Tricks to work fast in Windows 7

Here are some tricks to make windows 7 faster.

1.One way to copy/move files to an unopened place 
       Select the file or folder, then press and release the Alt key to bring up the Windows Explorer menu. Select Edit, then either Move to folder or Copy to folder. A dialog box will let you select where to put it. For even greater convenience, you can put those two commands on the context menu.


2. Beef up context menus
        You are most likely familiar with the concept of the context menu. If you right-click on the Windows 7 desktop or in an application, a menu of options appears that varies based on your context -- what application you're in and what you're doing.
As they stand, context menus help you work faster in Windows 7 by providing quick access to common functions. However, by pressing the Shift key as you right-click the mouse, you can access an expanded list of context menu items that enable you to work even more efficiently. For example, if you Shift-right-click on a file or folder, one of the options that appears is "Copy as path," which copies the directory path to the file or folder location.

3.Get the most out of Jump Lists
          Jump Lists are one of Windows 7′s secret efficiency weapons. With previous versions of Windows, the Start Menu displayed a list of recently used files that users navigated to with one click. But this list linked to only certain file types, and it showed only the last 10 files, quickly cycling items off the list.
The Jump Lists in Windows 7 take the Recent Items concept and apply it on an application-by-application basis to give you fast, one-click access to the files you’ve used most recently. A little arrow to the right of the application name in the Start Menu indicates the presence of a Jump List. You hover over the application to expand the Jump List and see a list of the recently opened files for that program; click the one you want to open it instantly

4. Organize your files with libraries
         Windows has offered relatively logical file organization for some time now by providing Documents, Music, Pictures and Videos folders and adding those types of content to the appropriate folder by default. But sometimes this filing system is inadequate or confusing. For example, you might be working on a project that uses multiple file types, or files and folders that don’t fit the default Windows folders.

5.Make the maximum use of keyboard shortcuts
         Navigating Windows 7's graphical interface with a mouse is fine much of the time, but if you are busy typing away, it can be an inconvenience to move a hand away from the keyboard to the mouse and back. Thankfully, Windows has long included key combinations and shortcuts to help you get around and perform an array of tasks without taking your hands off the keyboard.
We're all familiar with basic shortcuts such as Ctrl+C for copying a selection and Ctrl+V for pasting it, but there are hundreds available.

Top 5 gadgets for blogs

Here is the top 5 HTML/Java Script gadgets for you blog.

• ClustrMaps : By using this gadget you can see the number of unique visitors and their location. This will update on every 24 hours. This gadget is small in size and hence it very nice to handle.
• Google News : This gadget will help your visitors to read the latest news. It is available in custom size. You will get categorized news as world, business, technology, sports etc. This gadget is powered by Google.
• Live Score : This gadget will bring you the latest cricket score including the IPL. This is a very usefull gadget for a better trafiic in your blog, which updates over by over in every IPL matches. It is also available in various dimensions.
• LinkWithin : This gadget brings you a different blogging experience. LinkWithin add a new row below every posts showing 'You might also like: ' section including related posts and a descent thumbnail.

• Share It : Share It is a very useful gadget for sharing the blog to social networking sites like facebook, twitter. It is available in the gadget list provided by the blogspot.

Facebook Vs Orkut

Now let us discuss about the social networking sites. Facebook and Orkut are the main social networking sites in India. But nowadays Facebook wipes out orkut from the list in india. Many Indian Orkut users are transferred to facebook, even though it is much difficult to handle than Orkut
Orkut has tried many times to carry over Facebook by introducing 'Like' button, 'scrap all' etc. but they failed to utilise these facilities into the users. Another problem that I analyzed is that the 'Invisible' option in the chat box. It affects very badly on a user's tendency to chat and communicate with his/her friend. If there is an 'Invisible' option, then everyone will try to hide from his/her friends and hence it reduces communication. And also there is a wide range of applications in Facebook like Farmville, Top Ten Friends Photos, etc. Facebook allow group chatting and gruop discussions. In Facebook we can record a video by using a webcam and upload it on our profile. These all differ Facebook from Orkut.
But Orkut always have a descent layout than Facebook. Also 'Friend Suggestions' in orkut is very nice. It helps us to find out our friends very easily. Orkut has a very nice 'friend list' and theme selections. Facebook do not allow us to use the stylish fonts as profile name. Another advantage of Orkut is that we can decide which part of the profile is visible to the different types of users (like only friends, anyone in Orkut) and also we can block users, report spam, and repost abuse in Orkut.
Anyway Facebook Vs Orkut battle still going on India.

