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Apple iBook ,A Next Generation in Learning

2012-01-20T17:43:00.000+05:30

There are Millions of Apps available at the market, but now the new one is released for targetting the learning peers.People say that this will make the market hotter for the innovation. Because if learning comes in the way of fun, no one will hate learning. The news is that few schools have decided to promote this :) It's working with the Apple's iCloud technology

Start with the bookshelf. With a tap, it flips around to reveal the iBookstore, where you’ll find over 700,000 books and counting — many of them free. View what’s featured on the iBookstore and the New York Times best-seller lists, or browse by title, author, or genre. Find a book you like and tap to see more details, peruse reviews, even read a free sample. With iCloud, you can have the new books you buy on your iPad automatically download to your iPhone and iPod touch, too. So they appear on your bookshelf, everywhere you want them.

To read more on this please follow this link http://www.apple.com/ipad/built-in-apps/ibooks.html

ENABLE MOBILE BLOG WITH SINGLE LINE CODE

2011-08-24T18:34:00.000+05:30

Now a days Android and the other smart phone OS's growth makes the higher mobile internet traffic rate. So it's neccessary to have a link inside your blog to switch to the Mobile blog so that it can be easier to get more mobile readers as well as for mobile SEO.

There are no more hidden magics. just a line of code is enough for this. just find the code below and give it inside your Blog's html code(the place,where you want to show the link).

<a href='http://jeshmal4u.blogspot.com?m=1'>MOBILE SITE</a>

(replace the URL with your blog's URL,or else i will enjoy the link)

That's it.. now you can trial it from your mobile browser.

USE YOUR MOBILE PHONE TO SCAN THE DOCUMENTS

2011-08-22T23:48:00.002+05:30

Buying a scanner costs more but scanning a document using your phone is free. Now select your option !! The Android application, which can be used to scan and create PDF is CamScanner. Using this app you can take photo using different modes like document scanning and image scanning. I have scanned few of my childhood photos, it's awesome.. Give a try. The picture gives explanation more than what i can.

If possible i will upload the video explaining ,how to do that .

The link to download this app : https://market.android.com/details?id=com.intsig.camscanner&hl=en

LOWEST COST 3G VIDEOCALL ANDROID MOBILE PHONE IS RELEASED IN INDIA | HTC Cha Cha

2011-07-21T23:14:00.000+05:30

Low cost Android Mobile with front facing | secondary camera is released for just 15000Rs in India. HTC always makes revolutions, now it's remarkable. The lowest cost 3G videocall ( Front facing or secondary camera enabled) mobile phone is released by HTC. It's GingerBread (Android 2.3) with 800Mhz processor are the Great things for this price range. One who enjoys texting and Android will go for this. I have given the specifications below:

CPU Processing Speed

800 MHz

Storage¹

ROM:: 512 MB
RAM:: 512 MB

Expansion slot:

microSD™ memory card (SD 2.0 compatible)

Connectors

3.5 mm stereo audio jack
Standard micro-USB (5-pin micro-USB 2.0)

Power & Battery²

Battery type:: Rechargeable Lithium-ion battery
Capacity:: 1250 mAh

Network⁴

HSDPA/WCDMA:

Europe/Asia: 900/2100 MHz

Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE:

850/900/1800/1900 MHz

(Band frequency, HSDPA availability, and data speed are operator dependent.)

Platform

Android™ with HTC Sense™

Camera

5 megapixel color camera with auto focus and LED flash
VGA front camera

Sensors

G-Sensor
Digital compass
Proximity sensor
Ambient light sensor

Multimedia

Audio supported formats:

Playback:.aac, .amr, .ogg, .mid, .mp3, .wav, .wma (Windows Media Audio 9)
Recording:.amr

Video supported formats:

Playback:.3gp, .3g2, .mp4, .wmv (Windows Media Video 9)
Recording:.3gp

Internet⁵

Wi-Fi®:

IEEE 802.11b/g/n

Bluetooth®

Bluetooth® 3.0 with FTP/OPP for file transfer
A2DP for wireless stereo headsets
PBAP for phonebook access from the car kit

Location

Internal GPS antenna

THREE TIPS AND TRICKS TO HELP LENGTHEN AN ANDROID'S BATTERY LIFE

2011-06-24T10:55:00.000+05:30

One of the biggest complaints we have about our super-powered, super fast Smartphones is that the battery life doesn't last long enough. With internet access from the palm of our hand, thousands of apps to install and use, and endless entertainment, it's no real surprise that these handheld wizards might eat up battery juice. While the battery life of your Android phone may never be exactly how you want it, there are several tips and tricks you can use to make your phone's life run longer. Rather than purchasing expensive car phone chargers or downloading time consuming apps to help "kill tasks" to save battery life, try these three simple tips that you can perform right on your phone to keep your phone powered up longer.

