How to Beat the Tech Pace

Are you tired of remembering each site of your interest?
Do you lag behind the up coming's?
Do you want to beat the pace of technology war?
Do you want to be the first one to publish "New" through your blog?

Here's is an easy to use solution. You might have come across links/images (shown below) on almost every site now a days.

It is called an rss (really simple syndication/rich site summary). It helps you publish frequently updated content like blog entries, news headlines, audio or an video from audio/video sharing site so that you don't have to go to site every now and then.

The tool used for this purpose is called rss reader. 'RSS Reader' application run's on your computer which fetches all the content fed to it. 3 popular readers are listed below which can be downloaded from their respective sites. But first you will have to download .NET Framework 3.0 from Microsoft site (for 1st two only).

1. RSS Reader:
2.Feed Reader:
Copy the 'rss link' and '+ (add) it in reader. You can add multiple links.

Google Reader is also among the most used. The most important feature of using Google Reader is its integration with GMail account.

Convert DVD files to iPhone, iPod playable format

WinX DVD is a freeware tool to convert DVD files/movies to iphone, ipod, Apple TV or Music. Output parameters include Profile (many formats supported), audio quality, video resolution, video frame rate, video quality and audio quality.
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It also includes a small video screen. More of the information can be found at user guide.

Download WinX DVD to Iphone

Firefox 3.7 GUI Redesign for Windows 7, Vista and XP

Firefox 3.7 will be a great treat for firefox users. Apart from security updates and fast internet browsing features, it will undergo a GUI redesign.

1. Embracing Glass: Toolbar and Tabs using Glass. Buttons translucent and slightly glossy to meld with the toolbar. Raised 3D lookachieve tactile "feel".

2. Tools/Bookmark Bar: Connecting the Tools button to the side of the Window to emphasize the fact that it is used for customizing and changing the UI. Adding a button next to that to toggle the Bookmarks Bar which is turned off by default.
3. Page Button: Connect the Page button to the left side of the tab area. Directly connected to the Page.

Initial themes have been published at Mozilla Wiki

Convert any type of video format to other

Any video converter is a Freeware program which converts many input formats such as avi, asf, mov, rm, rmvb, flv, mkv, mpg, 3gp, m4v, vob, YouTube videos (more) to output formats like avi, mp4, wmv, flv, MPEG-1 and MPEG-2, mpg (PAL or NTSC), mp3, wma, ogg, aac.


1. Provides predefined conversion settings for movie formats supported by YouTube, iPod, iPhone, Zune, PSP, HDTV, and Web pages (Flash).
2. Supports saving custom conversion settings.
3. Includes a batch converter to quickly convert multiple movies or selections to a single or separate output files.
4. Supports the high-definition high-quality format H.264, including multi-pass conversion for even higher quality.

You can also set the duration of output file. This tool also gives us Video Options e.g Codec, Video size, Video Bitrate and Framerate. Apart from that you can also provide direct link of your favorite video using your Youtube account for direct conversion.

Download AnyVideoConverter

TweetDeck

Tired of signing in on multiple social sites every time? Try out TweetDeck.

It is a nice and small weight tool which merges your twitter, facebook and many other social accounts at one place. Great feature which i liked about is its 'Column Design'. Now you can see your friends tweet (All friends), Direct messages to you and their replies (Mentions) in one view.
TweetDeck is in beta stages therefore lots of improvements are still awaited.


Download TweetDeck which require Adobe AIR.

Also try Skimmer

Reset GMail Password Using Google SMS service

Google announces an another cool feature at its GMail blog that now you can recover your GMail passwords through your cell-phone.

Just go through your 'Change password-recovery options' enter your cell phone number there and click 'save'. Next time you forget the password just provide your username at password-assistance page and will text you the recovery code.

This feature is available in any country. For more Please visit GoogleBlog.

Harry Potter mania: From Fiction to Augmented Reality

A time will come when we will have question like..Is this The Fiction or The Reality?

