Vishal Mistry: 2009

Sunday, December 20, 2009

iPhone Hacked by Teen and Trades For Nissan 350Z

A New Jersey teenager has cut a deal to trade a hacked iPhone for a new set of wheels and three further iPhones, Yahoo! reports. Seventeen-year-old George Hotz, of Glen Rock, made the announcement on his blog, having successfully unlocked the Jesus phone. Duly released from the shackles of AT&T, the device was then swiftly offered for sale.Hotz said: "Terry Daidone, the founder of Certicell contacted...

RIM to Launch New BlackBerry App Store in India

Apple really grabbed the attention of everyone involved in the mobile device market when it came up with the iPhone App Store even if things have not always gone as smoothly as users might have liked.Then, just last month, we reported how Microsoft was looking to enter the App Store business with 'Skymarket' for Windows Mobile downloads early next year.Now, pretty much inevitably, Research in Motion has announced at the BlackBerry Developer Conference in California that it has two major new 'distribution...

Twitter to Introduce SMS Tweets Service on Airtel

Twitter is committed to fostering the open exchange of information because we passionately believe it can have a positive global impact. When people can exchange information freely and publicly they are able to accomplish great things. As powerful as the Internet has become for the democratization of information, its range is limited when compared to mobile texting—a format uniquely native to Twitter....

Run Windows applications on Linux, BSD, Solaris and Mac OS X With Wine

Wine lets you run Windows software on other operating systems. With Wine, you can install and run these applications just like you would in Windows. Wine is still under active development. Not every program works yet, however there are already several million people using Wine to run their software. Open Source and User Driven Wine will always be free software. Approximately half of Wine's source...

Dell Mini 3 – iPhone’s Brother From Another Mother?

Dell unveils Android-based Mini 3 smartphoneDell said Friday that it's ready to enter the smartphone business with the Android-based Mini 3. Long rumored to have a smartphone in the works, Dell said that the first two carriers to sell the Mini 3 will be China Mobile and Brazil's Claro. In China, the Mini 3 will use OPhone, China Mobile's customized version of Google's Android operating system. "We...

Western Digital WDTV Media Player

The Western Digital WDTV ($110 as of March 5, 2009) marks the hard-drive maker's first foray into the field of media players, but the move makes sense as an extension of the company?s existing hard-disk products. The WDTV box lets your HDTV play media transferred from any USB storage device (flash drive or external hard drive), without any need for a streaming network device to bridge the distance...

Archos 7 Internet Media Tablet

The Archos 7, the bigger, beefier brother of the Archos 5, is an Internet Media Tablet that offers a slick design, a solid Web-surfing experience (complete with Flash support), and excellent video playback on a large, high-resolution 7-inch display. Unfortunately, Archos nickel-and-dimes customers when it comes to adding format support, and we had some issues getting premium movies to download from...

Friday, December 11, 2009

Microwave With Built-In YouTube Player (video)

Two researchers from Japan’s Keio University (which yours truly attended just until recently by the way) have developed a kitchen appliance aimed at the total web geek in you, a YouTube-powered microwave. The so-called Castoven [JP] is based on a conventional, unbranded model of “good quality” but sports a 10.4-inch LCD screen in the door panel. (Video and pics) Source...

Saturday, November 28, 2009

Court ruling forces Mininova to end illegal torrents

The Netherlands-based file-sharing website Mininova has removed all torrents that enabled users to download copyright-protected material.The move follows a ruling in a Netherlands district court three months ago ordering the firm to remove links to illegal content. The court said that Mininova's notice and take down policy was insufficient to keep it operating within the law. The news is the latest...

Friday, November 27, 2009

What's the Difference Between Google.com & Google.in

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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Symbian S60 - Protect Your Data With Remote Phone Lock

There is a unique feature in Symbian OS v9.4, Series 60 rel. 5 where you can lock your phone remotely by sending an SMS. Reset Default lock code:1) Go to Menu -> Settings -> Phone -> Phone mgmt. -> Security -> Phone and SIM card.2) Click on "Lock Code". you will be asked to give existing lock code. This code depends on the mobile phone model and the right code will be specified in the phone's user manual. for example, for 5800XM, the phone lock code will be 12345 by default.Remote...

