Windows Live Sync for Snow Leopard

by Haris on November 3, 2009
in Personal

mac-os-x-logoWindows Live Sync went through a rough upgrade last week for the Windows client, and today they have announced Windows Live Sync for Snow Leopard!

The Windows Live team has been working on a Mac upgrade for quite some time now and today they finally rolled it out for everyone and is now available for download.

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Firefox 3.6 Beta 1

by Haris on October 31, 2009
in Browsers, Firefox, Freewares, Personal

firefox-logo-newFirefox 3.6 Beta 1 is now available for download! This was suppose to be available a couple of days earlier, but due to some issues it wasn’t released. But now Firefox 3.6 Beta 1 is available for download.

This beta version of Firefox 3.6 is built on the Gecko 1.9.2 web rendering engine. It contains many improvements for web developers, add-on developers and for the users.

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Blacksn0w Coming to Unlock iPhone 3.1.2

by Haris on October 30, 2009
in Personal

iphone-jailbreakA couple of days ago, GeoHot released blackra1n RC2 to jailbreak iPhone OS 3.1.2 and now he will soon be releasing Blacksn0w to unlock iPhone 3.1.2 baseband 05.11.07.

GeoHot has been working for a while to find an exploit to come up with Blacksn0w to unlock iPhone 3.1.2 and looks like he has finally found it.

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How to Add Gadgets in Google Wave

by Haris on October 26, 2009
in Personal

google-waveGoogle Wave lets you add gadgets and tools to your waves making them interactive and more useful.

Adding gadgets to your waves is very easy. At first, I had some difficulty in finding the procedure out, but once followed the right steps, it becomes a piece of cake!

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AdSense for Windows 7 Gadgets/Sidebar

by Haris on September 27, 2009
in Personal

adsense-gadget-1How many of you check your Google AdSense account multiple times a day? Some people really get addicted to checking their account every hour or so.

For such people, I once shared a  Firefox addon, but now you can get updates of your AdSense account right on your desktop.

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Use Twitter as a Personal Feed Reader

by Haris on September 27, 2009
in Personal

twitter-feed-logoTwitter can be used in many ways more than just a status updating tool. For people who spend their entire day on Twitter can use it to get their daily dose of news.

You don’t need to have a separate RSS reader when you can easily manage everything right from Twitter.

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Ubuntu 9.10 Alpha 6 with Software Store

by Haris on September 19, 2009
in Personal

Ubuntu 9.10 beta, Karmic Koala, is scheduled to release on October 1, but almost two weeks before Canonical has released a new alpha version which brings in faster speed and Software Store to Ubuntu.

The startup time has also been improved along with better cloud integration. And the the old uSplash boot animation has been replaced by xSplash – can be seen in the video after the jump.

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How To Connect Hero with HTC Sync in Windows XP

by Haris on September 17, 2009
in Android, Personal

htc-hero-whiteOne thing that lets the HTC Hero down is the non-availability of a proper PC Suite to manage phone applications, file manager etc. The only tool that comes with it is HTC Sync.

HCT Sync allows you to sync your calendar items and contacts with Outlook Express (Windows Address Book) or Microsoft Outlook. But due to some issues, I was having problems connecting the device to my PC.

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Opera Mini 5 Beta Released, Download Now

by Haris on September 17, 2009
in Personal

opera-new-logoOpera started teasing its fans from the weekend with a simple Opera Next page saying “Coming very soon: The next generation in mobile browsing”, and then two days ago announced the product to be Opera Mini 5.

Today, Opera Mini 5 Beta was released for public to download and try to see what the next generation mobile browser has in store for us!

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