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Determining Your Web Hosting Budget

Posted by max On December - 26 - 2009 ADD COMMENTS

Web hosting is an important part of creating a website. There are hundreds of cheap web hosting companies that are available on the internet within different price ranges – therefore, you are able to find something to suit your budget – but how do you know how much you should be spending on the web hosting services in the first place?

There are many ways that you can determine your budget when it comes to web hosting. First, take into account the importance of the website. You may want to consider a larger budget for web hosting services if you are seeking a website for your business, or professional appearance, rather than personal use. When visitors come to the website, this provides them with a glimpse of your services or products that are being offered and therefore a professionally designed website can go a long way.

A large budget when it comes to web hosting will often allow you access to many other amenities in the package and therefore means that you have customized templates, logos and product placement throughout the website, which can gain you more customers.

In the case that you are creating a personal site, you may want to start out with a smaller budget and upgrade as your space requires. This is a great way to get started on the internet.

Google’s Holiday Postcard Logo wishes Happy Holidays to all Users

Posted by max On December - 22 - 2009 ADD COMMENTS

Google have always been coming up with amazing logos on its homepage. The habit of Google making its users aware of happenings around the world has been appreciated in the past and people find this stuff interesting. Previously Google have made logos about Mahatama Gandhi’s Birthday, Google’s 2016 Olympic Logo.

Google did celebrated the great Solar Eclipse of the century with its amazing Google solar eclipse logo. And now as the new year is round the corner and Christmas holidays are on in most part of the world, so this time Google has came up with one of its best logos which is the Google Holiday Postcard logo to wish all its users a wonderful holidays. This concept of Google has gained popularity and now its users expects new logos here and now. Even when I open Google’s homepage I expect a new logo every time.

Google Holiday Postcard Logo

Google Holiday Postcard Logo

BSNL Launches WiMAX in Rajasthan: India’s Fastest Wireless Broadband

Posted by max On December - 16 - 2009 ADD COMMENTS
BSNL WiMAX Service

BSNL WiMAX Service

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) has launched the fastest wireless broadband service WiMAX in Rajasthan with speed up to 7 Mbps. WiMAX is the latest technology for wireless data transmission and is replacing most Wi-Fi in many institutions and government agencies.

The aim of BSNL by launching this service is to empower rural India with high speed broadband Internet. BSNL WiMAX will offer 24×7 high speed wireless Internet connectivity enabling Video conferencing, tele-education and tele-medicine services too. WiMAX will enable the residents of village to make payment of utility bills, submit or collect land records, online vehicle registration, issuing birth certificates and many more through Panchayat Samiti (Block Headquarters).

BSNL has introduced WiMAX service at very cheap rates with Rs.140 rent per month and will initially erect 200 WiMAX BTS in Rajasthan, U.P, Punjab, M.P and Chhattisgarh. This service is launched form Ajmer and will offer high speed Broadband Internet speeds up to 7 Mbps over a range of 15 KM.

How to Update Intel Graphics Driver Automatically

Posted by max On October - 13 - 2009 ADD COMMENTS

Most of the times you may have to reinstall Operating System on your PC and then you may have found some of the drivers missing on your system. You need to install drivers like VGA Graphics Driver, Audio Sound Driver, USB Drivers and many other hardware devices. If you are using an Intel based computer you may have faced problems with Graphics after reinstallation of OS as the Video driver may not be properly installed and people keep on blaming the LCD.

Well instead of looking into your System > Device Manager you should directly check out the Online Drivers Checkup Utility at Intel.com which will automatically scan your computer for Installed drivers and what should be downloaded which can be a perfect tool if you feel your PC is missing something.

Intel Driver Update Utility

Intel Driver Update Utility

You can check your system’s status by clicking on button that says: “Check your system for Latest updates”.  Your graphics need to be updated and Intel Driver Update Utility does that job. It automatically detects all the relevant graphics drivers and helps you install the drivers easily and quickly. You may also be asked to install Active X as an add-on in IE but it may work only in IE. Then this Utility will scan your system for the Video drivers and then will give you the option to download and install them.

Intel’s Anti-theft technology can help you recover your stolen laptop.

Google’s Rio de Janeiro Logo for 2016 Olympics

Posted by max On October - 9 - 2009 ADD COMMENTS

As we all know the Rio de Janeiro, Brazil will be hosting the 2016 Olympics which are expected to be absolute extreme. The place is really superb and is among the few most beautiful places of the world. Coming to the point about Olympics, as Google is expected to create new logos for every event that they feel is important so how can they miss this big thing? Yes Google made a logo for 2016 Olympics at Rio de Janeiro. Keep expecting a new logo whenever you open Google’s home page.