1)Turn off Bluetooth When You Don't Need It
Maybe this tip is a little obvious, but it's still a great way to really extend your phone's battery life. Also, because it is so obvious, many Android users overlook it. Whenever you are not actually using your phone's Bluetooth capabilities switch them to the off position to help save your battery. The easiest way to switch Bluetooth off and on is by using a widget on your homescreen (that most all Android devices have in place from the get go). When Bluetooth is left on and you are not utilizing it, your device will try to locate other Bluetooth signals with no success. This means that your phone is wasting valuable battery life trying to do something it doesn't need to do.

2) Either Switch Wi-Fi Off or Keep It On At All Times Your phone's wireless internet connection works in much the same way that the Bluetooth connection does when it comes to wasting battery life. Many people know that turning off the Wi-Fi connection can help prolong your phone's juice, but few realize that keeping it on at all times can also help. If you are close to a reliable WLAN for most of the day, then having your Wi-Fi always enabled may be best for your phone's battery life because We-Fi uses up less juice than 3G does. To set your Wi-Fi setting to always on go to Settings> Wireless Networks> Wi-Fi Settings. Once you are in the Wi-Fi settings tap on Advanced and set the Wi-Fi sleep policy to Never. However, if you are not close to a strong Wi-Fi signal the majority of the time, it may be beneficial to disable the Wi-Fi from your homescreen widget. This way your phone won't search for a wireless connection, wasting valuable battery power, when Wi-Fi is not actually available or necessary.

3)Learn What Exactly is Killing Your Juice Like most things in life, the best way to fix something is to know why it's broken. Most all Android devices available today have a built-in feature that tells you exactly what your phone is using its batter power on. Of course, as one of the most useful features on your Android phone, most users don't know that it actually exists. Check to see what aspects of your phone use are draining the most juice by going to your phone's Settings> About Phone> Battery> Battery Use. This page will show you the percentage of battery spent towards your phone being idle, the Android system, cell standby, the display, media, and more. By seeing exactly where all of your battery juice is going you can better modify the way you use your phone or the specific settings you have in place to help extend the life of your phone's battery.

By-line:
This guest post is contributed by Lauren Bailey, who regularly writes for best online college. She welcomes your comments at her email Id: blauren99@gmail.com.

MICROMAX BLING 2 PRICE SPECIFICATIONS RELEASED

2011-05-07T23:38:00.001+05:30

Micromax is going to release it's first Android 2.2 mobile. The Speciality of this mobile is that it's made by "SWARDVSKI ZIRCONIA". It's released for focusing the female market. Micromax Bling2 specifications and pre-booking offer has been launched on Micromax Bling Official Website.

It has a very cute look and very handy especially for girls, Have a look at this

The Features Given are,

Android 2.2 Froyo
7.112 multitouch capacitive touch screen
3MP camera
3G Enabled
32GB external Memory
Mi-Fi Pocket Internet
GPS enabled

Official Price of Micromax Bling2 is,

8999INR

Price Tag of 8999Rupees is acceptable with it's features & Design.. Enjoy it.. !!

BLACKBERRY UNVEILS NEW PHONES FOR CDMA USERS.

2011-04-25T15:21:00.000+05:30

In the news released by "The Economic Times" It is said "BlackBerry handset maker Research In Motion (RIM) today announced the launch of its new dual-screen 'Style' smartphone for CDMA customers in India, to be sold in the open market.

The earlier BlackBerry phones launched for CDMA customers were bundled with the services of Tata Teleservices and Reliance Communications .

The new smartphone has a compact flip design with dual high-resolution displays and a QWERTY keyboard. The phone has a 2-inch (diagonal) external screen for quick viewing of notifications and messages along with a 2.7-inch (diagonal) internal screen.

"The CDMA segment represents a significant portion of the overall mobile subscriber base in India and we are pleased to further our commitment to Indian consumers with the introduction of this powerful and stylish BlackBerry smartphone," RIM India Managing Director Frenny Bawa said in a statement.

It also comes with multimedia features which include a 5 mega pixel camera with flash. The handset will support video recording, offers built-in GPS for location-based applications and geo-tagging, Wi-Fi access and an expandable memory slot for up to 32GB of additional storage.

The BlackBerry Style smartphone will offer an optical trackpad for navigation. It will support applications like YouTube , BBM, Facebook , Twitter and MySpace.

The phone is now available in the market and distribution of the smartphone is being managed by Brightpoint India, RIM's national retail distribution partner for CDMA-enabled BlackBerry smartphones, the statement said."

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NEW MICROCHIP FOR BIONIC EYE IN AUSTRALIA

2011-04-04T13:29:00.005+05:30

Researchers have unveiled a microchip which is expected to power the first functional bionic eye. BIONIC Vision Australia’s researchers have developed a breakthrough microchip which is bringing the bionic eye closer to human trials.

Bionic Vision Australia has taken delivery of a prototype microchip that would power a “bionic eye” implant intended to restore partial vision to the blind.

