tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40633658309937077122024-02-19T09:36:19.388+05:30Technologies in the SpotlightDieHard Cricket Fanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09712518878440027584noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4063365830993707712.post-34955751365494451262011-11-27T15:15:00.001+05:302011-11-27T15:17:08.512+05:30AFTER GOOGLE & YOUTUBE INSTANT, INDIAN STUDENT CREATES WIKIPEDIA LIVE SEARCH<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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We watch inspirational movies like The Social Network, we read success stories and biographies of great and successful people, we get motivated and most of us end up being wishful Mark Zuckerbergs or Steve Jobs’ or insert any person’s name you idealize. It takes some real pounding from inside to actually bestir oneself and start coding.</div>
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About a year ago, a Stanford student Feross Aboukhadijeh drew his inspiration from the then recently launched Google Instant search and created a real-time search engine for YouTube videos called YouTube Instant. Besides creating a successful search service, Feross also succeeded in inspiring Deepanshu Mehndiratta, a second year engineering student at BITS-Pilani KK Birla Goa Campus, to create a similar real-time live search service for Wikipedia, one of the most popular and used sites on the web.</div>
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Deepanshu says that it was during some research he was doing for one of his course related projects that he had to go through a lot of Wikipedia articles and found it very cumbersome to browse the articles through Google or the default Wikipedia search page. He thought it’d be quite easy to search for an article if you could get a preview of the page you are about to visit by just typing into the search box. And thus the idea of a Wikipedia Live Search struck him. Using Wikipedia’s APIs, Ajax, jQuery libraries and Javascript he set out on this project and 5 hours later, <a href="http://www.wikilive.in/" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; color: #00649e; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://www.wikilive.in</a> was up and running. For those into web development, the application base consists of AJAX to the Wikipedia Search Engines and jQuery library & Javascript for a pleasant and user friendly view.</div>
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I hope that Wikilive helps you browse Wikipedia the way Deepanshu intends it to and that this story motivates you to take that first step into creating something really awesome.</div>
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You can find more about Deepanshu on his webpage -<a href="http://www.deepanshumehndiratta.com/" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; color: #00649e; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://www.deepanshumehndiratta.com/</a></div>
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</div>DieHard Cricket Fanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09712518878440027584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4063365830993707712.post-47900770729295483792009-10-01T01:14:00.003+05:302009-10-01T01:22:05.528+05:30Google Side Wiki - New Tool from Google<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOmGoVwyIM0W2bV7MGH3Sk2oVLuKT7tGuI9Wna62AJ9bLFYr9jv6b3h3MDgkwlW259oHAVx5x3xamdqnYC98m1C1R_ObfgGS_lS6qHoTnuFsTBpodlkzQv8kT8VVp4M7aEDg0i0jGP5aVZ/s1600-h/googleLogo.jpeg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 75px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOmGoVwyIM0W2bV7MGH3Sk2oVLuKT7tGuI9Wna62AJ9bLFYr9jv6b3h3MDgkwlW259oHAVx5x3xamdqnYC98m1C1R_ObfgGS_lS6qHoTnuFsTBpodlkzQv8kT8VVp4M7aEDg0i0jGP5aVZ/s320/googleLogo.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387350300847094066" border="0" /></a> Google has introduced a controversial new tool that allows the public to comment about any web site in a side bar displayed in their browser. It is integrated in the latest version of Google Toolbar and works with both Firefox and Internet Explorer but ironically, not yet Google Chrome. To use <a href="http://www.google.com/sidewiki">Sidewiki</a>, download the most recent version of the Google Toolbar and set it to enhanced.<br /><br />There are pros and cons associated with every product. Here are few points:<br /><br />It happens a lot of times that we come across some poorly written and misleading articles where we strongly disagree with the content or with the author's opinion. And even frustrating thing is, they do not allow any comments on their page!! May be this is an excellent alternative to express our opinion about those web sites or the quality of their articles.<br /><br />The same point can be interpreted as:<br />Google has now forced a blog onto every web site on the Internet without asking the owners permission. They also have not even offered a way for the site owner to opt-out of inclusion. People may not like to be forced into something without their approval, especially when it pertains to their own property.<br /><br />Another thing that comes to the mind is spamming. It's inevitable that we will see SPAM on here, this is the internet. I think this tool will open a wave of problems with spammers talking rubbish about great sites, there is also nothing stopping someone’s competitor using this tool for creating a hate campaign against its rivals. It totally decentralizes web authors' authority, anyone can now say anything about anything on your site, and all the world can see it. I think that Google's will have to work hard to bury spam etc. hopefully through user ratings and Googles "SPAM control" it won't be as bad as one might think<br /><br />Although there are probably millions of people who have installed the toolbar, there are millions more who have NOT installed the toolbar, which means the overall impact of sidewiki will be somewhat limited.