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Reserved Folder Name in Windows

2012-01-30T08:14:00.000+05:30

Well Known and Well Popular User friendly Operating system till now is one and only Microsoft Windows XP, Here is some Restrictions to create a folder name :( :( :( yep we can not create a folder name with some strings (name)

*CON

*AUX

*PNR

*NUL

*LPT1

*COM1

If you try to name a folder using one of these reserved names, the name will automatically revert to the default, generally "New Folder". Moreover, if you try to use a reserved name to name a file such as a Notepad or Microsoft Word document you will generally receive an error message similar to the following:

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How to Create Name Less Folder

2012-01-30T08:07:00.000+05:30

How To Create Name less Folder, Here is the trick while creating a folder just use alt+3digit number, Then see what will happens

Step 1:

Create a New Folder ------> Press F2 for Rename

Step 2:

While Renaming the folder just press Alt+numbers (3digit number)

Step 3:

Example : Alt+255, Alt+254, Alt+256

Secret Facilities in VLC Media Player

2012-01-29T22:33:00.000+05:30

VLC Media Player is free software that allows playing video and audio files. There are many facilities in the software but that are hidden and this software is not just a player and a few other features like Watermarks, Video Converter, and Online Radio.

1) Add Watermarks

Adding your name, Blog /website url or encoder name into video is watermark. This watermark tool widely available in internet and premium tools also there, but this feature available in VLC media player.

To Open VLC Media player –> Tools –> Effects and Filters –> Video Effects –> Vout / Overlay.

2) Video Converter

There is much popular video converter software available for premium in internet but here VLC media player gives an awesome video converting tool for free.

Media –> Convert/Save –> Add video to convert –> Convert/Save –> Destination file path –> Choose profile –> Start.

By pressing the Start button, selected Format convert your video in a minute.

3) Free Online Radio:

VLC Media Player gives free of charge to any online radios.
Press Ctrl + L to bring the facility to open with VLC.
Sorry to say… Possibly it works only for English Radios not for Tamil Radios….

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How To Create a Torrent

2012-01-29T22:06:00.001+05:30

A torrent file stores metadata used for Torrent Clients like Bit torrent, µtorrent, Xunlei, Vuze BitComet. A Torrent is data about a target file, though it contains information about the content of the file. The only torrent holds is information about the location of different pieces of the target file. Torrents work by dividing the target file into small information called chunks, found on an unlimited number of different hosts. Through this method, torrents are able to download large files quickly.

Most Popular Torrent Client:

Bit torrent

µtorrent

Xunlei

Vuze

BitComet

Steps To Create Torrent File

Step 1:

Open ant Torrent Client Application ( µtorrent)

File ——> Create New Torrent

Step 2:

Select Source File by clicking add file

Here Important step is torrent Trackers, there are so many available Free trackers show below.

Add those link in Torrent Properties –>trackers

udp://tracker.openbittorrent.com:80

udp://tracker.1337x.org:80/announce

http://9.rarbg.com:2710/announce

http://pow7.com/announce

http://exodus.desync.com/announce

http://tracker.istole.it/announce

http://tracker.torrent.to:2710/announce

http://tracker.novalayer.org:6969/announce

Step 3:

Press Create and save as.. wait a minute and save the file name as ****.torrent extension

Step 4:

Upload saved torrent to your friends, Company or popular torrent websites like

www.thepiratebay.org

www.isohunt.com

www.demonoid.com

www.ahashare.com

Start seeding then only other can download the file…..

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2011-08-27T13:45:00.000+05:30

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Three Things that Microsoft Can’t Explain!

2011-04-12T16:08:00.001+05:30

At least some of you must have read somewhere. I tried and these are true…

MAGIC #1

An Indian found that nobody can create a FOLDER anywhere on the Computer which can be named as “CON”, "AUX" This is something funny and inexplicable… At Microsoft the whole Team, couldn’t answer why this happened!
TRY IT NOW, IT WILL NOT CREATE A “CON” FOLDER

MAGIC #2

For those of you using Windows, do the following:
1.) Open an empty notepad file
2.) Type “Bush hid the facts” (without the quotes)
3.) Save it as whatever you want.
4.) Close it, and re-open it.
Noticed the weird bug? No one can explain!

MAGIC #3

Again this is something funny and can’t be explained… At Microsoft the whole Team, including Bill Gates, couldn’t answer why this happened!
It was discovered by a Brazilian. Try it out yourself…
Open Microsoft Word and type
=rand (200, 99)
And then press ENTER
And see the magic…..!

**********************************Microsoft*************************************

Fastest Cars In The World: Top 10 List 2010-2011

2011-02-04T10:51:00.000+05:30

While most of us can only dream of owning the fastest car in the world, some will do whatever it takes to possess such speed and power. So, how fast are the fastest cars in the world? Here are the 10 fastest cars available on the market measures by top speed.

1. Bugatti Veyron: 267 mph, 0-60 in 2.5 secs. Aluminum, Narrow Angle 8 Liter W16 Engine with 1200 hp, base price is $1,700,000. Tested again on July 10, 2010 with the new 2010 Super Sport Version, the Bugatti Veyron once again claimed its title as the fastest car in the world at 267 mph.

2. SSC Ultimate Aero: 257 mph, 0-60 in 2.7 secs. Twin-Turbo V8 Engine with 1183 hp, base price is $654,400. Tested in March 2007 by Guinness World Records, The SSC Ultimate Aero was the fastest car in the world from March 2007 to July 2010 until recently it fell behind the Bugatti Veyron to take the #2 spot.

3. Saleen S7 Twin-Turbo: 248 mph, 0-60 in 3.2 secs. Twin Turbo All Aluminum V8 Engine with 750 hp, base price is $555,000. Smooth and bad-ass, will make you want to show it off non-stop.

4. Koenigsegg CCX: 245 mph, 0-60 in 3.2 secs. 90 Degree V8 Engine 806 hp, base price is $545,568. Made in Sweden, it is aiming hard to be the fastest car in the world, but it has a long way to go to surpass the Bugatti and the Ultimate Aero.

