Why GMail is still BETA

Its been long when Gmail was launched and revolutionised the web mail service. It was launched as a beta service and remains to be in BETA like may of the Google products. But, what's the reason behind the Google’s BETA policy? Lets analyse.

A BETA version basically means that its a public test version which may contain bugs, vulnerabilities etc. Simply put it Google is not responsible for anything that happens to any of their Beta products. It means they can delete your account, leave it stranded or may even completely shut it down and in that case there’s nothing you can do, because that what Beta means. A Beta is to be used at users own risk.

But considering the fact that it comes from Google there is a negligible chance of that happening. So keep enjoying the best email service on net and keep your fingers crossed ;)

Windows 7 important shortcuts

Well some people complained (esp. Mac users) that this taskbar is not good enough. But its untrue discover its full potential here now. Here is a list of must know keyboard shortcuts which should make it easier on WIndows 7. Read the Windows 7 review here

General

Win+Up : Maximize

Win+Down : Restore / Minimize

Win+Left : Snap to left

Win+Right : Snap to right

Win+Shift+Left : Jump to left monitor

Win+Shift+Right : Jump to right monitor

Win+Home : Minimize / Restore all other windows

Win+T : Focus the first taskbar entry

Pressing again will cycle through them, you can can arrow around.

Win+Shift+T : cycles backwards.

Win+Space : Peek at the desktop

Win+G : Bring gadgets to the top of the Z-order

Win+P : External display options (mirror, extend desktop, etc)

Win+# : (# = a number key)

Launches a new instance of the application in the Nth slot on the taskbar.

Example: Win+1 launches

first pinned app, Win+2 launches second, etc.

Explorer

Alt+ P : Show/hide Preview Pane

Taskbar modifiers

Shift + Click on icon : Open a new instance

Middle click on icon : Open a new instance

Ctrl + Shift + Click on icon : Open a new instance with Admin privileges

Shift + Right-click on icon : Show window menu (Restore / Minimize / Move / etc)

Note: Normally you can just right-click on the window thumbnail to get this menu

Shift + Right-click on grouped icon : Menu with Restore All / Minimize All / Close All, etc.

Ctrl + Click on grouped icon : Cycle between the windows (or tabs) in the group

and lastl but not the least Ctrl + alt + del : Just in case you are stuck :P

Windows 7 : Vista Reborn

Microsoft's latest OS on the block WINDOWS SE7EN is out in beta version. But does it answer to all the questions asked about Windows last offering VISTA ?

Performance

Well, every one called vista resource hogging. Lets see how windows 7 performs here. When i started up my pc without any application my pc took 536mb RAM (total of 3gb) and vista took around 950mb and XP around 520mb. Some of my friends are running Windows seven on their Pentium 3 with 512mb ram without any problem. The min. requirements are 1Ghz processor and 512 mb ram, 16 Gb HDD (i allocated only 13Gb) and a DVD ROM. The Windows takes less time compared to vista under 45sec it took me. The windows application are responsive and i was amazed to see its quickness though i was using XP SP3 earlier.

(Screenshot of my desktop while writing this post with windows live writer, using new snipping tool :D)

The Taskbar

The first noticeable change in windows 7 is the new taskbar which has gone under change first time since windows 95 came out. The taskbar now shows only the icon of the application that are open or pinned to the taskbar. Multiple instances of same program are grouped together. When you move your mouse over to the icon it shows all the instances in a preview window which you can click upon to select a window.

Gadgets

The Windows 7 has done away with windows sidebar (virtually) and the gadgets are now scrambled all over the desktop as the user wants. You can even resize gadgets which wasn't possible earlier. The taskbar contains show desktop icon which you can click to show desktop and all the gadgets. If you just move your mouse to right corner of the screen over Show Desktop icon than it makes all the windows invisible to show the Desktop and the gadgets for you in case you just want to take a look..

Multi touch and Handwriting recognition

Well i never got a chance to test this feature as it requires some hardware also. But it seems great and i hope it works out well

Jump Lists and Device managers

The OS also has new features like jump lists which shows the recently opened file for programs without any need to actually open the application which can come in handy.