<br /><br />It can be used to help others save time. For instance, if I searched through a site trying to figure out something specific about a product or topic on the site, and after spending much time I still never ended up discovering what I was looking for; I could post a short comment explaining that experience and possibly a link to a site where I found such info. This not only could help save time of future visitors, but could give feedback to the author of the site on how to better the site.<br /><br />So it can be very helpful if used correctly. With crowd sourced monitoring it could turn out to be a super dynamic wiki. It will be interesting to see how things work out...!<br /><br />Feel free to add on points ...DieHard Cricket Fanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09712518878440027584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4063365830993707712.post-5834485120405805602009-08-29T01:49:00.007+05:302009-08-29T02:26:48.186+05:30Nokia announces new Mobile (N900) that runs on linux (Maemo)We have always had linux for mobile devices. But use of linux as mobile OS has mostly been limited to enthusiasts who like to fiddle around with technology and somehow it has not been able to break into the mainstream mobile market.<br /><br /><object height="340" width="560"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/GhTtsZATwBQ&hl=en&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/GhTtsZATwBQ&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="340" width="560"></embed></object><br /><br />But all that is going to change with <a href="http://www.nokia.com/">Nokia</a>, one of the largest mobile companies in the world, announcing their forthcoming release of <a href="http://maemo.nokia.com/">N900</a> which runs on linux based <a href="http://maemo.org/">Maemo</a> platform. It not only has the capabilities of supporting the normal smartphone features but also utilizes the limited resources available in mobiles optimally (which comes naturally to linux :P). It has all the regular linux desktop features including multiple desktops. Just go through the <a href="http://maemo.nokia.com/features/">N900 feature set</a> and you will get an idea about its capabilities. And although it already has so many apps made for it ,as it is an Open Source you can expect regular improvements and loads of free apps as it catches on in popularity.<br /><br /><br />Ano<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX_2TI2GJSeia5D6EavSdaJcn66x227B00ybmZOiaWvEoW9uzwGAB-oKicRa-qhouNC5BXCXWP5XDTSpaEOZdJFBGEDc4bnAyxyZS1JCpRa6zCOJvK0pBVxq7TCq0vCwh8IUZ-k5rPflFG/s1600-h/334px-Tux.svg.png"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 91px; height: 109px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX_2TI2GJSeia5D6EavSdaJcn66x227B00ybmZOiaWvEoW9uzwGAB-oKicRa-qhouNC5BXCXWP5XDTSpaEOZdJFBGEDc4bnAyxyZS1JCpRa6zCOJvK0pBVxq7TCq0vCwh8IUZ-k5rPflFG/s320/334px-Tux.svg.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375113571342969618" border="0" /></a>ther aspect of this release, which excites me the most is that finally linux will be used by common people who usually get scared hearing the name of linux (although unknowingly they use it very often, maybe directly or indirectly). Even though linux for PCs have become more user friendly over the years and still most people have the misconception that it isn't like that and is meant only for geeks.<br /><br />So lets wait and watch the impact of this release.DieHard Cricket Fanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09712518878440027584noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4063365830993707712.post-79398028521103624572009-08-22T18:55:00.003+05:302009-08-23T03:25:14.015+05:30How to enable voice and video in pidgin (linux only :D)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPJE-Sm5cBSOu2N9N2c6th2vO9EVJeRkeVYp9IonSnwPenDFOvB6BCQoJqvKv3rEnATw-BiwiHmcoYDM74cyDEV820BxQFElnVP7U5wHWEemEv8btLNAGeCuuq4w8Bhqw4bp9RgWt1U3qF/s1600-h/images.jpeg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 131px; height: 131px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPJE-Sm5cBSOu2N9N2c6th2vO9EVJeRkeVYp9IonSnwPenDFOvB6BCQoJqvKv3rEnATw-BiwiHmcoYDM74cyDEV820BxQFElnVP7U5wHWEemEv8btLNAGeCuuq4w8Bhqw4bp9RgWt1U3qF/s320/images.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372784081483753922" border="0" /></a><br />Finally we have voice and video support in pidgin. It had always been so hard to understand why it is taking them so much time to implement it. Better late than never.<br /><br />The new <a href="http://pidgin.im/">pidgin</a> (version 2.6.1) has been released with media support in linux only at the moment. It was done by someone as summer of code project. You can find the list of new features and the whole story about it on their <a href="http://pidgin.im/">site</a>.<br /><br />Now coming to the real point. As soon as found out about this release it soon tried installing. Now the issue is that it had been released as source and though it works perfectly on most distros, it wasn't working on ubuntu 9.04 (working with earlier versions) . The problem was that jaunty isn't having the right versions of libraries needed to compile it and so the debs available on the net didn't install pidgin with voice and video support.<br /><br />But things move fast in the open source world ... someone managed to compile it successfully on jaunty and has added it to ppa.