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Blogger Template Designer

2010-06-22T12:18:00.002+05:30

Read about the Blogger Template Designer here"Blogger Template Designer Now Available To Everyone"

Highlights
How you look online is important, and everybody wants to look unique. With the Blogger Template Designer, you can create your own blog designs through:

Beautiful new templates. We’ve designed 19 brand-new templates, with more on the way. You can quickly give your blog a great new style by selecting one of the new templates.[1]
Separating design from layout. Designs are completely defined in CSS (Cascading Style Sheets), meaning that any design can be applied to any blog layout, making templates more flexible and unique.
Hundreds of free, professional background images. We've paired up withiStockphoto to offer you hundreds of gorgeous background images at no cost.
A single control to change all your design's colors. With other platforms, users have to define every color in their blog separately, making changing the color theme of your blog a tedious task. The Blogger Template Designer lets you change all the colors in your blog at once, by changing the Main color theme.
Pixel-perfect layout manipulation via smooth resizing. You can define your layout down to the pixel via sliders that update the blog's preview in real time.
A real-time preview sits below the design control panel. Watch your blog update as you create your template design.
Keeping it simple. Throughout the Template Designer we use hierarchy to hide complexity from you.
Complete control. Under the advanced tab, you can override a design's CSS and enter your own CSS in the editor and see your blog's preview updated in real time.
Cross-browser support. Blogger handles cross browser support for you, so you don’t have to. Want a design with rounded corners? We give it to you in Firefox, Internet Explorer, and Chrome.

annauniv 8th sem results are out !

2010-05-28T18:15:00.002+05:30

Checkout the results at these links ...

http://result.annauniv.edu/cgi-bin/result/re09.pl?regno=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

replace the xxxxxxxxxxx by your reg no..

"Reshare" in Google Buzz

2010-05-28T17:27:00.002+05:30

SOURCE:-http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2010/05/reshare-in-google-buzz.html

The other day I posted this video to the version of Buzz we use inside of Google. A few people commented on it, 13 liked it, and 68 of my coworkers thought it was interesting enough that they wanted to share it with their own followers. Collectively, thousands of people watched it, many of whom were many degrees away from me.

For the last couple weeks we've been testing reshare — and today we’re excited to roll it out to everyone. If you don't see the "Reshare" link quite yet, hang tight. It should be on for everyone by the end of the day.

How reshare works

When you find an interesting buzz post you want to reshare, instead of copying and pasting it (and maybe attributing the original poster with an @reply along the way), you can now reshare posts with two clicks.

First, click “Reshare”:

Then type up anything you want to add and click “Post”:

Your post will include a link to the original post:

Note that this only works for public posts; private posts won't have the reshare link since the original poster intended to limit the audience of their post.

A little more background

Reshare has been one of our top user requests, so we hope we've made a number of you happy. We realize that just as many will likely wonder why we decided to implement it the way we did. So, here's a bit more background for those who are curious:

First, back to those two clicks: one click vs. two click reshare was a hard choice (I know, it doesn't sound so hard, but we spent a lot of time on this!). Ultimately, we chose to go with two clicks because we want people to be able to reshare publicly or privately and also encourage resharers to add their own new content to the post.
If you follow a bunch of people who all reshare the same thing, the last thing you want is for that same post to appear over and over again. When this happens, similar posts get collapsed, so you should only see each thing once.
You'll notice that resharing creates a new post, effectively forking the conversation. To fork or not fork was a decision we debated for a while. Ultimately, we think forked conversations help create more varied, intimate discussions around a single item. We realize people may want a non-forking version too, so we're thinking about how to do that as well.
When there is a chain of reshares, the names of all of the people who publicly reshare the post appear on the original item, even if they're not directly connected to the original author. If you share something that ends up getting passed around by lots of other people, it's pretty cool to see that.
If you "like" a reshare, you don't automatically also "like" the original post. Imagine what would happen if I reshare a very positive movie review and write "What a joke! This movie was terrible!" Someone who likes my post probably doesn't want their "like" showing on the original post praising the film, too.

Overall, we’ve made a lot of progress since my original ASCII mockups...

...and after a lot of debate, we even settled on what to call it...

...but reshare is still very much a work in progress. We wanted to launch and iterate so be sure to let us know what you think in the forum or on Buzz.

Microsoft Reinvents Hotmail with an Onslaught of New Features

2010-05-19T08:48:00.000+05:30

Microsoft has announced a huge slew of upgrades to Hotmail to make it more competitive with Gmail, and we have to admit the list is impressive.

