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Adobe Media Player - A first Hand Review 2008-04-18 05:43:00 Adobe have launched the final version of their media Player that they have named Adobe Media Player. They themselves have described it as a Media Player that gives Flexibility To view the Content Online of Offline and Can also queue up video content from the Internet and also view them later as the case of Offline viewing may be. So lets take a look into the Application as how it fares up.Adobe Media Player use Flash to play the videos .But still the quality of the videos is quite good and more than plausible.As you can see this is a sleek App. and is now freely available for download. Both AIR and Adobe Media Player (AMP) can be downloaded from here: Adobe Media Player free DownloadThe best part of AMP is that it has various featured shows with it, like MTV Cribs, The Hills and many mo Read more:Adobe
Orkut Apps Are Finally Open in INDIA 2008-04-17 10:32:00 Orkut Apps are finally in India. Today Morning when I checked orkut one thing that I noticed was that an Orkut App was showing onto my home page. The first thing that came to my mind Orkut Apps are finally Open :D and After My college when I came back home all my friend updates were filled with one or the Other Application.So now no more you need to change your country to Estonia to use Orkut Apps.. They are finally in India. So just login into your orkut account and check them out.or you may check out the apps link onto the sidebar on your home page and check out various apps that Orkut has in store for you... they also have card game aka. Flash to be played. So happy orkuting and toying around with the apps ;)Tell us about what you think about the Apps.. are they useful or just another f Read more:Orkut
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Remain Idle on Google Talk 2008-04-13 06:04:00 Now we are not saying anything unrealistic... While we have an Invisible Option while we use the inbuilt Messenger of Gmail but for those who use Google
Talk (the Plain Old Messenger provided by Google with no updates in recent times) there is nothing much you can do... Google Talk
makes you Idle when you actually are... But we have got a workaround...The remedy is a small Application or you may say a small addon to Google Talk which does all the trick. Its called gAlwaysIdle and is a small app. and has almost minimum fuss to be done for making it work. Install it , select the setting and you are done. After Installing Right Click the Google talk icon in the system tray and select always Idle. Make it to remember Idle settings and voila you are done. No fuss all work.Remain Idle on Gtalk
Customise your Google Talk : Extended Talk [Addon] 2008-04-12 13:52:00 Now this is the second one in the line of some amazing Google
talk addons which can customize the look and feel of GTalk to a great extent, by Adding more than handful of Google talk Features that you may just Miss in the Plain Jane Gtalk.The Features Include implementation of Graphical Smileys , /signout, /away and /1337 Command executions, Extra shortcuts to insert commonly used data, Gtalk lock , Transparency option text filtering, text recall and a host of other features...Sounds intriguing... its worth a try...You can download it from: Download Extended
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Google Talk Addon : GPlus 2008-04-10 12:38:00 Now that we are already Discussing Messengers so during next posts we are going to get info about some very uncommon or maybe common tools :P. So first up us GPlus . Now as we all Use Gtalk as one of our most preferred Messengers So In order to spice up Gtalk a Bit GPlus is a great tool.Now the reason why Gplus is a good tool is due to the fact it is actually Google
Talk Enhancer as it is said and adds a host of new features into your Google Talk
...Some of the Features are:EmoticonsEmotiSoundsChat logs (save your Chat in HTML format)Text FormattingText FilterSo Its Worth a try tool... So go ahead and get in your reviews about this...You can download Gplus From Here : Download Gplus - Google Talk EnhancerYou need to Download Microsoft .NET Read more:Addon
Make Gtalk MultiMessenger [Multiple Instances Together] 2008-04-09 12:50:00 After Making Yahoo a Multi Messenger we now work on another popular Instant Messenger that is the Google talk and so for this case we do not require any external tool as suck and the trick is even simpler than the yahoo Trick and does not even require Registry changes. So to log into multiple instances of Gtalk read ON...The trick is as simple as eating into a cake... So just check out the shortcut of Google Talk that you have and right click to select the properties. In the Target Field.. type in " /nomutex" after the normal target. So if your Gtalk is installed in "C:\Program Files\Google\Google Talk" folder then the total Target field should look like this"C:\Program Files\Google\Google Talk\googletalk.exe" /nomutexTake care of the space between .exe" and /nomutexWhoa you are done.. cli Read more:Multiple
