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World's cheapest tablet Aakash now available online!

2011-12-17T07:53:00.001+05:30

Most Awaited Tablet PC, 'Aakash' & 'UbiSlate 7' Netbook, can now be ordered online. 'Aakash' is said to be the world's cheapest Tablet ever. In Indian Markets its price is 2500 INR.

The commercial version of Aakash tablet UbiSlate Netbook, is available for pre-booking.

Enlisting some basic features-

Features

Unbeatable Price:
- Only Rs.2,999 for the UbiSlate
- Monthly internet charges: Rs.98 / 2GB
High Quality Web Anytime & Anywhere:
- Connect via GPRS or WiFi
- GPRS: Embedded modem eliminates the need for external dongles and allows Internet access everywhere
- WiFi: Allows fast Youtube videos at hotspots
- Fast web access even on GPRS networks, across the country using DataWind’s patented acceleration technology
- Web, Email, Facebook, Twitter and much much more!
Multimedia Powerhouse:
- HD Quality Video
Watching movies in the palm of your hand on a 7” screen
- Audio library software helps manage your full collection of songs
Applications Galore with Android 2.2:
- Games
- Productivity software: Office suite
- Educational software
- Over 150,000 apps!
Full sized-USB port & Micro-SD slot:
- Expand memory to 32GB
- Use any ordinary pen-drive
- Even plug-in a 3G dongle
And It’s a Phone!

So Hurry!

Get the world's CHEAPEST TABLET from AkashTablet.com

-Blue Techspot

Awesome song by an Emerging Indian Singer!!

2011-08-08T00:58:00.001+05:30

Do Listen it Once!

Mujhme tu ( Studio Mix ) is an Hindi Song, waiting for its official release. The Blue TechSpot group brings its preview specially for its regular readers.
Enjoy! This is a part of our techie life!! Cheers! ;)

P.S. - Comment Box is being upgraded. So please comment at video page :) Thanks :)

Star News' Report on Speak Asia : BLUE TECHSPOT IMPACT

2011-05-14T00:52:00.000+05:30

As Blue Techspot already warned you a week before.

Speak Asia, an Online Scam?

2011-05-08T23:59:00.003+05:30

Entire Post By Vijay - India-forums.com

BLUE TECHSPOT SPECIAL REPORT

Well a few months back a friend of mine approached me to become a part of some Survey company who is paying INR 1000 per 2 online surveys (takes 20mins) and one had to invest INR 11000 upfront. Being on the internet for more then 12 years now from the face of it looked to me as some scam as who in the world will pay Rs.1000 (thats around 25$) for some 20 mins that too for a survey. That time I didnt even cared to ask about the name of the company.

Recently it again caught my attention by seeing the "Speak Asia" ads frequently in middle of IPL. I am sure you all have also seen Speak Asia advertisement how its now easy to make money online by filling surveys and the whole family is happy. So the deal seems to be getting more sweeter by the day for everyone joining in and they are not only making money for the participants, and for themselves too to buy advertising spots in IPL matches and also run a few TVC kind of ads on Imagine TV where the anchor is Rakshanda Khan.

The funny part was that the only qualification you need is that you should be above 18 year old and should know English + basic internet to browse. You dont have to do anything except filling surveys. If you want to make more money you can either sponsor someone or get a few friends of yours under you and make some % of their earnings too. A typical multi-level-marketing scheme where the more you climb higher the ladder you earn more.

It may be a marketing strategy to get more people signed up and that is absolutely fine. But they are all joining in joining in to make money from filling surveys and not for the "E-Zine" that the company says that they are selling as subscription. Honestly speaking the e-zine is not worth anything.

But the basic thing that I was still not clear was that does survey pays that well and I asked so few marketing and research experts and all said that the pricing is too steep to sustain. There are FMCG companies which does researches from time to time for their different products but they also not spending that much and the ones who pays premium (not anything in range of what Speak Asia pays) also seeks people to meet certain qualification like an investor or some academic qualification etc.

So that made me suspicious to dig further:

a) Company Background:

The company name is: SpeakAsia Online Pte Ltd.

formerly known as : Haren Technology Pte. Ltd.

formerly known as: PAN Automotives Pte. Ltd.

(Compliance rating for this company is Non Compliant currently)

Prior to this name they were operating under:

HAREN VENTURES PTE. LTD.

f.k.a HAREN AUTO PARTS PTE. LTD.

f.k.a HAREN MULTICONSULT TRADE SERVICES PTE. LTD.

I asked one of my CA friend that how frequently a company change it names and he said its very less and not done so frequently. There are 2 more companies with the same name whose status is either Cancelled or Terminated and again they keep changing their company name:

HAREN AUTO & HEAVY EQUIPMENTS

f.k.a HAREN AUTOMOTIVES & COMPONENTS

And

HAREN MULTICONSULT TRADE SERVICES

And there is a defunct website too: http://www.hmtservices.com/ where we can find the products they were dealing before starting this business which is no where related to online surveys or dotcoms. Check out the page http://www.hmtservices.com/sparts.htm (probably they didnt had an active webmaster or the designer left work half complete due to several reasons)

Screenshots:

b) When doing little more research on the address of the company the same address is used for different companies. A simple Google can throw a few names which I am listing below. Some of the companies having the same address are:

Valves.Com Pte Ltd

SBS Consulting Pte. Ltd.

c) The company has a franchisee model so at the face of it you are not paying anything directly to the company "Speak Asia" and it goes in the name of the franchise (bank account) and who further pass that money to someone in Mumbai and all get to keep a certain % out of it. If its such a big company they should provide an option to pay online through credit card directly to them instead of making so many layers of people accepting payments on companies behalf and would have helped them with instant signups.

d) If you watch YouTube for their Torch Bearers 2011 meet they are talking about opening a TV Channel by August 2011. Very nice and ambitious plan but doesnt it require a lot of regulatory processes and time and huge "money". But the ground reality is that they dont have a single registered office in India. There are claims that it will be open in May 2011 in Mumbai.

e) I found it amusing that they were using a hosted software at SurveyMonkey as their survey tool and only recently purchased Novi Survey. If its an established proven business with multi million dollars in revenue they should have built the survey system completely inhouse on which their entire business model works.

f) They claim they are established in Singapore / Malaysia / Indonesia but after doing a lot of research I didnt find enough evidence that proves that they are getting enough traffic from any of these countries to prove their claim. They are mainly in India and Bangladesh only.