It also assembles all the device like USB device , printer etc to one place which make managing and troubleshooting easier. Also let me mention the inbuilt improved driver support. I didn’t need to install any Driver including for my Bluetooth or WIFI.

Other Features:

Windows Media player and Windows Media Centre

Internet Explore 8.

Theme Packages.

Parental Control.

Windows Live tools.

UAC :

This is also one thing that people didn't like about VISTA(i wonder why people didn't turn it off in Vista). But this time Microsoft has made it more flexible and adjustable at four different levels of security.

Battery Life :

The battery life improves. In my laptop it showed more batter time remaining than compared to vista or XP.

Parental control

and other small tools use it to know them.

Overall

Overall this is a great product although still in BETA but it seems great and could help windows fight back and take its market share from MAC OSX which got a chance with Vista. This is a must try if you have spare 16Gb HDD. I can wait for the final version. Microsoft bring it on.

PC Requirements

Processor : P4 - 1 Ghz.

Ram : 512 mb , 1Gb (recommended)

HDD: 16Gb

Download your copy of Windows 7 from here.

Watch higher quality video on YOUTUBE

The URL Hack. Add &fmt=18 to the end of a normal YouTube URL. If there's a high quality version available, that extra string will cause it to load. For eg:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqZIYsyFvmk [Normal Link]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqZIYsyFvmk&fmt=18 [Higher Quality]

Alternatively,
You don't need a URL hack or Firefox extension to force YouTube to send you videos in the highest quality that's available: in your Account settings, you can tell YouTube to default to the higher-res, better audio version of clips when they're available. Apparently YouTube automatically detects your connection speed and chooses which video to feed you by default, but if you're always on a fast connection, changing this setting will hook you up straight away.

Now enjoy your videos :)

Firefox vs Chrome : which is better browser

Google released its own browser Google chrome sometime back in the market dominated by IE and Firefox. So, does it have what it takes to be a market leader. Is it good enough to challenge Firefox ever increasing market share. Lets find out.

MOZILLA FIREFOX:

Pros-

• Safe and secure.
• Numerous Add ons

Cons-

• Not good where it matters i.e. browsing speed.
• Slow to start and eats lot of memory.

The firefox is the only browser which at the moment threatning to dislodge IE from the top spot. The browser supported by google has been growing in market share ever since it was launched. The browser gained popularity because of its safety and security features and is now supported by numerous addons which have become a part of the life of the users using it. The recently launched Firefox 3 became the most downloaded software in the world in a single day. The overwhelming response was however overshadowed by the disappointment shown by the users. The fiefox 3 added som features like easy bookmark option etc but it wasnt very stable and many users reverted back to the firefox v2 for this reason.

The add ons that were supposed to be the main strength of the browsers popularity have however now posing a problem as they tend to make browser slow to start and even the browsing speed at the websites is slower than its counterparts. It takes a lot of RAM for very few tabs which is also a big drawback for computers having less RAM. Keeping these points in mind lets discuss Google Chrome.

GOOGLE CHROME -

Pros:

• Fast startup
• Light on system
• Clean interface
• Web browsing is faster.

Cons:

• No support for addons
• No version for Linux or Mac
• The interface is not to the liking of many people.

When i see Chrome i feel like that google has tried to incorporate all the features that Firefox was missing into its browser. The load time is very minimum. The browsing speed on sites is faster compared to ff. The interface is clean and saves a couple of lines on the screen however, its not liked by many ppl for the same reason but i dont have nay problem with the interface personally. The only thing missing from the browser is add-ons support. i'm sure many ppl will switch to Chrome(including me) as soom as add-on support is added.

Hmm, and did i forgot to tell that things arent looking good for IE8 :D

The Power of Rapidshare

Well, most of u must be knowing about RapidShare(commonly known as RS by geeks) already. Its the most popular file sharing site today. You have loads of stuff tere uploaded by users around the world. These files includes possibly every game, software, movie or application on this planet.


How ?