5. McLaren F1: 240 mph, 0-60 in 3.2 secs. BMW S70/2 60 Degree V12 Engine with 627 hp, base price is $970,000. Check out the doors, they looks like bat wings, maybe Batman need to order one and paints it black

6. Ferrari Enzo: 217 mph, 0-60 in 3.4 secs. F140 Aluminum V12 Engine with 660 hp, base price is $670,000. Only 399 ever produced, the price goes up every time someone crashes.

7. Jaguar XJ220: 217 mph, 0-60 in 3.8 secs. Twin Turbo V6 Engine with 542 hp, base price was $650,000. Made in 1992, this car still got what it takes to make the list.

8. Pagani Zonda F: 215 mph, 0-60 in 3.5 secs. Mercedes Benz M180 V12 Engine with 650 hp, base price is $667,321. With a V12 motor, this baby can do much better.

9. Lamborghini Murcielago LP640: 211 mph, 0-60 in 3.3 secs. V12 Engine with 640 hp, base price is $430,000. Nice piece of art, the design is very round and smooth.

10. Porsche Carrera GT: 205 mph, 0-60 in 3.9 secs. Aluminum, 68 Degree, Water Cooled V10 Engine with 612 hp, base price is $440,000. The most powerful and most expensive Porsche nearly made the list as #10.

iPhone Vs Android

2010-12-21T10:04:00.000+05:30

To watch 3D TV?????

2010-11-08T12:43:00.001+05:30

Another week, another technological assault on your perception of reality. Last week: dream recorders. This week: holographic broadcasting. They've worked out a way to transmit proper holograms in real time – just like the 3D begging letter from Princess Leia that R2D2 played for Obi-Wan Kenobi. Holograms differ from traditional 3D images in that you don't need glasses to see them. Also, you can walk around and examine them from different angles. If R2 had beamed that image of Leia onto a glass shelf halfway up the wall, Luke and Obi-Wan could have taken turns squatting underneath it and peering up her dress. In other words, "standard" 3D broadcasting has been rendered old-fashioned before it's had a chance to catch on.

Have you experienced 3D telly yet? Don't worry if you haven't, because so far it's powerfully underwhelming: the very definition of a step backward disguised as a leap forward. Consider this a warning from the future.

For one thing, there's less choice. Despite the explosion in rubbish 3D cinema, hardly any movies are actually available to buy in 3D – and most of those are bundled together with specific brands of television. The biggest 3D movie in the world, Avatar, is currently offered only as part of an exclusive package deal with Samsung. And Avatar is shit anyway: a humourless fable about a bunch of sanctimonious, stand-offish jungle-smurfs who spend their days running around in thongs, attacking explorers, interfering with sky-horses, and obstinately halting the march of progress for the sake of a poxy tree. Watching the Na'vi (see? even their name is obnoxious) mope and moan in three dimensions simply made them more real, and therefore more objectionable. Maybe if the final half-hour had consisted of one of the human soldiers repeatedly kicking one of the Na'vi shamen in his leaf- bollocks until he spewed blue sick and his eyeballs popped out in 3D, I'd have found it easier to stomach.

Still, at least the effects are impressive and it's got a few actual human beings in it (they're the shouty pink things the blue heroes are perpetually sneering at). Other than that, your choice of 3D movies is largely limited to sub-Pixar kiddywink cartoons about anthropomorphic squirrels and tedious Imax documentaries about fossils or seaweed. There's also one 3D TV channel bringing you such treats as Keane in 3D (it's just like they're in the room, sadly), a 3D episode of Are You Smarter Than a 10 Year Old? hosted by Noel Edmonds (yep, 3D Noel Edmonds: that's the glittering future right there) and live coverage of sporting events. Sport in 3D is impressive for precisely 19 seconds. The good news: it's pin-sharp and three-dimensional. The bad news: it makes everyone involved look two inches tall, so you feel like you're watching a swarm of tiny men scampering around a rectangular green carpet tile fighting for possession of a small white bead (football) or a squabble between two locusts (tennis). Even the biggest match feels instantly underwhelming. And that's assuming you enjoy sport in the first place, which I don't.

It's also possible to play videogames in 3D, which sounds almost as brilliant as it isn't. Remember Wipeout, the lightning-fast futuristic hoverjet racing game that helped Sony shift thousands of PlayStations back in the late 90s? Now you can play an updated version in high-definition 3D. Trouble is, it's almost impossible to tell what's happening – there's a racetrack twisting around in front of you, numbers and icons floating in the foreground, with your spacecraft gliding somewhere halfway between the two. And it all feels just too far away – you have to sit two metres from the screen for the 3D effect to work, so effectively you're watching the action unfold on the other side of the room. I'm sure other games will eventually arrive that make sense in 3D – probably slower-paced, puzzle-based affairs – but for now it simply gets in the way.

So the entertainment currently on offer is either a) limited, b) underwhelming, or c) confused. But that can improve. The other drawback – the physical reality of viewing it – will be harder to overcome. To watch TV in 3D you need to sit around indoors wearing a dumb pair of polarized sunglasses, like you think you're Billy Idol. On top of that, you need to stay as close to the centre of the screen as possible – sit further than 30 degrees to one side or the other and the image starts to concertina in on itself, like the pages of a pop-up-book in mid-turn. The horizontal plane isn't the only problem: the screen also has to be positioned roughly at eye-height – which means you shouldn't stick a 3D TV halfway up your living-room wall unless you plan to watch it standing up.

Oh, and forget lying sideways on the sofa while watching the bloody thing. Doing that knackers the picture up, too. Instead, you have to keep your head level throughout – sitting there, bolt upright, like an obedient prisoner, watching Noel Edmonds ask quiz questions in 3D. At least if he was a hologram you could peer up his trouserleg for a glimpse of his boxers. That's the future of entertainment.

The Queen joins Facebook

2010-11-08T12:33:00.000+05:30

Already on Twitter, YouTube and Flickr, Britain's royal family now has a presence on Facebook. Launching this morning, Facebook.com/TheBritishMonarchy has videos, photos and the Court Circular, the 200-year-old authoritative record of engagements also on Buckingham Palace's website. The royal Facebook does not have a personal profile, so users cannot ask the royals to be their Facebook "friend"; instead they can click to "like" the page. Several unofficial pages already exist on Facebook; one, the professional-looking The-British-Monarchy page, is "liked" by more than 20,000 people.

iPhone 4 Vs Nexus One

2010-10-18T11:10:00.000+05:30

Apple’s had its thunder stolen somewhat this week – at least from a gaming perspective - by Nintendo and its 3D-capable handheld the 3DS. And as we’re called Pocket Gamer, games are what we’re interested in.

