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Tuesday, October 30, 2007

A simple text file edit makes sites redirect to another. When you type address in address bar in any browser and enter it then it will display another web page, for example:- when you type Google.com you will be redirected to yahoo.com

Instructions to do:
1) Go to this directory [c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc], directory may change according to drive used for os installation
2) then hit enter
3) find a file named "hosts"
4) Right click on it and open with word pad.
5) In the last link of the document type the IP* address of yahoo space www.Google.com (Vice versa for other sites)
6) now save i7
7) restart the browser if its already running
8) Now try it, It works perfectIP*: to find IP address of that website Goto start ->Run > type cmd > enter. Now you have a new window on desktop. On that type this without cotes "ping www. yahoo.com"replace yahoo.com with your preferred site and then enter it

How to pick a geniune Password


When it comes to security, Bruce Schneier is a god among us mere mortals. He has written some of the most influential books on computer security and cryptography ever printed, and his blog is essential reading for anyone on the Internet.

So when Bruce says here's how to create a secure password (and how he creates his own passwords), I listen. His post on the topic is extensive, so I'll try to boil it down to the essentials. If you have the time, I encourage you to read the whole thing, though.

First question: How are passwords cracked, anyway? Primarily through brute force "dictionary" attacks, where software tries to guess a password by running through a series of common phrases or words in various combinations. Sure, we know that "password" and "qwerty" are easy to crack, but password crackers have gotten much more sophisticated these days. Now, they check hundreds of these common "root" passwords (here's a list)... in combination with various "appendages," including all two- and three-digit combinations, single symbols (like ! and ?), dates from 1900 on, and a few others.
The crackers also sub in common characters like "3" for "E" and other typical hacker-speak substitutions.

What's that mean? Basically, if you thought the safe-looking pigl3t9! was a secure password, you're sadly mistaken. Any modern password cracker will suss it out in a matter of minutes.
Before you begin to despair, Schneier offers simple rules on how to create a password that cannot be easily cracked by such methods. (Mind you, given enough time, any password can be cracked, though. But this will make it much harder.)

The trick is to use a "root" that is not in that list that I linked above, and to put your "appendage" (or two of them) in an unusual place: Either in the middle of the root or at both the beginning and the end.


Monday, October 29, 2007

Clear IE-7 using Command Line

If you like to build batch files to automate cleanup on your computer, you'll probably want to include at least one of these commands in your batch script. You can automate any one of the functions on the Internet Explorer 7 Delete Browsing History dialog.

Here's the dialog that you are probably used to seeing:

And here's the commands that correspond to the different buttons. The most important one from a cleanup perspective is the first, which will delete just the temporary internet files that are cluttering up your computer.

To use these commands, just run them from the command line, the start menu search box in vista, or a batch file.

Temporary Internet Files

RunDll32.exe InetCpl.cpl,ClearMyTracksByProcess 8

Cookies

RunDll32.exe InetCpl.cpl,ClearMyTracksByProcess 2

History

RunDll32.exe InetCpl.cpl,ClearMyTracksByProcess 1

Form Data

RunDll32.exe InetCpl.cpl,ClearMyTracksByProcess 16

Passwords

RunDll32.exe InetCpl.cpl,ClearMyTracksByProcess 32

Delete All

RunDll32.exe InetCpl.cpl,ClearMyTracksByProcess 255

Delete All - "Also delete files and settings stored by add-ons"

RunDll32.exe InetCpl.cpl,ClearMyTracksByProcess 4351

Saturday, October 27, 2007

Take your PC IN YOUR PENDRIVE!!!

Take your Digital Mojo (your software, settings and data) with you on ANY device, and run on ANY PC*.

MojoPac can be installed on your iPod, USB flash drive, or any other device with a USB drive like your USB-enabled mobile phone. There’s no need to lug your laptop along. MojoPac allows you to take all your communications, music, games, applications, and files with you, on a device that fits in your pocket!

MojoPac is a technology that transforms your iPod or USB Hard Drive or Flash drive into a portable and private PC. Just install MojoPac on any USB 2.0 compliant storage device, upload your applications and files, modify your user settings and environment preferences, and take it with you everywhere.


Every time you plug your MojoPac-enabled device into any Windows XP PC , MojoPac automatically launches your environment on the host PC. Your communications, music, games, applications, and files are all local and accessible. And when you unplug the MojoPac device, no trace is left behind – your information is not cached on the host PC.