With 343 million users, Hotmail is still the top e-mail service provider. Gmail is much smaller, with approximately 150 million users as of September 2009.

Gmail has been adding features relentlessly in the past couple of years, however, and the sleek integration with otherGoogle services has made it the fastest growing webmail. And just like many other Google services, it also happens to generate the most buzz in the media.

Among the new Hotmail features are Hotmail Highlights, which gives you a quick overview of what’s new in your inbox organized by source, such as e-mail contacts or social contacts from Facebook or Twitter. This reminds me of the way Windows 7 “simplifies” the control panel and many other Windows features. Still, this new view is definitely clean and simple, and I’m sure many users will get used to it quickly.

The Sweep function is touted as a simpler alternative to e-mail filtering, enabling you to quickly organize the e-mails that aren’t exactly spam, but that you don’t want at the top of your inbox. It’s not groundbreaking, but it’s simpler than Gmail’s filtering options.

The new Hotmail is also integrated with Office Web Apps, meaning that you can edit documents directly from your inbox. You can also store the documents and photos you send on Microsoft SkyDrive, which means you don’t have to worry about size constraints because your documents reside in the cloud.

Microsoft also took document integration a step further when it comes to consuming content. If you receive a video from Hulu or YouTube, you can view it right there in the inbox. If you receive attached photos, you can see them in the form of a nifty slideshow, provided you have Silverlight installed.

Finally, Microsoft mentions some other features it hasn’t discussed in detail, including: enhanced account protection, full-session SSL, multiple e-mail accounts, subfolders, contact management and ever-growing storage. All in all, you could say it’s a catchup effort, but we’ll give Microsoft the benefit of the doubt and call it a complete overhaul. It’ll be hard to steal users away from Gmail — which still has dozens of minor features that Hotmail doesn’t (just check the Labs) — but Hotmail will most likely be a worthy competitor after the new version is launched this summer.

Source: mashable.com website.

Site Speed matters-You must try this

2010-05-18T22:10:00.003+05:30

Speed matters :-

Studies show that users leave a site if it hasn't loaded in 4 seconds; keep your users happy and engaged by providing a fast performing website!
GTmetrix uses Google Page Speed and Yahoo! YSlow to grade your site's performance and provides actionablerecommendations to fix these issues.

Everybody deserves a fast web experience.

GTmetrix can help you develop a faster, more efficient, and all-around improved website experience for your users.

Your users will love you for it.

Website-http://gtmetrix.com/

google classic

2010-05-15T21:24:00.001+05:30

Google recently added new features and changed the look of home page, but still many of us like the Google Classic home page. We like to share the link of GoogleClassic page here.

Though Google added new features and new look still but we believe ” Old is Gold “.

Check out www.google.com/webhp?hl=all

Note: We can’t assure that how long this link will exists

Media Cope

2010-04-17T07:07:00.005+05:30

Media Cope is a free multi functional media software that contains the following features:

Audio/Video Player - Supports wide data formats
Audio/Video Cutter - You can cut video and save to your desired format
Audio Converter - Converts with high quality
Video Converter - Converts with out affecting picture quality
Photo Cutter - Cuts the specific portion of an image
Photo Resizer - Convert photo to your mobile gadget supporting resolution
Slide Show - Create slide show with defined time interval

It is Free to Download at Download Link

What is twitter,anyways

2010-04-16T19:53:00.000+05:30

Link : Twitter

Twitter describes itself as, “a service for friends, family, and co–workers to communicate and stay connected through the exchange of quick, frequent answers to one simple question: What are you doing?”

If you’re new Twitter, then that description might seem a bit vague and ambiguous. So, to help you wrap your mind around the short-form messaging tool, start thinking about Twitter as a new form of online communication. Twitter is just communication in a new shape, but it’s also a platform for listening to the communication of others in new ways.Currently we have email, instant messenger, and VoIP tools like Skype as one-to-one or one-to-few online communication tools. For one-to-many online communication, online publishers can turn to blogs to create and distribute content rapidly and reach anyone on the web through RSS feeds.

Twitter is a combination of these various forms of communication, but its primary difference is that posts, or tweets, are restricted to 140 characters or less. As a Twitter user you can post updates, follow and view updates from other users (this is akin to subscribing to a blog’s RSS feed), and send a public reply or private direct message to connect with another Twitterer.

Though users can answer the prompt, “What are you doing?”, tweets have evolved to more than everyday experiences, and take the shape of shared links to interesting content on the web, conversations around hot topics (using hashtags), photos, videos, music, and, most importantly, real-time accounts from people who are in the midst of a newsworthy event, crisis, or natural disaster.

