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The Smart Tips And Art Of Black And White Photography

noreply@blogger.com (Saimoom) — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 06:53:00 +0000

Trying to See in Monochrome Type

The key to the success of black & white photography is try to see the world in black and white sense. It is necessary to understand that not all events or subjects are behoove for black and white photography. There are certain kinds of photographs, which are based on the color for result. Think Steve McCurry’s famous Afghan girl portrait, for example: Bright colors are an integral part of the power of the image.

The success of black and white photographers is they search and select the best looking photos for black and white photo.
Learn to evaluate your subject, try to imagine seeing it in such black and white. (Developed and printed, or, if you use the film) preview the result after treatment of the image with your favorite techniques, such as adding textures and tones. Remember with practice, your vision will be very sharp.

Good advice for users of digital SLR cameras, it is recommended to take picture in RAW format (which by the color of the highest quality black and white conversions can be done anyway), but on the Picture Style (instruction of Canon camera, if you have another brand of camera check your manual) have to change to black and white mode. The picture is in black and white on the LCD display of the camera, and you have all the color information in the RAW file for later implementation.

To help for learning in black and white look, I have included both color and black and white image in all my examples.

Texture

Think a wall of an old building, or rusted metal or weathered wood. Each old subject has usually large lots of texture, textures appear in black and white photos very good and smart.

The texture is affected by light. The low light rakes, typical of the golden hour of light at sunrise and sunset, it highlights the texture significantly. The soft lighting of an overcast sky can bring the texture, but may need help in finishing with the help of techniques such as contrast enhancement.

The worst light to the photo texture is harsh light of midday. The flatness of this type of texture hides the light.

This above photo has beautiful statue texture. The light of this photo was very soft, which increased the contrast with the Curves (Ctrl+m) or Level (Ctrl+l) tool in Photoshop CS for the implementation of the texture.

Tonal Contrast

We are accustomed to seeing in color. Black and white are converted from color it become shades of gray. Highlights of color are light color, and dark colors are dark shades. The balance between these colors are called tonal contrast.

Black and white photographers use to get good pictures of tonal contrast.

The above photo, used to create a contrast of colors in a dramatic scene. The sounds of the picture frame and colors creates a striking image.

Shape and Form

The form and shape are two very important attractive elements. Every object has both the form and shape. The form is the way the subject is in two dimensions. A figure like this photo of tree branches, is an example of sharpness a photo.

The form is how the issue is seen in three dimensions. The photos are of two dimensions, and the painters, photographers are the challenge of the three-dimensional objects in the form of two-dimensional.

Black and white, draws attention to the shadows, and flowing lines that describe the shape. Using light to make your designs in three dimensions. Lighting from the side shows the shape of the quality of the shadows. The light in front and behind obscure it. The shape of the old body in this image is revealed by the shadows and reflections in the metal body.

Lighting

The photography word comes from the Greek word for "paint with light." Photography is the lighting, and the quality of light determines the quality of the photography.
Black and white photography of the freedom to take pictures in all lighting conditions.
The best light is always created by the sun low in the sky. But with the black and white images even in the afternoon and on cloudy days, the lighting conditions for color photography can be.

The secret is adapted to illuminate the subject. Afternoon light, for example, can be best for the architecture, but bad for portraits. An overcast day is ideal for capturing portrait photo, but bad for landscapes.

This below photo was taken at the end of a cloudy day. A soft light is very flattering.

Subjects for Black and White Photography:

The following subjects are very important for Black and White photography.

Portraiture
The absence of color, all concentrate is focused on the eyes and to the face plus all textures are focused on background or cloths.
Like as the below photo, are describable and it is generally used for commercial portrait images.

The old skin or old objects are excellent for black and white photography.
The above photo were taken on cloudy time. Like this type of lighting are very suitable for portrait images. Remember you should avoid direct sunlight, because it makes harsh and ugly shadows to face.

Landscapes
Black and white photography is an effective solution for landscape photo. In landscape photo you will find lots of tones, sharpness and components and of course the smart quality of lighting. See the below photo.

Architecture
See the big towns and cities; these are full with nice architecture constructed by metal, tiles and glass. Try to find the sharpness against with the sky.
Old building have wonderful weathered interface with lots of texture. Old kingdoms, churches and building tower makes great subject for black and white photography.

Travel and Street Photography
Traveling photography holds the memory and every emotions of a place that you have visited. Black and white photos have timelessness that is very mixable for traveling photography. See the below photo and tell me what you find?

You can see a video I have uploaded about Travel photography.

Still Life
The black and white photography works very well with every sort and every still subject. Without tone of color, the highlight on the sharpness and patterns of the subject, and the quality of lighting looks good in black and white pictures.
Black and white shouts the sharpness of the wings and texture of the background of a photo.

Nudes
Nudes are the oldest topic for photographers and artist that they recognized. Black and white nude photos are timeless, and by erasing the pattern of color it will help to elevate the matter of subject from something that is dreamy smutty by behaving the naked body or pornography as a smart form.

Thanks For Enjoying This Post & Please Don't Forget To Leave Your Valuable Comment. Have a good day. Stay Well.

How To Add a Flying Twitter Bird To Blogger

noreply@blogger.com (Saimoom) — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 14:27:00 +0000

The popularity of Twitter is very huge with up to two million users.

For its popularity every web developer support it for marketing their site or blog.

This is help us to easily tweet any websites which can deliver smart traffic.

In this post I am going to tell how to add a cute flying Twitter Bird linked with your Twitter account and how to setup this in your blogger blog.

Now lets see how to add the twitter flying bird-

1. First log in to your Blogger blog.

2. Go to Design, click Edit HTML (Don't forget to backup your template).

3. Now search for </body> in your template by pressing CTRL+F

4. Now simply add the below code above </body> tag.

<!-- Twitter Flying Bird start by ShineMark -->
<script src='https://sites.google.com/site/sajithsandd/home/twitterbird.txt' type='text/javascript'>
</script>
<script type='text/javascript'>
var twitterAccount = "ADD YOUR TWITTER USERNAME HERE";
var tweetThisText = " <data:blog.pageTitle/>: <data:blog.url/> ";
tripleflapInit();
</script>
<span style='font-size:11px;position:absolute;'/><a href='http://shinemark.blogspot.com/2011/12/how-to-add-flying-twitter-bird-to.html' target='_blank'>Make Flying Twitter Bird Gadget</a>
<!-- Twitter Flying Bird end by ShineMark -->

5. Now Replace ADD YOUR TWITTER USERNAME HERE with your Twitter username.

6. Click Save Template and you are finished.

7. Reload your blog to see.

If you have any problem feel free to ask me. Have a good day!

How To Take Amazing Travel Photos Like a Professional

noreply@blogger.com (Saimoom) — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 15:40:00 +0000

1. Try to Capture Best Travel Photos

If you follow these simple principles for your photography, your photography will improve dramatically. A good approach is to set aside sometime specifically for photography, if you are with your friends, or with your life partner or dear ones, who does not share your interest.