<br /><br />So here are the instructions:<br /><br />To add the sources, go to the main menu, click System, then Administration, then Software Sources. Click on the Third-Party Software tab, then click the Add button.<br /><br />Paste Code:<br />deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/kalon33/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main<br /><br />Click Add Source, then click the Add button again and add the PPA:<br />Code:<br />deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/korin43/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main<br /><br />Close that window then open up a terminal and put this in:<br /><br />sudo aptitude update<br />sudo aptitude install pidgin<br /><br />This is it. It should work now :)DieHard Cricket Fanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09712518878440027584noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4063365830993707712.post-43624822368790967822009-06-16T23:43:00.004+05:302009-06-16T23:54:18.619+05:30Opera Unite: a Web server on the Web browser<div align="justify"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 125px; height: 105px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxCBz05KNOGLpQKGXes9yxByla7cE4iei5GJ6nict4BWt2YuZT8S1qr4W2ltNtFgxKNO4PPW0-WJxu5S-TTfa_j6dk8VlNBlrNb7LEVPZ0CbS76lmVGF1S-puacqK4HL8qacTE-u6JZ81c/s320/images.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347992324175644594" />There has been quite a history of browser wars. Till sometime back each browser claimed to change the way you browse the web and claimed their superiority for the same. Now they claim that they will change the way you are a part of the web. Opera recently announced their plans for <a href="http://www.opera.com/">Opera</a> 10 , their upcoming version , and they have introduced a new technology which they call <a href="http://unite.opera.com/">Opera Unite</a>.<br /><br />Opera Unite is a web server on the web browser. It allows you to take control of what you share online. Opera Unite allows you to easily share your data: photos, music, notes and other files. You can even run chat rooms and host entire Web sites with Opera Unite. It puts the power of a Web server in your browser, giving you greater privacy and flexibility than other online services. Opera Unite services can be accessed from any modern browser, including mobile browsers. This video showcases their vision.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/D5hr-6cw4M8&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />As it is a fully fledged web server integrated to your browser ,you can do all kinds of things like hosting websites, host chat rooms, share files, etc. <br />from your very own computer. Read the following opera labs <a href="http://labs.opera.com/news/2009/06/16/">blog</a> to find out more.<br /><br />The Web is changing and changing fast !<br /></div>DieHard Cricket Fanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09712518878440027584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4063365830993707712.post-45116310772450921402009-06-12T15:27:00.003+05:302009-06-12T15:37:20.314+05:30Cooliris (Formerly known as Piclens) now available for LinuxI’ve always been a fan of <a href="http://www.cooliris.com/">Cooliris</a> and I think that it has been a great innovation in the browsing domain but I was disappointed that I couldn’t actually use it on my own Linux machine.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0CIJvSL9LmAGZZQZVk0Bc8AlxNHHGSM0RS3b2di4WDg5LY2ZBFzEDuYbYAtiyZrRl6Emec4zo9uMT2n-1gbmmSiHb0DrDo7E48DtI3dX1BHTVSpLHrQNh_n5uMFXerNQnyHt16p8XWy1M/s1600-h/cooliris-1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 235px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0CIJvSL9LmAGZZQZVk0Bc8AlxNHHGSM0RS3b2di4WDg5LY2ZBFzEDuYbYAtiyZrRl6Emec4zo9uMT2n-1gbmmSiHb0DrDo7E48DtI3dX1BHTVSpLHrQNh_n5uMFXerNQnyHt16p8XWy1M/s320/cooliris-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346379231951979266" border="0" /></a><br />But thankfully now finally the long wait is over. Much to the joy of hundreds of thousands of linux users Cooliris released the linux version about a month ago.<br /><br />Visit this <a href="http://www.cooliris.com/support/?p=linux-docs">link</a> to find all information regarding the linux version, the minimum requirements, install instructions etc. and go ahead and change the way you browse pics and videos on the web.<br /><br />cheersDieHard Cricket Fanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09712518878440027584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4063365830993707712.post-38504067480171888502009-05-25T22:05:00.005+05:302009-05-25T22:24:22.790+05:30How to Fix the detached Video Bug in Vlc on Ubuntu 9.04After upgrading to Jaunty when I played a video using vlc, surprisingly the video was being displayed in a separate window from the main interface of vlc. Also the controls were not being shown in it. It is really uncool as the bug had been there in intrepid for a while but was fixed soon. But the good thing is that the patch has been out quickly. You can use medigeek's repository and install/upgrade vlc from there :<br /><br />Add this to your sources.list :<br /><br />For Ubuntu Jaunty :<br /><br />deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/medigeek/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main<br /><br />For Ubuntu Intrepid :<br /><br />deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/medigeek/ppa/ubuntu intrepid main<br /><br />Then update your system via this command :<br /><br />$sudo apt-get update<br /><br />If you are getting a keyserver/signature error at launchpad, please follow the instructions given after the next step which is the final one in case you don't encounter the error.