There are like hundreds and thousands of Twitter applications right now, and new ones are popping up daily. There are many interesting ones, but not all are clean and legit.

Many Twitter apps which claim to get you followers quickly, actually spam using your accounts with links and to market their own products.

Incase you’ve signed up for such an application and want to get rid of it, Twitter has given the flexibility to block such apps from your account. You can easily revoke their access to your account.

How to Revoke Access to Twitter Applications

Before following the steps below, I’d recommend you to change your password first.

• After logging in Twitter, Go to Settings.
• Then go to the Connections page.
• Now from there, revoke access to applications you don’t want.

Once you do this, the application that has been spamming using your account should stop doing it.

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How to Revoke Access to Twitter Applications

Facebook for iPhone app is one of the most downloaded and popular app in the App Store. Why? Because Facebook users with iPhone or iPod Touch can do almost everything from their handsets with this Facebook app for iPhone.

Today, a Facebook employee posted a note on Facebook announcing the new Facebook  app for iPhone 3.0. It’s been a long time since the Facebook app got a major upgrade another than language updates.

Facebook for iPhone 3.0 will go through a major upgrade with almost everything revamped (atleast, that’s what the screenshot shows). Not ll major features will be added in this release. Some have been saved for the iPhone 3.1 release too.

Facebook for iPhone 3.0 Features

In that note on Facebook, a list of 15 new features was also posted telling us what we’ll see in the next big Facebook app update.

1. The “new” News Feed
2. Like
3. Events (including the ability to RSVP)
4. Notes
5. Pages
6. Create new photo albums
7. Upload photos to any album
8. Zoom into photos
9. Easier photo tagging
10. Profile Pictures albums
11. A new home screen for easy access to all your stuff, search, and notifications
12. Add your favorite profiles and pages to the home screen
13. Better Notifications (they link to the comments so you can reply)
14. Quickly call or text people right from the Friends page
15. Messages you are typing will be restored if you quit or are interrupted by a phone call

Like you can see, Push Notifications are missing. But that have been said to be included in the iPhone 3.1 update.

There is no specific release date announced for this app because the app is still 98% completed. But we’ll be notified once it gets submitted to Apple for review.

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Facebook App for iPhone 3.0 Announced

When it comes to free file hosting, MediaFire is my favourite host due to several reasons. First, it has no file download limits. And best of all, we can download multiple files using download managers,

The most popular file host, Rapidshare, doesn’t offer all this for free so that gives MediaFire a plus point. Even though you can use any of your favourite download managers, but here’s one I found that might be inetersting to you all.

JDownloader is a free download manager, designed for free file hosts like MediaFire, RapidShare, MegaUpload etc to download files off these free file hosts quickly and in parellel. It also supports captcha recognition, automatical file extraction and much more.

Using JDownloader is very easy. Just add your MediaFire links from the ‘Add URL” menu and it will automatically start downloading your files with multiple connections. And guess what? YouTube fans can also download YouTube videos and Mp3 files with JDownloader.

JDownloader comes for all platforms i.e Windows, Linux, Mac.

Download JDownloader

You can download JDownloader, Mediafire download manager from here: Download JDownloader

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Download Manager for MediaFire File Hosting

Mozilla today released Firefox 3.5 for download. I’ve been following up the development from quite some time by trying almost all beta releases and all I could say is that it’s just got faster than ever!

Several new features have been added, “Private Browsing” being one of the major additions. Many improvements have been made to support the latest web technologies.

Firefox can now view pages way faster than before using very less memory.

New Features:

Private Browsing: Surf the Web without leaving a single trace.

Super Speed: View Web pages way faster, using less of your computer’s memory.

Web Technologies: Firefox now supports HTML5 <video> tags.

Firefox 3.5 Extensions Compatibility

Several plugins have been known to break in the latest Firefox 3.5. You can easily get rid of this by following up the tutorial on how to force-enable incompatible plugins here.

Download Firefox 3.5

You can download the latest Firefox 3.5 from here: Download Firefox 3.5

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Firefox 3.5 Released, Download Now

This is not the first time I’m saying that Adobe Reader is very slow. PDF documents are commonly opened by Adobe Reader, the most popular PDF Reader right now, but it takes time to startup and is very slow.

I’ve always looked for the best and fastest applications I use for whatever work. And in case of PDF readers, I mostly prefer webapps for handling such documents like .DOC, .PPT etc. But for people looking for a simple desktop PDF reader, I’ve found a great app!

Sumatra PDF is a free PDF reader which is really slim, light and open-source. This freeware has a very minimalistic design which has concentrated on it’s simplicity rather than adding tons of features that are not commonly used, yet serves the basic purpose of allowing users read PDF documents.

Related: Foxit Reader: The Best Free PDF Reader

This little freeware starts up very fast and is very small in size. It has been designed for USB drives so users can carry it on any portable device.

A must-have application for those who read PDF format files a lot while on the go. You’ll don’t have to depend on web apps like Google Docs.

Download Sumatra PDF

You can download this freeware PDF reader from here: Download Sumatra PDF

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Sumatra PDF, Simple and Light PDF Reader

Along with the release of Kaspersky Antivirus (KAV) 2010, Kaspersky Labs also released their premium security suit called Kaspersky Internet Security 2010.

It provide all the tools, features, services that one needs to have for a complete safe and secure internet experience, whether home or in office. Including the technology and all the features of Kaspersky Antivirus 2010 are also in it.

The same goes for KIS 2010, that the first thing you will notice is the new and improved interface nad a new feature called “Gaming Profile” which disables all notifications and alerts while you play games. This can be enabled from the application settings.

Kaspersky Internet Security 2010 Features

New Features:

• Unique Safe Run Mode for questionable applications and websites
• Kaspersky Toolbar for Internet browsers to warn you about infected or unsafe websites
• Special Game Mode to suspend alerts, updates and scans while you play

Improved Features:

• Security Application Monitor to give you full picture on programs installed on your PC
• Identity Information Controller to give valuable data an extra layer of protection
• Advanced identity theft protection, including improved secure Virtual Keyboard
• Urgent Detection System to stop fast emerging threats
• Next generation proactive protection from zero-day attacks and unknown threats

Download Kaspersky Internet Security 2010 Trial

You download Kaspersky 2010 trial version from here: Download Kaspersky Internet Security 2010.

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Download Kaspersky Internet Security 2010 Trial

We all know that Microsoft will start selling Windows 7  from October 22nd, but we didn’t had any confirmations on what the pricing will be like.

Early rumours said that Microsoft will offer free upgrade to Windows 7 for Vista users, but that was all proved wrong with the latest pricing announced.

When compared with the retail pricing from what Windows Vista started, there is a much notable difference in them. I have given the prices of Windows 7 upgrade and retail versions below, where you can judge yourself whether Windows 7 is really worth buying right now or you should wait for the first price drop from Microsoft.

Upgrade Version Prices

• Windows 7 Home Premium: $119.99
• Windows 7 Professional: $199.99
• Windows 7 Ultimate: $219.99

Retail Version Prices

• Windows 7 Home Premium: $199.99
• Windows 7 Professional: $299.99
• Windows 7 Ultimate: $319.99

If you’re wondering what is Windows 7 Professional, it is, what is currently called Business edition for Windows Vista.

