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Turn your PC into Wireless Access Point

phoenix404@gmail.com (Ankit) — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 10:37:00 +0000

Sometimes we need to share internet connection with another device - for instance, the friend/relative notebook who visit occasionally. And before that we need a wireless router, or had to sacrifice our internet connection. However, users of Windows 7 can avoid such problems as they have much smarter solution. In Windows 7 at the architectural level have been made major changes in the network stack, which, in particular, allow to turn any computer in a wireless access point. The site...

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Why Windows MultiPoint Server 2010 is important for college/school?

phoenix404@gmail.com (Ankit) — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 22:07:00 +0000

What to do when you need a large number of computers at Lab. at very cheap cost? The idea is simple, lets cut the cost of multiple CPUs, have single to power all the terminals i.e. monitor, keyboard and mouse. Here “Windows MultiPoint Server 2010” comes which will definitely solve your problem and save a lot of money. It is designed to enable multiple students to share access to a single host PC through a “station” simultaneously. A station is a device that connects to a host PC running...

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Get new e-mail alert through SMS for FREE

phoenix404@gmail.com (Ankit) — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 14:31:00 +0000

Had quite busy week, got some time to write about this new service. In real you can’t call its a service as this is a form of tweak to get SMS alert of new mails arriving on Gmail. Actually, this tweak uses the same Google Calendar SMS platform which I had discussed few weeks ago to receive “ SMS alert before Friend’s Birthday ”. Well, this tweak is dead simple, follow these two steps: Step – I : Add your mobile & SMS alert to Google Calendar, for this refer to my previous tutorial...

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Download Valentines Day Theme Pack

phoenix404@gmail.com (Ankit) — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 21:21:00 +0000

Download Free Valentines Day Theme Pack for Windows 7/Vista and Windows XP.Click Here to Download. On new page Click on “ Regular Download “ button, wait for few seconds to begin download.

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5 Best blogs related to Microsoft

phoenix404@gmail.com (Ankit) — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 18:59:00 +0000

With the evolution of Blog, which turned to a great tool to share information fast and quick round the world. There are many blogs which are related to Microsoft Technologies but here I am going to mention the best which are very close to Microsoft. So, be ready to bookmark them. Lets Begin the list of these blogs: 1. Engineering Windows 7 This blog is fully dedicated to Windows 7. It features all the latest development and engineering news from Windows 7. You can get the latest about the...

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Fix Google Chrome crash problem after update

phoenix404@gmail.com (Ankit) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 10:03:00 +0000

I have almost migrated to Google Chrome browser. For last 2-3 months I am using it as default browser, as of now it has got a lot of useful extensions which add many new features while browsing. While I updated it from previous older version to new one, it started reacting as I had done something wrong to it! Report like “ Chrome stopped Working “ became an usual on my PC. After few minutes of browsing, it suddenly crash and restart. In such situation the flow of work get disturbed. Not only...

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Get SMS alerts before your Friend’s Birthday

phoenix404@gmail.com (Ankit) — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 10:53:00 +0000

S2WU3JVH5UZF I was forgetting my friends/relatives Birthday! And thought what could be the smarter way to remember these important dates. Either storing them in Mobile’s calendar or remembering them in mind. Thinking to store in mind - can't store too many dates. Storing in mobile - Technology is changing, mobile set also change after days! But fortunately, there is a FREE of cost service from Google which will send you SMS alert before your friend’s Birthday. I have been using...

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Share your computer with researcher while idle

phoenix404@gmail.com (Ankit) — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 11:21:00 +0000

What your computer does while it is on and you are not doing any work on it? Or while your computer is engaged in downloading stuffs overnight? The CPU remains idle and uses it as little as possible but consumes power. So, at that time why not use the wasted power in useful way? Like, sharing the CPU with the researchers who requires a lot of computing power in processing complex problems. In a way you are sending help for royal cause, which ranges from Biology & Medicine to astronomy,...

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Best Funny and Humorous Websites

phoenix404@gmail.com (Ankit) — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 17:32:00 +0000

Here I have collected some websites which updates with humorous, weird, funny, entertaining, interesting, and jaw-dropping pictures. Some of their topics are like this, 10 of the World's Worst Jobs, 10 Real Houses Inspired by Cartoons, World's Most Crowded Places, 10 of the World's Most Bizarre Laws, 13 Creative Condom Ad Campaigns, World's Oddest Couples and so on...very long list! These site have very large collection of interesting topics, ranging from daily used topics to rare one. They...