Screenshot from Alexa:

Google Adplanner screenshot:

g) Its great to see them doing so well that they advertising heavily on IPL matches, daily newspapers which reminds me of the hometrade advertisements in which Sachin, Shahrukh and Hrithik used to appear and within months the company disappeared and all these celebrities were not even paid in full. Read more about HomeTrade Scam at http://www.suchetadalal.com/?id=a60a3ffc-a8bd-0368-492e822e450e&base=sub_sections_content&f&t=Home+Trade%27s+%27starry%27+gameplan.

h) Again when you do some research on the domain : SpeakAsiaOnline.com

This was registered on 21 January 2010 and they started working in India from February 2010. So the point is that the whole scheme is not that OLD as the company proclaims that it is working since 2006. Earlier the company was doing agreements with Franchisee through the name "Haren Auto Parts Pte. Ltd." which again changed to Haren Ventures Pte. Ltd.

The address mentioned on their WHOIS doesnt match with their registered company address.

WHOIS Record says:

Speakasia Online Pte. Ltd.

71 Bukit Batok Crescent #10-08 Prestige

Singapore, 658071

Singapore

Company website mentions:

Speak Asia Online Pte. Ltd.

Address: 10 Ubi Crescent, #07-68, Ubi Techpark,

Singapore 408564

Well the reason for that could be that lets assume they are busy to update that just like the fact that their company was not able to be in compliant with Acra and hold timely AGM and submit their annual accounts on time due to the Directors travelling and expanding business in India.

h) The site indeed gets a lot of traffic and that certainly makes them one of the fastest growing website, their current Alexa ranking is at 839 (as of today).

i) Well many do beleive its a great opportunity and many feel its like a Ponzi scheme. If its the latter then how the whole thing works and how long it will last:

Well if we assume that company is not making money much out of these surveys and just running a ponzi scheme where the going is good till the flow of incoming people is great and keeps paying the subscribers them their own money and the new people who joined this affair. How will that work out:

For the first three month it is actually just paying out your own money back. So for the company there is always a buffer time of 3 months for the people to even realize how they have been gamed / duped. To keep the ship sailing they need to double their signups every quarter which is luckily happening for them So that they can pay the earlier and current customers from that money and keep some money for advertisement to maintain their signup targets.

So what will happen once the company falls short of their target of adding more people to its subscribers list?

The first thing will be that there will be a rate cut in the surveys. Secondly we see less frequent surveys and at the end there will be hardly any surveys. The company is liable to pay only when you participate and fill the survey and as an user you cant sue the company as they are not liable to pay anything to you in the event there are no surveys. The initial 11,000 (which is soon going to be 15000) is towards the E-Zine so you continue to get that E-Zine

What happens when the company stops Surveys or doesnt pay?

Well nothing can be done due to the following reasons:

The main company is registered in Singapore so to recover 11000 hardly anyone will travel to Singapore to file a case against them in Singapore Court.
The company is selling you E-Zine and you have paid 11000 towards that and not towards the Survey. Your payment of Rs.1000 / 2 surveys is toward the Surveys you fill. So on that ground too the company is safe.
Lets assume something goes wrong and the Indian authorities goes after this whole scheme and in that case the company can easily bail themselves out saying they have not recieved any money from them cause none of the payments is made in their name rather its in the name of the Franchisee who are paid a certain % to forward that to the main distributor and who further pass it to someone else. So the person you can only catch is the person to whom you made the payment. But sadly the problem is that even that person is the victim of this whole scheme.
Yes one do receive a online reciept for the money that one pays from Speak Asia and here is the screenshot. Earlier it was given from "Online Surveys Today" which I doubt that any such company even exists though the address was same as SpeakAsia Online Pte. Ltd. and later it is changed to Haren Ventures Pte. Ltd. but they changed the address to a new address.

So how can someone run such a huge thing without anyone noticing it:

This is India and anything is possible. We easily believe in such schemes and are really fond of such online money making schemes.

I leave the discretion of whether its an opportunity or a scam or something else on the readers to decide.

Well when we search the internet there are several bloggers who have voiced their opinion on whether it is some scam or an opportunity but they all have been bombarded by comments of people who have all the reasons to believe its a genuine scheme and do not want anyone to distrupt the ongoing party.

Some of the ones I found while researching on this are:

Well till the point every one is getting paid who really cares what goes behind the scene. But we feel its important for us to ask some questions if we have reasons to believe that it CAN be scam in the making.

If you all feel that this story is worth sharing please share it with all your friends and on Social Networks and this might help us spread more awareness about this.

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Stay Away from Swine Flu (Non-Techie)

2010-09-03T12:49:00.002+05:30

As the deadly disease SWINE FLU has started effecting again, so to be on the safer side,

Access our Guide to Swine Flu and stay Safe!

What is the history of Swine Flu?

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Are some people more vulnerable?

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Issued in Public Interest : Blue T3chSpot

Google Sitelinks

2010-07-21T23:45:00.000+05:30

Sitelinks

What are Sitelinks ?

Sitelinks are links to a site's interior pages, Means Sitelinks describes the importnat pages of a website. Google will automatically made the Sitelinks of a particular website. If Google think Sitelinks are important for a website then it will automatically generated in a Search Engine Result Pages (SERP's)

Exact definition According to Google Webmaster Tools

Sitelinks are completely automated, and we show them only if we think they'll be useful to the user. If your site's structure doesn't allow our algorithms to find good sitelinks, or we don't think that the sitelinks are relevant to the user's query, we won't show them. However, we are always working to improve how we find and display sitelinks.

Where is the Sitelinks?

If you searched any website in Google then it will be displayed in the SERP's and It will contain the importnat links of a website. Not all website will show the Sitelinks. Only that website will show Sitelinks, which Google think that will be importnat for a user and it will be displayed automatically.