Pre-Order Windows 7 and Save Upto 50%

And another good news for people who want to purchase Windows 7 is that you can now pre-order your copy of Windows 7 and save up to 50% in the Home Premium and Professional editions. Here is a quick summary via ArsTechnica of how and what price-cuts will be offered for pre-ordering Windows 7 in the following countries.

• US: Windows 7 Home Premium ($49.99) and Windows 7 Professional ($99.99)
• Canada: Windows 7 Home Premium ($64.99) and Windows 7 Professional ($124.99)
• Japan: Windows 7 Home Premium (¥7,407) and Windows 7 Professional (¥14,073)
• UK: Windows 7 Home Premium (£49.99) and Windows 7 Professional (£99.99)
• France and Germany: Windows 7 Home Premium (€49.99) and Windows 7 Professional (€109.99)

You can pre-order a copy of Windows 7 from retailers like Best Buy and Amazon or online from Microsoft Store.

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Microsoft Announces Windows 7 Prices

Kaspersky Labs yesterday announced the public and full release of Kaspersky Antivirus 2010. Kaspersky v9 is the latest in the popular antivirus franchise by Kaspersky Labs.

It’s beta version has already been up for sometime now, but I never tested it as I was really happy with my current Kaspersky Internet Security 2009.

But the latest Kaspersky Antivirus v9 is a must try for all Kaspersky fans! There are several new features added in the latest version. First feature to start off with is the new and improved interface of Kaspersky Antivirus 2010 v9. Read more about it’s new and improved features below.

Kaspersky Antivirus 2010 Features

New Features:

• Kaspersky Toolbar for Internet browsers to warn you about infected or unsafe websites
• Special Game Mode to suspend alerts, updates and scans while you play

Improved Features:

• Basic identity theft protection, including improved secure Virtual Keyboard
• Urgent Detection System to stop fast emerging threats
• Next generation proactive protection from zero-day attacks and unknown threats

Kaspersky Antivurs 2010 Trial

You download Kaspersky 2010 trial version from here: Download Kaspersky Antivirus 2010

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Kaspersky Antivirus 2010 Officially Released

Adobe has announced that they will be releasing a new and updated version of Flash Player for most of the smartphone OS, which includes Symbian-based S60 devices, Android, Palm webOS and Windows Mobile platforms.

They are expecting to release the beta version of Flash Player 10 in October at Adobe MAX 2009. This announcement was made by the president of Adobe, Shantanu Narayen.

Adobe is giving full priority in getting Flash support in all the smartphone platforms. Although, they haven’t said anything about adding Flash support in iPhone OS and BlackBerry.

Flash Player 10 will enable users to experience the latest web standards on your cell phones. The first devices to have Flash Player 10 will be shipped in 2010.

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Flash Player 10 Beta for Symbian, Android, webOS

Yesterday, I reviewed  a great application to backup your Facebook profile, friends and photos etc. called SocialSafe (full review).  It’s not a freeware like the rest we share here, but a worth-review paid, inexpensive application.

SocialSafe costs only $2.99, but even then the SocialSafe team has been kind enough to offer few license keys for free for Sizzled Core readers.

How to get it?

Well, since the license keys are limited, I’ll be giving it away randomly to about 20 people. No, don’t worry. I won’t ask you to jump off a cliff in order to participate ;)

Simply drop a comment below with your name and email address, and you will be in for the SocialSafe license key giveaway contest!

This is a great chance for people who don’t have a PayPal account, but want to purchase SocialSafe to backup their Facebook accounts. Remember, each license key will allow you to use SocialSafe on two computers.

Comments section closes down tomorrow :)

Update: More free license keys might be added.

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SocialSafe, Free License Key Giveaway

Ultrasn0w for iPhone 3G was released a few hours ago for public. The Dev Team has given no hints for the version of Ultrasn0w for iPhone 3GS.

There are no direct download or torrent links to download Ultrasn0w. The package has been uploaded on Cydia where all users with jailbroken iPhone 3G’s can download it.

How to Install and Unlock iPhone 3G 3.0

Here are some simple steps that you should follow to install and unlock your iPhone 3G 3.0. Make sure you create a backup of your device from iTunes before attempting the unlocking procedure.

1. Ensure you have upgraded to iPhone OS 3.0
2. Jailbreak your iPhone 3G using Redsn0w or PwnageTool (this will also install Cydia/Icy)
3. Run Cydia or Icy
4. Please add the repo repo666.ultrasn0w.com to Cydia or Icy
5. Search for ‘ultrasn0w’ in Cydia or Icy and install Ultrasn0w
6. Reboot your iPhone 3G
7. T-Mobile USA users should disable 3G before using ultrasn0w
8. Enjoy!

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How to Install and Unlock iPhone 3G 3.0

Just a couple of days ago we wrote about the iPhone 3G 3.0 unlocking tool called Ultrasn0w, which was suppose to release anytime now and guess what, the wait is finally over!

About two hours ago, the Dev Team announced the availability of Ultrasn0w, the tool to unlock iPhone OS 3.0 on iPhone 3G.

iPhone users with unlocked handsets have been desperately waiting for this unlock tool to release so they could also enjoy the latest firmware 3.0 on their iPhone. Ultrasn0w has been released on Cydia, which means you must have a jailbroken iPhone in order to unlock it.

This tool won’t work with unlocked iPhone 3GS yet. For that, users with the new iPhone 3GS will have to wait a bit more for the Dev Team to release it.

We, at Sizzled Core, will post about the unlock tool for iPhone 3GS as soon as it hits online. Keep checking back or subscribe to our RSS feeds for the updates.

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Unlock iPhone 3G 3.0 with Ultrasn0w

Most of us are addicted to online social networks like Facebook, Orkut, Hi5 etc. and for some managing an online social profile is now more important than keeping up with the one in real life.

Since no web service is infallible, you never know when your account might get hacked, deleted, suspended for false spamming or anything like that where you may lose important data, friends, uploaded photos etc.

We have already shared how you can backup your Twitter profile (followers), but there was no way to backup Facebook profile, until today, when I came across the perfect tool to backup your Facebook profile.

SocialSafe is a backup tool for Facebook which allowws you to download your Facebook friends, photo albums, photos you are tagged in and all your profile info to view them offline or just make a backup.

We, at Sizzled Core, have always reviewed and shared free applications and tools which are always helpful and doesn’t even cost a penny from your pockets. SocialSafe isn’t free, but I think it’s a must-buy application for hardcore Facebook users having many friends and popular profiles and I think $2.99 is not a big price the application is asking for.

Features

• Download all your photo albums and photos you’re tagged in.
• Backup your friends and profile info.
• View and browse your Facebook profile offline.
• Let friends know that you’ve downloaded the photos.

This Adobe AIR-based application is really simple to use, and it’s one license can let you use this application on two machines. Since SocialSafe has just released, there is lots of room for new features to be added. For now, your Wall Posts in Facebook are not backed up, but in the next versions that feature will also be added. Another feature I’m looking forward to is the backup of your private messages. I hope they add that soon.