The photography research will help you to pull the best out of your photo opportunities and the Internet is the best source for starting. Look at well photos and photographers to know more detail and ideas. Their photos will be your ideal and can be a smarter guide for capturing best photos as you want.

It is important for research about culture and local laws. For example, it is illegal airfields pays in certain photography. Some United Kingdom airbus were arrested in Greece and spent some time in prison before being released. Make sure this will not happen with you.

In terms of culture, there are countries where people do not like in pictures, like as Bolivia, and others love it so like as Bangladesh. Try to know that what expect will help you with the general people of the country.

Please be alert about your personal safety when you are travailing with your camera or other valuable equipment. Again, the research will help you know what they expect from one.

2. Try to Use Bright and Light Colors

Use to create bright colors, dramatic compositions. The key is simplicity. Try to focus close and on one or two colors. An image can be very powerful with a strong primary color or hard as red or blue dominated. Not only primary colors and compositions subtle pink and green stick can be very strong.

A little color can indicate strong emotions. Red is a warm color that dominates. It is the color of warmth as sunlight. It can also be a sign of desperation or anger, that red is the color of blood. Red is a powerful color, and color for the human eye is most sensitive.

Blue is a cold color to relax. Imagine blue tropical sky over tropical waters.

Green can be cool and sweet, spring or the lush tropical jungle. It is the color of nature, growth and fertility.

3. Use Afternoon Sunlight

The photography comes from the Greek word for "paint with light", I must say that the quality of light is one of the most important parts of the image. The pros expect that the best way, and you should if you want to get some good photos.

The light in the middle of a sunny day is hard and ugly. Avoid this anyway.

For most subjects, the light is better when the sun is low in the sky. This means that during the first hour after waking and the last two hours before sunset. Farthest from the equator, the longest of this "golden age" of the light is sufficient. If you are in the tropics, are ready to act quickly because the sun goes down fast and good light will not last long.

This is where the planning can help. Be aware that they explore their destination, and to consider how these areas can be seen when the sun on the horizon. Then you can ensure that it in some of the most beautiful photo opportunities when the light is at its best.

This is an excellent strategy to make good pictures, if you're short on time. Spend half the day with your family, friends or beloved person and head of one or two hours before sunset for better image quality.

The rain and thunderstorms, especially at sunset, you can at attractive rates, unique lighting. If you see something exciting is happening to the light, take your camera and go out for taking some attractive photos.

Sometimes the light and the time will not do what you want, especially if your time is limited. Learn to take pictures in cloudy. These can be great for nature photography, portrait photography and black and white.

4. Look for Something Different, Take on Local Landmarks

We have available all the hordes of tourists at the same place to take pictures from a landmark known to be seen usually in the middle of the day (what we know, the worst possible time!) You can also do so, if you want a picture not boring unlike any other. If you want something better, you need a little smarter and start developing your creative eye.

How many ways is a picture of the Eiffel Tower? At first glance it appears to be not much. Take a look on the Internet for pictures of the Eiffel Tower, as many variations photographers have come to this famous monument.

Take a picture that is different from a brand new and famous and photographed the most difficult challenges of photography. First make sure that you are there when the light is good. If you have wide-angle or telephoto lens must seek to use their unique perspectives in order to create something a little different. Try some human interest. No tourists, but people do what the locals. Try something totally unexpected, like shooting in the rain and see what happens. Remember, your each picture a great experience.

5. Search for More Object Detail

Be watching you. Look for small details, which is the spirit of the place you are in. Maybe capturing the way light plays through the cobbled streets. Perhaps it is the presentation of food in a restaurant, a year or architectural element. It must be very exciting. Can be personal or too dark. It is your mind working a little detail the mind, awakens from one place.

6. Get off the Beaten Track

The most popular places are easy. Anyone can go there. Do something different. Find nearby. Not only the well-trodden paths remain. See what's there. Find unusual places and little known. Try a place where people are not accustomed to see, to find tourists. Not only will you improve your photography, but you learn something new about the world and become a better person..

7. Try to Use a Polarizing Filter

Have you ever wondered how the pros catch the deep blue sky? Or, as they exit the water so clear you can manage all the way down? Or why the colors of your images are so strong? The answer lies in a magical piece of glass as a polarizing filter. This is the filter that enhance your photos more than anything else.

Polarizing filters work by using the cross fade. The reflected light from dust and other airborne particles, and these considerations, like the color of the sky on a sunny day. Put a polarize in front of the lens and the reflections overlap, so that a deep blue sky.

It's the same with water. The light bounces off the surface and hide what's underneath. Use a filter to eliminate glare and below you can see directly. If you ever get a photo of a boat floating in the water have seen so clearly, it seems that the boat into the air, how it was done is swim.

Polarize also increase the color saturation by removing graffiti and other non-metallic surfaces reflexes, including the flowers and leaves.

There are some rules to observe when using a polarizing filter. The polarizing filter works best with an angle of 90 degrees from the sun. We must also turn in front of the lens to see if the effect is stronger.

The only drawback of polarization filters is that you lose about two stops of light. If the lighting is low, can lead to camera shake. Use a tripod or other support to prevent this.

8. Shoot Photos at Night Light

Learn to take pictures at night. Night shots can be very suggestive. The best photos are taken, while still some light in the sky. There is something magical in the evening. The city lights shine. The movement of the water is foggy at one place. Cars passing leaves a trail of light. You need a tripod to hold the camera and trigger a cable release, the shutter without touching the camera device. If you have not done before, it makes sense to practice at home what you can perfect the technique before it is in force.

Mozilla Firefox 8 Comes With Built-in Twitter Search Tool

noreply@blogger.com (Saimoom) — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 19:51:00 +0000

Mozilla has announced the official launch of Mozilla Firefox 8th version with a new smart look, super speed and even more awesomeness. The latest update brings with it the introduction of specific features (new features) added with some minor improvements in order to have the challenge of rendering HTML browser, users experienced moments of today.

Mozilla has partnership with Twitter in this year on a specially constructed for producing fully supports Firefox Twitter.

The new Firefox 8 browser comes with a selection of high-integration of Twitter, so people go to sites and other relevant information on the social network without resorting to the site before you get what you want to hear. The drop down menu of search engines tab in the new Mozilla Firefox 8 browser, the user enters one of the Twitter search engine to select it.

Another important feature for the Firefox user 8 is a rigid control of lateral load add-ons enforced. Now Mozilla is fighting hard against the third-party applications on Firefox add-ons install without permission. Most add-ons have a lot of problems for users in the past, such as Skype was instantly disabled with dangerous errors from Mozilla reported earlier this year when it was about 33,000 to Firefox caused an accident in a week.

