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How to print text messages and more using Google Cloud print

2012-01-29T17:02:00.001+05:30

Google cloud print is a technology that allows you to give print jobs to your home computer from anywhere. In more simple terms, you can ask your home printer from any location to print documents. Not only that, you can even assign the printing job to your home printer with the help of Google Chrome, Android, iOS devices or for that matter any mobile device and including your PC or MAC. We will guide you on how to set up /sync your printer with the help of Google Cloud Print.

Rajinikanth's website runs without internet.Seriously!

2012-01-21T12:53:00.001+05:30

There have been many satires on the southern superstar Rajni Kanth eventually amplifying the power of the undisputed superstar! Now,this is no joke! New website of rajinikanth requires no internet connection. In other words you need to disconnect your internet to browse through this website. Website claims that it runs on RAJINI POWER!

Internet war begins : FBI takes down Megaupload. Anonymous takes down FBI

2012-01-20T14:12:00.003+05:30

On January 20th, FBI has taken down online most popular sharing service MEGAUPLOAD charging them with MEGA Conspiracy. Megaupload is a online sharing site which enables its users to upload any video to their servers. FBI also netted company's executives a vast cache of money and luxury cars. This news of the shutdown has angered ANONYMOUS hacker group, which retaliated by taking down FBI along with several other sites including Department of Justice and Motion picture sites and also warned(through this video) about the future attack which they call as opMegaupload

Wikipedia to shut down for 24hrs. Facebook and Google may join soon.

2012-01-17T13:31:00.001+05:30

Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales on Monday asked school students to finish their homework early as he detailed the plan to shut down the website on Wednesday to protest against a controversial anti-piracy bill that the US senate is debating.

"Student warning! Do your homework early. Wikipedia protesting bad law on Wednesday," Wales said on his Twitter page.

Important security tips for your Facebook account

2012-01-12T13:19:00.000+05:30

Facebook has become a must social identity for every internet user. Almost every website in the world of internet is connected to Facebook, so are its users. The significance of Facebook and its impact on our daily lives is on the rise. But, Facebook is not devoid of disadvantages. Hackers are the main enemies of the Facebook, they can access personal content, manipulate your profile and do much more. The need of the hour is the security of your Facebook profile which connects you with your friends.

Here are the precautions that can increase your Facebook profile security.

Facebook is giving away free business cards

2012-01-06T21:13:00.000+05:30

This is a cool new idea from Facebook and off course you should be using timeline profile. Facebook in partnership with MOO.com has launched printing of personalized business cards. Business cards carry yout profile picture as well as your cover picture with similar layout.These business cards also carry your basic information like name, company or college, place you live and your Facebook url. Also on the back side of the card there is an empty space that can be filled with the quote you like. By default moo pulls out your favorite quote from your Facebook profile. Most importantly first pack of cards is absolutely free! Moo.com prints out 5000 cards daily. So be sure that you are amongst those 5000.

IPL 2012 season schedule

2012-01-06T17:57:00.000+05:30

Indian Premier League 2012 season schedule is released. 2012 season starts on 4th Apirl 2012, Wednesday between Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings in Chennai. Getting into the season details, the major change in 2012 season is that Kochi franchisee is out of the IPL. Now, there are 9 teams competing for the title. Chennai super kings entering the tournament as defending champions. Vizag, Jaipur are the newly added venues.
Final is on 27th may, Chennai.

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How to apply for a fresh passport online

2012-01-05T14:18:00.003+05:30

Here in this post we show how to obtain a fresh passport. Ministry of External affairs has recently launched Passport Seva Kendras(PSK) which drastically simplified the overall procedure for obtaining passport. Citizens can now use the new system to obtain a passport within 3 days.

Here is the step by step process to obtain a fresh passport :

Cars and Bikes in New Delhi auto expo 2012

2012-01-05T13:38:00.001+05:30

The 11th auto expo-2012 happening in New Delhi is being used as a platform by the companies to introduce new bikes and cars to the market. Harley Davidson India has introduced two new bikes, FXDB Street Bob and FXDS Super Glide Custom. Joining the club, Maruti Suziki has introduced its concept car X4 alpha in the auto expo. This particular car is opened up a new section called MINI SUV( whose price falls under below 10lakhs) The compact SUV is based on the concept of wrestling, integrated in Indian history.

Worlds most expensive car crash

2011-12-08T22:36:00.001+05:30

Eight Ferrari's, three Mercedes Benz and one Lamborghini diablo, these all were involved in creating worlds most expensive crash ever. All these cars were involved in massive crash at the weekend on the Chugoku Expressway, in the country’s south-west.

WordAds monetizes wordpress blogs

2011-12-06T23:52:00.001+05:30

Google calls it Adsense, WordPress calls it WordAds. The motive is the same. WordPress introduces money making feature from your WordPress blog. WordAds is a program by WordPress in association with Federation Media, introduced to encourage bloggers to earn money through blog ads.