Where is the backup stored?

If you’re wondering where your backup gets stored on your computer, a quick view in the FAQs page found me the path for stored backup location in Windows and Mac.

• Windows: C:\Documents and Settings[USER_NAME]\Application Data\com.1minus1.SocialSafeXXXXXXXXX\Local Store\
• Mac: /Users/[USER_NAME]/Library/Preferences/ com.1minus1.SocialSafeXXXXXXXXX/Local Store

SocialSafe is available for both, Windows (XP, Vista, 7) and Mac OS X (Leopard and Tiger). The first 10,000 copies of SocialSafe are being sold for just $2.99, so I’d suggest you to better hurry up! Payments are done via PayPal.

Download SocialSafe

If you have already purchased a license, this application can be downloaded from here: Download SocialSafe.

Free License Giveaway

I’m giving away free SocialSafe license keys. Procede here on how to get them!

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Backup Facebook Profile with SocialSafe

It’s been almost five days since iPhone OS 3.0 was available for download for iPhone and iPod Touch. Since iPod Touch doesn’t require any unlocking, those users are saved from any hassle after the upgrade.

But as for unlocked iPhone users, they have to unlock it after the upgrade in order to use their iPhone. The Dev Team is famous for their tools on unlocking and jailbreaking iPhone.

Recently, after Apple announced iPhone 3GS and iPhone OS 3.0, the Dev Team began working on with the next version of iPhone unlocking tool called Ultrasn0w, previously known as Yellowsn0w. Ultrasn0w will support all iPhone firmwares up to 3.0, but Yellowsn0w supports only till iPhone firmware 2.2.1.

Ultrasn0w is expected to release sometime soon. For now we only have a teasing video by the Dev Team that shows Ultrasn0w unlocking the iPhone OS 3.0.

Download PwnageTool 3.0 to Jailbreak OS 3.0

Meanwhile, iPod Touch users can download PwnageTool 3.0 to jailbreak the OS 3.0.

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Ultrasn0w, to Unlock iPhone 3.0 Firmware

PwnageTool 3.0, the famous tool to jailbreak your iPhone and iPod Touch has been updated to version 3.0 and is now available for download! As Apple announced and released OS 3.0 and iPhone 3GS, the Dev Team also released Pwnage Tool 3.0 for Mac OS X.

QuickPwn for Mac OS X and Windows will also be released shortly. But for now, only Mac OS X users can enjoy jailbreaking their iPhone and iPod Touch.

PwnageTool 3.0 supports iPhone 2G and 3G, and all iPod Touch models. Without wasting any more time, catch the download links from below :)

Download PwnageTool 3.0 for Mac OS X

You can download PwnageTool 3.0 from the given links below. I have also added mirrors in case any link stops working.

Download PwnageTool 3.0: PwnageTool_3.0.dmg

Mirror: PwnageTool_3.0.dmg

Mirror 2: PwnageTool_3.0.dmg

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Download PwnageTool 3.0 to Jailbreak iPhone/iPod

Just like all the previous iPhone OS releases, an unlock software/trick has always been released soon after the official release of the iPhone firmware.

A few days ago we covered the Apple WWDC 2009 event where iPhone 3GS was announced. This iPhone is going to come pre-loaded with the new firmware 3.0.

The Dev Team Blog posted that they will be releasing Ultrasn0w, an updated version of Yellowsn0w, to unlock iPhone 3GS. So people, who are going to buy carrier-independent iPhone 3GS will have to wait a bit for the Dev Team to release it.

The Dev Team have posted some instructions for the existing iPhone and iPod Touch owners on how to unlock/jailbreak their devices using PwnageTool 3.0. Head over to their place,  and take a look.

Download PwnageTool 3.0 to Unlock iPhone OS 3.0

You can download PwnageTool from here: Download PwnageTool 3.0

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Unlock iPhone 3.0 with PwnageTool

The day is finally here. We all have been waiting for that ‘one’ major OS update from Apple, and its release date was recently announced at WWDC 2009 in San Francisco.

iPhone OS 3.0 was first shown in a Preview event for developers in March, and since then it has been in news with 100 new features that are going to be released with it for both, iPhone and iPod Touch. iPhone OS 3.0 beta was also leaked several times.

Features

The reason why this is called a major OS update for iPhone can be read below.

• Download content within apps
• Peer-to-peer Connectivity
• Support for external accessories
• Improved Maps app.
• Push Notifications for more apps
• Cut, copy and paste feature

You can read more about these iPhone OS 3.0 features here.

Download OS 3.0 for iPhone - iPod Touch

The direct download links can be found below.

Download OS 3.0 for iPhone 3G: iPhone1,1_3.0_7A341_Restore.ipsw

Download OS 3.0 for iPod Touch 2G

Direct links will be updated as soon as OS 3.0 hits the App Store. Keep checking back! ;)

Till we wait for the direct links, you can use iTunes 8.2 to update your iPhone or iPod Touch to OS 3.0.

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Download iPhone OS 3.0 Software Update

Most of us deal with compressed files almost daily. Popular extensions include ZIP of WinZip and RAR of WinRar which are commonly used. But if you see, both of these archive managers cost you some bucks to use.

PeaZip is an open-source, free archive manager to extract RAR files and also supports the most popular ZIP format, unlike their native applications that are not free.

And seriously, where will you find a freeware that supports Windows and Linux compression formats both - a total of 87 formats. PeaZip uses advanced compression and encryption standards and provides the flexibility of using it as standalone or portable application.

Some of its features are:

• Apply multiple search filters
• Create/extract multiple archives at once
• Create self-extracting archives
• Supports command line interface
• Save and bookmark archive’s layout
• Secure and multiple encryption standards

You can download PeaZip as a standalone or portable app so you can carry it anywhere in your USB drive.

Download PeaZip Archive Manager

You can download PeaZip for Windows and Linux from here: Download PeaZip.

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Extract RAR Files with PeaZip Archive Manager

As I mentioned earlier in one of my posts, today at WWDC 2009, iPhone 3GS wasn’t the only thing announced by Apple there. Several other announcements were also made like iPhone OS 3.0, the all new Snow Leopard, MacBook Pro etc.

Apart from these, a small presentation was also put up announcing the availability of the final version of Safari 4 for Windows and Mac.

Safari 4 Beta was released about four months ago for beta testers to try out. It was the fastest web browser and still claims it to be the “fastest browser on any platform.” Several new enhancements and improvements have been made since the beta.

Apple today released Safari 4, the world’s fastest and most innovative web browser. Available for Mac and Windows PCs and introduced as a beta in February of this year, Safari 4 features the Nitro engine which runs JavaScript up to 4.5 times faster than Safari 3. Safari 4 makes browsing more intuitive and enjoyable with innovative features, such as Top Sites, Full History Search and Cover Flow, and support for modern web standards like HTML 5 and advanced CSS Effects.

