Get Domains Names absolutely free
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If you have always dreamt of getting your own domain name without paying anything, then here is your golden chance
You can register free domains from here.
This domain supports URL forwarding, Email forwarding and also traffic management in the free version. However if you are ready to shell out $6.95 per year, then you get your own DNS and the legal ownership of the domain.
But beware any domain having less than 25 visitors in 90 days will be deleted.
Check out www.vikasonline.tk. In the same way you can redirect your newly created domain to your blog or any other URL of your choice.
So hurry up and register the domain name that you have always dreamt of, absolutely free before anyone else does it. Thanks Nischal.
Youtube also Bans BSNL IP's, Workarounds given
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Tech News,
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BSNL Customers are having a tough time these days, with many of the prominent sites banning them from accessing their websites. The latest to join this bandwagon is 'Youtube'.
The Youtube site (http://in.youtube.com) has reportedly banned all BSNL Broadband users having IP Range of 59.x.x.x almost around 3 days ago. Although the new users of BSNL Broadband i.e. users with 117.x.x.x range have escaped this ban and can easily access the site directly. The reason for this sudden ban is still unknown.
A Workaround
So those who fall in the above mentioned range, can either access it through http://uk.youtube.com or you can access the website using proxies like Guardster or kproxy etc.
Update : After the ban of 4 days, Youtube is finally back :)
The 7 Best Firefox extensions selected by Mozilla
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Firefox Addons
This list of extensions was chosen by a group of six judges commissioned by Mozilla as part of a contest it has called Extend Firefox 3, out of the pool of 100+ entries for 3 different categories namely, Best New Add-on, Best Updated Add-on and the Best Music Add-on. and the winners were:
Best New Add-On
1. Pencil = For GUI prototyping and diagramming that everyone can use. Pencil makes uses of the SVG support in Firefox 3 to implement all the shape rendering and scripting.
2. Tagmarks = For One click bookmark tagging.
3. HandyTag = For Automatic bookmark tagging
Best Updated Add-On
4. Read it Later = To save pages of interest for later reading.
5. TagSifter = To Browse your bookmarks by their tags.
6. Bookmark Previews = It adds an album view and thumbnail view to the bookmarks manager.
Best Music Add-On
7. Fire.fm = It gives a direct access to the extensive music library on Last.fm
(via Mashable)
Flickr finally releases Embeddable Slideshows
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Online Services
Until now there was never a easy way to embed a nice slide show of your flickr photos and we had to depend on 3rd Party services to embed a slideshow on your own web page. Yesterday Flickr finally added this functionality as well i.e. to embed a slideshow on any website or to share with other users.
Just click on "Share This" link, present at the right top corner when you are viewing any slideshow and you will be presented with two options, an URL that links to the slideshow you're viewing, and also a HTML code that will let you embed the slideshow on your website. For example below embedded is a slideshow that contains search results for the word "iphone 3G India"
Just click on "Share This" link, present at the right top corner when you are viewing any slideshow and you will be presented with two options, an URL that links to the slideshow you're viewing, and also a HTML code that will let you embed the slideshow on your website. For example below embedded is a slideshow that contains search results for the word "iphone 3G India"
(via Read Write Web)
iPhone Launched in India, A Student from Mumbai its first customer
Finally the much hyped iPhone has been launched in India. A college student called Swati from Mumbai has become the first customer of the iPhone. She apparently bought it from Sahara Mall in Mumbai.
For More iPhone Buzz, keep watching this space.
Source
Update 1: iPhone Loans
Apparently Both Vodafone and Airtel have tied up with banks such as ICICI Bank, Axis Bank and Barclays Bank etc to provide loans to potential customers who are planning to buy the iPhone but can’t afford it immediately.
“As per the arrangement, customers who hold a credit card of any of these banks can avail iPhone without any down payment and at a rate which will be significantly below the interest rates charged for credit cards or personal loans,” said a top official of a leading telecom service provider.
