Crazy Tech Gifts For Xmas 2012

Crazy Tech Gifts For Xmas 2012 :



#TV Remote Control in a Pillow :

I said these were crazy xmas gifts and this one is no exception! If you buy this remote pillow/cushion you will never have to look for the TV remote control again.

The trickiest thing is to remember to “activate” the pillow when you want to use it, but once you learn to use the buttons in the correct order and point it in the right direction, it’s a very functional remote. A real surprise!

#Turn Your iPad into a Pinball Machine

The app-supported pinball controller for iPad is attached to your iPad adding Flipper buttons and a spring-loaded plunger that make pinball gameplay unbelievably real. Once connected to your Apple device, unlocks five free tables in the wildly popular Pinball HD Collection app.

#LED Sound Activated T Shirt

This shirt is awesome! The sound activation works perfect and is great to wear out to parties or night clubs. It is not easy to wash this t-shirt and probably better to get dry cleaned, however it is a great gimmick and a lot of fun. Well worth the buy.

#Tetris Light

If you are addicted to the simple tetris game you need this cool Tetris Lamp Light. What an excellent Tetris Constructible Light Lamp! Tetris, one of the most popular video games of all time is a deceptively simple yet completely addictive game in which players must fit falling blocks together.

This excellent Tetris Constructible Light Lamp is an amazing light with 7 interlocking pieces, definitely not for young children. The neon magic-cube design is sure to bring fun and style to your desktop. The 7 interlocking tetromino pieces can be stacked in any combination, so you can make it look however you want! The light turns on when the pieces are all stacked together and it turns off when disassembled.

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Habitual PC Maintenance Tips

10 Habitual PC Maintenance Tips you must know :


As the old saying goes, the better you treat your tools, the better they will treat you. Your computer, even though you may not think of it on this base a level, is a tool. A very expensive tool that often is one of the most important parts of your life these days, but a tool nonetheless. So the better you treat it, the more maintenance you can provide it with and the better cared for it is on a regular basis, the longer it will last. In theory, at least.

1) Keep All Working Files in One Folder
2) Never Store Personal Files on the Root C: Drive
3) Get Rid Of Old Programs
4) Get a Surge Protector
5) Don’t Download Random Things
6) Update Everything the First Chance You Get
7) Back-Up Critical Files
8) Reboot
9) Clean out Dust
10) Clean Out Your Email

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How To Fix I/O Device Errors On External Hard Drives

How To Fix I/O Device Errors On External Hard Drives :


The Problem With I/O Errors :

The problem with Input/Output (I/O) errors is that they’re generic—the error messages you see are what Windows, Mac, and Linux say when they know there’s a problem but they don’t know exactly what that problem is.

It could be that your USB or eSATA cord is a little bit loose. Or it could be that your external hard drive is knocking on death’s door. That means you’re going to have to do some sleuthing—you can’t just find a blog by somebody who got the same error message and do what he did.


The Easiest Problems To Fix :


Some I/O errors are really easy to fix. Most them have to do with the cords that connect your external hard drive to your computer.

The first thing to check—and you may already have done this—is that all of your cords are connected tightly. Check the connection to your external hard drive and to your computer. If you’re connecting to a USB hub, make sure the cord from the computer to the hub is connected tightly at both the hub and computer ends or—and this is preferred—connect the external hard drive directly to one of the USB ports on your computer, bypassing the hub and any problems it may have.

The next easiest problem to fix is cord crosstalk. The electricity in one set of wires tends to leak into other wires, so when you have two wires close together on your desk, they may be interfering with each other. Interference isn’t a big deal to your mouse or keyboard—Windows just ignores spurious data—but it’s a big deal to your hard drive where Windows assumes the files it opens and saves are accurate.

To check for crosstalk problems, disconnect any unnecessary devices on your computer and move the cords for the necessary devices further away from your external hard drive. You may also want to disable Bluetooth and move your cell phone across the room.

Don’t worry, if you have a crosstalk problem, you can avoid I/O device errors on external hard drives permanently by buying better cables—just look for shielded cables. Good shielded USB cables include dampeners on both ends: these are little cylinders containing magnets near the plugs.

The final cord-related problem requires a friend or an expenditure. It could be that you have a faulty cable. This is especially likely if you just bought your external hard drive or if you tend to abuse your cables by not putting them away properly.

If you have a friend with a similar external hard drive (and the cables aren’t hardwired), borrow his cables. If that’s not an option, buy replacement cables. You should be able to buy short replacement cables for USB and eSATA for less than $5 if you shop around.


Difficult But Fixable Problems :


If you don’t have a cord problem, the chances that you’ll be able to recover from I/O errors decreases rapidly. Since there are two types of hard drives, there are two different sets of solutions.

For magnetic (high capacity) hard drives, I/O errors often start occurring when the ball bearings get worn or bent out of shape. This happens mainly to drives which have been active for more than two years total or drives which have been dropped. If you get I/O errors on a new external hard drive, I recommend you return it immediately—it was probably dropped during shipping or part of a defective lot.

A key sign that your I/O problem is caused by bad ball bearings is clicking or grinding noises inside your external hard drive every time you plug it into your computer.

You can often get a magnetic drive to start working again by shrinking the ball bearings a little bit so they fit back into their regular tracks. How do you shrink an almost microscopic ball bearing inside a hermetically-sealed hard drive? Basic physics: you freeze it—all metals shrink when cooled.

Note that this can be dangerous and there’s a risk that not just your data and your computer will be destroyed but that you’ll be electrically shocked.

Put your magnetic external hard drive in a Zip-Lock bag. Squeeze out the air. Then put that bag inside another Zip-Lock bag and squeeze out that air. Put a rubber band around the drive in the bag to keep new air from leaking in so you don’t give your hard drive freezer burn.

Put the bagged external hard drive in the freezer for at least an hour and preferably overnight. Then get your computer ready to copy files off the drive as fast as possible.

