Here is good news for Windows 7 users; Microsoft has introduced two new user experiences “Aero Shake” and “Aero Peek”. These features will satisfy the Windows users, who demanded flashier graphical user interface after the launch of Windows Aero GUI, and for interaction want Natural User Interface (NUI) model.

With Aero Shake you can quickly and instantly minimize all the non-active open windows by just shaking the application window and fives the power in your hand. When you want to bring the Desktop back to its previous state you just need to shake the windows again. To use Aero Shake for minimizing all inactive windows to taskbar you need to:

• Just Click and Hold on the window’s title bar (that you want to work on).
• Then move the window to left and right shaking it a few times.
• This is one of the feature which supports movement of mouse.

For more on how Aero Shake works see the demo bellow:

Another technology by Windows 7 is “Aero Peek” a Superbar thumbnail preview; it allows users to quickly preview the Desktop by just using the mouse to hover over the absolutely right end of the taskbar, making all active and inactive windows transparent. It also support full screen view preview on desktop, by hovering the mouse over the taskbar button of any open window and making the other open windows temporarily hidden. With this a new graphical thumbnail appears, and the windows can be preview in a small glass frame. “Aero Peek” also allows users to pin program permanently to Taskbar, this will make a mini-Start Menus where all the pinned items or most common destination and most common task are placed, know as Jump Lists. For more details on the “Aero Peek” watch the demo bellow:

Earlier in our post we told you about the Windows 7 feature of how you can pinned your most frequently used programs on the Taskbar for you to easily access them. By default, when users move their mouse pointer over these pinned, you will be able to have a quick thumbnail preview of all the running programs. Some of the users may find this feature very useful as with this you can conveniently execute the program which you use frequently. But some users may find this feature uncomfortable and want to make it disable.

So if you are one the users who want to disable this feature from showing on the Taskbar, you can easily do this with the help of some simple configuration to the Local Group policy Editor.

With Windows 7 Local Group Policy editor you can disable/enable the pinning of programs to Taskbar in Windows 7 and can enable/prohibit the Taskbar to display pinned programs. You just need to follow few steps:

In the Local Group Policy Editor:

• Go to “Users Configuration”
• Then go to “Administrative Templates”
• Then on the left pane “Start Menu and Taskbar”
• Then on the right pane look for “Remove pinned programs from the Taskbar”
• Right click it and from the shortcut menu which will be prompted select “Edit”.
• A configuration window will be prompted in the “Remove pinned programs from the Taskbar”, click the “Enabled” item.
• Once you select this, “Pinned Programs” list will be removed from the Taskbar.
• Now you cannot pin programs anymore to the Taskbar.
• Now you just need to click “OK” and continue.
• Close the Local Group policy Editor and restart your computer to activate the settings.

iPhone 4 has been released, and offers some amazing features. iPhone 4 is far much better then iPhone 3Gs. Here in this post we have compared the features of iPhone 4 vs iPhone 3GS and there is no doubt the iPhone 4 is winner.

Above you can see the differences between the two iPhone 4 and iPhone 3GS. iPhone 4 is slightly heavier then iPhone 3GS but it’s also smaller then iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4 has a much more powerful processor then iPhone 3GS, has second camera, its display has improved back camera is much more powerful, all in all iPhone 4 has much better features then iPhone 3GS. Which makes iPhone 4 a smatter phone then iPhone 3GS.

The CEO of Apple Steve Jobs started a Worldwide Developers Conference 2010 in San Francisco where he announced the next generation iPhone “iPhone-4”. Although the news of iPhone-4 leaked but Apple stayed with their plan and announced the 4^th generation of iPhone model. Just like earlier when new generation of iPhone were launched the selling of old one was stopped (like first generation stopped selling by launch of iPhone 3G, and same as iPhone 3G selling was stopped after the launch of iPhone 3GS which would be sold for $99 for 2 years contract).

Apple has launched the next generation of iPhone- iPhone 4 with awesome new features, and will start selling iPhone 4 from June 24 at $199 with a two year contract in U.S. iPhone 4 will be available in two different versions; 16GB version costing $199, and 32GB version costing $299. Fro iPhone 4, Apple has renamed their opertiing system iPhone OS 4.0 for iPad and iPhone/iPad Touch devices to iOS4. For all the devices iOS4 upgrade will be available from June 21.

iPhone 4G features in detail:

1. Design:

• iPhone 4G is 9.3mm thick and 24% thinner than iPhone 3GS.
• On the top the iPhone 4G has a 3.5mm headset jack, secondary mic and the sleepwake up button.
• At the bottom the iPhone 4 has a primary mic,speaker and a 30-pin connector port.
• Volume control on the sides.
• If you look at the above image, design wise, the iPhone 4G model has a box like structure and has dropped the rounded hind’s design (which previous generation had).
• This time Apple has used stainless steel rims for binding the body of iPhone 4.
• The rims of the iPhone 4 act as bonding agents to hold the two glass panels on the front and back of the iPhone 4.
• The rims also have integrated antennas.

