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If you are like me, signing into Gmail from college, friends computer or from anywhere then this newly added Gmail feature is best suited to you. Through this feature you can now track your Gmail logins from different computers and can also sign out from all the previous sessions.
Emails contain a lot of personal information and closing the mail window without signing out can cause you much harm then you can think of. Now don't worry thinking "Did you sign out completely before leaving ?" because this feature will track your last five gmail login activities and you can sign out all of them in just one click, protecting your mailbox from malicious activity.
At the bottom of your inbox, you will see information about the last activity on your account (see above image) and on clicking details you get information related to your last five logins. You can sign out from all sessions in just one click which makes your mailbox more safe then ever.
Your sessions are categorized by Access Type, IP Address and Date/Time. Through IP Address you can know from which computer you have accessed your account and left it without signing out. This information can also be used to check whether someone else is operating your account.
Gmail keeps on adding new features to make a lucid environment for its users. This time it has came with RockStars. Remember, the star you use for important mails just like red flag in outlook or yahoo mail. But how to categorize these STARED mails? Rockstar is the way. I found them very useful as you can now differentiate important mails according to their condition.
But it's still under testing hence you will find them in Labs tab under settings. Once enabled, you can rotate through new stars by clicking the star icon repeatedly.
If you have shortcuts enabled then you can do the same by hitting the "s" key consecutively.
There are more SuperStar designs available under general tab of settings. Using all the designs help you indeed but remembering them is a complicated task.
Tell me if SuperStars were helpful to you? and What type of icons you use for managing differnt mails?
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Do you have slow internet connection and annoyed by Orkut and Gmail login problems. If you often get messages like "switch to lighter version" or "connection timed out", then this problem can be easily solved by faster HTML versions of gmail and orkut login pages. These problems generally occur due to rich user interface, java based components and high-bit encryption techniques of Google.
Using these tricks you can get faster login even with slow connections :
For Gmail Login :
1) Use HTML version of gmail instead of standard java version. You can access to gmail’s HTML version directly from this url http://mail.google.com/mail/h/.
All you need to do is to create a bookmark of above url and use it for faster login in Gmail's lighter version.
2) You can also try gmail mobile version via http://m.gmail.com ,it is very low-fi version of gmail optimized for mobile phones. This mobile version of gmail is simple and fast but with less features. Its best for checking new mails in inbox.
For Orkut Login :
1) Try this address for fast orkut login. Click here. Upon login this will take you to your orkut home page.
2) You can also switch to lighter and faster version of orkut from settings page. Under General tab, you will find option for low bandwidth version of orkut.
Using these tricks you can get faster login even with slow connections :
For Gmail Login :
1) Use HTML version of gmail instead of standard java version. You can access to gmail’s HTML version directly from this url http://mail.google.com/mail/h/.
All you need to do is to create a bookmark of above url and use it for faster login in Gmail's lighter version.
2) You can also try gmail mobile version via http://m.gmail.com ,it is very low-fi version of gmail optimized for mobile phones. This mobile version of gmail is simple and fast but with less features. Its best for checking new mails in inbox.
For Orkut Login :
1) Try this address for fast orkut login. Click here. Upon login this will take you to your orkut home page.
2) You can also switch to lighter and faster version of orkut from settings page. Under General tab, you will find option for low bandwidth version of orkut.
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Most of the Orkut users prefer character or ASCII graphics in their profile as they believe pictures speak more than words. This style looks cool and gives a personal touch to the user. Some of the common character graphics include guitar, bike and rose.
One of the most romantic way is to write your name in heart shape. But creating a character graphic is not a easy task. Most people just copy the art and having your own name makes this work more impossible.
My Orkut Community help you to do this job very easily. All you have to do is supply your name and we will create a heart for you. You can use this heart in your profile or you can send it as scrap to your friends.
For Example : The word is Abhishek
_________Abhishek____________AbhishekA
______AbhishekAbhish_______AbhishekAbhishek
____AbhishekAbhishekAbh___AbhishekAbhishekAbh
___AbhishekAbhishekAbhishekAbhishek_______Abhi
__AbhishekAbhishekAbhishekAbhishek_________Abhi
_AbhishekAbhishekAbhishekAbhishekAbhi_______Abhi
_AbhishekAbhishekAbhishekAbhishekAbhishek______A
AbhishekAbhishekAbhishekAbhishekAbhishekAbhi__Abh
AbhishekAbhishekAbhishekAbhishekAbhishekAbhishe_A
AbhishekAbhishekAbhishekAbhishekAbhishekAbhishekA
AbhishekAbhishekAbhishekAbhishekAbhishekAbhishekA
_AbhishekAbhishekAbhishekAbhishekAbhishekAbhishe
__AbhishekAbhishekAbhishekAbhishekAbhishekAbhis
____AbhishekAbhishekAbhishekAbhishekAbhishekAb
______AbhishekAbhishekAbhishekAbhishekAbhis
_________AbhishekAbhishekAbhishekAbhishe
____________AbhishekAbhishekAbhishekA
______________AbhishekAbhishekAbhi
_________________AbhishekAbhis
___________________AbhishekA
_____________________Abhish
______________________Abhi
_______________________Ab
One of the most romantic way is to write your name in heart shape. But creating a character graphic is not a easy task. Most people just copy the art and having your own name makes this work more impossible.
My Orkut Community help you to do this job very easily. All you have to do is supply your name and we will create a heart for you. You can use this heart in your profile or you can send it as scrap to your friends.
For Example : The word is Abhishek
_________Abhishek____________AbhishekA
______AbhishekAbhish_______AbhishekAbhishek
____AbhishekAbhishekAbh___AbhishekAbhishekAbh
___AbhishekAbhishekAbhishekAbhishek_______Abhi
__AbhishekAbhishekAbhishekAbhishek_________Abhi
_AbhishekAbhishekAbhishekAbhishekAbhi_______Abhi
_AbhishekAbhishekAbhishekAbhishekAbhishek______A
AbhishekAbhishekAbhishekAbhishekAbhishekAbhi__Abh
AbhishekAbhishekAbhishekAbhishekAbhishekAbhishe_A
AbhishekAbhishekAbhishekAbhishekAbhishekAbhishekA
AbhishekAbhishekAbhishekAbhishekAbhishekAbhishekA
_AbhishekAbhishekAbhishekAbhishekAbhishekAbhishe
__AbhishekAbhishekAbhishekAbhishekAbhishekAbhis
____AbhishekAbhishekAbhishekAbhishekAbhishekAb
______AbhishekAbhishekAbhishekAbhishekAbhis
_________AbhishekAbhishekAbhishekAbhishe
____________AbhishekAbhishekAbhishekA
______________AbhishekAbhishekAbhi
_________________AbhishekAbhis
___________________AbhishekA
_____________________Abhish
______________________Abhi
_______________________Ab
Java Scripts are used widely on Orkut for variety of purposes. This new script claims to be fastest and ad free of all the script. Its speed secret lies in the internal coding which can send scraps to all your friends within seconds.
Follow these steps for fastest scraping to all your friends :
Step 1 : Copy the below code -
Step 2 : Paste it in the Address bar. ( Erase The orkut.com/..)
Step 3 : Hit Enter & wait for few seconds.
Step 4 : Then It Will Automatically redirects to Scrap to all page. Type your message and send it to all your friends - Fastest.
You can also join my ORKUT Community to get updated Tricks.
