//EDIT_7:30pm: Just moments ago they have released it (finally). Thank you Ubuntu Team! check out the new features
It’s 23rd April 2009! Promised date for the final release of Ubuntu 9.04 "Jaunty Jackalope". It's nearly end of the day for me but so far no sign of the final release. Since last night I have been waiting for the final release to hit the servers. Gotta agree it’s painful waiting for the final release. Next time I would recommend the ubuntu team to set not only the date but the exact time it would be available for download. Been waiting patiently for months, guess I could wait afew more hours, or a day for that matter.
There is going to be a mad rush for downloading the release version since there are millions of users waiting for the final release to hit the servers. However, if you can’t be patient until then, you could start downloading the last daily build. In all probability daily build available now would become the final release (maybe with afew minor modifications).
Time for a fun post. About 90% of my web activity is spent on social networking and reading IT related stuffs. Below is a list of places where I like to waste my time when I need a break. Hope you’ll find it useful.
lifeHacker.com: An award-winning daily blog that features tips, shortcuts, and downloads that help you get things done smarter and more efficiently. Lifehacker launched in January 2005, and now ranks as one of the top-linked blogs on the internet according to Technorati.
gizmodo.com Gizmodo is a blog about gadgets and technology. Started in 2002, Gizmodo has grown to be Gawker Media's largest blog, bringing in upwards of 100 million page views a month in traffic. Gizmodo post about a variety of electronics, as well as all sorts of things gadget geeks will enjoy.
tbohiphop.net The Best Of HipHop - HipHop; Mixtapes CD's, Music Videos, News, RnB, Reggaeton, Huge Community, Rap, Underground. You will find it very interesting if you are a fan of Hipop.
warez-bb.org The biggest Forum and where the most traffic happens in the Warez world is warez-bb. Reaching the heights that this site has is quite a milestone in the community as a whole. It is unquestionable that WBB is the pinnacle. and just keeps growing. Ranging from latest Apps, upto-date movies, Music, Templates and Scripts, Warez-bb now has over 1 million active users.
enGadget.com Similarly to the gizmodo, Engadget is a web magazine with obsessive daily coverage of everything new in gadgets and consumer electronics. Engadget was launched in March of 2004 in partnership with the Weblogs, Inc. Network (WIN).
withinWindows.com Tech blog by Rafael Rivera Jr. who is responsible for a number of technical memes such as patched Uxtheme libraries, which nullify the need for having your Microsoft Windows themes digitally signed, and the Alky for Applications project (previously VAIO), a custom implementation of Microsoft Windows Vista API on older platforms such as Microsoft Windows XP etc.
iStartedSomething.com It’s more than just a Windows Live blog. Consisting of some of the best stories first, Long Zheng, the self-proclaimed king of istartedsomething.com attracts more educated, young adults, slightly more male than female, more Asian, HH income up to $60k audience and growing. Click Here to Read More..
My Favorite web browser, Opera still continues to be the fastest Internet browser of all time. Although it never seemed to achieve the kind of success it deserved, Opera Developers still ain't gonna stop until they surpass IE and the Mozilla Firefox. Two days back, Opera Developers announced the popular cross-platform web browser's new version, Opera10 alpha and I could say that the new version continues to please me with the Presto 2.2- rendering speed (up to 30% speed boost compared to previous versions).
Most importantly Opera is looking forward to offer stiff competition with the blazing rendering engines of Firefox and the Google Chrome. Moreover, the Opera10 will offer afew new features including inline spell-check, full HTML email support for Opera's built-in email client, and a perfect score on the Acid3 web standards test.
With ever growing amazing features, Opera still continues to stay below MS IE and Mozilla Firefox. I would say that's not because Opera is weaker compared to IE or firefox, However that’s because IE and firefox's adoption rates are higher than the Opera and on the other hand, many users highly depend on some features like Extensions (Fx) which Opera does not have. Moreover, more than 40% of users choose IE since it’s the default browser that comes with the MS Windows.
Opera just needs to get the attention of the above mentioned users and Opera will be the greatest Web Browser of all time. Maybe advertising it would help Opera gain more love it deserves. And yeah, Opera needs to be more versatile with better addon support, Extensions and also streamlining the password prompt and search bar window might be a good change. Let’s hope for Opera10 final with overall standard improvements.
