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Five Awesome Substitutes for the Apple iPhone

2012-03-19T22:40:00.000+05:30

One word for the Apple iPhone 4S – Enthralling

Well, I am not bothered about it. You may ask why? Here it is:

Yes, the Apple iPhone 4S has the cool design quotient, amazing display, a decent camera and numerous apps. The important factors that disappointed me from the iPhone 4S are the Operating system, screen size, data sync and the cost of the unit.

1) Operating System: Apple uses its proprietary OS – the iOS on all its devices. The iPhone 4S comes with iOS 5 which locks you and doesn’t allow you to customize your phone according to your needs. It’s the age of Open Source OS’s like Android which lets you customize your phone any way you want.

2) Screen Size: Iphone 4S has a 3.5” LCD display with a so called Retina display. Whatever the naming, this display doesn’t even come close to the OLED screens which other phones have in terms of clarity, minute details etc. The 3.5” screen size looks too small for a smartphone. I prefer a typical screen size of 4.3” like the Samsung Galaxy S2 has.
3) Data Sync: Every time you want to copy/sync data from your computer to your iphone 4S and vice versa, you will have to have the iTunes. Whether you want to backup contacts or transfer music/videos or download apps, you need the itunes. You just can’t use your iphone as a plug and play device. There are *ahem* ways to make your iPhone work as a plug and play device, but we won’t go into that detail now.
4) Cost: One of the major concerns for buying an iPhone is the cost. The current price for the 16 GB iPhone 4S is Rs. 44,500 and the 64 GB unit will cost you Rs. 57,500. The prices here are way too high for an average consumer who just wouldn’t buy this phone for unless they want to show it off.

These are the main factors why I wouldn’t fall for buying this phone. Instead, I would like to present you 5 other phones which are much better than the iPhone 4S and wouldn’t cost a bomb.

1) Samsung Galaxy Note:

This is arguably the best Android phone in the market at present. Comes with a massive 5.3” Super AMOLED display which straddles between a smartphone and a tablet, a 1.4 GHz dual core processor to speed up processing of your applications which lets you multi task and an 8 MP camera. It is unwieldy and difficult to use it with one hand. The enormous screen of the Galaxy Note makes the iPhone 4S look diminutive. It also comes with an input device named ‘S-Pen’ which helps you scribble on the screen easily.
Cost: Rs. 32,700/- for the 16 GB unit.

2) Samsung Galaxy S2:

Since its release in June 2011, this phone has been the best Android phone ever. The Galaxy S2 has a 4.3” Super AMOLED display, a 1.2 GHz dual core processor, an 8 MP camera which is the best for mobile photography. This is one of the most complete smartphone ever manufactured. It has a thin body, powerful hardware, brilliant display and a price that wouldn’t make you think of robbing a bank.
Cost: Rs. 29,999/- for the 16 GB unit.

3) HTC Sensation XE:

This one’s for the music enthusiasts. Another Android phone loaded with a 1.5 GHz dual core processor, 4.7” S-LCD screen, 8 MP Dual LED flash. This is also the first phone to be produced after the collaboration between HTC and Beats by Dr. Dre. Thought the iPhone will score over this phone on the audio clarity, it’s the OS, screen size and processor that wins.
Cost: Rs. 32,249/-

4) Nokia Lumia 800:

Nowadays everyone has an iPhone or an android powered handset. If you are the one who wants to stand out of the crowd and be different, Nokia brings you the Lumia 800 powered by Windows Phone 7 OS. Loaded with a 1.4 Ghz single core processor, 8 MP camera, 3.7” AMOLED display screen, this is Nokia’s first Metro styled UI phone with Windows Phone 7 OS. The Metro user interface of WP 7.5 is neat and brings more functionality with live tiles. The app store is still growing for the Window Phone 7 OS market.
Cost: Rs. 23790/-

5) Blackberry Bold 9900:

I wouldn’t suggest this, but most of you might be using this for business purposes. You won’t get as many applications as iPhone or Android has, but its Email, messaging features are really good. This phone also comes with a QWERTY keyboard. This phone is embedded with a 1.2 Ghz processor, a 2.8” LCD display and a 5 MP camera. You won’t be able to customize this phone as you would with iPhone or Android devices.
Cost: Rs. 31,999/-

To sum it all, decide what you will be using your next handset for? Take into consideration all the features you would need ie the operating system, camera, storage space and then take the leap on buying the best smartphone.

PS: Prices mentioned here are as of 19th March 2012 for the Indian markets.

Track Your Mobile Phone

2010-11-12T00:59:00.005+05:30

Suppose you have lost your mobile, or you are searching for someone where he/she is located, this is the best place you can check for.
Check here

Check here --> Mobile Tracker

Angelina Jolie | Digital Painting Done In Photoshop

2010-11-08T10:01:00.000+05:30

Megan Fox | Digital Painting Done In Photoshop

2010-11-08T09:59:00.003+05:30

Tetris vs Contra. Funny

2010-11-03T10:35:00.002+05:30

Coolest Iphone App !! Can drive a car !!

2010-11-03T10:26:00.000+05:30

Need For Speed Hot Pursuit coming Nov. 16 2010

2010-10-31T22:38:00.001+05:30

PEPSI MAX 2010 Football Ad: OH AFRICA FT. AKON

2010-03-04T16:17:00.002+05:30

PEPSI MAX 2010 FOOTBALL ADVERT FT AKON OH AFRICA
Uploaded by Sasuke--. - More professional, college and classic sports videos.

Secure your files in a JPEG file

2010-02-26T14:24:00.001+05:30

So, you might be looking to hide some files ( or some explicit stuff :P ) somewhere deep down in the hard disk so that no person other than you would want to access it. You might be looking for some 3rd party softwares or tools to do that work. Instead you can follow these steps to secure them in an easy way.
For this, you will only need to download WinRAR. You just need to have a little knowledge about Command Prompt and have WinRAR installed.

