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Thursday, February 19, 2009
Posted by
jay
Whenever we want to play FLV files then we have to use standalone Flash/FLV player application or
simply FLV player since FLV files can't be played on windows media player.So if you are a windows media player die hard fan or user and still want to use media player as application to play FLV files then there is a Freeware plugin called
PlayFLV that enables Windows Media Player to play FLV files.
* Plugin that enables Windows Media Player to playback FLV files
* Features all default functions, such as zooming, skipping and full screen view
* Creates file association: Double-click FLV files to play them in Windows Media Player
* Very lightweight plugin
* Free and open source
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Thursday, February 19, 2009
Posted by
jay
When we read or search books at
Google Books then we found that it provides an easy way to search books and magazines that have been scanned by Google but there is a problem with that, the books and magazines can be viewed online but there is no direct way to download the whole book at the same time though it is possible to save the single page that is being displayed to the local computer but that would mean that it is available in html format with an extra folder for additional elements which is not really handy.
That can be very frustrating for user to save page by page foe downloading a whole book but now there is a better alternative for this.There is a software program
Google Books Downloader that can be used to download parts or entire books in pdf format. The process requires some manual work on part of the user. Books and magazines are identified by an unique ID which is displayed in the address bar. That unique ID has to be copied and pasted into the software. Everything else is done automatically by the software. The program will scan all pages of the selected book or magazine and display all pages in its interface.
Each page can be selected for download separately which is useful if only selected parts of the book or magazine should be downloaded. The other option available is to download the full book or magazine right away to the local computer.
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Monday, February 16, 2009
Posted by
jay
USB has been very significant invention in computer industry.It has changed a lot about devices connect to each other or to computer.This time we are talking about USB 3.0, which is expected to be in our hands only by early 2010. USB 2.0 has a theoretical maximum speed of 480Mbps and can provide power. USB 3.0 cable is thicker than the USB 2.0 cable as it contains six wires rather than two. In this post you will find basic details about what you have to know about USO 3.0.
By the time we get the device in our hands we would have waited almost 10 years. According to the USB implementers forum there were 2 billion USB 2.0 devices shipped in 2006 (one for every three people in the world), and the install base was 6 billion (almost one for every person in the world).
USB 3.0 specs suggest a maximum speeed of 5Gbps, 10 times faster than USB 2.0. The new version of USB is also capable to work in full duplex mode, full duplex is - it can upload and download simultaneously. [USB 2.0 is only half duplex]
USB 3.0 features an intelegent power management system. It could detect a device is not in working state and can reduce the amount of power it will send to the device. This directly increases the battery life. A welcome move for Laptop users.
USB 3.0’s new architecture will still use more CPU time ? I really dont have an answer to it.
Now come the problem, we have to wait long for Hardware manufacturers to build this into the system for us to use it. Thats not an easy move. [USB 2.0 and USB 3.0 are not compatible devices, you need new hardware]
On a pesonal note I have never seen USB 2.0 deliver the speed it has promised. So I really dont know how much to rely on the claims made about USB 3.0
Having said all this here is the comparison about the speeds of different USB’s
Transfer of a 25GB HD movie:
* USB 1.0 - 9.3 hours
* USB 2.0 - 13.9 minutes
* USB 3.0 - 70 seconds
USB 3.0 is expected to hit the market only by 2010. So when will our device makers start using the same in their hardwares ? My best guess would be by 2012 and not all makes will direcly adopt to USB 3.0 so fast.
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Monday, February 16, 2009
Posted by
jay
Lots of broadband users regularly checks their broadband speed on internet sites. Among these broadband speed checking sites speedtest.net is mostly used,and based on its data the top countries with internet access based on the highest download speed are two asian countries i.e. South Korea and Japan. Before, Japan held the first position but it seems now Korea take over the place. These two countries do have only small difference. Even compared to the United States (U.S.) that have the most use on internet, Korea’s speed broadband is three times higher.