The five-square-millimetre chip was designed to be implanted in a patient’s eye, communicating wirelessly with an external camera and stimulating retinal cells to elicit vision.

Bionic Vision Australia announced on Friday that the chip – manufactured via the 65nm CMOS process in the US – was performing well in preliminary lab testing.

"This is a remarkable new microchip that has brought a retinal implant much closer to reality," said Gregg Suaning, project leader and associate professor with Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering, University of New South Wales.

At only five square millimetres, the device is tiny but represents a significant advance in nerve stimulation technology.The design team incorporated never-before attempted features with this design and absolutely nailed every aspect.

The device is five square mm in size, but is said to be a significant advance in nerve simulation technology. The microchip is at the heart of the retinal implant, which stimulates the retinal cells to elicit vision.

While the current microchip announcement pertains to the first prototype (the wide-view system), work is very much advanced on this prototype, which has progressed through a series of preclinical studies to test the safety and efficacy of the technology.

A safe surgical technique has also been developed for implantation.Clinicians are now screening people with retinitis pigmentosa to develop a selection protocol for the first group of patients who will participate in tests of the device.

The wide-view bionic eye consists of a camera, attached to a pair of glasses, which captures images and sends them to a body-worn processing unit. A wireless transmitter feeds the data and power from this unit to a microchip in the retinal implant.

The microchip decodes this information and drives the electrical stimulation in the retina. These signals are then passed along the optic nerve to the brain where they are interpreted as vision

A system demonstrated by consortium member NICTA in February featured a wearable webcam that transmitted information to the implanted chip via a 402 to 405 MHz wireless link.

Bionic eye demonstration at NICTA TechFest 2011.

The chip featured 1024 electrodes to decode images using object and facial recognition algorithms from NICTA.NICTA researchers also intended the implant to feature electromagnetic coils that would detect eye movement and adjust the camera accordingly.

Researchers planned to perform the first full implant of the system in a patient in 2013.

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SEA LEVEL RISES THE FASTEST IN 350 YEARS DUE TO MELTING MOUNTAIN GLACIERS IN CHILE

2011-04-04T12:55:00.009+05:30

According to research by Welsh scientists, Melting mountain glaciers are making sea levels rise faster in the last 350 years.The world's glaciers are melting up to 100 times faster than any time during the last 350 years.

The amount of ice lost from the 270 Patagonian glaciers is equivalent to filling Windermere in the Lake District more than 1,700 times.They mapped changes in 270 of the largest glaciers between Chile and Argentina since the "Little Ice Age".

Studies showed glaciers have lost volume on average "10 to 100 times faster" in the last 30 years.The rapid melt rate is linked to their contribution to global sea level.The researchers analysed the rocky debris left by glaciers on the sides of mountains to work out how big they once were - and how much ice has vanished.

Since the Little Ice Age ended in Patagonia in the middle of the 17th century, the 270 glaciers that now cover an area of at least 0.4 square miles have lost 145 cubic miles of ice.Because water is denser than ice that is equivalent to about 130 cubic miles of water.

Over the same period temperatures have gone up by around 1.4 C in the region, the scientists report in the journal Nature Geoscience.Their survey centred on remotely sensed images of outlet glaciers of the south and north Patagonian icefields, but used longer timescales than previous studies.The northern icefield extends for nearly 200 km and covers a surface of 4,200 square km, while the southern icefield is more than 350km long, covering 13,000 square km.

The scientists mapped changes in the position of the glaciers since the "Little Ice Age".The team calculated the volume of ice lost by the glaciers as they have retreated and thinned over the past 350 years and compared these volume losses to rates of change over the last 30 years.

"They cover only the last 30 years or so when satellite images can be used to calculate rates of glacier volume change.The study, which has been published in the journal Nature Geoscience, concludes the mountain glaciers have rapidly increased their melt rate in recent years and consequently their contribution to global sea level.

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HOW TO UNINSTALL WINDOWS 7 SERVICE PACK 1 USING COMMAND PROMPT

2011-02-25T09:41:00.001+05:30

It's not recommended to uninstall the Windows 7 SP1. If you want to uninstall it because of some hardware problems, Then it's the betterway to uninstall, Follow the steps given below

Click the Start button , and then, in the search box, type Command Prompt.
In the list of results, right-click Command Prompt, and then click Run as administrator. Administrator permission required If you're prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation.
Type the following: wusa.exe /uninstall /kb:976932
Press the Enter key.

That's it.. you have done with it ..

Note:

This is the Method recommended by Microsoft

WINDOWS 7 AND WINDOWS SERVER 2008 R2 SERVICE PACK 1 HAS BEEN RELEASED

2011-02-24T13:30:00.001+05:30

Microsoft has released the first official service pack for Windows 7 today (23 -Feb- 2011). This update includes previously released security, performance, and stability updates for Windows 7. SP1 also includes new improvements to features and services in Windows 7, such as improved reliability when connecting to HDMI audio devices, printing using the XPS Viewer, and restoring previous folders in Windows Explorer after restarting and more.
Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 includes RemoteFX and Dynamic Memory which provides customers with the ability to take advantage of enhanced server and desktop virtualization.

