I got a tip from a little bird that Microsoft may rename Windows 8 in order to better align the product with the upcoming Cloud 365 suite.
This is just a rumor and I have no corroborating evidence to back it up but the name that has been floated is Windows 365.
I wouldnt bet on this tip but the name actually sounds good to me.
Windows 8 rumor : Security updates and Liscensing from Cloud:
Now while I have no reason to believe that this is anything but PURE speculation at this point, he does bring up 2 good points which I will write about soon.
After several delays, Nov 25th was decided on as the date when Mobile Number Portability would roll out in India. Starting in Haryana, a state in the Northern circle users can now opt to change their mobile carriers while keeping their numbers. The terms of switching operators as defined for Haryana and in all likelihood for other cities, are:
1.User will have to obtain a unique porting number by sending a SMS.
2.The code along with filled forms and valid identity proof documents need to be submitted to the new operator.
3. Rs 19 is the switching fee.
4. A user can switch after 90 days of a new connection being activated.
5.Postpaid users need to clear all dues before applying to switch.
6. Prepaid users lose any remaining talk time after switching.
7. MNP request can be cancelled within 24 hours and a new request should be processed within 7 days.
With 3G services starting to roll out, the mobile space should get competitive with operators having some time to announce lucrative deals to attract and retain consumers in the metropolitans. According to the latest statistics about the mobile market size in India, Airtel leads by quite a margin. There are about 509 million users according to the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) report for October 2010. The breakup for some operators is:
1) VLC
VLC is one of the most flexible multimedia players available. It supports a vast number of audio and video formats, including H.264, Ogg, DivX, MKV, TS, MPEG-2, mp3, MPEG-4, and aac, and it supports streaming and TV capture cards. VLC isn't limited to viewing multimedia files, either. It can convert and transcode formats, too.
2) Gnumeric
Gnumeric is the spreadsheet portion of the GNOME Office suite (as well as a stand-alone tool). It has been around for quite some time and is an outstanding entry in the spreadsheet world. Gnumeric currently has 520 spreadsheet functions (154 of which are unique) and is faster than any spreadsheet application you have ever tried. Gnumeric can read many spreadsheet formats, but if you're looking for a clone of Excel, look elsewhere.
3) Abiword
Abiword is also a part of the GNOME office suite (as well as a stand-alone tool), and it can serve all your word processing needs. With Abiword, you can create and collaborate. It's lightweight, fast, reliable, and (like all tools on this list) free! Abiword can read and write both Microsoft Office and OpenOffice document formats.
4) Audacity
Audacity is an incredible piece of software for recording and editing sounds. You can use it to record live audio, convert analog recordings to digital, cut/copy/splice, change speed and pitch, and import/export numerous formats. Audacity can also remove noise and add effects. If you're looking for an open source recording studio, don't overlook Audacity.
5) Inkscape
Inkscape is a powerful vector graphics editor similar to Illustrator, Corel Draw, and Xara X. It closely adheres to W3C standard SVG file format, so you can be sure that any SVG file created with (or edited by) Inkscape will work with any other standards-compliant tool. One nice aspect of Inkscape is the availability of numerous tutorials, which you will find on the Inkscape site and on other sites.
Have you ever needed to completely wipe out critical data from a hard drive? As we all know, mkfs doesn’t
erase a lot. (You already knew this, right?) mkfs and its variants (e.g., mkfs.ext3 and mke2fs) only get rid of a few important data structures on the filesystem, but the data is still there! For a SCSI disk connected as /dev/sdb, a quick dd if=/dev/sdb | strings
will let anyone recover text data from a supposedly erased hard drive. Binary data is more complicated to
retrieve, but the same basic principle applies: the data was not completely erased. To make things harder for the bad guys, an old trick was to use the ‘dd’ command as a way to erase a drive.
Note: This command will erase your disk! dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdb
There’s one problem with this: newer, more advanced, techniques make it possible to retrieve data that were
replaced with a bunch of 0s. To make it more difficult, if not impossible, for the bad guys to read data that was previously stored on a disk, Red Hat ships the “shred” utility as part of the coreutils RPM package. Launching “shred” on a disk or a partition will write repeatedly (25 times by default) to all locations on the disk.
