News : Technology, Gadgets, Cars, Mobiles

WoWee Rovio WiFi Surveillance Robot

2010-02-20T20:25:00.000-08:00

Wowee is unveiling its new WiFi enabled robotic webcam that can be controlled using any Internet enabled device. You can use a mobile phone, PC or even a video game console.Users can search around (or spy around) their home or office remotely through the Rovio’s built-in camera that streams video and audio transmitted via the robot. It features the NorthStar® smart navigation and positioning system, which makes the Rovio navigate accurately by itself and is able to avoid the obstacles on its way.

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Animated Business Cards (Video)

2010-02-20T20:08:00.000-08:00

Until now business cards have been pretty boring, and generic, not seeing a whole lot of innovation. They may have a cool font or glossy paper, but thats usually the extent of it.

Chung Dha Lam has created a business card that will definitely captivate anyone you hand it to. Not only does it captivate, but in order to make the animation, you need to actually slide the inner card back and forth in its outer sleeve, thus making it the ultimate hands on experience, guaranteeing your card will awe its recipients.

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Make Your Automobile A Portable Kitchen

2010-02-20T20:06:00.000-08:00

I don’t know many people that cook in their car, but if you are part of that group, check out this sandwich maker (Aka toaster) which be a good addition for your portable kitchen. The Road Pro 12 Volt Sandwich Maker, the device gets power from the cigarette lighter socket. The power cord only measures 5 foot, but since the cooking sessions are made inside the car, you probably don’t need much space…
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The Samsung Fashion Phone Tells Us When We’ve Eaten Too Much

2010-02-20T20:05:00.000-08:00

Now I like a nicely styled, pretty phone as much as the next girl, but the plethora of ‘pink girly’ phones that companies produce in the hope they will lure girls into starry eyed submission is getting a little annoying. Now this offering is rather curious, as at first glance it does look nice, but moving beyond the clam-shell design, it’s packed with frankly insulting features, from a calorie counting system to a perfume matcher.

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Never Lose Count On How Many Beers You’ve Had Again

2010-02-20T20:04:00.000-08:00

Sometimes it’s hard to keep track of a fun filled evening of beer drinking, especially when it comes to the exact number of how many you’ve had to drink.

Let there never be question again. The Beer Tracker never lies - each time a beer is cracked it is counted on the neat digital display.

Keep track as the night progresses, then, if you can find it in the morning, uncover the grand total of your exploits. Ideal for world record attempts. Happy drinking!

Sony Announces PS3 "Slim"

2009-08-24T07:12:00.000-07:00

At a a press conference in Cologne, Germany at the GamesCom Expo on Tuesday, Sony confirmed a newer, slimmer PS3 is coming. It will release in the first week of September.

The exact dates of launch are September 1 in North America and Europe, September 3 for Japan). The slimmed-down PS3 will retail for $300, or 300 euros, or 29,980 Yen.

Sony says the device has the same features and functions as the "old" PS3 but is 33% smaller, 36% lighter, and ships with a 120GB hard drive. In anticipation of the new release and in hopes of finding anxious "suckers," er, buyers, existing PS3 SKUs will seen their prices dropped $100 apiece tomorrow. Of course, why anyone would buy an old model with the new one coming out in a few weeks, and with a larger HD would be beyond me.

Full specs:

Product name: PlayStation 3
Product code: CECH-2000A (Charcoal Black)
CPU: Cell Broadband Engine™
GPU: RSX
Audio output: LPCM 7.1ch, Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby TrueHD, DTS, DTS-HD, AAC.
Memory: 256MB XDR Main RAM, 256MB GDDR3 VRAM
Hard disk: 120GB 2.5" Serial ATA
USB 2.0 ports: 2
Networking: Ethernet (10BASE-T, 100BASE-TX, 1000BASE-T), IEEE 802.11 b/g, Bluetooth 2.0 (+EDR)
Controller: Wireless Controller (Bluetooth) x 1
AV outputs: HDMI x 1, AV MULTI OUT x 1, Digital out (optical) x 1
Resolutions: 1080p, 1080i, 720p, 480p, 480i (for PAL 576p, 576i)
BD / DVD / CD drive (read only): BD × 2 (BD-ROM), DVD × 8 (DVD-ROM), CD × 24 (CD-ROM)
Power: AC 220 – 240, 50/60Hz
Power consumption: Approx. 250W
External dimensions (excluding maximum projecting part): Approx. 290 × 65 × 290 mm (width × height × length)
Mass: Approx. 3.2kg
Included in box: PlayStation 3 system × 1, Wireless Controller (DUALSHOCK 3) × 1, AC power cord × 1, AV cable × 1, USB cable × 1

President and CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment of America (SCEA) talks up the new slim PS3 below.

The Average Gamer is Fat, and Depressed. Oh, and Older Than We Thought.

2009-08-24T07:11:00.000-07:00

A new study by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Emory University and Andrews University concludes that the average age of video-gamers in the U.S. is in the range 35–54. It also says that those gamers are fat, and miserable, though differences exist across genders.

With regards to the weighty "fat" conclusion, it's unclear if those surveyed had Nintendo Wiis with "exergaming" titles or not.

The study, "Health-Risk Correlates of Video-Game Playing Among Adults," published in the October issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, analyzed data from 552 adults in the Seattle-Tacoma area. The subjects ranged in age from 19 to 90. About 45% of respondents said they played video games often.

Female video-game players reported greater depression and lower health status than female nonplayers. Male video-game players reported higher BMI and more Internet use time than male nonplayers. Both female and male video-game players show greater reliance on the Internet for social support.

The study was conducted in 2006, but results were not analyzed until 2008. The theory had already been posited that video gamers wouldn't be as healthy as non-gamers, and that's what seems to have been the result of the study. Dr. James B Weaver III, PhD, MPH, National Center for Health Marketing, CDC, Atlanta, writes in the article:

"As hypothesized, health-risk factors – specifically, a higher BMI and a greater number of poor mental-health days – differentiated adult video-game players from nonplayers. Video-game players also reported lower extraversion, consistent with research on adolescents that linked video-game playing to a sedentary lifestyle and overweight status, and to mental-health concerns. Internet community support and time spent online distinguished adult video-game players from nonplayers, a finding consistent with prior research pointing to the willingness of adult video-game enthusiasts to sacrifice real-world social activities to play video games."

To translate the above: video gamers are fat, depressed, introverts, and prefer to play video games as opposed to real-life interaction with people. A sad combination, to be sure.

However, as I said earlier, the health-related consequences of video gaming are different depending on gender. Since the study noted that women gamers are more depressed than non-gamers, the study suggests that women gamers may be self-medicating, essentially "forgetting their troubles" during the game.

On the other hand, men suffer more from issues with higher body-mass indices or BMI (translation: they're fat) and isolation issues, and thus prefer to play video games with a social aspect (MMORPGs?). This, according to researchers, also and tends to demonstrate that the association among sedentary behaviors, physical inactivity, and overweight status observed in children and young adults may extend into adulthood.

Since the health-related effects of video-gaming on people differs depending on gender, the researchers suggested that interventions be differentiate by sex. Naturally, they also stated that more research needs to be done.

Why the Seattle-Tacoma area? According to the researchers, both because of its size as the 13th largest media market in the United States and because its Internet usage level is "the highest in the nation."

Teens and Cell Phones Inseparable: Survey

2009-08-24T07:10:00.000-07:00

Kids and cell phones. You can't live with 'em, and you can't live without 'em. I'm speaking of the kids, actually, as cell phones, most teens would say they can't live without, period.

A new Pew Internet & Life Project survey (.PDF) shows that, unsurprisingly, cell phone use is continuing to rise among teens.

Specifically, the first Pew survey in 2004 showed that 45% of teens (vs. 65% of adults) had a cell phone. As of 2008, that number had risen to 71% (vs. 77% of adults). The survey had 914 respondents in 2004, vs. 2,134 respondents in 2008. Data was collected from those 12 - 17 years of age.

Age tends to affect both ownership and activity. Only 52 percent of 12- to 13-year-olds own a cell phone. At age 14 the percentage leaps to 72%, while more than 17-year-olds owned their own cell phone.

In terms of activity, only 28% of 12-year-olds talked with their friends daily via cell phone, while more than 70% of 17-year-olds did so. Text messaging showed a similar gap, with That also holds true for texting, as 25% of those aged 12 - 14 text daily, while 51% of teens aged 15 - 17 do so.

It should come as no surprise that the most popular activity for teens is ... text-messaging. Among all teens, 38% of all teens do this on a daily basis, while 26% send messages daily via social networking sites (e.g. Facebook, MySpace) and 24% use instant messaging. Sadly, a mere 29% spend time with their friends face-to-face, something that psychologists, and even the Pope, have warned about.

Texting is more popular among girls, probably also unsurprisingly, with 42% sending text messages to friends daily, while about 34% of boys do the same.

By age 17, about 82 percent of the survey's respondents owned one. But the cell phone isn't the most frequently- used communications device; that's still the landline, Pew found, with 88 percent using it versus 66 percent for cell phones.

Also noted by Pew, the more money, the more likely teens would have a cell phone.

Households earning $30,000 or less: 62%
Households earning $30 - 50,000: 63%
Households earning $50 - 75,000: 72%
Households earning more than $75,000: 79%

In terms of what teens desire most, or at least, have the most, is something you might think of, as well, as popular electronica amongst teens: a game console (78%). Next was an MP3 player (74%). The cell phone was a close third.

Wikipedia Launches Official iPhone App

2009-08-24T07:09:00.000-07:00

The Wikimedia Foundation, the organization behind the online encyclopia-like wiki Wikipedia, has launched its own iPhone application. While there were third-party iPhone Wikipedia applications, this is the first official release from the Foundation.

Wikipedia Mobile is free, just as the site is, in the App Store. Here's how the app is described:

Wikipedia is now officially on the iPhone! This is our official application and we are working hard on making the absolute best Wikipedia app out there.

This app is focused on being very simple and very fast. Over time, we'll add features based on requests.

The code is 100% open source and community built. If you are a programmer and good at JS/HTML5, then come and help us out!

Yes, yes, they're trolling for developers, too. One thing, though: they're not kidding when they say they will add features. For now, the application is little more than a wrapper around the mobile version of the Wikipedia site. One advantage, admittedly, is that you can save your search history.

Let's bring on those feature requests!

Apple, AT&T, Google Respond to FCC Over Google Voice Rejection

2009-08-24T07:08:00.002-07:00

Early this month, the FCC sent requests to AT&T, Google, and Apple, asking them a series of questions about the way applications are accepted or rejected from the App Store. This all began with the rejection of Google Voice, BTW. The deadline was August 21st. Naturally, all 3 companies waited until the last minute, but they did respond on Friday.

You can expect that all three responses would be full of legalize, and you'd be right. Here's a summary of what they said, however.

AT&T: We did nothing wrong. We have no control over the App Store. We weren't asked about Google Voice.

“To that end, let me state unequivocally, AT&T had no role in any decision by Apple to not accept the Google Voice application for inclusion in the Apple App Store. AT&T was not asked about the matter by Apple at any time, nor did we offer any view one way or the other."

Here's the full response they sent to the FCC:ATT Response to FCC iPhone Letter 082109 as Filed

Apple: We did nothing wrong. The App Store is wonderful. Google tried to muck with our wonderful UI. And we haven't rejected it!

Contrary to published reports, Apple has not rejected the Google Voice application, and continues to study it. The application has not been approved because, as submitted for review, it appears to alter the iPhone’s distinctive user experience by replacing the iPhone’s core mobile telephone functionality and Apple user interface with its own user interface for telephone calls, text messaging and voicemail. Apple spent a lot of time and effort developing this distinct and innovative way to seamlessly deliver core functionality of the iPhone.

View their response to the FCC below:Apple Response to FCC

Google: We (obviously) did nothing wrong (except that we redacted the good parts of the letter). Oh, and our web app version of Google Voice is going to be really lame compared to a real app.

View Google's full response:Google Response to FCC

I'm hoping this isn't done. Many would obviously love to see Google Voice in the App Store. Personally, if it's not there when iPhone OS 3.1 is jailbroken, I might just consider jailbreaking my iPhone.

App Store User Review Gaming Uncovered

2009-08-24T07:08:00.001-07:00

It's not the first example of end user review gaming, (anyone recall the Belkin Amazon.com review "scandal" from January?) and there's no reason to believe there isn't a lot more of this going on than you might think. In fact, a leaked document shows end user review gaming is happening in the App Store.

Reverb Communications is a PR firm that specializes in video games on several platforms. Their site describes the advantages of Reverb thusly:

At Reverb Communications, we specialize in launching new videogame titles and videogame peripherals with our distinct integrated approach. From messaging and PR planning to sales calls with retailers, Reverb provides REAL SOLUTIONS that directly contribute to your bottom line.

Real solutions like paying for reviews, apparently. Here's what the document shared with Mobile Crunch says:

Reverb employs a small team of interns who are focused on managing online message boards, writing influential game reviews, and keeping a gauge on the online communities. Reverb uses the interns as a sounding board to understand the new mediums where consumers are learning about products, hearing about hot new games and listen to the thoughts of our targeted audience. Reverb will use these interns on (redacted) products to post game reviews (written by Reverb staff members) ensuring the majority of the reviews will have the key messaging and talking points developed by the Reverb PR/marketing team.

In other words, ensuring the majority of reviews will be positive.

Additionally, the company indicates it will tailor the reviews to appear from different age ranges, including keywords that "resonate" with the demographic. They start the reviews on the day of launch.

The cost: $0.75 per app download. Not just taking the word of the tipster, MC did some homework, found apps belonging to clients of Reverb Communications, and by cross-checking reviewers against other Reverb Communications' clients, found an astounding coincidence: some reviewers seemed to only give 5-star reviews, and only for Reverb clients, no one else.

As Ricky Ricardo would say: Reverb, you got some 'splainin' to do.

Install Any Windows 7 Version From One DVD

2009-08-24T07:07:00.000-07:00

Let's be clear, this is a way to try, not indefinitely use different versions of Windows 7 from one DVD or .ISO image. A small tweak will allow users tech-savvy enough to get a taste of all the versions of Windows 7.

Now, why do you need a little technical expertise? You need to remove a file from the DVD or from the .ISO image. As Windows Secrets notes, all you have to do is delete the ei.cfg file.

This means that you can start with a Windows 7 Home Premium (or whatever) DVD and install any version you want, though of course you'd need a compatible activation code to keep that version. To make things easier for you, the ei.cfg file is in the sources subdirectory (WS didn't indicate its location).

It's simple enough: if you have an .ISO file use an appropriate .ISO imaging program to delete the file from it, then save the image and burn it. If you have the DVD you can use the same program to rip the DVD to an .ISO image, then delete the file, and reburn it.

Once deleted, you'll get a menu of choices, as shown above. You can select any version of Windows 7 to install, and thus try out any version, to see if you really, really want to buy that version.

Also, while the standard trial period is 30 days, just as with Windows Vista, you can extend that through the use of Microsoft's Software License Manager (slmgr), which ships with the OS.

If you install Windows 7 sans activation key, you have 30 days to try the software. Using slmgr, you can "rearm" and restart the clock. If you right-click on the Computer icon, and choose Properties, under Windows Activation, you'll see the number of days left in your trial period.

To restart the clock,

Click Start, All Programs, Accessories. Right-click Command Prompt and choose Run As Administrator. If necessary, enter your administrator password.

Type "slmgr -rearm" and press the Enter key.

Restart Windows 7.

You can rearm a total of three times. Wait until the end of each period and you get a total of 120 days of use. Want to try another version? You can do a clean install.

Which version are you readers going to install?

iPhone Outsold All Windows Mobile Phones in Q2: Analyst

2009-08-24T07:06:00.000-07:00

Technology industry analyst Canalys released a report on Q2 2009 earlier this week, that stated what we already knew from prior such analysis: that smartphone sales continue to be strong. Not just that, though: Windows Mobile continues to sink, with the iPhone outselling all Windows Mobile devices.

Nokia retained its lead with 44.3% of smartphone shipments, and RIM continues to be second with 20.9%. Meanwhile, the iPhone came in at third with 13.7%. When looking at different platforms, the top three were the exact same as above, with Symbian representing Nokia, but Windows Mobile came in at 9%, fourth place among platforms.

Also of note is that the touchscreen form factor that the iPhone made popular continues to be popular. 39.6% of all smartphones sold have touchscreens, compared to 12.3% being keypad-based devices like BlackBerry and just 10.7% being keyboard devices like those sold by HTC using Windows Mobile.

Despite the absence of Palm's webOS in the list of platforms above, Chris Jones, Canalys VP and principal analyst, had some good things to say about Palm:

“As a relatively small company, Palm has shown what creative leadership and focused investment can achieve. By going back to its roots and developing its own operating system, it has produced an innovative and differentiated product. Investors have responded to this, with its share price growing over 70% this year. Palm still has plenty of challenges ahead – it must find the resources to launch the Pre on the global stage, while continuing to fund development of its product pipeline. But it is remarkable how much better the prospects are for this company than just one year ago.”

How to Repair or Reinstall ur Windows XP

2008-08-05T23:03:00.000-07:00

Watch the latest videos on YouTube.com

1. Boot the computer using the XP CD. You may need to change the
boot order in the system BIOS. Check your system documentation
for steps to access the BIOS and change the boot order.

2. When you see the "Welcome To Setup" screen, you will see the
options below This portion of the Setup program prepares Microsoft
Windows XP to run on your computer:

To setup Windows XP now, press ENTER.

To repair a Windows XP installation using Recovery Console, press R.

To quit Setup without installing Windows XP, press F3.

3. Press Enter to start the Windows Setup.

do not choose "To repair a Windows XP installation using the
Recovery Console, press R", (you do not want to load Recovery
Console). I repeat, do not choose "To repair a Windows XP
installation using the Recovery Console, press R".

4. Accept the License Agreement and Windows will search for existing
Windows installations.

5. Select the XP installation you want to repair from the list and
press R to start the repair. If Repair is not one of the options,
read this Warning!!

6. Setup will copy the necessary files to the hard drive and reboot.
Do not press any key to boot from CD when the message appears.
Setup will continue as if it were doing a clean install, but your
applications and settings will remain intact.

Blaster worm warning: Do not immediately activate over the internet
when asked, enable the XP firewall
[ http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=283673 ]
before connecting to the internet. You can activate after the
firewall is enabled. Control Panel - Network Connections. Right click
the connection you use, Properties, and there is a check box on the
Advanced [ http://michaelstevenstech.com/xpfirewall1.jpg ] page.

7. Reapply updates or service packs applied since initial Windows XP
installation. Please note that a Repair Install from the Original
install XP CD will remove SP1/SP2 and service packs will need to be
reapplied.
Service Pack 2
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=049C9DBE-3B8E-
4F30-8245-9E368D3CDB5A&displaylang=en
An option I highly recommend is creating a Slipstreamed XP CD with SP2.
Slipstreaming Windows XP with Service Pack 2 (SP2)
http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/windowsxp_sp2_slipstream.asp

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Warning!!
If the option to Repair Install is not available and you continue
with the install;you will delete your Windows folder and Documents
and Settings folder. All applications that place keys in the registry
will need to be re-installed. You should exit setup if the repair
option is not available and consider other options.

Try the link below if the repair option is not available.
Windows XP Crashed?
http://www.digitalwebcast.com/2002/03_mar/tutorials/cw_boot_toot.htm
Here's Help.
A salvage mission into the depths of Windows XP, explained by a
non-geek

by Charlie White
http://www.digitalwebcast.com/2002/03_mar/tutorials/cw_boot_toot.htm

Related links
You May Lose Data or Program Settings After Reinstalling, Repairing,
or Upgrading Windows XP (Q312369)
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q312369

System Restore "Restore Points" Are Missing or Deleted (Q301224)
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q301224

How to Perform an In-Place Upgrade (Reinstallation) of Windows XP
(Q315341)
http://support.microsoft.com/search/preview.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q315341

Warning!! If the Repair Option is not Available
What should I do? Most important do not ignore the information below!

If the option to Repair Install is NOT available and you continue
with the install; you will delete your Windows folder, Documents and
Settings folders. All Applications that place keys in the registry
will need to be re-installed.

You should exit setup if the repair option is not available and
consider other options. I have found if the Repair option is not
available, XP is usually not repairable and will require a Clean
install.http://michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html
If you still have the ability to access the Windows XP installation,
backup all important files not restorable from other sources before
attempting any recovery console trouble shooting attempts.

Possible Fix by reconfiguring boot.ini using Recovery Console.
1.Boot with XP CD or 6 floppy boot disk set.
2. Press R to load the Recovery Console.
3. Type bootcfg.
4. This should fix any boot.ini errors causing setup not to see the
XP OS install.
5. Try the repair install.

One more suggestion from MVP Alex Nichol

"Reboot, this time taking the immediate R option, and if the CD
letter is say K: give these commands

COPY K:\i386\ntldr C:\
COPY K:\i386\ntdetect.com C:\

(two other files needed - just in case)

1. Type: ATTRIB -H -R -S C:\boot.ini DEL C:\boot.ini

2. Type: BootCfg /Rebuild

which will get rid of any damaged boot.ini, search the disk for
systems and make a new one. This might even result in a damaged
windows reappearing; but gives another chance of getting at the
repair"

Unlock toolbars to work with them

2008-08-05T23:01:00.000-07:00

A toolbar is a collection of buttons or icons—usually displayed across the top of the screen—that represents the different tasks you can do within a program. For example, in Microsoft Internet Explorer, there is a toolbar for the standard Internet Explorer command buttons, one for entering an Internet address, and one for quick links you can set up.

When you open a toolbar, it will appear in a particular spot on the screen. If you want to change the location of the toolbar you can move it by dragging it to the new location. You can also resize the toolbar by dragging its edge. If you find a toolbar that cannot be moved or resized, the toolbar may be locked.

To unlock a toolbar

1.Make sure you have only one window open for the program. (You can look at the taskbar at the bottom of your screen to verify this.) Then, right-click the toolbar.

2.If Lock the Toolbars appears on the shortcut menu and is selected (a check mark appears to the left of it), click Lock the Toolbars to unlock the toolbar. If you see Lock the Toolbars, but no check mark appears to the left of it, the toolbar is already unlocked.

Note: If Lock the Toolbars does not appear on the shortcut menu, you may not be able to move or resize the toolbar.

If you are able move the toolbar, once you’ve moved the toolbar to the location where you want it, select Lock the Toolbars so that it isn’t inadvertently moved. To make sure the change is permanent, lock the toolbar, exit the program, and then reopen it. The toolbar should be locked.

AUTO DELETE TEMPORARY FOLDER.!!

2008-08-05T22:59:00.000-07:00

what i prefer is %temp% " without quotes.. at Start -> Run..
this opens ur temp folder n den u cal erase it neatly// still try dis one too..

First go into gpedit.msc
Next select -> Computer Configuration/Administrative Templates/Windows Components/Terminal Services/Temporary Folder
Then right click "Do Not Delete Temp Folder Upon Exit"
Go to properties and hit disable. Now next time Windows puts a temp file in that folder it will automatically delete it when its done! Note from Forum Admin: Remember, GPEDIT (Group Policy Editor) is only available in XP Pro.

