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How To Choose The Best Touch Screen Phones

Sohaib — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 17:25:22 +0000

With so many brands available in the market, an individual gets confused about which one they should go for. However, today the touch screen technology has become famous and the is the in thing today. Before you sit down to think which product best fits your need, there are some specifications which you need to consider.

Before you buy a cell phone, first and foremost you would have to look for its storage capacity. This is essential because if you are a heavy user then you would need an adequate amount of storage. Nokia’s Tube offers you storage capacity of 8GB which can be further expanded with the memory card, same is the case with LG Renoir and Samsung Omina. Both the brands offer you storage capacity of up to 8GB but could be expand till 16GB maximum if you buy a SD card. However, Apple’s iPhone is offers you limited storage either 8GB or 16GB which cannot be expanded and should be adequate enough for any user.

Your second priority after storage space should be the display of your cell phone. Until and unless you have an attractive display, the phone won’t impress you much. Nokia’s tube offers a 3.2″ screen with 640×360 pixel resolution, 16M color touchscreen display with haptic feedback. Apple’s iPhone offers you a bigger screen than Nokia which is 3.5″ with 480×320 pixel resolution. Samsung Omnia has a 3.2″ TFT Touchscreen with 240×400 resolution where has LG Renior with the smallest screen amongst those 4 offers you a 3.0″ touch screen with a resolution of 240×400 pixels.

Since priorities have changed in the recent past, camera has become an essential feature of a cell phone. Nokia offers you a 3.2 mpx autofocus camera with LED flash, iPhone being the weakest amongst the four offers you a 2.0mpx camera with no advanced feature. LG Renoir offers you a 8.0 mpx camera with auto focus, face recognition and 16x digital zoom along with Xenon flash. While Samsungs Omnia offers you a 5.0 mpx camera with LED flash.

With advancements in technology, each phone now has something new to offer in terms of connectivity. Nokia’s tube offers you 3G UMTS/HSDPA, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and GPS, Apple’s iPhone offers you 3G HSDPA, Bluetooth and Wi-Fi. LG Renoir and Samsung’s Omnia have the same offering as iPhone.

Coming on the entertainment aspect of a cell phone, it varies amongst the four brands. Nokia’s very famous Xpress Music is a feature of its new phone which has a 3.5mm headphone jack and also has radio. Apple uses it iTunes which doesn’t comes as a surprise which has been leading the market in terms of playing media on the cell phone. LG doe not have a radio to offer, however it has its own mp3 player with DivX playback and Dolby Technology. Lastly, Samsung does not offer you such a great music player because of the lag issue in its touch screen which takes the fun away from the musical aspect.

In the end we have left the technical side of the phones which most people often do not care about while purchasing their product. Nokia’s tube is the first phone of its kind with the S60 Symbian touch screen operating system. Apple’s iPhone has a very smooth running operating system OS X which makes touch screen a real pleasure. LG’s Renoir is running on a custom built OS which is not supported by windows and lastly, Samsung’s Omnia features a windows based OS, Windows Mobile 6.1, which also makes its operations very smooth.

Therefore, before you buy your new cell phone, keep these factors in mind which would help you compare in terms of various factors which have been listed.

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How to Effectively Hack Windows XP

pansy — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 06:54:00 +0000

Have you ever forgotten your windows XP password and because of this you’ll unable to log in. But now you’ll be able to access an account and can reset the password without knowing the old password. This technique works for any account with windows xp that is not booted off a network. Following are the steps in regard to this technique.

Step 1: Get the physical access of the computer to change its password but make sure that it must have a CD or DVD drive.

Step 2: Go to the site http://ebcd.pcministry.com/ and download the disc ISO in the pro version.

Step 3: When the download is completed then the downloaded file onto a blank disc using either CD burner or ISO writer i-e Nero, UltraISO and Infrarecorder. By doing this it will create the EBCD bootable disc. This also has many other tools and you may do this on the target or any other machine.

