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Upgrade Wordpress 2.1.1 to 2.1.2 now! 2007-03-03 06:16:20 Some days back, Wordpress
released Wordpress 2.1.1. Recently they found a malicious code in 2.1.1 which can lead anyone else control your blog. And that is why, today they released a newer and safer version 2.1.2.
If you have upgraded your Wordpress to 2.1.1 , then its a red alert for you to upgrade to 2.1.2. Now plz note, this upgrade is for only who have upgraded to 2.1.1, not for them who are still on 2.1 or older. This is also not for Wordpress.com users so relax.
You can download the newer version i.e. 2.1.2 from Wordpress.org .
I’m using WP 2.1 so no worries for me!
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Make a web 2.0 logo in Photoshop 2007-02-28 07:17:15 As the web 2.0 creator is down or don’t know if it has been closed, many of us don’t know how to make a web 2.0 logo. I also dont know howto make one but recently I found a video on Youtube which shows a very easy and simple steps to make a web 2.0 logo in Adobe Photoshop
and I’ve tested that it also works in paint.NET if followed the steps properly!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOkaC4eHsE
Now if you find it hard (but its not) or not able to create it then you can download the PSD file which I made and can replace my text ‘rishiraj’ with yours. And if you can’t create it then also then ask me, I’ll make one for you free.
Can’t see the video? See it here…
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Make attractive avatars for you 2007-02-24 14:12:50 You must have thought to have a custom avatar or potrait for you which you can use on social networking sites like orkut and Mybloglog then I’ve got a awesome solution for you.
Potrait Illustration Maker from AbiRing is a cool tool to make a avatar and custom personalized potraits.
They have a database of diferent outfits and you can use it with numbers or a UP-DOWN button there.
If you find it hard to operate, then you can also generate random potraits for you by clicking the RANDOM button there.
Now I made this [above] potrait and not interested to use it so you can have it!
Now if you have made any potrait with it, feel free to share it with me
Sponsored By: The IndiCast Indians about India - A talk between Aditya & Abhishek about India.
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IndiBloggies 2006 result out! 2007-02-23 10:49:36 Indibloggies a parody clique on the Bloggies, has announced its results for IndiBloggies 2006 awards.
The best IndiBlog for the year 2006 was Random Thoughts of a Demented Mind.
The best TechnologyIndiBlogfor the year 2006 was … any guess? … Digital Inspiration [ Nanoscience and WATBlog also win prizes ].
So Amit Agarwal from Digital Inspiration will get a Windows Vista Ultimate pack, BlogJet, and many more. whereas Random Thoughts of a Demented Mind will get a specially designed award and many more things.
You can check the full list of all the winners at http://www.indibloggies.org/results-2006/
So now congratz to all winners and best of luck for next year to all nominees and nominates.
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Hidden emoticons in Yahoo! Messenger 2007-02-21 06:50:01 Yesterday while chatting with a friend I mistyped a word and it appeared in a emoticon of cow. I was amazed. Then I searched a bit more about it and found that there are some hidden emoticons in Yahoo
! Messenger
which doesnot appears in the emoticon menu instead by typing the symbols directly into an instant message.
These emoticons are rocking and cool like of on a alien and many more. Check the image below for the symbols of each hidden emoticon.
Check more about it at http://messenger.yahoo.com/hiddenemoticons.php
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TopDesk - flip your windows in XP like Vista! 2007-02-16 12:10:52 Now after many softwares have a feature of Windows Vista
like l-Clock, Vista Start Menu and many more … Mani have found out a new thing which will make your Windows XP have a special and attractive feature of Windows Vista i.e. window 3D flip option.
Its a awesome and cool thing and works too good. I tried it myself and can say that it really works! Some of its cool features are :
Displays thumbnails of all applications, including minimized applications, in 2D and 3D views.
Shows thumbnails of all windows belonging to the current application.
Hides all windows for quick access the desktop.
While tiled, can display the title of the currently selected window or the titles of all tiled windows.
Windows can be closed and minimized/restored while tiled.
Completely configurable: Hot keys, mouse hot-spots, floating buttons, window titles, and performance settings can all be changed.
Supports multiple monitors.
Aaha! now if you are thinking to get one, let me remind you that
No need for invites now, just go and signup for Gmail now! 2007-02-15 10:40:38 As per an Associated Press (AP) report, starting today, Google’s free email service, Gmail
, will shed whatever remains of its invitation only restrictions, to become truly open to people world-wide.
This marks a first since the launch of Gmail on April 1, 2004.