NOTE: 1)The current version of MojoPac requires administrative privileges on the host PC. We have an “Authorized Administrative Privileges” setting available today which is an ideal solution for enterprises, universities, libraries or other environments.
2) The support for Windows Vista is to be released shortly.



Privacy

With MojoPac, your personal information is never left behind. When you unplug your MojoPac device from any host PC, all browsing history, Multimedia Player history, applications history, files and personal settings are removed along with it. Additionally, all the sensitive information that you want to protect, such as financial applications or your private communications, can be installed on your MojoPac device, keeping them off of your PC and inaccessible to anyone.



Playability
You don’t have to limit yourself to playing your favorite PC games at home. MojoPac allows you to install the most popular PC and online games, and take them with you wherever you go. Just plug your MojoPac device into any Windows XP PC and launch your game with your settings and the state of your game from the last time you played. World of Warcraft at work… Everquest II at your girlfriend’s… Half-Life at the family reunion… game on! And MojoPac will never leave a trace behind on the host PC.

Protection of IT Policies
Install the applications that IT has not approved on your MojoPac device. Use your preferred browsers, communications software, and security applications without installing them on your work PC.

Power Supply
Use your MojoPac device to replicate your laptop, and never hibernate again. When one power supply is drained, simply plug MojoPac into another desktop or laptop PC and you’re up and running again immediately.


Personal Preferences
Easily toggle back and forth between your PC and your MojoPac. Each presents you with whatever personal preferences and environment you have chosen for that system. You can keep your serious work view on your PC, and your fun play view on your MojoPac, keeping them separate even when running them simultaneously.

iPod Liberation
With MojoPac, you can install iTunes and QuickTime on your iPod, plug into to any Windows XP PC, and download songs and Podcasts. Your iPod never needs to be dependent on a specific PC to get access to iTunes!

Painless PC Sharing
Every user in your house can instantly have his or her personalized client experience on one PC without altering a single setting or file. With MojoPac, not only can everyone keep their own applications, downloads, files, games, browser settings, MP3s and IM buddies off of the main hard drive, they can take those to any other PC and have the same user experience that they have at home.

PC Resurrection
Replicate your PC on a MojoPac device and use it as a secure back-up for your applications, files and preferences. If your PC goes RIP, simply plug in your MojoPac to a new laptop and be up and running immediately!
SOURCE: www.mojopack.com

Thursday, October 25, 2007

Add a WebSite Link to your Start Menu

To Install: Copy the code below to notepad and save it as link.reg then just right click on it and choose "merge" and RESTART.

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{2559a1f6-21d7-11d4-bdaf-00c04f60b9f0}]@="GIzmos4Fun"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{2559a1f6-21d7-11d4-bdaf-00c04f60b9f0}\DefaultIcon]@="%SystemRoot%\\system32\\shell32.dll,-47"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{2559a1f6-21d7-11d4-bdaf-00c04f60b9f0}\Instance\InitPropertyBag]"CLSID"="{13709620-C279-11CE-A49E-444553540000}""method"="ShellExecute""Command"="gizmos4fun.blogspot.com""Param1"="http://www.gizmos4fun.blogspot.com/"


To uninstall:Copy the code below to notepad and save it as link.reg then just right click on it and choose "merge". and RESTART.

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{2559a1f6-21d7-11d4-bdaf-00c04f60b9f0}]@=""
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{2559a1f6-21d7-11d4-bdaf-00c04f60b9f0}\DefaultIcon]@=""
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{2559a1f6-21d7-11d4-bdaf-00c04f60b9f0}\Instance\InitPropertyBag]"CLSID"="{13709620-C279-11CE-A49E-444553540000}""method"="ShellExecute""command"="""Param1"=""

Wednesday, October 24, 2007

How to Speed up FireFox browser in 4 ways



The below steps will hold good only if you have a Broadband connection - else it will make your browsing much slower.


Let's now have a look at the simple 4 steps.:-

First of all Type “about:config” into the address bar in Firefox and hit return. Scroll down and look for the following entries and make the necessary changes.You will need to enable Pipelining in Firefox. Normally the browser will make one request to a web page at a time. When you enable pipelining it will make several request at once, which will substantially speed up your page loading times.
Alter the entries as follows:

1. Change “network.http.pipelining” to “true”

2. Change “network.http.proxy.pipelining” to “true”

3. Also, change “network.http.pipelining.maxrequests” to a number like 40. This in turn means that Firefox will make 40 requests at once.