However, while both platforms are capable gaming handsets, the 3DS really isn’t a direct rival to Apple’s sleek smart phone.

A more direct comparison would be to take Google’s flagship Android device, the Nexus One, and pit it against the iPhone 4. After all, it was evident from the iPhone 4's unveiling who Steve Jobs saw as the biggest threat.

While we can’t make a direct hands-on comparison just yet (we only have the Nexus One to play with at the time of writing, for obvious reasons), we have more than enough information to go on with regard to looks, specs, pricing and those all important gaming capabilities.

iPhone 4

Round 1: Looks

Let’s get the most immediate comparison out of the way first of all – which is the sexier beast? Looks aren’t everything, but if you’re going to have to live with a device for two years (depending on the contract) you’d better be happy with its appearance.

There’s no getting away from the fact that the Nexus One is a fairly plain bit of kit. It’s solid and well constructed, yes, but you get the feeling that when Google commissioned the device from HTC it went for a safe, ‘blank slate’ approach that would let the excellent Android OS do the talking.

The iPhone 4, on the other hand, makes a serious statement. And that statement goes something like this: “look at me. I am gorgeous”.

Its dead-flat slim build makes it look like a supermodel amongst the porky chubbas of the smartphone world. Even the rounded Nexus One – which is hardly a bloater itself – looks a little plump in comparison.

Then there are the classy little touches, like glass on both sides of the device and an unusual stainless steel band around the edges. It looks like it’ll be a finger-print magnet, and some early reports have claimed that it’s more vulnerable to drop-damage than previous models.

Nexus One 0-1 iPhone 4

Round 2: Tech-specs

As my mother always assured me, it’s what’s inside that counts. So which phone has the more impressive innards? This one isn’t as straightforward as some of the others on this list, but we’ll have a go.

Both devices sport a 1GHz processor, though from different sources. The iPod runs on Apple’s own A4 processor, which is the one found in the iPad, so it’s clearly a capable unit.

The Nexus One, meanwhile, has a Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, which seems to be the go-to chip for modern high-end phones. Both have proven pedigree, then, but we have no way of knowing which is superior at this point.

On the memory front, things are equally hard to call. Both devices have a whopping 512MB of RAM. That’s double that of the iPad.

The iPhone 4 sports either 16 or 32GB of storage next to the Nexus One's 512MB, but then Google's effort is expandable up to 32GB through MicroSDHC.

Indeed, with both devices trading blow for blow in most areas, we have to come back up to the surface for the real clincher – the screen. Here, there appears a clear winner (pun intended).

The Nexus One’s AMOLED screen is sharp and clear, and at 3.7-inches it wins on size. It runs at a nice crisp 800x400 resolution too (though some would argue that the technology used makes it slightly sub-standard, but we won’t go into that), which makes it comparable to most other high end phones.

But not the iPhone 4. Perhaps the biggest draw of Apple’s forthcoming device is the 3.5-inch Retina Display, which outputs at a pin-sharp 960x640 resolution, with a frankly ridiculous 326 pixels per inch. That’s as sharp as the human eye can detect/pretty damn sharp (delete according to degree of Apple-devotion).

Add in the fact that the Nexus One’s screen doesn’t even perform quite as well as earlier iPhone models, completely fudging multi-touch (more on that later), and it’s pretty clear who gets the technology bragging rights.

Nexus One 0-2 iPhone 4

Round 3: Pricing

The iPhone 4 has pulled into a comfortable lead, but those slinky looks and cutting edge tech features come at a price. If you’re watching the pennies, there really is only one winner between these two smartphone titans.

We used Vodafone for our price comparison. The operator offers the Nexus One for free on a £35 per month two year contract, which bags you 900 minutes, unlimited texts, and a 1GB data allowance.

Not cheap, exactly, but quite reasonable for a device that does pretty much everything you could reasonably want it to. Except opening wine bottles, a function I believe every pocket device should include.

The iPhone 4, on the other hand, will screw your pocket in a rather different way. You can get the 16GB model on an equivalent £35 per month Vodafone contract, but you’ll have to stump up an additional £119 up front for it, and you’ll get a third less talk time for your money. Ouch.

If you’re shopping for a high-end smartphone on a budget, the Nexus One is a far better bet than the iPhone 4.

Of course, if any of the UK operators had been sharp enough to pick up the Motorola Milestone and offer it even cheaper… but that’s an argument for a different article.

Nexus One 1-2 iPhone 4

Round 4: Gaming prowess

And now to the crux of the matter. Which device is the best for pocket gaming? That really involves multiple factors in itself, but it’s made all the more simple by the fact that there’s one clear winner across most if not all of them.

In truth, we could have pitched the first generation iPhone against the Nexus One and – in pure gaming terms – it would have won.

Apple’s App Store has led to a revolution in mobile gaming, with thousands of high quality games made available easily and cheaply. The iPhone 4 will run all of these, with an increasing number of these games set to receive enhancements to make the most of the beefier hardware.

By contrast, the Android Market seems to be struggling to get off the ground when it comes to games. The best offerings tend to be conversions of old iPhone games, but these are relatively few in number. The majority resemble poor quality rip-offs.

Then there are the technical constraints associated with not being able to install and run games from extended storage. Given that the Nexus One, as the current flagship Android device, has just 512MB of in-built storage, you see the problem. 100MB epics become a bit of a no-no.

This is being addressed in version 2.2 of the OS, but if recent Android history has taught us anything it’s that this will take an absolute age to reach most handsets thanks to issues of fragmentation and custom UIs. It probably won’t even reach older devices.

When it comes to the hardware and its relation to gaming, the Nexus One’s troublesome multi-touch implementation ensures that even the aforementioned iPhone conversions are compromised. Put simply, the screen tends to get confused when you touch it in more than one place – not ideal when you want to, say, move and kick the ball at the same time in a football game.

The iPhone 4 isn’t out at the time of writing, so we can’t be 100 per cent sure that its touchscreen works as well as its predecessors. But at the very least (and going by early hands on impressions) we’d stake out lives on it working a great deal better than the Nexus One’s.