Earth like planet,sun like star found

2011-12-06T23:23:00.001+05:30

There are hundreds of new planets being discovered, ranging from few tens to hundreds of light years away. This particular planet which is about 600 light years away is said to have "Earth like Habitat" This means that the planet has all features of being another earth. Another life form?

"India is.." a global video challenge

2011-11-26T17:20:00.001+05:30

"India is.." is an initiative launched by The Public Diplomacy Division of the Ministry of External Affairs. The initiative is aimed in gathering the different perspectives that people have on India. This is a video challenge. All you need to do is create a 3 minute video based on the 3 themes laid down by the organization and then upload to http://www.indiais.org/. You need not be a professional photographer or a film maker. All you need to have is a camera and a passion to show India differently and creatively.

World's smallest car unveiled.

2011-11-24T17:06:00.001+05:30

Nanotechnology at its best!

This can be seen as a massive breakthrough in the field of nanotechnology. A group of Dutch and Swiss scientists unveil world's smallest car made of a single and carefully structured molecule. The molecule has four branches that act as wheels, rotating when a tiny metal tip applied a small current to them.With 10 electric bursts, the car was made to move six billionths of a meter.

Why this kolaveri di is the most searched video

2011-11-21T18:18:00.001+05:30

Why this kolaveri di! is now the trending video on YouTube. If you haven't heard the song. The song is from a Tamil movie named Three, directed by Aishwariya(rajinikanth daughter) and lead role is played by Dhanush(Aishwari's husband). Dhanush has penned down the lyrics of this song. Anirudh, young music director lent music for Three.

Nokia to launch Windows tablet in 2012

2011-11-21T10:30:00.000+05:30

The cellphone maker Nokia to launch Windows Tablet in Mid 2012. Though the company hasn't let out details of the tablet yet. In an interview to a news paper, the head of the Nokia France said that the tablet would run on Windows 8 operating system.

UNHATE campaign sparks controversy

2011-11-20T18:53:00.001+05:30

You may think that the above picture is pure digital manipulation. Bingo! You are right. A series of digitally manipulated pictures are part of the UNHATE campaign launched by United Colors of Benetton. The company claims that UHATE campaign aims to infuse the idea of stop hating among the people.

iPhone 4S in India- Things you need to know

2011-11-18T18:53:00.001+05:30

Airtel and Aircel all set to launch iPhone 4S in India on November 25th. Airtel has opened pre-bookings for the new iPhone 4S with wide range of data plans. Both the carriers are offering MONEY BACK offers. Aircel has not yet opened pre-bookings.

iPhone 4s coming to India on Nov 25th

2011-11-14T19:54:00.001+05:30

iPhone 4s is coming to India on November 25th. Though there is no official word from the Apple world. But, the cellular operator AIRCEL on its Facebook page has announced the arrival of the new iPhone 4S. Though the iPhone 4S screen size and dimensions looks similar to iPhone 4. However, the device's hardware has significantly upgraded and become much powerful and the most interesting feature is Siri assistant.

Google launches Google+ Pages

2011-11-08T00:02:00.000+05:30

Google+ Pages are here. Yes, Google also calls it a PAGE. Google+ is always on the run to catch up with Facebook. Having said that, will Google+ be able to hit the bulls eye with its newly launched Google+ Pages? If we look at the statistics, Google+ has already 100 million members. Still, Google+ has not been able to catch the pulse of the users. Arguably, Google put have pinned its hopes on pages!

Google India offers free .in domain and hosting

2011-11-06T13:12:00.001+05:30

In a vast and diverse country like India, it is very difficulty to get noticed. Making this job easier, Google in partnership with Hostgator has launched a campaign called "India get your business online". Having a website in today's scenario is as important as having a telephone number. You can build customers with the help of your website. So, website plays a crucial role in a business propagation.

Last spoken words of steve jobs

2011-10-31T21:29:00.004+05:30

Steve Jobs’s biological sister, Mona Simpson, wrote a moving and highly personal eulogy for a private funeral service about the fallen tech titan Steve jobs.

Microsoft sets KILL date for Windows XP

2011-10-27T20:24:00.001+05:30

It has been 10 years since the first ever Windows XP hit the shelves. 10 years in human terms is very little, its like a little child. But, in software terms its revolutionary. Within no time windows XP was able to capture the majority of the OS market share and raise its position to a monopoly in the market. Where as its predecessors Windows Vista failed to take off. It made Microsoft to go back to drawing boards and this time they came out with Windows 7.

Things you need to know about F1 race

2011-10-24T18:08:00.000+05:30

Formula One popularly known as F1 is one of the most advanced racing sports in terms of technology. "Formula" in the name indicates the set of rules or methods that are to be followed by the participating drivers and the car manufactures. So what actually is this F1, what happens? Who participates? Who is eligible?. Yes, we are here to answer all those question.

How to see you Facebook profile history

2011-10-22T00:01:00.003+05:30

What was the 1st status you have put on Facebook? Who is your 1st friend? Don't remember? Well, then this app is for people like you. Archived Book is an app that displays your entire Facebook history right from the wall messages, statues, photos, check-ins and more!

