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Convert Blu Ray Movies To And Fro Other Formats Using Blu Ray Ripper And Blu Ray Burner

noreply@blogger.com (AVP) — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 19:07:00 +0000

As the popularity of Blu ray format increases, it is essential to have applications that can make it simple to convert Blu ray movies to other formats and also do the reverse - convert other video files to Blu ray.

Blu ray Ripper and Blu Ray burner (Blu ray Creator Express) by ImToo are a couple of such products.

Blu ray Ripper :

Blu ray Ripper by ImToo is an easy to use application that converts movies from the very high quality Blu-ray format to other HD formats like MPEG-2/MPEG-4, HD WMV, H.264/MPEG-4 AVC and so on.

This is useful when you don't need have too much disk space dedicated to Blu-ray videos or don't have a Blu-ray player.

The installation is simple and overall the software is light on system resources.

The main interface is easy to navigate and essentially is designed to carry out the conversion process in three easy steps :

1. Select the output video format.
2. Specify the source input Blu ray video files or a folder containing them.
3. Start the conversion process.

There are other options too like adding watermarks, editing the video clips, extracting audio from Blu ray videos and converting to mp3 and other formats, ripping directly to ipods and other devices, trim, crop, edit videos and so on and all of these are pretty easy to use.

Blu ray Burner :

Blu ray Creator Express does the task of converting various video formats to Blu Ray. These include conversion from formats like MKV,MP4, MPEG, MOV, DivX, H.264, VOB, 3GP and others to Blu ray.

Other features include being completely compatible with camcorders which provides high quality conversion of home movies to Blu ray. Support for MOV videos from iPhone as well as making different Blu ray DVD formats like BD-R, BD-RE, BD-25, BD-50 and AVCHD DVDs is also present.

Installation again is simple and the main interface is uncluttered making it easy to navigate and use :

Overall conversion process involves :

1. Choosing the source file of any supported format.
2. Choosing the recorder / medium where it needs to be burned.
3. Starting the conversion.

Since Blu ray Creator Express utilizes dual core CPUs well plus providing enhanced performance by NVIDIA CUDA acceleration, systems who are having CUDA enabled GPU will see a performance boost during conversion.

The other features offered including taking screenshots from the videos, trim and crop the movies, add subtitles and overall personalize the movies.

Do give them a try, these are easy to use as well as customize.

Cheers.

Superb Web Hosting

noreply@blogger.com (AVP) — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 08:29:00 +0000

Any website whether it is an online shopping site, a portfolio showcasing work or a regular blogs needs a reliable web host. Frequent downtime means loss of revenue, loss of credibility among users or customers plus a penalty from major search engines in the form of dropping results.

Nowadays, web hosting has become cheap as well as highly reliable and hence there should be no reason not to pick one with a good uptime record as well as reliable support. Superb Web Hosting is one of them which offers a wide range of services from managed hosting, dedicated servers to VPS. They also offer colocation which basically means that the servers are owned by the clients but are kept in space managed by the web host thereby providing essential monitoring as well as troubleshooting on a very quick basis.

With it's popular GridIron platform, Superb Web Hosting makes web hosting efficient and reliable. What is even more exciting is the 100% uptime guarantee offered hosting which signifies the high degree of reliability and availability found in the hosting infrastructure.

Apart from this, there are different web hosting plans available for different business needs. Combine this with excellent support 24x7x365 which is a must for any good web host makes Superb Web Hosting an ideal choice for small/medium as well as large businesses.

Also offered are one click installation of popular web apps like Drupal, WordPress, Zencart and others which are a must have for any content management site / blog or shopping sites. Plus regardless of the hosting plan chosen, there is a personal account manager assigned which makes it an ideal way to communicate as well as troubleshoot problems if any. You can even register or transfer domains as Superb is a domain registrar as well which makes it a complete one stop solution to website registration and hosting requirements.

Happy web hosting!

5 Obvious Things that 80% of People Don’t Know About Excel

noreply@blogger.com (AVP) — Sun, 17 Apr 2011 08:52:00 +0000

[This is a guest post by Excel Everest which specializes in Excel based tutorials. ]

For whatever reason, most people remain unaware of these 5 ultra-simple and ultra-useful aspects of Excel.

