Computer Technology News

Launch of Windows Phone in India today

2011-10-12T23:57:00.000+05:00

New Delhi, 12th October, 2011: Microsoft Corporation India Pvt. Ltd. today launched the Windows Phone in India. With an all new rich and dynamic user interface of Live Tiles and Hubs, Windows Phone enables people to quickly find, connect and consume the things that they care about the most. The new OS sports a smooth transitional user interface called 'Metro', a visually appealing modern design language based on a set of principles which are modern, clean, alive in motion, and authentically digital.

Announcing the launch of Windows Phone in India, Mr. Bhaskar Pramanik, Chairman, Microsoft India said, "We are incredibly excited about today's unveiling of Windows Phone. With Windows Phone, we have looked at the consumer experience in an absolutely fresh way, and the end result is an operating system that is stylish, innovative, and one that seamlessly integrates the most sought after user experiences such as search, gaming, email and social networks across Bing, Office, Xbox LIVE, Facebook, Twitter and more."

The conventional application icons have been replaced by Live Tiles on the Windows Phone start screen, thus boldly displaying critical information at a glance. The Live Tiles come to life with real-time updates from the Web such as news, appointments or the status of friends. New Live Tiles can be easily created from whatever content a consumer wants, for applications, websites and music.

source :

http://www.microsoft.com/india/msindia/pressreleases/microsoft-launches-windows-phone-in-india/317/

STEVE JOBS THE APPLE FOUNDER AND FORMER CEO LIFE

2011-10-07T15:01:00.000+05:00

Apple Revenue by Product 2011

Apple iPod

Industrial Designer's God

Steve Job Life

Steve Job's annual salary is only 1 US $.

Steve's activities

Steve Jobs had one son and two daughters.

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Technology Champ Steve Life pictures

Steve job adn Bill Gates

Alphabet taught to kids now a days.

2011-10-06T15:37:00.001+05:00

Alphabet taught to kids now a days.
A :APPLE
B: BLUETOOTH
C: CHAT
D: DOWNLOAD
E: EMAIL
F: FACEBOOK
G: GOOGLE
H: HP
I : IPHONE
J : JAVA
K: KINGSTON
L :LAPTOP
M: MESSENGER
N : NERO
O : ORKUT
P : PICASSA
Q : QUICK
H : HEAL
R: RAM
S: SERVER
T : TWITTER
U: USB
V: VISTA
W: WIFI
X: XP
Y: YOUTUBE
Z: ZORPIA

Steve Jobs the Apple founder and former CEO has died RIP

2011-10-06T15:29:00.001+05:00

Steve Jobs, the Apple founder and former CEO, has died at the age of 56 after a long battle with cancer. "The world has lost a visionary," Barack Obama says in tribute.

1955
Steven Paul Jobs was born on February 24th, 1955. He was adopted by Paul and Clara Jobs, where they lived on 45th avenue in San Francisco. His father was of "imposing demeanor" and before he was a repo man, he was an engine room machinist in the Coast guard. He'd tinker with cars and sell them for a profit.

Steve was a hyperactive child. Somewhere in his childhood, he ingested a bottle of ant poison and had to be brought to the emergency room.

Of being adopted, Steve would later say, "I think it's a natural curiosity for people to want to understand where certain traits come from." "But mostly, I'm an environmentalist. I think the way you are raised, your values, and most of your worldview come from the experiences you had growing up."

Bill Gates said that I’m truly saddened to learn of Steve Jobs’ death. Melinda and I extend our sincere condolences to his family and friends, and to everyone Steve has touched through his work.

Steve and I first met nearly 30 years ago, and have been colleagues, competitors and friends over the course of more than half our lives.

The world rarely sees someone who has had the profound impact Steve has had, the effects of which will be felt for many generations to come.

For those of us lucky enough to get to work with him, it’s been an insanely great honor. I will miss Steve immensely.