Actual Rio de Janeiro Picture

Actual Rio de Janeiro Picture

Google 2016 Olympics Logo

 

Google 2016 Olympics Logo

More Google Logos:

Google Celebrates Solar Eclipse 2009 with Google Solar Eclipse Logo

Google celebrating its 11th birthday with New “Googlle” Logo

Google celebrating Mahatama Gandhi’s Birthday with yet another Logo

Google’s Amazing Barcode Logo

Google’s Amazing Barcode Logo

Posted by max On October - 7 - 2009 ADD COMMENTS

On this date barcode was invented. Oh you didn’t know about it, well neither do I. Thanks to Google’s new Barcode Logo that informed me about it. Google has made this habit of changing their logo now and then. Every day you expect something different from Google as the Google Logo on their home page keep on changing and informing us about some major events and importance of that very day.

 

Google's Most Amazing Barcode Logo

Google's Most Amazing Barcode Logo

Today Google has come up with one of the most amazing Google logo which is a barcode denoting Google. It has come up with Google’s Solar Eclipse Logo, Gandhi’s Birthday Logo and Google’s 11th Birthday Googlle logo but none has been as amazing as this barcode one.

Salute to the God of search engines Google for this initiative to make us know the importance of every day.

Google Wave Video: The New Web Revolution

Posted by max On October - 6 - 2009 ADD COMMENTS

The web has evolved from a bunch of simple HTML pages to fully functional Web2.0 with integration of multiple technologies. One major giant who has contributed the most to this web is no other than Google. Google is worshipped as god and has produced remarkable applications for this web including Google Earth, Google Translator Toolkit, Google Latitude for Google Maps, Gmail Applications and a whole lot more.

Google Wave

Google Wave

As Web 2.0 is enhancing with Social websites and forums increasing in number, Google just can’t stay out of it for long. Google has introduced Google Wave, which seems to be the next level of Web. A single place where you can where you can talk, share files, learn and may be much more.

Till date only certain people have been allowed to join Google Wave and even I have applied for it with a request. I will share its features with you as soon as I get to access Google Wave but in the meantime you can watch this Google Wave Developer Preview Video.

TATA DOCOMO Cheap GPRS Plans

Posted by max On October - 4 - 2009 ADD COMMENTS

TATA DOCOMO, the TATA GSM service has become really very popular due to various reasons. TATA DOCOMO offers value to its customers as they will have to pay only for the time they talk because TATA DOCOMO charges per second and not for a pulse of 60 seconds. Tata CDMA Pay per call plan is also a great plan ti have as it offers a call puse of 600 seconds of Re.1 per every local call and Rs.3 per STD call.

TATA DOCOMO offers cheap call rates and has established itself in many states of India now. Although there is some network problem in some areas but the network is expected to get better as time progresses.

These days everyone access internet through one mode or the other. Many like to carry their world with them and access internet on mobile phones via GPRS. TATA DOCOMO offers attractive GPRS plans for you to access internet on the move through your mobile phones and that to with reasonable charges.

TATA DOCOMO GPRS Plans

Tata Docomo is presently providing 2 plans to access internet.

Rs.15 Pack for 3 days

To get this pack you will have to go to your nearest TATA Docomo dealer and ask him to make a special EVD recharge for GPRS/Internet use and after this you will get 20MB of internet access valid for 3 days.

Rs.95 Pack for 30 days

You need to follow the same steps as in above plan with the only difference of getting the recharge amount of Rs.95 and you will get 100MB free data access valid for 30 days.

After the free usage you will be charged 1p/1kb as the default rate and charged 10p/10kb on roaming. So now go and get your access to internet through your TATA Docomo. You can also access internet with your laptop or computer via a USB cable or Bluetooth. These are one of the best internet plan to have these days.

Settings for TATA DOCOMO GPRS

Tata Docomo Gprs Settings

Tata Docomo Gprs Settings

Tata Docomo GPRS Settings Advanced

Tata Docomo GPRS Settings Advanced

Google celebrating Mahatama Gandhi’s Birthday with yet another Logo

Posted by max On October - 2 - 2009 3 COMMENTS

Google has make this a habit now to celebrate special days or events by changing their logo on the Google home page. Today is a major day in Indian history as today is the Birthday of India’s Father of the nation, Mahatama Gandhi.