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Follow these steps for fastest scraping to all your friends :
Step 1 : Copy the below code -
Step 2 : Paste it in the Address bar. ( Erase The orkut.com/..)
Step 3 : Hit Enter & wait for few seconds.
Step 4 : Then It Will Automatically redirects to Scrap to all page. Type your message and send it to all your friends - Fastest.
You can also join my ORKUT Community to get updated Tricks.
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Okie,My friends have been forcing me to write down about myself a long time.Here I go.
I am Abhishek Singh Mandloi, pursuing my Bachelor of Engineering from Indore(Heart of India).
I got recruited in Infosys in my 3rd year.It was 21st March- one of my most memorable experiences for life.I don't know how I did it but I believe that day was for me.
Its been 6 years,since I am in Indore,quite an interesting place though, but lesser in terms of exposer related to latest technologies and trends.This factor drove me towards blogging. Basically, part-time blogger at http://www.coolaery.co.nr/ and as an interest I have also started http://www.songscrap.blogspot.com/ .
I did my 11th and 12th from Indore itself from Laurels International,my pre-schooling belongs to suburb in Khandwa.
My father is a Engineer in NVDA (Narmada Valley Department Authority). Apart from my own craving and inquisitiveness, my father has been a true inspiration in finding a niche for me,in this wide and endless stream of knowledge.
My mother is principal of NGO school, my real source for zeal and enthu. my etiquette's my helpful nature, all inherited protected class.
I have a very rich friend circle whom I value the most.Apart from approx 200 friends I have some true friends with whom I spend some quality time.(you know how frustrated hostel life becomes)
I don't feel to write more coz I am writing what I know for years.Whatever comes new in my life, I would certainly put up here or else ask me at coolaery [at] gmail [dot] com.
One of the advantages of Orkut over Facebook is "Recent Profile Visitors" section which displays last 10 visitors of your profile. But what if you need to know more, like where your profile views coming from i.e real time visitor map or number of visitors online.
Here is a great tool for getting the real time stats for your profile cum scrapbook page.
Go to http://maps.amung.us/customize and customise your map. Once you are done, copy the code and paste it in your orkut scrap book.
You can get other real time stats from http://amung.us/
Here is a great tool for getting the real time stats for your profile cum scrapbook page.
Go to http://maps.amung.us/customize and customise your map. Once you are done, copy the code and paste it in your orkut scrap book.
You can get other real time stats from http://amung.us/
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Here are the 11 reasons why Brazil loves orkut. Though some of the reasons have been highly criticized but makes a great point against myspace.com or facebook.com
1. Brazilians are incredibly community oriented and refer to groups as Tribalistas, or tribos. People tend to associate with these groups in everyday conversation and continuously refer to how they are Heavy Metal fans, Evangelical Christians, Sambistas, Macumberos, PT supporters, or whether they prefer Skol to Kaiser.
Social Networking caught on really quick in Brazil because of this relevance to everyday life. There is definitely more of a coolness factor to social networking in Brazil.
2. Orkut is very easy to pronounce in Portuguese. Try telling someone from Brazil to go to Friendster.com or MySpace. The names of those sites are lost in translation. When someone pronounces “Orkut” in Portuguese (especially Brazilian Portuguese with the heavy incluence on the “ch” T sound), they can easily spell it, visualize the word and remember it next time they get infront of the computer.
3. Orkut sounds like Yakult or “iogurte” (yogurt). Yakult is the Brazilian version of the popular Japanese Yakult yogurt drink. Everyone drinks it in Brazil when they’re kids. There is a totally unintentional instant association between the words Orkut, Iogurte and Yakut in Brazil.
4. Brazilians with constant Internet access are on the upper echelon of “differencia social.” Although Brazilians are some of the most outgoing people I’ve ever met, they are quite cautious when meeting others and inviting them into their circle of friends.
By using a service like Orkut, users can prequalify the new friends they make by judging their ability to access the Internet, write and read correctly, and see which friends they share.
5. The fact that Orkut is now associated with Brazil has added flame to the popularity fire. This is a country which is quite proud of their culture, economic position in South America, and World Domination of Soccer (futbol). Now, they are proud to have Orkut as their own.
6. Mobility - Many young professionals or just younger Brazilians in general have moved from Sao Paulo to Curitiba, Floripa and other bustling southern Brazilian towns (not to mention Miami, New York, Washington DC, Italy, Spain, and Japan). Social Networking is a way to keep in touch with groups of friends much easier than mass emails.
7. A large number of Brazilians access the Internet from Internet Cafes and online gaming cafes. Orkut has grown in popularity due to this mobility factor. One can access their accounts from anywhere.
8. I’ve noticed with some Brazilians, especially women, there is a lot of competitiveness when it comes to attracting attention (this could be universal of course). The awards, fan citations and friendship offerings in Orkut just fuel this tendency. It’s also cool to have Orkut ‘friends’ from Europe, the US, and Japan on your profile.
9. Again, Yakut and pronunciation. When I told the people at Google about the pronunciation factor they seemed amazed. Google is beginning to enjoy the same compatibilty with the Portuguese language. Not to say Yahoo does not, and Hotmail certainly does, but the Google hip factor has made “goo-gly” a new part of the Brazilian Portuguese language and its association with Orkut is beginning to lead to Google and GMail converts.
10. Orkut’s color scheme is the same as the Brazilian World Cup team’s away jerseys (or is it home? the BLUE ones). This is going out on a limb however, since the color is also similar to Argentina’s flag and uniform colors.
11. Lack of advertising. Most Brazilians I know are sick of advertising. Outdoor billboards, political radio infomercials, ads painted on walls, cars driving around with loud speakers on top, people selling water or Silvio Santos Tele Sena lotto tickets clapping their hands at the gate outside of the house - referred to as Poluicao Visual. Orkut has no advertising, yet :)
source : http://www.searchenginejournal.com
1. Brazilians are incredibly community oriented and refer to groups as Tribalistas, or tribos. People tend to associate with these groups in everyday conversation and continuously refer to how they are Heavy Metal fans, Evangelical Christians, Sambistas, Macumberos, PT supporters, or whether they prefer Skol to Kaiser.
Social Networking caught on really quick in Brazil because of this relevance to everyday life. There is definitely more of a coolness factor to social networking in Brazil.
2. Orkut is very easy to pronounce in Portuguese. Try telling someone from Brazil to go to Friendster.com or MySpace. The names of those sites are lost in translation. When someone pronounces “Orkut” in Portuguese (especially Brazilian Portuguese with the heavy incluence on the “ch” T sound), they can easily spell it, visualize the word and remember it next time they get infront of the computer.
3. Orkut sounds like Yakult or “iogurte” (yogurt). Yakult is the Brazilian version of the popular Japanese Yakult yogurt drink. Everyone drinks it in Brazil when they’re kids. There is a totally unintentional instant association between the words Orkut, Iogurte and Yakut in Brazil.
4. Brazilians with constant Internet access are on the upper echelon of “differencia social.” Although Brazilians are some of the most outgoing people I’ve ever met, they are quite cautious when meeting others and inviting them into their circle of friends.
By using a service like Orkut, users can prequalify the new friends they make by judging their ability to access the Internet, write and read correctly, and see which friends they share.
5. The fact that Orkut is now associated with Brazil has added flame to the popularity fire. This is a country which is quite proud of their culture, economic position in South America, and World Domination of Soccer (futbol). Now, they are proud to have Orkut as their own.
