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Watch WWDC 2010 Keynote Live Stream Online

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WWDC 2010 Apple iPhone launch live

Update: Watch Apple iPad 2 launch (March 2, 2011) event live online here.

Apple is all set to unveil the 4th generation iPhone, iPhone 4G or iPhone HD as it is to be called at the World Wide Developer Conference WWDC 2010 which is going to start today (June 7, 2010) at San Francisco’s Moscone Center. Besides the iPhone 4G/HD, Apple may also introduce Mac OOS X 10.7 version, Safari 5, possible upgrades to Apple iPhone OS 4.0 for iPhone 3G/3GS, iPad & iPod touch 3G, Apple TV and may also feature other unheard announcements from Apple.

The latest buzz is that the fellows at Gizomodo, which was responsible for iPhone 4G leak months back, haven’t been invited for the event. Steve Jobs will present the WWDC 10 keynote

If you want to keep up with the latest on WWDC by watching it online or reading through live blogging, here are the handy resources for you:

WWDC 2010 Keynote Live Streaming Links / Live Blogging / Live Text Updates:

# Engadget
# Gdgt live

# MacRumors

# MacObserver

# ArsTechnica

# Apple blog

Update: Checkout official iPhone 4 full technical specifications.

WWDC 10 Live Twitter Feeds:

You can catch up with the latest live feed from the WWDC 10 keynote by following the official accounts @macrumors (you can receive updates via SMS) and @arsWWDC

WWDC 10 Start Timings [June 7, 2010] :

Hawaii 07:00 AM
Pacific 10:00 AM
Mountain 11:00 AM
Central 12:00 PM
Eastern 01:00 PM
London 06:00 PM
Paris 07:00 PM
Moscow 09:00 PM
Mumbai 10:30 PM
Tokyo 02:00 AM (June 8th)

Most of  the major previous announcements of iPhone and iPad products were announced in previous WWDCs. WWDC 2007 marked the announcement of iPod Touch along with iPhone 2G, WWdC 2008 had seen iPhone 3G, while iPhone 3GS and iPod Touch 3G were announced during WWDC 2009.

BlackBerry Slider 9800 Full Specifications

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The details of the BlackBerry Bold 9800 Slider, the new upcoming slider device from BlackBerry have been leaked a few days back (some of the leaked pictures have been included in the post here). According to the rumours, BlackBerry Bold 9800 Slider runs on BlackBerry OS 6.0 with features including 3.2-inch TFT touchscreen, full QWERTY keyboard, touch-sensitive optical trackpad, 5 megapixel camera, 3G connectivity, WLAN, Bluetooth, A-GPS, 4GB of on-board memory with up to 16GB microSD memory card support etc.

Checkout the exclusive leaked photos and rumoured specs of the BlackBerry Slider 9800.

BlackBerry Slider 9800 Pictures:

blackberry 9800 Slider leak pic 1blackberry 9800 Slider leak pic 2

BlackBerry 9800 Slider Specifications*:

Dimensions 113 x 49 x 13 mm
Display – 3.2” TFT touchscreen, 65K colors
– 360 x 480 pixels
– Full QWERTY keyboard
– Optical trackpad
Camera – 5 megapixels
– Liquid lens technology
Memory – Internal: 4GB
– External:Up to 16GB microSD support
– 512 MB RAM
Operating System BlackBerry OS 6.0
Network – 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 (2G)
– 850 / 1900 (HSDPA)
Connectivity – 3G (HSDPA 3.6 Mbps)
– Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g
– Bluetooth v2.1
– microUSB 2.0
– A-GPS
– 3.5 mm audio jack
Audio & Video formats – MP3/WMA/AAC+ (Audio)
– DivX/WMV/XviD/3gp (Video)
Extras – BlackBerry maps
– Doc editor
– Liquid lens technology
Battery Standard Li-Ion battery 1200 mAh
Talk time Up to 3 hrs
Stand-by time Up to 260 hrs
Colors Black
Availability Expected release in June 2010

[*] based on rumours, subject to change in the final version

Price And Availability:

BlackBerry 9800 Slider is expected to be announced officially in June 2010, we await the official price details and availability details from the RIM.

Update (7/28/10) : BlackBerry 9800 Slider is to be officially announced on August 3, 2010.

Apple iPhone 4G aka iPhone HD Specifications

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Update: Checkout official full tech specs of iPhone 4

Apple iPhone 4G (also to be called as iPhone HD) is set to be officially announced today (June 7, 2010) at WWDC 2010. While we wait for the official announcement, let’s have a look into the detailed specifications (almost confirmed) of the next generation iPhone HD.