Languages availabe are Arabic, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional – Hong Kong), Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Spanish, Swedish, and Turkish.

How to get SP1

The recommended (and easiest) way to get SP1 is to turn on automatic updating in Windows Update in Control Panel, and wait for Windows 7 to notify you that SP1 is ready to install. It takes about 30 minutes to install, and you'll need to restart your computer about halfway through the installation.

To check if Windows 7 SP1 is already installed,

Click the Start button > right-click Computer, and then click Properties.

If Service Pack 1 is listed under Windows edition, SP1 is already installed on your computer.

The Next way is to download the from the Microsoft Download Center. Use this link to download: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=c3202ce6-4056-4059-8a1b-3a9b77cdfdda&displaylang=en

Disk Space Requirement :

Windows Update

x86-based (32-bit): 750 MB

x64-based (64-bit): 1050 MB

Downloading SP1 from the Microsoft website

x86-based (32-bit): 4100 MB
x64-based (64-bit): 7400 MB

Installing SP1 using an installation DVD

x86-based (32-bit): 4100 MB

x64-based (64-bit): 7400 MB

Notes :
1. If u have already installed Beta of SP1, you should uninstall it before Installing RTM
2. Installing SP1 needs a Genuine Windows Validation.

GMAIL INSTALLED FACEBOOK STYLED DROPDOWN SETTINGS | SIGNOUT BAR

2011-02-17T10:22:00.000+05:30

The search engine giant Google's mail named Gmail is going on updated with new features for the past two years. Google buzz,priority inbox are few of them. Now they have changed their Signout & Settings bars into dropdown window style, which looks same as that of facebook. The snapshots are given here.

we are awaiting google voice and sms into Gmail. Enjoy the new day..

ANDROID 3 HONEYCOMB - DESKTOP AT HAND

2011-01-31T19:49:00.000+05:30

Technology has swallowed us. It has made everything now in a finger tip. What is the best and fastest now will be the ancient technology tomorrow. Here let me say something about the new version of Android operating system - the Android 3 (Honeycomb) SDK .An android was developed by Google which adds many extra features while using mobile phones. An android is a software stack for mobile devices that includes an operating system, middleware and key applications. The Android SDK provides the tools and APIs necessary to begin developing applications on the Android platform. In other word it is the Google Open Source Platform which is used widely now days. This had a tremendous impact in the market where it rises to develop more new advanced concepts.

Advantages Of Android Platform over others

1.   They are root-able: - Android has NEVER put out an update that un-rooted a phone. Where as Apple seems to spend more time and money on stopping the “rooters” than they do on innovation. This Apple terminology for “rooting “is called “jail breaking”. Every single iPhone “update” has disabled jailbreak of phone in process.
2.   The Android platform is “open-source.” : - An open platform always welcomes innovative ideas from thousands of people. Android uses this functionality. Also it seems to be more secure as thousands of eyeballs are pouring over the code each day. By this the bugs in the code can easily be found out and rectified.
3.   App Freedom: - Android apps are allowed to do whatever they want, like an app running on a real computer. For security reasons, they have to get approval from the user at installation time for the things they will be doing like say “accessing the internet” or “reading the state of the phone.”

Android 3 (Honeycomb) SDK

The first thing you’ll notice about the developer preview is the new Honeycomb UI which stretches the system bar at the bottom of larger displays and gives global status info, while a top action bar allows you to manage your apps. The browser gets multiple tab support, allowing for more comfortable full-screen navigation, and it even supports Chrome bookmark syncing, multi touch support for JavaScript and plug-in, and auto-sign-on into accounts. Consider a home screen for the honeycomb, here there are no button and only navigation   controls are present at the bottom of the screen.

Social Networking:

The pictures are drawn using pixels rather than paint. It can be reconfigured itself depending on what you have to do. Here we have a Gmail box, a calendar, and next the book marks from the browser. We can also have the contacts, YouTube, photographs etc everything in a finger tip. The android supports multitasking.

Feel the Touch (Screen) & Tabbing:

Everything here is 3d and is controlled by gestures. The privacy settings are also used, where everything placed into a form of tablet and have a set of customize settings consisting of wall papers, images, etc. Just pick and drag to move things in the screen. Other than home spirit it has many advantages as well .As in a normal screen tabs are presented for web pages. We can try new tabs, switch between tabs, and close tabs, it’s really like a desktop experience. And the honeycomb has other desktop features as well.