Here are top ten countries with the highest speed internet in the world:
1. South Korea 17187 kb/s
2. Japan 16,365 kb/s
3. Lithuania 11,295 kb/s
4. Sweden 11,280 kb/s
5. Romania 10,236 kb/s
6. Latvian 9,782 kb/s
7. Bulgaria 9,074 kb/s
8. Netherlands 8,734 kb/s
9. Germany 7,447 kb/s
10.Russian Federation 7,260 kb/s
United states themselves have only download speed of 6,198 kb/s and if you wanna know my internet speed then see the image its mine.
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Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Posted by
jay
In last many years after windows xp Microsoft has not seen much success in operating system segment but this time it looks that windows 7 is going to do the trick for them. In December last year they put beta of windows 7 for public download with a limit of 2.5 million users for the public beta, but later offered unlimited downloads due to popular demand, only to then see its servers wilt under the pressure.
And now the software giant put out a reminder late on Monday that those who wanted to play around with the beta, AKA build 7000, of its upcoming operating system had nearly run out of time to, at least officially, grab the download via Microsoft’s website. However, those who began downloading the beta but haven’t yet completed the process were granted a little extension – they have until 9am PST on 12 February to finish the download.
Though internet users can still download windows 7 beta from torrents like piratebay .
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Tuesday, February 03, 2009
Posted by
jay
In my
last post i talked about the activation keys, activation patch and download links of windows 7.This time we have windows 7 version of the best anti virus software program available for windows 7 beta.Kaspersky has released a first technical preview version of the upcoming Kaspersky Anti-virus solution[
Download ] for Windows 7 .This is going to benefit all the windows 7 beta users which will be able to use Kaspersky anti virus on their windows 7 beta versions.
This technical preview includes a highly effective heuristic analyzer. The heuristic analyzer detects and blocks as yet unknown malicious programs. If a program signature is not included in the antivirus databases, i.e., the malicious program is unknown, the heuristic analyzer will safely launch the program in an isolated virtual environment, analyze the program’s actions and conclude with a high degree of probability whether it is potentially harmful before it is launched in a live environment.
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Tuesday, February 03, 2009
Posted by
jay
Today i found some windows 7 beta activation keys and i decided to share those keys with you.First of all i would like to inform you that even a activated windows 7 beta would remain in action only till aug 1st,2009 after that windows 7 beta will expire.But till that date these windows 7 beta activation keys will be useful for you.
J7PYM-6X6FJ-QRKYT-TW4KF-BY7H9
D67PP-QBKVV-6FWDJ-4K2XB-D4684
HQDKC-F3P6D-C9YYM-HRB89-QDBB7
76DX2-7YMCQ-K2WCP-672K2-BK44W
2RG93-6XVFJ-RKHQ7-D2RTT-3FMQT
TT63R-8JGWP-WWT97-R6WQC-4CVWY
YQJX6-D6TRM-VWBM7-PHDJK-YPXJH
Q7J7F-GQHBT-Q42RQ-2F8XV-2WKKM
KH4X7-JY8G7-RCD7G-BYDJW-YTPXH
WYBJ8-8QVP3-24R82-VV2VP-72Q9W
9DP2R-W78GJ-GJBKW-CKR46-H3WYT
CXB7F-WWCM4-BP9V3-2YH43-RK8Y6
W9BYV-K2TB8-4YDJT-QBQWP-KFDHB
WGDJW-B8DYC-WVKX4-6MKF4-B8PK8
2PHXF-9PBDW-D3WWY-CPDKD-XG87V
JYDV8-H8VXG-74RPT-6BJPB-X42V4
482XP-6J9WR-4JXT3-VBPP6-FQF4M
7XRCQ-RPY28-YY9P8-R6HD8-84GH3
D9RHV-JG8XC-C77H2-3YF6D-RYRJ9
RFFTV-J6K7W-MHBQJ-XYMMJ-Q8DCH
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Sunday, February 01, 2009
Posted by
jay
If you did a Google search between 6:30 a.m. PST and 7:25 a.m. PST this morning, you likely saw that the message “This site may harm your computer” accompanied each and every search result as seen in the above image even if the result include Google's site itself.This is was unbelievable Google was marking or flagging the whole internet as malware.And when you click on the message it was taking people to a support page from Google,it pointed to StopBadware.org.
