Sunday, December 26, 2010

How to create Facebook Profile Pic in 1 Minute


What if I told you that you don’t need any software anymore and that you can apply the Facebook profile picture hack in just a few mouse clicks? Isn't it sounds interesting.

The past week has given birth to a bunch of websites that will all resize, cut up and crop the hell out of your uploaded photos so you can personalize your facebook profile without dropping a drop of sweat. These tools will create a 180 by 540 pixels profile pic for you, and 5 of those small 97 x 68 pixels images to add to your Photostream.

Facebook Profile Pic Generator
The Facebook Profile Pic Generator by digitalcrunch.in was probably one of the first to automate the Facebook photo hack process. It takes your JPG and PNG image and spits out into 6 images. Once you’ve uploaded and tagged the 5 photostream images and set the new profile picture.
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Friday, December 17, 2010

How to Hack Facebook Profile Photos


Along with the New Profile Page makeover launched, Facebook introduced the Photostream; a set of the five most recent photos in which you’ve been tagged, prominently displayed at the top of your profile. You can activate it here. Here’s what i did first thing when the new profiles went live:

Here are the instructions to execute the photo tags profile hack:

  • Fire up your favorite image editor (this can be GIMP, Adobe Photoshop, or anything a slightly more advanced than MS Paint).
  • Load an image of your choice.
  • Resize its dimensions to 485 by 68 pixels (you might want to crop some unnecessary bits to make it look better)
  • Now cut or crop the image into 5 pieces of 97 by 68 pixels each and save them (obviously, you can achieve this effect with 4, 3 or even just 2 images as well).
  • Upload the five pieces to a Facebook album and start tagging yourself in reverse order. That means the part of the image that’s supposed to appear FIRST, should be tagged LAST. And you should start with the right end of the cut-up image. We’ve learned that it’s more accurate to tag yourself while viewing the album normally, instead of in Edit Album mode.
  • If everything went well, you’ll have a new, awesome Facebook profile page header!

Video Tutorial



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Monday, December 6, 2010

How to activate Facebook Places


If you're like me, when you find a place you really like, you want to tell your friends you're there. Maybe it's a new restaurant, a beautiful hiking trail or an amazing live show.
Starting today, you can immediately tell people about that favorite spot with Facebook Places. You can share where you are and the friends you're with in real time from your mobile device.

To get started, you'll need the most recent version of the Facebook application for iPhone. You also can access Places from touch.facebook.com if your mobile browser supports HTML 5 and geolocation.Places is currently available in a few select countries (including the US, UK and Japan) with many more on the way.

Go to Places on the iPhone application or touch.facebook.com site and then tap the "Check In" button. You'll see a list of places near you. Choose the place that matches where you are. If it's not on the list, search for it or add it. After checking in, your check-in will create a story in your friends' News Feeds and show up in the Recent Activity section on the page for that place.






Via [The Facebook Blog]
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How to Activate Your New Facebook Profiles


Well, that was fast! The new Facebook Profile Pages are now available to try out — Facebook has just announced their arrival via Twitter, mere hours before Founder Mark Zuckerberg’s appearance on 60 Minutes.

We were expecting the new Pages to go live tomorrow, but it seems they’re up and running now. Simply click on Facebook’s announcement to activate yours and check out all the new features, including revamped personal info, more prominent pictures, top interests showcased as images, more descriptive relationships and more.

Steps to Activate:
  • Go to this page.
  • Click the green button at the top right.
  • Enjoy the latest design of your profile page.


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Saturday, December 4, 2010

Nokia C6-00 Firmware Updated To Version 20.0.041 and 20.2.041

A new firmware update is available for Nokia C6-00. The new version is numbered 20.0.041 (C6 RM-624 updated to version 20.2.041 and RM-612 updated to version 20.0.041.) and it can be easily downloaded from Nokia Software Update (NSU) or Over-The-Air (OTA). Check out the complete changelog below.

CHANGES:
  • Fix implemented to keyboard freeze problem
  • Performance enhancements done
  • Email application stability has been improved
  • Memory related issues have been improved
  • Changes to memory card/mass memory content
  • H key keyboard issue corrected
  • Changes to vanilla SW UDA content

NEW FEATURES:
  • Ovi contact 1.5.x
  • Ovi store update 1.6
  • MAPs 3.0 SR4
  • Easy dialing from touch dialer
  • Here & Now 2.0
  • Nokia In-device tips
  • Twitter Link
  • New Themes, Pink and Blue
Download Link: Firmware
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Monday, November 29, 2010

Trace any mobile number location and operator details across India using Facebook



In this post I am going to tell you some ways with which you can trace any mobile number in India. With rapid growth in mobile phone subscribers in India and low call rates, most calls we receive on our mobile are from other mobiles. Mobile Tracer on Facebook and Mobile Tracer on Digitalcrunch.in will help you to trace any mobile number within India.

