Gmail Man Ad for Microsoft is flawed

Found a Microsoft Ad on youtube which tries to say why Office 365 is better than Gmail for business. Here's the video -

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Split your files using Gnome Split - for Gnome Users

Sometimes, you happen to have a huge file to be transferred to other desktop and the file doesn't just fit right into your pen drive. In such cases you will have to split the file. If you are a gnome user, then here's the best way to do it.

Gnome Split.

GNOME Split is an application built using Java and GTK+ toolkit that enables you to split and join files. To install Gnome Split you can download it from their website or just execute the following instructions in your terminal.

 [stextbox id="grey"]sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gnome-split-team/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install gnome-split[/stextbox]

The interface is neat and easy to use. Here is the snapshot.

More snapshots can be found at their official website.

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How to get back your old facebook chat ??

Facebook, the biggest social network site updated many features like video call and now it changed its chat features as Sidebar chat, but its really annoying the users. We can’t see who are online, it will just show our few friends who are we interact most, it will be most irritating one for who have more number of friends. Its really simple script you have to install in your Browser to get your Old Facebook chat. Lets see how to get back our Favorite Facebook chat.

How to Install Old Facebook Chat Script in Google Chrome

In Google Chrome, its really easy task to install the script to enable the Old facebook chat. Just Click the Following link to install Script. CLICK HERE TO GO TO DOWNLOAD SCRIPT PAGE. In the Script page Click ‘INSTALL’ button which is in the Top Right side of the page.

Now the Install Popup will appear, in that box CLICK ‘INSTALL’ and now the Script is Installed.

Now the Script is Installed. Now Close the Existing Facebook page and Open the Facebook again. You can See your Old Favorite Chat is available. If you cant see the old facebook chat, Clear the cache and open the facebook. Anytime you can remove this script from extension menu of the Google chrome to get the New sidebar chat box.

How to Install Old Facebook Chat Script in Mozilla Firefox

In Mozilla Firefox, First we need to install Grease Monkey Add-on before installing the Old Facebook Script. So Open the Firefox and go to Download page of the Grease Moneky Add-on from the following link. Click here to go to Gease Monkey Add-on Download page. In the Download page Click ‘Add To Firefox’ button.

After clicking ADD TO FIREFOX button, the popup will ask about installation. Click INSTALL and Its done.

Now Gease Monkey Add-on is Installed. Now Click here to go to Script Page in the Script Page click Install button which is in the Right top, same as we did above for How to get Old Facebook chat for Google Chrome.

After installing Close the Facebook and Open it again to see the Old Facebook chat is available. if you can’t find, Clear the cache files and try again. Anytime you can remove this script from Gease Monkey add-on to get the New sidebar chat box.

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Google's What do you love?

Have you noticed this new link under your google search page? Not your google.co.in but the global page, www.google.com?

Yes, this is one of the latest product of Google. What do you love? Click on it and you will be taken to the "What do you love?" page. Just another search page like google where you can put anything you want and google is going to pull in all the possible results from your keywords. Be it "ice cream" or "BMW", you get all the results displayed as snippets. You get the trends, videos from youtube, books from the Google books, Maps, patents and almost everything. This is really a beautiful feature and you must try it for sure.

The WDYL - What do you love? Front page. Simple and Elegant just like the Google

The results page of WDYL.

At the end of screen you find a "More Coming soon" box. So the feature seems to be still in its premature life form but it is google and it evolves before you see it.

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MAXX mobile launches dual sim new slider phone at Rs.3,395

MAXX mobiles has introduced a dual sim phone in Indian market called the ''MAXX  SOUL (MS727)" . It consists of 2.4 inch screen , a sliding  keypad , and a full metal body . The "MAXX SOUL" has been priced at  Rs.3,395 .

Other features of the dual-SIM MAXX Soul include a 1.3MP camera , a 900 mAh battery ,  FM radio with scheduling , an audio/video player , as well as Bluetooth , WAP , MySync , and microUSB connectivity. The device is also Java-enabled.

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Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Schedule Released

Ubuntu's Long Term Support edition 12.04 has released the schedule of releases on the wiki page. Ubuntu 12.04 's code name is not decided yet. The schedules say -

Alpha 1 Release - 1st December 2011

Alpha 2 Release - 2nd February 2012

Beta 1 Release - 1st March 2012

Beta 2 Release - 22nd March 2012

Release Candidate - 19th April 2012

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Final - 26th April 2012

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Karbonn enters Android phone market with A1

Being open source, robust and free, no wonder Android is ruling the phone market. If on one side there are High end Android phones being sold for 30k range, there are lot of phones that rule the low-end market like the Micromax Andro A60. Just to add to this range, Karbonn has come up with this beautiful phone Karbonn A1 running Android 2.2.

