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Bluetooth Speaker System



Creative has announced the D100 wireless High performance speaker system which works with any compatible stereo Bluetooth device,from mobile phones,portable media players to the iPad ,netbooks,notebooks and just about every bluetooth A2DP enabled device.
The high efficiency drivers encased in the year ported enclosure allow the Creative D100 to deliver desired levels of loudness and impactful bass.This versatile and portable speaker system will be an instant hit and best choice for an affordable wireless boombox.
the Creative D100 is powered by mains power supply or 4 widely available AA batteries.It is truly portable,keeping the music going wherever users go,and is available in a choice of vibrant colors.The price will be near 4,499INR

Slow uptake of Google TV seen


Although Google is determined to break into the TV space,Poor promotion and set backs in content distribution have caused the first Google TV devices to stagnate in the market,just weeks after launch.The Hardware is also expensive,compared to competing devices in the market,and Google hasn't found a killer paa to attract users with.
Users are still likely to watch TV while surfing the Web on a Mobile or a Tablet,but do not seem to want to surf,check e-mail or user social networking services on the TV itself.Other companies including Intel and Microsoft have failed to creatr a PC-TV usage hybrid.

LG P500 Optimus One Review



The Optimus One really is a sleek looking handset,and its 3.2inch capacitive touchscreen proved very responsive.Running on a 600 Mhz processor,there's virtually no lag during operation.It is one of the few Android handsets shipping with Froyo out-of-the-box.While overall Quality of sound fine,we were disappointed by the lack of enhancements like EQ presets.While it plays quite a few video formats.It does not support high resolution  video formats.With 3G,Wi-Fi,EDGE/GPRS and Bluetooth 2.1 with A2Dp and USB 2.0 you've got plenty of connectivity options.


The native browser works well,but it does not support flash.Twitter and Facebook clients are preloaded,and Gtalk and YouTube apps are also provided.Lg has Android store called the App Advisor.The 3 megapixel autofocus camera is one of the better once we've tested so far,with face tracking,manual focus, and geotagging.
The battery is capable of running over for 2 days with decent usage.Talktime averaged over 4hrs and 45 minute.At Rs 13,99,the Optimus One has enough clout to take on Samsung's Galaxy 3.The design is sloid,it's Android 2.2 out of the box,and it's got few handy apps.

Resolve Issues While Upgrading to Windows 7 From Windows Vista


Resolve The Issue Faced With Installation Of Windows 7 While Upgrading From Windows Vista
Many people who try to upgrade from Windows Vista to Windows 7, face some problems while installing Windows 7. When you try to upgrade from Vista by using the install method as “Upgrade”, the installation process of Windows 7 gets stuck at either 62% or 72%. The moment the setup process completes 62% or 72% of installation, it automatically stops or hangs.
The installation process cannot be resumed even if you restart your system. This problem with installation occurs because of the service “iphlpsvc” and on checking the file “setupact.log” you will find an error message as follows:
 Warning [0x080b50] MIG AsyncCallback_ApplyStatus: Progress appears to be stuck. Current progress: 62
 

You need to remember that this installation error is encountered only while you try to upgrade from Vista to Windows 7. If the error shown during installation exactly matches with the above mentioned error, you can resolve the issue and carry on with the installation using a simple workaround. Follow the below mentioned steps to resolve the issue. 
  • First of all, you need to reboot your PC so that it rolls back to Vista Operating System.
  • Now, click on Start button to display the Start Menu and right-click on “Computer”. Select the option “Properties” from the right-click context menu and then choose “Advanced Settings”.
  • Click on “Environment Variables” and under System Variables section, click on “New”.
  • Type the below mentioned variable information.
 Type in Variable Name as “MIG_UPGRADE_IGNORE_PLUGINS” and
Variable value as “IphlpsvcMigPlugin.dll”
  • Finally, reboot your PC and start the installation process of Windows 7 again.
Once you have done this, the installation process won’t get struck anymore and you will be able to upgrade from Windows Vista to Windows 7 without facing too many problems.Please Comment!