This error lasts approximately 40 minutes so most of users might not have seen this and remain unaffected by this but such kind of error on worlds biggest search engine can't be neglected.when Google tried to find out what was the reason the they found that a single slash ( / ) was the main culprit.This single slash forced Google to flag each and every site displayed in its result as Malware. Here is Google's official statement about this.
If you did a Google search between 6:30 a.m. PST and 7:25 a.m. PST this morning, you likely saw that the message “This site may harm your computer” accompanied each and every search result. This was clearly an error, and we are very sorry for the inconvenience caused to our users.
What happened? Very simply, human error. Google flags search results with the message “This site may harm your computer” if the site is known to install malicious software in the background or otherwise surreptitiously. We do this to protect our users against visiting sites that could harm their computers. We work with a non-profit called StopBadware.org to get our list of URLs. StopBadware carefully researches each consumer complaint to decide fairly whether that URL belongs on the list. Since each case needs to be individually researched, this list is maintained by humans, not algorithms.
We periodically receive updates to that list and received one such update to release on the site this morning. Unfortunately (and here’s the human error), the URL of ‘/’ was mistakenly checked in as a value to the file and ‘/’ expands to all URLs. Fortunately, our on-call site reliability team found the problem quickly and reverted the file. Since we push these updates in a staggered and rolling fashion, the errors began appearing between 6:27 a.m. and 6:40 a.m. and began disappearing between 7:10 and 7:25 a.m., so the duration of the problem for any particular user was approximately 40 minutes.
Thanks to our team for their quick work in finding this. And again, our apologies to any of you who were inconvenienced this morning, and to site owners whose pages were incorrectly labelled. We will carefully investigate this incident and put more robust file checks in place to prevent it from happening again.
Thanks for your understanding.
Posted by Marissa Mayer, VP, Search Products & User Experience
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Friday, January 30, 2009
Posted by
jay
Over the past few years we have seen many Google services that has been either closed or they are not further supported by Google like Google answer and lot more.Some of them were Google lab products and was in there beta while they were shut down.This time it is Google Web Accelerator.
Last year, Google removed the download link from Google Web Accelerator's homepage which indicated that the product is no longer supported. Web Accelerator was a Labs experiment launched in 2005 that intended to speed up web browsing by prefetching content and downloading cached web pages from Google's servers.Though it was criticized by many users who don't have unlimited bandwidth connections since it fetches the webpage in advance although user might not be interested in that webpage hence increases their bandwidth uses.
Google Web Accelerator uses various strategies to make your web pages load faster, including:
* Sending your page requests through Google machines dedicated to handling Google Web Accelerator traffic.
* Storing copies of frequently looked at pages to make them quickly accessible.
* Downloading only the updates if a web page has changed slightly since you last viewed it.
* Prefetching certain pages onto your computer in advance.
* Managing your Internet connection to reduce delays.
* Compressing data before sending it to your computer.
Web Accelerator became famous for a security problem: the software transferred unencrypted cookies to Google servers, which were cached and then sent to other Web Accelerator users. Even though the issue was fixed in the next releases, Google Web Accelerator was quickly forgotten and few people noticed that it didn't work well in Firefox 3 and it blocked YouTube videos.
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Monday, January 05, 2009
Posted by
jay
Officially Windows 7 will be launched with the next media player version 12.Till then no windows version or update will not contain windows media player version 12.But if you are a windows media player fan then you can download version 12 and run it on Windows Vista only.Its not available as a separate download but it had been extracted from Windows 7 builds and works on Vista.This does not work in XP but you are a geek u can modify it to run on xp.