Android A1 is equipped with the following features -

- Runs android 2.2

- 600 Mhz Processor

- 2.8 inch Capacitive Touch screen

- 3.2MP Camera

- 1100 mAh Battery

- GPS

- Memory expandable upto 32GB

- Connectivity through Bluetooth, Wifi, Wifi Hotspot and 3G(data only)

- Adobe Flash 10.1 version support

- Google Maps

The phone is available for a price of Rs. 6999 which is a little costlier than Android A60 but surely better than it. Karbonn will launch 3 other Android enabled smartphones with the release of Android A1. Whether Karbonn A1 is going to stand in the market is yet to be seen.

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MOZILLA to Develop a Mobile OS !!

The ultimate makers of Firefox, Mozilla is now looking to improve their products . Mozilla corporation is now decided to launch a mobile operating system , which will be like iOS , Android , WP-7 .  The best part of this mobile OS is that it will be completely an open source , and will be used for the development of HTML 5 applications , the company wants to encourage developers to write codes on this platform for applications which will work almost like native apps . It seems like a valiant(brave) effort by Mozilla to bring something new.

Google introduced Chrome OS for a similar purpose , but Mozilla could improve upon it . For those of you who are wondering what this upcoming OS is going to be called ; for now it's known as Boot To Gecko or B2G. These are the plans to write the code , at the same time some codes will be borrowed from Android.However , Mozilla wants to improve upon the idea by developing a mobile OS which would guide to build web apps based on HTML5 .

It will be interesting to see what ultimately Mozilla come up with!!

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Windows Azure toolkit for Social games development - Microsoft

This is the decade of open source, online and cloud technology. We have seen a lot of social games available in the net and also in the largest social network Facebook. Windows Azure being a cloud platform wants to utilize it for full extent by a open source content management systems like wordpress, joomla, drupal and etc...

The toolkit has been launched for the developers and hoping to get lot more fun and exciting games such as Angry birds and farmville.

Some of the components of windows azure are :-

• Accelerators.

• Common Libraries.

• Facebook credit to share and make money.

The toolkit is available currently for .Net and HTML5 platforms. They are planning to support for other platforms too.

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Google+ have a huge problem with its photo tagging system!!

The most popular social networking site google+ has lead to a huge privacy problem .One of the best features about google+  is ,the way we can manage who see the things we share , with circles .Google+ has beaten Facebook in making it super easy to make sure that only intended people can see our updates.

As Google+ gains many users, a very serious privacy issue has been discovered with the way google+ manages with your photo albums.

Ofcourse google + allows users to keep private albums.In fact private albums are quite important in Google+ because photos taken using an Android device gets uploaded to your private photo album.

As one Google+ user has noticed, it seems like tagging someone on a photo means that he/she can see the whole album even if you have not shared it. This is not actually a bug – but rather a feature in Google+.

Facebook too allows users who have been tagged to see the photo. But people tag others in Facebook photos to let them see it. In the case of Google+ it it a bit different. The Google+ photo album is basically Picassa – the popular photo management tool. Since Picassa has been in existence much before Google+, people do not tag others on Picassa to share – they tag to organize their photos.

So basically what it means is that, if you try to organize your photos in a private album by tagging the people in the photos, not only they will be able to see every photos you in that album, they will be able to share it as well. If it happens with your Instant Upload album – that is the album to which Android devices automatically uploads your photos – others can see all the photos you have taken using your Android device.

This is simply a huge privacy problem.

Google+ is still officially in the field testing phase and let us hope they sort this out.

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Games to Google+ Coming SOON...

The most popular and the largest company Google launched Google+, a social networking site 3 weeks ago. Initially, there was only Streaming and uploading of photos and videos and now it has kept a major step towards the applications and games.

As we all know, Facebook is recently seeing a major fall due to the introduction of Google+. It has become like a rival for facebook. To fight against the Google+, facebook has come up with video chatting, group text chatting and enhancements in other stuffs. In the same way, to retain its position in the market, Google has kept a step ahead by introducing applications and games. This feature will be available for all the users very soon.