The features include a much higher upgraded display screen resolution of 640 x 940 pixels, 3G connectivity, an A4 processor, a 5 MP camera with 720p HD video recording support, a front camera for video conferencing, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, digital compass, social networking integration, battery life has been improved compared to the previous version, tougher anti-jailbreaking measures have been implemented.

iPhone 4G Pictures:

iphone 4G HD

image courtesy: Gizmodo.com

iPhone 4G Specifications*:

Update (06/08/10): You can checkout official full tech specs of iPhone 4 (Link)

Dimensions 115.5 x 58.7 x 9.4 mm
Weight 140 g
Display – 3.5” TFT capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
– 640 x 960 pixels
– Multi-touch input mehtod
Camera – 5 megapixels
– 2592 x 1944 pixels
– Autofocus, LED flash
– HD video rec @720p
– Front camera: 2 megapixels
Memory – Internal only: 64 or 80 GB variants
–  256/512 MB RAM
Processor Apple A4 1GHz processor
Operating System iPhone OS 4.0
Network – 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 (2G)
– 850 / 1900 / 2100 (HSDPA)
Connectivity – 3G (HSPDA 7.2 Mbps)
– Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g
– Bluetooth v2.1 + EDR wireless technology
– A-GPS
– USB 2.0
– 3.5 mm audio jack
Extras – Accelerometer sensor
– Proximity sensor
– Scratch-resistant surface
– Flash
– Social networking integration with live updates
– Digital compass
– Google Maps
– TV-out
Battery Standard Li-Ion battery
Talk time – Up to 18 hrs (2G)
– Up to 8 hrs (3G)
Stand-by time Up to 600 hrs
Playback time – Video: Up to 12 hrs
– Audio: Up to 35 hrs
Colors Black, White
Availability Expected release in Q3, 2010

[*] subject to change

Price And Availability:

The iPhone 4G has just been announced today (June 6, 2010). We may expect the device to hit the markets in the third quarter (Q3) of 2010. No word on the price of the iPhone 4G till now (will be updated after the official announcement).

Note: The term ‘4G’ in iPhone 4G stands for “4th generation” but not the 4G network.

New World’s Lightest Panasonic HDC-TM35 HD Camcorder

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Panasonic HDC-TM35

Panasonic has launched world’s lightest HD camcorder HDC-TM35 which just weighs 185g (just a bit more than BlackBerry Storm 2) and is idle for women mostly. This new camcorder supports 1920 x 1080/60i HD mode AVCHD (Advanced Video Codec High Definition) video capturing with its 1/41 type MOS of 3.32-megapixel image sensor and can also capture 2.16 Megapixel still images.

Other features include IA Zoom, Image Stabilization, Smile Shutter and is coming with a 16.8x optical zoom lens, 2.7-inch LCD display, 2-channel built-in stereo microphone, stereo speakers, HDMI output.

HDC-TM35 Specifications:

Dimensions 51.5 x 57.5 x 107.5 mm
Weight 185g
Image Sensor 1 / 4.1 type MOS
Video format MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 (AVCHD standard compliant)
Audio format Dolby Digital 2-channel
Zoom – iA 23x zoom
Memory – Internal: 32GB
– Up to 64GB SDXC memory card
– Up to 32GB SDHC memory card
– Up to 2GB SD memory card
LCD DIsplay 2.7” high definition LCD widescreen
HDMI output System 1 1080i 480p [HDMI mini connector]
Power DC3.6V / 5.0V
Colors Pure White, Classi Gold, Mode Violet and Shiny Gray

Price And Availability:

The Panasonic HDC-TM35 will be released on July 1, 2010 in Japan at a price of $810 (around Rs. 40,000 INR in Indian rupees).

Bing 404 Plugin For WordPress

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If you are looking for a plugin to manage 404 error pages in a more better way in your WordPress blog, here’s a plugin “Bing404” for WordPress by Microsoft. Even though WordPress has a default 404 template which avoids otherwise a dead “Page Not Found” error, you might still want to handle 404 error pages better so that you won’t loose your visitors landing your 404 pages accidentally. Bing 404 plugin shows a list of possible pages on your domain via search results based on the keyword  (you may range of domains to narrow down the search).

Follow these steps to start using this in your blog:

1. Download the Bing404 WordPress plugin

2. Upload the plugin to your blog and activate it.

3. Get the Bing App ID using your existing Windows Live ID.

4. Configure the plugin by entering the Bing App ID and you can also customize other settings.

Bing404 plugin configuration

The plugin includes a 404 page, if you check the option to use this 404 page that came with the plugin, it should work without any code modifications. However, if you want to use this plugin with your own 404 page, you may have to add the following code to your template’s 404.php

<?php if(function_exists('bing404_search_bing')) { echo bing404_search_bing(); } ?>

Now that you have implemented the plugin, check the 404 pages yourself. You can learn more about this plugin at thus post by watching the video below:

Watch this video to learn more:

Add A Background Image To Google Homepage

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Google new official logo

Google has recently announced a new feature that lets you choose your own background images for the Google homepage similar to the Bing.

