Drawing Japanese Manga Using HTML

How good are you in using

in HTML? We know might not be useful now as most outputs are achievable with

, here’s a Japanese video that tell you otherwise. See how the Japs raise HTML coding skills to a higher level by using

and it’s sub tags to draw a manga cartoon. Video after jump.

via cincauhangus

ReviewBack - You Review Me I Review You, For Free

With all the paid reviews getting too hot inside the blogosphere, ReviewBack kick in with a fresh new concept. You review another blog but instead of getting paid for doing that, you get your blog reviewed in return.

How it works?

Register yourself with ReviewBack, filled up required information and your blog will appear in the marketplace. Search through the marketplace for blogs of your niche and start contacting them for a mutual review. You can even sort the blogs according to name, age, pagerank, alexa ratings, tags or categories.

ReviewBack Marketplace

Verdict

ReviewBack plays role as a “middleman“, collecting bloggers interested in looking for review exchange under one roof. As far as I know, they are probably the first that provide such service. It’s a good place to scout around if you are looking forward to increase your traffic, or probably increase your PageRanks if you are lucky enough to find high PR bloggers willing enough to trade a review with you.

Keyboard shortcuts for Vista Explorer

Some interesting keyboard shortcuts for Explorer:

• Alt+Right - Go forward
• Alt+Left- Go back
• Alt+D - Focus the address bar and select the current path.
• F4 - Pop up the dropdown in the address bar, actually somewhat useful.
• Alt+Enter - Properties of the selected file
• Ctrl+Mousewheel - change the size of the icons
• F11 - Put explorer into Fullscreen mode. Actually kinda weird, and I have no idea why this function is even there.

via -“Up” Keyboard Shortcut for Windows Vista Explorer

Google Picasa Web for Mobile launched

Google has just announced that they have launched the first version of Picasa Web Albums for mobile devices. When in the mobile Picasa, photo albums are tiled across your screen, clicking on them expands into the set, broken down into chunks of 12 (auto resized to your screen - 12 were shown on a Blackberry) that can then be expanded and saved to your device. You can also keep track of your friend’s photos by selecting “My Favorites” from the home screen. You can also post a comment on their photos
The website can be accessed on your mobile device through a web browser by visiting http://photos.google.com and entering in your credentials.

WindowBlinds 5.51

WindowBlinds is a program that allows you to completely change the look and feel of Windows to however you want it to look like. It allows you to completely customize your desktop by changing the style of title bars, buttons, and toolbars. You can change the look of buttons and check boxes by assigning them skins, or personalities, and you can assign buttons that will launch programs to toolbars. You can create your own skins, choose from the four that are included in the program, or download additional ones. You can also choose to exclude certain programs from WindowBlinds if you don’t want to change their appearances.

Download : WindowBlinds 5.51 Build 97

Vista Transformation Pack 7 for Windows XP

The Vista Transformation Pack 7 has been released! the most popular skinning utility for Windows XP (and also Server 2003 now) has received an better upgrade complete with a new Vista-like Start Menu. Here?s new in VTP 7:

• Default system font option for recovery
• Docking support for preview and taskbar replacement
• DPI auto-detection in Machine Configuration
• Hiding menubar option for Vista (Styler) toolbar
• Information about KB925902 hotfix issues and solution on startup
• Memory requirements checking for 3rd-party applications
• Resetting DPI options and some extra information in Machine Configuration
• Screen resolution auto-detection
• Setting cleartype font automatically after the transformation
• Vista transformation “Express mode” (Make an appropriate setup configuration in single page!)
• ViStart (Vista Start Menu port for Windows XP/2003 with glass UI and search function)
• Uninstalling existing components before updating
• WindowBlinds detection warning message (for user who is mistaken about glass border skin)
• Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 uxtheme patching support

How To Access Blocked Web Sites

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How to Remove Feeds From Google Index

If you are aiming for traffics from Google, the last thing you want to end up is having duplicates of a same content being indexed by Google. They will eventually being treated as supplemental. Feeds is one of the content you don’t want to get indexed as they are duplicates of your original contents. Here’s few ways to remove feeds from getting indexed drawn after a little discussion with Ashish.

Add nofollow to Feed Button

Check your feed button, make sure it comes with a rel="nofollow" within the hyerlink codes.

Add nofollow to Comment Feeds and Trackbacks

If you provide feeds and trackback for single post, you should add rel="nofollow" to them too. Adding these codes varies from themes to themes, but big chance you might find them inside comments.php.

Activate NoIndex in Feedburner

If you are using Feedburner, head over to Publicize -> NoIndex and check on Indicate that your feed should not be indexed by search engines.

