Hack Attack : Shutdown Windows Faster
If you are in a hurry and you want to shutdown Windows as fast as it can get, without all the program terminations and the hangs that are normally associated with Windows here is a tip that can shutdown Windows real quick… By real quick I mean real quick, as in Blink of a eye. Its not that difficult either, all you need to do is go to the Run Prompt and type shutdown -f -t 0. Well executing this command at Run would make Windows shutdown real quick, by... Read The Rest →
Hack Attack : Record Video on the iPhone
When the iPhone first came out, many people complained about the lack of Video recording capabilities in the iPhone. Many People including me thought it was pretty lame for Apple to release iPhone without the video editing features in it, because Apple touted the iPhone as a complete Multimedia device, and I haven’t really seen a Multimedia phone that comes without Video Recording. Heck even my Nokia 5300 does it pretty well.
Google Takes on Wikipedia with Knol
This is has to be the biggest announcement coming from Google at the end of this year. Google is planning to take on Wikipedia with their own project titled “Knol” which apparently stands for Units of Knowledge.. While the title doesn’t really say much about the project, but they are definitely trying to create a more accountable version of Wikipedia, that will be monetized and will also also feature in Google Search Results, giving Wikipedia a run for its money.
And the Webster’s Word of the Year Award Goes to… ""w00t!"
Hot on the heels, Merriam Webster just crowned “w00t” as the online Word of the Year 2007. ”w00t,” a hybrid of letters and numbers used by gamers as an exclamation of happiness or triumph, topped all other terms in an online poll for the word that best sums up 2007. Merriam-Webster’s president, John Morse, said ”w00t” was an ideal choice because it blends whimsy and new technology. Although the double ‘o’ in the word is usually represented by double zeroes, the exclamation is also known to be an acronym for... Read The Rest →
Hack Attack : Give Google Search A Complete Makeover
Well Google has always been a believer of the KISS (Keep it Simple, Stupid) principle, and that is the reason why almost everything from the Google stable has a minimal design. Well if you have got yourself bored of the default Google search layout, then get yourself ready for a completely different Google Search page thanks to an amazing Greasemonkey script, Google Search Makeover. Click on the screenshot above to see the various modifications that have been made to the default search layout. The script organizes the results into two... Read The Rest →
Microsoft Reveals What Windows Vista SP1 Offers
With the first release candidate of Windows Vista SP1 just a few days away, Microsoft is now finally opening up and revealing what can be expected in the first service pack to Microsoft’s flagship operating system, Windows Vista. Simply put, Windows Vista SP1 will add tons of added hardware compatibility, loads of compatibility, better system reliability, and Ofcourse better performance and better energy saving for laptops etc.. The standalone installer will come in at about 450MB, but if you were to download Service Pack 1 through Windows Update, it would... Read The Rest →
Reopen Accidentally Closed Program with GoneIn60s
If you are one of those people, who are always shuffling between a bunch of open Windows, you surely know how frustrating it is when you close a Window by mistake, and you end up loosing hours of work. Well here is a simple solution for all of you who have closed that Window accidentally and want to recover it. The Saddest thing is that Windows doesn’t have an Undo key, so some smart developers, gave it that functionality in the form of this tiny app called GoneIn60s. What GoneIn60s... Read The Rest →
Sync Your Local Documents with Google Docs
When it comes to Online Office tools, Google Docs is the most popular solution right now. With a host of other tools in Google Apps, Google Docs makes a perfect choice if you are looking to take your Office Online. But there is one problem, and that has to be the inability to sync your documents between your personal computer and Google Docs. Well Thanks to DocSyncer even this problem can be solved…
Flickr Adds Photo Editing
The Flickr team has launched photo editing tools via the previously announced partnership with Picnik. Picnik is one of the best online photo editors out there, and its partnership with Flickr means uber cool photo editing for Flickr Users. I am not going tell you about how the Photo editing is done, because details are already on the Flickr blog. All you need to do is Click the “edit photo” button above any of your stored photos, and Flickr launches the Picnik editor without leaving the Flickr site. When you... Read The Rest →
GMail Adds Colored Labels, and AIM Support
The GMail crew seems to be working hard these days, ever since the launch of GMail 2.0. GMail has finally given us one of the most important features we’ve been waiting for quite long and that is Colored Labels. Well Labels was a great feature GMail already had, to help us organize our inbox, but these Colored Labels, help us easily spot out the message we’re looking for. A Screenshot below, shows the colored labels feature in action. You can now set a different color for each label so you... Read The Rest →