2. Display:

• iPhone 4 debuts a new display “retina Display”.
• It is 3.5 inch multi touch display which offers 960×640 pixel resolution at 326 pixels per inch.
• With this you’ll have more amazing graphics display while playing games.
• The IPS technology based panel offer 800:1 contrast ratio which is 4x times better than previous iPhone devices.
• The front and back panel will come coated with fingerprints resistance oleo-phobic coating

With all these features, you’ll be able to watch comfortably 720p HD movies on 960×640 pixel display with more accurate colors.

3. Processor:

To conserve power to add up to the battery life Apple has used the same A4 System-on-Chip processor on iPhone 4 as earlier used in Apple’s iPad.

4. Camera:

The camera in iPhone 4 has some awesome features:

• Apple has added a 5 megapixel sensor with backside illuminated sensor and LED Flash.
• 5x digital zoom and tap to focus option
• The 5 megapixel camera comes with the capability of recording 720p HD video at 30 frames per second.
• The LED Flash will stay illuminated for recording better quality picture in videos.

• iPhone 4, has a front camera with which you can video call known as “Face Time”, and work even when the Wi-fi is turned off.
• “Face Time” works out of box and does not need any setup or installation.
• The “Face time” has been built using some open standards like SIP (Session Initiation Protocol), H.264, AAC and so on.
• In iPhone 4 Apple has introduced new iMovie for video editing (which will include options like scene trasitions,themes, editable titles etc)
• The iMovie app will be available for $5, but after the launch of iOS4 on June 21.

5. Gyroscope:

Another feature introduced by Apple in iPhone 4 is “three-axis gyroscope”( a devise maintaining orientation or measuring it, based on the rotation mechanism of the object).

• The “Three-axis gyroscope” is attached with Accelerometer, which make iPhone 4 capable of 6-axis motion sensing.

This feature is similar to that used in Sony PlayStation 3’s game controller which has gyroscope motion sensing.

6. Battery life:

In previous generations of iPhone the major issue that concerned Apple was of battery life, but fortunately this issue has been resolved and the new generation iPhone 4 comes up with a larger battery. This large battery is lithium-ion rechargeable and offers:

• up-to 7 hours talk time on 3G network
• 14 hours of talk time on 2G network
• Listen up-to 40 hours of music
• 10 hours of video watch

The most amazing thing in it is that now users can browse mobile web for up-to 10 hours.

7. Bumpers:

As the outer rims of iPhone 4 will be working as antenna system, so for that reason no other outer casing can be used. So Apple has come out with its own set of cases for iPhone 4 know as “Bumpers”. Bumpers are made by molded plastic and rubber, which will keep the antenna system as well as glass panels safe. They will be available in different colors like White, Black, Green, Blue, Orange and Pink.

8. Other features:

• Quadband HSDPA/HSUPA
• Wi-Fi (802.11n)

“802.11n WiFi is a faster networking standard that works up to five times faster and up to twice the range as its predecessor.”

• iBooks App as free download
• Microsoft’s search engine Bing officially added to search engine options.
• Assisted GPS
• Accelerometer
• Digital Compass
• Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR
• Micro SIM just like the ones used in iPad

Other features like Multitasking and folders utilities will come preloaded with iPhone 4, but other Apple devices users can get these features once the iOS4 update is available for everyone. In iPhone 4 the iTunes 9.2 will be needed, so hopefully this iTunes software upgrade will be available soon.

iPhone 4 will be available in two colors: black and white. On June 24 Apple will start shipping iPhone 4 to U.S, Germany, UK and Japan. And till September iPhone 4 will be available in 88 countries.

Here is awesome news for all the iPhone users, iPhone 4 has been released. iPhone 4 contains many awesome features, it’s design is unique, brand new as compared to other iPhone 3G and 3GS.