Broadcast the Music you are listening to Via Messengers 2008-04-06 13:30:00 Ever thought of making your friends to listen to what you are listening to?? Just to make them listen to your music , your MP3 ... Now that almost every user uses one or another Instant Messenger this thing gets simple and you can make your friends listen to your music. And believe me it requires no external tool or software.So what you'll have to do...Unplug your MicrophoneDouble click your volume icon in the system tray to open up the volume controlGo to options and then properties and select recording and Press 'OK'You get the recording menu. In the recording menu select either Stereo mix or Wave and not the microphone.Fire up your favorite Instant Messenger program and call any of your friend.Whoa you are broadcasting your music. So your favorite messenger like Yahoo, Gtalk , MSN , S Read more:Broadcast
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Google Talk Lab Edition Introduced 2008-04-05 13:31:00 Google has introduced Google Talk
Lab Edition
which is kind of an experimental version of google talk and many features are being tested. It has almost all the features of the google talk gadget and a couple of new features have been added to it.Google talk Lab edition has also added features of notifications from Gmail Calender ( with snooze option) and OrkutGoogle talk Lab Edition is Available for download for windows users.DOWNLOAD GOOGLE TALK LAB EDITION
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Make Yahoo Messenger a MultiMessenger 2008-04-05 04:45:00 As happens with many of us , we possess multiple yahoo IDs and each one for different reason. But when it comes to logging into yahoo Messenger
we are left with no choice as we can't log into multiple yahoo accounts in Yahoo
messenger simultaneously. So we have to take services of likes of Meebo of have to download external tools that when installed make yahoo function as a multi messenger.But we have an easier remedy that can be used to make Yahoo messenger into a multi messenger without any external tool.This is a plain trick that has been working for long and is still in use and can be used for any version of yahoo unlike external tools that are very version specific.So what you have to do....Goto run by Start-> run or press windows key + R to enter run window.Type regedit in run win
Blogger in Draft 2008-04-04 13:05:00 This is something that has been implemented by Blogger
for testing and is still in beta phase. they call it blogger in draft and has some new features about posting on blogger or blogspot.comThey have put in some real exciting features and would be soon available to all.so to check out the new features you can just go to draft.blogger.com and check them out yourself. So for those who still use Blogger they can hope to get some real exciting features from Blogger/Google.P.S.: I have posted this post by scheduling :P
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Gone in 60 seconds 2008-04-04 12:14:00 Now we are not going to discuss the movie over here.. Its something every one would love to use. So what am I talking about???Lets make it very clear now... How many times have you been pissed Off by accidentally closing an application which you hadn't intended to and then ruing over it while you re-fired it and waited it to load again...This is now the tool you had been waiting for your rescue... Now what you have to do... just run this small app in your windows and if you accidentally click the close button then all you have to do is right click on the Gonein60s icon in the system tray and choose the application you want to recover... whoa its so simple and great :DSo what is the 60 second thing in the name... actually its the default recovery time for an application to be recovered whic
Download MSN Messenger 8.5 Directly 2008-03-12 12:49:00 MSN Messenger
- one of the most popular instant messaging clients. The latest version that is available is v8.5. Now as it is a part of Microsoft's Live products and as a part of Microsoft's strategy MS is giving it as a bundle with other Live products. Which means that there is no direct download link provided by Microsoft.So any one who wants to download it for future use can't help it...So in order to get MSN Messenger there are two ways.Directly Go to Microsoft's site and download it as a bundle or single pack of Live Products. This can be done by visiting here. who want to save it as a file can visit this external Mediafire link, so as to download it, earlier version users would be asked to upgrade their messenger.Download
MSN Messenger Directly-Mediafire linkSo till then Happy IMs.b
Another Google Mismatch 2008-02-27 23:15:00 Now why does Google
has such an affinity with G.W. Bush . Yea you are right its the current President of United States of America. Now what can be said as another Google bomb, just check out the following search results in your favourite Search Engine aka GoogleJust fire up Googlesearch for Who is a failureand just check out the results.or do so by directly clicking here Google Search - Who is a FailureWhoa again its Prez Bush...now thats called partiality... or a case of mistaken Identity.Happy googling...