Steve Jobs refused life saving surgery: Biographer

2011-10-21T11:29:00.000+05:30

As many of you know that Steve jobs biography is slated to release later next week. Before the official release, the author, Walter Isaacson in an interview with CBS stated that, Steve jobs has refused to allow surgeons to allow surgery on his pancreatic cancer.

Buddh circuit:Things you need to know about Indian F1 track

2011-10-19T21:16:00.000+05:30

Buddh International circuit will host the maiden F1 Indian Grand Prix that will be held from October 28th in Noida, New Delhi. This international track was unveiled to the world on October 18th. Here are some interesting points about the Buddh international track!

Adobe demos the amazing unblur feature

2011-10-11T17:24:00.001+05:30

The pioneer in photo enhancing technologies, Adobe has come up with a ground breaking technique. In its MAX 2011 conference, Adobe demoed its new still "under-development" unblur feature drawing a loud applause from the amazed crowd. The app unblurs the blurred photo in seconds!

All you need to know about world's cheapest tablet

2011-10-06T00:37:00.000+05:30

As we have reported earlier, India HRD minister kapil sibal has launched worlds cheapest tablet, named "Akash". importantly it is made in INDIA. Geting into the manufacturing details, top notch organization like IIT's and other organization were involved in making Akash a reality. This is part of the rural education mission, an initiative by government of India, hopes will put millions of Indians in front of a keyboard.

CityVille comes to Google+

2011-09-28T18:10:00.003+05:30

Zyanga brings its most popular game CityVille to Google+. Zyanga in its blog post has announced this move. Instead of CityVille, it is called CityVille+ (may be to remind its players that they are playing on Google+ not on Facebook.) Zyanga pins its hopes on this inclusion to bag profits. Since zyanga's major revenue source is from facebook. Diversification would help the company grow faster and make its revenues less vulnerable to the whims of one platform.

New TRAI guidlines-All you need to know

2011-09-27T17:45:00.003+05:30

India is all set to battle spam on mobile phones. India stands 2nd in terms of mobile phone usage right after china with 700 million users. It is also obvious that the spaming also reached the heights. In order to tackle this mobile phone spam, which is primarily through SMS'es and then calls. Telephone Regulatory Authority of India(TRAI) has come up with new set of guidlines to tackle spam. Here are the few things that we think you should know as a mobile customer.

Trusted Friends can help you to recover your Facebook account

2011-09-21T23:32:00.000+05:30

Some one rightly said "Facebook is just like a girl, when you start thinking that you know her well, it just changes." Today, we are dealing with the security issue on facebook. So, what if you turn on login approvals and then lose your phone, you forget your Facebook password and can’t get into your login email account to receive a password reset? How would you recover your account?

Metallica to play in India this October!

2011-09-09T19:41:00.000+05:30

And there are coming. All the rock fan-boys in India, gear up METALLICA is coming to India( as we've earlier reported).Metallica concert will be held along side the inaugural F1Grand Prix scheduled on October 28th this year at the Buddh International Circuit in Noida, NCR. Metallica are yet to state if there is any chance of them performing in other cities. The next big news is that Metallica is also giving a concert in Bangalore city as well! So Delhite & banglorians gear up!

GeJar offers paid android apps for free

2011-09-08T19:50:00.000+05:30

Android: Ever wondered what so special about the paid apps in android market that makes its makers to attach a price while other apps are available for free? Ever wished to try them? If yes, then you can download all those paid apps on your android mobile for free!

Hackers vow to taken down Facebook on November 5th

2011-08-10T20:25:00.001+05:30

Anonymous is the name of a Hacker Group which released a straight threat to Facebook. Anonymous vowed to take down Facebook on November 5th. Question is, can this threat be taken lightly? If you look at the history of "anonymous" the answer is NO.

Apple has more cash in the kitty than US government

2011-07-31T19:41:00.001+05:30

Congratulations Steve Jobs! He is more powerful (in terms of "Economic Power") than one of the large country in the world. Getting into the details, when you swiftly examine the latest quarterly results released by Apple here which is US$ 75.876billion and of US government's available liquid cash which is US$ 73.768 billion.

The numbers show just how powerful Apple has become since the launch of the iPhone in 2007.

Mozilla making mobile OS using Android

2011-07-26T17:22:00.001+05:30

Mozilla, Yes! the Firefox Mozilla has taken a step to develop an all new OS for mobile platforms. This internet browser giant has launched a Boot 2 Gecko(B2G) project. Similar to Firefox B2G is also an open source project which aims to clean up mobile fragmentation.

How to move from Facebook to Google+

2011-07-12T18:40:00.000+05:30

Google plus is on a roll, challenging the mighty Facebook. Nevertheless only time has the answer to the question will Google plus overtake Facebook. As on now, we help you to migrate your Facebook album to Google plus. No its not a cluttered procedure. Thank to Aman Kumar Jain who crafted this app.
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Facebook rolls out video calling

2011-07-06T23:37:00.002+05:30

As speculated earlier, Facebook has announced the skype powered video calling feature. This feature come's integrated into the chat window(person specific). This has striking similarities with the new Google plus HANGOUT feature, where you can video chat with maximum of 10 people. The new Skype powered Facebook video calling feature all set to revolutionize the way we chat.