Add Disallow /feed in robots.txt

Add these following into your robots.txt to suggest feed related contents should not be crawled.

Disallow: /feed/
Disallow: /*/feed/
Disallow: /*/feed/rss/

This should stop bots from indexing all contents related to feeds.

Merchant Circle Review

MerchantCircle is essentially an online directory only business owners can claim their listing, customize it with pics, blogs, coupons, newsletters and link to other business owners.
Basically, it gives business owners a search engine optimized presence on the internet with easy to use tools to market themselves and manage their online reputation. It pulls information from yellow pages and build the template for you FREE and all you have to do is claim it using your business phone.
Found this Advanced Stump Service from the directory.The site information was cleared with it business natural, an interactive map, a blog and some reviews.



Try out Merchant Circle today for your business Needs.

WordPress 2.2.1 is out

Wordpress 2.2.1 is out, any version earlier than that should really upgrade. Wordpress 2.2.1 main concentrations are on the bugs and security issue fixed. Here are some highlights of what’s been done in Wordpress 2.1.1

Bugs Issues

• Atom feed validation fixes (#4274, #4307, #4381, #4382)
• XML-RPC fixes (#4314, #4329, #4315, #4469)
• Widget backward compatibility fixes (#4275)
• Widget layout fixes for IE7 (#4264, #4268)
• Page and Text Widget improvements (#4302, #4259)

Read full list.

Toshiba’s Video Helmet

This strange device ?will give its wearer a 360-degree panorama when watching TV or playing games.?

With current gadget makers going for smaller and smaller devices, it seems odd for Toshiba to think people would want a 6.6-pound monstrosity giving them neck problems

Pink Edition LifeBook P7230 Laptop

Fujitsu is trying to increase the sale of its LifeBook P7230 laptop and now offers the pink version of the machine, obviously targeted at women professionals. This cute and stylish notebook PC is currently being offered as a limited edition, so you have to hurry if you want to buy one for your girlfriend or wife. Regarding specs, it isn?t much different than the original black version. Including an Intel Core Duo U1400 ULV processor, a 1GB of main memory, an Intel 945GMS Express chipset, and a 60GB of hard drive.

Samsung SGH-F210 Cell Phone

Samsung showcased its latest music phone, SGH-F210, during CommunicAsia event in Singapore. This slim handset looks more like a portable music player from the outside, complete with an iPod-like metalic dial-pad under the screen that lets users navigate through the menu easily. Rotating the front panel out will reveal the usual phone keypad. The keypad itself isn?t much different than F200, its predecessor. However, this little brother comes with larger storage (1GB) and support for external media (microSD).

Google Talk Gadget Gets Group Chat Feature

Today Google Talk launched a new feature that allows you to invite multiple people into a conversation. Keep in mind, this feature is only available with the Google Talk Gadget (web-based) which you can launch at google.com/talk.

Source: Google Operating System

Sony Ericsson W910 Video Preview

At 99 x 50 x 12.5mm, the Sony Ericsson W910 packs a 2.0-megapixel camera, 2.4-inch TFT display, 40MB internal memory, 3.6Mbps HSDPA (W910i), Bluetooth 2.0 w/A2DP, and a M2 card slot.

[via GSMArena]

BlogTV:livestream your blog

BlogTV is a new livestreaming service that’s been making a splash at the Supernova conference here in San Francisco. It’s the latest in several live broadcasting services that have popped up, including uStream.TV, Veodia, Mogulus, and Stickam. Like some of its competitors, BlogTV is combining live video and chat in one window, along with a way to embed the entire module on your blog or Web site. It also lets content creators team up with two Webcams at once, a solution that opens up the service for co-hosts, live interviews, or multilocation coverage.

Free high-quality icons

Pixel Press Icons offer a variety of free icons for download. New icons added include a set of pirate-themed icons.All icons are for MacOS X only. But I’m sure enterprising Windows users can find a way to make use of these icons as well.

Their icon sets are offered free of charge for use on your blog, or on your personal computer.

Internet Download Manager 5.11

Internet Download Manager (IDM) is a tool to increase download speeds by up to 500 percent, resume and schedule downloads. IDM has a smart download logic accelerator that features intelligent dynamic file segmentation and safe multipart downloading technology to accelerate your downloads. Simple graphic user interface makes IDM user friendly and easy to use.