Step 4: Now insert the disc in the CD or DVD drive. Enter the bios of the target machine and make it sure that the first boot drive is the CD or DVD drive.

Step 5: Now start booting from the disc. The main screen will be automatically loaded but if it asks that press any key to boot from CD then do so.

Step 6: Choose option number 5 that is password recovery after it is booted. You’ll be guided through a series of steps and instructions and if don’t know about just press and this will select default options.

Step 7: After doing this you’ll get a list of users, select the user whose password needs to be reset. Work according to the program instructions i-e type the username, put the password in as the * key to just blank the password. Changing password through this program is more successful.

Step 8: Once the procedure is completed, do write the changes to the hive and SAM files, this is the option that the program will ask when you are about exiting.

Step 9: Eject the CD from the drive and reboot the computer.

Step 10: Log in as that user, there will be no password if you just blanked it by using * key.

Step 11: You are free to create a password for that user account.

Tips

In case you know the password of one account than you can also change local password of the other account through Command Prompt. For this purpose go to “Start > Run” and type “cmd” without quotations and then press enter. A screen will appear now without quotations type “net user name” and press enter, here you are required to replace the “username” with the actual username of the account you want to reset the password. You will asked to enter new password and after this type “exit” without quotations. Now it’s done. This will not be applicable for the account you know the password to do not have the permission to change the password of the account.
This CD can help you if your computer crashes as it has many useful tools.

Warnings

Doing this without permission on other computer is illegal so the use of the disc is at your prudence. It is meant for home users or servicemen to fix their computers. Apply this when it is requested by the owner of the computer.

Things Required

Blank CD
Computer running windows XP or NT with CD drive.
ISO Disk image at http://ebcd.pcministry.com/

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Firefox 4 , Chrome 6 and IE 9 – Who Will Be the Leading Browser Giant?

Sohaib — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 17:27:49 +0000

Earlier on, there was no such thing as Google Chrome and Google was just a plain search engine. Internet explorer existed and was the built in explorer for windows while Mozilla Firefox was winning over hearts when it first came out. However today, internet is obviously a very different place. With the advancements in technology, people have started taking the web more seriously now and there are new versions of browsers coming out in the market mainly being IE, Chrome and Firefox. The browsers tend to compete for proving the best internet experience.

Google Chrome

Google, entering as a new competitor in the browser market and having completed 2 years today has made serious erodes and is seen as the fastest growing and developing browsers of all available today. With the talk of Chrome 6 on the occasion of its birthday, which is about to come at the end of this year, people have already made their way online to try and see if a beta version of it is available. Within 2 years of existence, Google is going to hit its sixth version showing how rapidly they have been developing and the improvements here have been so vast that it’s revolutionizing the browser market.

The pace at which Google is developing its browser is not surprising. For instance it just recently integrated Adobe’s Flash player into it and is also looking to make improvements on both HTML5 and CSS3 fronts. However, one of the biggest improvements to Chrome 6 comes from WebM and the VP8 codec. The main focus being on video being played on the flash player, there is no doubt that Chrome will the leading browser in this department for quite some time.

Mozilla Firefox

Mozilla, a old name in the browser market no doubt has some control over the market and a great market share. However, since the launch of Google Chrome, it has put a serious crimp in the browser’s user base. The developments that have taken place in Chrome such as the lightning fast V8 javascript renderer, and a unique approach to security and process threading have no doubt put Mozilla on the offensive. Therefore, to compete and hold its market share, Mozilla should also look to develop on the same grounds so it can be a match for Chrome and IE.

Besides development in the speed and security of the browser, what would a user want from its Firefox 4? It could make its sync capabilities better and also improve HTML5 support. However, all this does not mean that Mozilla has no tricks up their sleeves. Known as the gear killers for over 2 years, Mozilla’s Prism technology was originally slated to bring offline, HTML5-based applications to the desktop.