Ok, lets begin…

1. Gather all the files that you wish to hide in a folder anywhere in your PC (Ex: make it in C:\stuff).
2. Now, add those files in a RAR archive (e.g. secret.rar). This file should also be in the same directory (C:\stuff).
3. Now, look for a simple JPEG picture file (e.g. logo.jpg). Copy/Paste that file also in C:\stuff.
4. Now, open Command Prompt (Go to Run and type ‘cmd‘). Make your currnet working directory as C:\stuff.
5. Now type: “COPY /b logo.jpg + secret.rar output.jpg” (without quotes) - Now, logo.jpg is the picture you want to show, secret.rar is the file to be hidden, and output.jpg is the file which contains both.
6. Now, after you have done this, you will see a file output.jpg in C:\stuff. Open it (double-click) and it will show the picture you wanted to show. Now try opening the same file with WinRAR, it will show the hidden files which you want to secure.
That's it and you are done.

How to block a website without any software or firewall

2010-02-26T12:04:00.003+05:30

Steps

1] Browse C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc
2] Find the file named "HOSTS"
3] Open it in notepad
4] Under "127.0.0.1 localhost" Add 127.0.0.2 siteyouwanttoblock.com , and that site will no longer be accessable. Save the file.
5] Done!

Example: The file entry should look like this

127.0.0.1 localhost
127.0.0.2 www.blockedsite.com

- www.blockedsite.com is now unaccessable

For every site after that you want to add, just add "1" to the last number in the internal ip (127.0.0.2) and then the address like before.

ie., it should look like

127.0.0.3 www.orkut.com
127.0.0.4 www.facebook.com

Hoep this small tutorial could keep you going in simple way of blocking websites.

Five free alternatives to Micorsoft Word

2010-02-26T11:57:00.002+05:30

Without a doubt Microsoft word is the best word processor money can buy but not all of us cannot afford it, also most of the people who buy Microsoft word never use all the features it offers. Hence Here is a list of best free word processors available in market for download.

1. Abiword: Without a doubt one of the best freeware word processor available. Abiword can read and edit almost all the coomon documet formats like MS word documents, open office documents, rtf files, txt files etc. Also Abiword is multiplatform it can run on windows, linux, solaris etc giving user the flexibility to run on any operating system. Another major plus point about Abiword is its ligh weight and quick startup , it almost starts in an instant so you are not pestered by annoying splash images at start and can jump into work right away. Give it a try and it will be liked for sure.

2. OpenOffice.org Writer: Probably the best MS word alternative known to most people. It has almost all the features that MS word can offer and a common man can use. Very simple to use and an elegant interface are an added advantage. Only disadvantage i can think of is that it is slightly slow to start with that annoying splash, which will bog down a few potential users. But for users looking for a complete word processing package to replace MS word Openoffice.org Writer is the best choice.

3. Google docs : For all the online lovers word processing cannot get better than this. Although the product is in beta stage it mimics almost all the most used features of MS Word. And with offline functionality of google docs ( with google gears ) it can be used without internet connection which makes it one of the best competetor in word processing market. The biggest plus point for google docs is availaility of documents on the move ( atleast where ever internet is available ). Also google docs can read and import all the common document types. Give google docs a try and you will love it.

4. IBM Lotus Symphony : Relatively unkown in office suite market IBM lotus Symphony is attrating good share of attention these days. This office suite based on openoffice.org includes a writer with very good features and support for all the common document types. The interface is much smoother and betterl organized than openoffice writer.

5. Zoho Writer: Zoho office was one of the first complete online office suites available, and as with all the other online office tools its still in beta stage. But dont let this beta stop you from using it, zoho writer is probably the best online writer available and in my personal opinion beats google docs fair and square. It even supports offline editing just like google docs.

Top Ten Must Have Freewares For A Notebook/ Netbook For Windows XP

2010-02-26T11:03:00.006+05:30

Dexpot
One of the best free virtual desktop softwares. Both Features and usability are topnotch. By default it comes with 4 virtual desktops, in netbook where space is a real constraint this is really useful. Download

The KMplayer
Being low on resources netbooks need a very good media player to play 720p videos. I tried windows media player, VLC player and noticed small hitch in both of them when playing 720p videos, but when i tried KMplyer no hitch was noticed. Just make sure that during initial configuration you select 1Ghz as your processor speed for good performance. Also KMplayer plays almost any video you throw at it. Download

Chrome/Firefox
Its very hard to decide which one to use. I will say both are good chrome is best suited for netbooks because of its minimalistic interface thereby increasing the space avaialbe for browsing. Download

Firefox can be configured to do the same using small tweeks like full screen mode, hiding status bar, hiding bookmarks bar. But dude to firefox addons i prefer firefox more than chrome. Download

Avira Antivir
Freeware Antivirus cant get better than this. Just try it and you will know what you have been missing. After trying avast, comodo i finally found this much better. Only drawback is one pestering Ad per startup. Download

Everything
Everything is a must have for any computer with NTFS file system. Instantaneous search is what you get by using this software. Best of all it can be run from a pendrive. Only drawback i can think of is that it cant search in FAT file system. Just use it to believe it, windows default search is ages behind this tool. Download

Free Commander
Since netbooks lack desktop real estate, opening too many windows can be a real hassle, this is where free commander comes to rescue, with ability to open upto four locations at a time, tabbed file manager support. Free commander is the best alternative to standard windows file manager. Download

Teracopy
Speedup, Pause and be in total control of your file copying using teracopy. Teracopy is a worthy replacement to standard windows copy function, with many addons that will make you forget windows copy in a jiffy.The best feature of teracopy is ability to pause and resume copying. Tera copy with free commander is a superb combination that will put windows explorer to shame. Download

