TagALLY

Will It Win The Mainstream Market? Google is gearing up to release it's Chrome OS, an open source, lightweight operating system, which has created a buzz all over. It is supposed to target the netbooks in the initial stages. The company will be holding an event at it's Mountain View campus this thursday to make a technical announcement on Chrome OS. No one knows whether the product will be a success or a failure, but considering the credibility of Google and also a list of it's "unsuccessful products", it's will be interesting how Google will introduce and balance the upcoming product. Here is a list of unsuccessful Google products by BlogScoped: Google Deskbar GNS, Google Number Search GoogleScout Blogger Pro Google Directory Google Catalogs Google Local Google RealNames Support Paid Google Videos Google Related Links The Google SOAP API Google Answers Google X Whois Searches See... details >>>

It's time to upgrade It's a great news for radio listeners, now you can listen to radio music at CD quality sound and tag all your favorite songs aired on any HDRadio channel at your convenience. It's like bookmarking your favourite website. If you are really looking for great radio sound quality, this the real deal. The HDRadio has Zune HD and related radio technology products that gives you access to your favorite HDRadio stations with the clear, deep sound and portability, which HDRadio is known for, but now with more.  Not only can you listen to your radio station but, song tagging and music tagging lets you to also buy the song you heard. Imagine, you can listen, enjoy, tag and download a radio song forever! It’s only been a few years now that we have started to hear about music tagging and song tagging, HDRadio is now offering a line of Zune HD radios too. HDRadio features: CD-quality sound Crystal-clear reception No station... details >>>

Dealing with the compatibility issue Recently, I was stuck with installing drivers on my computer loaded with a newly purchased copy of Windows 7 Ultimate OS . I'm referring to a Pentium 4 processor, Intel 845G 64MB integrated graphics and 512MB DDR desktop. Windows 7 seemed to run well, with the luxurious features of Windows 7 like Aero and Media center turned off. The only bad thing is that Windows 7 is not very friendly with the older stuff. "Many" of the older applications (including drivers) were failing to install on the new OS. After some troubleshooting efforts, i found a simple way to deal with the compatibility issue. Steps to install old hardware drivers on Windows 7: Install a freeware file compression software 7 Zip, Jump to the location where you have the setup/zipped driver file you are willing to install, Right click on the setup file, unzip and extract it to any convenient location, Now you can try updating... details >>>

A quick fix Windows XP being the most user friendly OS till date, is packed with many annoyances and the 'hiding ToolTip notification tag' is one of the worst ones. I really had a hard time with not being able to see the Date & time by hovering my mouse pointer on the Digi Clock and soon, i found an amazing tool to fix it,the ToolTipFixer. It installs the tooltip fixing service that is always running in the background and it works all the time! (Download) Type: Freeware File Size: 88.2kb... details >>>

Seeding up the OS We know that a better PC Gaming experience comes only if the system resources are sufficiently available. If the system is out dated, it needs to be upgraded. If the games are still lagging at play, some even consider upgrading it further. This is when there is a need to check where and how to system resources are being used. There are many cases where the computer hardware is sufficient to run the game flawlessly but the Operating System is not properly setup or configured and the users without knowing this fact, spend more money to make their system run better. A long time ago, one of my friends bought a new high end HP Laptop with almost all the attractive features. I really liked that system but, the only thing that irked my eye was that is was preloaded or say "cursed" with Windows Vista. My friend was happy with the OS and why wouldn't he be, he was a newbie. He enjoyed the candy coated looks and the GUI. A month later, i got ... details >>>

Internet & Network security have always been a matter of great concern and will continue to be, there is no doubt. Content theft, network intrusion, phishing, password cracking, key logging e.t.c are some of the most common types of attacks that take place everyday all around the world. If a "hacker/attacker" is intending to hack into something, no matter how secure the target is, he'll do anything to get his job done. This doesn't mean it's easy to hack into anything and everything. Hacking is only possible if a security system allows a hacker intrude in, whether through a loop hole or by breaking in forcefully. Again, loop holes can only be exploited if they are successfully found. If the security system is smart enough or the loop holes are timely identified and blocked, it's always better. Earlier i had written a similar article on "How To Achieve Better Security" which explains an unconventional way to keep away malware from your system . To add more,... details >>>

Chosing a right software to do the job We know that sorting the files and folders is necessary to make them easily accessible. Defragmentation is one way to make programs execute faster. While cleaning and optimizing the internal system will make the overall system work better. Yeah,  it's as important as cleaning up your bowel system. By stating "internal system" i am referring to the registry, temporary files and other caching directories in Windows OS. Some handy and free applications like CCleaner and Comodo System Cleaner are excellent to quickly boost the system speed. CCleaner Features: www.ccleaner.com/features Comodo System Cleaner Features and Comparison: www.system-cleaner.comodo.com/comparison I have tried other registry cleaning programs but they tend to delete even those entries that are crucial for the stability of the system. CCleaner and Comodo are safe and stable. Make sure you donot clean up "prefeteched data" too... details >>>

This innovative tech will make our everyday activities easier and smarter How would it be if you could get first hand information right of the internet about anything and anywhere in the world? Want to click a photograph of a beautiful scenery just with hand gesture? Want a consumer or even a critic review of a book you are about to purchase, all these right in front of you, with just hand gestures. It's sounds just like the way Tom Cruise accessed information in the movie Minority Report. Doesn't it? Pravav Mistry demonstrating the working of Sixth Sense and is the genius behind it's development MIT's Pranav Mistry and Pattie Maes have worked upon this innovative and work-in-progress idea named, Sixth Sense and presented the working of  this great product at the TED conference. Sixth Sense is similar to Microsoft's surface computer, but a lot better. Watch this video and you will be amazed to see what this technology is capable of: httpv://www.youtube... details >>>

There is no doubt that Wikipedia has become one of the important web services of today. Currently, Wikipedia enables us to find all the information we need to know almost about anything, only on its online service. According to several reports, Wikipedia will be released in a printed version in Germany as soon as September and will be sold for 19.95 Euros. Wikipedia will be receiving as much as $1.59 per copy, the San Francisco Chronicle informs. The book, published in collaboration with Bertelsmann AG, will contain 992 pages and approximately 50,000 articles published on the website, the same source adds. "This is groundbreaking. Getting a big publishing powerhouse like Bertelsmann behind this is a success in and of itself," Kul Wadhwa, head of business development for the Wikimedia Foundation, told the San Francisco Chronicle. "A yearbook really can be a documentation of the zeitgeist," Beate Varnhorn, head of publishing at Bertelsmann Encyclopedia... details >>>

Nokia’s Internet Tablet devices are set to get a port of the Linux operating system Ubuntu, following the release of the latest ‘Hardy Heron’ v8.04 of Ubuntu this week The news also follows the announcement that Nokia is currently in the process of acquiring Qt developer, Trolltech. Nokia informed Ars Technica that it is currently “exploring cross-platform possibilities between ITOS and Series60, and that it wants to see if GTK+ and Qt can coexist on the tablets like they do on the Linux desktop.” Ubuntu sets internet alight “There's no doubt that the net will be alight with torrent packets as the leagues of Ubuntu acolytes struggle to be among the first to get their hands on Hardy Heron," Nick Veitch, editor of Linux Format magazine told TechRadar. “For desktop users, it includes some of the very latest open source technologies and software from the world of open source," he added. “What could be more telling for the future... details >>>