By default, the new Mozilla Firefox 8 requires the user when it starts and recognizes lateral acceleration of accessories. Before the browser asks the user, the person, to disable the add-on by default so that the browser will load faster. The new self-image prompts the user if he / she wants as an add-on or not allow, and this helps users protect their invasion of the Internet browsing by unwanted toolbars and add-ons with the aim of eating the bandwidth wasting timeand your Internet connection to work.

Under the hood is, Mozilla Firefox 8 with some improvements that make the work faster and better. Its HTML rendering engine was able to load for the common use of this feature cross-source resource sites on the textures WebGL other sites are supported. WebSockets on your side also gained a boost with an updated application that uses the latest specifications of the project's needs.

Download Mozilla Firefox 8 for free.

Tips For New Photographers With Digital SLR Cameras

noreply@blogger.com (Saimoom) — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 19:24:00 +0000

Purchase of photographic equipment for the first time is very exciting, but sometimes it's overwhelming. Those who like to add interchangeable lenses, tripods, bags, and everything you find in your cart. If you are a beginner in photography, there are some simple tips and tricks that you can take to the ball and in the way of the beginner photographer can shoot.

First, try the time to buy a new camera included, do not buy the most expensive device or equipment from the market. If money is tight, you can even simple compact cameras. Unless you know how to change the settings and learn the techniques that can make beautiful photos are still achievable. But even if you have a digital SLR switches, starting with a low-end model. Before you start adding EF lenses, the first accessory to consider a tripod, especially if your hands are a little shaky. A tripod will be useful for many types of photo shoots.

Keep your camera with you all the time, buy a protective carrying case so that can be safe when traveling with you. Sometimes the "Perfect Shot" is an unexpected and you never want to miss an opportunity. If you do not take your camera with you always be aware of the spots in your neighborhood or office that will make for great photographs.

While you are looking for breathtaking scenery, do not overlook seemingly common themes. It's amazing what some photographers with subjects usually can be done boring. But do not waste your time shooting a plastic bag in the wind for 20 minutes. (It has already been done.) Try to see these issues with a new set of eyes.

Look to online resources for inspiration and tutorials. They offers thousands of ebooks, video clips, websites and the good advice. Always willing to learn something new. If you want to learn how to photograph weddings or animals, it is easy to find tips and tutorials.

Never afraid to experiment with photography equipment. You splurged on a DSLR camera, which can also learn, what all the buttons and make adjustments. Tutorials can guide you well, but to use it as a starting point to see what is a comfortable and give you the desired image. Photography is about trial and error. Changing the ISO or aperture can turn a terrible image in an incredible touch of a button.

Photography is the smart art. The most important tip to remember is to shoot regularly. Practice makes perfect, after all!

Facebook Advertising Guide For Marketing

noreply@blogger.com (Saimoom) — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 19:22:00 +0000

A better way has said, to get online sites is the use of Facebook as a marketing tool. There are two ways this can be achieved. They are paid advertisements and announcements for free.

Both types of ads you can display an image with the place itself. To maximize the success of the advertising industry, is a better idea to get the most out of this, and also an image is striking, but it is also relevant to your ad.

If it is serious about advertising, and then to the payment option, or a combination of both options is the best way forward. If you advertise a personal site or something similar, then the free way to do this is to make the link as well as descriptive information about Facebook as much as possible to send an intelligent system.

You need to send data from your website in the profiles of friends, the relevant groups / sites and also in the profiles with a large number of friends, for example, the profiles that belong to the clubs and popular websites.

If you do this, you must be especially careful not to spam the system as it is deprecated by Facebook and can lead to suspension of your account by them. Most notably the publication of several pages, too fast, you can have the same effect on your account.

If you decide to paid advertising, one of the good things about the payment system Facebook is that you can use to target specific countries and age groups, although exactly what that means to increase the chances of your campaign as successful as possible.

A useful feature of the Facebook advertising is the paid advertisement Suggest function. It works by scanning the target URL and read some of the content, or through meta-tags were found (if any), or from the front of the text.

There is also an option to set a daily limit on advertising, as well as options on whether the campaign will run permanently or for a specified period. If the aggregate continuously eighth careful not to forget their ads, because otherwise you might end with some broad statement of the fees on Facebook.

Users have the option of CPM or CPC (Cost Per Click) advertising, the best choice for this varies depending on its website. It is important to note that the two non-simultaneously in a single season, which means that if you want both types of advertising a website, you must create two separate campaigns, to do so means are used.

Facebook defines the type of fault CPC ad and automatically selects an offer for you, but this can be changed by the advanced features included in the announcement to create.

In addition, the indicators of this system are manually approved, which means it may take some time before the ads are approved by the Facebook team. This process usually takes no longer than 20-25 minutes, depending on time of day are shown the ads.

Be sure to read these conditions carefully before you make a display, especially the parts of the punctuation, as though they are not met, the acceptance of the announcement could be delayed.

Let’s Know Some Unknown Information About Nokia

noreply@blogger.com (Saimoom) — Fri, 20 May 2011 12:06:00 +0000

Everyone knows that Nokia is the biggest and most popular mobile phone producer in the world. Do you know some historical background about Nokia? Let’s see what information you do not know about Nokia.

1. In professional sense the first call was made by using GSM network with Nokia mobile phone and the person was the Prime Minister of Finland "Mr. Harri Holkeri" in the year 1991.

2. Only Nokia produce digital camera more than other camera companies. Although not direct digital camera, but mobile phone with camera. For this reason, Nokia is the biggest digital camera mobile phone producer.

3. The name of the Nokia corporate font is “AgfaMonotype Nokia Sans font” and its designed by “Erik Spiekermann”

4. The creator of Nokia ring tone is “Francisco Tarrega” and he was a Spanish guitarist. Its main name was “Gran Vals”. The time was 19th century.

5. The standard SMS tone which is build in all Nokia handset actually it is a “Morse code” for SMS word.

Google TV Loaded With Blu-ray Player

noreply@blogger.com (Saimoom) — Wed, 11 May 2011 17:53:00 +0000

A great company Sony’s Internet TV NSZ-GT1 Blu-ray Player stands out and thanks to Google TV. This is essentially android for your TV. But lackluster image quality and a high price tag about $400 USD dollars, some poor design choices and an infuriating remote control make this model a delicious choice.

In addition to streaming Pandora, Netflix and YouTube the NSZ-GT1 can handle CNBC real time, HBO, The Onion and the social network Twitter.

The Chrome browser allows you to surf the web world from your couch and stream otherwise unavailable videos such as one’s from The Daily Show site but not from Hulu.

Sony designed the NSZ-GT1 to control and stream content from your set top box or DVR. But the only video input connection on the player is HDMI, which freezes out basic cable and over the air broadcasts.

The NSZ-GT1’s remote resembles a two handed game controller with a trackball and a smart build in keyboard.

For text entry it’s the better remote control you can use.

