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Wikipedia Turned Into Book By A 22 Year Old

Wikipedia into a book? Sounds interesting!! Yes it's true... Wikipedia,the world's best free online knowledge portal now turned into book by Rob Matthews a 22 year old graphic design student from Brighton, Sussex.What is even more interesting is that he compiled it in just 2 weeks! This book contains hundreds of featured articles,you might wonder if you know the size of the book..it stands 1 ft 7 inches(48cm 28mm)and features as many as 5000 pages.

Make your own custom Mobile Themes using ZEDGE’s Theme Maker

Wanna a get a custom theme of your taste on your mobile phone? Then here's something interesting for you.Here's a site called Zedge.net,which allows you to create mobile themes online for free! All you need to do is to register in that site and as soon as you login, all you have to do is to select the make and model of your cellphone.Then start creating your theme.

Integrate Google Docs with Microsoft Office by OffiSync

Microsoft office is the popular and most successful Office suite by Microsoft which has no other alternative for windows users ( :D though there is tough competition from Open Office of Sun Micro system Oh! now it is grabbed by Oracle ). Most of us will be using Microsoft Office Suite for one or other purpose but when we would like to share that document with our friends or colleagues and edit it we use the Google's Google Docs service where in we can edit our documents online .

Google Wave to "redefine" E-mail communication

As Google promised to reveal something interesting on the second day of the Google I/O conference, and they announced Google Wave- the next evolution of email.Google wave a new in-browser communication and collaboration tool which was created by the two programmers jens and Lars Rasmussen who were behind Google maps.

Kill The Virus From your USB Drive Using Free Tool Autorun Eater

Very often than not you might have suffered using virus infected USB drives.These viruses spread very quickly and are a big threat to your system.It may lead to potential hazards and loss of valuable information.Usually they spread when you use USB drives or removable media connected to other infected systems.These viruses usually spread through a file ‘Autorun.inf'.

A Preview of MS Office 2010

After Windows 7 now Microsoft geared up for office 2010 (previously referred to by its codename Office 14).Office 2010 is the next version of the successful Microsoft Office suite.To know why is Microsoft office suite is so popular see the comparison of various office suites from Wikipedia. So this time Microsoft took an initiative for "Technical Preview" demoing the features of office 2010.Click here to register for Technical Preview program Check out http://www.office2010themovie.com as well :)

Locate Anonymous Phone calls with TP2Location, for free of cost

At times you receive phone calls from unknown people from different locations ,no wonder if it is international too.Actually it happens to you as you give away your phone numbers in shopping malls and other places with out any other thought.You might even be replying to scam mails which says you have won '$100 million Lottery' (:D with out you even buying the lottery ticket)reply the mail with your address and contact details to receive the check or cash.So don't ever reply to scam/spam mails!

100+ Media player 11 skins for free download !

Windows Media Player is the default player in windows operating system which is used by 60% of the world.Windows media player is packed as default media player from window 98 Operating system.Since its journey from 1st version to 11th version there is a lot of change in the codecs,GUI and skins as well.

Nokia officially unveiled its new product Nokia Booklet 3G. The new Nokia Booklet 3G mini laptop will run Windows operating system with Intel Atom processor.

Nokia Booklet 3G comes with 12 hour stretchable battery life and 10.1 inch HD display (HDMI video output) in an aluminum shell. Booklet 3G designed for fast uploading and downloading in 3G/HSPA (High Speed Packet Access). It also supports Wi-Fi and hot swappable SIM card functionality.


































Nokia Booklet 3G mini laptop consists single facing camera kept above 10.1 inch HD display for video chat, with Blue tooth and built in SD card reader.



































There is no official price list for Nokia Booklet 3G , We hope, soon more details will be available at Nokia World 09 on 2 September.

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Email notifier is a handy application to get alerts for new emails without having to open specific web email account in web browser. Now you can receive email alerts while browsing internet within Firefox browser using WebMail Notifier plugin. It checks your web email account and give alerts for unread emails.