With the release of Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince Movie Nokia's Chief Technical Officer Dr Yrjo Neuvo is determined that science fiction used in movie can become reality. He credits JK Rowling saying

"Many of the things she is painting in her book can be implemented in the phones in 5-10 years. Its really exciting".

Nokia have already developed a picture frame, available later this year, which lets people to beam imaged directly onto it from their phones. Tower Defense game is based on AR which runs on Nokia N95 Smart phone.

The concept behind Augmented reality is to blend real world and computer generated data into real footage in real time. Which means ghostly moving people in framed pictures which deck Hogwarts staircase's and the mysterious Pensieve which show 3D images of memories can become reality. Now we wont have to remember the Exciting and memorable events, Mobile phones are here to help us out.

Unlock iPhone 3G S

Note:Be sure to back up your data

A.purplesn0w:
1.Be sure to have legit activated iphone 3G S
2.Disable 3G if you don't have
2.Add apt.geohot.com to cydia
3.Install com.geohot.purplesn0w
4.Reboot

B.purplera1n:
Download application for jailbreak

windows mac

C.Redsnow:
1.Download the Apple iphone 3GS firmware

First Second

2.Extract files into common folder
3.Open Redsnow to jail break
4.Open Cydia and add repo repo666.ultrasn0w.com (Having trouble installing cydia? Let Pwnage Tool install it)
5.Search for ultrasn0w and install

D.Ultrasnow:

1.Upgrade iphone OS 3.0
2.Jailbreak using Redsn0w (previous)
3.Add repo repo666.ultrasn0w.com
4.Search for ultrasn0w and install
5.Reboot

Apple Free Iphone Applications

1. Google Earth: Finds geographic information.

2.FM/AM Radio: Online FM/AM Radio streaming.

3.Shazam: Identify forgotten music tracks.

4.Saywhere: Voice recognition to find business contacts, avoiding fingers to be used.

5.Stanza: Read documents on the way!

6.iMated: Combines two faces to form a ridiculous freak of nature.

7.TuneWiki: Music streaming, lyrics database, Music videos from Youtube.

Firefox Addon: WebMail Notifier

WebMail notifier is a smart addon for firefox users which checks your any number of webmail accounts and notifies unread emails. By adding this addon in firefox a small envelope icon is placed at lower left side of the browser.
Any number of email accounts can be added from service providers like Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail. Do not forget to check the "Enable Auto Login" if you are tired to write your username and password every time.
By right clicking the same envelope icon you can check your number of unread emails.

Download WebMail Notifier

Facebook 3.0 for iPhone

It is 0.8MB in size an available for free from iTunes. Features include

1. News Feed
2. "Like" status
3. Events with rsvp
4. Notes
5. Pages
6. Advanced Photo management
7. Better Browsing experience
8. New home screen
9. Fixed comment notifications
10. Autosave message option to avoid calls skip
11. German, Italian, French language support.

Download Facebook 3.0

Kaspersky Keys

Having problems with Kaspersky Antivirus and internet security keys?Here's an easy solution. kaspersky8.com is a great website which contains all the latest keys for any kaspersky suite.

Have fun.

Nokia Messaging

Nokia, the Mobile giant recently introduced a marvelous feature named "Nokia Messaging" for their customers. Its main feature enables people to access their personal E-mail accounts on selected Nokia Devices. This application can merge upto 10 personal E-mail accounts. To name a few Windows Live, GMail, YahooMail are among thousands. You can add your accounts to Service Directory in Phone or by using Nokia Messaging Website.


According to Nokia, its first touch screen device Nokia 5800 XpressMusic will also be supported by this feature in early May. Moreover Nokia E75 is the first device of its kind which comes with preloaded Nokia Messaging Application. Other Nokia mobiles which support this feature are Nokia 5320 XpressMusic, 6210 Navigator, 6220 Classic, E51, E61, E61i, E63, E66, E71, E90, N73, N78, N79, N82, N85, N95, N95 8GB, N96.