4. Finally right-click anywhere in Firefox and select New-> Integer. Name it “nglayout.initialpaint.delay” and set its value to “0″. This value is the amount of time the browser waits before it acts on information it receives - so we ask it not to wait even a second!!

You’ll now see that the webpages in Firefox load MUCH faster now!

Sunday, October 21, 2007

µTorrent, the BitTorrent client that is.

Micro-Sized Yet Feature Filled

Most of the features present in other BitTorrent clients are present in µTorrent, including bandwidth prioritization, scheduling, RSS auto-downloading and Mainline DHT (compatible with BitComet). Additionally, µTorrent supports the Protocol Encryption joint specification (compatible with Azureus 2.4.0.0 and above, BitComet 0.63 and above) and peer exchange.

Resource-Friendly

µTorrent was written with efficiency in mind. Unlike many torrent clients, it does not hog valuable system resources - typically using less than 6MB of memory, allowing you to use the computer as if it weren't there at all. Additionally, the program itself is contained within a single executable less than 170 KB in size.Skinnable and Localized

Various icon, toolbar graphic and status icon replacements are available, and creating your own is very simple. µTorrent also has support for localization, and with a language file present, will automatically switch to your system language. If your language isn't available, you can easily add your own, or edit other existing translations to improve them!

Actively Developed and Improved

The developer puts in a lot of time working on features and making things more user-friendly. Releases only come out when they're ready, with no schedule pressures, so the few bugs that appear are quickly addressed and fixed.

Download µTorrent now - It's Free.For Wine, Windows 95 (Winsock2), 98/ME, NT/2000, XP, 2003, and Vista (1.7 only).

Get µTorrent 1.6.1 Standalone (170 kB)Language pack
Get µTorrent 1.7 Release Candidate 6 (214 kB)Language pack
Get µTorrent 1.6.1 Installation Program (681 kB)

Friday, October 19, 2007

How Does a RAM Works.

Random access memory (RAM) is the best known form of computer memory. RAM is considered "random access" because you can access any memory cell directly if you know the row and column that intersect at that cell.


The opposite of RAM is serial access memory (SAM). SAM stores data as a series of memory cells that can only be accessed sequentially (like a cassette tape). If the data is not in the current location, each memory cell is checked until the needed data is found. SAM works very well for memory buffers, where the data is normally stored in the order in which it will be used (a good example is the texture buffer memory on a video card). RAM data, on the other hand, can be accessed in any order.


In this article, you'll learn all about what RAM is, what kind you should buy and how to install it.


Dynamic RAM


Similar to a microprocessor, a memory chip is an integrated circuit (IC) made of millions of transistors and capacitors. In the most common form of computer memory, dynamic random access memory (DRAM), a transistor and a capacitor are paired to create a memory cell, which represents a single bit of data. The capacitor holds the bit of information -- a 0 or a 1 (see How Bits and Bytes Work for information on bits). The transistor acts as a switch that lets the control circuitry on the memory chip read the capacitor or change its state.
A capacitor is like a small bucket that is able to store electrons. To store a 1 in the memory cell, the bucket is filled with electrons. To store a 0, it is emptied. The problem with the capacitor's bucket is that it has a leak. In a matter of a few milliseconds a full bucket becomes empty. Therefore, for dynamic memory to work, either the CPU or the memory controller has to come along and recharge all of the capacitors holding a 1 before they discharge. To do this, the memory controller reads the memory and then writes it right back. This refresh operation happens automatically thousands of times per second.
DRAM works by sending a charge through the appropriate column (CAS) to activate the transistor at each bit in the column. When writing, the row lines contain the state the capacitor should take on. When reading, the sense-amplifier determines the level of charge in the capacitor. If it is more than 50 percent, it reads it as a 1; otherwise it reads it as a 0. The counter tracks the refresh sequence based on which rows have been accessed in what order. The length of time necessary to do all this is so short that it is expressed in nanoseconds (billionths of a second). A memory chip rating of 70ns means that it takes 70 nanoseconds to completely read and recharge each cell.
Memory cells alone would be worthless without some way to get information in and out of them. So the memory cells have a whole support infrastructure of other specialized circuits. These circuits perform functions such as:

>Identifying each row and column (row address select and column address select)
>Keeping track of the refresh sequence (counter)
>Reading and restoring the signal from a cell (sense amplifier)
>Telling a cell whether it should take a charge or not (write enable)

Thursday, October 18, 2007

Starbucks to giveaway 50million iTunes songs!!!