Nexus One 1-3 iPhone 4

Conclusion

So there we have it. The iPhone 4 is shaping up to be some device, and is a clear choice for the discerning Pocket Gamer.

Or should that be deep-pocket gamer? While Apple’s new handset is the clear winner here, this quality comes at quite a cost. If you’re watching the pennies and/or aren’t massively bothered about your phone’s gaming credentials then the Nexus One is a fine phone indeed.

You won’t be checking it for smudges or scratches every five minutes, either, thanks to its solid and scratch-resistant design. There’s much to be said for a bit of practicality.

Android is only going to grow as an OS and as a gaming system. The numbers tell us that. The rate at which Android devices are being released means that a genuine iPhone 4 rival is probably just months away.

Android (operating system)

2010-10-15T20:13:00.002+05:30

Android is a mobile operating system initially developed by Android Inc., a firm purchased by Google in 2005. Android is based upon a modified version of the Linux kernel. It is a participant in the Open Handset Alliance. Unit sales for Android OS smartphones ranked first among all smartphone OS handsets sold in the U.S. in the second quarter of 2010, at 33%

Android has a large community of developers writing application programs ("apps") that extend the functionality of the devices. There are currently over 70,000 apps available for Android with some estimates saying 100,000 have been submitted,[Which makes it the second most popular mobile development environment. Developers write managed code in the Java language, controlling the device via Google-developed Java libraries.

The unveiling of the Android distribution on 5 November 2007 was announced with the founding of the Open Handset Alliance, a consortium of 78 hardware, software, and telecom companies devoted to advancing open standards for mobile devices. Google released most of the Android code under the Apache License, a free software and open source license

Google Phone List

T-Mobile G2

Motorola CHARM™ with MOTOBLUR

DROID™ 2 by Motorola

Samsung Epic 4G™ a Galaxy S™ phone

Milestone™ by Motorola (CDMA)

Samsung Captivate™ a Galaxy S™ phone

Motorola i1

Samsung Intercept™

Samsung Vibrant™ a Galaxy S™ phone

DROID™ X by Motorola

Samsung Acclaim™

HTC Aria

HTC EVO 4G

myTouch 3G Slide

HTC Desire (CDMA)

LG Ally

DROID™ Incredible by HTC

Sony Ericsson Xperia X10

Nexus One

T-Mobile Behold II

DROID™ Eris by HTC

DROID™ by Motorola

Samsung Moment™

HTC Hero

HTC myTouch

For More Info Visit: http://www.google.com/phone/#

Top 5 Smartphones for Smart Consumers

2010-10-12T13:15:00.000+05:30

1)Apple iPhone 4

With lovely display and improved design, the iPhone 4 tops the list. It uses the advanced LG LCD Display technology namely In-Plane Switching technology (IPS). The phone boasts of being the thinnest smartphone at 9.3mm and has built-in 5MP camera. The new model also comes with the upgraded operating system iOS 4.0 and a new feature of high definition display called Retina.

The new screen resolution is 960 x 640, up from 480 x 320 on all previous iPhones and iPod touches. The iPhone now also has 512 MB of RAM, which is a big step up from the 256 MB found in the iPhone 3GS. This smartphone has a typical quad-band HSUPA chip for data and voice, 802.11n Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth 2.1.

The iPhone 4 is the first with video calling and it is the first version of Apple's smartphone with a Gyroscope, which now gives it the ability to sens six axis' of rotation. The 16GB version is available at Rs. 35,500 and the price tag for the 32GB version is Rs. 41,500.

2)HTC Evo 4G

HTC Evo 4G is the first WiMax-enabled phone. It delivers respectable 4G speeds. It has a 4.3-inch display, a 1 GHz Snapdragon processor, 8 megapixel camera with HD-video-recording capabilities and 1.3 megapixel forward-facing secondary camera, and 3G/4G mobile hotspot capability, all running on Android OS 2.1. The Evo ships with YouTube's HQ video player, Android 2.1 with HTC Sense, and an HDMI port. Visual voice mails, Facebook, Twitter support are among other features.

The HTC Evo 4G is easily Sprint's best smartphone and one of today's top Android devices. The phone is priced around Rs. 36,000, differing from operator-to-operator.

3)Nokia E5

An addition to Nokia's E-series family, the E5 supports Symbian S60 third edition mobile operating system. Packed in monoblock form factor, E5 offers 2.36-inch TFT display supporting 320x240 pixel resolution screen. It combines a full QWERTY keyboard with comprehensive push email services for corporate and consumer email accounts.

Nokia E5 has impressive features including a 5 megapixel camera and super fast internet over WLAN and 3.5G. Under the hood, this phone packs 600MHz ARM 11 architecture based processor with 256MB RAM and 250MB internal storage. Nokia will bundle a 2GB microSD card with the handset. It comes with Symbian OS v 9.3 Series 60 release 3.2 operating system in its heart.

The phone is available Rs. 12,699, but it might be available for bit less in different regions of the country.

4)Motorola Backflip

The Motorola Backflip comes with the MOTOBLUR technology. MOTOBLUR is shaped over Android OS to enhance corresponding mobile devices, more friendly with social networking and internet access. As the name indicates, this device comes with a reverse flip slider for including full QWERTY keypad.

The phone comes with Android OS 1.5 installed. It has a 5MP camera with auto focus and LED flash. Motorola Backflip screen is 3.1 inch in size. This screen is capacitive touch with support for 256K colors at HVGA 320 x 480 pixels resolution. Inside there is a 528 MHz CPU with dedicated 256MB RAM. It includes a 2GB card which can be expanded to 32GB.

There is quadband GSM support with GPRS, EDGE and tri-band 3G (7.2 mbps). The Phone is available at Rs. 18,269 in Indian market.

5)Samsung Epic 4G

The Samsung Epic 4G, the second 4G phone by carrier Sprint, runs on Android 2.1 OS and has a knockout Super AMOLED display, a 1GHz processor, a front-facing camera, an impressive QWERTY keyboard, a 5.0-megapixel camera with an LED flash, and supports Sprint's 4G WiMax network. It is capable of acting as a mobile Wi-Fi hot spot for up to five devices.