Is 3g life Affordable?


License process of 3G already completed....Now this is the time of launching 3G services. All technical process of launching services going very fast and probably from next year January almost all licensed companies will start 3G services.

BSNL already running with 3G services and TATA DOCOMO  recently started 3G services in some areas..

But question here is that these services will really be affordable for common mobile users???

video calls will cost 5 paise/second in DOCOMO, Data plans are high in both BSNL and DOCOMO
initially for enjoyment video call price can be afforded but not daily

Quite possible initially to attract customer services might be provided at affordable cost.... But the huge money is  paid by telecom companies  to get license... so it looks that 3G services will be unavailable for a common man for next 1 or 2 years

But because of strong competition among the different telecom companies it seems prices of 3G services will really goes down as in 2G services 

So we have to wait to enjoy full features of 3G services at affordable price....
Now waiting for another companies to launch their services and see what the final prices of services are......Lets see!

Watch Cricket World Cup 2011 Live Online for Free!



ICC Cricket World Cup 2011, the greatest cricket championship, starts on 19th Feb 2010. 14 countries are participating in ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 which will take place in India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. Here’s the list of countries playing in World Cup.
Group AGroup B
AustraliaBangladesh
New ZealandEngland
PakistanIndia
Sri LankaSouth Africa
ZimbabweWest Indies
CanadaIreland
KenyaNetherlands
As you can see in the table above, there are 2 groups. Every team in each group will play with the remaining teams and 4 top teams from each group will move to quarter finals. After the quarter finals, the 1st semi final will be played on 29th March in Colombo and 2nd semi final will be played on 30th March in Mohali.
The Cricket World Cup 2011 final will be played on Apr 2 at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai.
Earlier I posted about how you can get live cricket scores using google. But if you don’t just want the scores, but want to watch full cricket matches online, then here’s the list of sites where you can watch all the matches of world cup cricket 2011 online.
Extracover.net: Provides multiple live streaming links for ICC world cup 2011. You can also chat with other cricket fans on this site while watching the matches.
Crictime.com: One of the most trusted website to watch cricket online for free. Serves many live streaming for world cup 2011 matches.
Webcric.com: Just like the above two websites, it provides many live streaming channels to watch world cup 2011 cricket matches online.
Cricfire.com: Along with complete live matches, you can also watch highlights of ICC world cup 2011 matches on this website.
Freedocast.com: If none of the above services work, search for online live streaming channels for ICC world cup 2011 here.
Justin.tv and Ustream.tv: Just like the website above, you can look for live channels streaming ICC world cup 2011 matches to watch the cricket world cup online for free.

This list will be updated as we find more ways to watch cricket world cup 2011 online for free. What do you prefer, watching cricket online or watching it on T.V? Reply in Comments!

Powerful iPod dock


Logitech has announced the rechargeable Speaker S715i,a portable speaker dock for iPod and iPhone that delivers bold sound you can carry around.
The device features eight custom-designed speaker drivers and an eight-hour rechargeable battery.The newest Logitech speaker delivers crisp audio thanks to two three-inch laser-tuned  neodymium drivers for a rich mid range,two half-inch passive radiators for deep bass.
The Logitech Rechargeable Speaker S715i comes with a wireless remote control to give you command over functions such as power,volume,play,pause,shuffle,skip and repeat from up to 30 feet(10 meters) away.
For your convenience,you can take the dock with you in the included travel case that also has space for the power adapter and remote.It's price is approx 9,995 INR.

Make your own QR code





These days the QR code has become a common sight in news paper ads,especially those of cars.The quick Response code(QR) is two dimensional matrix barcode that can read by scanners and smartphones.
The information encoded can be anything from text to URL or other data. Here's how you can make your won QR code giving general information about yourself such as Facebook or Twitter user name.
Generate your Qr code by visiting this like bit.ly/UbCu.Here you can choose from presets like URL,Text,Phone number and SMS and also choose the QR code size.
Where do you think this one will take you?

Google:India has the third most internet users in the world!


