Whenever we are searching with google for something, lots of irrelevant stuff also comes up.
For example,if i am searching for something related to vb.net, all things related to asp.net will also show up.
We can avoid the asp.net related pages by telling google not to return pages containing the word asp.
For that ,frame the query and put -asp at the end.It will block everything related to asp.
Happy googling.
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Most of the laptops do not have an option to turn off the LCD display screen manually.Mostly the screen automatically switches off after a certain time interval.
Its better to conserve power by switching off manually.
Here is a simple application for that.
Monitor OFF (zipped)
The application makes use of the c++ commands to access the display device and puts it into sleep mode,ie,turns off the display.Display can be brought back by simply pressing any key or by using the touchpad/mouse.
As of Feb 2010,
Top websites browsed via mobile web
Top mobile phones used for web browsing,
Labels: india, internet, mobile, opera, statistics
Labels: ocx, programming, regsvr32, windows, windows 7
Airtel offers mchek service which can be used to pay mobile phone bills for postpaid customers and to make recharges for prepaid customers.
The service can be accessed through interactive voice response system by dialing 543219.
mChek asks for a credit card number and a pin number while signing up.The pin number serves as the authentication code for accessing and using the mChek facility.
Recharges can be done for a mimimum of 50rs, the amount credited will be the usual for prepaid subscribers. The best part is that mChek not only works for the regsitering number,it can also be used to recharge/pay bills for any airtel numbers,be it prepaid mobile or postpaid mobile or landline.
Special note: In case an user is registered with mChek,but not having outgoing facility due to low balance or unpaid postpaid bill, mChek cannot be accessed directly since 543219 cannot be dialled.There is a solution to access mChek even in such situations, goto airtel.in and go into "Easy Pay".In that page,select bill processing through mChek and give the amount and number.mChek will automatically ask for your pin number in your mobile through interactive reply mechanism.Just enter the pin and the bill will be paid.
Labels: airtel, credit card, india, mchek, mobile, online, online payment
After testing several pdf readers with ipod touch, the best pdf reader is found to be "good reader" by goodiware.
Goodreader has several innovative features for ebook viewing.It supports zooming and panning, and panning can be locked within up-down directions alone.There are also two modes for reading documents,one for low light and one for bright light conditions. It can also be rotated.Rotate is not controlled by the accelerometer,its a necessary feature because accidental turning may cause the document to turn.
The features of this product is endless.
The greatest feature is that it has a simple desktop application (GoodReaderUSB.exe) that can be used to drag/drop files directly to the ipod touch.
Labels: apple, ebook, iphone, ipod, ipod touch, pdf, windows
Many external hard disks fail to get detected on some systems, whether they run Windows xp, windows vista or even linux.
The reason for this problem is the USB ports. Many USB ports are not directly connected to the motherboard, they use some internal hubs to connect to the cabinet of the PC.
The solution to this problem is to connect the external hard disk to a different USB port,preferably USB ports in the back of the CPU.
The drives fail to detect because they are not getting enough power from certain USB ports, connecting the external hard disk to the rear end of the CPU will solve the problem.
The fix mentioned was tested several times, and it works with all external hard disks.
Labels: hard disk, hardware, seagate, transcend, usb, wd, western digital
Ever since Yahoo groups adopted the box type advertisements on top of email, users are irritated by the advertisements that hover over the email content rather than flowing with the content.
Yahoo groups adds these advertisements to all emails processed by the groups' system.
So, the email that comes via yahoo groups end up obscured,that is,partly hidden behind yahoo's own advertisements.
Every service need advertisement revenue,but ads should not be over the content.
Ads should not mask the content.The
Labels: groups, mail, programming, yahoo
Some websites disable right click and drag/drop on certain images to prevent users from saving them.
Its very inconvenient for those who want to save a local copy of some images/photos.
In Firefox this can be done by ,
1. Tools -> Page Info
2.Select the Media Tab, all images on the page will be listed with adress at top and preview at bottom.
3.Press the "Save as" button above the preview pane and save the image.
Interestingly, a similar process can be also done using IE 8, Internet explorer 8 has some interesting developer tools.
Labels: firefox, IE, internet, internet explorer
Court rules site, and others like it, are responsible for ensuring copyrighted material isn’t illegally hosted on their servers.
The Hamburg Regional Court of Germany has ruled against German-owned file hosting website RapidShare this past Tuesday. It found the site guilty of violation of German copyright law and set damages at about €24 million ($33.4 million).
In what could prove a key precedent, the court found Rapidshare, and by extension similar file-sharing sites, bear principle responsibility for ensuring copyright-protected material is not illegally posted on their servers.
The ruling was a major victory for German royalty collection agency GEMA, which had brought the suit against Rapidshare for allowing some 5,000 protected music titles to be posted on their site.
“The judgment states that the hosting service itself is now responsible for making sure that none of the music tracks concerned are distributed via its platform in the future,” said GEMA in a press release. “This means that the copyright holder is no longer required to perform the ongoing and complex checks.”
RapidShare’s been under assault by copyright holders for a while now, it’s most recent attacker being German book publishers who wanted the site placed on the ISP’s blacklist of blocked sites.
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