Comparing your Eyes with your digital Camera!

Your Eyes vs. your digital Camera!

Ever compared your eyes with an Digital Camera? How much MegaPixels it would have been? TechSiddharth.com brings you an off-content post about the technical specification of an human eye, when compared to an image capturing device.

Let us first deal with some basic terms used to describe optical devices. The definitions were taken from Google Search.

• Megapixels ~ A unit of graphic resolution equivalent to 2²⁰ or (strictly) 1,048,576 pixels.
• Resolution ~ The term resolution refers to the number of columns and rows of pixels.
• Pixels ~ A minute area of illumination on a display screen, one of many from which an image is composed. 

 From +YesI KnowThat , we have collected the following information, quoted as follows;

The Resolution of an human eye is 576MP, the technical breakdown is as follows:

Consider a view in front of you that is 90 degrees by 90 degrees, like looking through an open window at a scene. The number of pixels would be 90 degrees * 60 arc-minutes/degree * 1/0.3 * 90 * 60 * 1/0.3 = 324,000,000 pixels (324 megapixels).

At any one moment, you actually do not perceive that many pixels, but your eye moves around the scene to see all the detail you want. But the human eye really sees a larger field of view, close to 180 degrees. Let’s be conservative and use 120 degrees for the field of view.

Then we would see 120 * 120 * 60 * 60 / (0.3 * 0.3) = 576 megapixels.

The full angle of human vision would require even more megapixels. This kind of image detail requires A large format camera to record.

Therefore, once our cameras reach 576MP, the pictures you take with your camera will look exactly the same as you see them. 

One more fact to quote, the ladies see colours brighter than gents but can't see as well when it gets dark. This happens because of the variation in number of cones & rods present in human eye.

RailRadar : Track Realtime Location of Trains in India

Stuck on the Railway Station? Train delayed? or, not sure when it'll reach the destination?

The Center for Railway Information Service (CRIS) & RailYatri.in together brings you a web-place where you can easily track the location of your desired train. The location of the train is displayed on Google Maps.
This web portal gives you a clear info of how many trains are running at the moment, further characterized by the no. of trains on time & no. of trains delayed.

This web based app can be accessed from both, desktop and mobile phones. The page is refreshed in about every 5 minutes. However, GPS support would have enhanced the relevance of information.

Rate RailRadar & comment about your experience on this site below!

Link to RailRadar ~ RailRadar.com

Enrich your Desktop with Windows 8 Transformation packs!

So you are missing the required configuration for Windows 8, or you might be in dilemma to which version to choose, or you might not want to pay for an upgrade to Windows 8. We, at TechSiddharth.com, brings you the spectrum of various transformation packs & themes available for Windows se7en , Windows Vista & the most widely used, Windows XP.

These packs will change the entire appearance of your current desktop from boot screen to icons. Try any one of them & post your reviews in Comment box!

 1. Windows 8 Transformation Pack 6.5 by ThememyPC.com

2.Windows 8 Transformation Pack by windowsx @ deviantart

Aakash Tablet 2, is on the way!

Yes! You heard it right! The second updated version of Aakash tablets is just awaiting to be unleashed. This version runs on Cortex A8-700 Mhz processor which is far more better than the previous release of Aakash-1. Aakash-2 is a low cost tablet, with improved efficiency. This revolutionary tablet is now equipped with  Android 2.3 touch screen , GPRS & Wi-Fi connectivity & a 7 inch screen with 800x480 pixel resolution.
( Our Article on Aakash-1 ~ http://www.techsiddharth.com/2011/12/worlds-cheapest-tablet-aakash-now.html )
The main features in Aakash-2 are stated below -

•     Android 2.3 touch screen
•     HD video co-processor for better multimedia
•     UbiSurfer browser
•     WiFi connectivity
•     GPRS connectivity
•     Optional 3G modems
•     Two USB ports
•     Audio jack: 3.5 mm
•     Memory: 256 MB
•     Inbuilt internal memory: 2G
•     Expandable memory: up to 32GB with microSD card
•     Full office suite
•     Educational software
•     150,000 apps
•     High quality video streaming
•     HD video playing
•     Free games
•     Battery life up to 3 hours
•     AC adapter

So get ready to unleash the revolutionary tablet, Aakash-2! Coming soon in few weeks as per reports. Bookings have already started, and we are providing you the links.

Product Website Link : http://www.ubislate.com/
Booking Link                : http://ubislate.com/device-specification/prebook7ri.html

Printer's Unwanted Printing : Steps to act

Many times it happens, whiles going though a lengthy document if you want to take print out of a single page, but by mistake you clicked the print icon on the toolbar or instead of choosing pages option you selected whole document and clicked OK, without prompting windows will start printing the whole document if the default printer is on. But you can not sit there just watching the papers coming out of the printer, wasting paper, ink and also your time. So act quickly by which you can save a lot of resources. Just go though the simple steps below and act instantly if you face such situation.

