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GeoCities closing on 26th October, 2009

by nauman October 8, 2009

Yahoo has finally decided to give the deadline for closing down GeoCities, October 26th 2009 is the day when GeoCities will no longer exist. Users have been asked by Yahoo to download their files, pictures and any data that they may have on their websites and save it elsewhere or upgrade to Yahoo Web Hosting. [...]

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Dell to upgrade new PCs with Windows 7

by nauman October 7, 2009

Dell has launched  a bold and ambitious program for would be PC buyers. According to official sources any person buying a new Dell laptop like Inspiron 15 or 17 or even 546 will get Windows 7 pre-installed by Dell on is/her machine. This off course is being done at no additional cost. Dell aims to [...]

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Gamer’s Utopia, FIFA Interactive Soccer World Cup 2010 (Virtual)

by nauman October 6, 2009

Football fanatics behold! Gamer’s behold, this is the ultimate in gaming world, a virtual FIFA World Cup 2010. This happens to be a joint collaboration of FIFA, Electronic Arts and Sony Corp. Competitors from around the world will figure in this mega tournament playing FIFA Soccer 2010 on their PS3s. A total of ten Live [...]

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Windows Mobile 6.5 finally launched!

by nauman October 6, 2009

The kind of furor created and maintained by iPhone will perhaps take a lot of time for other phone manufacturers to catch on. It is not merely the product that matters, people need innovation, they need something new, always. If you can deliver this you are a winner. Nokia and iPhone both have achieved this [...]

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Injunction delivery, courtesy of Twitter

by nauman October 2, 2009

In what can be described as the first case of its kind the British High Court has served injunction to an anonymous twitter user who was using a fake Id of a lawyer named Donal Blaney to spread conservative news. Now this is a strange case where the identity of the defendant was not known [...]

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SuperSpeed USB 3.0 an update

by nauman September 30, 2009

Since its inception in 1996 the USB has been going through a much needed evolutionary process. At first it was the USB 1.0 with a top data rate of 1.5 M bit/s, then came along USB 2.0 in 2000 with a data rate of 480 M Bit/s and now the SuperSpeed USB 3.0 is expected [...]

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Run Ubuntu inside Windows with Portable Ubuntu

by nauman September 26, 2009

ubuntu-logo1windows_logo Windows and Linux are worlds apart. This has always been the case and so it will be. Sometimes back if you had to use Windows and Linux both, the best option available was to install both operating systems on separate partitions in a single PC. This obviously meant using any one of them at one time. The user would choose the OS he/she wanted to use at boot-up. There was no possibility of using both rivals on the same machine simultaneously. So if you were using Windows and felt a sudden rush to log in to a Unix/Linux environment you would have to shut down good old Windows and reboot in to the other OS. Now Ubuntu has made that a little easier by making a small Ubuntu (mere 480 MB) which can be run right within Windows! Ain’t it cool? This thing is called Portable Ubuntu. It is an executable file which can be downloaded from here. Here is what you have to do to run Ubuntu inside Windows.

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Archos 5/7 , an Internet Tablet, Gaming device, music player or a NetBook?

by nauman September 23, 2009

What exactly is the ultimate gadget that one can dream of? Personally I would like to carry one slim not too fat, energy efficient gadget that would allow me to make phone calls, surf the Internet at will (without straining my eyes), play games (well once in a while), listen to music, watch movies, take [...]

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Video messaging via iPhone 3GS

by nauman September 23, 2009

iPhone 3GS owners will now be able to make 12 seconds long videos and send them to other iPhone 3GS owners as well as to their contacts on FaceBook and Twitter followers. 12mail a new iPhone application, by 12seconds.tv makes this possible. However, a 12seconds.tv account is not required to make use of this application, [...]

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Musically yours, Nokia 5530 Xpress Music

by nauman September 23, 2009

Just a month in to its release Nokia 5530 is making headlines and going strong. This is very much a touch-screen phone which doesn’t carry a hefty price tag, and hence suits the average phone junkie. The following are its glaring features: Network: Quad-band GSM Dimensions: 104 x 49 x 13 mm Weight: 107 grams [...]

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