For pausing, popping up a menu, or removing a disc, how ever, it’s the worst remote. For most chores you must hold a tiny Fn (Function) button with one thumb while pressing a second tiny button with the other. The unit’s small buttons are numerous, closely set and not backlit.

The NSZ-GT1 has no LED display to show status information. It has four (4) USB ports; one in front side for accessing easier and the rest in back side and a slot rather than a tray for inserting a disc.

The device is so fast and responds very quickly to commands while playing a disc.

What Is 4G Network Technology

noreply@blogger.com (Saimoom) — Fri, 06 May 2011 10:15:00 +0000

The term 4G originally referred to a new generation of wireless network technology designed to deliver fast wireless broadband service to mobile devices. Whereas previous generation networks rely partly on older circuit switched technology, the new networks are simpler and they operate using Internet protocol (IP) only. 4G networks also use an encoding method called OFDM (orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing) to jam more data packets into less wireless spectrum, and they use multiple antennas in the radios to improve signal reception and decrease latency.

3G networks, on the other hand, have their roots in second generation cellular voice networks. The 2G networks became 3G networks after carriers began using CDMA encoding technology to permit the delivery of Internet access, not just voice. Over time, CDMA encoding became more efficient and 3G networks began to deliver reasonably fast Internet access. But with the advent of bandwidth hungry mobile devices like the iPhone, it soon became clear that 3G networks would not be able to fulfill demand for wireless data over the long haul, and that an all-new, all-IP wireless network would need to be built.

So is 4G service better and faster than 3G? Well, not exactly and not yet. Some wireless carries (Sprint and Verizon) have moved to build 4G networks from the ground up. But others AT&T and T-Mobile have chosen to soup up their existing 3G networks, with advanced encoding technologies such as HSPA+. They hope to wring additional performance and capacity from these older networks before building 4G (LTE) networks of their own.

And so far, their late stage 3G networks are indeed achieving network speeds comparable to those managed by the early stage 4G WiMax and LTE networks and Verizon. The marketing departments at AT&T and T-Mobile have seized on this convenient fact as justification for labeling their network service and devices as 4G. The reality however, is that even Sprint’s and Verizon’s networks are not yet fast enough to satisfy the IEEE’s definition of a 4G network, and not until Sprint upgrades to WiMax 2 and Verizon upgrades to LTE Advanced will such speeds be possible.

All of this byplay renders current informal usage of 4G effectively, meaningless. The good news is that it does not matter much right now. The test of any wireless technology regardless of what it’s called is still its real world performance in the areas where you live and do business over the two year term of your service contract. And no clear winners and losers are likely to emerge in the 4G speed derby in the next two years, all four major carriers have solid technology road maps place to continue ramping up their systems speeds at least in the near future and all seem willing to spend the money needed to make their networks faster and biggest.

Thanks For Staying With Shine Mark Blog.

What's New on Google's Chrome 9

noreply@blogger.com (Saimoom) — Mon, 02 May 2011 07:30:00 +0000

Google Inc. has lunched Chrome browser version 9. Which features Chrome Instant, a speed enhancer that loads web pages as you type an address? Other notable upgrades include WebGL support for hardware accelerated 3D graphics, and access to the new Chrome web store.

An attractive feature is Chrome users don’t have to do anything to upgrade to version 9, because it downloads and installs automatically.

To active Chrome instant, go to the basic tab of Chrome options and check the box in the Search option.

With instant enabled, most web pages will load as soon as you type an address in the search box (or Omnibox in Google’s parlance).

A WebGL support brings hardware accelerated 3D graphics to the browser, without the need for additional software.

Lastly, the Chrome users of USA can now access the Chrome Web Store via a link on the new tab page.

Overall, Google Chrome 9 adds some compelling upgrades while retaining the browsers speed and simplicity.

How to Setup Windows XP from Pendrive

noreply@blogger.com (Saimoom) — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 06:51:00 +0000

We always use CD/DVD to setup Windows XP/ 7 or Vista. Isn’t it? If you don’t have CD/DVD in your computer or laptop and you need to install Windows XP/7 or Vista. Then what you will do?

You can easily setup Windows XP from your pendrive/ flash drive/ USB drive or even from your mobile memory card also. For doing this, you have to make your removable disk bootable. Don’t worry, its very easy. Just follow these steps:

Note: First make sure that your computer or laptop supports boot from removable disk, if not support you can not setup windows from removable disk.

► 1. Then you need to collect at least 4(four) Gigabyte pendrive and wintoflash software. (download from here - 7MB)
► 2. After download wintoflash software unzip it and run Wintoflash Wizard.
► 3. Now from Windows File Path browse Windows XP/ 7 or Vista if you have Windows XP/ 7 or Vista as backup in your harddisk. Otherwise you have to use another computer’s CD/DVD drive to do that.
► 4. Connect your pendrive with your computer or laptop browse your pendrive from USB Device Path and select your pendrive.
► 5. Click Next button and wait until it finish.
► 6. Now select your 1st boot option to Removable device/ USB Drive from Bios settings.
► 7. Restart your computer.
► 8. After boot from USB Device select 1st, text mode setup (Boot from flash again after finished) and complete format and copy windows files. After this your computer will restart automatically.
► 9. Then select 2nd, GUI mode setup, continue setup + 1st start of Windows and complete your full windows setup.

That’s it. Isn’t it so easy? Be happy and keep visiting this blog.

The Kobo eReader has a refreshing interface

noreply@blogger.com (Saimoom) — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 12:36:00 +0000

At USD 150 dollar of price, the kobo eReader is about half the price of an Amazon Kindle 2. But in sprit of the unit’s refreshing out look, its usability suffers from sluggish performance and stiff buttons.

Users are greeted by a well thought out arrangement that marries shopping at the official Kobo e-books website. which provides some two million e-books with a low cost e-reader. You can access your account either via the web or via an application you can install off the e-reader.

But the bumps I encountered started with this application. The start guide does not explicitly mention it, and it has no clear means of installation. When I finally got it up and running, I found a visually pleasing yet rough interface. Still, it provides better integration with its online store than do rivals such as Aluratek and Fox-It.

The device accepts up to 4 Gigabyte SD cards and has 1 Gigabyte of on board memory. This memory however includes a hidden partition that’s accessible only via the application.

Many of the specs sound familiar a six E-Ink screen with eight levels of grayscale, ePub and PDF file support and 336 hours (2 weeks) battery life. The device’s button fatigued my hands after about fifteen minutes, thought.

Kobo excels in its interface and text is very to read, but the unit’s sluggishness makes tasks a bit harder. Kobo does offer value with its low price and easy shopping. However the Aluratek Libre Pro, another bargain priced model is much more responsive during navigation.

How To Ensure That Network's PCs Don't Become Compromised

noreply@blogger.com (Saimoom) — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 10:00:00 +0000

A Zombie computer or “bot” lets an unauthorized person gain control over it. A hacker, a malicious website or e-mail, or a tainted USB drive is typically the source of infection. The zombie or bot patiently waits to be summoned to perform some nefarious task often as a part of an army often of thousands, or even millions, of zombie computers, called a bot net.