01. If the printer has started printing, quickly look for the Cancel or Stop button on the printer and press it. It will stop printing further.

02. If your printer does not have such keys or you are unable to locate it, simply switch off the printer. Note, in this method there may be a paper half printed in the printing path. So remove it before restart the printer again otherwise it may show you paper jam warning.

03. While printing, some printers pop up an interactive windows where it displays the printing progress. If you are too quick in response you can cancel the printing from the dialog box. Remember, though you may have clicked cancel printing, but it will continue printing till the data passed to printer memory before your action.

04. If by mistake you have given a lot of print commands which are on queue or you have canceled the print job using the methods mentioned above, next clear the print jobs from the printer properties dialogue box. You can delete one by one or remove all jobs at time using "cancel all documents" option from menu.

If your document is very small it may have finished before you act fast even.

HIREN's Boot CD - One step solution to all major boot problems!

By Siddharth

Boot-up problems are sometimes really confusing and we usually end up messing the programs or system codes. Most of the times we just format our PC or Reinstall Windows operating system because we don't really have any other solution.
HIREN's Boot CD is one of such powerful tool which gives you an alternative to format your PC. This ultimate boot-able CD which contains almost all necessary softwares to recover or troubleshoot your Windows operating System.
It is that invaluable tool which you should always store in your USB drives or CD Bag.

Link to Official Webpage - http://www.hiren.info/pages/bootcd

Download Link - http://www.hirensbootcd.org/files/Hirens.BootCD.15.2.zip
Filesize: 592.5 MB (621283886 bytes)

Best free temporary Email ID providers

We often browse internet to look over some random websites such as automotive, gaming, or a webpage featuring a company or brand, or any Social networking site requiring sign-up.
Most of the time we subscribe to those websites which are not at all useful, & their newsletters and updates are simply crushed off from our Mailbox.
To a Solution to this, and for avoiding such a big  heap of junk mails in your Email ID, TechSiddharth.com brings you the best of the best free temporary Email ID providers, which require negligible formalities before being used. You can get a random address from anyone of such sites & use it as an Spam Box, so that your personal mailbox is not flooded of such junk mails.

Here goes the list-

1. Mailinator.com

Mailinator is a long established provider of free disposable temporary email addresses in the format xyz@mailinator.com

2. YOPmail.com

Provides free disposable temporary email addresses in the format xyz@yopmail.com 

3.MyTrashMail.com

Free disposable temporary email addresses in the format xyz@mailmetrash.com

4. GuerillaMail.com

  
The free disposable email which allows you to reply email as well.

5. MyTrashMail.com 

The disposable email service which allows both public and private accounts.



Most of such providers requires No Sign-up or password, but be precautionary about the privacy of such email-ids, as anyone can open up your mailbox and can browse through your Emails.

Comment If you have any queries or suggestions!  




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Benefits of using Sleep Mode in Windows

This is our first post on the custom domain. :)


We try almost everything to boost-up our PC's performance. All of us hates the long long booting time of windows. But the fact is, though we use several software, several techniques like defragmenting or disc clean-up, we still can't get the appropriate results most of the times. I have personally used other operating systems such as Ubuntu Version 12.04 and earlier versions, and found their boot time is little less then windows operating system,

As an Alternative, we have an option of Stand-by mode in Windows XP, and Sleep mode in other higher versions. The sleep mode reduces the power consumption of the computer system & it takes very very little time to wake up and to get a truly usable desktop.

As per the data collected from Tech Hive, we have following approximate results-

For Windows 7-

Shutdown Time: 0:16 secs
Boot TIme: 1:06 secs
While,
Sleep TIme: 0:18 secs
Wake-up Time: 0:02 secs

Talking about the power consumption in sleep mode, in most of the computer system, the power consumption is under 10Watts, which is not a big deal.
So rather than booting up your computer systems, try keeping your desktop on sleep mode, so that the long boot time of more than 1 min. is reduced to wake up time of 2-3secs.


Comment below if you have any queries or suggestions.

Clicked ads on your own Webpage? -The expected Google Adsense Publishers' mishap!

Today we are here to share few ideas and relevant information about the accidental clicking on ads on our self-monitored webpages, blogs, or a website.

As most of us are already aware of the regulations of monetizing websites, which clearly states that,

Clicking on your own ads will be considered as an attempt to inflate your earnings or an advertiser's costs, and your account may be blocked or permanently disabled for the same.

Today I did the same mistake. I accidentally clicked on the ads on the link bar on my own blog. Clicking on own ads is thousand times more disastrous when your Advertising Network is Google Adsense! Adsense team is too strict in handling such usual tricks by spammers.

While going through the search results on typing the keywords, ' I clicked my own ad', I found an a post on the official blog of Google Adsense, which was relieving!
This post was written a way back, in the year 2007, for those newbies and beginners on adsense, which accidentally click on their own ads mainly due to faults in their ad placement techniques.

