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beat the heat this summer with great tips

June 22nd, 2010 No comments

heat_injuryThis summer is not going to pass like the usual summer because year 2007 is known to be hottest year ever. The combination of global warming. This year is hotter than any other year. So your expectations of summer heat will probably be higher than the usual summer.

As a public awareness it’s our duty to take care of our health to beat the heat. Here are some quick tips to make it up for the heat.

Basically we tend to expose more of our body to sun especially during summer which results in the loss of water from our body by process of draining (Sweat) and so there is a lack of resistance and energy. So maintaining the body water level is very important.

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Speed up Firefox with easy Tweak

February 23rd, 2010 No comments
Speed Up Firefox

Speed Up Firefox

Firefox always slow down your PC after some time(It’s not a bug. It’s part of the cache feature. This ‘feature’ is how the pages are cached in a tabbed environment.)

To improve performance when navigating (studies show that 39% of all page navigations are renavigations to pages visited less than 10 pages ago, usually using the back button), Firefox implements a Back-Forward cache that retains the rendered document for the last five session history entries for each tab. Read more…

Install Java Games/Applications Samsung Star/Metro s3310

December 22nd, 2009 1 comment
java-gamesHi, I have updated the blog with one more alternative method & some troubleshooting steps, so if the Method to Install TKEXPLORER doesn’t work for you scroll down for the alternative method.
On how to update the FIRMWARE of SAMSUNG STAR scroll down till the end of the this blog.

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Get Started with Google Wave interface

October 5th, 2009 No comments

Google Waves Logo

Google Wave has arrived. The real-time communication platform has been one of the hottest and most anticipated products in the tech and social media space for months. Soon around 100,000 people will be messaging each other in one of Google’s most ambitious projects to date.

So what if you’re one of the lucky ones to get an invite, or just want to understand exactly how this new tool works? While we cover the basics in our Google Wave Guide and have explored its game-changing features, we haven’t really written about exactly how to use Google Wave (Google Wave) and how to navigate it.

General Interface

The Google Wave interface is divided essentially into four boxes: Navigation, Contacts, Inbox, and your current Wave. Here’s a rundown of each of these core pieces of Wave:

Navigation: This is not your standard left-hand navigation bar. Yes, it has similarities to Gmail (Gmail), but navigating Wave is definitely a new experience. Each of the items essentially filters your inbox for waves that fit what you’re looking for. “Active” refers to waves that have new activity, “History” checks for old, archived waves, and “Settings” lets you manage things like your extensions. You can also add custom searches (i.e. waves that discuss your company) and add folders. Adding a wave to a folder is as simple as drag-and-drop.

Contacts: Your contacts are more prominent in Wave. That’s because you drag and drop them to add them to waves, rather than type in an email address or a username. You can search through your contacts and manage them via your Google (Google) account. It’s still a bit buggy – Wave will tell you some people don’t have accounts when they do – but overall it’s smooth.

Inbox: The inbox in the middle of the Google Wave interface doesn’t work like an email inbox. The key to navigating the inbox are search and search commands. It’s the easiest way to filter different waves. We have a list of key search commands below.

Wave Box: This is the box on the right hand of Wave. This is where conversations happen. Add participants, discuss what you’d like, and add multimedia through Google Wave gadgets and extensions (for more on Wave Extensions, check out Google Wave Extensions: An Inside Look).

This is the pure overview of the interface. However, if you want to learn more about the features and the terminology, we suggest checking out Google Wave: A Complete Guide. Google also created a quick YouTube (YouTube) video tutorial of Wave, courtesy of Wave’s mascot, Dr. Wave:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YiGdUmvPRy8&feature=player_embedded


Starting a Conversation

Getting a conversation started in Google Wave is rather easy – it’s understanding all of the available conversation features that’s difficult. Let’s explore a few steps to get started with a new wave:

1. Click on the “New Wave” link. This will start a new conversation.

2. Drag and drop friends you’d like to have join your wave from your contacts box into the top of the wave.

3. Start typing.

Remember, Wave is different than email. You can reply to messages as threaded conversations and, more importantly, you can edit the text of anyone in the conversation. These options become available when you click on the downward facing arrow at the top of any message (a blip) within a wave.

Also note the top bar, with “Reply,” “Playback,” “Archive,” “Mute,” “Spam,” and “Read.” While most of these are self-explanatory, the feature you should be using liberally is “playback.” If you join a wave in progress, always start by playing back the wave to see how the conversation transpired.