“The successful beta release helped us fine tune Safari 4 into an even better, faster version that customers are going to love,” said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing. “Safari is enjoyed by 70 million users worldwide and with its blazing fast speed, innovative features and support for modern web standards, it?s the best browser on any platform.”

Download Safari 4 for Windows & Mac

You can download Safari 4 for Windows and Mac from here: Download Safari 4.

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Safari 4 Released for Windows and Mac

After months of rumours and bits of leaked details of the upcoming iPhone, Apple finally announced the next iPhone and iPhone OS 3.0 today at WWDC 2009.

In this two-hour long event, Apple unveiled the new 13 and 15 inch MacBook Pro, Snow Leopard, Safari 4, iPhone OS 3.0 and the all new iPhone 3G[S].

In the last 15 minutes of today’s session of WWDC, Phil Schiller, Apple’s Vice President of Marketing, announced the new iPhone 3GS. The [S] in 3GS stands for Speed, which means the new iPhone is just as similar as the iPhone 3G, but now it’s much more faster and powerful than before!

Like we heard in the rumours, iPhone 3GS comes in two flavours of sizes - 16GB and 32GB and will already be pre-loaded with iPhone OS 3.0. Several features were announced for iPhone 3GS, which include:

• Better Camera: It has been upgraded to 3 megapixels with auto-focus and video recording and editing capabilities.
• Improved Performance: With an imporved RAM, processor speed and battery life, what more would one want from Apple.
• Graphics: iPhone 3GS includes graphics hardware to support the OpenGL|ES standard and faster 3D games.
• Voice Control: You can now talk to your iPhone telling it whome to call or what song to play by which ever artist.
• Battery Life: Like always, Apple has improved the battery life of the new iPhone which now supports up to 30 hours of music.

Of course, there were a lot more features announced like the all new Accessibility features, digital compass and Nike+ support.

The new iPhone 3GS will be available in the usual black and white colours and is priced at $199 for 16GB and $299 for the 32GB version. And the good, old iPhone 3G is now reduced to  $99 right from today!

The release date for iPhone 3GS in the US market is June 19th, though iPhone OS 3.0 will hit the App Store on June 17th.

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iPhone 3GS Announced By Apple

The WWDC 2009 day is finally here! And all Apple rumours will come to rest at the Worldwide Developers Conference which runs from June 8th to 12th in San Francisco.

This event kicks off at 10AM (Pacific Time) and for my readers in Pakistan, it starts at 11 PM tonight. Just like last year at WWDC 2008, the rumours are endless.

I have gathered a few sources where you can catch the event live. Check them out below.

WWDC 2009 Twitter Updates

There is still no live video streams available for the event, but you can always catch them later from the Apple website. On the other hand, Twitter fans can catch the event at

• @MacRumours
• @ArsWWDC

WWDC 2009 Live Keynote

There are many websites that are offering live keynote updates. Some of them are given below.

• ArsTechnica
• MacRumours
• The Apple Blog
• Gizmodo
• Engadget
• Mac Observer
• Textviff
• iPhone Alley
• Technologizer

Keep your fingers crossed for the announcement of iPhone 3.0! ;-)

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WWDC 2009 Live Keynote and Audio Streaming

Google announced yesterday, about the availability of it’s web browser, Chrome, for Mac OS X and Linux. It is the first official developer release of Chrome and is just for testing purposes for now.

Chrome was initially released for Windows back in September last year, and at that time Google promised a Mac and Linux version later.

Image Credit: ArsTechnica

Two weeks later, we saw a Mac and Linux port of the open-source browser project, Chromium (which powers Google Chrome). But that still was an unofficial release. Since then Google worked on an official version version of Chrome for Mac OS X and Linux.

The current Google Chrome release for Mac OS X and Linux is still very unstable and have quite a few missing security features and options, which of course will be fixed in the coming builds.

Mac and Linux users who were eager to get Chrome for their OS could definitely give this a try and help Google improve this browser with your feedback.

Download Google Chrome

You can download Chrome for Mac OS X and Linux from here: Chrome for Mac/Linux

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Chrome hits Mac OS X and Linux

What do you think is the best free text editor to open Microsoft Word (.doc) documents? In my opinion, Google Docs is, by far, the best one out there but that’s an online app.

If in any case you need to open a .doc file, when Internet is not available, Microsoft Word is the only option. Even though WordPad opens it too, but with very limited options and at times messes up the document.

Angel Writer is a free text editor that supports .doc files and comes with advance features equivalent to Microsoft Word - all packed in a freeware which is just 2MB in size.

Some of its features are:

• Create impressive documents with graphics and tables
• Easy interface like Microsoft Word
• It’s fast and only 2MB in size
• Very low memory footprint
• It’s absolutely free to use!

Most people who purchase Microsoft Office is just because of a couple of applications they often use, like Microsoft Word, Microsoft Powerpoint etc. People who just want Microsoft Word to open and make minor changes to .doc files should consider trying out Angel Writer, a Microsoft Word alternative.

Download Angel Writer

You can download this free text editor from here: Download Angel Writer

If not looking for Microsoft Word alternative, you can also try out a better notepad alternative.

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Angel Writer, Microsoft Word Alternative

As WWDC 2009 comes near, Apple has been making arrangments that its iPhone OS 3.0 launches all well. Today, they released an update to their media manager, iTunes 8.2.

This update was released for public this afternoon through Apple Software Update. It brings support for iPhone OS 3.0, bug fixes and many accessibility improvements.

An iPhone OS 3.0-compatible iTunes was being worked on since April 09 when the first pre-release iTunes 8.2 was released to developers to try it out with the updated iPhone OS 3.0 Beta 4.

This is not all, along with an iTunes update, Apple also updated its popular media player to QuickTime 7.6.2. This update is recommended for all QuickTime users because it comes with better security and overall compatibility improvements.

Both of these software updates can be download from Apple Software Update or from the official Apple iTunes and QuickTime website.

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iTunes 8.2 with iPhone OS 3.0 Support

There are several ways to retrieve your lost product key of Windows Vista, but the one I’m sharing today is the easiest method I have found yet. Just a small freeware.

I’m sure none of us like messing up with the registry and other important files when the same work can be done using a small tool, that won’t even require any installation.

WinGuggle is a free tool that retrieves lost Windows XP, Vista, 7 and Office product key. You can also use it to check your complete OEM information and even modify it including the logo. It’s features include:

• Recover Windows 7/Vista/XP and Office Product Key (CD Key)
• Change OEM Logo and Information Completely (Windows 7, Vista and XP)
• Change Performance Information and Tools OEM Logo (Windows 7 and Vista)
• Removing OEM Logo and Support Information in Windows 7/Vista/XP
• Manual and Automatic Backup of OEM Logo and Information Settings
• Reset to Default Restores the Original Settings
• Your Anti-Virus will not give any alarm message

This freeware is great if you want to easily backup your Windows information or change the current information when you buy an old or second hand computer.

Even though this tool doesn’t require any installations to use, but you need to have Microsoft .NET Framework installed (if on WIndows XP) in order to run it.

