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Thursday, June 3, 2010
Bluehost Webhosting
How to use your freedom for opening orkut and other blocked websites
For the client Your Freedom which I referred in my How to bypass filters in school for acessing blocked websites[clents] some of the users has asked me to tell how to use the your freedom client.Im providing some detailed instructions here on how to configure the client for your browser so that you can access the sites when they are blocked
1. Go to Your freedom website.If you are a first time user,register yourself and download the latest version of your freedom client.If you don't have JRE on your PC,download the version which is of 25mb or more.
2. No install your freedom and a your freedom configuration wizard will popup.
3. Click next and enter your proxy server and port and click next.
4. If its says All fine-->click next and it will start looking for your freedom server.Once the server is found,click save ,It will ask password when you go in the next step and you are done.Don't forget to tick the options of Redirect socks4/5 DNS to freedom server,enable encryption and enable rekeying in the configure window.
If your freedom icon in the system tray still shows the gate as open,Go to messages tab in your freedom main window.In the main window click configure and a new configuration window will popup.Now find the reverse DNS of ems01.your-freedom.de and enter ip of server where it is written as ems.your-freedom.de.Your freedom has 16 servers available here.This thing must work.
How to configure your browser :
The user guide for configuring your browsers is here
Friday, May 14, 2010
10 Beautiful Wordpress Themes
Sometimes it’s just like searching for a needle in a haystack: if you’ve ever googled for free and quality Wordpress Themes, you know exactly what we’re talking about. Most designers love to create Wordpress themes, so they can demonstrate the quality of their work and add some fresh works to their portfolios.
However, most Wordpress themes are either used too often (Kubrick theme, now K2, is definitely overused) or just have nothing to offer – particularly, if you are looking for a free, impressive and professional design. However, sometimes search is worth it. In the gallery below you’ll find 10free Wordpress Themes you probably haven’t seen yet. All themes offer quality, elegance and a user-friendly interface.
1. Timemanager
2. Intra Blog
This theme attempts to catch the feeling of a long, exciting summernight and lets you tell your adventures with big, eye-catching pictures. Quite provocative, but hey – it’s all about the unique style, right? Easily customizable and best used with dark, patterned backgrounds.
5.AdsPress
10.Blue Grace
Thursday, May 13, 2010
Acer Aspire One 532h-2326:
Acer is looking to stay ahead in the netbook market with its Aspire One 532h. Though it's not a tremendous upgrade over the previous Aspire One models, the 532h is a solid, decently priced netbook. Acer may have skimped a little on the keyboard and touchpad--but hey, at least it looks cool.
Our review unit, priced at $299, features a 1.67GHz Intel Atom N450 processor, 1GB of RAM, a 250GB hard drive, and an Intel NM10 chipset. It's available in silver, blue/black, and red. It also features 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi, an integrated Webcam and microphone, and a multigesture touchpad. It runs Windows 7 Starter.
The Aspire One 532h has a shiny cover (navy blue fades into black) that is very fingerprint- and scratch-prone. The six-cell battery is tucked under the chassis, but still creates a bump underneath. The netbook features three USB 2.0 ports, a VGA out port, an ethernet port, a multiformat card slot, and headphone and microphone jacks.
Weighing 2.8 pounds and measuring 10.2 inches wide by 7.3 inches high by 0.8 inches deep (1.4 inches deep at the battery), the Aspire One 532h is pretty standard for a netbook of its class. The whole machine feels sturdy, except for the cheap plastic rocker mouse button.
The keyboard on the Aspire One 532h is somewhat disappointing. The Aspire One 532h features chiclet-shaped keys, but implements them differently--instead of the wide spacing usually found on chiclet keyboards, the Aspire One 532h's keyboard looks more like a mashup of a chiclet keyboard and a standard keyboard. The lack of space between the keys makes for bigger keys--which is nice, but not terribly helpful in this case. The keys are flat and slippery, and touch-typing is pretty much impossible.
Instead of the usual indentation that denotes the touchpad, the Aspire One 532h's multitouch touchpad is just a textured block on an otherwise smooth palm rest. While this looks slick, it's a bit annoying--the touchpad is almost too textured, and moving the mouse is a chore. Instead of two distinct mouse buttons, the Aspire One 532h has a shiny blue rocker. The rocker is easy to click, but all the shiny slickness makes it hard to remember what's what.
The Aspire One 532h has a 10.1-inch glossy screen with 1024-by-600-pixel resolution (standard for a netbook of its size). As on similar netbook screens, the Aspire One 532h's bright, glossy display is both a blessing and a curse. It's bright, and colors pop--but if you move even slightly to one side, the screen goes dark, and you get a bunch of reflections thrown back at you.
Like other netbooks with the N450 processor, the Aspire One 532h isn't great at video playback. However, it does stream standard-definition video clips from Hulu with little problem--a standard-definition episode of Dancing with the Stars was seamless at full screen. High-definition streaming video plays, but with stutter (I managed to get a 480p episode of Lost going). As for audio, the onboard speakers are quite loud and located on the underside of the chassis.