Pidgin Having a simgle IM client handle all your accounts is really useful for a netbook as it reduces the resources utilised, there is no better free universal IM cleint for windows than Pidgin.
Another worthy mention here is Digsby. But it is still not as polished as Pidgin. Download

CCleaner
This a free privacy, registry and optimization tool. It is more important for netbooks since there is less ram and processing power in hand and keeping it optimized is always a requirement. Download

Openoffice.org
Last but by no means the least is openoffice.org. The best freeware office suite available, and also it is very light on resources hence the best office suite for netbook. Download

Another superlight weight wordprocessor worthy of mention is Abiword. It is best for users who are looking only for word processing. Download Abiword here

Protecting your Pen Drive (USB)

2010-02-26T10:38:00.005+05:30

Nowadays, USB sticks are the most useful and handy storage solution and cheap too. Protecting data needs to be taken care of, hence you need to protect your USB. Below are a few points for the same.

Life of the USB
The only thing(apart from normal wear and tear) the affects life of a usb drive is write cycles.You can read data from a drive any number of times you want but writing a data to it will decrease its life by a bit. Writing includes deleting/defragmenting etc. Thus unless sufficient space is not left in your drive for your new file , DO NOT delete old data from it , just insert more new data.

Defragment
Unlike normal hard disks with moving spindles , pen drives do not have slow and fast zones. Data kept anywhere will be read at same speed in a pen drive. Thus NEVER defrag your pen drive as it introduces one more write cycle and reduce life of ur pen drive (by just a little bit). Also usb drives don't have any head that needs to move its position (thus wasting time to read a fragmented file on an a hard drive drive).

Safely remove your external drive
Well speed of Hard disk is much faster than pen drive. Thus when you transfer data to yuor pen drive , to speed things up , some of the data may be "cached" by your Operating System. Thus when the dialogue box showing file transfer to pen drive has vanished , the data may not have been completely written to pen drive. That is why whenever you copy something to your pen drive you must always make sure that you "safely remove the hardware" just to be sure that all data has been transferred.

When you are reading from your pen drive , no such thing occurs , thus the moment the transfer dialog is complete , tou can simply take out ur pen drive without any fear of data corruption.

File system
Default is fat 32. some guys prefer ntfs , linux geeks may try out ext3.
Well these journaled file systems carry no real benefit in terms of data security.
but they have a lot of overhead in terms of journaling , keeping extra record bout files etc.This again introduces useless write cycles which again is bad for life for ur pen drive.

Preferable file systems ----- fat32 / ext2.

Viruses
If you are using Windows OS, always disable autorun of removable drives also keep anti virus updated .

If u must transfer data from a usb and if you already know that the usb is INFECTED, ( and you dont want to let the virus infect your PC) then follow this :

Once you plug in the USB, do not let it Auto Run. Open Windows Explorer, see that you open the USB folder from the Folders pane at the left side. Or just right click on the usb drive and click Open. This will not enable the autorun.inf file, hence avoiding the chances of spreading the virus on the PC.

Remove Short Cut Arrows From Desktop Icons

2007-12-07T22:33:00.000+05:30

Remove shortcut arrow from desktop icons

Here's how you can remove those shortcut arrows from your desktop icons in Windows XP.

1. Start regedit.
2. Navigate to HKEY_CLASSES_ ROOT/lnkfile
3. Delete the IsShortcut registry value.
You may need to restart Windows XP.

NOTE: ACTION ON ALL TIPS AT YOUR OWN RISK

117 Useful Run commands in Windows XP

2007-12-07T22:30:00.000+05:30

TYPE THESE COMMANDS IN " RUN "