Encrypted thumb drive

2010-03-14T15:27:00.003+05:30

I read the article in another blog.I'm just sharing that with you guys..Try at your own risk ;)

I have a Sandisk Cruzer Micro USB thumb drive that I carry around with me. Last weekend I spent a bit of time setting it so that all my data is securely encrypted using the excellent open source software called TrueCrypt. I also managed to get Windows autoplay working on the drive so I can access the data with the least amount of annoyance. Actually it's about as easy as it's ever going to get. I stick my drive in, an autoplay menu pops up with "Mount Truecrypt Volume" as the default choice, I hit enter, type my password, hit enter again and that's it. Here's how I did it..............................................................................

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For further details. Link:-Encrypted thumb drive and autoplay howto

Monitor Energy Saver

2010-03-09T07:59:00.010+05:30

MonitorES is a windows and linux utility that is used to turnoff monitor display. Also when you lock your machine using this software, it will pause all your running media programs & set your IM status message to "Away" / Custom message(you can specify these) and it will restore it back to normal when you back.

Features

Turnoff monitor by pressing ctrl+f2
All the activities like pausing media player setting status of messenger are done by it
It is portable software and available for windows and linux(Ubuntu)
very small executable file size(44kb)

Supported InstantMessengers

Google Talk , Yahoo Messenger, Digsby , Miranda IM

It is free to download at this link

Download Link

Funny...

2010-02-22T15:52:00.004+05:30

Checkout the link..
http://www.google.com/Easter/feature_easter.html

Skype free voice chat software

2010-02-19T18:04:00.004+05:30

Skype is one of the free software to have voice chat with other skype users. you must create a skype account in their website to use this functionality. Skype is available with various free extra plugins to be added with it.

Skype can be used for video, voice or text chat. Skype is available to download as an offline installer at the following link. This software can be redistributable to your friends.

Download Link

Use Google's Buzz Service Better Than Before- Tips

2010-02-18T22:50:00.005+05:30

1.Use an @reply to send a post directly to someone's inbox. If you want to make sure one of your friends sees a certain Buzz post, you can direct it to their inbox with an @reply. Type the "@" symbol followed by the first few letters of their name, and select their email address from the list. Only you'll see their Gmail address — other people will just see their name.

2.You can use Keyboard Shortcuts as in GMail :)

3.You Dont want to follow comments,? Here is a way to ignore the comments.
Comments on your posts and comments after your comments send buzz directly to your inbox. If you don't want a lively conversation to keep appearing in your inbox as people reply to it, you can mute it. Click the arrow in the corner of a buzz post and select "Mute this post."

If you have keyboard shortcuts turned on, you can also mute buzz that appears in your inbox by hitting the "m" key while you're reading it.

---M.Senthil Kumar

Panda USB Vaccine 1.0.1.4

2010-02-13T10:45:00.003+05:30

Panda USB Vaccine disables autorun on your PC to protect you from being infected, but also protects your USB drives from spreading viruses when you use them in another PC.

Using the tool is a simple matter of installing and then launching it, and clicking the Vaccinate computer button to disable autorun completely on your PC, which prevents malware from spreading to your PC through a flash drive. The interesting feature, however, is the ability to "vaccinate" your flash drive, which essentially just creates a hidden, protected autorun file on the drive so that viruses won't be able to easily infect it—though readers should note it's probably not fool-proof.

Panda USB Vaccine is a free download for Windows only. You can get the software from here,

Download

DVD Cutter, Chopper XP

2010-02-06T18:27:00.006+05:30

DVD video files can be splitted (cutted) using a sophisticated GUI interface known as Chopper XP.

Movies can be cut by marking over the video or even by specifying the time intervals .

It is very useful when the storage space you have is less or if you require a particular portion of video.

It can be downloaded at Download Link

Appserver with Apache,SQL,PHP in Windows

2010-02-06T18:08:00.006+05:30

Appserv is an open source project that contains inbuilt softwares containing Apache HTTP Server, PHP, MySql. Appserv doesn't require more confiquration settings to be made it is easy to use. The main source files can be placed in the root directory and the auto-deploy utility takes care of compilation .

It can be downloaded from Download Link or from the site www.appservnetwork.com/

'Undo Send' Feature for Gmail

2010-02-05T19:10:00.002+05:30

Did you clicked the send button involuntarily [ in the middle of something ]?

Do you want to undo,the send mail?

the Gmail has the new feature, you have to enable it under Labs[ go to settings , click labs, find the [Undo Send] option, just enable it.]

