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"Blogger Play" Tool to see images uploaded to blogger in real time 2007-09-14 16:17:00 Today blogger launched Blogger Play, a neat little toy cooked up to show you photos and blog posts as you’ve never seen them before.Shortly after Blogger launched photo uploading two years ago, one of bloggers engineers whipped up a web page that would show us the pictures that were being uploaded in real time
. The result was fun, often beautiful, but above all, compelling. They couldn’t stop watching.Over the years they’ve kept this photo scroller as part of the Blogger offices, on a monitor or projector, as an interesting (distracting?) slideshow, and a reminder of the diversity and vivaciousness of Blogger blogs. The fame of the scroller spread within Google, until one day they were asked, “so, when are you launching this?”http://play.blogger.com/So here it goes blogger launches the tool that enables you to watch the pictures that are being uploaded in real time.All you have to do is click the link above than just sit back & watch.For More details :Blogger Buzz
Remove Windows Messenger from Xp 2007-09-14 04:11:00 To remove the ability for anyone in the world to pop up messages on your computer,you can disable the Messenger
service. Click Start->Settings ->Control PanelClick Performance and Maintenance Click Administrative Tools Double click Services Scroll down and highlight "Messenger" Right-click the highlighted line and choose PropertiesClick the STOP buttonSelect Disable or Manual in the Startup Type scroll bar Click OK Read more:Windows
Want Cricket Scores ??? let Google Help 2007-09-14 03:43:00 With the start of the Twenty20 world championship, cricket fever is upon legions of enthusiasts. To make it easier for you to indulge your interest in a game John Fowles characterized as "chess made flesh," we've simplified your search for cricket scores. Just type [cricket] in a Google
search box and you'll see a brief score of all the current cricket matches. A single click will also give you access to a detailed cricket score card.If you're a diehard India fan, then type [cricket Pakistan] to get results for Pakistani matches. Of course, feel free to replace Pakistan with the country of your choice for country-specific results.For More Details Google Blog Read more:Cricket
Customize your user icon in Xp 2007-09-13 00:57:00 If you plan on getting a copy of XP, one of the first things you're going to do is set up a user account. Why not give your user account its very own picture? It's OK if you don't want to use a picture of your own because Windows comes with at least 20 beautiful pictures to choose from.Here's how you can customize your user account icon. Single-click the start menu and choose Control Panel.Single-click the User Accounts icon.Find the user account you'd like to change the icon for and click on it.Click the text that says "Change My Picture."You'll have the option to either pick one of the predefined icons or choose your own.If you like one of the predefined icons, just highlight the one you like and click the button labeled "Change Picture."If you'd like to use your own picture, just click the magnifying glass or the text labeled "Browse for more pictures." This will launch a dialog box directing you to navigate to where your new picture is stored. After you find it, just cli
Password Recovery Disk 2007-09-13 00:55:00 Take preventive measures against losing user-level passwords.It doesn't matter if you never again remember a Windows user password. Thanks to XP's Forgotten Password
Wizard, your conscience will be free and clear -- should your mind happen to accidentally misplace your user password.I highly suggest you create a password recovery disk the minute you create your user account. Why? In order to create a password recovery disk you're going to need your password. Write it down the minute you create your user account and then proceed to creating your very own password recovery disk.Here's how to launch the Forgotten Password Wizard: Single-click Start menu, Control Panel, and User Accounts.Click your user account name.Under Related Tasks on the left, click "Prevent forgotten password" to launch the wizard. Now that you've launched the wizard, let it walk you through creating the recovery disk. Make sure the disk you use is formatted and in the drive. After it's finished creating th Read more:Recovery
, Password Recovery
Nero 8 leaked before official release 2007-09-13 00:54:00 Now this is what happens when you try hard to prevent a software from leaking before its Release. Nero 8 which was supposed to be released officialy on October 1st ended up being released yesterday on Demonoid. The leaked