Attackers can access lists of zombie computers and activate them to help execute denial of service (DoS) attacks against websites, to host phishing websites, or to send spam e-mail messages. Tracing an attack back to its source leads only to an unwitting victim rather than the true attacker.

Identifying a Zombie Computer

Zombie infections are good at hiding so they are not noticed and escape removal. They often have file and process names similar, or even identical, to normal system file names and processes so users won‘t think twice if they do see them.

Fortinet, a network security company, recently issued a Zombie Awareness Month Computer Survival Guide to help users defend against a zombie invasion. According to the guide, "The most likely way a computer becomes infected is by landing on a malicious link."

Short, cryptic messages telling users to watch a video clip (or asking "Is this you in this video?") and containing a shortened or obfuscated link that hides the true destination address have plagued Facebook and other social networks websites.

Even after clicking on the malicious link, you may be unaware that your computer has been compromised or infected. The invader will try to send the same message with the same cryptic video link to your contacts, but your friends may think that the message is suspicious and wonder why you would send a video link.

As the Fortinet guide explains: "A smart friend will ping you and ask, "Why did you send this video to me?" If you know you did not send a video link to your friend, you can pretty much bet you have become infected or that your account is compromised."

Protecting Against Zombies

Anti-malware utilities, if you keep them up to date with the latest signatures, will proactively protect computers from most zombie or bot infections. But the signature based security model always has a lag that leaves your systems vulnerable to a new attack while the security vendors develop detection tools for the new threat.

"The best way to disable (a zombie infection) and then kill it is to quarantine it (and the best way to do that is to disconnect the suspected zombie from the network)," Fortinet's guide says. "Then run a virus scan which if your software’s up to date, should find it and rub it out."

The guide concludes: "Zombie computers can be quite devious. Therefore, the best line of defense is to prevent infection in the first place, an initial infection can grow worse over time." That means using antivirus software, firewalls, and so called unified threat management (UTM).

The very best defense, though, is common sense along with a healthy dose of skepticism. User awareness is an IT administrator’s friend. You want your users to be the friend who contacts the source of a funny or smiley video message to tell that person about the suspicious message and warn that their computer may be a zombie.

The New BlackBerry Bold 9650

noreply@blogger.com (Saimoom) — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 08:38:00 +0000

The new BlackBerry Bold 9650 an extremely good designed business device (Price starts 200 USD in USA with two years contract from Sprint) offers Wi-Fi, an attractive keyboard, huge memory and beautiful messaging features.

The 4.4” by 2.4” by 0.5” phone weighs 4.8 ounces. Its body combines a muted chrome bezel with smooth black rubber and textured plastic for in hand comfort. It sports a 2.4” 480by 360 pixel display and, in place of the usual trackball, a responsive touch pad.

This BlackBerry’s keyboard is compact yet roomy. Individual keys were easy to press and had just enough responsive clickness.

The New BlackBerry Bold 9650 ships with Operating System 5.0 as Operating System 6.0 won’t ship until the fall. Its interface is clear and very easy to navigate and thanks to its easy to identify icons.

HP Cloud Printing Technology

noreply@blogger.com (Saimoom) — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 13:22:00 +0000

World’s largest technology company HP (Hewlett Packard) is going to introduce e-print technology. With this service a user can print from anywhere. E-print technology is a new revolutionary thinking which is an out of the box approach employed by the leader in Print Technology HP.

HP e-Print lets a person print from virtually anywhere. One of the ways that e-Print works is to assign an email address to the printer. To print, a person simply sends an email containing document to that person’s printer’s address. One can print images, Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint documents, PDF’s and photos. A person can view and manage print jobs sent to the printer using person’s printer Job History that is available on HP e-Print Center.

When anyone sends an email to his/her printer’s email address, the HP e-Print service will securely print the email and any supported attachments. It provides convenience printing. To receive email, the printer must be connected to a wireless network. All HP e-Print enabled printers have the ability to establish a wireless connection to a network. Once the printer is connected to a network, and web services are enabled, the printer will be connected to the Internet.

A person’s email attachments will print after they are received. When a person registers online at HP e-Print Center, can check the status of his/her jobs. The time required to print may vary depending on the email service, connection speeds, internet traffic, and other factors. The e-Print service will send a print job as soon as it receives it. As long as the printer is on, ready to print, and connected to the Internet, it can process an e-Print job. If the e-Print service can’t connect to the printer, print jobs will remain on the server for 24 hours.

If anyone wants to use USB cable to connect the printer to his/her PC, will also need to connect it wirelessly in order to use e-Print technology. HP e-Print requires an active network connection to the printer. If need to check the status of an e-Print print job, has to go hpeprintcenter.com site and need a printer registration over there. Once registered, easily can check the status of print jobs and specify who is allowed to print to the printer.

In simple words, it is going to be as easy as sending an e-mail to printer that prints the document, photo or whatever is printable. This new approach makes printing possible over the cloud. Though there has been a lot of buzz over Cloud computing / Cloud services / Cloud storage and what not, we now have Cloud printing in the form of e-Print.

Mozy Online Backup Service

noreply@blogger.com (Saimoom) — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 08:47:00 +0000

MOZY 2.0 is a mild but welcome upgrade of the client for the popular online backup service. Besides improving the interface, this version lets you back up easily to the Mozy Home cloud service (you can get 2GB of free storage, or unlimited storage for either $5 per month or $54 per year) and to a local hard drive.

The user interface’s partial makeover brings larger fonts and icons that make it easier to read, it also blends better with Vista and Windows 7, albeit not as well with XP.

Mozy claims that 2.0 is faster than its predecessor, and the software did seem zippy in my hands on testing. I used a fairly speedy, Comcast cable broadband connection that often sustains 500 kbps uploads and 1 mbps downloads.

The big news with Mozy 2.0 is its ability to back up to a local hard drive as well as to online servers. Every backup strategy should include easy to restore local copies and physically secure offsite (in this case online) destinations, and handling both requirements with one program can save your time and effort. The local backup is a rudimentary, plain file copy, and your sole option is to choose the drive partition (C, D, or whatever) it should reside on. But that’s fine for taking care of your most important data, and the payoff is that you can manage your backup from within a single interface.

Otherwise, Mozy has not changed much. Cloud backup includes automatic file selection, open file backup, user definable backup sets with filtering, and versatile scheduling. It is an excellent service backed by industry giant EMC, and it works smoothly in the background to protect your data. Ultimately the less than lovely interface is of far less consequence than the increased functionality.

How To Customize Blogger Title Between Head Title And Post Title

noreply@blogger.com (Saimoom) — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 12:42:00 +0000

This a simple tutorial for blogger. This trick helps you to move and customize your blogger blog title between your main blog title and your post title, and this one also helps you to show your blog post address(s) beautiful in search engine results.

