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Adding Video to ASP.NET WebSite

noreply@blogger.com (Sanket) — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 14:16:00 +0000

Hello Friends!

Now here is something regarding the designing of the website. I am working on a project in ASP.NET. It includes a lot of things in addition to designing. Adding a Animated Image or a Video gives a good look to your page. So, I decided to add a Video to my Website.

And Here the Problem Starts! How to add it?

Here is the code to add the video to your ASP.NET website. Copy the code to the place where you want to add the Video (May in Master Page or Web Form). Replace this -" SomeMediaFile.mpg" (without quotes) with your video filename. Any video extension can be used. But Before that, You need to create the folder in your solution and place the Video file in it. The Parameters can be changed as per requirement.

The Code -

<OBJECT ID="Player"

CLASSID="CLSID:6BF52A52-394A-11d3-B153-00C04F79FAA6"

VIEWASTEXT>

</OBJECT>

Creating a Video File using the Images, Pictures and Wallpapers -

You can create a video file using the images. It's Simple. Open the Windows Movie Maker (available in Windows XP). Import the required Images. Add Effects and Create the movie file. And it's Done..!

I know there are a lot of other options available to add videos to website such as using Flash. But I think This is the simplest way. Many people don't know how to use flash. And it's very easy to create videos using Windows Movie Maker. Videos can be added using Silverlight also. But it works in Visual Studio 2008 only not in VS 2005.

So, Give it a Try......

There will be few more posts in designing category so stay Tuned :)

The Cheapest PC Ever

noreply@blogger.com (Sanket) — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 05:07:00 +0000

Have a Look at the Cheapest PC Ever.........

And see what it contains.....

Ha...ha.....ha.........

Happy New Year 2010 !!!

noreply@blogger.com (Sanket) — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 15:52:00 +0000

Hello Friends,
Happy New Year!!!

I changed my blog Template. Please tell me how it looks?

Thank you,
and Enjoy Blogging!

Indian Railway Changing Gears

noreply@blogger.com (Sanket) — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 06:27:00 +0000

Indian Railway - The transportation service used by a huge amount of people is now Concentrating on the safety and security of passengers and providing the high class comforts.

Indian Railways is launching its fully indigenized version of the three-phase electric locomotive (WAG-7 and -9 series), fitted with software-controlled diagnostic tools to significantly improve locomotive performance and provide better asset utilization, as well as contribute value-added services in the train movement, besides avoiding line failures. The engineers at Indian Railways and Sunlux have developed a compact diagnostic tool for these locomotives. The tools can be fitted to electric and diesel locomotives, both freight and passenger versions.

Further, the GPS facility will also be introduced. The Real-time control using GPS for positioning information and GSM for communication and signaling thousands of kilometers away opens a new era of traction units. Real-time tracking of trains, which carry up to 800 passengers in 5 to 12 wagons, is now possible without any manual intervention, even though the engineer would be present to carry out other tasks while manning the train. The system can fulfill the following tasks:

* Reduce speed before motor overheating becomes a danger
* Quickly measure estimated repair time and failure urgency
* Identify whether it will be an on-train/service track repair or require movement to a nearby repair facility

The encrypted onboard diagnostic information will be transmitted through the GSM/GPS channel to the control room, which upon analysis; will assist the driver to handle the situation. The system can also monitor how the locomotive was performing, whether it needs assistance, or if the crew needs any help.Also it has been decided to make the coaches more comfortable and modern. It has been proposed to provide facilities such as electronic information display, Internet, comfortable seats, better lights, public address system, etc. By using modern materials in coach flooring, roof, inside walls, etc. the coaches are to be aesthetically enhanced.

The stations are also going to change their look. It is proposed that the stations should be developed similar to Airports with all the modern facilities. This upgradation will be carried out in the step by step manner. All the tracks need to be checked and upgraded as per the requirements.

Adopting these and other modern facilities is bound to make the Indian Railways one of the best public utilities in the world !!!

Cellphone users - A GOOD news and a BAD one...!

noreply@blogger.com (Sanket) — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 03:57:00 +0000

Hello Friends,
if you are a cell phone user then the coming year is a good year for you!
And if you are planning to buy a new cell wait for a few more days….Because –

1) Mobile Chargers are getting Standardized
2) Mobile Number Portability Facility to be launched And
3) 11 digit mobile numbers coming soon

Standardization of Mobile Chargers

Yes it's time to throw away your old mobile chargers again!

If you've changed your mobile phone in the past couple of years, you must be familiar with the problems of dealing with the chargers. You are forced to buy a charger even if you own the same or other compatible interface. And what to do with the old one? – An addition to e-Garbage!

With every different manufacturer comes a different charger, which worst of all isn't compatible with the charger from the previous manufacturer.

With technology as advanced as it is today and with almost all mobiles using the same type of batteries, one would think having the same charging mechanism would be rather a trivial job. Now mobile manufacturers such as Apple, LG, Motorola, Nokia, Samsung and Sony Ericsson along with electronic chipset manufacturers such as NEC, Qualcomm, and Texas Instruments have come together in an effort to end this needless confusion.

You can expect, from 2010 onwards to have all mobile phones work on a standard charging system using the microUSBport, one already present on the Nokia N97.

Soon you will be able to use any charger from anyone to charge any phone. Not only is this infinitely more convenient, but also more environment friendly, as it will lead to less electronic waste, from discarded chargers. What follows though is a brief period of discomfort as you deal with yet another charger format, but nothing we aren't already used to!

Launching of Mobile Number Portability Facility

Yes, Again one good news….

