ChromePlus – Enhanced Chromium Browser

Do you love using Google Chrome but wish that it had some extra features built in?
Now you can enjoy all of that which are available in Chrome and more with ChromePlus such as Mouse gesture, Super drag, IE tab, etc.

Download and more details here

Hidden Windows 7 themes

Windows 7 Themes and wallpapers are amazing as compared to previous versions of windows.
But do u know that it has several hidden & locked themes provided for regional countries such as Australia, Canada, Great Britain, United States and South Africa.
You can even use there themes..
different ways to find default themes in your system which are alerady available

Easiest way to  Unhide Windows 7 hidden locked Themes:

1. Navigate to \Windows\Globalization\MCT. (mct is a hidden folder)
2. Open a MCT-(AU, CA, GB, US, or ZA) folder for the regional theme that you want.
3. Open the Theme folder in the selected region folder.
4. Select the .theme file to use it.
5. Enjoy your new themes.

Using windows 7 Search

1. Go to \Windows\winsxs Directory
2. Search for *.theme.
3. you will get all the themes which are available in system.simply click and open the files.

Editing the registry

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Themes\InstalledThemes\MCT]
“%windir%\\Globalization\\MCT\\MCT-AU\\Theme\\AU.theme”=””
“%windir%\\Globalization\\MCT\\MCT-CA\\Theme\\CA.theme”=””
“%windir%\\Globalization\\MCT\\MCT-GB\\Theme\\GB.theme”=””
“%windir%\\Globalization\\MCT\\MCT-US\\Theme\\US.theme”=””
“%windir%\\Globalization\\MCT\\MCT-ZA\\Theme\\ZA.theme”=””
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Wallpapers\KnownFolders\Windows Wallpapers\MergeFolders]
“%windir%\\Globalization\\MCT\\MCT-AU\\Wallpaper”=””
“%windir%\\Globalization\\MCT\\MCT-CA\\Wallpaper”=””
“%windir%\\Globalization\\MCT\\MCT-GB\\Wallpaper”=””
“%windir%\\Globalization\\MCT\\MCT-US\\Wallpaper”=””
“%windir%\\Globalization\\MCT\\MCT-ZA\\Wallpaper”=””

Note: copy the above text and paste in a notepad and save it with.reg extension and open it and add to registry

Now you can access all themes by right clicking on desktop and personalize settings.

Microsoft PIVOT

This is Microsoft Live labs’ another great experiment called “Pivot”. Its nothing but an Internet browser which works on the basis of Internet Explorer 8(only ie 8 and vista or windows7))
but with the new attractive looks and cool features. Pivot makes it easier to interact with massive amounts of data in ways that are powerful, informative, and fun.
A concept just like windows media center which is used to organize media in our PC
This project is in BETA stage and it requires an invitation code to install this product
Download related video (size-24MB  quality-SD source-http://www.getpivot.com/ )
More information available here

 

Microsoft pivot at a close look:

System Requirements

Recommended System Configuration: Windows 7 with Aero enabled, 2-GHz 32-bit (x86) processor, 2 gigabytes of random access memory.
Supported System Configuration: Windows Vista with Aero enabled, 2-GHz 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor.
Pivot is supported only on US English-based operating systems with US English date and time formats.

Graphics Card Requirements: at least 256 megabytes of video memory. Pivot does not support Intel integrated video chipsets without additional acceleration hardware.
Pivot requires .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 and Internet Explorer 8. Pivot will import your browsing history from Internet Explorer and Firefox during installation.
Windows XP is not supported at this time. Pivot is not compatible with Windows Server Editions.

The first home page of google

Have you ever seen the home page of google when it was first introduced.??
here it is..(just an image of it......... not the page)
click on the green color line which you can see on the below right side of the image for enlarged preview
just click and drag the image to share with ur friends..