This feature is initially available to US version of Google, Google.com. This feature will be rolled out to the users outside US very soon. However no will stop you to visit Google.com/ncr and access this feature. Here’s how we can add the background image for Google homepage.

1. Visit Google.com/ncr and click on the “Change background image” link on the bottom left of the page.

Google homepage

2. Now you can choose the background picture from your computer, your Picasa Web photos, Google public gallery or from editor’s picks.

Google background image selection

3. Click Select to apply the background image and you are done, and the Google homepage will now look like this one in the below screenshot.

Google homepage with background image

Note:

  1. When you upload a image from your computer, it will be saved as a photo in a new unlisted album in your Picasa Web Albums.
  2. Image Requirements: Landscape, Min. resolution: 800 x 600 pixels
  3. Image formats: .jpeg, .tif, .tiff, .bmp, .gif, .psd, .png, .tga

Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 Update Rollup 11 (KB 981328) Released

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Microsoft Dynamics DRM 4.0

Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 update rollup 11 (KB 981328)  is a cumulative set of updates for Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0, which includes performance enhancements that are packaged together for easy deployment. This new update rollup is available for all languages that are supported by Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0.

Microsoft has released Update Rollup 11 for the following products:

  • Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 server
  • Microsoft Dynamics CRM for Microsoft Office Outlook,
  • Microsoft Dynamics CRM Data Migration Manager,
  • Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 Language Packs
  • Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 E-mail Router

OS Supported:

Windows 7, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, Windows Vista, Windows XP

Download Link

KB981328 support article link

New Nokia Bicycle Mobile Charger Kit Announced

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Nokia bicycle charger kit

Nokia has launched a new Nokia Bicycle Charger Kit to capture free and eco-friendly energy from bicycling to charge your Nokia mobile while riding the bicycle.

Nokia bicycle charger kit

The Charger kit consists of Nokia Bicycle Charger DC-14 (a 2-mm charger jack), Nokia Phone Holder for Bicycle CR-124 and a Bottle Dynamo. While this charger suits the many of the Nokia’s phones with a standard Nokia 2mm port, you can also use this with bigger handsets like the N900 or N97 by buying a separate micro USB adapter.

According to Nokia, a 10 minute ride on your bicycle with this kit attached, will produce a power equivalent to 28 minutes of talk time or 37 hours of stand-by. You can get the efficient energy sufficient to charge your mobile once you attain a speed of 6 km/h and the charging stops at 50 km/h, the efficiency of a normal charger is matched once the bike attains a speed of 12 kmph.

Price And Availability:

The Nokia Bicycle Charger Kit will be available in the markets starting the end of the 2010 at a price of €15 (=$18) in Europe or at Rs. 860 INR in India.

How To Fix “The Requested Operation Requires Elevation” Error

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Windows 7 logo

While executing some commands in Windows 7 (or Windows Vista) command prompt, you may see some error message like

The requested operation requires elevation

This may also appear sometimes when you are installing some older applications in your Windows 7.

In my case the above error popped in while I was trying to run a “netstat –b” command from the Windows 7 command prompt. You may also end with the same error if you try to other commands like “ipconfig /flush” or “ipconfig /release” etc.

requested operation requires elevation error

This error arises so because, some programs like this need to be run with elevated privileges even though you did turn off UAC (User Account Control). However, there is a simple solution available for this, all you need to do is that run the command prompt with administrative (elevated) privileges.

Solution:

To solve this error, go to Start > Type cmd in the search box, you will the result cmd.exe under programs. Right-click on it and select Run as administrator.

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Now run the same command and you will no longer get any error messages and the command gets executed in the right manner.

Command prompt with elevated administrator rights

If you are wondering so as to how to find whether you are running the command prompt with Administrator privileges or not, use the following hint:

If you are running command prompt as an admin, you will see the word “Administrator” in the CMD window title. Checkout the following screenshot, which depicts the difference between the two CMD windows.

Difference between the command prompt windows

Microsoft Update For Silverlight June 2010 KB982926

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Windows update

A new update KB982926 is available for Microsoft Silverlight. This new update is actually a new build of the new version that is an upgrade to the earlier version of Silverlight offering fixing many issues identified the earlier versions (as many as 7 issues have been fixed in this update). This update has been categorised as “important” by Microsoft.

Update for Microsoft Silverlight (KB982926)

This update to Silverlight improves security and reliability, and adds a variety of performance and functional enhancements including support for web-conferencing, printing support and improved support for video, networking and rich internet applications. This update is backward compatible with web applications built using previous versions of Silverlight.

Download file size: 6 MB

Direct download link: Microsoft Silverlight