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Convert between video formats for free

January 12 2010 by Adnan in Softwares |2 Comments

I feel it quite frustrated when searching for the video conversion tools since they are always trial versions and of course with the trial there comes limitations of use as well. I usually have to do conversion for my iphone. This time, searching for the video conversion tool, I got lucky enough to come across free software called “Super”. There is a bunch of conversion which you can make with it and all that for free.

Initially, when I visited the Super website, it seemed impossible to download the software since whenever I clicked the download link, I got a similar page again. It took me half an hour to figure out how to get out of this loop and finally I succeeded in downloading the software. As you have rightly guessed, I will be saving your precious time by giving you an easy way out. So, bear with me.

Transfer contacts from and to SIM card in iPhone – SIManager

January 11 2010 by Jawad in IPHONE |1 Comment

Despite all amazing functions iphone brought to us, there was some missing, the ability to transfer contacts from and to the SIM card. It’s been a while since there were rumors about an application that will take care of this functionality for iPhone users. Finally it’s out its SIManager, an application developed by Giovanni Chiappini.

Since the application is still in beta there are a few bugs and a very user friendly minimal interface. The application transfers all your contacts to or from your SIM card by just a single click (tap a button). You can modify these contacts as per your requirement using iPhone’s phone book functions once they are imported into your device. These changes will also visible in SIManager in different colours. Details of each colour are as follows:

How to – Remove Cydia Ads and experience better speed

January 11 2010 by Jawad in IPHONE |1 Comment

Since we all want Cydia be installed on our iDevice as the application store has grown its popularity in last couple of years. In Cydia apart from the store, individual repositories are also making money through ads displaying on each page we browse. To experience better speed while browsing Cydia pages its better to remove these ads. Following is an easy way to do it. . .

To undergo with the following procedure you need to SSH into your iDevice and reach the path /Applications/Cydia/. Find file package.js and take backup (incase you need to revert back to see the original configuration) of this file. Now open file package.js and search for var depiction = package.depiction;

LightShot, The fastest way to do a customizable screenshot

January 10 2010 by Adnan in Softwares |1 Comment

Image: LightShot

Today I came across this simple tool of taking snaps of the selected portion of the desktop. After the installation was over, I tried to use it and guess what? I didn’t know how to move on with it. I found a purple leaf icon on my taskbar and I knew that’s certainly ‘LightShot’ as that was the newly added one. So, I right click the icon but it showed no more than “About” and “Exit” options. I tried “About” but showed no information how to operate it.

By chance, I tried “Print Screen” button and my desktop screen became dark and my cursor showed a little text information, below it, saying: ‘Click and Drag’. I selected the portion of my desktop to be copied and it gave me the store options as mentioned in detail below:

Olympus mju tough, is it tough enough?

January 10 2010 by Adnan in Tech |No Comments

Image: Olympus mju tough

Are you a person who don’t have so called ‘safe hands’? A camera in your hands doesn’t last long unless it survives a lot of falls on the ground and in water as well? Then surely you require something tougher and we have that for you, its Olympus mju Tough camera.

Tough 3000 have muscles strong enough to survive in your hands. Its body can live in a harsh environment subject to extreme temperatures like heat, cold or moisture. Other than that, it can survive a fall from a height of 1.5m and can withstand even after the immersion in 3m of water level. A tough one! Right?

Google announces Click-to-Call Ads for Mobile Devices!

January 9 2010 by Adnan in Tech |No Comments

In the first week of Jan 2010, Google sent a notification email to its Advertisers announcing a click-to-call concept for its browser aided sponsored ads. The click to call concept is already implanted to the organic searches of Google but now it’s going to extend it to sponsored ads adding a new revenue stream. The following is a portion of an email sent by Google:

Your location-specific business phone number will display alongside your destination URL in ads that appear on high-end mobile devices. Users will be able to click-to-call your business just as easily as they click to visit your website. You’ll be charged for clicks to call, same as you are for clicks to visit your website.

Palm-Sized DVD Player

January 9 2010 by Adnan in Tech |1 Comment

How small the CD or a DVD player can get? The answer is: just about the size of a CD or a DVD. That’s certainly true as we have seen CD player shrinking in size until they are just about the size of a CD but what about DVD players? The same thing wasn’t true for DVD players before we heard of a palm-sized DVD player. The size is of course about the size of a DVD and amazingly it’s small enough for you to fit in your palm. So, you can put it in your bag or a purse and carry it along with you wherever you go.

Image: Palm Sized DVD Player

Light Touch fills color to virtual interfaces

January 7 2010 by Adnan in Tech |No Comments

Image: Light Touch Projector

Did you ever hear about a company called ‘Light Blue Optics’? Probably not! Companies like this add value to the market place in a colorful fashion. You surely will be following me on that after reading about the product they have recently launched called ‘Light Touch’, a projector that transforms almost any surface to an interactive screen. It works similar to the wireless keyboard. It allows you to interact with the interface just like you do with your hand-held devices like IPHONE and IPOD TOUCH.

Using an HLP (Holographic Laser Projection) technology, it creates images with high resolution and translates the touch with an infrared sensing system. It comes with a Bluetooth allowing the user to connect to internet and use any service like Twitter. The first image the device makes is a reel of icons featuring different categories like Videos, photos, games etc and one can navigate through it just as we do on IPHONE.

Bring Wii feeling to your PC with K46 Wireless PC remote

January 7 2010 by Adnan in Tech |1 Comment

Image: K46 Wireless PC remote with motion sensor

If you are not a gesture person, then surely you will look pretty awkward giving presentation in a stand still position. Unfortunately, the motion around the hall is restricted by the use of mouse/keyboard if you require flipping a power point slide or wanting to do some operation otherwise. However, now you can do it in a style with K46 Wireless PC remote, making your presentations effective.

K46 is a wireless Wii remote which can be used to control your presentations with a motion of your wrist. That’s also like Wii? Yes, it is! Wii , in a short span of time, became a popular choice for even those who never considered themselves to be in a gaming world and now this is a gadget for them if they want to give a Wii touch to their PC as well. The Wii remote works just like a mouse except having some additional control buttons.

Nokia’s Concept Phone – Morph

January 7 2010 by Jawad in Tech |No Comments

The Morph concept design is not only a sample of highly advanced technology but it will also give its user to use its potential to the fullest. NRC ‘Nokia Research Centre’ along with Cambridge Nanoscience Centre has taken big steps into the world of nanotechnologies.

Some of the possible features of Morph are:

Self cleaning and self preserving.
It is transparent.
Built in solar absorption system thus the batteries can either be eliminated or the size can be reduced to minimum.
Integrated sensors allowing the user to know more about their environment thus giving them more opportunities to make better choices.
Flexible and transparent.

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