We being the users, have to see how Google will emerge with games and applications against the facebook's applications and games. All the best for both large social networking sites.

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Top 5 mobile phones below 5000 !!

Many of us love mobile phones ,some of us wont be able to buy costly mobile phones!!  Most of the people in India like to buy mobile phones which are cheap!!Here I present 5 best mobile phones that deserves to be one of the best gadgets.

List of Top 5 Mobile Phones Below Rs. 5,000:

1) Nokia X2-01

Features:

• 2.4-inch QVGA screen


• Full QWERTY keypad


• VGA camera at rear


• Symbian 40 OS


• Bluetooth 2.1 with EDR


• Email and Messaging


• VGA Camera


• Media Player


• M Radio with RDS


• Built-in handsfree speaker


• 55MB internal memory


• 8GB expandable memory


• Communities application feature


• Ovi Store

Price: Rs. 3,600/-

2) Sony Ericsson Cedar

Features:

• 2.2 inches TFT with 240 x 320 pixels and 256K colors


• 1000 Phonebook entries


• Call recording


• 280 MB internal memory


• External memory up to 16GB


• GPRS


• 3G HSDPA speed up to 7.2 Mbps


• Bluetooth v2.1


• 2 MP camera with 1600×1200 pixels


• Geo-tagging


• Video-calling


• QVGA@15fps Video recording


• Messaging – SMS, MMS, Push Email, IM Chat enable


• WAP 2.0 HTML browser


• Stereo FM radio with RDS


• YouTube, Facebook, MySpace, Twitter and all social networking application


• Talk time Up to 12 hours 30 min

Price: Rs. 4,449/-

3) Samsung Champ C3303

Features:

• 2.4-inch resistive touchscreen


• 1.3 MegaPixel camera


• Bluetooth2.1 and USB 2.0


• Music Player with a 3.5mm ear jack


• Sound Alive 3D effects


• 30 MB internal memory


• 3 page extended menu


• 1000 mAH battery


• 1000 phonebook and 500 SMS memory

Price: Rs. 3,670

4) Motorola EX115

Features:

• 2.3-inch large displayMotorola-EX115-Price


• 3.0 mega pixel camera


• Bluetooth v2.1+EDR


• Dual-SIM mobile


• E-mail


• FM radio


• G-mail/Facebook/My space/YouTube


• Keypad:QWERTY


• Screen resolutions of 320 x 240 pixels


• Talk time 3hrs


• Video player with recording


• WAP 2.0

Price: Rs. 4,850

5) LG GU285

Features:

• Slider and Stylish Design


• 3G Technology


• Video Calling


• 1.3 MP camera


• Expandable Memory


• E-Mail


• MP3 Player

Price: Rs. 4,749

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Apple unveils the new MacBook Air

Apple  today updated the MacBook Air with next generation processors, high-speed Thunderbolt I/O technology, a backlit keyboard and Mac OS X Lion, the world’s most advanced operating system. With up to twice the performance of the previous generation, flash storage for instant-on responsiveness and a compact design so portable you can take it everywhere,the MacBook Air starts at $999 (US) and is available .

The processor included in your MacBook Air depends on the screen size you select. The 11-inch models with a 1.6GHz dual-core Core i5, where as the 13-inch models up that slightly to 1.7GHz. If you require something a little faster then it’s possible to select a 1.8GHz Core i7 chip in the 128GB 11-inch (+$150) and 256GB 13-inch (+$100) models.

As for the Thunderbolt port, it has been added to the right side of the laptop behind a USB 2.0 port. On the 13-inch model there’s also an SD card slot included.

One of the most desired features are: a backlit keyboard. Apple has included a sensor that adjusts the brightness of the light dependent on the lighting. This is combined with a glass multitouch trackpad. The other user-facing feature is of course the screen, which is a super thin LED backlit panel. You get a resolution of 1366 x 768 on the 11-inch and 1440 x 900 with the 13-inch.

Battery life is very good considering the hardware contained within each laptop. The 11-inch manages 5 hours, where as the larger battery the 13-inch takes that time up to 7 hours. Apple claims all MacBook Airs can survive 30 days in standby mode.

As you would expect with any new Apple product, these laptops aren’t cheap. The base 11-inch model is $999 with 64GB on-board storage and 2GB RAM. The 128GB and 4GB 11-inch model takes that price up to $1,199. Moving to the 13-inch model and the price starts at $1,299 for 128GB of storage and 4GB RAM. Increase that storage to 256GB and you pay an eye-watering $1,599.