It has a standard removable 1500 mAh Lithium battery and a memory of 1GB ROM and 512MB RAM. The connectivity options include Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, microUSB, and a 3.5 mm jack.

The Samsung Epic 4G is a multimedia powerhouse with features the other Galaxy S phones don't have. It comes with a big price tag of Rs. 11,500.

Microsoft takes a billion-dollar gamble on 'glance and glare' phone

2010-10-12T13:09:00.000+05:30

Microsoft made its final roll of the dice in the global smartphone market today, launching a new mobile operating system which the software powerhouse hopes will rival iPhone and Android devices.

The Windows Phone 7 marks a complete break from its past efforts – and the suppression of internal politics in favour of the man and woman in the street.

Microsoft, which once dominated the computing world, is having to sprint to catch up on the lead it has surrendered in the past three years first to Apple and then to Google's Android platform. Its rivals have grabbed roughly a third of the rapidly expanding market for devices that can connect to the internet while their user is on the move, as well as making phone calls.

Steve Ballmer, Microsoft's chief executive, said that he had "been looking forward to this day for some time" as he unveiled a range of phones using the system in the US. He said that the development of the software behind the Windows Phone 7 – reckoned by analysts to have cost the company more than a billion dollars, and to have a $400m (£250m) marketing budget attached – had been driven by the necessity to be "modern in its design principles, in the way that people use modern internet services, and we've taken a very different tack at the same time".

The new interface aimed to integrate phonebooks, social networks and other information around "hubs" of people. Ballmer said: "We had an internal mantra that the customer is king … Give them the ability to do everything on their phone but easier and faster. Less stop and stare, more glance and glare."

Although its Windows operating system for standard desktop computers and Office software suite together comprise two of the most profitable monopolies on the planet, Microsoft has lagged in the mobile phone market for years. Windows Mobile, its previous incarnation, was popular among businesses for its ability to connect with enterprise email and calendaring systems. But then the Canadian company Research In Motion (RIM) ate into that field with its BlackBerry offerings, while Nokia took the broad share of the global smartphone market.

But the world really changed in June 2007 when Apple launched the iPhone, with its unlimited internet connectivity, and then Google produced Android, which mimicked many of the iPhone's strengths and could be built by many handset makers, undercutting Microsoft's business model.

Ballmer initially laughed off the challenge of the iPhone, saying it was "the most expensive phone in the world" but that it "doesn't appeal to business customers". In April 2007, he said that it had "no chance" of gaining significant market share, telling the magazine USA Today that "if you actually take a look at the 1.3bn phones that get sold, I'd prefer to have our software in 60% or 70% or 80% of them, than I would to have 2% or 3%, which is what Apple might get".

History proved him wrong – and now it is Microsoft that has the single-digit market share, and has focused squarely on the consumer, not the business customer, with its new software.

That may be essential, because markets have begun to mark down Microsoft's shares, which have fallen by 20% from their peak this year. Goldman Sachs this month downgraded the stock to "neutral", saying that PC sales were slowing in the face of cannibalisation from tablet computers, and that cumulatively the whole of Microsoft was worth less than the sum of its parts.

But Microsoft suffered a terrible misstep this year when it killed its Kin smartphone, the product of its acquisition of the Danger phone brand, after only three months of disappointing sales. That led to doubts about whether Windows Phone 7 would meet the high expectations now riding on it.

The new focus on consumers in Windows Phone reflects a realisation that they will be a key driver of smartphone sales growth. "The enterprise [customer] is still important, but we're looking to appeal to the consumer as well," said Ashley Highfield, Microsoft UK's managing director. "Consumers are actually just as much business people as they are entertainment seekers. This is for both those areas. We do have connections to [Microsoft's corporate email system] Outlook and address book and [enterprise collaboration tool] SharePoint. You can, if you want, collaborate on a PowerPoint presentation with someone who's back in the office on your phone."

Now or never

Microsoft badly needs to succeed now, as the smartphone market is hitting what Highfield called "an inflection point", with sales globally beginning to explode: the number of internet-enabled phones sold is expected to outstrip those of PCs around 2015.

The industry analyst Gartner reckons 270m smartphones will be sold this year, up 56% on last year, and growing to 875m by 2014. By contrast, it estimates that there will be only 368m PCs sold this year, up 19% on 2009.

Yet even if it can drive its market share of handset sales higher, Microsoft may still not profit as handsomely as Nokia, RIM and Apple, all of which create both the software and the hardware in their products – and for which the physical product is the most profitable part. While Google makes money from its Android platform by driving searches via its own platform and selling mobile ads, Microsoft is both charging handset makers a fee to license Windows Phone 7 and seeking search and ad revenues. The profits from those activities, though, may not be as impressive as those seen by Apple, in particular, which is estimated to have taken 39% of the mobile phone industry's total profits in the first half of 2010 by selling only 17m iPhones.

Highfield declined to forecast how Windows Phone 7 will do in the market, acknowledging instead that the launch was the beginning of "a long journey" and that the licensing and advertising model was "a very good and solid business model".

Microsoft is also looking to encourage the development of an "app store" like those offered by Apple, Android and Nokia, which have all poured millions of pounds into encouraging developers to write small "apps" that can be downloaded and used on their phones. But for the companies that developed the thousands of apps for the previous generation of Windows Mobile phones, the bad news is that they will now have to rewrite them entirely.

Ballmer has since May been the direct manager of the entertainment and devices division, which produces Windows Phone 7, after the departure of J Allard, who masterminded the development of Microsoft's Xbox games console. And since the departure of Stephen Elop from the business division to head Nokia, Ballmer has been in direct charge of two of his company's five divisions.

Crysis 2

2010-10-03T15:49:00.000+05:30

The world has been ravaged by a series of climatic disasters and society is on the verge of total breakdown. Now the aliens have returned, with a full invasion force bent on nothing less than the total annihilation of mankind, starting by trying to rip the heart out of Earth's most iconic city.

In New York, terrifying alien invaders stalk the streets and a nightmare plague strikes down the city's myriad inhabitants with brutal epidemic speed. The city's systems are in chaos, its streets and skyline are smashed and in flaming ruin. This is New York City like you've never seen it before.

Neither paramilitary law enforcement nor the might of the US military machine can stand against the invaders, and all who choose not to flee are dead men walking. Just to survive in this maelstrom of death will require technology beyond anything any modern soldier has ever seen.

