tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22987991430101932432024-03-13T21:02:10.186+05:30Technology Tadka MarkeApparently NO-ONE reads this BLOG atleast No-one COMMENTED that they didVarun Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01497509180132040153noreply@blogger.comBlogger269125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2298799143010193243.post-55416110800720938342018-08-18T08:09:00.000+05:302018-08-18T08:09:06.920+05:30How to remember birthdays of friends without Facebook<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Many of us, wish our friends on their special days only when notified by Facebook. Checking on your friends' special days is only reason many people head back to the website. A neater approach will be to import it into your Google or Apple calendar and let Android or iOS notify you on birthdays.</span><div>
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Go to Facebook <a class="_5dwo" href="https://www.facebook.com/events/upcoming/" style="color: #365899; cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none;">Events</a> page. This can be accessed on the left side of FB homepage.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On the bottom right side, below <span style="font-weight: 600;">Find Events</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Click <span style="font-weight: 600;">Birthdays or Upcoming events</span> to subscribe to all upcoming birthdays or events.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Copy the birthday calendar URL, which would be of following format <i>"</i></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>webcal://www.facebook.com/ical/b.php?uid=[xxxx]&key=[xxxx]"</i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Add the url using our step by step guide to <a href="http://tecktadka.blogspot.com/2018/08/how-to-import-calendar-by-url-to-google.html">add birthdays of Facebook friends to Google calendar</a></span></li>
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Varun Tanejahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07749925634465784573noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2298799143010193243.post-21051403776200499532018-08-18T07:52:00.002+05:302018-08-18T07:52:50.073+05:30How to import a calendar by URL to Google Calendar<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Adding a web calendar to Google calendar can be a bit of task on non-Android or iOS devices. User would manually have to add the calendar to Google Calendar website as by default iOS opens Apple Calendar service. Follow the below step by step guide to add a webcal to Google Calendar from Google calendar website.<br />
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Varun Tanejahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07749925634465784573noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2298799143010193243.post-44625355132884677632011-10-27T19:26:00.006+05:302011-10-30T15:41:41.520+05:30Remove Users from appearing on Windows 7 Logon Screen<div><span class="Apple-style-span">Some times we have user accounts on our PC that we don't want to show up on Windows 7 Logon Screen. This tutorial deals with hiding a user account from showing on Windows 7 logon without using regedit or some other risky tweak.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">This should work on Windows Vista also</span></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">1. Go to start and type cmd.exe<br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JItOAXyVoFE/TqljRYIbtVI/AAAAAAAABO4/N8AAFCmRk8k/s1600/1.%2BCMD.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 69px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JItOAXyVoFE/TqljRYIbtVI/AAAAAAAABO4/N8AAFCmRk8k/s320/1.%2BCMD.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5668170756209227090" /></a></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">2. In the program pane right click on cmd.exe and choose run as administrator.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">3. In command prompt that opens, check list of various user accounts on system by running the following command:</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><b><u><i>net user</i></u></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">4. Type the following command in the command prompt:<br /><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><u><b>net user {username} /active:no</b></u></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "> Replace {username} by user name found in step 3<br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-UqU2QQUPOeU/TqljXHcCE2I/AAAAAAAABPE/xmtbewtpysA/s1600/Step%2B2%2BCommand.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 106px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-UqU2QQUPOeU/TqljXHcCE2I/AAAAAAAABPE/xmtbewtpysA/s320/Step%2B2%2BCommand.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5668170854807245666" /></a><br />5. You should see a message that the command completed successfully. Log out, and you won't see the {username} account as a choice.<br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">6. To again show the account on windows 7 logon screen. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Type the following command in the command prompt:</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span><u><b>net user {username} /active:yes</b></u></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Hat Tip: <a href="http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-security/change-the-way-users-log-on-or-off-in-windows-7/6b6d2353-83b5-42e7-b60f-311e5983ee86">Microsoft Forums</a></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">Also Read : </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(47, 51, 53); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-decoration: none; "><a href="http://www.intowindows.com/how-to-change-windows-7-logon-screen-easily-without-using-hacks-tools/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; ">How To Change Windows 7 Logon Screen B</span>ackground</a></span></span></span></div>Varun Tanejahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07749925634465784573noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2298799143010193243.post-83364401769962130492011-10-25T23:57:00.007+05:302011-10-26T13:14:54.276+05:30Bulk Moving Facebook Pics from one album to another<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>For sharing photos with friends, personally I like Picasa more than Facebook. Thanks for better upload tool and better organise album features.<br /><br />But I am forced to use facebook as most of my family and friends are on face<br />book.<br /><br /><u>Here is how to bulk move photos from one album to another using Mozilla Firefox<br /></u><br /><div><ul><li>Upload your pics to facebook using email upload facility</li></ul><ol><li>To organise your album, open the album that you want to edit in firefox and click Edit Album.</li><li>Next click on Edit Photos option</li><li>In page that opens, hit Shift+F4 to open ScratchPad</li><li>Copy Paste following code in Scratch Pad and hit Ctrl+R to run it</li></ol></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><textarea style="margin-left: 2px; margin-right: 2px; width: 392px; margin-top: 2px; margin-bottom: 2px; height: 56px; ">javascript: s = document.getElementsByTagName("select"); for (c in s) s[c].selectedIndex=2;</textarea></div><br /><br /><br /><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-82cmxaZ6WEc/TqcGfUm-mjI/AAAAAAAABOo/p8yvmiyydxI/s320/Run%2BJS.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5667505791246965298" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 107px; " /><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /><div><br /></div><div><ul><li>Replace 2 by index number of album that you want to select. </li></ul> E.g.: 1 for first album in dropdown, 2 for second item in drop down and so on<br /><ul><img src="http://mentalrise.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/fb2.jpg" /><li>Hit Save Changes button at bottom and voila, its done</li></ul><div>Tip Courtesy: <a href="http://mentalrise.com/2010/06/facebook-tip-move-multiple-pictures-to-another-album-at-once/#comment-2017">MentalRise</a></div></div></div>Varun Tanejahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07749925634465784573noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2298799143010193243.post-56717337574842732462011-06-15T19:02:00.001+05:302011-06-15T19:31:33.595+05:30Back to School following dreams and interestsMy two year old newphew has started going to prep-school from today. Even his uncle is no different, the only difference being he attends a B-School in Pune. :)<br /><br />A lot has happened off late and most of it so quick that things changed dramatically. Anyways I will not be putting the flow of events here. <br /><br />Continuing from where we left last time, today I would be talking about the changes that happened from College to Job things I learnt and mistakes I wont like to repeat.<br /><br />Well writing such an article when all your classmates would be in library banging their heads into the Gyan Manuals, may seem more of an escapist's explanation of why he is not studying. But there is more to it. For last 3 years of my life one thing that I didn't had was "Time" or more specifically " My personal Time".<br /><br />We live in an age when you are connected "24X7" your friends may be miles apart but they still "like" and "comment" about most minute day to day incidents of your life. Being someone who would fails to relate oneself to anything but ones present is a difficult job. People take you to be stupid, insenstitive, mean and manipulative. But what if you can't handle more than what you have on your plate or you are like me who loves his own space and wants others to enjoy a time-off on own when you are not required to be together for some meaningful purpose. Let me be clear about what I mean by so called 'meaningful' activity. It should not involve your work,study, job etc only it includes another critical element called recreation or maintaining and creating relationships.<br /><br />Life has multiple angles and humans have interests. We have likings and dislikings. Once in a while we should completely submerge ourselves in our interests so that we connect to our inner self and get reenergised to fight our hectic lives.<br /><br />As for me being amongst so many bright and hardworking people is tough but I will find a way.... <br /><br />I would like to end this article here, so much to please the writer in me. <br /><br />And the topic I would like to blog about next time is " Its never too late "Varun Tanejahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07749925634465784573noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2298799143010193243.post-12421568178080719792011-04-22T13:28:00.008+05:302011-04-25T21:27:44.245+05:30Work Life Balance and lack of itGood Friday ... I am not feeling well today and weather in Delhi forces you to stay indoors to re charge your dead batteries.<br /><br />I just realised it has been almost 5 years since me and Bhatia started this blog and soon others joined in. Five years change you a lot. A lot changed over last five years too.