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BSNL Launches VVoIP

BSNL, the state-owned telecom service provider, along with Sai Infosystem - an Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) provider - has launched Voice and Video Over Internet Protocol (VVoIP). This will allow its customers to make audio as well as video calls to any landline, mobile, or IP phone anywhere in the world, provided that the requisite video phone equipment is available at both ends.
The service will cost 40 paise per minute for audio and Rs 2 per minute for video calls within the country over VVoIP. International calls are also available at affordable rates. A call made to the US or UK will cost Rs 1.20 per minute on landlines and Rs 7.20 on mobiles. Subscribers can avail this service by paying a registration charge of Rs 150.BSNL will start offering this service at Ahmedabad, and later make it available to Gujarat. It will eventually be brought to Maharashtra and Chhattisgarh.

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Indian Railways soon starts mobile ticketing and other services

Good news for all Indians who travel in trains now and then. If we want to book a ticket, we will have to go to railway reservation office or by a agent. These tasks were time consuming and also the passengers had to take their hardcopy of ticket with them while travelling in train. Soon, all these tasks will be eliminated because Indian Railways is introducing mobile ticketing which will surely make our lives easier.

As per the Indian Railways, passenger has to register in https://www.indianrailways.gov.in/ and then he/she can book tickets using their mobile phones. After registering, customer will get unique ID which can be used to download a mobile ticketing application, railway booking and etc...

Charges for booking will be same as current prices. No additional charges. Customers should carry a virtual copy of ticket and produce the same by showing it on their mobiles, tablets, laptops or PDA's.

Isn't this a good news Indians? Please do comment and share this article. Stay tuned for more information at TechSpace.

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Google acquires G.co domain - Official Google websites URL shortner

As Twitter, Amazon and etc... uses T.co, A.co respectively uses their own URL shorteners, Google too has come up with its own URL shortener service with G.co. Google still has goo.gl URL shortener service but it is for public use.

G.co is only for official use. Only the websites which will be owned by Google will have these links. G.co will not be available for public service. This service will help the users to clearly know which is an unofficial site and which is official site of Google.

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Post to Google+ through SMS now - Only for Indian users

Google has a soft corner for the people in India. Or probably they have managed to understand the importance of mobile market in India. Because Google, in its Google+ has provided the functionality for Indian users (only) to update their Google+ status through their cell phones. This feature was already in facebook and looks like Google is on a spree to beat the facebook and grab some Indian population.

Enabling SMS Updates

To enable SMS way of updating the Google+ status, you need to do the following -

You need to first add your number to the Google+ settings. So go to your google plus settings page. Once you enter your phone number, then you will have the usual process of confirmation through a verification code sent to your mobile. Once your phone is verified, select the SMS radio button and you're done. The updates can be posted from your registered number by sending your update to +91 9222222222

Sharing Options

By default the update will be shared with all the circles but you do have some options to change the default. You have to append these tags likewise.

@[circle name]
To share with a specific circle, append your post with @[circle name].
For example: "Will see you at the game @soccerfolks".



@extended
To share with everyone in your extended circles, append your post with @extended.
For example: "Any SF restaurant recommendations? @extended".

@public
To share your post publicly, append your post with @public.
For example: “Any SF restaurant recommendations? @public”.

Public posts could be found in search.

@[email address]
To share your post with a specific person, append your post with @[email address].
For example, "In SF for the week @jazzguitar9@gmail.com" will be visible to jazzguitar9@gmail.com.

Security PIN

Google has always been cautious on security issues and hence you are allowed to add an optional security layer of entering PIN. If you set up a PIN, include the  SMS posts and commands with the PIN. For example: "A1B2C3 Will see you at the game @soccerfolks."

SMS Notifications

You can also receive notifications on your phone through SMS by just checking the boxes that best suit you. This is also available in the settings page. Here's the snapshot -

This is how you enable Google+ SMS on your account.

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µTorrent will be soon available as paid version

Bad news for all the torrent related file downloaders. Yes, the most used torrent related file downloading software µtorrent will be available as a paid version. This is official news and this version will be named as µtorrentplus.

Current version of µtorrent has a feature of streaming, remote access and etc.. As per the news, both free and paid versions will be available for the users and both versions will have same rate of development rate. The difference in paid version is that it offers more after the file downloading is done in return for you cash. The beta version is already up. You can get it from here.