Every time you change your Service provider (because of affordable tariff) you have to send your NEW mobile number to everybody. But now the days are going to change, just wait for a few days. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) will be launching the Mobile Number Portability facility by Jan 2010. Now what is this – Change your service provider while keeping the same Mobile number on a fixed porting charge of Rs.19 (the amount to be paid by a subscriber to the recipient operator) for availing this MNP facility! Yes, this is it.

The MNP will allow a subscriber to retain his number even when he moves from one operator to another irrespective of the mobile technology.

According to TRAI, The facility of keeping the same existing mobile telephone number despite moving to a new telecom service provider helps in increasing competition between the service providers and acts as a catalyst for the service providers to improve their quality of service. The TRAI also fixed ‘per port transaction charge’ at Rs.19.

“Per port transaction charge” means the charge payable by the recipient operator (the operator where the subscriber is willing to port his number) to the MNP service provider for processing the porting request of a mobile number.

Now, No new SMS’s saying xxxxxxxxxx is my new mobile number.

So, Hurry Up! To book your favorite mobile number to keep it permanent as soon as MNP facility launches.

11 Digit Mobile Numbers

Yes, this one is the bad news for all the Grandparents. They will have to remember the 11 digit number from now onwards. This is because of the HUGE increase in the Cell phone users in India.

The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has decided to migrate to an 11-digit numbering plan in mobile services by prefixing the number ‘9’ to the existing two-digit PLMN Access Code. A PLMN is identified by the Mobile Country Code (MCC) and the Mobile Network Code (MNC). The proposed migration from the existing 10-digit number to an 11-digit numbering plan is likely to be implemented from January 1, 2010.

It seems that the coming year is going to bring some revolutionary changes in the Telecom World!

A new way to have bucks - Paypal Wishlist(100 USD)

noreply@blogger.com (Sanket) — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 11:05:00 +0000

This unique method is available only up to Dec-31-2009. So try and make the most out of it. All you have to do is go to your Facebook and add this application known as Paypal Wishlist. If you dont have a Paypal account CLICK HERE to make one. Now add the Paypal Wishlist Application. Now you've made your first $. Make your wish list which is five objects in current market. Select these objects by clicking each of them.

Now publish this on your Facebook and tell your friends to add this application. For each friend who adds your application you can earn 1$. As simple as that. Note that the money cannot be withdrawn immediately. All your friends added till Dec 31st will be considered and the money will be credit to your PayPal account in the month of Feb. If you have a verified Paypal account you can transfer this money to your bank account based on your currency conversion rate or you can request a check from Paypal which will be delivered within 10 days and withdraw the amount to your currency. Start by adding the PAYPALWISHLIST application in your Facebook by CLICKING HERE

Important: This offer is only available to some countries in Asia including India, Thailand, Malaysia, Korea, Vietnam, Philippines, Indonesia and Singapore.

How to launch your own new web site with paid hosting?

noreply@blogger.com (Sanket) — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 09:26:00 +0000

When a blogger looks himself as a professional blogger then he tries many ways to increase his earnings , traffic and continues readers .And if this is happening in real then buying new host is important. As most of the free web hosts do not support high traffic. So to avoid the loss of new visitors the blogger must buy a new web hosting service .

I can only guide you to buy nice and trustworthy web hosting services .

Some of the best web hosting services are ...
* Hostgator
* Go Daddy
* Blue Host
etc.

The price is a factor why people do not buy it but if you think you can spend that much then you can go for any one of them they are best in the race.

But if you want any other cheap web hosting service then you can have those also like,
* 2mHost
* kvcHosting
You will get more like these on internet but these services are good .

If you found yourself in any trouble then contact me . I will help you out .

(If you want any domain name provider then you can individually buy those else most of the Hosting services provide it for free )

How to earn with your blog ethically ?

noreply@blogger.com (Sanket) — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 09:07:00 +0000

Like newspaper or TV channels show advertisements and earn money by showing those ads a blogger can also earn money though his blog.

The main focus of today's blogger is earning more money with his/her blog and for that they try many earning sources like affiliate marketing on blog or selling ad space. But the most popular is generating revenue via Text/Banner advertising like Adsense,Adbrite,Bidvertiser etc .

The reigstration procedure of these sites is simple as creating a new mail id . You only need to have your own blog,site. The important thing in this procedure is correct and valid user name and user profile address .

These sites have different ad types so that variable ads can be placed on the same page.
You can have variety of ads like
* Link ads
* Banner Ads
* Text Ads
* Ads for Feed
* Full page ads
etc.

Out of which Text ad and Banner ads are more beneficial as their output is more in terms of earning. The control panel of these sites provides you to select multiple type of ads. They provide you with a script which you have to add to your blog or site code .

Keeping more than one ad on a same page is good but the page should not look like mess in fish market . As this may reduce the visitors of your blog.

Some Points To Remember:
* Don't add more than 3 ads scripts on a page.
* Don't make visitors click to your ads by writing there like " click here " .
* Color selection of advertise must be suitable to your blog.
* Don't click on your own ads as the advertiser may ban you .

There are many other does and dont's which you should fallow but will tell you in next section of Blogging and Earning.

Robot solving Rubiks cube - Awesome

noreply@blogger.com (Sanket) — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 08:49:00 +0000

You must have played with Rubik's cube at least once in your life else must have seen it . For newbie its a bit tough to solve the rubik's cube . I try it daily but its hardly possible for me to solve it . It you think you can solve this then ask this robot.

The fallowing video show how robot solve Rubik's cube in 27 -37 seconds with his mathematical calculations.

Advertise Here

noreply@blogger.com (Sanket) — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 15:32:00 +0000

You can Advertise here for one month at 5$.

I am ready for all the negotiations and open to your offers.