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Run Mobile Java Applications on Computer

phoenix404@gmail.com (Ankit) — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 17:11:00 +0000

Mobile applications/games based on java have .jar format. So, it not possible to run thsese type of app. directly on computer. First of all, Why do we want to run these app on computer, as these these can easily run on mobile? Well, to try the apps before installing/transferring on mobile handset and this saves a lot of time for me. In order to run app. on PC we have two options, either to convert .jar into .exe format and then run it directly or may be running it with emulator installed on...

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Use Problem Steps Recorder (PSR) as Screenshot Tool

phoenix404@gmail.com (Ankit) — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 17:58:00 +0000

Problem Steps Recorder-PSR which was introduced in Windows 7 is very useful tool for recording the problem and sending it a problem solver or tech supports. If you don't know what is PSR then you can see my previous post about it, Problem Steps Recorder Overview . Few days ago I realised that PSR can also be used as Screenshot Tool to take screenshot at every click automatically! The best part of this is that it is free and takes screenshots automatically at every click of mouse. In this...

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Make invisible/secret icon in Windows 7 Taskbar

phoenix404@gmail.com (Ankit) — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 10:21:00 +0000

Its been a year or more while I started using Windows 7 and officially it was launched few months ago. Anyways, you might have seen the simplicity and usefulness of this dock type taskbar. Even this dock is quite easy to launch programs and if you have not used it then head on to my previous posts 12 days with Windows 7, also see 10-great kick-ass features to get excited about in Windows 7 where I have mentioned about this super-bar. In order to make a secret icon in task bar, first of all...

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Automatically Backup your Blog, Twitter, Facebook, E-mail for FREE

phoenix404@gmail.com (Ankit) — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 14:51:00 +0000

Thinking of a service few days ago and its here on internet launched few days back ! Really amazing, actually, I was thinking of a service which could be able to automatically backup my blogger posts, twitter posts, and facebook posts. But what I got today is mor than enough! Yes, the service exists and its with Flicker, Delicious, Zoho, Google Docs, Photobucket, Wordpress, FriendFeed, Gmail, Hotmail backup and many more. That's really impressive and the biggest part is that, they are giving...

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Get Latest News Headlines direct on Desktop Screen

phoenix404@gmail.com (Ankit) — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 14:02:00 +0000

One of the best feature introduced by Microsoft is Desktop Gadgets in Windows Vista and Windows 7 too. But when you will open this widget/gadget you will only see the news from msn news website. Further if you will look into the options to configure it you will only see the options “Feeds for United States” , “ Microsoft Feeds “ and so on related to the same. But when you are in different country other than US, then you will definitely like to see the feed updates of your country. So how...

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How to embed Google Wave on Blogger or Wordpress blogs

phoenix404@gmail.com (Ankit) — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 15:16:00 +0000

For last one month I have been using Google Wave and also sent many invites to friends and others. Also watched full video of Google Wave I/O developer conference and here I posted a short article to brief out the features and advantages : What is Google Wave in plain English A week ago I recalled that these is also a facility to embed waves in blogs and websites. Better to start with Blogger as this blog is launched at blogger. I started Googling and end up with successful solution which is...

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Control your computer through SMS - Free of Cost

phoenix404@gmail.com (Ankit) — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 17:13:00 +0000

The most convenient way to control the PC/System, while you are not at home is controlling it by SMS. Not only Home it can be Office also, in a way you can say controlling the computer wirelessly or remotely. This feature can be widely implemented in the country like India where SMS cost are very cheap. Yes, you can also control your system through blue-tooth of mobile for this you can head on to my previous article here: Control PC via Bluetooth of mobile. Coming to the point, to...

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How to eject stuk DVD from slot load DVD Drive

phoenix404@gmail.com (Ankit) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:23:00 +0000

For the conventional laptop having tray like DVD Drive, have the facility to eject the tray out to remove the CD/DVD by using pin hole facility, when it got stuck inside. But now a days most of the DELL and other laptops are coming with slot load DVD drives. These slot load drives are very convenient, to insert any disc inside you just need to press the disc to go inside the slot and to eject only pressing or touching the eject button does the work. Anyways what will happen if the disc...

