Beta Windows XP Service Pack 3 has Been Uploaded
Posted by Tech Mentor under Operating SystemMicrosoft famous operating system Windows XP was first time introduced in October 2001 and was last updated as SP2 in august 2004. After the release of windows vista and due to its disappointment now Microsoft is going to give SP3 the final major upgrade of the XP operating system. The final version of Windows XP SP3 remains scheduled for delivery sometime in the first half of 2008, the company’s spokeswoman said. She also warned off casual users from trying the preview. “As this is a release candidate, we strongly encourage only those who are comfortable installing prerelease code to download Windows XP SP3,” she said. According to the white paper, the Download Center version of XP SP3 will weight in at about 580MB; the version downloaded and installed via Windows Update, will be much smaller, typically around 70MB.
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http://www.pcworld.com
Customization Tips for Firefox
Posted by Tech Mentor under Web ArticlesMozilla Firefox is web browser used commonly as alternative of Internet Explorer. Although all browsers are good but unless we are not able to customize those, those will not great browser. As every one always loves to customize according to own will. In this article 15 great Firefox tricks will be entertained including how to build your own Firefox search engine, how to speed up your browsing, how to hack the interface and many more. Computer world has listed those tips as
1. Build your own Firefox search engine
2. Use keywords to speed up your searching
3. Speed up Firefox with pipelining
4. Use keywords to speed up bookmarks
5. Hack the Firefox interface with userChrome.css
6. Put your own graphic on the Firefox tool bar
7. Hack the stop, back and forward buttons
8. Move the sidebar to the right
9. Change the search bar width
10. Remove menu items
11. Protect your privacy when surfing with Firefox
12. Limit Firefox’s use of RAM
13. Use Firefox keyboard shortcuts
14. Hack Firefox printing
15. Load a bookmarked Web page in the sidebar
For more information
http://www.computerworld.com
Thebizmo: A New Innovation for Music Lovers
Posted by Tech Mentor under SoftwareMost of us are great lovers of music especially working on computer. At the same time people over the world are also eager to know new ways to earn money. So it will be really interesting news for music lovers that they can make money while listening the music with the help of Bizmo.Groove mobile the world’s largest digital download platformhas brought TheBizmo a media player. Idea of this mobile company is to make consumers and content owners as their business partners. TheBizmo describe its widget as “the music industry in a box”. TheBizmo is a fully functional media player which offers users the opportunity to discover and promote both users generated and mainstream media content, and in so doing, earn from their discovery and interests as they engage their friends and networks. TheBizmo works as it offers artists a genuine (and free) marketing tool, putting their content in the hands of the people who use and promote their content. TheBizmo puts them on a equal platform.
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http://ariadne.computing.co.uk
Mobile Phones Messaging Will Reach 2.3 Trillion Next Year
Posted by Tech Mentor under Tech NewsIn the start of 21st century limited community peoples have mobile sets and they use for special purposes like their business etc. But now days every one has mobile phone which is commonly used for messaging purpose. Instead of making phone call most people like to do SMS (messages) via their mobile phones. The popularity of mobile messaging is expected to continue to grow over the next few years even faster than the revenue. Number of messages sent worldwide from mobile phones will reach 2.3 trillion next year, a 19.6% jump from this year, Gartner predicted. Instead Revenues in the same timeframe will increase 15.7% to $60.2 billion. People in the Asia/Pacific region and Japan are the heaviest users of mobile messaging; sending 1.5 trillion missives this year and a projected 1.7 trillion next year, according to Gartner (a market research firm person).In North America, the number of messages is expected to increase to 301 billion next year from 189 billion this year. In Western Europe, mobile messaging also is on the rise, reaching 215 billion in 2008 from 202 billion this year.
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