Starbucks recently has announced a new plan to give away about 50 million songs Absolutely FREE from Apple iTunes library as part of a promotion to drum up interest in its wireless music service that will debut very soon.

The offer is valid from October 2nd only at Seattle and New York locations and in slated to be available in San Francisco later during November.

Here's how you can make use of this offer. When at Starbucks browse over to the iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store. Then you will be able to view and also download the currently playing song(at Starbucks) as well as the last ten played songs Absolutely Free.

Also, there is news that 1.5 million music cards will be given out each and every day in all of Starbuck's 10,000+ US stores from October 2 through November 7. Each Music Card will allow the customer to download a special "Song of the Day" at no cost from iTunes.

There is also information that the artists who will be featured will include :

Paul McCartney and Joni Mitchell (Hear Music artists),
Dave Matthews
Annie Lennox
John Mayer.

Also, the first song that will feature as Song Of the Day will be "Joker Man" by Bob Dylan, and a new song will be given away each day.

Wednesday, October 17, 2007

Create Wallpaper using Paint...

Create a wallpaper using PAINT!!!!

Open your Paint program



Select Image->Attributes and make your image 2 pixels by 2 pixels.Select View->Zoom->Custom->800%Now put black in the lower-left corner, dark gray in the lower-right corner, and light grey in the upper-left.Like so...












Save it somewhere convenient, then in your display properties, select the bitmap you just made, select 'Center' and Stretch Desktop Wallpaper enabled.Lovely isn't it?








This works with all kinds of bitmaps, look at this one...








and what it does...








Thanx for reading my post.. Still some more to come frm my side...

Tuesday, October 16, 2007

List Of F1-F9 Keys cmd prompt.

List of F1-F9 Key Commands for the Command Prompt
F1 / right arrow: Repeats the letters of the last command line, one by one.
F2: Displays a dialog asking user to "enter the char to copy up to" of the last command line
F3: Repeats the last command line
F4: Displays a dialog asking user to "enter the char to delete up to" of the last command line
F5: Goes back one command line
F6: Enters the traditional CTRL+Z (^z)
F7: Displays a menu with the command line history
F8: Cycles back through previous command lines (beginning with most recent)
F9: Displays a dialog asking user to enter a command number, where 0 is for first command line entered.
Alt+Enter: toggle full Screen mode.
up/down: scroll thru/repeat previous entries
Esc: delete line
Note: The buffer allows a maximum of 50 command lines. After this number is reached, the first line will be replaced in sequence.
Helpful accessibility keyboard shortcuts
Switch FilterKeys on and off. Right SHIFT for eight seconds
Switch High Contrast on and off. Left ALT +left SHIFT +PRINT SCREEN
Switch MouseKeys on and off. Left ALT +left SHIFT +NUM LOCKSwitch StickyKeys on and off. SHIFT five timesSwitch ToggleKeys on and off. NUM LOCK for five seconds

Sunday, October 14, 2007

Making Use of ctrl+tab in IE-7

Hi every body, this is my first post towards Tips n Tricks segment. Hope u will enjoy this..

If you have a lot of tabs open at a time, it's sometimes quicker to have Ctrl+Tab switch to the most recent tab instead of the next one to the right . This is the default setting in the Tab Mix Plus extension for Firefox, so a lot of you are probably used to it .


To make IE use this behavior, go to Tools \ Internet Options. Click on the Advanced tab.


Check the box for "Use most recent order when switching tabs with Ctrl+Tab". You'll need to restart IE7 for this change to take effect.