1. Accessibility Controls - access.cpl
2. Accessibility Wizard - accwiz
3. Add Hardware Wizard - hdwwiz.cpl
4. Add/Remove Programs - appwiz.cpl
5. Administrative Tools - control admintools
6. Automatic Updates - wuaucpl.cpl
7. Bluetooth Transfer Wizard - fsquirt
8. Calculator - calc
9. Certificate Manager - certmgr.msc
10. Character Map - charmap
11. Check Disk Utility - chkdsk
12. Clipboard Viewer - clipbrd
13. Command Prompt - cmd
14. Component Services - dcomcnfg
15. Computer Management - compmgmt.msc
16. Control Panel - control
17. Date and Time Properties - timedate.cpl
18. DDE Shares - ddeshare
19. Device Manager - devmgmt.msc
20. Direct X Troubleshooter - dxdiag
21. Disk Cleanup Utility - cleanmgr
22. Disk Defragment - dfrg.msc
23. Disk Management - diskmgmt.msc
24. Disk Partition Manager - diskpart
25. Display Properties - control desktop
26. Display Properties - desk.cpl
27. Dr. Watson System Troubleshooting Utility - drwtsn32
28. Driver Verifier Utility - verifier
29. Event Viewer - eventvwr.msc
30. Files and Settings Transfer Tool - migwiz
31. File Signature Verification Tool - sigverif
32. Findfast - findfast.cpl
33. Firefox - firefox
34. Folders Properties - control folders
35. Fonts - control fonts
36. Fonts Folder - fonts
37. Free Cell Card Game - freecell
38. Game Controllers - joy.cpl
39. Group Policy Editor (for xp professional) - gpedit.msc
40. Hearts Card Game - mshearts
41. Help and Support - helpctr
42. HyperTerminal - hypertrm
43. Iexpress Wizard - iexpress
44. Indexing Service - ciadv.msc
45. Internet Connection Wizard - icwconn1
46. Internet Explorer - iexplore
47. Internet Properties - inetcpl.cpl
48. Keyboard Properties - control keyboard
49. Local Security Settings - secpol.msc
50. Local Users and Groups - lusrmgr.msc
51. Logs You Out Of Windows - logoff
52. Malicious Software Removal Tool - mrt
53. Microsoft Chat - winchat
54. Microsoft Movie Maker - moviemk
55. Microsoft Paint - mspaint
56. Microsoft Syncronization Tool - mobsync
57. Minesweeper Game - winmine
58. Mouse Properties - control mouse
59. Mouse Properties - main.cpl
60. Netmeeting - conf
61. Network Connections - control netconnections
62. Network Connections - ncpa.cpl
63. Network Setup Wizard - netsetup.cpl
64. Notepad notepad
65. Object Packager - packager
66. ODBC Data Source Administrator - odbccp32.cpl
67. On Screen Keyboard - osk
68. Outlook Express - msimn
69. Paint - pbrush
70. Password Properties - password.cpl
71. Performance Monitor - perfmon.msc
72. Performance Monitor - perfmon
73. Phone and Modem Options - telephon.cpl
74. Phone Dialer - dialer
75. Pinball Game - pinball
76. Power Configuration - powercfg.cpl
77. Printers and Faxes - control printers
78. Printers Folder - printers
79. Regional Settings - intl.cpl
80. Registry Editor - regedit
81. Registry Editor - regedit32
82. Remote Access Phonebook - rasphone
83. Remote Desktop - mstsc
84. Removable Storage - ntmsmgr.msc
85. Removable Storage Operator Requests - ntmsoprq.msc
86. Resultant Set of Policy (for xp professional) - rsop.msc
87. Scanners and Cameras - sticpl.cpl
88. Scheduled Tasks - control schedtasks
89. Security Center - wscui.cpl
90. Services - services.msc
91. Shared Folders - fsmgmt.msc
92. Shuts Down Windows - shutdown
93. Sounds and Audio - mmsys.cpl
94. Spider Solitare Card Game - spider
95. SQL Client Configuration - cliconfg
96. System Configuration Editor - sysedit
97. System Configuration Utility - msconfig
98. System Information - msinfo32
99. System Properties - sysdm.cpl
100. Task Manager - taskmgr
101. TCP Tester - tcptest
102. Telnet Client - telnet
103. User Account Management - nusrmgr.cpl
104. Utility Manager - utilman
105. Windows Address Book - wab
106. Windows Address Book Import Utility - wabmig
107. Windows Explorer - explorer
108. Windows Firewall - firewall.cpl
109. Windows Magnifier - magnify
110. Windows Management Infrastructure - wmimgmt.msc
111. Windows Media Player - wmplayer
112. Windows Messenger - msmsgs
113. Windows System Security Tool - syskey
114. Windows Update Launches - wupdmgr
115. Windows Version - winver
116. Windows XP Tour Wizard - tourstart
117. Wordpad - write.

SPEED UP U R WORK WITH THESE COMMANDS

How Much Data Is That???

2007-12-04T19:42:00.001+05:30

Its weird how this one came to me. So I was at work and to pass the time
we usually watch movies on the big screen TV. Today we were watching
Ocean's 13, and the word exabyte came up. I was then pondering how
many bytes is that actually?? Then I did a bit of research and came across
this piece by Jamess Huggins I would like to share..its pretty cool

How Much Data Is That?

Whenever we discuss quantities of data, we tend to do it in the abstract. We speak of a kilobyte, or a megabyte or a gigabyte without really knowing what it represents.
The following table shows various quantities of bytes, in each power of ten. Usually, they are shown with multiples of 2 and 5 also. For example, 1 Kilobyte, 2 Kilobytes, 5 Kilobytes.
All the examples are approximate and are rounded. For example, a computer card has 80 columns. If 50 columns contain data on a card, then two cards will be 100 bytes. Also, a 3-1/2 inch diskette can contain 1.4 Megabytes. Showing it as 1 Megabyte reflects both (a) the diskette not typically being filled and (b) rounding. Finally, a CD-ROM can hold more than 500 Megabytes. However, it is listed at that level as "typical" and as the closest match.
Bytes (8 bits)

* 0.1 bytes: A single yes/no decision (actually 0.125 bytes, but I rounded)
* 1 byte: One character
* 2 bytes:
* 5 bytes
* 10 bytes: One word (a word of language, not a computer word)
* 20 bytes:
* 50 bytes:
* 100 bytes: Telegram; two punched computer (Hollerith) cards
* 200 bytes:
* 500 bytes:

Kilobyte
1,024 bytes; 210;
approx. 1,000 or 10 3

* 1 Kilobyte: Joke; (very) short story
* 2 Kilobytes: Typewritten page
* 10 Kilobytes: Page out of an encyclopedia
* 20 Kilobytes:
* 50 Kilobytes: Image of a document page, compressed
* 100 Kilobytes: Photograph, low-resolution
* 200 Kilobytes: Two boxes (4000) punched computer (Hollerith) cards
* 500 Kilobytes: Five boxes, one case (10,000 of punched computer (Hollerith) cards

Megabyte
1,048,576 bytes; 220;
approx 1,000,000 or 10 6

* 1 Megabyte: Small novel; 3-1/2 inch diskette
* 2 Megabytes: Photograph, high resolution
* 5 Megabytes: Complete works of Shakespeare; 30 seconds of broadcast-quality video
* 10 Megabytes: Minute of high-fidelity sound; digital chest X-ray; Box of 3-1/2 inch diskettes
* 20 Megabytes: Two boxes of 3-1/2 inch diskettes
* 50 Megabytes: Digital mammogram
* 100 Megabytes: Yard of books on a shelf; two encyclopedia volumes
* 200 Megabytes: Reel of 9-track tape; IBM 3480 cartridge tape
* 500 Megabytes: CD-ROM