Saturday, November 14, 2009

AMD Phenom II Breaks 7GHz Barrier

" A while back I went to a fun overclocking event held by AMD, where there was a lot of vapor, some exploding burritos, and some overclocking that got tantalizingly close to 7GHz. It was just an arbitrary number, and they broke a bunch of other records, but they couldn’t quite hit that last target. But a few months and I can only guess how much liquid helium later, they nailed it. "FULL ST...

Start-up claims its DVDs Last 1,000 Years

If you really, really need to make sure those precious photos of yours last virtually forever - or at least longer than the average two- to five-year lifespan of consumer-grade DVDs, then start-up Cranberry LLC has the answer for you: a DVD that literally lasts a millennium. Cranberry's DiamonDisc product holds a standard 4.7GB of data, which roughly amounts to 2,000 photos, or 1,200 songs, or three...

Thursday, November 12, 2009

Multi Partition a USB Flash Drive in Windows

Ever wondered how to set up more than one partition on a using Windows XP? In the following tutorial, I'll show you how to do just that. But first, let me explain how it works. By default, a USB flash drive is detected by Windows XP/Vista as removable media and thus will not display more than one partition. In addition, Windows will not allow you to multi-partition removable media. However, if we...

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Google Caffeine: A Detailed Test of the New Google

Did you hear? Google’s launching a new, upgraded version of its search engine soon. And just as important, the search giant released the developer’s preview of it today. Google promises that the new search tool (codename “Caffeine”) will improve the speed, accuracy, size, and comprehensiveness of Google search.While the developer version is a pre-beta release, it’s completely usable. Thus, we’ve decided...

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Real Name of Bollywood Stars

Aamir Khan - Aamir Hussain Khan Ajay Devgan - Vishal Devgan Ajit - Hamid Ali Khan Akshay Kumar - Rajiv Bhatia Amitabh Bachchan - Amit Srivastav Ashok Kumar - Kumud Ganguly Bobby Deol - Vijay Singh Deol Dev Anand - Devdutt Pishorimal Anand Dharmendra - Dharam Singh Deol Dilip Kumar - Yusuf Khan Govinda - Govinda Arun Ahuja Jeetendra - Ravi Kapoor John Abraham - Farhan Abraham Johnny Lever - Badruddin Qazi Kamal Haasan- Alwarpettai Aandavar Kumar Gaurav - Manoj Tulli Lucky Ali - Maqsood...

Friday, November 6, 2009

Use and Verify Paypal without Credit Card [Legal Method]

This post will for all Indian residents who regularly use PayPal for sending or receiving money.For adding funds in your PayPal account & lifting limits you would need a credit card. But as we all know not everyone is interested in having a credit card or some people are ineligible to be issued a credit card. A credit card can only be issued to a person above 18years of age and earning regular...

Thursday, November 5, 2009

Secret copyright treaty leaks. It's bad. Very bad.

The internet chapter of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, a secret copyright treaty whose text Obama's administration refused to disclose due to "national security" concerns, has leaked. It's bad. It says: * * That ISPs have to proactively police copyright on user-contributed material. This means that it will be impossible to run a service like Flickr or YouTube or Blogger, since hiring enough lawyers to ensure that the mountain of material uploaded every second isn't infringing will exceed...

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

HitWicket : Watch Live Cricket Score In Your Firefox Browser Status Bar

About :HitWicket is a live cricket score viewer based on ScoreWatch Firefox extension. It shows cricket score updates from CMDN.com in the status bar panel.Features :* Customizable refresh intervals from 20 sec to 2 min * Customizable UI theme * Score updates from CMDN.com. * Fall of wicket alerts. More Info. :Install this Addon to Your FirefoxMeet the Developer & Know Why He made THIS...

Monday, November 2, 2009

Asus Unveils First USB 3.0 Motherboard

Asus Wednesday unveiled the first motherboard to support SuperSpeed USB. SuperSpeed USB, also known as USB 3.0, boasts transfer rates of up to 10 times faster than what users can expect with USB 2.0. The Asus Xtreme Design P7DP55DE-E Premium packs two USB 3.0 ports and, given that the motherboard uses Intel's P55 Express Chipset, which doesn't even support USB 3.0, it's not surprising to learn some...