Download WinGuggle

You can download WinGuggle from here: Download WinGuggle

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Retrieve Lost Product Key in Windows

Bloggers with self-hosted WordPress blogs must have come across an issue where when you try to upload an image or any media using the uploader in WordPress, and WP fails to move the file to your ‘uploads’ directory.

This issue is quite common in WordPress 2.5 and onwards and reasons are still unknown. Sometimes it gets fixed by giving the 0777 file permissions to all files and folders in the uploads directory, sometimes it doesn’t.

I have compiled a list of few fixes that are known to fix the following error WP error.

“The uploaded file could not be moved to /home/abc/public_html/yoursite.com/wp-content/uploads.”

Method 1: From your WordPress, go to Settings > Miscellaneous. There you will see the text box for “Store uploads in this folder”. By default you should have “wp-content/uploads” entered there. If this is your ‘uploads’ folder, then try leaving the text box blank (for the default value) or enter the default value if it doesn’t have anything in it.

Method 2: Another way is to CHMOD all the folders in your uploads directory to 0777. This is just a temporary fix and won’t be of any use later. You will have to CHMOD the folder again next month.

Method 3: You can also try making a new ‘uploads’ directory. You can name the new one with something like ‘uploads’2 or anything similar and change the uploads directory location (as told in Method 1). Don’t rename the old ‘uploads’ directory, because if you do, all the previously images will break and I’m sure you wouldn’t want to edit each of your posts again.

Remember to CHMOD the ‘wp-content’ folder to 0755 and the ‘upload’ folder to 0777. I’m sure this would fix the uploading issue, but still there are no confimartions that these work for all. It may or may not work for you.

If you have any other fixes to get rid of this WP error, then do drop in a comment below and tell. I’ll include it here with the other methods.

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Fix for WordPress Image Upload Issue

Microsoft continues to tease us with a RC release of the upcoming operating system in the Windows franchise, Windows 7, which was released for public earlier this month on May 5th.

We have seen many Windows 7 transformation packs for XP and Vista but one for Linux is new to me. But unfortunately, it’s not for Ubuntu.

A designer, rmtux1345, at KDE-Looks.org have created a transformation pack that transforms your Kubuntu 9.04 into Windows 7. This guy here has worked pretty well in giving the maximum Windows 7 look and feel in Linux. Apart from looks, this pack also claims to make your Kubuntu work like Windows 7 in some areas.

Vistar7 includes  Windows 7 official wallpapers plus the ones included in beta release, user pictures, icons, all Windows 7 sound theme files, splash screens and three popular fonts from Microsoft.

rmtux1345 provides no support, updates or bug fixes for this transformation pack now. It was just created to show how similar Windows 7 interface is with KDE4.

Download Vistar7 Transformation Pack

To download and for more information regarding installation, you can do it from here: Download Vistar7 Transformation Pack

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Transform Kubuntu 9.04 to Windows 7

Twitter is still the most dominating micro-blogging service out there and continues to grow at an amazing rate. There are many Twitter profiles with thousands/millions of followers and could get way better if one starts making money out of his addiction i.e Twittering.

Previously, Magpie was the only service that allowed you to make money on Twitter. Then came TwittAd. Now there are two more services that I have included in the list below. There are no confirmations of their reliability, but the following monetizing services for Twitter looks promising.

Magpie

Magpie is the first ad network for Twitter where users can advertise to up to 5,500,000 followers on Twitter and publishers (twitterers) can post custom sponsored tweets to earn money. One thing I liked about this network is that you can Twitterers (publishers) who have their own product to promote can use their earnings to advertise it throough Magpie. Though this network looks really nice, your followers might get annoyed with the sponsored tweets you post.

TwittAd

If you have lots of followers or an active Twitter profile which people visit regularly to check for updates, then you can give TwittAd a try. This service provides Twitter users and advertisers the opportunity for product placement & website promotion on a Twitter user profile. You are asked to use one of the given profile backgrounds which have been optimized for ad places. TwittAd is only good if your profile page gets many visits/hits or it won’t be of any use as most people use desktop/mobile clients for updating Twitter.

Adf.ly

This ad network is a different one from the two mentioned above. Adf.ly is basically a URL shortening service that shrink long URLs to small, tiny ones. But in addition to that, Twitter users can also earn money for each visitor that visits the shortened links. A full page ad is displayed before getting to the original location of the link. These shortened links are not just for Twitter, infact you can also post them on Facebook, blogs, forums etc.

Adjix

Another similar service we have is Adjix which is also a URL shortening service, but display ads in a much better way than Adf.ly. Full page ads are ofcourse, annoying, and readers would never like to press that “Skip the Ad” button everytime they open a link shared you. Adjix just display a small text link ad in the header of whatever website you shortened. It doesn’t come in the way of your followers who just want to open and see where your link leads to. And you conveniently remove tha ad bar by clicking the small “Remove ad” link in the corner.

Out of all the 4 services mentioned above, I believe Adjix to be the winner because it does not come in the way of readers.

Have you tried other Twitter services/ad-networks that are better than the ones mentioned above? If yes, I would love to hear your experience with them. Do share with us below!

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4 Services to Make Money with Twitter

The race for the best and the fastest web-browsers never end, whether it’s the desktop version or mobile. In the past, we have covered two such mobile web-browsers, the infamous Opera Mini which was and is still the most popular mobile web-browser and Bolt.

When Fennec, Mozilla’s mobile web-browser for S60 devices, is just round the corner (or atleast we think that), we have a new contender to be the fastest browser. o3 - Ozone Browser, is a webkit-based browser with a very fast interface and nice features.

The S60 version was recently released which is still in its Alpha stage with a few glitches, but is quite stable and usable. It has several interesting features like multiple windows, slick zoom in/out, bookmarks management, popup blocker and much more. It also has advanced web technologies like high performance disk caching, Ajax, Javascript and HTML5 support, fast image decoding etc.

The interface is fast, but still needs a lot of polishing. Looks quite ugly in the current release. It uses very low memory, that means cell phones with 64MB of RAM can also run this. Since it is a direct-browser, which means it does not pass requests through a central server to reformat the pages. Ofcourse, that makes it slow but it is more safer than proxy-based browsers. O3 is slower than Opera Mini, but definitely faster than the native S60 browser based on webkit.

Features, that make this browser worthy of a try:

• Multiple windows
• Zooming and panning
• Website compatibility and rendering
• Ajax and Javascript Support
• Offline web apps support

Google assumes this browser to be iPhone because of the user agent it sends, so all Google services with iPhone-versions can be accessed with this browser on a S60 device! Some Google services with iPhone-enhanced interface includes Gmail, Reader, News etc.

Screenshots

Download Ozone O3 Browser

Ozone Browser can be downloaded for both S60 3rd Edition (FP1 and FP2) and UIQ devices. You can download it from here: Download Ozone Browser.

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Ozone Browser, New Nokia S60 Browser

In the past, all Nokia cameraphones used to have an option to turn on or off the camera shutter sound. But recently, they seem to have removed that option because of misuse of cameraphones in some places and privacy issues.