WebMail Notifier Firefox addon features
1. It supports Gmail and Google Apps email accounts.
2. Yahoo Mail support for yahoo.com, ymail.com, rocketmail.com
3. Live Mail support for hotmail.com, msn.com, live.com
4. Also supports daum.net(hanmail), naver.com, empas.com, nate.com

You can configure multiple accounts across different webmail services and receive notification for new / unread emails within Firefox browser. Download WebMail Notifier Firefox addon for new email message notification.

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In the last couple of decades identity-theft has taken a lot of forms,here's something which is even more scarier. Think your keys are always safe?Think again.Computer programmers at UC San Diego have built a software called 'Sneaky' which can create an exact replica of a key from its image.

What is even more scaring is that the image need not be a good one,it can use an image of a key from almost any angle to create an exact replica.Cellphone pictures work and, in a chilling example, the team successfully reproduced a key using a shot taken with a telephoto lens from 200 feet away.

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Google announced that it is developing an OS-the Google Chrome Operating System.Google Chrome OS will initially be targeted at netbooks,but will eventually be used on PCs as well.The Search giant says that it's a natural extension of the Google Chrome Browser. "Speed, simplicity and security are the key aspects of Google Chrome OS" said the blog post written by Sundar Pichai on Google Blog."Later this year we will open-source its code, and netbooks running Google Chrome OS will be available for consumers in the second half of 2010,"he added.What is even more interesting is that this announcement has come off just months before Microsoft launches the latest version of its OS -Windows 7.

Will Chrome OS stand out to strike at the heart of Microsoft's software empire??

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The Beta Tag is out of Gmail

Posted by TechFancy On 6:34 AM 0 comments

As a regular Gmail user,you might have wondered why Gmail is still with its Beta tag for so long.It's more than five years Gmail has worn the beta tag.Often this was ridiculed and even of jokes.The search giant has long argued that their applications are kept in the beta status for so long to reflect the amount of testing that needs to be performed.

However,with a view to appealing its business customers Google has dropped the beta name for Google Apps."The end result (many visible and invisible changes later) is that today, beta is a thing of the past. Not just for Gmail, but for all of Google Apps — Gmail, Calendar, Docs, and Talk." said Gmail product director Keith Coleman in a blog post.

"Since the beginning of the year, we've focused on making it as easy as possible for large enterprises to switch to Google," said Google Apps senior product manager Rajen Sheth in another blog post.

For those long-time Gmail users who are feeling hard to get used to using Gmail without that familiar grey "BETA" text greeting,you can still get the beta look.Just go to Settings, click on Labs tab, turn on "Back to Beta," and it'll be like Gmail never left beta at all.


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Were you ever frustrated with frequent pausing and playing while watching streaming video?This indeed is the case with those having a low bandwidth internet connection.If you wish to watch videos without interruptions,here is a software which helps you to get faster and smoother videos form YouTube or other streaming video websites.



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More often than not bloggers and web designers have faced the problem of cleaning up HTML errors.As HTML pages contain a lot of tags and with a slightly complex syntax,its usual that one can do a lot of mistakes while writing an HTML file.There are a lot of free HTML validators which can easily check for syntax and other errors in HTML files and validate them automatically.One such free validator is the Free CSE HTML Validator for basic HTML editing and automatic correction.

The process of cleaning up errors becomes even more easier if a plugin is available which is nicely integrated with your browser.

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Microsoft finally killed its old instant web messenger,the service officially retired on June 30,2009.It didn't completely do away with its old web messenger,now Microsoft's IM - Windows Live Messenger - is integrated into Hotmail and Windows Live People.Microsoft made an official announcement of this earlier on its Windows Live blog.

“With new web-based instant messaging (IM) now available from Windows Live Hotmail worldwide, we are preparing to retire MSN Web Messenger. The old MSN Web Messenger experience will end on June 30, 2009,” a member of the Windows Live team stated.

