One step ahead in seaching by google

wolfram Alpha is a new tool which is available on web.
Check out video to get amazed with what all you can to with this search engine

Adblock addon for Firefox

I have come accross very useful addons for firefox called adblock which blocks ads on the web page.

This is currently the #1 addon in weekly downloads

I have found it very interesting since it will block unwanted ads in between the webpage thus making the webpage lighter which inturn load faster. This particular software is very useful for slower connections

Here are the two screent shots i have taken on the same blog but one with adblock and one without

Get it from HERE

How to Run Google Chrome OS from a Thumb Drive [Chrome Os]

Last week we pointed you toward a virtual machine build of Chrome OS for anyone eager to play around with (the still incomplete) Chrome OS, but if you'd rather try running it from a thumb drive, weblog MakeUseOf has you covered.

Tech blogger Jorge Sierra details how to install Chrome OS on a bootable thumb drive so you can run it like any other live OS—like a Linux Live CD, for example. Keep in mind, however, that the build is still very young (and technically it's still Chromium OS), and even if you follow all of the directions perfectly, you may still run into some problems. For example:

Chromium OS may or may not work on your computer hardware. I did successfully run it on two home-built frankenstein computers (with ASUS motherboards), but it did not successfully recognize the network adapter on my Dell laptop. All of this work may be for nothing, if it ends up that Chromium OS does not like your network adapter.

Still, it's a fun little afternoon project, especially if you're eager to try Chrome OS. If you've played with a build since last week's preview, let's hear how it worked out for you in the comments.

Pull Images from any Web Page and Turn Them Into a Nice Photo Collage Online

What you see on the right is a butterfly-shaped photo collage made with photographs of Obama (see large version) and it took me less than 15 seconds to create one. Wondering how?

That was simple. I did a simple search for "obama" on Google Images and then copied the search URL into shapecollage.com. Within seconds, the tool pulled all the photographs of Obama found on Google Images and turned them into a nice photo collage.

This collage is interactive because if you click any of the thumbnails in this pile of photographs, it will open the full resolution picture on original website so you don’t miss the context. Internally, Shape Collage uses an HTML image map to maintain this image-to-source mapping. Here is another photo created by the site.

You can also create collages by merging photos from multiple sites into one – like a single collage for your Flickr and Picasa albums.

The Shape Collage Online web application is a complement to the Shape Collage desktop software, which includes additional features including the ability to generate high resolution collages.

Open source Adobe Reader alternative Sumatra PDF hits version 1.0

Adobe has done a lot to improve Reader in recent versions. We will be more than happy to run an open source alternative, however. Sumatra PDF is ridiculously small (a 1.2Mb download), lightweight, and handles the PDFs I throw at it without skipping a beat. Today, Sumatra has finally hit version 1.0. Sumatra's a pretty bare-bones application. What the new update boils down to is better compatibility, bug fixes, and performance tweaks.

Installed, Sumatra barely makes a dent in your drive space (not that you're counting at a few cents per gig), and it's very light on memory usage as well. The 277-page ebook can be opened using just under 20Mb.

There's also a portable version available - an excellent way to make sure you've got a slim, speedy PDF reader with you wherever you take your flash drive. Both the installer and zip file are available for download from the author's site.

A Very good online text editor - SimpleText.ws

Keeping notes, todo lists, or just anything you are writing synchronized between computers can be a hassle. Some solutions, like using DropBox, require you to install software on computers that you regularly use. If your needs aren't that heavy, but you'd like a free way to keep your text available wherever you are, check out SimpleText.ws.

SimpleText.ws is an open-source, very light text editing environment that allows you to create and manage documents in a web service, and access them anywhere. It uses Google for authentication, so if you already have a Google account, signing in is as simple as clicking the Sign In link.

The fact that SimpleText.ws is open source means that if you're not comfortable hosting your text on someone else's server, you can grab the server code and host it yourself.

There is also a public API available for SimpleText.ws, which means that developers can write applications that synchronize with it. Currently there is only one, but it's a good one: Hog Bay Software's WriteRoom for iPhone.

How do you keep your text files available no matter what computer you're working on?

Want to see your photos in different styles?

Try this site.
http://www.yearbookyourself.com/
Here you can load your photo and change in the way you need.
This is an excellent site and in recent days i liked this site to the maximum
So i wanted to share with you.
Here i am attaching my original photo and two other photos i have changed.
It may look awkward they are awesome photos and you will feel different to see yourself in different get up.
As it is self expainatory i am not writing much about it. Still if you have any questions post them here i am ready to address your questions.