One way of turning the camera shutter sound off is by hacking into the firmware files and modifying the code. But why get into all that hassle when it can be done from a simple freeware?

cCam is one of those essential Nokia freewares which is a must-have for those who use their phone cameras a lot to take photos. There are places where you can’t go on taking photos with that annoying and loud shutter sound. So that’s where you use cCam.

This app takes photos without the flash and camera shutter sound and saves them in your images directory. For now, this app can only take photos. There are some known issues like the pre-flash doesn’t disable in some cases, but hopefully, it will be fixed in the future releases and I’m also expecting more options like better zoom in/out and photo size selection.

cCam works on all phones powered with Symbian S60 3rd Edition.

Download cCam S60 Application

You can download cCam from here: Download cCam

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Take Photos in Nokia Without Camera Shutter Sound

When doing a tutorial, what do you think will be more helpful, simple text or a video tutorial? Ofcourse, video tutorial will be a better choice as it can deliver instructions better than text.

For creating screen recordings, you need to find a good screencast application which not always comes free.

GoView.com lets you create screen recordings easily and quickly with minimal options and a simple taskbar icon to deal with. It automatically starts uploading the video to your GoView account after completing, where you can preview, add details and share the video link with your friends.

This startup definitely makes it to my list of favourite startups as it quite impressed me with the output quality it gave. I can even watch the screencast online in full screen (without any quality loss)

It is a very handy tools for making presentations or quick video tutorials that are to be shared online. More sharing features like embedding can be expected later.

Create quick and easy video recordings with GoView.com.

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GoView.com: Create Screencasts Easily

Searching images on the Internet is very easy and the first place that comes to our mind to look for images is our favourite Google Images. But being a photography lover, I believe some eye candy should always be there in the images.

Unfortunately, Google doesn’t serve you the best eye-candy images - even with their support for searching the depths of photo-sharing websites like Flickr. I’d recommend you try this nice app for searching images.

Ginipic is the app I use almost daily to find images of my need. It’s got a funny name and is quite fast with more options than you can find anywhere else.

You can refer it as the “mega giant” app for searching images, because it searches on all the photo-sharing and social networking sites like Facebook, deviantART, Fotolia, Picasa, Flickr, Stockxpert, Live Search, Dreamstime, Smumug and even our own local collection. Great, isn’t it?

Ginipic interface is very user friendly with no complicated options. It display results in the thumbnails of you own specified size. You can switch on to the full screen mode to get most of it. When a image is set to the preview it will show all its information including copyright and all its dimensions.

Images that you search can be later saved on your PC, used as wallpaper or share the picture by email, social networks easily through a toolbar located at the bottom of the interface. It works both with Windows XP and Vista.

You can also search Google’s collection of legendary images by LIFE Magazine using Ginipic.

Download Ginipic

You can download Giinipic from here: Download Ginipic

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Image Search Made Easy With Ginipic

iPhone OS 3.0 was announced a couple of days ago, and since then iPhone /iPod Touch users are crazy about trying out the latest firmware.

Wondering why? It has many of those features that users have been requesting Apple to add since firmware 2.0 was released and looks like Apple finally listened to many of them.

For now, iPhone 3.0 is only available to developers, but a nice developer has taken the initiative to leak it out on torrents. If you want to try it before the final release, you are more than welcome to download it from below.

Download iPhone OS 3.0 Torrent

You can download the leaked firmware from the link below

http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/4780862/IPHONE_OS_3.0_leaked_

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Download iPhone OS 3.0 Torrent Leak

Internet Explorer 8, which Microsoft has put into beta testing since more than a year now, has finally released a few minutes ago!

Microsoft has made sure everything goes on well, and has come out with the fastest Internet Explorer ever. Lots of performance improvements and security updates have been made. I’d recommend everyone to give it a try once!

Features Overview:

• Faster Internet Explorer 8 is more responsive with new pages and tabs, opening up fast and reliably. You can now get to the information you care about most, in fewer steps; one click access to your webmail, favorite news sites or other online services.
• Easier Reduce the steps to accomplish many common tasks, and automate your access to real time information updates. You can keep track of your favorite sports team, news, weather with a single click.
• More Private Helps protect your privacy and confidential information where ever you go on the web.
• More Secure Helps protect and stop malicious software from reaching your PC, and makes it easier to detect when a website is an imposter.

Or you can check out the IE8 features review done by us.

After using the beta and RC releases, I’m impressed how Microsoft has worked hard to put IE back into the browser-war! IE8 is available for Windows XP, Vista and Server 2003 and 2008. I don’t see any IE8 links for Windows 7. Looks like, Microsoft has something else in mind for the Windows 7 users.

Download Internet Explorer 8

You can download Internet Explorer from the download page link given below.

https://www.microsoft.com/windows/internet-explorer/worldwide-sites.aspx

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Internet Explorer 8 Released, Download Now

The much-awaited iPhone OS 3.0 preview event took place today and many of the most-requested features by iPhone and iPod Touch users have been unveiled today.

Apple events are always full of surprises, and it takes no time to spill the beans. I didn’t miss a single word, and had my eyes on all the sources live-blogging the event.

New Features in iPhone OS 3.0 and Event Highlights

Several new features have been announced and were demoed live during the event. And Scott Forstall said that there arae about 100 new changes/features. Here’s a list of features that I found intresting.

Download Content within Apps

Yes, with the iPhone OS 3.0, you will be able to download more content in your existing apps. Like purchasing additional features in games.

Peer-to-Peer Connectivity

Bluetooth support in iPhone firmware 2.0 is only limited to its headset, but the iPhone OS 3.0 opens more gates for developers that can add P2P connectivity with other iPhones.

You can enjoy multiplayer gaming over bluetooth in the iPhone and it would even automatically search for other devices around. And as for iPod Touch users, Apple said there is a posibility for iPod Touch 2G users that their devices can be unlocked for Bluetooth.

Accessories Support

iPhone’s compatibility with other accessories has been taken to the next level. You can now control a speaker’s EQ, send medical device data straight to doctor and control a FM radio from display screen. It was also added that thousands of devices are being built for the next iPhone OS.

Maps App Improved

Touts and Google are working on producing a much better Maps app for the iPhone where developers would be able to embed maps in apps using the public API. And users will be able to custom notes, view in hybrid or satellites images etc.

Push Notifications

Apple has been late on this one, but have been working on it for 6 months and have rearchitectured their servers for it. This feature will give text and sound alerts on notifications from various apps.

Background Processes

I had high hopes for this feature, but it didn’t seem to be in their list. Apple thinks apps running in background is not good for the iPhone. Mainly because it doesn’t let the device go to sleep and drains the battery.

On the other hand, Push Notifications have been optimized for mobile networks that maintains battery life and performance.

EA Games

EA plans to release 10 more games for the iPhone. They demoed Boatman and The Sims 3 which was liked by many.

Cut/Copy and Paste

According to Apple, getting the cut, copy and paste feature work on the iPhone UI was pretty hard. From what they showed, the copy/paste feature looks quite complex.

Landscape Keyboard

Previosuly, keyboard in landscape orientation was only available in the Messaging and Mail apps. But now, it can be used in whatever apps we like.