Gigabyte
1,073,741,824 bytes; 230;
approx 1,000,000,000 or 10 9

* 1 Gigabyte: Paper in the bed of a pickup; symphony in high-fidelity sound; broadcast quality movie
* 2 Gigabytes: 20 yards of books on a shelf
* 5 Gigabytes: 8mm Exabyte tale
* 10 Gigabytes:
* 20 Gigabytes: Audio collection of the works of Beethoven; five Exabyte tapes; VHS tape used to store digital data
* 50 Gigabytes: Library floor of books on shelves
* 100 Gigabytes: Library floor of academic journals on shelves; large ID-1 digital tape
* 200 Gigabytes: 50 Exabyte tapes

Terabyte
1,099,511,627,776 or 240;
approx. 1,000,000,000,000 or 10 12

* 1 Terabyte: Automated tape robot; all the X-ray films in a large technological hospital; 50,000 trees made into paper and printed; daily rate of EOS (Earth Orbiting System) data (1998)
* 2 Terabytes: Academic research ligrary
* 10 Terabytes: Printed collection of the U. S. Library of Congress
* 50 Terabytes: Contents of a large mass storage system

Petabyte
1,125,899,906,842,624 bytes or 250
approx. 1,000,000,000,000,000 or 10 15

* 1 Petabyte: 3 years of EOS data (2001)
* 2 Petabytes: All U. S. academic research libraries
* 20 Petabytes: 1995 production of hard-disk drives
* 200 Petabytes: All printed material; 1995 production of digital magnetic tape

Exabyte
1,152,921,504,606,846,976 bytes or 260
approx. 1,000,000,000,000,000,000 or 10 18

* 5 Exabytes: All words ever spoken by human beings.

Zettabyte
1,180,591,620,717,411,303,424 bytes or 270
approx. 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 or 10 21

Yottabyte
1,208,925,819,614,629,174,706,176 bytes or 280
approx. 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 or 10 24

100 Keyboard Shortcuts !!!

2007-12-04T19:39:00.001+05:30

CTRL+C (Copy)
CTRL+X (Cut)
CTRL+V (Paste)
CTRL+Z (Undo)
DELETE (Delete)
SHIFT+DELETE (Delete the selected item permanently without placing the item in the Recycle Bin)
CTRL while dragging an item (Copy the selected item)
CTRL+SHIFT while dragging an item (Create a shortcut to the selected item)
F2 key (Rename the selected item)
CTRL+RIGHT ARROW (Move the insertion point to the beginning of the next word)
CTRL+LEFT ARROW (Move the insertion point to the beginning of the previous word)
CTRL+DOWN ARROW (Move the insertion point to the beginning of the next paragraph)
CTRL+UP ARROW (Move the insertion point to the beginning of the previous paragraph)
CTRL+SHIFT with any of the arrow keys (Highlight a block of text)
SHIFT with any of the arrow keys (Select more than one item in a window or on the desktop, or select text in a document)
CTRL+A (Select all)
F3 key (Search for a file or a folder)
ALT+ENTER (View the properties for the selected item)
ALT+F4 (Close the active item, or quit the active program)
ALT+ENTER (Display the properties of the selected object)
ALT+SPACEBAR (Open the shortcut menu for the active window)
CTRL+F4 (Close the active document in programs that enable you to have multiple documents open simultaneously)
ALT+TAB (Switch between the open items)
ALT+ESC (Cycle through items in the order that they had been opened)
F6 key (Cycle through the screen elements in a window or on the desktop)
F4 key (Display the Address bar list in My Computer or Windows Explorer)
SHIFT+F10 (Display the shortcut menu for the selected item)
ALT+SPACEBAR (Display the System menu for the active window)
CTRL+ESC (Display the Start menu)
ALT+Underlined letter in a menu name (Display the corresponding menu)
Underlined letter in a command name on an open menu (Perform the corresponding command)
F10 key (Activate the menu bar in the active program)
RIGHT ARROW (Open the next menu to the right, or open a submenu)
LEFT ARROW (Open the next menu to the left, or close a submenu)
F5 key (Update the active window)
BACKSPACE (View the folder one level up in My Computer or Windows Explorer)
ESC (Cancel the current task)
SHIFT when you insert a CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive (Prevent the CD-ROM from automatically playing)

Dialog Box Keyboard Shortcuts

CTRL+TAB (Move forward through the tabs)
CTRL+SHIFT+TAB (Move backward through the tabs)
TAB (Move forward through the options)
SHIFT+TAB (Move backward through the options)
ALT+Underlined letter (Perform the corresponding command or select the corresponding option)
ENTER (Perform the command for the active option or button)
SPACEBAR (Select or clear the check box if the active option is a check box)
Arrow keys (Select a button if the active option is a group of option buttons)
F1 key (Display Help)
F4 key (Display the items in the active list)
BACKSPACE (Open a folder one level up if a folder is selected in the Save As or Open dialog box)

m*cro$oft Natural Keyboard Shortcuts

Windows Logo (Display or hide the Start menu)
Windows Logo+BREAK (Display the System Properties dialog box)
Windows Logo+D (Display the desktop)
Windows Logo+M (Minimize all of the windows)
Windows Logo+SHIFT+M (Restore the minimized windows)
Windows Logo+E (Open My Computer)
Windows Logo+F (Search for a file or a folder)
CTRL+Windows Logo+F (Search for computers)
Windows Logo+F1 (Display Windows Help)
Windows Logo+ L (Lock the keyboard)
Windows Logo+R (Open the Run dialog box)
Windows Logo+U (Open Utility Manager)

