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The CON folder mystery in Microsoft Windows !!!

For those who don't know what it is, here it is :

Create a new folder in ur system name it CON (caps or small)....It doesn't create..isn't it ???

The reason is because keywords cannot be named as file names .... And CON is a keyword in DOS.

And now the screenshot shows my desktop where I've created the CON folder. (It's the whole desktop to prove there are no error messages popping up and the time at the right bottom has my name on it (copyrighted :P)

The (dirty) secret is that I've renamed it with a space which is done using the invisible folder trick (previous post)


Just rename it as CON and with the alt button down press 0160 on ur numpad !!! As cool as that !!!

Qwiki, the Interactive Informant

Tuesday, November 16, 2010 Posted by Shashank Mani at 11:42 PM 0 comments

The new “information experience” !


Basically a short story about your search term, it narrates the script and also displays the best shots regarding the term.


Again requires invite ! This fact about invite has sure become an obstacle to people like freelance testers from home. But managed to get it by now and being an alpha user sharing the experience.


Would be easier in points, let's go:


1. Search for a term and the suggestions drop down, which is almost apt, and I seem to find more. I did a search for Tamil Nadu and I also got my hometown below it. Is it the IP? It knows a million things, but sure knows my hometown ;)





2. Topics related to your keyword are displayed in the form of maps, movies, images, animations and much more to come ! Since this is only the alpha version.





3. While the movie is playing you can also look for the "Q" symbol on the picture or video demonstrated and get to know related information on it. One can also click on the 'link'ed word on the script to search for it.


4. And after the movie, which can be paused or muted, there are a lot of other resources mentioned that can be used. Also one can replay or share what he/she has just seen/heard.





5. One drawback for rapid searchers would be the time factor where if it were text, just a ctrl+f would find the term we searched for, but here it would be waiting for the piece of information to flow in the form of A/V.
Otherwise it is too good to know information at ease, the female voice is another good choice. Good if they had a male voice too, might be an option just to add on.


P.S : It is also rumored/feared/hoped that Microsoft may approach Qwiki for an offer

Some useful softwares

Monday, November 8, 2010 Posted by SHashank Mani at 9:26 PM 0 comments

Boomerang for Gmail:


This is a plugin for Gmail to schedule the sending and receiving your mail. For more details visit: http://www.baydin.com/boomerang4gmail/


Email Oracle:


Add this to Gmail to track your Emails when the receiver opens your mails from his/her inbox. For more details visit: https://emailoracle.com/


Spiffy:


This is an application to manage upto 5 Gmail accounts. For more details visit: http://members.multiweb.nl/kevin/spiffy/


Mini Lyrics:


This is a plugin to display the lyrics in different personalized forms. It is too good to see the lyrics with transparent background floating at a part of your screen. For more details visit: http://www.crintsoft.com/


Recuva:


A software to recover the 'shift+deleted' files on your computer. Details here: http://www.piriform.com/recuva


Xnview:


An application to edit pictures and a folders bar to quickly browse through the pictures in your computer. Download form here: http://www.xnview.com/

Cloudo its All About virtulaization,cloud Computing..Going Green

Cloudo is a hosted service running in a browser. The service is running on a server-side configuration commonly referred as LAMP-server (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP).

The basic idea behind the technical architecture of this service is to provide the browser with intelligent components, so that potential server requests are kept to an optimized minimum. This is achieved utilizing XML, XSLT and Javascript files, which contain interface and behavioral related guidelines as well as a protocol for the communication layer.

The communication between the server and client is obtained with AJAX and the data is stored in XML. XSL is used to transform the data to HTML, rendering the actual user interface. Javascript is responsible to handle event related tasks, among other tasks.

The advantage with this approach is that the components can be modified, exchanged and new ones added without affecting each other, resulting in a versatile experience and interface which is driven by user preferences. For instance; the language is stored in XML-format so new languages can be added without the need for modifications of any other components. By utilizing these interchangeable components the system achieves the flexibility, extensibility and scalability which can support a high level of performance and a wide variety of web applications.