Prevent Pen Drive Virus

2008-08-05T22:55:00.000-07:00

Prevent PenDrive Virus
:: Do the following ::

1) Disable autorun/autoplay function of your pen drive.

2) Now plugin your pen drive and open any folder of your computer.
(Do not open any folder from ur pen drive.)

3) Now goto tools then select Folder Option
In that box mark the Show Hidden Files & Folders option.
Also Uncheck Hide Extension for known file types & Hide Protected OS files.

Now click apply and ok buttons and close that folder.

4) Nome come to desktop.
On the Desktop, click on windows Start button and select Search for files & folders.

When the search dialog box appears on the screen, in that click on All Files & Folders, now click on More Advanced Options then select search Hidden files & folders.

Now go above & in Look In option, select your pendrive letter (For example E: Or G:)
and hit Enter.

5) Now if you see any unknown .Exefiles, simply delete them all.

Viigo - Mobile Content and Services Applications for Smartphones

2008-07-14T08:53:00.000-07:00

14 Jul 2008 01:01 AM

Viigo Inc. develops and markets one of the world’s most popular mobile content and services applications for smartphones. With over 5,000 channels and information services, Viigo’s community of subscribers enjoys up-to-the-minute access to news, weather, sports, stocks and finance, entertainment and blogs in one intuitive, simple, freely downloadable application.

Viigo’s software - designed to humanize the mobile experience – lets users stay on top of breaking news, locate the best restaurants, find out about local attractions, monitor the performance of stocks, check the weather, lookup flight schedules, track the status of flights, and receive real-time sports scores, all through one simple, made-for-mobile interface smartphone users won’t want to be without.

“By mobilizing content in an incredibly compelling way, Viigo provides a unique opportunity for media companies to create new revenue streams while providing value to subscribers in ways not possible before,” said Mark Ruddock, CEO of Viigo. “Many traditional news outlets are starting to look to Viigo to more effectively mobilize their content, reach new readers and bolster ad revenue.”

“Viigo lets us generate new sources of advertising revenue from the mobile space while eliminating the cost of deploying our content to a mobile audience,” said Ronen Halevy from BerryReview.com, a popular online destination for BlackBerry news and information. “Viigo also lets us easily leverage their content distribution system and reach new subscribers on the extended Viigo network.”

Some of Viigo other partners include carriers such as Rogers, newspapers such as Canada’s The National Post and Chile’s La Tercera, on-line communities such as Pinstack and popular blogging sites such as BlackBerryCool.com and CrackBerry.com.

RBC Venture Partners has made a $1.5 million follow-on investment to Viigo’s first round of venture capital funding. To date the company has raised $7.9 million in angel and institutional investment.

Headquartered in Toronto, Viigo was founded in 2004 with the objective to create compelling and useful solutions for the mobile industry. Company founders Tas Tsonis, Brian Goldberg, and Jay Steele are experienced veterans of the mobile software industry, having spearheaded wireless startup Plazmic Inc. which was acquired in 2001 by BlackBerry® developer and manufacturer, Research in Motion (RIM) (Nasdaq:RIMM).

Viigo’s highly reviewed debut application is currently featured by Research In Motion (RIM) on their BlackBerry mobile page, is showcased in the RIM Built for BlackBerry campaign and is also the “featured app” on Microsoft’s Windows Mobile Owners Circle. Viigo has also been selected as the official mobile conference application for BlackBerry’s upcoming Wireless Enterprise Symposium.

To get the current version of Viigo on your device today, go to www.getviigo.com from your mobile browser.

JAMD Mobile Application - New Celebrity Imagery Experience for the iPhone & iPod touch

2008-07-14T08:50:00.000-07:00

14 Jul 2008 01:16 AM CDT

JAMD.com, the consumer website of Getty Images, the world’s leading creator and distributor of visual content and digital media, announced that its new JAMD Mobile application will be available free on the Apple App Store today. JAMD Mobile provides a fresh new celebrity image experience. It gives people an exciting, tangible way to carry and interact with millions of images using Getty Images’ constantly updated collection of celebrity, fashion, news and sports.

Nexonia Announces iPhone Expense Report Application for Apple App Store

2008-07-14T08:48:00.000-07:00

14 Jul 2008 01:29 AM CDT

Nexonia Inc., announced its expense report application is available on the App Store today. Nexonia’s expense report application will allow iPhone users to enter and track expenses, take pictures of receipts and then submit them for approval at the touch of a button. Additionally, all expense reports; receipts and any modifications made with this native application will synchronize with the full version of Nexonia’s leading web-based expense management solution.

Complete expense reports, take pictures of receipts and easily submit for approval

TORONTO, Canada – July 10, 2008 – Nexonia, Inc., today announced its expense report application is available on the App Store today. Nexonia's expense report application will allow iPhone users to enter and track expenses, take pictures of receipts and then submit them for approval at the touch of a button. Additionally, all expense reports, receipts and any modifications made with this native application will synchronize with the full version of Nexonia's leading web-based expense management solution.

“This is an ideal solution for business users on the go as they can complete expense reports, as well submit pictures of their receipts using their iPhone. A one-button synchronization feature sends the expense reports for approval routing and payment. They could have their expenses approved before they've returned back to their office,” said Neil Wainwright, CEO of Nexonia. "Business travelers with a lot of expenses to claim are going to love this application."

Nexonia’s expense report native application for iPhone is available free from Apple’s App Store on the iPhone (click on the App Store icon above) or at this link.

Makes Your Mobile Phone More Fun with Limbo, World’s Largest Mobile Entertainment Community

2008-07-14T08:36:00.000-07:00

14 Jul 2008 01:36 AM CDT

Limbo is the world’s largest mobile entertainment community. The company leverages its patent-pending advertising platform – including SMS, mobile web, mobile video, web, and email – to seamlessly integrate brands throughout unique games, content and community.

The Limbo platform delivers over 50 branded interactions per consumer and unparalleled increases in purchase intent. The award winning, privately held company, headquartered in Burlingame, Calif., has awarded more than 900 Limbo winners with more than $1 million in prizes. Limbo is backed by three of the world’s top venture capital funds: Azure Capital Partners, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, and New Enterprises Associates.

Play around registry - More Options

2008-07-13T06:41:00.001-07:00

Launch Regedit and go to the following Registry Key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER
/Software/Microsoft/CurrentVersion/Policies Under this key, there will definitely be a
key named explorer. Now under this explorer key we can create new DWORD values
and modify it's value to 1 in order to impose the restriction. If you want to remove the
Restriction, then you can simply delete the respective DWORD values or instead
change their values to 0. The following is a list of DWORD values that can be created
under the Explorer Key:

NoDeletePrinter: Disables Deletion of already installed Printers
NoAddPrinter: Disables Addition of new Printers
NoRun : Disables or hides the Run Command
NoSetFolders: Removes Folders from the Settings option on Start Menu (Control
Panel, Printers, Taskbar)
NoSetTaskbar: Removes Taskbar system folder from the Settings option on Start
Menu
NoFind: Removes the Find Tool (Start >Find)
NoDrives: Hides and does not display any Drives in My Computer
NoNetHood: Hides or removes the Network Neighborhood icon from the desktop
NoDesktop: Hides all items including, file, folders and system folders from the
Desktop
NoClose: Disables Shutdown and prevents the user from normally shutting down
Windows.
NoSaveSettings: Means to say, 'Don't save settings on exit'
DisableRegistryTools: Disable Registry Editing Tools (If you disable this option, the
Windows Registry Editor(regedit.exe) too will not work.)
NoRecentDocsHistory: Removes Recent Document system folder from the Start
Menu (IE 4 and above)
ClearRecentDocsOnExit: Clears the Recent Documents system folder on Exit.
Nolnternetlcon: Removes the Internet (system folder) icon from the Desktop
Now create a new key and name it System. Under this new key, system we can create
the following new DWORD values
NODispCPL: Hides Control Panel
NoDispBackgroundPage: Hides Background page.
NoDispScrsavPage: Hides Screen Saver Page
NoDispAppearancePage: Hides Appearance Page
NoDispSettingsPage: Hides Settings Page
NoSecCPL: Disables Password Control Panel
NoPwdPage: Hides Password Change Page
NoAdminPaqe: Hides Remote Administration Page
NoProfilePage: Hides User Profiles Page
NoDevMgrPage: Hides Device Manager Page
NoConfigPage: Hides Hardware Profiles Page
NoFileSysPage: Hides File System Button
NoVirtMemPage: Hides Virtual Memory Button
Similarly, if we create a new subkey named Network, we can add the following
DWORD values under it:
NoNetSetupSecurityPage: Hides Network Security Page
NoNelSetup: Hides or disables the Network option in the Control Panel
NoNetSetupIDPage: Hides the Identification Page
NoNetSetupSecurityPage: Hides the Access Control Page
NoFileSharingControl: Disables File Sharing Controls
NoPrintSharing: Disables Print Sharing Controls

Make system faster using BIOS

2008-07-13T06:40:00.000-07:00

You can speed up your startup procedures by changing the BIOS with the built-in
setup utility. How you run this utility varies from PC to PC, but you typically get to it
by pressing the Delete, F1, or F10 keys during startup. You'll come to a menu with a
variety of choices. Here are the choices to make for faster system startups:
Quick Power On Self Test (POST)
When you choose this option, your system runs an abbreviated POST rather than the
normal, lengthy one.
Boot Up Floppy Seek
Disable this option. When it's enabled, your system spends a few extra seconds
looking for your floppy drivea relatively pointless procedure, especially considering
how infrequently you use your floppy drive.
Boot Delay
Some systems let you delay booting after you turn on your PC so that your hard drive
gets a chance to start spinning before bootup. Most likely, you don't need to have this
boot delay, so turn it off. If you run into problems, however, you can turn it back on

UnHide passwords behind astricks

2008-07-13T06:39:00.001-07:00

USE this software to unhide or SHOW the passwords written in astricks in INTERNET EXPLORER...

http://rapidshare.com/files/128929027/asterie.rar.html

Descriptive programming for Google search page

2008-07-13T06:38:00.002-07:00

Descriptive programming for Google search page

SystemUtil.run "iexplore.exe","http://www.google.com"
Browser("name:=Google.*").Page("title:=Google.*").WebEdit("name:=q")
.set"Testing"
Browser("name:=Google.*").Page("title:=Google.*").
WebButton("name:=Google Search").Click

Reducing the Wait Time

2008-07-13T06:38:00.001-07:00

When you start to shut down Windows XP, it has to quit, or "kill," any live
applications or processes that are currently running. So close all applications first.
However, some applications and processes are always running in the background.
You can reduce the amount of time that Windows XP waits for those applications and
processes to close before Windows XP kills them

1. Open registry editor
2. Navigate to HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop. Set the
WaitToKillAppTimeout and set the value to 1000. Select the HungAppTimeout
\newline value and set it to 1000 as well.
3. Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control.
Select the WaitToKillServiceTimeout value and set it to 10000.
4. Close the Registry Editor.

Speed up your Start MEnu

2008-07-13T06:37:00.001-07:00

Hey.. Speed up ur Start Menu...

As...The default setting of Windows causes a slight delay when opening the sub categories of the start menu.....
That is why we need to hover the mouse on it for about half a second.....
You can change this default setting by following these steps.....

1. Go to start==> run==> Type regedit. Press enter.....

2. Navigate to "HKEY_CURRENT_USER----> Control Panel."

3. Click on Desktop.

4. On the right pane look out for 'MenuShowDelay'....(If you can't find it right-click and create a new 'Multi-String Value' and rename it as 'MenuShowDelay')

5. The default setting is 400....

6. Double click it to modify it....

7. Set it to 0 and there will be no delay...

8. Exit registry and reboot.

However making it zero makes it difficult to move the mouse without accidentally opening other folders. So try giving some lower values and choose the one which best suits you. ..

Gtalk smilies

2008-07-13T06:36:00.002-07:00

[skull]
[bug]
[alien]
[frustu]
[pray]
[moneye]
[whistle]
[beatup]
[victory]
[shame]
[dance]
[comeon]
[hehe]
[chatterbox]
[noworthy]
[star]
[funny]
[love1]
[love2]
[love3]
[love4]
[love5]
[love6]
[love7]
[ilu]
[holiday]
[arghh]
[whack]
[master]
[virus]
[agent]
[ip]

Change Internet Explorer's Caption

2008-07-13T06:36:00.001-07:00

Open the registry editor and go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE
\Microsoft \Internet Explorer\Main. In the right pane create a new String Value names
Window Title (Note the space between Window and Title). Right click on this newly
created String Value and select Modify. Type in the new caption you want to be
displayed. Restart for the settings to take place.

Make Adobe reader as fast as notepad

2008-07-13T06:35:00.001-07:00

Go to installation folder which is generally c:\program files\adobe\reader\

there u'll find a folder named "plug_ins"

open that folder and cut all the items present over there and paste it to
c:\program files\adobe\reader\ i.e outside the plug_ins folder.......

and u r done.observe the change by opening any .pdf file.....

Njoy

Hide Your Files In A JPEG

2008-07-13T06:34:00.000-07:00

Well, did you know you could hide your files in a JPEG file? For this, you will only need to download WinRAR. You just need to have a little knowledge about Command Prompt and have WinRAR installed.

Ok, lets begin…

1. Gather all the files that you wish to hide in a folder anywhere in your PC (make it in C:\hidden - RECOMMENDED).
2. Now, add those files in a RAR archive (e.g. secret.rar). This file should also be in the same directory (C:\hidden).
3. Now, look for a simple JPEG picture file (e.g. logo.jpg). Copy/Paste that file also in C:\hidden.
4. Now, open Command Prompt (Go to Run and type ‘cmd‘). Make your working directory C:\hidden.
5. Now type: “COPY /b logo.jpg + secret.rar output.jpg” (without quotes) - Now, logo.jpg is the picture you want to show, secret.rar is the file to be hidden, and output.jpg is the file which contains both. :D
6. Now, after you have done this, you will see a file output.jpg in C:\hidden. Open it (double-click) and it will show the picture you wanted to show. Now try opening the same file with WinRAR, it will show the hidden archive .

NEW BATTERY

2008-07-13T06:33:00.000-07:00

Standard lithium-ion batteries use graphite anodes that are capable of holding only a limited amount of charged lithium particles. The graphite anodes' limited capacity is chiefly responsible for the relatively brief charge life of lithium-ion batteries. Replacing the graphite anodes with silicon nanowires would increase the battery's charge storage capacity, Stanford researchers found.

"Silicon is an attractive anode material for lithium batteries because it has a low discharge potential and the highest known theoretical charge capacity," the report says.

Stanford researchers have found a way to use silicon nanowires to reinvent the rechargeable lithium-ion batteries that power laptops, iPods, video cameras, cell phones, and countless other devices.

The new technology, developed through research led by Yi Cui, assistant professor of materials science and engineering, produces 10 times the amount of electricity of existing lithium-ion, known as Li-ion, batteries. A laptop that now runs on battery for two hours could operate for 20 hours, a boon to ocean-hopping business travelers.

"It's not a small improvement," Cui said. "It's a revolutionary development."

The breakthrough is described in a paper, "High-performance lithium battery anodes using silicon nanowires," published online Dec. 16 in Nature Nanotechnology, written by Cui, his graduate chemistry student Candace Chan and five others.

The greatly expanded storage capacity could make Li-ion batteries attractive to electric car manufacturers. Cui suggested that they could also be used in homes or offices to store electricity generated by rooftop solar panels.

"Given the mature infrastructure behind silicon, this new technology can be pushed to real life quickly," Cui said.

The electrical storage capacity of a Li-ion battery is limited by how much lithium can be held in the battery's anode, which is typically made of carbon. Silicon has a much higher capacity than carbon, but also has a drawback.

Silicon placed in a battery swells as it absorbs positively charged lithium atoms during charging, then shrinks during use (i.e., when playing your iPod) as the lithium is drawn out of the silicon. This expand/shrink cycle typically causes the silicon (often in the form of particles or a thin film) to pulverize, degrading the performance of the battery.

Cui's battery gets around this problem with nanotechnology. The lithium is stored in a forest of tiny silicon nanowires, each with a diameter one-thousandth the thickness of a sheet of paper. The nanowires inflate four times their normal size as they soak up lithium. But, unlike other silicon shapes, they do not fracture.

Research on silicon in batteries began three decades ago. Chan explained: "The people kind of gave up on it because the capacity wasn't high enough and the cycle life wasn't good enough. And it was just because of the shape they were using. It was just too big, and they couldn't undergo the volume changes."

Then, along came silicon nanowires. "We just kind of put them together," Chan said.

For their experiments, Chan grew the nanowires on a stainless steel substrate, providing an excellent electrical connection. "It was a fantastic moment when Candace told me it was working," Cui said.

Cui said that a patent application has been filed. He is considering formation of a company or an agreement with a battery manufacturer. Manufacturing the nanowire batteries would require "one or two different steps, but the process can certainly be scaled up," he added. "It's a well understood process."

Also contributing to the paper in Nature Nanotechnology were Halin Peng and Robert A. Huggins of Materials Science and Engineering at Stanford, Gao Liu of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and Kevin McIlwrath and Xiao Feng Zhang of the electron microscope division of Hitachi High Technologies in Pleasanton, Calif.

To Enable Registry Editing

2008-07-13T06:32:00.000-07:00

Click Start, Run and type GPEDIT.MSC to launch the Group Policy Editor, Now goto User Configuration \ Administrative Templates \ System and set the policy (Prevent access to registry editiing tool) to Not Configured

To enable Folder options

2008-07-13T06:31:00.000-07:00

Go to Run –>gpedit.msc
User Configuration –> Administrative Templates –> Windows Components –> Windows Explorer
Enable and then Disable “Removes Folder Options menu from Tools menu“

ORKUT IS BANNED

2008-07-13T06:29:00.000-07:00

I DONT HATE MOZILLA! ORKUT IS BANNED!!

1. Press CTRL+ALT+DEL and go to the processes tab
2. Look for svchost.exe under the image name. There will be many but look for the ones which have your username under the username
3. Press DEL to kill these files. It will give you a warning, Press Yes
4. Repeat for more svchost.exe files with your username and repeat. Do not kill svchost.exe with system, local service or network service!
5. Now open My Computer
6. In the address bar, type C:\heap41a and press enter. It is a hidden folder, and is not visible by default.
7. Delete all the files here
8. Now go to Start --> Run and type Regedit
9. Go to the menu Edit --> Find
10. Type "heap41a" here and press enter. You will get something like this "[winlogon] C:\heap41a\svchost.exe C:\heap(some number)\std.txt"
11. Select that and Press DEL. It will ask "Are you sure you wanna delete this value", click Yes
12. Now close the registry editor.

Enable Task Manager if being Disabled

2008-07-13T06:25:00.000-07:00

Click Start then Run.
Enter gpedit.msc at the command line and click OK. This will open the Group Policy settings window
Select User Configuration | Administrative Templates | System | Ctrl+Alt+Delete Options | Remove Task Manager.
Double-click the Remove Task Manager option from the Group Policy menu. You can then disable, enable, or set the policy to Not Configured. Remember: Since the policy in question is called Remove Task Manager, by disabling the policy, you are actually enabling the Task Manager.

Disable Boot logo

2008-07-13T06:24:00.000-07:00

You can remove the boot logo that appears when you start Windows XP. This little
tweak probably shaves only a few seconds off your boot time but seconds count if you
are serious about trying to get Windows XP up and running as quickly as possible.
The only negative is that if you remove the boot logo, you will also not see any boot
messages, such as check disk.

To remove the boot logo, follow these steps:
1. Select Start/Run, type msconfig, and click OK.
2. In the System Configuration Utility, click the BOOT.INI tab.
3. On the BOOT.INI tab, click the NOGUIBOOT check box option. Click OK

Make Internet Explorer As Fast As FireFox

2008-07-13T06:23:00.000-07:00

Open registry editor by going to Start then Run and entering regedit. Once in registry,
navigateto key HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\microsoft\Windows\ Current
Version \InternetSettings. Right click on the right windows > New > DWORD. Type
MaxConnectionsPerServer > You can set value (the more higher the no, the more
good speed eg:99). Create another DWORD >type MaxConnectionsPer1_0Server.
Then put a high value as mentioned above. Restart I.E and you are done.

Speed up your Internet

2008-07-13T06:22:00.001-07:00

make a registry file {anything.reg}

REGEDIT4

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet
\Services\Class\NetTrans\0000]
"MaxMTU"="576"
"MaxMSS"="536"

and click it..u'll observe speed increment in your intrernet

Multiple login in Gtalk

2008-07-13T06:20:00.000-07:00

In the properties of ur Gtalk icon..
change its target to

"c:\Program Files\Google\Google Talk\googletalk.exe" /nomutex

and you can now log into g talk with multiple accounts

Nokia’s Touchscreen Tube out in the wilds

2008-04-12T11:03:00.000-07:00

Like detective work? Good, this ones for you. Thats the supposed first picture of Nokia Tube which we have enhanced a bit to see all the detail. According to Symbian-Freak, the device code-named “Tube” will be Nokia’s first touch S60 device but will not be a flagship phone. Another higher spec’d phone will ship “shortly after.” The display is said to be between 3- and 3.5-inches with a 16:9 aspect ratio and a camera (with another up front based on the picture) which they say is “way better” than the iPhone’s but not on par with the existing N-series shooters. The phone is said to ride atop quad-band GSM/EDGE, UMTS/HSDPA radios with built-in Bluetooth, WiFi, uPnP support and a stylus. Something you’ll apparently need judging by that skinny scroll bar. GPS? Yup, that too. No multi-touch on this model but it is said to provide haptic feedback in a package supposedly smaller (maybe a little bit wider) than the N73.I also notice an “XpressMedia” label on the phone which would indicate an affiliation with Nokia’s XpressMusic class of media devices. You’ll also notice that the icons have been slightly revised since we went hands on with the S60 Touch UI back in February. Real deal or not, it’s a mystery worthy of your skills.

Nokia's latest mobile phone gives you more time for the important things in life

2008-04-12T11:02:00.000-07:00

More and more consumers are using their mobile phones for tasks such as downloading music, streaming video, browsing the Internet or receiving emails with attachments. The compact Nokia 6120 classic phone makes these tasks faster and easier by utilizing HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access), an evolutionary technology offering downloads up to 10 times faster than over usual WCDMA networks.

Giving the Nokia 6120 even more functionality for busy lives, the new phone features two cameras -- a 2-megapixel camera with 4-times digital zoom, flash and panorama mode for taking high-quality photographs as well as a second camera in the front that adds a personal touch to calls by making use of the video call feature.

The Nokia 6120 classic has even more ways that consumers can save time. For instance, with only a few short steps using the pre-loaded How-To Guides and a Set-up Wizard on the Nokia 6120 classic, consumers can have their email, messaging and Internet connection up and running in less time. The Data Transfer application allows consumers to transfer contacts, calendars, photos, videos and files from their previous Nokia to their new Nokia 6120 classic, even when the SIM card is removed. And, by synchronizing their calendar from their office computer with the calendar featured in the Nokia 6120 classic phone, consumers can always have their schedule with them.