For Advertising purpose you need to contact on adsanket@gmail.com

Thank You!

Domain Name for Blog

noreply@blogger.com (Sanket) — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 06:38:00 +0000

Hello Friends,

If you have a blog, then generally you will have a standard URL i.e. www.****.blogspot.com. It is common for all bloggers. But now you can change it to www.****.co.cc. Here is the procedure.

You can register your domain name with D.N.S for free. It has one year validity. It is very user friendly.

To register a free domain click here and follow the steps below.

Click on create a new account.
Fill Necessary information and Complete the Registration.
After your account is created, check the availability of your domain.
If your domain is available you will be asked to "continue to registration".
Click on continue to registration.
After that you will get a message "your request is accepted".
They will ask you to setup the domain with in 48hrs.
You have to setup it with in 48hrs otherwise they will cancel your registration.
To setup your domain click on "Setup".
After that you will be asked set D.N.S server,Zone record,URL redirecting.
First select the third (3rd) option.
Give all your information that is your website name and url.
Click setup.
Then again setup the zone record (2nd option).
Enter in the first column "www".
Second column is a drop down box.Don't touch to it.Let it be "1D".
In the next column in the drop down box select "C NAME".
In the last column type "ghs.Google.com".
Click setup.
Then in the left panel you can see "manage domain" option click on it.
You can see your domain name.
Note:See that zone record is allowed.
If you can see allowed then it is done.

Now the process here is finished.

One more simple step to register your domain-

Go to your blog account.
In the settings tab.
Select Publishing.
You will be shown "you are publishing on blog-spot.com".
On the top you can see "switch to custom domain".
On the top right you can see "Already own a domain option".
Click it.
Now type your domain name.
Select " No" in the next question which is asked.
Type the word verification.
Click save.
You will get a message "The D.N.S record ...it will take up to 48hrs to activate your domain.
After one day your domain will be registered and you can view your blog or website in your domain name.

I am upgrading my blog and after that I will change to co.cc.

Comments Expected!!!

Motorola Ready To Launch Projector Phone

noreply@blogger.com (Sanket) — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 14:30:00 +0000

Hello Friends,

Have you got bored of your Cellphone? Want some new cool features?

Then, this is for you!

In the World's Expensive Gadgets Expo at Hongkong, Motorola displayed the Projector Phone, the first of it's kind! (It is still undergoing developments. Even no information in available on Website.)

Motorola with Microvision has officially developed the PicoP pocket laser projector. This could be the next generation in business and media technology in mobile phones. It seems like a step forward.

Microvision's PicoP technology is an ultra-miniature laser based display engine that can project a mobile phone's display onto a wall or even a curved surface at WVGA resolutions (854 x 480 color pixels). Projector technology such as this has been around for a few years now in one prototype form or another, but Motorola is the first mobile phone manufacturer to develop the new technology.

Tiny laser-based projectors enable a "big screen" viewing experience from mobile devices. By projecting content displayed on the device screen onto a wall, object or even a curved surface, users can easily share Websites or multimedia applications such as movies, personal videos, mobile TV, photographs and presentations with friends or business colleagues.

Imagine you are playing favorite game on mobile on Big Screen!

The bad things are, It's Cost. The cost of this gadget is not decided, but surely it will be very high and the other thing is that, It will not be launched in India this year(Only USA) :(

So, be ready with heavy bucks to bag this cool cell, you have time till next year!

Comments Expected!!!

Facebook now in six Indian languages

noreply@blogger.com (Sanket) — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 14:35:00 +0000

Facebook has launched an Indian interface that will help members in the region connect with peers in six different languages.

Now you can use Facebook in any of the Indian languages to connect with your Indian friends all over the world.

Members can now opt for any of the six languages through option tabs on the homepage. As of now Facebook does not allow transliteration or copying of English script into any another in online chats or messages. With the new feature, the fast-growing site with an active user base of over 200 million, expects to capture a burgeoning and tech-savvy Indian market. In addition to the six languages, more than 40 translations are available on the site. Most of India’s young population are active users of social networking sites like Orkut and Facebook and often promote social causes through them.

Cancel Your Cable, Watch TV on PLAYSTATION 3, Xbox 360, or HP MediaSmart TV

noreply@blogger.com (Sanket) — Sun, 24 May 2009 14:38:00 +0000

Hello Friends,

Yesterday I was just browsing the net and see what I found! A cool new Software provided by MediaMall "PlayOn", to watch TV on your gaming consoles and other devices no need of Cable :)

If you have a PLAYSTATION 3, Xbox 360, or HP MediaSmart TV, PlayOn lets you watch Netflix, Hulu, CBS, YouTube, CNN, ESPN and more on your TV. PlayOn is software you need to install on your Windows PC. The download is a fully functional trial and is free to use for 14 days, but once it expires, you'll have to purchase a license to continue using it. Download it here!

How it Works

MediaMall's PlayOn software is a UPnP (Universal plug-n-Play) digital media server and browser that pulls RSS feeds from content providers, and presents them to DLNA-compliant networked media devices. In plain English, this means you can use your game console or networked television to access content from providers like YouTube, Netflix and Hulu. The PC software pulls in the media streams, in the same way as your web browser, and then sends them directly over your home network to your device, even converting their formats on the fly to make sure the devices can play them. Simple as that.

(Digital Living Network Alliance is a standard used by manufacturers of consumer electronics to allow entertainment devices within the home to share their content with each other across a home network.)

PlayOn leverages the existing browser and UPnP functions of game consoles and networked televisions, and uses the PC in the middle to bring in the content from the Web, passing it over your home network to the device.