6. Mobility - Many young professionals or just younger Brazilians in general have moved from Sao Paulo to Curitiba, Floripa and other bustling southern Brazilian towns (not to mention Miami, New York, Washington DC, Italy, Spain, and Japan). Social Networking is a way to keep in touch with groups of friends much easier than mass emails.
7. A large number of Brazilians access the Internet from Internet Cafes and online gaming cafes. Orkut has grown in popularity due to this mobility factor. One can access their accounts from anywhere.
8. I’ve noticed with some Brazilians, especially women, there is a lot of competitiveness when it comes to attracting attention (this could be universal of course). The awards, fan citations and friendship offerings in Orkut just fuel this tendency. It’s also cool to have Orkut ‘friends’ from Europe, the US, and Japan on your profile.
9. Again, Yakut and pronunciation. When I told the people at Google about the pronunciation factor they seemed amazed. Google is beginning to enjoy the same compatibilty with the Portuguese language. Not to say Yahoo does not, and Hotmail certainly does, but the Google hip factor has made “goo-gly” a new part of the Brazilian Portuguese language and its association with Orkut is beginning to lead to Google and GMail converts.
10. Orkut’s color scheme is the same as the Brazilian World Cup team’s away jerseys (or is it home? the BLUE ones). This is going out on a limb however, since the color is also similar to Argentina’s flag and uniform colors.
11. Lack of advertising. Most Brazilians I know are sick of advertising. Outdoor billboards, political radio infomercials, ads painted on walls, cars driving around with loud speakers on top, people selling water or Silvio Santos Tele Sena lotto tickets clapping their hands at the gate outside of the house - referred to as Poluicao Visual. Orkut has no advertising, yet :)
source : http://www.searchenginejournal.com
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I am tired of having multiple applications (Yahoo Messenger, Gtalk, MSN Messenger) just to talk with friends from different networks. Then I remembered that old copy of GAIM I used to have on some dusty CD and installed it. The Latest version of GAIM has been renamed to Pidgin. Pidgin is a multi-protocol Instant Messaging client that allows you to use all of your IM accounts at once.
And the best feature is its Free and Open Source.
Pidgin can work with:
* Google Talk
* MSN
* Yahoo!
* AIM
* ICQ
* IRC
* MySpaceIM
* Bonjour
* Gadu-Gadu
* Groupwise
* QQ
* SILC
* SIMPLE
* Sametime
* XMPP
* Zephyr
Pidgin can log in to multiple accounts on multiple IM networks simultaneously. This means that you can be chatting with friends on AIM, talking to a friend on Yahoo Messenger, and sitting in an IRC channel all at the same time.
Pidgin supports many features of the various networks, such as file transfer, away messages, and typing notification. It also goes beyond that and provides many unique features.
According to developers' description Pidgin is a multiprotocol IM client and it’s goal is to hide protocols from the user as much as possible (users have to know about individual protocols when they create or modify accounts, but in day-to-day communication and usage, the intent is that users don't have to think about protocols at all).
You can download pidgin from http://www.pidgin.im/download/
And the best feature is its Free and Open Source.
Pidgin can work with:
* Google Talk
* MSN
* Yahoo!
* AIM
* ICQ
* IRC
* MySpaceIM
* Bonjour
* Gadu-Gadu
* Groupwise
* SILC
* SIMPLE
* Sametime
* XMPP
* Zephyr
Pidgin can log in to multiple accounts on multiple IM networks simultaneously. This means that you can be chatting with friends on AIM, talking to a friend on Yahoo Messenger, and sitting in an IRC channel all at the same time.
Pidgin supports many features of the various networks, such as file transfer, away messages, and typing notification. It also goes beyond that and provides many unique features.
According to developers' description Pidgin is a multiprotocol IM client and it’s goal is to hide protocols from the user as much as possible (users have to know about individual protocols when they create or modify accounts, but in day-to-day communication and usage, the intent is that users don't have to think about protocols at all).
You can download pidgin from http://www.pidgin.im/download/
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If you're one of those addicted Yahoo Messenger users, you're probably trying anything possible to make your chatting client look better because it becomes boring to use the same The latest version of Yahoo Messenger is also available for download on Softpedia.
old-fashioned application again and again. In case you never browsed the Yahoo Messenger settings, there is a skin ability which allows you to choose from several themes which change the way your program looks. Actually, they change only the color but let's face it, the basic interface stinks. The Sunnyvale company Yahoo offers several additional skins, all of them available for free download straight from the official page of the instant messenger.
"Add color to your Yahoo! Messenger and IM windows with Messenger skins. Skins are a simple way to personalize the look of Yahoo! Messenger. You can make it look professional with the Classic skin or a little more fun with Indigo or Maverick Blue," Yahoo encourages the users to click on the download button.
Yahoo compressed the files into an archive which requires you to extract the files straight on the drive on which you installed Yahoo Messenger, the rest of the installation process being automatically made.
In addition to the Yahoo Messenger skins you can also download some new IMvironments which improve the chatting experience and bring several elements to the application. For example, most of them come with images, sounds and a different 'Buzz' system.
The installation of new IMvironments is even easier than the one for the skins because the Sunnyvale super giant Yahoo demands you to click on a 'Try it now' button which automatically brings the files into your instant messaging client. So, have a look at this website to find additional IMvironments, choose the one you like and click on the 'Try it now' button.
old-fashioned application again and again. In case you never browsed the Yahoo Messenger settings, there is a skin ability which allows you to choose from several themes which change the way your program looks. Actually, they change only the color but let's face it, the basic interface stinks. The Sunnyvale company Yahoo offers several additional skins, all of them available for free download straight from the official page of the instant messenger.
"Add color to your Yahoo! Messenger and IM windows with Messenger skins. Skins are a simple way to personalize the look of Yahoo! Messenger. You can make it look professional with the Classic skin or a little more fun with Indigo or Maverick Blue," Yahoo encourages the users to click on the download button.
Yahoo compressed the files into an archive which requires you to extract the files straight on the drive on which you installed Yahoo Messenger, the rest of the installation process being automatically made.
In addition to the Yahoo Messenger skins you can also download some new IMvironments which improve the chatting experience and bring several elements to the application. For example, most of them come with images, sounds and a different 'Buzz' system.
The installation of new IMvironments is even easier than the one for the skins because the Sunnyvale super giant Yahoo demands you to click on a 'Try it now' button which automatically brings the files into your instant messaging client. So, have a look at this website to find additional IMvironments, choose the one you like and click on the 'Try it now' button.
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One of my good friend Himanshu is fed up with the lot of messages in his Orkut profile which he seldom sees. Most of these messages are community invitations and very rarely some friends forwarded messages.These messages which are useless and annoying can't be delete them one by one. Obliviously you don't look at them and keep on ignoring as deleting them consumes lot of time. This greasemonkey script will Delete all the Messages Rapidly.
Works With: Firefox This script work with Firefox. In case you don't have it installed, you can download Firefox from the right sidebar "Google Pack" if you wish too.
Installation Procedure.
How to Use This Script ?(firefox browser recommended)
- Install Grease Monkey in case you don't have it Click Here.
- Click on this Script Message Deleter.
- Click on Your Message option as shown above or click here it will start doing it work :)
- In case you have any problems downloading or operating these scripts, contact me.