Saturday, October 13, 2007

SMS Nagging to keep you smoke free


Smoking is a hard habit to kick. To help smokers quit, FixNixer.com is using one personal gadget always with you: a cell phone. Since today's smokers are more willing to turn to social networks, discussion forums, and other web-based technologies for help, thousands of website have sprung up on the Internet to offer support.
Fix Nixer is one of them, and stands out for sending members text messages at times when smokers are the most vulnerable. By filling out a comprehensive questionnaire, the system is better able to determine the times you're most likely to light up, and sends you nagging text messages. For example, smokers who admit to turning to cigarettes when bored, would likely get a text message that reads: "Admit it. Being bored is a terrible excuse to use tobacco. Do you ever say 'I'm bored. I think I'll go expose myself to radiation'? No. Didn't think so." In addition, the system would also send reminders and suggestions to help smokers beat the urge.
As if that wasn't enough, friends and family can also use the service to nag you about your habit by signing up to send you text messages when they see you reaching for your pack of smokes. The service launched in March, and already has about 1,000 members participating in the program. Unfortunately, it's only open to residents in Colorado, although it plans to offer its service nationwide.

DV CAMCORDERS

SONY - DCR-HC38E
Features:

Recording Format-----------: Mini DV
LCD Screen Size-------------: 2.5 in
Digital Still Camera ---------: Yes
Viewfinder------------------: Color
Special Effects---------------: Solarization, Sepia, Mosaic, Pastel, Monotone,
Negative Art




Focus and Zoom:


Optical Zoom------------:40 X
Digital Zoom-------------:2000 X
Focus--------------------:Automatic, Manual
Image-------------------: StabalizationDigital



Connectors
IEEE 1394 (FireWire) Connectors----->1 x IEEE 1394 (FireWire/i.LINK)
RCA Connectors----------------------->1 x composite video/audio output
S-Video Connectors and S-Video output
USB Connectors------------------------>1 x USB


Image Quality
CCD Size-------->0.167 in
CCD Quantity--->1 CCD


PRICE: INR16,990/-



Accessories & Components
Included Software
Sony Picture Motion Browser

Thursday, October 11, 2007

The Amazing Apple iphone concepts!!! EXCLUSIVE ON G4F

THE G4F EXCLUSIVE APPLE CONCEPT PHONES!!!


Cool Video Watch!!!


This watch not only looks cool and stylish, it is. It is a real geeky gadget, a watch with great quality video and audio.The OLED screen is crisp and bright and very colorful. If I should ever have a watch that could more then just tell me what time it is, it would definitely be this one.


>Storage capacity: 2 GB
>Plays videos in full color on 128x128 pixel screen. Impressive crisp, bright display
>Clock displays time and date (day, month, year)
>Plays MP3 and WMA music
>View images
>Voice recording and playback with built-in microphone
>5-equalizer modes, super bass 3-D sound effect playing modes
>USB 1.1
>Battery charges via USB
>Leather band
>Dimensions: 1.6" x 1.5" x .5" thick (4cm x 3.8cm x 1.2cm)
>Band Length: 8.66" (22cm)
>Includes: earphones, mini CD with video conversion software, user guide, USB cable, Wall AC-to-USB charger .

Technorati Profile

Monday, October 8, 2007

Charge up your cell phone batteries Anywhere...


I’m sure you know how it feels when you’re traveling or rambling outdoors to be one with nature. Just as you're soaking in the peace and quiet, your battery-powered iPod and speakers suddenly give up.
Frustrating, isn’t it? Indeed, how can one enjoy peace and solitude without a bit of music or constant chattering on one's mobile phone? Unfortunately, carrying your gizmo chargers into the wild is not a great idea. Nature provides everything but plug points.
So here are a few solutions to this dilemma.
A company called Solio has a product that utilizes the sun's rays to produce solar energy to charge various devices. The device is lightweight at 156g and very compact with a sort of fan-like design that opens up to reveal three solar panels.
It even has wall connectivity with adapters provided for various countries and outlets. According to the company, if the Solio charger is kept in the sun for one hour, it would provide about 15 minutes of talk time for a mobile and about 40 minutes of music from an MP3 player.
A fully charged Solio is claimed to be capable of charging a mobile phone to maximum capacity at least twice, and give 40 hours of music. The perfect device for the great outdoors, I say. Nothing like a fully charged iPod with speakers to scare those bears (oops, I mean blues) away.

What is Hacking and Notes on Ethical Hacking.

Free Links for Ethical hacking Notes

HELP ABOUT WEBSITE HACKING
Different Methods Of Hacking With Bios
How To Get Ip Address Of Victom Pc
Tips About Hacking
Help About Hacking With Trojans
.PDF Files Contain Hacking Help
How To Find Any Serial Number Of Software Or Games ect..
Telnet Dos Base Hacking Old Methods But Interesting

Note: These notes are only for educational purpose.

