Twitter unveils its automatic link Shortening service !!
Posted by: vivekmishra on: June 16, 2011
The microblogging site twitter on last tuesday announced what its user were longing for a long time, Its automatic URL shortening service as t.co . Many of the site user complained about its 140 character cap limit that often prevents entering long URLs.
Announcing the new feature on its blog the company said, “Today, we’re releasing something that many of you have been asking for – automatic link shortening on Twitter.com.”
As to how it will work? “Just paste a link of any length into the Tweet box on Twitter.com. After you’ve composed your Tweet and you hit the “Tweet” button, we’ll shorten the link so that it only takes up 19 characters,” said the company in the blog.
Once posted, the link will get a t.co link ID, but it will appear as a shortened version of the original URL so people know the site to which they are navigating.
As for the users who want analytics for their links? “You can continue to use your favorite third-party link shortening services,” says the company.
How to Disable Autoplay feature on USB and CD-ROM drive?
Posted by: vivekmishra on: April 9, 2010
Removable USB drives use the Autorun feature to load files when the drives are plugged into the USB port. Malware uses the Autorun feature to spread from USB drive to PC.
Here is how U can Disable the autorun feature to prevent malware from spreading.
Windows XP PRO users
Goto Start >> Run
Type gpedit.msc and click OK. The Group Policy window will open.
In the left pane, double-click Administrative Templates
In the right pane, double-click System, scroll down the list and double-click Turn Off Autoplay
In the Turn Off Autoplay Properties window, select Enabled. From the dropdown next to Turn Off Autoplay on, select All drives and then click OK. Exit Group Policy by selecting File, then choosing Exit from the menu.
XP Home users will need to make the changes by editing the registry directly.
To begin , Goto Start >> Run >>Type regedit and click OK. The Registry Editor window will open.
In the left pane, navigate to:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER>>Software>>Microsoft>>Windows>>CurrentVersion>>Policies>>Explorer.
With Explorer highlighted, in the right-pane right click the value NoDriveTypeAutoRun and select Modify from the drop down menu. The base value will be set to Hexadecimal. If not, select Hexadecimal.
Type 95 and click OK.
Note that this will stop Autorun on removable/USB drives, but still allow it on CD ROM drives. If you want to disable autorun on both, substitute b5 for the 95.
Exit Registry Editor by selecting File>> Exit from the menu. Reboot your computer for the changes to take effect.
Changing the Logon Background in classic logon screen
Posted by: vivekmishra on: September 9, 2009
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Ever wanted to change the background color of the classic logon screen from light blue to some
new color?
here’s how u can do it:>
1. goto START>RUN and type REGEDIT nd then click OK.
2.Once the Registry Editor starts up, expand
HKEY_USERS, .DEFAULT, Control Panel, and then Colors.
3.once you have expanded the colors key you will see the screen like the screen shown in the picture below
Changing the background color of the logon screen with the system Registry Editor
3. The entry that you will be interested in is called Background. Notice that the background entry has
a value that contains three different numbers. Each of these numbers represents a different
color makeup in the RGB color format.
4. When you have found the color that you want to use as the background and have also
converted it to the Red, Green, and Blue format, you are ready to edit the entry. Rightclick
the BACKGROUND entry.
5. In the Edit String box, replace the numbers so that the first number is the number of
red, followed by a space. Then, repeat that format for the other two colors so that your
entry looks something like this entry for orange, “255 128 0”.
Click OK when you are
finished to save the change.
next time you restart the windows and the classic logon screen is displayed the new background color will be displayed.
If you ever want to revert your computer back to the default blue color, repeat the steps above
to change the color and set the value of the background entry to “0 78 152”.
Automatically move mouse pointer to the default button in a dialog box
Posted by: vivekmishra on: September 1, 2009
Simplify your mouse movement by using this small trick…
HERE’S how….
1. Go to START>CONTROL PANEL>MOUSE.
2. Then in the POINTER OPTION tab
CHECK the “AUTOMATICALLY MOVE POINTER TO THE DEFAULT BUTTON IN A DIALOG BOX ” checkbox.
3. APPLY the changes and its DONE.
Google set to launch its new OS in the second half of 2010..
Posted by: vivekmishra on: July 13, 2009
It’s the ultimate showdown in the technology world, the clash of giants that has been eagerly awaited for years. Web giant Google is taking its clearest aim yet at Microsoft with its plan to produce its own operating system that would optimise the way computers work on the Internet.
The Chrome operating system is due to be out in the second half of next year and will initially be used in netbooks. The operating system would be released as free, open-source software, which would allow anyone to use or modify it.
At the core of Google’s vision is the most important trend in the networked world: the move from running applications on a desktop computer to running them through a web browser.
From Gmail to Facebook and Picassa to Twitter, the most popular uses for computers are no longer the disc-churning software programmes like Microsoft Office, which have clogged up hard drives for years. The new paradigm is cloud-based computing, where all the heavy lifting and storage is done on companies’ server farms, which people access over their broadband connections.
According to Google, it’s time that computers reflected the change.
“The operating systems that browsers run on were designed in an era where there was no web”–
Google executives Sundar Pichai and Linus Upson said.