<br /><br />Now you can update your vlc (via $sudo apt-get upgrade) or using synaptic manager or using upgrade gui tool or you can install vlc if you removed it or never installed (via $sudo apt-get install vlc).<br /><br />If you add a launchpad repository to your sources.list and see this kind of error :<br />W: GPG error: http://ppa.launchpad.net intrepid Release: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 6AF0E1940624A220<br /><br />Stop worrying and just follow the steps....<br /><br />Download change.pl from <a href="http://rapidshare.com/files/203743600/change.pl">here</a>.<br /><br />And download the required packages :<br /><br />$sudo apt-get install libhtml-parser-perl libio-socket-ssl-perl<br /><br />Now make it executable by going to the directory in which the script has been saved and then<br /><br />$chmod +x change.pl<br /><br />Then run the script using: <br /><br />$perl change.pl<br /><br />Enter your root password when it is asked.That is all.DieHard Cricket Fanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09712518878440027584noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4063365830993707712.post-37301855362463353862009-03-19T11:15:00.004+05:302009-05-25T22:03:57.285+05:30VOTE EARTH !!<div style="text-align: justify;">THIS YEAR, EARTH HOUR HAS BEEN TRANSFORMED INTO THE WORLD’S FIRST GLOBAL ELECTION between Earth & global warming. For the first time in history, people of all ages, nationalities, race & background have the opportunity to use their light switch as their vote – Switching off your lights is a vote for Earth, or leaving them on is a vote for global warming. WWF are urging the world to VOTE EARTH & reach the target of 1 billion votes, which will be presented to world leaders at the Global Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen. This meeting will determine official government policies to take action against global warming, which will replace the Kyoto Protocol. It is the chance for the people of the world to make their voice heard.<br /><a href="http://www.voteearth2009.org">Vote For Earth</a><br /></div>DieHard Cricket Fanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09712518878440027584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4063365830993707712.post-11037471788403383442008-09-23T08:17:00.014+05:302008-09-24T07:42:26.232+05:30HOW TO set different wallpapers on each workspace in Ubuntu<div style="text-align: justify;">I always wondered if it is possible to have different wallpapers on different workspaces in Ubuntu using GNOME just as it is possible using KDE. In tried out many tips given on different forums like installing a separate package called wallpapoz to do it or fiddling around with nautilus which often resulted in giving black screens... but the best method to have different wallpapers on different workspaces i found is the following ...best because it is really easy to follow and also as easy to revert back if u don't like it... so it goes like this...<br /><strong></strong><br /><strong>A few things to note before we start:</strong></div><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li>You have Ubuntu 8.04 running. (Though it should work with earlier versions as well. But I haven’t tried it.)</li></ul><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li>You have installed Compiz Config Settings Manager. Check under System ->Preferences if Advanced Desktop Effect Setting/Compiz Config Settings Manager is there.</li><li>It would be better if you have Avant Window Navigator and screenlets/desklets installed. (that would virtually eliminate the need for icons which u wont be able have after making the following changes.. PS: desktop looks better without icons and with these widgets n all)<br /></li></ul><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">Now just follow the following steps:</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><ol style="text-align: justify;"><li>Go under System> Preferences> Advanced Desktop Settings/Compiz Config Settings Manager</li><li><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioKNJyKWsHmx3xbRSKr2ZNhqfH9AYh1u8lnWVm0LhUqOC7_3NFrynBUA61o5AlppDAhqIIMh7ueNcHKfZEew7VEiXGp7A3-58FgPNjjYKJS94AP64rAnVeuAubwo67XKOZIdlTGTuYUZsd/s1600-h/screenshot-compizconfig-settings-manager.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioKNJyKWsHmx3xbRSKr2ZNhqfH9AYh1u8lnWVm0LhUqOC7_3NFrynBUA61o5AlppDAhqIIMh7ueNcHKfZEew7VEiXGp7A3-58FgPNjjYKJS94AP64rAnVeuAubwo67XKOZIdlTGTuYUZsd/s320/screenshot-compizconfig-settings-manager.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249049581651005954" border="0" /></a></li><li style="text-align: center;">Select Desktop Cube >Appearance> Background images or Wallpaper in the latest version<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji_3l3ZF9S_kNtcawd5MiHoKaODE8CGMf0ColpWWyrMhEjPD5-LxK_1ZeZTQjPNtzJXuQ8QGCNPOa25TwPc-km8AP_P7i41D9JbKNmYgMqkQu2OUmaQ7ubw7UYK3FUE9IEKZHbPQypT6y5/s1600-h/appearance.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji_3l3ZF9S_kNtcawd5MiHoKaODE8CGMf0ColpWWyrMhEjPD5-LxK_1ZeZTQjPNtzJXuQ8QGCNPOa25TwPc-km8AP_P7i41D9JbKNmYgMqkQu2OUmaQ7ubw7UYK3FUE9IEKZHbPQypT6y5/s320/appearance.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249051319819957154" border="0" /></a> earlier version<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAbLLLC2r4tDu_rqLyTBtCIwTUd0JQnbLsqSfBuF7h5qqxAqu5KRTIZ6yqa_SW3AITa-1cVzWcKdaLaPNW91NO5taLIvVl4KxmXhb-fIh_2ubtERKIyq508pP7wzWFBYeYmauJR77NjEQf/s1600-h/Screenshot.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAbLLLC2r4tDu_rqLyTBtCIwTUd0JQnbLsqSfBuF7h5qqxAqu5KRTIZ6yqa_SW3AITa-1cVzWcKdaLaPNW91NO5taLIvVl4KxmXhb-fIh_2ubtERKIyq508pP7wzWFBYeYmauJR77NjEQf/s320/Screenshot.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249052178491746850" border="0" /></a>latest version<br /></li><li>Click New under background images and add all the images you want as background.