For Example

I searched the keyword indiastudychannel in Google then the following result comes the arrow indicates the Sitelinks.

In the above example Jobs, Login, Exam Papers, Aptitude Questions, Medical Entrance Model Examination, Sample aptitude questions and ..., Forums, General Aptitude Tests are included in the Sitelinks.

Can You Make Sitelinks ?

No, You can not make Sitelinks, only Google will make sitelinks for your website automatically. The only thing you can do write some useful content and use proper layout and structure for your website and with this way Google may generate Sitelinks for your website.

How You can find Your Website have Sitelinks or Not ?

If you want to know your website have Sitelinks or not then you can check from the Google webmaster tools. If you have account with Google webmaster tools and you are familiar with Google Webmaster Tools then you can check your website have Sitelinks or not.

So, Sitelinks are very interesting concept to understand.

Courtesy :- IndiaStudyChannel.com

Google Voice Arrives in INDIA

2010-07-08T00:07:00.000+05:30

Google has introduced a new technology to introduce the new concept in the fields of electronic and communication field to improve the standard of telecommunication service provided to all the customers.

It is mainly laid stress on the cost effective and the reliable communication take place between various people living in the distant areas.

This technology is launched by Google on 11 March 2009 and gaining strength with the passage of time. The main purpose of launching this technology is to short the distance between two persons and shrink the world of internet such that each person who is using Google account are provided with service to share their emotions, feeling, information, facts, views with the other person.

Working technique of Telecommunication

When any one wants to talk to the another person then he/she firstly install the software of the Google voice freely available on the internet and easy to install it into your computer.

When the user wants to maintain communication with the other user then he/she clicked on the link provided on their Email id that is voice chat. By clicking on the this link will activate the request of communication on the line and send it to the service providers
that that particular computer with particular IP address wants to maintains communication with the other user and all the communication so obtained is free of charges.

When the service provider will receive the request then forward the request to the number of the receiver by trace its IP address and the location of the computer by judging its logical as well as physical address by placing the request on the international or domestic destination by dialing the Google voice number from the online web based application.

After the destination computer has send the acknowledgment for communication informs him by sending an acknowledgment signal which shows that receiver is ready to accept his call And then maintain the communication session between two or more user.

Configuration of Google voice

The service providers has provided many services and tools for performing its maintenance and configuration of Google voice by using web applications provide on the Gmail.

On each account service providers has provided with the link to activate the Google voice. It also provides the facility of multi processing which means one can directly send request to two or more people at the same time and configure its settings from the setting link provided on the Gmail profile.

Features of Google voice

It provides the user with the voice mail facilities through which one can directly interact and share it's feeling with the other individual and basically used for formal purposes provides various call histories of at least one year.

Video conferencing
means communication between two or more people living at distant locations is also took place by placing many instruments like micro phones, speakers, camera and other telecommunications devices.

It also provides its customer with the blocking and spamming facilities through which they can blacklist any user from calling his number by blocking his number.

The recording with the help of voice system is also achieved which has too much high bit rate and frame rate transfer of data and less noise and distortion of information between two or more users.

The tracing of the system through Google voice technology is also easy to implement and you can even trace numbers which is outside our country.

The sending and receiving of the online SMS and the messages is also easy and you can even record the voice of the other person if required.

You can even switch your call and allows multiple people too communicate with the single user.

It is also used in many mobile applications by taking the the help mobile applications Brower. All you have to do is to configure your connection.

Scope of the service

The service of telecommunication is mixed affect on the country of India. As the more population of multi national cities has preferred it where as the people of other states and cities are even not aware with this technology. But with the passage of time people are getting aware with this technology. It will go to lead other telecommunication services because cost offered by it is not too much expensive for the customers.

Laloo to apply for a post in Microsoft Corporation, USA

2010-05-19T16:17:00.001+05:30

Laloo Prasad sent his Bio Data - to apply for a post in Microsoft Corporation, USA.
A few days later he got this reply:

Dear Mr Laloo Prasad,
You do not meet our requirements. Please do not send any further correspondence. No Phone call shall be entertained.

Thanks
Bill Gates.

Laloo prasad jumped with joy on receiving this reply.
He arranged a press conference : "Bhaiyon aur Behno, aap ko jaan kar khushi hogee ki hum ko Amereeca mein naukri mil gayee hai."

Everyone was delighted. Laloo prasad continued...... "Ab hum aap sab ko apnaa appointment Letter padkar sunaongaa ? par letter angreeze main hai - isliyen saath-saath Hindi main translate bhee karoonga. "

Dear Mr. Laloo Prasad ----- Pyare Laloo prasad bhaiyya
You do not meet -----aap to miltay hee naheen ho
our requirement ----- humko to zaroorat hai
Please do not send any furthur correspondance ----- ab Letter vetter bhejne ka kaouno zaroorat nahee.
No phone call ----- phoonwa ka bhee zaroorat nahee hai
shall be entertained ----- bahut khaatir kee jayegi.
Thanks ----- aapkaa bahut bahut dhanyavad.
Bill Gates. ---- Tohar Bilva. .

Girlfriend 5.0 to wife 1.0 !!!

2010-05-16T13:03:00.001+05:30

This is one of the best Techie Jokes I have heard. Have a Look!

Dear Tech Support Team:

Last year I upgraded from Girlfriend 5.0 to Wife 1.0.
I soon noticed that the new program, Wife 1.0 installed itself into all
other programs and now monitors all other system activities.
Applications such as BachelorNights 10.3, Cricket 5.0, BeerWithBuddies 7.5
, and Outings 3.6 no longer runs, crashing the system whenever selected. I
can't seem to keep Wife 1.0 in the background while attempting to run my
favorite applications.

I'm thinking about going back to Girlfriend 5.0 , but the 'uninstall'
doesn't work on Wife 1.0.

Please help!