version is real and it has been verified by a lot of downloaders. It comes as an ISO file of about 960MB and you can find it very easily on Mininova or Demonoid. The Leaked version includes : Nero MobileNero HomeNero ScoutNero StartSmartNero Burning ROMNero ExpressNero WaveEditorNero SoundTraxNero VisionNero RecodeNero ShowTimeNero MediaHomeNero PhotoSnapNero CoverDesignerNero ToolkitNero BackItUpInCDNero SoundBoxNero ImageDrive Now I wonder what Nero is going to do because one of the most awaited releases from the Nero family has been leaked even before making it to the stores and is there for everyone to download and use. Read more:official release
Google + Social Media Sites = Quality Free Stuff 2007-09-06 09:55:00 Google + Social
Media Sites
= Quality
Free Stuff – If you are on the hunt for free desktop wallpaper, stock images, Wordpress templates or the like, using Google to search your favorite social media sites is your best bet. The word “free” in any standard search query immediately attracts spam. Why wade through potential spam in standard search results when numerous social media sites have an active community of users who have already ranked and reviewed the specific free items that interest you. All you have to do is direct Google to search through each of these individual social media sites, and bingo… you find quality content ranked by hundreds of other people.Examples: site:digg.com free “desktop wallpaper”site:reddit.com free “wordpress templates”site:del.icio.us free “stock images”site:netscape.com free “ringtones”site:stumbleupon.com free iconsMore info. Read more:Google
, Social Media
Orkut Now available in Hindi, Bengali, Marathi, Tamil and Telugu 2007-09-05 10:00:00 In quest to make orkut universally accessible, Orkut
is now available
in 5 new languages: Hindi
, Bengali, Marathi, Tamil
, and Telugu
. Indians have always been a vibrant part of the orkut community, and we continue to see more Indians joining orkut every day.Since there are many different nuances to these languages, orkut wants to hear your feedback. To help them improve the translation or tell us what language you'd like to see orkut in, you can visit this community on orkut: Indian Language Translations. They chose these languages initially because together they cover 80% of India. They do recognize India has more than 400 different spoken languages, but think these 5 are a good start, and hope that introducing orkut in these regional tongues brings orkut closer to many more of you to bridge the gap between language and technology. Viewing the orkut site in Hindi, Bengali, Marathi, Tamil or Telugu (or any one of our other 12 languages) is easy. Click the settings button under yo
Now orkut allows users to Crop their Profile Images 2007-09-05 09:44:00 "It's super easy: just select the file, click upload and you'll see a cropping window on the next page. Drag the window with your mouse to select the part of the photo you'd like to be your picture. You can also change the size and the shape of the window by dragging the corners to include or exclude as much of the backdrop as you'd like. When you're done, click the 'crop photo' button, and, voila, you will have a new profile photo. Or, if you think the original photo is good enough, click 'use original' and the whole, uncropped image will become your profile photo. If you would like to experiment further with photo options, just click 'cancel' and upload another photo." For more Details Orkut Blog Read more:users
, Images
Google Trick - Find the Face Behind the Result 2007-09-04 00:59:00 This is a neat trick you can use on a Google
Image search to filter the search results so that they include only images of people. How is this useful? Well, it could come in handy if you are looking for images of the prominent people behind popular products, companies, or geographic locations. You can perform this search by appending the code &imgtype=face to the end of the URL address after you perform a standard Google Image search. Examples (notice the differences in each URL): Image Search for Google vs. Faces Behind Google Image SearchImage Search for Digg vs. Faces Behind Digg Image SearchImage Search for California vs. Faces Behind California Image Search Read more:Trick
, Result
Princes at Diana memorial service 2007-08-31 11:28:00 BRITAIN'S Prince Harry called Princes
s Diana
"the best mother in the world" at a memorial service on the 10th anniversary of her death today that reduced hundreds of public mourners outside the venue to tears. Harry, who was 12 when his mother died, also spoke of the sense of loss he and his brother Prince William still feel, a decade after their mother was killed in a high-speed car crash in a Parisian tunnel. “William and I can separate life into two parts,” he told 500 guests at the Guards Chapel in central London as his elder brother bowed his head in the front row. “There were those years when we were blessed by the physical presence beside us of both our mother and father and then there are the 10 years since our mother's death.” William and Harry spent months organising the event, attended by Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Charles, Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Diana's two sisters and brother, plus friends like Sir Elton John who sang at her funeral. It was t