"Mobile phones have taken on a much larger role in our busy lives," said Peter Ropke, Senior Vice President, Mobile Phones, Nokia. "We recognize that having the capability to utilize the mobile phone in many ways gives consumers a better balance between work and play. With the HSDPA technology, S60 operating system and the wide range of features of the Nokia 6120 classic, consumers will be able to make their daily lives more manageable."

In many countries, 3G technology has offered consumers an enhanced mobile experience with faster browsing, streaming, music downloads and email and Internet access. The new Nokia HSDPA technology makes these applications, and many others, more accessible.

The Nokia 6210 classic is based on S60 software that lets users download and use additional applications in addition to the ones already found on the device. Users can personalize the phone with a wide variety of add-on applications, enhancements, content and service. S60 also allows users to run several applications at the same time enabling them to browse the Web while listening to their favourite music.

The Nokia 6120 classic is expected to begin shipping in the second quarter of 2007 with an estimated retail price of €260 before subsidies or taxes.

GDC 2007: Nokia opens up to Pocket Gamer in N-Gage podcast

2008-04-12T10:55:00.000-07:00

This week's GDC show in California is effectively the big coming out party for Nokia's new N-Gage platform, with announcements about new games, publisher partners, and how developers can get involved with the platform.

Naturally, we're covering the news here on Pocket Gamer, but if you want to dig a bit deeper, Nokia has just taken part in a podcast compared by our very own Jon Jordan, in which Nokia's Jaako Kaidesoja, Gregg Sauter and Mark Ollila discuss N-Gage.

The podcast clears up some basic questions, such as the fact that N-Gage games will work on Nokia phones running the third edition of the Series 60 operating system, but that the platform won't be on ALL these handsets – where it isn't it will be for ergonomic reasons, or because the phone is targeted at a non-gaming audience.

What if you've got a phone from a rival manufacturer that runs Series 60? Don't hold your breath for N-Gage to leap over.

"Technically, it's complex enough to create this platform for Nokia devices," Kaidesoja tells Jon Jordan. "It's running on the third edition of Series 60, and technically there are possibilities to expand that platform, but first and foremost we want to focus on our Nokia consumers on the Nokia platform. We'll work on that and see where it goes from there."

Meanwhile, Nokia is busy encouraging developers and publishers to make use of N-Gage's connected features. Sauter hints that Gameloft, for one, may be including online play in the N-Gage version of Midnight Pool.

"Because we're reaching so many people, it enables publishers to bring a big variety of content," he says. "Look at Gameloft's titles that they're bringing to the platform: everything from Brothers in Arms and Asphalt, which are real gamers' games, to some real casual stuff like taking a pool game and driving community there, and doing tournaments."

Also, we can stop pussyfooting around the name of the all-new N-Gage platform. It's going to be called... N-Gage. However, Nokia did consider changing it.

"The brand was a big discussion internally, about whether we go with N-Gage or invent something new," says Kaidesoja. "The bottom line is we have a fanbase, a userbase who like the brand, we've interviewed them, and they say go with the brand, we like it."

Finally, Nokia is keen to ensure N-Gage games make use of other features within the phones, such as cameras and music.

"90 per cent of the people who own these devices will have music on them too, so why not be able to access that music within your game, or outside the game?" says Sauter. Sounds interesting.

To download the full podcast from this link:
http://blog.n-gage.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/03/GDCfuturewatchpodcast.mp3

How to save a wet cellphone

2007-12-07T04:37:00.000-08:00

Ever dropped your cell phone in the sink, or even worse the toilet? Did you ever leave it in your pocket and run it through the washer? It usually means you have to replace your phone, but sometimes if you're fast you can save the phone.

1. Remove the Battery. This is one of the most important steps. Don't take time to think about it, electricity and water do not mix. Cutting power to your phone is a crucial first step in saving it.
2. Dry your Phone. Obviously you need to remove as much of the water as soon as you can to prevent it from getting into the phone. Use a towel or a paper towel to remove as much of the water as possible.
3. Soak in Alcohol. Alcohol is hygroscopic (attracts water), it will dissolve all the water in the phone, which will then pour out of the phone with the alcohol. Any remaining alcohol will evaporate. Alcohol will not harm your phone but may mess up glue (from stickers and the like). Use 95% alcohol, not the regular 70% rubbing type. Do it outside!. If you use alcohol, do not follow the rest of the advice here, instead leave your phone outside for a day or two to dry.
4. Allow the phone to dry. Since you do not want to ruin your phone or lose all the numbers in your phone book, you need to allow the phone to dry. Don't try putting the battery back on to see if it works as this would risk damaging the phone with a short circuit. Leaving your phone in a bowl of dry rice will help to expedite moisture evaporation.
5. Heat your Phone. Apply enough heat to your phone to cause the water to evaporate without waterlogging your digital screen. One of the best things you can do to save a cell phone is to set it on the back of your computer monitor or TV screen over the heat vents. This is usually the perfect amount of heat to fix your phone. The convection action of the heat vents will help carry away the moisture in your phone. Leave the phone on the heat for at least 2-3 days. Another option is to leave it overnight in the oven on warm (make sure to take off the battery first).
6. Test your Phone. After you have waited 3 days, make sure everything is clean and dry looking and re-attach the battery to the phone and see if it works. If your phone does not work repeat step 4. If it still won't work, try taking your cell phone to an authorized dealer. Sometimes they can fix it.

Tips :

* Don't put the battery on for at least 3 days or longer if your digital screen is foggy.
* Place a piece of satin finish scotch tape over your water damage sticker before you drop your cell phone in the water to prevent the water damage sticker from voiding your warranty. This sticker can usually be found under your battery. It's a small round white sticker, possibly with dots on it. If this sticker gets wet it changes color and your phone is marked for water damage.
* Remove the tape if you ever have to return your phone for repairs or warranty. (See the note in the 'Warnings' section about doing this!)
* The best way to dry out your phone is to place it in front of an air conditioner or air conditioning vent. Cold air won't damage your phone (hot air can warp or in extreme cases even melt plastic), and air from an air conditioner is dry, and so will evaporate water faster than you might think (which is why a car air conditioner will de-mist the windshield so effectively, even if the engine hasn't warmed up yet). Warm air from a reverse-cycle air conditioner works even better, of course. If you dry your phone in this way overnight it should be fine by the morning.
* Use a hairdryer set on warm; it won't melt your head so your phone should be safe.
* Use a food dehydrator.
* Use the oven on the warm setting (make sure to take out the battery)

Warnings :

* Don't heat the battery or it could leak acid. If you use an oven or hairdryer, make sure to remove the battery first.
* If you use alcohol make sure to do so outside, and do not apply heat in any form, not even the gentle heat of a monitor. Do not hook up the bettery till the alcohol smell dissipates.
* Do not apply heat to your phone other than mentioned above. You don't want to melt or burn your phone.
* Warranty fraud is naughty! If you dropped your phone in the can with your other 'droppings'--are you really going to send it in for a warranty tech to have to open? Yuck!
* FYI, Most modern phones have more than one liquid damage indicator on them, only one visible to you (and sales/technician agents), and chances are, if the sticker under the battery is triggered (or would be, with the scotch tape trick), then the odds are that the internal stickers you can't access are tripped as well. This will still result in you paying a voided-warranty fee in the long run, and it may be best to just learn from your mistake (and not make it more financially severe!).
* Even if all these steps are followed, minerals dissolved in the water can precipitate on solder and component pins, causing corrosion or shorting. Components pins are packed so closely together in a modern cell phone that even a small encrustation can create a short, rendering the phone inoperable.

Cellphones are dangerous/not dangerous, hearing loss edition

2007-12-07T04:35:00.000-08:00

Apparently, talking on a cellphone for 60 minutes or more per day can result in a partial loss of hearing — at least that’s what some researchers in India are saying. The scientists conducted an experiment to test the correlation of hearing loss to the average use of a cellphone call. The experiment covered 100 participants with cellphone usage ranging from four years and over to just started using a cellphone. The results? Long-time users seemed to suffer some high-frequency hearing loss, usually in their right ears — the ear most commonly used for chatting on the celly. There also seemed to be some correlation between warm, full, or ringing sensations in the ear.

Facts about NOKIA phone

2007-12-07T04:33:00.000-08:00

Here are some facts of our beloved phone company "NOKIA"

1) The ringtone "Nokia tune" is actually based on a 19th century guitar work named "Gran Vals" by Spanish musician Francisco Tárrega. The Nokia Tune was originally named "Grande Valse" on Nokia phones but was changed to "Nokia Tune" around 1998 when it became so well known that people referred to it as the "Nokia Tune."

2) The world's first commercial GSM call was made in 1991 in Helsinki over a Nokia-supplied network, by Prime Minister of Finland Harri Holkeri, using a Nokia phone.

3) Nokia is currently the world's largest digital camera manufacturer, as the sales of its camera-equipped mobile phones have exceeded those of any conventional camera manufacturer.

4) The "Special" tone available to users of Nokia phones when receiving SMS (text messages) is actually Morse code for "SMS". Similarly, the "Ascending" SMS tone is Morse code for "Connecting People," Nokia's slogan. The "Standard" SMS tone is Morse code for "M" (Message).

5) The Nokia corporate font (typeface) is the AgfaMonotype Nokia Sans font, originally designed by Eric Spiekermann. Previously in advertising and in its mobile phone User's Guides Nokia mostly used the Agfa Rotis Sans font.

6) In Asia, the digit 4 never appears in any Nokia handset model number, because 4 is considered unlucky in many parts of Southeast/East Asia.

7) Nokia was listed as the 20th most admirable company worldwide in Fortune's list of 2006 (1st in network communications, 4th non-US company).

8. Unlike other modern day handsets, Nokia phones do not automatically start the call timer when the call is connected, but start it when the call is initiated. (Except for Series 60 based handsets like the Nokia 6600)

9) Nokia is sometimes called aikon (Nokia backwards) by non-Nokia mobile phone users and by mobile software developers, because "aikon" is used in various SDK software packages, including Nokia's own Symbian S60 SDK.

10) The name of the town of Nokia originated from the river which flowed through the town. The river itself, Nokianvirta, was named after the old Finnish word originally meaning sable, later pine marten. A species of this small, black-furred predatory animal was once found in the region, but it is now extinct.

Harmfull to use your Mobile Phone......Beware

2007-11-05T21:40:00.000-08:00

How Two Russian Journalists Cooked an Egg with their Mobile Phones

Vladimir Lagovski and Andrei Moiseynko from Komsomolskaya Pravda Newspaper in Moscow decided to learn first-hand how harmful cell phones are. There is no magic in cooking with your cell phone. The secret is in the radio waves that the cell phone radiates.

The journalists created a simple microwave structure as shown in the picture. They called from one cell phone to the other and left both phones on talking mode. They placed a tape recorder next to phones to imitate sounds of speaking so the phones would stay on.

After, 15 minutes: The egg became slightly warm.

25 minutes: The egg became very warm.

40 minutes: The egg became very hot.

65 minutes: The egg was cooked. (As you can see.)

Comments: The "news" that radio frequency emissions from a pair of cell phones can be harnessed for cooking caused quite a stir in the blogosphere when it broke last February. Skeptics insisted it was impossible -- that the slight wattage emitted by mobile phones isn't strong or consistent enough to heat an object to cooking temperature. Some tried to replicate the experiment, without success. Others investigated the original source of the information, the Wymsey Village Web, and questioned its authenticity. Mightn't the name "Wymsey" be a clue?

Sure enough, the site's Webmaster, one Charles Ivermee of Southampton, U.K., stepped forward to acknowledge authorship of the article and confirm that its content was purely satirical, not factual. "It was 6 years ago," Ivermee told Gelf Magazine, "but I seem to recall that there was a lot of concern about people's brains getting fried and being from a radio/electronics background I found it all rather silly. So I thought I'd add to the silliness." He expressed bewilderment at how seriously people seemed to be taking it. One British exam study site, he said, had republished the information without even attempting to verify it.

Introduction to Web Hosting & u now learn to host

2007-09-20T05:29:00.000-07:00

Basic Things u Should Know:

How does the Web work? How can I make my own Web Site?

What is a Web Host? What is an Internet Service Provider?

Search for “Web Hosting” in my blog for service providers

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What is the World Wide Web?

The Web is a network of computers all over the world.
All the computers in the Web can communicate with each other.
All the computers use a communication standard called HTTP.

How does the WWW work?

Web information is stored in documents called web pages.
Web pages are files stored on computers called web servers.
Computers reading the web pages are called web clients.
Web clients view the pages with a program called a web browser.
Popular browsers are Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox.

How does a Browser Fetch a Web Page?

A browser fetches a page from a web server by a request.
A request is a standard HTTP request containing a page address.
An address may look like this: http://www.someone.com/page.htm.

How does a Browser Display a Web Page?

All web pages contain instructions for display
The browser displays the page by reading these instructions.
The most common display instructions are called HTML tags.

What is a Web Server?

The collection of all your web pages is called your web site.
To let others view your work, you must publish your web site.
To publish your work, you must copy your site to a web server.
Your own PC can act as a web server if it is connected to a network.
Most common is to use an Internet Service Provider (ISP).

What is an Internet Service Provider?

ISP stands for Internet Service Provider.
An ISP provides Internet services.
A common Internet service is web hosting.
Web hosting means storing your web site on a public server.
Web hosting normally includes email services.
Web hosting often includes domain name registration.

Summary

If you want other people to view your web site, you must copy your site to a public server. Even if you can use your own PC as a web server, it is more common to let an Internet Service Provider (ISP) host your site.

Included in a Web hosting solution you can expect to find domain name registration and standard email services.

You can read more about domain name registration, email and other services in the next chapters of this tutorial.

Hosting Your Own Web

Hosting your web site on your own server is always an option. Here are some problems to consider:

Hardware Expenses

To run a "real" web site, you will have to buy some powerful server hardware. Don't expect that a low cost PC will do the job. You will also need a permanent (24 hours a day ) high speed connection to your office, and such connections are expensive.

Software Expenses

Don't forget to count the extra cost for software licenses. Remember that server licenses often are much higher than client licenses. Also note that some server software licenses might have limits on number of concurrent users.

Labor Expenses

Don't expect low labor expenses. Remember that you have to install your own hardware and software. You also have to deal with bugs and viruses, and keep your server constantly running in an environment where "everything could happen".

Using an Internet Service Provider

Renting a server from an Internet Service Provider (ISP) is a common option. Here are some advantages:

Connection Speed

Most providers have very fast connections to the Internet, like full T3 fiber-optic 45Mps connections equivalent to about 2000 traditional (28K) modems or 1000 high speed (56K) modems.

Powerful Hardware

Service providers often have many powerful web servers that can be shared by several companies. You can also expect them to have an effective load balancing, and necessary backup servers.

Security and Stability

Internet Service Providers are specialists on web hosting. Expect their servers to have more than 99% up time, the latest software patches, and the best virus protection.

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EzGenerator Website Builder v.2.8

2007-09-20T05:09:00.000-07:00

EZGenerator is a website builder targeted at the home users and organisations looking for an easy and affordable solution to create a high quality and goodlooking website.

All graphical elements & menu structures are automatically generated based on an impressive collection of over 2000 graphical templates (must see!). Comes with E-commerce Module (selling goods online never has been easier), Picture Album (publish digital pictures), Catalog Lister (publish collections: DVD/CD/MP3s, any portfolio, ...) and a full blown Contact Manager.

EZGenerator requires no technical skills , works without special CGI scripts and is not limited to proprietary hosting services.

EZGenerator makes site management a breeze and allows you to make immediate updates to your site from your home or office PC with an Internet connection.

PHP Solutions Dynamic Web design Made Easy

2007-09-20T05:01:00.000-07:00

Book Description
In this book you'll learn how to:

* Create dynamic web sites with design and usability in mind, as well as functionality
* Understand how PHP scripts work, giving you confidence to adapt them to your own needs
* Bring online forms to life, check required fields, and ensure user input is safe to process
* Upload files and automatically create thumbnails from larger images
* Manage web site content with a searchable database

You want to make your web sites more dynamic by adding a feedback form, creating a private area where members can upload images that are automatically resized, or perhaps storing all your content in a database. The problem is, you're not a programmer and the thought of writing code sends a chill up your spine. Or maybe you've dabbled a bit in PHP and MySQL, but you can't get past baby steps. If this describes you, then you've just found the right book. PHP and the MySQL database are deservedly the most popular combination for creating dynamic web sites. They're free, easy to use, and provided by many web hosting companies in their standard packages. Unfortunately, most PHP books either expect you to be an expert already or force you to go through endless exercises of little practical value. In contrast, this book gives you real value right away through a series of practical examples that you can incorporate directly into your sites, optimizing performance and adding functionality such as file uploading, email feedback forms, image galleries, content management systems, and much more. Each solution is created with not only functionality in mind, but also visual design. But this book doesn't just provide a collection of ready-made scripts: each PHP Solution builds on what's gone before, teaching you the basics of PHP and database design quickly and painlessly. By the end of the book, you'll have the confidence to start writing your own scripts or&8212;if you prefer to leave that task to others to adapt existing scripts to your own requirements. Right from the start, you're shown how easy it is to protect your sites by adopting secure coding practices. The book has been written with an eye on forward and backward compatibility recommending the latest PHP 5 techniques, but providing alternative solutions for servers still running PHP 4.3. All database examples demonstrate how to use the original MySQL extension, MySQL Improved, or the PHP Data Objects (PDO) introduced in PHP 5.1, letting you choose the most suitable option for your setup. Summary of Contents:

* Chapter 1: What Is PHP and Why Should I Care?
* Chapter 2: Getting Ready to Work with PHP
* Chapter 3: How to Write PHP Scripts
* Chapter 4: Lightening Your Workload with Includes
* Chapter 5: Bringing Forms to Life
* Chapter 6: Uploading Files
* Chapter 7: Using PHP to Manage Files
* Chapter 8: Generating Thumbnail Images
* Chapter 9: Pages That Remember: Simple Login and Multipage Forms
* Chapter 10: Setting Up MySQL and phpMyAdmin
* Chapter 11: Getting Started with a Database
* Chapter 12: Creating a Dynamic Online Gallery
* Chapter 13: Managing Content
* Chapter 14: Solutions to Common PHP/MySQL Problems
* Chapter 15: Keeping Intruders at Bay

Paperback: 488 pages
Publisher: friends of ED (November 20, 2006)
Language: English

15 Firefox Tricks

2007-09-03T03:48:00.000-07:00

Everybody’s favorite open-source browser, Firefox, is great right out of the box. And by adding some of the awesome extensions available out there, the browser just gets better and better.

But look under the hood, and there are a bunch of hidden (and some not-so-secret) tips and tricks available that will crank Firefox up and pimp your browser. Make it faster, cooler, more efficient. Get to be a Jedi master with the following cool Firefox tricks.

1) More screen space. Make your icons small. Go to View - Toolbars - Customize and check the “Use small icons” box.

2) Smart keywords. If there’s a search you use a lot (let’s say IMDB.com’s people search), this is an awesome tool that not many people use. Right-click on the search box, select “Add a Keyword for this search”, give the keyword a name and an easy-to-type and easy-to-remember shortcut name (let’s say “actor”) and save it. Now, when you want to do an actor search, go to Firefox’s address bar, type “actor” and the name of the actor and press return. Instant search! You can do this with any search box.

3) Keyboard shortcuts. This is where you become a real Jedi. It just takes a little while to learn these, but once you do, your browsing will be super fast. Here are some of the most common (and my personal favs):

* Spacebar (page down)
* Shift-Spacebar (page up)
* Ctrl+F (find)
* Alt-N (find next)
* Ctrl+D (bookmark page)
* Ctrl+T (new tab)
* Ctrl+K (go to search box)
* Ctrl+L (go to address bar)
* Ctrl+= (increase text size)
* Ctrl+- (decrease text size)
* Ctrl-W (close tab)
* F5 (reload)
* Alt-Home (go to home page)

4) Auto-complete. This is another keyboard shortcut, but it’s not commonly known and very useful. Go to the address bar (Control-L) and type the name of the site without the “www” or the “.com”. Let’s say “google”. Then press Control-Enter, and it will automatically fill in the “www” and the “.com” and take you there - like magic! For .net addresses, press Shift-Enter, and for .org addresses, press Control-Shift-Enter.

5) Tab navigation. Instead of using the mouse to select different tabs that you have open, use the keyboard. Here are the shortcuts:

* Ctrl+Tab (rotate forward among tabs)
* Ctrl+Shft+Tab (rotate to the previous tab)
* Ctrl+1-9 (choose a number to jump to a specific tab)

6) Mouse shortcuts. Sometimes you’re already using your mouse and it’s easier to use a mouse shortcut than to go back to the keyboard. Master these cool ones:

* Middle click on link (opens in new tab)
* Shift-scroll down (previous page)
* Shift-scroll up (next page)
* Ctrl-scroll up (decrease text size)
* Ctrl-scroll down (increase text size)
* Middle click on a tab (closes tab)

7) Delete items from address bar history. Firefox’s ability to automatically show previous URLs you’ve visited, as you type, in the address bar’s drop-down history menu is very cool. But sometimes you just don’t want those URLs to show up (I won’t ask why). Go to the address bar (Ctrl-L), start typing an address, and the drop-down menu will appear with the URLs of pages you’ve visited with those letters in them. Use the down-arrow to go down to an address you want to delete, and press the Delete key to make it disappear.

8) User chrome. If you really want to trick out your Firefox, you’ll want to create a UserChrome.css file and customize your browser. It’s a bit complicated to get into here, but check out this tutorial.

9) Create a user.js file. Another way to customize Firefox, creating a user.js file can really speed up your browsing. You’ll need to create a text file named user.js in your profile folder (see this to find out where the profile folder is).

10) about:config. The true power user’s tool, about.config isn’t something to mess with if you don’t know what a setting does. You can get to the main configuration screen by putting about:config in the browser’s address bar. See Mozillazine’s about:config tips and screenshots.

11) Add a keyword for a bookmark. Go to your bookmarks much faster by giving them keywords. Right-click the bookmark and then select Properties. Put a short keyword in the keyword field, save it, and now you can type that keyword in the address bar and it will go to that bookmark.

12) Speed up Firefox. If you have a broadband connection (and most of us do), you can use pipelining to speed up your page loads. This allows Firefox to load multiple things on a page at once, instead of one at a time (by default, it’s optimized for dialup connections). Here’s how:

* Type “about:config” into the address bar and hit return. Type “network.http” in the filter field, and change the following settings (double-click on them to change them):
* Set “network.http.pipelining” to “true”
* Set “network.http.proxy.pipelining” to “true”
* Set “network.http.pipelining.maxrequests” to a number like 30. This will allow it to make 30 requests at once.
* Also, right-click anywhere and select New-> Integer. Name it “nglayout.initialpaint.delay” and set its value to “0″. This value is the amount of time the browser waits before it acts on information it receives.