With Mobile Tracer on Facebook you can publish the traced mobile number details on your wall and share it with your friends. Its fun with work. To access this you should have a facebook account. Mobile Tracer on Digitalcrunch.in provides the facility to know the details of traced mobile with a pictorial view of the location in maps.
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Monday, October 4, 2010

How to automate farmville with 'Farmville Bots', Cheats and Tricks


FarmVille is a real-time farm simulation game developed by Zynga, available as an application on the social-networking website Facebook and as an App on both the Apple iPhone and Android.
A Farmville Bot is an external tool (automated software) that you can use to run the game on its own, which will allow you to earn levels without you even being there. Having a Farmville bot will help you be the best at FarmVille without you needing to spend hours playing it. It will automatically harvest your crops ,perform seeding, plow all your land in one click and several game operations.

Here is a list of free bots and guides to help you cheat at FarmVille and impress your friends.

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Thursday, September 23, 2010

TOGETHERVILLE™ LAUNCHES NEW SOCIAL WEBSITE WITH SAFE ONLINE NEIGHBORHOODS FOR KIDS – AND ADULTS

Togetherville is a new online community developed for kids and their grownups, where kids are free and safe to be themselves in their very own online neighborhood. Togetherville places parents and other trusted adults inside the child’s experience to foster online interaction and learning, and to help them grow into responsible digital citizens. Togetherville fully complies with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) and offers a wide range of activities, including controlled messaging, artwork creation, videos, learning apps and fun games. Backed by its co-founders and several angel investors, including FLOODGATE, Togetherville was developed by experts in social Web technology, child development, learning and online safety, and works with officials from ConnectSafely.org and the Family Online Safety Institute.


Via [TOGETHERVILLE]
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Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Nokia to introduce E7 next week at its Nokia World Event 2010



The mystery of Nokia's Symbian^3 slider may soon be solved -- Reuters is reporting that the company will introduce its new E7 smartphone at its Nokia World event in London next week, and it says that the device will pack both a "large" touchscreen and a full QWERTY keyboard. That's further backed up by the existence of an XML file on Nokia's own site, which seemingly confirms that the E7 does indeed run Symbian^3, and that it boasts a 640 x 360 display along with that QWERTY keyboard. Not much more than that at the moment, but those previous leaks suggest that we're basically looking at a slider version of the Nokia N8.

Via [www.engadget.com]
Source [XML]
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Godrej's Eon Gaming LCD TV



Godrej Appliances has announced a new product, a gaming TV with Motion Sensing Technology targeting kids and young adults. Called the Game LCD TV, it is built on the lines of a Playstation and XBox 360 and is pre-loaded with 25 games.

Priced at Rs 40,000, Game LCD TV is being test marketed in Kolkata initially, followed by a test run in Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Maharashtra. Godrej plans to officially roll-out the gaming product across the country by 2011.

Providing further information, Kamal Nandi, vice president, sales and marketing, Godrej Appliances said, "The combination of advanced interface and engaging game play with motion sensing broadens our appeal to all members of the family. The main difference is that there is no separate device required and the product has all the normal features of an LCD TV."

Features of Godrej Eon Game LCD TV:


  • 25 Games In-built - 25 interactive games include Tennis, Table Tennis, Dart, Bowling, Hammer Throw, Panda Hercules, FIshing ,Trampoline, balance, Castlet Quest, Zodiac, Farmer Trials, Fire Cracker, Connect 5,Hero Kids, Kadoo's Adventure, Mnemonics, Othello, Elf's Paradise, S-Lugz, Space Assault, Sudoku, Tangram, Tank Storm, Zillinaire
  • Energy Mode - Godrej Eon LCD TV automatically controls backlight for optimum performance of an image based on the content, and hence is energy efficient
  • 2.4 GHz Wireless Joystick - For trouble-free sync between joystick and the television
  • HDMI X 2-High Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) - This enables you to enjoy high quality pictures and videos through a range of external multimedia devices
  • USB 2.0 Movie X 1 - Enables enjoying a range of movies, photos and music on your LED TV
  • Game SD Card Slot - Can load additional games
  • Game USB 2.0 - Enables loading additional games
  • 1 GB Memory Size for games