Microsoft For All

2011-09-28T17:43:00.003+05:00

Microsoft For All
National Student Software Accessibility Portal Launch

It gives us immense pleasure to inform you that every student, faculty and staff member can now download Latest Genuine Microsoft Software at no cost for their personal and home use under the strategic alliance agreement with Microsoft; as a part of this alliance between Higher Education Commission and Microsoft, free licensed Microsoft software were provided to all the Public Sector Universities for their official use. Now HEC in collaboration with Microsoft would like to announce that every student, faculty and staff member of all public sector universities have full access to the e-academy Licensing Management System (eLMS) Portal to download the complete suite of Microsoft products for their home use absolutely free.

Now students can demand their own account from the IT Services department of their respective university. You have to acquire your account as early as possible to get the maximum benefit from this facility.

So go ahead and accelerate your learning experience.

Thanks & Regards:

HEC & Microsoft

for details go to

http://www.hec.gov.pk/Pages/StrategicEducationAllianceAgreement.aspx

Happy Ganesh Chaturthi

2011-09-01T13:26:00.000+05:00

Hoping this ganesh chatrurthi

Will be the start of year that

Brings happiness for you.

Happy Ganesh Chaturthi!

Eid Mubarak

2011-08-30T18:09:00.000+05:00

Facebook privacy changes in pictures Changed

2011-08-26T13:36:00.000+05:00

Users will now be able to approve or reject tags by others via Facebook’s new ‘Pending Posts’ feature.
Previously pictures were simply tagged by other users and appeared immediately in news feeds.

FREE Download of Adobe Muse Beta Website Design Software

2011-08-20T15:16:00.001+05:00

Design and publish HTML websites without writing code

Create websites as easily as you create layouts for print. You can design and publish original HTML pages to the latest web standards without writing code. Now in beta, Muse makes it a snap to produce unique, professional websites.

http://muse.adobe.com/?PID=4485850

Free Download Firefox 6 Final Available

2011-08-20T15:11:00.001+05:00

Firefox 6 does not have major cosmetic change though, but is nonetheless a major upgrade as it improves on Firefox performance and memory consumption, which now is snappier and uses less memory. In addition, the domain name of the URL is now been highlighted and made bold.

Mobile version of Firefox 6 for Android will be released together with the desktop version. FF6 for Android offers fresh visual style, enhanced browsing experience, smooth scaling and scrolling.

Download Firefox 6 prior to official launch on Firefox web page from the following links:

Windows: Firefox Setup 6.0.exe
Linux: firefox-6.0.tar.bz2
Mac OS X: Firefox 6.0.dmg

After Firefox 6 is officially released, Firefox 7 will be moved to Beta channel, likewise for Firefox 8 that moved from Nightly Builds to Aurora channel. Early adopters can also download Firefox 9 in the Nightly Builds channel.

google versus facebook

2011-08-12T16:05:00.000+05:00

(L-R) Sergey Brin, co-founder of Google Inc., versus Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook. (Photos: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg/Getty and Justin Sullivan/Getty)

Google’s senior vice-president of engineering Vic Gundotra introduced his company’s latest social networking platform project Google Plus On June 28, 2011.
Within four weeks became the fastest social site to reach 25 million users.
The unveiling of Google Plus has been overwhelmingly framed as a direct challenge to Facebook, a struggle for a share of its 750 million users and almost $2 billion in annual advertising revenue.
Bottom line: Google is still the Internet's leading brand in terms of number of users. Facebook has an enormous base of regular users who spend a considerable amount of time on its site -- much more time than on Google. However, Facebook's users were not particularly happy with their experience last year. It will be interesting to see whether Facebook's customer satisfaction scores come in higher in this year's ACSI.

A recent survey of more than 2,000 app developers reported that two-thirds think Google Plus will “catch up” to Facebook, saying that with assets such as search, Maps and YouTube, the company “trumps Facebook’s social graph lead,” and 49% think Google “shows more innovation than Facebook.”

