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Microsoft and Google Launches 3D Maps 2007-06-26 02:23:00 Amazing to look at the way technology is growing. It’s growing faster in all direction and exploring the unexplored. For years together the map-makers have been digging harder to give us the best picture of the world. The latest addition to it is Microsoft
Virtual Earth and Google
earth. Both these giants have launched their latest 3D maps which will give you complete view of a location up and down as well as the left and right. I think this will really change the way we interact with our computer for which this maps should as real as possible and with high quality. These 3D maps give you the flexibility to move through the environment and give the sense of looking at a real world. Microsoft Virtual Earth is one of its kinds where textured look in the 3D is attained by using a photographic resolution of 4 inch while the pictures are taken. Microsoft has been sending aircraft to fly over the world's cities pictures rather than using satellite. They even bought up the Graz-based
Two new versions of Windows Installer on the way 2007-06-26 00:25:00 Windows Installer
4.1 - This will be available with Windows Vista SP1 and Windows Server 2008. As of with the SDK this version will not add any new feature. By the way Windows Server 2008 is currently under beta and is expected to be released later this year. Windows Installer 4.5 - One of the main goals in this version is to improve the installation of multiple MSI packages thus enabling products to split into smaller MSI files. To achieve this APIs are add which acts a chainer to call and install multiple package operation. In that case there will be install and rollback actions across these multiple MSI files. What I understand is that the chanier itself will not be a part of MSI 4.5 reditributable instead will ask the tool vendors to support these new features in their product. The MSI 4.5 redistributables will be made available with the Windows XP SP2. This will include features and fixes from MSI 4.0 which is currently available on Windows Vista.
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BAYIMG - A Free Uncensored File Hosting Website 2007-06-25 02:18:00 BAYIMG, this is a free uncensored image hosting website where you can upload upto 140 different formats and a maximum upload upto 100MB. They even support RAR and ZIP archives.The interface is quite simple and you need to add a removal code at the time of uploading which can be used later to remove the image from the website. Once the upload is completed it gives a URL which can be used to view your uploaded image as well use to send as links.This site is a No Copyright No License website and as it states " bayimg.com is a place where you can host all your images. We do not censor them. We believe in freedom of speech, it's of utter importance to us" but it should be legal.As said before the interface is simple but the bitter part is its no user friendly. There isnt any help or infomation on how to work with this website also they dont provide you with any backup for the images you have uploaded in case of a crash, we need to have a backup of our own.Well if you are not very serious a Read more:File Hosting
, Hosting
How to compress a PDF file? 2007-06-22 03:33:00 PDF is one of the vastly used document format because of its portability and simplicity.But sometimes it painful while trying to download or upload a PDF file which is big in size.Well you can have a sigh of relief now with the PDF compressor which is a freeware. What's the catch - 1)This PDF compressor removes duplicate PDF objects2)takes advantage of new compression features of latest PDF specifications that for many classes of documents compresses 30 - 60% better.3)The type of compression algorithm(Flate or RunLength compression algorithm)4)Can set the compression level to generate PDF files of smallest size.5)Can decompress or expand any PDF file to its original size for better conversion from PDF to other formats.This freeware can be downloaded from www.nicepdf.com/products.html
Google Announces Pay Per Action (PPA) 2007-06-21 05:41:00 Google announces Pay Per Action
. This beta feature is currently available to AdWords advertisers in the United States on a limited basis as part of their beta test. Google states that we can create an Ad and define the action that you want your user to perform like subscribing your newsletter or even buying a product. When everything is ready you can add the conversion tracking code to your website or blog so that it can be verified when an action has been completed. Once the above said steps are completed the publishers can use your ads to place in their websites. The best part is only pay for desired actions you have set like click your ad, visits to your website. We need to wait till Google releases the full version or makes it available to all.