When you send the message in the top of the page you can see,,,

Just click undo, u done :)

Want to download youtube videos?

2010-02-03T23:30:00.003+05:30

goto bottom of this webpage, just give the url,download it..that;s all..

Cavaj Java Decompiler

2010-01-29T16:33:00.006+05:30

You may have not even wondered of how to convert a java class file to a java source file. It can be done by using Cavaj decompiler while is a free software tool. you can browse over the list of methods and variables used in the opened java class file.

It uses JAD(Java Application Descriptor) technology to decompile java file. you can download from the below link.

Download: Cavaj Java Decompiler

Subtitle Edit

2010-01-29T15:54:00.008+05:30

You may get fed up of not getting the wright subtitle even if u get a subtitle for the movie you sometimes won't get its timing available correctly.

The voice and the subtitle doesn't gets matched in such situation there is a necessary to alter the timing by seconds or minutes to come later or earlier this can be done with Subtitle Edit.

This is a free software and comes under GNU public license.

You can just double click the subtitle file which has the extension .sub or .srt etc. It is also supports subtitle even in .txt and .xml formats. The software is available to download at DownloadLink

Photodex Proshow Producer

2010-01-29T15:13:00.006+05:30

Proshow producer is used to create a video format of slide show with embedding audio in many formats like mp3,avi and video. The image can be easily added to it, it contains a story board to add the content with specified time and transitions.

This helps to create an album of happy moments in life by making a pleasing effect to watch. It also helps business people to build a working model of their project.

Note: It is better to work in a higher resolution as it would give a better appearance.

This software can be downloaded at RapidShare or

Proshow official Website Download Link

Delete MBR(Master Boot Record) content to install OS making HardDisk formatted(LINUX/UNIX)

2010-01-29T10:30:00.008+05:30

It is necessary to delete the MBR content that is loaded by the system if boot loader fails to load while there are multiple Operating System installed in a particular system.

To do this you must have a live cd and login as admin through the terminal mode. If you have a ubuntu live cd read http://atoz-infotech.blogspot.com/2010/01/root-password-in-ubuntu.html this article to login as admin in your linux with extra privilages.

And look over the type of file system your hard disk holds and make the a note of it can be of hda or some other in latest versions of hard disks.

Use the command to clear the MBR data with the dd unix program as

dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hda bs=446 count=5;

bs specifies the number of bytes the file is created.

count indicated how much time the process is executed here the clearance is made five times.

ROOT Password in Ubuntu

2010-01-29T10:20:00.006+05:30

ubuntu doesn't provide a specific root(admin) account to be created in such a case you can create it through the terminal mode of ubunbu. Once you open the terminal window type as

su root

it requests for a user name and once given a password is requested specify your password.

The root account is enabled and you have extra privileges like viewing your hard disk partition made in your system with

fdisk -l

command

Metacafe Downloader

2010-01-28T17:04:00.009+05:30

Metacafe is one of the large video site that provides videos of categories like entertainment, news , politics, how to, funny comercial ads,etc . The GUI helps in easy to select the desired video content and once selected the software searches itself for the related content and starts downloading. It does not require more manual instructions to guide through. And you can also search by specifying keywords over it.

You can view other users comments made to the video and can make comment over it by creating an metacafe account in www.metacafe.com

The software is free to download at Metacafe Downloader

Audicity

2010-01-28T16:35:00.016+05:30

Audicity is an open source software free available tool developed by enthusiastic software developers. Audicity helps in cutting,recording and merging of sound files. It supports many data formats like mp3 and linux format of Ogg Vorbis.

you can create ringtones , change the format of wave by providing extra bass , treble etc.

It is available to use in platforms at the below links

Windows 98/ME/2000/XP/Vista

Mac Os X

Linux/Unix

Tracking internet usage

2010-01-27T20:59:00.006+05:30

How to monitor bandwidth or Track Net Usage or Track Your Internet Usage if you are not in Unlimited Plan

The Software commonly called as Shalplus Bandwidth Meter. You can use this software to track your net usage automatically. Most often people who are not in unlimited plans, used to checkout the service provider sites, That is not needed ofcourse, Now here is a solution..just download this small software which is less than 500 KB and use this to track your net usage.

Download Link or
http://www.shaplus.com/bandwidth-meter/

Invisible mode in Gtalk

2010-01-27T20:52:00.004+05:30

How can I change my visibility to invisible in GTalk???