Thanks,
"A Troubled User"

REPLY:

Dear Troubled User:

This is a very common problem that people complain about.
Many people upgrade from Girlfriend 5.0 to Wife 1.0 , thinking that it is
just a Utilities and Entertainment program.
Wife 1.0 is an OPERATING SYSTEM and is designed by its Creator to run
EVERYTHING!!!
It is also impossible to delete Wife 1.0 and to return to Girlfriend 5.0.
You cannot go back to Girlfriend 5.0 because Wife 1.0 is designed not to
allow this.
I suggest installing the background application "Yes Dear" to alleviate
software augmentation.
The best course of action is to enter the command C:\APOLOGIZE because
ultimately you will have to give the APOLOGIZE command before the system
will return to normal anyway.
Wife 1.0 comes with several support programs, such as Clean 2.5, Sweep 3.0,
Cook 1.5 and DoLaundry 4.2. However, be very careful how you use these
programs. Improper use will cause the system to launch the program NagNag
9.5 . Once this happens, the only way to improve the performance of Wife
1.0 is to purchase additional software. I recommend Sarees 2.1 and
Jewellery 5.0

STATUTORY WARNING : DO NOT, under any circumstances, install Secretary With
ShortSkirt 3.3 . This application is not supported by Wife 1.0 and will
cause irreversible damage to the operating system.

Best of luck,
Tech Support ...

Funny Joke of 'Limits'

2010-05-16T13:00:00.002+05:30

The two Computer Threats, which shocked the world !

2010-04-20T11:58:00.003+05:30

Article By :- A tech Blogger

Source :- Google, IndiaStudyChannel.com

Nowadays, the rapidly changing shape of the world is making way to various breakthroughs that can either help or destroy the world. In the cyber world, a different battle is continually being fought against mutations in certain programs that become a threat to most computer systems.

Trojans, worms and other viruses are present most of the time, at varying degrees or damage levels. Even if coders or programmers have developed certain counter programs such as shields and firewalls to safeguard their computers against cyber attacks and other similar threats, sometimes these are just not enough to handle all the stress.

Computer viruses still managed to pack in some considerable amount of damage despite all the futile efforts to stop them. Like biological viruses, the cyber PC viruses behave in the same way for they cause some negative outcomes that is detrimental to the overall health of cyberspace. The damages that all these viruses caused may have reached a cumulative cost of over a hundred billion dollars. Hence, it is but fitting to enumerate two of the most well known computer viruses that shook the world by storm.

CIH, Melissa, ILOVEYOU, Code Red, SQL Slammer, Blaster, Sobig.F, Bagle, MyDoom, and Sasser are among the most popular computer viruses of all time. But according to the extent of damage that was made, these two are the most worthy of being mentioned.

Melissa back in 1999 amounted 600 million dollars worth of damage. The spread of this virus is so great that some giant companies such as Microsoft was forced to contain the virus infection by switching all systems off and all email capabilities shut down. It is because the virus made use of the mailing interconnectivity of the MS Outlook wherein all infected mails will receive a document email attachment that enables the replication of the virus once it is opened. The problem is it will email itself to 50 other names in the email directory.

On the contrary, if you want to know about a peculiar virus that gave a whooping 15 billion dollars worth of damages then the ILOVEYOU Virus is the one to talk about. This Love Bug is actually a visual basic script. Many became infected with this virus due to the very catchy 'emotional' or 'affectionate' feel to the e-mails transmitting the said virus. These emails come with the mysterious attachment of Love-Letter-For-You.TXT.vbs. Like its Melissa predecessor, the virus self transmits itself to the names found in the Outlook's contact list but this time, the ILOVEYOU computer virus is transmitting the infection to everyone and not just 50. To further its damage, it even had the capability to overwrite music, picture files and automatically hunt for user name or passwords that will be sent back to the virus author.

Alternatives to MS Excel

2010-04-20T11:53:00.000+05:30

Almost all of us, use Microsoft Office in our daily life whether it is office work or our domestic work. I have posted an article 'Few Alternatives for MS office' .Today I am sharing few alternative specially for MS Excel. We will discuss about the other applications available in the Internet that are similar to Microsoft–Excel. Let us start one by one:-

1. Open Office Calc:

This application is almost similar to Microsoft – Excel. But it has got an additional facility viz., Data Pilot which is useful in handling various types of data of an organization. This may useful in arriving at many decisions at organizational level. To download and use this program, please visit http://www.openoffice.org/product/calc.html

2. Abykus:

The Abykus 2.0 is a spreadsheet program. This program is very useful in dealing Commerce and Scientific data. This program has got "Statistical Wizard" which is found useful in dealing with enormous data. The additional features of this program are: Mathematical Formulae, above 190 in number, Matrix Equations, Equations on day and time and 3 Dimensional graphics. We can open and use any spreadsheet through this program. To download and use this application program, please visit: http://www.abykus.com/

3. Clean Sheets:

This spreadsheet program is first of its kind that can be used in all types of operating systems. This worksheet has been created using Java and hence to use this spreadsheet application, you need to install Java in your computer. To use this application program, please visit: http://csheets.sourceforge.net/

4. Spread32:

This is a comparatively smaller Spreadsheet program. It has got a matrix of 256 Columns and 65536 Rows. We can use more than 300 formulae in this application program. To use this program, please visit: http://www.xtort.net/office-and-productivity/floppy-office/

5. Edit Grid:

This application program is an online Spreadsheet program. It has all the utilities of Microsoft – Excel. We can just connect the data with this program and use all the Microsoft – Excel utilities for our requirements. To use this application program, please visit: http://www.editgrid.com

* We have numerous such Spreadsheet application program available in the Internet. The following are worth mentioning other programs in the sequence: Google Spreadsheets, Zoho Sheets, Num Sum, Simple Spreadsheet, wikiCalc, Zcubes calci, etc. Those who are interested to use these application programs may "Google Search" for it and use it as per requirements.

Working of Free SMS (online)

2010-04-08T14:19:00.000+05:30

If your are a regular Internet surfer, then you must have seen those websites with big banners reading something like "Free SMS", "Send free SMS to Indian mobiles", "Free SMS to world" or the likes of it. So you just click on the links to the free SMS, type the message down, give away the recipient's number and hit 'send'. Well, in most cases, if the website was a reliable one then you got your message delivered (There are a lot of fake sites which just do not deliver message, they just collect hits). But have you ever wondered what happened after you click on the 'send' button? Here is what happens:

After you click on the 'send' button, the web page you entered your message on, connects to its servers and sends an email message which again may be targeted to its own or any other server.