When you’re ready, take the hard drive out of the bag, connect it to your computer, and start copying files. If the hard drive dies in the middle of copying, freeze it again. Hopefully with this technique you can recover all of your important files.

Solid State Drive Recovery :


Solid state drives tend to fail more gracefully than magnetic drives, so you don’t need to explain to your family why you have a hard drive in the freezer.

The main cause of I/O errors on a solid state drive is too many writes. Every time you save a file to a solid state drive, you use up one of the limited rewritable sectors. Early solid state drives had about 10,000 writes; modern drives typically have 100,000 to 1,000,000 writes.

Once the writes are gone, you can no longer write to that sector. You can still write to other sectors, but Windows isn’t smart enough to only write to working sectors, so it gives you the I/O error.

There are two pieces of good news here—one short-term and one long-term. Short-term, you can still copy files off of your solid state external hard drive, so you haven’t lost any data. Long-term, researchers are working on new tools which will allow computers to work around failed solid state sectors so you can start to write files again. But until then, there’s no real way for solid state drives to fix I/O device errors on external hard drives.

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The Facts about DVRs and Energy Consumption

The Facts about DVRs and Energy Consumption :
(An update)


There has been a lot of hype about the energy consumption of DVR units provided by cable and satellite television companies. Sensational headlines scream that DVRs are destroying your budget and melting the glaciers. These are quickly followed by sarcastic rebuttals and disparaging comparisons to Al Gore.

So what is the real deal? How much do these things consume? Are they evil vampires or just the latest thing for silly people to be paranoid about?

1) They’re Like Light Bulbs…

The deal is this: Data shows that set-top boxes consume energy at about the rate of your average incandescent light-bulb, between 30 and 50 watts.

By contrast, articles like the one I’ve cited claim that cable and satellite DVRs use as much power as a refrigerator or a/c unit.

So there’s nothing to it, right? Fridges and a/c units obviously use more power than that.

2) DVRs That Never Shut Off

DVRs use much less energy than refrigerators or a/c units do when their compressors are running. According to a table from GE, a refrigerator/freezer uses about 450W, and a window unit a/c approximately 1000W.

The problem is that unlike these appliances DVRs never turn off. Even when they are “off” they consume nearly as much power as they do when on. By contrast, refrigerators and a/c units do not run their compressors 24 hours a day.

Now, DVRs need be ‘on’ enough to maintain a connection with the service provider and to receive software updates; it would be impractical to have them completely power down when they are not being used.

3) How to Really Compare DVRs with Refrigerators

At 40W, DVRs obviously don’t consume energy nearly as quickly as a fridge (450W) or a/c unit (1000W) when it is running its compressor. But fridges and a/c units turn on and off as regulated by a timer or thermostat, while DVRs are constantly on. (NOTE: The most modern and energy efficient refrigerators have consumption rates below 150W even when the compressor is running, but most homes are not yet equipped with them. )

4) What to Take Away From This?

The alarmists are clearly exaggerating this issue.

But their sarcastic critics are severely underestimating it.

If your concern is your energy bill, it’s probably not that big of a deal. Having a DVR will cost you something on the order of a few tens of dollars per year, depending on your energy rates.

However, if your concern is the economic and environmental effects of the overall energy consumption of millions of consumers, it is a big deal, and improving the efficiency of DVRs is certainly worth promoting.

More importantly, however, neither side has talked about what’s really shocking about all of this: keeping a 40W light bulb burning all the time is like having a second refrigerator in your house!


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How To Speed Up Your Computer In 10 Minutes

How To Speed Up Your Computer In 10 Minutes


1—Old Programs Make Your Computer Slow

Technically, a program installed on your computer uses nothing but hard drive space until it’s activated. The problem is that many programs these days get

 started when your computer boots.

2—Old Registry, Slow Computer

The Windows Registry has come a long way from the Windows 95 and Windows 98 days when a bad registry entry could crash your computer and your only solution was to reinstall Windows. But problems in the Windows Registry can still slow down your computer.

3—Anti-Virus, Anti-Speed

You should always run a Windows computer with anti-virus enabled (although sometimes I will suggest that you take a chance and turn it off to get the maximum amount of speed out of your computer). But you don’t have to use the anti-virus’s default settings.
One thing most anti-virus software does which slows down your computer is scan your hard drive periodically for infected files.
Check your anti-virus settings to see what kind of control you have over hard disk scans. For maximum speed, you can turn them off and then run them manually once a week—just don’t forget them!

                                          

4—Taskbar Applets Slowing You Down

It’s not uncommon to see computers today with three or more taskbar applets all dealing with wireless network settings. That’s insane—every one of those applets takes up part of your computer’s memory and computer processing (CPU) power, denying that memory and CPU to other programs on your computer which could use them to run faster.

Take a good look at the taskbar applets in the bottom right corner of your screen and decide whether you need all of them. If you don’t, you have two options:

Uninstall them completely: go to the Add/Remove Programs wizard in the Control Panel and remove the applet’s associated program.
Disable them from starting up automatically: use a startup manager program (available on free download sites) to remove the applets from the list of programs which start automatically. Beware, some programs reinstall themselves into the automatic startup list each time you run them manually.


5—Seeking A Faster Computer Through Defragmentation

Seeking is the word computer scientists use to describe what your computer does when it tries to find a file on your hard drive. Files can be stored on your hard drive in two different ways:

Fragmented: this is like a giant pile of old mail on your desk. When you go looking for your phone bill, you have to dig through piles of other junk to find it. I sometimes let mail pile up this way because it’s faster than sorting mail when it arrives; Windows saves files in big piles like this because it’s faster.
Defragmented: this is like keeping everything in a nice alphabetically-sorted file cabinet. When you need to find something, it’s really quick—but when you need to save something, it’s rather slow. Because it’s slow, Windows doesn’t defragment files on its own.