Bail granted to Salman Khan 2007-08-31 11:21:00 Actor Salman
Khan, who was granted bail by the Jodhpur bench of Rajasthan High Court on Friday in the Chinkara poaching case, walked out of the Jodhpur Central Jail at 1800 hrs (IST).Salman, who boarded a chartered flight to New Delhi after his release, reportedly broke down into tears when he heard the news.Salman Khan
's lawyer Dipesh Mehta, who accompanied the actor when he was released, explained the conditions the court has imposed while granting bail for him.“The honourable court has granted him bail by suspending the sentence and directed him to give a personal bond of Rs 1 lakh along with two sureties of the like amount to the satisfaction of the honourable Chief Judicial Magistrate at Jodhpur,” said Mehta,While it was a moment of celebration for Salman and his family, animal rights activists say the actor's got away lightly."Its absolutely appalling. This is not even his first conviction. The court hasn’t considered that he has four other cases against him. He has beate
Nawaz Sharif to return on 10th September 2007-08-30 11:53:00 Nawaz Sharif
to return on 10th September
Leader of the Pakistan Muslim League (N), Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif said that he along with his brother Mian Shahbaz Sharif would land at Islamabad airport on September 10 and then would go to Lahore via G.T. Road.Addressing the press conference in London, the former prime minister said that with the message of consolidarity and unity they would land at the same place where his democratic government was attacked in the night of October 12.Nawaz Sharif said that the government cannot send them again in exile after the Supreme Court�s decision.The former prime minister said that the Pakistan Muslim League (N) and the APDM have also endorsed the decision of their returning home.He said that he knows there would be difficulties for them and the government would want to make difficulties for them in the country but his party workers are not afraid of batons of police.The former prime minister said that he has no personal but a national agenda.He de
Pakistan condemns sketch of Prophet in Sweden 2007-08-30 11:49:00 Pakistan
condemned on Thursday what it described as an offensive and blasphemous sketch
of the Prophet
Mohammad in a Swedish newspaper.Cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad published in Danish newspapers sparked widespread anger and deadly protests in several Muslim countries, including Pakistan, in early 2006. Muslims believe images of the Prophet are forbidden. The Pakistani Foreign Ministry said the sketch was published in the Swedish newspaper Nerikes Allehanda. It did not say when. “Regrettably, the tendency among some Europeans to mix the freedom of expression with an outright and deliberate insult to 1.3 billion Muslims in the world is on the rise,” the ministry said in a statement. “Such acts deeply undermine the efforts of those who seek to promote respect and understanding among religions and civilisations,” it said. The Swedish charge d’affaires was summoned to the ministry and a strong protest was lodged with him, the ministry said. The ministry said the Swedish diplo Read more:Sweden
Taj Mahal closed after riots in Agra 2007-08-30 11:23:00 The world-famous Taj Mahal
was closed to tourists on Wednesday after officials in the Indian city of Agra imposed a curfew following riots
that left one person dead and 50 injured.Rioters fought pitched battles with police, pelting them with stones, glass bottles and setting vehicles alight, after a speeding truck had crushed four Muslims to death in the morning.News of the accident spread quickly and residents spilled onto the streets, witnesses said.The Uttar Pradesh state government issued an advisory, asking tourists to stay in their hotels until order was restored in the city Read more:Taj Mahal
Katrina Kaif Visits Salman Khan in Jodhpur Jail 2007-08-26 08:10:00 Actress Katrina
-Kaif.htm">Katrina Kaif
visited Bollywood star Salman
Khan in Jodhpur
jail today. The jail meeting of Katrina and Salman was last for 45 minutes. His brother Arbaz Khan and sister Alvira were also present in the meeting.Security arrangements in Jodhpur Jail were beefed up on the occasion. A large number of local fans and media men were also present outside the jail premises.Salman, who has been sentenced to five years in prison for hunting an endangered deer nine years ago, surrendered himself to Rajasthan Police on Saturday following an arrest warrant.The district and sessions court in Jodhpur on Friday dismissed the actor's plea against the five-year jail term handed by the chief judicial magistrate's court.