Accessibility Keyboard Shortcuts

Right SHIFT for eight seconds (Switch FilterKeys either on or off)
Left ALT+left SHIFT+PRINT SCREEN (Switch High Contrast either on or off)
Left ALT+left SHIFT+NUM LOCK (Switch the MouseKeys either on or off)
SHIFT five times (Switch the StickyKeys either on or off)
NUM LOCK for five seconds (Switch the ToggleKeys either on or off)
Windows Logo +U (Open Utility Manager)

Windows Explorer Keyboard Shortcuts

END (Display the bottom of the active window)
HOME (Display the top of the active window)
NUM LOCK+Asterisk sign (*) (Display all of the subfolders that are under the selected folder)
NUM LOCK+Plus sign (+) (Display the contents of the selected folder)
NUM LOCK+Minus sign (-) (Collapse the selected folder)
LEFT ARROW (Collapse the current selection if it is expanded, or select the parent folder)
RIGHT ARROW (Display the current selection if it is collapsed, or select the first subfolder)

Shortcut Keys for Character Map

After you double-click a character on the grid of characters, you can move through the grid by using the keyboard shortcuts:
RIGHT ARROW (Move to the right or to the beginning of the next line)
LEFT ARROW (Move to the left or to the end of the previous line)
UP ARROW (Move up one row)
DOWN ARROW (Move down one row)
PAGE UP (Move up one screen at a time)
PAGE DOWN (Move down one screen at a time)
HOME (Move to the beginning of the line)
END (Move to the end of the line)
CTRL+HOME (Move to the first character)
CTRL+END (Move to the last character)
SPACEBAR (Switch between Enlarged and Normal mode when a character is selected)

m*cro$oft Management Console (MMC) Main Window Keyboard Shortcuts

CTRL+O (Open a saved console)
CTRL+N (Open a new console)
CTRL+S (Save the open console)
CTRL+M (Add or remove a console item)
CTRL+W (Open a new window)
F5 key (Update the content of all console windows)
ALT+SPACEBAR (Display the MMC window menu)
ALT+F4 (Close the console)
ALT+A (Display the Action menu)
ALT+V (Display the View menu)
ALT+F (Display the File menu)
ALT+O (Display the Favorites menu)
MMC Console Window Keyboard Shortcuts
CTRL+P (Print the current page or active pane)
ALT+Minus sign (-) (Display the window menu for the active console window)
SHIFT+F10 (Display the Action shortcut menu for the selected item)
F1 key (Open the Help topic, if any, for the selected item)
F5 key (Update the content of all console windows)
CTRL+F10 (Maximize the active console window)
CTRL+F5 (Restore the active console window)
ALT+ENTER (Display the Properties dialog box, if any, for the selected item)
F2 key (Rename the selected item)
CTRL+F4 (Close the active console window. When a console has only one console window, this shortcut closes the console)

Remote Desktop Connection Navigation

CTRL+ALT+END (Open the m*cro$oft Windows NT Security dialog box)
ALT+PAGE UP (Switch between programs from left to right)
ALT+PAGE DOWN (Switch between programs from right to left)
ALT+INSERT (Cycle through the programs in most recently used order)
ALT+HOME (Display the Start menu)
CTRL+ALT+BREAK (Switch the client computer between a window and a full screen)
ALT+DELETE (Display the Windows menu)
CTRL+ALT+Minus sign (-) (Place a snapshot of the active window in the client on the Terminal server clipboard and provide the same functionality as pressing PRINT SCREEN on a local computer.)
CTRL+ALT+Plus sign (+) (Place a snapshot of the entire client window area on the Terminal server clipboard and provide the same functionality as pressing ALT+PRINT SCREEN on a local computer.)

microsoft Internet Explorer Navigation

CTRL+B (Open the Organize Favorites dialog box)
CTRL+E (Open the Search bar)
CTRL+F (Start the Find utility)
CTRL+H (Open the History bar)
CTRL+I (Open the Favorites bar)
CTRL+L (Open the Open dialog box)
CTRL+N (Start another instance of the browser with the same Web address)
CTRL+O (Open the Open dialog box, the same as CTRL+L)
CTRL+P (Open the Print dialog box)
CTRL+R (Update the current Web page)
CTRL+W (Close the current window)

Windows XP SP3 Speeds up d Whole System!!!

2007-12-04T19:37:00.001+05:30

Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3), the update scheduled to release next year, runs Microsoft Corp.?s Office suite 10% faster than XP SP2, a performance testing software developer reported Friday. Devil Mountain Software, which earlier in the week claimed Windows Vista SP1 was no faster than the original, repeated some of the same tests on the release candidate of Windows XP SP3, the service pack recently issued to about 15,000 testers. ?We were pleasantly surprised to discover that Windows XP SP3 delivers a measurable performance boost to this aging desktop OS,? said Craig Barth, Devil Mountain?s chief technology officer, in a post to a company blog Friday. According to the Office performance benchmarks, Windows XP SP3 is also considerably faster than Vista SP1. ?

None of this bodes well for Vista, which is now more than two times slower than the most current builds of its older sibling,? said Barth. Microsoft has at times struggled to wean users from the six-year-old Windows XP and get them to migrate to Vista. During 2007, for example, it made several XP concessions, including adding five years to the support lifespan of the Home edition and extending OEM and retail sales of XP through June 2008, as it recognized that customers wanted to hold on to the older OS. That?s definitely good news for all users like me who decided to stay with not so problematic Windows XP. I guess Vista will become usable too, but it will take few Service Packs?

Source: PC World

tweak:

If you want service pack 3,copy and paste this to txt file save as XPSP3.bat

@echo off
reg delete HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\WindowsUpdate\XPSP3 /f 2> NUL
reg add HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\WindowsUpdate\XPSP3 /v RCPreview /t REG_SZ /d 1c667073-b87f-4f52-a479-98c85711d869 /f
echo XPSP3 registry key has been set. Please check for updates in Windows Update.
pause

run XPSP3.bat ,you might have to reboot a couple of times,then run windows update.

