hi everyone,

some intresting tricks which i found recently:-

1)this trick allows you to create anonymous folders.
for this trick to work use the num-lock numbers ie. numbers given on the right hand side of your keyboard.
first,create a new folder on the desktop.
now click rename.
then press alt + 0160
done.

2)this trick will help you to increase the speed of your internet connection.
do the following steps:-
i)go —run—-gpedit.msc
ii)Then go to:Local Computer Policy
then Computer Configurationthen Administrative Templates
then Network
then QOS Packet Scheduler and
then to Limit Reservable Bandwidth.
the properties will say it is not configured, but the truth is under the ‘Explain’ tab i.e.”By default, the Packet Scheduler limits the system to 20 percent of the bandwidth of a connection, but you can use this setting to override the default.”
So the trick is to ENABLE reservable bandwidth, then set it to ZERO. This will allow the system to reserve nothing, rather than the default 20%.It works on Win 2000 as well.

3)here’s a gmail server update:-
the gmail server fails to recognise (.)-dots . so whats the use, well the thing is if your e-mail i.d. is ank3it@gmail.com then a.n.k.3.i.t@gmail.com is also valid. so if you compose a mail and send it to a.n.k.3.i.t@gmail.com or a.n.k3it@gmail.com or ank.3.it@gmail.com then the same person will receive it. however this type of recognition is invalid on the login page.

i found this blog- it will help the quizzer’s
http://visual-facts.blogspot.com/
specially the photo’s,they are good.

There will be a meeting of all Exun Members in the break on Friday – 12th January 2007 in the break in lab 4.

Thanking You.

-Raghav

Capping literally years of speculation on perhaps the most intensely followed unconfirmed product in Apple’s history — and that’s saying a lot — the iPhone has been announced today. Yeah, we said it: “iPhone,” the name the entire free world had all but unanimously christened it from the time it’d been nothing more than a twinkle in Stevie J’s eye (comments, Cisco?). Sweet, glorious specs of the 11.6 millimeter device include a 3.5-inch 480 x 320 touchscreen display with multi-touch support and a proximity sensor to turn off the sensor when it’s close to your face, 2 megapixel cam, 4GB or 8 GB of storage, Bluetooth with EDR and A2DP, WiFi that automatically engages when in range, and quadband GSM radio with EDGE. Perhaps most amazingly, though, it somehow runs OS X with support for Widgets, Google Maps, and Safari, and iTunes (of course) with CoverFlow out of the gate. A partnership with Yahoo will allow all iPhone customers to hook up with free push IMAP email. Apple quotes 5 hours of battery life for talk or video, with a full 16 hours in music mode — no word on standby time yet. In a twisted way, this is one rumor mill we’re almost sad to see grind to a halt; after all, when is the next time we’re going to have an opportunity to run this picture? The 4GB iPhone will go out the door in the US as a Cingular exclusive for $499 on a two-year contract, 8GB for $599. Ships Stateside in June, Europe in fourth quarter, Asia in 2008 :(. So all the ipod fans, be ready for a deep hole in the pocket
Source:Engadget

Some pics:

This is a problem I found in one of Google’s entrance tests. You don’t need to be the natural descendant of Euler to answer it, and please, I beg you not to Google and post the answers.

What is the next line?

The answer shalt be revealed in a week.

wishing all 12thies and 10thies

“BEST OF LUCK”

for your pre-boards…

Guess what this this picture is of? So all you quizzers give it a shot. Post your answers in the comments section..I will post the answer in a day or two.

Ladies and Gentlemen, today is Mohit Taneja’s birthday. If you haven’t done so already, please wish him.

Once again, Happy Birthday Mohit.

Dhruv

SanDisk on Thursday released a 32GB drive for commercial notebooks that stores information on flash memory chips rather than the magnetic platters that make up a traditional hard drive.

Such a swap will make thin laptops faster and more reliable.

Source: Seagate

Why go flash?

Unlike traditional hard drives, flash memory drives do not contain moving parts. As a result, flash devices are less prone to breaking down–flash cards can survive drops from great heights–and consume less energy.

Flash also can retrieve data faster. In its own tests, Sandisk says its flash drive can boot-up Windows Vista–the next version of the Windows operating system–in 35 seconds, a half-minute faster than the 55-second boot-up time required with a conventional drive.

Military and aerospace customers have been buying so-called solid-state flash drives for about a decade. Some of the drives have capacities of 256GB and are quite sophisticated.

What’s the catch?

The flash drive isn’t for everyone. At 32GB, it is far smaller than the conventional drives found in current notebooks, desktops or even MP3 players. Many business users, however, never max out the capacity on their drives.

The drive will also add about $600 to the cost of a notebook. Those prices will hinder sales.

Meanwhile, drive makers point out that hard drives also continue to increase in data density and are far less expensive. Hitachi executives have said drives that can hold a terabyte of data are on the horizon.

Internet video will choke flash. An hour of standard video gobbles up about 1GB, while an hour of high-definition video will take up 4GB, according to various estimates.

Still…

The capacity and price gaps will begin to erode over time. NAND flash memory makers (NAND is the kind SanDisk makes) have managed to double the storage capacity of its chips nearly every year for the past few years.

With growth actually exceeding Moore’s Law, who knows, in another two or three year’s time, our laptops may just get a little flashier!

Sources: CNET.com, Wikipedia

The hip computer maker battles with another headache

Shortly following news of Apple’s stock options backdating scandal, the Associated Press is reporting that the company is now facing several lawsuits, including one alleging that Apple is monopolizing the digital music market.

The lawsuit is over Apple’s proprietary iPod and iTunes software, which is generally incompatible with non-Apple products. Media purchased on iTunes is supposed to be playable only on iPod hardware, and songs purchased on other DRM systems are not easily playable on iPods.

Apple motioned for the courts to dismiss the case, originally filed July 21, but the courts denied the motion on Dec. 20. The plaintiff seeks unspecified compensation.

Apple is also facing a lawsuit, filed on Nov. 7, over the supposed high failure rate of the logic board in the iBook G4. Another lawsuit filed by PhatRat Technology accuses Apple of patent infringement for its iPod-Nike product.

While the iPod reigns supreme in the music player market, Apple’s success has not come without a price. Last year, Creative Labs sued Apple over patent infringement of the iPod interface, which eventually lead to a countersuit. The companies eventually settled on having Apple pay Creative $100 million for use of the patented technology.

The popularity of the iPod has drawn attention from hackers discontent with the proprietary nature of the device. Jon Lech Johansen, who cracked DVD encryption, has undone Apple’s protection scheme and plans to license his work to companies interested in opening up interoperability between iPod/iTunes and non-Apple devices.

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