The Minimum System Requirements for the PlayOn PC software

Microsoft Windows XP (Service Pack 2 or later), Windows Vista, or Windows Server 2003/Windows Home Server (Service Pack 1 or later). 64-bit versions of Windows are also supported
Windows Internet Explorer 6
Windows Media Player 11.0
Pentium 4, 3.2+ GHz
512 MB RAM
100 MB of available disk space for installation
Internet broadband connection of at least 1.5

After the trial period you will have to purchase a license, it's a one-time $39.99 payment, and will enable unlimited access to all of the services available through PlayOn.

So, enjoy new experience of watching TV.

The Computer goes Eco Friendly

noreply@blogger.com (Sanket) — Wed, 13 May 2009 05:49:00 +0000

Innovations will soon launch EcoSmart, an entire line of such products. For ex. keyboard, a mouse, speakers, a 4-port USB hub, a USB keyboard, a webcam and media card reader/writer. All of these are to be made from materials that include organic, biodegradable stuff – bamboo, to be more precise.

The reason bamboo is preferred by manufacturers of electronic eco-friendly products is not only that it’s reasonably durable and pliable. The best thing about this kind of wood is that cutting it down and making stuff out of it doesn’t affect a bamboo forest too grievously.

Bamboo Mouse and Keyboards

Although bamboo keyboard is still a new thing to most computer users, it is nevertheless gaining popularity.

The company is in Jiangxi’’s Tonggu County, which enjoys abundant bamboo resources.

A bamboo keyboard sells at 80-300 yuan (US$12-US$44), or slightly higher than a normal plastic one in China, according to sales manager Zhang. Students and home computer users are major consumers of the product in the country.

ASUS Bamboo Notebook

Asus was just gagging around with it when they took their concept bamboo laptop around the trade shows.

Essentially, these are going to be the standard 11.1″ Asus S6 and the 12″ Asus U6 (which they’ve previously covered in leather) cased in eco-friendly bamboo instead of plastic. No announcements yet on chipsets, but the current S6 uses a 1.66GHz Core 2 Duo T7700 Processor while the U6 runs a snappy 2.4GHz chip. Both pack a gig of RAM, a gig of super-quick DDR2 memory, and 100GB or more on the hard drive. The U6 rocked 3G internet connection capabilities, too, making this thing possibly the fastest environmentally conscious toy on the planet.

The new bambooed versions are expected to retail in the $1700 range, so they’re not totally out of reach, either.

Micro Innovations

Those accessories include speakers, a card reader, a webcam, USB hub, keyboard and a mouse. Hopefully the guts of these devices are a little greener as well, not just the casing.

Bamboo multimedia 2.0 channel amplified speakers contain the latest in sound technology in a beautifully crafted bamboo shell. Users enjoy rich sound performance and 8 watts of power while listening to music and movies through their computer or television. Other environmentally friendly bamboo computer accessories include a 1.3 mega-pixel webcam, 4 port USB hub, media card reader/writer and USB keypad.

iRing - iPod Future Concept

noreply@blogger.com (Sanket) — Sat, 02 May 2009 06:35:00 +0000

Apple always was famous for the accessories to a player iPod, and also to mobile phones of own manufacture, and now has decided to fill up their list perhaps with the most unusual. iRing - the original and stylish ring allowing remotely manage audiotracks from iPhone memory.

The iRing is the brainwork of Victor Soto. It's a fairly stylish ring with a lot of added functionality. The band acts as a touch-sensitive function strip. Swipe your finger across the band to control media playback and volume. It communicates with the iPhone or iPod via Bluetooth.

Charger of iRing future concept of iPod by Apple.

Honda Launched the New ACTIVA [110 cc]

noreply@blogger.com (Sanket) — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 10:00:00 +0000

Hello Friends,
Honda Motorcycle and Scooter India Pvt. Ltd. (HMSI) on Thursday 23 April launched the new version of its gearless scooter Activa. The company also announced plans to exit the geared scooter segment to focus on the gearless scooter market, besides increasing its share in the motorcycle segment. Priced at Rs. 39,800 (ex-showroom, Delhi), the new version is powered with 110 cc engine. It comes with 15 per cent increased mileage (around 55 kmpl.) compared to its earlier version. Also, the production of the old model is stopped, so it will not be available in market.

Developed on Honda's globally tested engineering technology, it comes with a host of new features. The seats maximises riding comfort. Thus offering a smooth ride. Perfect in design and technology, With an increased mileage of 15%.The new Activa variants would sport an entirely different look with the front and rear having been reengineered and redesigned. While engineers at Honda have kept the visage luring with a curvy and aerodynamic styling and redesigned headlamps with halogen bulbs, the rear part is dominated by clear-lens turn indicators. Engineers have made use of impact resistant ABS plastic panels to reduce the overall weight of the two-wheeler. The new Activa is powered by a 109cc 4-stroke engine producing 8.8 bhp and fuel tank capacity is 5.3 liters.The new Honda Activa gets 8.8 bhp, higher than the 7 bhp of the earlier version.

A deluxe variant of the Activa scooter has also been announced, to be available very soon. Previews of the vehicle say that Activa Deluxe will fall in the top-end scooter category in India. This variant will come complete with additional features like Combined Braking System (First Time in INDIA) And Anti Theft Key Shutter and will be priced a bit more than the standard version.The new Honda Activa scooter will offer a choice if six colours: Candy Lucid Red, Pearl Sunbeam White, Wild Purple Metallic, Space Silver Metallic, Geny Grey Metallic and Black.

The company has said that the new Activa would be rolled out with both the kickstart and self start options, and would boast of a combined braking system. On the safety front, Honda has made use of its CBS safety system that balances the engagement of both front and rear brakes. The new Activa also comes with a variety of comfort options such as larger storage space, glove box, key shutter and rear tuff-up tube.

