Saturday, 21 August 2010
Tata-Prima-World Truck
TATA- Prima.. Know How can a small one like me can make it work for the world... The One that has been programmed by me..
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Friday, 20 August 2010
TV Browser for Free
TV-Browser is a java-based TV guide which can be easily extended with lots of plugins. It is designed to look like your paper TV guide. Download Now
The most important features are:
- Presentation: The program table shows tool tips. They show which Plugin has highlighted the program, when the program ends and more
- Clear arrangement: Long tiltle are shorten, the default information are shorter, the column width was optimized and more. Of course you are able to change this behavior.
- State of the art: Changes for Java 6, Java 7, OpenJDK, Windows 7, Ubuntu 9.10
- Integration: TV-Browser is now better integrated in the different platforms, so shortcuts, naming, menu position, color or other details will fit much better.
- Performance: This version is also faster (and saves memory) than the previous version and that despite the new features.
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Thursday, 19 August 2010
Common client (Application) for Email, Chat, Social Networking
With so many ways to network and socialize online, you may find it difficult to keep track of everything. Digsby promises to help keep chat, e-mail, and social networking conversations in one convenient place, but it didn't work exactly as we expected.
This freeware program looks a great deal like other popular chat programs, such as AIM. With a skinny rectangular box running along the side of your computer, a prompt to add accounts helps you get started. From here you will find a menu of seven different IM programs to choose from, six different e-mail programs, and four different social networking sites. When selected, each simply asks for your log-in and password and connects to the system. Your various programs are displayed, with IM buddy icons separate from e-mail and social networking e-mails.
Single-click or mouse-over the name of the person you want to chat with to access IM options, including SMS, e-mail, and file transfer. Double-click to initiate an IM chat, while the context menu offers those options as well as buddy-specific history logs. The e-mail service will open your default e-mail client, although you can preview your Webmail in-box through the Digsby contact list. Facebook users can update their feeds, check their friends' feeds, and get full feed streams in Digsby, and the program now supports MySpace IM, as well. If you have a lot of IM accounts to keep in one place, this freeware tool can help keep you organized.
Users should be aware that Digsby now calls out all of its bundleware during the installation process, so install with caution if you don't want the Ask.com toolbar or the grid computing protocol. This is a marked improvement from when Digsby only allowed opting out after the program was installed, so we're more comfortable recommending the program once again.
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How To Save Facebook Chat History
When you’re trying to remember the exact course of a conversation, to retrieve a lost web address, or just want to reminiscence tales of a past long gone, your chat logs can help you out big time.
Taking note of conversations may sound unnecessary, or even plain paranoid, but often proves to be extremely useful. Recalling those conversations word by word is one heck of a superpower.
One thing I’ve always missed about Facebook is that ability to keep logs of your Facebook chat history. As it is, Facebook only remembers short snippets of some most recent conversations – and only per page and in between sign-offs. Because the user has to be online, this can only ever be used to continue some previous conversations where you left off.
Below is an alternative method to permanently save your Facebook chat history, using browser extensions.
Using A Firefox Add-On Or Google Chrome Extension
Before we head off, let’s dispel a common misconception that has already earned these extensions some bad ratings. This technique does not allow you to delve into long lost conversations, prior to the usage of these extensions. Why not? Simple; because Facebook does not keep those around. So unless you can find yourself a time machine, there’s no way to recover those.
From the moment you’re set up however, these extensions will remember every single word said. And those can be retrieved later on.
Start out by downloading and installing Facebook Chat History Manager as a Firefox add-on or Google Chrome extension. There’s still a little work ahead before they’re running smoothly, though.
On Google Chrome, go to Window -> Extensions -> [FbCHM] Options, as can be seen in the screenshot above. You’re now in the extension’s Options pane. On the left, select ‘Get Facebook ID‘.
On Firefox, go to Tools -> Facebook Chat History Manager -> Get Facebook ID.
After logging into your account and authorizing the Facebook application, you’ll be able to view your Facebook ID. This is a number unique to your Facebook account. Copy it to your clipboard; you’ll need it in the next step.