Multimedia Messaging

This feature is not new for users who have jailbroken their devices, but still it will be better to have it as a native feature.

Message Forwarding

Surprisingly, Apple took three OS updates to add one of the basic features that every cell phone has. But still, better late than never!

Spotlight (Search)

This is a new search interface introduced for the iPhone OS 3.0. Whether it’s an app name, or something within the app’s data or it’s music or mail, Spotlight will let you search for anything throughout the phone. It’s more like the Search app in Symbian.

Unlike iPhone 2.0, the 3.0 upgrade will come free for ther iPhone users but iPod Touch users will have to pay $10 to get it. The iPhone 3.0 SDK is now available for the developers and will be ready for public downloading in Summer.

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New Features in iPhone OS 3.0

iPhone 3.0 preview event is in full swing, and people from all around are trying to catch the event’s coverage.

Several tech-blogs are covering the event live where you can get the latest updates of what is happening inside the Apple, Building 4, Town Hall. Copy/paste is a confirmed feature that will hit iPhone 3.0 firmware.

Where to catch the iPhone 3.0 Preview event live?

You can go to any of the sites listed below for the latest updates on this event.

• Gizmodo Live
• Ars Technica
• Engadget
• gdgt Live

It’s almost time, and I’m off to see what does Apple has in store for us this time!

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Catch the Live iPhone 3.0 Preview Coverage

For a long time Windows users have been using third-party tools and hacks to customize the Windows Logon UI, but Microsoft has finally realized that and have made this option available on Windows 7.

In the latest build 7057 of Windows 7, Rafael Rivera found out that now you can customize the logon UI without any hacks or patches. You will still have to do it manually, but it will be safe as no patching of system files will be involved.

How To Change Windows Logon UI Background

First, you need to go to the registry, and enable the option from there. Navigate to the following path: 

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Authentication\LogonUI\Background

Look for the DWORD value type called ‘OEMBackground‘ and change its value to 1 (default value should be 0, which means to disable it).

Then navigate to the following folder %windir%\system32\oobe\info\backgrounds and put your wallpaper in this folder. Remember, this folder might not be there because the registry and this folder is for OEM versions of Windows 7 only. So you will have to create it yourself. Wallpapers should be in less than 256 KB in size and in JPG format. Replace/add images with the following nanmes:

backgroundDefault.jpg
background768×1280.jpg (0.6)
background900×1440.jpg (0.625)
background960×1280.jpg (0.75)
background1024×1280.jpg (0.8)
background1280×1024.jpg (1.25)
background1024×768.jpg (1.33-)
background1280×960.jpg (1.33-)
background1600×1200.jpg (1.33-)
background1440×900.jpg (1.6)
background1920×1200.jpg (1.6)
background1280×768.jpg (1.66-)
background1360×768.jpg (1.770833-)

Windows automatically detects the background from backgroundDefault.jpg file. If the background is smaller in resolution, it will be stretched to fit your screen. Or if it’s too big in size, then the default Windows 7 logon backgrounmd will load.

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How To Change Windows 7 Logon UI Background

For all those designers who want fonts of their own handwriting can now make them for free! Previously, you needed complex tools and softwares to make them, but since this is the age of the Internet, everything is now online!

YourFonts.com is a free online generator that lets you create high quality fonts in just a few minutes. You can easily create OpenType fonts in your own handwriting.

This service allows you to upload high quality templates of up to 4000 x 5000 pixels and then using its advanced raster to vector conversion algorithm, produces high quality fonts of your own handwriting.

Features

• Your own handwriting turned into your very own font for free
• Optionally include your signature
• You’ll have your very own font within 15 minutes
• Make as many fonts as you like
• Use your fonts on Windows, Mac OS X and Linux
• Personalize your digital scrapbook pages
• Make your own “family handwriting history”
• Use your fonts in Microsoft Word, PowerPoint and every program that you own

YourFonts.com is a 100% fee service and have no catches at all. I’m sure everyone is going to enjoy digitizing their handwriting!

YourFonts.com

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Create Your Own Handwriting Fonts

Apple events are always full of surprises, and we are just two days away from another event where Apple has announced to showcase its upcoming update to iPhone OS, firmware 3.0!

They are holding a special invite-only media event where Apple will give a sneak-preview of the next-generation iPhone OS.

There are rumours that Apple will introduce a touchscreen product with a 10-inch screen, but there are no confirmations yet on this one. We are highly expecting Apple to add multi-tasking or copy/paste support. A full list of expected features are as follows:

• Multitasking
• Copy/Paste Option
• Push Notifications
• Bluetooth File Transfer
• Adobe Flash Support

I hope they polish up the previous iPhone 2.2.1 firmware and add all the new features (as told above) n the coming release of iPhone 3.0 firmware.

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iPhone Firmware 3.0 Unveiling on March 17

Windows 7 is still in its beta phase, and an RC release is just round the corner, but the earlier milestones versions already proved how faster Windows 7 really is than Vista and XP.

Last week, when Wndows 7 build 7048 got leaked, testers found out that they can disable Internet Explorer 8 in Windows. Similarly, you can disable more applications now.

This feature is also available in Windows Vista, but was limited to a small number of programs that could be disabled. Thanks to all the user feedback, Microsoft has added the following applications in the list that you can disable on the fly!

• Windows Media Player
• Windows Media Center
• Windows DVD Maker
• Internet Explorer 8
• Windows Search
• Handwriting Recognition (through the Tablet PC Components option)
• Windows Gadget Platform
• Fax and Scan
• XPS Viewer and Services (including the Virtual Print Driver)

Windows 7 fits in 8 GB disk space, but you can reduce it more by removing all the unwanted applications, thus increasing the overall OS speed.

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Disable More Features in Windows 7

I’m a big fan of Apple for all the eye-candy and quality it brings with its products. Something like that has happened again with the launch of the all new third generation iPod Shuffle!

Earlier this month, Apple launched the new Mac mini, Mac pro etc. but wasn’t received well by the consumers beucase of the sky-high prices. But things are different with iPod Shuffle.

The all new third generation iPod Shuffle has shrunk to half the size of what it previously was. Comparing this redesign with the second generation iPod Shuffle, Apple has retained the clip but have taken out the buttons. It even changed the shape from the usual square to a fine rectangle. And have doubled up the storage up to 4 GB!

iPod Shuffle is still the smallest music player and apart from all the sexy eye-candy, a new feature addition has been made called VoiceOver. Using this feature, you can now search for your favourtie songs by just telling the iPod of its track or artist name. This gets over the lack of display problem. VoiceOver recognizes 14 languages.

And as I previously mentioned, there are no music control buttons on the iPod Shuffle! The new iPod earphones can do it all. You can increase/decrease volume, play, pause, forward or play next, previous tracks right from the control givien on the earphones.

In my opinion, keeping in view the storage Apple offers, the $80 is one of the best iPod Shuffle deals they have ever offered. Anyone looking for less-capacity music player should not miss this one! It is available in silver and black colours.

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3rd Generation iPod Shuffle Released

In my previous article about extensions for customizing Firefox tabs, I missed a very important addon which I’m sure everyone is going to like.