Saturday, October 6, 2007

Myth of MegaPixel


When you’re looking at the digital camera, you’ll be looking for the Mega pixels in the market. Because the higher the resolution is the best quality you will have according to the sales person.


Ultra high mega pixels cameras are great if you want to print poster-sized photograph but few ever do that.


Working with the files from such cameras also takes a lot of computing power and lots hard disk drive space.


Everything you do, with large digital image file will take longer. If you print primarily page sized photos or smaller there’s little reason to use a digital camera with more than four mega pixels.

Running Movies in MS Paint!!

Ever Thought of It?

Hey all Pals, did you know that you can REALY watch movies in MS PAINT ?

1) Open your favorite movie palyer and play the move (I played the .mpg format in Media Player)
2) Hit "PrintScreen", keep playing the movie in the player, dont stop it.
3) Open MsPaint.
4) Select "Edit>Paste" Or Hit "CTRL+V"
5) Presto! You can watch movies in Paint!
6) But there are no Pause, Next, Previous, Stop etc. buttons
7) Spead this fact to all your friends and show how COOL things you can do with Paint! Experiment with other formats too, it doesn't play DivX , Flash movies, etc.Microsoft hasn't revealed this i think. MsPaint is GREAT

Wednesday, October 3, 2007

The Newest Babies From Motorola..

Motorla’s new phones – MOTOROKR E8, Pebl U9 and MOTORIZR Z10 – are seemingly headed towards popularity even before their official launch.



The ROKR E8, part of Motorola’s ROKR music phone clan, is designed with a touch-sensitive keypad and has a navigation scroll wheel. It has a 2-inch TFT display with a resolution of 240 x 320 pixels and sports 256k colors. It supports external memory with microSD cards and comes with 2GB of internal memory.




Connectivity is handled by EDGE, USB v2.0 and Bluetooth with A2DP compatibility. The E8 also has an integrated Stereo FM radio, a 2 megapixel camera and, of course, a music player that supports MP3 and AAC playback. It has a 3.5mm earphone socket.


What really makes this phone unique is that in standby mode the keypad is virtually invisible, and when in music mode select keys that highlight music navigation are lit up. The keypad is quoted to support Haptic feedback, allowing users to actually feel every keypress. The expected release date is sometime in November and the price would be in the region of Rs. 15,700(Indian Rupees)





Motorola’s RIZR Z10 is a rather well-equipped mobile device with HSDPA, 3G and of course EDGE connectivity. It too supports Bluetooth with A2DP and USB v2.0 (mini). The 2.2 inch TFT display supports a resolution of 240 x 320 pixels with 256k colors and has a scratch-resistant surface. The 90MB of internal memory can be extended using microSD cards.


surface. The 90MB of internal memory can be extended using microSD cards.
The RIZR Z10 is equipped with a TI 2420 multimedia processor, a 3.2 megapixel autofocus camera, and a secondary VGA camera in the front for video calling. There appears to be some confusion as to whether the Z10 will have a Xenon or LED flash. The specs aren't too clear.


The Apple iPOD Touch

THE Complete IPOD Touch Review

The touch is a thing of beauty. It's much skinnier than the iPhone (which, for those who haven't held one, is the same depth as the old 30GB iPod Video), and it's also a bit shorter and a hair wider, with dimensions of 4.3 by 2.4 by 0.3 inches. The touch weighs a manageable 4.2 ounces (compared with the iPhone's 4.8 ounces).
The only button on the device is the same button you'll find on the face of the iPhone. The touch's rear panel is shiny stainless steel like that of iPods past, not the brushed metallic look that iPhones have. In the upper left-hand corner of the rear panel, you'll find the black patch of plastic that houses the Wi-Fi antenna. The proprietary 30-pin iPod connection and headphone jack (which isn't recessed like the iPhone's) rest on the bottom panel, and the sleep switch rests on the top left edge of the player (when held vertically). There's no camera on the iPod touch, but that's doesn't detract much from it, since the iPhone's camera is more toy than tool. Like the iPhone, the touch has a built-in accelerometer to make possible all those view changes when the player is held horizontally.
Navigation of the music, video, and photo menus is identical on the touch and the iPhone. Similarly, the players load and sync with iTunes in much the same way. You can scroll down lists of artists, albums, and playlists when in vertical mode, or turn the player horizontally to view the excellent Cover Flow feature. For those who haven't seen it before (it's now part of iTunes and was featured on the iPhone), Cover Flow orders records alphabetically in a horizontal array, but visually, using album art. Drag your finger through the display to move the covers, as if thumbing through a virtual vinyl collection, and click on the central cover to flip the graphic over and reveal a track list. From here, you can simply click on a song and start playing. This is the coolest way to navigate a music menu I have ever seen—and it's much more effective here than it is on the new nano, which lacks the sexy multitouch screen and is less graceful in its movement of the album art. The Now Playing screen makes the album cover the main focus, filling most of the screen when vertical, and is identical to the same screen on the iPhone. When your iPod touch has finished syncing to your PC's library, you can just unplug it—none of the ejecting business that other iPods make you do (and that you inevitably forget to do once in awhile, prompting an ugly error screen on your computer).