Things you need to know before asking Google+ invite

2011-07-05T12:26:00.003+05:30

As like any other major product roll out. Google + is also in its beta. This means you need an invitation either from Google or from an user using the Google +. There many sites "pretending" to offer Google + invites and asking your emails.

Facebook all set to introduce Skype powered video chat

2011-07-02T09:32:00.000+05:30

Facebook

has earlier wooed its users with something awesome coming next week announcement. As always there were many rumors on the awesome thing. But, like in every story, sources confirm that Facebook is all set to release Skype video chat. Though both the companies (Skype and Facebook) denied to make comment on this issue, highly placed sources from the company had confirmed that the next weeks awesome announcement is nothing but the introduction of video chatting on Facebook.

K is the new fastest supercomputer from Fujitsu

2011-06-23T22:58:00.001+05:30

K here it is more than just alphabet. K is the name of the fastest supercomputer developed by fujitsu. How fast? It is faster than the previous world top supercomputer Tianhe-1A. K has dethrone this Chinese supercomputer. K is 3 times faster than its Chinese counterpart.The top-ranked beast is more powerful than the next five supercomputers combined, consumes enough electricity to power about 10,000 homes for a full year, and is capable of churning out about 8.2 quadrillion calculations per second -- three times as many as what runner-up (and former number-one) Tianhe-1A can process.

Historic change to internet's domain name system

2011-06-21T19:24:00.000+05:30

Internet Corporation for assigned names and numbers(ICANN) is the mentor for all the internet activities such as domain registrations and stuff. ICANN has recently, raised the long existing barrier of creating generic top level domains. At a conference recently held in singapore has been the stage for this historic decision. The board has gone forward with the idea of allowing the creation of top level domains(TLD's).

110 years old bulb still burning

2011-06-17T21:50:00.003+05:30

It's not a human and its not expected to have a life expectancy of 110 years! I am talking about a light bulb which is in service since 110(as of 2011). It hangs in a fire station in California. The power it consumes is not more than 4 watts! How many of our present day bulbs last more than a year? As a matter of fact, the bulb is the longest burning bulb ever existed eventually made into Guinness books of records!

All about Longest and Darkest lunar eclipse

2011-06-15T10:25:00.044+05:30

All the sky gazers are in for a treat. Bring out your telescopes, Earth will be immersed deeply inside the umbral shadow of the moon for a whopping 100 minutes! Longest lunar eclipse in the century. The last eclipse is said to last for 40 minutes(July, 2000) and the next wont be till 2018, so this make today's eclipse a rare event.

Internet may collapse on June 8!

2011-06-07T21:34:00.020+05:30

This is no hacker attack or global crisis. Internet MAY collapse on June 8! So why JUNE 8th?
As you might be aware that, the present internet connections run over IPv4 protocol. IPv4 has run out of space there by forcing the global internet network to upgrade to IPv6. Hence JUNE 8th is marked as IPv6 day. As the part of the transition, global internet giants, hardware industries all are expected to upgrade their systems to IPv6

Apple=Microsoft+Intel

2011-06-06T23:21:00.028+05:30

Yes, Apple has more market value even if we combine the individual market values of Microsoft and Intel(together WINTEL). Getting into the details, macdailynews has cracked this with help of numbers and off course on going WWDC conference. As mac daily news observed, Microsoft has a market value of $201.59 billion, while Intel has a market value of $115.21 billions. So the total value of Microsoft+ Intel(WINTEL) =$316.8 billion(basic addition)

Indian Tablet

2011-06-03T10:34:00.000+05:30

India's first home-made tablet is up for grabs again, after being sold out the first time round. Bangalore-based Notion Ink have started taking orders for 'Adam', which they claim was sold out after they started shipping in January 2011. Signing up for a tablet is through a tedious registration process and it does not guarantee you a tablet it as Notion Ink reserves the right of refusal and will decide who to sell Adam to.

First showcased at CES 2010 (Consumer Electronics Show 2010), the tablet has been an object of interest and criticism because of its Eden UI. It was one of the first tablets to feature the Pixel Qi display and was hailed by experts as the thing to watch-out for. But, the company has still not been able to launch its products in quantities that are enough to make a mark.

NVidia's Tegra 250 Dual-Core processor clocking at 1Ghz powers the Adam alongside 1GB of RAM, 10.1 Pixel Qi display with multi-touch support and a resolution of 1024x600, 8 GB of flash memory, a micoSD card slot, a 3.2 megapixel swivel camera and multiple ports including a full sized USB port.

For all the new buyers the company will ship an upgraded version of the 'Eden UI', which has now hit version 1.5. The Adam originally was released with Google's Android 2.2 Froyo operating system but now the company claims that they are working on an Android Gingerbread version, which will eventually be upgraded, to Android 3.0 Honeycomb.