New in Version 5.11 (Jun/20/2007)

1. Completely redeveloped IDM scheduler. Added periodic synchronization of files and the possibility to create new queues for downloading or synchronization. Added new features on starting and stopping queue processing
2. Improved user interface. Added processing of context menu key, fixed tabbing order on all dialogs, added mnemonic keys to the main menu and the menu of IDM Grabber
Version 5.11 includes all latest bug fixes

Download : Internet Download Manager v5.11

13 Computer keyboards you’ve never seen before

These keyboards feature 104 keys in a standard QWERTY layout, but with a nifty twist of being the most portable keyboard seen to date. Simply roll the unit up when you’re done with it! A great tool for laptop users who miss their full-sized KB when on the road, or LAN party warriors looking to lighten their load.

The virtual laser keyboard

The I-Tech Virtual Keyboard uses a light projection of a full-sized computer keyboard on almost any surface. Used with PDA’s and Smart Phones, the Virtual Keyboard provides a practical way to do e-mail, word processing and spreadsheet tasks, enabling users to leave laptops and computers at home.

The wrist keyboard

Completely sealed, it can operate in the rain and other harsh environments. A curved back provides a secure and comfortable placement on the wrist. The keyboard layout is optimized to provide alphanumeric entry. Carefully positioned arrow keys ease menu-oriented tasks. The WristPC keyboard comes with an optional wrist strap to provide the capability of attaching it to your wrist.

The frogpad

The FrogPad mobile keypad with its innovative 20 full-size key layout optimized around the most frequently used characters sets a new standard in information access with superior portability and ergonomics, global adaptability, rapid learning and ease of use. Its unique patented keystroke algorithms enable it to be used in either a right or left-handed mode and with any international language set.

Maltron 3D Ergonomic Keyboard

These fully ergonomic two handed keyboards fit the shape of hands and the different lengths of fingers to reduce movement and tension.

The Orbitouch Keyboard

The orbiTouch Keyless ergonomic Keyboard creates a keystroke when you slide the two domes into one of their eight respective positions. You type the different characters by sliding the domes to create letters and numbers. The orbiTouch Keyless ergonomic Keyboard also has an integrated mouse, so moving the domes gives you full mouse and keyboard capability!

The Tidy Tippist

The marriage of eating and tipping: the decorative tablecloth, made of felt, contains a textile keyboard. The electronic is woven into a fabric, which finds itself between layers of water resistant felt as sandwich material. The soft felt surface makes it a pleasure for fingers to tip a cozy keyboard.

The SafeType keyboard

This well thought at keyboard will allow you to type in a relaxed position, saving you the pain. All that despite its futurist look. The supplementary keypad allows the user to position the 10-key numeric pad with arrow keys anywhere that is most usable and comfortable. It can be on the left or the right, or even in your lap. We are constantly amazed by the tremendous variation in challenges and how people find solutions for their own problems.

The Twiddler 2

The Twiddler2 is a pocket-sized mouse pointer plus a full-function keyboard in a single unit that fits neatly in either right or left hand. The Twiddler2 plugs into both keyboard and mouse PS/2 ports (USB port with the PS/2 to USB Adapter) on any computer that accepts standard PS/2 mouse and keyboard (or USB input). Combining major innovations in pointer and keyboard technology, the twiddler is designed to bring renewed enjoyment to current computer users and to attract newcomers to the world of personal computing.

The datahand keyboard

The DataHand ergonomic keyboard offers a total of 132 keys (more than even extended flat keyboards) through the use of five key switches clustered around the tips of each of the fingers. With four modes, shifted by the thumbs, hand movement is no longer required to perform keyboard work. Hand support results in the elimination of the major source of muscular-skeletal stress in hands, wrists, arms, shoulders, backs, and necks.

Optimus Keyboard

Each and every key on the Optimus Keyboard is a stand-alone display that shows you exactly what it is controlling at the very moment.

Das Keyboard

Where is the letters? Das keyboard believe with no keys to look at when typing, your brain will adapt and memorize the key position thus increasing typing speed.

AlphaGrip

Claimbled to the most comfortable computing device. It is a gaming pad, a keyboard also comes with a mouse trackball.