Note: Be careful with this one too! shred /dev/sdb
This is currently known to be a very safe way to delete data from a hard drive
2) USB when the Drivers not available
As a way to save a few valuable pennies on newer PCs, manufacturers are increasingly getting rid of the good old PS/2 keyboard and mouse interfaces. As a result, some recent systems only ship with USB ports to which we need to connect a USB keyboard and mouse. USB is all well and good, but what if the driver for your USB controller is not loaded? In practice, this is not a problem, as Red Hat loads the ehci- hcd and uhci-hcd drivers automatically at boot time. There are situations, namely in emergency mode, where the USB drivers won't be available. So you won't even be able to enter a command. This is due to the fact that in emergency mode all drivers need to be provided in the initrd file under /boot, and USB is not there by default. The trick is to add those drivers, so that they will be available earlier. The 'mkinitrd' command can do precisely that with the '--with' argument (this only works under RHEL4): mkinitrd --with=ehci-hcd --with=uhci-hcd /boot/newinitrd-`uname - r`.img `uname -r`
Add a new entry in your grub.conf file (always do backups!) that points to this new initrd image, and you're
done! Your USB keyboard now works in emergency mode.
There are many cell phones in the market used by the people so there are also some cell phones with the high radiation, this does not tells that these cell phones are harmfull, they are also approved by the by checking the SAR level, so its your choice to select the better..
1) Blackberry Bold 9650, SAR level 1.43
2) Blackberry Tour 9630, SAR level 1.43
3) Motorola Droid X, SAR level 1.43
4) Motorola Stature i9, SAR level 1.44
5) Motorola i576 , SAR level 1.45
6) Verizon LG Chocolate Touch, SAR Level 1.47
7) HTC Desire, SAR Level 1.48
8) Motorola Droid & Motorola Droid 2, SAR Level 1.49
Hi guys We all know that windows 7 has really made the turning point for Microsoft because of its user interface , performance , stability etc, like windows 7 Microsoft is planning to give more features in the upcoming OS Windows 8 which is going to released in 2014, i came to know abut some of the feature in the Windows 8 OS
Microsoft is planning to make Windows 8 an 128-bit operating system, according to details leaked from the software giant’s Research department. The discovery came to light after Microsoft Research employee, Robert Morgan, carelessly left details of his work on the social-networking site, Linked.
“Research & Development projects including 128-bit architecture compatibility with the Windows 8 kernel and Windows 9 project plan”
The senior researcher’s profile said he was: “Working in high security department for research and development involving strategic planning for medium and long term projects. Research & Development projects including 128-bit architecture compatibility with the Windows 8 kernel and Windows 9 project plan. Forming relationships with major partners: Intel, AMD, HP and IBM.”
A move to 128-bit support would be a bold move for Microsoft. Many outsiders were urging Microsoft to make Windows 7 64-bit only, but the company continues to offer a 32-bit version of the forthcoming OS.
Microsoft has said very little publicly about Windows 8, although on a visit to the UK earlier this week, CEO Steve Ballmer denied rumours that Windows 7 would be the last major client OS the company
produced. Ballmer admitted that planning was underway on Windows 8, although it’s highly unlikely that the OS will arrive until 2012 at the earliest.
This Slashdot comment raises some interesting points:
“Most 64-bit processors provide 40 or 48 bits of address space; they ignore the other two or three bytes of the address (often they support a larger virtual address space than physical, but even then it’s usually less than 64-bit). I’ve yet to see a consumer- grade machine with more RAM than PAE (36-bit addressing) could address. That said, memory is not the only place where the number of bits is important. Hard
drives are typically addressed by 512-byte blocks, so 32 bits gives you 2TB, which is a single disk these days. 64 bits gives you 8ZB, which is quite a lot, but it’s not a completely unreasonable amount; some people are going to find that constraining in the next few years, which is why ZFS uses 128 bits. It’s not that 128 bits are necessary, so much that 65 bits are and 128 is the most computationally-convenient size after 128. Making sure everything in the kernel supports 128-bit filesystem offsets is an important for long-term project.”
Seems to me the future of Wine is going to also have be 128 bit to remain relevant and run the future 128 bit Games and Office tools that are geared for the future Windows OS. Possibly by the time of Windows 8 this will be when they finally kill off 32 bit support and release 64 bit and 128 bit versions of Windows. Looks as if the ground work for 128 bit computing is being set now and therefor a future 128 bit release of our favorite Windows re implementation Wine.