Mahatama Gandhi played a major role in India’s Independence and his photo is placed on Indian currency too. However the Google Logo on Mahatama Gandhi is visible on Google.co.in and not on Google.com as this day has importance in India and not in other parts of the world.

Google Logo for Mahatama Gandhi

Google Logo for Mahatama Gandhi

Google also celebrated Google’s 11th Birthday with Googlle logo and the major solar eclipse that happened in India nearly 2 months back with its Solar Eclipse Google Logo. Google does make its users aware of the happenings and the importance of the days by moderating their logo on the Google Homepage.

This trend from Google is really good and more good logos with useful information is expected from Google’s side to its users.

Google celebrating its 11th birthday with New “Googlle” Logo

Posted by max On September - 27 - 2009 2 COMMENTS

Google the greatest search engine also worshiped by professionals and Google is famous for celebrations special days and occasions by creating new Google Logos and putting them on Google Home Page. Now Google has turned 11, I mean Google is Celebrating its 11th birthday with a new “Googlle logo“, in which the double “ll” is denoted by 11.

googlle_11th_birthday_logo

Google's 11th Birthday Logo "Googlle"

Google has celebrated various occasions in the past like The great solar eclipse that occurred last month. Here is that Google Logo of the Solar Eclipse Celebration.

Google Solar Eclipse Logo

Google Solar Eclipse Logo

Google or I may say Googlle is doing a really great thing in reminding or making people know new happenings around us by placing it directly on its home page. Hope they will continue it in future and keep informing us about the latest happenings through Google Logo.

How to Check who is Online on Yahoo?

Posted by max On September - 19 - 2009 2 COMMENTS

yahoo_merrengerFrom most of the people using internet do use some chatting softwares like Google Talk, Yahoo Messenger, AIM and lot more. These softwares allow you to chat, send files, call and even have a Video Chat with people all over the globe.

You have the option to show yourself or hide yourself from others as your status. In Yahoo Messenger you can become invisible to others by selecting “invisible” as your status. But you can still be caught that you are online or you can catch others trying to hide themselves from you by using this tool.

Yahoo Invisible Detector is a tool that lets you know who is online but pretending to be offline or being invisible. You just need to type their YIM Id in the bar and press enter. It’ll return the result as either “Online“, “Invisible” or “Offline“.

yahoo_invisible_detector

Yahoo Invisible Detector Result

Yahoo Invisible Detector Result

Try Yahoo invisible detector

How to Block Websites in Your Browser?

Posted by max On August - 18 - 2009 ADD COMMENTS

website_blockerThere are times when we want to block website at home or office for some purpose or the other. At home you may want to block websites that are not for children to watch or at some institutions which are to be restricted to be used.

Mozilla Firefox is simply the best browser as it offer multiple Add-ons like Image block and take complete Screen shots and it also has an Adblock. Adblock is a content filter extension. This Adblock is for Mozilla Firefox and Mozila application Suite based web browsers.

This Adblock is mainly used to block advertisements. It also lets users to prevent page elements from being downloaded and displayed. An improved version of the Adblock of Mozilla Firefox is Adblock Plus. Adblock Plus has grown to replace the old Adblock.

Website Block Plugin for Mozilla

Mozilla Firefox also allows you to block websites using the Block site plugin. There are some parental control softwares available on the internet to block websites. You can download such softwares and block websites.

Download Website Add-on Plugin

Tips to Increase Internet Browsing Speed

Posted by max On August - 17 - 2009 1 COMMENT

speed_up_internetFor all those who are using DATA Cards or Mobiles to use Internet will be worried about the Slow speed they get and the amount of Data they have downloaded and has it exceeded their downloading limit as not many Internet Service Providers offer Unlimited Downloading Plans.

So if you want to Increase your Browsing speed then Firstly block the Images to be loaded in your browser. There are times when we visit blogs or websites for the content but it takes time to load due to the images in the background or along with the text. This consumes lots of time and bandwidth and reduces the loading speed.

To increase internet browsing speed you need to block un-necessary material like background images, audio files, videos etc that consumes large bandwidth.

Image Blocker

This can be done within the browser itself by adjusting the options or the same job through a Firefox Add-on called Image Block 3.5. Image Block Add-on displays a button which would allow you to block/allow loading of images on websites.

So follow this and speed up dial up connection and enjoy fast speed internet connection.

Download Firefox Image Block Add-on.