Apparently Both Vodafone and Airtel have tied up with banks such as ICICI Bank, Axis Bank and Barclays Bank etc to provide loans to potential customers who are planning to buy the iPhone but can’t afford it immediately.
“As per the arrangement, customers who hold a credit card of any of these banks can avail iPhone without any down payment and at a rate which will be significantly below the interest rates charged for credit cards or personal loans,” said a top official of a leading telecom service provider.
The amount has to be paid back in 6 to 12 months equated monthly installments (EMIs).
Source
Update 2: Bharti Airtel has said that Apple iPhone will first be launched across six cities in the country. On the other hand, Vodafone, the other player in the fray, also has launched the gadget at the same time.
The phone was sold at Hyderabad and Bangalore besides the four metropolitan cities today. It will be later introduced in 65 cities.
According to Airtel, it has received 2,00,000 pre-bookings for the phone since the process had started about two months back.
Airtel Head is however unperturbed about the availability of number of softwares in the market for hacking the iPhone. He is optimistic that the customers who will opt for Airtel will be able to enjoy iPhone's full benefits including its attractive data plans.
The phone was sold at Hyderabad and Bangalore besides the four metropolitan cities today. It will be later introduced in 65 cities.
According to Airtel, it has received 2,00,000 pre-bookings for the phone since the process had started about two months back.
Airtel Head is however unperturbed about the availability of number of softwares in the market for hacking the iPhone. He is optimistic that the customers who will opt for Airtel will be able to enjoy iPhone's full benefits including its attractive data plans.
Update 3: Apparently a business man has bought six iPhones for his family. Man O Man.
Awesome Blogging Cartoons
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Some of the Awesome Blogging Jokes @ Catch The Posts
Samples are as follows:
Do check the rest @ Catch The Posts
Google Trends Now Shows Traffic Stats as well
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Google,
Online Services,
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2 Years ago, when Google Trends was introduced, it was proposed to be a tool that tracks the most searched for keywords. It became so popular that they added a new tool a year ago called "Hot Trends" which shows the top searched keys on google right now. Now they have introduced a new tool for websites that gives you a view of how popular that particular website is. It also gives a comparison and ranks the site visits across the world, and also its related websites and searches. There is also many options if you want to zero in on any particular region or any particular time period.
This tool allows you to find out the number of unique visitors that visits the website over a period of time. But this tool supports only domains with some decent traffic. Therefore all blogspot blogs and the free wordpress blogs are ruled out and no data is provided for these blogs. Therefore I checked the tool with some popular news websites. It is amazing. Check the results of yourself.
Source: Google Webmaster Central Blog
Vodafone announces its prices for iPhone 3G
Vodafone has finally announced its prices for iPhone 3G. It is 31,000 for 8GB model and 36,100 for 16GB model. Therefore even a minute chance of buying it for me goes off!!!
What do you say? Do you still wanna buy iPhone 3G?
So you still interested ha!!! Then hurry to Vodafone Stores coz they have very limited stock it seems and also be ready to cough up 10,000 rupees as an advance to confirm your booking. The iPhone 3G will be available at select Vodafone Stores.
All you need to do is drop in at any of the select Vodafone Stores between August 20 and 21 and make the advance payment by cash or credit card. Don´t forget to show the iPhone booking SMS, which you would have received from us, when you visit the Vodafone Store to pay the advance. To find a Vodafone Store near you, click here.
Once you pay the advance, they will immediately give you an appointment date and time, starting August 22 when you can come and experience a full demonstration and collect your iPhone, all ready to use with your contacts and settings, by paying the balance amount.
And for Non Vodafone people i.e. people who do not have a vodafone connection, you will have to buy a vodafone connection.
Happy buying :)
Yahoo! Buzz opens up
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Blogging,
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Yahoo! Buzz has now been opened to all website owners and publishers. Yahoo! Buzz has been in news recently for sending the highest traffic ever, and it is your best bet to get featured on the Yahoo! homepage.