Google's april fool history

2000

Google announced a new "MentalPlex" search technology that supposedly read the user's mind to determine what the user wanted to search for.
webpages released for this day:

1. Google MentalPlex
2. Google MentalPlex FAQ
3. Google MentalPlex Usage Illustrations

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2001

Nothing new on april 1st 2001

2002

Google reveals the technology behind its PageRank Systems—PigeonRank
 webpages released for this day:

1. Pigeon Rank

2003

Nothing new on april 1st 2003

2004

Fictitious job opportunities for a research center on the moon
 webpages released for this day:

1. Google Copernicus Center

2005

Google Gulp drink, was announced by Google in 2005.

1. Google Gulp
2. Gulp FAQ

2006

 Google Romance was announced , the tag line was "Dating is a search problem. Solve it with Google Romance."

1. Google Romance
2. FAQ
3. Tour

2007

Gmail paper was introduced The service offered to allow users to get mails via post.

1. Gmail Paper
2. Announcement
3. Policies

Google TiSP (Toilet Internet Service Provider) was a fictitious free broadband service by Google.

1. Google TiSP
2. Google TiSP FAQ
3. Installation
4. Press Releas
5. Not found page - April fools version

2008

Google releases Adsense for conversations

1. Adsense for conversations 

AMD Fusion Media Explorer

This is AMD's 3D replacement for the less popular 2D Live Explorer .

media explorer home

the AMD Fusion Media Explorer can turn your library into a living 3D collection. I was told that the number of active-motion video cells is dependent on the power of the graphics card, because hovering over one of the cells will play the item in a larger expanded window.Essentially, each item is being decompressed and played in its native resolution, and the cell creates a thumbnail-sized window. You can imagine the potential load this could create on a system. As the software allows this feature to be turned on or off, there won't be an issue on older computer systems or under-powered notebooks.

 

 

 

Adobe Flash Player 10.1 beta 2

At Adobe MAX 2009, Adobe unveiled the next release of Adobe Flash Player that realizes the promise of a consistent, cross-platform runtime across desktop and mobile devices. Flash Player 10.1 beta 2 was released on December 17, 2009 and is available for download.
The browser-based runtime leverages the power of the Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) for accelerated video and graphics while conserving battery life and minimizing resource utilization. New mobile-ready features that take advantage of native device capabilities include support for multi-touch, gestures, mobile input models, accelerometer and screen orientation bringing unprecedented creative control and expressiveness to the mobile browsing experience. Flash Player 10.1 will also take advantage of media delivery with HTTP streaming, including integration of content protection powered by Adobe® Flash® Access 2.0.

Put an end to stuttering online videos and enjoy smoother, full screen SD and HD content with a dedicated graphics processor and Adobe Flash Player 10.1
REVIEW of this product on adobe

download ADOBE FLASH 10.1 BETA


To get the real power of the latest flash player check out this supporting GPU list                      

Intel processor with integrated graphics

Intel has announced new Intel Atom processors that feature integrated graphics built directly into the CPU, enabling improved performance and smaller, more energy-efficient designs in a new generation of netbooks and Atom-based entry level desktop PCs. Major Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) have committed to having systems on the new Intel Atom processors

FLOCK - Social Web Browser

FLOCK is nothing but an Enhanced Firefox browser 

Reviews recommend Flock 2 for people who "live on the Web" because it has all the speed, security and options of Firefox 3 but builds in a blog editor, photo-uploader and big sidebar to keep current with social networking friends and RSS feeds. A horizontal photo bar shows thumbnails from photo-sharing sites. For those who love multitasking, this is a great browser choice, but for Windows users who just want fast, simple browsing, reviews recommend the minimalist Google Chrome.

Advantages :

• All the advantages of Firefox 3
• Includes blog editor
• Integrates social networking
• Integrates photo sites

Disadvantages : 

• Extra features take up screen space
• Extras can be distracting

Get Flock now.

buying GRAPHICS cards

First try updating Your Drivers

If you're thinking of replacing your card because you're having problems running a certain game, make sure you have the latest version of the drivers for your current graphics card. You will find the latest drivers for your card available for download from the manufacturer's Web site.