Say the number you sent the SMS to was 98333854xx. Now the first 4 characters (or numbers) will tell (here '9833') the servers the service provider
to which the targeted recipient is subscribed with. The mail generated by the web site's servers will be sent to the servers of the service provide of the target. The mail is usually sent in this format : 98337788xx@carrier.com. Now in the previous address, the "carrier.com" is the email address of the SMS server of the service provider of the target. Note however that this address may not be the same as that of the official site of the service provider. And the first part i.e. 98337788xx is the mobile number of the recipient.

After the mobile phone carrier's servers have received the request, the first thing they do is to check the availability of this number. If it is unavailable, the message is discarded, however in most cases, the discarded status is not shown on the web site's pages. If the number exists then the mail's contents which in fact is the text of the SMS entered by you on the website is forwarded to the actual mobile network
and the recipient receives the SMS.

Now the question arises that what sites or most importantly what is the type of the sites which deliver the most reliable service? The answer to this is in fact simple but despite your knowledge, some fancy web-pages make you think that they are reliable. The answer to the question goes like this: All the websites which are hosted by some mobile network or the sites with a huge people have the most reliable SMS delivery rates.
My friend Swashata has written an awesome post on the 'best free SMS providers'
look it once:-http://www.intechgrity.com/2009/08/send-free-sms-from-internet-to-any.html

Few awesome Online image editing tools

2010-03-22T15:08:00.003+05:30

Online photo editing tools:

Adobe Photoshop, the word that doesn’t need any introduction for itself, being at the top of all designing, editing, composition, blending tools. But if you look at the approximate cost of Photoshop CS3, it is around Rs .30000. You need to get a license key from adobe after you install the software. Is 30000 is affordable amount for everyone? The answer is of course a big no.

Definitely, it is a hard task to purchase a Software that is only intended for designing, editing. Though, Rs. 30000 is not a matter if you are the specialist and trained well with that tool and also if you are a designer who has experience in working on it, as many experts are making lot of money with it. Of-course it is being the top in the Business, if you have the best alternatives for it, which are available in the market free of cost. And definitely everyone would like to choose the freely available software rather than photoshop, though they have the minimal features and functionalities when compared to the Photoshop.

I have listed 5 best Online Tools which can be considered as the substitute in place of Photoshop.

1. Splashup
2. PickMagick
3. Pixlr
4. Flauntr
5. Pixer.us

Splashup :

Splashup is one of the best online editing tools which have complete set of tools for editing the photos in a professional way. It is also a freely available application online. We can create new images, revise other existing pictures and work on the layers with filters, adding effects to the existing layers and brush styles. It has almost all the functionalities and features available in Photoshop. For more information about the tool go to the website of Splashup here. If your internet’s bandwidth is limited or if you use dial up connection you can use the lighter version of Splashup which is Splashup Light. Splashup light can also be used in mobile phones and PDA’s.

Flauntr:

FlauntR is similar software to photoshop used for photo editing and designing available free online. It is mainly used for Storing and sharing of photos online. We can create slideshows and print it. Visit this www.flauntr.com site for more details. FlauntR is a professional editing tool which is developed using new technologies and hence offers almost all the editing tools available in photoshop.

Pixlr:

Pixlr is another online photo editing application. You can handle your pictures in the web browsers. It supports editing, adjusting the layers and filter your images. There is no need for registration; it is completely free of cost. To view the application visit www.pixlr.com

Pixer.us :

Pixer.us is a best photo manipulation application available online for free of cost. It is also easy to use. It has a simple user interface which makes the application to be used by all sort of internet users. Pixer.us also provides digital photo processing ideas and suggestions.

PickMagick :

PickMagick is also an online photo editing tool which converts a photo taken at ordinary quality to look at its best pixel quality. It is one of the best online applications that I ever used.

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Basic Blogging Tips

2010-03-22T15:05:00.002+05:30

Web Blogging:

Bloggers are facing major challenges when compared to other professionals dealing with Internet. All the multi nation companies have their own work schedule and certain disciplines to be followed and they practice their employees to work according to the schedule. This result in their large productivity and success to a major extend. In the other hand freelance bloggers often face lots of practical problems since they don’t have basic business strategies and idea. Most of the blogger struggle to survive because they don’t take the profession seriously and it is almost like a spare time job. Here I have given some useful tips which results in great productivity and will be useful for many of the novice bloggers .

1. Perform more in less time period:

Do not waste time in reading other’s blogs and posts. Though reading other’s blog is not a sin, it will stop you posting information in your own style. So try to regulate your work by reading only useful blogs which will really impact on the content of your blog. Make a work schedule and fix time periods to work regularly in blogging.

2. Keep an eye on the time:

Don’t spend more time on activities like checking the mail, chatting with others etc., it is a common mistake being done by many people using internet. If you really want to achieve some business development in blogging always keep an eye on the time. Give rest to your eyes by taking time to time small nap between work. Use an alarm clock beside you and work according to the schedule.

3. Gather Useful Information:

Many people consider blogging as a work of collecting information from various sources in the Internet and posting it as a whole. But, in reality it is the medium of sharing information which is useful and new to the internet users. So to be a good blogger you need to fetch information from various sources such as videos, seminars, magazines and newspapers. YouTube is one of the great source of learning. Subscribe to various channels in youtube and watch the useful seminars and tutorials.

4. Avoid Distractions and noises:

Before posting into a blog, always try to disconnect yourself from the outside world. Concentrate on the content of the post and try to give 100 percent correct information in your blog. It will increase the traffic to your blog. Never ever open your online chatroom or social networking sites while posting an article to your blog.

5. Don’t waste time:

There may be a lot of distractions for a blogger both online as well as offline. To increase the productivity, don’t waste time. If you are a student, try to read lot of technical magazines and papers. It will help you in posting good quality articles. Try to spend time in a useful manner rather than being idle or doing unproductive things.