Internet Explorer 9

No matter what Microsoft’s position is in the market, its browser has failed to impress for a number of years now. There has been lack of innovation and improvement due to which browsers like Chrome and Firefox have won over the market and impressed their users.

Though the changes have yet not been made official under IE 9, but it expected that they would make major changes to improve the performance of IE. It would look to improve on its javascript performance and also on HTML5 and CSS3.

Until and unless the final versions are out for each browser, it would be harsh to pick a winner now based on previous performance. The changes no matter have been impressive but its being seen that now all companies are looking towards one common goal in terms of standards and compatibility. IE which was once the leading browser in the market had become stagnant for some time but would definitely look to improve in order to compete with fast developing Chrome and Firefox. But at the end of day, with improvements like these, everyone wins, and if that means a better, faster internet, then there really isn’t a better time to be online.

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Steps to Save Laptop from Liquid Damage

pansy — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 15:16:00 +0000

If you love to have a cup of coffee, glass soda or water or any other liquid thing while you’re typing at your keyboard, the liquid may spill accidentally. If this happens there isn’t anything to be worried about if you follow these instructions, as soon as you can, to try to save your laptop.

Simple Steps

First, turn it off. Remove the battery, A/C adopter and unplug your laptop instantly after the spill. The electrolytic activity i-e combination of liquid and electricity will start as the liquid contacts the powered circuits, in order to avoid the danger of device shorting out. Removal of battery and power is very essential.
Turn your laptop upside down so that the spilled liquid can come out and discontinue the liquid travel deeper into the machine.
Now clean the part of the spill you can get to with tissue paper, paper towel or any other material that can absorb quickly nut use the material that is lint free.
Check out your keyboard because some keyboards are designed in such a way to protect the internal part from liquids. Pour out liquid if still there is any.
Use clean material which is slightly damp to clean if there is anything sticky like keys of your keyboard, screen etc.
Insulate yourself from static discharge because it may be of very high voltage and this static discharge can destroy your computer even if your hands are dry.
In case you’re not able to pour out the whole spill than you need to remove the laptop’s case as most spills have chemicals and that can corrode internal circuits. If don’t feel comfortable while disassembling your laptop yourself than immediately take it to someone who is immediately available. Pull the hard drive to save your data from destroying and remove as many cards or drives as you can.
Use any spare and clean toothbrush to remove any dried residue from non-water stains such as coffee or cola. Either blow it away use vacuum cleaner for this purpose so that the residue can be easily removed.
Never use a hair dryer for drying purpose, let it dry naturally or dry it with a little heat because hair dryer cause the static problems.
Assemble your laptop and check it if it is working or not.

Tips

You can easily avoid the spills by keeping away your computer from liquid stuff.

Set your laptop power options to “do nothing” when you close lid in this way you can not only save power, and overheating of your laptop but it will also save your laptop from spills and the damage cause by it.

Some companies also offer warranties for spill if the seal isn’t broken while removing the case.

Removing screws isn’t easy at all they are tiny and can be misplaced. Check all the screws outside and also on internal components.

Never try to remove the case by applying force because in this you can break the plastic or bend the metal. If it does not come off easily then look for more screws.

While drying your laptop allow the air to circulate all around, by supporting it away from the surfaces so that air can get under it.

Many companies sell keyboard and laptops covers and membranes respectively. One just need a little to use to it so if there is any spill it will protect it from damage and will let the liquid to get in.

Warnings

If your A/C adopter is heavily soaked in the liquid then you need to replace it.

If you don’t clean the spill and let it dry itself than any chemicals present in the liquid will eat the circuit board and will cause the device to fail.

Do not let water and electricity to mix, unplug and power all the connections in your first priority.

Thing you’ll need

Small screwdrivers for small screws.
Plastic bags to keep safely screws and small parts.
Tissue paper, paper towel, clean toothbrush and cotton swabs.