The beta test which was conducted recently was limited to only few popular websites (who could survive extraordinary spikes of traffic. Lots of webmasters and bloggers kept joining the waiting list (including me) who used to get mails, reminding list members that "We will let you know as soon as Yahoo! Buzz is ready for you to join. We can't wait to bring you on board!".
You can now add Buzz buttons to your posts on the site which will allow the readers to vote the stories in different categories available. Voters however, should have a Yahoo! ID to submit and buzz the story. You can also keep track of all your buzzing activity i.e. total number of “First Buzzers”, “Buzz Ups”, “Buzz Downs” and a list of the most recent stories you have buzzed. And if you are really lucky, some story might make it to the Yahoo! homepage which will definitely drive hordes of traffic to your site.
So Start Buzzing now!!!
(via Quick Online Tips)
The beta test which was conducted recently was limited to only few popular websites (who could survive extraordinary spikes of traffic. Lots of webmasters and bloggers kept joining the waiting list (including me) who used to get mails, reminding list members that "We will let you know as soon as Yahoo! Buzz is ready for you to join. We can't wait to bring you on board!".
You can now add Buzz buttons to your posts on the site which will allow the readers to vote the stories in different categories available. Voters however, should have a Yahoo! ID to submit and buzz the story. You can also keep track of all your buzzing activity i.e. total number of “First Buzzers”, “Buzz Ups”, “Buzz Downs” and a list of the most recent stories you have buzzed. And if you are really lucky, some story might make it to the Yahoo! homepage which will definitely drive hordes of traffic to your site.
So Start Buzzing now!!!
(via Quick Online Tips)
Website Blocked? Access it by an email
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Cool Websites,
Workarounds
Many times certain websites are blocked in offices or in schools. Though there are several workarounds available on the net through which you can access those blocked pages, but administrators are getting smarter day by day, and also with such tricks being available openly on the Internet, you can be sure that you are not the only one reading it, your system administrator may have also read about it and blocked those proxy servers or workarounds.
There is now a cool new workaround using which you can easily access a blocked webpage and it is called "WebToMail". This is a new service that will allow you to view blocked websites by sending a simple email and receiving the blocked website via email.
You will have to send an email to send@webtomail.co.cc with URL of the desired website in the subject line. After sending the email, you will get the desired website by email within a few minutes. (In my case it was approximately a minute or so).
Awesome. Ain't it? Thanks Keith.
There is now a cool new workaround using which you can easily access a blocked webpage and it is called "WebToMail". This is a new service that will allow you to view blocked websites by sending a simple email and receiving the blocked website via email.
You will have to send an email to send@webtomail.co.cc with URL of the desired website in the subject line. After sending the email, you will get the desired website by email within a few minutes. (In my case it was approximately a minute or so).
Awesome. Ain't it? Thanks Keith.
Taare Zameen Par Background Music - A Review
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A Review of the background music of "Taare Zameen Par" which was released with the DVD of Taare Zameen Par.
Google Pages to shut down, Go for Google Sites now
Google has now stopped accepting new registrations for Google Pages. Existing users though need not worry, they can still continue using this product.
All your files, images and web pages stored in Google Pages however will get shifted to Google Sites later this year. This may cause a problem for people who are using its links in their websites as it will lead to broken links since Google Sites have a different URL structure as compared to Google Pages.
However a big difference between Google Pages and Google Sites is that Google Pages lets you upload externally created HTML pages which is missing in Google Sites. Thanks Amit.
All your files, images and web pages stored in Google Pages however will get shifted to Google Sites later this year. This may cause a problem for people who are using its links in their websites as it will lead to broken links since Google Sites have a different URL structure as compared to Google Pages.
However a big difference between Google Pages and Google Sites is that Google Pages lets you upload externally created HTML pages which is missing in Google Sites. Thanks Amit.
TRAI allows Internet telephony, STD rates to drop
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Tech News
In a significient step today, telecom regulator TRAI allowed ISPs to offer unrestricted Internet telephony services, a move that will further increase the competition in the domestic long distance segment and will result in lower STD tariffs.