100 Keyboard shortcuts (Windows)

Microsoft windows keyboard shortcuts. You might know most of these shortcuts, but probably not all of them. If you have more keyboard shortcuts, please let me know :)

* CTRL+C (Copy)
* CTRL+X (Cut)
* CTRL+V (Paste)
* CTRL+Z (Undo)
* DELETE (Delete)
* SHIFT+DELETE (Delete the selected item permanently without placing the item in the Recycle Bin)
* CTRL while dragging an item (Copy the selected item)
* CTRL+SHIFT while dragging an item (Create a shortcut to the selected item)
* F2 key (Rename the selected item)
* CTRL+RIGHT ARROW (Move the insertion point to the beginning of the next word)
* CTRL+LEFT ARROW (Move the insertion point to the beginning of the previous word)
* CTRL+DOWN ARROW (Move the insertion point to the beginning of the next paragraph)
* CTRL+UP ARROW (Move the insertion point to the beginning of the previous paragraph)
* CTRL+SHIFT with any of the arrow keys (Highlight a block of text)
* SHIFT with any of the arrow keys (Select more than one item in a window or on the desktop, or select text in a document)
* CTRL+A (Select all)
* F3 key (Search for a file or a folder)
* ALT+ENTER (View the properties for the selected item)
* ALT+F4 (Close the active item, or quit the active program)
* ALT+ENTER (Display the properties of the selected object)
* ALT+SPACEBAR (Open the shortcut menu for the active window)
* CTRL+F4 (Close the active document in programs that enable you to have multiple documents open simultaneously)
* ALT+TAB (Switch between the open items)
* ALT+ESC (Cycle through items in the order that they had been opened)
* F6 key (Cycle through the screen elements in a window or on the desktop)
* F4 key (Display the Address bar list in My Computer or Windows Explorer)
* SHIFT+F10 (Display the shortcut menu for the selected item)
* ALT+SPACEBAR (Display the System menu for the active window)
* CTRL+ESC (Display the Start menu)
* ALT+Underlined letter in a menu name (Display the corresponding menu)
* Underlined letter in a command name on an open menu (Perform the corresponding command)
* F10 key (Activate the menu bar in the active program)
* RIGHT ARROW (Open the next menu to the right, or open a submenu)
* LEFT ARROW (Open the next menu to the left, or close a submenu)
* F5 key (Update the active window)
* BACKSPACE (View the folder one level up in My Computer or Windows Explorer)
* ESC (Cancel the current task)
* SHIFT when you insert a CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive (Prevent the CD-ROM from automatically playing)

Dialog Box Keyboard Shortcuts

* CTRL+TAB (Move forward through the tabs)
* CTRL+SHIFT+TAB (Move backward through the tabs)
* TAB (Move forward through the options)
* SHIFT+TAB (Move backward through the options)
* ALT+Underlined letter (Perform the corresponding command or select the corresponding option)
* ENTER (Perform the command for the active option or button)
* SPACEBAR (Select or clear the check box if the active option is a check box)
* Arrow keys (Select a button if the active option is a group of option buttons)
* F1 key (Display Help)
* F4 key (Display the items in the active list)
* BACKSPACE (Open a folder one level up if a folder is selected in the Save As or Open dialog box)

Microsoft Natural Keyboard Shortcuts

* Windows Logo (Display or hide the Start menu)
* Windows Logo+BREAK (Display the System Properties dialog box)
* Windows Logo+D (Display the desktop)
* Windows Logo+M (Minimize all of the windows)
* Windows Logo+SHIFT+M (Restore the minimized windows)
* Windows Logo+E (Open My Computer)
* Windows Logo+F (Search for a file or a folder)
* CTRL+Windows Logo+F (Search for computers)
* Windows Logo+F1 (Display Windows Help)
* Windows Logo+ L (Lock the keyboard)
* Windows Logo+R (Open the Run dialog box)
* Windows Logo+U (Open Utility Manager)

Accessibility Keyboard Shortcuts

* Right SHIFT for eight seconds (Switch FilterKeys either on or off)
* Left ALT+left SHIFT+PRINT SCREEN (Switch High Contrast either on or off)
* Left ALT+left SHIFT+NUM LOCK (Switch the MouseKeys either on or off)
* SHIFT five times (Switch the StickyKeys either on or off)
* NUM LOCK for five seconds (Switch the ToggleKeys either on or off)
* Windows Logo +U (Open Utility Manager)

Windows Explorer Keyboard Shortcuts

* END (Display the bottom of the active window)
* HOME (Display the top of the active window)
* NUM LOCK+Asterisk sign (*) (Display all of the subfolders that are under the selected folder)
* NUM LOCK+Plus sign (+) (Display the contents of the selected folder)
* NUM LOCK+Minus sign (-) (Collapse the selected folder)
* LEFT ARROW (Collapse the current selection if it is expanded, or select the parent folder)
* RIGHT ARROW (Display the current selection if it is collapsed, or select the first subfolder)