<br /><br />If you notice the number of posts I had over last five years, I would give you an indication of life we have and life we lead in this busy busy corporate world. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eHzEkNT0Chw/TbFLI3U-EKI/AAAAAAAAAnk/eveGIkHEIng/s1600/chartgo.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 160px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eHzEkNT0Chw/TbFLI3U-EKI/AAAAAAAAAnk/eveGIkHEIng/s320/chartgo.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5598338427461177506" /></a><br /><br /><br />When this blog was started around 5 years back, plan was to share what we know.<br />All of us being college students would post on a regular basis and then we passed out of college. Slowly and steadyily the new life took over us and this blog faced a dreath of posts. And now that I have finally decided to quit my job to satisfy my desire to learn , I guess I would have time to blog. Starting today, I will try to blog about things other than tech also and would like to start of with why and what kept me busy. It was not that only work kept me busy over last 3 years. I had great time meeting new people, learning new things, having crazy lifestyle, lazing around, working on personal goals, having new experiences but yes I was putting less time into introspection of what I was doing and where I was heading. <br /><br />There was a moment when I felt that I had lost interest in most things I loved to do earlier. There was a time I was just too involved with my job and colleagues and work.. IT all in all was like The Matrix but yes life is beyond all these things. There is an intelluctual side of me ( yes it exists) that had been starving all this while. I decided to take control and fortunately have been bumping into some great people who kept guiding me.<br /><br />The only saving grace were these nice people I met and ofcourse my last project during which I had sastisfaction of serving people of my country (and not some faceless organisation) in a way that directly touches their lives. <br /><br />Things are not as hectic as they once used to be. Infact last 8-10 months are the most amazing time I am having since I started working. It was more of fun than work and primary reason for that can be the time spent with family and having a life (friend circle) outside office.<br /><br />I have seen work-o-holics letting job pressure ruin great moments in life and strain themselves and others around them. I too being guilty of this sin, understand the prime difference lies in your approach on how you handle situatuions and take ownership. <br /><br />Like someone rightly said "Have your own plan, otherwise you become part of someone else's plan"<br /><br />Pasting a video that echos on same lines...<br /><br /><!--copy and paste--><object width="446" height="326"><param name="movie" value="http://video.ted.com/assets/player/swf/EmbedPlayer.swf"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"/><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="bgColor" value="#ffffff"></param> <param name="flashvars" value="vu=http://video.ted.com/talks/dynamic/NigelMarsh_2010X-medium.flv&su=http://images.ted.com/images/ted/tedindex/embed-posters/NigelMarsh-2010X.embed_thumbnail.jpg&vw=432&vh=240&ap=0&ti=1069&lang=eng&introDuration=15330&adDuration=4000&postAdDuration=830&adKeys=talk=nigel_marsh_how_to_make_work_life_balance_work;year=2010;theme=new_on_ted_com;theme=what_makes_us_happy;theme=a_taste_of_tedx;event=A+Taste+of+TEDx;tag=Business;tag=Culture;tag=work;&preAdTag=tconf.ted/embed;tile=1;sz=512x288;" /><embed src="http://video.ted.com/assets/player/swf/EmbedPlayer.swf" pluginspace="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" bgColor="#ffffff" width="446" height="326" allowFullScreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" flashvars="vu=http://video.ted.com/talks/dynamic/NigelMarsh_2010X-medium.flv&su=http://images.ted.com/images/ted/tedindex/embed-posters/NigelMarsh-2010X.embed_thumbnail.jpg&vw=432&vh=240&ap=0&ti=1069&lang=eng&introDuration=15330&adDuration=4000&postAdDuration=830&adKeys=talk=nigel_marsh_how_to_make_work_life_balance_work;year=2010;theme=new_on_ted_com;theme=what_makes_us_happy;theme=a_taste_of_tedx;event=A+Taste+of+TEDx;tag=Business;tag=Culture;tag=work;"></embed></object><br /><br />From now on, I will try to blog when I am free and let others gain from my experiences. There is a lot to talk about but for now I will sign off with below lines and expect some of friends take out time to contribute here more.Varun Tanejahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07749925634465784573noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2298799143010193243.post-4135981067910376822011-04-17T04:57:00.001+05:302011-04-17T16:50:59.917+05:30Use facebook chat from Yahoo messengerYahoo messenger had been missing on my desktop for years now. During graduation days, it used to be the most essential software on the desktop but gradually Yahoo messenger started losing market share due to rise of social networking. Most of my contacts moved on to Google Talk and Facebook Chat. Google Talk gain popularity during the Orkut era and friends continue to use the service but they usually use Google Talk from Gmail. <br /><br />After using microsoft outlook for almost three years now in office, I feel it convienient to use Gmail from a desktop Client and am forced either to miss out on the chat fun or to use one of these two services which run from right inside your browser and suffer from attention starvation in case you are busy in some other thing. Although GTalk has a desktop client, I would avoid using it as it does not have an invisible option and thanks to <a href="http://www.labnol.org/internet/gmail-contacts-auto-add/19040/"> a very useful Gmail feature </a> a lot of unwanted contacts are present in my GTalk list.