Archive for June, 2007

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, [...]

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) [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

bet365: online casino and sports betting

I am proud to present my bet365 review.The bet365 Group seems to have been around forever and was one of the very first UK bookmakers to venture online. The groups has a highly enviable reputation with players, and has held a UK license since since 1974. bet365 employs over 600 staff, so its no small operation. 

Bet365 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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.

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 userView->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.

Download:GreatNewsSetup.exe (800KB) GreatNews.zip(900KB)

Technorati : GreatNews

O2 Cocoon Phone – Beautiful

“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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]