Google talk Introduces : Google Talk chatback 2008-02-27 13:21:00 How many times you had to rely on external widgets like meebo and all so as to chat with your blog readers, Google
just made the things easy... they have introduce Google Talk Chat back. what is it??? this is just like all other online chat clients but here you can chat to the person who has clicked onto your badge without the other person (guest/reader ) having to sign into his/her Gtalk account.Means all you have to do is put in a chatback widget (like you have onto your right) and anyone who clicks onto it can chat to you as long as you are online onto your Google talk or Gmail.You do not want to be disturbed just set your status to busy and the chat is disable and you are free. This is quite helpful if you want to have an online live support .Useful Links :Chatback Start PageOfficial G
RSS - Feed Readers 2008-02-27 11:42:00 Now that we have known what an RSS is the topic shifts to which RSS reader to choose, we all know that there are a plenty but there are some which are more popular and are better and easy to use and operate.What do they do is that they aggregate all the news and info provided in an RSS or Atom feed and deliver it all at one place.They check for updates at a regular interval of time and retreive the update.You can check my previous post about What RSS means :-real-simple-syndication.htmlReaders are of two types Online portal based and Desktop aggregatersNow first and the foremost the google reader. We all love google.. isn't it.. from searches to mails to chats to social networking, and so there is this Google Reader easy and best.Other Online based aggregaters include iGoogle and myyah
RSS - Real Simple Syndication 2008-02-17 10:28:00 So you must have seen this symbol on almost every website or webpage you visit. What is it? What does it depicts? This symbol stands for RSS ie. Real SimpleSyndication
. What does it have to do with web sites? Now as the technology develops the vast information resource on the web is increasing at a tremendous rate, and at a rate that the people may not be able to spend such a large time on searching for the topcis they need. THis is where RSS comes handy.Due to advancements in technologies like xml syndication and applications like RSS and ATOM, the websites have found a faster and better way to publish their content. And the best of the lot this can be cone to your computer or even to your cellphone, so if you don't want to surf those 10 sites for your tech thingies just subscribe to th
Blogger Adds OPEN ID to Comments 2008-02-15 08:40:00 Did you notice anything different when you posted a comment on a blogger blog last time? If not let me tell you.Blogger
has Accepted many OpenID clients and has given option directly to comment through them.As you can see in the Picture:Blogger Also added a slew of new features mostly Transliteration features in Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, and Telugu.Also fixed were a few bugs.More on this can be obtained from:Updates and bug Fixes 12 Feb 2008
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Campus Placement Papers : Barrons Word List 2008-02-09 14:47:00 So this is my last post on placement series and I'll finish it Off with one of the most wanted list. Barron's GRE wordlist. It is needed by Both GRE chaps and placement enthusiasts, SO I am Sharing it with you hereThese are some word list for Barrons and are possibly complete.:Book 1 : Main Big BookBook 2 : Additional WordsBook 3 : 33 Extra wordsBook 4 : Barrons Flash CardsSo from now on I'll not be posting anything on this series by my own, only on requests.So good luck everybody ...n btw sorry for being off for many days...
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Campus Placement Papers : Miscellaneous Companies 2008-01-17 13:08:00 Last part of the series...here go the various companies who have yet not been posted in the series.So here they are:Motorola Company Profile Papers-------------------------------------------------ACCENTURE Company ProfileIBM Company ProfileHughes Company ProfileKANBAY Company ProfileNEWGEN Company ProfileQUARK Company ProfileSATYAM Company ProfileSIEMENS Company ProfileSTMICRO Company ProfileSUNMICROSYS Company ProfileTATAINFOTECH Company ProfileCollective papers of above companies can be downloaded from hereSome other Miscellaneous pap Read more:Campus
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Campus Placement Papers : Wipro 2008-01-17 13:04:00 Part 5 of the series....So here comes the wipro partbasic Info about the company can be got : herePapers can be downloaded from here
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Campus Placement Papers : Infosys 2008-01-17 12:58:00 Part 4 of the series....Now who does not know about Infy...basic info about the company can be got hereThe papers can be downloaded from here
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Campus Placement Papers : HCL 2008-01-17 12:53:00 Part 3 of series...HCL tech is one of the india's leading IT companies.Basic Info can be found : herePapers can be downloaded from : here
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Campus Placement Papers : CTS 2008-01-17 12:42:00 Part 2 of the series...Its Cognizant Technology Solutions or CTSBasic Info about the company can be found : hereThe Papers can be downloaded from here
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Campus Placement Papers : TCS 2008-01-17 11:34:00 Now Starting Off with a Campus