Via [godrejtv.blogspot.com]
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Sunday, July 25, 2010

Steps to include Indian Rupee Symbol Font in MS Word and Excel


  1. Download the file . Rupee Font Version 3.0
  2. Extract the files. (You will need winrar or 7zip installed in your PC to extract the files)
  3. Double click on the Rupee_Font_Installer.exe
  4. Click on "Install" button
  5. Done. :)
  6. Another tutorial for easier installation and use of Indian Rupee Symbol Font in Facebook, Gmail and Twitter etc. Link to tutorial


This is a quick slideshow help. How to use the Indian Rupee Font in MS Application

 How to use in Microsoft Word



 How to use in Microsoft Excel




  • Go to setting ----- > Control panel ------> Regional & Lang Option ------> Customize ------> then click Currency tab
  • Put currency symbol as " ` " click ok
  • Open Excel
  • Go to format cell (Ctrl + 1 command)
  • Click to Number tab ------- > select currency as " ` " & ok it
  • Select fonts as Rupee_Foradian.ttf



 How to use Indian Rupee Symbol in Mac


  • Download font to a folder.
  • Open Font Book in mac.
  • Click Fonts.
  • Select rupee foradian font.
  • Press the key just above the tab ( tilde ) to get the symbol.


 How to use Indian Rupee Symbol in Fedora

  • Copy the ttf file to the .font directory under the user home directory
  • Run the command "fc-cachc" and use the font through all the applications

 How to use Indian Rupee Symbol in Debian
  • In Debian machine login as root or use su and give following command :
  • mkdir /usr/share/fonts/ttf

    cp Rupee_Foradian.ttf /usr/share/fonts/ttf

    apt-get install ttmkfdir

    cd /usr/share/fonts/ttf

    ttmkfdir > fonts.scale

    mkfontdir

    cd /usr/share/fonts/ttf/

    chmod 644 /usr/share/fonts/ttf/Rupee_Foradian.ttf

 How to use Indian Rupee Symbol in Ubuntu
  • Open the font and click 'Install font' button on bottom left of the font viewer.

Tips
  • Those who cant see the grave accent key - Try "alt+0096" - Type 0096 while holding down "alt" key on your keyboard.


Via [foradian.com]
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New perspective in Email Marketing i.e 'Social Networking'


Email marketing has evolved extensively over the past few years. E-mail marketing is a anatomy of absolute business which uses e-mail as a medium of communicating commercial or fundraising letters to list of customers. In its broadest sense, every e-mail sent to a abeyant or accepted customer could be assumed as e-mail marketing.

While surfing I get across a social email marketing site which gives a new aspect to email marketing, it target customers with social networking data. This site populate the e-mail list with social networking statics and send mails to a particular group of users who are using either facebook , flickr , twitter , stumbleupon etc. It gives a new vision to the online marketing.

Some survey also reveled that Social Networking Sites Continue to Attract Record Numbers of people. Its good to use social networking sites to grow the business. Go through marketing today to get the updated news and tricks of marketing.

Using twitter for business purpose is also a good idea. Although Twitter was originally intended for communication among individuals, a number of organizations have begun to actively participate on the platform. Take the example of Dell, Samsung they has created a number of Twitter profiles, each meant for different types of deals.
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Thursday, July 22, 2010

FCam released for the Nokia N900 | Download FCam

University and Nokia Analysis Center, Palo Alto, have created and released a new, open-source agenda photography platform, alleged FCam, (short for ‘Frankencamera’). It allows developers to actualize new capabilities for agenda cameras, and users to yield advantage of a accomplished new chic of photography apps. The platform is accessible as a chargeless download for the Nokia N900, http://fcam.garage.maemo.org/


FCam allows the conception of new agenda camera applications that advice users affected some of the shortcomings of their accessories or actualize absorbing new types of imagery. It is allotment of the Camera 2.0 project, created in accord amid Nokia, Stanford, and added partners.
Nokia Fellow Kari Pulli said: “The N900 is a camera phone, but it runs a version of Linux almost as complete as that installed on personal computers”. For this reason, it was called as the host accessory for the FCam platform.

The advisers accept already created a alternation of new photography apps for the platform, some of which will aswell be chargeless to download. These three will be accessible from the FCam activity pages .

FCamera is an archetype camera appliance that uses FCam libraries and drivers. It is appear in antecedent cipher to serve as a starting point for programmers to actualize their own camera applications.