The Good Things : Mileage Greater than old model, Reduced Weight, Anti Theft Key Shutter and Combined Braking System (in Deluxe model only), Attractive Colors.

The Bad ones : No Attractive Design, No Improvement in Shock ups, Higher Cost of Deluxe Model.

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T Mobile G1 - Google's Android supported Mobile Phone

noreply@blogger.com (Sanket) — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 05:54:00 +0000

Few months ago Google introduced it's First mobile phone, T-Mobile-G1 based on Android mobile device platform, which is a Open-Source Software platform. It's a Cell Phone similar to Apple's I-Phone.

The question is What is Android Mobile Device Platform? Here is the Answer!

Android is a Software Platform and operating system for mobile devices, based on the Linux kernel, developed by Google and later the Open Handset Alliance. It allows developers to write managed code in the Java Language, controlling the phone via Google-developed Java libraries. Applications written in C and other languages can be compiled to ARM native code and run, but this development path isn't officially supported by Google.

Now, about the Phone...
It's a sleek, good looking phone with a QWERTY keypad! Something different from I-Pod. Another interesting and differentiating feature is ShopSavvy - Which allows you to compare shops before you buy, BreadCrumbz - Which allows you to create your own step by step visual map to any location for future reference and which can be shared with friends. So next time when you find a new Coffee-Shop, just create a visual map and share with friends! The nest most interesting feature is One-Touch access to Amazon's MP3 Store!!!

Some of the other regular features are :

Touch Screen
T-Mobile G1 lets you touch, tap, swipe and scroll your way through all the coolest applications, your contacts, the Web and more. That means instant access to your information with a touch of the finger.
• Tap the screen and go
• Instant access to key information

QWERTY Keyboard
Together with the trackball and touch screen, the QWERTY keyboard makes it easy to get around the Web, type e-mail and respond to texts. Just flip the phone horizontally, slide open the keyboard and you’re ready to go.
• Type messages easily

One-Touch Google Search
The quickest way to get results. With the Google search bar you are just one touch away to answer when you have a question. You can even search within your applications using the related search function. Listening to music? Search your music files.
• Search the Internet in one click

Real Web Browsing
The T-Mobile G1™ was built to browse the Web. Using the touch screen, QWERTY keyboard and trackball you can access your favorite pages and browse like you were sitting at your computer.
• Access in one touch
• Real Web, not mobile version

Easy Access to Google Apps Gmail™, GoogleTalk, Google Calendar, YouTube™, and even Google Maps are all easy to access and move between on the T-Mobile G1.

One-touch access to:
• Google Maps (My Location, satellite, traffic and Street View)
• Gmail
• YouTube
• Google Calendar
• Google Talk

3G Network and Wi-Fi Access
Not only can you navigate the real Web, you can do it at blazing speeds! Seamlessly moving between available 3G Network and Wi-Fi access, the T-Mobile G1 gives you the Web when you’re on the go.
• High-speed 3G network
• Connect to open Wi-Fi networks automatically
• Also works on 2G and EDGE networks.

Features Included in the T-Mobile G1™
IM/Text/E-mail
Sign in once with your Gmail password and your GoogleTalk, Gmail and Google Calendar are kept up to date. Add in texting and you’re ready to leave your computer without worrying about being out of touch with your contacts. Have more than just a Gmail account? No problem. You can access other e-mail accounts right from your T-Mobile G1.
• Connect while you’re on the go
• Access additional e-mail accounts (Hotmail, Yahoo!, etc.)

3.2 Megapixel Camera
With a capable digital camera built in, the T-Mobile G1 lets you capture high-quality photos of the moments that matter most and share them with friends. And with 1GB of memory (expandable to 8GB) you can afford to capture a lot of moments. It also features autofocus built in and a shortcut button to the camera on the side.
• High-quality photos
• Autofocus

YouTube Videos
With millions of videos from YouTube at your fingertips, you can find that funny video you were trying to tell your friend about and show it off from wherever you are.
• Millions of videos
• Access anywhere

Music Player
With the included 1GB memory card that you can expand to 8GB, you can listen to your music with the built in music player or on any computer. That means you’re never without your favorite tunes, no matter
where you go.
• 1GB memory card included
• Expandable to 8GB

Android Market Download the hottest applications from Android Market - just one touch away. With games, social networking, on-the-go shopping applications and more, you’ll get more done and get it done on your schedule. The possibilities are endless.
• One-touch access
• Games, social networking, on-the-go shopping and more
• Download wirelessly

Customizable Home Screen
Shuffle around your applications. Create wallpaper from your photos. Whatever you access most, or want to see everyday can be put front and center so your T-Mobile G1 is as unique as you are. It’s all up to you.
• Drag and drop your favorite applications, photos or folders

So, When you are goin to have your new G1?

Don't forget to Comment...........

A New OS from Microsoft............. Windows 7 !!!

noreply@blogger.com (Sanket) — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 06:52:00 +0000

Windows 7 : Walkthrough

Like Elvis in '68, Microsoft is itching for a "comeback," and Windows 7 is the perfect excuse. In fact, in LA at the Professional Developers Conference, Windows 7 officially shoved Vista aside. Having suffered through the often deserved criticisms of that ill-fated OS installment, Microsoft's people are thrilled to tears to be able to talk about something (anything!) else. On Sunday, they took journalists through a lively 7-hour orientation on Win 7, then handed off a Dell XPS M1330 loaded with pre-beta Build 6801. Thankfully for the overworked, underappreciated developers at Redmond, it's surprisingly stable, and its look and feel already puts Vista to shame.