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Gmail Notifier The easier way to check your Gmail

Tired of checking your Gmail ? Have more than one account ? Gmail Notifier is the perfect solution for you - and its free !Gmail Notifier gives you: Counter of unread emails Sound and tray icon alerts Read email headers and body Delete emails or mark as read IMAP connectivity over SSL Fast and easy Gmail sign in Support for multiple accounts Support for UTF-8 emails Support for mailto links...

Apple confirms Windows 7 Support for Mac OS X Boot Camp

Apple confirmed yesterday that it will support Windows 7 with "Boot Camp" in its Mac OS X Snow Leopard platform within the next few months, for those fanboys with a strange inclination to mix and match their operating systems. The Cupertino-based firm announced its plans on its website on Thursday, which was the same day Microsoft officially took the wraps off Windows 7. "Apple will support Microsoft Windows 7 (Home Premium, Professional, and Ultimate) with Boot Camp in Mac OS X Snow Leopard...

Customize Windows 7 Login Screen Using Account Screen Editor

Account screen editor provides an easy way to customize the logon background. Click on "set background" and choose a picture for your logon screen.Click on: "Default background" to change the logon screen background to the default background.If a picture is to large, ASE will automatically make the picture smaller.Now you can also select the shadow type.Available languages: Dutch and English ...

Saturday, October 24, 2009

Megaupload Direct Download Trick

This trick is the coolest and works definitely as of today october 18th , lets see when megaupload is gonna remove this trick . But its working currently , so enjoy ! Here is the trick : - If the download link is , say : http://www.megaupload.com/?d=85GT7Z2W Just add mgr_dl.php after the .com/ so the new link becomes : http://www.megaupload.com/mgr_dl.php?d=85GT7Z2W Download Starts ! No captcha, No...

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Imagine Running the Windows Operating System In Your Browser

Have you ever seen a Operating System inside a browser? Have you ever seen a Internet Explorer inside a Firefox Browser? Maybe you have recently moved to Linux/Mac operating system from Windows but you are missing familiar interface and want to spend some time on Microsoft Windows but don’t have access to it, if this is...

Monday, October 12, 2009

Gmail OverTakes Yahoo! Mail as India’s #1 E-Mail Service

The popularity of Gmail in India cannot be denied, but even we were a bit surprised by a new report that stated it has already gone past Yahoo! Mail as the country’s most preferred email service. LiveMint is reporting that Internet user measurement and analytics platform agency ViziSense is crowning Gmail as the numero uno email service, ending Yahoo! Mail’s 10-year reign at the top. According...

Thursday, October 1, 2009

Pigeon transfers data faster than South Africa's Telkom

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - A South African information technology company on Wednesday proved it was faster for them to transmit data with a carrier pigeon than to send it using Telkom , the country's leading internet service provider.Internet speed and connectivity in Africa's largest economy are poor because of a bandwidth shortage. It is also expensive.Local news agency SAPA reported the 11-month-old...

Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Windows 7 Login Screen Rotator (Change Login Screen at Each Logintime)

Change Login Screen at Each LogintimeLogon Screen Rotator is a free application that will change the logon background image to an image of your choosing and at a time of your choosing on Windows 7. Feel free to browse through the links above or download immediately below.Download Link : Windows 7 Screen Rot...

Changing Windows 7 Login Screen Customization

Windows Seven has provision to change the logon screen, but needs lots of steps to apply a beautiful wallpaper or image.But 7 Logon Changer makes life simple, just select the image and set it thats it !!!! Log off to see the changes, voila!!!!Download Link : Windows 7 Logon Screen Chan...

iCalcy: An iPhone Look-a-like Calculator for Windows

Aviassin iCalcy is a calculator for Windows which looks like the iPhone or iPod Touch Calculator!iCalcy looks and acts exactly the same as the iPhone 3G or iPod Touch calculator does, allowing you to perform all standard calculator operations. You can also rotate iCalcy into either portrait or landscape orientation, just like an iPhone!All functions in portrait orientation are supported, including...

IconPhile: A Freeware to Change System Icons Easily & Quickly

The most important feature in Icon Phile is its drag n' drop support. Just drag any file that has icons in it to one of the items in Icon Phile. If the file's extension is .ico, the item's icon will change to that .ico, if its an exe, dll or icl, a dialog will pop up prompting you to choose one of the icons in the file which will become the new item's icon. I say "item" for lack of a better name,...