Features:

• It is the thinnest iPhone ever.
• Made-up of stainless steel
• It’s glass is scratch resistance, and crystal clear to produce the highest quality
• Has a front camera for video chat
• 3.5 inch retina display
• 960 x 640 pixels (4x more than the previous iPhones)
• Display: 326 pixels per inch
• IP technology for superb color and wide viewing
• 5 mega pixel camera, 5x digital zoom
• Powered by A4 processor
• Faster than previous iPhones.
• Improved battery life
• 7 hours of 3G talk, 6 hours 3G browsing
• 10 hours Wi-Fi browsing
• 10 hours video
• 40 hours music
• Standby mode 300 hours
• 32GB capacity
• Quad band HSDPA/HSUPA phone with dual microphones and 802.11n Wi-Fi
• Has Gyro-accelerometer (which provides 6-axis motion sensing
• Can record 720p HD video at 30 frames per second
• Focus by tapping
• Video editing capabilities
• iMovie available in iPhone 4G and also in other iPhone, only need to upgrade OS to iOS4.
• Multitasking capabilities
• Comes in two colors ( black and white)
• Price: 16GB model $199 USD, 32GB model $299 USD

Apple will be shipping iPhone 4 in these countries: US, France, Germany UK, Japan, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Hong kong, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherland, Norway, New Zealand, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, and Switzerland. By September 2010, apple will ship iPhone 4 in 88 countries.

Aero Peek (also known as Desktop Preview) feature in Windows 7 can be enabled and turned on, it is feature in which all the windows is temporarily hidden so that the user’s can view the desktop, and to view the window user moves the mouse pointer to hover over the Show Desktop (a small rectangular button) at the end of the Taskbar. The hidden open windows are shown as outline or borders of all the windows on the Taskbar, allowing users to peek behind all open windows to see Desktop.

The users of Windows 7, who don’t want the Aero Peek feature in Windows 7, can easily disable and turn off Aero Peek, by just following few steps:

Steps:

• First go to the Taskbar and right click on the blank space, then click properties.
• Then in the “Taskbar and Start menu” dialog box, check whether the Taskbar tab is selected or not, if not then select it.
• Then uncheck the “Use Aero Peek to preview the desktop” option.

• Now you just need to click Apply or Ok. All the settings will be applied.

Another way of turning off on turning on Aero Peek is through Show Desktop button bar, here is guide how to do it:

• On the right end of the Windows 7 Taskbar, right click on the Show Desktop small rectangle button.
• Then Click on Peek at desktop option, it will disable the Aero Peek.

Another Alternative way of doing it:

• First you need to go to “Control Panel”
• Then “System and Security”
• The System
• Then on the left pane click on “Advanced System settings” link.
• Now make sure that “system properties” dialog box is on “Advanced” tab.
• Now under “performance” button click “Settings” button.
• Now make sure that “Performance option” dialog box is on “Visual effects” tab.
• Now uncheck the “Enable Aero Peek” option.

Note: If no advanced configuration is customized the system will automatically select it to “Custom”.

• Now you just need to click Ok or Apply.

Hey guys are you bored and want to get rid of receiving Windows Genuine Advantage warnings on your Windows XP operating system. You don’t need to worry at all, just follow these simple steps using a quick registry fix and you can get rid of the program and its pop-ups. But be very careful while following the instruction, else your PC can be in trouble.

Steps How to Remove Windows Genuine Advantage From the Registry:

Step 1:

• First thing you need to do is to click on “Start” button and then click “Run” icon.

Step 2:

• In Run dialog box type “regedit” and click OK.
• Now your register editor program will appear.

Step 3:

• Navigate the following registry file:"MyComputer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\Notify."
• You can easily find the key by:
• 1. Clicking “My Computer”
• Then “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE”
• Then “Software” folder
• Then “Microsoft folder”
• Which will guide you to the “Windows NT” folder
• Then go to “Current Version” folder
• Then by “WinLogon”
• And in last “Notify” folder

Step 4:

• Inside the “Notify” folder find the “WgaLogon” folder and right click it.
• From there choose “Delete” option and left click it.
• The program files have now been removed from the registry.

Step 5:

• Now to make the changes work, restart the computer, the program must have be removed from the registry by now.

Things that need to be remembered:

• By following the above steps, only the program will be deleted from the registry, which will stop it from functioning and no more annoying pop-up. However it won’t delete the entire Windows Genuine Advantage.
• Follow the steps carefully, I you don’t understand anything then it’s better to contact a PC support company for assistance instead of doing it yourself because deleting wrong files from the registry can lead to system failure.

To simply remove WGA from notification watch below video:

Before Windows 7, it was difficult to choose what you should and shouldn’t add in Windows system tray. It is something that shows the status icons for various system elements like volume etc and the program running in the background like your anti-virus software. Earlier it was uncommon to have so many icons littered down on the toolbar. But Microsoft has made it easy for you to choose what you want to see on the Windows System Tray.