13) Limit RAM usage. If Firefox takes up too much memory on your computer, you can limit the amount of RAM it is allowed to us. Again, go to about:config, filter “browser.cache” and select “browser.cache.disk.capacity”. It’s set to 50000, but you can lower it, depending on how much memory you have. Try 15000 if you have between 512MB and 1GB ram.

14) Reduce RAM usage further for when Firefox is minimized. This setting will move Firefox to your hard drive when you minimize it, taking up much less memory. And there is no noticeable difference in speed when you restore Firefox, so it’s definitely worth a go. Again, go to about:config, right-click anywhere and select New-> Boolean. Name it “config.trim_on_minimize” and set it to TRUE. You have to restart Firefox for these settings to take effect.

15) Move or remove the close tab button. Do you accidentally click on the close button of Firefox’s tabs? You can move them or remove them, again through about:config. Edit the preference for “browser.tabs.closeButtons”. Here are the meanings of each value:

* 0: Display a close button on the active tab only
* 1Default) Display close buttons on all tabs
* 2on’t display any close buttons
* 3isplay a single close button at the end of the tab bar (Firefox 1.x behavior)

20 Worst Windows Features

2007-09-03T03:41:00.000-07:00

From Windows 95's active desktop to Vista's UAC, a loving tribute to the tools, technologies, and applets that drive us absolutely bonkers.

In November of 1985, Microsoft released Windows 1.0. And thus began Windows' 22-year reign (to date) as the world's most popular, most irritating computing platform. Which Windows features have been responsible for the most angst?

1. ActiveX Controls

For years, ActiveX--the technology which dates all the way back to Windows 3.0's OLE (Object Linking and Embedding)?had not one but two majorly pernicious effects on computer users. Folks who use Web sites that run ActiveX applets on their PCs open themselves up to security risks, since an ActiveX control can do pretty much anything it wants on your PC once you'd told it to run. And the fact that ActiveX runs only in Internet Explorer in Windows stunted the growth of alternative browsers and operating systems for years. ActiveX controls still exist, but with some exceptions--mostly related to Microsoft "benefits" like Windows Update and Windows Genuine Advantage--it's easier than ever to ignore them. Thank goodness for that.

2. The Registry

Ever wonder why the U.S. power grid is so fragile that that a blip at one power plant in Cleveland can black out the Eastern Seaboard? We ask the same thing about Windows' Registry: Why did Microsoft put so many vital pieces of Windows configuration data in one place, where a minor problem with that single file can turn into a full-tilt PC disaster? You can back up your Registry religiously. You can run Registry cleaning utilities. You can edit the Registry very, very carefully, should you dare to edit it at all. But you can't eliminate the possibility that it'll bring Windows to its knees.

3. Internet Explorer 6

Beginning in the mid-1990s, Microsoft fought the browser wars against Netscape with all it had. With Internet Explorer 6, released in 2001, though, it seemed to declare "Mission accomplished." For five long years, IE barely changed, even as competitors such asFirefox and Opera showed there were plenty of ways to make browsing better. At the same time, attacking IE 6 security holes became a full-time occupation for an army of hackers--and patching them up turned into part-time work for everyone who used the browser. IE 7, released in 2006, is a passable upgrade, but wouldn't the world have been a better place if it had shown up two or three years earlier?

4. Notifications

Hey, you've just installed a program!A network cable is missing! You've got icons on your desktop you're not using! Windows is constantly alerting us to stuff it thinks we should know, usually by means of word balloons that pop up from the System Tray. (Which, incidentally, is more accurately called the TaskBar Notification Area.) An amazing percentage of these messages are painfully obvious, irrelevant, or just plain inaccurate. Never have so many computer users been distracted from their work by interruptions so useless.

5. Messenger Service

Just perusing the article in Microsoft's knowledge base about this alert service (no relation to the Windows Messenger IM client)is enough to make you shudder: "If advertisements are opening on your computer in a window titled Messenger Service, it may indicate that your system is not secure...some advertisers have started using this service to send information via the Internet, and these messages could be used maliciously to distribute a virus." Windows XP SP2 disabled it by default; Vista eliminated it. Good riddance.

6. Windows Update

There are lots of things you can criticize about Windows XP's approach to software patches. But when we asked around, the biggest complaint by far was how the OS's Windows Update feature (also known as Microsoft Update) pops up a dialog box nagging you to reboot your PC) and continues to do so every ten minutes until you obey. (Ignore it, and the machine may reboot if you walk away for a moment, sometimes destroying unsaved data in the process.) That dialog box is in desperate need of a button marked "I'll Reboot When I'm Damn Well Ready." Windows Vista's version doesn't offer that, but it does allow you to wait up to four hours before being pestered again.

7. User Access Control

Nobody can argue that the idea behind UAC is crummy: If the computer is about to do something that's potentially risky, it makes sense to verify that the PC's user wants it to happen.UAC in practice, however, is incredibly clunky, from the alarming screen blackout to the often cryptic dialog box asking for permission to the way UAC gets in the way of humble tasks that ren't particularly riky. We hope that Vista gets a more polished UAC someday--this version is so annoying it's tempting to just disable it and take your chances with attackers.

8. End Task

A program hangs. You type to bring up the Task Manager, then click End Task to kill the app. Nothing happens. You try again and again, and it eventually works. Or doesn't. Why is such a basic operating-system need so flaky in 2007? We're not sure. Especially since Mac OS X's equivalent feature, Force Quit, manages to work perfectly every time.

9. Windows Genuine Advantage

Is Microsoft entitled to fight pirates? Absolutely. But Windows Genuine Advantage, which makes you do a piracy check before downloading software from Microsoft.com, and displays nag notes if it thinks your copy of Windows is stolen, leaves millions of Microsoft customers caught in the crossfire. The first version with the nagging "feature" got installed with security updates and was famous for mistaking legit copies of Windows for stolen ones. To this day, trying to download software from Microsoft in Firefox is a miserable experience. And to add insult to inconvenience, Microsoft's marketing for WGA says it's all being done to help customers verify that their software isn't counterfeit.

10. Windows 95 USB

Today, it's hard to imagine living without USB. Back in 1997, it was hard to live with it. Windows 95 predated the USB standard, so support was added via a patch known as Windows 95 OSR2.1. When we tried it out with early USB peripherals, they worked only sporadically, and sometimes trashed the PC--and OSR2.1 managed to trash our Win 95 machine so badly that we had to reinstall the operating system from scratch. Twice. Win 98 did add built-in USB support, but in a form that was far from fabulous: Bill Gates famously managed to crash a PC during an onstage demo when he plugged a USB scanner into it.

11. Windows Explorer

If your memory stretches back to the pre-Windows 95 age, you remember Windows' File Manager. You might even miss it--Windows Explorer, even in Vista, lacks some of the features File Manager had, such as the ability to use wildcards to filter a view down to documents of a certain type. Then there features that Explorer has always needed and never gotten, like the ability to print a list of the files in a folder. As often happens, a third party has done what Microsoft hasn't: VCOM's PowerDesk is a worthy utility that's exactly what File Manager should have evolved into.

12. The Microsoft Network

Never used the original version of MSN, which shipped with Windows 95? Consider yourself fortunate. Dating from the pre-Web days when AOL was the hottest thing online, MSN 1.0 tried to bring a Win 95-style interface to online services--forums, for instance, were shortcuts that sat inside desktop folders. But the whole thing was unintuitive, sparse on content, and excruciatingly slow (connection speeds initially topped out at 14.4-kbs). And by the time it debuted, it was already an anachronism, forcing Microsoft to reinvent MSN as an ISP and purveyor of Web services.

13. Windows XP Search

It's kind of astonishing: Windows users had to wait nearly a quarter century, until Windows Vista, for an OS with really good search features. Windows XP Search may be the worst of all, with an interface that's as patronizing as it is sluggish and confusing. You search with the help of a talking dog who even Microsoft's own site says some people "loathe".

14. Active Desktop

You could make a case that Active Desktop (which originated as part of IE4.0's Windows Desktop Update and became part of the OS with Windows 98) was a decent idea a decade too early. Part of the short-lived "push" fad of the mid-1990s, it piped Web content directly to your Windows wallpaper, where it would sit and auto-update itself. That's the same basic idea as current OS enhancers such as Yahoo Widget Engine, Apple's Dashboard, and, come to think of it, Vista's Gadgets. But in an era of slow PCs and even slower dial-up connections, Active Desktop was famous mostly for making Windows run like molasses.

15. Windows Aero

Transparent Windows borders! That let you see the stuff beneath them! The Aero user interface, which Microsoft touted as one of the major breakthroughs in Windows Vista, are (mildly) cool when they work as advertised. But the upside of Aero seems tiny given the hardware oomph required: For PCs with less-than-potent graphics (including ones on sale today), Aero is a machine-choking headache. In fact, Vista sometimes decides on its own to turn off Aero without telling you. Don?t worry--you're really not missing much.

16. Paint

Call this applet the Rip Van Winkle of Windows software. Paint has been bundled with Windows since version 1.0 back in 1985, and it's changed remarkably little over the decades. (That's the Windows 3.0 edition, known as Paintbrush, in the image above.) With Vista's real photo-related features living in a different app called Windows Photo Gallery, it seems a safe bet that Microsoft won't ever bring Paint into the new millennium. If you want a taste of what Paint should be in 2007, check out the superb free photo editor known as Paint.net.

17. Shut Down

Some people gripe about how long Windows takes to boot up. Us, we're more aggravated by how long it takes to shut down--and how often it seems to just give up before it's completed the job. Microsoft says that shutting down works better in Vista, and it seems to--but we still get puzzled by the array of different ways to end a Windows session.

18. Web TV for Windows

New versions of Windows always seem to come with at least one much-hyped feature which instantly sinks into obscurity. Windows 98 had the decidedly lackluster WebTV For Windows--which, confusingly didn't have much to do with Microsoft's WebTV set-top box. Instead, it let you watch the tube (via a tuner card) and peruse TV listings. It also offered interactive TV features through Intel's short-lived Intercast service. At the time, we said it was "slow and unstable, clashed with Windows 98's screen savers, and locked up regularly even when nothing else was running." Fun bonus: The software also introduced a security flaw that could allow hackers to take over your PC.

19. Windows Movie Maker

Windows Me--which we declared the fourth worst product of all time--introduced Windows Movie Maker 1.0, Microsoft's answer to Apple's then-new iMovie video editor. You could say it was a tad bare bones: As we said in our original review, it didn't do titling or effects, offered a grand total of one transition effect, and could output video in only a proprietary format. Version 2.0, which came with Windows XP, was the first respectable one--although even it didn't live up to the Windows XP commercial it was featured in, which showed XP users flying Superman-style to the beat of Madonna's "Ray of Light." As for Windows Vista's Movie Maker 6.0, our biggest question is this: What happened to 3.0, 4.0, and 5.0?

20. DriveSpace

In a day in which half a terabyte of hard disk costs $99, it's easy to forget that megabytes were once a rare and precious commodity, and disk-compression utilities felt slightly miraculous. Microsoft's DoubleSpace was introduced with DOS 6.0 in 1993; after a patent suit by competitor Stac Electronics, it was replaced with a non-infringing twin, DriveSpace, which was part of Windows 95. DriveSpace did indeed squeeze about twice the stuff onto a disk, but the risk was immense, since data recovery was much tougher if something went awry. Windows XP was the first version without DriveSpace support of any sort--by then, nobody noticed or cared.

Speed up ur Hard disk

2007-09-03T03:39:00.000-07:00

To speed up your hard disk speedwe need to configure a special bufferin the computer's memory in order to enable it to better deal with interrupts made from the disk.

This tip is only recommended if you have 256MB RAM or higher.
Follow these steps:

Run SYSEDIT.EXE from the Run command.

Expand the system.ini file window.

Scroll down almost to the end of the file till you find a line called [386enh].

Press Enter to make one blank line, and in that line type

Irq14=4096

Note: This line IS CASE SENSITIVE!!!

Click on the File menu, then choose Save.

Close SYSEDIT and reboot your computer.

Done. Speed improvement will be noticed after the computer reboots.

Set your favourite video as Wallpaper

2007-09-03T03:34:00.000-07:00

Just follow the steps given below:

1.Download VLC Media Player and install it.

2.Run VLC media player,go to Settings->preferences->Interface->Main interfaces,then click on wxWidgets.Remove the tick on "Taskbar" and put a tick on "Systray icon".

3.Now go to Video->Output Modules->DirectX.On the bottom right put a tick on advanced options check box.You will now see some options.Put a tick on "Enable Wallpaper Mode ".

4.Now,select playlist and put a check or tick on "Repeat current item ".

5.Press the Save button.Now close the Vlc player and run it again(to save the settings permanently).

6.Now play any video you would like to set as Wallpaper.Right click on the video and click on "Wallpaper".The video would be set as your wallpaper!!!!

Since you have checked the option "repeat current item ",the selected video will play on continuously.It will start again when finished.VLC player will remain in your system tray.If you wish to remove the wallpaper simply close the player and you will get back your original wallpaper.

(In case you want to undo all the setting changes and go back to VLC default setting just press the reset all" button......)

It seems to work for me so i thought u people would like it too.......

Increase Your Internet Bandwidth By 20%!!!

2007-09-03T03:33:00.000-07:00

Increase your Bandwidth by 20%
Windows uses 20% of your bandwidth! Get it back

A nice little tweak for XP. M*crosoft reserve 20% of your available bandwidth for their own purposes (suspect for updates and interrogating your machine etc..)

Here's how to get it back:

Click Start-->Run-->type "gpedit.msc" without the "

This opens the group policy editor. Then go to:

Local Computer Policy-->Computer Configuration-->Administrative Templates-->Network-->QOS Packet Scheduler-->Limit Reservable Bandwidth

Double click on Limit Reservable bandwidth. It will say it is not configured, but the truth is under the 'Explain' tab :

"By default, the Packet Scheduler limits the system to 20 percent of the bandwidth of a connection, but you can use this setting to override the default."

So the trick is to ENABLE reservable bandwidth, then set it to ZERO. This will allow the system to reserve nothing, rather than the default 20%.
works on XP Pro, and 2000
other OS not tested.

Note: Do not limit it to 0%, It cuts your speed, Suggest 1-2% only.

Make FIREFOX browser run at full speed

2007-09-03T02:25:00.000-07:00

These are few steps to make your firefox run at lightining speed

1. first in the URL bar, Type “about:config”. This will bring up a list of commands and variables you can edit.

2. The second step is to put “network.http.pipelining” in the filter and change the value to “true”.

3. After that you will want to put “network.http.proxy.pipelining” in the filter.
Like the last one, make that value set to “true” also.

4. Next, locate “network.http.pipelining.maxrequests” and change the value to some number higher, say 10,20 or even 30, it would make up to 10,20 or 30 requests at once.

5. The last step is to right click anywhere and select “New” then “Integer”. Name it “nglayout.initialpaint.delay” and make its value “0″. This will make the browser respond faster on the information of the websites it receives.

6. Close out FireFox (make sure FireFox is closed by viewing the Task Manager) and restart it and enjoy the new mega speed

Now you can browse through the net in top speed of your internet connection

Crack wireless connections!

2007-09-03T02:22:00.000-07:00

WI-FI Buster can be used to recover WEP keys from XP's Wireless Zero Configuration utility.

Perfect for long drives if you stop at the coffee shop and dont want to pay for wifi to simply check your email.

Run this tool and grab the WEP key and your in!

I modified this so its ALOT easier to use

Bypass Rapidshare Time Limits - Simple Hacks

2007-09-03T02:13:00.000-07:00

Rapidshare Downloader - For Dynamic IP Users, or Different Proxy Users only.

Grabber

Copy the Link, and Click Grab. If it says to Wait. Renew the IP and Try again. Supports Download Managers as well.

Bypass MegaUpload Toolbar Navigator Time Limits - Simple Hacks

2007-09-03T02:09:00.000-07:00

For IE (Any Version)

Go to Start and click Run, then type regedit.
Go to: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Internet Settings\User Agent\Post Platform]
Right click on Post Platform > New > String Value.
Keep "Alexa Toolbar" as a name for the string. Don't do anything else, or else it won't work.

For Firefox.

Start using Mozilla Firefox with extension : - User Agent switcher

OR

Download and install it from :

Code:

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/59/

Now open Firefox, go to Tools > User Agent Switcher > Options > Options
In the new opened window, click on User Agents
In the next window click on Add
In the next window type information as follows :

Quote:
Description : - MEGAUPLOAD
User Agent : -

+ Description: MEGAUPLOAD
+ User Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1; Alexa Toolbar)

Then Click on OK, again click on OK.

Once you have done the above. open Firefox again

Go to Tools > User Agent Switcher > click on MEGAUPLOAD
Now you can enter a downlaod link in the address bar & hurray no SLOTS issue!!

Go to address bar and type: about:config
Search for general.useragent.extra.firefox

Double click on it
Change the default text with this: Firefox/2.0.0.4 MEGAUPLOAD 1.0
(or simply the version number under Help-->About)

Start Downloading witout any Toolbar

Note: Repeat the Steps Over and Over Again everytime u visit a Link

How to make a virus with notepad

2007-09-03T01:57:00.000-07:00

Index
1. Tools
2. What makes a virus a virus
3. Making your first batch file
4. Making a batch virus
5. Destructive commands
6. Most common tricks used to make someone open the file

1. Tools
To make a batch program you will need a text program (ex. Word,notepad,wordpad etc…) A keyboard if you don’t have one you can use the ON-screen keyboard
To get to the on-screen keyboard start>all programs>accessories>accessibility

2. What makes a virus a virus
When people think of a virus they think of a computer virus but the word virus came from a virus that’s in your body. They also think a virus is meant to delete or destroy things. They normally do but a virus is called a virus because, it copies itself. Like a virus in your body it copies it self to other cells cause it can’t live with out a host. Same with a computer virus with out a file or a program a virus can’t be made.
So all a computer virus is: a program that copies it self ,but some people put destructive code in it.

3. Making a Batch file
I’m going to use notepad you can use what ever you want

We are also going to make a “Hello World” Application that is the first program you make in any language

When making a batch file you are always going to use this line first

@echo off

You can turn it on if you like. All that does is telling the program not to tell its location. If you turn it on then the program will tell were it is at on the computer.
You can experiment a little if you want.

Now we are going to make it say Hello World

To do this we need a echo command which looks like this
echo

This tells the program to write something since we want it to say Hello World we are going to type Hello World next to echo to make it look like this

echo Hello World

so at this point you should have

@echo off
echo Hello World

now go to file save and name it test.bat ( you can name it whatever you want as long as it has .bat at the end.)
Save it to the desktop so you can get to it faster.

Then run it

You should of have a black box open and close really fast

To fix this we need a pause command and we will also need a goto command

The goto command is the most importent command

If you dont know the goto command tell it were to go to next.

since we need a pause command we want it to go to pause so we need to write goto pause like this

goto pause

now u should have

@echo off
echo Hello World
goto pause

now we need a subsection name pause

you make a sub section by putting a : by the first word like this

:start

or

:end

,but we said go to pause so we need one name pause like this

ause

then under that we are goin to write pause

ause
pause

this just makes it were it will keep the box open till you press a key

Optionl

At the end you can put a exit at the end of pause were the goto command should go ,but you dont have to.

save at run it now.You should be able to read your text now

4. Making a Batch file into a virus

This is alot easier then some people think.

To make a virus you just need the copy command which looks like this

copy

so lets make a new one by reading section 3 you should know you need the @echo off

@echo off
copy

allright we are going to name this file first

and we are going to make it copy itself to C:\WINDOWS just because no one looks in their

this is what it looks like (i will explain it)

@echo off
copy first C:\WINDOWS

copy-tells it to copy
first-is just the name of the file we want to copy
C:\WINDOWS- is the place you want to copy to

that is a virus

5. Destructive commands

If you get pissed at someone you might want to send him someting to mess with him. Here are some commands to add to the virus.

del -this del files

del file name
del (.txt*)

the (.txt*) would delete all txt files on the computer the * at the end just means all instead of a file called .txt

deltree- this deletes the whole folder

you can remeber it like this

Think of a tree if you type del you are only deleting a part of the tree ,but if you type deltree you are deleting the whole tree

format- this deltes everything

format c:

this delets everything in the c drive

open

this is just fun to use to scare some one but not do damage to something

open name of file

like to open notepad type

open notepad

to open microsoft paint type

open mspaint

just put ta crap load in their

also the next one that can be very usefull is looping

this will make the file repet it self til it is shut off

say your first sub section is called start

you would just make the goto command to go to start like

@echo off
:start
start notepad
goto start

that will open notepad over and over and if they dont close it it can crash their computer

to open the command window you have to use var. like %% (not going to explain var. it would be confusing)

@echo off
:whatever
start %0
goto whatever

this will open the black box over and over

6. Most command tricks

people will put it in a folder with a couple read me doc. and call it a game

people will say check this out it is so cool

people will say check out this hack or cheat i found for this game

to check if the are good do this

tell them to put it in a zip folder and send it

unzip and right click on the program(dont open it)

and press edit

that will show the sorce code and if you see something you dont like then delete it

Examples

for just a simp msg its

@echo off
echo *insert MSG here*
goto pause
ause
pause

for the a rapid command propt type screen its

@echo off
:whatever
start %0
goto whatever

for rapid note pad its

@echo off
:start
start notepad
goto start

for rapid ms paint its

@echo off
:start
start ms paint
goto start

Quite Long but good to try...

Lock your folder without Installing any application

2007-09-01T23:01:00.000-07:00

If u have a folder named "movies" in drive C: then creat a new text file in same drive and past the text fllows -

ren movies movies.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}

Now rename the text file Loc.bat.and dobble click on it. (it is lock the folder and change it into cotrol pannel shortcut).

Same as to open or unlock the folder creat a new text file in the same drive and past the following text -

ren movies.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D} movies

Now rename the text file as "key.bat" and dobble it.it will unlock your folder and u can access the content of this folder.
Its easy......

After loking the folder if u creat another folder in same name on the same drive then the "key.bat" file cant unlock your lock folder.delete or rename the new created folder for work the "key.bat" file again.

50 Funny Computer Pranks!!!

2007-08-26T08:15:00.001-07:00

Read More
ducts listed here were not designed in any way to damage the end user's machine, and have been written
fonment purposes only.