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How to Change the Account Name on Your Blog? 2007-06-20 04:47:00 If you have been using your blog for a while with your current account and may decide to manage it with from another account. Unfortunately, there is no help in the blogger or option in the settings to do the same. So what do we do now? Well, we can change it but with little workaround. Let see how to do it. 1) Go to Settings - Permissions. 2) Click on 'ADD AUTHORS' and invite the second person by entering an email address for that person (which in this case is your second email address, to which you wish to move your blog). It’s good to use Google Account
in this case. 3) Next open the second person email and follow the link included with the invitation. 4) Once the invitee has accepted access to the blog, from a Google account, you (in your current account) can return to Permissions, and look next to the invitee name. Find and select the "Guest" link. This will change to "Admin", meaning that the invitee now has administrative authority. 5) Once you've granted adm Read more:Change
How I Killed my Phone Virus - Symantec The Guru 2007-06-19 09:11:00 It happens so that I get to see some good pictures in my friends mobile and ask him if he can send it to me through bluetooth and he did transfer some of them. Well that's all I did and the next day onwards, my mobile battery starts draining out even though its fully charged. One more surprise was that it tries to send MMS to some random numbers with some autogenerated text contents but luckily I didnt have MMS enabled, so all those messages were in my outbox and had to delete them. This started happening everyday. Totally confused I searched the web for virus information and found that its a virus called CommWarrior.Looking further I found the antivirus in the symantec website.Symantec
releases a beta version free for download to protect Symbian devices from mobile viruses. Looking at a integrated security solution that combines antivirus and firewall protection, Symantec Mobile Security comes at a much needed time with the increasing spread of the MMS-transmitted CommWarrior and Blu Read more:Killed
FileFone for Windows and Mac 2007-06-19 01:46:00 FileFone!! This one is an interesting piece of software. It can be used for sending and recieving files over the internet by ringing up another FileFone user by his IP address.The first beta version is available now.It works -1) Peer-to-peer with no central server of any kind2)Has independent send and receive lines, allowing you to receive a file while sending one.3)To setup and run this application is very simple 4)Allows you to accept or reject incoming transfers 5)Allows to recieve files unattended 6)Can have a list of favourite destinations. 7)Stores a retry list of any failed or rejected transfers 8)This application is available for Mac and PC and also works between them 9)The user interface or skins can be customised You can download the FileFone 0.9 Public Beta software and the Appearance Kit 0.9 for PC and Mac from www.blackdiamond.co.za/bdfone.html I tried installing the beta and it's very simple and worked fine for me within peer to peer.Try out!!!
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Free Software for your Computer - Filehippo 2007-06-14 22:58:00 There are many freeware websites and once again found one which is the best so far - filehippo.com its interesting!!! provides you with the easiest way of downloading the latest versions of the best software and the good thing is no excessive popups or spywares -The website has a simple design and easy to navigate. The newest versions of the best free software is available here. The websites mission as it says "our aim is to provide you with the simplest method of downloading the newest versions of the best software - without the usual excessive popups or spyware and without the low quality software". The most interesting feature of all is the “Update Checker” to scan your machine for old software. The new filehippo update checker allows you to get updates for all your favorite programs including firefox, winamp, winRAR, skype, and google desktop. If you are looking for free software downloads for your computer this site is worth a look - www.Filehippo.com
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Adobe Reader 8.1 for Windows Vista 2007-06-08 07:27:00 After a long long wait, Adobe
releases the update to Acrobat Reader
8.0 which includes support for WindowsVista
and remote printing capabilities.The Version 8.1 also provides integration with Microsoft Office 2007. Another exciting feature is the PDF Preview Handler where we can now view PDF files in Office Outlook 2007 as well as in Windows Explorer on Windows Vista without starting Acrobat or Adobe Reader
.Users who do not have acrobat reader 8.0 can download the new version of acrobat reader 8.1 from the website. The latest version 8.1 with Vista support, can be downloaded from the Adobe Reader Download page.
Windows Live Mail Beta - First Look 2007-06-07 06:05:00 Microsoft has released the first beta version of Windows
Live Mail.It can be freely downloaded and will replace Outlook Express in Windows XP and Windows Mail in Windows Vista.The application is in beta version and has number of bugs and missing features but still it looks very interesting and appealing. The new program brings in features from both of the previous Windows mail applications. I spent some time today playing with Windows Live
Mail and its quit interesting. It has a "feeds" feature as well as an option to add new blog entries into Windows Live Space from the WLM(Windows Live Mail
) . Oh!! by the way in order to install WLM you require Windows Installer 3.1 or later version in your system.Well overall the program looks good and runs well after some initial setup and tweaks, but it is to be expected with a initial beta version of any software and may not enjoy much but then you may want to wait to download Windows Live Mail.