Low-light Assistant helps in situations area where there is not abundant light to avoid the choice between a quick exposure that will look sharp, but aphotic and noisy, and a continued acknowledgment that will accept abundant light, but acceptable be blurry. Instead, the app captures two images in accelerated assumption and again automatically combines them, consistent in a photo that is both ablaze and sharp.

HDR Capture helps in situations area where there is too abundant light, such as a account of a being with a ablaze sky abaft her. The camera takes up to three images with altered exposure settings and combines them to an angel that shows the data of both the foreground and background objects, without beneath or over-exposing any of them.
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Sunday, July 4, 2010

Nokia X5 - the social jukebox on the move goes Official | Specification | Release Date| Price


Nokia unveiled the new Nokia X5, its latest full QWERTY music device with 5 MP camera which makes messaging, social networking and listening to your favourite music fun and easy when on the move in Singapore - At its 10th Nokia Connection event. The unique, square slider design makes it a perfect device for teens who enjoy Facebook, chatting, games, music and staying in touch with their peers in unlimited ways.
Favourite contacts, emails and social networking sites can be accessed directly from the home screen which makes sending messages and status updates a breeze. Thousands of games and other social networking, entertainment and personalisation apps can be downloaded from Ovi Store. On top of that, the Nokia X5 has a great music player with excellent sound quality and loud speakers, offering easy access to the device’s music collection with space for up to 1000 tracks with a 2 GB in-box memory card, expandable up to 32GB . In select markets, the Nokia X5 will include Nokia’s Comes With Music, the unlimited music download service with access to millions of tracks. With the fun “Surprise Me” feature, you can spin the phone when playing music to jump to a random track. Available in a variety of cool colours.
The Nokia X5 is expected to begin shipping during the third quarter of 2010 with an estimated retail price of EUR 165 before taxes and subsidies.


Specification

Technical Profile

  • System:WCDMA 850/1900/2100WCDMA 900/1900/2100GSM/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900
  • User Interface:S60 platform 3rdEdition
  • Dimensions:74.3 mm x 66.4 mm x 16.8 mm (L x W x T)
  • Volume:113,4 ccWeight:129 g (including battery)
  • Display:2,36” QVGA with up to 262k colors (320x240)
  • Memory:Up to 200 MB internal memory, support for up to 32 GB microSD memory card

Operating times

  • Standby time:Up to 16 days
  • Talk time:Up to 4 hours (GSM), up to 3,5 hrs (3G)
  • Music playback:Up to 24 hrs

Standard Sales Package Includes

  • Nokia X5-01 handset
  • Nokia Battery BL-5F, 950 mAh
  • Nokia Travel Charger AC-6
  • Nokia Headset WH-102
  • Nokia 2 GB microSD card MU-37
  • Nokia Connectivity Cable CA-101DNokia

Nokia Original Accessories

  • Headsets:
    • Nokia Bluetooth Stereo HeadsetBH-504
    • Nokia Bluetooth Stereo HeadsetBH-214
    • Nokia Stereo Headset WH-500
  • Music:Nokia Mini Speaker MD-9
  • Data:Nokia 32 GB microSDHC Card MU-44

Inbox Colors

  • Pink, Azure, Graphite Black, Yellow Green, Purple

Key Features

  • Social networking and messaging
  • Full QWERTY keyboard for easy typing
  • Easy access to social networking sites (Facebook,Twitter, Hi5, MySpace)
  • Favorite IM accounts supported (such as Yahoo!® Messenger, Google Talk™,Windows Live™ Messenger, Ovi Chat)
  • Log in to multiple email accounts (such as Yahoo!® Mail, Gmail™, Windows Live™ Hotmail, Ovi Mail)
  • Favorite contacts on the home screen
  • Square, compact design optimized for social networking and messaging
  • Shake the phone to find out the number of unread messages

Music

  • Excellent sound quality and loud speakers
  • Discover and download tracks from Ovi Music
  • Store up to 1 000* tracks to your device
  • Comes With Music in select markets
  • Quick access to music with dedicated music key
  • Music player support MP3, AAC, eAAC+ and WMA
  • FM stereo radio
  • Spin the phone when playing music to jump to a random track

Additional features

  • 5 megapixel camera with 4x digitial zoom, LED flash
  • Share photos and videos with Ovi Share
  • Games and applications from Ovi Store
  • Ovi Suite
  • Ovi ContactsData

Services and Connectivity

  • WLAN
  • GPRS/EGPRS multislot class 32
  • Bluetooth 2.1 with enhanced data rates (EDR)
  • Micro-USB connector, USB charging
  • 3.5 mm AV connector



Via [Nokia]
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Wednesday, June 2, 2010

Play PAC-MAN Forever! using Google


 
Last week, Google turned its logo into a mini-version of the game PAC-MAN, as a tribute to the arcade classic’s 30th birthday. But response to the game was so high that Google created a page Google.com/Pacman to keep the game going.