On Google Chrome, go to Window -> Extensions -> [FbCHM] Options -> Create Account.
On Firefox, go to Tools -> Facebook Chat History Manager -> Create Account.
Use the previously obtained Facebook ID to create your account. The passwords here do not have to match your Facebook log-in password. It’s solely to keep your chat logs safe. Because you’ll have to log in later on, and again whenever you want to browse your chat history, an easy to remember login name can speed this up. This is optional though.
After creating your account, the set-up process is complete. The browser extensions will quietly keep track of your Facebook chat history, and allow to access it later on.
The Google Chrome extension will place an icon on your address bar, as can be seen in the screenshot above. Clicking it will prompt you for your username and password, before sending you off to your chat logs.
On Firefox, simply go to Tools -> Facebook Chat History Manager ->View History. Here too, you’ll need to enter your account details.
The Facebook chat history viewer isn’t very pretty, but does what it’s meant to do. On the top bar, you can select a period; on the left, a friend. To view older conversations, select ‘previous‘, or use an input field to jump to a specific page.
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Orkut and Facebook Desktop Client (Application)
When you think about it, this is really going against the grain. But if turn of events are taking software to the ‘clouds’ a.k.a cloud computing, this shouldn’t be beyond reason (or reach).
So prepare to be surprised by Scrapboy, a desktop client for some of the popular social networks like Facebook, Orkut, and MySpace.
Common sense says that ’social networking’ is synonymous with the web. But a little jiggling of the senses and a desktop app does have a certain appeal.
The first benefit that comes to mind is that Scrapboy helps to provide a common interface to handle multiple sites. No more logging in individually.
I downloaded and configured Scrapboy for my Facebook and Orkut accounts (I don’t have a presence in MySpace). I then dug in and took a closer look at whether Scrapboy is worth a shout.
Logging into Facebook
I must say I really liked the interface – clean cut and cute. The log-in is straight through with the respective social accounts. For instance, as soon as I logged into my Facebook account, the social network asked for my permission to let Scrapboy access my data. With a yes, a small floating slideshow featured the profile pics of my circle of friends.
From the Scrapboy chat box, you can see your wall posts, check your inbox, view your pokes, events and check out your groups. Checking the inbox and your groups though involves logging into Facebook through the browser.
Now I could use this single window to access my circle of friends simultaneously. Chatting with Jane, spying on John’s wall posts and looking at Jim’s tagged photos – all at the same time!
Scrapboy not only transforms social networking into a chat box-like environment, but also takes it a bit further…
- Instant notifications when friends sign-in or when they send a message or receive news.
- Go offline into a stealth state.
- Use Facebook emoticons to add ‘emotion’ to your messages.
- See what you were gabbing about with saved history.
- Be peer to peer and exchange files with friends who have their own Scrapboy installed.
- Setting personal preferences for the notifications (pokes, group invites, new photos etc) thus allowing for selective control.
- Instant check of their profile and current status.
- A tiny checkmark in the chat window also reminds friends that the user is typing and hasn’t fallen asleep on the keyboard.
- View photos in a slideshow.
- Also view wall posts, including the deleted ones on your friends’ walls.
- Scrapboy serves you reminders about a particular event. Get reminded when you want with the option of a time function. Facebook events are automatically stored in an event viewer.
- Behind a proxy server? Configure it to work seamlessly with the settings in the options tab.
Logging into Google Orkut…
Scrapboy’s other face is its sync with Google Orkut. The interface shows your own and your friends’ scraps. The interface allows you to format and post your scraps, although it does not allow you to delete any offending scraps you might receive or send. Through the interface you can subscribe to the friend updates you want thus filtering the alerts you receive. You can also view your pals – by who is online, who visited you recently or who has an upcoming birthday, etc. Scrapboy allows you to open multiple windows for your friends and view their scraps and photos at the same time.