Shortcut Keys for Character Map

* After you double-click a character on the grid of characters, you can move through the grid by using the keyboard shortcuts:
* RIGHT ARROW (Move to the right or to the beginning of the next line)
* LEFT ARROW (Move to the left or to the end of the previous line)
* UP ARROW (Move up one row)
* DOWN ARROW (Move down one row)
* PAGE UP (Move up one screen at a time)
* PAGE DOWN (Move down one screen at a time)
* HOME (Move to the beginning of the line)
* END (Move to the end of the line)
* CTRL+HOME (Move to the first character)
* CTRL+END (Move to the last character)
* SPACEBAR (Switch between Enlarged and Nor mal mode when a character is selected)

Microsoft Management Console (MMC) Main Window Keyboard Shortcuts

* CTRL+O (Open a saved console)
* CTRL+N (Open a new console)
* CTRL+S (Save the open console)
* CTRL+M (Add or remove a console item)
* CTRL+W (Open a new window)
* F5 key (Update the content of all console windows)
* ALT+SPACEBAR (Display the MMC window menu)
* ALT+F4 (Close the console)
* ALT+A (Display the Action menu)
* ALT+V (Display the View menu)
* ALT+F (Display the File menu)
* ALT+O (Display the Favorites menu)

MMC Console Window Keyboard Shortcuts

* CTRL+P (Print the current page or active pane)
* ALT+Minus sign (-) (Display the window menu for the active console window)
* SHIFT+F10 (Display the Action shortcut menu for the selected item)
* F1 key (Open the Help topic, if any, for the selected item)
* F5 key (Update the content of all console windows)
* CTRL+F10 (Maximize the active console window)
* CTRL+F5 (Restore the active console window)
* ALT+ENTER (Display the Properties dialog box, if any, for the selected item)
* F2 key (Rename the selected item)
* CTRL+F4 (Close the active console window. When a console has only one console window, this shortcut closes the console)

Remote Desktop Connection Navigation

* CTRL+ALT+END (Open the m*cro$oft Windows NT Security dialog box)
* ALT+PAGE UP (Switch between programs from left to right)
* ALT+PAGE DOWN (Switch between programs from right to left)
* ALT+INSERT (Cycle through the programs in most recently used order)
* ALT+HOME (Display the Start menu)
* CTRL+ALT+BREAK (Switch the client computer between a window and a full screen)
* ALT+DELETE (Display the Windows menu)
* CTRL+ALT+Minus sign (-) (Place a snapshot of the active window in the client on the Terminal server clipboard and provide the same functionality as pressing PRINT SCREEN on a local computer.)
* CTRL+ALT+Plus sign (+) (Place a snapshot of the entire client window area on the Terminal server clipboard and provide the same functionality as pressing ALT+PRINT SCREEN on a local computer.)

Internet Explorer navigation

* CTRL+B (Open the Organize Favorites dialog box)
* CTRL+E (Open the Search bar)
* CTRL+F (Start the Find utility)
* CTRL+H (Open the History bar)
* CTRL+I (Open the Favorites bar)
* CTRL+L (Open the Open dialog box)
* CTRL+N (Start another instance of the browser with the same Web address)
* CTRL+O (Open the Open dialog box, the same as CTRL+L)
* CTRL+P (Open the Print dialog box)
* CTRL+R (Update the current Web page)
* CTRL+W (Close the current window)

Top 5 Linux Tricks

1. wget:

This utility has saved me, perhaps a hundred times in my career with Linux. Often times, we get stuck in a terminal shell, without a terminal web browser like lynx. How can we download a specific file that will save or patch our system without a web browser?

Well wget lets you do just that. simply type wget into the terminal, and then the website address. This will retrieve any file on the world wide web, and place it on your system.

For more information on wget, click here.

2. Colour your text in the terminal:

Stop using just a black and white terminal! Use colours for your directories, and executable files. This will make it much easier to distinguish your files, without using a slow GUI file manager. Get creative, and style out your own colours for your file system.

Check out this guide on howto enable and configure your ls colours.

3. The Mystery of the Arrow Up button:

Did you know that at any time while you are in the terminal, you can hit the up button, and use a command that you have previously used? The shell keeps track of everything you type (so be careful). This can be extremely useful. Often times, we end up using the very same commands, on the very same files. Why type it out twice? Use this trick, and make your terminal life more effective.

4. The power of the TAB button:

Did you know that while you are typing at the terminal you can press the tab button, and it will auto-complete what you are typing? It?s pretty fantastic. It?s not wonder why many Linux Gurus prefer to use the terminal over a graphical user interface. For example, if you want to copy the file, myFile from /users/dug/desktop/ to /usr/local/bin all you have to do is start typing:

cp /u now hit tab, and it should complete /users. Hit the d key next and then hit tab again, this will complete: /users/dug now hit the d key again, and then tab, this will complete /users/dug/desktop If there are more options that start with the letter you are currently typing, it will display them if you hit the tab button twice.