NOTE :- This information is based on currently available resources and might become
irrelevant after the official announcement of WINDOWS 8
Hi guys everybody will think of hiding their folder on order to protect their personal contents so each and everybody's option will be only for looking for a software for hiding their folder but here i m going to show u the tricks to hide the folder.
1) Select the folder which you need to hide.
2) Then go to the cmd and then make a link to the folder which u need to hide.
3) Then type "attrib +a +h +r +s <folder name>" in the cmd.
4) Then u ll see that the folder which u have created ll be hidden.
5) Then to retrive the folder in the cmd go to the location where u have placed the folder and type "attrib -a -h -r -s <folder name>, now u can see your folder.
The hidden folder cannot be seen when you choose the disable option in the folder options in your desktop.
Many of you ll suffer from the performance of the computer that ll be taken by your recycle bin or the cookies or the unwanted registry so inorder to remove these things you need a best cleaner so here are two of the top free cleaners
1) CCleaner:
It is used to clean the cookies , internet cache, recycle bin, unwanted programs etc, and it also make an option to save the registry files.
2) Advance Systemcare free:
When compared to CCleaner ASF is the free tool and and it also offers some of the most interesting tools for our computer, and everything for free such system optimization, security tools, disk defrag etc i always prefer this tool.
This is the list of computer games that require DirectX 8.0 programmable Pixel Shader 1.1 support to run [which 3D Analyze is capable of emulating. If anyone finds a game which does not work even if its listed, or a game which works even though it's not listed, inform me. I'll subtract (or add) your game to the page.
* Alexander (needs confirmation)
* Act of War: Direct Action
* Advent Rising
* Attack on Pearl Harbour
* Battlestations: Midway
* Black & White 2
* Black & White 2: Battle of the Gods
* BloodRayne 2
* Boiling Point: Road to Hell
* Brothers in Arms: Earned in Blood
* Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30
* Caesar IV
* Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth
* Chaotic
* The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
* The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay
* Colin McRae Rally 2005
* Company of Heroes
* Darkstar One
* Deus Ex: Invisible War
* Devil May Cry 3 (Use skip pixel shaders options, force 100 Hz, check performance mode, force SwTnL; Tested on Intel 865 onboard graphics)
* Earth 2160
* Empire Earth 2
* Empire Earth 2: The Art of Supremacy
* Eragon
* Fable: The Lost Chapters
* F.E.A.R.
* Half-Life 2: Episode Two
* Heroes of Might and Magic V
* Heroes of Might and Magic V: Hammers of Fate
* Heroes of Might and Magic V: Tribes of the East
* Just Cause
* Knight Of The Temple 2
* Lego Star Wars: The Video Game
* Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy
* Lord of the Rings Online
* Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (Required LOTR Texture Fix)
* Marc Ecko’s Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure
* Marvel: Ultimate Alliance
* Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault
* Medieval II: Total War
* Medieval II: Total War Kingdoms
* Mega Man X8
* Men of Valor
* Need for Speed Carbon
* Paws & Claws Pet Vet 2 Healing Hands
* Pirates of the Caribbean: The Legend of Jack Sparrow
* Portal
* Project: Snowblind
* Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
* Psychonauts
* Richard Burns Rally
* Roboblitz
* Serious Sam 2
* Silent Hill 3
* Silent Hill 4 (Performance > force SW TnL, Hardware Limits(cap bits) > all, Vendor ID 0, Device ID0, ANTI DETECT MODE > shaders and textures ).