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Facebook’s Stalker Button-Get To Know Who’s Stalking YOU!

Sohaib — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 11:17:16 +0000

Facebook is currently testing out a new feature which would allow you to keep a closer look on what your loved ones are up to. This at the moment hasn’t been made public yet, however experiments are being carried out with a certain number of people to check on how the response w0uld be.

What this feature does is that it lets you subscribe to other people’s profiles, so the minute they do anything you will receive a notification on the top left of your homepage showing what that particular person has done. This could be a status change, a change of profile picture, writing on someone’s wall etc. This notification would also be sent on your mobile device if you have subscribed the mobile services for Facebook. What is uncertain is whether you can use this feature for people who aren’t added as your friend yet. If this is allowed then this would classify you as a stalker.

The feature might be useful for those who wish to keep a track of what their loved ones are family this could include family members, friends or relatives. However, there are certain drawbacks of as well. The person you subscribe to, would also be notified hence they would know that you are stalking them. Your exes might also take advantage of this and keep a watch on you of what your activities are, so this might prove to be dangerous for you.

In your opinion, should the stalker function be allowed on Facebook? This would also affect your privacy since your follower would be notified of all your activities.

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Twitter’s Brand New iPad App

Sohaib — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 12:21:32 +0000

The twitter app for iPad has been released and its official. Twitter has just announced the service’s official iPad app. This app is free cost and comes with a slew of touch interface bells and whistles built right in. The basic purpose of this app is help seamless navigation between all its tweets, photos, webpages etc. This app could also be accessed by those who don’t have an account yet.

The main purpose of this app was to make it stand apart from other social networking app’s and wanted a device that allowed its content to shine. This app also has a few different features which haven’t been seen else and are custom designed for the larger screen and touch capabilities of the iPad.

Further on, with the help of tapping or rather touch screen, the user can access its content and if you tap on a tweet then that would open a pane to the right. What you would see on that pane depends on your content whether its a picture, video or maybe a news story. iPad also helps with viewing video in full screen by just pinching in since this app is optimized for media viewing on the iPad. Since iPad allows you the touch feather, therefore this app maximizes your utility as alot could be done using this app. If you pinch a tweet then that would show you the details of the authoer and also give you a list of options including reply or retweet.

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How to Run a Virtual Office with Free Online Tools

Sohaib — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:51:25 +0000

With that recession that had hit the US economy severely, people started downsizing in their companies and looked for methods to cut their costs. At such a situation running a virtual office with free online tools would be the best possible option. So if you’re an entrepreneur deciding to make the leap and launch your startup or a small businesses transitioning to a virtual home office, the following seven online tools will help you maximize efficiency while keeping costs low.

Page Once

If you cant afford to hire a personal assistant who could look after your basic needs then using Page Once would be the most ideal solution. It’s an app for your iPhone which can do all the work for you and help you sort out your difficulties such as keeping an aggregate of all your personal accounts (ie: bank statements, Netflix queue, social networking updates, cell phone and utilities bills). However, to access this you require a username and a password and then have to go through multiple security layers to access your information such as SSL system, 256-bit data encryption, and firewall protection.

Line2 by Toktumi

At work you get your personal and business calls both for which you need an operator to sort out your call list. But if you do not have an opeator then all you need is Line 2 application which adds another line to your cell phone. In this all your data would be divided such as your contacts, call history, voicemail, and call settings. This application is a direct integration with the Toktumi virtual PBX system which allows you to use features such as call screening, caller announce, after hours call handling, voicemail by email. This application is by no doubt the next generation’s business calling system allowing you to present a professional business image no matter where you may be working.

Google Docs

This is the most convinient process for accessing files sent by other because you are never too sure about which format would your client send you the file in. So leave that worry now up to Google Docs which would solve all your formatting issues. Since the interface is very user friendly and simple, it becomes easier to stay organized, tag your documents by subject and virtually collaborate with coworkers and clients on any document in real time. This biggest advantage of this is that it does not charge you a single penny for all this work.