6. Choose your areas of interest:

Know your areas of interest where you can possibly contribute more in writing articles. Relate your hobby or general interest with your blogging area which will allow you to post many articles. Also select your career oriented topic, which will increase your domain knowledge also.

7. Don’t lose hope:

Don’t let you down by seeing poor response to your blogs if you are new to blogging. Ask your friends and close people to review your blog and take comments from them positively. This will increase your blogging skills and way to write a blog.

8. Know your audience:

Try to figure out the audience reaching to your blog and start posting according to their needs. It will surely increase the traffic to your blog.

Indian Railways Basic Links

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1) Indian Railways PNR status

To know about Passenger Name Record of Indian Railway, please check the link below,

Indian Railways PNR status

2) Check the trains between stations information

If you want to know the information about the trains between any two station in Indian, check the link below

Trains between station

3) Seat Availability Status

You can check the seat availability status from the link below

Seat Availability Status

4) Train Fare

Check the link to know the train fare status

Train fare

5)Online Train Reservation

Log in to your IRCTC account with the help of link below and book tickets

Online Booking

Apple i-PAD at a glance !

2010-03-04T10:08:00.001+05:30

What is iPad?
Ipad is a internet Tablet computer.

Apple Inc Introduce a new Internet Tablet Computer called iPad.It has the Wi-Fi facility.Using iPad you can read any news paper,playing game,music and mails etc.But you need to download the application software what you need.you can download the application from apple's "Appstore".Appstore contain all the application software for the apple product such as iPad,iPod and iPhone etc.you can easily download and use the application from Appstore.The Apple Appstore contains more than three million application for apple products. 1.4 million application can be used in iPad.it has 16 to 64 gb hard disk.

Models:-
iPad Comes in Two models.basic model has Wi-Fy facility only.The another one has Wi-Fi and 3G facility.

Rate:-499 USD(Basic Model price in USA).

RELEASE DATE:
it will be available in stores at march last week or april first week on 2010.

Some Disadvantages:
1.iPad has no camera.
2.price is very expensive.you can buy a laptop using this money.

For more details, visit http://www.apple.com/ipad/features/

Google Wave Invites | Free Giveaway !

2009-12-17T14:48:00.003+05:30

What is Google Wave?

Having all the latest technologies
in hand sometimes make people confused. What if all those trend setting solutions come under one umbrella? Won’t you really appreciate a single solution which can manage emails, instant messaging, wikis and the latest sensation social networking?This is what Google Wave is in fact.

The Legend always comes up with revolutionary products. Google fans know the fact and expect the best from them. It is not an exception here also. Even amidst of integrating all the so called stuff into one packet, Google Wave come with some other stunning features such as spell checker and translation to 40 languages. Other features, watch the introduction of Wave here.

Though the product is designed as next generation product, it has been a must to have product among those who are very particular about having all the latest applications
. The unbelievable response from the developers around the globe is a clear indication of the fact that the globe has accepted Google Wave as part of their growth and development.

Apart from the present style of sending messages and their replies, showing the entire thread of previous conversations or keeping all the records in the mailbox of a customer, Wave store them all in a different way which we often call blips, which seem as a cluster of multimedia messages. These multimedia messages are located on a central server. Another fact is that waves can be shared at any time and the collaborators [of the conversation or whatever things it may be] can be added or removed at any point during the existence of a wave.

Flexibility is what else is to be mentioned about Google Wave. Anyone who participates in a wave can reply or modify a message anywhere. When a user is making changes to the blips, all the readers are notified via email.

Above all the mentioned features, Google Wave is really live. This is mainly because all everything that is happening inside Google Wave appear real time, word by word through out the community.

15 Google Wave Invitations Giveaway

Well, Some days back I received an invitation to preview Google Wave, cool huh? And I’m gonna give away 15 invitations, of course for FREE. You need only to follow @Siddharth29 on Twitter and retweet this post. Winners will be selected via Random.org and this contest will end Soon.

Courtesy:-

Itecharena.blogspot.com (for inviting me to wave!)

jacobyap.com (for resources)

Need a Railway Reservation direct from home ?

2009-11-28T23:28:00.003+05:30

Go to

www.Irctc.co.in
(or)
www.yatra.com

Here you can able to get all train details and timings, and make reservation with any valid ATM cards, debit cards, credit cards, etc.,

Advantage of Yatra:
When compare to IRCTC, yatra is very user friendly and easy to check the waiting list availability status and fare details of all trains for a day in one page.

Disadvantage of Yatra:
When compare to IRCTC, the fare is 10.Rs/- higher, they charge service charge of minimum 10.Rs/- to 50.Rs/- according to the Class you select.

In my Conclusion:
For enquiry Yatra is best and for reservation IRCTC is best one.

Payment Options

Payment by credit cards:
1. ICICI Bank Payment Gateway:
  Payments through any Master / Visa credit cards issued by any bank Transaction charges of 1.8% on the total transaction value will be levied by the card issuing bank.
2. Citibank Payment Gateway:
  ALL MASTER / VISA/ DINERS CLUB CREDIT CARDS.Transaction Charges 1.8% Transaction Charges waived for bookings on Citibank Issued Credit cards till Sept 30th 2006.
3. Amex Bank Payment Gateway:
  Transaction Charges of 1.8% on the total transaction value will be levied for Cards issued by American Express Bank. Transaction charges for American Express Cards issued by any other bank (eg. ICICI Bank) will be as applied by the issuing bank.
Payment through Direct Debit facility of Internet Banking option of
1. ICICI Bank - Transaction charges of Rs. 5/-+service tax applicable on per transaction.
2. HDFC Bank - Transaction charges of Rs. 11.03/- per transaction.
3. IDBI Bank - Transaction charges of Rs. 10/- per transaction.
4. Citibank Debit - Transaction charges of Rs. 10/- per transaction.
5. ITZ Cash Direct Debit - Transaction charges of 1.8%.
6. Union Bank of India - Transaction charge Nill.
7. Federal Bank - Transaction charge Nill.
8. Punjab National Bank - Transaction charge Nill.
9. IndusInd Bank - Transaction Charge Nill.
10. Done Card - Transaction Charge NIL.