</li><li>Alt + F2 to launch the Run Terminal.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHFfYjeBi7Z6P4iLEwW7xQnXkXeCCNi2Fiaa3Lnt7hGh7E1PXYFqDHldID-gbqDXjfk6JE8BcVz-oFazM2iHunroxeGeaiyH8n6aVHlvSq4Q4s2sPFpv9Uy5lu5BN3SEuOhZXEH74vKrIC/s1600-h/gconf-editor.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHFfYjeBi7Z6P4iLEwW7xQnXkXeCCNi2Fiaa3Lnt7hGh7E1PXYFqDHldID-gbqDXjfk6JE8BcVz-oFazM2iHunroxeGeaiyH8n6aVHlvSq4Q4s2sPFpv9Uy5lu5BN3SEuOhZXEH74vKrIC/s320/gconf-editor.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249052755043894418" border="0" /></a></li><li>Type in gconf-editor and press enter..</li><li>Go under apps > nautilus > preferences<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWLFsmVk3wgImA_0OgaMrU1iFLR78ajyHE7Phyphenhyphen1SGSgtH8rB21NXgv-wEiuvTcmDdCtaz7xNSpx0Utw4IsLwK62vYA7o5CwsVHPrsVzss3D0UD1jV9eufdv1-dMNs93P9RRC6qEWNUI-yV/s1600-h/preferences1.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWLFsmVk3wgImA_0OgaMrU1iFLR78ajyHE7Phyphenhyphen1SGSgtH8rB21NXgv-wEiuvTcmDdCtaz7xNSpx0Utw4IsLwK62vYA7o5CwsVHPrsVzss3D0UD1jV9eufdv1-dMNs93P9RRC6qEWNUI-yV/s320/preferences1.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249053347762729234" border="0" /></a></li><li>Deselect ‘Show Desktop’.</li></ol><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">yoyo..That’s it. Now just check out all the workspaces.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlMFWaPhwcot-nL8j7wiM49m2ib2jRjDnQB5IxCWSGhyphenhyphenF9rp4dBFBDGO-hqOi-ol0RlP6SkGjdVHRlrMTFwGD-QE75PbHKtkX23rFxQWbjmVPD8SVgn8XNm9OWQ30RKDYIvCoLbr1ahr9p/s1600-h/Screenshot.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlMFWaPhwcot-nL8j7wiM49m2ib2jRjDnQB5IxCWSGhyphenhyphenF9rp4dBFBDGO-hqOi-ol0RlP6SkGjdVHRlrMTFwGD-QE75PbHKtkX23rFxQWbjmVPD8SVgn8XNm9OWQ30RKDYIvCoLbr1ahr9p/s320/Screenshot.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249058522511414818" border="0" /></a></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Important:</strong><br />You will notice that you can’t right-click on the desktop and all the desktop shortcuts are no more there. But don’t worry they are not gone. You will have to go under Places > Desktop to see all the things you had on d original desktop. This is one thing you will have to sacrifice if you want to have different wallpapers on each workspace but as i pointed out earlier that if you have enabled Avant Window Navigator and screenlets, u will not miss them....</p><p style="text-align: justify;">\m/ Enjoy different wallpapers on all your workspaces. \m/<br /></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-style: italic;">If you have followed this post do write in your comments and send in screenshots of your desktops with different wallpapers..</span><br /></div>DieHard Cricket Fanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09712518878440027584noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4063365830993707712.post-75856293484784823932008-09-17T21:12:00.009+05:302008-09-20T15:26:32.211+05:30HOW TO make a GSM data card (like Airtel, Vodafone data cards) work in linux<div style="text-align: justify;">It all started when one of my friends <span style="font-weight: bold;">Prakhar</span> who has an Airtel data card wanted to shift entirely from windows to linux... but the only problem was that the data card wasn't working... we tried to make it work , tried googling to figure out on how to make it work but it was of no use..we could not get all d useful info in one place where the whole process was given to install it on linux.. then we went to our champ friend LYNUS (something is there in the same i guess)for help... he worked for around 2-3 hrs and figured out everything and made it to work.... :)<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxW5A6k-B7IsuuOO6ZEdECyhL3z_yvN4wFQzFko00kRz3tNeCJIPzsFQP0OS6r9OgTyWI_Ba8mqKwsBKu5Zb36d8-3vQhbR7pvpwlchiKNmTVUaQP4q3VuFTHfIiSAez5EfLlqEY-wLwBO/s1600-h/image051.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 274px; height: 206px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxW5A6k-B7IsuuOO6ZEdECyhL3z_yvN4wFQzFko00kRz3tNeCJIPzsFQP0OS6r9OgTyWI_Ba8mqKwsBKu5Zb36d8-3vQhbR7pvpwlchiKNmTVUaQP4q3VuFTHfIiSAez5EfLlqEY-wLwBO/s320/image051.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247018306830165026" border="0" /></a> LYNUS at work- <a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/rutc">click here to download one of his projects</a><br /></div>The process:<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">plugin the datacard and type : ls /dev/ttyUSB*<br />check if the following files are listed<br />/dev/ttyUSB0 /dev/ttyUSB1 /dev/ttyUSB2 /dev/ttyUSB3<br />if not then<br /><br />Download the file : huaweiAktBbo.c<br />(<a href="http://www.kanoistika.sk/bobovsky/archiv/umts/huaweiAktBbo.c">http://www.kanoistika.sk/bobovsky/archiv/umts/huaweiAktBbo.c</a>)<br />type lsusb and check the output ...<br /><br />It should b something like this:<br /><br />rishi@rishi-laptop:/proc$ lsusb<br />Bus 005 Device 001: ID 0000:0000<br />Bus 004 Device 001: ID 0000:0000<br />Bus 003 Device 001: ID 0000:0000<br />Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000<br />Bus 001 Device 005: ID 12d1:1001 Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. E620 USB Modem<br />Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000<br /><br />line number 5 shows the vendor ID is 0x12d1 and product ID is 0x1001<br /><br />now open the c file and search for<br />vendor = 0x12d1;<br />product = 0x1003;<br />and replace dem with your values...<br />vendor = 0x12d1;<br />product = 0x1001;<br />in my case<br /><br />The libusb-dev package is required to compile the c file..