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According to Google India, India has the third most internet users in the world, with 100 million people surfing the information highway. China reigns supreme with 300 million users, with the US falling in between with 207 million users.
Apparently, more than a third of that nice round number is made up by 40 million mobile internet users, a fact that puts India’s growth potential in perspective – seeing as that is just 8% of the total mobile phone subscriber base in the country.
Google India’s Vinay Goel commented on the trend, “Our estimate is that by 2012, the number of mobile internet users will surpass those entering the net via their laptops or desktops. The number of mobile internet surfers in India is growing rapidly. In 2007, the country had only two million such users. Now the number has gone up 20 times.”
Interestingly, Google’s Goel also pointed out that a majority of the internet users in the country searched for and downloaded music

Intresting facts About YouTube!


We all are very much familiar with Youtube, for those who don't know YouTube is a video-sharing website on which users can upload, share, and view videos.Here are some intresting facts about Youtube.

  • Youtube .com was founded by Steven Chen, Chad Harley and Jawed Karim, they were friends and were working for PayPal at the time.
  • It was created in order for the friends to share video clips of a dinner party, which were too large to email.
  • First video was posted on April 23,2005 by one of its founder Jawed Karim.
  • First video was Me at Zoo and it was 18 seconds long, It has Karim and some elephants.
  • You tube Domain's Birthday is Valentine day (14 feb 2005).
  • More than 50% youtube users are 20 year older or younger.
  • Country who pasts as well as watches the most videos is United states.
  • Most popular video on Youtube is Lady Gaga's Bad Romance, it has been viewed more than 250 million times.
  • 70% of youtube users are Americans.
  • 20% of Youtube videos are categorized as Music.
  • Average visitor spends 15 minutes everyday on YouTube.
  • On an average 10 number of videos uploaded per second on youtube.
  • You would need 1700 years to watch all videos present on youtube today.
  • According to Alexa, It is 3rd most popular website in world.

Modify Display for New Tabs in Google Chrome

When opening a tab,Chrome displays the frequently visited and recently closed websites for quick selection.
This is very practical for personal use,when other people view it or use the browser,they get to know about your surfing habits at the first glance.
As a quick solution,you can hide the display first.For that,open a new tab with the key combination [Ctrl]+[T] or by clicking the plus near the tabs.To the top right of this page,click the small arrow "Change page Layout".There,you can deactivate both options "Frequently visited" and "Recently closed"one after the other.
The settings remain the same.In future,new tabs open without preview images so that nosy people will not be satisfied.However they can still check your history and cookies.
To remove all traces of undesired sires,you have to delete browser history.The start page will then be blank.

Nokia X2-01


The largest and famous Mobile company Nokia introduce their brand new product. Nokia X2-01 is a mobile phone for social networking and fast communications also budget-oriented QWERTY handset. For more details see the Nokia X2-01 Review below.
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Nokia X2-01 Specifications are, it is running with Symbian S40. The Nokia X2-01 is a device for social networking and fast communications. Nokia X2-01 comes with a full QWERTY keypad. Nokia X2-01 offers a 2.4-inch QVGA 320 x 240 pixel display. The Nokia X2-01 measures 119.4 x 59.8 x 14.3mm and weighs 107.5g. It also comes with Network Technology GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900. It uses Battery Type Li-Ion 1020 (BL-5C) with Stand-by almost 480 hours. The Nokia X2-01 Features are, Nokia X2-01 comes with a 2.4-inch QVGA screen and a VGA camera on the back. It supports memory cards up to 8GB. There’s no Wi-Fi and only GPRS/EDGE data, but that’s compensated for by the low price. There’s also one click access to music, the media player, FM radio. There’s also Ovi Store, of course, for fresh apps. Ovi Life Tools will also be available in some territories. The special quality of Nokia X2-01 is communities’ application which integrates Facebook into the device and its QWERTY key is good.