Hardware Transform and Lighting

This has been a standard feature in game-oriented video cards for quite a few years, but there are still PCs around that don't have it. These are usually systems with Intel graphics integrated into the motherboard, commonly used in budget laptops and desktops designed for office use. If your desktop doesn't have hardware T&L and you have a graphics card slot available, adding a newer graphics card could be an option.

Power Consumption

Many cards designed for gaming require a considerable amount of power, and they often have additional power connectors on them because they can't get enough juice through the slot itself. They also require a relatively good power supply, especially for SLI and Crossfire systems with dual video cards. If you're upgrading to the latest high-end card, you may find yourself upgrading your power supply as well. Power requirements are usually stated in the graphics card's specifications.

Enhanced video playback:
Newer graphics boards have technologies--such as ATI's Avivo and nVidia's PureVideo--that enhance DVD playback, particularly at high-definition resolutions. Similar to what high-end DVD players do, Avivo- or PureVideo-equipped graphics boards can deinterlace images (remove artifacts) and scale them to fit your monitor.

Important:

Bus

Most PCs now have the faster PCI Express rather than the older AGP slots, but choose whichever interface your PC supports.

Chip Set

After the interface, deciding on a chip set is your next major decision.

Installed RAM

With more video memory, your graphics board can hold more image data, leading to faster rendering of textures and 3D graphics

Graphics Processor Clock Speed

While the clock speed of the graphics processor is a good overall indicator of how fast it will render 3D graphics, the high cost associated with top-of-the-line processors is no longer an absolute indicator of performance. The same holds true on the low end.

Monitor Ports

All new graphics cards have two display connectors for hooking up two monitors; and most have at least one DVI port. Still, for the maximum image quality on two LCD screens, you want to make sure you have two native DVI ports, though in a pinch a DVI port can connect to a VGA display if you have a DVI-to-VGA adapter (often included with the board itself).

 Slots Occupied

Before you buy a huge graphics card, make sure you have the room inside your PC to fit it. Some cards take up the space of two PCI Express slots.

RAM Type and Speed

Graphics boards come with different flavors of memory--DDR2 and DDR3 being the two most common ones right now. The newest cards have an even faster DDR4 memory. While in theory DDR4 memory is faster than DDR3 memory, other factors on a board also affect performance. The same logic goes for RAM speed.


compare different VGA cards

Google's Nexus One

Google's phone runs Android 2.1 which is pretty similar to what the Verizon/Motorola Droid runs (2.0.1) currently. The processor on the Google phone is certainly an update if it is a 1 GHz Snapdragon chip from Qualcomm as has been reported. The Droid has a physical keyboard and the Nexus does not.
Google is merely planning to rearrange the entire wireless industry to its advantage, and perhaps in ways that benefit business customers, too.
The most interesting thing I've read about the Googlephone is the possibility that it will route all voice calls as VOIP via Google Voice. 

SEESMIC for twitter and facebook

Build your community in one central place with Seesmic Desktop, which integrates both Twitter and Facebook. This all-in-one tool makes it easy to reply to your friends and share text, links, photos and videos all in one screen.

Is MICROSOFT a thief..??

I came to know from another BLOG that Microsoft had unequivocally ripped off design and code from marginally successful micro blogging service Plurk.

Currently, the Microsoft microblog site reads something along the lines of "We regret to inform you that the service is temporarily not available due to system maintenance. Please visit the site again later. We apologize for the inconvenience."

The below image is the home page of PLURK

 

The similarities in UI of both the websites

 The similarities in code

Google I/O 2010

Google's largest developer event returns to San Francisco in 2010. Google I/O brings together thousands of developers for two days of highly technical content, focused on pushing the boundaries of web applications through open web technologies and Google developer products like App Engine, Google Web Toolkit, Android, Chrome, APIs, and more.