As such, in the US, Canada, Mexico, and large parts of Asia and South America, invitations will no longer be needed in order to sign-up for Gmail.
Keith Coleman, Product Manager, Gmail, described the development as “a pretty momentous time for Gmail”.
Co-founder, Sergey Brin, said Gmail has become a ‘real cornerstone’ for Google, and that therefore, making it more widely available is important for the company.
Google’s move implies that the company now believes they have adequate computing capacity to accomodate a generous amount of free storage via email.
As it is, each Gmail account gets at least 2.8 gigabytes of storage -enough to fill nearly 1.4 million pages.
However, Gmail will continue
Bollywood Debuts on cellphone screen! 2007-02-14 15:58:35 Marking the beginning of Bollywood adaptations for the mobile screen
, the 3GSM World Congress saw the premiere of two Bollywood films; “Zahir” and “Matrimony” for mobile viewers.
The Bollywood Mobile Initiative is driven jointly by Roamware, Hungama Mobile, the GSM Association (GSMA), and leading Bollywood Director, Sanjay Gupta.
The development is seen as significant for the global mobile entertainment market, which is already worth some $23 billion.
The two Bollywood short films premiered at the World Congress are a part of the feature film, ‘Dus Kahaniyaan’, which meshes together ten stories - all produced by Sanjay Gupta, and starring over 20 leading Bollywood actors, including Diya Mirza, Suneil Shetty, Sanjay Dutt, Neha Dhupia, Mandira Bedi, Aftab Shivdasani, amongst others.
Roamware’s Media Call technology powers the initiative, enabling integration of cinematic content with the everyday mobile experience.
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Indian Technology Bloggers Feedburner Network 2007-02-11 15:10:18 Today when I got upto check my mails, I got a invite from QuickOnlineTips blog to join a new feedburner network that they started – Indian Technology
Bloggers.
I’ve joined it and found many famous fellow technology bloggers like Freakitude, TechBuzz and many more…
Now its a good source to connect with fellow bloggers and learn many things new for me!
So now you can subscribe to the blogs of India’s top tech bloggers directly at http://networks.feedburner.com/India-Technology-Blogs/feed !
[ India Technology Blogs ]
Thanks!
Sponsored By: The IndiCast Indians about India - A talk between Aditya & Abhishek about India.
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Gmail open for some countries 2007-02-08 11:22:45 After opening Orkut for all, Google has also opened its gate for Gmail
in European countries and the Middle East and Africa, Brazil, Australia, Russia and Japan.
Now users from these places can easily sign-up for a Gmail account without any invitation. They just need to goto http://mail.google.com/mail/signup and signup there. Now people from oter countries can’t signup directly but again can signup using proxies or a cellphone.
Now let see teel you, they have not released it out of Beta but took it in Public beta for these countries.
I’m hoping that they open Gmail world wide now !
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WikiCamp 2007 2007-02-06 17:11:01 The people behind BlogCamp.in , BarCamp and Proto.in are getting together to bring India’s very first un-confrence on Wiki – WikiCamp.
Now after very successful unconfrences like BlogCamp and Proto, The Knowledge Foundation is coming up with another unconfrence for Wiki-fans! Now if you would like to catch Wiki boss Jimmy Wales and fellow wikipedians then come at attend WikiCamp 2007 which is going to be organized on 25th Feb. 2007 in Tidal Park, Chennai INDIA.
Now if you have any question or query or ANYTHING … just visit the WikiCamp homepage at www.WikiCamp.in ! Thanks!
Now on me … it will be very hard for me to attend WikiCamp as my exams are on the door and if I have to come to WikiCamp I have to open the door and you can guess what will happen then … !
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Aura N48 Communicator from Asus 2007-02-06 11:35:17 Well, it seems the introduction of the Apple iPhone has given a serious shocker throughout the cellphone industry and we’ve been seeing other major companies try to compete since then.
From the latest releases only LG seems to have had something that could at least be a little bit similar to the iPhone with their LG Prada KE850 phone.
Well, it seems we’re here to see another concept phone, the Asus
Aura N48 Communicator
, produced by the Hungarian design company, Egy Studio. Looking at it can tell you that it was clearly inspired by the iPhone, although the Asus Aura has some interesting innovations that address some of the shortcomings that the iPhone seems to have.
One of the unique features of the Asus Aura is a movable navigation module with navigation buttons. Also, a sliding QWERTY keyboard should make text entry much easier.