Let’s look into Gmail. Here this has been completely redesigned for tablets. It has a nice view of design. It has a quick access to all your labels on left side and across the tab there are icons for common actions. What happens when we select a particular mail is, icons are flipped to show the particular actions carried out. Next the maps are interesting features here. It’s really awesome in films but it’s even better in the tablets, really works well in larger screens.

Zooming:

Now on zooming far enough the buildings pop up the ground in 3D and we can even tilt it, rotate and zoom it. Also I would like to talk about the notification system. Now it carries more information including photo, it’s a notification from a person. Task switching is the feature used here.

Apps and Networking :

It shows all the app states at the left side, and if we open it we can know what all we have visited recently. Games and applications are done in very convenient way here, also provides best resolution, more levels, detailed textures.. You tube consist of number of videos; also can search for new videos in honey comb. Find a video to watch, once when video loads we can step forward it, or pause it, stop it etc.

Honeycomb also makes a good entertaining device. It also helps in face to face communication in Google talk. Video chat is also possible here, where hundreds of millions of users chat with desk top or laptops they have. Thus the evolution of honeycomb has many advanced features which make it possible for a user much conveniently.

Honeycomb Google Ebook version:

Now let us switch on to honeycomb version of Google eBooks. The eBooks has 3 million titles to choose from. The cool thing about this app is that it synchronizes all in the form so the books are available anywhere in a browser in a tablet in a phone, and purchase till the last pages, there is no cable no wire, so it’s like liberty to literacy. Reading the book is very natural too. It looks just like the real thing. We can turn pages, feels we are reading the book. Once when we start reading the book the control at the bottom fades, we can do this because all controls are virtual; these help us to concentrate on the content much. Also we can bring these controls back.

Thus the features of android 3 (honey comb) : -

1.    Experience the full web with best in class web-browsing.
2.    Millions Of books on the go with Google eBooks.
3.    Tablet Optimized Gmail’s.
4.    Watch all your favorite videos on the newly redesigned you tube.
5.    Chat with face to face with hundreds of millions of Google talk users.
6.    Explore your world in 3D with Google Maps.

This article is posted by the Guest Writer named Gayathri S. Who is doing her final year of Engineering under Anna University Tirunelveli.

MOTOROLA DEFY RUNS ANDROID 2.1 RELEASED IN INDIA FOR RS 18500

2011-01-28T09:58:00.000+05:30

The Motorola Defy Google's another Android handset is unveiled in india for Rs 18500. The Motorola DEFY is billed as a “slim, pocketable Android smartphone” by Motorola, but the key to this handset is its durability and rugged construction while remaining lightweight and powerful.

Major Features:
3.7-inch WVGA capacitive Touch Screen (touchscreen display supports a 480x854 pixel resolution) bearing Defy comes with Android 2.1 running on it, hope it will be blessed with Google Android 2.2 Froyo.It has 800Mhz Texas Instruments OMAP 3610 processor with 512MB RAM and 2GB internal shared memory. Imaging is powered with 5 megapixel camera with autofocus and LED flash.It also includes microSD slot, Bluetooth, GPS.
For corporate users, the Defy supports Exchange 2003 and 2007 along with POP3/IMAP and Yahoo Mail. Of course the handset offers Wi-Fi (802.11 b/g/n) and Bluetooth 2.1+EDR.

Battery and Hardware features:
            Motorola Defy is a quad-band GSM phone that will support 3G networks. The phone is Digital Living Network Alliance certified. Packing 1540mAh battery pack, the phone offers 6.8 hours of continuous talk time and 9.9 days long stand by time. Weighs only 118 grams.

Water Resistant :
             Motorola DEFY is dust proof and water resistant protecting you from life’s little challenges like a sudden rain shower, spilt drink, or dropping your phone in the sand. It also features a large, resilient display that has outstanding protection against scratch damage.
        Enjoy the Andro(id)with Moto...

INTEL LAUNCHES 2ND GENERATION CHIPS WITH COPYRIGHT GUARDING TECHNOLOGY

2011-01-07T13:32:00.001+05:30

Global chip maker Intel on Jan 6th 2011 announced the launch of a new range of processors that deliver high quality audio-video capabilities, along with faster computing speeds.

Intel estimates that a 4-minute HD video that used to take 4 minutes to convert to play on an iPod would now take just 16 seconds.

                     The new processor technology focusses on high-definition videos, mainstream gaming, online socialising and multimedia and combines visual and 3D graphics technology with performance-leading microprocessors on a single chip.
                           "We have already started shipping the new processors to all leading OEMs (original equipment manufacturers) and the machines should be available in the market before March," Intel South Asia Managing Director R Sivakumar said. The devices with the new processor will be initially available at a premium of about 20 per cent compared with the older versions, he added.
               The new processors, including the new Intel Core i7, i5 and i3 processors, promise graphics features built right into the chips, which includes Intel Quick Sync Video, HD Graphics and Wireless Display 2.0
             Leading vendors like HCL, Wipro , HP , Toshiba and Dell are expected to launch over 500 models of devices with the new chips in the coming months.

