[News] Nokia phones to get Microsoft Office

[i]Long time rivals in the mobile phone arena Nokia and Microsoft have agreed on a partnership that might result in Microsoft's Office applications appearing on Nokia phones.[/i]


The agreement, which is yet to be officially announced comes as Microsoft sees its dominance being increasingly challenged by competition like Google Docs that allow web-based office application access. With phones getting better and more "web-friendly", users are using their phones to view, edit and transfer official documents, spreadsheets and presentations, right from their phones. So, it was only a matter of time when Microsoft had to partner with Nokia, arguably the worlds largest manufacturer of mobile phones.


On the flip side, Nokia too is facing the heat from newer rivals and software platforms like the iPhone and more recently, Google's very own Android platform. Interestingly, Microsoft and Nokia too compete with each other, albeit indirectly if you add in Windows Mobile, Microsoft's smartphone OS platform to the list of competing mobile OSes. For the same reason, it is widely expected that this co-operation will only exist for MS Office access on Nokia phones and nothing beyond that.

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In india many of them would be using nokia... and that's a great intiative if this thing happens. Coz it would help many people to do their work through their nokia cell.

Many of them would be using pdf reader and some open office's software in their nokia. But after this thing actually happen, it would help to read, write and edit .doc, .docx file on your cell. Now that's some thing interesting [:D]

[Trick] Rapidshare trick for parallel downloading

STEP 1. Open Code:

http://www.samair.ru/proxy/proxy-01.htm

STEP 2 : It contains some IP addresses of different countries in the form "200.68.73.193:443"
200.68.73.193 is the IP Address and 443 is the port number.

STEP 3 : Copy the IP Address and remember the port number.

STEP 4 : Open "Tool" in the Menu Bar of your internet explorer then open "Internet Options" Then open "Connections" pallet under that click on LAN Settings. Now a LAN settings window is opened. Tick on "Automatically Detect Settings" and "Use a proxy server for your LAN".(After finishing the downloads please untick these so that you gain your original IP addresses).

STEP 5 : Under address paste the IP address copied in STEP 3 and in the port enter the port as from STEP 3.

Rapidshare detects you by your IP address. In these steps we have changed your IP address so that rapidshare cant detect you and you can parallel downloads. So if you want to download other link you have to change your IP address again and for another link change again. Example if you want to download 7 links then you have to show 7 different IP addresses. Your internet gets slow when you change your IP address so make sure to untick the options in STEP 5 after downloads so as to regain your original speed.

[news]Twitter and Facebook flooded

Twitter and Facebook flooded with alien theories about Google UFO logo

Twitter, Facebook and the worldwide blogosphere have been flooded with alien conspiracy theories about the new Google UFO logo.

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[UPDATE] K-Lite Codec Pack 5.10 (Full)

The K-Lite Codec Pack is a collection of DirectShow filters, VFW/ACM codecs, and tools. Codecs and DirectShow filters are needed for encoding and decoding audio and video formats. The K-Lite Codec Pack is designed as a user-friendly solution for playing all your audio and movie files.

With the K-Lite Codec Pack you should be able to play all the popular audio and video formats and even several less common formats.

The K-Lite Codec Pack has a couple of major advantages compared to other codec packs:

* It is updated frequently. So it is always up-to-date with the newest and/or best components.
* All components have been carefully selected for specific purposes. It is not just a random bunch of stuff thrown together.
* It is very user-friendly and easy to use.
* The installation is fully customizable, meaning that you are able to install just those components that you really want.
* The customization abilities even go beyond the component level. Some components are able to handle multiple formats. You can specify exactly which components should handle which formats. The pack can thus be fully tweaked to your own specific needs and preferences.
* Uninstallation removes everything that was installed by the pack. Including all registry keys.
* It is extremely easy to make a fully customized unattended installation with the integrated wizard.
* It does not contain any bad, buggy or unstable codecs.

Download K-Lite Codec Pack Full from FileHippo.com

[trick] Convert version of windows

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[news]Twitter 'can complement SEO activity'

Microblogging website Twitter can be used as a search engine optimisation (SEO) tool, but should not be used by internet businesses as a main source of directing web traffic.

That is the opinion of CatchFriday.com's Lawrence Perry, who suggested via Official Wire that Twitter can complement overall SEO practices and can be regarded as an "additional channel" for reaching a target audience.

Explaining things further, Mr Perry said: "Because tweets are not indexed by Google they don't really drive a lot of traffic to your site. You should not use Twitter as a main SEO tool."

He added that Twitter should not be used solely as a money-making online marketing device either, suggesting that it has public relations and branding benefits for companies too.

Internet research firm Hitwise recently revealed that Twitter has become the 27th most popular website in Britain.

The portal, which is used by celebrities who like blogging their thoughts on the web such as Stephen Fry and Britney Spears, is now more popular than social networking site MySpace in the UK.