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Best Antivirus Software - 2009

phoenix404@gmail.com (Ankit) — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 06:24:00 +0000

When it comes to securing the system/PC from the Virus, Trojan, Malware, etc. which ever not acceptable to the PC health, I have seen many people using their Brain resources more than the system resources. I mean to say, they either go for installing more than 1 antivirus or install so many fake antivirus tools that affects PC very badly. The result of this the slowing down of system. So, which and where is the best Anti-virus in queue of so many Anti-virus ? Who or Which company is...

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Grooveshark Online Music Site: Review

noreply@blogger.com (Andy Hall) — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 01:07:00 +0000

Guest post by Andy Hall of The Cauldron Grooveshark is another online music site, however I isn’t like all the other radio sites online. Let’s say you find a band you are interested in from Pandora or Last.fm. Pandora won’t let you just listen to one full song from a band in particular, only short clips. Last.fm will let you listen to whatever song you want, but you have to do a lot of clicking to listen to a bunch of them. Even if you add them to a playlist and going through the process...

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BSNL Broadband/Data-One can not connect to Internet - Problem Fixed

phoenix404@gmail.com (Ankit) — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 08:56:00 +0000

If you are a BSNL broadband/dataone user, sometimes you may be facing problem in connecting to internet. Like you would be viewing that you are connected to internet , but you would not be able to open certain sites like google,yahoo, etc. This problem is there for a long time, but the good news is that you can fix this bug permanently. Actually, this problem arises when DNS servers become unresponsive. The lookup takes a long time and many times result " can not connect to internet" . Well...

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How much do You Google ? See your search History

phoenix404@gmail.com (Ankit) — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 15:18:00 +0000

Today, I seen "Web History" of my searches at Google.com and got some interesting facts about my searches ! Well don't take it as the History of Google, it is the personal search history collected by google, which you search from it. For a long time, I mean from 2007 they are collecting the search history. Not only collecting but also achieving according to the hour, day, date, week, month and year ! Don't worry about your searches being stored, because google stores only when you have...

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What is Google Wave in plain English

phoenix404@gmail.com (Ankit) — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 07:20:00 +0000

From the beginning of this month Google started sending invitations for Google Wave to selected people , who are developers , tech. enthusiast and closer to Google. And sent 100,000 invitation. Since then, A lot of discussions are going on web, about this wave. As very few people got invitation, and those who were lucky are sending out remaining invitations to their friends. Anyways, this is the post for those who have not yet understood the concept of Google Wave. Going Simple, in words :...

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Effect of Windows 7 at Bangalore International Airport

phoenix404@gmail.com (Ankit) — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 12:24:00 +0000

Bangalore International Airport Limited (BIAL) has approximately 500 PCs (desktops & laptops), that runs Windows XP Operating System and for a long time they are using this. In May 2009, BIAL got an opportunity to deploy the Windows 7 on their system. Since then they installed it on 75 computers across their office. After deployment they evaluated several new and upgraded features like enhanced security, faster response etc. Within few months they came up with the result : " 25 %...

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Try out Google's new minimal Homepage Look

phoenix404@gmail.com (Ankit) — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 16:39:00 +0000

Google is testing a new, minimal homepage. As some of my friends have been seeing a Google.com main page with just a Google logo, the search box, and two buttons only. So, if you are unlucky like me then, here's small trick to make it happen: Go to Google.com not google.co.in and put this little bit of Javascript into your address bar: javascript:void(document.cookie="PREF=ID=abac7a90f5a3784b:LD=en:NR=10:TM=1254990196:LM=1254990236:S=uB6F4jDnMP_DuxtT;path=/;...

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Get Premium iPhone Applications for FREE

phoenix404@gmail.com (Ankit) — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 18:55:00 +0000

Today most of the iPhone applications or their premium versions are paid which deficits a large portion users from getting these cool stuff and required upgraded applications. A cool solution to this problem is Fuelmyapp site that lets you to download required application for free in exchange of a review for that application. The site is completely legal and lets you to download full authorized versions of the application for free.In order to do so you have to visit the site ,sign up a free...

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