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WINDOWS 8 || Microsoft Released its most waited windows 8 on 26th October 2012

WINDOWS 8 :

Microsoft Released its most waited windows 8 on 26th October 2012 :


1)Get to know Windows

Windows 8 and Windows RT are focused on your life—your friends and family, your apps, and your stuff. With new things like the Start screen, charms, and a Microsoft account, you can spend less time searching and more time doing. And then there's the Windows Store, a completely new marketplace for apps. Windows already comes with some apps, but you can get many more in the Store. There's also a new web browser that's faster, safer, and more intuitive: Internet Explorer 10.


2)Sign in with a picture password

You can use a picture password in Windows 8 and Windows RT, so that even signing in to your PC is more personal. Because you choose the picture and the shapes you draw on it, the combinations are infinite—a picture password is actually more secure from hackers than a traditional password. You can draw a picture password directly on a touchscreen with your finger, or you can use a mouse to draw your shapes.


3)Explore the Windows Store

Discover a variety of great apps for Windows 8 and Windows RT in the Windows Store. Check out the featured apps, or tap or click a category name to browse all of the apps in the category. You can also view apps listed in groups like Top free and New releases. And if you know what you want, just start typing when you're in the Store—you'll see results for apps that match your search.

Some apps, like People, Mail, and Calendar, are built in to Windows 8 and Windows RT—they're already on your Start screen when you sign in to your PC. See a list of basic apps that come with your PC.

With Windows, you can get great apps from the Windows Store.

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Ways to Run your PC faster

Ways to Run your PC faster :

#1: Turn Off Anti-Virus (Leave On Firewall)

When you need a quick speed boost to play a game or finish an assignment, try turning off your anti-virus software. As long as you don’t open any infected files you should be safe and the speed increase can be significant.

#2: Plug In Laptops

All laptops built in the last 10 years make their batteries last longer by slo

wing down the computer processor when you don’t seem to be using all of it. Although this works great to prolong battery life, it means that your laptop runs slower when it runs on battery.

#3: Close Unnecessary Programs

Right now my computer says there are 198 programs running—but that’s a lie. Computers can only run one program at the same time for each computer processor in your computer. My computer only has one processor, so it can only run one program.

Computers hide this secret by switching between running programs thousands of times faster than humans can perceive. They switch between programs so fast that computer processor times are measured in nanoseconds.Closing unnecessary programs can easily double the speed of an overloaded computer.

#4: Add Memory

There’s really only one way to make your computer run faster—get faster hardware. All of the other tips in this article tell you how to optimize your computer for speed, but if you’re serious about making your computer run faster, you’re going to need to upgrade its hardware. Drives are best to upgrade .

#5: Defragment

Cleaning your filesystem is a lot easier than cleaning your childhood bedroom. Simply go to the control panel and start the defragmentor. Of course we mention this in our computer maintenance checklist. It’ll take a few hours the first time you run it each month, so you probably want to let it run overnight.

#6: Reinstall Windows

Many system administrators got in the habit of reinstalling Windows 95 or 98 every year because they’d fill up with crud and slow down to a crawl.

Recent versions of Windows don’t fill up with crud as fast nor slow down so much, but if your computer is inexplicably running slow and nothing else works, your best solution may be to reinstall Windows.

#7: Cool CPU

The electricity that powers your computer travels pretty much the same speed—60% the speed of light—no matter what, but when your computer gets hot, the electricity doesn’t travel as far as it does when your computer is cool. That means that your computer may need to send hardware instructions several times before they arrive. And, if your computer gets too hot, it’ll automatically shutdown, which is the ultimate slow down.

#8: Use A Separate User

If Windows is running slow for you, but you’re not prepared to reinstall it yet, you may find a speed boost by creating a new user account. Your new user account won’t start up as many minor programs automatically and won’t have any accidental misconfigurations.

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Top 5 Personal Finance Apps for Android

Top 5 Personal Finance Apps for Android :

Manually keeping records of your financial activities, managing your personal finances, and sticking to your budget, amidst your busy schedule has never been easy. For those who are desperate to ke

ep track of their finances Android comes in handy here, turning their smartphone or tablet into an ideal virtual assistant. While there are so many apps for personal finance management we’ve selected the best 5 apps with the greatest potential, found on Google Play Store, to assist you manage your expenses, transactions and virtually anything financial you’d ever want :

1. Mint.Com

Mint.com is by far the most popular personal financial assistant for Android, with over 10 million downloads so far. Having been featured by Lifehacker, as the best personal finance tool in 2012, and chosen as the editor’s pick by PC Magazine in 2011 (November) this is a must have app for your smartphone or tablet, if you are worried about managing your financial activities.

2. You Need A Budget (YNAB)

This is a great companion for the YNAB desktop version. Install YNAB for your desktop first and you are set to go with this great android app. Voted as the most popular finance Software on Lifehacker’s “High Five” poll, YNAB, the winner of the About.com 2011 reader’s choice for the best personal finance software, sure has a lot to offer.

3. XpenseApp

Featuring eye-candy graphics, this is another great solution for the Android users to manage their personal finances. XpenseApp is available as free and paid versions, so if you are not sure, you can always give it a try using the free version (called the XpenseApp Lite). You can record your expenses from anywhere around the world, at anytime within a flick of a second, and customize your expenses with simple, yet detailed reports. Key features of this financial assistant includes displaying weekly, monthly and yearly expense reports, providing an overview of a particular day’s expenses compared to daily spending average and instant generation of graphical reports for easy reference. You don’t have to worry about your privacy being challenged, because this application requires no unsafe permissions to run. So this is a great choice for those who don’t like their location being recorded, SD card content being accessed and modified, but still want their personal finances managed.

4. Expense Manager

Ever wanted to track expenses and income by week, month and year? Ever had trouble scheduling recurring payments? Here is an ideal solution for Android lovers. Just as the name implies, Expense manager is a great solution to manage your expenses and income. You get the chance to track all your financial activities, maintain multiple accounts for multiple currencies and summarize the information to reports and charts, for easy reference.