Scrapboy has its own take on privacy (or lack of it for your friends). You get notified whenever someone deletes a scrap or a photo…and more, you can see it too.
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Show Markup in CSS Comments
Let’s say you are creating a CSS file for a modular bit of a webpage. Perhaps you are the type that separates your CSS files into bits like header.css, sidebar.css, footer.css, etc. I just ran across an idea I thought was rather clever where you include the basic markup you will be styling as a comment at the top of your CSS file. For example, a sidebar.css file might look like:
/*
<aside>
<div class="widget">
<h5 class="widget-title">
<p></p>
</div>
<!-- other widgets -->
</aside>
*/
aside { background-color: #ccc; }
aside .widget { background-color: white; padding: 10px; }
aside .widget h5 { border-bottom: 1px solid black; }
/* etc. */
This could be useful for yourself as you would have to do less flipping back and forth between where you are viewing markup and this CSS file. This is even more useful when:
- The markup is generated by JavaScript and harder to see anywhere else or,
- The CSS is specific to a plugin or third-party add-on
Microsoft Infopath- Ten reasons to Try
1. Quickly and efficiently create forms and minimize training time.
Create forms to support business processes using the familiar Microsoft Office tools, such as fonts, bullets and numbering, table design, and clip art. The familiar tools and environment help minimize training time and speed forms creation.
The Fluent user interface, introduced in many 2007 Office system applications, is included in InfoPath 2010. Based on extensive usability data and recent advancements in hardware and software, the Fluent user interface is designed to make it easier for you to find and use the full range of features in Office applications—and get the results you want.
Easily create sophisticated forms without writing code.
For example, you can:
- Quickly create and deploy forms using improved rules management, quick rules, styles, and dynamic layout sections.
- Set rules for conditional formatting.
- Create forms that include actions, such as alerts, calculated values, and data validation.
Create validations, formatting, or actions based on user roles or create validations and actions that show based on the type of field.
Give participants the ability to fill out forms online or offline.
With InfoPath 2010, people can fill out forms online or offline with a native integration of forms in the Microsoft SharePoint Workspace interface. A user can easily take a SharePoint library with InfoPath forms offline in the SharePoint Workspace environment. Information entered in the forms will be automatically synchronized to the SharePoint library once the participant is back online, so people can be productive whether they’re connected to a network or not.
Build modular, extensible, and portable SharePoint applications.
Use SharePoint Server 2010 and InfoPath 2010 to create SharePoint applications. SharePoint applications can be built, for use at the departmental or enterprise level, using little or no code. These solutions are modular (you can build from existing list or library), extensible (you can add capabilities with code), and portable (you can publish using .wsp format to move the application from site to site or server to server).
Make browser forms conform to standards.
InfoPath 2010 forms on SharePoint Server 2010 are now compliant with Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 (WCAG 2.0) AA to help you create forms that are accessible to users with disabilities. In addition, forms powered by SharePoint Server 2010 are now fully XHTML 1.0 compliant.
Enjoy more powerful Web browser forms.
Improved parity between InfoPath 2010 client forms and InfoPath forms in SharePoint Server 2010 ensures greater consistency for users who are filling out forms. For example, functionality available in both environments include bulleted, numbered, and plain lists; multiple-selection list boxes; combo boxes; picture buttons; hyperlink capabilities; choice group and section; filtering functionality; date and time controls, and people pickers.
Embed forms in Web Parts.
In SharePoint Server 2010, it’s easier than ever to host your forms on Web pages using the new InfoPath Form Web Part. In SharePoint Server 2007, users who wanted to host their InfoPath forms on Web pages had to write code in Visual Studio. Now, without writing a single line of code, you can simply add the InfoPath Form Web Part to a Web Part page and point it to your published form.
You can use the Web Part to host any InfoPath browser form that has been published to a SharePoint list or form library. You can also connect it to other Web Parts on the page to send or receive data.
Enhance forms with code.
Although you can customize many aspects of InfoPath forms without writing code, you can also enhance InfoPath forms with code if declarative logic does not meet the needs for implementing your solution functionality.