Here's a walkthrough of the system, some shots of more interface and system details demoed at PDC that will show up in the first beta build.

Supurb!
For starters, even the early build of Windows 7 feels like a fast, stable environment. There's a lot going on behind the scenes to make the OS more usable, one monumental improvement being how video memory is allocated for unseen windows. (Hint: It's not.) The result is a highly responsive machine that gets decent battery life. Though specs aren't out yet, Windows boss Steve Sinofsky confirmed that it could run on systems with just 1GB of RAM.

Here are three great examples:

Choosing a Wi-Fi network now takes just one click, straight from the system tray!

Instead of the clicking on the insulting "networks are available" pop-up, you actually get the available networks. Speaking of the system tray, it now gives you more complete control over what you see—instead of just hide or show, you can get it to display particular notifications, as you see here:

The dreaded User Account Control lives up to its name with more control.

Yes, this slider is how you will be able to reduce the number of pesky pop-up warnings, eliminating all the ones that come from Windows, for instance. There are four tiers of security in total, so basically two settings between Vista's tell-me-everything and don't-tell-me-squat modes.

The sidebar is dead—the gadgets roam free!

Why should keeping one or two gadget/widgets alive mean sacrificing a fifth of your clickable screen? Now when you add gadgets, they stack up on the right, but you are at liberty to put them wherever you want, and they're always there, hiding under your windows. Speaking of Apple and things hiding under windows, there's an upcoming "peek" feature that you will see below in the up-coming section.

There are some other new interface elements that might be quite useful. Microsoft is sort of the opposite of Apple when it comes to organizing your media files: Apple helps you put them all in one place, while Microsoft says it's okay to leave them scattered around. Up until now, though, it was hard for Microsoft's software to keep track of everything. But there are two new tools, one local and one networked, that will help you track all kinds of media files.

Libraries let you clump together same-type content no matter where it is on the system.

If you have pictures in one set of folders, and other pictures in another, and you damn well aren't going to merge the folder, you can still track them together by adding them both to the Photo Library. Libraries even show the contents of local external storage drives you add to them, though when you unmount the external drive, Library offers to ditch its folder.

HomeGroup is a re-do of classic workgroup networking, only with the home in mind.

The feature will only work on Windows 7. Microsoft's literature suggest that this will simplify viewing content across multiple machines, and sharing printers and other products. Let's hope so, because it could also be one of those classic "Why won't this work for me????" networking wizards. (Or is it just me who gets those?)

Here are some other shots from the pre-beta unit, including:
• Ribbon interface now appearing on WordPad and Paint (and nothing else so far)
• Solutions Center that will soon be re-branded as Action Center
• New fast-launching "lightweight" Windows Media Player
• Subtler, but still cool, improvements to the main Windows Media Player
• Windows information page, so you can see the attributes of the system

User Interface Improvements

Here are the new promised UI effects—all of which make Vista's Flip3D look like the OS equivalent of the infamous "Mission Accomplished" banner.

The mouse hot-corner "Peek" function in the above photo, that lets you see gadgets or icons that windows could be obscuring, the biggest improvement to the Windows UI is probably in the Taskbar. It's gone through quite a few evolutions already, but this latest one is pretty great. Click on an app, and contextual menus pop up, giving you options like opening recent documents. The Taskbar can pull information that's already part of the program, so new apps don't need special programming to work here. Another aspect of the new Taskbar will be the preview feature, which will show you floating glimpses of hidden windows.

Other improvements come in the natural-interface category: You can now write in math equations.

Windows 7 will have great native touch and multitouch benefits. Menus subtly enlarge when tapped with a finger instead of a mouse cursor; the mouse cursor disappears when the finger touches the screen; and iPhone/Surface-style pinching and stretching are now part of the OS.

Cool Device Tricks

As a gadget lover like most of you, one of my favorite parts of the conference was the device discussion. I am happy to report that, for starters, Windows 7 is itself a more aggressive media playback system, natively handling both AAC and H.264 as well as DivX and Xvid without third-party download.

It's also a DLNA 1.5 system with some neat tricks up its sleeve. Windows Media Player has a "play to" feature (at left) that you can reach via the Taskbar—one click and you can pull up a song, start playing, and even jump to the next.

But here's the coolness: You can use that same feature to pull songs from other places on the network. And you can send the song to play through a Sonos or other compatible player on the network, rather than through your laptop speakers. You can even, theoretically, if everything's visible on the net, pull DRM-free AAC files from a Mac, and tell it to play on the Sonos, re-encoding it on the fly if the Sonos doesn't support AAC. In this case, the compatibility is only as good as the interface, and the interface is only as good as the compatibility.

A nice service program for interfacing with gadgets and peripherals is called Device Stage. The system allows camera, phone, MP3 player and printer makers to create mini interfaces for their devices. The products appear in the Taskbar when connected, with their own pop-up menus of activities, like offloading pics or uploading music. In addition to the pop-up Taskbar menu, each device will have its own pop-up page with links to ordering supplies or downloading the manual in PDF format, plus a photorealistic icon that will appear wherever the device is referred to.

For Device Stage to work, the third-party brands will have to provide their own content, but it will get served throughout the world by Microsoft. If there is no Device Stage present, you get the basic AutoPlay pop-up that we've seen for ages.

So............. What do you think, Will Windows 7 will be a grand Success?

Comment's are Expected!

and Keep coming for further articles!!!

LOCK YOUR LAPTOP

noreply@blogger.com (Sanket) — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 09:06:00 +0000

There are plenty of commercially available options for laptop protection to choose from. But now, there's a free, open source product called Adeona.