<br />to install it Ubuntu or Debian users Type:<br />sudo apt-get install libusb-dev<br /><br />Compile:<br />gcc huaweiAktBbo.c -o huaweiAktBbo -lusb<br />Run:<br />sudo huaweiAktBbo<br /><br />Download the GUI from betavine:<br /><a href="https://forge.betavine.net/frs/?group_id=12&release_id=116">https://forge.betavine.net/frs/?group_id=12&release_id=116</a><br />pick your choice from the list whichever is applicable for you and download the software..<br /><br />chmod +x vodafone-mobile-connect-card-driver-for-linux-2.0.beta2-ubuntu-installer.run<br />./vodafone-mobile-connect-card-driver-for-linux-2.0.beta2-ubuntu-installer.run<br />On running the setup it might get stuck for a while downloading dependencies ... so get a cup of coffee and get back...if it is still not done then wait ..if dere is a message Installation complete den everthing is fyn..<br /><br />once the software is installed then run it from the applications--> internet --> vodafone ...<br />a windows will pop up listing the devices found ..press ok if your device is listed ....den make a new profile ...<br /><br />give a profile name... username and password (if it is not to authenticate your account den give some random values)...choose your connection type and authentication mode and den give the APN... for example , for airtel india users it is airtelgprs.com... check it with your service provider...<br />its done.. now connect and enjoy....<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMRFkErgaM2NgTr2MY3EiQPs9XrO_fEjdqCLocHVbVXZvXr6sOhSNiSaKmYb4jVj_ZWi_igeJsJgIuzC6Hi7_VAF4BWXsJN8_7j9fKAZYSeJlEBYJD6dP8DkBc-6Ez0AYAfLftEw2Xrqa5/s1600-h/Screenshot.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMRFkErgaM2NgTr2MY3EiQPs9XrO_fEjdqCLocHVbVXZvXr6sOhSNiSaKmYb4jVj_ZWi_igeJsJgIuzC6Hi7_VAF4BWXsJN8_7j9fKAZYSeJlEBYJD6dP8DkBc-6Ez0AYAfLftEw2Xrqa5/s320/Screenshot.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247017377179472642" border="0" /></a><br />yoyo...happy surfing... :)<br /><br /></div>DieHard Cricket Fanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09712518878440027584noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4063365830993707712.post-24184703579559832082008-09-16T00:45:00.007+05:302008-09-16T01:39:45.469+05:30VLC media player 0.9.2 is out !!!!<div style="text-align: justify;"><span property="dcterms:abstract"><a href="http://www.videolan.org/">VLC</a> media player today is one of the most wide</span><span property="dcterms:abstract">ly used media players...few of the main reasons for it being so popular are d facts that</span> it is a free cross-platform media player<span property="dcterms:abstract"> which can play almost all formats for u without the need of downloading and installing additional codecs from here and there and</span> can also be used as a streaming server, with extended features (video on demand, on the fly transcoding, ...)<span property="dcterms:abstract"> .... other features can b chkd out on its site...</span><br /><br /><span property="dcterms:abstract">After more than 2 years of development & 100,000,000 VLC media player 0.8.6 downloads, the VideoLAN team has released of VLC media player 0.9.2, codename "Grishenko</span><span property="dcterms:abstract">".. </span><br /><br /><span property="dcterms:abstract">one of the areas where vlc was behind other media players was definitely its UI... it has improved it a lot in this release... some of the most notable change</span><span property="dcterms:abstract">s in this release are: metadata support, new media library, album art support , fullscreen controller, better playlist management, last.fm support, new filters, decoders, etc...etc... for a comprehensive list of new features <a href="http://wiki.videolan.org/What_is_cool_in_0.9">click here</a> ...</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivMHit66npcxpPXtMml40ETfcL8cBfgxaosdMHuswWrp9hX8pkEXxVbUzEIWCaSfDG2q4qhK9Azi9XCSrAGjM5ueyQZXgzToaNogslKddPEknCuW08M-zPPLRsrb_4v2lDpwypeFsAGRRT/s1600-h/qt-albumart.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivMHit66npcxpPXtMml40ETfcL8cBfgxaosdMHuswWrp9hX8pkEXxVbUzEIWCaSfDG2q4qhK9Azi9XCSrAGjM5ueyQZXgzToaNogslKddPEknCuW08M-zPPLRsrb_4v2lDpwypeFsAGRRT/s320/qt-albumart.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246336808884365650" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaya9yr_adKKHwgzgfm1EcHbyJmr9kWDpunfAJKW8NKI-pnni1mXu4wXgGYb6R-y9P0BawRIQIGNYsEvfGt8OCoF27WVh1Qs5ldC7mxavVRFuGfRTAB2s_0xdR6aD0V1iE9Qz4L-Bl2i70/s1600-h/qt-fullscreen.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 264px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaya9yr_adKKHwgzgfm1EcHbyJmr9kWDpunfAJKW8NKI-pnni1mXu4wXgGYb6R-y9P0BawRIQIGNYsEvfGt8OCoF27WVh1Qs5ldC7mxavVRFuGfRTAB2s_0xdR6aD0V1iE9Qz4L-Bl2i70/s320/qt-fullscreen.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246337309345786322" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><br />Installation Guidelines for hardy users :<br /><br />add the following in your software sources:<code></code><span style="font-family:monospace;"></span> "deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/c-korn/ubuntu hardy main"<br /><br />then start the synaptic packet manager and update your apt cache by reloading...<br /><br />then first remove the old version by searching for vlc and select completely remove option for vlc and vlc-nox<br /><br />and then install the new version by selecting vlc and vlc-nox and apply the changes...<br />You should also install vlc-plugin-esd, mozilla-plugin-vlc and libdvdcss2.<br /><br />for people using other OSes --> first uninstall the previous version of vlc installed on your comp and nly den install the newer version...