Microsoft releases windows 8 preview

2011-06-02T17:54:00.023+05:30

Windows 8, there were many and long spread rumors about the UI that windows 8 will carry. Shutting the rumors, microsoft in its blog has released the "preview" of windows 8. (Microsoft has also promised that it will be releasing more windows 8 videos.). Mind you, windows 8 is still in development mode, it is expected to hit the markets as early as 2012.

Google Wallet: Tap your phone to pay your bills

2011-05-26T22:53:00.031+05:30

OK. Google is really going places to make its presence felt outside the virtual domain. If Android @home is the 1st step in taking Google "practically". Here comes the 2nd master stroke from Google. Google in its blog post unveiled a new feature, they call it Google Wallet. Google Wallet, basically is an android app which aims at replacing all those plastic cards(credit cards) in your pocket with Google Wallet. Sound's pretty interesting right?

Facebook is hiring. India has 12 openings

2011-05-25T17:57:00.021+05:30

Facebook is hiring for over 350 vacant positions globally. Facebook ha 600 million users worldwide. In order to meet the global demand Facebook has around 378 jobs globally for various positions starting from technical, human resources, consultants,design, product management, software engineering operations, IT and security, sales and business development. 378 include 12 job openings from India.

iPhone 4 in India.Things you need to know

2011-05-25T17:23:00.029+05:30

Finally, iPhone 4 is here. A while ago everybody thought iPhone 4 will be released prior to iPad 2, but it was indeed proven wrong when iPad 2 was released first. Now, its the turn of iPhone 4. iPhone 4 will be released in India on may 27th! Airtel and Aircel will launch the new iPhone with different tariff plans.

All your Google services at one place

2011-05-21T20:43:00.020+05:30

As many of you know, Google has grown from just a search engine to a company which offers various internet services. There are many services that Google offer. But, the question arises, How do you maintain and stay in touch with the services offered by google?

Taliban is on twitter

2011-05-17T15:02:00.019+05:30

Taliban-which gave/giving USA and many other countries sleep less nights with their dreadful and barbaric activities decided to update the world in 140 characters. Yes, Taliban is on twitter. Taliban is a banned organization which banned cinema and music in Afghanistan(long back) now fighting its war VIA twitter. This comes after the death of Osama Bin laden. The talking point is that taliban is tweeting in English as well! Their first tweet was tweeted claiming "enemy attacked in Khak-e-Safid", with a link to their website for more details about rebel fighters killing "at least 6 puppet police".

Nokia Rebrands OVI

2011-05-16T20:37:00.019+05:30

OVI-nokia's app store brand name is all set to change. Nokia, the Finnish company is set to re-brand OVI to Nokia Services.OVI-in Finnish means the "DOOR",this name change is not unexpected, as we know Nokia is undergoing a massive shift from an independent mobile company to a Microsoft partner. Nokia’s deal with Microsoft, and the decision to move away from Symbian, means the company doesn't need Ovi much longer, although there will still be Symbian device owners for a few years yet. However, the timing of the Ovi re-branding coincides with a rumor that Nokia will begin talks next week to sell its handset business to Microsoft. Eldar Murtazin is the source and he’s often had accurate information on Nokia’s doings, as well as early access to its handsets.

Facebook's OMG WHAT YOU DOING IN THIS VIDEO is spam

2011-05-16T19:16:00.024+05:30

"OMG (fbusername) what you doing in this video" spam link goes viral. The juicy sentence in the quotes is the main tool to attract or make users to click on the link. The link has a hidden JavaScript, when clicked, posts the same link on your friends wall, thus causing embarrassment! The better way to avoid is stop clicking on those spammy links. Or else to avoid further embarrassment disable your FACEBOOK wall, i.e you can disallow your friends to post on your wall, thereby decreasing the spam links or simply you can remove posts.

A social media stock market

2011-05-16T14:52:00.031+05:30

Yes, you have got a stock market for social media too. A social media exchange. Social media here includes your Facebook profile/page, LinkedIn profile, twitter handle, Flickr and YouTube. These are the parameters on which your SHARE value depends on.

Android@home lets you control electric appliances Wirelessly

2011-05-13T22:58:00.042+05:30

This is some thing seriously "out of the box" from Google. Google- A software giant, has taken giant steps ro infuse android into our day to day things. Google in its recently concluded developers conference called Google I/O has announced a new project called Android @home.

Facebook plays dirty with Google

2011-05-12T19:10:00.000+05:30

Looks like Facebook devoid of competitors spirit. There are two ways of gelling better, one is throw mud on others and show that you are clean. Second, make your self clean. Facebook has chosen the 1st option. Facebook allegedly hired a PR firm to raise about Google's privacy practices. The campaign backfired when an agent was caught, trying to help a prominent blogger to criticize Google's privacy practices, said The daily beast(which broke out this news).

