Dear Friends,


Here I am sharing some useful shortcuts that can be used in windows XP. Hope this will be useful to you.

1. Character Map = charmap.exe (very useful for finding unusual characters)
2. Disk Cleanup = cleanmgr.exe
3. Clipboard Viewer = clipbrd.exe (views contents of Windows clipboard)
4. Dr Watson = drwtsn32.exe (Troubleshooting tool)
5. DirectX diagnosis = dxdiag.exe (Diagnose & test DirectX, video & sound cards)
6. Private character editor = eudcedit.exe (allows creation or modification of characters)
7. IExpress Wizard = iexpress.exe (Create self-extracting / self-installing package)
8. Microsoft Synchronization Manager = mobsync.exe (appears to allow synchronization of files on the network for when working offline. Apparently undocumented).
9. Windows Media Player 5.1 = mplay32.exe (Retro version of Media Player, very basic).
10. ODBC Data Source Administrator = odbcad32.exe (something to do with databases)
11. Object Packager = packager.exe (to do with packaging objects for insertion in files, appears to have comprehensive help files).
12. System Monitor = perfmon.exe (very useful, highly configurable tool, tells you everything you ever wanted to know about any aspect of PC performance, for upper-geeks only ) 
    
13. Program Manager = progman.exe (Legacy Windows 3.x desktop shell).
14. Remote Access phone book = rasphone.exe (documentation is virtually non-existant).
15. Registry Editor = regedt32.exe [also regedit.exe] (for hacking the Windows Registry).
16. Network shared folder wizard = shrpubw.exe (creates shared folders on network).
17. File siganture verification tool = sigverif.exe
18. Volume Contro = sndvol32.exe (I’ve included this for those people that lose it from the System Notification area).
19. System Configuration Editor = sysedit.exe (modify System.ini & Win.ini just like in Win98! ).
20. Syskey = syskey.exe (Secures XP Account database – use with care, it’s virtually undocumented but it appears to encrypt all passwords, I’m not sure of the full implications).
21. Microsoft Telnet Client = telnet.exe
22. Driver Verifier Manager = verifier.exe (seems to be a utility for monitoring the actions of drivers, might be useful for people having driver problems. Undocumented).
23. Windows for Workgroups Chat = winchat.exe (appears to be an old NT utility to allow chat sessions over a LAN, help files available).
24. System configuration = msconfig.exe (can use to control starup programs)
25. Group policy editor = gpedit.msc used to manage group policies, and permissions

Muslims generally use the term "Halal" to designate food items that they are allowed to eat under the Islamic law (like fish). The opposite of "halal" is ‘haraam’, another Arabic term which is used for food products that Muslims are forbidden from eating (like pork).


This page describes in detail how stuff is classified as Halal or Haram according to Islam. And its not just about food, the term Halal can refer to any action that is permitted under the Quran while prohibited actions are known as "Haram".


A Search Engine for Muslims (and your Kids)


Extending the Halal and Haram concept to the Internet, Ramadan Kareem has created a search engine called I am Halal that might just prevent you (Muslims and Non-Muslims alike) from "accidentally" bumping into any explicit (or "Haram") content on the Internet.


Unlike Safe Search in Google which simply removes all adult sites from search results, I-Am-Halal, which uses search results from Yahoo, employs a double-layered filter.






When you type a search query (e.g. sex) that can potentially retrieve "haram" search results, the search engine would require you to confirm whether you really want to see those search results. When you say yes, it will fetch the relevant pages but will still filter out content that is not deemed as family-safe.


The search results page will also contain thumbnail images of web pages alongside the site links and description. And in addition to websites, you may also use IAmHalal.com to search for images and news stories on the web.


I am actually quite impressed with "I Am Halal" and, other than the religious side of things, this is something good for your kids as well. For instance, if they type a query that is bound to return explicit results, the search engine would simply refuse to work for that query.


Original post http://www.labnol.org/internet/safe-internet-search/10604/. Thanks to Labnol !!!