Quoting from the Official blog -

As most of you know, our program policies state that publishers are not permitted to click on their own ads for any reason. For this reason, we've received many emails from publishers letting us know that they've accidentally clicked on their own ads. If you're one of these publishers, we truly appreciate the efforts you've made to monitor your account and keep it in good standing. However, we do understand that an accidental click may occur from time to time, so there's no need to contact us each instance this occurs.

Because we closely monitor all account activity using engineering systems and thorough human analysis, chances are we've already detected your clicks on your ads and discounted them. While these clicks still show in your reports, we filter out their associated earnings so that advertisers aren't charged. However, please keep in mind that we don't ignore the clicks completely; if it appears to us that a publisher has been clicking on his own ads to inflate his earnings or an advertiser's costs, we may disable the account to protect our advertisers' interests.

If you've been clicking your ads out of interest or to see who was advertising on your site, we strongly recommend using the AdSense preview tool as an alternative. This tool will allow you to check the destination of ads on your page without the risk of generating invalid clicks.

Link : Accidents Happen!

 This post was their last, of the Policy Thursdays’ series for their Publishers in UK.


Our Next Article is on - 'Search Engine Optimization in Blogger Blogs'

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DNS Changer Malware : July 9th is still not gone!

July 9th 2012 is being expected as the "Doomsday" for worldwide internet users. Thousands and lacs of computers are expected to be infected by an furiously spreading Malware, named, DNS Changer.

The DNS Changer is an Domain Name Changer Service Application, which infects computers connected to an network.

To save your operating system from this overcoming threat, the Blue Techspot team brings you the exclusive report on DNS changer Malware directly from the FBI headquarters,USA.

We have shared a link below, which will guide you through the process of verifying weather your PC is  infected or not. Try not to make any critically unsafe downloads today and update your Internet security suite to stay at a safe distance from DNS Changer Malware.

ANY QUERIES & COMMENTS ARE WELCOME.

Stay Safe!

Link to report on Malware from FBI - pdf file

World's cheapest tablet Aakash now available online!

Most Awaited Tablet PC, 'Aakash' & 'UbiSlate 7' Netbook, can now be ordered online. 'Aakash' is said to be the world's cheapest Tablet ever. In Indian Markets its price is 2500 INR. 

The commercial version of Aakash tablet UbiSlate Netbook, is available for pre-booking.

Enlisting some basic features-

Features

• Unbeatable Price:
  • Only Rs.2,999 for the UbiSlate
  • Monthly internet charges: Rs.98 / 2GB
• High Quality Web Anytime & Anywhere:
  • Connect via GPRS or WiFi
  • GPRS: Embedded modem eliminates the need for external dongles and allows Internet access everywhere
  • WiFi: Allows fast Youtube videos at hotspots
  • Fast web access even on GPRS networks, across the country using DataWind’s patented acceleration technology
  • Web, Email, Facebook, Twitter and much much more!
• Multimedia Powerhouse:
  • HD Quality Video
• Watching movies in the palm of your hand on a 7” screen
  • Audio library software helps manage your full collection of songs
• Applications Galore with Android 2.2:
  • Games
  • Productivity software: Office suite
  • Educational software
  • Over 150,000 apps!
• Full sized-USB port & Micro-SD slot:
  • Expand memory to 32GB
  • Use any ordinary pen-drive
  • Even plug-in a 3G dongle
• And It’s a Phone!

So Hurry!

Get the world's CHEAPEST TABLET from  AkashTablet.com

Our Review on Aakash-2 is here ~ Aakash-2 is on the way!

Star News' Report on Speak Asia : BLUE TECHSPOT IMPACT

 

As Blue Techspot already warned you a week before.

Speak Asia, an Online Scam?

Entire Post By Vijay - India-forums.com

BLUE TECHSPOT SPECIAL REPORT

Well a few months back a friend of mine approached me to become a part of some Survey company who is paying INR 1000 per 2 online surveys (takes 20mins) and one had to invest INR 11000 upfront. Being on the internet for more then 12 years now from the face of it looked to me as some scam as who in the world will pay Rs.1000 (thats around 25$) for some 20 mins that too for a survey. That time I didnt even cared to ask about the name of the company.

Recently it again caught my attention by seeing the "Speak Asia" ads frequently in middle of IPL. I am sure you all have also seen Speak Asia advertisement how its now easy to make money online by filling surveys and the whole family is happy. So the deal seems to be getting more sweeter by the day for everyone joining in and they are not only making money for the participants, and for themselves too to buy advertising spots in IPL matches and also run a few TVC kind of ads on Imagine TV where the anchor is Rakshanda Khan.