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flickr-Online Photo Management and Sharing 2007-06-07 03:14:00 When we talk about the best online photo management and sharing application in the world the instant thought would be - flickr !!!flickr is a photo sharing website and web services suite, and an online community platform.In addition to being a popular Web site for users to share personal photographs, the service is widely used by bloggers as a photo repository.Well I can say that being a blogger myself. When you submit a photo it allows to categorize images by use of keyword "tags" (something like metadata), which allow others searching the website to easily find images concerning a certain topic such as place name or subject matter.Browsing through the webpages are easier and the images gets downloaded to the pages faster.The good thing about it is we can use our Yahoo account to login into flickr,no need to create a new user account in flickr.Yahoo Plans to shut down Yahoo Photo
s and move on to flickr. Cool isn't it!!! Check out yourself at www.flickr.com and bet you will love it.
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, Sharing
Energy Saving Search Engine? 2007-06-06 02:31:00 I was carrying out a google search on energy conservation and found something intresting.There is a new search site called Blackle.com. The page is fully in black and grey and says it saves energy.Environmentalists over the world are working out ways to optimise energy conservation and combat global warming.Blackle has done its bit to save energy by launching Blackle.comBlackle saves energy because the screen is predominantly black. Image displayed is primarily a function of the user's color settings and desktop graphics, as well as the color and size of open application windows.Normally a given monitor requires more power to display a white (or light) screen than a black (or dark) screen.In one of the blog post titled 'Black Google Would Save 750 Megawatt-hours a Year' proposed the theory that a black version of the Google search engine would save a fair bit of energy due to the popularity of the search engine. Since then there has been skepticism about the significance of the ener Read more:Energy
, Saving
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, Engine
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Google Announced Their Latest Acquisition - FeedBurner 2007-06-05 07:18:00 Google announced their acquisition of FeedBurner
a Chicago-based company providing distribution and management systems for syndicated content.FeedBurner has over 400,000 publishers in its network and will help to boost Google's AdSense portfolio of advertisers. FeedBurner claim to share Google's aim to organise the world's information through focusing on feeds. The small start-up, established in 2003, is now a leading provider of syndicated content in the shape of RSS feeds - which now total well over 700 000, 112 000 of which are videocasts and podcasts. According to some of the Net Ratings, FeedBurner growth has been much higher than that of MySpace or Digg, with an outstanding rate of 385% traffic growth year on year.This is the fourth company that FeedBurner's four founders have created together.With this merger hundreds and thousands of people are likely to benefit from the enhanced system. Let keep our fingers crossed.
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Google Mashup Editor 2007-06-04 05:17:00 Google MashupEditor
is an AJAX development framework and a set of tools that enable developers to quickly and easily create simple web applications and mashups with Google services like Google Maps and Google Base. It's a great tool for grabbing information from feeds and letting users see and manipulate it. Creating applications with Google Mashup Editor is simple and uses technologies you're familiar with. With the declarative XML tags, JavaScript, CSS, and HTML, applications can be build in less time and with less work. For advanced developers, the Editor allows to be more expressive by tapping into their JavaScript API. I tried accessing the Google Mashup Editor to get a feel of it and found that its currently in beta and access is limited to small number of developers during this testing period, but we can get notified when spots are available to participate in the beta by signing at http://code.google.com/support/mashupeditorsignup/ Hope to see the live one up soon!!!
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YouTube meets Apple TV 2007-06-04 02:34:00 Apple to introduce access to YouTube
service for Apple TV users. For the first time users can easily browse, find and watch YouTube videos right from their living room couch, and it's really, really fun.The slim, book-sized device streams movies and songs stored in the user's iTunes personal library but can't directly access Internet-based videos.With the coming Apple TV feature, which will be available as a free software update, members of Google Inc.'s YouTube will be able to log on to their YouTube accounts right from their televisions. Cool isn't it!!!!
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Krugle - The Code Search Engine For Developers 2007-06-04 01:34:00 Krugle aspires to be the Google of software code search.The Krugle search engine is a web based software application that helps software developers to stay focussed on the task in their hand by more effectively searching source codes files, technical pages, and open source projects with the help of three content channels provided within the application. Its goal is to make developers lives easier by providing a tool that helps them solve day to day coding challenges. In the days to come this can become a one place stop for all code releated queries.Krugle's next venture will be search for open-source development within enterprises: An enterprise product currently in beta is slated for general release in the second half of 2007. Check out more at www.krugle.com
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Windows Media Player - now it goes to 11 2007-06-01 08:24:00 Windows Media Player 11 for Windows XP has arrived which offers great new ways to store and enjoy all your music, video, pictures, and recorded TV. Play it, view it, and sync it to a portable device for enjoying on the go or even share with devices around your home—all from one place. It brings a whole new look to your digital entertainment.Windows Media Player 11 is loaded with smart, fun features that breathe new life into your music collection and create a much more personal entertainment experience. The new design lets you get the most out of your digital library and enjoy simple solutions for managing it all.Windows Media Player 11 is designed to work with all editions of Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2), and can also be used to restore Windows Media Player and related technologies to N and KN editions of Windows Vista.