Starting as a research project in 1994, Opera has been responsible for some world changing innovations (think tabbed browsing) and yet never seemed to achieve the kind of success it deserved. But this isn’t a history lesson, it’s an article on a few of the killer features of Opera that keep me using it each day. I use Firefox and Flock pretty frequently as well, but Opera, as of version 9.5 has become my favourite.
The Edit Web Site bookmarklet turns all of the content of any web site into a editable text. Using it is simple: Just drag the Edit Web Site bookmarklet into your browser's bookmark toolbar, and then click it on any web site you feel like editing. Obviously the changes are purely local, but it's a good way to tweak the day's events exactly to your liking, have a little fun with co-workers, or test out a web site. If you want to give it a quick try, just click the link above to edit this post. [via lifehacker]
Last Tuesday I stumbled upon an article that said Yahoo Inc. is offering free e-mail accounts under two new designations (.ymail and .rocketmail) to attract Web surfers that are unhappy with their current addresses. I quickly opened the signup page and tried to get the new designation registered for myself but unfortunately it did not offer the new designations.
However after googling I found out that it will be available around today noon. nevertheless, for some reason it got delayed but hell yeah it’s all yours now. I had already registered my favourite ID’s under tha 2 new domains "ymail" and "rocketmail". It’s your turn, Signup for the new ymail and rocket mail now!Click Here to Read More..
Here are some patriotic stamps I made for the 2008 SAFF champs. You gotta admit that we have one of the most beautiful flags in the world. :D You are free to use this stamp as you like, but if you do I would really appreciate a thank you!
Maldives win the first ever title in their football history after beating their arch rivals India in the SAFF Championship.
The only goal of the match played at the Sugathadasa Stadium in Colombo came at the 43rd minute of the second half when Mukhthaar Naseer shot the ball at bullet-speed from outside the box, past the Indian goalkeeper and into the Indian goal. [Haveeru]
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FROM LIFEHACKER.COM: Read the hype on every new web browser released or due out this year, and you'll see claims that every one of them is "faster" than all the others. More »Click Here to Read More..
Maldives beat Sri Lankans on their own stadium. Despite their home advantage the Sri Lankan team was unable to score any goal although they had several golden opportunities. The only goal of the match was scored by Maldivian striker Oppo. Sri Lankans played an extremely physical game and powerful tackles were aimed at Ashfag (Dhagadey). However, for some reason most of these fouls were ignored by the referee.
The final match is also to be held in Sri Lanka next Saturday. Maldives will face India who had already beaten Maldives 1-0 during the group matches held in Male’. However, we Maldivians have a greater confidence that our team could win the final. Our self-confidence helped us to win the game against Sri Lanka so will the final.
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Ok here is a really cool post you do not want to miss. Using just a Cardboard Box, a low cost Webcam, a Piece of Clear Flat Sturdy Material and a paper, build your own multi touch pad in less than 5 minutes. So how does this work;
It’s really easy and simple. It handles tracking blobs of infrared light, and sends your programs these multi-touch events, such as 'finger down', 'finger moved', and 'finger released'. It includes a configuration app and a few demos to get you started, and will interace with most types of webcams and video capture devices. It currently works only under Windows but efforts are being made to port it to other platforms.
It has been a total disaster all this week since its been raining 24 hrs nonstop. I used to love cold weather and rainy days until a few weeks back lighting struck nearby my house and damaged most of the electronics. It cost 2 TV’s, 2 Decoders, a PC (worth $2500 plus), a USRobotics wireless Router and a few more things like cell phone charger’s etc. Not to mention, my UPS blew up just after the fuse box tripped. Luckily it didn’t harm my system. If it wasn’t for my UPS, I should have cried out loud that day :D
Anyways, since it’s all raining this week, I can’t play with my computer too often and this is the excuse for not updating my blog too. ;) I can’t play with my computer not because its raining all the time but not to take any risks because I had experienced the whole lightening-y thingy.
Actually what happens here is random movement of the electrons; when lightning struck, the energized electrons will be looking for an easier path to reach the ground. This static electricity in the air discharges into any conducting material (i.e. my UPS connected to ungrounded A/C wall outlet).It was under warranty too. But obviously warranty doesn’t cover acts of God so I say better buy a new one without arguing with the vendor.