Gist

This application is more like an organizer, it organizes all your e-mail contacts by linking them with your business contacts’ web profiles such as Facebook so you can get minute-by-minute updates anytime. It helps you connect with around 50000 websites and around 20 million blogs and also is integrated with Outlook, Gmail and Salesforce.

Fresh Books

All your success depends on doing everything on time. Since you’re an independent person it’s essential for you to accurately track your time for invoicing is key to financial success. There is no fixed amount of work which might come your way each day as it varies with the business cycle and economic conditions, but with the help of Fresh Books you can accurately control your tracking and invoicing on the web or even from your iPhone. This way you will be able to meet your deadlines and carry a professional approach.

Sales Force

Now you need a person who could help manage your relation with others, the alternative for this is the Sales Force which is one of the largest customer relation management systems available that doesn’t require software, hardware, installation, or licenses. It would help you in tracking detailed info about your clients and manage all the other work done by a manger in the real office example. Another powerful feather of this is that it integrates with the systems you already use, like Microsoft Office.

Google Calender

The biggest element of organizing is keeping a calender with you. This is because until and unless you can keep track of your own schedule you wont be a successful person in life. With Google calender share it with your associates, schedule events and track RSVPS, and set reminders for yourself. The interface is really easy to use and you could create as many calenders as you want according to your requirement and work load.

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Happy Birthday To Google Chrome

Sohaib — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:15:59 +0000

Looking back in time makes you wonder how things have changed over time. Likewise, after Google Chrome’s second anniversary, if we look back then it could be said how much has changed in such less span of time. The idea of a multiprocessor flourished at the time when there was no HTML5, pathetic JavaScript support, which was why the idea remained a mere project. However now with the great advancement in connectivity, in two years span, browsers have taken on a whole new dimension. Google Chrome is exactly that browser that has taken on the browsing world by storm with its trendy and easy to use features. Its been two years now and we celebrate Google Chrome’s birthday with the hope of getting to see its Chrome 6 version releasing soon for users to enjoy a fantastic browsing experience.

Since its introduction in the market as a beta version, major developments have been such as, customized new tab page, browser themes, side by side view, password manager, better privacy controls, built in Adobe Flash Player, Autofill, Automatic Translation, HTML5 capabilities and synchronization of various things.

Besides all these development, the major area of concern was its security which now includes safe browsing technology which serves you with a warning system if you are about to visit a site suspected of phishing or hosting malware and also Chromes Auto Update mechanism which helps keeping the browser updated with latest security features.

The new version being released at the end of this year will be even more faster and more streamlined. Chrome is today three times faster than it was when launched on JavaScript performance. The user interface is also being made easy to use and making adjustment in the menu options as well as adjusting the color scheme of the browser to be easier on the eyes.

Applications are also updated on Chrome’s web store so that life could become easier for you while browsing with Chrome. However, as far as the graphic are concerned, hardware acceleration is always paid priority and would further develop in the upcoming version. Therefore, if you haven’t tried Google Chrome yet then do so today by clicking on google.com/chrome. While for those who have been using Chrome would know how the browser functions.

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Get The Latest Nokia N8 in September

Sohaib — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:40:18 +0000

It would be wrong to say that Nokia N8 is an iPhone killer, however this is a very attractive phone which has come out after a long time from manufacturers like Nokia. This phone is definitely going to sell like hot chocolate cake in the market, hence you should start placing your orders from now onwards only.

The specifications for this phone is that it is powered by Symbian ^3 and an ARM 11 680MHz processor. It has the best specs available in the market such as 3.5-inch amoled capacitive touchscreen, internal storage only comprises of 16GB, a picture perfect 12MP camera with 720p HD video recording facility, secondary VGA videocall camera, microSD expansion slot, HSDPA 10.2Mbps, HSUPA 2.0Mbps, WiFi, Bluetooth 3.0 with A2DP, stereo FM radio with RDS, HDMI-out, Dolby Digital Plus, digital compass, video/photo editor, and Flash Lite 4.0. This in other words could be said that it’s less of a mobile phone and more a digital tool.