Other features of the Asus Aura include - a 3.9 inch touchscreen covering the whole surface of the phone, a 2 megapixel camera, microSD memory
Huge List of Freewares to solve your problem! 2007-02-05 11:36:36 People use computers to make their life simple and thus they make use of various softwares. However, the problem is that many softwares have a huge price tag attached to them and thus it becomes difficult for each and everyone to buy the softwares.
Now, because of that there are many generous people who give away softwares for free but the difficulty is that everyone finds it difficult to find the freewares on the web and so to solve this problem econsultant has created a huge list of 450 + softwares (free ofcourse) and so you can make use of the list and get the free softwares for your computer as well.
This is also the 101 post of this blog!
Credit : Cypherhackz
Note : This post has been posted by ReviewSaurus - The Techie Dino! as a guest blogger over here.
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Cooler Master Heatsink - Gemin II 2007-02-05 11:36:33 Cooler Master
aren’t thinking of the problems people are facing with Vista PCs. Instead they are just going outright crazy with their cooling solutions. They have recently announced their latest cooling solution for processors; the Gemin II.
This heatsink has two 120mm fans, dozens of aluminum fins, and six copper heat pipes. The heatsink is large enough to grace half of the entire motherboard and probably even break it into two. The heatsink is enormous as the picture indicates and will require an even enormous cabinet to house it. The Gemin II will surely keep those AMD X2s and Intel Core 2 Duo/Extreme chilled down as well. No word on the pricing and availability as yet but do expect the price to set the temperature soaring in your wallet. Say something around the 5-6K mark.
N.B. - I would like to welcome ReviewSaurus who will be a guest blogger at this blog. And one more thing … this my and this blog’s century [100] post!
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Buffalo Laptop USB Mouse 2007-02-04 23:50:44 Buffalo have released a mouse for laptops. This mouse manages to offer a retractable cable in its body. This mouse keeps away the trouble of dealing with a laptop handbag with cluttered wires. With the coiling up of the cable within the body, there is nothing but the USB port that’s left out. According to the company the mouse has a “high accuracy tracking”.
The resolution hasn’t been disclosed. The mouse is available in colors; silver, white and black. The mouse will be a killer for the wireless laptop mouse market. But nevertheless Buffalo plans to release a wireless one as well. Both the mouse will look the same just for the change in communication; wire to wireless. The company promises a 157 hours of usage from two AA batteries. The USB version will cost you $33 (Rs. 1,485) while the wireless option to be released later will cost $44 (Rs. 1,980).
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Apple trying to mock Microsoft? 2007-02-04 14:41:59 Now after the release of the “Wow” Windows Vista … Apple
seems crossing its limits. Now I don’t have any words to share.
The snaps above says all … I found it in a thread of TBF.
Now what can I call this? Is Apple feeling insecure from Microsoft
? What do you think?!?
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Disney USB flash drives 2007-02-03 13:02:14 Buffalo, a company that has been creating waves in almost every field of technology nowadays, has just unveiled a lineup of USB drives that sport licensed Disney
characters such as Mickey Mouse, Winnie the Pooh, and Stitch. Not only does this drive have just 512MB of capacity, but due to its shape its not something you can tuck in your pocket.
Hence it’s fairly clear that these are aimed squarely at Disney fanboys (and girls) who just can’t let the opportunity to own a “limited edition” Disney item pass them by. Releasing late next month, only 5,000 of each character will be available for sale, and while we’re not sure of the exact prices, we’re certain they will be a bit overpriced due to its short supply.
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PQI’s U510 1 GB 2007-02-02 14:54:45 We’re here with news of PQI’s latest release, the U510. Although the U510 USB Flash Card is not the 16GB one as the other release, PQI’s giving this device a fancy makeover for the Chinese New Year, as the “Limited Fortune Pig Edition Card Drive” (I’m not kidding), which dons red and gold colors in preparation for the celebration.
Surprisingly, this isn’t the first time a USB flash device has been decorated for the forthcoming occasion, but we have a good feeling despite the looks of it, it won’t be that expensive. The cards come with a flat, retractable USB 2.0 cable, carrying bag, and personal file management software, and though we aren’t sure just how much it actually costs, only 1,000 1GB drives are being produced while just 500 2GB units will see the light of day, so we’d suggest that if you really want it, ask a relative/friend who’s going to China to buy it for you.
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Orkut integrates Youtube and Google Video gallery! 2007-02-02 05:33:32
Today when I got up in morning and went to check my mails and scraps, I found an amazing thing in orkut. It was a VIDEO additon. Google
integrates Yotutube and Google Video
s gallaery like this in orkut.