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, Windows Media
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Google to list top 100 searches 2007-05-31 08:51:00 Google new feature which will be listing the day's 100 fastest-rising search requests which will be a part of the search system's trend service. It is said that it will be refreshed several times a day using the millions of data from the searches. This service will be a merger of Zeitgest and Trends which is already working based on weeks-old data.Mainly focussing in providing a glimpse of topics that baffels and interests web users from day to day.
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Microsoft Surface Computer 2007-05-31 07:16:00 A Surface computer is able to recognize physical objects from a paintbrush to a cell phone and allows hands-on, direct control of content such as photos, music and maps. Surface turns an ordinary tabletop into a dynamic surface that provides interaction with all forms of digital content through natural gestures, touch and physical objects. Microsoft
website gives examples of ordering a beverage during a meal with just the tap of a finger and quickly browsing through music and dragging favourite songs onto a personal play list by moving a finger across the screen. Build this into a bar and you’d get one-touch beer service although I’m not sure if they’ve found a way to work out when your beer glass is empty so that refilling becomes automatic, may be in upcoming versions.Microsoft Surface lives where people gather. It is surely a way of interacting with the Digital world. Surface computer have arrived.
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Leading Free Stock Photo Site 2007-05-24 10:31:00 SXC is a friendly community of photography addicts who generously offer their works to the public free of charge. If you have some nice photos that you'd like to share with others by registering to the website.This site has got almost 250,000 images for you to use which are segregated into different categories. I find it pretty good. Plenty of images for web designers to use in their website.
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Google Desktop for Linux Users 2007-06-29 06:55:00 It’s a sigh of relief for Linux
users as Google
announces its beta version that runs on Linux. Google Desktop
for Linux works with both the GNOME and KDE graphical desktop environments.Google Desktop
is a desktop search engine that provides full text search for emails, files, photos, music, chats, Gmail and webpage they view online or offline. It also helps finding deleted files and older files. One good thing is for programmer because it does search for source code and information in PDF, PS, man and info document files. The Quick search is the fastest way of searching your web and desktop. It displays the top results instantly by jus typing few letters or words.The software can be downloaded from www.desktop.google.com
Blogger Adds 17 More Languages 2007-06-29 02:55:00 Blogger adds up few more languages into the language list. This gives the flexibility and usability while using blogger and the freedom to express in a much better way online. Blogger has added 17 more languages other that the 19 already available already. Here are those 17 languages – българскиhrvatskiCatalàčeskyΕλληνικάHindimagyarIndonesialatviešulietuviųpolskiPortuguês (Portugal)RomânăslovenčinaslovenščinaУкраїнськаTiêng ViêtHappy Blogging...