Acer provides a suite of its own software, which includes Acer Launch Manager, Recover Management, and Video Conference, in addition to a Microsoft bundle. Besides a 60-day trial of Microsoft Home & Student 2007, the latter bundle gives you a full version of Microsoft Works and Windows Live Essentials.
The only thing holding this netbook back is the weird chiclet-slash-regular keyboard and the unindented touchpad, both of which are cool-looking but take a lot of getting used to. Still, the Acer Aspire One 532h is a sturdy little netbook with a good price.
Casio Exilim EX-G1
Snowboarders, snorkelers, and rock climbers, listen up: The ruggedized Casio Exilim EX-G1 point-and-shoot digital camera is a worthy companion for your next outdoor adventure. That's assuming, of course, you don't snowboard in weather colder than 14 degrees Fahrenheit, you don't snorkel in water over 10 feet deep, you don't climb rocks higher than 7 feet, and you can live with middling image quality while you're on the move.
The key phrase here is "while you're on the move." The 12.1-megapixel Exilim EX-G1 performed extremely well in our lab-based imaging tests, producing very sharp images with good color accuracy and a lack of distortion. In PCWorld Labs' subjective testing, our jury of evaluators rated the EX-G1's image quality as Very Good.
But you'll rarely have a tripod with you on a mountain hike or snowboard trip, and that will have a negative impact on this camera's image quality in the wild. In my hands-on, real-world tests, its still images were, at best, decent. The EX-G1 offers ISO equivalency settings up to ISO 3200, but my images above ISO 400 started showing a lot of noise when zoomed in at 100 percent. Images looked sharp enough when viewed at smaller sizes, but noise, artifacts, and color issues were evident at ISO equivalencies above 800 and at larger sizes. Though the camera offers a Macro mode (in the REC menu under the Auto mode), the EX-G1 had trouble focusing on objects as close as 4 inches away from the lens.
The EX-G1 also has no real image stabilization other than a digital "Anti-Shake" option, which is off by default and disabled automatically when you use a flash. You have to dive into the camera's "REC" menu to turn it on, and it does little to combat shaky hands or darting subjects. Instead, it increases ISO sensitivity--leaving you with, well, a number of artifacts and a somewhat shaky picture.
The Exilim EX-G1 features a 3X-optical-zoom lens (38mm to 114mm), a 2.5-inch LCD screen, and a variety of preset "Best Shot" modes. It's delightfully tiny at just 5.4 ounces and 0.78 inches thick--Casio says it's the slimmest shockproof camera on the market (the upcoming Sony Cyber-shot DSC-TX5, which measures less than 0.75 inches thick, might have something to say about that soon). The EX-G1 takes MicroSD and MicroSDHC cards, and it's available in black or red for $300 (as of 5/5/2010).
It is indeed rugged. The camera is shockproof to falls as far as 7 feet, waterproof down to 10 feet (and it does sink, so use that wrist strap), freezeproof down to 14 degrees Fahrenheit (though using the camera at this temperature significantly decreases your battery life), and dustproof. I tested everything except the dust, and the EX-G1 powered through like a champion--though the LCD screen did suffer a scratch or two.
Its nonextending zoom lens is ringed in resin, its outer casing is made of stainless steel, and a polycarbonate cover near its shutter is built to absorb shock. To access the weather-sealed USB port and MicroSD/SDHC slot, you use a little turnscrew on the side. The wheel-like turnscrew moves easily, and the port door opens effortlessly.
Taking the battery out, on the other hand, is quite a hassle--especially if you have big hands. Casio includes a special tool for prying open the battery compartment; but even with said tool, the compartment requires some dexterity to open.
The battery life is good enough to get you through a full day's worth of hiking or snow sports, as well: The EX-G1's battery is rated at 300 shots per charge, sufficient for a PCWorld Labs battery rating of Good.
The buttons on the EX-G1 are straightforward, well spaced, and easy to press. On the top of the camera, next to the power button and the shutter button, is the "Best Shot" button, which you press to access all of the camera's automatic shooting modes. You can choose from 25 automatic shooting modes, including Snow, Sports, Pet, Sundown, Underwater, and Portrait; the closest you'll get to any manual controls is an "Auto" mode that lets you adjust white balance, exposure compensation, ISO, flash, and a few other in-camera settings (no manual shutter or aperture adjustments, though).
In the EX-G1, Casio also offers its unique Dynamic Photo Mode, which allows you to cut a subject out of a shot and superimpose it on top of a different picture or background. This mode actually works quite well, providing that you take the first shot (the picture of the subject) in front of a neutral background; the camera has a bit more trouble extracting subjects from unevenly lit or otherwise complex backgrounds.
