Windows Blinds 6 Released

by Haris on October 6, 2007
in Softwares, Technology

windowblinds-logo

Windows Blinds is another very popular utility that allows you to change the look and feel of your Windows desktop. You can apply custom themes and styles without much hassle. It’s really easy-to-use and best of all, it doesn’t kill much of the system resources. Recently, it released it’s sixth version called Window Blinds 6.

Window Blinds 6

Wit this latest version, you can customize every aspect of Windows. Start bar, title bars, buttons, and give it a unique look of its own. In fact, you can even customize your Windows looks like another operating system :) .

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iPod Touch – The new addition in iPod family

by Haris on September 8, 2007
in Gadgets, Technology

 

Recently, at the Apple’s 5th Apple event, they revealed some new features in their products, price-cuts and some iPhone announcements. But the major announcement for the day was the new product line of their iPod series. The latest addition in the iPod family is called iPod Touch.

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Limited Edition Ceramic White PlayStation 2

by Haris on September 4, 2007
in Gaming, Technology

Sony Computer Entertainment America (SCEA) has recently announced about the new look for the old PlayStation. It will be bundled with their karaoke title, SingStar Pop. The color looks really sexy and it’s one of my favorite colors :D .

The consoles features the same old ultra-sleek body and everything is same as it was in the Charcoal Black and Satin Silver PlayStation 2s. Major additions in this edition are:

  • SingStar and Pop (high quality USB microphones)
  • CD Playback capabilities
  • DTS (Digital Surround Sound)
  • Ethernet port for network gaming

Jack Tretton, president and CEO of SCE, said:

With our expansive library of titles for PlayStation, led by social gaming experiences such as SingStar, and Buzz!, we have an incredible offering for first-time gaming families.

This version of PS2 will hit the North American markets by November 2007 at the price of US$149.99.

Liked this edition of PS2? Do let me know your views about this below.

Source: [Destructoid]

Burj Dubai – The new world’s tallest building

by Haris on July 24, 2007
in Design, General, Technology

You just be living on Mars or must be an alien if you don’t know what place is Dubai :) . Never mind if you really don’t know. I’ll give you a brief introduction about it. Dubai is a very small city in United Arab Emirates. You probably wouldn’t even have ever noticed it while looking at a map. And it’s the place where I have spent 13 years of my life :) .

Now coming back to the topic, Burj Dubai is being constructed in “New Downtown” of Dubai and on Saturday, 21 July 2007, the developers reported it’s height as 512.1 metres with 141 completed floors surpassing the Taipei 101 (509.2 m) as the tallest high-rise building in the world. Amazing isn’t it? :)

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How to use .htaccess for Redirection

Recently, when I had a domain change, I needed something in order to transfer all of my traffic from the old domain to the new one. So I used .htaccess for the redirection.

You can also use this, by typing the following in your .htaccess:

RewriteEngine OnRewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^.*oldwebsite\.com$ [NC]

RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.preferredwebsite.net/$1 [R=301,L]

Replace oldwebsite\.com with the current website and replace http://www.preferredwebsite.net with the new website URL where you want to redirect the traffic to.

If you want to know what did I used for my old domain, then see below:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^sizzledcore.uni.cc$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www.sizzledcore.uni.cc$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.sizzledcore.com [R=301,L]

Best Replacements for Windows Media Player

by Haris on July 20, 2007
in Computers, Softwares, Technology

Now you all know that Windows Media Player is one the worst players available. So here I have some replacements for it. I would recommend all WMP users to switch to something better. And that also when all the other good applications are free to use.

Now, let’s start the list :)

VLC Player

Also known as Video Lan Player is a must-have for every computer-geek just like having Harry Potter’s seventh book for a Harry Potter fan. It plays every thing you can imagine. As far as I remember, I have never had any compatibility problems with this player. You can say “It plays almost anything you throw at him“. I would recommend you to download this and try it out. It supports file formats such as MPEG, MOV, AVI, ASF, WMx, OGG, WAV, 3GP (this is just the start) and more. And one more thing, it’s skinnable just like other good applications. Download the best skins from here. The default is just like giving you a heart-attack, so get the skins now!

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How popular sites looked in 1990s

by Haris on July 16, 2007
in General, Internet, Technology

I have been able to get a few images of popular websites, and I would like to share these with my readers. These popular sites were once small babies and now they are the big daddies of all.

Google.com (Nov 11, 1998)


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