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How to lock and protect folders in windows 7/vista

Do you want to lock  your important folders in Windows 7 or Vista? If you are an administrator and have multiple accounts set up in Windows 7 / Vista, then you can block few important folders so that they can not be accessed by other users. Every time the blocked folder will be accessed, Therefore the folder will be locked permanently unless you don’t remove the lock yourself.

To lock a folder, right-click on that folder and select Properties and click Edit as shown in the screenshot below.

A new window will pop-up, now under “Group and User Names”, select the user from the list whom you want to deny access to a specific folder, now under “Permissions for Users” check the Deny checkbox next to Modify(all other checkbox will get ticked automatically) as shown in the screenshot below.

Click OK and then click Yes when a Windows Security window will pops-up as shown in the screenshot below

Now click OK again and you are done. Now the specific user that you selected from the list will be denied access to this folder.

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Hacker runs Android on IPhone

Iphone, here comes a bad news news for you. Hackers have started to work and integrate Android in Iphone. It has already been done by a Hacker David Wang. This is the tough time for you IPHONE.

Yes, what you read in above paragraph is true. David Wang a mobile phone hacker has come up with source and live demo of android working without any flaws on Iphone platform. This will surely put Iphone in trouble. He has originally dual-booted android and Iphone 's operating system in Iphone Mobile.

Here is the video demonstration of Android on Iphone mobile.

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Telerik fdeck client for facebook

Telerik fdeck is an extended app for facebook.It is a silverlight based client application for Facebook.This product formerly known as "microsoft client for Facebook beta," is now available with the name Telerik fdeck.Install Telerik fdeck and enjoy the unforgettable user experience that the application provides.

In order to use telerik fdeck,you need silverlight 4,Download it here.

After installing silverlight 4,click here to install telerik fdeck client for facebook.

Hope you like this application..:)

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SMSBackup - Save your SMS to your Gmail Inbox

SMSBackup is a software for your android that enables you to save your SMS into your Gmail inbox. Once you set it up, it automatically synchronizes your SMS messages to your GMAIL so that you can delete them from your capacity overloaded smartphone. This is helpful at times when the capacity of your Android is reaching the limits and you do not want to delete the SMSes at the moment. You just click and all your messages will be copied to your Gmail Inbox, both your inbox and the sent items.

To enable SMSBackup, you have to enable IMAP on your Gmail account settings. Here's how you do it.

Go to Mail Settings.

Go to 'Forwarding and POP/IMAP' tab.

Tick the 'Enable IMAP' checkbox.

Now you can just install the SMSBackup on your android and register it with your GMail and every SMS that you receive or send will be automatically synced to the cloud (GMail) and all this is done in the background.

The new Android Market boasts of more than a million apps. You can find SMSBackup and  you can download it from the Android market here.

For a much more detailed user manual, you can always go to the developer's website.

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Download Google Maps for offline view- Android

Good news for Android users. Most of the users use google maps and get to the right place. Many users will not have internet facility in their mobiles once they go out of home or go out of network area. So for such people, here is a good news.

Android users can just have everything right in their hand. Once you enable this feature, it will automatically stored locally in the storage space. When you are in need, just open up and get the route without data connection.

How to enable and start using it?

• Visit the Labs section of the Maps application using menu button.

• Enable the Download Map Area option.

• Hit the ‘More’ button and you will see an option to locally store a map of the surrounding area.

That's it. You are done. Now you can use it offline. Hurray. Please do share this article and like us on our Facebook Fan Page.

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Facebook Group chat and Video chat with skype

Facebook, a large social networking site has kept a major step towards the group chat and video chat by seeing Google's features. Moreover, G+ has created a hell lot of tension for the Facebook developers. So FB is trying a lot to push G+ down and retain first place in the world of social networking.

Facebook has come up with group chat option just like the Gmail's feature but they yet to come up with video chat which will be available very soon to all users as per the news provided by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg. Moreover, for the users who need group video chat, they will have to pay some amount for skype.

We have to wait and see whether Facebook video chat feature make huge impact on users when compared to Google's video chat and hangout feature of G+.

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PayPal Phone to Phone NFC payment using Android Mobiles

Here is a good news for the all the people who do not want to carry wallets or credit cards along with them. Just an Android mobile will complete this work. This is a bit slower process but for sure, this will change the usage of mobiles and the world of technology to a greater extent.