5. X11 Forwarding:

Did you know that you can run graphical X11 programs remotely, without using a program like remote desktop? This is really useful if you are a university student, and you need to run MatLAB, or any other X11 program, but you don?t have time to run to the Uni.

Here?s the quick coles notes way to run graphical programs from other computers:

ssh into the remote computer with the -X option, then, simply run your graphical app from the command line, and it will popup, provided that the server has X11 fowarding enabled.

If you would like to run your own ssh server from home, or work. Check out this handy guide to getting X11 forwarding.

Top 10 Linux Shortcuts

Here are some popular ones:

Control-Alt-F1: Switch to the first terminal. There are actually 6 terminals, so you can press control-alt-F1 all the way to control-alt-F6. This can be very handy! I?ve used it to get out of a jam several times. Especially if your system crashes when X tries to startup. You can always fall back on this terminal.

Control-Alt-F7: Switch back to the GUI.

Shift Page-UP: If you are in a terminal, this command will scroll the terminal output. Have you ever typed a command in, and gotten a ton of output, and wanted to scroll up to see all of the output, but you couldn?t because you weren?t using X? This shortcut makes that all possible, and it is especially useful when the computer first boots. You can scroll up to see the boot messages, and errors.

Control-Alt-[+]: This command will up the resolution on your X server. Way faster than opening up a resolution manager.

Control-Alt-[-]: This command will down the resolution on your X server. Great if you have it hooked up to a TV.

Control-Alt-Backspace: This command kills the current X-server. It?s great if X crashes. In some distributions, this will automatically restart X as well.

Control-Alt-delete: This starts up the system?s normal reboot process. It?s way better than hitting the restart button, and is more convenient than finding the restart button in X.

Control-Z: Send the current process to the background. This handy shortcut can let you do other things in the terminal, while the program you just executed is still running.

Control-C: Just like in DOS, this will kill the current process in the terminal.

YouTube goes Mobile

YouTube launched a mobile interface available at m.youtube.com. To use it, you need a mobile phone that plays streaming videos and an unlimited data plan because “YouTube Mobile is a data intensive application”.

YouTube Mobile is a streamlined version of YouTube made to run on mobile phones। Videos can be streamed by any phone capable of viewing RTSP/3GP files with H263/AMR.









Technorati : YouTube Mobile

GreatNews 1.0 Beta (Build 383) Released

GreatNews 1.0 Beta (Build 383) Released on 6/19/2007

• Added: 3-column display mode for wide screen user
  View->Reading Pane
• Added: Hidden flag to allow multiple GreatNews running at the same time.
  [Advanced]
  MultipleInstance=1
• Updated: Japanese Language Pack
• Changed: Upgrade database engine to latest version (again)
• Fixed: Updated articles were not saved। Only counters were updated.

Technorati : GreatNews

O2 Cocoon Phone

“Cocoon” is the upcoming clamshell phone from O2. This stylish and beatiful handset offers an integrated 2 megapixel camera module with flash and AF plus, Bluetooth connectivity with A2DP support, a 2GB onboard memory with microSD card slot for external storage, and a dedicated music control on the front panel. Talking about the panel, you can also find a LED light that displays the time and caller ID. I supposed it’ll display the current status of the phone as well, such as incoming call / text message / email. Moreover, Cocoon runs on GSM/GPRS/3G network and features a FM radio alarm clock, a 3.5mm socket, and the ability to download DRM-Free AAC iTunes Plus.

Technorati : O2 Cocoon

Wordpress 2.2.1 candidate Release

WordPress 2.2.1 release candidate has been made available for download for testing by the wordpress community before the final version is released in the next few days.

Boren.nu says that Wordpress 2.2.1 fixes bugs in widgets, xmlrpc, atom feeds, and other areas and also addresses security issues found in xmlrpc and phpmailer. All changes made since 2.2 can be viewed here. A list of all bugs fixed in 2.2.1 is here. Download here (.zip)

Wordpress 2.2.1 will be out soon!

Mac OS X tip: Navigating open applications

Here are some quick shortcuts for navigating open applications in OS X that will save you a few mouse clicks. You probably know all about switching between applications with Command-Tab, but you may no know that you can hide and close applications too:

• If you want to close an app, hit “Q” when it’s highlighted
  
• If you just want to hide an app, hit “H” when it’s highlighted.
• If you decided you want to stay in the app you had active when you invoked Command-Tab, hit ESC.