Nvidia Tegra 3 quad core 1.5GHz shapes up



Nvidia is about to announce its Tegra 2 3D chip for tablets and mobile phones and the recently leaked roadmap offers a glimpse of Tegra 3 chips.
Tegra 2 3D in T25 format looks after tablet computers and promises 3D display support powered by Dual Cortex A9 processor that can clock to 1.2GHz. The CPU should be capable of achieving 5520 MIPS.

The production starts in Q1 2010 but according to some industry sources we should see some first designs by the end of this year. The phone variant shares the same specification but has Tegra 2 3D AP25 brand.

Tegra 3 T30 on the other hand looks like a quad core processor based on A9 cortex core that can work all the way to 1.5GHz and score 13800 MIPS. Nvidia promises 3 times faster graphics Blu-ray video and 1920x1200 display support. The chip supports Ultra low power CPU mode, something that is definitely necessary to put a quad core in a tablet. The plan was to sample the chip in Q4 2010.

The phone version is Tegra 3 AP30 and comes in dual or quad core variants. It supports 1366x768 resolution and just like its T30 brother it is most likely a 28nm processor. 

Convert pics to text!





Do u want to convert ur images into a textual art like this.??



go to this site :

http://www.degraeve.com

and make ur own textz......

Android Apps.-PiQture



If you feel the image viewing app on your phone is cripples in functionality, here's a brilliant alternative.Even if you like the default image that came pre-installed  on your phone,you'll switch over to this app after playing around it for few minutes.
 By default,PiQture displays thumbnails of folders containing photos and videos on your phone's memory card. On tapping a photo contained in a folder,it gets displayed in full screen in full screen with a tiny film strip at the bottom,using which you can view other photos in the folder.
The most interesting feature of PiQture is that it supports viewing photos from Flickr,Picasa,Photobucket and Facebook. The app is quick and very light on resources.Highly recommended!

Add more Options to right click in Windows Explorer



FileMenu Tools allows you to customise the context menu of Windows Explorer. And it lets you:
  • Add some built-in utilities that perform operations on files and folders.
  • Add customised commands which run external applications, copy/move to a specific folder or delete specific file types.
  • Configure the “Send to…” submenu.
  • Enable/disable commands which are added by other applications to the context menu.
FileMenu Tools is a freeware and supports Windows 7, Windows Vista and Windows XP.It is compatible with bot 64-bit and 32-bit systems.


Asus officially launches Maximus IV Extreme motherboard

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Based on Intel's P67 chipset

Following the recent launch and availability of Intel's 2nd generation Core processors, Asus has now officially announced its Maximus IV Extreme motherboard based on Intel's P67 chipset.

As noted, the new Maximus IV Extreme is an ATX motherboard based on Intel's P67 chipset and features support for Intel's Sandy Bridge LGA1155 processors. It has a recognizable red on black color scheme and comes packed with all the Republic of Gamers goodies like the ROG Connect, iDirect, on-board buttons, debug LED, voltage measure points and much more.

Specs wise, the Maximus IV Extreme features four DDR3-2200 memory slots, four PCI-Express x16 slots, dual Gigabit Ethernet, four SATA 6.0Gbps and four SATA 3.0Gbps ports, a total of 10 USB 3.0 ports, two eSAT ports, and an integrated 7.1-channel audio.

The new Maximus IV Extreme P67 motherboard is already listed all around the EU and can be found for as low as €299,73.

Windows Mobile 7 will upset the status quo



Beancounters at the analyst outfit Ovum have warned not to write off Microsoft from the mobile market. The outfit said that Windows Phone 7 (WP7) will ‘upset the status quo' in the smartphone market in 2011.

Ovum claimed that WP7 will be the fastest growing platform which is a little contrary to what the other analysts say but is in like with what Microsoft has been expecting. Ovum said that Android will overtake iPhone as the favourite OS with mobile developers by the end of the year, perhaps indicating that while WP7 could grow quickly, Android is likely to have a good year too and continue its rapid growth.

Microsoft VP Joe Belfiore has previously said it will take certainly more than a couple of months before WP7 is profitable and has a good smartphone market share. There is a chance that WP7 could enjoy a burst of growth if cheaper handsets take off. The eagerly anticipated update to the current OS, called Mango is also expected soon, but it is a long way away from Ovum's dramatic prediction coming true.