Many people use Excel on a daily, or at least a weekly basis. But many of these people also haven’t had or taken the time to dig into even the simple workings of Excel. Through our quest to build the ultimate Excel tutorial, our company, Excel Everest, has noticed five things that you’d expect people to know about Excel, but don’t. Spend 10 minutes to learn these and you’ll already have a leg up on your coworkers!

1.) You can hide the gridlines: Yup, the gridlines that make spreadsheets look like, well, spreadhseets can be completely hidden. Why would you want to do this? Because often it makes the information you’re presenting clearer, easier to understand, and simply better looking.

Which do you like better?

So, how do you do it?

Excel 2003: On the tools menu, click options. Then on the view tab, uncheck the gridlines checkbox.

Excel 2007 / 2010: Click on the view tab on the ribbon, and uncheck the gridlines checkbox.

2.) You can insert images: After you’ve inserted an image into your Excel spreadsheet and seen how easy it is and how much better and more professional it makes your spreadsheets look, you’ll be doing this all the time. There’s something about putting your company’s logo into your Excel spreadsheet that makes your work seem more professional. And it’s super easy!

Images are an easy way to make things more professional.

So, how do you do it?

Excel 2003: On the insert menu, go to picture, and then click “from file.”

Excel 2007 / 2010: On the insert tab, click picture.

3.) You can wrap text: When you’re typing in Excel, many people quickly complain that after they hit enter, their text either goes off to the right over the other cells, or simply disappears. When you want to type a lot of text into Excel, you need to enable the “wrap text” formatting feature. It makes managing your text in Excel much simpler.

Have you had this problem?

So, how do you do it?

Excel 2003 / 2007 / 2010: Right click on the cells, hit format, click on the alignment tab, and check “wrap text”

4.) You can format cells based off the contents of the cells: Sometimes you'll be in a situation in Excel where you want to format all cells that contain a certain value a certain way. Sure, you could go through one by one and identify them all, but with a feature called “conditional formatting,” you can create rules for Excel that will allow you to format as you’d like.

If you type “red,” the cell background will turn red.

So, how do you do it?

Excel 2003: Highlight the cells you want to apply formatting to, go to the format menu, click on “conditional formatting” and then use the second drop down to set “equal to” (or use another rule).

Excel 2007 / 2010: Highlight the cells you want to apply formatting to, then on the home tab of the ribbon click the conditional formatting drop down, and under highlight cells rules, hit “equal to” (or use another rule).

5.) You can copy paste only values: Copying and pasting in Excel, if you don’t know how to only paste the values, can be a bit of a nightmare. Say you’ve got a huge set of formulas that return certain results. If you want to bring only the results of those formulas into a new spreadsheet, you’ll need to use the “paste values” feature of Microsoft Excel.

So, how do you do it?

Excel 2003 / 2007 / 2010: Copy the text with ctrl-c then paste by right clicking, hitting “paste special,” and then select the “values” button.

[ Excel Everest (http://www.ExcelEverest.com) is an Excel tutorial that teaches the foundations of Excel in an interactive, engaging manner. It’s a gigantic Excel file that covers 50 topics, has hundreds of buttons and videos, and 150+ exercises which are automatically graded so you can easily see if you’ve done them correctly. The Excel Everest tutorial is for sale both to individuals and companies, and many organizations such as Google, Hymans Robertson, and PlayCore currently use Excel Everest to train their employees. ]

Why Do We Blog ?

noreply@blogger.com (AVP) — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 16:38:00 +0000

First off, sorry for the off-topic post.

Recently, there has been a lot of buzz regarding Google Panda updates that have hit many websites badly when it comes to PR. Here is what Google has to say about it.

These changes are a good example of why to blog in the first place. Following the time tested approach of blogging to create value for readers, to maintain a central source of information and to avoid being like everyone else comes to my mind.

A lot of importance has been given to selecting the "right and popular" niches, to focus on "high value keywords" etc etc none of which I really understand. If you write something that you know well about, in fact love to write about what you really know and in the process help others and yourself then in my book I consider it to be the very reason for any blog to exist.

Monetize you may as you spend time and resources on developing quality content for your blog but that shouldn't really be everything. Just imagine if in real life you were a good artist but are made to taught mathematics (something you have absolutely no idea about as an artist), would you go ahead and proclaim yourself as a maths professor and deliver lectures?