placement series wherein I would be uploading some weird and Off the track materials but this would surely help those waiting for their campus interviews. I am uploading these stuffs more for the juniors from My college.First Off the series is TCS - Tata Consultancy Services. It being the largest and one of the most commonly vied companyThe basic About the company Profile can be viewed from: hereThe papers can be downloaded from : here
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Australia vs India Second test : The CLIMAX 2008-01-07 08:49:00 This has been one hell of a test match.So much has been said so much has been watched about the test and to no avail. The two main highlights if the match were the awesome umpiring decisions that even a blind person would have got half of them right just by listening. The second one was the Ban on Harbhajan Singh for three test matches.Going by the umpiring standards it started on day one with Ponting and day 5 also ended with Ponting at the helm. Day % saw 2 decisions that were true bloopers regarding Dravid and Ganguly, man o man the umpires were insane, one had a poor eyesight and didn't wore specs and other one was wearing specs taken on rent from somebody in the Caribbean. nice job guys, you ruined a great test match and series. It has nothing for me to say just watch the videos.One t Read more:Australia
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OFFLINE Login into Orkut / Facebook 2008-04-21 11:49:00 Okay... Don't jump in excitement just by reading the headline.. What we are talking about is just a development under progress through which you may just be able to access Orkut
or Facebook
without connecting to internet. And its just not accessing social network sites but also chat and share files.Researchers at Technion-Israel Institute of Technology have developed an application through which you can network with other people who have installed the same application. It consists of two basic components namely "Peersonaliser" and "Wipeer". WiPeer makees connection between two different computers using WiFi without the need of Internet connection and Peersonaliser is an App for Facebook and helps communication using the WiPeer.So lets see how the apps shape up and how would they come up fo Read more:Login
Facebook Chat is Live 2008-04-23 14:05:00 The Facebook
Chat that was announced by facebook some time back has been rolled out to every Facebook user today. After it was announced about Facebook Chat on 6th April 2008, there was a lot of speculation when will the chat feature rolled out to every one out there. Initially launched to only a few users the feature was finally launched to each and everyone today.Some details about the Chat can be obtained from the pics below:As is quite visible what they have done is just a one to one chat feature with just online and offline modes being available.Below is a quote from their very own notification about what they had to say about the Chat's Privacy Features:"Conversations are one-to-one, completely private, and only between Facebook friends. The message history is saved from page to page
HyperIM : Ultimate Instant Messenger Plugin 2008-04-25 13:48:00 If you would have noticed that we had carried out a series of Addons for Google Talk recently, which had added quite a few new features in the Plain Jane Google Talk. You can refer to them from here : Extended Talk , GPlus , GIdleSo now we present before you the ultimate Messenger
Addon / plugin, that you will love for sure, and its called HYPERIM.This is just another plugin that you get for each messenger. It is a multi messenger plugin and supports Yahoo Messenger , Google Talk , MSN Messenger, Skype , Trillian , Xfire and Miranda IM. Now that isn't a small list, what say...This is an awesome plugin and I have used it since this was just a Yahoo Messenger Plugin
g and was named HyperYM but it was developed further and was named HyperIM . Now lets have a glance at the various Plugins that Read more:Ultimate
Google Docs Offline Mode 2008-04-25 11:48:00 The Google
versus Microsoft controversies never die. Be it be the acquisition of Yahoo that is making headlines now or be it the Open Xml format getting ISO nod . We all know Open Xml is a Microsoft brainchild and was openly opposed by Google along with other majors. Now the Google Docs
that were introduced to us as the online Alternatives to Microsoft's Word have gone Offline
straightaway competing with MS Office. By the time you would be reading this most of us who use Google Docs would have seen it but lets see it and its functioning for those who haven't.For those who have seen the Offline mode they would have noticed the following changes in the Interface - a small green arrow on the top mid of the screen as is visible in the picture. But before you went on to get that it will ask you
Google Docs OFFLINE - Do More with it now 2008-04-27 06:02:00 Now we had just discussed that Google
Docs Offline has beeen estended to one and all and now the Google Team has upgraded some of its features much to the joy of many Google Docs
users. They have added a couple of new features in PowerPoint and also have extended it to other forms of Documents.First and the foremost Google has added the OFFLINE option to their spreadsheets and Presentations too along with the Word Documents which were only the supported versions earlier. So now just enjoy doing your work on any platform without the hassles of not being connected to Internet.Also They have added a couple of features in PowerPoint like:The addition of Speaker Notes in the PowerPoint Slide shows to be kept as ready reference while giving presentationAlso you can add Youtube Videos to your
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