Mobile numbers, addresses on Facebook 'a security risk


Sydney, Jan 17 (ANI): A security expert has warned that users should remove their home addresses and phone numbers from their Facebook accounts.
Graham Cluley said the website now gives third parties access to that information.
The website said in a blog post at the weekend that it would give developers of applications access to the contact information of users who install their apps.
"These permissions must be explicitly granted to your application by the user via our standard permissions dialogs. Please note that these permissions only provide access to a user's address and mobile phone number, not their friend's addresses or mobile phone numbers," the Sydney Morning Herald quoted Facebook's Jeff Bowen as saying.
However, Sophos security expert Cluley, has raised doubts over the move.
"You have to ask yourself - is Facebook putting the safety of its 500+ million users as a top priority with this move?" he said.
"It won't take long for scammers to take advantage of this new facility, to use for their own criminal ends."
Cluley advised that users should take personal info such as home addresses and mobile numbers off their pages.
"You can imagine, for instance, that bad guys could set up a rogue app that collects mobile phone numbers and then uses that information for the purposes of SMS spamming or sells on the data to cold-calling companies," he said. (ANI)

Transform Your Windows XP to 7


If you are using Windows XP and want to experience Windows 7 without installing then here is Seven Remix XP transformation pack to transform Windows XP to Windows 7.With this simple app you can make your XP look like Windows 7 in just few clicks. It supports Windows XP, Windows 2003, Windows Media Center Edition and some other flavors of XP. Will work with only 32 bit edition of Windows.
Just download it and install .
Download Seven Remix XP and transform your windows xp .

VGA standard to die by 2015

The venerable VGA port is about to die, with the biggest names in the industry including Samsung, Lenovo, LG, Dell ,Intel and AMD agreeing to phase it out within five years in favor of today's HDMI and DisplayPort standards.
The newer standards are better suited to TV and computer display applications respectively, and allow for more flexibility, lower power consumption, higher resolutions, 3D, and digital content protection schemes.
The analog VGA standard is nearing 20 years old already.


Zynga Unbeatable??

Zynga Games,most of all the popular games are Provided by Zynga to Facebook.The new news is that Zynga has taken a fantastic lead in App.Developer leader Board.
According to www.appdata.com, Zynga  Apps. Are Being used by over 296 million people!!
Amazing to hear!,yes,296 million!,The most famous Game is "CityVille" which has crossed over 100million users in facebook.

CityVille now bigger than FarmVille!

Apparently the Biggest Facebook buzz at the end of December was that CityVille was an even BIGGER runaway success for Zynga then FarmVille.According to numbers released by www.appdata.com,CityVille had a massive userbase over 100 million users!!Poor old FarmVille was already lagging behind with 56+ million user base-Animals are only cute for so long.But the Suprising is that Mafia Wars is now at 8th position!


What exactly these millions of users see in Zynga's games,in a honestly these games are very cool.
A quick survey tells thar a man spends 30 hrs to these games per month wow!!! 

Windows Error While Running Uninstall.exe



Uninstal.exe is a Windows uninstall program. But in some specific set of conditions, the process might replace FAT32 MBR, thereby resulting into inaccessible primary partition (usually C:) of system. Such situations require performing steps like recreating the primary partition and reinstalling Windows. So, to restore the lost information, you should use your recent data backup available or scan your affected hard drive by using powerful data recovery applications.


Consider an instance, you try to run Uninstal.exe in real mode, but instead of expected behavior, you encounter an error message describing that Winundo.dat is missing or damaged. The error further gives you an option to continue. Clicking either of the options (Yes or No) gives you the below error message:

"Invalid system disk"

This error appears after the system restarts.