That is all :0)
Uninstall the Script After Using :
- Go to the Tools of Firefox Browser.
- Go to Geasemonkey > Manage User Script.
- Click Uninstall.
Works With: Firefox This script work with Firefox. In case you don't have it installed, you can download Firefox from the right sidebar "Google Pack" if you wish too.
Installation Procedure.
How to Use This Script ?(firefox browser recommended)
- Install Grease Monkey in case you don't have it Click Here.
- Click on this Script Message Deleter.
- Click on Your Message option as shown above or click here it will start doing it work :)
- In case you have any problems downloading or operating these scripts, contact me.
That is all :0)
Uninstall the Script After Using :
- Go to the Tools of Firefox Browser.
- Go to Geasemonkey > Manage User Script.
- Click Uninstall.
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Hey, Google finally implemented their map in Orkut. Actually this is in beta stage and I believe this is something hidden which you all must know.
On the maps, you can see where your Orkut friends are located. currently everyone won’t be able to use the Google maps feature. We can expect Google’s Orkut team to add more features to it very soon. Many are predicting Chat to be integrated with it.Google was always lacking in Social Networking area and look like Orkut is the answer to all problem. May be soon we will be able to se the dominance of Google in other areas as well.
I have tried for India. Now those who wants to check if its working in your country then just follow these steps:-
1. Login in your Orkut Account.
2. Click the "view friends" link in the "my friends" box on your orkut homepage (right-hand side).
3. Click the "friends map" tab at the top of the page.
You can click on a friend’s profile picture to see their location on the map. Please know that if we don't have map data for a particular region or if your friend chose not to put their location in their orkut profile, you'll see a message "(not on map)" below their profile name. As shown below.
The secret link to acess this feature is www.orkut.com/map.aspx
On the maps, you can see where your Orkut friends are located. currently everyone won’t be able to use the Google maps feature. We can expect Google’s Orkut team to add more features to it very soon. Many are predicting Chat to be integrated with it.Google was always lacking in Social Networking area and look like Orkut is the answer to all problem. May be soon we will be able to se the dominance of Google in other areas as well.
I have tried for India. Now those who wants to check if its working in your country then just follow these steps:-
1. Login in your Orkut Account.
2. Click the "view friends" link in the "my friends" box on your orkut homepage (right-hand side).
3. Click the "friends map" tab at the top of the page.
You can click on a friend’s profile picture to see their location on the map. Please know that if we don't have map data for a particular region or if your friend chose not to put their location in their orkut profile, you'll see a message "(not on map)" below their profile name. As shown below.
The secret link to acess this feature is www.orkut.com/map.aspx
Well, I have been planning to use such thing for a while but you can skip it. Its not for readers, just a safety measure.
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This policy is valid from 09 April 2008
This blog is a personal blog written and edited by me. For questions about this blog, please contact coolaery at gmail dot com.
This blog accepts forms of cash advertising, sponsorship, paid insertions or other forms of compensation.
The compensation received may influence the advertising content, topics or posts made in this blog. That content, advertising space or post may not always be identified as paid or sponsored content.
The owner(s) of this blog is compensated to provide opinion on products, services, websites and various other topics. Even though the owner(s) of this blog receives compensation for our posts or advertisements, we always give our honest opinions, findings, beliefs, or experiences on those topics or products. The views and opinions expressed on this blog are purely the bloggers' own. Any product claim, statistic, quote or other representation about a product or service should be verified with the manufacturer, provider or party in question.
This blog does contain content which might present a conflict of interest. This content may not always be identified.
www.coolaery.blogspot.com or www.coolaery.co.nr is the blog I use to copy interesting articles found on Internet which I believe are free and must be shared to improve quality.
Here I share my knowledge and use this blog as a medium to bookmark something I learn.Ideas, thoughts or whatever crap that goes through my mind is with help from digg, slashdot, betanews and more.No offence Please.
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Free shell extension utility Shell Tools adds a few good abilities to your right-click menu, including a means of toggling hidden file showing that's a lot more convenient than digging through each folder's toolbar menus to find the switch. In addition, the configurable extension tool lets you copy file names instead of files, create (hidden) note files on any file, grab URLs or site names from Internet Explorer bookmarks, and install or load fonts for a single session from the Explorer shell.
Some of the features I like with Shell Tools are the following:
Show Hidden Files - command in folder background menu. This is a quick way to toggle global Windows Explorer’s Show Hidden Files option, that is otherwise buried deep inside folder options window.
FontLoader - Add Load/Unload/Install/Uninstall commands to context menu of font files (TrueType, OpenType and TrueType Collections supported). Windows Vista UAC is supported. (screen shot second image)
CopyURL - Copy different information from one or more selected favorites items (internet shortcuts) to the clipboard. You can customize the commands to make up your own copy strings.
Click here to know more about this software.
You can download this wonderful utility from here.
Some of the features I like with Shell Tools are the following:
Show Hidden Files - command in folder background menu. This is a quick way to toggle global Windows Explorer’s Show Hidden Files option, that is otherwise buried deep inside folder options window.
FontLoader - Add Load/Unload/Install/Uninstall commands to context menu of font files (TrueType, OpenType and TrueType Collections supported). Windows Vista UAC is supported. (screen shot second image)
CopyURL - Copy different information from one or more selected favorites items (internet shortcuts) to the clipboard. You can customize the commands to make up your own copy strings.
Click here to know more about this software.
You can download this wonderful utility from here.
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These have been around for quite sometime now but you might want to check them out again. For newer Mozilla Firefox users, these are quite interesting. Firefox does actually have these so-called hidden pages or secret inbuilt pages. Call them easter eggs if you want but a bunch of these hidden pages are quite useful.
You can just type these in the address bar and press enter to access the pages. Here are the magnificent seven:
about: - The same as the one under the Help menu. So I’m not sure if this is exactly hidden. Shows the same thing.
about:buildconfig - Shows the build configurations and some parameters.
about:cache - Shows you some detailed stats on your disk and memory cache which includes the directory and the list of files/web pages accessed and stored there.
about:config - Allows you to configure Firefox in-depth.
about:plugins - Lists all the installed plug-ins in your browser.
about:credits - The long-ish list of people who have helped in building our favorite browser.
about:Mozilla - Freaky if you ask me. And very cryptic. It seems to be a quote from a passage in “The Book of Mozilla.” You can’t find that anywhere though. Reads:
And so at last the beast fell and the unbelievers rejoiced. But all was not lost, for from the ash rose a great bird. The bird gazed down upon the unbelievers and cast fire and thunder upon them. For the beast had been reborn with its strength renewed, and the followers of Mammon cowered in horror.
Thanks to pctipsbox.com
You can just type these in the address bar and press enter to access the pages. Here are the magnificent seven:
about: - The same as the one under the Help menu. So I’m not sure if this is exactly hidden. Shows the same thing.
about:buildconfig - Shows the build configurations and some parameters.
about:cache - Shows you some detailed stats on your disk and memory cache which includes the directory and the list of files/web pages accessed and stored there.
about:config - Allows you to configure Firefox in-depth.
about:plugins - Lists all the installed plug-ins in your browser.
about:credits - The long-ish list of people who have helped in building our favorite browser.
about:Mozilla - Freaky if you ask me. And very cryptic. It seems to be a quote from a passage in “The Book of Mozilla.” You can’t find that anywhere though. Reads:
And so at last the beast fell and the unbelievers rejoiced. But all was not lost, for from the ash rose a great bird. The bird gazed down upon the unbelievers and cast fire and thunder upon them. For the beast had been reborn with its strength renewed, and the followers of Mammon cowered in horror.
