Month: February 2010

Install Google Dictionary in Google Chrome

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Now a days we like a lot of things to be inbuilt. What about a inbuilt dictionary on your browser? Just double click on the word you want to know the meaning, zoom..the meaning comes up! This miracle is possible in Google Chrome installed with the Google Dictionary Extension.

The installation of Google Dictionary is very easy. It is just and extension in Google Chrome and takes very less time to install.

Google Chrome

See the steps below:

Step 1: Go to the Google Dictionary Extension link below from your Chrome Browser:

To Download Click Here

Step 2: Click on the Install Button. Click Install again to confirm. That is it, is installed. You can see the installation confirmation.

Google-dictionary-extension

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Google-chrome-dictionary-extension-install

Now, while visit any website and if you find any word which you want to know the definition. Just double click on it. The meaning will be displayed. If you want to know more, click on More>>

Google-chrome-dictionary-extension

By default the settings will be to display the definition on double clicking the word. if you want to change the settings to the language see the steps below:

Go to Settings Tab and select Extensions.

chrome-extensions-tab

Click on options button.

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Set the settings as you want.

Google-chrome-dictionary-extension-settings

This extension is a very useful one. You don’t even have to open the online or offline dictionary and search for the words. What you have to do is just double click.

Google Adds Local Search Filtering

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Google has finally launched the Local search results, which the search engine giant had already launched the similar local search feature as “Near me now” for high-end Smartphones sometime back.

The options is available in the “Search Options panel” that you can find by clicking (see the pic below)

Search Options panel link

The results will be shown based on your “default location”, that Google decides most of the time based on your internet IP address.

Google local search screen shot-1

But you can also choose custom location to enter particular City, state name etc.

Also, to get familiar with this feature, try these examples quoted in Google official blog:

>>[things to do on st. patrick’s day] – In the Minneapolis region
>>[food blogs] – Near you
>>[farmers market] – Near the city of Ithaca
>>[dmv] – In the same state as Tucson

Note: As of now, it’s working with Google.com domain only, I tested with Google.co.in where I didn’t notice this feature.

Acer Crystal Eye Web Camera Driver for Windows 7

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There has been a lot of problem for Acer Laptop users while migrating to Windows 7. But if you see almost all of the drivers inbuilt in Windows 7 can handle the drivers for most of the devices except for devices like the Web Camera.

Today, we have faced the same problem while trying to upgrade the Acer Aspire PC to Windows 7 from XP. While, all of the other drivers will work by default and some of the drivers like the Intel Graphics Accelerator, Ethernet drivers can be seen in the Windows Update list as optional Updates which can be downloaded and installed automatically.

The only problem I faced is with the Acer Crystal Eye Web Camera driver. I have almost tried all of the available drivers but none worked. Most of the forums provided solutions to use the SUYIN NB Cam drive:

C:\\Windows\\SUYIN NB Cam\\LiveCam.exe

This one works but it was not the perfect solution.

Most of the drivers and applications available gives the same error out:

No Acer video capture device was detected on your system

Acer Cam Problem

After a lot of trial and error finally i have found the perfect solution for this problem. I have got this Acer Camera Suyin v.5.2.5.3 which is made for Windows 7. After installing this, I restarted the system and it worked against all odds.

Download the Driver from the link below. Install it and restart the system. Once successfully done, start the Acer Crystal Eye webcam. It should work. No other drivers are required.

Download:

File: Acer_Camera_Suyin_v.5.2.5.3_Win7x86x64.zip

Size: 3.29 MB

Link: http://www.techrena.net/downloads/Acer_Camera_Suyin_v.5.2.5.3_Win7x86x64.zip

Screen Shots:

Acer Cam Driver Win 7

Acer Cam Crystal Eye Windows 7

We have tried this driver in Acer Aspire 5570Z and Acer Aspire 4925G and it worked successfully. I hope it will work for other models also. If any problem occurs, do comment.

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How To Create Profiles in Mozilla Firefox For Customized Browsing

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In Mozilla Firefox we can create and use more than one profile.This is also another useful feature Firefox. Here we will see how to create new user profiles and use it to browse more efficiently pertaining to each user.

This feature will enable Firefox as an Operating software for the web where each user profile can be thought as a different user in the computer.