5. Easy Envelope Budget Aid

Ever heard about virtual envelopes? This personal finance app for android, abbreviated EEBA, lets you manage your personal finances, using virtual envelops. Featured by Google play, About.com and Lifehacker as a leading online envelope budgeting tool for android, this is an ideal solution to keep tracks on your expenses, transactions and budget. You have access to detailed reports categorized according to different criteria, such as by expense, by month; by payee etc. and you get the ability to download transactions to CSV.
                               

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IP address of your phone

IP address of your phone :

You may face trouble in case you need IP address of your phone .
There are different guides available over internet for this purpose but none is handy .
For eg :
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/find-ip-address-mobi

le-smartphone/

Now Technowarriors is here with easiest way of doing this :


Just follow the link and get your IP address :

1) http://www.icanhazip.com/
2) http://touch.whatsmyip.org/ 

NOTE : It is applicable for your PC also .

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The Windows 8* & Ultrabook™ App Innovation Contest

A Chance to earn name & fame : (an update by Technowarriors) :

""" The Windows 8* & Ultrabook™ App Innovation Contest """ :



The goal of this competition is to get your app into the Intel AppUp online store in time for Christmas.

300 round 1 winners will each be sent an Ultrabook, for free, to be used to test and fine-tune your app

The first 50 successful round 2 entrants will receive a $1,000 prize for getting their app in the AppUp store

All round 2 entrants are in the running for 1 of seven $10,000 cash prizes

The final winner gets the $20,000 grand prize

Every single entrant also goes in the fast lane for the app approval process.

That's a total prize package for the big winner of $31,000, plus additional promotion and visibility for you and your app, plus you are sent an Ultrabook!

Get your Ultrabook enabled Windows* 8 app in the Intel AppUp® store for your chance at one of 300 Ultrabooks and a cash prize pool of $140,000.

Round 1: Deadline is October 24, 2012

What is the Challenge?

To write an Ultrabook enabled Windows 8 application and have it posted on the Intel AppUp store by December 1, 2012.
What sort of applications are acceptable?

Almost anything. This is an Ultrabook competition so you need to ensure your application takes advantage of the new Ultrabook capabilities. If it's a Windows application then it will work, obviously, and if you accept cursor input then the touchscreen input will work out of the box, too. But they want more:

1) Make your app touch aware, not just touch enabled
2)or maybe integrate location data
3)or include smart connect support – have your apps respond to messages when the Ultrabook is sleeping
4)or maybe just go crazy with the sensors – tilt it, shake it, lift it or spin your Ultrabook around and have your app know what's going on. Great for game developers or those who just want to make a fun widget.
The more you show off what an Ultrabook can do, the more you demonstrate that an Ultrabook isn't your Dad's old, tired PC, the better your chances. Make your existing app engaging on an ultra-light, ultra-portable Ultrabook .

ALL THE BEST TECHNO LOVERS GO FOR IT

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Chatting on Phone without any software

Chatting on Phone without any software/apps like ebuddy , nimbuzz etc :

An update for fb addicted techno lovers :

Sometimes you might want to chat on Facebook but not with your PC, Its ok as you can now use your Opera Mini browser to cha

t using your phone easily .
No need for any Application, Just Visit :

https://touch.facebook.com/buddylist.php ,

A List showing your Friends that are presently Online will appear, Just click on anyone and Start Chatting.

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Recover Your Password Efficiently By Using Recovery Console

Recover Your Password Efficiently By Using Recovery Console :

Recovering the password of your computer without the deletion of important data or system formatting can be tough. But if one knows how to use the recovery console, it is quite easy actually. This is how.

1)Recovery Console: What is it?

When your operating system seems to be malfunctioning, the recovery console is a feature, available in the Windows XP after it was first introduced in the Windows 2000, that helps you to restore and repair the computer to a more functional state.

2)How to operate the Recovery Console:

On turning on the computer, you have to insert your windows operating system CD and reboot your computer. You will be able to see a Welcome to Set Up screen, and you will have to press Enter to Setup Windows Now.
Once you see the licensing agreement, you’ll have to press F8 to accept it.
The next thing on screen will be an option to Repair.
Select your installation and press R to repair.
After the stage where you have to copy the files, your computer will reboot in about 15 seconds.
Do not press any other key. Setup will be resumed soon after and you shall notice that Install Windows is highlighted.
The Next Step is Tricky and should be paid careful attention
You must keep a firm eye on the lower, left-hand side of the screen and as soon as you see that part of the screen read Installing Devices press ‘Shift+F10’. A command console should pop up giving you the chance to a wider access of your computer. When you’re at the prompt, you must type out- ‘NUSRMGR.CPL’ and press Enter.
This gives you access to the ‘User Accounts’ on the Control Panel.

3)What Next?

Pick the account that needs the change of password. Change your password as you desire. If you want to have to log on without being prompted for the password, then at the prompt you can type ‘control userpasswords2’ and choose to log on, without a password.
After having made the necessary changes, you may close the windows, quit the command box and continue with the procedure of Repair.
It is recommended that you use the Recovery Console only if you are well versed with the Commands

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Unlock the secret GOD MODE folder

Windows 7 trick: unlock the secret GOD MODE folder

QUESTION : So, what exactly is God Mode in Windows 7?

Well, for starters, it's not really a mode. And it's nothing you need to be a deity to pull off, either.

Rather, it's a folder packed with shortcuts to just about every settings change and administrative function in Windows 7. Everything you'll find in the Action Center, Backup and Restore, Autorun, Desktop Gadgets, Devices and Printers -- it's all there. All dumped in one central location for easy access.

No, this trick doesn't involve entering IDDQD in the run box - but it's just about that simple. Here's the magic, as provided by the guys at Windows 7 Themes:

1) Create a new folder anywhere .

2)Rename the folder and paste in the following text:
GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}

Snapshot :

That's it! You've now got your new, somewhat handy folder. Why somewhat handy? Well, because you can already access everything in there by typing a few letters into the search box on your start menu.
Still, it's a pretty long list of things to remember - so having a nice reference like this could actually be useful from time to time.