I hope not and blogging on specific topics / niche is no different. (I am not considering the examples of those who hire professional writers for each topic / category and put it on their blog / major websites but the lone one man blogger who wishes to do something and create value).

The whole point of this boring post is that given the ever changing dynamics of search engine technologies and the whole internet in general, creating value triumphs over quick fixes or instant gratification methods like selecting to blog only in a popular niche (most often about something that you really don't know, but hey it's hot and there is a lot of revenue there.)

Happy blogging.

Level 2 Alerts : Microsoft Security Bulletin Releases April 2011

noreply@blogger.com (AVP) — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 11:17:00 +0000

Plenty of new security updates released on Patches Tuesday by Microsoft. Find the details here.

Again, would strongly recommend to subscribe to security notifications from Microsoft to stay updated on all the security updates that are released. Subscribe at following link.

Cheers.

How to tackle your laptop keyboard repair problems

noreply@blogger.com (AVP) — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 07:55:00 +0000

[ N.B : The following is a guest post by Anna Watson on behalf of Ztronics ]

Everyone owns a Laptop nowadays. There are many advantages of laptop over computers as they are more portable, easy to handle, they do not occupy much space and can be placed in a smaller space. Though you take a good care of your laptop but still after two or three years it starts showing some problems which may be related to its proper functioning or breaking of its parts like its keyboard, screen, audio, video or any other such part. So, ultimately there is increase in the Laptop Repair Problems. Keyboard is an important part of your laptop and any problem related to it would result into an overall drawback of the entire system.

We can confront different type of problems relating to the Laptop, but specifically Laptop Keyboard Repair problems are the most serious one's as it can disrupt the entire working. All these Laptop Repair problems require different techniques to solve them. There are some problems which we do not realize at the start of it but as we precede those problems becomes bigger and then it is really difficult to tackle with them. At times we generally experience that our system is taking too long to start, there can be two reasons for that, the system has become a victim of virus OR there can be a problem with the software and hardware separate working.

Generally people start having complains about the system’s storage capacity which can be more or less because of the excessive storage of repetitive material in the system. This all and many other related Laptop Repair Problems come as a hindrance in the way of smooth working of laptop.

We deal with all type of Laptop Keyboard Repair problems, there is solution for all software as well as hardware problems. We acquire all kind of tools required for the Laptop Repair Services. Our services are long term in nature and we aim of solving them to the core. It becomes really troublesome to repair the system if you come up after a year of facing the problem. So we always advise our customers to come up with their problem as soon as they have started noticing it on their laptop.

Windows 7 Service Pack 1 Released

noreply@blogger.com (AVP) — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 12:07:00 +0000

It is here, update Windows 7 with SP1.

Go to Windows Updates and click on Search for updates for the SP to be listed, then download and install it by simply selecting Install Updates. Should take about 20-30 minutes from download to few restarts of Windows 7.

Cheers and happy patching.

Heads up - Level 0 Information Alert

noreply@blogger.com (AVP) — Sat, 05 Feb 2011 18:25:00 +0000

Just a quick heads up.

Vulnerabilities in all versions of Microsoft Windows related to MHTML, similar to server-side XSS vulnerabilities detected.

Make sure to keep Windows updated, more info about this can be found at :

MS-KB 2501696

Vulnerability in MHTML

Have a safe and secure Windows.

Free Ebook On Linux Basics

noreply@blogger.com (AVP) — Sat, 01 Jan 2011 08:01:00 +0000

Alright, to start the new year with a bang, a free e-book on Linux basics is available at www.ihaveapc.com, get it from the below link :

Linux Command Line Basics Free Ebook

Just download directly from above and enjoy!

Wishing you a happy 2011,

AVP

Data Recovery New York

noreply@blogger.com (AVP) — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 17:35:00 +0000

[ N.B :This is a sponsored post written by me. All opinions are 100% mine. ]

Data is valuable and lost data means lost time as well as lost productivity. To address these concerns it is essential to seek professional help for hard drive data recovery .

Hard drives fail thereby causing a huge risk to stored data not just because of a system or hardware failure but also due to electrical or mechanical failure. This means it is not completely possible to recover data using day to day tools or by the regular computer user hence the need for data recovery experts.