FoxTab is a Firefox addon that brings innovative and attractive 3D tab management to Firefox. It takes your Firefox experience to the next level with its five eye-candy layouts.

One of the best I liked was the Aero-style tab switching. This feature lets you go through opened Firefox tabs just like you switch windows in Windows Vista with the Windows Key + Tab combination.

FoxTab enables grouping, filtering, closing and switching between tabs much more quicker and easier. And most of all, it has lots of configurations options so you can tweek and adjust it according to your needs.

It currenlty supports Firefox running on Windows XP, Vista, Mac OS X Leopard and Ubuntu 8.04.

Download FoxTab

You can download this Firefox addon from here: Download FoxTab

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3D Tab Management in Firefox with FoxTab

Previously, I have shared how you can take screenshots in a Nokia and Android phone, and now I’m going to share how you can take screenshots in BlackBerry.

Most of the tools and applications available require you to first connect your device to the computer, and then take screenshot. But this one doesn’t!

CaptureIt is a free tool that you can use to take screenshots in a BlackBerry. It works on all BlackBerry devices running 4.3 OS or higher.

Screenshot tools are very useful for bloggers who review mobile applications and needs to attach a screenshot of the application. CaptureIt captures the screenshot in JPEG format and saves it in your memory card.

Download CaptureIt OTA

You can download it from here: Download CaptureIt OTA

Or get the desktop version here: Download CaptureIt Desktop Version

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How to Take Screenshots on BlackBerry

Many people use iTunes as their primary music player, but when you switch to another player, you may want to have your playlists as well. But unfortunately, there is no option in iTunes to export playlists.

Yesterday, I came across this tool that can assist you in getting your playlists from iTunes.

iExporter is a small application that let’s you export iTunes playlists to any other location. That means, you can have it on your mp3 players, cell phones, any music player on your computer etc.

On a side note, the playlists imported with iExporter will only include MP3 tracks. Other formats are not supported as most devices don’t support the native iTunes format.

Download iExporter to Import iTunes Playlists

You can download it from here: Download iExporter

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Save and Export iTunes Playlist for Any Player

I’m sure people with many friends on Facebook come across interesting albums or individual photos that are uploaded by friends, and sometimes you even want to download them.

But since Facebook does not provide an option to download albums, you have to go through all the photos saving each of them one by one.

Well, not to worry anymore. Enters FacePAD, a firefox entension that lets you download Facebook albums in just a single click!

This is a very simple plugin which requires just a click to download albums. Simply right-click the View Album link, and from the menu, select Download Album with FacePAD. Then a Javascript pop-up will appear telling you to wait a moment while it initiates the download process. Press OK and the photos will be downloaded.

These downloaded albums will be saved in your default Firefox download directory.

Download FacePAD

[Via gHacks.net]

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Facebook Photo Album Downloader

According to me, AVG Anti-Virus is one of the best among free anti-virus softwares available which I have used for a long time. Today they released AVG Anti-Virus 8.5 with some new features.

AVG Anti-Virus is improving with every release, and in version 8.5, a new security toolbar has been added for Anti-spyware along with a new feature called LinkScanner Active Surf-Shield.

This new feature gives enhanced security and protection to you by scanning and analyzing web ages for any threats. Other updated features include Anti-spyware, Anti-virus and Email Scanner.

AVG Anti-Virus 8.5 can be downloaded for free for Windows XP, Vista and also 7.

Download AVG Anti-Virus 8.5

You can download it from here: Download AVG Anti-Virus 8.5 Free Edition

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Download AVG Anti-Virus 8.5

Nokia N-Gage gives out free games and game codes occassionally, and this month again they are giving away a free game codes to every N-Gage Arena username.

Last time I remember they gave out free licenses to FIFA 09, and after that N-Gage users in India got free game codes from Nokia. And this time, it’s UK’s turn to get free codes.

Getting your free game code is very easy. Just visit NGage Wizard and enter your details. Your free game code will be emailed to you. You can use this game code to purchase any game you like from the N-Gage Store.

First this promotion was for all worldwide users, but today they changed it to UK N-Gage users only. I wasn’t able to get one either. Bad luck, I guess.

Update: The N-Gage Wizard website is down for maintenance at the moment.

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Free N-Gage Game Code from Nokia

Twitter is emerging as very helpful social networking place as compared to other social networking websites. Its active user base, simple design and user-friendliness makes it even better and bigger.

Twitter is a good tool to get quick help, news updates from various people around the world. It has various interesting features, but as they say every coin has two sides.

As we all know, Twitter has a useful facility, Direct Message (DM), which is meant for sending private messages. There are many twitterers who use this feature extensively and send DMs to market their blogs/websites, products etc. Unfortunately, Twitter doesn’t have any proper solution other than deleting those messages.

If you have lots of direct messages then get ready to spend precious time to delete each one, as there is no feature to delete bulk messages. Well, you don’t have to worry more because a developer from DCortesi blog has designed a JavaScript based bookmarklet, DM Whacker!

DM Whacker allows you to delete all DMs at once. In order to use this bookmarklet, simply drag following tool link to your bookmarks list. Open direct message window from  - http://twitter.com/direct_messages and select DM Whacker from bookmarks list.

This tool also allows you to delete particular user’s DMs by just mentioning his/her twitter id in given text box. It supports major browsers such as Firefox, Safari, Opera and Google Chrome.

Get DM Whacker to wipe out direct messages from the javascript link below.

DM Whacker

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Delete Twitter DMs with DM Whacker

Windows Live Writer is the best desktop blog publishing tool which comes for free with Windows Live suite of applications. There are a few things I like about WL Writer, like you can expand it with plugins and most of all, I can use it to write posts offline.

Now, what I don’t like about Windows Live Writer is that I have to re-configure it every time I re-install or install it on a new computer. But I think, I have found the perfect utility to handle that.

WLWBackup is a free tool to backup and restore our settings, drafts, plugins etc. in Windows Live Writer. It is a very simple and easy-to-use tool. Just select the options you want to backup, and hit the Backup button.

Download WLWBackup

You can download WLWBackup 2.0 from here: Download WLWBackup 2.0

WLWBackup 3.0 will be available in a few days.

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Backup Windows Live Writer with WLWBackup

Most often we share our USB drives with others to transfer data. One such incident took place with me and I accidentally deleted some important files (I didn’t know they were important to him) off his USB drive.

After 30 minutes of Googling and trying out various recovery free and shareware trial applications, I found the perfect tool to recover files from any kind of media.

DiskDigger is a free tool that can recover files from any media that has been connected to your computer. This includes all your drives, USB drives and memory cards. It goes through scanning each sector of your media for traces of files.

It can recover full or even recover fragments of some files, like partially overwritten photos or other images. It is completely safe to use, as it does not save or modify any files on your drives.

For now, DiskDigger is restricted to some file formats and configurations, but new ones will be added soon. This application can be carried on any portable media as it is just an executable without any installation needed.

Download DiskDigger

You can download it from here: Download DiskDigger

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Recover Deleted Files from Any Media