Cause

The above behavior is exhibited when the following set of conditions is true:

You have converted your primary drive to FAT32 file system using Drive Converter utility
You have run Uninstal.exe from Windows startup disk or restored it manually
You have run Uninstal.exe in real mode

Or

You have installed Windows
You have used a third-party disk partitioning utility
You have run Uninstal.exe

In the former case, running Uninstal.exe replaces FAT32 MBR with backup of FAT16 MBR and you observe the above error messages. However, in the latter scenario, the issue is observed if partitioning utility affects the partitioning structure of the disk.

Solution

To resolve such issues, you need to perform these steps in order:

Recreate you primary drive using utilities like Fdisk.exe
Reformat the primary drive
Reinstall Windows and other applications
Restore data from backup

At times, you cannot restore from the present data backup. It might occur if backup is damaged or not updated completely. Thus, to cope up with such situations, you should use data recovery software. These are advanced data recovery tools built with indigenous technology to safely recover the lost information from logically crashed drives. Such tools provide you interactive user interface, powerful recovery features and several other added characteristics.

Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery is a premier application to recover and restore lost data that supports Windows 7 (currently in RC 1), Vista, XP, 2003, and 2000. This read-only data recovery Software provides powerful features like Disk Cloning, Disk Imaging, Drive Status, RAW File recovery etc. It is compatible with FAT32, VFAT, NTFS and NTFS5 file systems.

Visit Sites Which Require Registration WITHOUT Registering!

Nowadays many free websites have registration walls, user can't acesss data without registration. User have to registered themselve first on a free Web site just to read some news or view some information. This registration task is very annoying, it is also a potential source of email.



Now you can get access to protected content without signing up for an account. For this you have to visit Bugmenot.




Bugmenot.com is an internet service that provides usernmes and passwords to let Internet users bypass mandatory free registration on websites.

you just need to type URL of websites website that you’d like to access in the URL box on front page of bugmenot. Click on get Login. BugMeNot then will return a list of user names and passwords along with their accuracy percentage.

you can easily get access to that website by using these logins and passwords.

How To: Change Your Ip In Less Then 1 Minute

1. Click on "Start" in the bottom left hand corner of screen
2. Click on "Run"
3. Type in "command" and hit ok




You should now be at an MSDOS prompt screen.

4. Type "ipconfig /release" just like that, and hit "enter"
5. Type "exit" and leave the prompt
6. Right-click on "Network Places" or "My Network Places" on your desktop.
7. Click on "properties"

You should now be on a screen with something titled "Local Area Connection", or something close to that, and, if you have a network hooked up, all of your other networks.

8. Right click on "Local Area Connection" and click "properties"
9. Double-click on the "Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)" from the list under the "General" tab
10. Click on "Use the following IP address" under the "General" tab
11. Create an IP address (It doesn't matter what it is. I just type 1 and 2 until i fill the area up).
12. Press "Tab" and it should automatically fill in the "Subnet Mask" section with default numbers.
13. Hit the "Ok" button here
14. Hit the "Ok" button again


Is This The Galaxy S Mini?


It was only a couple days ago that we saw pictures of an alleged Galaxy S2, and now we have a baby-sized one that’s supposed to be its little brother. Supposedly this guy has a 3.5″ 320×480 screen (probably Super AMOLED, to maintain the Galaxy style), runs Froyo 2.2, and has a 5MP camera on the back. Processor is listed as Qualcomm’s budget MSM7227. Model number is S5830, and it’s quad-band with WCDMA support.
The rectangular home button and general layout remind me of a sort of chubby, compact version of the reference Galaxy S. More pictures at Samfirmware and Tenaa. Supposedly it’ll be shown off at MWC; we’ll be there, so don’t you worry.Hmm lets see..

Hack saved Passwords in Mozilla Firefox 4 beta

Hack Firefox 4 Beta Saved Passwords in Simple 5 steps!
STEP-1
Open Firefox,Click on Firefox on left-top corner of the window.

STEP-2
Select options in it.

STEP-3
Under options,select "security"

STEP-4
You are near!!Just select "Saved Passwords" and follow the next step below!

STEP-5 
Click on Any Website and Click "Saved Passwords" and you are Done!The password will Appear!