Conclusion

Many other factors will come into play to determine whether Google+ can successfully challenge Facebook in the social media arena, including the appeal of the new service and whether people are willing to leave an established network where they already have numerous connections.

Google is well positioned as an Internet brand with better customer satisfaction than Facebook, and is a larger company with more internal resources. However, Facebook is a high-growth company that's likely on the verge of a public stock offering, meaning it has access both to a great deal of investor cash and top-flight employees hoping to cash in on that growth.

Eyes Test : Bad Eyes. Try This.

2011-08-12T15:37:00.000+05:00

Eyes Test : Bad Eyes

6-step guide for new people joining Google+

2011-08-10T20:57:00.001+05:00

A Guide to Taming Privacy Concerns Around Google+ – ZoneAlarm Blog has put together an interesting 6-step guide for new people joining Google+ and how they can protect their privacy on a social network that claims to have way more privacy controls than Facebook, yet you can’t have private profiles.
Google+ now has 20 million users worldwide in just 2-3 weeks after it’s launch in their invite-only field test. And as it grows, the concern for privacy and keeping yourself protected from cyber-criminals also increase.
Check out the various steps below to ensure your privacy is safe on Google+.

source : www.sizzledcore.com

Free Download E-Book How to Use Facebook for Business

2011-08-02T14:31:00.000+05:00

Downlaod Link

Free eBook: "How to Use Facebook for Business: An Introductory Guide" for 2011

Learn how to start using Facebook in 2011 to achieve your business goals!

Facebook is the most popular social network, and with over 750 million users, it can serve as an important marketing tool for any business. Let's face it: your prospects are on Facebook whether you like it or not.

A successfully maintained Facebook presence can help your business:

Get found by potential customers
Connect and engage with current customers
Create a community around your brand
Promote and expand the reach of your content
Generate leads!
Downlaod Link

17th August 2011 Nokia and Microsoft hosting special event

2011-08-02T14:24:00.000+05:00

Nokia and Microsoft will raffle 3 Nokia (phones) with Windows Phone (as soon as available) so it sounds like the 17th could be the official announcement date but not the sales start of Nokia's first Windows Phone 7 smartphone.

Source :
http://www.theunwired.net/?item=rumor-nokia-to-launch-its-first-microsoft-windows-phone-mid-of-august

10 Free and Simple Digital Media Audio Video and Pictures Editing Tools

2011-08-02T14:20:00.000+05:00

AUDIO EDITING

Audacity: A simple, yet very effective, open-source multi-track audio editing software. You can import audio files, chop them up, fade them in and out, or use more advanced editing features, then export the entire project as an MP3 or WAV file. Audacity can be used with Windows, Mac, and Linux, is compatible with a variety of audio file formats, and can even convert analog audio to digital.

Wavosaur: Although it only works on Windows operating systems and is barely half a megabyte in size, Wavosaur still has some pretty advanced features, like cross-fade loops, vocal removal, batch processing, and more.

Ardour: Only designed for Mac and Linux, but crammed full of advanced features, this one might be a bit more complex to navigate. Called a “digital audio workstation” suitable for professionals, users can record, mix, and edit their audio cost-free – and consult the support feature if they get stuck.

PHOTO EDITING

Pixlr

Pixlr: Very popular and user-friendly, Pixlr lets you upload photos from your computer and edit them right in your browser. There are no downloads necessary, unless you want to grab and edit screenshots using Pixlr Grabber. For simple, one-click edits, try Pixlr Express; for “retro vintage” effects, visit Pixlr-o-matic.

Picasa: Google’s photo editing tool, Picasa is a free download, runs on every operating system, and allows any number of simple editing and organizing features. Reduce redeye, crop, retouch, make a slideshow, and batch upload, or share photos using Picasa Web Albums.