Firefox Logo

Benefit of Profiling in Firefox:

Each user can develop his/her own profile according to their preference and desire. But there is another concept of profiling. A single user can maintain different profiles for different purposes. For example, for using the browser for Social Networking, the profile setting can be made a bit relaxed and all the scripts allowed to run. If you are using the browser for secure internet banking, then you can create a new profile with strict settings like disallowing scripts and cookies.

Enabling User Profiling in Firefox is very Easy. Just follow the steps below:

Step 1: Enable User Profiles in Mozilla Firefox Startup. To do this Just Create a different shortcut for Firefox and Right click on it. Select Properties and add the following in he Target.

-profilemanager -no-remote

Firefox profile manager

Step 2:  Create a user Profile: In order to create a user profile, open Firefox using the shortcut. Click on create profile button. Enter your profile name. Click on Finish.

Firefox profile create

Firefox profile naming

Step 3: Now open Mozilla Fire fox using the Created profile.

Firefox profiling

Now you can use your profile and customize the settings and preferences in the way you want your Firefox should behave.

Dell Mini 5 Tablet – The New Android Smart Phone

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Dell is one of the leading computer manufacturers. It is planning to release its new tablet Dell Mini 5. The prototype of the tablet looks stylish, slim and is expected to be released later this year.

Dell Mini 5 is powered by a 1 GHz Snapdragon ARM microprocessor.The display is a full touchscreen which is 5 inches. It is equipped with two 5 megapixel dual-flash cameras.  It  supports 3G, Wifi, EDGE. This is a hybrid of tablet PC and a Smart phone. Some of the Known Main features are given below.

Dell Mini 5 Android Tablet

Specification:

Feature Description
Processor 1Ghz Snapdragon ARM processor
Operating System Software Android 1.6 Donut
RAM Memory 256 MB RAM, Extensible with micro SD Cards
Display 5 inches (13 cm), 480×854 Screen resolution
Touch Screen Multi touch, touch buttons, pressure sensitive and extremely sensitive touch.
Camera Two 5 megapixel dual-flash cameras
Network 3G, GSM, HSPA on WCDMA with EDGE
Connectivity WiFi ,Bluetooth
GPS Yes

Dell Mini_5 Tablet and iPhone Compare the size with iPhone

Dell Mini 5 Android Tablet Hands On

This is just the preview. A lot of features are hidden and we will come to know soon. This Hybrid concepts of Dell mini 5 will be released later this year and it is expected to cost at least $1000 (US Dollars) or Rs 46,000 (INR)

Update: Read about the leaked Dell Lightning

Trend Micro Internet Security 2010 Free Download 1 Year Full Genuine License

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Trend Micro Internet Security 2010 has been released sometime back.Trend Micro has redesigned its Internet Security Pro, Internet Security and minimized the features in AntiVirus plus and AntiSpyware packages better ease of use.And according to Trend Micro folks, they have achieved 20 percent decrease in the program boot time (means more faster) and 40 percent reduction in the amount of RAM that the program uses.

Trend Micro Internet Security 2010 screen shot

Features:

  • 20% smaller file size, 20% faster scan time
  • Detects and removes viruses, spyware, and other malicious threats from your computer, email, instant messages, and downloads
  • Prevent unauthorised software from changing your critical applications, without impacting your PC performance
  • Automatically prevent suspicious software on USB devices from opening.

Get 1 year Free Subscription:

Trend Micro is now offering its Internet Security 2010 version with free download and 12 months free subscription.No serial number or product key is required (Originally priced at $40).Just download the file from the following link and install it.This valid genuine subscription license works for 1 year (12 months).

DOWNLOAD Trend Micro Internet Security 2010 (TIS175_IOMEGA.exe)

Image via CNET

How To Gain Ownership Of An Ownerless Orkut Community?

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orkut logo

Orkut, Google’s popular Social networking website in Brazil, India & Pakistan is one of the largest daily visited site in these countries (mainly among the youngsters).Popularity always bring exploitations, isn’t it?  you can always find so many hacks, tweaks, tips, hacks exchanged between the users about Orkut.

The one such vulnerable feature being exploited was taking the ownership of an ownerless community.If the profile of the existing owner of a community gets deleted or the something of that sort happens and the community suddenly becomes ownerless.

ownerless orkut community screen shot techrena.net

Orkut had an easy option till last year that enables any user who is active in the community for at least a period of 7 days.That means that if I want to become a owner of a big community which is currently ownerless (of course for notorious reasons), then what I’d do is I just simply scan the orkut for such commnities and I’ll find the best of such communities and join.Then after 7 days, I’d get a link “Become the owner of this community” I click it and would become the owner.