Technorati : Mac OS X tip

Skype 3.5 Beta for Windows released

Skype 3.5 Beta is out, with a bunch of new features, including call tranfering.

The newly released version of Skype, 3.5.0.107, hosts following new features and changes in comparison with latest 3.2 release, in addition to those it has numerous bug fixes:

• feature: Auto redial
• feature: Call Transfer
• feature: Device Indicators
• feature: Edit chat messages
• feature: Message history loading granulated
• feature: Private Telephone Numbers
• feature: Send contacts inside chat
• feature: Visual indicators for Audio In / Audio Out in options
• feature: Show examples of notifications / alerts in options
• feature: Added Latvian localization - Intars Students
• feature: In-Client Hardware store button
• change: Extras Manager updated to version 1.2.0.261
• change: Options categories smoothly slide open and close when changed
• Updated language files: Arabic (Eriksen Translations Inc.), Bulgarian (Nikolina Filipova & Nikolay Filipov), Czech (Petr Silon), Danish (Eriksen Translations Inc), German (Claudius Henrichs & Dick Schiferli), Estonian (Eve Loopere), Greek (Panagiotis Sidiropoulos http://www.magenta.gr ),French (Fabrice IMPERIAL & Bruno Lépaulard), Italian (Daniele Conte), Japanese (Mayu Shimizu), Hungarian (Mark Bender & Laszlo Koncz & Gabor Stefanik),Latvian (Intars Students), Lithuanian (Viktoras Kriukovas), Norwegian (Stig Auestad), Dutch (Kees Koenders), Polish (Karol Szastok), Portuguese-Portugal (Francisco Ferreira, Portuguese-Brazil (Leslie Predrotti), Finnish (Heino Keränen), Swedish (Anders Olsson), Russian (Eriksen Translations Inc), Romanian (Péter Henning and Mónika Iancu), Turkish (Ömer Emin Dede)

You can download the new beta version of Skype here.

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Sony Ericsson S500 Cell Phone Available in Hong Kong

Sony Ericsson has just launched its S500 cell phone in Hong Kong. It?s only available in limited stocks though, so you have to hurry if you want one. Don?t be surprised with the price too (between $450 - $500) since most sellers usually take advantage of rare quantities condition like this to jack up the price. The 14mm thick phone itself sports a 2.0 megapixel camera module with 4x zoom, a built-in media player, speakerphone, Bluetooth connectivity, USB interface, and web browser. It is available in several unique colors, such as Mysterious Green and Spring Yellow.

Orbit Downloader 1.5.7

Orbit Downloader is a great speed, super light,easy-to-use and free rich media downloader. It is based on p2p and multi-source downloading technology and supports HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, MMS and RTSP protocols. Using Orbit Downloader, you can almost download everything online with 500% faster speed, like youtube video, rapidshare files, flash and streaming media etc. Anyway, Orbit Downloader is an indispendsable tool for download acceleration and management.

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Safari 3 for Windows XP or Vista released

Apple release Safari for Windows today.Currently Safari accounts for about 5% of users, all Mac. It is reportedly twice as fast as IE7, and 1.6 times faster than Firefox 2. If the speed alone hasn’t hooked PC users to test the Beta out, think about the user interface, easy bookmarking features, and private browsing abilities.
Check out the Beta version of Safari for PC now. Its available now for Windows Vista, and XP users.

Safari for Windows

5 Cool Linux-Powered Phones

• Motorola ROKR E6

This Linux-powered Smartphone boasts a 2.0-megapixel camera w/8x digital zoom, a 2.4-inch QVGA touchscreen display, 8MB built-in memory, an SD/MMC card slot, two ?3D Surround? speakers, Bluetooth, and USB connectivity.

• Motorola RAZR 2

This followup to the original RAZR builds upon that device and comes in ?3.6Mbps HSDPA (V9), EV-DO (V9m), and GSM / EDGE variants (V8).? Other features include a 2.2-inch QVGA display, 2.0-inch external display, external multimedia keys, 2GB of internal memory, 2.0-megapixel camera, Bluetooth, and ?Crystal Talk? technology.

• Qtopia Greenphone

Trolltech?s Qtopia Greenphone is a Linux-based, quad band GSM/EDGE handset that boasts a QVGA touch screen display, 1.3-megapixel camera, 317MHz XScale processor, 128MB ROM, 64MB RAM, Bluetooth, and a miniSD card slot.