DataFox add-on for BSNL Broadband

DataFox is a specially designed add-on to know your BSNL Broadband usage, without logging into the BSNL Portal. You just need to give the user-id and password for the first time only, and then on it will update automatically when you open Mozilla Firefox for browsing. It informs you if you exceed your free bandwidth limit. And also it provides a small bar diagram for a decent look.
Link: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/datafox

Apple to refresh MacBook Air in June or July, says report

Apple will refresh its popular MacBook Air line of ultra-thin notebooks in June or July, a Taiwanese publication said today, citing unnamed Asian supplier sources.
According to DigiTimes, the MacBook Airs will feature processors from Intel's Sandy Bridge architecture, and boast Thunderbolt connectivity, two moves Apple made in February when it launched new MacBook Pro models.
The current MacBook Air line relies on Intel's Core 2 Duo processors, making it one of the last two Apple systems to use that aged CPU: So far this year, Apple has transitioned both the MacBook Pro and iMac to the dual- and quad-core Intel Core i3, i5 and i7 processors with the Sandy Bridge architecture.
Moving the MacBook Air to the same CPUs -- likely to a dual-core to match the entry-level 13-in. MacBook Pro -- would be a natural step for Apple, which typically rolls out processor upgrades in successive lines.

Current MacBook Air 13.3-inch and 11.6-inch models are equipped with three-year-old Intel Core 2 Duo processors and USB. In April, Apple quietly began replacing the solid state drives (SSD) in the smaller MacBook Air models with faster ones.
Meanwhile, current MacBook Pros, which launched in February, feature Sandy Bridge Intel Core i5 processor (four to five times faster than the Core 2 Duo L9400 found in current, larger MacBook Airs, according to PCMag lab tests), and Thunderbolt transfer technology that's roughly 21 times the speed of normal USB.

Despite all this, the MacBook Air is one of Apple's most popular Mac products. Another Concord Securities analyst recently estimated that Apple shipped 1.1 million MacBook Airs in the last three months of 2010, making it Apple's most successful Mac product launch to date, the analyst qualified.

Nokia C700

Nokia the mobile giant has released one more phone in its C series Nokia C700. Nokia C700 is a sleek touch screen phone with 3.5 " screen display. Finger gestures like pinch to zoom, tap to select and flick to scroll can be used which is similar to other touch screen phones.
Dimensions

• Size:117.3 x 56.8 x 10.5 mm
• Weight (with battery): 130 g
• Volume: 64 cc

Email and messaging

• Easy-to-use email client with attachment support for images, videos, music and documents .doc/ .docx, .xls/ .xlsx, .ppt/ .pptx, .pdf, .zip
• HTML support for email
• Unified push email client supporting multiple protocols: Yahoo!® Mail, Gmail™, Windows Live™, Hotmail and other popular POP/IMAP services, Mail for Exchange, IBM Lotus traveler
• Email web widget for home screen
• Unified MMS/SMS editor
• Conversational view for SMS

 

 

Display and user interface

• Screen size: 3.5"
• Resolution: 16:9 nHD (640 x 360 pixels) AMOLED
• 16.7 million colours
• Capacitive touch screen
• Orientation sensor (Accelerometer)
• Compass (Magnetometer)
• Proximity sensor
• Ambient light detector

Music features

• Flick scrolling user interface to browse the albums in your music collection
• Ovi Music Unlimited service in selected markets
• Nokia Music Player
• Ovi Music store
• Audio codecs: MP3, WMA, AAC, eAAC, eAAC+, AMR-NB, AMR-WB
• Bit rate up tp 320 kbps
• DRM support WM DRM, OMA DRM 2.0
• FM transmitter (88.1 - 107.9 MHz)

Software platform & user interface

• Symbian^3 OS for Nokia
• Java MIDP 2.1
• Qt 4.6.2, Web Runtime 7.2
  • HTML 4.1
• Software updates Over the Air (FOTA) and Over the internet (FOTI)
• Flash Lite 4.0
• OMA DM 1.2, OMA Client provisioning 1.1