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Problem Steps Recorder

Problem Steps Recorder (Windows 7 update)


As the local PC guru you're probably very used to friends and family asking for help with their computer problems, yet having no idea how to clearly describe what's going on. It's frustrating, but Microsoft feels your pain, and Windows 7 has an excellent new solution in the Problem Steps Recorder.
When any app starts misbehaving under Windows 7 then all your friends need do is :

i) Click Start,
ii) Type PSR and press Enter,
iii) Then click Start Record.

If they then work through whatever they're doing then the Problem Steps Recorder will record every click and keypress, take screen grabs, and package everything up into a single zipped MHTML file when they're finished, ready for emailing to you. It's quick, easy and effective, and will save you hours of troubleshooting time.

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Hidden Facts about Windows 7Hidden Facts about Windows 7

Hidden Facts about Windows 7 :

1. Standard approach to mobile broadband
Windows 7 treats cellular modems as a standard connection, much like a Wi-Fi network, popping them up in the same available wireless networks dialog.

Sierra Wireless has already said it will support the new approach, which should make life much easier for road warriors (myself included). One of my few gripes about the prebeta Windows 7 laptop I’m using is that it doesn’t recognize my relatively new USB Sprint modem.

2. Help with public Wi-Fi spots.
This was a little feature I discovered on my own. With many public Wi-Fi hot spots, once you connect to the network, you have to do something in your browser, such as agree to certain terms or enter a password. Windows 7 pops up a notification that tells you that, although you have to be connected to the network, more action may be needed and it gives you a direct link to open your browser.

3. Windows Troubleshooting
Sure, it would be better if your computer worked problem-free. But, acknowledging that’s not the case, Microsoft has added a central place in Windows 7 to try to figure out what went wrong and why.

Among the kinds of problems that Windows Troubleshooting aims to help solve are issues with networked printers, detecting hard drive problems, and even some proactive things, like figuring out how much life a laptop battery has before it will likely need to be replaced with a new battery.

4. New sensor support
Windows 7 adds base-level support for all kinds of sensors, from GPS, to fingerprint readers, to ambient light sensors, to accelerometers. Light sensors, for example, can now be used not only to light up a keyboard, but an application could sense daylight and make type larger so that it’s easier to read.

At WinHEC, Microsoft handed out 700 free sensor developer kits that included a light sensor, touch pad, and accelerometer. The kit was a big hit with the developers, prompting one of the only long lines of the show.

5. Improved battery life and playback of DVDs
Microsoft is trying to do a couple things to make the DVD-playing experience better in Windows 7.

First and foremost, it has changed things so that DVD movies just start playing, as opposed to bringing up a long list of options.

Second, the company has worked to adjust power settings while playing back movies to enable better battery life.

“I’m hopeful it will have battery life equivalent to a portable DVD player,” Microsoft’s Jon DeVaan said in an interview. The issue is personal, he said. If Microsoft can reach its goal, he might be able to only bring a laptop on outings. “I hope to spare my back on family trips,” he said.

6. Windows Biometric Framework
According to a press release from fingerprint sensor make AuthenTec, the operating system features improved biometric support that should enable a more standard way for fingerprint management applications to work with fingerprint readers in Windows 7.

“This provides ease of fingerprint sensor integration for PC manufacturers and a more consistent user experience,” AuthenTec said in its release.

7. Enhancements to Windows Media Center
Microsoft hasn’t given up on its dream of having Windows gain a prominent spot in the living room and its main effort in this area–Windows Media Center–is back in Windows 7.

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Apple's New iPhone 5: Six Key Changes

Apple's New iPhone 5: Six Key Changes (an update) :



1. The new model features a taller 4-inch screen with a resolution of 640 x 1136 pixels (versus 3.5 inches and 640x960 on the older model).

2. The iPhone 5 ditches the traditional 30-pin dock connector Apple has used for nine years in favor of a new much smaller connector, about the size of a micro-USB plug, called Lighting.

3. At 7.6 mm and 112 grams in weight, the new iPhone is the thinnest and lightest model yet.

4. The new phone comes with advanced cellular technology, including 4G LTE, making it the fastest iPhone yet.

5. The phone also includes the new--and much faster--A6 processor chip, which has twice the graphics processing power of the previous generation A5 chip.

6. Apple improved the cameras and microphones on the new phone as well, the front-facing Facetime camera now records in 720p video and the phone has three microphones (front, bottom, back) for improved sound pick up.

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Converting images , documents , web pages into PDF format

Converting images , documents , web pages into PDF format :

Are you searching for an easy way to convert you images, document,web pages etc into acrobat format  then Technowarriors is here with the easiest possible way of doing this :

Go to this link : http://www.novapdf.com/download.html
and download the trial version of NOVA PDF .

The trial version is not time or feature limited, however each page of the PDF you create using the trial will have a footer notice. This notice can be white-washed using http://www.pdfescape.com

After downloading , install it by double clicking the installer/setup .

Now, once you have installed the nova pdf , you can convert your files into pdf format by pressing CTRL+P (print shortcut), i.e. for converting the file format into pdf you have to print the file using NOVA PDF as your printer.

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Filtering emails in GMAIL automatically

Filtering emails in GMAIL automatically : (Blocking, archiving etc) :

Some times we feel irritated by some email senders , this trick will enable you to overcome such problem .

Gmail's filters allow you to manage the flow of incoming messages. Using filters, you can automatically delete,archive, label, star, or forward your mail, even keep it out of Spam.

To create a filter

1)Click the down arrow in your search box at top of Gmail. A window that allows you to specify your

 search criteria will appear.
2)The field "From:" is the first , enter the email address of the sender whom you want to block or filter like abc@example.com or a complete domain like @example.com
3)Click Create filter with this search at the bottom of the search window.
4)Choose the action(s) you want the filter to take.
For example in case of blocking you must check "DELETE" option.
5)Click the Create filter button.