The BSNL in Kerala has launched its Internet Protocol TV (IPTV) services in the state yesterday opening plenty of interactive and on demand video and audio services apart from a host of television channels. 

The venture is in collaboration with Smart Digivision private limited under the brand name ‘Myway.’ Initially, the IPTV service that requires a BSNL broadband connection will be available in Kochi and Thiruvananthapuram and subsequently be extended to Thrissur and Kozhikode.

The service will be available for broadband customers serviced by exchanges having the ‘multi play’ facility. The list of exchanges where the service will be available will be posted on the web site ‘www.keralatelcom.com’ on Saturday.The ‘base package’ of IPTV services is priced at Rs.200 (96 channels) and the super value pack at Rs.280 per month (126 channels).

For more details log on to www.myway.in

With the launch of Airtel's 'Digital TV', the new direct-to-home (DTH) service from the telecom operator has become the sixth DTH service provider and the second to launch its service this year behind Reliance ADA group's Big TV. Others in the category include Dish TV, Tata Sky, Sun Direct and DD Direct Plus.

Airtel's Digital TV will be available to the consumers from October 9 across 62 towns initially. Airtel's DTH service will offer 175 channels and will be distributed to its potential customers through 21,000 retail points including airtel relationship centres, the company said today.

"This is a right time for Airtel to enter the market.... the launch of Airtel Digital TV is the culmination of our 'three screens' strategy, which is to be present across mobile phone, computer and TV screens. We are very clear that Airtel will take over as a leader of the sector as soon as possible," Manoj Kohli, the chief executive officer and managing director of Bharti Airtel said.

At present, there are five DTH players in the Indian market, with the four private operators having a combined subscriber base of about 7.5 million.

Currently, the market is dominated by Essel Group's Dish TV DTH service (about 4 million subscribers) followed by Tata Sky (2.7 million subscribers), Sun Direct (1 million subscribers) and Big TV ( half million subscribers).

State-owned Prasar Bharati's DTH service DD Direct Plus is the only free-to-air service, where consumers do not pay any monthly subscription fees.

According to sources, DD Direct Plus has a subscriber base of about 3-4 million subscribers, mostly in the remote corners of the country not connected by terrestrial or cable television.

"With added benefits of Airtel's strong brand equity and wide distribution network, we are well placed to emerge as a leading player in the segment," he added.

Initially, the company had introduced three different packages for the North and Southern markets. For the Northern market, the package starts from Rs 2,499 and for the South, the package would start from Rs 1,499. Depending on the language and genre of channels, the monthly tariffs would range from Rs 125 to Rs 424, the company said.

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Article courtesy: www.business-standard.com

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Myth has turned to reality as Google has continued discussions with various cell phone carriers regarding sale of their custom designed cell phone including a new browser and integration with many of Google's popular online applications. The designs include a still and video camera, wireless connectivity, a full QWERTY keyboard and possibly GPS. Google hopes that advertising will offset the service costs, allowing subscribers to use the phone for free.


Read this interesting article from Last100.com or continue reading here.


If done right, the Gphone and not the iPhone will be the one to change the face of the wireless industry.

Apple’s iPhone, at least in its initial release, has not upended the wireless industry, particularly in the United States, as much as hoped. The iPhone certainly has pushed the cell phone envelope a bit further, and it hints at what’s to come, but so far the iPhone is still playing by the rules.

Google, if it enters the fray as expected with its so-called Gphone, may truly rewrite the rules. What it plans to do is an ongoing topic of discussion and speculation on the Internet, not unlike Apple’s plans for the iPhone before its release at the end of June. The Gphone may be announced as early as next week and may debut as early as the first quarter of 2008. The anticipation will be as fervent as it was for the iPhone, without the Steve Jobs showmanship.

So what will be Gphone be?

If done right, the Gphone will change the wireless industry, at least in the U.S. If not done right, the Gphone will be just another cell phone with some advanced features.


Here are some Gphone concept sketches by Lorin Wood.


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Would like to know your Mobile is original of not!!