The new processor will also allow film studios to release their products online without the threat of piracy, since the processor has an inbuilt copyright-guarding technology. Besides, the products based on the new family of processors will also receive a significant boost in battery life

INSTALL THE BASIC SOFTWARES WITH SINGLE INSTALLER - FREEWARE FROM GOOGLE | GOOGLE PACK

2010-12-19T19:11:00.000+05:30

Google Pack is:

Software selected by Google
Always free
Ready to use in just a few clicks!

Google Chrome Web Browser

Make browsing the web faster, safer, and easier
Search from the address bar

Google Earth

Zoom from space to street level — tour the world
Find maps, driving directions, hotels, restaurants, and more

Google Toolbar for Internet Explorer

Search from any web page and autofill forms
Block annoying pop-ups

Google Desktop

Find all your email, files, web history, and more
Get all your personalized info in one place with Sidebar

Adobe Reader

View, print, and search PDF files via a redesigned interface
Secure your documents and collaborate via online, real-time meetings

Google Talk

Connect with your friends via IM or free voice calls
Send and receive files and voice messages easily and quickly

RealPlayer

Play popular media formats, organize music and videos
Transfer music to iPod and other portable media players

Google Apps

Use Google email, calendar, and document applications
Create, collaborate, communicate and share with friends and family

Spyware Doctor with Anti-Virus

Protects your PC with advanced anti-virus detection and removal
Detects and removes spyware, adware, trojans and keyloggers

Google Picasa

Find, edit, and share your photos in seconds
Easily remove red eye and fix photos

Mozilla Firefox with Google Toolbar

Browse the web quickly and securely
Switch between pages quickly with tabbed browsing

Skype

Make free voice and video calls to anyone else on Skype
Call landlines and mobile phones at pretty low rates

Download This package at : http://pack.google.com/intl/en/pack_installer.html?hl=en

HTC INTRODUCES WINDOWS 7 BASED PHONE WITH HTC HD 7 IN INDIA

2010-12-16T12:34:00.000+05:30

HTC is set to introduce Windows Phone 7 based handsets in the country by getting ready to launch HTC HD7 next week in India at about Rs 30,000. HTC was the first company to bring Android phones to India and will probably be the first one to bring Microsoft Windows 7 Operating system phones too.

The HTC hub will be a live tile, as you can get the weather for your current location, as well as the weather outlook for a few other locations. This is similar to how the Sense UI displays weather on devices like the EVO 4G.The HTC HD7 has a 4.3 inch capacitive touchscreen accompanied by a kickstand. The device is powered by a 1 Ghz processor and the Asian version of the phone is expected to come with 16 GB of in built memory.The phone also boasts a 5.0 megapixel camera with auto focus and dual LED flash, and supports video recording in high definition.

HD7 is 3G enabled and supports WiFi, GPRS, Edge and Bluetooth 2.1.

GOOGLE CHROME STABLE BUILD RELEASED WITH BUILT IN PDF VIEWER

2010-12-06T11:49:00.000+05:30

Google has announced the release of a stable build of Chrome 8 web browser. Chrome 8 is the first beta to come with the built-in PDF viewer. New Chrome 8.0.552.215 version is a stable version that graduated from the Chrome 8.0.552.215 beta version. Google claims to bring over 800 bug fixes and stability improvement in this Chrome 8 build.

Unlike the bundled Flash Player, which is just a repackage version of the official Adobe release, the Chrome PDF viewer is built in-house.Chrome 8 also brings built-in support for Chrome Web Store that will allow users to search free or paid web apps.

Chrome download For

Windows : http://www.softpedia.com/get/Internet/Browsers/Google-Chrome.shtml

Mac :http://mac.softpedia.com/get/Internet-Utilities/Google-Chrome.shtml

Linux:http://linux.softpedia.com/get/Internet/HTTP-WWW-/Google-Chrome-48046.shtml

INDIAN CBI WEBSITE HAS BEEN HACKED BY PAKISTAN CYBER ARMY

2010-12-04T01:23:00.000+05:30

CBI website on Friday was allegedly hacked by a self-proclaimed Pakistani cyber army.On a day when India's premier investigating agency Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is swamped with the investigation of major corruption cases, in a major embarrassment, its website has been hacked.

The netizens who logged on to the official home page of CBI (cbi.gov.in)were redirected to a different page Showing the image below.

In addition to the CBI website, the self-proclaimed Pakistan Cyber army claims to have hacked another 270 websites.