<br /><br />My search for a decent desktop messenger landed me back to Yahoo. I was little keen to install the beta version and finally installed it last week and I am impressed.<br /><br /> The best feature of the beta version is the intercompatibilty with Facebook Chat.<br /><a href="http://www.ymessengerblog.com/blog/2010/11/16/introducing-the-new-yahoo-messenger-beta/"> Yahoo Messenger 11 </a> allows you to connect your Yahoo account to Facebook and Twitter account and check Facebook and Twitter feed from the Messenger itself. Your online FB contacts are shown as a separate group in Yahoo Messenger. It also allows you to place social games with your friends. You can also update Twitter, Pulse and Facebook status from messenger itself. And with new <a href="http://www.avinashtech.com/internet/disable-yahoo-messenger-online/"> conversation history feature </a>, it gives Gtalk a run for their money.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UKddGFdnbYw/TarMY8yBd1I/AAAAAAAAAhk/xLakIYcGsbY/s1600/facebook%2Bchat%2Bfrom%2Byahoo%2Bmessenger.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 127px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UKddGFdnbYw/TarMY8yBd1I/AAAAAAAAAhk/xLakIYcGsbY/s320/facebook%2Bchat%2Bfrom%2Byahoo%2Bmessenger.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596510215966127954" /></a><br /><br /><br />All you facebook chatters out there :<br />Download the new Yahoo! Messenger Beta at following http://messenger.yahoo.com/beta/win. Learn more about new features at <a href="http://www.ymessengerblog.com/blog/2010/11/16/introducing-the-new-yahoo-messenger-beta/"> Yahoo Messenger Blog </a><br /><br />With this addition, Yahoo messenger can be used to chat with Facebook and <a href="http://tecktadka.blogspot.com/2006/11/chat-tie-up-of-msn-messenger-and-yahoo.html"> Windows Live friends </a>. I wish Gtalk and Yahoo start talking to each other soon.Varun Tanejahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07749925634465784573noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2298799143010193243.post-6075643551199473122011-03-26T15:08:00.002+05:302011-03-26T15:20:20.028+05:30Resolved: IE8 crashes when using Citrix Client for 32-bit WindowsResolved: IE8 crashes when using Citrix Client for 32-bit Windows <br /><br />I am working from home this month. But I had issues while using citrix client. <br />Internet Explore 8 would crash when using Citrix Client. <br /><br />I was actually delaying IE upgrade to avoid problems in connecting to my office vpn, so today I decided to install IE9 after setting up system restore points.<br /><br />and my problem is resolved :)<br /><br />Guess the issue is with ie8 only.<br /><br />PS: IE9 is faster than IE8Varun Tanejahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07749925634465784573noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2298799143010193243.post-60344292693949635532011-03-22T21:29:00.001+05:302011-03-23T21:42:41.734+05:30Have you upgraded your Web Browser yetWhether you use Firefox or Internet Explorer or Google Chrome, in last two weeks a new version of your web browser woul have been out.<br /><br />It started with Chrome, then IE9 got released last week and Firefox 4 got officially released today. Even Microsoft has started pushing IE9 over Windows Update today.<br /><br />Internet Explorer 9 and Firefox 4 have been reviewed to be way above their previous versions.<br /><br />So have you upgraded your web browser yet???Varun Tanejahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07749925634465784573noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2298799143010193243.post-33951393984595165992011-03-05T17:18:00.011+05:302011-03-05T18:56:22.032+05:30Upgraded from Internet Explorer 6 or get hacked<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://www.creativille.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/ie6nomore_200x200.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />IE6 was released 10 years ago. The web has changed a lot since then. That is why Microsoft has started <a href="http://www.theie6countdown.com/"> ie6 coundown </a> -<br />a website to track downfall in usage of IE6 from 12% in Feb 2011 till the time it goes under 1 % worldwide. There have been <a href='http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com/2010/01/modern-browsers-for-modern-applications.html'> movements to kill IE6 </a> like ie6nomore.com the but this time Microsoft itself is doing it. Ofcourse no company wants to celebrate the death of their own product but Microsoft has <a href='http://www.microsoft.com/windows/internet-explorer/compare/compare-versions.aspx'> reasons </a> to do so. IE 6 is an old browser that lacks features and not only a security threat to users but also a pain for web developers as it demands their effort to support their website on IE6. I remember me and my colleagues having a tought time with look and feel in IE6 while developing a portal for Telstra in Bangalore during 2008. <br /><br /><img src="http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/3659/sshot255b25d.jpg" border="0" alt="" width='480' /><br /><br /><br />From user prespective, most IE6 users are those who had it preloaded with their OS ( Windows XP in this case). Such users who dont even know how to upgrade their browsers