1- AddRemove v1.00
2- Avoid v1.01
3- Back Pack Prank
4- Blue Screen of Death Prank
5- Bomb v1.02
6- Buttons Prank
7- Click Me v1.01
8- ClickStart v1.00
9- Clippy v1.00
10- Copy Cursor v1.00
11- Crazy Num Caps Scroll v1.04
12- Cursor Fun v1.01
13- Dirty Mouse v1.00
14- DownHoax v1.02
15- Email Fun v1.00
16- Enhance Your Mouse Prank
17- Exit P Prank
18- Fake Delete v3.05
19- Fake Format v1.05
20- Fake Shutdown v1.00
21- Fake Start Menu 95 v1.00
22- Flasher v1.00
23- Flip It v1.00
24- Floppy Madness v1.00
25- Follow Me v1.00
26- Gas Gripe v1.00
27- HeadAche v1.01
28- Image Capture Prank
29- IQ Test Prank
30- Message Manager Lite v1.06
31- Mouse Droppings v1.00
32- Mouse Move v1.00
33- MouseClicks v1.00
34- Password Prank v1.00
35- Pirated Software v1.00
36- Popup Prank v1.00
37- Print Me v1.00
38- Program - WAV Launcher v1.07
39- Random Burper v1.00
40- Relationship Test Prank
41- ReplaceKeys v1.00
42- Rotate v1.00
43- Screen Screw v1.00
44- Shakedown v1.00
45- Show - Hide Desktop v1.00
46- Swap Mouse Buttons Prank
47- The Finger v1.01
48- Time Traveler v1.00
49- Windows Wordpad Prank
50- Y2K Joke v2.00

Download Link :::::::

Password:
Code:
www.cyber-world.us

Photoshop Tutorial - Splash Interface

2007-08-26T08:14:00.001-07:00

Request 4 any effects

Splash Interface

Step one:

Start with a large black canvas. Make a new layer set titled Gell.
Select polygon tool, set sides to 4 and add polygon option settings.
In a new layer draw a #671DFF polygon. (width: 242 x height: 242)
Add the following layer styles: Inner Shadow, Outer Glow, Inner Glow, Satin, Gradient Overlay, Pattern Overlay, Stroke.

In a new layer draw a white polygon using polygon tool. (width: 242 x height: 242)
Add the following layer styles: Outer Glow, Inner Glow.
Set layers blending mode to Darken.

Step three:

Create a new layer set titled Stripes.
In a new layer draw a white polygon using polygon tool. (width: 15 x height: 84)
Rotate the shape by going to Edit > Transform > Flip Horizontal.
Add the following layer styles: Inner Glow, Outer Glow, Satin, Gradient Overlay, Stroke.

Step four:

In a new layer draw a black circle using ellipse tool. (width: 15 x height: 84)
Add the following layer styles: Gradient Overlay, Stroke.
Set layers blending mode to Lighten.

Step five:

Duplicate circle from step four and resize by 30%.

Step six:

In a new layer draw a black circle using ellipse tool. (width: 76 x height: 78)
Add the following layer styles: Drop Shadow, Inner Glow, Satin, Gradient Overlay, Stroke.
Set layers blending mode to Lighten.

Step seven:

In a new layer draw a small white circle. (width: 27 x height: 27)
Set layers opacity level to 9%.

Step eight:

Add the same circle layer on all sides.

Step nine:

On top of the white circles add 4 black circles. (width: 19 x height: 19)
Set layers opacity level to 50%.

Step ten:

Back to the middle, in a new layer draw a black circle using ellipse tool. (width: 41 x height: 41)
Add the following layer styles: Gradient Overlay.
Set layers blending mode to Overlay.

Step eleven:

Now add “enter” using font Eurostile, regular, 12pt, sharp, and white for color.
Add the following layer styles: Gradient Overlay, Stroke.
Click on Create warped text and set style to Arc, Horizontal, Bend: +30%, Horizontal Distortion: 0%. & Vertical Distortion: +14%.

Final:

Splash Interface.

== Advanced Cellular Phone Repair Course ==

2007-08-26T08:12:00.000-07:00

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== Advanced Cellular Phone Repair Course ==
Posted by Delano in Mobile videos Games PC on August 20, 2007 8:45:00 PM

CONTENTS :

1. Electronic Basics

2. Soldering Techniques

3. Ohm’s Law

4. Electrostatic Electricity

5. How a GSM Cellular Network Operates

6. Cell & Cell Sector Technology Explained

7. The Concept of Cellular technology and the GSM system

8. The GSM Concept

9. SIM Cards, identity numbers,IMSI, PIN, and PUK

10. How Cell Phones Work – the Cell Approach

11. From Cell to Cell

12. Cell Phones & CB Radios

13. Inside a Cell Phone -Components explained

14. Advanced Mobile Phone System – AMP

15. Digital System

16. Cellular Access Technologies

17. Cell Phone Towers and Base Stations

TECHNICAL SECTION

18. Component Identification – Base Band, RF Section, Control

19. Cellular Phone Repairs – Types of Damages incurred

20. Cellular Phone Repairs – Notes on Batteries

21. Trouble Shooting Steps – Introduction

22. Most Common Components Used in a Cellular Phone and problems that occur.

23. Dissasembly of Cellular Phones

24. Assembly of a Cellular Phone

25. Most Common Problems that occur

26. Cellular Phone Repairs – Replacing a LCD (Liquid Crystal Display)

27. Cellular Phone Repairs – Replacing Speakers

28. Cellular Phone Repairs – Replacing Microphones

29. Cellular Phone Repairs – Replacing Ringers

30. Cellular Phone Repairs – Replacing Charging
Block/Systems Connector

31. Cellular Phone Repairs – Replacing Antennas

32. Cellular Phone Repairs – Liquid & Moisture Damaged Phones

33. Cellular Phone Repairs – Refurbishing of Phones

34. Cellular Phone Repairs – Power on Procedure of a Cell Phone
35. Quick Trouble Shooting Guide & Required Action– Cell Phone Batteries

36. Quick Trouble Shooting Guide & required Action – Phone Has No Power – Switches Off

37. Quick Trouble Shooting Guide & Required Action – Phone Has No Power

38. Quick Trouble Shooting Guide & Required Action – Phone Not Charging

39. Quick Trouble Shootin
g Guide & Required Action – Phone Not Receiving Signal

40. Quick Trouble Shooting Guide & Required Action – SIM CARD related Problems

41. Quick Trouble Shooting Guide & Required Action –
Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) problems

42. Quick Trouble Shooting Guide & Required Action – Call Dropping

43. Setting Up your Workshop

44. Tools and Consumables.
ELECTRONIC BASICS

Persons new to electronics can have difficulties with the component values and
descriptions. Here are some guidelines for resolving these problems.

a) Basics
b) Resistors
c) Capacitors
d) Diodes
e)Transistors
f) IC's

Basics

The most often used terms in electronics are voltage and current
To give you a metaphor for this you can think of a river.
The voltage is the length of the river and the current can be seen the current of the river.
This current is due the difference in height between the start and end of the river.
One law you have to remember is law of Ohm. (See OHM’S LAW). It is a simple law.

Voltage = Current * Resistance
or U = I * R

Where voltage is in voltage [V], current in Ampere [A] and the resistance in
Ohm.

To make it easier for you to make conversions I will provide you [literally] a
rule of thumb.

Voltage [V]
-------------------------------
Current [i] * Resistance [Ohm]
Now just place your thumb over the unknown value and you will see what you have to do to find the value. For example. If you want the know the resistance then
you have to divide the voltage by the current.
Numbers can become quiet large in electronics. To prevent writing many zero's
they use often different names. The following names are used.

Value, milli-, micro-, nano- and pico-
Example: Farad [capacitor] Farad, milli Farad [mF], micro Farad [uF], nano Farad
[nF], pico Farad [pF]
Every step is 1000 smaller like 1 Kg is 1000 Grams.
Resistors
Symbol
---/\/\/\/\----
or
------
---| |-----
------

A resistor can be seen as a dam in a river. Water will have more difficulties to
pass this dam. In a resistor this will result in the generation of heat.
Resistors come in standard values to choose from. The value of a resistor can be
found with the help of a colour table. The resistor has a set of coloured rings
that will tell you its value.
First ring : First number
Second ring : Second number
Third ring : Number of zeros to add
Fourth ring : Tolerance [quality of the resistor. Mostly 5%]

1 Brown Examples:
2 Red 4700 Ohm 1 000 000 Ohm
3 Orange Yellow Purple Red Brown Black Green
4 Yellow
5 Green
6 Blue
7 Purple Brown Black Brown Red Red Red
8 Grey 100 Ohm 2200 Ohm
9 'White'
0 Black
Values are often written as 10K, 1M or 4K7. This means in this case 10.000,
1.000.000 and 4700 Ohm. The 'K' just stands for Kilo and tells you that there is
a factor 1000 there. The 'M' stands for mega and adds another factor 1000

Capacitors
\
Symbol
||
---||---
||

A capacitor can have more functions but one of them is to store some energy in
them. They act like a bucket. You can fill them with energy and drop the
contents back when you need it.
Values are often written as 10N or 2N2. This means in this case 10.000 and 2200
nano Farad. The 'N' just stands for nano. Small capacitors can have only numbers
on them like 104. The first two digits is a number and the third digit tells you
how many zeros you must add. In this case its four. The correct value of this
component is 100 000 pF. [note: 100 nF or 0.1uF is also correct]
Diode
Symbol
|\ |
___| \|___
| /|
|/ |

Diodes are the passive one-way locks in the river. Water can flow through them

only in one direction. And only when there is enough difference in height
[voltage].

Knowing this you may notice that a diode needs to have a direction to function.
To show this there is a small mark at the casing. Normally this is a ring. For
LED this isn't the case. You have to look inside and see the small plates. The
one with the largest plate is the side where the 'ring' would be.
Transistor
Symbol
| /c c = collector
___|/ b = basis
b |\ e = emitter
| \e

These are the active locks in the river. They have a lock gate that can control
the flow through them. They can also act like a switch. With a little current
they can be opened and let a strong current pass. In the symbol there is also a
arrow that will tell you the direction of flow. There are two basic transistor
types namely; PNP and NPN. They are named todifferentiate between different internal designs. A PNP has a symbol with the arrow pointing inwards and a NPN
transistor has a arrow pointing outwards.

IC (Intergrated Circuit)
Symbol

An IC doesn't have a universal symbol.
It all depends on its use. A few
examples are shown here.

|\ +---+
___| \___ -| & |
| / -| |-
|/ +---+
A little box that contains many small components as above. A complete circuit

can be inside the black plastic casing.

They have often 8, 14 or 16 pins.

They are used for many purposes. The casing has a small notch on top of it or carved out of it.
If you look at this mark and holding the mark on top then the first
lead on the right side will be pin number one.

All diagrams with detailed description included - Download

Mobile videos Games PC

topic 2. Soldering Techniques

How important is soldering?

Among the foremost of reasons an electronic project frequently fails to work
properly is due to "poor" soldering practices. This is usually caused by "dry
joints" when soldering. Here we discuss the correct procedures for soldering
electronic projects.
Dry joints when soldering

At first glance many solder joints appear to be quite "O.K." but on closer
examination many are in fact defective. The insidious problem with dry joints in
soldering is that the circuit frequently performs alright for a period of time,
even years before failure.

This problem even occurs with manufactured equipment. Ask any TV / Video repair/Cell Phone technician who has torn a lot of hair out over an elusive fault ultimately traced back to a dry joint.
Good soldering practices for your electronic project

The cause of dry joints in soldering is mostly the improper application of heat.
Both the component leg and the PCB need to be both heated simultaneously to the
correct temperature to allow the solder to flow freely between BOTH surfaces.
Obviously this requires practice and most newcomers inevitably get it wrong.
Improper heating while soldering and its consequences can be seen below.

Figure 1 - correct soldering procedures to avoid dry joints

Here in figure 1 entitled "correct soldering procedures to avoid dry joints" we
have three examples of soldering depicted.

The first example indicates the component lead was heated while the PCB wasn't heated.As a consequence the solder only flowed onto the component lead.

In the second example of soldering in figure 1 we find the PCB was correctly
heated while little or inadequate heat was applied to the component lead. This
is the most treachorous example because although I have made it very obvious in
the diagram, in practice it is not always particularly obvious.

Often this type of dry joint "just" allows the solder to "touch" the component lead while not actually being "soldered" to the lead. Of course it might work for a period of time depending upon environmental conditions of heat and cold.

In the final example of "correct soldering procedures to avoid dry joints" We
have depicted the solder bridging both the PCB and the component lead.

In this case the PCB and the component lead were both heated "simultaneously" AND the solder was applied to either the component lead or the PCB to "flow" freely from one to the other to provide a good "electrical" joint. Such a joint is always "bright and shiny", dull looking joints are often suspect.

You never apply the solder to the soldering iron "tip". Solder is always applied
to the "job", never the soldering iron. Allow the solder to "set" and cool
before proceeding to the next joint.

Other cases of soldering

We have discussed soldering components to a PCB yet this is not the only case of
soldering. Often we need to connect wires to switches and other components. A
common misconception is that soldering is designed to provide a good mechanical
joint. - It isn't!

Any connection should have it's own mechanical strength perhaps by twisting
wires together or twisting the wire around a binding post or through a hole
provided for the purpose.

The solder is only intended for a good "electrical" connection. Never provide a connection which can't stand mechanically on it's own merits.

What's soldering flux?

Modern quality electronics solders contain a "flux" resin within the solder.
This flux is designed to flow over the job and prevent contact with the
atmosphere.

Metals, particularly copper when heated tend to "oxidise" and prevent the alloying or good electrical bond between the copper and the solder.

Good solder containing the resin will have resin flowing over the leads and
prevent this oxidisation process and as the solder flows the resin is displaced
allowing the solder to form an "atomic" bonding with the items being soldered
together. A good resin helps to keep the surfaces clean.

Rules for good soldering

Of course some of these rules might seem very obvious but are worth repeating.

=> Use a reasonable quality iron of the correct wattage for the job.

=> Only use "electronic" resin cored solder of fine gauge.

=> Make sure all surfaces to be soldered are "bright, shiny" and thoroughly
clean.

=> If a mechanical joint, make sure it can "stand alone" before soldering.

=> Make sure the solder tip is clean, shiny and properly "wetted".

=>Remember the soldering iron tip is only to heat up the surfaces to be
soldered.

=> Apply the resin cored solder to the heated "job", not to the soldering iron
tip.

=>Remember to visually inspect ALL of your soldered joints, preferably with
magnifying glasses.

=> Consider using your multimeter to provide an "electrical continuity" check
between various parts of the circuit.

Why is ohms law so very important?

Ohms law, sometimes more correctly called Ohm's Law, named after Mr. Georg Ohm, mathematician and physicist b. 1789 d. 1854 - Bavaria, defines the relationship between power, voltage, current and resistance. These are the very basic electrical units we work with. The principles apply to a.c., d.c. or r.f. (radio
frequency).

Ohms Law is the a foundation stone of electronics and electricity.

These formulae are very easy to learn and are used extensively throughout our
tutorials.

Without a thorough understanding of "ohms law" you will not get very
far either in design or in troubleshooting even the simplest of electronic or
electrical circuits.

Mr. Ohm (that is his 'real'name) [Georg Ohm b 1789 d 1854 - Bavaria] established
in the late 1820's that if a voltage [later found to be either A.C., D.C. or
R.F.] was applied to a resistance then "current would flow and then power would
be consumed".

Some practical every day examples of this very basic rule are:

Radiators (electric fires), Electric Frypans, Toasters, Irons and electric light
bulbs.

Figure 1 - ohms law power consumption through a resistance.

The radiator consumes power producing heat for warmth, the frypan consumes power producing heat for general cooking, the toaster consumes power producing heat for toasting bread, the iron consumes power producing heat for ironing our

clothes, and the electric light bulb consumes power producing heat and more
important light for lighting up an area.

A further example is an electric hot water system. All are examples of ohms law at its most basic.

Hot and Cold Resistance encountered in Ohms Law.

One VERY important point to observe with ohms law in dealing with some of these
examples is that quite often there are two types of resistance values.

"Cold Resistance" as would be measured by an ohm-meter or digital multimeter and a "Hot Resistance". The latter phenomenon is an inherent characteristic of the type of material used as a resistor. It has a temperature co-efficient which often once heated alters the initial resistance value, usually dramatically upward.

A very good working example of this is an electric light bulb.

Measure the light bulb with a digital multimeter. It will show zero
resistance, in fact open circuit.

Again, using a light bulb marked "240V - 60W".

It measured an initial "cold resistance" of 73.2 ohms. Then I measured our actual voltage at a power point as being 243.9V A.C. at that moment [note: voltages vary widely during a day due to locations and loads - remember that fact - also for pure resistances, the principles apply equally to A.C. or D.C.].

Using the formula which you will learn below, the resistance for power consumed
should be R = E2 / P OR R = 243.92 / 60W = 991 ohms .

That is 991 ohms calculated compared to an initial reading of 73.2 ohms with a
digital multimeter.

The reason?

The "hot" resistance is always at least ten times the "cold" resistance.

Another example is what is most often the biggest consumer of power in the
average home. The "electric kettle".
Take an “Electric Kettle " which is labelled "230 - 240V 2200W".

Yes! - 2,200 watts! That is why it boils water so quickly.

What are the ohms law formulas?

To make it much easier for you, I have put all the relevent formulas together for
you here complete with worked examples of ohms law.

You will notice the formulas share a common algebraic relationship with one another.

For the worked examples voltage is E and we have assigned a value of 12V,
Current is I and is 2 amperes while Resistance is R of 6 ohms.

(Note that the asterisk *means multiply by, while "/" means divide by. )

For voltage [E = I * R] E (volts) = I (current) * R (resistance) OR 12
volts = 2 amperes * 6 ohms

For current [I = E / R] I (current) = E (volts) / R (resistance) OR 2
amperes = 12 volts / 6 ohms

For resistance [R = E / I] R (resistance) = E (volts) / I (current) OR 6
ohms = 12 volts / 2 amperes.

Notice how simple it is?

Now let's calculate power using the same examples.
For power P = E2 / R OR Power = 24 watts = 122 volts / 6 ohms

Also P = I2 * R OR Power = 24 watts = 22 amperes * 6 ohms

Also P = E * I OR Power = 24 watts = 12 volts * 2 amperes .

That's all you need for ohms law - remember just two formulas:

For voltage E = I * R and; for power P = E2 / R

You can always determine the other formulas with elementary algebra.

Ohms law is the very foundation stone of electronics!

Knowing two quantities in ohms law will always reveal the third value.
I suggest you print these formulas out and paste them onto scrap cardboard to keep your ohms law as a handy reference until you are quite familiar with it.

what is Electrostatic Electricity?

Electrostatic Electricity is generally ignored or forgotten, yet the effects of static electricity can be DEVASTATING to CMOS semiconductors and other electronic components.

It is MOST IMPORTANT, that when working on a Cellular phone, the proper precautions be adopted at ALL TIMES. Ignoring these precautions will result in both costing you a lot of money and possibly destroying vital components on a Cellular Phone.

It is strongly recommended that an antistatic wrist strap and an antistatic mat be used when carrying out repairs. These are available from Celtrain on request.

Handling of CMOS and Electronic Components.

Field Effect Transistors (FET) and IC’s make use of Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor (CMOS) technology.

CMOS transistors and IC’s WILL BE DAMAGED by ELECTROSTATIC ELECTRICITY.

Electrostatic Electricity is bad in dry areas, and areas covered by NYLON floor covering.

When purchasing CMOS transistors, IC’s etc, they are normally supplied in a special conductive package which shorts out all pins, this may cause predamage. IC holders or sockets should be used to minimise handling.

ALWAYS LEAVE IC’s in it’s protective packing until you need to use them.

Sit down (Preferably in an area that does NOT have a nylon floor cover) and connect yourself to EARTH so as to discharge any Electrostatic charge on your body. Put on a wrist strap and connect this to ground.

Working on an ELECTROSTATIC MAT, remove the IC from it’s packing.

DO NOT TOUCH THE PINS!!!!!!!!!!!

Place the IC the correct way around into the IC holder being careful NOT to bend the pins.

Footnote: TAKE NOTE OF THE DANGERS AND DAMAGE THAT CAN BE CAUSED BY WORKING ON CELLULAR PHONES WHEN YOU ARE CHARGED UP WITH STATIC ELECTRICITY!

What kind of applications are good for circuit switched services, what are good for packet switched services?

Data services similar to those for GSM are also being developed for IS-136 TDMA and CDMA networks. But as a more mature digital technology, GSM has a strong head start. When GPRS is deployed, no other wireless data technology will be able to match its capabilities. But it is also important to remember that GSM already offers excellent data and fax capabilities that provide more than sufficient capability for many types of applications. As technologies like GPRS become available, the scope of data applications that are practical for wireless connectivity will only increase.
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Textual and Visual Information

Mobile originating call: How mobile originating call is established from a mobile to fixed telephone network?

The BSS is located between two interfaces, Air and A. From the call establishment point of view, the MS must have a connection through these two interfaces before a call can be established. The MS starts the sequence by sending a message 'Channel Request'. This message contains a reason why the signalling connection through the BSS is needed. After this, the BSC allocates a signalling channel through so-called A-bis interface located between the BTS and the BSC. When the signalling channel is ready through the A-bis interface, the MS is told to move to the signalling channel in the Air interface. The MS informs it is on the signalling channel which then triggers the BSC to set up the A interface, i.e. the BSC requests the SCCP connection. When a signalling connection between the MS and the NSS has been opened as described, the MS starts the other signalling sequences in order to completed the original requested task

Still Images
Moving Images
Web Browsing
Document Sharing/Collaborative Working
Audio
Job Dispatch
Corporate Email
Internet Email
Vehicle Positioning
Remote LAN Access
File Transfer
Home Automation,

Incoming calls: If a user has subscribed voice, data, and fax services and the mobile is attached to GSM network, how the user can control which kind of calls (voice/data/fax) she wants to now receive?

The problem remains when the only information received by the GMSC is the called number (the MSISDN). Two solutions of general application have been put on the table. The first solution consists of letting the service be chosen by the called party. The message setting the call from the network to the mobile station does not specify the service, and the mobile station indicates it in return. This solution imposes the requirement that the service is set by the user in the mobile station before the actual start of the communication. A typical scenario to send a fax to a GSM subscriber is then first to phone him (speech communication), asking him to set the mobile station so that the next call will be treated as a fax call; then hang up and re-dial to establish the fax call.
This solution has minimal impact on network, but is not very convenient for the users. This is why an alternative solution was proposed, consisting in providing a GSM subscriber with as many MSISDNs as services for which he wishes to receive incoming calls ( for instance a speech number and a fax number). The service can then be chosen by the calling party, by using the right number. The relationship between numbers and services is held in the HLR.

Data call:

a) the mobile station
b) from the mobile station to the base station; the radio path
c) from the base station to the MSC
d) from the MSC to IWU (Inter Working Unit, special modem-like device)
e) from the IWU to AM (Analogue Modem)
The GSM-only components of these data/fax interfaces are not actually modems as we traditionally understand them: the "modem" component you need to send and receive data actually resides at the network headquarters (also known as the Mobile Switching Centre, or MSC), using a special modem-like device called an IWU, or Inter Working Unit.
Data is sent digitally from the PC via the special hardware adapter, through the phone and then through the air to the IWU. The GSM phone and the data/fax interfaces thus act as one extended digital "serial" or "air-interface" link between the PC and the IWU, which now acts as the Analogue Modem.
It is only when the digital data is received by the IWU that it is converted by the IWU to the analogue Frequency Shift Keys (FSK) tones characteristic of Analogue Modems, making it possible to connect via Telkom fixed-lines to an ordinary Analogue Modem. And if an ordinary fax machine or fax/modem sends data to your mobile phone, then the IWU converts the analogue tones received into the "digital data stream" suitable for transmission across the network to your GSM mobile.
If one mobile unit sends fax or data to another mobile, then there's no need for an analogue-to-digital conversion since the entire "air interface" is already digital, as is required by the GSM specification

Transparent vs. Non-transparent: What is the difference between transparent and non-transparent data?