GOOGLE DOODLES FOR MOBILE DEVICES INTRODUCED

2010-12-02T11:28:00.000+05:30

Google Doodles are known as the decorative changes that are made to the Google logo to celebrate holidays, anniversaries, and the lives of famous artists and scientists. Whether it is the beginning of Spring, Albert Einstein's birthday, or the 50th anniversary of understanding DNA, the doodle team never fails to find artistic ways to celebrate these unique events. Now it goes Mobile phone browsers.Steve Kanefsky, Software Engineer at Google has written it in Official Google Blog as

" While we’ve had oodles of Google doodles on our desktop homepage since Larry and Sergey created our very first in 1998, doodles on our mobile homepage have been few and far between. Today, we’re happy to announce that we’re bringing more doodles to your phone, beginning with Android 2.0+ and iOS 3+ devices worldwide. In fact, almost all of the doodles we show on our desktop homepage will now have corresponding mobile versions on these phones. When the doodles are available, just go to google.com in your mobile browser to see them."
Just Enjoy the Doodle on the Go!!

35 PAKISTANI GOVT WEBSITES HACKED BY INDIAN CYBER ARMY

2010-12-01T22:47:00.000+05:30

At least 35 Pakistani government websites were hacked on Tuesday by a group calling itself the "Indian Cyber Army".Among the websites that were hacked also comprised of the National Accountability Bureau.The government took action to secure the hacked websites and most of them were restored by afternoon.The hackers posted a message stating “Hacked by Indian Cyber Army”.

Gartner, a reputed IT research firm have warned that cyber attacks will become multi-modal and highly damaging in the future and that even G-20 nations could suffer as a result.

LOW COST 3G MOBILE FOR RS3500 FROM LEMON MOBILES

2010-11-30T21:16:00.001+05:30

Lemon Mobiles launched a new 3G mobile phone in the Indian market named W1000 and priced at Rs.3500.

The W100 3G phone is a GSM phone and is available in two different colors Vibrant Red and Stylish Blue. It supports GSM or WCDAM i.e. 3G card and comes preloaded with Lemon Live TV application with one month free subscription.

It also has a dual camera with 1.3 mega pixel camera and 0.3 mega pixel VGA front camera for video calling. The 3G handset is available pan India and the company would like to drive the 3G penetration across its customer base with the launch W100 3G

ORDER WHAT YOU REALLY WANT AND PUT IN ON THIS TAB

2010-11-07T18:01:00.000+05:30

If all the tablets in all the towns in all the world, this Samsung Galaxy Tab walks into mine. And I'm no Humphrey Bogart. So lucky me.
Samsung should score a high with the release of the Galaxy Tab, we're giving it an "A" for making this coveted tablet available to the Philippine market. Okay, and now we have to choose between the Galaxy Tab and the Apple iPad. Not that the two gadgets are equal, each has features that distinguished one from the other. We're talking of choice here, something almost everybody has to make come Christmas time.

As the first major Android tablet release, the Galaxy Tab is, hands down, the most worthy challenger to the claim of supremacy made by Apple's iPad.
Okay, so the Galaxy Tab is a lot smaller than Apple's tablet with a screen at 7 inches to the iPad's 9.7-incher. The Tab sports a slick black and white-styled body made of plastic, and light at only 380g. The 7-inch display is bright and colourful enough, and the WSVGA screen resolution (1024x600) is sharp.
The Tab comes with two built-in cameras: one 3MP rear-facing camera with LED flash and also a 1.3MP front-facing camera for video conferencing. Now that's a big bite against its intended competitor.
With 3G connectivity and 802.11n Wi-Fi, the Tab allows you to be truly mobile, the Bluetooth 3.0 is there for transferring files and streaming to external devices like headphones and speakers.
The inclusion of Android 2.2, or 'Froyo,'the most up-to-date version of Android currently available, makes the Tab a world full of wonders, technically speaking, of course.
The onscreen keyboard is functioning above-par, with crisp you haptic feedback as you type.
Flash support you will find in the Galaxy Tab which means you can watch any web video content from within a browser.
On the homescreen there's a very useful 'Active applications' button which, when pressed, gives you information about all the apps which are currently running on the device.
There are four touch buttons, similar to to those average Android phones – one for home, one for options, a back button and one for search.
On top is a 3.5mm headphone jack. The on/off button is on the right hand side next to the volume controls and further down left the slots for a SIM card and a microSD expansion card. The underside is for the charging and docking connector, while the only external feature on the left side is a small microphone.
We've barely scratched the surface here, boys. This petite beauty has just walked in, and we're not done playing with it. We're sleeping with it for a few more days, then we'll decide if the Samsung Galaxy Tab is really the One that You Want.

IF THE KEYBOARD ON YOUR MOBILE PHONE IS DRIVING YOU CRAZY, HELP MAY BE ON THE WAY

2010-11-04T17:11:00.000+05:30

Some people are born with a knack for typing quickly on a mobile phone, clacking away at a virtual or physical keyboard as if it were attached to a desktop computer. But if you weren’t, there may be help, from 3qubits, a mobile phone software company started by two PhD mathematics student at Cambridge University in England. Their solution to tiny mobile keyboards is a new virtual keyboard they call 8Pen, expected to be introduced on Tuesday.