and are using such an out-dated browser run into high risk of being attacked by hackers exploring IE6 security vulnerabilities. Ofcourse some of the IE6 users, who I know(reaad my cousins/uncles/aunts) , have switched to Firefox (which releases firefox 4 soon) or Google Chrome, the browser that <a href='http://www.labnol.org/india/google-chrome-ads-in-indian-newspapers/17830/'> advertises in Indian newspapers </a> and even has an hoarding on the dwarka gurgaon road, solely because Gmail and Orkut show <a href='http://mashable.com/2009/08/11/orkut-ie6/'> some warning to IE6 users </a> and <a href='http://techcrunch.com/2010/08/25/facebook-improves-chats-stability-and-speed-kills-support-for-ie6/'> Facebook Chat does not work on IE6. </a> But still the stale IE 6 remains on their machines which is used for accessing some desi sites that run only on IE (eg: admissions.scmhrd.edu/login.aspx ). <br /><br /><br />Lets try to educate others and wipe out ( read upgrade ; remember desi sites) IE6 from computers of such people close to us because even such naive netizens would agree no one drinks milk that is more than 9 years old :) of course the guys in IT Dept of my company would differ on that :(<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><!--[if lt IE 7]> <div style=' clear: both; height: 59px; padding:0 0 0 15px; position: relative;'> <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/windows/internet-explorer/default.aspx?ocid=ie6_countdown_bannercode"><img src="http://www.theie6countdown.com/images/upgrade.jpg" border="0" height="42" width="720" alt="Upgrade from IE6 click here" /></a></div> <![endif]-->Varun Tanejahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07749925634465784573noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2298799143010193243.post-55739182642668211842009-05-19T11:35:00.006+05:302009-05-27T14:48:29.289+05:30Import mails and contacts from other accounts to GmailIt’s been a quite long when everyone switched from various other mail accounts to Gmail not because it belongs to the GOOGLE family. We always had good reasons to support, may it be different interfaces like standard, HTML, Mobile or Text or may it be the first of its kind with huge amount of space for free and others features like chat, filters, labeling of mails and also one account to use so many applications. <br /><br />Even after so long we still have to track other accounts as well but Googlers have found a solution to this also…<br /><br />Now one can track his other email accounts like <strong>Yahoo!, Hotmail, AOL</strong>, etc. by using the one single Gmail account.<br /><br />To start with this one needs to go to <strong>“Gmail Settings”</strong> and then to <strong>“Accounts and Imports”</strong> tab. Remember if u have an old Gmail account this feature may not available for u now but it is there for new accounts, Google will soon be upgrading the old accounts.<br /><br />In the meanwhile if you are so eager to use this service then create a new Google account and use this feature and again redirect all the mails to your old existing account…Ankur Vikram Aggarwalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14903418738748720002noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2298799143010193243.post-71002454158511554882009-04-27T23:41:00.001+05:302009-05-19T12:09:21.689+05:30Image In-lining in GmailThis is a new feature added to Gmail to avoid its users waiting to upload and attach an image. Also this gives it a nice appearance.<br /><br /> <br /><br />All you need to do is that in the in rich formatting mode just click on the image icon and there you will have two ways to add images i.e., uploading images directly from your computer or by providing URLs.<br /><br /> <br /><br />Source:- http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/Ankur Vikram Aggarwalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14903418738748720002noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2298799143010193243.post-42371240275283156462009-02-16T19:57:00.002+05:302009-02-24T22:20:49.344+05:30KNOL<span style="font-weight:bold;">KNol , a unit of knowledge</span> <br /><br />http://knol.google.com/k/<br /><br />As the name depicts its about learning with Google....<br />A new Google offering, its very similar to blogging but like in a usual blog visits your blog and reads it, here one can write his or her own article and can own them like an authoritative article about a specific topic.<br /><br />At knol user has to visit just one page i.e. knol webpage and look for his desired article.<br /><br />To publish his article a user needs to log-in using his Google Id.<br /><br />Here is a link that you can check for any assistance.<br /> http://knol.google.com/k/knol/knol/Help#<br /><br />like:-<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><span style="font-weight:bold;">Topic </span></span>: Apparently there is no restriction on topic, u can even write your own post if its already been written.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Can collaborate with other authors</span><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Language Settings:</span> One can write in any language of his choice.<br />Ones post is searched by google like any other webpage..<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Protocols :</span> Do's and Don'ts.