Salvage Data Recovery specializes in recovering data from damaged hard drives as well as offer services related to hard disks tuning and recovery. All types of hard drives types ranging from IDE, SATA, SCSI, ATA, RAID and SAS plus various manufacturers ranging from Seagate, Maxtor, Samsung and others are supported and recovered by data recovery new york .

All of these data recovery operations are performed by skilled and experienced engineers in clean rooms to ensure that fullest recovery is possible. The other cool thing is that these data recovery procedures are done such that it won't void the original warranty of your hard drive.

So don't hesitate to call (917) 628-2702 or visit Salvage Data Recovery at :

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Meet A New Link Shortening Service

noreply@blogger.com (AVP) — Sat, 02 Oct 2010 05:19:00 +0000

Using link shortening services like http://bit.ly can help in transforming boring long web links into something short and sweet.Advantages of doing this are many, a primary advantage being able to post these shortened links in text limited services like Twitter.
Now Google has released it’s own link shortening service for the end user.Bloggers may be familiar with the goo.gl links that were automatically generated for blog posts if configured.This is now directly accessible.
Go to http://goo.gl
Enter any website address or a specific web link that needs to be shortened.

Click on Shorten which will generate the new shortened link on right side and the detailed statistics for it in the below section.
On the first use, I must say that the user interface for goo.gl looks pretty similar to http://bit.ly .
Happy link shortening.

FaceVsion FV Express Combo HD Video Conferencing Reviewed

noreply@blogger.com (AVP) — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 15:59:00 +0000

This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of faceVsion Technology USA. All opinions are 100% mine.

Making business decisions quickly and at crucial times is the key to any business growth, with the advent of internet it is completely possible to have a face to face video conference without going anywhere.

It is not feasible for small and medium sized businesses to have a full blown video infrastructure from major brands like PolyCom, Tandberg and Radvision as it involves significant economic overhead in terms of manpower and operating costs to take care of such video setups.

Since video streaming over internet consumes significant bandwidth, most of the commonly available consumer graded HD webcams like Microsoft Cinema and Logitech Pro 9000 can't really stream video over internet, they do so only locally and this can result in poor video calling experience.

Not only having poor video conferencing quality impacts the communication but can also waste precious time during crucial junctures like meeting a deadline for product launch, fixing a known issue and so on.This is where faceVsion Express Combo HD Video Conferencing solution from faceVsion can help.It is the most affordable HD video conferencing solution for all Gmail users.

With faceVsion Express Combo from faceVsion Technology USA, it is possible to make HD video calls over the internet by just using a Gmail account.The cool feature is that the entire Google contact list can be completely synchronized with HD video conferencing list making HD video calls easier to manage and conduct.

All of this streaming HD video conferencing is possible because of the built-in H.264 encoder/decoder chip that can compress streaming video into smaller size and transmit it across the internet but keeping the quality of video intact.

FV Express Combo is available through faceVision on line store and other value added partners. Also due to on-going promotion scheme, get 10$ off on any purchase by using the promo code FVTBTS2.This promotion ends on 09/30/'10.

Happy video conferencing :)

A Quick Way To Check Drives In Windows

noreply@blogger.com (AVP) — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 13:14:00 +0000

It may happen at times that Windows crashes or there is a power failure which causes disk drives to lose data (doesn’t happen frequently fortunately).

There is a quick way to check whether a select drive or a set of drives are ok after a crash or an abnormal Windows restart.

This is done through a command prompt utility called fsutil.

1.Open command prompt as Administrator and type the following :
fsutil dirty query <drive letter>

The above image shows that drive D was checked for integrity and was found to be alright through the dirty command.

Suppose you still are not satisfied and want to force a check on any Windows drive on next restart not right now, that too is possible by setting the specified drive as dirty and hence needing a check.

To do this, the syntax is as follows :
fsutil dirty set <drive letter>

What this will do is scan the drive on next Windows restart for any errors since the drive is marked as dirty and needs to be checked.

Note : fsutil works very well on NTFS volumes but no that well on FAT32 volumes.

Happy disk checking.

Lillilooloo.com Reviewed

noreply@blogger.com (AVP) — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 21:15:00 +0000

This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of Lillilooloodotcom. All opinions are 100% mine.

