a camera in such a way that the media source who made this “meet” happen will say in the cute manner “Mr so-and-so from so-and-so company was able to handle all the technical questions effortlessly”. Yeah…right!!! Some of those articles were pulled down (obviously either they will say its our imagination or some articles “accidentally” disappeared when they shift servers- yeah the usual one).

4870x2 ON Quad crossfire? 125/140w CPU support? With 4 pin ATX connector? The jazz about 32 PCIE lane? O RLY??? | Rants and the awesomeness!

SoundMagic earphones - poor build quality [hardware to avoid]

SoundMagic earphones - poor build quality [hardware to avoid]

....much against my & a few other's good senses, I decided to purchase a pair of SoundMagic's PL-11 in-ear canal headphones to go with my C3-00.

True to Chinese reputation, yesterday, in less than 3 months from the date of purchase, the ear phones stopped working

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Some other stuff I've posted on my Blog

RAF Harrier Jump Jet fighter aircraft - the last of flights [Video]

Prototype supersonic Nuclear-capable long range Bomber aircraft, XB-70 Valkyrie [weekend viewing]

Donkeys, education, virus, The Eurofighter etc [suggested weekend reading]

Annotate any webpage with your comments, additional information or rebuttals [fisking made easy]

Light Combat Aircraft [LCA] Tejas: the people & their pursuit (weekend reading)

China's stealth aircraft Chengdu J-20: What are they saying

Space Shuttle Launch video footages - the best of the best

Suggested Weekend reading 2010.12.26

Hi-res pictures of the Fifth Generation Fighter Aircraft [FGFA], PAK-FA [T-50]

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles [UAV] by Aurora Integrated Systems [Indian Startup]

India's Light Combat Aircraft [LCA], Tejas [Wallpaper-sized pictures]

Some stuff from my YouTube channel

YouTube - India's Naval Light Combat Aircraft [LCA-Navy] - unique features & flight testing, Capt. Maolankar

YouTube - Improving Minimum Control Speed [VMC] of aircrafts using Fly-By-Wire flight control system

YouTube - Urban View Unmanned Aerial Vehicle [UAV] by Indian Startup company, Aurora Integrated Systems

YouTube - Integrating Western weapons & systems on Russian aircraft - IAF experience [Aero India 2011]

YouTube - India-based Neutrino Observatory [INO]: A presentation

YouTube - Lockheed Martin's C-130J aircraft re-engine programme: challenges & results [Aero India 2011]

YouTube - Chief of Russia's flight test agency: India's indigenous Turbofan Engine, Kaveri

YouTube - Indian perspective on Manned Space Missions - reasons & necessary Technologies [Aero India 2011]

YouTube - Saab Aerospace & Defence Company - Company profile, Hakan Buschke, CEO [Aero India 2011]

YouTube - Flight testing aircraft prototypes & their sub-systems - Russian methodology [Aero India 2011]

YouTube - Aerospace Technologies & Success through Global Cooperation - P Soundar Rajan, HAL [Aero India 2011]

YouTube - Emerging Aerospace Technologies & Boeing's partnerships in India - Dinesh Keskar [Aero India 2011]

YouTube - Changing landscape of global Aerospace and Defence industry - Anand Mahindra [Aero India 2011]

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UrbnGeek Is a Tech which covers all the topic of Technology- Internet, Social Media, Tips and Tricks, etc. Visit It Here UrbnGeek

Identify these Indian aircrafts & wind tunnel models [Pop Quiz]

Identify these Indian aircrafts & wind tunnel models [Pop Quiz]

Landed myself, what on first glance appears to be, a very interesting document. It had these photographs in them. These are some Aircrafts and wind tunnel models built in India as part of programmes undertaken. Did not know about a few of these before today. Will take me some time to begin reading this though - things planned beforehand.

Can anybody identify them?

Read the full post....

Also: Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle [GSLV] F-06: the ill-fated launch

no one posts here any more

Automatically backup hard disk data across multiple Dropbox accounts

Indian Army OT-62 TOPAS Armoured Troop Carrier [Photographs]

Machining Processes - Methods and Trends [Engineering Reading]

slugger said:
no one posts here any more

Yeah, true :???:

Nice tuts.