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A Welcome news for all Gmail Users.Gmail,one of the most popular webmail providers have increased the email attachment size limit.Initially attachments were allowed only upto 10MB.They went on to double it to 20MB which is still unmatched by most email providers.

Now Gmail has quietly increased the size limit of the attachments it can send and receive to 25 megaytes (MB)in size.This indeed a good news for Gmail lovers who frequently share photos, songs, videos and documents with others.

However,there's a twist in the story.

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A New Anti Virus from Microsoft for Windows

Posted by TechFancy On 5:35 PM 4 comments

"Windows" Worlds widely used Operating system has a major problem of viruses, spy wares and Trojans, to over come the problem with these we use anti virus software prepared by major companies like Kaspersky, Norton, Bitdefender, etc., but most of the anti virus software's has obsolete database for new viruses.

But how would it be if we get a anti virus software inbuilt within windows??


You’re too busy to spend a lot of time worrying about protecting your PC. With Microsoft Security Essentials Beta, you get high-quality protection against viruses and spyware, including Trojans, worms and other malicious software. And best of all, there are no costs or annoying subscriptions to keep track of.

Security Essentials is easy to install and easy to use. Updates and upgrades are automatic, so there’s no need to worry about having the latest protection. It’s easy to tell if you’re protected – when the Security Essentials icon is green, your status is good. It’s as simple as that.

When you’re busy using your PC, you don’t want to be bothered by needless alerts. Security Essentials runs quietly in the background, only alerting you if there’s something you need to do. And it doesn’t use a lot of system resources, so it won’t get in the way of your work or fun.


Microsoft today released the Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE) beta on microsoft.com/security_essentials (redirects to Microsoft Connect which requires a Windows Live ID).

MSE is the company's free, real-time consumer anti malware solution for fighting viruses, spyware, rootkits, and trojans. The beta is available in English and Brazilian Portuguese for the first 75,000 users, although Microsoft says this is a target number, and it is willing to increase it if necessary.

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MSE come with three different flavors:

  1. For Windows XP 32-bit (7.51MB)

  2. For Windows Vista/7 32-bit (4.73MB)

  3. For Windows Vista/7 64-bit (3.73MB)




Remember that you will need to meet the minimum requirements:
  • For Windows XP, a PC with a CPU with clock speed of at least 500MHz and at least 256MB of RAM
  • For Windows Vista and Windows 7, a PC with a CPU with clock speed of at least 1.0GHz and at least 1GB of RAM
  • VGA (display): 800×600 or higher
  • Storage: 140MB of available hard-disk space
  • An Internet connection is required for installation and to download the latest virus and spyware definitions.
  • Internet Explorer 6.0 or higher, or Mozilla Firefox 2.0 or higher



Click Here to Download Microsoft Security Essentianls Beta.


Note : You require a genuine Windows Operating System to install Microsoft Security Essentials, If you are using pirated Windows operating system you cannot install Microsoft Security Essentianls Beta


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Search Google Images With Funny Java Script

Posted by TechFancy On 5:09 PM 3 comments

Most of the cyber masses search images with popular search engine Google,but have you ever tried searching images in a different way??? you might even wonder whether there are any ways for searching images, the answer is a big Yes! you can search images in Google with a funny java script.

This trick is very simple and easy to implement, lets go:

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GMail access blocked by your school or office administration?This is the problem many encounter-GMail Blocked.Here is a guide with various tricks to unblock your favorite GMail and enjoy the full mail access at your organization.


1. Using Different URLs

This trick might seem silly,but might work at times.Instead of using the URL gmail.com try using different URLs like mail.google.com,google.com/mail to access your GMail account when GMail is blocked at your school or office. This trick works only if your network/IT administrator has blocked gmail.com alone and left the rest of the domains open (unblocked) as they are not widely known to people. Here is the list of alternative URLs to access GMail

* http://m.gmail.com
* https://gmail.com
* http://google.com/mail
* http://mail.google.com or https://mail.google.com
* http://googlemail.com
2. Access Blocked GMail Using iGoogle

GMail is available as a gadget to iGoogle and you can use this gadget to access GMail. When you access GMail through iGoogle all the communication with the GMail servers is routed through iGoogle servers. So this defeats all the restriction and filters applied by IT administrators in blocking gmail.com domain.