Source softpedia

10 Things You Might Not Know About Nokia !!!

2007-12-04T19:26:00.001+05:30

1) The ringtone "Nokia tune" is actually based on a 19th century guitar work named "Gran Vals" by Spanish musician Francisco Tárrega. The Nokia Tune was originally named "Grande Valse" on Nokia phones but was changed to "Nokia Tune" around 1998 when it became so well known that people referred to it as the "Nokia Tune."

2) The world's first commercial GSM call was made in 1991 in Helsinki over a Nokia-supplied network, by Prime Minister of Finland Harri Holkeri, using a Nokia phone.

3) Nokia is currently the world's largest digital camera manufacturer, as the sales of its camera-equipped mobile phones have exceeded those of any conventional camera manufacturer.

4) The "Special" tone available to users of Nokia phones when receiving SMS (text messages) is actually Morse code for "SMS". Similarly, the "Ascending" SMS tone is Morse code for "Connecting People," Nokia's slogan. The "Standard" SMS tone is Morse code for "M" (Message).

5) The Nokia corporate font (typeface) is the AgfaMonotype Nokia Sans font, originally designed by Eric Spiekermann. Its mobile phone User's Guides Nokia mostly used the Agfa Rotis Sans font.

6) In Asia, the digit 4 never appears in any Nokia handset model number, because 4 is considered unlucky in many parts of Southeast/East Asia.

7) Nokia was listed as the 20th most admirable company worldwide in Fortune's list of 2006 (1st in network communications, 4th non-US company).

8. Unlike other modern day handsets, Nokia phones do not automatically start the call timer when the call is connected, but start it when the call is initiated. (Except for Series 60 based handsets like the Nokia 6600)

9) Nokia is sometimes called aikon (Nokia backwards) by non-Nokia mobile phone users and by mobile software developers, because "aikon" is used in various SDK software packages, including Nokia's own Symbian S60 SDK.

10) The name of the town of Nokia originated from the river which flowed through the town. The river itself, Nokianvirta, was named after the old Finnish word originally meaning sable, later pine marten. A species of this small, black-furred predatory animal was once found in the region, but it is now extinct.

Test Your Anti Virus If Its Working Or Not

2007-07-18T04:47:00.000+05:30

How to... Test if your Anti-Virus has been Compromised

Do you think you might have a virus on your machine? Not sure if your AV is doing its job? Well, here’s a simple test.

First, create a new text file and paste the following code into it:

X5O!P%@AP[4\PZX54(P^)7CC)7}
$EICAR-STANDARD-ANTIVIRUS-TEST-FILE!$H+H*

(trust me, it is harmless, it has been tested by myself)

Then save the text as a .COM file (any name will do, like eicar.com). Either scan the file manually or the auto protect feature of most AV programs should have already caught it. (My Nod 32 caught it immediately upon saving it as a .txt file.)

This test string is a way to test to see if an anti virus program is not working. It was created by the anti-virus industry as a standardized test and should not be taken to be an effective measurement of your anti viruses ability.

The whole point of the EICAR test is to see if an anti-virus program has been infected. If the anti-virus program doesn't detect the string, then there is a chance a virus has done something nasty to it. This was only meant as an internal test for developers though, not for end users. Also, this doesn’t mean that your system is free of viruses. Just that your AV is working to the best of it capabilities.

The only reliable test for how well your anti-virus program is doing, is how well it's doing funnily enough. Is your computer on fire? Have missiles just launched? Are robots trying to tear down your office door? If so you may have a virus, otherwise your AV is doing it's job.

Finding the Serial Key of a Software - Easiest n Quickest Method

2007-07-17T16:56:00.000+05:30

Get the serial number you need ! (For Certain Things)

* Go to Google.

* In the search field type: "Product name" 94FBR

* Where, "Product Name" is the name of the item you want to find the serial number for.

* And voila - there you go - the serial number you needed.

HOW DOES THIS WORK?

Quite simple really. 94FBR is part of a Office 2000 Pro cd key that is widely distributed as it bypasses the activation requirements of Office 2K Pro. By searching for the product name and 94fbr, you guarantee two things. 1) The pages that are returned are pages dealing specifically with the product you're wanting a serial for. 2) Because 94FBR is part of a serial number, and only part of a serial number, you guarantee that any page being returned is a serial number list page.

See these example searches:

"Photoshop 7" 94FBR
"Age of Mythology" 94FBR
"Nero Burning Rom 5.5" 94FBR

How To Hide a File In an Image File

2007-07-17T16:54:00.000+05:30

# You will need the following.. Windows 2000 / XP
# Basic Knowledge of the Command Prompt
# WinRar

1. Gather your image and the files you wish to lodge into it. Here I have a hide.txt which I will hide inside my toshow.jpg.
2. Add the files you want to hide into a new RAR archive. (so hide.rar created newly)
3. Open Command Prompt and go to the folder where your files are located, e.g., 'C:\hidden'.
5. At command prompt type 'copy /b toshow.jpg + hide.rar point.jpg' (without quotes).
(toshow.jpg is the picture I want to show, hide.rar is the file to be hidden, and point.jpg is the file which contains both.
6. Now test the point.jpg by double clicking it, and verifying it still opens.
7. Now try opening that same point.jpg file from menu: file->open of WinRar. It will show the original hidden file hide.txt.

Done !!!!!

Now point.jpg is a simple JPEG for others, but it contains a secret file hide.txt for you !!!!!!!!!

* u can always experiment with different file formats....but do create a backup b4 experimenting
* u can upload the image to imageshack too..

15 Cool FireFox Tricks

2007-07-17T16:43:00.001+05:30

1) More screen space. Make your icons small. Go to View - Toolbars -
Customize and check the “Use small icons” box.