Go, Google's Programming Language

After so many years of C language finally google has dared to introduce new language... Interesting??? then read on........................

"Some smart Google engineers decided that it's time to address the limitations of C and C++ by designing a new programming language: Go.

Go was born out of frustration with existing languages and environments for systems programming. Programming had become too difficult and the choice of languages was partly to blame. One had to choose either efficient compilation, efficient execution, or ease of programming; all three were not available in the same mainstream language. Programmers who could were choosing ease over safety and efficiency by moving to dynamically typed languages such as Python and JavaScript rather than C++ or, to a lesser extent, Java.

Go is an attempt to combine the ease of programming of an interpreted, dynamically typed language with the efficiency and safety of a statically typed, compiled language. It also aims to be modern, with support for networked and multicore computing. Finally, it is intended to be fast: it should take at most a few seconds to build a large executable on a single computer. To meet these goals required addressing a number of linguistic issues: an expressive but lightweight type system; concurrency and garbage collection; rigid dependency specification; and so on. These cannot be addressed well by libraries or tools; a new language was called for. [Language design FAQ]

Here's a Go program that outputs 'Hello, World!':

Nokia initiates charger exchange program

Espoo, Finland – Nokia today initiated a charger exchange program, in which consumers owning certain Nokia-branded chargers manufactured by a third-party supplier are recommended to exchange these chargers for free replacements.

During a routine quality control process, Nokia identified a potential product quality issue with certain chargers manufactured by one of its third-party suppliers. The plastic covers of the affected chargers could come loose and separate, exposing the charger’s internal components and potentially posing an electrical shock hazard if certain internal components are touched while the charger is plugged into a live socket. Nokia is not aware of any incidents or injuries related to these chargers.

Only a limited number of chargers of certain model types manufactured by a single third-party supplier during a specific time period are within the scope of the exchange program. They are the AC-3E and AC-3U models, manufactured between June 15, 2009 and August 9, 2009; and the AC-4U model,

manufactured between April 13, 2009 and October 25, 2009.

For more information, including how consumers can check to see if their chargers are part of this exchange program, Nokia has established a website. Consumers are asked to visit http://chargerexchange.nokia.com or their local Nokia website.

Nokia recommends consumers with chargers within the scope of this exchange program to stop using the charger and exchange it for a free replacement.

Fix common Windows XP errors with portable XP Quick Fix Plus

Even though it's getting a little long in the tooth, plenty of PC users are still perfectly happy with Windows XP. Of course, that doesn't mean running Windows XP is always a trouble-free experience. It's got its fair share of issues. Thankfully, though, there are loads of great programs out there which make fixing little annoyances as simple as point-and-click.

Programs like XP Quick Fix Plus. The tiny, portable application launches a dashboard with one-click fixes for 40 common Windows XP problems. Quick Fix makes short work of irksome situations like a disabled task manager, missing Device Manager tab, and the infamous CD/DVD missing/not reading bug.

The program is essentially a collection of registry fixes, since that's where most of these problems originate. You might want to create a system restore point prior to running Quick Fix (or backing up your registry) just in case.

XP Quick Fix is a free, portable download and - not surprisingly - runs on Windows XP systems.

Google Voice search for mobile phones

This is an amazing app, you will be surprised to see its voice recognition system.
Hats off to GOOGLE.

You do not need any apps which are related to GOOGLE all are available at one click with this.

Best thing is its available only in INDIA as of now :)

Nokia 5800 firmware version v31.0.101 Out

Nokia has just released a new firmware 31.0.101 for Nokia 5800. However there are no major changes in the the phone after the firmware upgrade and the much touted kinetic scrolling is still missing in the phone.

Important features of this new firmware are:

• An Advanced e-mail application


• An improved navigation experience


• An enhanced version of Ovi Maps 3.0


• Lots of Bugfixes.

This update is currently available to only certain Asian & European Product codes and will be available to everyone very soon.

Though 5800 has UDP (i.e. User Data Preservation) and none of your data will be affected with the firmware upgrade, it is always better to take a backup of all your data.

Just Key in *#0000# into your phone´s home screen. Select Options; Check for updates, and follow the on-screen guide. Alternatively, you can also upgrade your phone’s firmware via Nokia Software Updater.