For understanding better see below images-

Example in Search Engine:

>Before

>After

Example in Browser Title:

>Before

>After

Now, lets do it.

1. Go to Blogger.com and login.
2. Now go to Design > Edit HTML
3. Press Ctrl+F and find this below code from your templete.

<title><data:blog.pageTitle/></title>

4. And replace this code with this below code.

<b:if cond='data:blog.pageType == &quot;item&quot;'>
<title><data:blog.pageName/> | <data:blog.title/> | </title>
<b:else/>
<title><data:blog.pageTitle/></title>
</b:if>

5. Finally click Save Templete.

Thats it. Enjoy!

Top Ten Free Android Applications

noreply@blogger.com (Saimoom) — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 07:52:00 +0000

AppManager

App Manager is free and it is Tools and Utility based. This application developer name is “zx128”. App Manager supports with Android 1.5 or later versions. App Manager puts several key file management features at your fingertips: It serves as an application backup tool, and it can either selectively copy individual applications or copy every application that’s on your phone to your microSD card. In addition, it displays valuable information about installed apps, including each application’s version number, installation date, and protection status, and both the total and the free storage space remaining on the phone and on the microSD card. Application Manager lets you sort the list of applications by name, by size, or by application installation date. ln AppManager’s main window, accompanying the icon and name of each installed app, are its version number, its installed size, and its date of installation. AppManager’s greatest strength is its backup feature. You can choose to back up only the new applications, or everything. This versatility helps if you are not sure whether a new feature in an application’s upgrade is going to cause a problem. Back up the existing application before you upgrade, and then revert to the older version if you do not like what you find.

Astrid Task / To-do list

Astrid Task is free and it is a Productivity application. Task supports with Android 1.5 or later versions. Astrid Task is a useful tool designed to Synchronize not only with your calendar but also with the popular online task manager Remember the Milk, Astrid Task organizes your to do list by prioritized colored tabs and lets you check off items once they are finished. When you open Astrid, you immediately encounter an entry field for introducing tasks. Once you have added, tasks appear in a list that is organized by the date and time you set for them to be completed. Astrid offers quite a few options for each task entry. You can set the importance of the assignment, add any necessary tags, estimate how long it will take to complete the job, and attach notes to the new task.
The organization was reasonably intuitive; in use, we found it best to complete all editing on a task first and then press the Save button (pressing Save always takes you back to the original task list, not back to the previous editing screen).
Though we did End some minor flaws in Astrid Task, this application provides a wide enough array of options that even procrastinators can get things done.

Google Sky Maps

Google Sky Map developed and designed by the most popular search engine “Google” and its price is free, supports with Android 1.5 or later. Google Sky Map’s category is Reference. A virtual planetarium at your fingertips, Google Sky Maps may be the coolest application in the entire Android Market.
Using both GPS and your Android phone’s internal accelerometer and compass, Sky Maps determines the position in which you are holding the phone and then displays a live map of the planets, stars, and constellations on the phone’s screen.
Simply hold the phone as if you were taking a picture of the sky, and Sky Maps will display the portion of the sky directly behind the phone on the screen.
Can not figure out the name of a particular constellation? Point the back of the phone toward that part of the sky, and Sky Maps will identify it for you. If you’ve ever gazed up at a bright celestial body and wondered, “Is that a star or a planet?” Sky Maps will clear up your confusion as easily as if you were carrying a little stellar cartography department in your pocket, the application does get confused occasionally when it can’t determine whether the phone is being oriented horizontally or vertically (such as when you point it straight up at the zenith of the sky).

Google Voice

Google Voice also an application under “Google” Company, price is totally free, this application level is Communication. It also supports Android 1.5 or later latest versions. Google Voice for Android is the mobile phone interface for a free Google service that merges voice telephony into Google’s near instantaneous information delivery system.
With the Android application in place, you can use Google Voice to make phone calls or send SMS messages via your Google Voice phone number. Google Voice has lots of nifty features that a typical phone service doesn’t. For instance, if you receive a call to your Google Voice number on your handset, you can opt to send the call to voice-mail and then listen to the message as it is being recorded in almost real time.
When the caller finishes the voice-mail message, the service sends both a transcript containing the text of that message and an audio file to the Google Voice application.
Messages you save on your Android phone can’t survive a factory reset, but they remain available on the Web based service. It’s a drawback, but a small price to pay for free U.S. phone calls.

Last.fm

Last.fm application’s developer name is ”Last.fm” section is Music; price is free, supports with Android 1.5 or later versions. Music geeks and Android lovers, unite! Last.fm is an across-the-board great application and it comes filled with pleasant surprises to boot. For example, during our testing of the application, when Last.fm played a Sonic Youth song, a banner superimposed on the upper right corner of the album artwork declared, On Tour. "The On Tour button leads to an artist bio, a similar artist tab, tags, fans, and events. The events information displays all nearby shows where the artist is playing, along with relevant dates and venues.
Last.fm also supports background streaming, so you can continuously listen while you use other features of your phone. It lacks a pause button, but that’s the only shortcoming I found.

Meebo IM

Application name is Meebo IM, developer “Meebo”, compatibility: Android 1.5 or later versions and don’t worry about price it’s free. It’s a communication based application. As a Web based tool, Meebo IM gives you the flexibility that client based tools like Android’s own IM application can’t.
The Meebo Android application lets you add a subset of your IM accounts including AIM, Google Talk, ICQ, and Yahoo Messenger. The Web based Meebo, however, support 54 different instant messaging services and social networks (at last count). If you a want to use more accounts, you will have to log in to Meebo through a regular Web browser on a computer and add your other IM accounts from there. Then, the next time you log in to the Meebo Android application, all of your accounts and friend lists will appear in the mobile application.
Faced with spotty network coverage, you may find that your IM accounts constantly lose connection and log you out. But if you need to stay in touch over IM, Meebo is among the best of the Android IM clients, free or paid that you can use.

My Maps Editor

This application created by “Google”, price is free, supports with Android 1.5 or later versions. Category is Travel. Application Location based applications have been booming lately, and Google’s My Maps Editor is one of the best. A free application that allows users to create and share personalized maps, My Maps Editor is intuitive, smooth and useful.
When we used the application to create a map for a fictitious pub crawl through San Francisco, My Maps Editor made it easy to add markers at the starting point, draw lines between locations, and add details for each marker.
The only trouble we encountered was in trying to add a photo to a marker none of the ones we tried would load. Other aspects of this application make it indispensable, however. For one, it synchronizes automatically with Google Maps, which makes taking your desktop maps along with you very easy.