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The funny part was that the only qualification you need is that you should be above 18 year old and should know English + basic internet to browse. You dont have to do anything except filling surveys. If you want to make more money you can either sponsor someone or get a few friends of yours under you and make some % of their earnings too. A typical multi-level-marketing scheme where the more you climb higher the ladder you earn more.

It may be a marketing strategy to get more people signed up and that is absolutely fine. But they are all joining in joining in to make money from filling surveys and not for the "E-Zine" that the company says that they are selling as subscription. Honestly speaking the e-zine is not worth anything.

But the basic thing that I was still not clear was that does survey pays that well and I asked so few marketing and research experts and all said that the pricing is too steep to sustain. There are FMCG companies which does researches from time to time for their different products but they also not spending that much and the ones who pays premium (not anything in range of what Speak Asia pays) also seeks people to meet certain qualification like an investor or some academic qualification etc.

So that made me suspicious to dig further:

a) Company Background:

The company name is: SpeakAsia Online Pte Ltd.

formerly known as : Haren Technology Pte. Ltd.

formerly known as: PAN Automotives Pte. Ltd.

(Compliance rating for this company is Non Compliant currently)

Prior to this name they were operating under:

HAREN VENTURES PTE. LTD.

f.k.a HAREN AUTO PARTS PTE. LTD.

f.k.a HAREN MULTICONSULT TRADE SERVICES PTE. LTD.

I asked one of my CA friend that how frequently a company change it names and he said its very less and not done so frequently. There are 2 more companies with the same name whose status is either Cancelled or Terminated and again they keep changing their company name:

HAREN AUTO & HEAVY EQUIPMENTS

f.k.a HAREN AUTOMOTIVES & COMPONENTS

And

HAREN MULTICONSULT TRADE SERVICES

And there is a defunct website too: http://www.hmtservices.com/ where we can find the products they were dealing before starting this business which is no where related to online surveys or dotcoms. Check out the page http://www.hmtservices.com/sparts.htm  (probably they didnt had an active webmaster or the designer left work half complete due to several reasons)

Screenshots:

b) When doing little more research on the address of the company the same address is used for different companies. A simple Google can throw a few names which I am listing below. Some of the companies having the same address are:

Valves.Com Pte Ltd

SBS Consulting Pte. Ltd.

c) The company has a franchisee model so at the face of it you are not paying anything directly to the company "Speak Asia" and it goes in the name of the franchise (bank account) and who further pass that money to someone in Mumbai and all get to keep a certain % out of it. If its such a big company they should provide an option to pay online through credit card directly to them instead of making so many layers of people accepting payments on companies behalf and would have helped them with instant signups.

d) If you watch YouTube for their Torch Bearers 2011 meet they are talking about opening a TV Channel by August 2011. Very nice and ambitious plan but doesnt it require a lot of regulatory processes and time and huge "money". But the ground reality is that they dont have a single registered office in India. There are claims that it will be open in May 2011 in Mumbai.

e) I found it amusing that they were using a hosted software at SurveyMonkey as their survey tool and only recently purchased Novi Survey. If its an established proven business with multi million dollars in revenue they should have built the survey system completely inhouse on which their entire business model works.

f) They claim they are established in Singapore / Malaysia / Indonesia but after doing a lot of research I didnt find enough evidence that proves that they are getting enough traffic from any of these countries to prove their claim. They are mainly in India and Bangladesh only.

Screenshot from Alexa:

Google Adplanner screenshot:

g) Its great to see them doing so well that they advertising heavily on IPL matches, daily newspapers which reminds me of the hometrade advertisements in which Sachin, Shahrukh and Hrithik used to appear and within months the company disappeared and all these celebrities were not even paid in full. Read more about HomeTrade Scam at http://www.suchetadalal.com/?id=a60a3ffc-a8bd-0368-492e822e450e&base=sub_sections_content&f&t=Home+Trade%27s+%27starry%27+gameplan.

h) Again when you do some research on the domain : SpeakAsiaOnline.com

This was registered on 21 January 2010 and they started working in India from February 2010. So the point is that the whole scheme is not that OLD as the company proclaims that it is working since 2006. Earlier the company was doing agreements with Franchisee through the name "Haren Auto Parts Pte. Ltd." which again changed to Haren Ventures Pte. Ltd.

The address mentioned on their WHOIS doesnt match with their registered company address.

WHOIS Record says:

Speakasia Online Pte. Ltd.

71 Bukit Batok Crescent #10-08 Prestige

Singapore, 658071

Singapore

Company website mentions:

Speak Asia Online Pte. Ltd.