How does it work?

Here is the answer for your question.

• Person 1 begins a money send or money request via a homescreen widget.

• Person 1 and 2 hold their NFC-enabled Android phones together until they vibrate.

• Person 2 punches in their pin. Bhooooom!!! Money is transfered.

Right now only Nexus S mobile has this feature. Rest of the mobiles will soon get this feature in their mobiles.

Here is an video of it. Please do watch.

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Cucusoft youtube mate for windows

Cucusoft YouTube Mate (Downloader + Player + Converter, all in one) A free YouTube Download and playback software.YouTube Mate helps you download, convert, play and manage your favorite YouTube videos... and it's very easy to use. If you're a YouTube fan, you'll love YouTube Mate!

YouTube Mate easily:

• downloads YouTube videos


• supports unlimited simultaneous downloads (a real time saver!)


• automatically names the downloaded video the same as the YouTube title


• converts YouTube videos to various video formats, including avi, DivX, XviD, rm, rmvb, MOV, MPEG, and WMV (Only full version includes this feature.)

And finally... YouTube Mate's embedded player will allow you to watch all your favorite YouTube videos off-line. So now you can enjoy any .flv and .swf videos anytime!

Minimum Requirements Cucusoft YouTube Mate

Software requirements:

• Windows 9x, Windows 2000, Windows NT, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 2003 Server, Windows 7, etc.


• DirectX 8.0 or later.

Hardware requirements:

• MMX-enhanced CPU or more powerful


• 512 MB RAM or more


• 1000 MHz Intel, AMD CPU or better

Click here to download youtube mate.

click here to download youtube mate(full version).

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Sea Ray Unveiled!!!!

Here it is guys....Nokia's very first windows OS mobile. In the video below, Nokia CEO Stephen Elop asks the audience during a presentation to shut down video recording devices (obviously, not everyone does this) and then he announces something “super confidential” — a functioning Windows Phone 7-based Nokia device, codenamed Sea Ray.

The device is physically very similar to the recently announced MeeGo-based Nokia N9, with one difference: an extra button on the side.

It has 500 new capabilities and features, Nokia claims, from what we see in the presentation, not many of these are Nokia-specific, but it’s an interesting first look at all the WP7 bells and whistles on a Nokia device. Is this is gonna bring about the revolution that the Nokia is craving for??? lets wait and watch....................

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Different wallpapers in each workspace - Ubuntu 11.04

Unity, a beautiful graphical user interface provided to the world of Linux. Ubuntu 11.04 provided this for the users. Lets see how we can have different wallpapers in different workspaces using Ubuntu 11.04 with unity interface.

Steps goes as given below :-

• Disable desktop icons. To do this, run this command from the terminal. [stextbox id="black"]gconftool-2 --type bool --set /apps/nautilus/preferences/show_desktop false[/stextbox]

• Run these commands now. [stextbox id="black"]sudo apt-get install compizconfig-settings-manager
  sudo apt-get install compiz-fusion-plugins-extra[/stextbox]

• Open CompizConfig Settings Manager by searching as "CCSM".

• In categories, go to Utility and then click on wallpaper.

• Check Enable Wallpaper option and add different wallpapers using new button.

That's it. You will have different wallpapers in each workspaces as shown below.

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INR Rupee symbol to get a place on keyboard

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After coining the new symbol for INR symbol, India faced problems embodying the new symbol on the digital media, like on websites. Thought it was always known that India would soon incorporate the INR symbol into the ASCII list, but it is now official. The Press information bureau of India has released a statement which says,

In order to promote the new symbol of Rupee i.e. the same has been encoded in Unicode Standard and National Standard ISCII. The new symbol has also been placed on the keyboard and by pressing “Alt Gr” + “4” keys together it can be typed. Detailed information is hosted on TDIL Centre (http://tdil-dc.in/) for the benefit of the users at large.

This is a good news to all the bloggers and writers over the web because, very soon they are going to be able to type the rupee symbol directly from the keyboard instead of messy workarounds. The keyboards are going to show the rupee symbol on the keyboards just close to the dollar symbol soon.

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Facebook for Android expands Pages support

Now, from your Android device you can view the full list of Pages you Like and perform some Admin duties for Pages you are in charge of.

Facebook for Android v1.6.1 is available now in the Android Market

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Android 2.3.4 for Samsung Galaxy S II

Here is the good news for the people who has Samsung Galaxy  S II because Android 2.3.4 version has been released for this mobile. New features includes better battery life, Google Chat and etc...