Splash ID

Splash ID is an application which is developed by “Splash Data”. Price is only $10. Its category is Tools and Utilities. Splash ID also supports with Android 1.5 or later versions. Splash ID acts as a universal, secure data storage utility for Web user accounts and passwords, frequent flyer programs, birthdays, Email accounts, and myriad other data types. You can create accounts and then group them together under categories with names like “Serial Numbers” or "Web Logins” and further classify them into Business, Personal, or Unfilled subcategories.
We did have a gripe with regard to its synchronization. Wireless synchronizing with a computer is not an entirely automatic process, and it requires you to know the IP address of your desktop or laptop. But that’s a minor technical hurdle; it should not cause most users to stumble.

Sports Tap

It’s an Entertainment level application. Price is free; developer is “Mobile1Sports.” Compatibility with Android 1.5 or later versions. A solid combination of slick graphics and snappy functionality distinguishes Sports Tap as a sports fanatic’s mobile companion. Once downloaded, it provides frequent score and results updates for major sports, all within an interface that is fairly easy to navigate.
The main screen provides icons for prominent sports leagues as well as shortcuts to leading college and international professional sports. In addition to installing the Android application itself, you can embed a Sports Tap widget for scrolling through scores and schedules from your phone’s desktop.
You can choose favorite teams, and selection promotes them to the top of your screen when you view a list of scores. If you are on the road, selecting Local Tap will take advantage of your phone’s network and/or GPS locator capabilities to list scores and schedules of sporting events within 50, 100 or 200 miles of your location. I found that most of the functions and settings in Sports Tap work just fine, but some smaller text only links may be hard to poke if you have large fingers.

Tweetcaster Beta

A social networking application, developer “Handmark” price is free, supports with Android 1.5 or later versions. How many Twitter applications do you actually need to have? The answer: One Tweetcaster Beta. This application does everything that a Twitter user could want, and its interface is both intuitive and easy on the eyes. Once you are signed in and ready to go, Tweetcaster will take you to your home page, with tabs along the top for the feed, inbox, @ replies, favorites, and lists. Above the tabs is an arrow that you can use to change the view between Twitter accounts or to view Trends or nearby tweets.
When you post a new Tweet, you can geotag it, shrink a URL, add a picture, or include a username. Tapping on any user pulls up the person’s bio, Followers / Following / Favorites numbers, tweets in a feed, messages, favorites, and lists. Tapping on someone else’s tweet gives you several options. You can open the URL, post an @ reply, mark it as a favorite, or retweet.

Get Free Facebook SMS Notification in Bangladesh

noreply@blogger.com (Saimoom) — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 05:43:00 +0000

We all know Facebook is the most popular social network in the world. As like other country its also popular in Bangladesh. So that everyone try to connect with Facebook every moment, but its impossible to stay in Facebook always. For this reason Facebook has a nice service. "Facebook Mobile Notification" But we all know that Bangladesh is not listed in Facebook. So what... You also can get your Facebook notification in your GrameenPhone and Banglalink mobile phone for free of charge. Wanna try this? Let's see...

First go to your Facebook log in page and log in with your ID and password.

Go to Account settings. Select Mobile tab.

Now send a SMS (Short Message Service) from your GrameenPhone or Banglalink number like this formula.
Write fb and send it to 2555 for GarmeenPhone user.
Write fb and send it to 32665 (FBOOK) for Banglalink user.

You'll get a conformation SMS with a code within 24 hours. When you'll get the conformation SMS go to your Facebook again and select Already received a confirmation code? Now paste your conformation code in the box and click Confirm. Now select which notifications you wanna to get via mobile SMS and other settings as your like. Finally select Save preferences.
That's all. Enjoy.

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View, Print, and Backup PC’s Driver

noreply@blogger.com (Saimoom) — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 17:57:00 +0000

Documents? Check. Photo and music libraries? Check. Drivers? Hmm… better double check. Even if you are religious about backing up important data, I’ll wager that you have never thought to back up your drivers.

That’s an oversight. After all, if your system suffers a meltdown, you will need video, mouse, printers and other drivers to get everything up and running again. Driver discs always go missing when you need them the most.

Double Driver 4.0 (Download Link) makes fast and very easy work of saving your drivers. The utility scans your machine, detects and selects the drivers that native (that is, are not part of the operating system) and lets you back them up to any kind of storage, a USB drive, a network folder, and so on.

I particularly like the output options. You can save the drivers in a structured folder (in which each driver gets its own sub-folder) a compressed folder (good if you are saving to say, a space challenged flash drive) or a self-executable file (which will automatically restore every driver when you run it).

The application also lets you print a list of your installed drivers and or save the list as a text file. Both could come in mightily handy if you happen to lose the backup itself.

What I like best about Double Driver, apart from its being free, is that it’s a portable application. You have nothing to install the program can run just as easily from a flash drive as it can from your desktop.

Ultimately, it belongs on everyone’s list of must have (and must use) utilities. Take a few minutes, and make a driver backup, the system you save could be your own.

Download Link

How to Customize Windows 7 Interface

noreply@blogger.com (Saimoom) — Sat, 11 Sep 2010 17:19:00 +0000

Windows 7 is a good operating system, but you might find some of its features incompatible with your work style. Here are three tips for altering the interface to better match your preferences.

Restore the Classic ‘All Programs’ Menu

Vista offers the option of restoring that "classic" Start menu, but Windows 7, inexplicably, doesn’t. Fortunately, you have at least two ways to accomplish this: one, a simple Registry tweak; the other, a shareware utility. I'll start with the latter, since it’s arguably the easier of the two. Classic Start Menu Pro replaces the Windows 7 Start menu with just what you'd expect. Install and run the utility, and then click Start for a blast from the XP past.

Classic Start Menu also takes advantage of Windows' Aero features, so you get some of the best of both worlds. Unfortunately, the app is nagware for the 30-day trial period; it will cost you $20 to own free and clear. If you'd prefer a free alternative, you can modify Windows 7 so that the Favorites menu becomes an XP-like Programs menu.

1. Click Start, type regedit, and press Enter.
2. Navigate to the HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders key.
3. Double click the Favorites entry, and replace the existing path with C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\WIndows\Start Menu\Programs.
4. Move to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders, and repeat step 3.
5. Exit Regedit, and than restart your PC.

Now, when you click Start, you should see a Programs menu on the right side. Mouse over to see the fly-out menu of yore. (If you don’t see it, Right-click Start, and click Properties. In the Start Menu tab, click Customize. Scroll down to the Favorites menu entry, click its check box, and then click OK, OK.)

Restore the Classic Control Panel in Windows 7

First, allow me to champion the new Control Panel for a moment specifically, its search capabilities. For example, suppose that I want to adjust the settings for my mouse. All I have to do is click in the Search Control Panel field (in the upper right) and type mo. The first thing that it shows me is the Mouse category, along with numerous options. I can click an option or keep typing; if I want to modify the mouse-wheel settings, for instance, I type mouse wheel. That said, if you really want the old XP-style Control Panel, just click the View by menu (located in the upper-right corner, below the Search field), and then choose Large icons. The result isn’t exactly the same, but it's close. And the Search option still works.