• OpenMoko FIC Neo1973

OpenMoko?s FIC Neo1973 is the world?s first Linux-powered, open source phone. It features a 2.8-inch (480�640) touchscreen display, Samsung s3c2410 SoC, a Global Locate AGPS chip, 128MB SDRAM, 64MB NAND Flash memory, and a microSD card slot.

• E2831

Made by Shanghai-based E28, the Linux-powered E2831 features a 2.2-inch QVGA display, 1.3-megapixel camera, and up to 3-hours of continuous usage.

The E2831 is a GSM Quad-band phone with an integrated 802.11b/g WiFi. It has Integrated VoIP over WLAN support using the SIP protocol on a IMS system and supports active call hand-overs between GSM and WLAN connections

The 5 Smallest Countries in the World

1. Vatican City

Size: 0.17 sq. mi. (0.44 km²)
Population: 783 (2005 census)
Location: Rome, Italy

2. Monaco

Size: 0.8 sq. mi. (1.96 km²)
Population: 35,657 (2006 estimate)
Location: French Riviera on the Mediterranean

3. Nauru

Size: 8 sq. mi (21 km²)
Population: 13,005 (2005 estimate)
Location: Western Pacific Ocean

4. Tuvalu

Size: 9 sq. mi. (26 km²)
Population: 10,441 (2005 estimate)
Location: South Pacific

5. San Marino

Size: 24 sq. mi. (61 km²)
Population: 28,117 (2005 estimate)
Location: North-central Italy near the Adriatic coast.

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JkDefrag 3.14

Free (released under the GNU General Public License) disk defragment and optimize utility for Windows 2000/2003/XP/Vista/X64. Completely automatic and very easy to use, fast, low overhead, with two optimization strategies, and can handle floppies and USB disks/sticks. Included are a Windows version, a commandline version (for scheduling by the task scheduler or for use from administrator scripts), a screensaver version, a DLL library (for use from programming languages), and versions for Windows X64.

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ViStart Beta 5 released

ViStart Beta 5 is the standalone Start Menu that runs in Windows XP, and perfectly replaces your Start Menu. It does all of the following:

• Puts your user image in the upper-right corner, and replaces that image with other graphics as you hover over the menu items on the right side.
• The Programs menu is actually contained within the Start Menu, instead of popping out like it does in XP. This is a big thing that skins alone were never able to emulate.
• Search! It doesn?t index your files, but the search bar does pull up matching program names as you type.
• System Tray icon that you can right-click on to shut-down, restart, or log-off of your computer.

“Now everyone can enjoy the benefits of fast program searching straight from their Start Menu, with ViStart, currently my latest project, Developed under the management of Windows X For the latest Vista Transformation Pack. ViStart brings you the Vista Start Menu for your Windows XP, by replacing your existing XP Start Menu.”

Hard Drive Desk Clock

A former Network Server Hard Drive converted into a working desk clock. This clockhas been manufactured using the finest quartz clock motor. The clock stands aproximatily 5 3/4 inches high by 4 inches wide.Will make a perfect addition to your desk at work, or for the geek in your life.

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AOL Mail offering unlimited storage, integrated chatting

AOL Mail are set to make the service nimbler and more innovative, with unlimited storage and built-in chatting set for the coming weeks. A chatting pane will appear within the screen to display contacts from Mail and AIM, which remains the world’s most popular instant messaging service.

Embedded RSS feeds, attachment search capabilities, as well as POP and IMAP compatibility are also in the works. By the end of the year, AOL plans to add integration with mapping, videos, and its xDrive online storage service.

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Ubuntu Magazine Issue 1 Released

Ubuntu Magazine Issue has just Released.It’s 42 pages of sheer goodness that walks you through how to do things on Ubuntu, and points you in the direction of some great software.

Contents:

• Install Ubuntu Feisty Fawn, step by step
• Howtos:
  • Linux Directory Structure
  • MythTV Intro
  • Scribus (desktop publishing) Part I
  • Add/Remove Software
• Review: GRAMPS geneaology software
• Interview: Deluge BitTorrent Client developer
• News, “Top 5″, Letters, Desktops, and much more

Download Issue 1:Issue 1 - English.pdf (mirror)

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Asus M530W Smartphone

Asus recently unveiled its latest 3G-ready smartphone, the M530W model. Expected to hit the store in July, the handset offers 3G video telephony with its dual camera (2MP and VGA cam) as well as broadband internet access with up to 384kbs download speed rate. You can also utilize its built-in 802.11b/g wireless support to connect to available WiFI hotspot and enjoy downloading content from world wide web wirelessly.

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