"It is envisaged that customers will ultimately benefit from cost effective and innovative Internet telephony service. These recommendations will put Indian telecom sector in tune with global trends. The grey market tendencies shall be curtailed," TRAI said in a statement.
This move will now permit calls from personal computers to fixed line and mobile phones. Presently, a voice call can only travel between two computers and not from a mobile or a fixed phone. This is expected to open up huge channels of revenues for Internet Service Providers (ISPs).
TRAI also added that all ISPs interested to provide unrestricted Internet telephony should install "Lawful Interception" equipments, to make Internet telephony secure.
All I can say is Awesome!!! :)
Source: IBNLive.com
"It is envisaged that customers will ultimately benefit from cost effective and innovative Internet telephony service. These recommendations will put Indian telecom sector in tune with global trends. The grey market tendencies shall be curtailed," TRAI said in a statement.
This move will now permit calls from personal computers to fixed line and mobile phones. Presently, a voice call can only travel between two computers and not from a mobile or a fixed phone. This is expected to open up huge channels of revenues for Internet Service Providers (ISPs).
TRAI also added that all ISPs interested to provide unrestricted Internet telephony should install "Lawful Interception" equipments, to make Internet telephony secure.
All I can say is Awesome!!! :)
Source: IBNLive.com
µTorrent 1.8 released
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Downloads
After 6 long months, µTorrent 1.8 was released on Aug 9. The last stable version i.e. µTorrent 1.7.7 was released way back on Jan 25.
A lot of improvement has been made in this release. Some major ones and some minor ones. Major updates include Teredo Tunneling, IPv6 support, the changes in the GUI (in fact it has been enhanced), Full vista support etc. To check the details of the changes, check the release notes here.
To download the latest version click here.
Update 1: I also noticed a increase in the download speed also but don't know if it because of the program or internet provider. If you guys also found out the difference in speed, do tell me.
Write scraps on orkut via SMS now
Orkut has finally added one of the most awaited feature i.e. Notification via SMS. Orkut users in India can now interact with their other Orkut friends using any mobile phone that can send or receive SMS text messages i.e. the phone need not be GPRS enabled.
With orkut's new SMS feature, you can scrap your friends, look up their contact information and receive scrap notifications. To start using this feature, you will have to register your mobile number with Orkut. But this feature come with a price and you will be charged by your service provider to send and receive SMS messages. Check the pricing details here.
How to get the notifications.
Just go to Settings in your orkut profile and then go to the Mobile Tab. You will then see a page wherein you can enter your mobile number to receive notifications. Check the SMS commands for orkutting here.
This feature is available only in India and Brazil. Moreover, Only few operators in India like Aircel, BPL, MTNL, Reliance, Spice and Tata Indicom support this feature.
With orkut's new SMS feature, you can scrap your friends, look up their contact information and receive scrap notifications. To start using this feature, you will have to register your mobile number with Orkut. But this feature come with a price and you will be charged by your service provider to send and receive SMS messages. Check the pricing details here.
How to get the notifications.
Just go to Settings in your orkut profile and then go to the Mobile Tab. You will then see a page wherein you can enter your mobile number to receive notifications. Check the SMS commands for orkutting here.
This feature is available only in India and Brazil. Moreover, Only few operators in India like Aircel, BPL, MTNL, Reliance, Spice and Tata Indicom support this feature.
Get News Updates from CNN IBN on Google Talk
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1. Add im@ibnalerts.com to your friends list in Gtalk.
2. Now Click on 'im' and enter 'help' in the text box to view the list of keywords
3. Type the required keyword. then you see all the top news from the section requested. For example if you want entertainment news, type 'help' and then 'ent'. All the top stories will then be displayed.
4. You can also subscribe to IBNLive alerts by sending 'subscribe' and then sending the required keyword i.e. if you want to subscribe to entertainment alerts first type 'subscribe' and then 's ent'
Not sure about whether it works on Google Talk Gadget. If you have already tried this do comment and let me know.