At first glance 8Pen replaces the traditional area of a keyboard with a multi-colored X and a large black dot. Letters seem to be randomly placed, yet the keyboard creators say there’s a rhyme and reason to every aspect of the new layout.
8PenThe 8Pen keyboard interface.

Michael Fester, who worked with his partner, Volker Schlue, to create the new interface, said in a phone interview that the new keyboard was born from a discussion about the frustration of typing on small mobile phones and constantly making mistakes.
“We really think this could replace keyboards for small devices,” Mr. Fester said. “At first we are going to launch with an Android version of the software, but we’ve filed a patent on the keyboard and want to build it out for the iPhone, Windows and even game controllers.”
On the company Web site the two 8Pen creators try to explain how to use their newfangled keyboard:
A character is produced by pressing down in the centre, entering any of the 4 sectors, and then passing through either 1, 2, 3 or 4 adjacent sectors in either clockwise or anti-clockwise direction, before returning to the centre. The order of the letters along the edges, and the side on which they are placed, indicate the number of sectors to be passed through, and the direction of the movement, respectively.

Sounds confusing, I know, but the interface is designed to recreate the action of handwriting and from a video accompanying the new keyboard interface, it looks as if it might actually work.
“From a personal use I was very amazed when I first used it,” Mr. Fester said. He said that it took him only 10 minutes to feel comfortable with the interface, and that it didn’t take long before he could type as quickly as on a traditional desktop keyboard.
“It looks confusing, but it’s really just a matter of using your finger to create a number of circles and figure 8s on your phone,” Mr. Fester said.
8Pen is going to have some competition. Swype, a software company based in Seattle, offers a keyboard interface that lets users “glide a finger across the virtual keyboard to spell words, rather than tapping out each letter.” But the Swype keyboard doesn’t rearrange the keys or placement of the letters.

STATIC IP ADDRESSES - 4 THINGS YOU'LL NEED ONE FOR

2010-10-22T20:03:00.000+05:30

This is a guest post from Kip ( BroadbandCompare.com.au )

Most of the time, Internet and network users can operate without even thinking about IP addresses. This is because most systems dynamically allocate available addresses behind the scenes using Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP), so all you have to do is plug in your device and enjoy. Once configured, DHCP works within the parameters of IP networking standards, to manage all the addresses on a given network. When a device connects to the network, the DHCP server will give it a new IP address which could be different from the one it had before.

DHCP works well for most machines and devices, but some services require their address to remain the same so that users and other devices always know where to find them. Such an address is static, meaning that a machine will keep the same IP address even after rebooting. Here you will read more about static IP addresses and 4 things you will need one for.

1. Voice over IP (VoIP) phone systems: Because many networks segment their VoIP phones onto separate IP networks, you will often find that they are configured with static IP addresses. The static IP addressing scheme is used to prevent phones from accessing network DHCP servers and thus configuring themselves on the host data network rather than on the voice network. VoIP phone systems use features such as VLAN and priority tagging as well as Quality of Service (QoS) implementations to guarantee the best possible performance for voice packets on a network.

Another reason static IP addresses are used with VoIP phone systems is to correlate a phone with a specific user. Because the phone always has the same address, locating resource conflicts on the network is easy when they occur. Also, network administrators can restrict the IP addresses that are useable on the voice network to prevent the addition of unapproved devices on the voice network that could degrade its performance.

2. Self hosting websites: When you sign up for a hosting service, your server is usually assigned a static IP address. This is important because you are able to access your site at any time, even if it doesn’t have a domain assigned to it (or if your domain name expires). You can access FTP and other services by using your server’s IP address so when and if you assign a domain name to it, your server will be ready to go.

Static IP addresses are important to most servers, even in home and corporate environments. Administrators, client PCs and other services need to know where network resources are located at all times, so dynamic addressing usually won’t work for things like the mail server, DNS server, voice server, gateways, and other devices. Giving these services static addresses make sure that network services are always accessible.

3. Remote access: If you need to access a machine remotely using remote services, Terminal Server, VNC, or other solutions, you will usually need to know the static IP address of that machine in order to connect to it. Just think of how difficult remote access would be if a remote access server was configured for dynamic addressing: every time its address expires or the machine reboots it would get a new address which remote users would have no way of discovering, creating obvious connectivity and productivity problems.

4. Gaming servers: Servers that host games must have a known IP address so players can connect their games to host servers. When gamers choose to enter multiplayer environments, their game asks them to input the IP address of the server. Without a static IP address, the gaming server will routinely change addresses, leaving many gamers disappointed with the inability to play.

These 4 services are just some examples of the many things that you might find that either require a static IP address or work best with one. Keep these services in mind so when you need to configure them you will have some static addresses ready to assign.

Kip is a freelance writer who currently writes about ADSL broadband for BroadbandCompare.com.au.