Address: 10 Ubi Crescent, #07-68, Ubi Techpark,

Singapore 408564

Well the reason for that could be that lets assume they are busy to update that just like the fact that their company was not able to be in compliant with Acra and hold timely AGM and submit their annual accounts on time due to the Directors travelling and expanding business in India.

h) The site indeed gets a lot of traffic and that certainly makes them one of the fastest growing website, their current Alexa ranking is at 839 (as of today).

i) Well many do beleive its a great opportunity and many feel its like a Ponzi scheme. If its the latter then how the whole thing works and how long it will last:

Well if we assume that company is not making money much out of these surveys and just running a ponzi scheme where the going is good till the flow of incoming people is great and keeps paying the subscribers them their own money and the new people who joined this affair. How will that work out:

For the first three month it is actually just paying out your own money back. So for the company there is always a buffer time of 3 months for the people to even realize how they have been gamed / duped. To keep the ship sailing they need to double their signups every quarter which is luckily happening for them So that they can pay the earlier and current customers from that money and keep some money for advertisement to maintain their signup targets.

So what will happen once the company falls short of their target of adding more people to its subscribers list?

The first thing will be that there will be a rate cut in the surveys. Secondly we see less frequent surveys and at the end there will be hardly any surveys. The company is liable to pay only when you participate and fill the survey and as an user you cant sue the company as they are not liable to pay anything to you in the event there are no surveys. The initial 11,000 (which is soon going to be 15000) is towards the E-Zine so you continue to get that E-Zine

What happens when the company stops Surveys or doesnt pay?

Well nothing can be done due to the following reasons:

• The main company is registered in Singapore so to recover 11000 hardly anyone will travel to Singapore to file a case against them in Singapore Court.
  
• The company is selling you E-Zine and you have paid 11000 towards that and not towards the Survey. Your payment of Rs.1000 / 2 surveys is toward the Surveys you fill. So on that ground too the company is safe.
  
• Lets assume something goes wrong and the Indian authorities goes after this whole scheme and in that case the company can easily bail themselves out saying they have not recieved any money from them cause none of the payments is made in their name rather its in the name of the Franchisee who are paid a certain % to forward that to the main distributor and who further pass it to someone else. So the person you can only catch is the person to whom you made the payment. But sadly the problem is that even that person is the victim of this whole scheme.
  
• Yes one do receive a online reciept for the money that one pays from Speak Asia and here is the screenshot. Earlier it was given from "Online Surveys Today" which I doubt that any such company even exists though the address was same as SpeakAsia Online Pte. Ltd. and later it is changed to Haren Ventures Pte. Ltd. but they changed the address to a new address.

So how can someone run such a huge thing without anyone noticing it:

This is India and anything is possible. We easily believe in such schemes and are really fond of such online money making schemes.

I leave the discretion of whether its an opportunity or a scam or something else on the readers to decide.

Well when we search the internet there are several bloggers who have voiced their opinion on whether it is some scam or an opportunity but they all have been bombarded by comments of people who have all the reasons to believe its a genuine scheme and do not want anyone to distrupt the ongoing party.

Some of the ones I found while researching on this are:

• http://blog.investraction.com/2011/04/speak-asia-scam-or-for-real.html
• http://www.suchetadalal.com/?id=90890ade-4fcf-f284-4da58466269d&base=sections&f
• http://www.aboutindiatoday.gen.in/2011_02_01_archive.html
• http://www.moneylife.in/article/speakasia-still-cant-show-valid-legal-documents/15551.html
• http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/Another-co-goes-to-town-with-easy-money-scheme/articleshow/7523895.cms
• 2 officials of Speak Asia sent to jail in Chittagong, Bangladesh

Well till the point every one is getting paid who really cares what goes behind the scene.  But we feel its important for us to ask some questions if we have reasons to believe that it CAN be scam in the making.

If you all feel that this story is worth sharing please share it with all your friends and on Social Networks and this might help us spread more awareness about this.



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The two Computer Threats, which shocked the world !

Article By :- A tech Blogger

Source       :- Google, IndiaStudyChannel.com

Nowadays, the rapidly changing shape of the world is making way to various breakthroughs that can either help or destroy the world. In the cyber world, a different battle is continually being fought against mutations in certain programs that become a threat to most computer systems.

Trojans, worms and other viruses are present most of the time, at varying degrees or damage levels. Even if coders or programmers have developed certain counter programs such as shields and firewalls to safeguard their computers against cyber attacks and other similar threats, sometimes these are just not enough to handle all the stress.

Computer viruses still managed to pack in some considerable amount of damage despite all the futile efforts to stop them. Like biological viruses, the cyber PC viruses behave in the same way for they cause some negative outcomes that is detrimental to the overall health of cyberspace. The damages that all these viruses caused may have reached a cumulative cost of over a hundred billion dollars. Hence, it is but fitting to enumerate two of the most well known computer viruses that shook the world by storm.

CIH, Melissa, ILOVEYOU, Code Red, SQL Slammer, Blaster, Sobig.F, Bagle, MyDoom, and Sasser are among the most popular computer viruses of all time. But according to the extent of damage that was made, these two are the most worthy of being mentioned.