Wouldn't it be great if there would be a single point from where management consultants can upload and download their documents, get free templates, methodologies and tool kits for the kind of work required based on business sectors, get sample documents as well as process guides and methodologies based on one's requirements?

How about having a complete back office access which is totally online and convenient?

Lillilooloo does just that. It is the only full site that is geared for management consulting community and covers various sectors.Also it is the only site from where one can access 1000s of free consulting manuals as well as effectively share documents.

Registration is free and once logged in there are various facilities available ranging from uploading and downloading documents, getting free templates, documents as per one's needs, buying templates from the template store, browsing the video and audio section or purchasing premium services.

Basically the site is divided into two sections : Free and Template Store.The free section of the site offers 1000's of consulting manuals and other related management documents which can be downloaded easily.There are about 60000 documents present in the free section alone that can be used.Also there is a community feature where one can join existing groups that are aligned to their interests or simply make a new one.

The consulting templates available through the template store can be directly downloaded at just 49$ / year which is very reasonable.

Also, the template store has a cool book titled "Succeeding As A Management Consultant" that provides strategic insights as well as ways to logically approach and solve business challenges through decision trees, mapping and other tools.

Various management documents ranging from business proposals to review reports and much more can be customized through the premium document creation service.These documents are prepared by the research team and ensures high quality work.This also helps in outsourcing back office functions as well as research operations in a cost-effective manner.

Feel free to check the site out, it is interesting and definitely very resourceful.

A Reliable Codec Pack For Windows

noreply@blogger.com (AVP) — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 15:06:00 +0000

It can be time consuming as well as frustrating to search for a suitable codec when trying to play any multimedia file in Windows especially if the codec is not a very popular one.

Here is a free and very detailed codec pack which you can download and use for free.

Shark007’s codec pack supports any type of codec available under the sun and also provides an in-depth application manager to manage the different codecs.

This is an extremely useful stop to get and install all codecs (even more so if you are on Windows Vista or earlier Windows).

The biggest advantage of using this codec pack compared to other popular ones is that this doesn’t break the system and at the same time providing better performance and output.

Enjoy.

Batch Files In Windows 7

noreply@blogger.com (AVP) — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:00:00 +0000

In case you have made a batch file in Windows 7,you might have noticed that it doesn’t really work as it should right off the bat.

Here is what I am saying :

Suppose a simple batch file that pings a website continuously is made (ping.bat) in this case :

(If you want to learn how to make batch files in Windows to do stuff,refer to my old post here.)

Notice that once it is saved as .bat extension and made to run,it gives some funky output like this :

It simply shows the command as it is without actually executing and the reason it does this is because the access to Windows command processor isn’t given by default.

The fix – just right click the batch file and set it to Run as administrator.

It will bring up a dialog box that asks whether Windows command processor should be allowed to run (select Yes there).

Once done,the batch file will work as we want it to (in this case pinging a web site continuously) :

Try making batch files for various stuff(checking ipconfig etc) and none of that will actually work as expected by default unless the Administrator mode is set in Windows 7.

Cheers.

Understanding the wildcards

noreply@blogger.com (AVP) — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 12:25:00 +0000

Wildcards can be pretty helpful when doing some basic tasks either from the Windows GUI or the beloved command prompt.

Let’s take a look at the frequently used wildcard * for doing some simple but effective stuff.

For understanding purposes,I have created a folder called textfiles in C: with the following files :

apples.txt,oranges.txt,bananas.txt,applejuice.txt,orangejuice.txt.bananajuice.txt

Let’s say we want to see only files that start with the word “apple” from this directory.To do this,we just use the * card like this :

dir apple*.txt

This will display the files which start with the word apple.

Let’s say we need to display files whose names contain the following words - "juice” at the end.

This is done by the simple command : dir *juice.txt

The placement of * at the beginning,the middle or the end means that the specified part where it is inputed can be anything as in all.

Example : this command dir *an*.txt will list those files that have “an” word in it regardless of what the starting and ending characters are.

What if you need to list all files regardless of what they are named?

It can be done simply by typing dir or dir *.*

Feel free to do some not so usual stuff like sorting filenames and redirecting their output to a file on a regular basis or so on.