<br /><span property="dcterms:abstract"></span></div>DieHard Cricket Fanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09712518878440027584noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4063365830993707712.post-68947594086826445412008-09-03T19:26:00.010+05:302008-09-07T01:50:18.140+05:30SongBird - The Open Media Player<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0bADpZNXdffNziUHPghgxjgV39cjw47V0sqIt7nn2cWf_TedqP8Mmx_8pxtCXklz8EXcO9Hst-Z07O_2HP-js0joQhFUkR5wBCTIFLNl93LMT9rLiJm-mM5UZIhSVI85ymHzC2gM_W9FI/s1600-h/images.jpeg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0bADpZNXdffNziUHPghgxjgV39cjw47V0sqIt7nn2cWf_TedqP8Mmx_8pxtCXklz8EXcO9Hst-Z07O_2HP-js0joQhFUkR5wBCTIFLNl93LMT9rLiJm-mM5UZIhSVI85ymHzC2gM_W9FI/s320/images.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241802182123522082" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Since the time shifted to Linux , i was looking for an equivalent of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">iTunes</span> ..<br />i used <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Rhythmbox</span> , <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Exaile</span>, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Amarok</span> , banshee, audacious, etc..... but wasn't really satisfied with them...<br /><br /><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Rhythmbox</span> has no <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">EQ</span> and its interface is hardly customisable ... <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">amarok</span> is for <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">KDE</span> (which i don't like to use)... <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">Exaile</span> is supposed to be a clone of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">amarok</span> for gnome users, but it is far from a finished product... other players too have their cons...<br /><br />So i was searching for a better audio player for my system and then i came across Songbird..<br /><a style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;" href="http://getsongbird.com/">Songbird</a><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"> promises to be the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">Firefox</span> of media players.</span> <strong>Songbird is an open-source customizable media player that's under active development.</strong></div><div id="description"><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <p style="text-align: justify;">The songbird developers are working on creating a non-proprietary, cross platform, extensible tool that will help enable new ways to playback, manage, and discover music. There are several <a href="http://getsongbird.com/#features" onclick="urchinTracker('/home/description/features');">features</a> of which the team is proud of, but they are the first to admit that others need ironing out, are experimental, or are just plain missing. There's still a lot <a href="http://getsongbird.com/#to-do" onclick="urchinTracker('/home/description/to-do');">to do</a>.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaq0g6MSVpWssp0cJJnbjqyyUdXzlCrrZUznrjgjofEFc0QbKTMj8fspLQcFL82WhkpoG4y01JCDTUXVC1dElPIjEFhnq6SYJ9vVpdNxCOziJd-VI4rIqDlcLlyS7w9VowvXmYYZxzHVwf/s1600-h/images1.jpeg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaq0g6MSVpWssp0cJJnbjqyyUdXzlCrrZUznrjgjofEFc0QbKTMj8fspLQcFL82WhkpoG4y01JCDTUXVC1dElPIjEFhnq6SYJ9vVpdNxCOziJd-VI4rIqDlcLlyS7w9VowvXmYYZxzHVwf/s320/images1.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241802420228461266" border="0" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1PD1b03LMPb95Zvu5hj-KyO6bh8BkoEGpt3qS7hYyH3k2S9IAuLuqiziWPul9XtTtPKKqW8MoYqKIkv7J9Wzw_TI-jb6z-yQhQyB0DECWkLETxOLXadipBRfNj263E0cYaY4TjqOCpD6m/s1600-h/images2.jpeg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1PD1b03LMPb95Zvu5hj-KyO6bh8BkoEGpt3qS7hYyH3k2S9IAuLuqiziWPul9XtTtPKKqW8MoYqKIkv7J9Wzw_TI-jb6z-yQhQyB0DECWkLETxOLXadipBRfNj263E0cYaY4TjqOCpD6m/s320/images2.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241803067652322546" border="0" /></a>But the important thing is that it is being developed fast ... i installed the previous version (0.6) a months back and after upgrading to the latest version (0.7) i was really amazed with all the new features it was offering .... i must say i has most of the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">feautres</span> from the best of the players like smart <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">playlists</span>, album art cover flow, last.<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">fm</span>, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">shoutcast</span> besides having an amazing number of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">addons</span> and extensions that are available to us...it has large support from the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16">mozilla</span> developers and others from the open source world..<br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">And yeah one thing that i forgot to mention is about the OS support... it runs on all major platforms.. it has released versions for windows , <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17">linux</span>, Mac OS X for both 32 and 64 bit machines..and IT CAN also play video files... ithas support for many formats like mpg, mp4, mov...and it will increase with time as more extensions are developed by its ever growing community...<br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">So visit <a href="http://getsongbird.com/">Songbird</a>, look at the list of all the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18">kewl</span> features it has to offer till u download it and start using it ;) ..