Now this can be a major chnage made by Google in orkut. Taking this new feature as a plus point, there is also a minus point - Orkut
still lacks a community like page where everyone can share videos and see the popular one like MySpace Videos and Bebo TV have!
Now adding video to your Favourate Video gallery page is very simple. Just goto http://www.orkut.com/FavoriteVideos.aspx and there enter the URL of your favourate Youtube or Google Video URL like http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5geHGfbwkg and the click the ADD button. Thats it … a mini player will appear in the Fav. Video gallery page!
Thats it! Enjoy!:D and dont forget to check my page in orkut here !
Thanks TechBuzz!
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SimpleTech 64GB SSD! 2007-02-01 15:19:43 A member of SimpleTech
’s Zeus Solid State Drive lineup, the 2.5 inch 64GB SSD measures a mere 9.5mm thick (0.37-inches), which if compared to some competing solutions, is half their thickness, making it a solid option for people with those ever-slimmer laptops.
SimpleTech is currently targeting the device at high performance applications such as Military, Intelligence, and Aviation and has apparently protected the drive against shock, humidity, vibration, and altitude (guess they’ve thought of everything, huh?) No word on its price, but I’m guessing this one won’t be as cheap as I think.
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Okoro OMS-GX300 HTPC! 2007-01-31 12:37:11 It seems Okoro Media Systems has proven, time and again that they are among the best HTPC producing companies in the world, this time with their quad-core 2.66GHz Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6700 processor and an HDCP-compliant NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX graphics card (which is just the start) in their newly upgraded OMS-GX300 HTPC.
Besides the sleek, black chassis with built-in seven-inch touchscreen display, this beast is packed with 4GB of Crucial Ballistix DDR2 RAM, twin dual-layer DVD burners (its ok if you faint now), DTS Connect / Dolby Digital Live, 1TB of SATA hard drive space (now would also be a good time to faint), 9-in-1 flash card reader, dual TV tuners, and a range of OS choices including Vista Ultimate. The other features include a variety of ports, which include FireWire, optical / digital audio, four USB 2.0 connectors, Ethernet, two DVI outputs, VGA / component / S-Video / composite outs, microphone in, and the obligatory OTA cable inputs.
Well, OMS seems to have thought o
DataTraveler ReadyFlash! 2007-01-31 06:20:56 Kingston seems well prepared with the launch of their DataTraveler
ReadyFlash, which appears to be a regular 1 or 2GB USB 2.0 drive with a 5/3MBps read/write but it supports Windows Vista’s new feature - Windows ReadyBoost - which allows you to use a USB drive as another layer of performance-boosting cache for Windows.
No word on price or release yet, but I would make sure u have Microsoft Vista, a USB 2.0 port and a USB Flash drive enhanced for Windows ReadyBoost with at least 512 MB of available space before going for this one.
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Nominate my weblog for IndiBloggies 2006! 2007-01-30 07:16:13 The Indibloggies 2006 nominations are now on and I have given my blog for the nominations.
The nomination process is very very simple … you need to do is add the blogs to del.icio.us with a set of tags.
Nominate
my weblog
Tags for my weblog - iib06 ib06SciTech ib06 ib06BestIndiblog
Thanks Ajay for the info!
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Happy Birthday Orkut! 2007-01-30 04:24:52 Today when I got up in morning to check my mails and scraps in orkut, on the orkut login page I found something interesting. And it was a new logo of birthday with a candle saying 3 on a cake.
Then I felt that it must be 3th birthday of Orkut
… Orkut in so small time has expanded itself so wide. It is the best social networking site which I will grade. So I wish orkut a very happy birthday .
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MotoRAZR MAXX V6 Ferrari! 2007-01-29 11:29:45 Now it’s finally the turn of Ferrari
to have a branded phone after the Aston Martin and the McLaren handsets. Ferrari’s partnership with Motorola has lead to a MotoRAZR
MAXX V6 with the Ferrari branding all over it. It’s called the V6 Ferrari but doesn’t mean that it has 6 Valve engine running it.
The phone has a black finish instead of the traditional Rosso Corsa (Ferrari Red) paint. The other specs of the phone are a 2 MP camera, microSD expansion slot, Bluetooth 2.0, and USB 2.0 connectivity. It even supports standard GPRS, EDGE and HSDPA. The phone has the Ferrari branding all over with the logo on the outside and a full fledged Ferrari theme sporting the Ferrari F430. Every time you startup the phone there is a F430 engine roar. The suspected price of the phone is around $633 (Rs. 28,500) and no date of the release has been specified.