Steps to set up :-

• Download DarkyROM2 and SuperCore.

• Now install SuperCore with ODIN.

• Now simply boot and upload DarkyROM2 zip to internal SD Card.

• Now you have to reboot into recovery (vol-up+home+power).

• Select the zip using recovery menu and install it.

• Now simply reboot.

That's it.  Android 2.3.4 is up in your mobile. Isn't this a cool article?

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Sony Ericsson Xperia Active and Xperia Ray

Sony Ericsson has announced two new Android 2.3 phones under the Xperia series – Xperia Active and Xperia Ray, in a global media conference in Singapore . Both of which use Sony’s Mobile Bravia engine to enhance the displays.  Xperia Ray and Xperia Active are expected to be released in the third quarter of this year.

Xperia Active

Xperia Active is powered by Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) operating system and boasts of  1GHz processor. It has a 3inch capacitive touchscreen display with wet finger tracking and sports a 5MP camera.

Xperia Active specifications/Features

• Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) OS


• 3inch Touchscreen Display with wet finger tracking


• 320 x 480 pixels Resolution


• 320MB Internal Memory (Expandable up to 32GB)


• 5MP Camera with 8x digital zoom, Auto-focus and LED flash


• Geo tagging


• Wi-Fi Connectivity


• HD (720p) Video Recording


• Stereo Bluetooth with A2DP


• xLOUD


• TrackID Music Recognition


• Up to 4hrs 53min talk time and up to 351hrs standby time


• Up to 25hrs music playback and up to 8hrs 30min video playback

Other features include NeoReader Barcode Scanner, Sony Ericsson Timescape, 3D games, Motion Gaming, aGPS, PlayNow Service, FM Radio with RDS, Micro USB and Wi-Fi Hotspot functionality. Xperia Active weighs just 110.8 grams and is available in two colors – White band with black back color and Orange band with black back color.

Xperia Ray

Sony Ericsson’s Xperia Ray is almost similar to the Xperia Active in terms of features except that it has 3.3inch capacitive touchscreen display with 854 x 480 pixels resolution and a 8.1 megapixel camera with 16x digital zoom. It is powered by Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) OS and 1GHz processor.

Xperia Ray specifications/features

• Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) OS


• 3.3inch Touchscreen Display


• 854 x 480 pixels Resolution


• 300MB Internal Memory


• 8.1MP Camera with 8x digital zoom, Auto-focus and LED flash


• Front-facing camera for video calls


• Geo tagging


• Wi-Fi Connectivity


• HD (720p) Video Recording


• Stereo Bluetooth with A2DP


• xLOUD


• TrackID Music Recognition


• Up to 7hrs talk time and up to 440hrs standby time


• Up to 36hrs music playback and up to 6hrs 45min video playback

Other features include Sony Ericsson Timescape, 3D games, Motion Gaming, aGPS, PlayNow Service, FM Radio with RDS, Micro USB and Wi-Fi Hotspot functionality. Xperia Active is a bit lighter than Xperia Active and weighs just under 100 grams. It is available in four colors – Black, Gold, White and Pink.

Availability and Price

Xperia Ray and Xperia Active will be released in the third quarter of 2011, however the price of the smartphones are still not known.

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TukTuk Meter: Save yourself from being overcharged

It is often seen in the metro cities of India, that you get an auto rickshaw or a cab to reach an unknown destination and you get exploited by a round-about trip by your rickshaw-wala just to overcharge you. Sometimes the tuktuk’s meter may be tampered to deceive you into paying more.. This does happen. But now with this new Tuk Tuk Meter, an application for your android/symbian/blackberry smartphone, you can save yourself some extra bucks.

Mindhelix Technologies has brought this new interesting app, called Tuk Tuk Meter which uses GPS to give you the route you’re being taken by. All you need to do is when you get on the auto, you have to press start. The Tuk Tuk Meter will start monitoring the route and display you the same. Once you reach the destination you can just stop it.

The Tuk Tuk meter will give you a summary on the route, distance and time. It also allows user to feed in the local fare charges. Once you set it, the application will also show you the fare of your total journey. This is similar to having your own meter while you board an auto rickshaw or cab.

Tuk Tuk meter is available free and can be downloaded from their website. The following snapshots will pretty much summarize the whole concept.












Hope this application just doesn’t die as like the previous ones that came in the market.

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