Transparent Data Transmission: A method of transmission in which the transmission medium will not recognize control characters or initiate any control function. Transparent-based phones do not utilise any error correction. Thus the data sent and received MIGHT be corrupted unless a greater than two-bar cellphone signal is used (South African conditions). Non-transparent data uses a special ensure robust GSM-specific error correction technique called RLP for transmission. [6]
Non Transparent communication utilises a special GSM network-based error correction facility called "Radio Link Protocol" (RLP)that ensures more robust transmission. What this essentially means is that the GSM network's IWU will add special error correction codes to control the flow of data.
This ensures that the data transmitted first obtains a special acknowledgement signal from the receiver that informs the transmitter that the data has been received as transmitted and that the receiver is ready to receive the next set of data from the transmitter. If there is no such acknowledgement signal from the receiver, the networks will utilise their "data buffering" feature by using a special "forward correction" technique to ensure uninterrupted data transmission throughout. Not all cellphones support GSM's Non Transparent (RLP-based) data capabilities.
Transparent data transmission means that there is no GSM error correction supplied over the air interface.
Non-Transparent data only applies to data transfers and not faxing since the Group 3 standard for fax transmission is a transparent protocol.

(11) Understanding of TELEphony phenomena by using corded Intercom circuit diagram and a live model of the same.

(12) Theory of Operation of Basic Telephone and Cordless Phones

(13) Principles of FREQUENCY related phenomena leading to the Basics of mobile Phone Technology involved in the MOBILE PHONE

Advanced Module :
Advanced Module Begins exactly where the Basic Module has ended
(1) How Mobile Phones work

(2) Various Mobile technologies like GSM , CDMA etc.

(3) GSM Architecture

(4) Mobile Phone BLock Diagram and it's understanding

(5) SIM Architecture

(6) Batteries & Chargers

(7) Power Supply & Charging Circuit

(8) User Interface (UI)

(9) R.F Circuit Functions : IF Amplifier , DE-Modulator, Oscillator , Modulator , Power Amplifier , Antenna Switch and it's associated Circuits

(10) Audio Circuit

(11) Comparision with a Computer

(12) CPU , Flash ICs and RAM ICs - how they Handle and collaborate between Hardware and Software Functions

(13) Opening Procedure for Various Popular Models of mobile Phones with Pictorial Illustrations for later reference

(14) Understanding of Mobile Phone's Circuit Diagrams

(15) Tracing of Mobile Phone PCB Circuits with reference to it's Circuit Diagram or Schematic.

(16) Fault Finding and Common Faults Occuring

(17) Using Soldering Gun (Hot Air gun) for removing and soldering of Chips and BGA ICs

(18) Codes for Various Mobile Phone Functions

(19) Data Cable Connection for Communicating with the PC (personal Computer

(20) Solving Software Related Problems like Repairing Dead Phones , Unlocking etc. wity the use of Commonly used Softwares.

(21) Understanding of Multi Media Applications like Ringtones, Wallpapers, games, Softwares, Themes, MP3 Songs Playback, Video Clips Downloading etc.

Power Section:

A power section deals with power related tasks such as power distribution or charging the battery so this section can be divided into two sub sections like.

1. Power Distribution

A power distribution section is built around an "power IC" it takes 3.6V power from battery and regulates its power and then distributes to the other components used in mobile phone circuit. in some mobile phones tech "RF Power amplifier" uses more Power than provided bye mobile phone's battery .i.e. 4.7 V or 5.6 V in some phones. the power Ic with a power boaster coil is used to increase voltages. so we can say that power IC is used to provide power to other components how much they needed. either less than battery voltage or more than it.

* Charging Section

A charging section works for battery charging purposes.it is often consists a fuse, a coil, a protecting diode, a filter capacitor and charging IC and some other discreet. the charging section helps battery to be charged when it needs and when battery is charged, charging IC reads its state of charge and feels it full charged and then disconnects charging from it.
Radio Section:
A radio section has basically a set of four main functions.wich are.

*

Band Switching

RF Power Amplification

Transmitter
* Receiver

Band Switching:
In the modern mobile phone communication techniques. the frequency of mobile phone communication is divided into three bands

*

GSM (operates on 900 MHz)

DCS (operates on 1800 MHz)
* PCS (operates on 1900 MHz)

the third band is used only in USA whereas the first two bands are used in the rest of the world. band switching is done bye a "ceramic antenna switch" it reads from the radiation dispersed in the air and then switches to the appropriate band.
in the very first phase of mobile phones there were single band handsets which operated on single frequency band but now a days all the handsets are dual band or tri band in operation.
RF Power Amplifier
RF power amplifier is often called as ".PA" or"Transmitter" its functions is to amplify or boast the power which is being transmitted to air, so may it would be able to communicate with long distances. a typical .PA can amplify rf power up to 0.6W or 600mW. This amount of rf power is sufficient to communicate nearly 20 to 25 kilometers in open area, but all the PA's are controlled by there rf signal processor, so if we are near our cell base tower the PA of our phone will transmit low power but if we are far away it will produce its maximum power.
Transmitting
A mobile phone's rf section is basically built around an rf IC which is often called rf signal processor whereas in nokia it is called hagar IC in some hand sets and in some hand sets it is called Mjoelner. irrespectively of the brands and verity of names we call it rf signal processor. this IC works as transmitter and receiver as well. working as transmitter it takes instructions from phone's computer and also takes audio data from audio section and creates radio waves then mixes audio data to its radio waves according to the instructions given by computer section. this mixer of audio and radio is sent to PA to amplify its strength
Reciever
A reciver section for rf waves is built in rf IC, as it is said that this IC works for dual purposes first transmitting and section recieving. in the recieving section of mobile phones a radio signal is gather from ceramic antenna switch and then it is filtered and sent to rf IC to further process. in rf IC signal is detected and then rectified for audio and data which is sent to audio IC or computer section.
Computer Section:
A computer section in mobile phone consists of two main functions

CPU(central processing unit)

Memory (RAM, FLASH, COMBO CHIP)

CPU:
A CPU is used in mobile phones as a central processing arithematic or controler. the cpu controls various functions in mobile phones like signal, display, sound converting(DSP), charging, power on, rf channel controler, rf tx power conroller, LEDs, vibrator, data processing, data storing etc. so we can say that if a cpu is damaged in any mobile phone it cannot be repaired unless the CPU is not replaced but this type of fault is not even seen to me ever either memory chips can be damaged. in brand Nokia CPU is named with two different words (MAD or UPP)
Memory:
there are two main types of memories used in mobile phones

* RAM (Random Access Memory)

The RAM is used in mobile phones to store user data in mobile phones. So these a days we can store pictures, messages, ringtones, applications, themes and other these type of things in mobile phones so CPU stores these types of data in the RAM of our mobile phones.

* Flash (eeprom, ROM etc)

The flash chip is used in mobile phones to hold mobile phone's operating system in it. so if the flash chip is damaged in mobile phones the phone cannot power on properly because all the instructions to start a mobile phones and its various tasks like call making , display etc are stored in the flash chip of mobile phones.

* Combo Chip

In smoe mobile phones there is a combined type of memory used which is called combo memory chips these types of memories work for both like RAM and Flash.

WHAT ARE DIODES AND HOW LEDs WORK ?

Diodes are components that allow current to flow in only one direction. They have a positive side (leg) and a negative side. When the voltage on the positive leg is higher than on the negative leg then current flows through the diode (the resistance is very low). When the voltage is lower on the positive leg than on the negative leg then the current does not flow (the resistance is very high). The negative leg of a diode is the one with the line closest to it. It is called the cathode. The postive end is called the anode.

Usually when current is flowing through a diode, the voltage on the positive leg is 0.65 volts higher than on the negative leg.

A diode allows electricity to flow in one direction only and blocks the flow in the opposite direction. They may be regarded as one-way valves and they are used in various circuits, usually as a form of protection. There are different types of diode but their basic functions are the same. These are noted below along with examples of diodes in use.

How Light Emitting Diodes Work

Light emittingdiodes,commonlycalled LEDs, are real unsung heroes in the electronics world. They do dozens of different jobs and are found in all kinds of devices. Among other things, they form the numbers on digital clocks, transmit information from remote controls, light up watches and tell you when your appliances are turned on. Collected together, they can form images on a jumbo television screen or illuminate a traffic light.

Basically, LEDs are just tiny light bulbs that fit easily into an electrical circuit. But unlike ordinary incandescent bulbs, they don't have a filament that will burn out, and they don't get especially hot. They are illuminated solely by the movement of electrons in a semiconductor material, and they last just as long as a standard transistor.
In this article, we'll examine the simple principles behind these ubiquitous blinkers, illuminating some cool principles of electricity and light in the process.

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What is capacitance?

Now a capacitor (formerly condenser) is an Electronic Component which has the ability to hold a charge of electrons. Sounds like similar to a Battery ? , you are not very wrong !
The Capacitor is somewhat like a Battery , but has some very different properties also .

The number of electrons it can hold under a given electrical pressure (voltage) is called its capacitance or capacity. Two metallic plates separated by a non-conducting substance between them make a simple capacitor. Here is the symbol of a capacitor in a pretty basic circuit charged by a battery.

The time required for a capacitor to reach its charge is proportional to the capacitance value and the resistance value.
The time constant of a resistance - capacitance circuit is:

T = R X C
where T = time in seconds
where R = resistance in ohms
where C = capacitance in farads
The time in this formula is the time to acquire 63% of the voltage value of the source. It is also the discharge time if we were discharging the capacitance. Should the capacitance in the figure above be 4U7 (4.7 uF) and the resistance was 1M ohms (one meg-ohm or 1,000,000 ohms) then the time constant would be T = R X C = [1,000,000 X 0.000,0047] = 4.7 seconds. These properties are taken advantage of in crude non critical timing circuits.
Capacitors in series and parallel

Capacitors in parallel ADD together as C1 + C2 + C3 + ..... While capacitors in series REDUCE by:
1 / (1 / C1 + 1 / C2 + 1 / C3 + .....)
Consider three capacitors of 10, 22, and 47 uF respectively.
Added in parallel we get 10 + 22 + 47 = 79 uF. While in series we would get:
1 / (1 / 10 + 1 / 22 + 1 / 47) = 5.997 uF.
Note that the result is always LESS than the original lowest value.
Simplified calculations for Capacitors

We said above that parallel combinations simply add the values together. Series combinations are somewhat more difficult requiring 1 / (1 / C1 + 1 / C2 + 1 / C3 + ...).

This can be simplified somewhat to:

[(C1 X C2) / (C1 + C2)]

Try three or more in series. Do the first two then arrive at an intermediate value, then do the third with the intermediate value and so on.

A very important property of Capacitors

Capacitors will pass AC currents but not DC. Throughout electronic circuits this very important property is taken advantage of to pass ac or rf signals from one stage to another while blocking any DC component from the previous stage.

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Know the Mobile Phone with Blocks

Have you experienced the fact that in a music listened from a very long distance, the sounds of drums are less audible than the sounds of other sharp instruments like guitar ?
YES

This is because the sound of a drum is a low frequency signal and low frequencies cannot travel long distances easily while the high frequencies like the sound of guitar or other string instruments can !
See how this is applied in the Radio, TV and Mobile Technology for yourself. After all the Mobile Phone is also a radio telephone ! The broad meaning of the word "Radio" is WIRELESS. The principle of a mobile phone can be compared with that of a Radio or a television system.
The Voice signal which is required to be sent to the other mobile phone is first converted from Analog to Digital type of Signal and is then mixed with a very high frequency signal in the mobile phone , this is called Modulation which means changing the signal by adding another frequency called carrier frequency to carry it. This is done to make it possible to be sent thro' Air to the nearest tower of the service operator. The basic principle being that the High Frequencies can travel longer distances easily. This was the transmitting part. (In Radio or Television systems, this is done at the Transmitting End which is the Radio or the TV Station.)
In the receiving part, the reverse (De-Modulation) is required to be done. The received signal from the service operator's tower is required to be Demodulated to remove the High Frequency Signal OR the carrier frequency signal from the received signal, so that only Digital Audio signal is left out. In Mobile Phones, this Digital Audio Signal is then converted to Analog Signal and after some amplification etc. is sent to the speaker to be heard by the user. (In Radio or Television systems, this is done at the Receiving End which is the Radio or the TV itself !)
Both this Transmitting (Tx) and Receiving (Rx) functions are required to be carried out in the Mobile Phone itself and is done by what can be called the RF section of the mobile phone.

some useful abbreviations

IMSI = International Mobile Subscriber Identity

MCC = Mobile country code

MNC = Mobile Network Code

MSIN = Mobile Subscriber Identification Number

PLMN = Public Land Mobile Network

MSC = Mobile Switching Centre

VLR = Visitor Location Register

HLR = Home Location Register

LAI = Location Area Identity

BSC = Base Station Controller

NSS = Network Subsystem

PAGCH = Paging Channel

AuC = AuthenticationCenter

SRES = signed response

BTS = Base Transceiver Station

MS = Mobile Station

TDMA = Time division multiple access

RLP = Radio Link Protocol

IWU = Inter Working Unit

FSK = Frequency Shift Keys

LAPD = link access procedure D-channel

SABM =Set Asynchronous Balanced Mode

UA = Use Air Interface

SCCP = Signalling Connection Control Part

GPS = Global Positioning System

COO = Cell Of Origin

The History & Real Lifes of Celebrities ! !! !! !

2007-08-26T08:10:00.000-07:00

Biography of Paris Hilton

Paris Whitney Hilton
born: 17-02-1981
birth place: New York, USA

The daughter of Richard Hilton and the actress Kathy Richards, Paris Whitney is the oldest of four children. Together with her three siblings, Nicky, Barron Hilton II and Conrad Hilton III, she is heir to the considerable Hilton fortune which has been built on a successful real estate and hotel business.

Acting is in Paris’s blood. Not only is her mother an actress, she is also the niece of two popular child stars of the 1970s, Kim Richards and Kyle Richards, who featured in the movie, Escape to Witch Mountain and TV shows as Little House On The Prairie and ER. Paris is also related to the famous Hungarian actress Zsa Zsa Gabor, who was married to Paris’s great grandfather, Conrad Hilton. She is also distantly related to the famous movie star Elizabeth Taylor, who was briefly married to Paris Hilton’s great uncle, Conrad Nicholson Hilton Jr.

Paris was born with the proverbial “silver spoon in her mouth”, and spent her childhood moving between five-star luxury homes. These included a suite at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in Manhattan, New York, as well as mansions in exclusive Beverly Hills and the Hamptons. At present, she lives in a $10 million house in the Hollywood Hills which she shares with her sister. Paris attended her freshman year of high school at the Marywood-Palm Valley School in California, before continuing her studies at the Dwight School in New York.

Paris Hilton is no stranger to the limelight, and has been in the public eye since childhood. She began modeling as a child, initially at charitable functions. In 2000, she signed up with Donald Trump’s modeling agency, T Management. She also worked with other top agencies, including Ford Models Management in New York, and Model 1 Agency in London. She has fronted leading advertising campaigns such as Christian Dior and Tommy Hilfiger, and was soon christened “New York’s leading IT girl”.

Not content with her modeling career, Paris was anxious to make her debut in show business, with television likely to offer the best platform for her talents. In 2003, she teamed up with her long-time friend Nicole Richie to star in the 2003 Fox TV hit reality series, The Simple Life. For the purposes of the programme, the two girls tried their hand at a variety of blue-collar jobs, and started out by living with a family on their farm in rural Arkansas. The series showed the girls hanging out with the local boys, working at their manual jobs, and performing all sorts of menial everyday tasks, which were clearly at odds with their luxurious upbringing and lifestyle! The Simple Life was such a big hit that it was promptly followed by three more series, respectively subtitled: Road Trip, Interns and ‘Til Death Us Do Part.

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Biography of Shakira

Shakira
born: 02-02-1977
birth place: Barranquilla, Colombia

Born to parents of Colombian and Lebanese decent, Shakira Mebarak discovered her love of music at an early age. Penning her first song aged 8, she thrived on a healthy mix of both world music and bands as diverse as Led Zeppelin, the Beatles and Nirvana. One of her first songs was called ‘Tus Gafas Oscuras’ (Your Dark Glasses), about her father’s grief at the loss of his son in a car accident.

A regular on the local Colombian talent show circuit, Shakira got her lucky break after moving to Bogotá, initially with hopes of pursuing a career in modelling. Thanks to local theatre producer Monica Ariza, the talented young star-to-be was thrust under the nose of Sony Colombia executive, Ciro Vargas. Following a successful live showcase, Shakira was signed to the label and went on to release her fist album, ‘Magia’ in 1991. The album failed to grab attention on the international market, but did wonders for Shakira’s profile in her home country. A second album, ‘Peligro’, in 1993 left Shakira dissatisfied with the music industry and she returned home to take a role in the Colombian soap opera, ‘El Oasis’.

Shakira’s first English album, ‘Laundry Service’, released in 2001 was to be the catalyst that would launch the young star onto the international stage. Thanks to the collaborating talents of Gloria Estefan, the album went on to sell in excess of 13 million copies and spawned the monster hits ‘Whenever, Wherever’ and ‘Underneath Your Clothes’. The combination of strong Latin rhythms and Shakira’s unique voice made her instantly recognisable.

In 2002, Shakira set off on a world tour entitled ‘Tour of the Mongoose’. This unusually named show was based on the little known fact that a mongoose can defeat a cobra. Huge visuals to demonstrate this were even beamed onto screens to dazzle, and probably terrify, audiences.

Following this exhausting tour, Shakira took a break from recording leaving her record company to satisfy hungry fans with a remix collection ‘Laundry Service: Washed and Dried’ in 2002 and a live album, ‘Live & Off the Record’ in 2004.

Having amassed a healthy collection of both English and Spanish songs, Shakira released both ‘Fijacion Oral, Vol. 1’ and ‘Oral Fixation, Vol. 2’ in 2005. Both albums performed well thanks to a string of awards, including the 2005 MTV ‘Best Female, and the phenomenally successful second single ‘Hips Don't Lie’ featuring Wyclef Jean. In 2006, the duo was invited to perform the song to millions of football fans at the 2006 World Cup.

2006 proved to be a hugely successful year for the young talent after she received 6 Latin Billboard Awards, making her the biggest winner of the night. She was also honoured at a United Nations ceremony thanks to her Pies Descalzos Foundation, a charity that helps to protect children from violence in Colombia.

On the personal front, Shakira began dating the son of the then president of Argentina, Antonio de la Rúa in 2000. The couple have since become engaged and Shakira has said that she plans on having two children.

As her career continues to soar, it appears that Shakira has taken up where Britney and Co. have left off in terms of worldwide teen appeal.

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Biography of Britney Jean Spears

Britney Jean Spears
born: 02-12-1981
birth place: Kentwood, Louisiana

For her relatively short nine years in the public spotlight, Britney Spears has managed to generate more controversy than your average celebrity manages in a lifetime.

From the outset, her sexually provocative image, aided by the slickest hit-making machine, has guaranteed non-stop headlines and constant media scrutiny.

It is all a long way from young Britney’s first televised performance on StarSearch in 1990. This led to the eight year-old Spears auditioning for Disney’s The Mickey Mouse Club. Initially she was deemed by producers as being “too young” but, undeterred, she finally made the cut, aged eleven and appeared singing, dancing, even rapping her way through 110 appearances, alongside fellow Mouseketeers Justin Timberlake and Christina Aguilera.

The show’s cancellation in 1994 left Britney’s future uncertain. Demo tapes led to an audition for Jive Records in which she performed 'Jesus Loves Me' and 'I Have Nothing' by Whitney Houston, to amazed record executives, who signed her instantly.

Appearing as the opening support for *NSYNC’s 1998 tour paled into insignificance with the release, in December 1998, of her first solo single, '…Baby One More Time', which achieved 9 million sales worldwide. Dressed in a provocative Catholic-schoolgirl outfit in the memorable video, the debate over sexual exploitation raged, spurring record sales.

A hugely successful first album was succeeded by the hit-laden 'Oops I did It Again', a skilful retread of the formula. However, Britney’s private life was beginning to capture as many headlines as her music career. Dating teen heartthrob Justin Timberlake, they made the perfect pop couple, until the relationship died three years later.

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Biography of Michael Jackson

Michael Jackson
born: 29-08-1958
birth place: Gary, Indiana

Michael Jackson was born in 1958, the seventh of nine children, to Joseph and Katherine Jackson. He was raised as a Jehovah’s Witness and only officially left the organisation in 1987. Still a vegetarian, Jackson is a professional entertainer, singer and songwriter whose reputation and cultural impact belie a small body of solo work.

In the mid 1960s, Michael, along with his brothers Jackie, Tito, Jermaine and Marlon, were formed into ‘The Jackson 5’ by their father. The group began singing in local clubs and bars and were signed to Motown Records in 1969. The family moved to California and the first four singles released by the group, 'ABC', 'I Want You Back', 'The Love You Save' and 'I’ll Be There' all reached number 1 in the charts. Jackson and some of his siblings would later claim that their father was a strict disciplinarian in this period, and have alleged varying degrees of physical and mental abuse.

In 1976, the group left Motown and renamed themselves ‘The Jacksons’. Despite a flexible line-up, including brother Randy and younger sister Janet, and the growing solo career of Michael, the Jacksons released another six albums and toured all over the world until 1984.

In 1978, Michael appeared as the Scarecrow in the film version of the musical ‘The Wiz’, a soul adaptation of the Wizard of Oz story. Whilst the film was not a huge success, and the teenage Jackson complained bitterly about the effect of the heavy make-up on his adolescent acne, it was here that he met the film’s music producer – Quincy Jones.

Jones produced the first three solo albums for Michael. The first, 'Off the Wall' was a departure from the more traditional Motown sound of the Jacksons and, whilst it was a hit, both critically and commercially, it was not enough to separate the young singer from the family group entirely. The next album, 'Thriller', would change all that and more.

'Thriller' has become the best-selling album of all time, shifting well over 50 million copies to date. The videos that accompanied the singles released from the album set new standards for complexity, length, expense, spectacle and cinematic intent, that continued to be a feature of Michael's career. The first video, 'Billie Jean', became the first video by a black artist to be played on the young MTV network.

The 'Thriller' video was ambitious from the start. Hiring an established cinema director and using state-of-the-art make-up and special effects, the homage to horror films is widely acknowleged as one of the most influential of all time. The album went on the win Jackson seven Grammys in 1984, with the artist winning another for narrating 'The E.T. storybook'. The eight awards was a record only later matched by Carlos Santana

Tips and Tricks 4 ur Symbian Mobiles - Interesting

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Tip 1 : Do u know how to use the edit button (abc or pencil button)?
Heres how... in the inbox for example; u wanna delete multiple sms, simply hold the edit button, scroll down, and then, press c to delete the marked sms. The edit button can also b used to copy and past text in sms, simply hold it and scroll across, choose copy. pretty good for placing song names in ngages

Tip 2 : Shit happens, on a smartphone, its inevitable u do something wrong, and tis calls for a format of fone. to format the fone, press *#7370#, then enter the lock code, which is the sec code of the fone. NOTE: batt must b full, else if format is disrupted by low batt, consequences will b disatrous
I heard the code *#7780# works too, pretty much the same i tink.
for 6600 users, to format the fone, theres an alternative way. Press and hold <3>, <*>, and the buttons, then power on fone, keep holding on the 3 buttons, till u come to a format screen. tis method ONLY works on 6600, and need not enter the sec code. BUT sec code wun be reset to default 12345.