Wave Search Commands

A big part of navigating through your Wave inbox are the search commands. They help you find public waves, your archived messages, or just waves related to work. Here are some of the most important commands to keep in mind:

is:read and is:unread: This will help you find all of the waves you have or have not read. is:active is the same as is:unread currently.

is:mute and is:unmute: The same type of deal – This helps you find conversations you may have muted or unmuted.

title:(keyword): This command helps you find waves with a specific word in their titles.

caption:(keyword): This helps you find waves with a keyword in the captions of attached images and files.

from:(address): This command will help you find waves from specific people. On the same token, from:me finds waves from you. to:(address) finds waves where it’s just you and the person you’re searching for.

past:(date), previous:(date), after:(date), and before:(date): These four commands help you search for waves in time periods, based on days, weeks, months, and years. Use “d” for day, “w” for week, “m” for month, and “y” for year. So, if you want to find something from before 3 months ago, you’d type “before:3m”. Yes, it’s complicated.

has: The has command will search for whether a wave has an attachment, a document, an image, or even a gadget (has:gadget).

There are actually a lot more commands. To read them all, click here

Wave Navigation

There are an abundance of keyboard shortcuts that make using Google Wave a more streamlined experience. Thanks to a list first created by Google’s Greg Dalesandre in the development version of Google Wave, we can bring you a full list of keyboard shortcuts, which we’ll update periodically.

First, here are the commands for Wave Navigation:

Up/Down Arrows: As you might expect, use the arrows to navigate messages.

Tab/Shift-tab: Same functionality as the Up/Down arrows (outside of edit mode).

Home/End: Moves you to the first or last message.

Space: Go to next unread message (note: it doesn’t have to be within the same wave).

Left/Right Arrows: Switch focus between digest panel and wave panel.

Page Up/Down: Currently doesn’t work properly due to a bug.

Ctrl-Space: Marks all messages as read.


Messages in Wave
Enter: Replies to messages. Your reply will appear just below the selected message. If it’s the first reply, it will not be indented (but otherwise it will be).

Ctrl-R: The same as enter.

Shift-Enter: Replies to messages at the end of a thread. Replies of this nature appear at the bottom with the same indentation in almost all cases.

Highlight Text + Enter: Creates an inline reply. Your reply will be indented inside the current message.

Ctrl-E: Edit a message.

Ctrl-Enter (while editing): Inserts an inline reply at the caret.

Text Editing

None of these commands will really come as a shock, but they’re still good to know.

Ctrl-B: Bolds text.

Ctrl-I: Italicizes text.

Ctrl-G: Adjust the color.

Ctrl-L: Currently links to another wave if you hightlight the text and put in the URL or Wave ID, but the keyboard shortcut will be changing soon according to Google.

Ctrl-C: Copies text.

Ctrl-X: Cuts text.

Ctrl-V: Pastes text.

Structural Formatting

Once again, not too many surprises here:

Ctrl-<#>: Changes the current line to a different-sized heading – 1 is biggest, 4 is smallest.

Ctrl-5: Adds bullets.

Ctrl-6: Normalizes text/removes bullets and headings. Does not remove italics, bold, or text edits.

Ctrl-7: Left alignment.

Ctrl-8: Right alignment.


List Of 10 Softwares You Will Need After Installing Fresh Copy Of Windows

August 29th, 2009 No comments

applicationsHere is a list of some softwares that you will need after the installation of a fresh copy of Windows. The requirement may differ depending upon your interest but this list is must have and should be installed in your PC. Lets start :

1. Drivers : You can install drivers from your motherboard CD or if you want latest drivers for

your PC, there are 2 methods.

  1. Go to the official website of which the motherboard is and download the
    latest drivers
    and install them in

    your PC
    .
  2. The second method is to install Driver Genius software, it will automatically download and install
    latest drivers
    for you. It can also help in taking backup of your drivers.
    Click here to download Driver Genius

2. Winrar : The most commonly used tool is Winrar. After the installation of fresh copy of Windows, it is a

must have tool. Click here to download Winrar.

3. Anti Virus and Firewall : If you want a free product, I recommend you to use Comodo Anti Virus and Firewall. Click here to go to the download page.

4. Download Manager : There are many download managers out there but one of my favorites is Internet Download Manager but it is a paid tool, if you want a free tool I recommend you to use FlashGet. Click here to go to download page.

5. Windows Tweaking Software : You

must have a Windows tweaking application installed in your system. I use Tuneup Utilities and if you want a freeware I recommend you to use TweakNow PowerPack 200. Click here to visit the download page.

6. Your Uninstaller : The default uninstaller of Windows does not work well as it leaves traces in the registry. Your Uninstaller is one of my favorite tool and removes the program completely. Click here to go to the download page.

7. Internet Browser : No doubt, Firefox still leads to the first position. Click here to download Mozilla Firefox.

8. Make XP Fast : Well this is not any software but a registry file that will automatically make required changes to Windows registry to make it fast. Click here to download

How to use it : Simply extract it using Winrar and then double click on it and click on Yes. Restart

your PC and see the difference. It only works on Windows XP.

9. iKill : It stops the autorun when we insert any flash drive. Click here to visit the download page.

10. Everything Search Engine : Windows default search engine is too slow, but here is an alternative that works quite well. Just give it a try once.

Bonus App

PDF Reader : Most commonly used PDF readers is Adobe acrobat reader but if you want simple, easy and light PDF reader you can go for Foxit. Click here to download.

Source: Beep the Geek