Archive for July, 2010

Shopping online is a craze. Surely it has made our lives much lazier easier. And what else is better than Amazon to shop online? Amazon has products in every category you can think of. And not just that, they have multiple options and variety and that too at an affordable & discounted prices most of the times. For most of the people in US and UK, it has become an habit to research and review products on other sites, but look for them on Amazon only.

AmazonAssist

To make this even easier for you, we introduce to a cool Firefox add-on called AmazonAssist which helps you search Amazon.com as you search the web and delivers product information to your browser when you need it.
Once installed, Amazon Assist shows up in a panel at the bottom of the web browser window, and presents Amazon.com products that match a person’s search terms.
AmazonAssist is compatible with major search engines and shopping websites and pulls the latest pricing, review ratings, availability and other product information from Amazon.com in real time. Say you visit a site about digital cameras. AmazonAssist might show you a selection of cameras. You'd also get lenses, memory card and other things...
A team of Indian researchers have developed what's essentially the cheapest "laptop" in the world which would cost just $35 (approx Rs. 1600). Now it is tough to tell if it exactly qualifies as a laptop or not, but this touch screen computing device has managed to garner enough raised eyebrows from all over the world.

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Designed by experts at IIT, Kanpur, Kharagpur, Madras and Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, the device was unveiled on Thursday by Indian HRD Minister, Kapil Sibal. This low-cost computing device is designed for students and the government has started talks with global manufacturers to start mass production.
We have reached a (developmental) stage that today, the motherboard, its chip, the processing, connectivity, all of them cumulatively cost around $35, including memory, display, everything,
It looks like an iPad, only it's just 1/14th the cost. It is truly wrong to compare this unnamed device with iPad, so let us just look at the specs.
  • Linux Operating System
  • touch screen
  • built in keyboard
  • wi-fi connectivity
  • USB port
  • 2GB RAM memory
  • alternate solar battery support
The tablet is packed with Internet browsers, PDF reader and video conferencing facilities. What more? The minister expects the price to come down to $20...
  • How many times have you deleted something from your hard-disk and immediately realized you made a mistake
  • How many times have you shift-deleted something really important, only to bang your head on the keyboard later?
  • How many times have you wished you could un-delete a file from USB drive?
I am sure many of you know about File recovery software available in the market. But do you realize the concept behind File recovery tools? Gizmo's explain this beautifully. free-data-recovery-1 Any data on Windows system is written to the hard-disk and once you decide to delete it, all the space occupied by the data is marked for re-use. File recovery relies on the fact that when a user deletes a file the contents of the file aren't physically wiped out on the disk, but rather the file is simply flagged as deleted. On simpler terms, the space is simply marked for reuse. This means that the older the file, the less chance there is of successful recovery because it’s more likely to have been overwritten by another newer file. File recovery software works best when the deleted files are recovered to another drive. That's because the very act of recovery involves...

dns-tool-pingdom

Pingdom tools - one of the most popular and accurate tools to test page loading time of websites has added DNS Health checkup tool to its arsenal. DNS or the Domain Name System is a vital part of the world wide web. It is very important for the websites to have proper DNS settings. Website downtime is just one of the many issues you can face with improper DNS settings. On top of that, bad DNS settings can be hard to track down and can cause a lot of head ache for webmasters and site owners. Check out DNS Health Test Tool All you need to do is just input your website name in the text box provided and click on "Test now". There are 6 different tests which get carried out - Delegation, Nameserver, Consistency, SOA, Connectivity and DNSSEC.

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If your DNS settings are absolutely proper, you will see Green buttons for all the 6 individual tests carried out. For warnings, you will see amber colored buttons. Red buttons indicate a major issue. Clicking on Advanced View tab will give a better idea on what's wrong. Best...
YourTube is a popular media app for jailbroken iPhone and iPod touch devices using which you can download and save Youtube videos very easily. For obvious reasons, it didn't make the cut into the Apple appstore, but that didn't stop them from getting listed on Cydia. And the good news is that Yourtube HD is now available for iPad devices as well.

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Interested to download any HD video from Youtube? Then download this YourTube app but make sure your iPad is jailbroken already. And yeah, this app is not free even though it is available on Cydia. You need to shell out $2, but a majority feel it's worth that for the features it comes with. But keep in mind that downloading Youtube videos is against the Youtube ToS. So use it at your own risk. YourTube HD for iPad is available on Cydia on BigBoss...
spirit-jailbreak There are all indications that the next version of Spirit userland jailbreaking tool is round the corner. The developer behind Spirit has come out with a series of tweets hinting at the new version of Spirit. He has also mentioned that it will work with all iOS based devices including iPhone 4 on iOS 4.0.1/4.1 and iPad on iOS 3.2.1.
I’m not waiting for 4.1 so I hope everyone has SHSH blobs saved. :p SHSH blobs for 4.0.1 or 4.0 are fine; AFAIK there are no substantive differences except the bars To be clear: if I don’t run into problems, it will work on 4.0 or 4.0.1. No need to update to 4.0.1. SHSH blobs for either are fine.
Since he hasn't specified the ETA for the tool, users waiting for it can now backup their SHSH blobs so that you can downgrade back to the older firmware in case Apple patches the exploit used in this tool. Stay tuned for the latest...

browser-addons

Guest Post by Laurah Hagen The fun doesn’t end with choosing a browser. These days, there are innumerable ways to customize your Internet experience by selecting add-ons, which boost your browser’s ability to work for your own unique needs. Spend hours on end updating your social networking sites? The Yoono add-on will let you update them all at once. Lose entire afternoons researching real-time media? The Cooliris add-on lets you scroll through videos and pictures without clicking through the website. Love reading long articles, but not squinting at the screen? Greasemonkey lets you change the font size. Unfortunately, not all add-ons are compatible with all browsers. If you do find one you love, make sure you can use it with your browser by checking the compatibility requirements on the add-on homepage. Here are ten browser add-ons that will improve your Internet experience. 1. LastPass: When you’re logged into LastPass, it saves your passwords as you enter them. When it detects a new login, LastPass prompts you to save the site so when you return, you can simply hit the auto login button on the LastPass icon. This award-winning add-on offers many additional features, and keeps...
The highly anticipated American drama series, Mad Men will mark a comeback on July 25th with the premiere of Season 4 on AMC. Airing Sunday nights at 10PM (ET/PT), the award-winning series returns to the network for its fourth season. AMC's Mad Men made history in 2008 and 2009 as the only cable series to win back-to-back Outstanding Drama Emmy Awards and the only series to win the Golden Globe for Best Drama for three consecutive years.

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Created by Emmy and Globe-winner Matthew Weiner, Mad Men follows the lives of the ruthlessly competitive men and women of Madison Avenue advertising. The award-winning ensemble cast includes: Golden Globe-winner Jon Hamm, January Jones, Elisabeth Moss, Vincent Kartheiser, Christina Hendricks, John Slattery, Jared Harris, Rich Sommer, and Aaron Staton, and guest stars legendary stage and screen actor Robert Morse. The series is produced by Lionsgate. "Mad Men season 4" poster features Don Draper, cigarette in hand, in a high-rise building facing the windows of a room empty except for a single telephone. Mad Men S04E01 is titled "Public Relations", while other episodes include "Christmas Comes But Once a Year", "The Good News", "the Rejected", "The Chrysanthemum and...
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