Secure USB Ports


If you’re concerned about people walking up to your desktop or laptop, plugging in a USB thumbdrive and walking away with your precious data, then pick up one of these USB Security Locks for $10 and lock your USB ports up. This USB thumbdrive-sized device has 4 metal blockers which can only be installed and removed with this tool. Once the metal blocker is physically in place in your USB port, you can’t plug in any USB device into the port
Don’t fool around with your data security any more.
Price: $9.99

Tuesday, October 2, 2007

Cool USB Mini Fridge Gadget!!


Cool USB Mini Fridge Gadget
This awesome gadget will be very useful and convenient this hot summer. Think about it, its a hot summer day, you are obligated to site in front of your computer all day at work, and not only that, your cola gets warm with seconds it comes out of the fridges.
Plug this mini fridge gadget to your computer usb port and insert your cola can or what ever, then you have it in front of you all the time, and best of all it will stay cold.
And you can get it. Priced @ $33

LogiTech ergonomic Keyboard


Logitech announces a new ergonomic keyboard that will be in store this August for only $89, pretty cheap, and now we ask what does it do?
Not much new fancy stuff, but instead a cool design focused on some ergonomic technology. The Logitech keyboard is shaped like waves, so the keys are arranged along a wave-like pattern that ripples across the keyboard. This design is supposed to account for the fact that your fingers are not all the same length, thus the keys the keys near your little fingers and your thumbs rise up to meet your shorter digits. The other feature is the gradual arc of the key tray.
If I must say so, I really like the design, kind of futuristic and also much like a classic keyboard, so I would buy it if my other keyboard would ever break down.

Wooden Usb PenDrives!!


Okay there is not much new on the technology side with this thing, but a very cool and creative design.
An USB memory stick looking like a wooden stick. Plug it to your computer USB port and it will look like a wooden stick grow from your USB port.
Not to mention their individual and unique design, because they are handmade, so not two will look the same.
Very funny indeed.Its available as 256 mb, 512 mb, 1GB and 2GB storage.

Fun Clock Projector Key Chain

This is a fun little cheap gadget, this is quite fun, I have seen them as clocks standing on a desk projecting the time on the wall, now you can have it as an projector in a key ring.

All you need to do is to point it at a wall and press, then it will light up and area projecting the time or date. It even has a second counter.

And it is also quite cheap. $12.95

Monday, October 1, 2007

5 Ways Accelarate Your Windows XP

1. Turn Off System Restore

System Restore can be a useful if your computer is having problems, however storing all the restore points can literally take up Gigabytes of space on your hard drive. To turn off System Restore:


a. Open Control Panel
b. Click on Performance and Maintenance
c. Click on System
d. Click on the System Restore tab
e. Tick "Turn off System Restore on All Drives"
f. Click "Ok"

2. Make Your Menus Load Faster
This is one of my favorite tips as it makes a huge difference on how fast your machine will "feel". What this tips does is that removes the slight delay between clicking on a menu and XP displaying the menu.

a. Go to Start then Run
b. Type "Regedit" then click "Ok"
c. Find "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop"
d. Select "MenuShowDelay"
e. Right click and select "Modify"
f. Reduce the number to around "100"

3.Disable System Sounds
Surprisingly, the beeps that your computer makes for various system sounds can slow down particularly at startup and shut-down. To fix this turn off the system sounds:

a. Open Control Panel
b. Click Sounds and Audio Devices
c. Check Place volume icon in taskbar
d. Click Sounds Tab
e. Choose "No Sounds" for the Sound Scheme
f. Click "No"
g. Click "Apply"
h. Click "OK"
i. Improve Boot Times