Try Microsoft Office Web Apps Immediately

Microsoft Office Web Apps is a free online version of Microsoft Office that includes Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and the OneNote Web App.

Using Office Web Apps, you can view as well as edit Office documents on any computer and since these apps work inside the browser, you can even edit Office files on a Mac without requiring the Office software.

Sign-up for Office Web Apps

If you are not signed-up with Office Web Apps yet, here’s another opportunity:

Step 1: Create a Windows Live ID if you don’t have one already or if your existing Live ID uses a country other than US.

Step 2: While signing up, make sure you select "United States" for the Country field else the program won’t let you in. You may use NY for the State field and 10001 for the Zip Code.

Step 3. Once your Live ID is setup, just click this link, accept the license agreement and the Office Web Apps Technical Preview will be activated for your Live ID.

If you face any issues while executing Step 3, here’s an alternate approach -- go to skydrive.live.com, upload any dummy Word file to the Documents folder and you should then see an invite to join the Office Web Apps programs. That’s it. Thanks Sean.

KUninstall is a fast, portable uninstaller app for Windows

There are plenty of utilities for uninstalling Windows applications. I'm particularly fond of Absolute Uninstaller, Revo Uninstaller, and CCleaner. Heck, Windows even has a built in uninstaller, but it tends to be slow and has a habit of leaving files and registry settings behind after you uninstall a program.

KUninstall is a fast new uninstaller that has a few nifty features. First, it's portable, which means you can run the uninstaller without first installing it to your hard drive. Just unzip KUninstall to any folder and then click the executable. It will find a list of installed applications that you can sort by name, version, publisher, or installation date. You can use KUninstall to initiate a program's built in uninstaller, but you can also explorer the program folder and scan for leftover items.

As an added bonus, KUninstall has a process finder/killer. Just click the Finder icon and drag it to any running program. KUninstall will tell you which running process is associated with that program and offer you the option to close the window, kill the process, or uninstall the application.

The KUninstall download server seems to be getting hammered at the moment, but the program is also available for download from Softpedia.

Courtesy: Download Squad

Paint.NET 3.5 Beta 1 released - now with added shiny

The widely acclaimed image editor Paint.NET has been updated to version 3.5 Beta 1.

The Windows application, developed using version 3.5 of the .net framework, was originally developed by a Microsoft-mentored student as a replacement for the basic Microsoft Paint application that ships with Windows. Since it's inception it has grown hugely in features to the extent that many now consider it a viable free alternative to applications such as Photoshop and The GIMP.

Paint.NET includes powerful features including layers, unlimited undo, numerous filters, magic wand, cloning and also offers a plugin architecture for third party extensibility.

The new 3.5 Beta 1 release - the first to require version 3.5 of the .net framework - adds a refreshed UI designed to look great on Windows Vista and Windows 7 Aero / Glass together with new filters, initial Windows 7 taskbar integration (recent items are listed in the jumplist), reduced memory usage and a host of fixes and updates.

If you are already a Paint.NET user you can download the updated release from within the application itself using the update feature, or the release can be downloaded directly from GetPaint.

Many people of course will be sceptical as to whether Paint.NET can genuinely offer a Photoshop alternative for $0 - are you already a satisfied user? Share your thoughts on the application in the comments!

Paint.NET 3.5 Beta 1 released - now with added shiny originally appeared on Download Squad

Google Picasa 3.5 released

Google have released version 3.5 of their free image management application, Picasa.

Available for PC and Mac in English only, Picasa 3.5 adds functionality that bring the desktop client features in line with those already offered on Picasa Web Albums. The Linux version of Picasa, which currently stands at version 3.0, has not been updated.

Picasa now offers face recognition with the 'name tags' feature. Similar to iPhoto '09 on the Mac, Picasa analyses your photos, grouping what it deems as similar faces together. You can then apply names to each identified face, allowing you to search photos based on the people that are in them. If you are signed into a Google account, names are handily auto-completed using your contacts database.

A growing trend amongst photographers, driven in part by the increase in GPS enabled mobile devices such as the iPhone, is Geotagging photos. Again, as in iPhoto '09, Picasa allows you to view your photos on a map. This is facilitated either by reading the EXIF location data embedded within the photo or by dragging your photos to the appropriate location on an embedded Google map. This functionality was previously (and optionally still can be) provided externally by the Google Earth application.