2) Smart keywords. If there’s a search you use a lot (let’s say
IMDB.com’s people search), this is an awesome tool that not many
people use. Right-click on the search box, select “Add a Keyword for
this search”, give the keyword a name and an easy-to-type and
easy-to-remember shortcut name (let’s say “actor”) and save it. Now,
when you want to do an actor search, go to Firefox’s address bar, type
“actor” and the name of the actor and press return. Instant search! You
can do this with any search box.

3) Keyboard shortcuts. This is where you become a real Jedi. It just
takes a little while to learn these, but once you do, your browsing will
be super fast. Here are some of the most common (and my personal
favs):

Spacebar (page down)
Shift-Spacebar (page up)
Ctrl+F (find)
Alt-N (find next)
Ctrl+D (bookmark page)
Ctrl+T (new tab)
Ctrl+K (go to search box)
Ctrl+L (go to address bar)
Ctrl+= (increase text size)
Ctrl+- (decrease text size)
Ctrl-W (close tab)
F5 (reload)
Alt-Home (go to home page)

4) Auto-complete. This is another keyboard shortcut, but it’s not
commonly known and very useful. Go to the address bar (Control-L) and
type the name of the site without the “www” or the “.com”. Let’s say
“google”. Then press Control-Enter, and it will automatically fill in the
“www” and the “.com” and take you there - like magic! For .net
addresses, press Shift-Enter, and for .org addresses, press
Control-Shift-Enter.

5) Tab navigation. Instead of using the mouse to select different tabs
that you have open, use the keyboard. Here are the shortcuts:

Ctrl+Tab (rotate forward among tabs)
Ctrl+Shft+Tab (rotate to the previous tab)
Ctrl+1-9 (choose a number to jump to a specific tab)

6) Mouse shortcuts. Sometimes you’re already using your mouse and
it’s easier to use a mouse shortcut than to go back to the keyboard.
Master these cool ones:

Middle click on link (opens in new tab)
Shift-scroll down (previous page)
Shift-scroll up (next page)
Ctrl-scroll up (decrease text size)
Ctrl-scroll down (increase text size)
Middle click on a tab (closes tab)

7) Delete items from address bar history. Firefox’s ability to
automatically show previous URLs you’ve visited, as you type, in the
address bar’s drop-down history menu is very cool. But sometimes you
just don’t want those URLs to show up (I won’t ask why). Go to the
address bar (Ctrl-L), start typing an address, and the drop-down menu
will appear with the URLs of pages you’ve visited with those letters in
them. Use the down-arrow to go down to an address you want to
delete, and press the Delete key to make it disappear.

User chrome. If you really want to trick out your Firefox, you’ll want to
create a UserChrome.css file and customize your browser. It’s a bit
complicated to get into here.

9) Create a user.js file. Another way to customize Firefox, creating a
user.js file can really speed up your browsing. You’ll need to create a
text file named user.js in your profile folder (see this to find out where
the profile folder is) and see this example user.js file that you can
modify. Created by techlifeweb.com, this example explains some of the
things you can do in its comments.

10) about:config. The true power user’s tool, about.config isn’t
something to mess with if you don’t know what a setting does. You can
get to the main configuration screen by putting about:config in the
browser’s address bar. See Mozillazine’s about:config tips and
screenshots.

11) Add a keyword for a bookmark. Go to your bookmarks much
faster by giving them keywords. Right-click the bookmark and then
select Properties. Put a short keyword in the keyword field, save it, and
now you can type that keyword in the address bar and it will go to that
bookmark.

12) Speed up Firefox. If you have a broadband connection (and most
of us do), you can use pipelining to speed up your page loads. This
allows Firefox to load multiple things on a page at once, instead of one
at a time (by default, it’s optimized for dialup connections). Here’s how:

Type “about:config” into the address bar and hit return. Type “network.http” in the filter field, and change the following settings (double-click on them to change them):
Set “network.http.pipelining” to “true”
Set “network.http.proxy.pipelining” to “true”
Set “network.http.pipelining.maxrequests” to a number like 30. This will allow it to make 30 requests at once.
Also, right-click anywhere and select New-> Integer. Name it “nglayout.initialpaint.delay” and set its value to “0″. This value is the amount of time the browser waits before it acts on information it receives.

13) Limit RAM usage. If Firefox takes up too much memory on your
computer, you can limit the amount of RAM it is allowed to us. Again, go
to about:config, filter “browser.cache” and select
“browser.cache.disk.capacity”. It’s set to 50000, but you can lower it,
depending on how much memory you have. Try 15000 if you have
between 512MB and 1GB ram.

14) Reduce RAM usage further for when Firefox is minimized. This
setting will move Firefox to your hard drive when you minimize it, taking
up much less memory. And there is no noticeable difference in speed
when you restore Firefox, so it’s definitely worth a go. Again, go to
about:config, right-click anywhere and select New-> Boolean. Name it
“config.trim_on_minimize” and set it to TRUE. You have to restart Firefox
for these settings to take effect.

15) Move or remove the close tab button. Do you accidentally click
on the close button of Firefox’s tabs? You can move them or remove
them, again through about:config. Edit the preference for
“browser.tabs.closeButtons”. Here are the meanings of each value:

0: Display a close button on the active tab only
1. Default) Display close buttons on all tabs
2. Don’t display any close buttons
3. Display a single close button at the end of the tab bar (Firefox 1.x behavior)

Shut Down Your Pc 100 Times Faster

2007-07-17T16:40:00.000+05:30

Its harmless to ur pc.....

press cltr+alt+del
task manager will come
now see the "SHUT DOWN" option??
hold cltr and keep holding it
click on "shut down" tab on the task manager
ull c "turn off"option dere....
keep holding cltr click on "turn off"
keep holding cltr until the pc shus down ....