Well, if you have been using these kind of tricks, may be not anymore from now, Google has recently updated the criterion for becoming owner of an ownerless community,

To become the owner of an ownerless community, you must need to be member of that community for at least 3/4th of the age of that community

So, as per the new rules to become a owner, you must be a member of that community for at least 3/4 th age of the community and also the age of the community should be more than 7 days by the time of registration.

However, as expected this is sure to rise the voices of the other group of people.Orkut users expressed their concerns over here and here.

This policy is subject to change if the Orkut team thinks it is important for the safety of orkut communities in general

Where To Report About Google & Yahoo Search Result Spam ?

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Recently I was searching for a movie review in Google and was astonished to see the Google search results page complete filled with spam results:

Case Study:

Check the below picture for this query in Google.

The top 8 results shown here are spam results.Look at the pattern of the title page carefully, you can easily make out  that these are spam results.

Dare to click any of those results? I did, and I was immediately redirected to another webpage that has no connection with what I was searching, this is definitely cloaking right?

Apart from not giving the desired WebPages that I was looking for, Google giving me pages that are compromising Google index to spam the most popular searches happening at a particular time.Why is the big brother Google pretty calm on this and feeding them, it shouldn’t be doing this right?

Well, if you just think like that and leave it without reporting, may be we are encouraging such spammers  indirectly to grow bigger and bigger so much so that they eat entire Google search results space on your browser.

Spam results in Google search

How  I Can Report Spam in Google Search Results?

Search engines do look into the spam reports submitted by the users, as they take this kind of spamming very seriously.You can report to Google about spam in search results from the below links:

>> If you have a Google Webmaster Tools account, you can report from HERE.

>> If you haven’t got a Google Webmaster tools account, you can still report to Google from here.

Yahoo:

Report Spam in Yahoo Search results here

But in this particular case, virtually 80% of the top 10 results contain spam (above screen shot).No one in this world will have the patience to report if there are that many spam results in one page.Well, Google has to think about this particular issue.

Plants vs Zombies Top-Selling Game for iPhone

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Plants vs. Zombies have created record in sales during the introductory period. It has been reported that in 9 Days $1 Million revenue has been collected from this game in Sales. Apple’s App Store have not sold any application as many as the Plants vs. Zombies Game for iPhone.

The game is published by PopCam Games.  And according the publisher, the $2.99 mobile zombie-zapper is selling over 300,000 copies in just nine days. This is a new record for the App Store.

plants vs zombies

Plants vs. Zombies is the latest major franchise of PopCam to make the jump to iPhone and iPhone has a great adaptation of the game. It is said that this popular computer game is even more fun on the smaller touch screen.

With the increasing popularity of the game, there also increases the piracy. If you search for free download for Plants vs. Zombies Games for iPhone in the internet, you can see many sites offering free download. And we have verified that most of the sites are fake and spam sites. So, please keep in this mind and go to the official site for Buying the game. This game cost you only $2.99.

To buy and download the game Click here.

Reopen or Recover Recently Closed Tabs in Google Chrome

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Google Chrome is a very fast and light browser.

chrome logo

It has many advantages. But it lacks one of the most basic feature. That is, if you accidentally click the close button with multiple tabs open, Google Chrome will not prompt you to verify your action. But other browsers like Mozilla and Internet explorer asks once more as shown below.

mozilla confirmation

Now, in order to compensate this feature, Google Chrome allows you to open the last closed tab or Window once again easily.

So if you accidentally or unintentionally close your tab or the whole Chrome browser, you can simply reopen what you want easily.

This can be done in three ways:

1 Choose what you want to open:

Open Google Chrome. You can see the recently closed tabs section below the most visited pages thumbnail. Choose the one you want to open.

recently closed tabs chrome

2 If you have closed the whole window and you want to reopen all the tabs at once then open Chrome, right click on the window and select Reopen Closed Tab(s) or Reopen Closed Window(s) as shown below:

reopen closed tab chrome

3. By Using the shortcut key (For lazy people like us):

Open Chrome And press

Ctrl + Shift + T

That’s it, you don’t need to worry about your closed tabs anymore and use Chrome as freely as you want with no worries.