But the question is why the hell does rapidshare allow u to upload the files on their server. Well its simple, i upload it n u download it. The more u download from RS, the more u are dependent on RS for your download needs. Now here is the catch as a free user u have the limitations. You have a download limit, no multiple connections, no resume or download manger support , limited bandwidth, limit of 100mb per file and the worst captchas(the images of letters u have to see n fill the letters in the box ;) ).
Now u can get rid of them for that u need to buy an RS premium account which is not cheap. Thats how RS earns.


Want Premium for Free ?

Well, who doesnt like free stuff. You can get a free RS premium account for yourself. Create a free collectors account on RS and upload files n share with others, by posting links on internet forums, websites etc as RS doesnt provide any search engine to search its database(but you can still search RS read on). The file u upload must be greater than 5m in size n needs to be downloaded by user using free accounts. You get one point for each download, n an account for i think around 8000points. Now that may be a little tiring so u can try using your brain for earning points quickly.


How to Search RS ?

Just go to Google.com and punch “site:rapidshare.de/www.rapidshare.com” followed by:

• “inurl:pdf” for Ebooks in PDF Format
• “inurl:avi|wmv|mpg|nva” for Movies
• “inurl:mp3|ogg|wma” for Audio Files
• “inurl:exe” for executable application
• “inurl:zip|rar|7zip|tar” for RAR, ZIP, 7ZIP or TAR compressed archieve.

There are sites like fulldownloads.us etc which index RS links n other download links, which you can use. But these sites normally need premiums which you need not buy coz i will give it to u if u want, jsut ask in comment with ur mail id.

Alternatives

Yes, there are altenatives as well but then with kind of popularity RS has, it seems to be zipping far n far ahead of competition. Few other exaples of upload sites include megaupload, 4shared, megashare n many more....



Next Post : How to RS premium easy way.

Thing U never knew about your Mobile Phone

There are a few things that can be done in times of grave emergencies.
Your mobile phone can actually be a life saver or an emergency tool for survival. Check out the things that you can do with it: -

*EMERGENCY*

*I*

*The Emergency Number worldwide for **Mobile** is 112.* If you find yourself out of coverage area of your mobile network and there is an emergency, dial 112 and the mobile will search any existing network to establish the emergency number for you, and interestingly this number 112 can be dialed even if the keypad is locked. **Try it out.**

*II*
*Subject: Have you locked your keys in the car? Does you car have remote keys?*
This may come in handy someday. Good reason to own a cell phone:
If you lock your keys in the car and the spare keys are at home, call
Someone at home on their cell phone from your cell phone.

Hold your cell phone about a foot from your car door and have the person at your home press the unlock button, holding it near the mobile phone on their end. Your car will unlock. Saves someone from having to drive your keys to you. Distance is no object. You could be hundreds of miles away, and if you can reach someone who has the other "remote" for your car, you can unlock the doors (or the trunk).
Editor's Note: *It works fine! We tried it out and it unlocked our car
over a cell phone!"*

*III*
Subject: Hidden Battery power
Imagine your cell battery is very low, you are expecting an important call and you don't have a charger. Nokia instrument comes with a reserve battery. To activate, press the keys *3370#
Your cell will restart with this reserve and the instrument will show a 50% increase in battery. This reserve will get charged when you charge your cell next time.

AND

*IV*

How to disable a STOLEN mobile phone?

To check your Mobile phone's serial number, key in the following digits on your phone:

* # 0 6 #

A 15 digit code will appear on the screen. This number is unique to your handset. Write it down and keep it somewhere safe. when your phone get stolen, you can phone your service provider and give them this code. They will then be able to block your handset so even if the thief changes the SIM card, your phone will be totally useless.

You probably won't get your phone back, but at least you know that whoever stole it can't use/sell it either.

If everybody does this, there would be no point in people stealing mobile phones.

Please spread this useful information around.

GOOGLE page creator

hi everyone

I have created a website using google pages. I have already uploaded songs ,videos and softwares. Please do check it out visir at www.vermabharat.googlepages.com

WHEN WILL YOU DIE ?

Has this question ever bothered you. Well you can find it out with the help of the...........

DEATH CLOCK