Archive for August, 2010

Android 2.2 Froyo Motorola Droid X Installation Guide

Android 2.2 Froyo is now out for the Droid X, for which the steps are explained below on how to install it. However, this is the real deal even if this isn’t the official built but it very much is Android 2.2 Froyo.

Initially you would have to download the update.zip which could be placed on the root of your SD card. Turn your phone off, boot into recovery but holding the home and power buttons.  Read More

5 Online Place to Find Cheap Textbooks

Since college is such an expensive enough endeavor, you might be wondering how to cope up with the expense for your textbooks. There are various ways through which you could cheap and affordable books:

Amazon

Amazon being one of the leading names in the textbook business offers you cheap and affordable textbooks. For this they even offer free Amazon Prime membership for which they will refund your remaining balance and extend your prime membership into the future. Here you could find a variety of books catering to your need which could be from new with a slight discount to heavily used and extremely discounted.

Chegg

This might be the most affordable means of all, Chegg offers a nice compromise between buying the overpriced textbooks from local bookstore and shopping for used books online. The books here aren’t purchased and are rented out to students for a period of either a semester, a quarter or a 60 day rental window. For this you might get up to 80% off compared to the retail prices. The added benefit is that  you get a 30-day “any reason” return policy and free return shipping.

AbeBooks

AbeBooks is a well known name in the textbook business which likewise other online stores provides you access to new, used and rare books. The have a section with new and used books that average 50% off retail and there were other books that crept up in the 75-90% range. Their prime offer is that they offer you a 30 day return policyand an easy to use sell back program.

Half.com

The strong point which stands out for this store is their buying wizard. Likewise other stores, half.com also offers you cheapest prices in terms of new and used books. This store is a subsidiary for eBay. Using the mentioned wizard above, it would help you find your required book with the best possible combinations of prices and combined shipping to get your books quickly and cheaply.

Bigwords

Likewise other stores, Bigwords also is a text book selling store which deals in new and used books. Their main focus is multi item price optimization. When you look for your required book, this store would help you find the absolute bargain basement prices. However when you use gets over, you could use the bigwords engine in reverse to sell them all back or donate your textbooks through Better World Books to help fight illiteracy in developing nations.

Mobile VoIP Now in Blackberry

If there was one app that all BlackBerry users wished for then that would be a good mobile VoIP client which lets you make and receive calls using Wi-Fi or 3G connections. It would be preffered if your client was made by Skype however, this isn’t the case. There haven’t been any mobile VoIP app’s for the BlackBerry. Instead, there are apps that use either callback or a local access number over the cellular networks. The other three major smartphone platforms,  iPhone OS, Android and Symbian have multiple mobile VoIP applications, such as Nimbuzz and Truphone.

With the fact that we have with us it seem that Blackberry has been missing out on a huge party. This is because nearly 100 million users are expected to be using mobile VoIP by 2012, with over 471 billion calls likely to be made via mobile VoIP by 2015. Read More

How to Use CTRL+V Paste in Window Command Prompt?

It is a fact that you cannot paste anything onto windows command prompt and this one of the most irritating problems. You cannot do the following by using the keyboard easily however, if you use the mouse then it could be possible. The solution for this, as with many Windows shortcomings, is to use a quick AutoHotkey script to enable pasting from the keyboard. The function how it works is that  it takes the clipboard contents and use the Send Input function to send the keystrokes really quickly to the console window.

There is a way through which you could paste data using the keyboard, but its not really that convenient and advised. Read More

Chrome Extensions For More Twitting

Google Chrome, the fastest growing web browser has already provided some extensions for social networking websites. This time the browser has developed its extension for the very known website “Twitter”. Seven new tools have been developed that would help any user who uses twitter or any one who would newly register to it. These seven tools will make life much more easier for you and also adds an element of fun to it.

Twitter – Share this page

If you do not want to go through the whole process of logging into the site and then sharing the page by pasting the link in the whats happening box then all you could do now is click the T button on the right hand side of your browser. This would paste the page on your profile and other’s following you would be able to view it. If you want the link shortened, right click on the “t” icon and select the shortening option. All shared links will be pre-shrunk using Bit.ly.

Twitter Extender

This tool offers tidy Bit.ly URL shortening abilities with an “add URL” option inserted just below the “What’s happening” box. It also offers old-style retweeting abilities, “reply to all” functionality, quicker direct messaging and the option to load previous tweets if the tweet is a reply. Read More

Tips for Choosing A Laptop

Choosing the right laptop is, indeed, a very difficult task. Thus, one should keep five tips in mind before buying any laptop which are low priced, have a fast processor, ram should be adequate, connects to wi-fi and has adequate hard disk. Consumer who don’t have significant know how about computers, they may find it hard when it comes up to gigabytes, wireless setting and media. As far as brands are concerned, it’s always advisable to purchase a low cost machine. Following the below mentioned five tips will help you buy the right laptop for your need.

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Brand name is quite important when you purchase a laptop such as Toshiba, Sony, Dell and HP which are well known since they don’t compromise on quality and carry out research to create something innovative which can fulfill their customer’s needs. HP has good goodwill because their prices are pretty reasonable.

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How To Choose A LCD TV?

With the introduction of LCD TVs, they  have really given plasma TVs a run for their money in quality and TV-watching experience, and are coming with larger screens than ever before. There are various steps if followed would help you find the right LCD TV for you.

Initially, what is required of you is that you measure the area where you intend to place the TV. This measurement is very important so you would know what size to buy and so that you are sure of the maximum dimensions.

Make your mind on why you wish to buy the LCD. For instance if you are DVD lover then you might want a TV with the HD option which could allow you to view your video in 3:2 compensation, CineMotion and film mode, and makes the figures on the screen appear less jagged and movements less jerky. Read More

How to Test Blackberyy OS on PC

Confused which phone to buy? This is the state mobile companies have left you with the wide variety of options to choose from. Every week a new phone is launched into the market and you might be interested in buying that and replacing your old phone. But you cant go and test all the phones possible, one way of testing blackberry however is for free on your PC.

We’ll take you step by step to help you tackle any problem if any occurs. First go on to the Blackberry home page and go on the download tab, here you will find the set up file for Blackberry stimulator and download its latest version which is v6.0.0 which was shiped with the latest phone of Blackberry ‘ Torch ‘. Read More

Overclocking the GeForce GTX 460

GeForce GTX 460 – The most cost effective performance graphics card of the generation, but is it the finest pixel pumper you can buy?  The card still isn’t running on its 100% and there are ways through which you can over clock this graphic card. There are various ways through which this could be done of which some are listed below:

• Tool up

The most fascinating feature of over clocking the GTX 460 is that its really easy and besides that it’s free. This means you have to pay no extra charge to receive additional performance from this card. Read More

Five Troubleshooting Tips for Apple iOS 4

Often people look forward to unlocking their devices or jailbreak their iDevices. After the success of the Comex’s jailbreak tool, most of the users have preferred using this tool for this process. However, there are certain issues that always come up with technology, likewise jailbreak users also reported some bugs and errors and here is a list of the compiled methods which would help you resolve your bugs and errors.

Winterboard Issues on jailbroken devices

The main reason for the Winterboard related issues would always occur since the themes and the app add-ons and not in sync to work with iOs 4 and iOs 4.0.1, therefore this is the only issue and apart from this there are no other problems. Read More