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Money making facts 2007-03-06 09:54:06 Now a days, money is the main factor and craze of making
money from computer is everywhere. People blog to make money, some freelance and some just use simple affliliate programmes.
But world’s richest man and the chairman of Microsoft Mr. Bill Gates is far away from them. He is world’s richest man because of computers and here I’m going to share some facts
about him.
Bill Gates earns US$250 each SECOND, which is about US$20 Million in a DAY and US$7.8 Billion in a YEAR.
If he drops a thousand dollar, he won’t even bother to pick it up because the 4 seconds he picks it, he would’ve already earned it back.
The US national debt is about 5.62 trillion, if Bill Gates were to pay the debt from his pocket; he will finish the debt in less then 10 years.
Bill Gates can donate US $15 to everyone on earth but still be left with US$5 Million for his pocket money.
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I’m also in the Tech Link chain 2007-03-07 11:05:29 Tech Link chain
is new blog-game going around in the blogosphere. It is just a list sharing on technology blogs you read or write. I was introduced to it by Phalgun and now I’m continuing it. Now here I’ll mention some technology sites or blogs which are not on list and then the train will go on with the people I linked.
Write a short paragraph at the beginning of your post and link back to the blog that put you on the list in the paragraph. This isn’t a suggestion. You need to break up the duplicate content string. Someone took the time to add you so the least you can do is give them an extra linkback.
Copy the list of originals below COMPLETELY and add it to your blog. If you would like a different keyword for your blog then change it when you do your post and it should pass to most blogs with that keyword.
Take the adds from the blog that added you and place them in the “Originals” list.
Add no more than 5 new TECH, SCIENCE, or CONSUMER ELECTRONICS blogs t
Watch Star Wars on DOS 2007-03-11 07:52:39 I’m a big Star Wars crazy freak. And the excitement of Episode IV i.e. A New Hope made some crazy programmers to make this episode of Star Wars on DOS using Telnet. Now if you don’t know what is a Telnet then let me tell you, Telnet is a NETWORK protocol used on internet on LAN. Now here you will be connecting to one of the Telnet and will watch Star Wars on it. So now just follow these steps and enjoy!
Click on your START MENU
Select the RUN option
type telnet towel.blinkenlights.nl there and hit enter.
And now you will be connected to the Telnet at towel.blinkenlights.nl … it will take few seconds and then Bingo! The movie starts and now you can enjoy it!
Let me tell you the movie doesnt comes in real graphics, just some titbit of digital charecters and it will also be without any audio, just CallOut ballons.
Now its not to see the movie but just to enjoy the cool programming!
So what do you think about it? Is it good or just a time waste?
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Udantak: Indian blogging networking made easy 2007-03-22 05:32:26 Networking, it is one of the best thing to make your blog popular. I get 35% of my traffic from different blog networks. As networking
is one of the main factor behind hits and uniques of a blog, we have many blog networks on internet like 9rules, Buzzbums and many more. There are many blog networks which are on country level Malaysian Bloggers. Now here is another blog network which is focused on Indian Blogosphere. It is Udantak.
Udantak is a sanskrit word which means intelligence and satiety. Now here it is same. Udantak is aimed to highlight the best from Indian Blogosphere.
What are the benefits of participating in Udantak?
Udantak aims to provide many much benefits to its members. In which I guess link exchange is the main. Other are post highlighting, information sharing, monatization ( coming soon ) and the simplest of all, the main meaning of network - Collaboration.
Is Udantak first on its kind?
I guess NO! There are some blog networks in India like InstaBlogs, Enewss.com.
Srikkanth on Orkut 2007-03-21 17:54:21 Yes! You heard right! Legendary cricket Krishnamachari Srikkanth has joined orkut. My all time online pal Sankar told me about it and I was shocked that Orkut
has now reached to celebrities also.
Krishnamachari “Kris” Srikkanth is a former Indian cricket player and team captain. He is known for his style of playing and awesome commenting [ on cricket, not on blogs ].
Now if you think its a fake profile then think again. This profile have the ‘Orkut Star of Authenticity’ - see the star badge near the name in the screenshot above. You can also interact with him in his Orkut forum everyday between 1 - 2 pm IST.
After starting blogging about cricket, Srikkanth seems have developed a major interest in internet and Google ! Yes! I think that Srikkanth is forwarding Google services in India, what do you think?
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