Named after the Roman goddess of safe returns, Adeona is the brainchild of combined research efforts at the University of Washington an the University of California, San Diego. Adeona uses the Internet like a homing beacon. You install the software, and then the laptop occasionally sends its IP address and related information to a free, online storage network called OpenDHT. This information can be used to determine the computer's location.

The main difference here is that you're not turning over your
laptop's location information to a company. The researchers say that the Adeona system scrambles the information, and that it can then only be deciphered using a password known only to the person who set up the account. Hence, only the only can access the information, and can take that information to the police to help trace it. That way, even if OpenDHT got hacked, your information is still encrypted.

For Mac users: Adeona can use the internal camera to take a photo and send it to the OpenDHT server. That, of course, might capture an image of the thief.

-- iPhone owners are already asking for an app of their own :)

Download Adeona(for Windows) Here!

Comments are always Welcomed!!!

Microsoft's Surface - Next Generation of Computer Interfaces!

noreply@blogger.com (Sanket) — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 06:19:00 +0000

A Coffee Table !.......?.............Microsoft Surface!!!

Microsoft has quietly been developing the first completely new computing platform since the PC — a project that was given the internal code name 'Milan'.The product behind the Milan project is called the Microsoft Surface.

One of consumer pain points is the frustrating mess of cables, drivers and protocols that people must use to link their peripheral devices to their personal computers. Surface has no cables or external USB ports for plugging in peripherals. For that matter, it has no keyboard, no mouse, no trackball — no obvious point of interaction except its screen. isn't that great!.

You can take out a digital camera and placed it on the Surface. Instantly, digital pictures will spilled out onto the tabletop. You can touch and drag each picture, it will follow your fingers around the screen. Using two fingers, you can pull the corners of a photo and stretch it to a new size. Then, You can put a cellphone on the surface and drag several photos to it — just like that, the pictures upload to the phone. You can drag and drop virtual content to physical objects. I'm not often surprised by new technology, but I can honestly say I'd never seen anything like it.

The Technology

(1) Screen: A diffuser turns the Surface's acrylic tabletop into a large horizontal "multitouch" screen, capable of processing multiple inputs from multiple users. The Surface can also recognize objects by their shapes or by reading coded "domino" tags.

(2) Infrared: Surface's "machine vision" operates in the near-infrared spectrum, using an 850-nanometer-wavelength LED light source aimed at the screen. When objects touch the tabletop, the light reflects back and is picked up by multiple infrared cameras with a net resolution of 1280 x 960.

(3) CPU: Surface uses many of the same components found in everyday desktop computers — a Core 2 Duo processor, 2GB of RAM and a 256MB graphics card. Wireless communication with devices on the surface is handled using WiFi and Bluetooth antennas (future versions may incorporate RFID or Near Field Com munications). The underlying operating system is a modified version of Microsoft Vista.

(4) Projector: Microsoft's Surface uses the same DLP light engine found in many rear-projection HDTVs. The footprint of the visible light screen, at 1024 x 768 pixels, is actually smaller than the invisible overlapping infrared projection to allow for better recognition at the edges of the screen.

The name Surface comes from "surface computing," and Microsoft envisions the coffee-table machine as the first of many such devices. Surface computing uses a blend of wireless protocols, special machine-readable tags and shape recognition to seamlessly merge the real and the virtual world — an idea the Milan team refers to as "blended reality." The table can be built with a variety of wireless transceivers, including Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and (eventually) radio frequency identification (RFID) and is designed to sync instantly with any device that touches its surface.

One of the key com ponents of surface computing is a "multitouch" screen. Multitouch devices accept input from multiple fingers and multiple users simultaneously, allowing for complex gestures, including grabbing, stretching, swiveling and sliding virtual objects across the table. And the Surface has the added advantage of a horizontal screen, so several people can gather around and use it together. Its

interface is the exact opposite of the personal computer: cooperative, hands-on, and designed for public spaces.

Touchscreen Salesbot

After you see the Surface in action, it doesn't take long to figure out just how attractive such a machine must be to the retail and service industries. Microsoft has partnered up with cellular provider T-Mobile, as well as hotel conglomerate Starwood Hotels and Resorts (which owns Sheraton, Westin and W Hotels, among others) and Vegas casino giant Harrah's Entertainment.

So you could, for instance, walk into a T-Mobile store, pick up a phone you're considering buying and place it on the Surface. The table could then either link with the phone via Bluetooth or scan a code imprinted on the packaging to identify it. Suddenly, the phone is surrounded by graphical information (pricing, features, etc.). After selecting a service plan and any accessories, you just run your credit card through a reader built into the table (or, when RFID cards have become the norm, just slap your card on the tabletop) and your new phone is paid for. By the time you open the package, everything is set up — all without talking to a single employee.

Surface machine is networked and infinitely flexible. You could use it to order food in a restaurant. While you wait, you could play games or surf the Internet, and then eat off its surface. And every table in the joint could be a jukebox, a television or a billboard for advertising. (You didn't think advertisers would miss out on this, did you?)

And once you've gotten used to ordering calamari through a tabletop at your favorite eatery, you may want to use it to call up recipes on your kitchen counter. Surface machines will cost $5000 to $10,000 at launch, but as prices fall, similar devices may find their way into the home. People will see it in public spaces like bars and restaurants and want to expand it into other environments. Its current coffee-table shape could evolve into a Pottery Barn-style catalog of computerized furniture — a dining room table, a wall-mounted panel, a desk or practically any surface.

Comments are always Welcomed !!!

My Phone Better than I - Phone

noreply@blogger.com (Sanket) — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 09:53:00 +0000

I-Phone, Apple launched the I-Phone is JAN07 in US, and now after about 20 months it is coming in India. I was planning to buy the i-phone. BUT, some features are not available and Some 'MUST BE' things are not there.