From now on, whenever you need a PAC-MAN fix just point your browser to Google.com/Pacman and you can enjoy the search giant's version of this iconic video game any time you like.

Google posted the homepage doodle in celebration of PAC-MAN's 30th anniversary, and the game was only supposed to remain available for 48 hours. But enthusiastic user feedback to "Pac-Google" inspired the search giant to rethink its plans.

Numerous sites popped up offering free download of Google's PAC-MAN for those who wanted to keep their own copy once Google took the game offline. When Namco and Midway games introduced Pac-Man to North America in 1980 it quickly became a fixture in American popular culture.

PAC-MAN inspired numerous video game spin-offs, board games, lunch boxes, a Saturday morning cartoon and several versions for home video game systems.
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Friday, May 28, 2010

First Human 'Mark Gasson' affected by Computer Virus



A scientist at the University of Reading has become the first person in the world to be infected by a computer virus.

Dr Mark Gasson, from the School of Systems Engineering, contaminated a computer chip which had been inserted into his hand as part of research into human enhancement and the potential risks of implantable devices.

These results could have huge implications for implantable computing technologies used medically to improve health, such as heart pacemakers and cochlear implants, and as new applications are found to enhance healthy humans.

Dr Gasson says that as the technology behind these implants develops, they become more vulnerable to computer viruses.

"Our research shows that implantable technology has developed to the point where implants are capable of communicating, storing and manipulating data," he said. "They are essentially mini computers. This means that, like mainstream computers, they can be infected by viruses and the technology will need to keep pace with this so that implants, including medical devices, can be safely used in the future."

Dr Gasson will present his results next month at the IEEE International Symposium on Technology and Society in Australia, which he is also chairing.

A high-end Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) chip was implanted into Dr Gasson's left hand last year. Less sophisticated RFID technology is used in shop security tags to prevent theft and to identify missing pets.

The chip has allowed him secure access to his University building and his mobile phone. It has also enabled him to be tracked and profiled. Once infected, the chip corrupted the main system used to communicate with it. Should other devices have been connected to the system, the virus would have been passed on.

Dr Gasson said: "By infecting my own implant with a computer virus we have demonstrated how advanced these technologies are becoming and also had a glimpse at the problems of tomorrow.

"Much like people with medical implants, after a year of having the implant, I very much feel that it is part of my body. While it is exciting to be the first person to become infected by a computer virus in this way, I found it a surprisingly violating experience because the implant is so intimately connected to me but the situation is potentially out of my control.

"I believe it is necessary to acknowledge that our next evolutionary step may well mean that we all become part machine as we look to enhance ourselves. Indeed we may find that there are significant social pressures to have implantable technologies, either because it becomes as much of a social norm as say mobile phones, or because we'll be disadvantaged if we do not. However we must be mindful of the new threats this step brings."




Via [University of Reading]
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Microsoft Office 2010 available in India

Microsoft Corporation India Pvt. Ltd. has announced the availability of Office 2010, SharePoint 2010, Visio 2010 and Project 2010 for business customers in India and across the world.

“When we set out to reinvent the world’s favorite productivity suite, we discovered that seamless collaboration and anywhere, anytime access to documents are crucial enablers of the next generation of productivity gains. The latest wave of Office 2010 and related products delivers exactly that, along with a host of several other features and enhancements that allow businesses to save, innovate and grow,” said Ravi Venkatesan, Chairman, Microsoft India.

The beta version saw over 1.3 million downloads and over 2,000 businesses are already making the transition to the latest version, including TCS, Cognizant Technologies, Lowe Lintas, Virgin Mobile, MindTree Consulting, Tech Mahindra, Infosys, Wipro and HCL Infosystems.

Microsoft also announced that Office Mobile 2010 will soon be available on Windows 6.5 phones and a broad range of Nokia smartphones starting with the E-series. D. Shivakumar, MD and Vice President, Nokia India, said, “With the mobile device fast emerging as the primary access device for professionals on the move, this alliance will enable us to expand Microsoft Office Mobile to Nokia smartphone users and allow them to collaborate on Office documents from anywhere.”