How to show more icons in the Windows 7 System Tray:

• First click the small white arrow on the left edge of the System Tray.
• There you’ll see system/program icons that are not configured for full-time appearance in the tray.
• Now, click Customize.

• Here you’ll see a list of Notification Area Icons (in Windows 7 it is termed as “System Tray Stuff”).
• Click the drop down shown in front of icons, it will show three choices:

1. Show icon and notifications
2. Hide icon and notifications
3. Only show notifications

These are very simple and easy steps to understand. The good thing about this is that, whatever changes that you will make will appear immediately in the system tray, for you to know how the icons will look like in the tray; it’s kind of a preview before finalizing the changes. Now you just need to click OK and changes will be made permanently until you change them manually again.

you can make changes as you wish like if you don’t want Windows 7 Action Center icon cluttered on the Tray but you wish to be notified if any issue appear: so for the set it to “Only Show Notification”. And for example if you want your printer’s icon to be shown on the tray then it’s good to set it to “Sow icon and notification”.

Everything is in your hand, you decide and choose what should be and shouldn’t be there on the System Tray.

People who love to collect and store their favorite seasons, home videos etc on DVDs. What if your entire DVD collection is lost? Your dog ate al your seasons, or your kids scratched them by mistake, or any mishap happens to them!! You’ll be ending up with nothing in hand and all your precious and memorable data or things are gone…

A very simple solution to this problem is that to have a backup of all your DVDs before any mishap happens. “DVD Decrpter” a very popular application which copy an entire DVD onto your computer’s hard drive, and bypasses any copy protection mechanisms. But it has a drawback, as new copy protection algorithms are frequently being created, this application haven’t been updated since 2005. So it may cause some problem.

Well you don’t need to worry, we have another option for you, and that is “Free DVD”. It copy’s entire movie to your computer’s hard disk and removes all the traces of copy protection. The best thing about this application is that it does not require any installation, and is frequently updated.

Steps to how you copy a DVD movie on your computer’s hard disk:

• Open your DVD drive, and place the DVD movie you wish copy
• Then open the contents of the DVD using file explorer like “Windows Explorer”.
• There will be a folder “VIDEO_TS”, copy this folder to any location on your hard drive

• Now you need to Download the free version of “Free DVD “ not the Platinum, and run the application, no need to install it and it’s 44KB.

• After running the Free DVD, select VIDEO_TS folder, the one you copied in your hard disk.
• A message will be prompted, it will notify you about the restriction that will be removed.

• Although there is no need of any adjustment in the setting, but if need arises go ahead and do it.
• There will be “Free DVD!” button, press it and all the copy restriction from the movie will be removed.
• Now if you desire to put this video on a DVD, for that you can use a program “DVD Shrink”. This program also removes the copy protection. But there is one problem that might occur while using DVD Shrink that it is over a year old program so it is possible that it won’t work with some DVDs.
• But it is recommended that you use Free DVD first before DVD Shrink then all the problems will be resolved. The best thing about DVD Shrink is that it cuts down the size of the video so that it can fit in the normal DVD.

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With Free DVD, backing up your DVDs is now easy. And now you can store lots of DVDs in a small place (your computer hard disk). Now DVDs won’t be lying around.

Attention, here is good news for those iPhone users, who were unable to use Cydia due to unavailability of data connectivity on their handset, here is Cyder2 a free windows utility that allows;

• You to browse,
• Download Cydia apps on you iPhone or iPod Touch
• Manage Cydia apps on you iPhone or iPod Touch
• Is a software application that enables you to access Cydia Apps from Desktop
• It allows you to download application into device from desktop.
• Unofficial and unapproved application in jailbreak iPhone can be easily installed without need of Wi-Fi or data connectivity
• Enables users to add, remove, and edit the Cydia repository sources
• Synchronize the data with Cydia from their desktop computer

Cyder2 is a window based program which does not require any prior installation through this you can download, manage packages, and transfer content to Cydia Cache or Auto installer folder.

Features:

• Install application onto your iPhone or iPod Touch by connecting to PC through USB
• Cyder allows importing Sources from Cydia
• Cydia Auto Setup: reboot of iPhone to finish installation of the debs.
• Install with Mobile Terminal or private or var or even cache for Cydia Cache
• Compatibility with AppCake, a Cydia application that allows users to install file debs
• Download and store Cydia along with its dependencies on your computer

Download Cyder2 for free. . .