Definitely a weekend fun project ;)

Make It Big With HP

noreply@blogger.com (AVP) — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 14:47:00 +0000

This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of goviral. All opinions are 100% mine.

Technology evolves and with that evolves how business is done.HP as a technology company offers products that help in evolving business with technology.

I personally use HP all-in-one printing device for printing my articles,scanning useful stuff as well as making photocopies.This has saved me a lot of time since a while when a useful document needed to be professionally photocopied or scanned.The best part I like about this device is it's usage in terms of ink efficiency and paper used.

The online HP website makes it easier to find what you are looking based on how it narrows the search criteria (home-home office,small and medium business,large enterprise business and so on) for the products after which you can order them online or buy at local store.

The feature I like the most when looking for HP products is the comprehensive online documentation as well as the drivers base that can give a clear idea of what one can expect once the product is bought.This kind of prior preparation can be a huge timesaver when actually buying thanks to the structured detailed information already available.Plus the regular email updates about the product bought help to stay in touch with the latest in-thing and new products offered by HP.

With the wide array of products offered by HP from laptops,monitors,desktops to other peripherals,the technology needs of corporates as well as small office-home office based businesses have been easier to fulfill and grow too.

Using a home computer,printing documents,using storage devices as well as watching streaming movies and growing a business has never been this easier mainly due to the various quality offerings by HP designed with every type of consumer in mind.

How To Combat Spam

noreply@blogger.com (AVP) — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 13:47:00 +0000

This may seem pretty common knowledge but you really shouldn’t use your primary email address for sites that are not relevant or those which look spammy.

Chances are the in-built spam filter in most email providers work well but that still leaves your primary email address exposed to spammer’s list.

One solution is to use a different unrelated email account purely for sign-ups to sites everywhere so that all spam received is within that email inbox.Still you need to login to that email account once in a while else it gets deactivated and can’t use for further registrations/site sign-ups.

Another one is using a disposable email id,disposable as in use once and throw away.

I found 10 minute mail to be quite handy for this.Check it out here.

Once you visit the site,a random email address is generated which is valid for 10 minutes(if you want to extend to another 10 mins and so on,click the Give me more 10 minutes link there.)

The email addresses assigned are difficult to comprehend or remember but they very well serve the purpose of receiving messages and being disposable after that.

Hope you find this service useful,I certainly did.

Happy emailing.

Technorati Tags: spam,disposable emails,no spamming,general

Watch Detailed Traffic Stats From Blogger

noreply@blogger.com (AVP) — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 13:38:00 +0000

Just a short post which I wanted to share regarding the new feature in blogger thats shows detailed stats.

The new introduction by Google to watch stats in blogger is cool as it allows in near real time to see which of your blog posts are getting hits as well as the traffic sources.

No need to view it seperately since it is already integrated with blogger.

To use this new feature,login to blogger in draft and click on Stats button

This brings up a dashboard very similar to Google Analytics but much more cooler due to the traffic feed in almost real time.

When a post gets lot of attention/retweets etc,it shows up almost instantenously on dashboard plus all the traffic stats from daily,weekly,monthly perspective are available too.

One biggest benefit is that there is no need to add an additional tracker/script/widget to make use of the above,it is all built-in.
Pretty useful stuff.

Happy blogging.

Create And Edit Files Without Using A Mouse

noreply@blogger.com (AVP) — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 13:42:00 +0000

Ever wondered how to create files without using a single click of mouse?
Chances are if you have been familiar with command prompt,you may know this.

Example :

Let's make a simple text file named hello.txt,save it and list it contents - all of this without using a mouse.

Here is how :

1.Launch command prompt (Start > Run > cmd.exe)

2.Type the following command : copy con filename.extension ,in this case I have used hello.txt,so the command will be copy con hello.txt

3.Notice that the cursor moves to next line but screen doesn't really display anything,it is because the file is created and now is open for editing.Type random stuff or relevant stuff whatever you need.

4.To save the file contents,press Ctrl - Z,the ^Z appears on screen and indicates the file is now saved.

5.To display the contents of this file,just issue the command : type filename.extension ,in this case type hello.txt

6.This lists the entire contents of the file.

All of the above without using mouse,I am sure this can be a neat party trick of sorts.