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[news]Phones of princes 'hacked into'

"There is evidence the phones of Princes William and Harry were hacked into by a News of the World reporter, a senior Metropolitan Police officer has said."

Royal reporter Clive Goodman was jailed for four months in 2007 for plotting to hack into royal aides' voicemails.

Ch Supt Philip Williams told the Commons Culture Committee the princes may also have been personally targeted.

The newspaper said it knew of "no evidence" to back the claims and that police had not mentioned them earlier.

The police had not brought up the allegations during their original investigation, a News of the World spokesman said.

In his evidence to MPs, Mr Williams acknowledged that the police had "never been able to prove" their suspicions regarding the two princes' phones.

But pressed about whether they had solid reasons to suspect the princes' personal phones had been hacked into, he replied: "Yes".

"Their voicemails may well have been intercepted," he said.

He was being quizzed, alongside Assistant Commissioner John Yates, on why police had decided not to reopen their investigation into the phone hacking scandal, after a series of stories in the Guardian in July this year reignited interest in it.

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[update] windows 7 enterprise

Windows 7 Enterprise was developed by Microsoft specifically for IT professionals who want to test your software and hardware with the final version of the OS. But all other users can take with the software a first comprehensive look at the final version of Windows. But all other users can take the software with a first comprehensive look at the final version of Windows.

Windows 7 picture gallery

Compared to its predecessor, Windows Vista, there are visual changes in the new taskbar, desktop gadgets, wallpaper, slideshow, and the improved Start Menu. Compared to its predecessor, Windows Vista, there are visual changes in the new taskbar, desktop gadgets, wallpaper, slideshow, and the improved Start Menu. There are also some real innovations that will make Windows easier life. There are also some real innovations that will make life easier for Windows. This is about the management of personal documents and media in the Windows Control Library. This is about the management of personal documents and media in the Windows Control Library. Wherever the data may lie on the plate - in the Library you will find it with the most important tasks in one place combined. Wherever the data may lie on the plate - in the Library you will find it with the most important tasks in one place combined.

Also managed affects the Action Center, which will replace the aged Security Center. Well managed affects the Action Center, which will replace the aged Security Center. As well as fast access to security settings, and the taming of the intrusive User Account Control (UAC), you will find frequent maintenance such as backups or updates. As well as fast access to security settings, and the taming of the intrusive User Account Control (UAC), you will find frequent maintenance such as backups or updates.

Login names and passwords will soon manage the Windows Safe (Vault), which protected access to services and web sites will be easier and safer. Login names and passwords will soon manage the Windows Safe (Vault), which protected access to services and web sites will be easier and safer. Thanks to Home Group concept to succeed in the sharing of media in the home network also the first time really easy. Thanks to Home Group concept to succeed in the sharing of media in the home network so the first time really easy.

Conclusion: The new Microsoft operating system is running extremely stable and reliable, and finally offers the features that you would have liked to have been in Windows Vista. CONCLUSION: The new Microsoft operating system is running extremely stable and reliable, and finally offers the features that you would have liked to have been in Windows Vista.

Note: The download link will refer directly to the Microsoft TechNet Web site where you register before the actual first have to download. Note: The download link will refer directly to the Microsoft TechNet Web site where you register before the actual first have to download. You have the choice between several languages and the 32 - or 64-bit edition. You have the choice between several languages and the 32 - or 64-bit edition.

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[news]20MHz auction to bring WiMAX to 150 cities

Around 150 cities in India would have wireless broadband through WiMAX in just 90 days once the 20MHz spectrum is allotted at the base reserve price of Rs.1010 crore ($250 million) to four operators in each circle. Each operator could serve 1.5 to 2 crore subscribers with good quality service but much would depend upon early implementation of the proposed auction of the spectrum.This perspective emerged at the WiMAX India 2009 conference organised by Bharat Exhibitions. "India is ready for broadband experience" said C. S. Rao, chairman of WiMAX Forum India. "Wireless is the key to broadband," he said recalling the projection in the president's address to parliament setting 10 crore subscriber target for broadband by 2014 and 2 crore by 2012. The fact that India has a social demographics of over 60 crore young people underlined the need for rapid roll out of broadband in the country, Rao pointed out.

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MS Office 2010 Beta 1 Build Images Leak

New Back Stage view looks neat and Upload Center may take documents onlineE-Mail Print Oops, they did it again! Folks over at WZOR.net have showed up screenshots of Microsoft Office 2010 build 4417 which is the beta 1 build of the suite. Screenshots leak of upcoming Microsoft products has become a norm now. The new beta 1 build of Office 2010 suite brings better Back Stage view and Upload Center to take documents online. The Back Stage view is where information about the respective document is displayed in detail like that in the Office 2007. Document properties, version, statistics protection and other features are available in the Back Stage view. New Upload Center probably takes desktop's Office 2010 documents to Office live interface in order to enable accessing it from anywhere. Of course, there would be loads of other known-unknown bug fixes.
Source & few screenshots of the MS Office 2010 Beta 1 Build 14.0.4417.1000:

[web] Strange symbiosis among Apple, Microsoft, and open source

dont know the meaning of symbiosis then its worthless reading this article... so if u dont know the meaning then google it.... and if u know it then go on

"For all the rancor between opposing technology camps--Microsoft vs.
the open-source community, Apple vs. Microsoft, etc.--there's a lot more
symbiosis going on than meets the eye. In fact, it's hard to imagine Apple
without Microsoft, open source without Microsoft, and so on"

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[NEWS] Snow Leopard Could Debut in August

Apple has wrapped up work on Snow Leopard, the Mac OS X operating system upgrade, and may release it earlier than expected, according to numerous reports on the Web.