Show More Icons in the Windows 7 System Tray

The Windows system tray is a necessary evil. It shows status icons for system elements (like volume and network connections) and programs running in the background. Until Windows 7, controlling what did and didn’t appear in the system tray was challenging at best. Now, Microsoft has made it easy to choose what you see. Start by clicking the small white arrow at the left edge of the system tray. You’ll see any icons that aren't currently configured to appear full time in the tray. Click Customize for a list of all the Notification Area Icons. Click the drop down menu next to one of them, and you get three choices: ‘Show icon and notifications', 'Hide icon and notifications, and ‘Only show notifications' Notice that any changes you make are implemented immediately (no clicking Apply or OK required). Obviously your changes won’t be permanent until you do click OK; this just gives you a chance to see what your system tray will look like before you finalize it.

Can You Really Belive Facebook Privacy

noreply@blogger.com (Saimoom) — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 18:49:00 +0000

Responding to yet another user uproar, Facebook recently made efforts to simplify its privacy controls and introduce some other welcome changes. They are good steps to take but considering that Facebook had to be forced to respect users basic wishes regarding their own information, it suggests a serious disconnect in how the company and its users view privacy.

In January, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg had said that his company was updating its systems to "reflect what the current social norms are." So when Facebook announced in April that it would automatically enroll users into new features such as Instant Personalization which handed users publicly available Facebook info to selected Websites that users visited the implication was that users wishes, not the company’s bottom line, prompted the move from a largely private system shared only with approved friends to a largely public system that freely gave data to search engines, marketing companies, and anyone else who wanted it.

Facebook Users Revolt

The shift suggests that, according to Facebook, the current social norm is to share everything with everyone. But many users clearly disagree, judging from the spike in the number of people searching in Google for "delete Facebook
account"

In May, reacting to complaints, Facebook drastically simplified its labyrinthine privacy controls. Instead of having to sift through as many as 50 settings and 170 options users see a chart outlining which info is shared with everyone, with friends of friends, or with friends only. Just as important, Zuckerberg says that the company will no longer arbitrarily change those settings when new controls or features are added.

Good moves. But it's beyond me as to why any business would have to be forced to acknowledge that reversing a user‘s privacy control changes to make previously personal information public is a bad idea.

If you’re willing to stick with Facebook to see if the clue-bat whacking takes hold this time, try a tool that can hedge your bets. Originally made to assist with the previous sorry maze of privacy controls, a bookmark let from ReclaimPrivacy.org can scan your settings and report whether you might be sharing more than you'd like. Its creator, Web developer Matt Pizzimenti, says his organization will be keeping the tool updated to scan the newly simplified settings as well as any future controls, in part because he believes that the current defaults are still too open for comfort.

Wondering what the fuss is about? Data mining firms are vacuuming up this now public information for marketing and advertising databases. One company, Marketo.com, offers to "monitor what prospects say on social sites" for use with sales leads.

Photo Utility Does It All

noreply@blogger.com (Saimoom) — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 17:21:00 +0000

Looking for an all in one application for managing, viewing, and performing basic editing on your photos? ACDSee Photo Manager 12 conveniently organizes every photo tool you’ll need.

Photo Manager 12 finds and displays all photos in a folder almost instantaneously. You can examine photos in an Explorer style view, along with a more detailed view of the highlighted thumbnail; the app also provides lots of data about each image, including aperture data, focal length, file size, image type, and shutter speed. You can sort, group, and filter your photos in just about any way you want.

Photo Manager 12 also lets you add keywords to photos, import photos from your camera, create your own categories, and search by keyword or another criterion to find photos fast. The included editing tools are designed for simplicity rather than power, but for basic tasks such as red-eye removal, exposure adjustments, sharpening, cropping, and blurring, Photo Manager 12 does a fine job. At $70, ACDSee Photo Manager 12 isn’t exactly cheap, but it’s a winner. Looking for an all in one application for managing, viewing, and performing basic editing on your photos? ACDSee Photo Manager 12 conveniently organizes every photo tool you’ll need.

Photo Manager 12 also lets you add keywords to photos, import photos from your camera, create your own categories, and search by keyword or another criterion to find photos fast.

The included editing tools are designed for simplicity rather than power, but for basic tasks such as red-eye removal, exposure adjustments, sharpening, cropping, and blurring, Photo Manager 12 does a fine job.

At $70, ACDSee Photo Manager 12 isn’t exactly cheap, but it’s a winner.

GTX 3D Graphics Card For Desktops

noreply@blogger.com (Saimoom) — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 09:48:00 +0000

N-Vidia has lunched an inexpensive graphics card, the GeForce GTX 465, which may bring 3D movies to PCs.

The graphics card is targeted at desktop machines and priced at $279. The hardware is capable of decoding 3D Blu-ray content, which could enhance 3D movie playback on PCs, nVidia says.

In addition, the GTX 465 can enhance gaming through its hardware support for DirectX 11, a Microsoft technology that makes graphics in Windows 7 seem both smoother and more realistic, the company says.

The graphics card is the cheapest yet that uses nVidia’s latest Fermi graphics processor micro architecture. In March, nVidia announced the GTX 480 and GTX 470 chips, which are priced at $499 and $379, respectively.

Eager to bring 3D gaming and movie-watching to PCs, nVidia is working with system manufacturers, including gaming PC makers Cyber Power and Digital Storm, to build 3D desktops. nVidia also sells 3D Vision glasses.

Mini Digital Video Camera

noreply@blogger.com (Saimoom) — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 17:38:00 +0000

Built for life on the move. Mini digital video camera records full color AVI video files with 720X480 resolutions. Manual or sound activated recording. 2GB Micro SD card holds up to 40 minutes of recorded video. Easily transfer files and recharge the battery via USB cable. Mini camera includes silicon cover and mounting brackets: belt, magnetic and wall mount.

Specifications:

Product Length: 2.0 inches. Product Width: 0.5 inches. Product Height: 1.0 inches. Product Weight: 0.3 lbs. Battery Requirements: Rechargeable Lithium-ion.

Features:

Make video at the push of a button.

This mini video camera and digital recorder is housed in a durable shock-resistant casing and is perfect for life on the move. Shoot videos of bike rides, runs, sports, hand gliding, skiing, skating, car trips, holidays and more.

Our Mini Digital Camera makes it easy to back up and save.

Includes a 2GB Micro SD card for up to 25 minutes of digital recording time and uploads to a PC easily using a USB cable. Simple to recharge and use. Build in camera battery lasts 60 minutes and recharges via USB port.

Mini Digital Video Camera features:

* Mini 0.8 oz video camera.
* 720X480 resolution.
* Sound activated recording.
* 2GB Micro SD card.
* USB charging cable.
* Wall, magnetic and belt mounting brackets.
* Software CD.
* Silicon cover.