NEW ORKUT Interface | Is anyone left now ?

2009-11-28T13:56:00.002+05:30

Hello guys...I am sharing 12 New Orkut Invites here.Just comment and give your E-mail address from which you use Orkut.

Some New Posts and Wave Invites are about to come soon...!

Best
Siddharth

Windows se7en Review By a Wordpress "Blogger"

2009-10-23T14:23:00.001+05:30

Windows 7 released, and it is an amazing operating system, or at least I think.

One problem with Windows Vista is clutter on the taskbar for people who use lots of applications. A more important thing is that Windows Vista is buggy and I got unproductive with Vista.

Desktop sideshows can change the background certain times. This may be useless but remember those books where you flip the pages of a book for an animation, You can render that in Windows 7.

Many devices like Printers and Scanners include software, with control panels but Windows 7 adds features to manage the device itself with device-specific options. What if you have a phone without a camera and Windows gave an option to add images from the phone? You don’t have to be annoyed with it.

You also have a handy menu with devices. This is the root menu.

The new taskbar reduces clutter and also supports jump lists. Sorry for the old name in this because I would have used this for a similar article never published. Accessing an IE tab from the start menu has never been easier.

Dragging Windows to one side of the window never been easier. Without dual-monitors, you can do it. The best experience with this is with 1280 * 700 or higher.Minimizing all Windows except one is possible with Aero Shake, shake the title bar with your mouse and do it, and to return, shake again. This video is not mine. Thanks to user xiaobi001 for giving the video.

WordPad and Paint also are getting the Ribbon interface from Office 2007, so people still on Office 97-2003 and Windows Vista or older might need a upgrade.

Windows XP mode can run legacy XP applications without Dual-booting, or having to starve on 4GB of RAM. You need Intel VT or AMD VTM. Legacy programmers like me will sure love this feature.
These are features which caught my eye but there are more features. After all Windows 7 is a

Operating system to me.

Protecting Your Privacy on Windows XP

2009-10-09T14:17:00.000+05:30

When you log in to the computer system, windows keeps track of all activities that you do on your computers. It keeps track about all the activities like the Web sites that you have visited, the addresses that you type in, the applications that you launch etc. This information is used by computer to tailor your computer experience and power features such as the frequently run programs or recently run documents lists. This information is used to save your time and help you to access it easily. However, this is not always the best. This information, combined with the useless browser history, will allow anyone to see what you browse on the Web.

The recorded information by windows Xp becomes the stake when others are using the same system and your complete privacy reviel. I would like to share some nice and interesting ways to protect your privacy by using the features available in Windows XP.

Internet Explorer (Browser)

Internet Explorer is a browser developed by Microsoft Co. and it is come with Windows XP. It is a default browser and widely used browser. I am providing information about this browser only. You can perform these steps on other browsers like Firfox but some other similar ways.

Internet Explorer stores its data (browsing histroy etc) all over your hard drive, which makes cleaning this data a little tricky and anoying. Generally you need to cleaned four different parts of Internet Explorer to ensure privacy. These four parts are:

Clearing Recent Addresses

Removing History Files

Erasing Temporary Web Files and

Removing Cookies

Clearing Recent Addresses

Windows XP has a feature called AutoComplete that always activated for the address box. This can be convenient feature but more unsecur if someone else using your computer. To ensure your privacy, there is some way to stop this
suggessions or auto-complete feature. The file that stores this information is called the URL cache and is named index.dat. This file resides in your Cookies directory within Documents and Settings (C:\Documents and Settings\). But it is not easy to delete this file and you can't do it normal way. The URL cache file is always in use when theoperating system is running. Since, it is not possible to delete it when computer is running, the
only way left is through Safe Mode. One other solution for this is to use a utility called Dr. Delete, which can be schedule the file to be deleted the next time when you restart your computer.

Follow these steps to delete the index.dat file with Dr. Delete Software

Download the Dr. Delete SOftware from the URL www.docsdownloads.com/dr-delete.htm

Open the Dr. Delet Software and click the Browse button to specify the file that you want to delete.

Navigate to the C:\Documents and Settings\ folder

Now open the folder which is named after your User Name.

Open the Cookies folder and then select the index.dat file and click Open

Once you see the path of the file in the text box, click the Delete! button, as shown in below figure

If it confirms then click Yes on the screen

You will be shown a message that says that the file will be deleted after the next reboot. Reboot your computer now to delete the file.

Once your computer reboots, the file will be deleted and the URL cache will be cleared.

Removing History Files

Internet Explorer, by default, has an option to cleared record all of the Web sites you visit for a 30-day period. To ensure your privacy, it is best option to clear your web history. Here are the steps to perform this task.

Open the Internet Explorer Browser from desktop or from Start Panel.

In the IE, click the Tools menu bar item and then select Internet options.

Then, just click the Clear History button

Now, you have cleared your web history. You can adjust the amount of days that your browsing histroy is stored default is 30 days.

Then, click OK to save your changes and exit the Internet Options screen

After you have cleared your browser history and modified the history setting, your privacy will be much easier to protect.

Clearing temporary Internet files and cookies

Cookies:- Cookies are another type of file that is created on your computer when ever you visit any web site. It is generally used by web servers to save user data and it is not bad or harmful to computer. One of the example of this is the automatic logon when you visit a web site. Advertisers also use cookies to store paersonal data. Instead of showing you the same advertisement for 50 times, they use cookies to keep track fo how many times an advertisement is displayed on your screen.

Follow the below steps to clearing the Temporary Internet Files and Removing the Cookies.

Open the Internet Explorer Browser from desktop or from Start Panel.

In the IE, click the Tools menu bar item and then select Internet Options.

Under the Temporary Internet Files section, click the Delete Files button.

You will be prompted to confirm if you would also like offline files to be deleted. For maximum privacy, check the box and Click OK.