Most of Gtalk users cannot find the invisible option. Ofcourse it is not there in Ordinary Edition. But in Google Labs Edition It is possible. You can download it from here..
What else you can do with this software?

you can be chat in invisible mode

you can send smilies different smilies to your buddies :)

link is : Dowload Link or http://www.google.com/talk/labsedition/index.html

WEB 2.0

2010-01-26T10:52:00.008+05:30

In recent days people searches internet for even doing their simple

tasks to do it efficiently and do it with their satisfaction. for

example: a person may have travelling he use to search to find the

best route, and his boarding details.

WEB 2.0 browser has the capability of receiving a long question as

its input and analyses and sorts down the search. It learns what

kind of person you are. and you can ask questions like where can i

spend my holidays , it analyses from the previous request you

made.

In short characteristics of web 2.0 are:

the capability of users to post comments so as others can view ex:

reply for a blog question

web pages that links unknown users i.e, social networking sites like twitter, orkut.

sites that helps to share user content like rapidshare,youtube,mediafire.

recent techniques of getting updates: nowadays RSS(Really Simple Syndication ) helps to receive updates of a sites changes made when a internet connection is available.

Providing access to internet not only through computer but also through many electronic gadgets like mobile, television etc

HCL INTERVIEW

2010-01-26T10:05:00.006+05:30

Category : BPO

Designation: Technical Support Officer (TSO)

Work Location: Chennai

Qualification: Minimum +2 Eligible / Diploma / Graduates / Post Graduates in Any Discipline

Kind of Job: 100 % Voice - US Based - Tech Support

Requirements:

Should be willing to work in rotational nightshifts
Good communication in English and should have Basic Computer & Internet knowledge.
Salary & compensation BEST in the industry
Pick-up and Drop at doorstep.
Opportunity to pursue Masters Degree - MBA
Opportunity to fast track career growth
AGE : Should not exceed 35 years

VENUE:

TRICHY PERAMBALUR Date: 28th January 2010 (THURSDAY)

DHANALAKSHMI SRINIVASAN COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCE FOR WOMENS

PERMABALUR

Trichy 621 212.

Time: 10.00 am to 4.00 pm

cant you delete the file or open or move or rename the file?

2010-01-25T08:37:00.007+05:30

You might have tried to delete the file named autorun.inf in pendrive, but frustrated after getting message as, "It is used by another program" or "it is already opened".

Cant you delete the file or folder ?

Cant you open the system files ?

Make sure the disk is not full or write-protected and that the file is not currently in use.

Cannot delete the autorun.inf file?

Pendrive autorun.inf problem?

If your problem is because of the occupation or already accessing process and currently locked , then here is solution,

Just download the following small program, install it in a seconds, Download Link : Unlocker.exe

Instructions:

After installing, to delete or move or rename or modify the file, that gives the
trouble , right click on the file and click unlock, there will be a dialog box open, again click unlock on dialog box...Problem Solved, Now do your task on file, without any trouble.

Hope this helps

Walk-in For Freshers - .NET / JAVA / TESTING - Androit Solutions JAN 31 2010

2010-01-25T08:30:00.003+05:30

Walk-in For Freshers - .NET / JAVA / TESTING - Androit Solutions JAN 31 2010

Company Name : ANDROIT SOLUTIONS

Skills Required : .NET / JAVA / TESTING
Experience : Freshers
Job Location : CHENNAI

Walk-in Date : 03 January 2010 - 29 January 2010
Walk-in Time : 09:00 a.m

Job Description :
Job Title : Software Engineers
Company Name : ANDROIT SOLUTIONS
Skills : .NET / JAVA / TESTING
Experience : 0
Eliogibility : 2007 / 2008 / 2009 pass out candidates
Job Location : CHENNAI

Job Description : Software developer in ntire technology.

Desired Profile : Androit is a software development company which covers a full spectrum of IT services, from web design, web development, implementation, testing and consulting. Today, Androit stands proud as one of the fast growing companies in the IT Outsourcing industry of India. It offers an extensive range of business solutions to valuable clients to improve their business.

Walk-in Venue :
ANDROIT SOLUTIONS
Old no: 7/ New no 3 Bharat Flats (Flat no.3)
Rajarathinam 1st street
Narmatha Nagar
Ullagaram
Chennai - 91
Walk-in Date / Time : Jan 3th to 31th, 2010

Hello Everyone

2010-01-23T22:59:00.002+05:30

I welcome you to ATOZ-INFOTECH

This blog is to share about,Recent Tech News,Computer Tips and Tricks, about Job Walk-Ins, Tips for Attacking Interviews ( getting success in interviews ), and Software Reviews, Software Downloads, and more to come...