Picnik: Edit photos online with this browser-based software; no downloads required here, either. Picnik, like Pixlr, has a lively, upbeat interface and offers access to special effects as well as simple edits like cropping and color retouching. For more advanced features, users can upgrade to the Premium version for a small fee per month.

VIDEO EDITING

MovieMaker: The Microsoft version of Apple’s iMovie, MovieMaker is a simple video editing software for Windows that turns photos and video clips into polished digital movies, using special effects, transitions, captions, sharing features, and more.

Cinefx: An open-source digital media player and editor, Cinefx is compatible on both Windows and Mac operating systems and lets users navigate simple, yet professional, video editing features and add a bunch of special effects.

MovieStorm: If you want to create 3D animated movies, this is the free download for you. MovieStorm’s goal is to make 3D animation accessible to teachers and students, businesses, and amateur filmmakers, so it’s easy to use, but full of high-quality, industry-standard features.

AUDIO SLIDE SHOWS

PhotoStory: A free, Windows-only audio slide show software that allows users to upload photos and audio and add captions, narration, and transitions to make a smooth multimedia piece. When it’s done, it’s exportable as a Windows Media Video (WMV) file.

Source :

http://mindshift.kqed.org/2011/08/14-free-and-simple-digital-media-tools/

Free Download Intel® Graphics Performance Analyzers 4.1

2011-08-02T14:13:00.002+05:00

Intel® Graphics Performance Analyzers 4.1
Intel® Graphics Performance Analyzers is a powerful, agile developer tool suite for analyzing and optimizing games, media and other graphics-intensive applications. The latest release, Intel® GPA 4.1, is available now and adds significant new features based on input from game and graphics developers.

Intel GPA is available Free to those who join the Intel® Software Partner Program (which is free to join).

Download Intel GPA 4.1

This latest release includes includes the ability to profile browser accelerated graphics workloads (hosted in Internet Explorer* 9, Chrome*, and FireFox* 4), OpenCL* and Media Performance Analysis capabilities, a new hardware thread view in Intel GPA Platform Analyzer, large file support (up to 1GB) in Intel GPA Platform Analyzer, and various performance enhancements throughout Intel GPA System Analyzer HUD, Intel GPA Frame Analyzer, and Intel GPA Platform Analyzer.

The product is available at no charge to members of Intel's Visual Adrenaline Developer Program. To download Intel® GPA and register for Visual Adrenaline membership, use this link. For more information on membership in this free developer program, visit the Visual Adrenaline Home Page. Additionally, Intel GPA can be purchased for $299 from this site.

What's New

Version 4.1 of the Intel® Graphics Performance Analyzers contains the following new features:

Intel® GPA Media Performance Analyzer (New!)

New tool for performance analysis of Intel® HD Graphics 3000/2000 accelerated media applications
Ability to create media performance trace capture files for visualization and detailed analysis in the Intel® GPA Platform Analyzer
Capture trace files provide a system-wide picture of how your code works with Intel® Media SDK and Microsoft* DXVA2 and how media-related workloads execute on the GPU.

OpenCL Support (New!)

Capitalize on OpenCL support for CPU analysis tasks

General

Ability to analyze CPU and GPU workloads enabled by Microsoft* Internet Explorer* 9, Mozilla* Firefox* 4, and Google* Chrome*

Free Download Adobe Edge HTML5 tool

2011-08-02T14:09:00.000+05:00

Adobe Edge HTML5 tool – free download links for Mac and PC

HTML5 is the new rising star in web based interfaces, maybe even taking over from Flash in a few years. With this, Adobe has announced the release of Adobe Edge; a new HTML5 tool that will help you on your HTML5 adventure, and even better, it is free of charge.
Adobe Edge wont always be free. Adobe are currently still testing the software themselves, and although it is still pre-beta, they want designers from all walks of creative-life to help them shape their product to make it the best, and easiest solution to helping HTML5 become a part of regular internet browsing life.
You can download the Adobe Edge HTML5 tool free from Adobe Labs, or you can check out more information such as system requirements via the Edge preview page.