Select OK once more to close Internet Options after it delets and you are done

Adjusting your cookie security policy

Cookies are not as bad as many people thinks about it. Instead, the only risk with them is a loss of some privacy, as mentioned. If you allow your browser to created cookies and after using computer for an hour. It gets very good collection of cookies in your computer. Any other user, if login to your system then he or she can analyse and easily find out what sites you have visted. The latest version of Internet Explorer includes many new enhancements. One of the
enhancements includes a new way of accepting cookies. Now, you have the ability to specify if you would like your browser to block all cookies or just certain types. To understand this feature very well, you have to understand what are the types of cookies available. First-party cookies and Third-party cookies.

First-party cookies are placed on your computer by the current site that you are visiting. Third-party cookies are placed on your computer by remote sites such as advertisement servers.

If you do not want your computer to accept third-party cookies so that marketing companies cannot identify what ads they have shown you, or if you just want to adjust your cookie acceptance settings, then follow these steps:

Open the Internet Explorer Browser from desktop or from Start Panel.

In the IE, click the Tools menu bar item and then select Internet Options.

When the Internet Options window up, click the Privacy tab

You will see the up and down slider that allows you to select different levels of cookie security. Don't do anything to this and click the Advanced Button instead.

Now the settings for First and Third party cookies will now available for adjustment as shown in the figure. I recommend to accept only first-party cookies. And for the third-party cookies select "prompt" option. It will prompt you if it receives any cookies (third party)

Once you are finished with your settings, click the OK button to save your changes and return to Internet Options.

Click OK once more to close Internet Options.

Do Not Accept Encrypted Web pages

If you generally manage your bank account online and purchase anything online then you experience using secure web connections, otherwise known as SSL. Encryption is nothing but the changing the data to some other format and sending it through internet. There are several encryption algorithms utilised by web programmers to enable secure trasactions. Once the data gets to your computer, your browser has a special key that decrypts the information and displays it on your computer. During this process, when the file is decrypted, it is saved in the Temporary

Internet Files directory so that the browser can display it. However, it seems to be safe as it saving files on your computer. But it becomes more dangerous if someone access your computer locally and check or view temporary internet files which had saved on your computer.

The best option to secure your computer from this type of hacking by increasing your computer security. You can use complex passwords also. But Internet Explorer has a very nice feature which completely eliminates this issue. Simply
called Do Not Save Encrypted Pages to Disk, this feature, when enabled, will solve your problems. To enable it, follow these steps:

Open the Internet Explorer Browser from desktop or from Start Panel.

In the IE, click the Tools menu bar item and then select Internet options.

Then, select the Advanced tab.

Scroll down through the list toward the bottom of the window until you see the Security section.

Locate Do Not Save Encrypted Pages to Disk, and check the box to the left of it.

Click OK to save and activate your changes.

Forced by someone to withdraw Money ?

2009-10-04T11:02:00.003+05:30

Steps to ACT :-

If you are ever forced by a thief or someone to take money out of an ATM machine, enter your pin number reversed.

So if your number is 1254 mark 4521.

The ATM machine will give you your money, but will automatically recognize this as a plea for help and will alert the police unknown to the thief.

This option is in all ATM machines, but not many people know this.

Please pass this information on to others. No harm in keeping this in mind!!

Uses of your USB Drive !

2009-10-03T13:06:00.003+05:30

Normally, we use the pen drive of the data or file backup purpose or to transport them from one system to another. Besides these works, a pen drive can be used for a lot of other interesting things, as discussed below.

01. Install Operating System: You can install Pen drive Linux Edition (pendrivelinux.com) to your USB drive and boot a system and run your program. If a system is infected with virus also, you will have no problem working with it, just boot using Linux and perform your job, safe & secure. Similarly, Windows Xp or Vista can be loaded to a Pen Drive using tool like WinBuilder and can be handy for IT personals for solving system problems.

02. Automatic Backup: Install Microsoft SyncToy or Allway Sync in your system. These program can help you sync files on your system with your pen drive with a single click (no need of copy & paste).

03. Boost System Memory: Using ReadyBoost feature of Windows Vista, you can use your pen drive as system memory enhancing system performance. In Windows Xp, install the utility eBoostr(www.eboostr.com) for performing same task of Vista.

04. Enjoy Music: If you are a music lover then a pen drive can be handy tool for you. Use Winamp portable edition in it, which can put your music collection pen drive in easily accessible and organized format for hassle free listening.

05. Use to Display your Skill: If you are web/multimedia/graphics based worker, store some of your best project in your pen drive, for instant presentation to your clients for securing a deal. sometimes, it may help you to get instant job even.

06. Nice Gift: A pen Drive can used a nice gift item for your co-workers, friends or loved ones. You can store a nice presentation/photos with autorun feature, which will run automatically when inserted to a system and gift it. In business circle, it will helpful for carrying business related documents.

07. Install MojoPac: Install MojoPac in your system and carry your computer with yourself while you travel in your Pen drive. Its a nice and interesting program must be tested by every computer user. Details about the program can be obtained from the website http://www.mojopac.com.

So, if your are having a Pen Drive, don't wait, go ahead and use the discussed features right-away.

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New Facebook Malware Attack Is Spreading

2009-10-03T12:44:00.002+05:30

When Facebook attacks, it’s not pretty. We were just remarking on how new ways of spreading malware were plaguing social media, and now the second Facebook-related scam in the past week appears to be spreading.

Have a look at the picture below, and if you see a profile similar to what you see in the screenshot, do not click on the video link. If you do, you’ll see a similar “malware warning” to that pictured at right. If you keep following the prompts, of course, you’ll then actually be infected as the program pretending to warn you about malware installs its own malware payload.

This time the spyware appears to have the ability to create fake Facebook (Facebook) accounts and endow the profiles with these fake links. It’s troubling because it means the hackers have figured out a way to endrun around the captcha system that usually ensures the account creator is a real human.

Until Facebook has a chance to deactivate these rogue accounts, use caution when encountering any profile that looks similar to the above screenshot. Let us know in the comments if you’ve seen any of these fishy profiles in your travels around Facebook today.

Source :- http://mashable.com/2009/10/01/new-facebook-attack/