Amazing Images of Moon,Mars and Space from Google Earth

Posted by max On August - 7 - 2009 ADD COMMENTS

Almost everyone have accessed Google Earth to view a site on Earth but it has gone too far now. Now you can even visit moon, mars and outer space from Google Earth. The toolbar on top of Google Earth Allows you to select various options and you can even select the option among Earth, Moon, Sky and Mars.

So now you can even make a tour, not just a world tour but even outside our world with the help of Google Earth just by sitting at your home. So download the latest version of Google earth and enjoy this amazing experience.

Surface of Moon in Google Earth

Surface of Moon in Google Earth

Landmarks on Moon

Landmarks on Moon

Day and Night on Moon

Day and Night on Moon

Sky view

Sky view

Constellations in Space

Constellations in Space

Sun Signs

Sun Signs

View of Mars

View of Mars

Surface and Landmarks on Mars

Surface and Landmarks on Mars

Spot on Mars's Surface

Spot on Mars's Surface

Google Worshipped by Google God Aarti

Posted by max On August - 4 - 2009 4 COMMENTS

google_aartiAarti is a combination of sentences mainly in a rhyming form made by the devotees to worship Gods in India. Aarti is a tribute to God, its similar to prayers but the difference is that mostly Aarti is performed with Lights, mantras and Fire.

But the impact of technology is on this thing too as IT guys are performing an Aarti. Well the difference is that their God is “Google” and why not, its the best search engine and also provide multiple helpful applications from Gmail, Google Translater Toolkit, Google Latitude, Earning Opportunities and many more.

Here is the Aarti about Google:

Om Jai Google Hare !!
Swami Om Jai Google hare
Programmers ke sankat, Developers ke Sankat,
Click main door kare!!
Om Jai Google Hare !!

Jo Dhyawe vo pawe,
dukh bin se man ka, Swami dukh bin se man ka,
Homepage ki sampatti lawe, Homework ki sampatti karave
kasht mite work ka,
Swami Om Jai Google hare!!

Tum puran search engine
Tum hi internet yaami, Swami Tum hi internet yaami
Par karo hamari Salari, Par karo hamari apprisal,
Tum dunia ke swami,
Swami Om Jai Google hare.

Tum information ke saagar,
Tum palan karta, swami Tum palan karta,
Main moorakh khalkamii, Main Searcher tum Server-ami
Tum karta dhartaa !!
Swami Om Jai Google hare!!

Din bandhu dukh harta,
tum rakshak mere, Swami tum thakur mere,
Apni search dikhaao, sare reasearch karao
Site par khada mein tere,
Swami Om Jai Google hare!!

Google devta ki aarti jo koi programmer gaawe,
Swami jo koi bhi programmer gaawe,
Kehet SUN swami, MS hari har swami,
Manwaanchhit fal paawe.
Swami Om Jai Google hare.

Google Aarti Words

Google Aarti Words

How to Use Free Internet on Airtel Mobile

Posted by max On August - 3 - 2009 6 COMMENTS

airtelNowadays everyone has a mobile phone and most people access or surf internet with their mobile phones by either Pay per use plan or some monthly plan with fix charges but now you can use free internet with your Airtel connection.

For using Free Internet with Airtel GPRS we make use of two mobile browser softwares,Teashark and UCweb . Teashrk is Sony Ericsson’s native mobile browser , but can be used in almost all Java supported mobile devices . UCweb is another popular mobile browser .

How to use Free GPRS on Airtel

  • Now you need to download and install Teashark and Ucweb browsers.
  • Now on settings , select access point as Airtel live.
  • The normal rates of GPRS through Airtel live is 30pisa/50 kb. But amazing thing is that when browsed through these browsers, Airtel GPRS is completely free and you won’t be charged.

If there is any problem with Teashark browser, use UCweb. Airtel GPRS works perfectly on UCweb browser . If you experience any difficulties on page load , clear you browser cache and try again. But do check the balance after few mins as a precaution.

Technology Shocks: US file-sharer gets $700,000 fine

Posted by max On August - 2 - 2009 ADD COMMENTS

filesWell as we all know that piracy is a crime and distributing media like movies and songs is illegal. But most of us keep on doing it and break rules without even bothering to think that we may get caught. Now we must be aware of these things as there is a case in US where a guy has been fined $700,000 for File Sharing.

A US student has been ordered to pay $675,000 (£404,000) to four record labels for breaking copyright laws after sharing music online.

The Boston University student, Joel Tenenbaum, had admitted in court that he had downloaded and distributed 30 songs at issue in the case.