Speed Up Internet Explorer ? 5 things to try

2011-07-29T15:33:00.000+05:00

Is Internet Explorer slow? 5 things to try

Upgrade to a newer version of Internet Explorer

Download a newer version of Internet Explorer and experience faster and more responsive web browsing. If you're using Windows 7 or Windows Vista, downloadInternet Explorer 9. If you're using Windows XP, download Internet Explorer 8.

Reset Internet Explorer settings

If Internet Explorer stops responding or working, if you encounter errors indicating that Internet Explorer needs to close, or if browsing feels slow, you might want to reset Internet Explorer settings. When you reset Internet Explorer settings, you basically start with a fresh version of Internet Explorer.

To automatically reset Internet Explorer settings, run the Reset Internet Explorer Settings Fix It.

To run the Reset Internet Explorer Settings Fix It

Click this button:
Fix this problem
When asked whether you want to run or save the file, click Run, and then follow the steps in the wizard.

For more information, see Reset Internet Explorer 9 settings, Reset Internet Explorer 8 settings or Reset Internet Explorer 7 settings.

Check your Internet connection

A slow Internet connection can be caused by many things, like the type of connection you have, the presence of spyware, viruses, and other programs, or outside factors, like heavy traffic on a website.

For Windows 7, see Why is my Internet connection so slow?
For Windows Vista, see Why is my Internet connection so slow?
For Windows XP, see Possible issues and resolutions for slow Internet connection speeds.

Disable add-ons

While browser add-ons can enhance your online experience, they can occasionally interfere or conflict with other software on your computer. Try starting Internet Explorerwithout add-ons to see if the problem goes away.

If disabling add-ons solves the problem, you might want to use Manage Add-ons (which you can find on the Tools menu) to disable all add-ons and then turn on add-ons only as you use them. This will allow you to figure out which add-on is causing the problem.

To automatically disable add-ons, run the Internet Explorer Add-on Fix It.

To run the Internet Explorer Add-on Fix It

Click this button:
Fix this problem
When asked whether you want to run or save the file, click Run, and then follow the steps in the wizard.

More information about add-ons:

For Internet Explorer 9, see Internet Explorer add-ons: frequently asked questions orHow do browser add-ons affect my computer?
For Internet Explorer 8 and Internet Explorer 7, see Internet Explorer add-ons: frequently asked questions or How do browser add-ons affect my computer?

Get more help

Here are some additional online resources you can check out if you've tried everything else without success.

Internet Explorer Community—Microsoft Answers forums
Internet Explorer Solution Center
Internet Explorer Help & How-to

Optimize your computer for peak performance

2011-07-29T15:31:00.000+05:00

Optimize your computer for peak performance

Clean up disk errors

Run once a week

Whenever a program crashes or you experience a power outage, your computer may create errors on its hard disk (sometimes referred to as a hard drive). Over time, the errors can result in a slow PC. Fortunately, the Windows operating system includes several PC tools, including a Check Disk program, to identify and clean any errors on your computer and to help keep it running smoothly.

Note: You must be logged on as an administrator to perform these steps. If you aren't logged on as an administrator, you can only change settings that apply to your user account.

Run Check Disk:

Windows XP users

In the Start menu, click My Computer.
In the My Computer dialog box, right-click the drive you wish to check for errors (for most of us, this is the C: drive, unless you have multiple drives on your computer), and then click Properties.
In the Properties dialog box, click the Tools tab. In the Error-Checkingsection, click the Check now… button. A Check Disk dialog box appears.
In the Check Disk dialog box, select all the check boxes, and then clickStart.
You will see a message box that says you can schedule the disk check to start the next time you restart your computer. Click Yes. The next time you restart your computer, it will automatically run through a disk check before displaying your login screen. After the disk check finishes, Windows will automatically bring you to your login screen.
Note: Check Disk can take more than an hour to check and clean errors on your computer.