To access GMail through iGoogle,

1. Login to iGoogle using your Google Account
2. Add GMail gadget to iGoogle by clicking this link or by using Add Stuff on screen
3. That’s all. Start accessing your GMail inside iGoogle.



3. Access GMail Using Opera Mini Simulator

Use Opera Mini Browser Online Simulator application to access GMail in a small screen window. Opera Mini is a popular web browser for mobile phones. It allows users to work with live demo of Opera Mini that functions exactly like it would when installed on a handset.

Point your browser to http://www.operamini.com/demo/ and start accessing blocked GMail using the URL m.gmail.com.Reading mails on mobile simulator is definitely not convenient as reading them on a full screen browser computer. But when you need to access your GMail urgently, this trick might be helpful to you.



4. Use Microsoft Outlook Or Other Mail Programs To Access GMail

Using POP3/IMAP Configure your mail clients like Outlook, Live Mail, Lotus Notes to
access GMail using POP3 or IMAP protocol. This trick of accessing GMail when blocked is mostly useful for working professionals as they should be definitely using some mail client for official mail access.

You can find the instruction to configure POP3 and IMAP access for various mail clients over here and here

5. Launch GMail from Google Talk

In few organizations only Gmail is blocked but not Google Chat . If that is the case with your organization we can use it to our advantage. Then you can launch GMail from Google Talk application. Sign in to GTalk and click on the envelope icon to launch GMail.


6. Use Your Smart Phones

If you have internet connection on your mobile, you can make use of your mobile phone to access GMail.GMail has an excellent native application for most of the mobiles like iPhone, Nokia, Android, Windows Mobile, etc. The ease at which
you can read and reply to mails through GMail for Mobile is
amazing. It is my favorite mobile application.

You can download GMail application for mobiles from Google


7. Use Proxy Web Site To Bypass

Using proxy website to beat censorship is one of the popular ways for unblocking any kind of websites. When we try to access GMail using a web proxy, the web proxy hides our IP address and uses it’s own IP address to load the page.


8. Nothing Working? Then Bribe Your IT Administrator

If none of the above methods worked for you then take help of someone at IT department and get access to GMail. Bribe them Offer small gifts, drinks or something else they like.

Either you can ask them to grant access for your PC or get details of internal proxy server that allow GMail access.

What do you do to access GMail when it is blocked? Share your experience in the comments. We love to hear from you.


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Gtalk Auto Reply When You Are Away

Posted by TechFancy On 6:50 AM 0 comments

If you are a regular Gtalk user,you might have experienced this innumerable times,your friends pinging at you even when you are away but you are online.Now you can send auto reply message to your friends when they ping at you when you are away using “Autoreply in Gtalk” application.

All you need to do is to install 'Gtalk Auto Reply' enter your gtalk login details and click on save / enable autoreply.

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Fotografix -Portable Image Editor

Posted by TechFancy On 6:00 AM 0 comments

If you are a Web Designer or a blogger,you might have done a lot of image editing work for your posts.Traditionally,Photoshop is the widely used image editing tool,but the problem is that it's not portable and moreover it takes up much RAM space.

Enter Fotografix,a light weight Portable Image Editor,provides all basic set of features for image editing making the task of Image editing a pleasant experience.This is well suited for webmasters and bloggers who may not require advanced editing features.

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Very often than not you might have suffered using virus infected USB drives.These viruses spread very quickly and are a big threat to your system.It may lead to potential hazards and loss of valuable information.Usually they spread when you use USB drives or removable media connected to other infected systems.These viruses usually spread through a file ‘Autorun.inf'.