You'll also find a dedicated movie button (labeled with a red recording circle) that you can press to go straight into movie mode. The EX-G1 can capture standard-definition clips at 848 by 480 pixels and 640 by 480 pixels (YouTube mode) at 30 frames per second; it can also take 320-by-240-pixel videos at 15 fps. A fun feature for active users is the Interval Snapshot/Movie mode; for snapshots, you can set intervals at 10 seconds, 30 seconds, 1 minute, or 3 minutes, whereas for movies you can set the capture time at 3, 10, 20, or 30 minutes.
For single shots, this camera exhibits virtually no shutter lag at all--fantastic news for the action-minded user. Unfortunately, I found that the shot-to-shot lag time was incredibly long, as much as 5 seconds. Capturing a fleeting moment isn't much of a problem--but trying to capture several in a row is a real issue.
All in all, the Casio Exilim EX-G1 is not the best camera if you're looking to snap breathtaking, wall-size photos of the great outdoors, due to its lack of a wide-angle lens and its middling image quality in non-studio environments. But if you simply want to tote something to get quick shots on your next mountain-biking/white-water rafting/rock-climbing trip, it's sturdy enough to withstand the journey.
Apple's iPhone 4G: What We Know So Far
Apple's leak control has apparently failed again, with photos and video of yet another alleged iPhone 4G prototype appearing on a Vietnamese Internet forum and on YouTube.
Indeed, the drama surrounding these prototypes -- the first was lost in a bar and bought by Gizmodo, which now faces legal trouble -- may be the most exciting part of the story, but ideally it's all in service of telling us more about the phone itself. Unfortunately, the supposed new iPhone 4G prototype doesn't reveal many more details, but it helps corroborate the specs in Gizmodo's earlier prototype and paints a more complete picture of Apple's next iPhone. Assuming this latest prototype is real, here's what we know so far:
Design
Apple appears to abandon the curvy shape of previous iPhones in favor of sharp angles on the edges. Gizmodo's prototype had screws in the aluminum border around the sides, but these are gone in the Vietnam version. I'm not thrilled with the new design, but that's another story.
The back panel is made of glass, ceramic, shiny plastic, or maybe even sapphire (according to an Engadget commenter's translation of the latest video), and it's shiny and somewhat smudge-prone, just like the iPhone's front panel. Before the leaks, one analyst speculated that the back panel would be touch-sensitive, like Apple's magic mouse, but neither leak confirms this.
Processor
Specs
What's new and noteworthy with the iPhone 4G prototypes? A front-facing camera, an improved rear-facing camera with a flash, a second microphone for noise cancellation, and an improved display whose exact resolution is unknown, but is rumored to be 960-by-640. Instead of a standard SIM slot, the new iPhone supposedly uses Micro-SIM, just like the iPad. Gizmodo reported that the iPhone 4G prototype is 3 grams heavier than its predecessor and has a 16 percent larger battery.
The Vietnam prototype lists 16 GB of storage capacity on the back panel. I'm guessing Apple will bump the maximum capacity to 64 GB -- as it did with the iPod Touch -- and offer a middle-tier 32 GB model, but the prototypes provide no clues on that front.
Carrier
As Engadget notes, a sticker on the Vietnam prototype's A4 processor reads "N90," which also appeared in a bar code attached to Gizmodo's prototype. John Gruber of Daring Fireball cites several unnamed sources who say this is Apple's code name for the fourth-generation GSM iPhone. Verizon Wireless uses CDMA wireless standard instead of GSM, so the phones we've seen so far appear destined for AT&T, despite persistent rumors.
Friday, May 7, 2010
Samsung Star TV Mobile Phone
It’s a brand new era of latest technologies. Every other day, we are being informed of new launches. Whether it’s TVs, DVD players, mobile phones or other technologies, things are getting better and better for us. There are many leading players in the market. Giants like Sony, Nokia, Motorola, LG, Samsung etc are leading the way. Talking about Samsung, it is a pioneer in technology related segment. It has presence across the different verticals of products. Recently, its product Corby was the talking point in the mobile market. It sold like hot cakes.
Adding to its other products, Samsung has recently launched Star TV. The launching pattern has been more or less on the same lines of that of its successor. One of the best selling touch screen phone in the first half-quarter of 2010, Star TV is definitely making waves. This is an addition to Samsung Star series and this time, the most wonderful feature is its TV viewing feature. The mobile has Analog mobile TV receiver which enables mobile owner to enjoy free-to-air transmitted channels. The TV receiver has telegent system and because of that the mobile set can boast of rich graphical controls. The user can record, use the facility of one click capture and also switch channels with a screen flick. Additionally, one can receive SMS even without stopping the telecast of TV viewer.
There are some other attractive features as well like 3 inch TFT resistive touch screen, 3.15 megapixel camera, TouchWiz UI, smile detection, EDGE, FM with RDS support, Bluetooth and 16 GB expandable memory. The only negative point is absence of Wi-Fi connectivity which is kind of surprising. As far as features and looks are concerned, Samsung Star TV S 5233T is truly in a different league.