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Firefox: Change Address Bar Search Provider

Firefox: Change Address Bar Search Provider

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When Firefox performs a search from the Address Bar, it queries the search engine string you have setup within Firefox. If it’s using Yahoo, you can switch to Google. Don’t like Google? Use DuckDuckGo. Here’s how to switch which search engine Firefox searches when you use the address bar to search.   1. In Firefox type about:config in the address bar and press ENTER. 2. Locate and double-click the entry for keyword.URL 3. Set the value based on which search provider you would like to use for your address bar searches. Here are a few search strings you can use. Yahoo: http://search.yahoo.com/search?p= Ask: http://www.ask.com/web?q= Bing: http://www.bing.com/search?ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sourceid=navclient&gfns=1&q= DuckDuckGo: http://duckduckgo.com/?q= Go...

iOS 5 Let Multiple Apps Simultaneously Download

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`Since iOS 5 released on this WWDC, there are some developers install iOS 5 on their devices which conducted the trial, and efforts to explore all the hidden features of  this iOS. Today, developers have a new discovery. An unknown developer claimed that he accidentally discovered a function that on the iOS 5 can simultaneously download multiple apps. Then he excitedly told the others iOS users in the blog, which now download any new apps from the App Store,it will not occur need to wait for the app again. According to reports, when users download navigation applications in iOS 5, large-scale games, or other large application files, while still able to download some small applications. And priority access to the first Application finished downloading, without having to wa...
New Blogger with Cool Features – New Dashboard, Post Editor, Content Discovery and more! – Updated

New Blogger with Cool Features – New Dashboard, Post Editor, Content Discovery and more! – Updated

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New (and improved) Dashboard Finally, blogger.com gets an overhaul with its re-defined dashboard and post editor. Google announced its upcoming new features for blogger yesterday with a wide variety of improvements.which will be more comfortable and convenient for blogger users. Google says that 2010 was the biggest year for blogger which introduced template designer, real-time stats, comment spam filtering, mobile templates, web fonts and were rated the most reliable blogging service of all time. Google promises that 2011 will be another exciting year for Blogger.com. Let's have a sneak peak to bloggers upcoming features in 2011. New Blog Post Editor Google will also release a content discovery tool, which will determine ...

New Improved Blogumus: A flash animated label cloud for Blogger!

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Hi Friends, did you notice the animated flash tag cloud (aka Blogumus) placed in the sidebar of this blog. Hover your mouse over the Flash object to see the animation begin, isn’t that cool. "Blogumus" is a Flash based tag cloud widget which uses scripts converted from Roy Tanck's WP Cumulus plugin for Wordpress. I am sure many of you might also be looking for to learn how to convert this for use in Blogger powered blogs. In this post, I'll explain how you can add Blogumus to your own Blogger layout with ease! Recently a lot of people have been  complaining that after successful installation of Blogumulus,the flash based tag cloud doesnt animate or worse is showing some kind of pluggin missing error. A more careful observation revealed that the error was some access related issue ...
Google to left out Support for Microsoft's IE7, Firefox 3.5 and Chrome 9

Google to left out Support for Microsoft's IE7, Firefox 3.5 and Chrome 9

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"Beginning August 1, we'll support the current and prior major release of Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer and Safari on a rolling basis," said Venkat Panchapakesan, who heads Google's enterprise engineering team, in a company blog Wednesday. "Each time a new version is released, we'll begin supporting the update and stop supporting the third-oldest version." By that scheme, Google will stop supporting IE7, Firefox 3.5, Apple's Safari 3 and its own Chrome 9, all which have released two newer versions. IE7, for example, has been superseded by IE8 and IE9; the same goes for Firefox 3.5, which has been replaced by Firefox 3.6 and Firefox 4. After Aug. 1, users running those browsers may have trouble with some features in Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Talk...
Motorola Xoom Review

Motorola Xoom Review

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We’ve waited for the first tablet with Android 3.1 for quite some time now, and finally the Motorola Xoom has landed on store shelves. The Xoom looks a lot like Apple’s original iPad; it has a large touch screen, is made of aluminum and is relatively thin at roughly half an inch. The weight is also about the same as the iPad. Design and Features Where the iPad has a 9.7-inch screen in 4:3 format, the Xoom has a slightly larger 10.1-inch widescreen with a higher resolution – 1280 x 800 pixels instead of 1024 x 768, which makes the machine better suited for looking at large websites and watching movies on the go. Other features include stereo speakers and a 5-megapixel camera that allows for video recording in 720p HD resolution. On the side of the device sits buttons to co...
Dell Streak 7

Dell Streak 7

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Dell wants a piece of the Android tablet market With its Streak lineup (so far a 5-inch and a 7-inch verion). By now a few sites have had the opportunity to review the Dell Streak 7, and here we’ll try to summarize the various opinions on Dell’s tablet. However, we’ll start with what we know already: Dell Streak 7 Tech Specs: Operating System: Android 2.2 Processor: Nvidia Tegra 2 Graphics: Nvidia Tegra 2 Storage: 16GB Flash, SD card slot Display: 7″ capacitive multi-touch Resolution: 800 x 480 pixels. Connectivity/Ports: USB, audio jack Wireless: 802.11bgn, Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR, 3G Camera: 5 mp rear, 1.3 mp front Warranty / Support: 1 year standard parts and labor Size: 7.9 x 4.7 x .5 inches Weight: 1 pound Last fall...
Top 10 Latest and Upcoming Android Tablets

Top 10 Latest and Upcoming Android Tablets

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  There is no doubt that 2011 is the year of the Android tablets. There have been many  launches already and still more are in queue to be launched this year along with the intensive marketing efforts to compete with Apple’s already firmly established iPad and iPad 2. Therefore for the convenience of tablet lovers we have come up with the following list of the Android tablets that we expect to be in the top ten list of this year’s in terms of features and overall quality.   1. Motorola Xoom This is more a technological achievement than a tablet that will likely be very popular thanks to the marketing multi-venture of the three giants Motorola, Verizon and Google. Google is taking a leap forward with their brand new Android version 3.1. Their v...

PlayStation Vita – Sony’s next-gen handheld

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Sony showcased its portable handheld gaming device officially named as PlayStation Vita on Monday. The device was previously codenamed as Next Generation Portable and it features a 5-inch OLED touch screen and front and rear touch controls and Wi-Fi and 3G data connections. According to Sony, the PS Vita will sport a quad-core processor and quad-core graphics, and will also include dual analog sticks and front and rear cameras. The device is also available in Wi-Fi only version at a price of $250. The pricing has Sony run into criticism that this gadget is too expensive. This latest gadget, as Sony claims, is said to be designed to obscure the fine ‘line’ between life-game and the real life with the presence of augmented reality technology. This new device...
Nintendo Wii U

Nintendo Wii U

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Nintendo‘s officially announced about its much awaited gaming console - Wii U. This upcoming and the new controller have made headlines. People seem to be confused about its many features. So we thought of gathering the all information related to Wii U at one place Wii U, what is it? The Wii U main "box" that hosts all the processing power Wii-U (for Wii-you) is a completely new game console, running on new hardware. At E3, Nintendo was demonstrating a few internal games running on Wii-U, but the production process was not advanced enough to share it with all developers yet. This should come very soon. Nintendo itself has acknowledged that some of the demos shown at their E3 press event were not actually rendered on the Wii-U, and might even have been Xbox 360 or PS3 footage. The point o...