The free bonus being offered to you by Nokia is the navigation system using Ovi Maps, the same free service which was earlier being provided on your Nokia N97 mini.

The cost of this phone is around $549 which wont be available in the markets till the end of September but if you place a order before then you could get your hands on it. The shipping cost will also be charged which would range between $3.99 to $9.99.

So you might now be wondering whether this product will really hit the market with a bang looking at the already existing high-end Droids and retina displays phones.

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Top 10 Best Business Management Apps

Sohaib — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:22:24 +0000

Running any sort of business organization requires you to have enough finance to support its operations. For that you might need an expensive software which would keep a track of your sales, expenses and other various documentations. Another requirement for this is the backing up of data which is very essential in any organization. This is because your data is your entire effort, if you lose that you wouldn’t be in a position to operate. However tools exist which could make your life easier and running your business a peaceful affair. These tools include web based business management applications, such as money management; time keeping; project management; contact management; CRM applications and so much more at a very minimal cost. Below are some of the best management tools discussed.

Mint

Financial management is a difficult job, which requires you to manage all your financial transactions, including credit cards, banking and investment accounts. This is done through Mint which is free to use. Further benefits of this are budget planning tools and would send you automatic reminders, email or a text message if your balance is low, or if you have bills outstanding.

Harvest

This tool is most suitable for small and medium sized businesses which includes features such as time keeping, estimates and tracking expenses along with organizing your billing and invoicing facilities. It also includes powerful reporting tools and Quickbook exporting functionality.

Fresh Books

This is a very famous financial management system as it enables you to manage time and expenses, create estimates and also help you generate invoices from time sheets. One major thing it offers you is the backup of your data and firewall protection.

Lite Accounting

No manual work is required under this system as it helps you send computer generated invoices directly to the customers from the online system and also helps you track their payments along with date and time. With the search facility, you easily view invoices per customer and you can even set up recurring invoices, which is a big time saver.

Outright

If you do not have a accountant at the moment and require someone for book keeping purposes then Outright is the best possible option. It is great for keeping track of the income and expenses for your business. It helps in providing tax estimates and you could also view your quarterly profits which is particularly good for managing the cash flow of the business and the allocation of budget. It also provides you with reminders so that you never miss a payment.

Google Docs

This is the easiest formatter available on the web and being provide for free by Google. It reads documents of all formats and helps you in viewing them in the format of your choice. If you upload any document on this and require privacy, it is possible to restrict access to the uploaded documentation and to change document ownership. Furthermore, it is easy to see the history of revisions, a feature that is particularly useful when a group of people are working on the same document over a period of time.

Back Pack

This is another tool that deals with documents which offers you to share documents of many various formats, setup your to do lists, notes and even pictures. One important feature is that it has a sharing calender feature so that a message could be posted which could be viewed by everyone relevant.

Air Set

Likewise other document tools, AirSet also allows you similar features such as sharing your documents, contacts and calenders online. It gives you a variety of templates to choose from for your presentations or your newsletters. Contacts are managed centrally ensuring that as soon as a contact is added or updated, the information is immediately shared.

Base Camp

Besides document and financial management tools, this is a project management tools which is completely web based and enables advanced milestone tracking, to do list allocation and tracking, time tracking and project management reporting. It also offers you a sharing facility so that you could share your file with others interested , offer message boards and a chat facility. This is a perfect tool for companies with staff working remotely.

High Rise

Apart from the three different types of tool mentioned above, this is the contact management tool which is entirely web based and enables you to manage your contracts centrally, keep tabs on conversations, send instant message reminders via text or email, as well as post notes and messages to colleagues online.