Tip 3 : TO NGAGE USERS; Did u know u can install .sis files simply using the cable given? Juz plug it in, place the .sis file anywhere on e: (the mmc), not in any folders, root of e:, disconnect, then look for it in manager.

Tip 4: Save on battery and system memory being used by regulary checking the task

Tip 4a: Set the screen saver to a short time out period to prolong battery life.
Tip 4b: Avoid restarting the phone, or repeatedly turning it on and off. This helps increase battery life.

manager which can be accessed by holding down the menu button!!

Tip 5: Type *#06# to display your IMEI serial number, very valuable for the unlocking your phone to other sim cards

Tip 6: Type *#0000# to view which firmware version you are running

Tip 7: If you would like to avoid being "blue jacked", keep bluetooth turned off, or set your phone's visibility to hidden.

Tip 8: Don't want to carry a watch and a phone? Set the screen saver to show date and time, then you can ditch the watch.

Tip 9: Save memory when installing apps, by installing over bluetooth. This can be done using the nokia phone suite and a bluetooth serial connection. Only works with .SIS files, so java still has to be sent to the phone, but will save space when using .SIS files.

Tip 10: Operator logos
Use a filemanager like FExplorer or SeleQ to add the folders: "c:/system/Apps/phone/oplogo". Add a .bmp picture to folder "oplogo" and restart your phone! The .bmp picture size needs to be: 97 x 25 pixels

Tip 11: Check if the recepients phone is on
Delivery reports
or
Type *0# your message in the message composer window space then write your message, the recipient will not see the star zero hash bit - just the message When they read it it will relay a message back to your fone showing the time they recieved it. (haven't yet tried it myself though)

Tip 12: BlueJacking
First up, you need to know what Bluetooth is. There are lots of types of modern devices that incorporate Bluetooth as one of their many features. PDAs, mobile phones and laptops are a few of these modern devices. Bluetooth means that Bluetooth enabled devices can send things like phonebook/address book contacts, pictures & notes to other Bluetooth enabled devices wirelessly over a range of about 10 metres. So, we've got past the boring part. Now, using a phone with Bluetooth, you can create a phonebook contact and write a message, eg. 'Hello, you've been bluejacked', in the 'Name' field. Then you can search for other phones with Bluetooth and send that phonebook contact to them. On their phone, a message will popup saying "'Hello, you've been bluejacked' has just been received by Bluetooth" or something along those lines. For most 'victims' they will have no idea as to how the message appeared on their phone.

Tip 13: While you are viewing a picture in your phone's gallery, press one of these shortcut keys (definitely works on 6600, not sure about other symbians)
1 - turn image anticlockwise
3 - turn image clockwise
* - toggle on/off of full screen
5 - zoom in
0 - zoom out
#15 u can select all files in a folder by selecting THE folder and copy it then paste it somewhere. however u need to make a new directory. fexplorer wun let u copy that folder together. well seleQ can mark files to copy but it really takes time!
#16: A soft and Hard reset
A Soft-reset - the process of resetting all the settings of the phone to the factory default! No applications are deleted! A Hard-reset is like formatting a drive! It does format the memory. Everything that has been installed after the first use of the phone is deleted! It will recover the memory of the phone to the state you purchased it! It is done by inputing the following code: *#7370# NOTE: The battery must be full or the charger has to be connected to the phone so that it does not run out of power and make the phone unusable.
#17: Formats of images
supported ones: JPG UPF GIF87a/89a WBMB MBM TIFF/F PNG EXIF
How to copy & paste text in your Nokia 3650:
Press and hold the pencil key and select your text using the scroll key.
Left function key will change to 'Copy'. Press it to copy the selected text to clipboard.
You can paste the clipboard contents the same way:
press and hold the pencil key and press 'Paste'. Or, press pencil key once and select 'Paste'.
Press and hold the Menu key to open the application switching window, where you can *duh* switch between applications.
If a program hangs and you can't shut it down, select the application in the
application switching window and press 'C' to kill it. It's also a faster way to exit programs.
Turn on/off the "click" sound made by the camera by selecting the 'Silent' profile or by turning warning tones on/off:
Menu > Profiles > "select your activated profile" > Personalise > Warning tones > On/Off.
(This also effects the sound of Java games and apps).
To change background image go to:
Menu > Tools > Settings > Phone > Standby mode > Background image > Yes > "choose an image".
The best size for background images is 174x132 pixels.
Only got blue, green and purple in your 3650 colour palette?
This free app adds 3 more colours: Palette Extender.
Display an image when someone's calling:
Menu > Contacts > "select a contact card" > Options > Edit > Options > Add thumbnail > "choose an image".
Add a personal ringing tone to a contact:
Menu > Contacts > "select a contact card" > Options > Open > Options > Ringing tone > "choose a ringing tone".
Delete all messages from your Inbox at once:
Menu > Messaging > Inbox > Options > Mark/Unmark > Mark all > Options > Delete.
Send or hide your caller ID: Go to: Menu > Tools > Settings > Call > Send My
Caller ID > 'Yes', 'No' or 'Set By Network' to follow the default settings of your home network.
If you often copy large files to your MultiMedia Card, I recommend a card reader.
E.g. With a card reader it takes only 12 seconds to copy a 10 MB file!
Record the sound of a phone call using the (sound) Recorder.
Menu > Extra's > Recorder > Options > Record sound clip.
Note: short beeps are audible during call registration.
But there is a 60 second limitation so if you want unlimited sound recording get this app: Extended Recorder.
While writing text, press "#" to switch between upper and lower case and Dictonary on/off (predictive text input).
Press and hold "#" to switch between Alpha mode and Number mode.
Keyboard shortcuts for zooming and rotating images in Images:
1 = zoom in, 0 = zoom out, press and hold to return to the normal view.
2 = rotate anticlockwise, 9 = rotate clockwise, * = full screen.
In standby mode, press and hold the right soft key to activate voice dialling.
To add a voice tag to a phone number, open a contact card and scroll to the phone number and select:
Options > Add voice tag.
You can customize both soft keys located below the screen (in standby mode):
Menu > Tools > Settings > Phone > Standby mode > Left/Right selection key > "select an application".
In standby mode. press scroll key center (joystick) to go directly to Contacts.
In standby mode, press and hold 0 to launch your wap home page.
In Menu or any subfolder, press numbers 1 - 9 to start the application at that location.
123
456
789
In standby mode,
45# + dials the number on your sim in memory slot 45.
50# + dials slot 50 and so on.
If you have your keylock activated just press the on/off button to turn on your backlight
to look at the time when it's dark without having to unlock the keypad.
Never, ever, in your whole life, install WildSkinz on your Nokia 3650!!! WildSkinz screws up
the whole 3650 system. It was never intended to work on the 3650, only on the 7650.

Why assigning Video Recorder in the right or left soft key does not work?

(Sound Recorder is launched instead of Video Recorder)
It's a bug with firmware version 2.50.

How to check your firmware version:

A "Firmware" is the phone's operating system stored in internal Flash memory of the device (disk Z.
Manufacturers release new firmware versions containing bug fixes, improvements and - sometimes - offering new functions.
Firmware upgrade can only be made in authorized Nokia service centre (point).
To check your current firmware version simply type *#0000# on main Phone screen.

·

How to check your IMEI (International Mobile Equipment Identity)?

Type *#06# on main Phone screen.

Start up in Safe Mode so no 'auto start' apps will be running:

To make sure that no memory-resident programs start when you reboot your phone,
hold down the pencil key when you turn on the phone and hold it on untill you have to enter your PIN code.
(When you have trouble booting up the phone with the MMC in it because it got corrupted for some reason, this trick will
almost always let you boot up the phone so you can remove the latest installed app which might have caused the
problem or if your phone is "unrepairable" you can still back up your important data before you do a format.)

Q: How to totally format your Nokia 3650 and remove all installed applications, user files and restore all
settings to default like it's new out of the box? (OEM apps won't be deleted like Camera and RealOne Player).

A: First Format your MMC: Menu > Extras > Memory > Options > Format mem. card > Yes.
Note: It is very important to format your MMC before you format your phone!
Then format your phone by typing *#7370# on main Phone screen.
Phone will ask: "Restore all original phone settings? Phone will restart." Press 'Yes' and enter your Lock code (default is 12345).
Tip: Formatting takes several minutes so you'd better connect your Nokia 3650
to a charger to ensure that your battery doesn't get empty in the middle of formatting.
Note: All your created acces points and mailboxes will be lost so take a note of them. And all application settings will be reset.
E.g. In Camera, image quality is set back to normal and memory in use is set back to phone memory. And also in Messages,
memory in use is set back to phone memory, etc. Also backup your contacts with PC Suite or a program like Contacts Manager.

To reset your wallet, should you forget your code,
Type in:
*#7370925538#
this will reset the wallet code, the wallet contents will be deleted.
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How to free more RAM on your phone >>>

>>> Method 1: Flight mode:
Put your phone in "Flight mode" with Psiloc System Tools. Install System Tools, open it and select "Flight mode". This way you can restart the phone without your SIM card so there will be no running phone tasks in the background. Now you can have up to 3,5 MB of free RAM!

Note: ironically enough, Flight mode doesn't work when Smart Launcher is installed, at least in my case.
But i've also heard several reports of people who have both apps running without any problems.

>>> Method 2: Smart Launcher trick:
Install Smart Launcher and open it. Go to Options, Settings and put Launcher ON.
Now plug in your charger and switch off your phone. Wait untill the battery meter appears and short press the Menu button (don't hold).
The menu should appear and now you can have 3,5 to 4,5 MB free RAM! (Hold Menu button to check RAM).

The trick is that with the charger plugged in, the phone must get a minimum software support for charging, even when
the phone is switched off. And somehow Smart Launcher has still got it's shortcut running and that's the Menu button. So when
you press the Menu button, you go directly to the Menu without any other phone tasks running in the background so
you trick the phone and you have more free RAM!
Note: when you unplug the charger, the phone will switch off.

>>> Method 3: Menu :
This method I found it by myself, it frees a little about 100~200 KB but I guess it's useful sometime

Close your menu not by selecting the right selection key "exit", or pressing the menu key another time, they only hide the menu app but do not close it, to close it select the left selection key "option" and scroll down and select "exit"

So when you open an app needs more ram reopen menu and close it, it's useful when play low bit rate video in realplayer paradis.

Now you can repair DEAD hard drive! VERY USEFUL !

2007-08-26T04:31:00.001-07:00

FIRST READ MY OWN TECHNIQUE IF UR HARD DISK IS UNDER RISK:

IF THESE INFORMATION IS NOT ENOUGH FOR U THEN THEN GO FOR MY COLLECTIVE INFORMATION BY CLICKING THE DOWNLOAD BUTTON BELOW:

How to repair DEAD hard drive! VERY USEFUL

Hard Drive Repair

If the problem is a head crash, or the infamous Seagate "stiction" problem it is really not too difficult to fix your own hard drive if you know what to do.

You will require #00 steel wool, paint thinner or gasoline, WD-40, a few hand tools, and about 45 minutes.

First, you need a clean room, so make sure the garage door is closed before you begin. Move those old lawnmower parts off the bench.

Disassemble the sealed unit and carefully wash all parts with the paint thinner or gasoline. Bend the read/write heads out of the way and then disassemble the platter stack.

VERY CAREFULLY buff the platter surfaces with the #00 steel wool. This will remove any existing data, level out any surface defects, and help to redistribute the magnetic media and fill in those irritating "bad sectors" that most drives have.

Reassemble the platter stack, and using a .015" feeler gauge, bend the read/write head back to the platter surface, using the feeler gauge to set the gap. This is a slightly higher gap than the factory uses, but it reduces the chance of head collisions with any dirt you neglected to remove.

Give the head and platters a good shot of WD-40 and reassemble the unit. If your drive has a filter, replace it with a clean section of gauze pad.

All that's left is to low level and DOS format the drive, and you're back in business.

If the above does not fix the drive then download this eBook

NOW IF UR NOT SATISFIED AND CANNOT RECOVER UR HARD DISK THEN THERE R 200 WAYS FOR U HERE -----> DOWNLOAD IT

Shutdown Enemy's Pc Forcefully

2007-08-26T04:26:00.000-07:00

SHUTDOWN ENEMY'S PC FORCEFULLY READ IT
ok guys EXCELLENT TRICK !!!!!!
with this trick u can make ur OPPONENT'S PC SHUTDOWN.
read CAREFULLLY its very easy and excellent.

SHUTDOWN OPPONENT'S PC FORCEFULLY.

how it runs- you make a shutdown exe and make ur enemy run.

and it happen in 4 EASY STEPS---->>

*************** START ****************

1)OPEN NOTEPAD

2)WRITE SHUTDOWN -S (SHUTDOWN(SPACEBAR)-S)

3)SAVE IT WITH NAME SHUTDOWN.BAT (BAT STANDS FOR BATCH FILE--NEED NOT TO GET INTO THIS CRAP JUST DO AS I ASK)

4)SEND THE SAVED FILE TO UR FRIEND AND ASK HIM TO RUN IT.(VIA ANY MASSENGER(YAHOO,MSN,IRC,EYEBALL,ETC ETC ETC ANYYYYY)OR EMAIL HIM THIS SAVED .BAT FILE.

***************THATS IT FINISHED***************

OK NOW AS SOON AS UR FRIEND OR ENEMY WILL RUN IT HIS PC WILL SHUTDOWN,WITH THE COUNTDOWN STARTING FROM 30 SEC.

Branding Windows With Your Name

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open notepad dump the following lines into it and save it with the name OEMINFO.INI in the c:\windows\system32 directory:

[General]
Manufacturer=Your Name Here
Model=Your Model Here
[Support Information]
Line1=Your Name Here
Line2=Your Address Here
Line3=Your Email Address Here

Save the file, then make a right click on my computer select properties, in the general tab a button will be highlighted (support information) make a click on it, you will be able to see the changes.
Now if you want to display some more information then simply increase the line in the file.
ex: Line4=Your Working Hours Here

HAVING ICONS WITH NO NAME

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Normally you have to have a name for an icon, just spaces are not allowed. To create an icon with no name attached:

Make sure Num Lock is on
Highlight the Icon you want to change
Right-Mouse click and select Rename
While holding down the Alt key, type 0160
Now the icon will have no name below it.

Make ur PDF files to SPEAK

2007-08-26T04:24:00.000-07:00

You can listen to any PDF instead of reading with Adobe Reader 7.0 or 6.0,
and the short cut is:

Ctrl+shift+b - to hear the entire Document

Ctrl+shift+v - to hear the page

Ctrl+shift+c - to resume

Notepad Secret and Funny Trick

2007-08-26T04:23:00.002-07:00

A funny trick You can do using Notepad in Windows XP.

Open Notepad.
Type the words as follows:
Bush hid the facts

Now save the file (give it any name you like), close the notepad.
open it again. u will se Square characters (or) Chinese letters instead of the words you had written.
It Works Only with XP.

Microsoft WoRd CrAzY FaCt !!

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Open Microsoft Word and type

=rand (200, 99)

And then press ENTER

and see the Magic

Learn How 2 Stoppie UR Bike

2007-08-26T01:20:00.001-07:00

While on the ride apply the brake smoothly

50 kmph stoppie - sliding/skidding may occur in initial try.
10 kmph stoppie - Better trick for initial bikers

I prefer that u better start with the second one(10 kmph). Because at 10 kmph, we have a lot more confidence. And it's much

safer. Doing it slowly and smoothly are the most important thing.

You grab the front brake slowly at first and apply progressively more brake until the front end is fully loaded (put ur bdy

weight 4wrd, push those discs).

Loading the front forks is important, because it transfers the forces from the bike's weight onto the front before you bring

the rear up. You can't just get a stoppie by instantly applying full front brake! That'll just slide the front (even at 10

mph if you pull too fast).ages.

Don't use any rear brake and don't expect the rear brake to keep you from going over like it does with wheelies. In fact, if

you apply the rear brake while the rear wheel is up in the air, it'll make it harder to balance when you come back down

Balancing is pretty important to pull off the trick without embarassment. Usually, a fouled stoppie will simply make you put

your foot down. Keep the bike in 1st gear, because you'll want to accelerate once you come down to stabilize the bike (and

leave the spectators behind !).

ready to go again! Landing a little crooked, but still perfectly balanced looks even cooler for some reason.

There are more subtle tricks like standing up on the pegs a little before braking to make it last longer, but I wouldn't try

that for starters.

Have fun and ride safe always!

Learn How 2 Do A Wheelie With UR Motorbike

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Please try with older bikes first...to be safe with ur newer ones:

My Advice to beginners

Try 2 have a motor bike which is above 600cc. Other bikes will do but with less power and u need to struggle.
U must have more confidence in u.
Including patience
Better start with 20-25 kmph.

Bikes which I advice to be safe:

Yamaha R1 - CBR 900 – 1200 Bandit – suzuki Hayabusa- etc,(These types of bikes are the easiest of all for wheelies because they will wheelie off the throttle in first gear without trying hard at all.)

Time to start:

Start slow, probably 20-25 MPH is the best to do stunt like wheelie, or stoopie.
Play with your clutch when trying to boost the speed of your bike, keep your body lean backward a little bit.
Keep your fingers on the hand brake lever, and while you reving up the throttle, do a quick blip on the clutch and it should bring your bike up.
Try to stabilize your bike, don't put too much or too little Acceleration.
When you wanna bring down the bike, just press the brake pedal with your right foot, do it slowly so it won't hurt your shock.

WARNINGS:

Make sure you buy a used bike when doing your stunt, so you don't lose so much when you total your bike.
It needs a lot of practice to find the balance point for your bike and your body.
Wear protective gear and make sure to have friends with you in case something bad happened.
Tires need to be properly inflated and all gears are in good condition

All Unknown - Windows XP Tricks

2007-08-24T23:15:00.001-07:00

shtcut to restarting xp..

You can restart a Windows XP Pro and home machine easily by creating a shortcut with following path. (Assume you installed Windows XP on your C: Partition) "c:\windows\system32\shutdown.exe -r -f -t 00" -r is for restarting the computer. -f is to force close all programs without saving. -t 00 is used to restart in zero seconds. i.e. as soon as you D.Click on the shortcut. You can log off from a Windows XP Professional or home edition by running "C:\windows\system32\shutdown.exe -l -f -t 00". Also you can shutdown a Windows XP home or Professional edition by running "c:\windows\system32\shutdown.exe -s -f -t 00". You always have to turn from the CPU after running this command. (Same with AT and ATX powered machines.) If you want to turn down power of ATX machine automatically, run "c:\windows\system32\tsshutdn.exe 00 /POWERDOWN /DELAY:00" This is used to turn off a server. Even though your computer will be
shutdown completely, this whole operation will take 30 seconds to finish. Even though you don't have networked computers attached to your computer, this works.

1) Disabling Display of Drives in My Computer :

This is yet another trick you can play on your geek friend. To disable the display of local or networked drives when you click My Computer go to : HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Policies\Explorer Now in the right pane create a new DWORD item and name it NoDrives. Now modify it's value and set it to 3FFFFFF (Hexadecimal) Now press F5 to refresh. When you click on My Computer, no drives will be shown. To enable display of drives in My Computer, simply delete this DWORD item. It's .reg file is as follows: REGEDIT4 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Policies\Explore r] "NoDrives"=dword:03ffffff

2) Pop a banner each time Windows Boots :

To pop a banner which can contain any message you want to display just before a user is going to log on, go to the key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\WinLogon Now create a new string Value in the right pane named LegalNoticeCaption and enter the value that you want to see in the Menu Bar. Now create yet another new string value and name it: LegalNoticeText. Modify it and insert the message you want to display each time Windows boots. This can be effectively used to display the company's private policy each time the user logs on to his NT box. It's .reg file would be: REGEDIT4 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Winlogon] "LegalNoticeCaption"="Caption here."

3) Great trick Lock ur PC yourself

lock ur pc.. open notepad copy and paste the script below and save it .VBS extention
This wil create a shortcut.. run(click) it

set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
set oShellLink = WshShell.CreateShortcut(wshShell.SpecialFolders("D esktop") & "\LockWorkstation.lnk")
oShellLink.TargetPath = "%windir%\system32\rundll32.exe"
oShellLink.Arguments = "user32.dll,LockWorkStation"
oShellLink.Save

4) Deleting System Options from the Start menu :

You can actually remove the Find and Run options from the start menu by performing a simple registry hack. Again like always Launch the registry editor and scroll down to the below key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Policies\Explorer Right-click on the right pane and select New, DWORD Value. Name it NoFind.(To remove the RUN option name it NoRun). Double-click the newly create DWORD to edit it's value and enter 1 as its value. This will disable the FIND option of the Start Menu and will also disable the default Shortcut key(F3 for Find.) To restore the Run or find command modify the value of the DWORD to 0 or simply Delete the DWORD value.

5) Cleaning Recent Docs Menu and the RUN MRU :

The Recent Docs menu can be easily disabled by editing the Registry. To do this go to the following Key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Policies\Explorer Now in the right pane, create a new DWORD value by the name: NoRecentDocsMenu and set it's value to 1. Restart Explorer to save the changes. You can also clear the RUN MRU history. All the listings are stored in the key: HKEY_USERS\.Default\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Cur rentVersion\Explorer\RunMR U You can delete individual listings or the entire listing. To delete History of Find listings go to: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Explorer\Doc Find Spec MRU and delete

6) Can u Delete Recycle Bin?

1 thing is 4 sure, delete option can be added 2 recycle bin...
the old registry thing will work out.....
* launch d registry...
* open HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}\ShellFolder
* to add a rename and delete option, change the Dword attribute to 70 01 00 20
* refresh and reboot the system..... u r done.

PS: always backup ur data as well as registry b4 attempting 2 work on it if u r a newbie....

7) To change the icons used for specific drives in explorer

Open regedit by typing regedit into start->run

then navigate to

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/Explorer

now create a key(KEY not VALUE!!) called DriveIcons under Explorer...
now within DriveIcons, create another key with the drive letter you want to change (e.g.,HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Window s\CurrentVersion\Explorer\DriveIcons\K)...
create another key within the drive letter key called DefaultIcon...
now set the default String value equal to the icon you want to use. if you have a file that has more than one icon in it, such as a DLL file, use the standard
C:\full_path\icon_file.dll,n ) where n is the number of the icon within the file icon_file.dll...

~ c h e e r s! ~

More

change drive icons.....

first of all copy a icon file to the root of the drive.
example: c:\icon.ico

then create a file called: autorun.inf in c:\autorun.inf
then open that file and type the following:

[autorun]
icon=icon.ico

save and close the file.

now open my computer and resfresh.. and woh! icon changed....
you can apply to other drives too.

be carefull:

"autorun.inf" and "ico.ico" must be in the root of the drive.
example: c:\autorun.inf and c:\icon.ico.
same on the root.