Internet speed declines in India

2011-05-12T18:40:00.000+05:30

India is the 3rd most internet traffic generating nation with 100 million users. And also ranks second in spam generation. All these factors indicate that the internet usage in India is growing if not at a rapid pace, it is growing decently. A State of Internet report by akamai placed India in the 143rd place in the broad band speeds category. According to akamai, India has an average speed of 0.8Mbps which is 9.1% less than the previous year's(2010) speed.

Earthquake rumor shivers Rome

2011-05-11T18:11:00.016+05:30

A rumor that, the eternal city Rome would be hit by a earthquake on Wednesday sent ripples to certain people while some where giggling about it. The internet blogs, social media were buzzing about the Roman earthquake. Irony is that the birth of the rumor took place through Internet!

Even Google Chrome can be Hacked

2011-05-11T11:30:00.001+05:30

French firm Vupen Security has managed to hack Google Chrome and its sandbox in a contest. Historically, Chrome has been the most difficult browser to hack because of the inbuilt sandboxing technology which theoretically isolates Chrome from the rest of machine, making it less vulnerable to hacking codes designed to cripple web browsers.

Google launches Google Music

2011-05-10T22:06:00.021+05:30

Google has announced the launch of Google Music at the ongoing Google I/O conference. Like all the new services, Google Music is still in BETA.
So, whats so special about Google Music?

Google can solve SUDOKU puzzle

2011-05-10T15:44:00.048+05:30

Yes, it really can. All you need to have is an android app called Google Goggles. Google Goggles is developed by Google, to provide visual search services to android as well as iPhone users. Google goggles uses back camera of your phone to capture the unsolved sudoku. Android takes few seconds to get you the answer! How much time does it take for you to solve a SUDOKU?

You can Rent movies on YouTube

2011-05-10T07:33:00.037+05:30

It seems that the goal of YouTube is to bridge the long existing difference between online video and T.V.As speculated earlier, YouTube has introduced the option of rentals. YouTube in it's blog post has announced the new feature which allows the user to rent movies. Movies are available for rent at prescribed industry prices. Apart from rentals, you can also watch wide range of movies on YouTube for FREE. From memorable hits to cult classics, YouTube also has new comers like Inception, King's speech, Little Fockers etc

How to customize your Facebook

2011-05-08T12:47:00.028+05:30

Now you can choose your Facebook. Al you need to have is this chrome extension developed by Ansel Santosa, this extension called Minimalistic for Facebook helps you tailor the way in which your Facebook appears. You can play around with the default options you see on Facebook.

A paper phone

2011-05-07T23:49:00.018+05:30

No, its not a myth. It is a reality. It's flexible, it can be twisted, it can be folded. But, still it is called a PHONE. Doesn't that sound crazy? Queens university human lab came up with this innovative concept. Eventually, this could be the most durable electronic device ever made.
Using electronic paper, simply bend corners to call, play music, text and so on.

Inside India's fastest Super Computer

2011-05-04T16:35:00.025+05:30

In simple terms, supercomputer is the mother of all computers. It can perform billions or even trillion of operations in a second or even less time. Presently, the supercomputer segment is dominated by U.S.A. Indian space research organization(ISRO) has recently developed a supercomputer named SAGA-220 making it the fastest super computer in India. It is being used by the space scientists to solve complex aerospace problems.

How they hunted Osama

2011-05-02T16:12:00.029+05:30

It was at midnight 1:00 pm(Pakistan local time). Many people were in deep sleep. It was then U.S helicopters flew in and over the area called abbottabad, which is a Garrison town. Half kilometer away from Pakistani military academy. For anyone who is following U.S.A its and obvious picture that the operation that was carried out in the early hours is an culmination point of various events that had happed earlier.

Dead body of OSAMA bin laden

2011-05-02T11:10:00.003+05:30

Update: Just getting the news that the photo of Osama bin laden is a bad Photoshop JOB. Will

have to wait till there is an official release of his dead body by the U.S government!

This image says it all! OSAMA IS finally DEAD!

Place where OSAMA was killed

2011-05-02T09:30:00.005+05:30

This is where Osama-bin laden was killed. Below is the Google satellite view of abbottabad where osama was hiding. A special operation was carried out by a group of CIA officials in Pakistan.

Most wanted man is dead

2011-05-02T09:04:00.019+05:30

The master mind behind 9/11 attacks on WTC towers in U.S. World's most wanter man is now DEAD. U.S is in possession of his body. President OBAMA address the world on the same. He was found hiding in a bunker in Pakistan. Watch the live streaming of his address here.

Website locates your stolen camera

2011-04-30T18:19:00.028+05:30

This website helps you to locate your stolen or missing camera. All you need to do is just drag and drop previous pictures taken from that camera into this site. Within seconds, location of your camera is known.

India introduces new web rules

2011-04-29T15:32:00.002+05:30

India updates its information technology law. It's a massive update. Before we draw any straight conclusion let us look at what the updated law states.This rule was quietly pushed into action without much buzz, after a month of its introduction it has slowly gained attraction and attention, eventually sparking the debate.

iPad 2 to be launched in India

2011-04-27T16:28:00.001+05:30

Update: Apple iPad is releasing in India on 29th April. Apple has sent a mail to all its subscribers stating the same.