To edit or delete existing filters

1)Click the gear icon in the upper right, then select Settings.
2)Click the Filters tab.
3)Find the filter you'd like to change and click edit or delete to remove the filter.
4)If you're editing the filter, enter the updated criteria for the filter in the appropriate fields, and click Edit filter actions.
5)Update any actions and click the Update filter button.

Snapshot is of editing interface.


One example of using Filters :
For example, you may want to have a Facebook filter to separate all your notifications emails from your everyday emails by filtering @facebook.com.

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Use the Secret Send To Menu Items

Use the Secret Send To Menu Items :


When you right-click on any file or folder, you can use the Send To menu to create a zipped version, or send the file to an application, but in Windows 7 there are hidden items on the Send To menu that 

can't be seen by default.

All you have to do is hold down the Shift key, then right-click on a file and access the Send To folder—you'll see a whole bunch of new items in the list, like special folders, and even an item for each one of your drives. It's a really useful tip for quickly sending a file to the flash drive you just plugged into the PC, without having to do anything else.





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Easiest way to download YOU-TUBE videos without software

Easiest way to download YOU-TUBE videos without software :

YouTube may soon roll the option to download videos officially just by a single click. Infact the option is made available on some of the existing videos too, but until the option 

is rolled out to all the videos, just keep using the most easiest, simplest and best way to download YouTube videos :

1)Open any videos in YouTube.

2)As directed in the snapshot, prefix ‘PWN’ in front of ‘YouTube’ in the URL



**Incase you are an Indian YouTube user, you need to remove ‘.in’ from the URL
For ex. http://www.in.youtube.com/xxxx will becomehttp://www.pwnyoutube.com/xxxx

3)Get links to download the video.

That’s it! Simply by prefixing ‘PWN’ in front of ‘YouTube’ in the URL will help you download the desired video. Isn’t it too simple way?

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Windows XP NOTEPAD secrets

Windows XP NOTEPAD secrets :

A) Create a log :

1)Open Notepad
2)On the very first line, type in ".LOG" (without quotes) then press Enter for a new line
3)Now you can type in some text if you want, then save the file.
4)Next time when you open the file, notice its contents. Notepad automatically adds a time/date log everytime you open the file.

B) Text becomes unreadable

1)Open Notepad
2)On the very first line, type in "dont eat the donut" (without quotes) then save and close the file. Note: the file should have only one line of the text above.
3)Now, open the same file. You'll notice the text becomes unreadable squares. (try this with different text with the same format and length).

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Making a shortcut of your own in Windows

Making a shortcut of your own in Windows :

There are some handy windows shortcuts to cut short your work but you know what you can make your own shortcut for highly used applications in your pc .

*This will only work for shortcuts located on your de

sktop!


First you need to create an actual desktop shortcut. Right-click on the application and select > Create Shortcut from the context menu. Make sure the shortcut sits on your desktop. Now right-click the shortcut and select > Properties. You should see a line that says “Shortcut Key: <none>”. Click that line and then click a letter on our keyboard, for example P. A shortcut will be created, in this example [Ctrl] + [alt] + [P]. And there you go, now you have your own personal shortcut key.

We are providing you the screenshot for help.




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Enable 2-Step Verification In Dropbox Account

Enable 2-Step Verification In Dropbox Account :

Dropbox is the most popular cloud storage service for personal and professional use. Hacking accounts with phishing websites, keyloggers and other spy softwares is soaring. To counter these activities 2 Step verification is implemented by many major websites like Google, Yahoo and Facebook. In 2 step verification a user has to enter his password and

 then a security code which is sent to your phone automatically. So even if someone knows your password , your account will still be inaccessible due the security code.

Steps to Enable 2-step verification In Dropbox Account :

1)To enable 2 step verification, open this link:https://www.dropbox.com/help/363/en
and sign into your account.
2)Now go to Settings and and click on the Security option.
3)Scroll down the page till you see the 2 step verification option and enable it.
4)This is a security feature so it will prompt you to enter password. 5)Now you will have two options to add the extra security layer
i) Code by text message
ii) Code by mobile app
6)Select code by text message option and enter your phone number. Shortly you will receive the verification pin via sms
7)Enter the pin to verify your phone number and activate 2 step verification
8)You will also get a backup code which can be used to bypass sms verification code which will come in handy in case of mobile theft or out of network conditions.

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First Anniversary of TECHNOWARRIORS

We are feeling immense pleasure in informing you all that today,25th august is the first anniversary of Technowarriors . We would like to express our deep gratitude to all of y

ou for your kind support in making the last year a successful one .

In one year we have a collective following of more than 1000 on our website, blog,chat room,fb page etc . 

We are pleased to inform all the techno lovers that very soon we will come up with two new websites completely dedicated towards tour n travels .

For any technical assistance you may contact us through :

1) our website : http://www.technowarriors.co.nr/
2) our blog : http://www.friendscornerbysaurabh.blogspot.in
3) our facebook page : http://www.facebook.com/byS2P2


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Add Google Calendar and Google Docs in Gmail Sidebar

Add Google Calendar and Google Docs in Gmail Sidebar

1)Open Mail Settings of your Gmail Account.
2)In Mail Settings, go to Labs Tab.
3)Now scroll down till you find Google Calendar Gadget and Google Docs Gadget (Both are adjacent to each other).
4)Select Enable radio button for both and click on Save Changes.
5)Now you will see both the gadgets will be in your left sidebar.
6)Now Refresh your Gmail page and it will give you an option to set/view Event and Add/view Doc files.

You can also add these gadgets from third party services but the graphical interface is not user friendly.

Tricks to Easily Search in Gmail

Tricks to Easily Search in Gmail


As our Gmail is flooded up with lot of emails everyday it gets too laborious to search for a particular mail. Even-though there is a search option in gmail but even it can give you hundred of mails in results and scanning all of them isn’t convenient.You can reduce the results to marginally low levels by using special operators which increases the accuracy of your search.