Shoaib Akhter Not to Join ICL 2007-08-22 16:57:00 Enigmatic pace bowler Shoaib Akhtar has said that he is not planning to join the Indian Cricket League (ICL) even though he is in touch with them. Speaking to reporters on the opening day of the national training camp at the Gaddafi Stadium for the Twenty20 World Championship to be held in South Africa next month, Shoaib expressed that he wanted to give his best to Pakistan, adding he was eagerly waiting for the chance to do so not just in the global Twenty20 event but also in the three forthcoming series against South Africa, India and Australia. Commenting on the recent row with the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) over skipping the national camp in Karachi and the Rs300,000 fine which had been imposed on him, Shoaib said it would have been better had the board quietly resolved the issue itself. He also hoped that instead of delivering notices to the players the PCB would focus more on the game of cricket. In this instance, the PCB’s appellate tribunal had later set aside the pen
Benazir Bhutto wants to share Power with Mush 2007-08-22 16:54:00 Pakistan opposition leader Benazir Bhutto on Tuesday urged President Pervez Musharraf to present a power-sharing reform package by the end of August, saying her party was becoming jittery with approaching elections. "I have shared with General Musharraf that my party is getting very upset, because elections are around the corner, and that, by the end of this month, we really need to know where we stand," she told the American PBS television network. "We either have a package or we don’t have a package," she said. "And if we have a package, well, then, we need the measures that we’ve agreed upon to come into play." Bhutto, who served as Pakistan’s prime minister from 1988-1990 and 1993-1996, offered her view after she was asked by the US network how long it would take for her to conclude that Musharraf was not serious about sharing power with her. Leading the highly influential Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) from exile in London and Dubai, Bhutto met with Musharraf in Read more:wants
China, Pak discussing nuclear deal 2007-08-19 09:14:00 China
and its "all-weather" ally Pakistan are discussing an agreement similar to the one India has reached with the US on the civilian nuclear cooperation to maintain the regional security balance, sources said here today. Even as the two old allies discuss a nuclear deal, China’s reservations over the Indo-US deal and the boundary issue may be clouding Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s maiden visit to Beijing, which is likely to take place towards the end of the year, they said. Since Pakistan has pleaded with China at the highest level not to let it down in the nuclear balance with India, Beijing is apparently working out a nuclear deal with Islamabad, in case the Indo-US nuclear agreement is okayed by the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG), the sources told PTI here preferring anonymity. While China was apparently taken aback by the finalisation of the 123 Agreement, Beijing now hopes that the opposition within India itself will wreck the Indo-US nuclear deal, the so
ICL Offers Asif Rs 100 million 2007-08-19 09:13:00 Stepping up their player signing up drive, the Indian Cricket League has wooed Mohammad Asif with a more lucrative second offer of Rs 10 crore, local media reported today. "The ICL has offered Asif Rs 100 million
for a three-year contract and the pacer is carefully assessing the various aspects of the offer before taking a decision next week," the ‘Dawn’ reported today quoting Pakistan Cricket Board sources. The ICL had last month offered Rs 9 crore each to Asif and fellow fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar which they had refused. The sources also said the PCB was concerned about the congregation of several Pakistan players in London and were wary of their intentions to join the rebel League. Younis Khan, Inzamam-ul-Haq, Abdul Razzaq, Saqlain Mushtaq, Mushtaq Ahmed and Shahid Afridi are all in England these days where a former Test captain and wicketkeeper is intensely lobbying for the ICL, said the sources. Read more:Offers
India-US deal works as catalyst for Pak N- programme 2007-08-18 11:23:00 With the India