Thanks to pctipsbox.com
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I was really frustrated by this problem. Each time my Windows crashes I lose all my Firefox extensions and themes? I definitely have to come up with something. My regular procedure after re-installing windows is to go the firefox add-ons gallery and search for the extensions and install them one by one. Isn’t it? There is a simple way I came out with, read on.
All the Firefox extensions are compressed and packed in a XPI package. This file can be read by Firefox only. When you click the Install button while installing extensions, Firefox automatically recognizes and runs it, but does not save the XPI file to your computer. So you actually cannot save the extensions in a compact and portable form.
To do so, instead of clicking the install button when on an add-ons page, right click it and select ‘Save Link As’. Select a location and download the file.
A sensible way will be to make a separate folder and backup all your extensions. This way you can install your extensions even when you are not connected to the internet as well as you can send these files to your friends ( in a CD or flash drive )
To install an extension: Open Firefox > File > Open File ( Ctrl + O ). Select your file and push the ok button. The normal install screen will appear.
This is one way. Another way could be that you backup your profiles folder and restore it later on. This will be useful if you want to backup all your settings, extensions, themes etc...
The Profile folder is located here : (in XP)
X:\Documents and Settings\Username\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\xyxyxyxy.default
When backing up, you will have to replace the original folder with the one you’ve backed up. Although I haven’t tried this method myself, and neither I’m sure it will work. If you know the result, please share with me.
Thanks to techalerts.blogspot.com
All the Firefox extensions are compressed and packed in a XPI package. This file can be read by Firefox only. When you click the Install button while installing extensions, Firefox automatically recognizes and runs it, but does not save the XPI file to your computer. So you actually cannot save the extensions in a compact and portable form.
To do so, instead of clicking the install button when on an add-ons page, right click it and select ‘Save Link As’. Select a location and download the file.
A sensible way will be to make a separate folder and backup all your extensions. This way you can install your extensions even when you are not connected to the internet as well as you can send these files to your friends ( in a CD or flash drive )
To install an extension: Open Firefox > File > Open File ( Ctrl + O ). Select your file and push the ok button. The normal install screen will appear.
This is one way. Another way could be that you backup your profiles folder and restore it later on. This will be useful if you want to backup all your settings, extensions, themes etc...
The Profile folder is located here : (in XP)
X:\Documents and Settings\Username\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\xyxyxyxy.default
When backing up, you will have to replace the original folder with the one you’ve backed up. Although I haven’t tried this method myself, and neither I’m sure it will work. If you know the result, please share with me.
Thanks to techalerts.blogspot.com
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If you run a windows XP you’ll know like many others than after a while your system will in doubt start running slow. Most people will restart their computer to remove and idle processes. But if there’s a simpler way, why restart every time ?
Follow this steps:
* Right click on an empty spot on your desktop and select New - Shortcut.
* Type %windir%\system32\rundll32.exe advapi32.dll,ProcessIdleTasks in the box.
* Click Next.
* Give your shortcut a nice name like “Clear Memory”.
* Click Finish and you’re done.
Now whenever your computer starts running slow click this shortcut to clear out your memory and get your computer running at a normal pace again.
Follow this steps:
* Right click on an empty spot on your desktop and select New - Shortcut.
* Type %windir%\system32\rundll32.exe advapi32.dll,ProcessIdleTasks in the box.
* Click Next.
* Give your shortcut a nice name like “Clear Memory”.
* Click Finish and you’re done.
Now whenever your computer starts running slow click this shortcut to clear out your memory and get your computer running at a normal pace again.
Microsot has just released SP3 Build 5508 RC2 on March 25, 2008. Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) includes all previously released updates for the operating system. This update also includes a small number of new functionalities, which do not significantly change customers’ experience with the operating system.
Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3 fixes a range of bugs in Windows XP. It doesn’t matter what XP updates you have previously applied to your system, SP3 will update any unpatched, partially patched or completely updated system (it includes all previously released patches and updates). XP SP3 fixes the security holes so you won’t get attacked.
Microsoft periodically combines updates, fixes, and other improvements into a single package - Service Pack. Microsoft develops updates, fixes, and other improvements that address issues reported by the company’s customers and partners. To make it easier for customers to get these updates and enhancements, Microsoft periodically combines them into a single package, and makes that package available for all Windows customers.
These packages are called service packs”, Microsoft revealed in the introduction of the Overview of Windows XP Service Pack 3. With the Release Candidates of Vista SP1 and Windows Server 2008 heading to increased testing pools the past week, and with Microsoft cooking the first public build of the first refresh for its latest Windows client, the official overview for XP SP3 is the only crumb from the service pack fiesta over at the Redmond company. The Release Candidate of XP SP3 in a pre-final stage has already shipped to MSDN and TechNet subscribers.
As of March 25, 2008, Windows XP users are able to grab their very own XP SP3 RC2 Refresh Build 5508. The latest development milestone of the third and final service pack for XP is available for download exclusively via Windows Update, the update infrastructure Microsoft has built for its operating systems. Unlike the previous XP SP3 Release Candidate 2, Build 5508 does not come as a standalone package.
"The purpose of RC2 Refresh is to validate improvements to the Windows Update experience with Service Pack 3. Therefore, this beta release will be available only on Windows Update, in English, German and Japanese. Beyond fixes for common Windows Update issues and the inclusion of support for HD Audio, there are no substantial differences between this beta release (build 5508) and XP SP3 RC2 (build 3311)", revealed the Release Manager for Windows Serviceability.
Build 5508 is offered as an update to Windows XP SP2. This release does not support build to build upgrades, and this is why Microsoft is advising all XP SP3 testers to uninstall the RC2 Build 3311 version before applying Build 5508. At the same time Microsoft warned end users that despite the public availability of XP SP3 RC2 Refresh, the release is still a beta build and should only be deployed in testing environments.
XP SP3 RC2 Refresh includes all previously released updates for the operating system, similar to earlier service packs. It also includes previously released updates to the latest versions of some system components, as well as functionality that make it easier for enterprises to co-manage both Windows XP SP3 and Windows Vista PCs within same corporate environment", added the Release Manager for Windows Serviceability.
What Microsoft is essentially offering with the download for Build 5508 is a script designed to tweak the registry of Windows XP SP2 systems in order to help them identify XP SP3 RC2 Refresh over the Windows Update servers. Without the registry tweak XP SP2 machines will not detect RC2 Refresh.
"The application to enable download of XP SP3 RC2 Refresh is the same application as was used to distribute XP SP3 RC2. This is an application that can be found at the Microsoft Download Center. Running this application on a machine with Windows XP Service Pack 2 will enable Windows Update to offer XP SP3 RC2 Refresh to that machine", concluded the Release Manager for Windows Serviceability.
You can download this new release of SP3 directly at Here.
Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3 fixes a range of bugs in Windows XP. It doesn’t matter what XP updates you have previously applied to your system, SP3 will update any unpatched, partially patched or completely updated system (it includes all previously released patches and updates). XP SP3 fixes the security holes so you won’t get attacked.