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H+H Software GmbH Releases Virtual CD 9 2007-06-28 04:54:00 Looking out for a CD or DVD’s from a stack and then inserting them is sometimes annoying. Well then let’s put an end to it and welcome Virtual CD. With virtual CD you can create compressed 1:1 copies (Both CD and DVDs) to your hard drive. The good part of it is you can store your originals safely in a cabinet and use the virtual CD with a simple click or even automatically with the help of auto-run. What so good about Virtual CD’s: No more drive noise, no more changing CDs, no more slow CD start-upFast, Convenient, effective and you need not handle fragile CDs anymore.You can use virtual CDs in a network! You can burn virtual CDs to a CD-R!You can protect your virtual CDs with a password or encryption H+H Software
GmbH releases Virtual CD 9. You can download the demo version and have a try but the original copy comes with a price. Virtual CD 9 is compatible with Windows Vista and has a Microsoft-certified driver for 32-bit and 64-bit v
Real Network Launches Real Player 11 Beta 2007-06-27 06:33:00 Real Networks have at last released the beta version of Real Player 11.This is a new approach compared to its previous version. Its interface is fantastic.Instead of focusing on desktop audio and video playback, it allows users download video off the Web. During the install it includes an option during setup to install the Real Toolbar for Internet Explorer. After installing the software, a "Download this Video" button will appear on Web sites such as YouTube.RealPlayer 11 is currently available in two flavours: a basic player which is limited to CD-burning and a fully featured player for which you need to pay that enable you to burn to DVD. Fully Featured Player: Supports all major formats1-Click download & recording of web videosComplete audio & video controlsBurn your videos into DVDs300+ movies & TV seriesFull Screen ModeAds-free viewing Basic Player: Supports all major formats1-Click download & recording of web videosLimited audio & video controls The first thing th
Google Translate Adds Dictionary Tool 2007-06-26 23:32:00 Google translate added a new feature: Dictionary
. This is in addition with the already existing “translate text” box, but dictionary is little more optimized for single-word queries, and it also adds some related phrases to results. As of now translations are only available between English, German, Spanish, French, Korean and Italian but other languages are available under text translation. The translations are good but not always. I tried to translate Hosting from English to German and it gives the result as Ausrichtung which does not mean hosting rather it means Alignment. The dictionary also seems to have problems with American vs British English spelling. For instance, Google wasn’t able to translate “color” from English into German, outputting a simple “No translation was found.” After changing the spelling to the British “colour,” correct translations like “Färbung” or “Farbe” were offered. The exact opposite happens when you try to translate “c Read more:Google
, Translate
Skype 3.5 Beta For Windows Released 2007-07-05 05:57:00 Skype has released its new beta version Skype 3.5 for Windows
. It’s available for download in the Skype official website. This version includes number of new feature and fixes many of the problems from previous versions. Feature:*Add video to mood and chat message*Video snapshot*What's New Guide*Support for Firewire Digital camerasChange: *SkypeMe status to Online for users under 16*Updated all language files*IE Plugin updated (2.2.0.98)Bug fix:*When menu was opened it needed 2 clicks to answer a call on tray notification*Latvian installer did not work*Installer did not remember custom install location*Profile phone number text was cropped*Auto redial attempts were wrongly counted*Skype contacts were shown as SkypeOut contacts when sending SMS*Accessibility: Not all buttons in profile were selectable via Tabstop*Multiple device indicators were overlaying sometimesThis version is not perfect yet and has rough edges, so if you are not used working with these rough edg Read more:Skype
Single Interfaced Tool for Flickr, Picasa, YouTube, Facebook and Box.net 2007-07-04 06:55:00 If you are a person who uses Flickr
, Google Picasa
Albums, YouTube
, Facebook
or Box.net most of the time and have accounts created in these websites then there is good news. FireFox comes up with a new add-on called Universal uploader. Amit Agarwal in one of his posts gives a little more insight about this tool. Universal uploader allows you to upload and download video, pictures, files and other files to this website from a common interface.
Can You Download The Internet - Yes! 2007-07-04 00:59:00 Webaroo is a new technology to search the web offline without being connected to the internet. This software in free, fast and it can be used in Laptop, PDA, desktop computers and even mobile phones. Sometime back it use to be a joke when someone asks can we download the internet to my computer or how long will it take, but with this software looks like it’s no more a joke. Webaroo can download the whole internet onto your computer. You can even you can select the web packs which you visit frequently. This software actually caches the internet into your computer once and that’s all you can start working offline like searching the web without internet connection. The interesting part is when the system is connected next time to the internet it synchronises and automatically downloads the new changes in the web. It requires a minimum of 6 GB to start using web packs and maximum of 40 GB to store the internet. Sounds crazy? Check out yourself at www.webaroo.com
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, Internet
Lexmark Releases Cost Effective WiFi Printer 2007-07-10 06:29:00 Lexmark has not really made their mark as class level printers but its hardware is relatively cheap and are one of the most affordable printers available in the market which makes people to look for it. Lexmark now releases its latest and much cost effective WiFi
printer Z1420 which uses built-in WiFi for sharing the printer among many computers wirelessly. Features: Wireless: Built-in 802.11g wireless printing. Compatible with 802.11b High quality printing from virtually anywhere in the home over a secure wireless network Share the Lexmark Z1420 wirelessly among multiple computers Easy guided setup with Lexmark installation software Connect with 802.11 b/g wireless network and wireless computer or with USB cable. Print: Fast speeds! Up to 24 ppm black and 18 ppm colour printing Professional quality text and graphics; up to 4800 x 1200 dpi on glossy photo paper. Automatic cartridge alignment for optimal print quality Accu-feed™ techno Read more:Printer
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