-US nuclear deal in mind, Pakistan has decided to accelerate its nuclear programme with President Pervez Musharraf issuing directives to scientists in this regard, Online news agency reported Saturday. Quoting reliable sources, Online said the National Command and Control Authority had discussed in detail the matter of disturbance of strategic balance after the India-US deal and it was decided that Pakistan would continue developing its nuclear and missile programme. The work on the Khushab reactor would be speeded up while four-five new nuclear reactors would also be installed. The sources said the Pakistan government had rejected any US pressure in this regard and clarified that it would take all necessary steps to ensure its sovereignty and defence and the strategic balance in the region would be maintained at all costs. The acquisition of the latest technology would also be ensured. In this regard, Musharraf has given a go-ahead to Pakistani scientists, aiming to co
Microsoft ups Hotmail storage to 5 GB 2007-08-16 09:58:00 Microsoft Corp. will soon let users of its Hotmail
service store 5 gigabytes of photos and other e-mail messages, more than double the previous limit. Of course, only a small number of Hotmail users will ever approach that threshold, a reality the software maker acknowledged in a blog post this week outlining the storage
boost and other upgrades to the free, Web-based service. "Just when you were wondering how you'd ever fill up 2 or 4 GB of mail, we've given you more storage," wrote Ellie Powers-Boyle, a program manager for Windows Live Hotmail.Microsoft's new limit, from 2 GB currently, will leapfrog Google Inc.'s nearly 3 GB. Yahoo Inc. and Time Warner Inc.'s AOL e-mail services already include unlimited free storage. Yahoo has the most active users in the United States among Web-based e-mail services, according to Nielsen/NetRatings. Hotmail ranks second, followed by AOL at third and Google's Gmail at fourth. Microsoft said Hotmail will also get faster in coming weeks thank Read more:Microsoft
Benazir Not to deal with Mush on dual posts 2007-08-13 08:40:00 Benazir Not to deal with Mush on dual posts
Former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto has said there is no agreement with Musharraf about allowing him to hold the dual posts of Army Chief and President, but the issue need not be the reason for breaking the talks and could be settled in court.Benazir Bhutto, addressing a meeting of her supporters in the city Saturday evening, also said she would call a meet of top officials of her Pakistan People's Party (PPP) here towards the end of this month.Sources close to her said she is expected to brief them on her meeting with President Musharraf and discuss the future course of action in view the forthcoming elections, including her possible return to the country.She told her supporters that there is no agreement with Musharraf that he should continue to hold both the posts of Army Chief and President. But she had only said that that need not be the reason for breaking the talks.Whether Musharraf can hold both the posts is something that w
Obama calls Pakistan 'constructive ally' 2007-08-09 08:44:00 Democratic presidential contender Sen. Barack Obama
said it is critical for Pakistan
to be a constructive ally in fighting al-Qaida, a week after threatening military action if President Musharraf did not act. Obama and his spokesman offered measured criticism of the Bush administration's actions and policies on Pakistan. The candidate twice declined an opportunity to explain the difference between his proposals and the White House's, but expressed sympathy for Musharraf, who faces a growing militant backlash in his Muslim nation. ''President Musharraf has a very difficult job, and it is important that we are a constructive ally with them in dealing with al-Qaida,'' Obama said Wednesday. Obama did not repeat the most incendiary line from his foreign policy speech last Wednesday, when he promised: ''If we have actionable intelligence about high-value terrorist targets and President Musharraf won't act, we will.'' That pledge set off ripples of resentment in the relationship b Read more:calls
Emergency will not be imposed, says Mohammed Ali Durrani 2007-08-09 08:38:00 Seeking to put an end to speculation here that it could impose emergency in the wake of deteriorating law and order situation in the country, Pakistan government today insisted that it will not go in for the measure. The decision not to impose emergency was taken at a high-level meeting presided over by President Pervez Musharraf here, Information Minister Mohammed
Ali Durrani said. Ruling PML-Q President Shujaat Hussain, who earlier said that a decision will be taken by late afternoon, also contradicted reports that emergency would be imposed in the country. Those who are giving such advices to Musharraf cannot be regarded as his well-wishers, he told media here. The remarks of Durrani and Hussain came following intense speculation here that emergency could be imposed in Pakistan because of deteriorating law and order due to suicide attacks launched by suspected pro-Taliban militants, especially in the country's tribal belt bordering Afghanistan. Last night, Minister of State for Inf Read more:Emergency