<br /></p><p></p></div>DieHard Cricket Fanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09712518878440027584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4063365830993707712.post-7177720593557795442008-09-03T15:25:00.005+05:302008-09-03T16:21:29.277+05:30Google Enters the Browser Wars with Chrome Beta<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim_SN_Guxkv9Tn7lzwkEsXRZqPJZOsMMVGrlf3FQYUXU7OTDDssO5z6j4PamVA5VyFH2Z3rSETIk1EUEH-rr-v7Sz2YVW7qrDrhhq1ZyhsXwnvVTGxWulWZB6E7oqS7d5w05fLCEj1PvMh/s1600-h/google-chrome-logo.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim_SN_Guxkv9Tn7lzwkEsXRZqPJZOsMMVGrlf3FQYUXU7OTDDssO5z6j4PamVA5VyFH2Z3rSETIk1EUEH-rr-v7Sz2YVW7qrDrhhq1ZyhsXwnvVTGxWulWZB6E7oqS7d5w05fLCEj1PvMh/s320/google-chrome-logo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241735842770714242" border="0" /></a><span id="intellitxt">Google has released the beta version of its new open-source Chrome Web browser.</span><br /><br /><span id="intellitxt">The download is available now via <a href="http://www.google.com/chrome/">http://www.google.com/chrome/</a> in 122 countries and 43 languages. It will run on Windows-based computers running XP or Vista, but Mac and Linux versions are still in the works. </span><br /><br /><span id="intellitxt">News over Chrome <a href="http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2329247,00.asp">broke Monday</a> after Google inadvertently published a Web comic book with details about the browser. </span><br /><br /></div><p style="text-align: justify;">Now the question is ---> Will Chrome encroach on IE territory? Google officials took pains to not even mention t's name during Tuesday's press event, though Google co-founder Sergey Brin did acknowledge when questioned that if <span style="font-style: italic;">"IE9 was much, much better as a consequence of Chrome, we would consider that a success." </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"> Larry Page, Google's other co-founder, dismissed the idea that Chrome was a reaction to IE8. <span style="font-style: italic;">"We started this two years ago," he said. "I think having a world in which the main sort of code that you're using is open-sourced and people can improve it and there's a healthy eco-system, I think, is very important." </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"> Chrome alone will not be a major moneymaker for Google but if Chrome can improve the user experience, that will encourage more Internet use and ultimately create more revenue for Google. </p><p style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-style: italic;">"If we make our site faster by 20 percent, we can get substantially more usage and that generate directly into revenues," Page said. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"> Now the question arises that where does this leave Mozilla and its open-source Firefox browser? Mozilla and Google have coordinated on several projects and the two companies recently extended their economic partnership until at least 2011. </p><p style="text-align: justify;"> Rather than crush Firefox, Chrome could actually help its expansion, suggested Sundar Pichai, vice president of product management at Google. </p><p style="font-style: italic; text-align: justify;"> "Our hope is that by adding our voice, we expand the overall pie," Pichai said. "Our hope is that by adding our voice, more people realize there is a choice" in browsers. </p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-style: italic;"> "Firefox market share has been anything but static," Page said. "It has been increasing like crazy."</span> </p><p style="text-align: justify;"> So why not continue collaborating with Mozilla? </p><p style="font-style: italic; text-align: justify;"> "We did not want to impose our views on anyone else," Pichai said. </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">In a <a href="http://john.jubjubs.net/2008/09/01/thoughts-on-chrome-more/" target="_blank">Tuesday morning blog post</a>, Mozilla chief executive John Lilly wrote that Chrome's release <a href="http://preview.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2329267,00.asp">will not significantly affect</a> Mozilla's relationship with Google.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="font-style: italic; text-align: justify;">"Mozilla and Google have always been different organizations, with different missions, reasons for existing, and ways of doing things," he wrote.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">Mitchell Baker, chairperson of the Mozilla Foundation, wrote in a <a href="http://blog.lizardwrangler.com/2008/09/02/mozilla-firefox-and-google-chrome/" target="_blank">separate blog post</a> that Chrome will validate<span style="font-style: italic;"> "once again the central idea that this tool we call the browser is fundamentally important."</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Google's incentive for releasing Chrome is not to become the dominant browser provider, but to <span style="font-style: italic;">"take away the desktop ownership from Microsoft," McLeish said. "It's not a play into the browser market, but a building block for Google's other tools and services." </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"> Mozilla should be worried about Chrome, which could see itself folded into the Google browser in future. <span style="font-style: italic;">"I think that what we will see is that Google will be able to take advantage of the 20 percent market share Firefox has gained."</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;">For a quick look of chrome's features <a href="http://xploretech.blogspot.com/2008/09/google-chrome-first-look.html">cl</a><a href="http://xploretech.blogspot.com/2008/09/google-chrome-first-look.html">ick here.</a><br /><br /><br /></div>DieHard Cricket Fanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09712518878440027584noreply@blogger.com0