Via [expresscomputeronline]
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Tuesday, May 18, 2010

How to pass values from child window to parent window using Javascript XHTML

Code for passing values from child window to parent window using Javascript and HTML. I am working on a project where I need to access parent page variables from child page without using GET and POST methods. Searched the net and got a technique to complete the work i.e using 'window.opener' properties.

Code for Parent HTML Page

Use window.open to open a new window. The following code opens a new window without toolbars, menubars, etc



<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE> Parent </TITLE>
<META NAME="Generator" CONTENT="Bishwajeet">
<META NAME="Author" CONTENT="">
<META NAME="Keywords" CONTENT="">
<META NAME="Description" CONTENT="">
<SCRIPT TYPE="text/javascript">
function sendTo()
{
window.open('child_blog.html','_blank','resizable=yes,width='+(screen.width-500)+',height='+(screen.height-500)+'');

}
</SCRIPT>
</HEAD>

<BODY>

<input type="text" value="" name="text1" id="pdetails1">
</br>
<a href="javascript:void(0)" onClick="sendTo()" >Pop Up</a>

</BODY>
</HTML>


Code for Child HTML Page

In the newly opened window, you can access the original window by using window.opener

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE> Child </TITLE>
<META NAME="Generator" CONTENT="Bishwajeet">
<META NAME="Author" CONTENT="">
<META NAME="Keywords" CONTENT="">
<META NAME="Description" CONTENT="">
<SCRIPT TYPE="text/javascript">
function sendValue()
{
window.opener.document.getElementById('pdetails1').value=document.getElementById('details1').value;
window.close();

}
</SCRIPT>
</HEAD>

<BODY>
<form name="selectform">
<input name="details1" id="details1" value=""><br/>
<input type=button value="Copy input to parent opener" onClick="sendValue();">
</form>
</BODY>
</HTML>
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Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Nokia N8 goes official | Specification | Release Date| Price


The Nokia N8 introduces a 12 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics, Xenon flash and a large sensor that rivals those found in compact digital cameras. Additionally, the Nokia N8 offers the ability to make HD-quality videos and edit them with an intuitive built-in editing suite. Doubling as a portable entertainment center, people can enjoy HD-quality video with Dolby Digital Plus surround sound by plugging into their home theater system. The Nokia N8 enables access to Web TV services that deliver programs, news and entertainment from channels like CNN, E! Entertainment, Paramount and National Geographic. Additional local Web TV content is also available from the Ovi Store.
Social networking is second nature to the Nokia N8. People can update their status, share location and photos, and view live feeds from Facebook and Twitter in a single app directly on the home screen. Calendar events from social networks can also be transferred to the device calendar.
The Nokia N8 comes with free global Ovi Maps walk and drive navigation, guiding people to places and points of interest in more than 70 countries worldwide. Powering the Nokia N8 is Symbian ^3, the latest edition of the world’s most used smartphone software.

Available in select markets during the third quarter of 2010, the estimated retail price of the Nokia N8 is EUR 370.










 
Nokia N8 Highlights:

HD quality imaging and cinematic sound

  • Shoot and edit photos and video with supreme clarity of a 12 MP camera with Carl Zeiss optics
  • Dolby Digital Plus Surround Sound and HDMI connection to a home entertainment system
Personalization capabilities for a truly individual experience

  • Personal touches come to life on three fully customizable home screens
  • Instant access to Ovi Store’s apps, games and other cool content
  • Web TV delivers local and global TV favorites right to the home screen
A seamless and fully integrated social network experience

  • Get live updates from Facebook, Twitter, and RenRen pushed right to your home screen, with feeds visible at a single glance
  • Connect from anywhere on your phone—your home screen, contacts, or map
  • Enrich your social network experience with content from your phone including pictures, location and more
Free navigation, forever

  • Free worldwide satellite car and walk navigation from Ovi Maps in over 70 countries
  • Built in premium guides from Lonely Planet and Via Michelin for tips on travel, restaurants, weather, and hotels
Operating times:

  • Talk time (GSM/WCDMA) –12/5 h 50min
  • Standby (GSM/WCDMA) –390/400 h
  • Video record –3 h 20 min
  • Music playback –50 h
  • Video playback –7 h
  • Video playback with HDMI –6 h
  • Web TV –3 h 20 min
Nokia Original Accessories:

  • Nokia Stereo Headset WH-701 (in box)
  • Nokia Bluetooth Stereo Headset BH-905
  • Nokia Bluetooth Headset BH-608
  • Nokia Extra Battery DC-11
  • Nokia Bluetooth Stereo Headset BH-214
  • Nokia Bluetooth Stereo Headset BH-505
  • Nokia Mini Speaker MD-9