Create your Own Fonts Online 2007-09-28 00:06:00 I've been thinking to post about some cool webpages.Which are of common use.Well here is one where you can create somthing of your own.Over at BitfontMaker you can create your own fonts online and then download them to your computer. The site works for both Windows and Mac. Read more:Fonts
Autopatcher site forced to be closed by Microsoft 2007-09-26 10:44:00 Microsoft sent a cease and desist to autopatcher.com. AutoPatcher was a program users could download to install all updates to windows instead of using Microsoft's Windows updates, this allowed a much faster patch process than offered by Microsoft.AutoPatcher was an alternative to Microsoft's Windows Update developed by Antonis Kaladis and Jason Kelley, and a comprehensive collection of up-to-date security patches, addons and registry tweaks collated into a single package designed to update a Windows XP Service Pack 2, Windows 2000 SP4, Windows Server 2003 SP1 or Windows Vista system from a local file, without the need to use Windows Update or connect to a network each time. Distribution of the program was stopped on 29 August 2007, after more than four years of existence, as a result of several Cease and Desist orders being given to the team, Neowin and some download mirrors. Microsoft stated this was for "security reasons" but would not further clarify.AutoPatcher was designed for: Read more:forced
, Microsoft
Create A XP Boot Disk from System Files 2007-09-24 01:05:00 As a hedge against being unable to start XP, you can create a boot disk specifically for Windows XP that may allow you to boot the operating system. This can occur when the active partition boot record or other required files become corrupted. Using Windows XP, place a blank floppy in drive A and format the disk. Navigate to the root folder of the system (in most cases this will be C:) and copy the following files to the floppy disk. Boot.ini NTLDR Ntdetect.com If you can't see the files, click [Tools] and [Folder Options...] in the Menu Bar of Windows Explorer. Click the [View] tab and click the radio button next to [Show Hidden Files and Folders]. Remove the check mark next to [Hide Protected Operating System
Files (Recommended)] then click [Apply] and [OK]. The files should now be visible in Windows Explorer. If the files still cannot be copied, right click each file, cl
Change Hard and CD-ROM Drive Letter in XP 2007-09-23 04:21:00 If you want to change your hard drive letter or your cd-rom drive letter, this is the tip you want.1. Click the start button2. Go into Administrative tools (either in the start button or in "All Programs"3. From Administrative Tools, go into "Computer Management"4. In "Computer Management", click on "Disk Management" under "Storage" from the left menu5. You should see a window from the lower right hand corner open (it shows all the hard disk drives and cd-rom drives)6. To change......hard drive, click on the hard disk with a blue horizonal bar, the box should be shaded; next right click that box that you desire to change the letter then click on "ChangeLetter
Drive and Path"...cd-rom drive, click on the box that you desire the drive letter; next right click that box that you desire to change the letter then click on "Change Letter Drive and Path"7. click the "change..." button8. from the "assign the following drive letter", select the letter you want to assign to the hard drive or the
Google Introduces "Google Gadget Ads" 2007-09-20 14:51:00 Yesterday Google
launched Google Gadget
Ads, customized "mini-sites" that run as ads on AdSense publisher websites. These ads are interactive, engaging, and will appeal to your users, simultaneously providing value to advertisers while getting visitors to stick around your site. The end result is that advertisers get more engaged users, users have a richer ad experience, and publishers opted in to image ads may see increased competition for their ad space.What does a gadget ad look like?Below is the image of a gadget ad that is built to advertise AdSense program.Gadget ads can take a number of shapes, sizes, and formats. If you're interested in seeing other cool gadget ads, you can check out at Google Gadget Ad Center. Also, rest assured that gadget ads must adhere to Google's editorial policies, so there won't be any distracting "punch the monkey" ads.Ready to start displaying gadget ads on your website? While there's no guarantee that they'll appear on your site, you can increa
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