Download Opera 10 For Your USB Drive

You want to use all Opera features also in this version - no problem ! - there are no unwanted effects on IE or other browsers - existing Opera versions are not affected - make no entries to the registry - works with every Windows PC (company,Internetcafe, friends,..) - leave no data on the host computer What do i need for Opera@USB ? ...

Women are "Clueless" About Technology (Survey News)

A poll of 2,000 people found almost seven in 10 would ask a man for technical advice and one in five would refer to the internet, compared to only one in 10 who said they would consult a woman.It showed 55 percent think women are ‘clueless’ when it comes to technology and almost two fifths believe men are more "naturally attuned" when it comes to the subject.The research, carried out by technology...

Friday, September 25, 2009

Now Upload Files through Bit.ly & Get Shorter Address Service Too

Last month, bit.ly achieved an important milestone with some help from twitter. They became the most popular URL shortening service on the web pushing long-time market leader tinyurl.com to the second spot. To maintain their dominance, bit.ly is slowly expanding into new territory and they now offer free file hosting services as well in association with yfrog (a TinyPic like service for image and...

YouTube Resume - Now You Can Resume Your YouTube Videos

YouTube added a cool feature for those who watch long-form videos. If you're logged in, you watched at least one minute from a video that's longer than 20 minutes and there are more than 3 minutes left, then YouTube's player has a neat surprise for you: close the page and when you open it again, the player resumes where you left off watching.It's a helpful addition, considering that not many desktop...

21 Most Visited Free Fonts Site

I’m always out there looking for more cool free fonts to expand my killer font collections. The influences of fonts are simply amazing, different font can totally change the attitude of a piece of design. Choosing the right font is very important but it not easy. We need more choices, so here are 21 most important free fonts sites I’ve come to know. If you have more recommendations, feel free to share.21 Most Visited Free Fonts Sitehttp://www.1001freefonts.com/index.htmhttp://www.1001fonts.com/http://www.fontfreak.com/http://www.acidfonts.com/index.htmlhttp://www.fontreactor.com/en/http://www.fontface.com/main.htmlhttp://www.sketchpad.net/freefonts.htmhttp://www.abstractfonts.com/http://www.freefontsnow.com/http://www.fontshack.com/home.phphttp://www.fontfiles.de/http://www.fontica.com/http://www.fontgarden.com/http://www.urbanfonts.com/http://www.dafont.com/http://www.searhfreefonts.com/http://www.fontparadise.com/http://www.simplythebest.net/fonts/http://www.chank.com/http://www.fontfile.com/http://www.fontflood.com/Thanks...

Sunday, September 13, 2009

Top Ten Reasons Computers Are Male

10. They have a lot of data but are still clueless.9. A better model is always just around the corner.8. They look nice and shinny until you bring them home.7. It is always necessary to have a backup.6. They'll do whatever you say if you push the right buttons.5. The best part of having either one is the games you can play.4. In order to get their attention, you have to turn them on.3. The lights are on but nobody's home.2. Big power surges knock them out for the night.1. Size does matter....

Thursday, September 10, 2009

Inumbr Creates Temporary Disposable Phone Numbers

Maybe you don’t want that one person that has barged into your life to know your private phone number? Could be a salesperson or a co-worker who you aren’t that impressed with, but have to get in contact with. Check out inumbr. inumbr is a free online service that gives US users the ability to set up a unique phone number, have it forwarded to any number within the US and then have it set to expire...

Indian gamer sets world record for longest GTA4 session

Chirantan Patnaik, a 26-year-old resident of Napean Sea Road, has set a new world record for the longest time spent playing Grand Theft Auto IV. Guinness is yet to officially recognise the record, but as the marathon session was put up for live streaming on the gamer’s blog and abiding by all the competition rules, it’s only a matter of time. The previous record holder was American writer/producer...

Friday, September 4, 2009

Indian Village With 250 Sets of Twins

The phenomenon has seen almost six times as many twins born than the global average in the remote village of Kodinhi, in Kerala. In 2008 alone 15 pairs of twins were born in the village out of 300 healthy deliveries and this year is expected to top that number.In the last five years alone up to 60 pairs of twins have been born, with the rate of twins increasing year-on-year. Local doctor...