You can enhance InfoPath 2010 forms using Visual Studio Tools for Applications (VSTA), which ships with InfoPath 2010. VSTA provides a light-weight version of the Visual Studio Integrated Development Environment. You can use VSTA to write managed code in C# or VB.NET. The code is then embedded in the InfoPath form template (.xsn file). For example, if you want to include the ability for calculating interest in a form, you can embed code in the form itself and InfoPath Filler or InfoPath Forms Services will run this code when the form is opened or edited.
Connect forms with line-of-business information and REST Web Services.
SharePoint Server 2010 offers an extensible architecture for managing user access to data connections and systems. InfoPath 2010 also integrates with Business Connectivity Services (BCS) of SharePoint Server 2010. BCS enhances Office applications and SharePoint platform capabilities with out-of-box features, services, and tools that streamline development of solutions with deep integration of external data and services. Also, InfoPath 2010 now supports getting XML data from REST Web Services. REST Web Services use input parameters that are passed in through a URL. Form designers can now change the URL parameters dynamically in the InfoPath form without any code using rules to get desired data from the REST Web Service.
More easily manage forms on the server.
InfoPath forms can be monitored as a true component of SharePoint Server 2010. New SharePoint Maintenance Engine Rules ensure that InfoPath forms are correctly configured in their farms. You can also manage InfoPath forms using Windows PowerShell command line shell and scripting language, which is included in SharePoint Server 2010.
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HTML Signature in Outlook
When you create a signature in Outlook 2007 or Outlook 2010 it creates 3 separate files (.htm, .txt and .rtf). To create a
more custom signature you can write it in HTML – this is especially useful for when dealing with graphics
and advanced formatting.
To create a signature in Outlook 2007:
In Outlook go to Tools > Options 1. and the Mail Format tab.
2. Click the Signatures button.
3. Click the New button.
4. Give your signature a name like ’sig1′
5. Click on OK
Outlook doesn’t require any content to be added and will create the 3 individual files.
Click OK and close Outlook
Locate your signature folder:
Copy one of the following lines depending on what your operating system is.
Vista or Windows7: %userprofile%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Signatures
XP-2003: %userprofile%\Application Data\Microsoft\Signatures
Click on Start and then Run – paste the line you copied into the Run box and hit Enter
You should see 3 files created for your sig1 file (in .htm, .txt and .rtf formats). If you can’t see the file
extensions, go to Tools / Folder Options / View and untick ‘Hide extensions for known file types’, or
right-click the file and select ‘Properties’ to determine the file type.
Replace the HTML file created by Outlook:
Take your HTML signature file and use it to replace the .htm file in your signature folder (i.e. save it as in
this system folder, using the same filename as the .htm signature file created by Outlook ).
To start using your new signature:
Restart Outlook.
more custom signature you can write it in HTML – this is especially useful for when dealing with graphics
and advanced formatting.
To create a signature in Outlook 2007:
In Outlook go to Tools > Options 1. and the Mail Format tab.
2. Click the Signatures button.
3. Click the New button.
4. Give your signature a name like ’sig1′
5. Click on OK
Outlook doesn’t require any content to be added and will create the 3 individual files.
Click OK and close Outlook
Locate your signature folder:
Copy one of the following lines depending on what your operating system is.
Vista or Windows7: %userprofile%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Signatures
XP-2003: %userprofile%\Application Data\Microsoft\Signatures
Click on Start and then Run – paste the line you copied into the Run box and hit Enter
You should see 3 files created for your sig1 file (in .htm, .txt and .rtf formats). If you can’t see the file
extensions, go to Tools / Folder Options / View and untick ‘Hide extensions for known file types’, or
right-click the file and select ‘Properties’ to determine the file type.
Replace the HTML file created by Outlook:
Take your HTML signature file and use it to replace the .htm file in your signature folder (i.e. save it as in
this system folder, using the same filename as the .htm signature file created by Outlook ).
To start using your new signature:
Restart Outlook.
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