Watch Beijing Olympics on Youtube
Google Inc.'s YouTube, the most popular video-sharing Web site, will show daily coverage of the Olympic Games in India and 76 other countries where the broadcasters (i.e. NBC) haven't bought exclusive rights to the programming.
However Google will block the content outside the 77 territories where the rights have been sold to other broadcast networks. They will blocked from seeing the clips through a technology called "geo-blocking". The package from Beijing will include highlights, news and daily clips of the competitions and will be directed primarily to Africa, Asia and the Middle East. The Olympic video segments will begin on Aug. 6 and will air throughout the games' 17-day run. To facilitate this, a new channel has been opened on Youtube called Beijing2008.
To Check the complete schedule of Olympics, you can go here
However Google will block the content outside the 77 territories where the rights have been sold to other broadcast networks. They will blocked from seeing the clips through a technology called "geo-blocking". The package from Beijing will include highlights, news and daily clips of the competitions and will be directed primarily to Africa, Asia and the Middle East. The Olympic video segments will begin on Aug. 6 and will air throughout the games' 17-day run. To facilitate this, a new channel has been opened on Youtube called Beijing2008.
To Check the complete schedule of Olympics, you can go here
"Real" Sense of Identity
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Found this nice cartoon on Life's a comic strip
Very Apt for today's generation, What Say?
Logitech's new Tricolour Mouse
Logitech has unveiled a new tricolour mouse to commemorate the Indian Independence Day. The new mouse sports the colours of the Indian flag on its surface and .
It is a simple plug and play device and consists an all-terrain optical sensor as well. The mouse also has the Logitech's Integrated cord wrap feature that enables the user to wind the cord neatly into the mouse for easy packing.
It is priced at Rs. 640 and carries a replacement warranty of 3 years. It will soon be available at all leading electronic stores shortly.
Photo courtesy: Tech2.com
It is a simple plug and play device and consists an all-terrain optical sensor as well. The mouse also has the Logitech's Integrated cord wrap feature that enables the user to wind the cord neatly into the mouse for easy packing.It is priced at Rs. 640 and carries a replacement warranty of 3 years. It will soon be available at all leading electronic stores shortly.
Photo courtesy: Tech2.com
Trailer of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince out
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Hi fellows,
The trailer of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Trailer is out and is looking very promising . Me being a major Harry Potter fan, I was very much excited by this news. So I am posting the trailer here. Post your comments about the trailor about how did you feel the trailer is.
Dhoni Wins the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award
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Indian Cricket skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni has won the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award, the country's highest award conferred to a sports person. He was conferred this award for leading the Indian team to the 20/20 victory in South Africa during September last year. This has made Dhoni the second cricketer to be conferred this award after the 'Little Master' Sachin Tendulkar. However, an Official Announcement is still pending and will be mostly on August 20.
BCCI Chief Administrative Officer Ratnakar Shetty hailed the decision. "We are happy Dhoni got it. On two occasions, we felt let down when Rahul Dravid didn't get Khel Ratna and Yuvraj was denied the Arjuna Award. Dravid was in a good form, we had won 16 ODIs on the trot and the team was on a high but still he did not get the award."
Shetty added "What I like most about Mahi, apart from his cricket, is the way he leads and conducts himself. He is a cool customer and never gets agitated. I'm also impressed by his clarity of thought. He speaks his mind even if it may not be seen in the right sense,"
Kudos to Dhoni on this superlative achievement!!!
BCCI Chief Administrative Officer Ratnakar Shetty hailed the decision. "We are happy Dhoni got it. On two occasions, we felt let down when Rahul Dravid didn't get Khel Ratna and Yuvraj was denied the Arjuna Award. Dravid was in a good form, we had won 16 ODIs on the trot and the team was on a high but still he did not get the award."
Shetty added "What I like most about Mahi, apart from his cricket, is the way he leads and conducts himself. He is a cool customer and never gets agitated. I'm also impressed by his clarity of thought. He speaks his mind even if it may not be seen in the right sense,"
Kudos to Dhoni on this superlative achievement!!!
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