One man will inherit that means to survive. One supersoldier, wielding the combat enhancement technology of the future with Nanosuit 2, will make the last stand to save humanity from destruction in the urban jungle that is New York City.

Crynet Systems Nanosuit 2

When Crynet Systems released the first Nanosuit four years ago, we described it as “battle armor perfected”. That wasn’t just our opinion: in a scant two months the N1 had become the armor of choice for military forces around the globe. All of which left us at Crynet Systems with a bit of a problem: how do you improve on perfection?

This time, we perfected the soldier.

Not that we’ve ignored the hardware. Our latest offering comes with all the bleeding-edge features you’d expect from Crynet: rad-hardened ceramic epidermis, dynamic Faraday mesh for unsurpassed EMP shielding, state-of-the-art countercurrent heat-ex-changers for thermoneutrality in the most extreme environments. But the soldier within remains our highest priority.

No matter how sharp the intellect or how great the courage, the men and women that operate this technology are only flesh and blood. They can grow tired. They can quail in the face of overwhelming odds. They are only human. Until now.

For the first time, combat armor not only protects your soldiers but improves them: immunizes them against fear and fatigue keeps them razor-sharp around the clock, feeds real-time tactical telemetry from a thousand sources directly into the brain. Crynet has created something that is more than man, more than machine: something that shares the strengths of both and the weaknesses of neither.

The human brain is the best battlefield computer on the planet, but when it comes to the instantaneous processing of thousands of simultaneous data streams, it can use a bit of help. That’s where the N2’s Semiautonomous Enhanced Combat Ops: Neuro-integration and Delivery AI (SECOND) comes in. Powered by a parasitic blood-glucose infusion and our optional electrolytic microstack, this nonsentient biochip runs at a blazing 1.5 BIPS.

SECOND instantly integrates remote telemetry and firstperson input from up to six thousand distinct channels (ranging from full-spectrum EM to acoustic, barometric, and pheromonal) presenting clear, concise tactical summaries via an interface integrated directly into the visual cortex. It can also take over the operator’s purely autonomic and regulatory functions in the event of somatic damage.

SECOND’s most innovative feature, however, its ability to not only monitor the physical and neurological state of the soldier, but to actually optimize those states for mission success. SECOND continuously regulates dopamine, lactatic acid, and corticosteroid levels, anticipates debilitating stress and fatigue reactions, and counteracts them before your troops even feel the urge to yawn. SECOND not only mitigates debilitating reactions; it actively augments beneficial ones. Adrenaline, GABA, and tricyclic levels are all maintained at optimal levels for lightning reflexes, maximal sensory acuity, and positive emotional state. Your forces will pursue their objectives with tireless and unswerving dedication for days on end.

Event for Engineers in Security domain in Bangalore

2010-10-01T13:54:00.000+05:30

Bangalore: Cybercrime, malware incidents, data breaches, compliance legislation - Today's changing security landscape means you can't leave anything to chance. And new threats have kept you on your toes. What are some more of the unsettling things that need to be addressed? And how do you advance in your career?

SiliconIndia is organizing Security Conference on October 2, 2010 (Saturday) in Bangalore. There will be two tracks at the Conference: System & Network Security and Web Security. There will be exciting technical sessions delivered by the people who know Security best. Experts from companies like Symantec, RSA, McAfee, Wipro, Mindtree, Novel, Cisco, Juniper Networks, Paladion, Rooman Technologies would be speaking at the event. Delegates will be experiencing a complete technical immersion. If you are passionate and want to learn all exciting developments in the security world, this is an event you shouldn't be missing.

           Speakers at the conference include Shantanu Ghosh, VP - Enteprise Security & Head of India Product Operations, Symantec; Kartik Sahani, Country Manager, RSA India & SAARC, the security division of EMC; Manish Kumar, Founder & CEO, Rooman Technologies; Venkat Krishnapur, Senior Director and Head, Consumer Engineering Group, McAfee; Nitesh Malhotra, Sr. Manager - Security Group, VMware; Anand Tapikar, Technical Manager, Websense; Bipin Kumar Amin, Security division, Cisco; Sikhivahan Gundu, Sr. Manager, Juniper Networks; Subbaraju Uppalapati, Manager - Identity and Security Team, Novel; Vinod Muniyappa, Practice Head - Application Security, Wipro Technologies; Sanjeev Kumar Verma, Project Manager, Paladion; Prasanna Bhaskaran, Security Consultant, Check Point Software Technologies and Niranjan De, Co-founder & CTO,iViZ

           The System & Network Security track would dwell on topics such as the Changing Face of Endpoint Security; Insider Threat: Identifying Your Insider; Real Security for Virtualization; Attacking and Defending SSL VPNs, Network Access Technology - How to Manage Your IT Infrastructure and Responding to a Wireless Attack on Your Network.

           The Web Security track would deliberate on topics such as dealing With the In's and Out's of Web Security; Social Networks: Minimizing the Risks of the New Frontier; Google and Beyond: Advanced Search Engine Hacking and Web-Based Intelligence Gathering; Strategy for Defense Against Web-based Advanced Persistent Threats; Server-side Verification of Client Behavior; Identity As A Service; Securing your Web Services Environment and Cloud Computing Security.

Computer virus named Stuxnet attacks China

2010-10-01T13:39:00.001+05:30

Beijing: After Iran, it is China which has been the latest target of the computer virus named Stuxnet. Dubbed as the world's "first cyber superweapon" by experts, the virus is infecting millions of computers around the country.

Stuxnet is capable of breaking into computers that control machinery at the heart of industry. After that it allows the attacker to assume control of critical systems like pumps, motors, alarms and valves. Apart from this, it can also explode factory boilers, destroy gas pipelines or even cause a nuclear plant to malfunction.

The malware is specially designed to weaken plants and damage industrial systems, instead of stealing personal data. Once Stuxnet successfully penetrates factory computers in China, those industries may collapse, which would damage China's national security, said an engineer surnamed Wang at antivirus service provider Rising.

As per the report of the official Xinhua news agency, the attacks had so far infected more than six million individual accounts and nearly 1,000 corporate accounts around the country.