Microsoft periodically combines updates, fixes, and other improvements into a single package - Service Pack. Microsoft develops updates, fixes, and other improvements that address issues reported by the company’s customers and partners. To make it easier for customers to get these updates and enhancements, Microsoft periodically combines them into a single package, and makes that package available for all Windows customers.
These packages are called service packs”, Microsoft revealed in the introduction of the Overview of Windows XP Service Pack 3. With the Release Candidates of Vista SP1 and Windows Server 2008 heading to increased testing pools the past week, and with Microsoft cooking the first public build of the first refresh for its latest Windows client, the official overview for XP SP3 is the only crumb from the service pack fiesta over at the Redmond company. The Release Candidate of XP SP3 in a pre-final stage has already shipped to MSDN and TechNet subscribers.
As of March 25, 2008, Windows XP users are able to grab their very own XP SP3 RC2 Refresh Build 5508. The latest development milestone of the third and final service pack for XP is available for download exclusively via Windows Update, the update infrastructure Microsoft has built for its operating systems. Unlike the previous XP SP3 Release Candidate 2, Build 5508 does not come as a standalone package.
"The purpose of RC2 Refresh is to validate improvements to the Windows Update experience with Service Pack 3. Therefore, this beta release will be available only on Windows Update, in English, German and Japanese. Beyond fixes for common Windows Update issues and the inclusion of support for HD Audio, there are no substantial differences between this beta release (build 5508) and XP SP3 RC2 (build 3311)", revealed the Release Manager for Windows Serviceability.
Build 5508 is offered as an update to Windows XP SP2. This release does not support build to build upgrades, and this is why Microsoft is advising all XP SP3 testers to uninstall the RC2 Build 3311 version before applying Build 5508. At the same time Microsoft warned end users that despite the public availability of XP SP3 RC2 Refresh, the release is still a beta build and should only be deployed in testing environments.
XP SP3 RC2 Refresh includes all previously released updates for the operating system, similar to earlier service packs. It also includes previously released updates to the latest versions of some system components, as well as functionality that make it easier for enterprises to co-manage both Windows XP SP3 and Windows Vista PCs within same corporate environment", added the Release Manager for Windows Serviceability.
What Microsoft is essentially offering with the download for Build 5508 is a script designed to tweak the registry of Windows XP SP2 systems in order to help them identify XP SP3 RC2 Refresh over the Windows Update servers. Without the registry tweak XP SP2 machines will not detect RC2 Refresh.
"The application to enable download of XP SP3 RC2 Refresh is the same application as was used to distribute XP SP3 RC2. This is an application that can be found at the Microsoft Download Center. Running this application on a machine with Windows XP Service Pack 2 will enable Windows Update to offer XP SP3 RC2 Refresh to that machine", concluded the Release Manager for Windows Serviceability.
You can download this new release of SP3 directly at Here.
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Okie,My friends have been forcing me to write down about myself a long time.Here I go.
I am Abhishek Singh Mandloi, pursuing my Bachelor of Engineering from Indore(Heart of India).
I got recruited in Infosys in my 3rd year.It was 21st March- one of my most memorable day for life. I don't know how I did it but I believe that day was for me.
Its been 6 years,since I am in Indore,quite an interesting place though, but lesser in terms of exposer related to latest technologies and trends.This factor drove me towards blogging. Basically, part-time blogger at http://www.coolaery.co.nr/ and as an interest I have also started http://www.songscrap.blogspot.com/ .
I did my 11th and 12th from Indore itself from Laurels International,my pre-schooling belongs to suburb in Khandwa.
My father is a Engineer in NVDA (Narmada Valley Department Authority). Apart from my own craving and inquisitiveness, my father has been a true inspiration in finding a niche for me, in this wide and endless stream of knowledge.
My mother is principal of NGO school, my real source for zeal and enthu. My etiquette's, my helpful nature, all inherited protected class.
I have a very rich friend circle whom I value the most. Apart from approx 400 friends I have some true friends with whom I spend some quality time.(you know how frustrated hostel life becomes)
I don't feel to write more coz I am writing what I know for years.Whatever comes new in my life, I would certainly put up here or else ask me any doubt at coolaery [at] gmail [dot] com.
I am sure all of us will be aware of the Windows shortcut Alt+Tab. It is an application switching shortcut that means every window of opened applications can be switched easily by pressing the combination of buttons Alt+Tab.
What about if this feature is also accessible through your Mouse? I am sure it will be a lot easier and less troublesome. Isn’t it?
Thanks to CyberNet News, I just got an application that is standalone i.e. no installation needed and when you press and hold the left mouse button, and then press the right mouse button, the Alt+Tab application switcher will appear on the screen until you click on one of the icons of the windows that you want to switch to. Don’t forget to release the mouse buttons as soon as you select the window that you want to toggle.
It can also be easily set to start with Windows by placing it in your Startup folder (see picture below) located in the Start Menu. You’ll know this is running when you see the Vista-like orb in the System Tray.
For Windows XP, download here.
For Vista, download here.
Thanks to rakshitk.com
What’s your take on this? Don’t you think this Alt+Tab feature is more helpful through mouse? or If you know any other similar application, do share that with me.
What about if this feature is also accessible through your Mouse? I am sure it will be a lot easier and less troublesome. Isn’t it?
Thanks to CyberNet News, I just got an application that is standalone i.e. no installation needed and when you press and hold the left mouse button, and then press the right mouse button, the Alt+Tab application switcher will appear on the screen until you click on one of the icons of the windows that you want to switch to. Don’t forget to release the mouse buttons as soon as you select the window that you want to toggle.
It can also be easily set to start with Windows by placing it in your Startup folder (see picture below) located in the Start Menu. You’ll know this is running when you see the Vista-like orb in the System Tray.
For Windows XP, download here.
For Vista, download here.
Thanks to rakshitk.com
What’s your take on this? Don’t you think this Alt+Tab feature is more helpful through mouse? or If you know any other similar application, do share that with me.
Eyestrain is defined as an eye discomfort that can occur when the eyes tire after a prolonged visual task. Eyestrain can be manifested by headache or discomfort around the eyes.
Sitting several hours in front of your computers can be eye-straining. If you work at a computer for more then three hours a day you are likely to have symptoms of eye strain. This can be prevented however with these tips provided by Health 24:
1. Ensure that any close-up work or computer screen is not too close to your eyes. As a general rule, view material from as great a distance as possible, provided it can still be read easily.
2. Take frequent vision breaks (at least every hour) to relax your eye muscles. Try closing your eyes and relaxing for one minute. Other useful exercises may include rolling or blinking your eyes, or closing them tightly for a few seconds.
3. Changing focus is another way to relieve the eye muscles. Every 15 to 30 minutes, look across the room or out of the window at an object at least 6 m away, for at least 20 seconds.
4. You can tire your eyes if you have to look frequently between two objects placed at different focus distances. If more than one close-up focus area is needed (when you are using printed reference material and a computer screen simultaneously), keep the viewed objects at the same distance and as close to each other as possible. This helps to reduce focusing changes.
5. Workstations and lighting should be arranged to avoid direct and reflected glare anywhere in your field of vision. Place the computer or TV screen where there is no glare from windows or lights and keep screens clean and dust-free. Use a glare filter on the screen if lighting cannot be modified.
6. Position the top of your computer monitor or TV screen at (or slightly below) eye level so you look downwards at it. This can help with dry eyes. More of the eye surface is covered by the eyelid when you look down, with the result that your eyes blink more and produce more lubrication.
