Turn your browser in to a visually stunning 3D Multimedia wall. Cooliris(previously called piclens), is a firefox addon which provides these interactive slide shows for you.This unique ever expansive 3D wall lets you to zoom in to your picture among many pictures. This is a fastest way to search internet for images. You can search Google,Youtube,Flicker,Photobucket,DevianArt,Yahoo and Hulu for images and videos using cooliris.
The plugin is available for Safari and Internet Explorer. At present, the software is compatible with Google Image Search, Yahoo! Image Search, Ask.com Images, Live Search Images, AOL Image Search, Flickr, Photobucket, Picasa, Fotki, FotoTime, deviantART, SmugMug, Facebook, MySpace, Bebo, hi5, Friendster, YouTube. It is also compatible with any website which implement mediaRSS on thier HTML pages.The Addon places a small icon in the corner of an image thumbnail when the mouse moves over it, which launches into a full-screen photo viewer when clicked.
You can download this addon here.
(Open this page in firefox)
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Microsoft windows vista service pack 2 update has been released only for MSDN and technet members for testing and it is not available for public and also not avialable in microsoft download center. But it is leaked and avialable for you to download. You can download it from the link given at the end of this post. But before you install it go through the complete post for complete instructions and details.
Microsoft does not provide telephone and e-mail support since it is a beta release.
The service pack 2 beta is time-limited software and this will no longer work after May 1,2010. You must uninstall this before this date. I strongly recomend you to install the complete version of service pack when it is released. For this u need to uninstall the this beta version. Also Note that you must have service pack 1 installed before u install SP2.
After u install service pack 2 beta, The following text may be displayed in your desktop
"Evaluation Copy"
This doesn`t mean that your windows is not genuine. This only indicates that you have installed a test version of windows which is time limited.
This evaluation copy text may be displayed after the second startup after you install SP2. And this may remain during first restart after you uninstall the service pack. This wont appear after second restart.
To uninstall Windows service pack 2 beta:
1)Click Start button
2)Copy and paste(or type) the following command in start search box and then press enter
appwiz.cpl
3)Click view installed updates
4)click Service pack for microsoft windows(KB948965) and then click uninstall
5)Follow the instructions and complete process
You can view the release notes of this beta version release here.
Click here to download the Service pack 2 beta.
Or you can right click to select your download manager.
Finally google has integrated its gtalk in orkut which enable orkut users to chat directly while they are in orkut.
All orkut users will like this feature, Before they used to send scraps and it takes lots of time to get ur friend`s reply. you also the freedom to set your chat status updates to available, busy, invisible or offline. You can chat with your Google Talk contacts and Gmail contacts from orkut.
Changing ur chat settings in orkut:
Nokia unveiled its next Nseries successor Nokia N97 in Barcelona, Spain on this tuesday(2nd december). The world's most advanced mobile computer. Nokia N97 comes with a large 3.5" touch display with a full QWERTY keyboard, providing an 'always open' window to favorite social networking sites and Internet destinations. Its memory is extendable upto 48 GB. Its has got excellent music capabilities with a continous playback time of 1.5 days. It has got 5-Megapixel camera high-quality Carl Zeiss lens, also 16:9 aspect ratio and DVD quality video capture capability. Its detailed specifications are given below.
Manufacturer: Nokia
Screen: 640*360 px (16:9 aspect ratio), 3.5 inch with sliding tilt TFT LCD display
Camera: 5 Megapixel Carl Zeiss.
Operating System: Symbian OS with S60 5th Edition UI.
Input: QWERTY Keyboard
Memory: Up to 48GB (32 GB on-board memory, plus up to 16 GB
expansion via microSD memory card slot).
Memory card: MicroSD
Networks: HSDPA(3.5G) Quad band GSM / GPRS / EDGE GSM 850, GSM 900,
GSM 1800, GSM 1900.
Connectivity: USB 2.0, Bluetooth 2.0, WLAN IEEE 802.11b/g with UPnP support.
Battery: Nokia Battery BP-4L, 1500 mAh
Physical size: 117.2 x 55.3 x 15.9 mm (L x W x H), 18.25 mm at camera area.
Weight: 150g
Media: MP3, AAC, eAAC, eAAC+, WMA.
The Nokia N97 is expected to begin shipping in the first half of 2009 at an estimated retail price of EUR 550(Around 34,000 INR) without taxes and subsidies.
Watch this cool video and still do you think iphone is the best???
Pls post your comments here.