If you are enterprising,maybe you can use a batch file and make a bunch of files thereby wow-ing the audience. :)

Happy command prompt-ing.

FaceVsion TouchCam N1 HD Video Webcam Reviewed

noreply@blogger.com (AVP) — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 19:30:00 +0000

This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of faceVsion Technology USA. All opinions are 100% mine.

Real time interactive communication over the internet requires high bandwidth and hence it is very frustrating to often see video calls drop or experience jitters/noise when in progress.

The above can be minimized to some extent by changing to low quality video calls thereby requiring lower bandwidth but it doesn't really account for a good user experience.

The commonly available so called HD webcams like Logitech Pro 9000,Microsoft Cinema etc can't really stream high definition video across the internet and so users can't experience the benefits of real time high definition video calls through these as the HD quality is only at local end.

This is more true when using any application like Skype to keep in touch with friends/family and which results in frequent video calls.Wouldn't it be great to get true high definition video calls via Skype through a web cam that actually provides this?

Here is where FV touchcam N1 shines.

FV touchcam N1 by faceVsion is the first Internet streaming true HD webcam for Skype video calls plus world's first Skype certified webcam.It delivers full screen 720p streaming video over internet because of in-built H.264 encoder [H.264 is a video compression standard primarily designed to deliver high quality video using lower bandwidth and is used everywhere from YouTube to real time video conferencing].

Product Features of FV Touchcam N1:

Skype certified
In-built H.264 chip to ensure video compression and delivery as per H.264 video standards
78 degree super wide angle lens with fast auto-focus to accomodate many people in the picture
Easy installation and use for desktops and laptops through hi-speed USB 2.0

FV touchcam N1 is available through faceVision on line store and other value added partners.Also available there is FV ExpressCombo which is their award-winning 2 megapixel HD camera.

Happy video conferencing :)

FTP Transfer Made Easy

noreply@blogger.com (AVP) — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 16:00:00 +0000

You might have often experienced that the built in file manager provided by the web hosts can be slow as well as bit complex to navigate.

Filezilla is a free and extremely simple ftp application which can upload/download files to and fro local and remote host as well as edit files-all of this very quickly and efficiently.

Download it from here and once installed,follow these steps to upload files.

1.Enter the domain name along with ftp user credentials in the window shown and hit Quickconnect.

2.Once connected,there will be two sections,the left side is the local computer from which you want to upload files and the right side is the remote server where these files will be uploaded.
The top most pane shows the connection dialogue between local and remote hosts.

3.Creating and editing directories on the remote web host is done by right clicking and selecting Create Directory,you can also edit files as well as queue them which is pretty neat.

Happy FTP-ing :)

How To Share A Root Drive In Vista

noreply@blogger.com (AVP) — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 18:33:00 +0000

Before Vista it was possible to share the root drive with a $ sign like C$,D$ and so on but the advanced sharing in Vista and later versions doesn't really require that.

In order to directly share a root drive (a root drive is the drive referenced directly without any specific folder or file in it),make sure you have admin rights and follow the below steps:

1.Go to Computer (double click the icon from desktop).

2.Right click the root drive to be shared (C: in this case) and select Share.

3.Go to Sharing tab and select the Advanced Sharing option.

4.Specify the name by which the drive is to be shared,also set the limit to number of users that can access it along with the desired permissions.
(Do make sure that permissions are set up correctly,the better way is not to really share the entire root drive but only the specific folders on it thereby ensuring granular access)

Notice that the UNC path will now be of format \\computername\shareddrivename

Try to check if the drive really opens through above syntax by going to Start > Run > Full UNC path

In this example ( \\avp-desk\c) which opens up the drive contents.

Happy sharing.

How To View Detailed System Info With A Click

noreply@blogger.com (AVP) — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 14:00:00 +0000

Here is a simple way by which the entire detailed system information can be viewed with just a click.

To do this,we just need to make a desktop shortcut pointing to system info.

Here is how :

1.Right click on desktop and select New > Shortcut.

2.In the path for shortcut,type : C:\Windows\System32\msinfo32.exe

3.Click Next and then after naming it something appropriate like System Info hit Finish.

Notice that an icon similar to My Computer now shows up on desktop which on clicking will show all the information related to system.

Cheers.