Melissa back in 1999 amounted 600 million dollars worth of damage. The spread of this virus is so great that some giant companies such as Microsoft was forced to contain the virus infection by switching all systems off and all email capabilities shut down. It is because the virus made use of the mailing interconnectivity of the MS Outlook wherein all infected mails will receive a document email attachment that enables the replication of the virus once it is opened. The problem is it will email itself to 50 other names in the email directory.

On the contrary, if you want to know about a peculiar virus that gave a whooping 15 billion dollars worth of damages then the ILOVEYOU Virus is the one to talk about. This Love Bug is actually a visual basic script. Many became infected with this virus due to the very catchy 'emotional' or 'affectionate' feel to the e-mails transmitting the said virus. These emails come with the mysterious attachment of Love-Letter-For-You.TXT.vbs. Like its Melissa predecessor, the virus self transmits itself to the names found in the Outlook's contact list but this time, the ILOVEYOU computer virus is transmitting the infection to everyone and not just 50. To further its damage, it even had the capability to overwrite music, picture files and automatically hunt for user name or passwords that will be sent back to the virus author.

Few awesome Online image editing tools

Online photo editing tools:

Adobe Photoshop, the word that doesn’t need any introduction for itself, being at the top of all designing, editing, composition, blending tools. But if you look at the approximate cost of Photoshop CS3, it is around Rs .30000. You need to get a license key from adobe after you install the software. Is 30000 is affordable amount for everyone? The answer is of course a big no.

Definitely, it is a hard task to purchase a Software that is only intended for designing, editing. Though, Rs. 30000 is not a matter if you are the specialist and trained well with that tool and also if you are a designer who has experience in working on it, as many experts are making lot of money with it. Of-course it is being the top in the Business, if you have the best alternatives for it, which are available in the market free of cost. And definitely everyone would like to choose the freely available software rather than photoshop, though they have the minimal features and functionalities when compared to the Photoshop.

I have listed 5 best Online Tools which can be considered as the substitute in place of Photoshop.

1. Splashup
2. PickMagick
3. Pixlr
4. Flauntr
5. Pixer.us

Splashup :

Splashup is one of the best online editing tools which have complete set of tools for editing the photos in a professional way. It is also a freely available application online. We can create new images, revise other existing pictures and work on the layers with filters, adding effects to the existing layers and brush styles. It has almost all the functionalities and features available in Photoshop. For more information about the tool go to the website of Splashup here. If your internet’s bandwidth is limited or if you use dial up connection you can use the lighter version of Splashup which is Splashup Light. Splashup light can also be used in mobile phones and PDA’s.

Flauntr:

FlauntR is similar software to photoshop used for photo editing and designing available free online. It is mainly used for Storing and sharing of photos online. We can create slideshows and print it. Visit this www.flauntr.com site for more details. FlauntR is a professional editing tool which is developed using new technologies and hence offers almost all the editing tools available in photoshop.

Pixlr:

Pixlr is another online photo editing application. You can handle your pictures in the web browsers. It supports editing, adjusting the layers and filter your images. There is no need for registration; it is completely free of cost. To view the application visit www.pixlr.com

Pixer.us :

Pixer.us is a best photo manipulation application available online for free of cost. It is also easy to use. It has a simple user interface which makes the application to be used by all sort of internet users. Pixer.us also provides digital photo processing ideas and suggestions.

PickMagick :

PickMagick is also an online photo editing tool which converts a photo taken at ordinary quality to look at its best pixel quality. It is one of the best online applications that I ever used.




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Indian Railways Basic Links

1) Indian Railways PNR status

To know about Passenger Name Record of Indian Railway, please check the link below,

Indian Railways PNR status

2) Check the trains between stations information

If you want to know the information about the trains between any two station in Indian, check the link below

Trains between station

3) Seat Availability Status

You can check the seat availability status from the link below

Seat Availability Status

4) Train Fare

Check the link to know the train fare status

Train fare

5)Online Train Reservation

Log in to your IRCTC account with the help of link below and book tickets

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Protecting Your Privacy on Windows XP

When you log in to the computer system, windows keeps track of all activities that you do on your computers. It keeps track about all the activities like the Web sites that you have visited, the addresses that you type in, the applications that you launch etc. This information is used by computer to tailor your computer experience and power features such as the frequently run programs or recently run documents lists. This information is used to save your time and help you to access it easily. However, this is not always the best. This information, combined with the useless browser history, will allow anyone to see what you browse on the Web.

The recorded information by windows Xp becomes the stake when others are using the same system and your complete privacy reviel. I would like to share some nice and interesting ways to protect your privacy by using the features available in Windows XP.

Internet Explorer (Browser)

Internet Explorer is a browser developed by Microsoft Co. and it is come with Windows XP. It is a default browser and widely used browser. I am providing information about this browser only. You can perform these steps on other browsers like Firfox but some other similar ways.

