The famous Open Source office suite OpenOffice’s version 2.2 has been released.It boasts that this upgarde to its word processor, spreadsheet, presentations, and database software, the free software package provides a real alternative to Microsoft’s recently-released Office 2007 product - and an easier upgrade path for existing Microsoft Office users.
Over some time of searching I have found this amazing script that allows you to send same scrap to multiple people (friends) in your Orkut account simultaneously.
Scrap All is a Firefox add-on that lets you scrap all your Orkut friends with a single click.
Many of you might be wondering how to chat with multiple IDs in Google Talk, but now you can do it easily with this easy tweak.
So here’s how to do it:
Add the following switch at the end of the target of your google talk shortcut :-
/nomutex
i.e. your target should look like this if everything is default:
“C:\Program Files\Google\Google Talk\googletalk.exe” /startmenu /nomutex
Happy chatting 
Please do comment if you like this trick.
Ever wondered what you can do with the boring command prompt. If yes, then you re at the right place. Now you can watch Star Wars in your command prompt
Just follow these steps :-
1.) Go to Start > Run
2.) Type cmd to open command prompt.
3.) Type this:
telnet towel.blinkenlights.nl
4.) Press enter and enjoy the fun !!!!
Happy Watching
I came across this amazing phone-based application today. If you have a smartphone or pocket PC, this application is one of those must-haves.
It’s called Metro and as the name suggests, it lists details pertaining to transport (rail), places of interest and route maps of about 360-odd cities around the globe. Running the client application from your phone, you can install city packs as and when you need them. These city packs can even be updated if your phone has Internet connectivity.
If found it to be overwhelmingly complete and entirely useful. Check it out here: http://metro.nanika.net/
If you travel often or just need to know transport information about your city, this is a tool you won’t be able to live without.
“The Windows Vista BootScreen is pointless, but Microsoft decided to hide a more visually appealing boot screen that can easily be enabled with very little trouble. I’m not sure why they didn’t make the boot screen better.”The Default Boot Screen :
The hidden one, called “Aurora”:
*How to make it available*
1. Type msconfig into the start menu search box, and hit enter…
2. Once the System Configuration tool loads , click on the Boot tab
3. Under Boot Options check “No GUI boot” .
4. Click apply and then OK and restart your computer to see the new boot screen.
Nvidia has announced the ‘Nvidia Windows Vista Competition‘ to design Gadgets for Microsoft Windows Vista. Entries to the competition will be accepted till May 24th.
To enter the competition, go to http://www.nvidia.in/object/vista_contest_in.html, take a short quiz, and upload your Windows Vista Gadget. You could well be the winner of Nvidia GeForce graphics cards and other goodies.
For information about building your Windows Vista Gadget, go to http://microsoftgadgets.com.
Windows Vista Gadgets are mini-applications that are written in html and JavaScript, and can be designed to do just about anything.
To view existing Windows Vista gadgets uploaded by people across the globe, visit http://gallery.live.com/.
The ‘Nvidia Windows Vista Competition’ will be judged by representatives from Nvidia and Microsoft. The deciding parameters will be usability, links, design, and use of Nvidia and Microsoft elements. Winners will be declared on May 31st.
Tags: nVidia VistaI have complied a list of some of the best freeware utilities you will need. Hope you like them. Please add more if you have in comments.
1. Best Free Web Browser ~ Mozilla Firefox
http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/
2. Best Free Anti-Virus Software ~ AVG Antivirus
http://free.grisoft.com/freeweb.php/doc/2/
3. Best Free Adware/Spyware Remover ~ Spyware Terminator
http://www.spywareterminator.com/
4. Best Free Desktop Search Utility ~ Google Desktop Search
http://desktop.google.com/
5. Best Free File Cleaner ~ CCleaner
http://www.ccleaner.com/
6. Best Free Screen Capture Utility ~ PrintScreen
http://www.gadwin.com/printscreen/?prnscr
7. Best Free Download Manager ~ Star Downloader
http://www.stardownloader.com/downloads.php
8. Best Free Download/Upload Meter ~ NetMeter
http://readerror.gmxhome.de/
9. Best Free Resource Meter ~ TinyResMeter
http://perso.accelance.net/~pesoft/trm/us_trm.html
Here’s a very cool little plugin called Lyrics Plugin for Winamp or Windows Media Player that displays song lyrics when you start playing a song ! You no longer have to go searching the internet for the song lyrics ! Simply play your MP3 file and a few magical seconds later all of the lyrics for that song show up automatically !!! Once installed, for example in Windows Media Player on my computer, choose a song from the libray and begin playing it. Then click on the Now Playing button across the top and the lyrics screen will show up. Of course, this program will not find all of the lyrics for every song, but if you feel up to you can add the lyrics yourself! But from my testing, any popular song or half-decent band’s songs were all found and they were correct.
Download It : http://www.lyricsplugin.com/
React OS is slowly creeping into the open source world, which dawns a Windows look & infact it is based on Windows XP design with a little compatibility issues. Its in alpha stage & can be downloadedfrom their site (its around 16MB - so small) but MS gotta watch its back, who knows it may take over (although it takes a very long time). Also they are working with various applications with compatibility issues and their briefing goes like this.
ReactOS is an advanced free open source operating system providing a ground-up implementation of a Microsoft Windows XP compatible operating system. ReactOS aims to achieve complete binary compatibility with both applications and device drivers meant for NT and XP operating systems, by using a similar architecture and providing a complete and equivalent public interface.
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