Indian Navy Submarine [Wallpaper]

Indian Air Force Sukhoi Su-30 MKI wallpapers

Indian Missile Wallpapers

Indian Soldier March past wallpapers

Indian Navy MiG-29K aircraft wallpapers

Indian Navy Harrier Fighter aircraft Wallpaper

Indian Coast Guard Wallpapers

Multi-Barrel Rocket Launcher [MBRL] BM-30 Smerch Wallpaper

Indian Air Force aircraft Wallpapers

Indian Army Armoured Carrier Vehicle Wallpapers

Indian Air Force Jaguar fighter aircraft wallpapers

India's Multi-Barrel Rocket Launcher [MBRL] Pinaka wallpapers

Indian Army Wallpapers [miscellaneous]

India's Light Combat Aircraft [LCA] Tejas Wallpapers

India Air Force Helicopter wallpapers

Indian Navy Wallpapers

Indian Air Force's Sarang Helicopter Aerial demonstration team wallpaper

India's Main Battle Tank [MBT] Arjun Wallpaper

India's Main Battle Tank [MBT] T-90 Wallpapers

Indian Air Force's Surya Kiran Wallpapers

India's Tank-EX Wallpaper

India's Main Battle Tank [MBT] T-72 Wallpapers

India's Unmanned Aerial Vehicle wallpapers

Faun said:
Yeah, true

Nice tuts.

thanks

^belated Republic Day? :))

every day a Republic Day for me

Some posts from my blog :

Where does music come from?

Brief analysis of Pink Floyd's 'Time'

How I became a Metalhead.

Laziness, thou art an awful *****.

Hats off to Microsoft Dreamspark

Pretty neat.

Hey, one of my links is not working because the URL contains the word b17C|-|

and b17C|-| is censored.

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5 MUST PLAY Brain Puzzle Games for Android and iOS [Part 1]

If you are tired of playing Angry Birds on your Android Mobile/Tablet OR on your Apple Device (iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch), than in this post, let’s check out 5 Best Selling (Paid) and Awesome Brain Puzzle Games for your Android and iOS powered Mobile device.

Now Type in Hindi on iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad & Android!

Looking for a FREE Application (App) which allows you to write/type in Hindi on your iOS (iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad) and Android powered Mobile Phone and Tablet Devices?

Backup whole Android Phone/Tablet to Dropbox, SugarSync etc.

Do you want to Backup EVERYTHING i.e. Contacts, Photos, Music, Videos, Documents and ALL other installed Applications (Apps) in your Android powered Mobile Phone (Smartphone)/Tablet?

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Make UNLIMITED FREE Calls to US & Canada based Phone Numbers

If you have got Relatives, Friends OR Colleagues located in USA and Canada, then do you know you can call them completely FREE of cost either from India or from any other part of the world?

This doesn’t mean calling them on their computer using applications like Skype! You can directly make UNLIMITED FREE calls to their Mobile/Land Line Number without spending a single penny! Let’s check out how to do so?

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DeSmOnD dAvId said:
My blogger stats show that among the top traffic sources for my blog is a site named www3.bestbxcleaner.com. I am pretty sure that it is probably a spam site or something and I want to block it. Is there anyway to block traffic from such spammy sites?

The site is being blocked by KIS:

*i.imgur.com/VqR3T.png

If the site is attacking your website in anyway (like BOT Traffic etc.), than contact your webhost ASAP. I don't think you can block incoming links/visitors, unless the referring website removes the link

DeSmOnD dAvId said:
Hey, one of my links is not working because the URL contains the word b17C|-|

and b17C|-| is censored.

man.. use a URL shortener in that case!

Anyway, nice to have one such thread!

I have a movie blog, but also write some articles on technology. Here is one entry:

My First Android

A few days back I came across a commercial from Red Hat Linux and it put forth some true facts. “Facts”, unless proven otherwise!

"The telephone has too many shortcomings, to be seriously considered as a means of communication", "A rocket will never leave the Earth's atmosphere", and the most absurd one, "640k ought to be enough for anybody" as populated to be said by Bill Gates, were some of the predictions done in the last century. The beliefs that shattered to the ground in later years, spectacularly.

The appetite for power never stops. People want to be more efficient everyday. The processing power is increasing, whereas the size of silicon chips is reducing. Thanks to Moore's law, gadgets are all set to become smaller but smarter.

A smartphone is a perfect example of something which could never have been conceived of, say, 20 years ago. Yet the future looks promising for this category of phones. It would not be long before we see phones surpassing speeds more than 2.4 GHz, due to the developments in processors like the next gen Qualcomm. But as they say, technology won't stop growing and so people have to start somewhere.

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Read the rest: Insights of the Stellar Mind: My First Android

Sony Smartwatch - An Android Wrist Watch To Supplement Your Phone !

If you were ever fascinated by the idea of wearing a watch that could do much more than telling time, then this is for you. The Sony Smartwatch connects with your android phone so that you can stay updated with the outside world on the go.

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