Internet Explorer stores its data (browsing histroy etc) all over your hard drive, which makes cleaning this data a little tricky and anoying. Generally you need to cleaned four different parts of Internet Explorer to ensure privacy. These four parts are:

1. Clearing Recent Addresses


2. Removing History Files


3. Erasing Temporary Web Files and


4. Removing Cookies

Clearing Recent Addresses

Windows XP has a feature called AutoComplete that always activated for the address box. This can be convenient feature but more unsecur if someone else using your computer. To ensure your privacy, there is some way to stop this
suggessions or auto-complete feature. The file that stores this information is called the URL cache and is named index.dat. This file resides in your Cookies directory within Documents and Settings (C:\Documents and Settings\). But it is not easy to delete this file and you can't do it normal way. The URL cache file is always in use when theoperating system is running. Since, it is not possible to delete it when computer is running, the
only way left is through Safe Mode. One other solution for this is to use a utility called Dr. Delete, which can be schedule the file to be deleted the next time when you restart your computer.

Follow these steps to delete the index.dat file with Dr. Delete Software

1. Download the Dr. Delete SOftware from the URL www.docsdownloads.com/dr-delete.htm


2. Open the Dr. Delet Software and click the Browse button to specify the file that you want to delete.


3. Navigate to the C:\Documents and Settings\ folder


4. Now open the folder which is named after your User Name.


5. Open the Cookies folder and then select the index.dat file and click Open


6. Once you see the path of the file in the text box, click the Delete! button, as shown in below figure





7. If it confirms then click Yes on the screen


8. You will be shown a message that says that the file will be deleted after the next reboot. Reboot your computer now to delete the file.

Once your computer reboots, the file will be deleted and the URL cache will be cleared.

Removing History Files

Internet Explorer, by default, has an option to cleared record all of the Web sites you visit for a 30-day period. To ensure your privacy, it is best option to clear your web history. Here are the steps to perform this task.

1. Open the Internet Explorer Browser from desktop or from Start Panel.


2. In the IE, click the Tools menu bar item and then select Internet options.


3. Then, just click the Clear History button


4. Now, you have cleared your web history. You can adjust the amount of days that your browsing histroy is stored default is 30 days.


5. Then, click OK to save your changes and exit the Internet Options screen

After you have cleared your browser history and modified the history setting, your privacy will be much easier to protect.

Clearing temporary Internet files and cookies

Cookies:- Cookies are another type of file that is created on your computer when ever you visit any web site. It is generally used by web servers to save user data and it is not bad or harmful to computer. One of the example of this is the automatic logon when you visit a web site. Advertisers also use cookies to store paersonal data. Instead of showing you the same advertisement for 50 times, they use cookies to keep track fo how many times an advertisement is displayed on your screen.

Follow the below steps to clearing the Temporary Internet Files and Removing the Cookies.

1. Open the Internet Explorer Browser from desktop or from Start Panel.


2. In the IE, click the Tools menu bar item and then select Internet Options.


3. Under the Temporary Internet Files section, click the Delete Files button.


4. You will be prompted to confirm if you would also like offline files to be deleted. For maximum privacy, check the box and Click OK.


5. Select OK once more to close Internet Options after it delets and you are done

Adjusting your cookie security policy

Cookies are not as bad as many people thinks about it. Instead, the only risk with them is a loss of some privacy, as mentioned. If you allow your browser to created cookies and after using computer for an hour. It gets very good collection of cookies in your computer. Any other user, if login to your system then he or she can analyse and easily find out what sites you have visted. The latest version of Internet Explorer includes many new enhancements. One of the
enhancements includes a new way of accepting cookies. Now, you have the ability to specify if you would like your browser to block all cookies or just certain types. To understand this feature very well, you have to understand what are the types of cookies available. First-party cookies and Third-party cookies.

First-party cookies are placed on your computer by the current site that you are visiting. Third-party cookies are placed on your computer by remote sites such as advertisement servers.

If you do not want your computer to accept third-party cookies so that marketing companies cannot identify what ads they have shown you, or if you just want to adjust your cookie acceptance settings, then follow these steps:

1. Open the Internet Explorer Browser from desktop or from Start Panel.


2. In the IE, click the Tools menu bar item and then select Internet Options.


3. When the Internet Options window up, click the Privacy tab


4. You will see the up and down slider that allows you to select different levels of cookie security. Don't do anything to this and click the Advanced Button instead.


5. Now the settings for First and Third party cookies will now available for adjustment as shown in the figure. I recommend to accept only first-party cookies. And for the third-party cookies select "prompt" option. It will prompt you if it receives any cookies (third party)





6. Once you are finished with your settings, click the OK button to save your changes and return to Internet Options.


7. Click OK once more to close Internet Options.

Do Not Accept Encrypted Web pages

If you generally manage your bank account online and purchase anything online then you experience using secure web connections, otherwise known as SSL. Encryption is nothing but the changing the data to some other format and sending it through internet. There are several encryption algorithms utilised by web programmers to enable secure trasactions. Once the data gets to your computer, your browser has a special key that decrypts the information and displays it on your computer. During this process, when the file is decrypted, it is saved in the Temporary

Internet Files directory so that the browser can display it. However, it seems to be safe as it saving files on your computer. But it becomes more dangerous if someone access your computer locally and check or view temporary internet files which had saved on your computer.