Technical Profile:

System: WCDMA 850/900/1700/1900/2100 and GSM/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900
OS: Symbian^3
Form Factor: Touch screen monoblock
Dimensions: 113.5 x 59.12 x 12.9 mm (L x W x H)
Weight: 135g
Display: 3.5 inch widescreen (640 x 360 pixels) capacitive touch
Battery: 1200mAh BL-4D
Media Storage/Memory: 16GB mass memory + micro SD card slot, 135MB internal memory, support up to 32GB memory cards. RAM256 ROM512
Video Playback: Video recording, Performance: encoding 25fps, decoding 30fps, File Formats: H.264, MPEG-4, VC-1, H.263, Real Video 10, ON2 VP6, Flash video
Music Playback: FM radio, FM transmitter, MP3 player,
Supported codecs: MP3,AAC,eAAC,eAAC+,WMA,AMR-WB, DRM support, DRM:OMA DRM 2.0
 
Main Camera:
  • Lens: Carl Zeiss optics
  • Image capture: 12 megapixels
  • Video capture: HD 720p
  • Aperture: F2.8
  • Focal length: 5.4
  • Flash: Xenon flash
Connectivity:
  • Nokia Adapter Cable for HDMI CA-156
  • WLAN IEEE802.11 b/g/n
  • BT3.0 with support for stereo headsets
  • Positioning with GPS, A-GPS, WLAN and Cell-ID
  • Micro-USB 2.0 high speed for file transfers and charging
  • USB On-the-Go
  • Nokia AV connector 3.5 mm for audio input/output and TV out
  • HSDPA Cat9, maximum speed up to 10.2 Mbps, HSUPA Cat5 2.0 Mbps

Via[Nokia]
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Wednesday, May 5, 2010

Nokia Launches C6 in India

Nokia C6, which is a touchscreen device featuring a full QWERTY keyboard. C6 happens to be a full fledged Symbian S60 based smartphone. It has a large 3.2-inch touch screen display as well as a slide out QWERTY keyboard. Displays social networking feeds right on the home screen. It also comes with a full suite of email and social networking capabilities. As for other features, the C6 boasts of a 5 megapixel camera complete with autofocus and flash. It also come preloaded with Ovi Maps and the Ovi Store applications. C6 estimated  price is Rs 13,000.
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Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Google Launches Buzz - New Innovation of Social Media Sharing


Google had launched Google Buzz, a new way to start conversations about the things you find interesting and share updates, photos, videos and more. Buzz is built right into Gmail, so there's nothing to set up — you're automatically following the people you email and chat with the most.




It is focused on making the sharing experience really rich by integrating photos, videos, and links. No more fuzzy little pictures: Buzz makes it easy to quickly flip through photos and experience them the way they were meant to be seen: big and full-resolution. And videos play inline so you can watch them without opening a new window.

You can choose to share publicly with the world or privately to a small group of friends each time you post. And you can connect other sites you use, today there's Picasa, Flickr, Google Reader, and Twitter, so your friends can keep up with what you're doing around the web — all in one place.

To make sure you don't miss out on the best part of sharing, Buzz sends responses to your posts straight to your inbox. Unlike static email messages, buzz messages in your inbox are live conversations where comments appear in real time.

You can follow the specific people whose posts you want to see, but Buzz also recommends posts from people you're not directly following, often ones where your friends are having a lively conversation in the comments. If you're not interested in a particular recommendation, just click the "Not interested" link and your feedback will help improve the recommendations system. Buzz also weeds out uninteresting posts from the people you follow — collapsing inactive posts and short status messages like "brb." These early versions of ranking and recommendations are just a start; we're working on improvements that will help you automatically sort through all the social data being produced to find the most relevant conversations that matter to you.


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Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Hack up an unprotected XP

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Tuesday, January 19, 2010

New IE flaw exploited for attack on US firms

Attackers targeting Google and a host of other U.S. companies recently used software that exploits a new hole in Internet Explorer, Microsoft said on Thursday.

The flaw exists as an invalid pointer reference within IE and it could allow an attacker to take control of a computer if the target were duped into clicking on a link in an e-mail or an instant message that led to a Web site hosting malware, Microsoft said. "It could also be possible to display specially crafted Web content using banner advertisements or other methods to deliver Web content to affected systems," Microsoft said in the statement.