Remove temporary files
Run once a week
Your computer can pick up and store temporary files when you're looking at webpages and even when you're working on files in programs, such as Microsoft Word. Over time, these files slow your computer's performance. You can use the Windows Disk Cleanup tool to rid your computer of these unneeded files and to help your PC run faster.
Windows XP users
1. In the Start menu, click My Computer.
2. In the My Computer dialog box, right-click the drive you wish to check for errors (for most of us, this is the C: drive, unless you have multiple drives on your computer), and then click Properties.
3. In the Properties dialog box, click Disk Cleanup.
4. Disk Cleanup calculates how much space you can free up on your hard drive. After its scan, the Disk Cleanup dialog box reports a list of files that you can remove from your computer. This scan can take a while depending on how many files you have on your computer.
5. After the scan is complete, in the Disk Cleanup dialog box, click View Filesto see what Disk Cleanup will discard (if you accept the suggestions). You can select and deselect check boxes to define what you wish to keep or discard. When you're ready, click OK.
6. You can also select the More Options tab within the Disk Cleanup screen to look for software programs you don't use much anymore. You then have the choice to remove these unused programs.
  
  Optimize your data
  Run once a week
  As you add programs and files to your computer, it often breaks files side by side to increase the speed of access and retrieval. However, as files are updated, your computer saves these updates on the largest space available on the hard drive, often found far away from the other adjacent sectors of the file.
  The result is a fragmented file. Fragmented files cause slower performance because your computer must now search for all of the file's parts. In other words, your computer knows where all the pieces are, but putting them back together in the correct order—when you need them—can slow your computer down.
  Windows includes a Disk Defragmenter program to piece all your files back together again and to make them available to open more quickly.
  Note: Windows 7 and Windows Vista are preconfigured to run Disk Defragmenter on a weekly basis. If you would like to run the tool manually or to adjust the schedule, click the section for your specific operating system.
  Windows XP users
  1. In the Start menu, click My Computer.
  2. In the My Computer dialog box, right-click the drive you wish to check for errors (for most of us this is the C: drive, unless you have multiple drives on your computer), and then click Properties.
  3. In the Properties dialog box, click the Tools tab, and then, in the Defragmentation section, click Defragment Now....
  4. In the Disk Defragmenter dialog box, select the Volume (most likely your Local Disk C:) at the top of the screen, and then click Analyze.
  5. After analyzing your computer, the Disk Defragmenter displays a message stating whether you should defragment your computer. PressDefragment to clean up your computer, if necessary. The Disk Defragmenter reorganizes files by placing them together and sorting them by program and size.
  Make Internet Explorer run faster
  The Internet is everywhere—from the home to office to the classroom. We use it to communicate, to work, to play—and even occasionally to waste time.
  Yet there's nothing more frustrating than having this technical marvel at our fingertips 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, only to wait while our computers access it at a crawling pace. Thankfully, Windows Internet Explorer provides some useful options for quicker web surfing.
  Reduce the size of your webpage history
  Internet Explorer stores visited webpages to your computer, organizing them within a page history by day. Although it's useful to keep a couple days of web history within your computer, there's no need to store more than a week's worth. Any more than that and the collected webpages can slow down your computer's performance.
  Note: Depending on which version of Internet Explorer you're using, the steps outlined and images shown may vary slightly.
  In Internet Explorer, on the Tools menu, click Internet Options.
  In the General tab, under Browsing history, click the Settings button.
  
  Under History, find the Days to keep pages in history: box. In the box, select 1, and then click OK.
  
  Don't save encrypted webpages
  Encrypted webpages ask for user names and passwords. These pages scramble information to prevent the reading of sensitive information. You can configure Internet Explorer to not save these types of pages. You'll free up space by saving fewer files to your computer, in addition to keeping secure information off of your computer.
  Change setting to not save encrypted webpages
  In Internet Explorer, on the Tools menu, click Internet Options.
  