Early registration for Google I/O will open in January 2010. ,

May 19 - 20, 2010
Moscone Center, San Francisco

follow Google I/O updates on Twitter.

Multi-touch MOUSE

This new mouse comes bundled with the new IMAC and it is said to be the world's first mouse to have multi touch feature

Google talk labs edition

A new flavor of Google Talk: the Labs edition, looks very similar to the Google Talk and has most of its features. The application doesn't support voice chat or file transfer, it's still Windows-only,

but it has some new features: it lets you launch Google Calendar and Orkut, while including notifications for Google Calendar events and Orkut scraps.

It uses WebKit to render some parts of the interface.

Get it here

Got First error on WAVE

I got an error when using WAVE i don't know what really caused this error.
The below image is the screen shot of my WAVE after the error

You can see "email and password missing from settings" in the above image "below right side of firefox window"...

 

one of my friend saw this and called me telling that this is the error.Actually this is not error. it is just a Firefox add on into which i did not log on. and it is no way related to the error.

GOOGLE countdown

Here's a nifty little Google Easter Egg . If you go to the Google homepage and click the "I'm Feeling Lucky" button with no query entered, a countdown timer will appear below the buttons. As of right now it stands at 1685645, with each second ticking off the last number in that sequence.
This is the countdown timer for NEW YEAR....
To confirm this i've changed the system time and date to 1min less than jan 1st

the countdown ends at January 1 at midnight. Unfortunately, there doesn't appear to be a payoff greeting wishing a new year when the timer hits zero

I think google adds it later..

Record Steps in Windows 7(used to to Reproduce a Problem)

In Windows 7 if you have any problems and you are not sure how to solve it then you can capture the steps to recreate the problem using in-built tool. This allows the user to send it as a single page with all the screenshots and steps to a friend who know how to solve it or to the customer support for any programs.
Go to Start and type Problem Steps in the search. (then open the "record steps to reproduce problem" in results)
The original location of this program is in control panel->troubleshooting.

watch an example output for this   (if u cant see the result page download as a zip file and open in "INTERNET EXPLORER")

"GO"- Programming Language

systems programming language

Go is open source and its syntax is similar to C, C++ and Python. It uses an expressive language with pointer but no pointer arithmetic. It is type safe and memory safe. However, one of its main goals is to offer the speed and safety of a static language but with the advantages offered by modern dynamic languages. Go also offers methods for any type, closures and run-time reflection. The syntax is pretty clean and it is garbage collected. It is intended to compete with C and C++ as a systems programming language.
 Example:

package main

import "fmt"

func main() {
  fmt.Printf("Hello,\n")
}

Learn more and install this in your system 

Segate introduces it's first flash drive

Seagate Technology announced its first solid-state disk drive and said the product is aimed at the booming general server and blade server marketplace.
visit official website of this product

  Seagate's new Pulsar SSD is a 2.5-in., enterprise-class drive that uses single-level cell (SLC) NAND flash chips. The Pulsar will offer up to 240MB/sec. sequential read speeds and 200MB/sec. sequential write speeds or peak performance of up to 30,000 read IOPS and 25,000 write IOPS, with a five-year limited warranty. Seagate is among the last of the big disk drive manufacturers -- a list that includes Fujitsu, Hitachi and Western Digital -- to enter the SSD market.

Key Advantages

• Single-level cell (SLC) technology optimizes SSD reliability and endurance
• 0.44 percent AFR for high reliability and endurance
• Up to 200GB capacity in a 2.5-inch form factor and 7mm z-height
• Power loss data protection to ensure against data loss upon power failure
• 5-Year Limited Warranty
• SATA 3Gb/s interface to support current blade server chipsets
• Leveraging industry-leading, global enterprise support
• Industry-leading SSS and SSD standards development through JEDEC and SNIA

Trojan Horse

Trojan horses (computer) is a program which creates malicious activities on your computer. It can be a trojan virus or a trojan worm in the fact that these two types of trojans create malicious activities on your computer.
There are many different type of activities trojan horses can perform. They include
1. Downloading other forms of malware on your computer
2. Accessing a server from the web
3. Creating a backdoor to your computer

One of the most widely spread trojans is the trojan.vundo virus, which is used to download advertisements onto your computer.