* Silent Hunter III
* Sniper Elite
* Spellforce 2: Shadow Wars
* Star Wars: Republic Commando (works with some texture problems)
* Sudeki
* Team Fortress 2
* Test Drive Unlimited
* The Godfather: The Game
* The House of the Dead III
* The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-Earth II
* The Matrix: Path of Neo
* Thief: Deadly Shadows
* Titan Quest
* Titan Quest: Immortal Throne
* Toca Race Driver 3 (launches, but isn’t playable)
* Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Lockdown
* Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory
* Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow
* Tony Hawk’s American Wasteland
* Top Spin
* Total World Demo
* Wildlife Park 2
* Winning Eleven/ Pro Evolution Soccer series on PC (although playable frame rates are possible with a Geforce 4 MX if used with a fast enough CPU)
* Worms 4: Mayhem
* Virtua Tennis 3
* Crazy Taxi 3
* Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars (requires hardware TnL, per EA.com Tech Support)
* F.E.A.R. Extraction Point (needs confirmation)
* F.E.A.R. Perseus Mandate (needs confirmation)
* Genesis Rising: The Universal Crusade
* Loki: Heroes of Mythology (needs confirmation)
* The Settlers: Rise of an Empire
* X3: Reunion
* Battlefield 2
* Battlefield 2: Special Forces
* Battlefield 2142
* Battlefield 2142: Northern Strike
* Hitman: Blood Money
* Star Trek: Legacy
* Resident Evil 4
Playing games without graphics card Hi guys lot of the people ll have desktop with the lowest configurations but they wish to play high graphical games in their computer with 3D rendering and with the shader pixel , but they cant play the games due to the graphics card which they need to play, but now you can play high quality games in your PC without graphic card by using a emulator called 3danalyzer it is used to play most of the games released in 2010 and also in 2009 and before
here is the link: http://3danalyzersoftware.com
1) Microsoft Security Essentials : This antivirus is from Microsoft team and totally free for Genuine Windows users. It has a good detection rates and most of all very light on resources. Automatic updates works perfectly fine. To see the whole review and how to install MSE on your computer http://savedelete.com/microsoft-security-essential-free-virus-remover-tool-from-microsoft-team.html
2) Avast ! Free Antivirus : Avast is often seen as the biggest competitor to other Antivirusprograms as it is very simple and easy to use. Avast is loaded with most features, real-time protection capabilities including web, E-mail, P2P, network shields, boot-time scanning. It is very light on resources and hardly take minutes to schedule scans. But there is one negative point that you have to register first and it takes time to register. Otherwise it is widely preferred Antivirusprogram for many users.
3) AVG Free Antivirus : AVG has been around in the Antivirus market from ages and gained lot of loyal users to their kitty. They also provide upgraded version which is very costly but I believe that their free Antivirus program is great for users having personal computers. AVG user interface is pretty simple and it takes a minute to install on your computer.
4) Bitdefender : Bitdefender is one of the best contender for top Antivirus software which provides advanced protection against viruses, phishing attacks, spyware, malwaere and various other real-time threats. It takes only minutes to download it and work without slowing down your computer speed. There is also a very nifty feature included in the latest version that it helps to protect leaking your personal information via E-mail, Web or IM.
5) Avira AntiVir Personal : One of the best pick if you are looking for simple to use and light on Antivirus software. It works perfectly fine to detect virus, spyware, rootkit threats. The best part of Avira is that it is quiet outstanding in terms of finding malware. Few false positives about Avira is that it does not inlude E-mail scanner in free version, but if you open any infected E-mail, it comes again into action. And with every update, it shows advertisements but you have choice to disable them. I still believe that Avira is strong Antivirus program and you should try it.
6) Comodo Antivirus + Firewall : This program was started as a commerial Antivirussoftware but now available free for both personal and commercial use. It is very simple to use, light on resources and doesn’t affect your computer speed. It offers real-time scanning, automatic updates, email scanning, detects worms and spyware. The virus definition is update daily and Host Intrusion Detection allows you to protect from attacking viruses, spyware, and other malware before they infect your computer.
7) A – Squared Free : This program was detecting and removing only trojans in the starting but recently included the Ikarus antivirus engine. It scans your computer from Trojans, Viruses, Spyware, Adware, Worms, Bots, Keyloggers and Dialers. The only negative point about this software is its large virus update size. Its comes with Antivirus + Anti – Spyware.
8 ) Rising Antivirus :Rising Antivirus Free Edition is Antivirus solution from China. It is a simple program which runs low on the memory and do every bit of task that every otherAntivirus software does. It protects computers against all types of viruses, Trojans, worms, rootkits and other malicious programs. One feature is good is that it provides full protection to your account information. It mostly updates on alternate days and if you are looking for “install and forget” program, this program is best.
9) PC Tools Antivirus : All-in-one program which can protect your PC from virus, worms, trojans and also included scanning of incoming and outgoing mails. It provides you on-demand scans and automatic updates. The negative points are that free edition offers limited support and updates are non-priority based which are essential for real-time virus protection program.
10) Spyware Doctor with Antivirus 2010 : As the name suggests, its comes with Anti-spyware and Antivirus program which provides full security to your computer. It detects almost every infection like spyware, adware, trojans, viruses, worms, keyloggers, identity theft, phishing, popups and malicious websites. It updates automatically mostly on daily basis.