TYPE * # 06 #


After you enter the code, you will see a new code contain 15 digits:-
5 3 4 9 8 7 6 0 1 6 6 5 4 4 3



If the digit number Seven & Eight is 02 or 20 that mean it was assembled on Emirates which is very bad quality: (


If the digit number Seven & Eight is 08 or 80 that mean it was manufactured in Germany , which is not GOOD.


If the digit number Seven & Eight is 01 or 10 that mean it was manufactured in Finland , which is good.


If the digit number Seven & Eight is 00 that men it was manufactured in original factory, which is the best Mobile Quality…


If the digit number Seven & Eight is 13 that mean it was assembled on Azerbaijan which is very bad Quality and very dangerous for HEALTH!!!


Thanks………………………………. TRY………………………. IT……………………

PS: I tried in  my mobile. But it was of the worst quality. :-(

A new search engine dubbed Cuil is hoping to offer a rival to the likes of Google, Yahoo and Ask.

Cuil is pronounced 'cool' and comes from an old Irish word meaning 'knowledge'.

Continue reading here or read the original article in VNUNet.com

The site has indexed 120 billion web pages, which it claims is three times more than any other search engine, and results are organised by ideas rather than just rankings. Cuil also boasts complete user privacy.

The new search engine will attempt to analyse the context of each page and the concepts behind each query, thereby grouping similar results together and sorting them by category.

These groups are divided by tabs which aim to clarify subjects, offer images to identify topics and search refining suggestions.

"The web continues to grow at a fantastic rate and other search engines are unable to keep up with it," said Tom Costello, chief executive and co-founder of Cuil.

"Cuil presents searchers with content-based results, not just popular ones, providing different and more insightful answers that illustrate the vastness and the variety of the web."

However, it seems that the new site has been more popular than its makers had anticipated, as the servers seem to have buckled under the strain.

Many users trying to access the site are seeing an error message which reads: "We'll be back soon ..."

"Due to overwhelming interest, our Cuil servers are running a bit hot right now. The search engine is momentarily unavailable as we add more capacity. Thanks for your patience," the notice says.

Article Credit: VNUNet.com

Here are some of the concept phones are going to hit the market. Only GOD knows when these "sophisticated creatures" will be lauched.

Nokia 888 Communicator

Nokia definitely has the most interesting concept phones. Nokia 888 Communicator is a striking futuristic concept phone. The phone, which uses liquid batteries, speech recognition, flexible touchscreen and touch-sensitive body cover,is designed by Tamer Nakisci and won the Nokia Design Award.







Nokia Aeon

Nokia Aeon was presented by Nokia on their website in the Research & Development section. What is so great about this phone is that it looks like it will actually go into production next February. Of course, its just a rumor, but still, makes us hope to actually see it someday in the GSM shop. All we know about it for now is that its a touchscreen phone and it looks fantastic.




Sky "Sleak n Slim"

"Sleek & Slim" from SKY is another concept based on touchscreen technology. The phone has a discretely glowing touchpad, hideaway keys and generally utterly-fashionable minimalist design.




Benq-Siemes "Snaked"

Benq designers thought of women too and presented Snaked. This is a "reptile" looking phone, creepy somehow, but still is very cool. The Snaked is a fashion phone for sport loving women, because it also has body monitoring sensors to help the ladies keep those fine shapes.




What You See is What You Get Concept

One thing is for sure about this concept phone they could've named it shorter. Designed by Pei-Hua Hang, the phone's name comes from the fact that this concept no longer uses an LCD as viewfinder for the digital camera, instead it uses a transparent frame. And of course, interaction is made through a touchscreen.




Retroxis By Dark Label

If most phones presented here will never be sold in store for sure, the Retroxis concept phone from Dark Label looks kinda human, and makes us hope we'll be able to get one of these one day. Designed by Lim Sze Tat the phone is encased in high polished polycarbonate renowned for its lightweight and toughness and has an invisible OLED display that silently hides away when inactive.