Tricks to Search Easily in Gmail:

1)
from:
Typing from: operator along with the Email-ID give only those results which are recieved from the specified email address.
Example:- from:admin@amiframe.com
2)
to:
Typing to: operator along with the Email-ID will help you to find all those Emails messages that you have sent to the specified email address.
Example:- to:admin@amiframe.com
3)
subject:
This will match your query with the subject of all Email messages that you have sent/received.
Example:- subject:”techno Computer Tips and Tricks”
This will also work if you don’t apply these double quotes with your subject as double quotes are used only to increases the relevancy of results.
4)
label:
This will search the Email messages to which you have applied a particular labels.
Example:- label:Personal
5)
has:attachment
This query will show only those Email Messages which contains one or more attachment files with them.
6)
in:
After typing the in: operator just give the label name (in:spam) this will show all those Email messages which are present in that particular label but if you don’t know the label name then just type in:anywhere this will show Emails from all labels contain.
7)
is:
This operator shows only those Email messages that you have Read, Unread or marked as Starred.
Example:- is:unread
8)
before:
This will show all those Email messages that you had received before a particular date. The date you are mentioning should be in yyyy/mm/dd format.
Example:- before:2011/10/02
9)
after:
This will show all those Email messages that you had received after a particular date. The date you are mentioning should be in yyyy/mm/dd format.
Example:- after:2011/10/02

Use these operators.This will surely make the task bit easier.

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Password Protected ZIP Files using WinRAR

Password Protected ZIP Files using WinRAR :

If you have winrar installed in your pc then you can use its inbuilt password protection feature

STEPS :

1)Right click on the folder/file which has to be Password Protected and select ADD to Archive option.
2)From the pop up window select the Advanced Tab.
3)Now click on the Set Password.
4)Enter and Verify your Password (Use both Alphabets and Numeric words to make a strong Password).
5)Now a new compressed file will be generated at the same location of your original file.

Now whenever somebody will try to open or extract the files in archive it will ask for the password.

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How To Change WordPress Admin Password From SQL Database

How To Change WordPress Admin Password From SQL Database :


Rarely you will face such a situation when you will need to change your wordpress password from SQL database because if you ever forget your password you can use the Forgot Password feature using which your new password will be emailed into your inbox. However if your website gets hacked or due to any reason you lose access to both your email and wordpress than such a sitution can be handled by changing the password from SQL.
If you are a non-programmer even then you can’t go wrong with this process as it is too simple but make sure that you don’t change anything other than mentioned in the steps below.

1)Open Hosting Account.

2)Select PhpMyAdmin from your hosting

3)Now Select your WordPress database from the dropdown menu in Left Sidebar. After you select the appropriate database the page will automatically reload and your tables will be visible.

4)Now look at the top navigation bar and click on the SQL tab.

5)In the Text area type the following code

UPDATE `wp_users` SET `user_pass` = MD5( "new_password_here" ) WHERE `wp_users`.`user_login` = "admin_username";
Here you will replace new_password_here with your new password you want to set and admin_username with new administrator username.

6)Now click on the Go Button and your Username and password will get changed.

Login into your wordpress account with new username and password.This method works on self hosted wordpress.

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Passport Status through SMS

Passport Status through SMS :

You can check the status of your passport application through SMS (Short Message Service). Checking passport status via SMS is especially useful when you do not have access to Internet.

The Ministry of External Affairs introduced the SMS service to provide a simple way to check passport status using mobile phones.
To receive passport status on your mobile phone, all you need to do is send an SMS from your mobile phone to 55352 in the format "PPTAP FileNumber" without the double-quotes.

For example, to receive the status of the passport application with file reference number HYDR01234512, you will send the SMS message, "PPTAP HYDR01234512".

You can send an SMS from any mobile phone, not necessarily the one mentioned in your passport application. The message you send is not case-sensitive. In other words, "pptap hydr01234512" will be treated the same as "PPTAP HYDR01234512".

A successful SMS reply would look something like this, "RPO HYD :R01234512: Passport has been dispatched on 13-01-2012 vide Speed Post No. S123456". If you send an invalid file number, you will receive a response similar to this, "Please send your File Number as per the format HYDB00012309".

Please note that you will be charged for using the SMS facility.

Chat With GOD on Internet With IGod

Chat With GOD on Internet With IGod :

If you really feel like you need to talk about something but you don’t have anybody with whom you can talk right now then its best that you chat with GOD and share your emotions or problems.You can make confessions which will make you feel lighter and better.
Actually there is an online IGod application which is an intelligence robot answering machine.The reply you get from IGod is very accurate and you never feel like you are chatting with an automated application.It is great application to spend time when you feel lonely.

So,Where you can Chat with God? :

1)IGod application can be accessed here: http://www.titane.ca/.
2)On there homepage click on the Enter button at right-bottom corner of the screen.
3)Now a new popup window will open asking you to select a skin for Chat Window.
4)After selecting click on Sign In button you are ready to chat with God.

You will really feel the conversation to be quite interesting as you would not be the only who would be sharing his problems with God but you will also see God sharing emotions and problems with you.

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Download TuneUp Utilities 2011 Licence Key

Download TuneUp Utilities 2011 Licence Key :

TuneUp Utility is a software specially designed for Microsoft Windows which provides complete tools to tweak, maintain, configure and optimise the performance of Windows operating system. Latest version of this software TuneUp Utilities 2012 has recently launched but TuneUp Utilities is not freeware software. Unlimited Full Version of this software costs around $ 49.95.

Although, TuneUp Utilities is powerful software to better performance of Windows computer but the price of this software burns a hole in the user’s pocket. So now, TuneUp Corporation is giving free licence copies of TuneUp Utilities 2011. TuneUp Utilities 2011 is not the latest version but it has all the tools to run Windows OS smoothly and efficiently. Here is the step-by-step guide to grab TuneUp Utility for free with licence key.