The best option to secure your computer from this type of hacking by increasing your computer security. You can use complex passwords also. But Internet Explorer has a very nice feature which completely eliminates this issue. Simply
called Do Not Save Encrypted Pages to Disk, this feature, when enabled, will solve your problems. To enable it, follow these steps:

1. Open the Internet Explorer Browser from desktop or from Start Panel.


2. In the IE, click the Tools menu bar item and then select Internet options.


3. Then, select the Advanced tab.


4. Scroll down through the list toward the bottom of the window until you see the Security section.


5. Locate Do Not Save Encrypted Pages to Disk, and check the box to the left of it.


6. Click OK to save and activate your changes.

Uses of your USB Drive !

Normally, we use the pen drive of the data or file backup purpose or to transport them from one system to another. Besides these works, a pen drive can be used for a lot of other interesting things, as discussed below.

01. Install Operating System: You can install Pen drive Linux Edition (pendrivelinux.com) to your USB drive and boot a system and run your program. If a system is infected with virus also, you will have no problem working with it, just boot using Linux and perform your job, safe & secure. Similarly, Windows Xp or Vista can be loaded to a Pen Drive using tool like WinBuilder and can be handy for IT personals for solving system problems.

02. Automatic Backup: Install Microsoft SyncToy or Allway Sync in your system. These program can help you sync files on your system with your pen drive with a single click (no need of copy & paste).

03. Boost System Memory: Using ReadyBoost feature of Windows Vista, you can use your pen drive as system memory enhancing system performance. In Windows Xp, install the utility eBoostr(www.eboostr.com) for performing same task of Vista.

04. Enjoy Music: If you are a music lover then a pen drive can be handy tool for you. Use Winamp portable edition in it, which can put your music collection pen drive in easily accessible and organized format for hassle free listening.

05. Use to Display your Skill: If you are web/multimedia/graphics based worker, store some of your best project in your pen drive, for instant presentation to your clients for securing a deal. sometimes, it may help you to get instant job even.

06. Nice Gift: A pen Drive can used a nice gift item for your co-workers, friends or loved ones. You can store a nice presentation/photos with autorun feature, which will run automatically when inserted to a system and gift it. In business circle, it will helpful for carrying business related documents.

07. Install MojoPac: Install MojoPac in your system and carry your computer with yourself while you travel in your Pen drive. Its a nice and interesting program must be tested by every computer user. Details about the program can be obtained from the website http://www.mojopac.com.

So, if your are having a Pen Drive, don't wait, go ahead and use the discussed features right-away.

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New Facebook Malware Attack Is Spreading

When Facebook attacks, it’s not pretty. We were just remarking on how new ways of spreading malware were plaguing social media, and now the second Facebook-related scam in the past week appears to be spreading.

Have a look at the picture below, and if you see a profile similar to what you see in the screenshot, do not click on the video link. If you do, you’ll see a similar “malware warning” to that pictured at right. If you keep following the prompts, of course, you’ll then actually be infected as the program pretending to warn you about malware installs its own malware payload.


This time the spyware appears to have the ability to create fake Facebook (Facebook) accounts and endow the profiles with these fake links. It’s troubling because it means the hackers have figured out a way to endrun around the captcha system that usually ensures the account creator is a real human.

Until Facebook has a chance to deactivate these rogue accounts, use caution when encountering any profile that looks similar to the above screenshot. Let us know in the comments if you’ve seen any of these fishy profiles in your travels around Facebook today.

Source :- http://mashable.com/2009/10/01/new-facebook-attack/

Working of RADIO revealed here !

Working of RADIO

 

 

 

Radio signals are heard everywhere.But how does a radio work?An Italian inventor,Guglielmo Marconi realized that coded messages could be sent over long distances without using wires.Because the transmitter and receivers did not need wires,the process was called wireless telegraphy.This discovery led to present day radio.
The radio transmitter changes changes sound waves into electrical signals.It sends them through the air as radio waves.The radio waves that leave the transmitter have different frequencies for each station.Frequencies are the number of times the waves vibrate per second.
You tune your radio by choosing a number on the controls.Each number represents a frequency.So if you always tune in the same frequency,you always pick up the same station.
When you tune in a station,signals are picked up by the radio.These signals are sent into the electromagnet in the radio speaker.The electromagnet makes a cone on the speaker vibrate.These vibrations are the sounds you hear on the radio. They sound exactly like the sounds made at the transmitter - voices,music or even the squeak of a mouse.