The Chrome operating system is Google’s “attempt to re-think what operating systems should be”, based on three key attributes: “speed, simplicity and security”.
Google is designing the OS to be fast and lightweight, to start up and get you on to the web in a few seconds. Google is completely redesigning the underlying security architecture of the OS so that users don’t have to deal with viruses, malware and security updates.
That vision sounds like digital heaven for computer users who have wrestled forever with bloated software and computers that progressively get slower and slower.
“Google may or may not have the experience and capability of actually producing an operating system and getting it deployed,” vice president of research at Directions on Microsoft, Don Retallack , said. “It may not realise how hard it is.”
Microsoft still sells between 80 and 90 percent of PC operating systems and is convinced that users, especially businesses, still want their data and programmes to be stored locally.
“People want their information under their own control,” he says.
For example, users who opt for a Chrome-powered PC will have to give up their old software, and may find much of their data impossible to transfer. For computer-game players, video editors or any other users who need raw computing power, Chrome might be significantly underpowered.
The influential blog Techcrunch called Google’s move a “genius play”.
11th digit is soon 2 b a part of ur mobile number..
Posted by: vivekmishra on: April 6, 2009
With phone operators expected to run out of 10-digit mobile numbers soon, the Department of Telecom (DoT) is now considering an 11-digit numbering system. With so many telecom service providers and a growing customer base, the need for new numbers and their consequent shortage will be felt soon.
India has reportedly added 10.81 million mobile subscribers in December 2008.
The TEC (Telecom Engineering Centre, DoT’s technical arm) has recommended the new numbering plan that has been forwarded to the government for the final decision. The telecom department had come up with a 30-year numbering plan in 2003 but the fast growth in the telecom subscriber base has forced the authority to relook into its policy and consider 11-digit numbering system.
“The infrastructure is ready and this should be implemented within two years.
With such a robust growth, Telecom operators would require new (number) series very soon.
“There would be no technical issues as such but the customers may have to face some problems initially.” -Aircel chief operating officer Gurdeep Singh
Every telecom operator is allocated a series of mobile numbers on requirement basis – for six months or a year depending on the customer base it has.
“The change, however, will be in the software only and it will not take more than a month to upgrade the changes.” – a telecom official.
India stands 115th in internet speed among 223 nations
Posted by: vivekmishra on: April 2, 2009
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India’s poor internet connectivity makes the country stand at 115th position in terms of speed, among 223 nations. As per a report, India’s average internet connection speed stands low at 772 Kbps compared to the global average of 1.5 Mbps.
The country ranks 93rd in terms of broadband adoption globally with 3.74 percent connections at speed over 2 Mbps and 55th for the adoption of narrowband adoption at speeds below 256 Kbps. In terms of broadband penetration, India had 0.0001 broadband IPs per capita. Meanwhile, on another parameter called attack traffic – a measure of rogue activity on the Internet, such as DNS attacks, bots, spam activity and hackers, India ranked 17th globally.
The findings are based on the ‘State of the Internet’ report released by Akamai , which also pinpoints that approximately 19 percent internet connections around the world were at high broadband with speeds greater than 5 Mbps. The report features South Africa on the top with the country witnessing the highest percentage of connections on high broadband. Even in the in the prior quarter South Korea, Sweden, the Netherlands, Denmark and Norway stood with high broadband IPs per capita though comparatively less than the present.
Yahoo! India launches special site for 2009 elections
Posted by: vivekmishra on: April 1, 2009
Yahoo! India has launched a new site focused on providing users with up-to-date information on upcoming 2009 general elections. Users can access all the election updates on http://in.elections.yahoo.com
As India gears up for its biggest parliamentary elections this summer, Yahoo! India’s elections site aims at creating an involved and an informed voter. With various political parties and leaders already using the Internet as a medium to reach out to voters, these elections are also about catering to a large online audience.
Apart from being able to view the latest news updates, the elections site will let users share their opinions and updates on various leaders and constituencies during elections, thus help in making an informed choice. In order to cater to a large section of youth, several of whom could be voting for the first time, the special elections site also focuses on educating them on the importance of casting their votes.
Updates on election schedules, expert analysis, online polls, discussion forums, opinions and photos would be some of the other key features on the site. As the site evolves, Yahoo! India will also include interesting features like ‘Manifesto Comparisons’ (a user can compare manifestos of various political parties) as well as comic strips on various news and updates during the tenure of the elections.
Gopal Krishna, Vice President – Emerging Markets & Acting Country Head for Yahoo! India said, “The Internet has emerged as a pervasive medium and is playing a significant role in shaping the way people collaborate and interact on topics that matter such as general elections. Yahoo! India, through its special elections microsite, is providing users with a platform to participate in shaping the future of the world’s largest democracy.”
According to Pearl Uppal, Director – Sales, Yahoo! India, “Political parties and advertisers have come of age and are now actively looking at the digital medium to reach the youth audience, a key demographic for them. We have been approached by leading political parties and their agencies that have shown keen interest in advertising on Yahoo! to communicate with a highly engaged audience on the Yahoo! network. This is indeed an encouraging trend in the new age media.”
With most advertisements keeping elections as a base for showcasing their products offlate, Yahoo! India offers advertisers a highly interactive medium to engage consumers through this special elections site.