The Stuxnet computer worm -- a piece of malicious software (malware) which copies itself and sends itself on to other computers in a network -- was first publicly identified in June. It was found lurking on Siemens systems in India, Indonesia, Pakistan and elsewhere, but the heaviest infiltration appears to be in Iran, according to software security researchers.

Yu Xiaoqiu, an analyst with the Information Technology Security Evaluation Centre, downplayed the malware threat. "So far we don't see any severe damage done by the virus," Yu was quoted by the Global Times as saying.

Ayodhya judgement

2010-10-01T13:32:00.000+05:30


Ayodhya

New Delhi: The wait of 61 years has come to a fair conclusion with the judges aptly passing on a verdict which makes none a loser. The 2.3 acres land has been equally divided in three parts. One-third part of the disputed land is given to the Sunni Waqf Board, one-third to the Nirmohi Akhara and one-third to the party for 'Ram Lalla'

Considering the ancestry, the court has kept the Central dome for the Hindu Mahasabha, as the Hindu idols were placed in 1949 in the land prior to the Babri masjid and again in 1992 after the masjid was demolished. Though they have considered the land to be a Ramjanmasthan, Justices SU Khan, Sudhir Agarwal and DV Sharma maintained that Babar didn't build Babri Masjid demolishing a temple rather on the remains of a temple.

There were many anticipation on the judgement with everyone expecting a rule whereby a complete different entity might be allowed, which would by no means connote any religion, yet people see this to be a conducive decision. "Though I expected an entity like an academic institution or a hospital to be set up in the place, yet the decision looks sane. Three parts of the land ensures that the land has become a part of all religion and should no more arouse any conflicts," says Ela B., a home-maker.

However, the reaction to the eventful judgement is quite deem in the corporate world. When there should have been messages on peace and acceptance floating around in the social sites, the zero responses from any top corporate leader shows a thick-skinned attitude.

Enthiran Movie Review

2010-10-01T12:14:00.000+05:30

He has an unwithering charm. He knows to carry himself well onscreen. He is the one man mission who ensures all his movies rake in moolah at the box office. Be it a suave villain, angry young man or a tough cop, he was right there delivering his best, entertaining Tamil masses for over three generations.

Growing young day after day, this one and only ’Super Star’ has successfully scaled the Mount Everest thanks to ‘Enthiran’. The man with a magic behind his name, Rajinikanth, is at it once again with director Shankar, music composer A R Rahman and Sun Pictures giving him company.

All is grand and great with ‘Enthiran’. From frame one till the last, there is enough thrill, spill and chill that one would normally associate with Rajinikanth. Perhaps it is double here. The magic of Rajinikanth and the aura of Shankar have been combined well to weave a magic on screen.

Add the pretty Aishwarya Rai in the scheme of things and top it up with Rahman’s foot-tapping music combined with state-of-the-art technology, the end part is nothing but amazing, outstanding and what not.

Come to describe Rajinikanth in Enthiran, we may run short of adjectives and adverbs. As scientist Vaseegaran and as robot Chitti, the top actor sizzles. He is cool and suave as Vaseegaran. More intellectual and stylish, he charms one and all.

Sporting a stylish beard, Rajinikanth appears in trendy costumes in flashy colours. He has exemplary energy and enormous screen presence quite like any other films of him in the past.

Coming to the songs, Rajinikanth looks more young and trendy. He is as cool as cucumber, quite like a Sachin Tendulkar scoring boundaries at his will from his willow. Come to speak about the robot, it is a Rajnikanth special. As a ‘mobile’ machine, Rajinikanth sizzles on screen. He is more a marvel to look at.

One wink of our eyes, we may miss out his charm and acrobatics on screen. He may look tacky, but he combines the charm of Sylverster Stallone, Arnold Schwarzaneger and the energetic Jackie Chan.

Due credits should be given to the graphics designers and their team, who ensured that all is recreated well on screen. The Robot flexing its muscles, as one man army going gaga in town and even romancing Aishwarya Rai is a delight to watch.

Not far behind is beautiful Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, who missed few chances before to act with Rajinikanth. In ‘Enthiran’, she is cool and casual. The beauty with brains lends dignity to her role.

Interestingly unlike other Rajnikanth films, here the heroine is right there enjoying good screen presence. She is at her best in duets, romance and their emotional scenes.

Cliched of same old faces in negative roles? Here a shrewd Shankar throws a surprise in the form of Bollywood star Danny Denzongpa. He is solid and splendid in his role. He does what is expected of him. And lends solidity to the character.

Come to take about the story, it is about Man Vs Machine which we have seen in many a Hollywood movie. Dr Vasseegaran (Rajinikanth), a robotics professor creates an android humanoid robot quite like him. The innocent machine is programmed to be a genius and knows everything and anything under the sky.

Vasseegaran is assisted in this task by his assistants Siva (Santhanam) and Ravi (Karunaas). Coming to knoiw about the robot which is named Chitty, even Vasseegaran's ladylove and a medico Sana (Aishwarya Rai) gets fascinated by it.

As everything goes well, trouble erupts when Vasseegaran wants to get a patent for his creation. He creates it with a sole aim of dedicating it to Indian army and he feels such a machine would come handy to fight enemies in the border.

However Prof Bora (Danny Dengonzgpa) who is also involved in the process of creating a similar robot wants to play spoilsport. As it happens he rejects to give patent stating that it lacks human emotions. But trouble erupts when Chitty is provided with emotions.

It instantly falls for Sana's beauty which lands both its creator and itself in deep trouble. A feud erupts between them. Cashing in on the opportunity, Bora comes to take control of the machine, when Vasseegaran dismantles it and throws it away.

Now the real war erupts between Vasseegaran and Chitty. Chitty takes away Sana with him and in the process develops its own army of robots (all alike him and more than 1000 Rajinis on screen). Their only motive is to end Vasseegaran.

The last 40 minutes or so in nothing but scintillating scenes where the army of robots programmed to destruct go on killing spree. It is all up to Vasseegaran and Co to end Chitty's menace. Eventually all's well that ends well.

Three cheers to Sun Pictures. The production house has rendered a visual marvel. They have gathered all guts to produce a mega budget affair in Indian cinema, which has come out exceedingly well.