Pro Evolution Soccer 2011

Ever since Konami's Pro Evolution Soccer franchise came into existance it has been overshadowed by EA Sports' FIFA games.  2011 marks a new year for both games and while FIFA gets a better grade overall PES 2011 proves to be an improving product and is a good alternative to the EA Sports title.
Pro Evolution Soccer 2011 is closer to an arcade soccer video game when compared to the near-sim that FIFA is and honestly this is fine for now.  It should be noted, though, that should Konami really want to make a good attempt at unseating the champ they should look more towards the simulation side of the coin.  What it all boils down to for PES, though is a fairly exciting fast-paced soccer game.
PES 2011's graphics are quite good with a high level of detail on the players themselves.  There are some inconsistancies, however, as many of the game's named superstars look very much like their real-life counterparts while at the same time the lesser-known players look as generic as generic can be.  The stadiums and pitches also look quite nice though sometimes it feels as if they could have used a few more touches of details here and there.  The game's audio falls within the expected paramaters for a sports title.  The commentators are present throught each match, book-ending them with a TV-style intro and summary.  They are also, as expected for a soccer game, quite British.
Gameplay and controls are often times the make-it-or-break-it for sports titles and they've been a bit of a weak point for the PES series.  Luckily, they've been improved upon for 2011's edition.  Players now have 360-degree control over their players and both making passes and taking shots on goal are controled not only by where the player is facing but also by how long the button is pressed.  A quick tap of the button constitutes a softer pass or shot whereas a longer button press adds power.  It's not perfect but it gives the player more control even if sometimes things seem to get a little out of control.  The ball physics aren't quite there so some of these new control features don't always yield the desired or expected results but it's still a major step in the right direction.
Similar to the My Player game modes found in the current 2K Sports titles, PES 2011 has what Konami calls Become a Legend'.  For those who've played any 2K Sports titles since last year will feel very at home in this mode though there are some enhancements that PES has that the 2K games don't.  After creating your player (which you get a lot of control over) and choosing your basic stats you go into contract with a team with the goal to become a professional soccer legend.
As you play you'll gain experience points that are put towards your player's skills and attributes.  Become a Legend, though, isn't only about your performance because it also takes into account the business side of the game by allowing you to fire/hire agents and hopefully get yourself playing for a team in one of the major soccer leagues.
While on the topic of soccer leagues, this is one section where PES really comes up lacking -- especially when compared to FIFA.  Simply put, the variety just isn't there.  This is especially true for American gamers and soccer fans.  There is exacly one team from the States available in the game:  a slightly weak Team USA.  No MLS teams in sight.  There are teams from other leagues and there is also a good assortment of international/country-specific teams but the lack of licenced teams from certain leagues is a major drawback.
While Pro Evolution Soccer 2011 comes up short when compared to FIFA 11, it needs to be noted that these games differ enough in features and play style to say that they can be considered two different gaming options.  If you're more of a simulation sports gamer then FIFA is yet again the game to play, but if having a faster-paced game that plays slightly more like an arcade title than a sim then PES 2011 should be the game of choice.

IDrive Portable

 

Type : External, Mini

System Type : Notebook

Storage Capacity (as Tested) : 320 GB

Rotation Speed : 5400 rpm

Ports : USB, USB 2.0, SATA

 

New HP Mobile Mouse

HP releases new Mobile Mouse that connects via Wi-Fi and Link-5

Tips for ESPN Super Selector IPL

You can score more points in the Super Selector game by just analyzing the following tips.

Tips

• Use the formation 1 x Wicket Keeper, 5 x Batsmen, 3 x Bowler, 2 x All-Rounder (which I normally prefer since batsmen can score points easily)
• Decide whether you are creating the team for the stage or for the overall competition
• Put at least one player from each team if you are creating for the overall competition
• Put at least 5 player for each match if you are creating for a stage competition
• Use the all-rounder section carefully. Because an all-rounder can score points easily than anyone. So be careful while selecting the all-rounder. For example select the players like Yousuf Pathan, Kallis, Albie Morkel
• There are some players in the batting section who can bowl really well like Yuvraj, Ryder, Gayle include such players
• There is only one vacancy for the wicket keeper, so add the best player like Devilliers, Dhoni, Sangakkara
  
• Make transfers carefully. For example, calculate the free value and value after the transfer, before transferring the player
• Have a look through the upcoming matches and check whether any team has two or more continuous matches. If any, make more transfers
• By setting a player as the captain, you will get double points. So set the captain carefully, also consider the current form of that player
• Pitch has also an important role in a match. Before setting the team have look through the previous match in the stadium and the pitch report
• Always try to be different from the others while transferring the players

Please take in account these tips while creating a team.
Wish you all the best.......

ESPN Super Selector IPL 4

ESPN Super Selector game is now for IPL 4 ( ssipl.espnstar.com ). It's an interesting game where we need to submit a eleven member team from various IPL teams and we will get points when our team members take more runs and wicket. Now it's on the 7th stage and three more stages still remaining.