John Gruber, who writes the Daring Fireball blog, and has accurately pegged other Apple moves in the past, said that his sources have put the release of Mac OS X 10.6, aka Snow Leopard, as Aug. 28, just under two weeks away.

One prominent analyst was dubious about an August release. "Early September would be early," countered Gene Munster, an analyst for Piper Jaffray who covers Apple.

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[REVIEW] Snow Leopard : Lightened and Enlightened

OS X Snow Leopard seems to do nothing really new. And yet, it could be their most important OS since 10.0.0.

Snow Leopard, as a follow up to Leopard, is almost absurdly insubstantial at first glance. The new operating system takes the same old boring, every day tasks like opening files, for example, and makes them happen subtly faster. But that performance is not being utilized by any third-party programs right now. And there are practically no new first-party programs by Apple. Nope, mostly just rewritten old ones and dozens of little interface tweaks. Some fanboys will ask, incredulously, "This is a new operating system?!" Those people are missing the point.

On deeper inspection, Snow Leopard's inconspicuous aspects—performance squeezed from underused CPU multicores/GPUs and basic UI tweaks—are found to be the kind of refinement generally reserved for virtuosity. These speed optimizations are deep, reminding me of when a master martial artist puts the entirety of his weight behind a strike (while a neophyte would flails his limbs like a henchman in a Bruce Lee movie). The little UI tweaks are no different than when a great sculptor's chisel works to remove everything non-essential during the final steps on a statue. Challenging 30 years of ever more bloated software tradition, the changes here are about becoming a more effective middleware between the media and the hardware, reducing friction while becoming more useful by, well, being lighter, less visible.

And if you think that's bullshit, well, I can't say you're completely out of your mind, but there's always the consolation that this OS upgrade costs about the same as a used Xbox game.

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5 Pirate Bay BitTorrent Alternatives

The Pirate Bay we know and love, though still harboring torrents for now, is going away. But that doesn't mean BitTorrent is dead. Far from it. Here are five places to get your torrent on after it closes for good.

1. Demonoid.com

Demonoid, besides having a solid community and good quality torrents—no porn, exceedingly few viruses—also operates the other major torrent tracker besides The Pirate Bay. (A tracker is what help makes the whole BitTorrent system work, since it makes sure every peer's talking to each other properly.) It doesn't have the best selection around, but what most of what you'll find there is quality. The catch is that you need to snag an invitation from a member or when they periodically dole them out to the public.

2. Mininova.org

Mininova's always one of our preferred torrent sites—tons of torrents from multiple trackers, not a lot of crap in the interface, and the search isn't bad. Actually, it's kind of the like The Pirate Bay, but with less crap and fewer headaches. The catch now is that they're slowly implementing a new copyright filter to keep copyrighted torrents from being uploaded. But you should still be able to find True Blood on there, no problem.

3. ISOHunt.com

ISOHunt is a BitTorrent and P2P search engine that's got what feels like the most sophisticated search engine of the bunch. But like the others, you just punch in what you're looking for, and it pulls up results you can sort by seeds, date or whatever. It has one of the most massive indices of any site, so it's a good thing the search engine is up to it. Still, with a lot of torrents, it can be hard to find exactly what you're looking for.

BTJunkie.org

BTJunkie claims to be the largest torrent search engine of all, with around 5,000-25,000 new torrents added to the index daily. The quantity doesn't seem noticeably better than the other sites listed above, however. Also, the interface is really ugly. But you know, it's there if you need it.

EZTV.it

If you've downloaded a TV show, whatever site you snagged it from, chances are, it came from these guys. They're the most prolific TV rippers around, and usually have solid quality rips of shows up within hours of airing. If you're interested in TV, you might as well just go to the source—their site points to wherever their files are hosted, so you don't have to search through a million different sites to find the right EZTV torrent.

The whole scene is admittedly a bit depressing now, after years of high profile closures—Suprnova, OiNK TorrentSpy and LokiTorrent—so these are what's left of the big sites. And even they're not guaranteed to survive. Demonoid went offline for several months back in 2007-2008, Mininova has a copyright filter attached to it, and really, any site is just a police raid away from possibly going down. So tread carefully, and don't get too attached to any of them.