It's not yet official but apple has indicated that India is one among the 13 countries to get iPad this week. There was a rumor(not any more) and an exclusive story carried out by onlygizmos on the release of iPad 2 arrival in India. Later this was confirmed by the apple premium reseller Vijay sales, which tweeted

Facebook introduces send button

2011-04-26T10:00:00.000+05:30

On the occasion of Facebook like first anniversary, Facebook has come up with a new button "Send". In a facebook blog post, Facebook has announced the integration of new button. The striking difference between like and share is, what you LIKE is universal and shows up in your profile. But "share" defines boundaries like groups. In other words, Send is relevant to groups. By this newly integrated send button you can create private spaces to share info with your family friends etc.

Metallica to play in India later this year

2011-04-25T17:37:00.000+05:30

And there are coming. All the rock fan-boys in India, gear up METALLICA is coming to India. In an interview with Inland empire weekly magazine bassist Robert Trujillo has said that metallica is slated to play in India in October this year.This is consistent with rumours that the band has been signed up to perform at F1 Rocks alongside the inaugural Formula 1 Indian Grand Prix scheduled for October 28-30, 2011, at Greater Noida, the magazine reported.

What’s inside PSLV-C16

2011-04-22T14:55:00.002+05:30

PSLV-Polar Satellite Launch vehicle
Developed by Indian space research organization(ISRO) to launch satellites into synchronous orbit. PSLV is a expandable launch vehicle,it has four stages. PSLV runs on VIKAS engine, developed by Indian engineers in 1970. It is similar to,VIKING.
Recently, ISRO had successfully launched its 16th space mission. PSLV used to put the satellites into orbits. So, what exactly did this PSLV-C16 space mission put in space?

AutoCad WS is on android

2011-04-22T14:02:00.001+05:30

Engineer's best friend AutoCad WS is now available on android. AutoCad WS mobile android app gives you the flexibility to view, edit and share right on your android phone or table. AutoCad is a famous desktop tool used for designing and simulation of various structures and models. Now, with this app you can also sync your files on web with the help of cloud storage technology. You can even directly download web drawings to your AutoCad account.

Influence of fukushima's radioactivity on social networks

2011-04-18T17:50:00.002+05:30

AS you all know disaster struck japan on march 11th,2011. World was abuzz about the relief efforts being carried out in japan. After the disaster, there was a significant increase in blogs,statues,tweets about ongoing situation in japan.Here is a cool website that visualized the impact of japan's disaster on social networks versus the radioactive intensity.

Ways to report online crime or scam

2011-04-18T11:57:00.003+05:30

There are millions of websites operating in today's world. If you ask a question, are they all legal?.No, is the answer. Some of those from millions and millions of websites, entirely depend on duping the users by attractive fake lottery schemes, fake survey, fake online jobs, fake online scams.

Facebook is hiding our friends

2011-04-16T18:34:00.001+05:30

Facebook has a problem.

Facebook thinks that it knows whats best for you!. A little change was pushed onto site not a long ago, but it went unnoticed to many of users. It was until when i found out that i "some how" missed few updates from my friends. My friends list seemed to be compacting day by day. The second one might be an algorithm glitch. But the missing update part is not a glitch.

Find out if your phone is getting android 2.3

2011-04-14T22:31:00.004+05:30

After a lot of baking android's new OS is finally started to roll out. Popularly known as Gingerbread. Android 2.3(Gingerbread) is fast, provides better battery life.So, is your phone receiving the new OS?No, you need not send email's call up Google guys to find out that. JR Raphle has simplified the things for you.

Chernobyl: World's deadliest disaster.How it happened?

2011-04-13T21:56:00.001+05:30

It is one of the world's deadliest nuclear disaster, raised many eye brows and questions about the nuclear programs as such. Chernobyl, Russia will be remembered in history as a core point of the whole nuclear crisis. This April 26th would mark the 25 years since the world has seen a deadliest nuclear disaster. So, what had actually happened on that day in Chernobyl?

Interesting facts about the first human space flight

2011-04-12T10:45:00.001+05:30

vostok space craft

April 12th,1961 exact 50 years back a man called yuri gagrin became the 1st man ever in the history of man kind to travel to outer space.Which eventually triggered the space race between two major powers USA and then USSR. Here are few interesting facts about the first human space flight mission.

Reliving India's road to victory in the world cup

2011-04-09T15:40:00.002+05:30

I had a peculiar expression on my face and also on my mind, openers who were striking the ball on meat of the bat were involved in a blizzard run out. I just turned to my friend and gave him a thought. I was not too sure about the understanding between SACHIN & SEWHAG, who are or rather should be the best opening pair in the prestigious CRICKET WORLD CUP 2011, India being top on list of favourites.
And my next suspicion came when Bangladesh were cruising through the hurdle of 340 odd runs India made. Fielding were pretty average batsmen could easily pick runs. However it was nice to see India pulling on with match. Dhoni going for DRS, on last ball of the 50th over, with a sarcastic smile gave me a feel if he was taking things too lite. Though I was on winning side, things don't seem convincing to me.