Benq-Siemens "The Blackbox"

Black Box designed by Benq-Siemens uses a touch screen as its keypad and, depending on the fun ctions you are using, the touch screen changes the control layout immediately.





NEC Tag

Somehow similar to the Snaked concept, the NEC Tag is a flexible phone concept that can be , for example, hung from a belt or wrapped around the user's arm. Interesting is that the phone has shape-memorizing material and sensors that allows the phone to change its shape according to the mode.

It seems that Sony Ericsson is going to launch their new handsets S302 and F305 in this week or to the max. next week. Along with the two phones they are also going to come with their 3 new offerings in the Bluetooth headset market which currently has big competition from all electronic majors. These are the HBH-PV-715, HBH-PV-720 and HBH-PV-740 headsets. The HBH-PV-740 also comes with a status display to top it off.

The F305 mobile phone works with quad-band GSM and has EDGE. The phone comes with 2 inch screen with a 176 x 220 resolution display. The Sony Ericsson S302 also a similar display with a 2 megapixel camera. This one also has a FM Radio and Bluetooth support.

The two devices are set to be launched for public sale no later than 4Q 2008.

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Hi Guys,

Just log into Yahoo mail and try to create a new email id. Now, you can have whatever username you need from Yahoo. No unwanted suggestions like iamajofromkerala1234@yahoomail.com or something. Type in your name and get the username you desire.

I'm talking about new domains from Yahoo mail - Ymail and Rocketmail. They just started offering two new e-mail domains for its free e-mail service. If you do not know about Rocketmail, then just to tell you that rocketmail was once a big free email service which was acquired by Yahoo in 1997. After 1997, no new Rocketmail.com email addresses could be registered. Rocketmail was the only serious competitor to Hotmail. Yahoo let old Rocketmail users use their mail addresses and until today, those with Rocketmail addresses are regarded as the original users of the internet!!

So basically, you have now more choice while you register a new email address at Yahoo mail. Yahoo said that this move was inspired also from the fact that now there are not much choices left for Yahoo domain for email, users have to think hard in order to get some impressive email address at Yahoo, hence introduction of new domains will help in it.

As a part of mail features, Ymail will have the same features as that of Yahoo Mail, including unlimited storage, instant messaging integration and virus protection.

So in total, you now have 3 domain names.. you can have ajo@yahoo.com , ajo@rocketmail.com, and ajo@ymail.com

Currently Yahoomail is used by 260 million users. So the launching of ymail.com and reintroduction of Rocketmail.com, gives Yahoo Mail users a more vivid choice to get a email id of their desired usenames and now with a more stylish name such as Ymail

(Do you think this name resembles GMail !!! PLEASE POST YOUR OPINION ON THIS IN THE COMMENTS FIELD).

Spice Mobile has launched their new offering in the Indian market, the Spice S-525 comes with quite a few entertainment options at a low price. Spice is currently focussed on selling handsets to the masses in India and have launched over 5 different models this year. The phone comes with FM recording capabilities. You can do this while listening to the songs on radio itself.

The phone comes with a mobile tracker which can help you find your phone if stolen. It offers a service of sending an automatic SMS to the original owner with the new mobile number that is using the phone. This along with a blacklist option in the phone makes it handy.


The Spice S-525 has a good display with 65k colors and weighs around 77 grams measuring 103.1 x 43.4 x 17.8mm. The phone is priced at a low - Rs. 2,100 with years of manufacture warranty.

Original post TechNews.in

MELBOURNE: The Internet will run out of addresses in another two years as only 700 million separate addresses are remaining for allocation out of the 4.3 billion available on the present network.

When originally developed, Internet planners assumed four billion would serve the world when using the Internet, The Australian reports.

Seeing the situation, all internet users must move to an upgraded platform - called Internet Protocol version 6 - to access the 340 trillion-trillion-trillion new addresses needed to connect not only billions of new users but also the trillions of sensor devices that will require networking as technology takes greater control of people's lives.

Info. Credits: Sreeram