You can
download from here. Before installing this don't forget to
create a restore point. So that if anything goes wrong
you can access the previous settings like current version of Windows Media Player.
* Backup wmploc.dll from C:\Windows\System32
* Backup Windows Media Player folder from C:\Program Files
* copy wmploc.dll from downloaded files in C:\Windows\System32
* copy Windows Media Player folder from downloaded files to C:\Program Files
This has been taken from the Windows 7 build i.e. Windows Media Player 12.0.7000.7000 original files from Windows 7 Build 7000.
( via Devian Art)
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Monday, January 05, 2009
Posted by
jay
Few days back i got a MP3 ring tone from my friend that was very nice but the problem was that it was not loud enough means that even when my phone volume was set to maximum level,this ring tone was not so loud that i can detect or feel its sound in crowdy place.Because of this some of my incoming calls remain unnoticed.So i think of increasing it loudness,for this i downloaded some tools from Internet like sony soundforge but since i don't know anything about sound editing and tools were highly complicated and having many many options so i failed many times and finally give up.
At that time i changed the ring tone and used a loud ring tone.But what would you do if you have any custom mp3 files or a file which has no replacement ? How would i increase the volume and make the mp3 file sound louder without much knowledge of sound editing?
"Where there is a will there is a way".I found
Vloud which is an online service which does this job for you. All you need is to select how loud you want the final mp3 file you will get. It accepts only MP3 songs and gives you 4 options : light , loud, louder, loudest.
This site claims that it "make any song very, very, very loud.upload an mp3 and get your song.".Well it worked fine for me and i got that beautiful ring tone with much loudness that was sufficient for me.
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Sunday, January 04, 2009
Posted by
jay
"Every so often, people ask me why they should upgrade to Internet Explorer 7, the newest version of the venerable Microsoft web browser. They're happy with Internet Explorer 6—it does what they want it to do and they're comfortable using it. Some are nervous about upgrading because they feel they don't have time to learn a new way of doing things. Others believe that because they only use their computers to check their e‑mail and visit "safe" sites, they don't need to upgrade. (...) For me, the most compelling reason to upgrade is the improved security. The Internet of today is not the Internet of five years ago. There are dangers that simply didn't exist back in 2001, when Internet Explorer 6 was released to the world." (Sandi Hardmeier, Microsoft MVP)
1. Switch to a more secure browser.
2. Get a faster browser.
3. Web pages will look better.
4. Use a browser that it's not closely integrated with your operating system.
5. Try a browser that has native support for Ajax.
6. Open less windows by using tabs.
7. Get a search box without installing toolbars.
8. Get anti-phishing protection.
9. Web developers will thank you.
10. If IE6 is no longer a popular browser, developers will spend more time releasing new features.
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Sunday, January 04, 2009
Posted by
jay
Now a days USB pen drives are becoming very popular but the disadvantage with them is their frequency of getting lost.I myself had lost my 2 Kingston pen drives.But now you can prevent yours from getting lost by using a free utility called USB Lost and Found which can be used on Windows 2000/XP/Server/Vista.
USB Lost and Found is a free tool to setup your USB drive to keep unauthorized users from keeping your USB drive if it were to be lost. USB Lost and Found has a method of Message which when the user tries to use your USB drive it comes up with a message box that tells them to return it, along with your contact information, and denies access to the USB drive. This could be useful if the USB was missed from you and someone gets it, he/she can contact you to get it back to you.
Its free version has limited protection because it provides protection by only one method while pro has more than one.The PRO version which comes for $3.49 has another method called lock down.Lock Down immediately locks the user’s computer when the USB drive is accessed, covering the whole screen and denying access. When the computer is in lockdown mode, hotkeys such as Alt+F4 and Ctrl+Shift+Esc don’t work. Only Ctrl+Alt+Del would work and you can shutdown/restart/logoff your computer.