Download TuneUp Utilities 2011 Licence Key

1)First of all, go to the promo page of TuneUp Utility 2011 here.
http://www.tune-up.com/promo/pcf0512/
2)In the Text Field, Enter your valid E-mail address and after filling the Captcha code click on the Get Product Key button.
3)Confirm your E-mail address.
4)Now Login to the Email address that you have mentioned earlier. 5)In inbox there will be a message from TuneUp, open it and click on the Confirmation Link.
6)Now You will be prompted to official TuneUp website and there will be your Personal Product Key on the screen.

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Deleted Images Can be Accessed on Facebook !! Beware Techno-LOvers!!

Deleted Images Can be Accessed on Facebook !! Beware Techno-LOvers!!

Why Facebook Images are Available After Deletion? :

Facebook works on Continent Distribution Network known as CDN to give quick and easy access to its users. When an image and video is uploaded then many copies of same photo or video becomes available on local servers. When a user deletes a photo or video from his account then it is deleted from the Facebook’s main server but remains available on other server for 30 months (2.5 Years) and user’s can access deleted photo and video.

How To Access Deleted Photos on Facebook :

Deleted photos can be simply accessed if you know URL of the image which has been deleted from the Facebook Server. To get a proof follow the following steps:-

1)First of all, open Facebook image in New Tab which you want to delete.
2)Copy URL of the image from address bar and paste it in Notepad.
3)Now Right Click on it and select Copy Image URL and paste it in Notepad. (We will use this URL later)
3)Delete the Photo.
4)Now Paste the URL in the address bar which you copied in 2nd step. You will see an error message This Content is Currently Unavailable.
5)Now to Access Deleted Photo paste the URL in the address bar which you have copied in 3rd step.

So, if anyone knows the URL of the photo then he/she can easily access your deleted photos.

MERGING DIFFERENT GMAIL INBOXES OF GMAIL IDs YOU OWN INTO ONE

MERGING DIFFERENT GMAIL INBOXES OF GMAIL IDs YOU OWN INTO ONE :

Q) How to Recieve Message From Other Gmail Address in Single Gmail Account

Ans)

1)First of all, Click on the Gears Icon and Select Settings option from it.
2)In Gmail Settings, select Accounts and Import tab.
3)In Check Mail From Other Accout section, click on Add POP3 Email Account you Own option.
4)In Email Address field, specify your other Gmail address and click on Next Step button.
5)Now give Password of your specified Email Address in Password field and then click on Add Account button.
6)Now if you also want to send Email Address from the specified Email address then select Yes radio button and click on Next Step. Otherwise, Choose No and click on Finish button.

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What are Virtual credit Cards? List of Banks that Provide VCC in India

If you shop a lot online then you may already be aware about various risks involved while using credit cards on Internet. To be on the safer side you should always use Virtual Credit Cards that guarantees that you cannot be billed more or again by the website. Virtual Credit cards commonly known as VCC are Temporary credit cards with no materialistic existence and can be used only once.They also expire after specific period if not used (usually after 24 hours).

How Virtual Credit Cards Protect From Online Frauds?

You create a virtual credit card on your bank website.During creation of VCC you specify the amount for the credit card and it can be used only once, so if a website stores your credit card information even then it can be used again.

What Information You Get When you Create a VCC

After creating a Virtual credit card you will get a credit card number, its expiration date and CVV code.Most times you will also get the expiration period for the credit card (like 24 or 48 hours).This Much information is sufficient for making any purchase online.

Which Banks Provide VCC in India?

HDFC Bank : HDFC bank allows you to create a limited number of Virtual Credit cards each day.They call it Netsafe cards and it can be used to verify paypal accounts and online shopping.If you have a savings account in HDFC bank then register yourself for Hdfc netsafe cards.After Registration you can immediately start creating VCC cards.

ICICI Bank : It is another Private Indian Bank that provide the facility to create VCC.To create a virtual credit you have to login into you netbanking account.It will create an addon Visa card which can be used online.

Kotak Mahindra Bank : They also provide the ability to create VCC.It is named as netc@rd. Login into your net banking account and click on netc@rd option and click on Generate card button.

Axis Bank : they have named it as Eshop.The facilities provided by their card is very much similar to mentioned above.

SBI Bank : It is the latest entrant for VCC cards.They have started this service recently and I haven’t tested it yet. Do leave your feedback if have tested its service.

So there are a lot of banks in India that provide this very useful service.If you are having accounts in any of the above mentioned banks then I will recommend that you should always use Virtual credit cards.However while subscribing to a service which has monthly charges you should use your real credit card otherwise the monthly fee cannot be automatically deducted from VCC due to which your subscription may end for the service

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How To Save Gmail Attachments Directly to Google Drive

Google is adapting quite well with latest technologies and Google Drive is another product in their already well equipped arsenal of Products.If you aren’t aware about Google Drive, its a cloud computing service launched by Google few days back to compete with Dropbox and SkyDrive.

Since it is a product from Google we can expect it to be integrated with other services from the search engine giant.As of now you can directly open and save Google Docs files in you Google Drive account but what about email attachments? They shouldn’t be ignored Right? There is no official update regarding the time-frame in which Gmail and Google Drive will be integrated but a chrome developer has made an extension that will fulfill this purpose.

Gmail Attachments To Drive is a Google chrome extension developed by Josh Sullivan and is available for download in Chrome app store.

Here are Steps Save Gmail Attachments Directly to Google Drive

• Download and install Gmail Attachments To Drive addon for chrome.
• Now open Login into your Gmail account and open any mail with document (pdf,docx etc) attachment.Now you will notice Save to Drive just below your attachment.Click on it and your file will automatically get stored in Google Drive.

However the extension only supports documents like pdf, docx, rtf etc and it cannot save videos and compressed files like .rar or .zip files directly to Google drive.For these type of documents you have to perform the task manually.