It is the second such case to go to trial in the US.

In the first case, a woman in Minneapolis was ordered to pay $1.92m for sharing 24 songs.

On Friday, the jury ordered Mr Tenebaum to pay $22,500 for each infringement. The maximum that he could have been fined was $4.5m.

Following the ruling, he said he was glad the fine had not been in the millions.

“That to me sends a message of ‘We considered your side with some legitimacy’,” he said, according to the Associated Press news agency.

Fined $700,000

Fined $700,000

But his lawyer said the verdict was not fair and that he planned to appeal.

Loved technology’

Mr Tenenbaum used a computer at his parents’ home and at his college to download and distribute digital files.

Prosecutors working on behalf of the record labels focused on 30 shared songs.

Under US law, the recording companies are entitled to $750 to $30,000 per infringement.

However, the jury can raise the amount to $150,000 per track if it finds the infringements were wilful – a matter that they will debate now that the judge has ruled Mr Tenenbaum violated copyright laws.

In the Minnesota case, the jury awarded $80,000 per song.

On the stand, Mr Tenenbaum admitted that he had downloaded more than 800 songs since 1999 and that he had lied in pre-trial proceedings when he suggested that other family members of friends may have been responsible for downloading songs to his computer.

“I used the computer. I uploaded, I downloaded music,” he told the court under questioning from his own lawyer, Charles Nesson.

He said he had used Napster and then Kazaa to download the files.

“It was like this giant library in front of you,” he said.

In opening remarks on Tuesday, Mr Tenenbaum’s lawyer said he “was a kid who did what kids do and loved technology and loved music”.

Recording companies had been slow to adapt to the internet, he added.

But prosecutors argued that file-sharers take a significant toll on the revenues for artists and others involved in music

‘Got off easy’

The recording industry has recently changed its tactics in file-sharing cases, preferring to settle quickly for much smaller amounts.

However, cases such as those against Mr Tenenbaum, which were already filed, are proceeding to trial.

The four recording labels involved in the case are subsidiaries of Universal Music, Warner Music and Sony.

Kevin Cullen of the Boston Globe said Mr Tenenbaum had “got off easy” compared to the Minnesota case.

“I went through the song list of what he was actually convicted of downloading and my favourite one was Beck’s Loser,” he told BBC News.

Source: BBC News

Searching People made easy with People Search Engines

Posted by max On August - 1 - 2009 ADD COMMENTS

people_searchAlmost everyone uses Search Engines to find information on the Internet and they do give the best possible results to the person searching the information. But what if you want to search some of your old friends or relatives? In that case there are special search engines People Search Engines.

People search Engines are specially made to search information regarding people by their name, email id etc and you can get complete information about them. You can search your school friends, relatives or any person without have to ask any detective agency or contacting some common friends to gather information.

Wink People Search Engine

Wink People Search Engine

There are many People Search Engines that can give you the information regarding the person you are looking for. You can search a person with his/her name, email id, phone number and many other search options. Wink People Search and PIPL People search are the most popular People Search Engines and you can search your friends right now.

PIPL Search Engine

PIPL Search Engine

Downloading Torrent Files Through Limewire is Illegal

Posted by max On August - 1 - 2009 1 COMMENT

Almost everyone uses Internet these days and we tend to download lots of stuff from Internet. There has been a question that “using Limewire is illegal”? Is this true? Well if it is then you may get your Internet connection banned by the ISP.

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Free Website Hosting Service with cPanel

Posted by max On August - 1 - 2009 ADD COMMENTS

Websites are growing in number and everyone is looking for good website hosting service to host their websites. There are many reliable Hosting providers like Hostgator and Hostpapa, but if you are new then you may need a cheap Website Hosting Service.

But how about a company that offers you completely free web hosting service? Yes you are right, a completely free website hosting service provider. Here is a company that provides 100% free website hosting service with really good add-on features:

free_web_hostingDisk Space : 1500Mb
Bandwidth : 100Gb/Month
MySQL Databases : 2
Custom Control Panel
Fantastico De Luxe 1-Click Autoinstaller

cPanel or Control Panel enables you to control your websites easily but most free web hosting providers don’t provide you with a control panel but this company does, which is an awesome thing. There won’t be any ads on your hosting account which happens in most cases.

The company is providing this service for free because it has a paid service too, which the users may buy when their needs increases and they are satisfied with the company’s services.

So what are you waiting for? Just signup now and get going.

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