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Saturday, January 03, 2009
Posted by
jay
Thousand of people might have wished Oscar-nominated Hollywood actor John Travolta a happy new year but i am sure that he couldn't have a worse opening of the year.His teenage son died after a seizure while the family was vacationing in Bahamas, the US media reported on Saturday.The 16-year-old Jett was the only son of John Travolta and Kelly Preston, also an actress. The couple also have an eight-year-old daughter, Ella.
The boy hit his head after a seizure on Friday morning, but the exact cause of death is not known, according to Travolta's attorney Michael Ossi."At this point, we know that John Travolta and Kelly Preston's only son, Jett, had a seizure at around 10 am," Ossi said. "All attempts to revive him were unsuccessful."
An autopsy will be conducted on Monday and the body will be transferred to Ocala in Florida for burial, he said.Jett's death "was completely out of the blue," Ossi said, adding "....this is the worst day of John's life."
source :PTI
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Saturday, January 03, 2009
Posted by
jay
Most of internet users visits Wikipedia very often and it has evolved as a great source of knowledge sharing for internet user.Wikipedia receives almost 7 billion page views per month on an average.This much of request demands good infrastructure and maintenance.This is done by Wikimedia foundation,the non-profit organization behind the Wikipedia.
They always require funds for this but the Wikimedia Foundation has always declined to run advertising on its pages.Given that it is one of the most popular destinations on the Internet, it could surely make more than their requirements, but the organization, and Jimmy Wales in particular, have always
vehemently rejected this idea in favor of direct donations from users. That's why you see an appeal on wikipedia "your donations keep wikipedia moving". and they always get that amount they decide.
The Wikimedia Foundation,has just announced that it has reached its fundraising goal for 2008, which will allow the foundation to cover its operating expenses for the current fiscal year, ending June 30, 2009. Overall, a total of 125,000 donors gave over $6.2 million during 2008, though in December alone, after a personal appeal from Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales, 50,000 individuals contributed more than $2 million.
According to Jimmy Wales, these donations will be used to pay for the day-to-day operations of the Wikimedia Foundation, including the costs of hosting and bandwidth, as well as the salary of its small staff of only 23 people. The Wikimedia foundation will also use these funds to support outreach events like the Wikipedia Academies and to help its volunteer community.
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Saturday, January 03, 2009
Posted by
jay
Mozilla Firefox has evolved as a great web browser over the period of time because of its
security, simplicity, memory uses and above of all the ability of Mozilla Firefox to let the users use various addons developed by various developers around the world.This makes the Firefox a very safe and secure place.Some of Firefox addons have been very popular and always makes it to most downloaded list of Firefox addons.This time
jaystech is publishing a list of most useful Firefox addons.Some of them you might find in my previous
list of 15 most downloaded Firefox addons also.
1.
Cybersearch - This is customizable Google searches in your
firefox awesome Bar? Yes, It is very nice ! It also supports keywords so you can enter things like "firefox addons" and limit your search to a specific web site (like Jaystech, for example). Enter a comma separated list of URLs to search a group of sites.
2.
LastPass - I used to use KeePass, but I just like LastPass better. It did a great job of importing (and then removing) my Firefox stored passwords, and its secure password creation tool makes using different passwords on new sites a snap. The web interface is a great way to manage my logins and groups.
3.
FEBE - As with anything else on your computer, it's never a bad idea to back up your Firefox install. FEBE will back up everything - extensions, themes, bookmarks - or just what you choose, and you can set up an automated schedule. It's also got integrated Box.net support, which is actually a fairly nice way to roll-you-rown manual Firefox syncing.
4.
AdBlock Plus:- I don't really use AdBlock because I hate advertisements, but because I don't like waiting for web pages to load. Flash ads and multiple banners really gum up the works, so I depend on AdBlock to keep things running smoothly. It's also a decent way to cut back on your bandwidth usage.