<br />Source : Google.com<br />Ankur Vikram Aggarwalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14903418738748720002noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2298799143010193243.post-85754432190293624312009-01-07T04:08:00.000+05:302009-01-07T04:08:00.553+05:30Palm to release next-generation operating systemWe all know palm since long has been deveoping and releasing operating systems for mobile phones an smartphones.Here's some history for u:<br /><br /> In 2003 palm developed and released the palmsource(software) along with the hardware (palm) which could not gain much appreciation and the company has been on a declining spree since then.It has been known only for it's palm centro since the start of this century.Another well-known collaboration of the palm was with microsoft releasing the Windows Mobile-based Treos.<br /><br />Now palm plans to take the world by storm by releasing the next generation Nova powered smartphone<br /><br />The device will have a full QWERTY keyboard that will slide under the touchscreen.<br /><br />Nova is based on Linux and the company hopes to bring back it's lost glory through this move.<br /><br />Source:<br /><h3 class="r"><a href="http://www.palminfocenter.com/news/9596/palms-next-generation-os-is-codenamed-nova/" class="l" onmousedown="return clk(this.href,'','','res','2','')"><em>Palm's</em> Next Generation OS -<em>Nova</em></a></h3><span style="display: inline-block;"></span>J BALAJIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13858213277241855197noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2298799143010193243.post-37315312251145664642009-01-05T15:51:00.003+05:302009-01-05T16:21:47.970+05:30Apples next Move-17 inch Macbook ProApple Plans to unveil it's new 17-inch macbook pro at the Macworld Expo in San Francisco this week.Apart from the basic features in it's 13 and 15 inch macbooks this new piece will have features like<br /><br /><br /><ul><li>Unibody construction</li></ul><br /><ul><li>A fixed internal battery, much like the MacBook Air's battery setup</li></ul><br /><ul><li>The nvidia MCP79 chipset introduced in it's earlier macbooks with Nvidia 9400M graphics processor which will give a huge boost to the graphic processing capabilities of the macbook</li></ul><br />Apple also plans to bring out the 13-inch plastic macbook sumtime in the near future<br /><br />SOURCE:<br /><h3 class="r"><a href="http://www.apple.com/macbookpro/" class="l" onmousedown="return clk(this.href,'','','res','1','')"><em>Apple</em> - <em>MacBook</em> Pro</a></h3><span style="display: inline-block;"></span>J BALAJIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13858213277241855197noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2298799143010193243.post-39166437718444278232008-12-28T11:14:00.005+05:302009-01-04T13:07:08.409+05:30Best laptops of 2008Here are some of the best buy laptops of 2008:<br /><br />1.<b><span class="cnet-product">Lenovo ideapad u110</span><br /></b><span style="font-size:100%;">This is one of the best buys for 2008 with features like size of 11-inch</span><b> </b>with an intricately etched lid, a nice big keyboard, and cool designs for the air vents.The volatage consumption of the processor is also low with no compromise on the speed.<br /><br />2.<b><span class="cnet-product">Apple MacBook</span></b><br />As most people are aware of this is the most popular laptop in the market today with features like<br />thinner, lighter aluminum chassis and a killer giant touchpad. The look is awesome and i has some amazong features in its latest version like the multifunctional cam,better fingure gesture controls etc.<br /><br />3.<b><span class="cnet-product">Sony Vaio AW125 </span><br /><br /></b>Sony laptops are more known for their brilliant display features and resolution with 16:9 displays it is also the cheapest Blu-ray model.<br /><br />4.<b><span class="cnet-product">HP Mini 1000</span><br /></b>This laptop has some disadvantages like<b> </b> single audio jack and a proprietary memory stick port but the best feature which this laptop offers is the<b> </b> full-size keyboard which solves the netbook's tiny key problem.<br /><br />5.<b><span class="cnet-product">Gateway P-7811FX</span><br /></b>How can we forget the gamers den .this machine is particularly built for the gamers for<b> </b>serious gaming power with ridiculously modest prices.This laptop is not available readily but is available on order.<br /><br />Comments are welcome.......J BALAJIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13858213277241855197noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2298799143010193243.post-32217989678758569132008-12-21T15:59:00.002+05:302008-12-21T16:08:26.812+05:30A new laptop buying option-LenovoHere's for all those guys and girls planning to buy a new laptop<br /><br />Apparently Lenovo is planning to unveil a ThinkPad notebook with a dual display in a about a month's time,though this is a news yet to be released but here are some of the features that are planning to be included in this unique new laptop<br /><br /><br />As the name suggests it's a laptop with dual screens,the main screen is 17 inches and the secondary screen is 10.6 inches.<br /><br /><br />The dual-screen setup is basically designed for photographers, graphic artists, and application developers.<br /><br /><br />It offers either an Intel Core 2 Quad Core or a Core 2 Dual Core, and it can be configured with a solid-state drive.<br /><br />One drawback to this laptop can be the increase in weight due to the weight of the other screen but the features overshadow the drawbacks and is a good buying option with additional features like the face recognition tool.