Facebook opens up its engineering secrets

2011-04-08T09:18:00.003+05:30

Facebook has opened up it engineering secrets to the world. Facebook calls it open compute. Getting into the details, facebook has shared its data center,server engineering specification in order to inspire the start ups to get something from facebook engineering. As mentioned earlier, open compute project is aimed at sharing specification and best practices for creating efficient and economical data centers. In contrary, Google and Microsoft which spends billions in building their own architecture kept their technology very close to their heart. Will this move inspire them to share their secrets with the world as well?

New world order: India is the new World Champion

2011-04-03T10:13:00.003+05:30

I still remember the faces of Indian cricketers emulated as fishermen,chai walla, road side beggars after the 2007 lose! I still remember the crazy fans destroyed Dhoni's house. Now, its the same house the same players are god for many! What a turn around in 4 years! Champions have answered the billion prayers!The Indian team looked HUNGRY to win the cup. Champions play this way.

How to make your Google account Hack Proof.

2011-04-01T17:12:00.004+05:30

Many of us use various Google services. Gmail, orkut, docs, webmaster etc. Main point is that we all use same login credentials for all the Google services. A universal log-in system. So, if your gmail account is hacked you will not only loose access to gmail, in fact you will not be able to sign into any of Google products. This shows the vitality of our Google credentials.

India home for 1.2 billion:Census 2011

2011-03-31T15:59:00.000+05:30

Finally, the world's biggest survey has come to an end with the release of provisional data of CENSUS India 2011 earlier today in New Delhi. As a matter of fact this biggest counting exercise takes place for every 10 years. Last time it took place in 2001. Now, 2011 census has interesting as well as disappointing figures. Here are the few highlights of the 2011. Did you get counted, by the way?

Google introduces +1 button. Answer to Facebook LIKE?

2011-03-31T00:28:00.000+05:30

I LIKE it is the language of Facebook. But, Google wants to change that to "+1" that. How cool is that? Google, in its blog had announced the induction of +1 option in the search results. Is Google's +1 answer to Facebook "like"? Yes, we think so. Question is how far will the new +1 button goes. Primarily +1 button is confined to Google search results.

Why are we so excited about Ind-Pak match?

2011-03-29T19:41:00.001+05:30

The stage is all set for hight voltage clash between India-Pakistan. 45000 people shouting out of their throats, billions of people watching! Can we ask for more?

Few Google services you might not know.

2011-03-27T17:29:00.004+05:30

Google is huge. Not only in terms of indexing and providing search results but also in providing other online as well as offline services. Here is a brief look at the services provided by google which we think that are less popular when compared to other services like adsense, adwords or Google docs.

View your Facebook profile stats is a SCAM.Beware.

2011-03-27T14:38:00.000+05:30

My Facebook is flooded with the stats from my friends about their profile views with cheesy captions like " OMG OMG OMG... I can't believe this actually works! Now you really can see who views your profile!!! WOAH and See who views your Facebook profile in real-time!!!
and they don't know that they have just posted their "so called" stats on their friends profile. This is embarrassing isn't it?

Facebook Questions: Ask friends and fans

2011-03-25T09:06:00.001+05:30

Update your status, photos, videos, share links. Now, you can even ask questions through Facebook. Facebook in its blog announced a gradual roll out of Facebook questions feature. As it says, who better than friends knows which place is better to hang out, what movie to watch, what is the best cuisine? etc.

Japan quake is the world's costliest natural disaster

2011-03-23T21:11:00.000+05:30

Japan government earlier today announced that, the earthquake and Tsunami had cost Japan around $310 billion dollars making it world's costliest natural disaster. The loss estimates covers houses, buildings factories and other infrastructures. These losses eclipses that of hurricane Katrina 2005. The loss estimate is likely to shoot up. The recent quake has not only crippled Japan's economy but also raised serious concerns of Nuclear safety.

Few Facebook tips you might not know

2011-03-23T11:32:00.000+05:30

Here are few things you might not know that you could do using Facebook.

Linkedin has 100 million members

2011-03-22T18:29:00.000+05:30

Linkedin, social networking site for professionals mainly used for professional networking. Has announced in its blog post that it has hit a mile stone by reaching 100 million users mark spanning around 200+ countries.The below is the infographic helps in visualizing the performance and impact of linkedin.
Are you on linked in?We are!

Orkut gives its users LIKE feature and more

2011-03-22T09:16:00.000+05:30

Seems that orkut is desperate to revive its image. Orkut guys have announced that their will be a visual upgrade to all the profiles. To start with they have introduced "LIKE" button. Unlike facebook, hitting LIKE means that you have like that particular item. Where as in Orkut, it is not just a LIKE button, it has wide range of emotions to help users to quickly respond to that item.