4. Improve XP Shutdown Speed
This tips reduces the time XP waits before automatically closing any running programs when you give it the command to shutdown.

a. Go to Start then select Run
b. Type "Regedit" and click ok
c. Find "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop" Select "WaitToKillAppTimeout"
d. Right click and select "Modify"
e. Change the value to "1000"
f. Click "OK"
g. Now select "HungAppTimeout"
h. Right click and select "Modify"
i. Change the value to "1000"
j. Click "OK"
k. Now find "HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop"
l. Select "WaitToKillAppTimeout"
m. Right click and select "Modify"
n. Change the value to "1000"
o. Click "OK"
p. Now find "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control"
q. Select "WaitToKillServiceTimeout"
r. Right click and select "Modify"
s. Change the value to "1000"
t. Click "OK"

5. Improve Swapfile PerformanceIf you have more than 256MB of RAM this tip will improve your computer performance. It will be sure that your PC uses full capacity of memory (faster than the swap file) before it uses the swap file.
a. Go to Start then Run
b. Type "msconfig.exe" then ok
c. Click on the System.ini tab
d. Expand the 386enh tab by clicking on the plus sign
e. Click on new then in the blank box type "ConservativeSwapfileUsage=1"
f. Click OK
g. Restart PC

Apple iPhone a copy of Chinese Phone!!


While people are queuing and waiting in long list for an Apple iPhone, the Chinese Meizu had it’s striking appearance of almost the same-featured iPhone. That’s a Meizu M8 Phone. The Meizu M8 has the look and feel as an iPhone. Although people are going to but the iPhone they’ll have to think back after seeing this small rather big in use gadgets.
Meizu had been around before Apple and they are known for their gadgets. Now with a sleek and rather humble they had announced the M8 as a gadget that will fit all the customer needs.

Although this is Meizu entered the mobile phone industry in the first, but it appears appetite is not small, iPhone using Mac systems, M8 said with it’s Win CE 6.0 operating system, ARM processor hardware II + Video decoder (support 720 × 480 pixel video recording of 30). To a mobile phone equipped with a special decoder, it seems Meizu M8 for the positioning, not just music, but also stressed the Video Player. Not all mobile phones has a unique touch of CODECS that allows many features, one who knows codes will fall in for this gadget’s as well.
The Meizu M8 is planned to be released on December 2007. But Apple iPhone was release earlier so that they’ll get all the market for it. But a wise customer will see it difference’s in no time.
The price also seems to be rather affordable.Apple iPhone4Gb = $ 499.008Gb = $ 599.00
Meizu M8 Official PricingEntry : 1499 CNY for 4GB, 2199 CNY for 8GBStandard: 2380 CNY for 4GB, 3080 CNY for 8GB

Canned Memory Card Readers!!!!!!!!


We always see are used for storing soft drinks on it but now, we may have various content of flavour's. But this one only for card readers. There are dozens of card readers in the market but this has not stopped manufactures from coming out with new models of card reader. Card reader device that comes with 3 USB 2.0 ports, giving you the flexibility of expanding your computer connectivity options.






The Card Reader supports Secure Digital, xD, Memory Stick, MiniSD and MicroSD. You won’t need any other adaptor for the microSD card since it comes with a dedicated slot, which is a good thing. Strange to see why compact flash has been left out of the equalization since many higher-end digital cameras still use CF as the memory card format of choice.


The Can Card Reader measures 59 by 49mm and weighs 60grams.
System Requirements:Windows 98/98SE/ME/2000/XP
The package comes in Canned Shape Card Reader + 3-port Hub Combo and also aUSB Cable.



Hidden Battery Power For Nokia Mobile Phones!!!

Can you imagine your mobile phone battery is very low and you expecting an important phone call. Or you’re in a emergency. What would you do? Borrow someone else’s mobile to make that call or just wait till the battery dies off.

Nokia Instrument comes with a reserve battery function and can only be activated via a simple code.

To activate this:Press the keys *3370# on your mobile phone and it will restart with this reserve and the mobile phone battery indicator will show a 50% increase in your battery.


This reserved will get charged when you’re back charging the mobile phone. Simple yet useful