  In the Internet Options dialog box, click the Advanced tab.
  
  In the Settings section, scroll down to the Security section. Select the Do not save encrypted pages to disk check box, and then click OK.
  
  If Internet Explorer is not as quick as you'd like it to be, check out the article Is Internet Explorer slow? 5 things to try for a few more tips specific to your browser.
  Automate Windows Update
  Configure once
  Microsoft works constantly to release updates to Windows and other Microsoft products, including Microsoft Office. With Windows Update, you can find and install all these updates—not just the critical ones. Often, the updates can improve your computer's performance.
  You can make life easier by automating Windows Update so that your computer downloads and installs all the updates without you having to worry about them.
  In the Start menu, click Control Panel.
  
  In the Automatic Updates dialog box, select the Automatic (Recommended) check box. You can define the time of day that your computer should check for updates. If the computer finds any updates, it will download and install them automatically for you.
  
  Click OK.
  
  Remove spyware, and help protect your computer from viruses
  Download once, and get automatic updates
  While you're busy surfing the web, spyware and other types of malicious software (also known as malware) are collecting personal information about you, often without your knowledge. The result is that your personal information could possibly be compromised. At the same time, spyware and malware can slow down your computer. Download Microsoft Security Essentials for free to help guard your system in the future from viruses, spyware, adware, and other malware. Microsoft Security Essentials acts as a spyware removal tool and includes automatic updates to help keep your system running efficiently and to help protect it from emerging threats.
  Note: For specific virus definitions and news, visit the Microsoft Malware Protection Center.

HP TouchPad available on Aug 12

2011-07-29T15:06:00.000+05:00

The Wi-Fi version of the HP TouchPad will be available in Singapore on Aug 12, Hewlett-Packard said in a statement.
The 32GB TouchPad will come with a TouchPad Case and a TouchPad Wireless Keyboard during the promotion.

Google Plus vs Facebook

2011-07-29T15:03:00.000+05:00

After rocketing to 10 million users in its first three weeks, Google's social-networking site appears to be getting less attention. The time spent on Google+ has also fallen well below time spent on Facebook. A consultant called Google+ just "another way for Google to gain market share."

Less Engagement Than Facebook
According to a Hitwise blog post by Heather Dougherty, as of July 19 the average visit time for Google+ was five minutes and 50 seconds, up from four minutes and 52 seconds the week before. But she noted that's a far cry from the average time users spend on Facebook, which was 21 minutes and 57 seconds the same week.

For the week ending July 23, Google+ received 1.79 million visits, down 3 percent from the previous week, and the average time spent on the site fell 10 percent to 5 minutes and 15 seconds, Hitwise said Wednesday.

By contrast, visits for the week ending July 16 shot up 283 percent from the week before, and 821 percent from the week before that, Hitwise said last week.

As of July 16, Google+ ranked as the 42nd-most-visited social networking site and the 638th-most-visited site overall in the U.S., Hitwise said last week. Hitwise didn't update those rankings Wednesday, but given the drop in usage it's unlikely that Google+ improved its position on either list.

Microsoft Mistake or Microsoft Social Networking 'Accident'

2011-07-29T14:54:00.000+05:00

Microsoft Social Networking 'Accident'

On http://www.socl.com/ shows this writing on main page

Thanks for stopping by.

Socl.com is an internal design project from a team in Microsoft Research which was mistakenly published to the web.

We didn’t mean to, honest.

Happy Birthday, MS-DOS -- 30 candles 27 July 1981- 27 July 2011

2011-07-29T09:04:00.000+05:00

Happy Birthday, MS-DOS -- 30 candles ( 27 July 1981- 27 July 2011)
MS-DOS ( short for Microsoft Disk Operating System) is anoperating system for x86-based personal computers. It was the most commonly used member of the DOS family of operating systems, and was the main operating system for IBM PC compatible personal computers during the 1980s to the mid 1990s, until it was gradually superseded by operating systems offering a graphical user interface (GUI), in particular by various generations of the Microsoft Windows operating system.