<br /><br />The lappy will be released in a month's time in las vegas at the consumer electronics show.J BALAJIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13858213277241855197noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2298799143010193243.post-54568052705776288662008-12-16T17:19:00.004+05:302008-12-16T17:28:13.408+05:30Google friend connect teams up with TwitterHere is some more Tadka info from google.<br /><br /><br />Google announced that its Google Friend Connect product, which plugs social-networking features into participating sites, is now compatible with Twitter.<br /><br /><br />Well this enables you to log on to a site which uses google friend connect with your twitter id and password.Also, you can send out a "tweet" announcing that you've joined up.<br /><br /><br />Now for those of you who do not know wat twitter is ,twitter was one of the launch partners for the MySpace Data Availability service, now known as MySpaceID which is not launched as yet but the introduction of this feature indicates that the project is definately underway.J BALAJIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13858213277241855197noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2298799143010193243.post-7816932163658206902008-12-13T17:18:00.002+05:302008-12-13T17:26:55.106+05:30Google's christmas gifts.........Here are some of the new developments with our own tech guru GOOGLE.....<br /><br />Google will release a new enhancement with gmail which enables it's users to be more productive by maintaining what is known as user's to-do list which is a box shows up on top of the Gmail window.In it, users can add, reorder, and delete tasks. It's also possible to assign a due date to each action and even convert e-mails into tasks.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />The Company will introduce a web based email service which enables users to send text messages to people's mobile phones.Currently the feature is only available in the united states.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />In another big move the search giant took its chrome web browser out of beta this week and is soon going to launch it's first version of chrome 1.0<br /><br /><br /><br />Also as we are aware of google maps,google has added several new geographic locations and designs to this venture which makes it possible to reach even the unpopular places..J BALAJIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13858213277241855197noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2298799143010193243.post-83968857143701663822008-12-12T18:07:00.001+05:302008-12-12T18:21:00.540+05:30Earn Money by uploading videos on youtubeThis is the next big thing after adsense by google.Now it's members can upload creative videos on youtube and earn a heck a lot of money sitting at home.some people have even made it a full-time proffesion.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />It goes like this.Youtube members can upload videos which are creative and appealing and according tho the number of hits and views google adds advertisements to ur videos and inturn you earn a handsome amount of money.U can even find urselfs sponsors who support ur video and earn revenue through them.<br /><br /><br /><br />YouTube, a subsidiary of Google, places advertisements within and around the <span style="text-decoration: underline;">partner videos</span> and splits the revenue with the creators.<br /><br /><br />The only requirement is that u got to make the video as creative as possible..........<br /><br /><br />So what's the wait for guys get ur camcorder and start shooting.J BALAJIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13858213277241855197noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2298799143010193243.post-25711334621395517492008-12-10T10:03:00.002+05:302008-12-10T10:26:00.221+05:30Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome release their latest versionsOn monday mozilla released it's latest version of the firefox 3.1 beta.since we all are addicted to using firefox a lot some enhanced features include:<br /><br />1.Incorporates a new java script engine called 'Tracemonkey' which helps web applications to load faster.<br /><br />2.<span id="intelliTxt">"Private Browsing Mode" that enables users to surf the Net without leaving a trail of URLs and histories.Moreover history can be deleted according to the time used i.e if wanted not all the history can be deleted and sum can be retained with well defined history deletion tools.<br /><br /><br />3.Browser performance is improved by a new technology called webworker threads which helps the processing of heavy websites faster than the old ones.<br /><br />4.Option of displaying the desired fonts.<br /><br /><br />Google chrome has also released it's new version chrome 0.4.154.3</span>3 and has sum new features like the chrome v8 search engine with customized searching properties and better interfaces,the drawbacks of the chrome do overtake it's advantages as discussed earlier such as images cannot be blocked,adding plugins is a problem,some flash images and videos cannot be blocked hence not a gusd alternative for limited broadband users.<br /><span id="intelliTxt"><br /></span>J BALAJIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13858213277241855197noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2298799143010193243.post-68948826833926181022008-12-08T11:38:00.002+05:302008-12-08T11:47:34.788+05:30Google introduces sim unlocked version of first Android smartphoneGud news for all creative developers intersted in T-mobile .Google has announced a SIM- and hardware-unlocked version of the first Android smartphone.