In one of my previous post i had written about Windows 7. If ur Confused by the name windows 7. Here`s ur answer(This answer was given by Mike Nash, Microsoft's vice-president of Windows product management)
“ The very first release of Windows was Windows 1.0, the second was Windows 2.0, the third Windows 3.0. Here's where things get a little more complicated. Following Windows 3.0 was Windows NT which was code versioned as Windows 3.1. Then came Windows 95, which was code versioned as Windows 4.0. Then, Windows 98, 98 SE and Windows Millennium each shipped as 4.0.1998, 4.10.2222, and 4.90.3000, respectively. So we're counting all 9x versions as being 4.0. Windows 2000 code was 5.0 and then we shipped Windows XP as 5.1, even though it was a major release we didn't want to change code version numbers to maximize application compatibility. That brings us to Windows Vista, which is 6.0. So we see Windows 7 as our next logical significant release and 7th in the family of Windows releases...There's been some fodder about whether using 6.1 in the code is an indicator of the relevance of Windows 7. It is not. Windows 7 is a significant and evolutionary advancement of the client operating system. It is in every way a major effort in design, engineering and innovation. The only thing to read into the code versioning is that we are absolutely committed to making sure application compatibility is optimized for our customers ”
Well this post is about the some of the exclusive features which are not present in current windows vista.
So here are some of its exclusive features:
*SIDEBAR: Sidebar is removed in Windows 7 but gadgets can be directly placed on screen. Also aero glass transparency settings can be modified.
*Auto Window Arrangement: Two windows can be simultaneously viewed side by side by dragging window to the far left or far right of the desktop. If u drag a window to the top it is maximized.
*New device icons: Devices are now represented by photo icons
*Libararies: Libraries can be used to store and search across a variety of data.
*Streaming media: Windows 7 Systems can be managed via Homegroups, designed for home networking. With Homegroups one PC can stream media to another PC or to a media player.
*Easy Device Management: A new way to manage devices and drivers. Possibilities are endless for vendors to create their own device stage in XML format.
*Quick Connect: Users can quickly connect to various networks from the System Tray.
*New look of Task bar: Opened programs reside on the Taskbar as graphic thumbnails.
*Jump list: Every program in Windows 7 has a jump list. It's a quick way to access files and recently visited Web sites.
*Paint with Office 07 look: The enduring Paint application now has the ribbon interface of Office 2007.
This is not the end of the list. Actually list is very big, I will soon write one more post covering some more of its exclusive features.
On tuesday Microsoft released the Windows Vista SP2 Beta for Technet and MSDN Subscribers to download. Service Pack 2 includes lost of improvements that will help security and performance. Among the improvements the most notable are Bluetooth 2.1 feature pack, Windows Connect Now wireless configuration, Windows Search 4 and increased reliability.
Below is the detailed list of changes:
Support for new technologies:
- SP2 contains Blue tooth 2.1 feature pack supporting the most recent specification for Blue tooth technology
- Ability to record data on Blu-Ray media
- Adds Windows Connect Now (WCN) Wi-Fi Configuration to Windows Vista SP2
- exFAT file system now supports UTC timestamps, which enables correct file synchronization across time zones
- SP2 provides support for new form factors, such as ICCD/CCID. new form factor support --example USB form factor as opposed to PCMCIA).
- Support for the new VIA 64-bit CPU
Security
- SP2 includes all previously released security updates, and builds on the proven security benefits of Windows Vista
- Secure Development Lifecycle process updates, where we identify the root cause of each security bulletin and improve our internal tools to eliminate code patterns that could lead to future vulnerabilities
Reliability
- SP2 addresses previously released reliability updates
- As well as addressing crashes, caused by Microsoft code, discovered since the launch of SP1
Performance
- Resume performance when Wi-Fi connection is no longer available after resume from sleep
- Vista sp2 adds Windows Search 4.0 for improved indexing performance, improved relevancy in search, broader indexing scenario inclusion, as well as new Group Policy integration for Windows Search
- Improvements to the RSS feeds sidebar gadget to improve update performance and responsiveness.
Application Compatibility
- Improved compatibility so that applications that run on the Windows Vista Operating System today and are written using public APIs will continue to work as designed on Windows Vista SP2.
- Previously released Application Compatibility updates are included in Windows Vista SP2.
- Spysweeper and ZoneAlarm now working with POP3 email accounts
Administration and Support Improvements
- Customers installing .net framework 3.5 service pack 1 will notice shorter download and installation times with Vista service pack 2 or Windows 2008 service pack 2 already installed
- Service Pack Clean up tool (Compcln.exe): This tool helps restore the hard disk space by permanently deleting the previous versions of the files (RTM & SP1) that are being serviced by Service Pack 2.
Single installer for both Vista & Server 2008 - Ability to detect an incompatible driver and block service pack installation or warn users of any loss of functionality
- Better error handling and providing more descriptive error messages where possible
- Better manageability through logging in system event log
- Componentization for Serviceability of the installer
Some Specific Fixes/Additions Include:
- Inclusion of Hyper-V for WS08
- Event logging support in SPC
- DNS Server now listens over ISATAP address
- Fixes DRM issues from WMP upgrades
- Windows Vista Feature Pack for Wireless
- Reduction of resources required for sidebar gadgets
- Improved power settings for WS08
If you are a MSDN or Technet subscriber log in and download now. On December 4th links will be posted for the public on MSDN and Technet for non-subscribers.