The following versions of MS-DOS were released to the public.

MS-DOS 1.x
- Version 1.12 (OEM) - Compaq release of PC-DOS 1.10
- Version 1.19 (OEM)^[7] - Zenith OEM
- Version 1.25 (OEM) - Microsoft repackaging of PC-DOS 1.10
MS-DOS 2.x - Support for 10 MB hard disk drives and tree-structure filing system
- Version 2.0 (OEM)
- Version 2.1 (OEM)
- Version 2.11 (OEM)
- Version 2.2 (OEM)
- Version 2.21 (OEM)
MS-DOS 3.x
- Version 3.0 (OEM) - Support for larger hard disk drives
- Version 3.1 (OEM) - Support for Microsoft Networks
- Version 3.2 (OEM)
- Version 3.21 (OEM)
- Version 3.25 (OEM)
- Version 3.3 (OEM)
- Version 3.3a (OEM)
- Version 3.3r (OEM)
- Version 3.31 (OEM) - Compaq 3.31 supports FAT16 and larger drives.
- Version 3.35 (OEM)
MS-DOS 4.x - includes a graphical/mouse interface.
- Version 4.00 (OEM)
- Version 4.01 (OEM) - IBM patched Version 4.00 before Microsoft released it.
- Version 4.01a (OEM)
MS-DOS 5.x
- Version 5.0 (Retail) - includes a full-screen editor. A number of bugs required reissue.
- Version 5.0a (Retail) - With this release, IBM and Microsoft versions diverge.
- Version 5.0.500 (WinNT) - All Windows NT 32-bit versions ship with files from DOS 5.0
MS-DOS 6.x
- Version 6.0 (Retail) - Online help through QBASIC. Disk compression and antivirus included.
- Version 6.2 (Retail) - Microsoft and IBM alternate versions, IBM has 6.1, 6.3
- Version 6.21 (Retail) - Stacker-infringing DBLSPACE removed.
- Version 6.22 (Retail) - New DRVSPACE compression.
MS-DOS 7.x
- Version 7.0 (Win95,95A) - Support for long file names. New editor.
- Version 7.1 (Win95B-Win98SE) - Support for FAT32 file system
MS-DOS 8.0
- Version 8.0 (WinME) - Integrated drivers for faster Windows loading.
- Version 8.0 (WinXP) - DOS boot disks created by XP and later contain files from WinME. The internal DOS is still 5.0

Microsoft DOS was released through the OEM channel, until DRI released DR-DOS 5.0 as a retail upgrade. With PC-DOS 5.00.1, the IBM-Microsoft agreement started to end, and IBM entered the retail DOS market with IBMDOS 5.00.1, 5.02, 6.00 and PC-DOS 6.10, 6.30, 7.00 and 2000.

A number of beta versions have surfaced on the Internet, such as 5.0 (a ten-diskette version in the same vein as 4.0), 7.00 beta 1 (based on 6.00), 7.00 beta 2 (based on 6.22). An OEM source package for 6.00, and a late release of 6.2(b) have also been seen. These are not retail versions.

Solar Technology for Gadgets Samsung NC215 solar powered netbook

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The Samsung NC215 solar powered netbook appeared first in Africa in May. And now you can already pre-order the Samsung NC215 on Amazon for $399. The shipping date is not published yet.

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The 10.1-inch Intel Atom N570 powered netbook has the lid covered with solar cells. Other features of the NC215 include 250GB HDD, 1GB RAM, Wifi 802.11n and Windows 7 Starter.

Samsung is not really forward with information on how much benefit the solar panel is giving you. In any case it looks cool and gives you a green image right away. I heard that works well with the ladies.

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