So folks, I advice you all to hook all your PC’s and other valuable gear and hardware to a surge protector/UPS. And also do check the weather news daily and if you hear about lightning or heavy rain, do unplug your valuable stuffs before you go to bed. Trust me; this could prevent a lot of unnecessary heartache and potentially unrecoverable lost data. Also make sure that your Cable line is protected by a power surge as well. More than power lines, there’s a greater risk of sustaining damage if massive electricity discharge into your phone or cable line.
Check out Lenovo’s sense of humor with this ThinkPad ad I found from the YouTube. It’s using a parody of the Apple Air and if you have seen the mac book air advertisement, you’ll find this ad hilarious.
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Dear fellow readers, I would like to apologize for not updating my blog. I Promised to post more often but I got busy with my personal stuffs. Actually I took this chance to enjoy my holidays since I havn’t had much fun for a long time. And hell yeah, I enjoyed a lot. I really don’t think I could write down all the fun I had but undeniably this was the best holiday ever. Me and my buddy with bunch of girls went on a tour to the Leisure World, a modern theme park of novel water and amusement activities
They offer plenty of activities ranging from Lake Rides, Water Rides, Amusement Rides and even special activities for the Kids. I most enjoyed the free fall. It can be categorized under the most thrilling rides in these parks, but trust me, it was the best freefall ride ever. I really enjoyed the way it yanks me back down unexpectedly; it created a whole new felling so all I have to say is it was awesome! :D
I would indeed recommend Leisure world if you care for a day full of entertainment And yeah, if you want to really enjoy the place, go on a week day as we did. I believe the place will be swamped with people on the weekends.
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oSkope is a visual search engine that I recently discovered from the internet. oSkope will give you a domino effect of pictures and videos from Flickr, eBay, Amazon,Yahoo, Fotolia and YouTube. I found the most interesting of the displays to be in a variety of ways.
It has the feel of a desktop application with a really cool visual concept. This is not the best search engine that I would recommend, but it’s really worth checking out.
With Cairo you can transform your desktop from the dated Windows user-interface to a brand new system that will change the way you use your computer forever. Taking advantage of proven functionality, and with stability and performance in mind, the Cairo Desktop system aims to give users a productive and easy to use shell that advances current technology standards. Welcome to the Revolution.
Cairo is a revolutionary desktop environment for Windows. Our goal is to develop a desktop experience that increases productivity and advances current technology standards. With a focus on stability, performance, and productivity, Cairo is sure to turn a few heads.
Wanna have a good laugh at your friend and his misbehaving computer?Then these prank programs would be handy;the victim is sure to get gooseberries!They're purely for fun and not meant for any malicious intention.Try these out on not-so-computer savvy people,they wont be able to find out whats causing the pc to go mad.Recommended for the females! ;)
Schitzo Mouse Causes the mouse to jump around like it is crazy.
ButtonShy Causes the mouse to shy away or jump from most buttons (even the Start button).
RudeCDTray Causes the CD-ROM drive to open up and give you a rasberry.
FallingIcons Causes the desktop icons to fall down the screen, no matter how many times the victim tries to put them back in place. This prank is nice so there is a FallingIcons button that pops up on the system tray. Just click the button to return the icons to their prior positions.
Note:Symantec Coporate detected this a malware but I'm fairly sure that its otherwise.
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Pizdaus is a photo blog that i recently discovered from the www. It's a totally promiscuous blog; anyone can upload random photos. Pizdaus has a fantastic variety of photos, consistently interesting. Check it out!!Click Here to Read More..
The usual way of terminating the explorer process is through the Task manager. Rt-Click taskbar > Task manager > Process Tab > Rt Click explorer.exe > End Process.
But Vista actually offers you a faste way to do it; in 3 clicks !
Click Start button > Hold down Ctrl+Shift & Right Click on empty area in the Start Menu > Click "Exit Explorer".
To re-start it, you will have to do so as usual through the Task Manager. Click Ctrl+Alt+Delete and select Star Task Manager or press Ctrl+Shift+Esc. Then launch explorer.exe manually.
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