Actually I-phone looks great, but lacks features...
Take a look at few things that I-Phone lacks.

1.Camera Without ZOOM
> I-Phone has 2.0 MegaPixel Camera, but without Zoom !!.NO Video recording. No Flash.

2. High Cost
> 30,000 INR + !!!
Outside India you can buy I-Phone for about 200$ (8000-10,000 INR) but in India it will cost you more than 30,000 INR.

3.NO Bluetooth File transfer
> In I-Phone, bluetooth is just for communication with headsets and some accessory, but File transfer between two handsets or between PC to Mobile can not be done.

4.Does not support S60 Software
> One of the best feature of Nokia Symbian handsets is support to huge number of applications, but as I-Phone is not based on Symbian series, it wont support such softwares.

5.Locked with Network operator
> Once you brought the I-phone from specific operator, you can not change the operator !!
(Though you can change, but doing so may void the warranty)

-- Worst feature or Biggest Disadvantage! The user is bound to one operator only.

6. No SMS Forward
> When ever we got some good SMS, we just forward it to our Friends, but in I-Phone there is no option for Forwarding SMS. (Even No Copy paste option)

7.Cant handle with out eyes
> Unlike other handset, you cant handle your I-Phone without looking at it, you have to keep your eyes on mobile to type SMS.

8.NO Character Count in SMS
> When ever you type SMS, we keep our eyes on Character count to avoid double SMS charges, but I-Phone don't have Character count in SMS. (Character count means the number of character typed in SMS)

9.No MMS Support
> No Multimedia support till date.

10. Battery problem
> Battery of I-Phone will drain out quickly if you are playing songs, and one of the biggest issue is that batter is soldered into the phone, so you can not carry extra battery. To replace the battery you have to take your I-Phone to service center.

11.NO 3G or GPS in India
> I-Phone supports 3G and GPS (Global positioning system), but Indian carriers dosnt .

12.No iTune No Music
> For transferring the music into your handset you need itunes to be installed into the computer system, else no music transfers.

Apple Iphone Keyboard

13.No Keyborad
> To control your I-Phone, you are totally depends on touch screen, No keyboard. so if your hands are dirty, Do not touch I-Phone. So whats your plan now ?
Are you buying Apple I-Phone ?

Integrating Paypal to your Site

noreply@blogger.com (Sanket) — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 13:50:00 +0000

Hello Friends!

Many of you want to sell something or may be selling something on your site. Paypal is a good option for the Money Transactions. PayPal is an e-commerce business allowing payments and money transfers to be made through the Internet. It serves as an electronic alternative to traditional paper methods such as cheques and money orders. PayPal performs payment processing for online vendors, auction sites, and other corporate users, for which it charges a fee. It sometimes also charges a transaction fee for receiving money (a percentage of the amount sent plus an additional fixed amount).

If you already have a shopping cart and want to use PayPal to process your payments, you can use the Buy Now Button HTML code. You will need to populate the values of the Buy Now Button HTML code with the values in your CGI-BIN or script using the instructions below.

Hack Sitemeter To Hide It

noreply@blogger.com (Sanket) — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 08:42:00 +0000

Sitemeter Logo

Sitemeter , one of the best counter i ever seen for website owners, it shows online users, Referrals (From where people coming to your site), country locations, browser etc etc.. all in detail.

I am using it in almost all my sites and blogs, but i hacked the Sitemeter to hide it. This feature (Hidden counter) is available in PRO version only, but you can easily hack it to hide it. Remember i am not going to teach you anything special or any coding changes which may break there terms of use.

Its just few setting changes which will work fine.

so want to hide your sitemeter counter ?

1. Offcourse Login to your sitemeter account and go to manager.

2. Now next , Go to Meter style option from left hand menu.

3. Select 2nd last meter style (Counter, which shows simple numbers).

4. Now in “DIGIT COLOR” select transparent similarly in “BACKGROUND COLOR” select transparent.

5. DONE. now your sitemeter counter is invisible from normal eyes in your site

Place it anywhere in your blog, and track your traffic, users.

NOTE : Doing this hack will NOT make you voiding the TOS of Sitemeter, so do it unless they fix it.

SOURCE

Tricks for Firefox !!!

noreply@blogger.com (Sanket) — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:43:00 +0000

As all Knows Firefox is great browser, I always recommend to use firefox. Since it has lots of features. Here are some cool tricks that We all should know While using firefox.

1. Session Restore

This feature provides you to access the your accidentally closed Tabs. Simply go to history and select your page that was closed Accidentally from Recently closed windows.

2. Using Firefox to Calculate

Sorry, you are not using firefox as Calculator, but you can use the search box at the Top right side of Firefox. The Default search engine is Google and some of you has tried google search engine acts as a Calculator. So to Calculate Simply Enter the expression(521 + 845) in the Search box and search you get the result. Wow.

3. Firefox Magnifier

Are your eyes paining due lot lots of reading in the 1024 by 768 or any higher Resolution?
i am not going to say to reduce resolution of your screen. nor use that windows old magnifier. Firefox has its own magnifier.
How to :
i. Zoom in : CTRL (key)and at same time use plus key
ii. Zoom out : CTRL(key) and minus key
iii. Normal : CTRL(KEY) And 0 (Zero key)

4. Multiple Homepage

I am a Regular orkut,gmail user whenever i come online first i visit them. Each time i need to enter atleast one address to visit. but firefox has multiple homepage. Simply in the home page setting use the ORing operator '|' - pipe. between two addresses

Enjoy friends. These are nice tricks.
oh my god !! i don't have a New Firefox version.
Download it From Here!