Microsoft is working on a fix but could not say whether it would address the issue as part of its next Patch Tuesday scheduled for February 9 or before.

Keeping the IE Internet zone security setting on "high" will protect users from the vulnerability by prompting before running ActiveX Controls and Active Scripting, Microsoft said. Customers should also enable Data Execution Prevention (DEP), which helps mitigate online attacks, the company said. DEP is enabled by default in IE 8 but must be manually turned on in earlier versions.

McAfee CTO George Kurtz detailed the vulnerability in a blog post.
"As with most targeted attacks, the intruders gained access to an organization by sending a tailored attack to one or a few targeted individuals. We suspect these individuals were targeted because they likely had access to valuable intellectual property," Kurtz wrote. "These attacks will look like they come from a trusted source, leading the target to fall for the trap and clicking a link or file. That's when the exploitation takes place, using the vulnerability in Microsoft's Internet Explorer."
Once it is downloaded and installed, the malware opens a back door that allows the attacker to gain complete control over the compromised system and "perform reconnaissance," Kurtz said. "The attacker can now identify high value targets and start to siphon off valuable data from the company," he wrote.




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Monday, January 18, 2010

Everybody should be aware of Social Engineering

Online criminals can use sophisticated technology to try to gain access to your computer, or they can use something simpler and more insidious: social engineering.

Social engineering is a way for criminals to gain access to your computer. The purpose of social engineering is usually to secretly install spyware or other malicious software or to trick you into handing over your passwords or other sensitive financial or personal information.

Types of social engineering
  • Phishing
  • Spear Phishing
  • E-mail hoaxes

Phishing: Fraudulent e-mail messages and Web sites

The most common form of social engineering is the phishing scam. Phishing scams employ fraudulent e-mail messages or Web sites that try to fool you into divulging personal information.

For example, you might receive an e-mail message that appears to come from your bank or other financial institution that asks you to update your account information. The e-mail message provides a link that appears to go to a legitimate site, but really takes you to a spoofed or fake Web site.

If you enter your login, password, or other sensitive information, a criminal could use it to steal your identity.

Phishing e-mail messages often include misspellings, poor use of grammar, threats, and exaggerations. For more information about phishing, see Recognize phishing scams and fraudulent e-mails.

If you think you might already be a victim, see What to do if you've responded to a phishing scam.


Spear phishing: Focused attacks that seem to come from people you know

Spear phishing is any highly targeted e-mail scam; but they usually are employed in a business environment.

Spear phishers send e-mail messages that appears genuine to all the employees or members within a certain company, government agency, organization, or group.

The message might look like it comes from your employer, or from a colleague who might send an e-mail message to everyone in the company, such as the head of human resources or IT. It might include requests for user names or passwords or might contain malicious software, like a trojan or a virus.

Spear phishing is a more sophisticated type of social engineering than phishing, but the techniques you can use to avoid being fooled are the same.

E-mail hoaxes: Look out for easy money promises

E-mail hoaxes come in many different forms, ranging from a scam that requests your help getting money out of a foreign country (often Nigeria) to a promise that you've won a lottery.

The common element is that you're usually promised a large sum of money for little or no effort on your part.

The scammer tries to get you to send money or reveal financial information that they can use to steal your money or your identity, or both.





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Dell Inspiron Zino HD mini desktop computer



The new Inspiron Zino HD mini desktop computer is available in Indian markets. Cost starting from Rs. 20,900. You’ll be amazed by how many powerful features are inside such a perfectly small square, 7.8" by 7.8" to be exact.

Features:
  • Personalize with 10 optional interchangeable colors and designs
  • Its small form factor conveniently fits just about anywhere
  • Make the most of your movies with HDMI and optional Blu-ray Disc
  • Optional discrete graphics, up to 8GB memory and up to 640GB hard drive for amazing performance

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LG releasing Windows Mobile 7 phone in September and Android 2.1 in April



First LG flat-out says on public record that Windows Mobile 7 is bound for 2010, and now we've gotten apparent word that the company has narrowed said release window to September of this year -- at least as far as its own devices are concerned.
That comes via high-profile French tech blogger Eric of Presse Citron, who while attending a LG Design Lab tweeted (both in French and immediately after in English) that LG Mobile will release a Windows Mobile 7 device in September and an Android 2.1 device in April, first in the US and then Europe just after. The tweets are now gone, but WMPoweruser managed to catch both via Google cache, while we have corroborated just the French one by similar means. So, misheard claims from the company or accidental slip-up of NDA'd secrets? MWC is starting to look more and more interesting.


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