Autorun Eater is a free tool which is used to get rid of this dangerous virus.It is a tool to scan and remove suspicious ‘autorun.inf’ files found in the root directory of all drives, A-Z, in real-time. Autorun Eater will remove any suspicious ‘autorun.inf’ files even before the user attempts to open the drive.

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90% of computers controlled by one company?

Posted by TechFancy On 7:42 AM 2 comments


Majority of us reading this article live in a democratic society. Even if you do not, for sure you can realize that monopolies are not a healthy thing for society. A monopoly has a lot of power in business and can stifle its competitors very easily. This is bad for competition and for consumers who find themselves with little choice. Usually, when a monopoly is present, the government tries to step in and open up the market to others.

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Wikipedia Turned Into Book By A 22 Year Old

Posted by TechFancy On 7:57 AM 1 comments

Wikipedia into a book? Sounds interesting!! Yes it's true...

Wikipedia,the world's best free online knowledge portal now turned into book by Rob Matthews a 22 year old graphic design student from Brighton, Sussex.What is even more interesting is that he compiled it in just 2 weeks!

This book contains hundreds of featured articles,you might wonder if you know the size of the book..it stands 1 ft 7 inches(48cm 28mm)and features as many as 5000 pages.

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It's 25 years of celebration for the Microsoft Press which started publishing books 25 years ago.Microsoft press issues free ebooks monthly and they are available for download only a week.This June 09,it offers Programming for Unified Communications with Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2 and Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Resource Kit.

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USB 3.0 support to arrive first on Linux

Posted by TechFancy On 2:17 PM 0 comments

USB 3.0 specifications were announced in November by Intel and Intel developer Sarah Sharp has been busy coding the linux drivers ever since. The drivers have been ready and have been scheduled to be merged with the Linux mainstream kernel in the version 2.6.31. Traditionally it has always been that Windows is the first OS to get the hardware drivers and the linux geeks tend to reverse engineer or design it based on the specification but this time around tables have been turned over.

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Windows Media Player is the default player in windows operating system which is used by 60% of the world.Windows media player is packed as default media player from window 98 Operating system.Since its journey from 1st version to 11th version there is a lot of change in the codecs,GUI and skins as well.


Every one likes to make their own system look more attractive then other and so the use of transformation packs and themes has increased.You can even change your default look of your media player by changing its skin.

Here is my collection of Windows Media player 11 skins which is of free ware.

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First solar powered mobile phone from samsung

Posted by TechFancy On 11:29 AM 3 comments

Go Green - Samsung,the famous Korean mobile phone manufacturer with a policy of Go Green has now introduced a first commercial level solar powered mobile phone named Samsung E1107 .It is targeted for users who doesn't require fancy features but prefer eco friendly gadgets.

  • 65K VGA color screen
  • Solar and electric charging
  • Mobile tracker
  • Torch light
  • Mp3 player
  • FM recorder

SamSung Guru E1107 solar Indian price :

Guru solar will be priced at 2799 excluding VAT and other local taxes . Couple of pieces were imported form south Korea and will be introduced to SamSung dealers all over India to the end of June . SamSung will launch the variants of this model all over world by July .

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The World’s Smallest DV Camera

Posted by TechFancy On 11:18 AM 0 comments

Muvi Micro the manufacturer of DV Cam claims as the smallest DV camera in the world, featuring 2 megapixel camera lens that able to record 640 x 480 resolution video at 30 frames per second to Micro SD memory card.

Key Features Of Muvi Micro DV Cam:

  • Records 640 x 480 pixels resolution video at 30fps
  • Integrated mic allows users to record sound
  • Sound activated record function will start recording once the DV camera hears over 65 decibels of noise
  • Records to Micro SD memory card (2GB included - supports up to 8GB)
  • Rechargeable Lithium Ion battery provides users a decent 2-3 hours recording time (charging via any USB socket)
  • Compatible with both WIndows and Mac

The Muvi Micro DV cam which measures just 5.5 x 2 x 1.6cm is now available for around £80.




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