Other changes to the application include improved upload, import and sharing functionality, deeper integration with Picasa Web Albums, enhanced picture tagging, the ability to modify date and time on pictures, improved responsiveness in the 'Sharpen' tool and more reliable CD burning in the Windows version.

Google Picasa 3.5 released originally appeared on Download Squad on Wed, 23 Sep 2009 08:30:00 EST.

MobaLiveCD Updates and Adds USB Drive Support

Windows: Want to try out a flavor of Linux or other LiveCD-based tool without installation or even having to exit Windows? MobaLiveCD has updated to include support for both LiveCDs and bootable USB devices.

We introduced you to MobaLiveCD around this time last year—then, it only supported LiveCD disc images. Now you can use both LiveCD ISO files and bootable USB devices. In our tests we were able to boot a variety of Live USB installations like Ubuntu, GParted, and BackTrack.

Using MobaLiveCD is significantly slower than actually booting into the LiveCD/USB and notably slower than running the same LiveCD/USB in a virtual machine. Nonetheless, it's free, an absolute breeze to use, and it allows you to rapidly check out a Linux distribution with very minimal hassle.

MobaLiveCD is freeware, Windows only.

MobaLiveCD [via DownloadSquad]

ClipChain Copies Multiple Text Strings for Easy Pasting [Lifehacker Code]

Windows only: ClipChain allows you to copy many strings of text from different places in one document or from multiple applications to form a text chain which can be pasted where you need it to go.

ClipChain Clipboard Text Builder

Download ClipChain

Version: 0.1
Released: August 14, 2009
Creator: Dustin Luck

License: ClipChain is licensed under the GNU Public License. If you'd like to take a look at, download, or improve the source code, head over to GitHub.

What it does: Copies multiple text strings, with an optional separator, to be pasted as one longer string.

How It Works

It can get frustrating bouncing back and forth between windows to copy multiple pieces of text to get them all together in one place. ClipChain steps up to solve that problem (and does it by repurposing the loathed Caps Lock key). ClipChain is a portable application, no install necessary. Just click the download link above, copy the file to your hard drive (or USB drive), and launch it.

To get started making a chain, choose a separator character by pressing the Caps Lock key in combination with any of the following keys:

• comma
• dash
• pipe
• slash
• tab
• space
• carriage return

There is no separator character by default, so if you don't choose one, all your text will be runtogetherlikethis when it's copied. The separator can be changed as often as you'd like while building the text chain—Caps Lock+Esc resets the separator to the default (nothing).

Once you've chosen your separator, use the Caps Lock+C shortcut to copy the currently selected text and Caps Lock+V to paste the current chain—as unformatted text. Once the chain has been pasted using Caps Lock+V, the chain is moved to the clipboard and reset. To paste the chain again, use the standard Ctrl+V shortcut. The chain can also be reset at any time by pressing Caps Lock+Backspace.

ClipChain is freeware, Windows only, and works wherever Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V do. Let's hear what you think of it in the comments. If you've got a bug to submit or a feature request, submit those via GitHub so they don't get lost

Explore&Burn Quickly Burns Files and Folders to Disc via Right-Click [Downloads]

Windows only: Free application Explore&Burn adds an entry to your right-click context menu that allows you to quickly burn files and folders to CD or DVD.

This right-click utility is dead simple: Click any file, folder, or disk image (e.g., ISO, IMG), select the Burn to disc context menu option, and go through the very quick burning wizard. The application supports most types of burnable media (including Dual Layer discs) and skips the bloat that accompanies a lot of burning software, opting instead for a completely pared down interface and footprint.

Explore&Burn is freeware, Windows only.

Explore&Burn [via FreewareGenius]

FotoSketcher Turns Your Photos into Paintings [Downloads]

Windows only: Freeware application FotoSketcher takes your photos and turns them into pencil drawings, oil paintings, or sketches—with impressive results for very little effort.

Using the application is easy enough—just launch it and drag a picture onto the interface, or open a new image from the File -> Open menu. Once you've pulled up the image, use the Edit -> Drawing parameters menu item to choose the filter you'd like to use, tweak the filter settings, and click the Draw it button to render the final drawing.

Readers will note that you can do the same thing from your fully licensed, totally legal copy of Photoshop, but for people without hundreds of dollars to spend, FotoSketcher produces some impressive results, easily, and for free. FotoSketcher is a free download for Windows only.

FotoSketcher [via How-To Geek]