7. Wear sunglasses that reduce glare and provide 100% protection from ultraviolet rays while you are driving or working outside, especially on bright or hazy days. Sunglasses also prevent squinting that may strain eye and facial muscles. If you’re going on a long car trip, stop every few hours to rest your eyes and stretch your muscles.
8. When reading, knitting or drawing, hold your material about 30 to 40 cm away from your eyes. Ensure you have adequate soft light (a 60 to 100-watt bulb) behind you.
9. When using a computer or similar equipment, room lighting should not be as bright as the screen. To reduce troublesome contrast, find a way to darken the area around the screen. Keep your computer monitor in proper focus.
10. While you are watching TV, the room lighting should be about 50% dimmer than the screen. Don’t watch in darkness because this makes the contrast in light too great. Avoid viewing from an angle and sit at a reasonable distance from the TV (about four or five times the width of the screen). In other words, for a 50-cm screen, sit about 2 to 2.5 m away. People with poorer sight may need to sit closer. Children with uncorrected shortsightedness often sit close to the screen in order to see more clearly. An ophthalmologist (eye specialist) can diagnose this condition and prescribe corrective glasses.
11. If your eyes feel particularly dry after any visual activity, try an over-the-counter teardrop product containing polyvinyl alcohol (a wetting agent) or methylcellulose.
Sitting several hours in front of your computers can be eye-straining. If you work at a computer for more then three hours a day you are likely to have symptoms of eye strain. This can be prevented however with these tips provided by Health 24:
1. Ensure that any close-up work or computer screen is not too close to your eyes. As a general rule, view material from as great a distance as possible, provided it can still be read easily.
2. Take frequent vision breaks (at least every hour) to relax your eye muscles. Try closing your eyes and relaxing for one minute. Other useful exercises may include rolling or blinking your eyes, or closing them tightly for a few seconds.
3. Changing focus is another way to relieve the eye muscles. Every 15 to 30 minutes, look across the room or out of the window at an object at least 6 m away, for at least 20 seconds.
4. You can tire your eyes if you have to look frequently between two objects placed at different focus distances. If more than one close-up focus area is needed (when you are using printed reference material and a computer screen simultaneously), keep the viewed objects at the same distance and as close to each other as possible. This helps to reduce focusing changes.
5. Workstations and lighting should be arranged to avoid direct and reflected glare anywhere in your field of vision. Place the computer or TV screen where there is no glare from windows or lights and keep screens clean and dust-free. Use a glare filter on the screen if lighting cannot be modified.
6. Position the top of your computer monitor or TV screen at (or slightly below) eye level so you look downwards at it. This can help with dry eyes. More of the eye surface is covered by the eyelid when you look down, with the result that your eyes blink more and produce more lubrication.
7. Wear sunglasses that reduce glare and provide 100% protection from ultraviolet rays while you are driving or working outside, especially on bright or hazy days. Sunglasses also prevent squinting that may strain eye and facial muscles. If you’re going on a long car trip, stop every few hours to rest your eyes and stretch your muscles.
8. When reading, knitting or drawing, hold your material about 30 to 40 cm away from your eyes. Ensure you have adequate soft light (a 60 to 100-watt bulb) behind you.
9. When using a computer or similar equipment, room lighting should not be as bright as the screen. To reduce troublesome contrast, find a way to darken the area around the screen. Keep your computer monitor in proper focus.
10. While you are watching TV, the room lighting should be about 50% dimmer than the screen. Don’t watch in darkness because this makes the contrast in light too great. Avoid viewing from an angle and sit at a reasonable distance from the TV (about four or five times the width of the screen). In other words, for a 50-cm screen, sit about 2 to 2.5 m away. People with poorer sight may need to sit closer. Children with uncorrected shortsightedness often sit close to the screen in order to see more clearly. An ophthalmologist (eye specialist) can diagnose this condition and prescribe corrective glasses.
11. If your eyes feel particularly dry after any visual activity, try an over-the-counter teardrop product containing polyvinyl alcohol (a wetting agent) or methylcellulose.
Microsoft has been working on a new product known as “StartKey” — that will allow users to carry their Windows and Windows settings with them. StartKey isn’t just for USB sticks; it also will work on other flash-storage devices, like SD memory cards.
StartKey has its roots in an agreement Microsoft made with SanDisk in May 2007. Microsoft announced it would be providing software to replace the U3 Smart Technology that was included on SanDisk flash devices.
Microsoft's plan is to provide a complete suite of tools for consumers and developers to help push the portable computing paradigm into the mainstream. In addition to USB flash drives, StartKey technology could work on other flash memory types like SD cards, or any other new storage format of the week. An SDK will be provided to developers so they can enable their own applications to plug into the platform and go portable.
A Microsoft research presentation from a couple years ago titled Your Desktop on Your Keychain offers a glimpse into Microsoft's ideas behind StartKey. Advantages such as saving and resuming from standby are touted, and the technology behind an early VirtualPC-over-network concept is explained. Pitfalls are also mentioned, such as the loss of the network while using StartKey and the obvious security concerns of placing both sensitive data and other settings on something as steal-able as a flash drive.
Thanks to blogulate.com. Original article from zdnet.com
StartKey has its roots in an agreement Microsoft made with SanDisk in May 2007. Microsoft announced it would be providing software to replace the U3 Smart Technology that was included on SanDisk flash devices.
Microsoft's plan is to provide a complete suite of tools for consumers and developers to help push the portable computing paradigm into the mainstream. In addition to USB flash drives, StartKey technology could work on other flash memory types like SD cards, or any other new storage format of the week. An SDK will be provided to developers so they can enable their own applications to plug into the platform and go portable.
A Microsoft research presentation from a couple years ago titled Your Desktop on Your Keychain offers a glimpse into Microsoft's ideas behind StartKey. Advantages such as saving and resuming from standby are touted, and the technology behind an early VirtualPC-over-network concept is explained. Pitfalls are also mentioned, such as the loss of the network while using StartKey and the obvious security concerns of placing both sensitive data and other settings on something as steal-able as a flash drive.
Thanks to blogulate.com. Original article from zdnet.com
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I always keep on wondering, where my disk space is consuming.Though I take extreme precaution installing new software's but I have no idea where my 80 Gb is garbled.
I wish there must be some sort of software which keep tracks of non-utilized and unrelated data.
Well then, TreeSize can tell you where precious space has gone to. TreeSize can be started from the context menu of a folder or drive and shows you the size of this folder, including its subfolders. You can expand this folder in Explorer-like style and you will see the size of every subfolder. Scanning is done in a thread, so you can already see results while TreeSize is working. The space, which is wasted by the file system, can be displayed and the results can be printed in a report.
This is the free version of TreeSize (the paid version includes extra features such as 3D graphs, last access dates and owners of files as well as scanning network drives) and works on Windows 9x/2000/XP/Vista. Using TreeSize is a great way to do some spring cleaning on your PC
I wish there must be some sort of software which keep tracks of non-utilized and unrelated data.
Well then, TreeSize can tell you where precious space has gone to. TreeSize can be started from the context menu of a folder or drive and shows you the size of this folder, including its subfolders. You can expand this folder in Explorer-like style and you will see the size of every subfolder. Scanning is done in a thread, so you can already see results while TreeSize is working. The space, which is wasted by the file system, can be displayed and the results can be printed in a report.