5.
DownThemAll - When a friend first showed me DTA a few years ago, I couldn't believe I was still just using FF2's built-in manager. DTA rocks, and ofcourse it is in my list of
Top 10 free download managers . It's simply one of the best download managers out there.
6.
OpenItOnline - I don't do enough work with Office-type documents anymore to warrant installing a suite on my laptop. OpenItOnline lets me send DOC, XLS, and all the other supported file types to ZohoViewer for perusal instead of downloading them. It supports all Zoho and Google Docs apps to open files.
7.
Deng Google Bookmarks - I'm not sold on Weave yet, so for now I let Google store my bookmarks. I switched to the Deng addon after using GMarks for the longest time - because I got tired of the giant "bookmark" button on my toolbar. Deng displays only a small star icon, and its management interface is superior and you must know
how to stop appearing bookmarks in firefox address bar.8.
Screengrab! - To quickly capture an entire web page, Screengrab is a great tool. It can save or copy an entire page, the visible portion, or a rectangular selection. If I don't actually need to print a page, Screengrab is an easy, environmentally friendly way for me to keep a copy of it.
9.
Web Of Trust - Web Of Trust is a great way to keep yourself out of malware trouble. I think I'm a pretty responsible surfer, but I don't know the reputation of every site on the Internet. Web Of Trust gives you a heads up about the trustworthiness of a link (based on community input) before you visit it.
10.
Shareaholic - Anyone that enjoys sharing links would do well to install this one: it supports a ton of services, including Digg, Delicious, Twitter, Pownce, Reddit, Facebook, MySpace, and Google. It's also a quick way to see how many Diggs or Delicious bookmarks a page has received. Bzzster support gives quick access to sharing items via email.
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Friday, January 02, 2009
Posted by
jay
Sooner or later age is the factor that affects every sportsman and till this date no sportsman had ever cheated this truth successfully.Now it seems age is catching up with the 33-year-old soccer star David Beckham, who was left gasping for breath while training with AC Milan.The former England skipper was left so out of breath that he could barely stand up after taking part in a gruelling training session with his fellow team mates, the Daily Mail reported.
A concerned medic even forced the footballer to get his pulse checked.Beckham was on practice session on New Year's Eve in Dubai ahead of a friendly match with German giants Hamburg SV on January 6. He is with currently with AC Milan, which has taken him on loan from LA Galaxy.
But after every 30 second bout of rigorous exercise the father-of-three had to stop to recuperate.Beckham's lackluster display comes despite AC Milan's club doctor Jean-Pierre Meerseeman saying earlier this week that the midfielder still had a lot of life left in him as a professional footballer and said that Beckham could go on for another five or six years.
"His cardiovascular readings are very good. His basic fitness is excellent. All he needs to do now is to alter his training programme slightly," said Meerseeman.Beckham missed spending New Year's with wife Victoria and their children to stay in Dubai to train for his next match.
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Friday, January 02, 2009
Posted by
jay
29 year old Actress Kate Hudson, who stars in the movies like
Almost Famous, How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, The Skeleton Key, You, Me and Dupree,
Fool's Gold and now
Bride Wars, now has some marriage tips for the couples. Hudson is divorced. She was married to rocker Chris Robinson. She says a couple should be sure they want to get married before taking the vows.
Contactmusic.com reports Hudson as saying: "Number one: Make sure you're ready to get married, that you're really sure you want to do this. And number two, I would say really good placement of the bar! At a wedding you want to have a good time."
She added: "Have special cocktails that are really fun for people".Though it funny to get marriage tips from a divorcee but experience does matter !
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Whenever we want to play FLV files then we have to use standalone Flash/FLV player application or simply FLV player since FLV files can't be played on windows media player.So if you are a windows media player die hard fan or user and still want to use media player as application to play FLV files then there is a Freeware plugin called PlayFLV that enables Windows Media Player to play FLV files.