<br /><br />For getting an andriod device u need to register with the Andriod Market Site as an andriod developer and pay a handsome amount of $399 plus shipping charges if u r outside the U.S<br /><br />The device will be available for purchase in 18 international markets, including the U.S., U.K., Germany, Japan, India, Canada, France, Taiwan, Spain, Australia, Singapore, Switzerland, Netherlands, Austria, Sweden, Finland, Poland, and Hungary.<br /><br />This is a chance for all those developers aspiring to make sum amazing applications which they want to be known for and be associated with google.<br /><br />So go for it guys..J BALAJIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13858213277241855197noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2298799143010193243.post-91134542474734349722008-12-08T11:10:00.005+05:302008-12-08T11:34:45.720+05:30Smart Living in terms of global crisisUSA into recession<br /><br />world economy slipping<br /><br />100 year old firms file for bankruptcy<br /><br />Job losses at all time highest<br /><br />biggest depression since 1929<br /><br /><br />All these are the news we have been hearing for the past 6 months or so or even more.The situation is such that the biggest banks of usa have become bankrupt and the epidemic(if we may call it is spreading like wildfire).As far as india is concerned the economy though quite down is still being able to hold on to respective levels.<br /><br />Even in such bad times the Indian Economy has still an edge over the rest of the world's economy.Here are some of the positives to consider:<br /><br />1.Inflation rates dipping day by day and as analysts predict inflation may ease upto 1% by march 2009.This means everything from vegetables to commercial commodities to consumer goods is gonna be at it's lowest(now that's a gr8 news isn't it)<br /><br />2.loan rates specifically car loans and home loan rates became cheaper by more the 1 %.<br /><br />3.Rates of cars and other automobiles have dropped a significant amount(so if u plan to buy a car sumday this is the best time to)<br /><br />4.similarly reduction in home loan rates along with reduction in actual amount for purchasing homes and plots indicates that it is the best time to get a newly furnished dream house for urselfs.<br /><br />5.With RBI taking innovative measures and decreasing repo rates every now and then and also with the government introducing the stimulus package in phases, all this spells gud times for the indian economy.<br /><br />6.Petrol and diesel prices have dipped a significant amount and further reduction expected.<br /><br />and with all this the GDP growth of indian economy is above 7% most of the time.then wats the worry.<br /><br />so guys this is the best time to live smartly rather than getting over this psyche of economic recession.<br />go out shopping then ................J BALAJIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13858213277241855197noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2298799143010193243.post-45271052515998893672008-11-29T06:05:00.000+05:302008-11-29T06:05:00.819+05:30Google Chrome Comic...Comic???yup true Google has now brought out new comic to justify their launch of Google Chrome and link for that <a href="http://www.google.com/googlebooks/chrome/index.html">comic</a>.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DDSfhGcu9FI/STAjFXUksII/AAAAAAAACyY/zc-7yGJ9sSk/s1600-h/0.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 271px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DDSfhGcu9FI/STAjFXUksII/AAAAAAAACyY/zc-7yGJ9sSk/s400/0.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273753738717474946" /></a><br /><br />Of course we appreciate the fact that there is at least one organization that is working on their products from the scratch then iterating it. Google is making all possible effort to remove the bugs but somewhere down the line this is also a fact that it lacks certain expected basic features however its updates are coming quite soon.<br /><br /><a href="http://tecktadka.blogspot.com/2008/09/goooogle-shines-with-chrome.html">Last Post</a>Ankur Vikram Aggarwalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14903418738748720002noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2298799143010193243.post-43780333648099399492008-11-27T06:00:00.001+05:302008-11-27T00:36:23.057+05:30GOOGLE SMS!!!<span style="font-weight:bold;">Google SMS<br /></span><br />"Take the power of Google search with you, through Google SMS search on your phone."<br /><br />Google seems to understand the fact in a country like where majority people are still not comfortable with using GPRS or due to policies of some service providers(like MTNL etc.) they can't, so google is news again for its SMS search service.<br /><br />The major factor that we are promoting this is that by using this one won't be paying Rs. 3/- the <span style="font-weight:bold;">cost is just standard SMS.</span> <br /><br />All you have to do is <span style="font-weight:bold;">SMS "help" to 9-77-33-00000</span> or simply save this number and write any query to it.<br /><br />For cricket scores, stock quotes, movie times, horoscopes, railway timings (and ticket status), and much more, simply SMS your query to 9-77-33-00000.<br /> <br />Examples: "cri", "stock reliance", "golmaal returns delhi", "aries", "trains delhi to mumbai", "pnr 1234567890", "pizza koromangala", "weather chennai", "GDP of india".<br /><br />For more details visit <a href="http://www.google.co.in/mobile/default/sms/">this</a> and on mobile <a href="http://m.google.co.in/sms">this</a>.Ankur Vikram Aggarwalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14903418738748720002noreply@blogger.com0