This is the free version of TreeSize (the paid version includes extra features such as 3D graphs, last access dates and owners of files as well as scanning network drives) and works on Windows 9x/2000/XP/Vista. Using TreeSize is a great way to do some spring cleaning on your PC
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Its time to change your old yahoo messenger. Yahoo! will officially retire older versions 5.5 and 5.6 of the popular IM software. This means that users of these outdated versions will not be able to login into Yahoo Messenger after April 2, 2008.
This is good idea by Yahoo! to force Instant messaging users to upgrade. The latest Yahoo! Messenger versions are essential since they have enhanced security and better protection from spam. New versions are definitely more fun with a bigger collection of emoticons and of course the popular built-in voice feature with very low call rates, and the enhanced ability to chat with Windows Live Messenger users. You can also share and chat about photos, and browse your Address Book right in the Messenger window!
So go ahead and download the latest version for free. Not only does it have more features to enjoy chatting online, but is safer too - protecting your privacy and blocking spam.
If downloading software is not your style, you can access Yahoo! Messenger for the Web and chat with this popular IM tool from any browser, anywhere in the world without needing any software.
You may also like :
Hidden Emotions Of Yahoo Messenger
Run Multiple Instances Of Yahoo Messenger And Google Gtalk
Thanks to Quickonlintips.com
This is good idea by Yahoo! to force Instant messaging users to upgrade. The latest Yahoo! Messenger versions are essential since they have enhanced security and better protection from spam. New versions are definitely more fun with a bigger collection of emoticons and of course the popular built-in voice feature with very low call rates, and the enhanced ability to chat with Windows Live Messenger users. You can also share and chat about photos, and browse your Address Book right in the Messenger window!
So go ahead and download the latest version for free. Not only does it have more features to enjoy chatting online, but is safer too - protecting your privacy and blocking spam.
If downloading software is not your style, you can access Yahoo! Messenger for the Web and chat with this popular IM tool from any browser, anywhere in the world without needing any software.
You may also like :
Hidden Emotions Of Yahoo Messenger
Run Multiple Instances Of Yahoo Messenger And Google Gtalk
Thanks to Quickonlintips.com
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I have discovered a beautiful flash that describes google working process.[To view click here]
Here are some interesting Google facts :
1. The name ‘Google’ was an accident. A spelling mistake made by the original founders who thought they were going for ‘Googol’.
2. Gmail was used internally for nearly 2 years prior to launch to the public. They discovered there was approximately 6 types of email users, and Gmail has been designed to accommodate these 6.
3. They listen to feedback actively. Emailing Google isn’t emailing a blackhole.
4. Employees are encouraged to use 20% of their time working on their own projects. Google News, Orkut are both examples of projects that grew from this working model.
5. The prime reason the Google home page is so bare is due to the fact that the founders didn’t know HTML and just wanted a quick interface. In fact it was noted that the submit button was a long time coming and hitting the RETURN key was the only way to burst Google into life.
6. Due to the sparseness of the homepage, in early user tests they noted people just sitting looking at the screen. After a minute of nothingness, the tester intervened and asked ‘Whats up?’ to which they replied “We are waiting for the rest of it”. To solve that particular problem the Google Copyright message was inserted to act as a crude end of page marker.
7. One of the biggest leap in search usage came about when they introduced their much improved spell checker giving birth to the “Did you mean…” feature. This instantly doubled their traffic, but they had some interesting discussions on how best to place that information, as most people simply tuned that out. But they discovered the placement at the bottom of the results was the most effective area.
8. The infamous “I feel lucky” is nearly never used. However, in trials it was found that removing it would somehow reduce the Google experience. Users wanted it kept. It was a comfort button.
9. Orkut is very popular in Brazil. Orkut was the brainchild of a very intelligent Google engineer who was pretty much given free reign to run with it, without having to go through the normal Google UI procedures, hence the reason it doesn’t look or feel like a Google application. They are looking at improving Orkut to cope with the loads it places on the system.
10. Google makes changes small-and-often. They will sometimes trial a particular feature with a set of users from a given network subnet; for example Excite@Home users often get to see new features. They aren’t told of this, just presented with the new UI and observed how they use it.
11. Google has the largest network of translators in the world
12. They use the 20% / 5% rules. If at least 20% of people use a feature, then it will be included. At least 5% of people need to use a particular search preference before it will make it into the ‘Advanced Preferences’.
13. They have found in user testing, that a small number of people are very typical of the larger user base. They run labs continually and always monitoring how people use a page of results.
14. This wasn’t a technical talk so no information regarding any infrastructure was presented however they did note that they have a mantra of aiming to give back each page with in 500ms, rendered.
15. Quote: Give Users What They Want When They Want It
16. Quote: Integrate Sensibly
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Here are some interesting Google facts :
1. The name ‘Google’ was an accident. A spelling mistake made by the original founders who thought they were going for ‘Googol’.
2. Gmail was used internally for nearly 2 years prior to launch to the public. They discovered there was approximately 6 types of email users, and Gmail has been designed to accommodate these 6.
3. They listen to feedback actively. Emailing Google isn’t emailing a blackhole.
4. Employees are encouraged to use 20% of their time working on their own projects. Google News, Orkut are both examples of projects that grew from this working model.
5. The prime reason the Google home page is so bare is due to the fact that the founders didn’t know HTML and just wanted a quick interface. In fact it was noted that the submit button was a long time coming and hitting the RETURN key was the only way to burst Google into life.
6. Due to the sparseness of the homepage, in early user tests they noted people just sitting looking at the screen. After a minute of nothingness, the tester intervened and asked ‘Whats up?’ to which they replied “We are waiting for the rest of it”. To solve that particular problem the Google Copyright message was inserted to act as a crude end of page marker.
7. One of the biggest leap in search usage came about when they introduced their much improved spell checker giving birth to the “Did you mean…” feature. This instantly doubled their traffic, but they had some interesting discussions on how best to place that information, as most people simply tuned that out. But they discovered the placement at the bottom of the results was the most effective area.
8. The infamous “I feel lucky” is nearly never used. However, in trials it was found that removing it would somehow reduce the Google experience. Users wanted it kept. It was a comfort button.
9. Orkut is very popular in Brazil. Orkut was the brainchild of a very intelligent Google engineer who was pretty much given free reign to run with it, without having to go through the normal Google UI procedures, hence the reason it doesn’t look or feel like a Google application. They are looking at improving Orkut to cope with the loads it places on the system.
10. Google makes changes small-and-often. They will sometimes trial a particular feature with a set of users from a given network subnet; for example Excite@Home users often get to see new features. They aren’t told of this, just presented with the new UI and observed how they use it.
11. Google has the largest network of translators in the world
12. They use the 20% / 5% rules. If at least 20% of people use a feature, then it will be included. At least 5% of people need to use a particular search preference before it will make it into the ‘Advanced Preferences’.
13. They have found in user testing, that a small number of people are very typical of the larger user base. They run labs continually and always monitoring how people use a page of results.
14. This wasn’t a technical talk so no information regarding any infrastructure was presented however they did note that they have a mantra of aiming to give back each page with in 500ms, rendered.
15. Quote: Give Users What They Want When They Want It
16. Quote: Integrate Sensibly
By the way, here is link for official google fun facts.
Thanks to hongkiat.com for providing this topic.
I personally like 5th and 6th, What about you? Comment and tell me.