Thanks to Shankar and cinematographer Rathnavelu, every penny that they have spent has been reflected well on screen. The exotic locales across the globe for song sequences, grand laborartory sequences, breath-taking graphic sequences, spine-chilling stunts and chases everything justifies the huge money spent and is a pleasant sight.

Due credit goes to Rathnavelu. The man behind the lens has captured all marvels well. With his wide lens, astute use of colours, wise choice of breath taking locations, Randy has proved why he is one of the best in the business today. He has showed Rajinikanth at his awesome best.

Come to Sabu Cyril, the master art director today has done his part well. And he does a cameo too as an arm broker Sha. The lovely laboratory and the rest in the movie including the robots in thousands have been recreated well. At many places, the sets seem very close to reality.

Walking away with applause is Mozart of Madras A R Rahman. All his songs are catchy, foot-tapping and trendy. The songs like ‘Kadhal Anukkal….’, ‘Robo Dance…’, ‘Boom Boom…’ or ‘Kilimanjaro…’, all evooke thunderous applause. Rahman’s mastery in blending orchestration, harmony and rhythm add pep to all the numbers. The lyrics too compliment the songs and the theme of the movie. The legend in Vairamuthu, his novice son Kargy and Pa Vijay deserve applause.

Give due credit to editor Antony’s sharp scissors. A little more of the movie would have spoiled the show and made it a dragging affair. Thankfully, he has given what the people want. Short, clean and crisp. Walking away with huge applause are the dialogue writers late Sujatha, Kargy and Shankar. A complex sci-fi movie but easy understandable dialogues. They have ensured that all complex scientific details be made easy and understandable to the masses.

Come to master of the ship – Shankar. The man of many achievements, who brought grandeur to Tamil cinema, has lived up to his reputation. His dream project which eventually hit the screens is nothing short of fun, frolic and excitement. Known for handling mass themes with much ease, here he combines such elements with science. A theme never heard before in Indian cinema, Enthiran, despite of very few lagging moments, is nothing but a milestone movie. Shankar has added one more jewel in his crown.

Cornsnake lays eggs

2010-09-29T17:27:00.000+05:30

Snake Born pipping

2010-09-29T16:29:00.000+05:30

How to prevent your PEN drive from VIRUS

2010-09-28T13:20:00.001+05:30

Friends many of your PC/laptop's normally gets virus because of Pen Drives or USB devices (Even PC's who are not connected to network ). Some Virus like Ravmon Virus , Heap41a worm which are not detected by anti virus normally spreads mostly by the Pen Drives . In such a case what can you do to prevent your PC from getting infected with Virus that spreads through USB devices or Pen Drives ?

You can protect your PC by just following the simple steps below . It won't take much time.

Connect your Pen Drive or USB drive to your computer .
Now a dialogue window will popup asking you to choose among the options as shown in the figure.

Don't choose any of them , Just simply click Cancel.

*Now go to Start--> Run and type cmd to open the Command Prompt window .
*Now go to My Computer and Check the Drive letter of your USB drive or Pen Drive. ( E.g. If it is written Kingston (I:) , then I: will be the drive letter .)
*In the Command Window ( cmd ) , type the drive letter: and Hit Enter
*Now type dir/w/o/a/p and Hit Enter
*You will get a list of files . In the list , search if anyone of the following do exist
1.Autorun.inf
2.NewFolder.exe
3.Bha.vbs
4.Iexplore.vbs
5.Info.exe
6.New_Folder.exe
7.Ravmon.exe
8.RVHost.exe or any other files with .exe Extension .
If you find any one of the files above , Run the command attrib -h -r -s -a *.* and Hit Enter.
Now Delete each File using the following Command del filename ( E.g del autorun.inf ) .
That's it . Now just scan your USB drive with the anti virus you have to ensure that you made your Pen Drive free of Virus .

This virus is very very common now...
To know whether ur system is infected just type C:\heap41a in the address bar...

May the Roses bloom upon your Cross

2010-09-26T14:28:00.000+05:30

Be a little careful while..... Chatting Online

2010-09-25T16:15:00.001+05:30

Our FRIEND WAS chatting with a female - Online chat.
Background both are s/w engineers by the way and both work for real big MNC's

Hero: Hey...GM (Good Morning)... How's u doing today?

Female: VGM...Day is going good and it got better having found u on chat

Hero: wow...am honoured, u know what, my day starts only when I find you on Chat

Female: Yep...me too feel the same...Brb (be right back)'ll get some Coffee.

Hero: OK
(Hero waits impatiently. Meanwhile, his manager comes to his seat.)

Manager: Hey, I need some help from you

Hero: [**** This guy always comes at wrong time] Yeah tell me

Manager: Could u write a program for me which generates nth prime number, Given value of n. Would you give this by today evening?

Hero: I would do that, but I think it's quite hard, is it ok with you, if I Give it by tomorrow evening.

Manager: Yeah, that would be fine. Thank you [Leaves the place]

(Our hero sighs and stares at his monitor waiting impatiently for Female to Arrive. All of a sudden smiles on his face. Over to chat window...)

Female: Hey, am back

Hero: cool, you know what my manager does, She's kinda..... keeps asking stupid Things, tries to give me stupid work

Female: Yeah, it's the same everywhere. Real sick ppl these managers are!!

Hero: Yep, u rite!!

Female: Hey, can u do me a favor

Hero: *smiles* sure, why not.

Female: Hey, I want you to write me a program to print nth prime Number, given N. Would you give that to me by tomorrow evening? Plzzz. You know it's real Urgent for me to work this out

Hero: hey, that's a one-hour's work. Sure check Ur mail in an hour from now. ok?

Female: THIS IS WHAT I ASKED U WHEN I CAME TO YOUR WORK PLACE. NOW YOU KNOW WHO I AM!! AND ONE MORE POINT.... YOUR 1 HOUR TIME STARTS NOW!!

Computer communication!!

2010-09-25T16:07:00.002+05:30

What does a baby computer call his father?
Data.
What is a computer`s first sign of old age?
Loss of memory.
What happened when the computer fell on the floor?
It slipped a disk.
Why was there a bug in the computer?
It was looking for a byte to eat.
What is a computer virus?
A terminal illness.
To err is human; but to really mess things up requires a computer.
Computers make very fast, very accurate mistakes.
The attention span of a computer is as long as its electrical cord

*All In One*