ENJOY, this works on 98 too!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

8) Hacking windows SEND TO MENU

I know this is a very simple thing but the problem, as like many other issues, is the ignorance about it.

How often do you copy songs from a CD? Or some photos from a CD?

What do you do? You select the required files and do a CTRL –C. Open the destination folder and do a CTRL-V. Here is something you can benefit time from. customize your SEND TO MENU.

This sounds simple and you can do it in less than sixty seconds.
You can create your own BASKET.

First you’ll need access to hidden files. So change your view settings to make all hidden files visible.
Tools -> folder options -> view (tab) and select the show hidden files and folders.
go to parent drive:/documents and settings/(user name)/send to

Open up my computer and locate your most used folders.

Create a shortcut of the most used folders in SEND TO FOLDER.You can do this in a number of ways.

Right click -> send to desktop(create shortcut) and move the shortcut from the desktop to the SEND TO FOLDER

Copy the most used folder and go to SEND TO FOLDER and right click -> paste shortcut.

Also remember to rename the shortcuts to send to videos or send to potos. We don’t need confusion when we use the same later.

5. DONE

~ c h e e r s! ~

9) How to remove the shortcut arrow from the desktop ?

Open Regedit and navigate to the following key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Explorer \ Shell Icons
Backup the key. More information.
In the right-pane, create a new String value named "29"
Double-click 29 and set its data to:

C:\Windows\System32\shell32.dll,50 (an empty icon)
Close Registry Editor.

Now,

Right-click Desktop, choose Properties
Click the Appearance Tab.

Click Advanced button.

Choose Icon from the drop-down list

Set it's size to 31 and press OK, OK.

The changes will be applied now. Repeat the above steps and then set the Icon size back to 32 (defaults). The above steps are required to force Windows to redraw the icons

10) The Complete list ! Can u Do it!

Try to create a folder in Windows with either of these names--
"con" or "nul" or "Aux" or "Lpt1".
Windows will not let u create ....

This s coz these refer 2 some well known ports....
-con corresponds to the console
-Lpt1 corresponds to printer and so on....

well dat was common but hw bt this ? Try these more

CON, PRN, AUX, CLOCK$, NUL, COM1, COM2, COM3, COM4, COM5, COM6, COM7, COM8, COM9, LPT1, LPT2, LPT3, LPT4, LPT5, LPT6, LPT7, LPT8, and LPT9.

TURN NUMLOCK ON AT LOGON.!!

NumLock does not toggle on by default (system-wide), even if you have it set in your PC's BIOS, because of XP's multi-user functionality. Guess Microsoft doesn't know everyone actually turns it on, which should be reason enough for what acts as "default"...
Anyway, you can hack the Windows Registry to change this behavior, or run a script at logon to turn NumLock on.
1. To enable NumLock through the Registry:
* Open Windows' Registry Editor (START > RUN, type "REGEDIT").
*. Navigate to HKEY_USERS\.Default\Control Panel\Keyboard.
*. Change the value for InitialKeyboardIndicators from 0 to 2.
2. To enable NumLock using a script, see this MS Knowledgebase article for complete instructions:
CODEhttp://support.microsoft.com/directory/article.asp?ID=KB;EN-US;Q262625
Option 1 is the quicker method, but if you have more than one user on your system and one or more don't want NumLock on (stranger things have been known of), then option 2 is the way to go since it allows you to only attach the script to specific users.

REMOVING SERVICES DEPENDENCIES.!!

This will allow you to disable a service or uninstall it from your system without effecting another service that depends on it. Here's how you do it
1. After you have set your services the way you want them and you have disabled/uninstalled something that another services depends on, run "regedit"
2. Under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\find the service that will not function, do to another service being disabled/uninstall (found in ControlSet001\Services, ControlSet002\Services, and CurrentControlSet\Services)
3. Once you have found the service right-click on the string value, "DependOnService,"and modify
4. You should now see a list of services that it is dependent on. Simply delete the service that you have disabled/uninstalled
5. Restart your computer and your ready to go Disclaimer REMEMBER TO BACKUP YOU REGISTRY FIRST I'm not totaly sure if this will have any negative effects on your system. I used this method after uninstalling "Netbios over Tcpip" from my system completely, so that my Dhcp service would function and I have had NO negative effects on my system.

All Mobile Tricks For S60 Revealed

2007-08-24T23:13:00.001-07:00

1 : Do u know how to use the edit button (abc or pencil button)?Heres how... in the inbox for example; u wanna delete multiple sms, simply hold the edit button, scroll down, and then, press c to delete the marked sms. The edit button can also b used to copy and past text in sms, simply hold it and scroll across, choose copy. pretty good for placing song names in ngages

Tip 2 : Shit happens, on a smartphone, its inevitable u do something wrong, and tis calls for a format of fone. to format the fone, press *#7370#, then enter the lock code, which is the sec code of the fone. NOTE: batt must b full, else if format is disrupted by low batt, consequences will b disatrous I heard the code *#7780# works too, pretty much the same i tink.for 6600 users, to format the fone, theres an alternative way. Press and hold <3>, <*> and Call (Send) buttons, then power on fone, keep holding on the 3 buttons, till u come to a format screen. this method ONLY works on 6600, and need not enter the sec code. BUT sec code would be reset to default 12345.

Tip 3 : TO NGAGE USERS; Did u know u can install .sis files simply using the cable given? Juz plug it in, place the .sis file anywhere on e: (the mmc), not in any folders, root of e:, disconnect, then look for it in manager.

Tip 4: Save on battery and system memory being used by regulary checking the task manager which can be accessed by holding down the menu button!!

Tip 5: Type *#06# to display your IMEI serial number, very valuable for the unlocking your phone to other sim cards

Tip 6: Type *#0000# to view which firmware version you are running
Tip 4a: Set the screen saver to a short time out period to prolong battery life.Tip 4b: Avoid restarting the phone, or repeatedly turning it on and off. This helps increase battery life.

Tip 7: If you would like to avoid being "blue jacked", keep bluetooth turned off, or set your phone's visibility to hidden.

Tip 8: Don't want to carry a watch and a phone? Set the screen saver to show date and time, then you can ditch the watch.

Tip 9: Save memory when installing apps, by installing over bluetooth. This can be done using the nokia phone suite and a bluetooth serial connection. Only works with .SIS files, so java still has to be sent to the phone, but will save space when using .SIS files

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Tip 10: Operator logosUse a filemanager like FExplorer or SeleQ to add the folders: "c:/system/Apps/phone/oplogo". Add a .bmp picture to folder "oplogo" and restart your phone! The .bmp picture size needs to be: 97 x 25 pixels

Tip 11: Check if the recepients phone is onDelivery reports
or
Type *0# your message in the message composer window space then write your message, the recipient will not see the star zero hash bit - just the message When they read it it will relay a message back to your fone showing the time they recieved it. (haven't yet tried it myself though)

Tip 12: BlueJacking
First up, you need to know what Bluetooth is. There are lots of types of modern devices that incorporate Bluetooth as one of their many features. PDAs, mobile phones and laptops are a few of these modern devices. Bluetooth means that Bluetooth enabled devices can send things like phonebook/address book contacts, pictures & notes to other Bluetooth enabled devices wirelessly over a range of about 10 metres. So, we've got past the boring part. Now, using a phone with Bluetooth, you can create a phonebook contact and write a message, eg. 'Hello, you've been bluejacked', in the 'Name' field. Then you can search for other phones with Bluetooth and send that phonebook contact to them. On their phone, a message will popup saying "'Hello, you've been bluejacked' has just been received by Bluetooth" or something along those lines. For most 'victims' they will have no idea as to how the message appeared on their phone.

Tip 13: While you are viewing a picture in your phone's gallery, press one of these shortcut keys (definitely works on 6600, not sure about other symbians)1 - turn image anticlockwise3 - turn image clockwise* - toggle on/off of full screen5 - zoom in0 - zoom out

Tip 14 : You can select all files in a folder by selecting THE folder and copy it then paste it somewhere. however u need to make a new directory. fexplorer wun let u copy that folder together. well seleQ can mark files to copy but it really takes time!

Tip 15 :: A soft and Hard resetA Soft-reset - the process of resetting all the settings of the phone to the factory default! No applications are deleted! A Hard-reset is like formatting a drive! It does format the memory. Everything that has been installed after the first use of the phone is deleted! It will recover the memory of the phone to the state you purchased it! It is done by inputing the following code: *#7370# NOTE: The battery must be full or the charger has to be connected to the phone so that it does not run out of power and make the phone unusable.

Tip 16: Formats of images

supported ones: JPG UPF GIF87a/89a WBMB MBM TIFF/F PNG EXIF

How to copy & paste text in your Nokia 3650:Press and hold the pencil key and select your text using the scroll key.Left function key will change to 'Copy'. Press it to copy the selected text to clipboard.You can paste the clipboard contents the same wayress and hold the pencil key and press 'Paste'. Or, press pencil key once and select 'Paste'.
Press and hold the Menu key to open the application switching window, where you can *duh* switch between applications.If a program hangs and you can't shut it down, select the application in theapplication switching window and press 'C' to kill it. It's also a faster way to exit programs.

Turn on/off the "click" sound made by the camera by selecting the 'Silent' profile or by turning warning tones on/off:Menu > Profiles > "select your activated profile" > Personalise > Warning tones > On/Off.(This also effects the sound of Java games and apps).

To change background image go to:Menu > Tools > Settings > Phone > Standby mode > Background image > Yes > "choose an image".The best size for background images is 174x132 pixels.

Only got blue, green and purple in your 3650 colour palette?This free app adds 3 more colours: Palette Extender.

Display an image when someone's calling:Menu > Contacts > "select a contact card" > Options > Edit > Options > Add thumbnail > "choose an image".
Add a personal ringing tone to a contact:Menu > Contacts > "select a contact card" > Options > Open > Options > Ringing tone > "choose a ringing tone".
Delete all messages from your Inbox at once:Menu > Messaging > Inbox > Options > Mark/Unmark > Mark all > Options > Delete.
Send or hide your caller ID: Go to: Menu > Tools > Settings > Call > Send MyCaller ID > 'Yes', 'No' or 'Set By Network' to follow the default settings of your home network.
If you often copy large files to your MultiMedia Card, I recommend a card reader.E.g. With a card reader it takes only 12 seconds to copy a 10 MB file!
Record the sound of a phone call using the (sound) Recorder.Menu > Extra's > Recorder > Options > Record sound clip.Note: short beeps are audible during call registration.But there is a 60 second limitation so if you want unlimited sound recording get this app: Extended Recorder.

While writing text, press "#" to switch between upper and lower case and Dictonary on/off (predictive text input).Press and hold "#" to switch between Alpha mode and Number mode.

Keyboard shortcuts for zooming and rotating images in Images:1 = zoom in, 0 = zoom out, press and hold to return to the normal view.2 = rotate anticlockwise, 9 = rotate clockwise, * = full screen.

In standby mode, press and hold the right soft key to activate voice dialling.To add a voice tag to a phone number, open a contact card and scroll to the phone number and select:Options > Add voice tag.

You can customize both soft keys located below the screen (in standby mode):Menu > Tools > Settings > Phone > Standby mode > Left/Right selection key > "select an application".

In standby mode. press scroll key center (joystick) to go directly to Contacts.
In standby mode, press and hold 0 to launch your wap home page.
In Menu or any subfolder, press numbers 1 - 9 to start the application at that location.123456789

In standby mode,45# + dials the number on your sim in memory slot 45.50# + dials slot 50 and so on.

If you have your keylock activated just press the on/off button to turn on your backlightto look at the time when it's dark without having to unlock the keypad.
Never, ever, in your whole life, install WildSkinz on your Nokia 3650!!! WildSkinz screws upthe whole 3650 system. It was never intended to work on the 3650, only on the 7650.

Why assigning Video Recorder in the right or left soft key does not work?

(Sound Recorder is launched instead of Video Recorder)It's a bug with firmware version 2.50.
How to check your firmware version:

A "Firmware" is the phone's operating system stored in internal Flash memory of the device (disk Z.Manufacturers release new firmware versions containing bug fixes, improvements and - sometimes - offering new functions.Firmware upgrade can only be made in authorized Nokia service centre (point).To check your current firmware version simply type *#0000# on main Phone screen.
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How to check your IMEI (International Mobile Equipment Identity)?

Type *#06# on main Phone screen.

Start up in Safe Mode so no 'auto start' apps will be running:

To make sure that no memory-resident programs start when you reboot your phone,hold down the pencil key when you turn on the phone and hold it on untill you have to enter your PIN code.(When you have trouble booting up the phone with the MMC in it because it got corrupted for some reason, this trick willalmost always let you boot up the phone so you can remove the latest installed app which might have caused theproblem or if your phone is "unrepairable" you can still back up your important data before you do a format.)
Q: How to totally format your Nokia 3650 and remove all installed applications, user files and restore allsettings to default like it's new out of the box? (OEM apps won't be deleted like Camera and RealOne Player).

A: First Format your MMC: Menu > Extras > Memory > Options > Format mem. card > Yes.Note: It is very important to format your MMC before you format your phone!Then format your phone by typing *#7370# on main Phone screen.Phone will ask: "Restore all original phone settings? Phone will restart." Press 'Yes' and enter your Lock code (default is 12345).Tip: Formatting takes several minutes so you'd better connect your Nokia 3650to a charger to ensure that your battery doesn't get empty in the middle of formatting.Note: All your created acces points and mailboxes will be lost so take a note of them. And all application settings will be reset.E.g. In Camera, image quality is set back to normal and memory in use is set back to phone memory. And also in Messages,memory in use is set back to phone memory, etc. Also backup your contacts with PC Suite or a program like Contacts Manager.

To reset your wallet, should you forget your code,
Type in:*#7370925538#
this will reset the wallet code, the wallet contents will be deleted.

How to free more RAM on your phone

>>> Method 1: Flight mode:
Put your phone in "Flight mode" with Psiloc System Tools. Install System Tools, open it and select "Flight mode". This way you can restart the phone without your SIM card so there will be no running phone tasks in the background. Now you can have up to 3,5 MB of free RAM!
Note: ironically enough, Flight mode doesn't work when Smart Launcher is installed, at least in my case. But i've also heard several reports of people who have both apps running without any problems.

>>> Method 2: Smart Launcher trick:
Install Smart Launcher and open it. Go to Options, Settings and put Launcher ON.Now plug in your charger and switch off your phone. Wait untill the battery meter appears and short press the Menu button (don't hold).The menu should appear and now you can have 3,5 to 4,5 MB free RAM! (Hold Menu button to check RAM).
The trick is that with the charger plugged in, the phone must get a minimum software support for charging, even whenthe phone is switched off. And somehow Smart Launcher has still got it's shortcut running and that's the Menu button. So whenyou press the Menu button, you go directly to the Menu without any other phone tasks running in the background soyou trick the phone and you have more free RAM!Note: when you unplug the charger, the phone will switch off.

>>> Method 3: Menu :
This method I found it by myself, it frees a little about 100~200 KB but I guess it's useful sometime
Close your menu not by selecting the right selection key "exit", or pressing the menu key another time, they only hide the menu app but do not close it, to close it select the left selection key "option" and scroll down and select "exit"
So when you open an app needs more ram reopen menu and close it, it's useful when play low bit rate video in realplayer paradis.

Useful RUN Commands !!

2007-08-24T21:25:00.000-07:00

RUN COMMANDS ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !! !
Useful RUN Commands

To Access?. - Run Command
Accessibility Controls - access.cpl
Add Hardware Wizard - hdwwiz.cpl
Add/Remove Programs - appwiz.cpl
Administrative Tools - control admintools
Automatic Updates - wuaucpl.cpl
Bluetooth Transfer Wizard - fsquirt
Calculator - calc
Certificate Manager - certmgr.msc
Character Map - charmap
Check Disk Utility - chkdsk
Clipboard Viewer - clipbrd
Command Prompt - cmd
Component Services - dcomcnfg
Computer Management - compmgmt.msc
Date and Time Properties - timedate.cpl
DDE Shares - ddeshare
Device Manager - devmgmt.msc
Direct X Control Panel (If Installed)* - directx.cpl
Direct X Troubleshooter - dxdiag
Disk Cleanup Utility - cleanmgr
Disk Defragment - dfrg.msc
Disk Management - diskmgmt.msc
Disk Partition Manager - diskpart
Display Properties - control desktop
Display Properties - desk.cpl
Display Properties (w/Appearance Tab Preselected) - control color
Dr. Watson System Troubleshooting Utility - drwtsn32
Driver Verifier Utility - verifier
Event Viewer - eventvwr.msc
File Signature Verification Tool - sigverif
Findfast - findfast.cpl
Folders Properties - control folders
Fonts - control fonts
Fonts Folder - fonts
Free Cell Card Game - freecell
Game Controllers - joy.cpl
Group Policy Editor (XP Prof) - gpedit.msc
Hearts Card Game - mshearts

· Useful Run Commands - II
Iexpress Wizard - iexpress
Indexing Service - ciadv.msc
Internet Properties - inetcpl.cpl
IP Configuration (Display Connection Configuration) - ipconfig /all
IP Configuration (Display DNS Cache Contents) - ipconfig /displaydns
IP Configuration (Delete DNS Cache Contents) - ipconfig /flushdns
IP Configuration (Release All Connections) - ipconfig /release
IP Configuration (Renew All Connections) - ipconfig /renew
IP Configuration (Refreshes DHCP & Re - Registers DNS) -
ipconfig /registerdns
IP Configuration (Display DHCP Class ID) - ipconfig /showclassid
IP Configuration (Modifies DHCP Class ID)

Useful RUN commands - II

IP Configuration (Display DHCP Class ID) - ipconfig /showclassid
IP Configuration (Modifies DHCP Class ID) - ipconfig /setclassid
Java Control Panel (If Installed) - jpicpl32.cpl
Java Control Panel (If Installed) - javaws
Keyboard Properties - control keyboard
Local Security Settings - secpol.msc
Local Users and Groups - lusrmgr.msc
Logs You Out Of Windows - logoff
Microsoft Chat - winchat
Minesweeper Game - winmine
Mouse Properties - control mouse
Mouse Properties - main.cpl
Network Connections - control netconnections
Network Connections - ncpa.cpl
Network Setup Wizard - netsetup.cpl
Notepad - notepad
Nview Desktop Manager (If Installed) - nvtuicpl.cpl
Object Packager - packager
ODBC Data Source Administrator - odbccp32.cpl
On Screen Keyboard - osk
Opens AC3 Filter (If Installed) - ac3filter.cpl
Password Properties - password.cpl
Performance Monitor - perfmon.msc
Performance Monitor - perfmon
Phone and Modem Options - telephon.cpl
Power Configuration - powercfg.cpl
Printers and Faxes - control printers
Printers Folder - printers
Private Character Editor - eudcedit
Quicktime (If Installed) - QuickTime.cpl
Regional Settings - intl.cpl
Registry Editor - regedit
Registry Editor - regedit32
Remote Desktop - mstsc
Removable Storage - ntmsmgr.msc
Removable Storage Operator Requests - ntmsoprq.msc
Resultant Set of Policy (XP Prof) - rsop.msc

Useful RUN Commands - III
Scanners and Cameras - sticpl.cpl
Scheduled Tasks - control schedtasks
Security Center - wscui.cpl
Services - services.msc
Shared Folders - fsmgmt.msc
Shuts Down Windows - shutdown
Sounds and Audio - mmsys.cpl
Spider Solitare Card Game - spider
SQL Client Configuration - cliconfg
System Configuration Editor - sysedit
System Configuration Utility - msconfig
System File Checker Utility (Scan Immediately) - sfc /scannow
System File Checker Utility (Scan Once At Next Boot) - sfc /scanonce
System File Checker Utility (Scan On Every Boot) - sfc /scanbo

For Shakira, an Emotional Homecoming Show

2007-07-21T05:35:00.000-07:00

Many know the Colombian singer Shakira for her potent, sultry voice and swiveling hips. The world has seen her play at last summer's World Cup in Berlin, the world's biggest sporting event.

And she dominated the Latin Grammys in November — winning four of the five nominations she received. Now, she's wrapping up an exhausting world tour, singing in English and Spanish and showing why she's Latin America's most successful crossover artist.

In a recent stop in her hometown, Barranquilla, Shakira told thrilled fans attending her concert at the huge soccer stadium that everything she's learned, she's learned from Barranquilla — and that the night belonged to the city of her birth.

With hits like "Hips Don't Lie," from her latest album, Oral Fixation Vol. 2, Shakira has become a superstar, one who has achieved a crossover appeal in the United States that most Latin singers can only dream of.

Born to a father of Lebanese descent and a Colombian mother, Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll says in a rare interview that she started singing at a young age. She wrote her first song when she was 8.

But not everyone in the Catholic girl's school she attended thought she had a future. She says she wasn't able to join the school choir because a music teacher thought her voice was "too strong, too powerful."

"My voice was strong and I wanted to sing out loud, and he didn't think I was the right choice for the choir," Shakira says.

Instead, she went her own way — winning a string of local singing competitions. She then talked her mother into moving to Bogota, the capital, where she could get close to the record companies. Her two first albums were lackluster.

Then in 1996 came Pies Descalzos, or Bare Feet, which sold 4 million copies. That led to another hit album and, finally, her first English-language album, Laundry Service. It sold 13 million copies worldwide.

Her most recent two CDs — one in English, one in Spanish — both made the top five on Billboard's U.S. album chart.

"I take pop music very seriously, and I try to give the best I can give through my music, always improve and always learn because I think that's the only way you can't get bored with what you do," she says.

Fans have come to expect a fresh sound with each Shakira album. They may not know that Shakira speaks three languages, is conversant on existentialism and holds forth on Colombia's complicated guerrilla conflict.

Indeed, a big reason for coming home is to tout her Pies Descalzos (Bare Feet) Foundation. It's raising money to build schools for poor children.

At a press conference, the singer discussed poverty, the sorry state of schools, and political violence.

"Latin America is the world's region with the most inequality," she said. "There are a few who have much; many who have very little."

Those close to Shakira say that she feels a certain responsibility.

Coming off a hit album, Shakira says she is now going to take some time to ponder which direction she'll go next. Her albums take time to produce — up to three years.

She acknowledges that she is at a crossroads that's familiar to rising stars — pressured to produce top-selling albums and still sound fresh and inventive. She knows it's easy to sound crassly commercial.

"That risk is there, it's definitely there because we're humans and we're vulnerable and we let ourselves be tempted with fame and the glitters of popularity," she says. "I think the risk becomes greater when you start repeating formulas. When you stop competing against yourself, when you lose authenticity, when you don't rely on your own feelings."

In her concert in Barranquilla, Shakira prepared to go on stage with some of Colombia's best-known folkloric musicians, among them Joaquin Guillen of the Brothers Zuleta band. He remembered when she was just a girl and how she got advice from him and other established musicians.

Now, he says she's the future.

"Now Shakira represents us in the world," Guillen says. "For us, she's the Colombian Madonna."