Trojan.Vundo is generally cured with most antivirus scanners

Fake Antivirus Softwares

These following antivirus softwares are not real and they dont even scan your computer but says that virus is present in your computer and these softwares are itself a virus

1. Total Security,
2. System Security,
3. Windows Protection Suite, 
4. Windows Police Pro, 
5. GreenAV, and 
6. MS Antispyware 2009.

if u see any of the above programs dont download and install them.These are VIRUS not ANTIVIRUS
if u find any related fake softwares post me at just_thambyz@yahoo.co.in

Speed up Firefox using SpeedyFox

There are some way to speed up firefox setting. One of the way using software. One of the software can be used to optimize firefox setting is SpeedyFox. Firefox uses the SQLite database to store settings and other important things (a database for “profile”). SpeedyFox just compact the database. If Database is small  Firefox is faster.
The speedup that occurs after you use SpeedyFox will vary depending on how long you used the specific profile that you intend to speed up Firefox with SpeedyFox.

How to use SpeedyFox

• Close Firefox.
• Run SpeedyFox
• Select the profile you want to speed up
• Leave profile as “default” if u have not created any new profiles.
• Click on “Speed Up My Firefox” button to optimize firefox setting

SpeedyFox can be downloaded from the following link
Download SpeedyFox

New google search interface

GOOGLE is working on a new project: the next generation of Google Search. This isn’t just some minor upgrade, but an entire new infrastructure for the world’s largest search engine.
In other words: it’s a new version of Google.

Google specifically states that its goal for the new version of Google Search is to improve its indexing speed, accuracy, size, and comprehensiveness. Here’s what they wrote:

“For the last several months, a large team of Googlers has been working on a secret project: a next-generation architecture for Google’s web search. It’s the first step in a process that will let us push the envelope on size, indexing speed, accuracy, comprehensiveness and other dimensions. The new infrastructure sits “under the hood” of Google’s search engine, which means that most users won’t notice a difference in search results. But web developers and power searchers might notice a few differences, so we’re opening up a web developer preview to collect feedback.”

Adding Universe and Multiverse repository in UBUNTU

By default, Ubuntu does not enable the Universe and Multiverse repositories. But they include some important programs and codecs, so it is highly recommended to activate them. There may also be non-Ubuntu sources that you might wish to add to your Ubuntu machine.

The repositories (of apt) are stored in a file called /etc/apt/sources.list
First you should create a backup of your existing sources.list file:
sudo cp /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list_backup

Next you edit the sources.list file with an editor like GEdit.
sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

There is an incode documentation. Uncomment everything you need, especially the universe and multiverse repositories.

If you prefer to do it graphically with the apt-frontend Synaptic, there is a detailed manual with screenshots at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/AddingRepositoriesHowto.

Change logon screen in UBUNTU

This brief tutorial will guide you through changing the Ubuntu login screen

you can download from  Gnome-look.org . Once you’ve found a login theme that you like, download it – but don’t decompress the tar.gz file. Just remember where you saved it.

From the Ubuntu menu, select System -> Administration -> Login Window. 

From the Login Window Preferences screen, select the Local tab. Then click the + Add button.

1. Navigate to the login screen theme that you downloaded, select it, and click the Install button.

2. Now your newly installed login theme will be listed along with the others. Select it (and make sure no others are selected) and click the Close button.
3. Save any open work you have, then log out of your current session. Your new login theme will appear when you have to log back in. That’s it!