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Firefox 10 Arrives with Powerful New Developer Tools

Pushpendra Pal — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 07:03:24 +0000

Firefox is the most loved web browser because of its great add-on compatibility. Web developers loves its highly powerful developer tools like Firebug, Web Developer toolbar and many more. Now with the release of Firefox 10, Mozilla adds a new web developer tools in Firefox core and makes other handful of improvements. with this built in toolbar developers change the look and feel of websites in real-time.

With new Page Inspector, developers can peek into a page’s structure and layout without having to leave Firefox. This means they can quickly navigate between page elements and view the HTML document structure for the page. This works similar as Firebug add-on does. Inspect Element has two basic inspector, one is HTML Inspector and another is CSS (or Style) Inspector.

Style Inspector makes editing the style of websites even easier. Now developers have quick access to CSS properties and can view or change values for their website within Firefox. Scratchpad now uses the Eclipse Orion code editor to provide syntax highlighting and other features that make it easier and simpler to write JavaScript.

With improved Element Inspector Firefox introduces the Mozilla Full-Screen API and Web applications. This Full Screen API allows developers to build Web experiences that leverage the entire screen. Developers now create full screen games, immersive video experiences and rich presentation sharing.

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WebGL, that allows websites and Web apps to display hardware-accelerated 3D graphics without third-party software is now introduced in Firefox. With WebGL’s Anti-Aliasing, Firefox now allow developers to create objects that blend together and move smoothly. Firefox also supports CSS 3D Transforms, which lets developers animate and transform two dimensional elements into 3D using HTML5 without the need for third-party plugins.

With these new features Firefox also improves some other features. A minor adjustment to the browser’s navigation bar is the biggest user-facing change in Firefox 10. The forward arrow button is no longer persistently visible by default in the navigation toolbar. It will only appear when the user navigates back a page.

Access Expert Knowledge From WolframAlpha App

Pushpendra Pal — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 18:17:28 +0000

Wolfram|Alpha is known as Google killer because Google finds links but Wolfram Alpha finds answers to your search. Wolfram Alpha give you access to expert knowledge, mathematical data, wherever you are. Building on 25 years of development led by Stephen Wolfram, Wolfram|Alpha has rapidly become the world’s definitive source for instant expert knowledge and computation.

With the Wolfram|Alpha App, the iPhone and iPod touch deliver the most capable mobile computing system on the planet,” said Wolfram|Alpha’s Schoeller Porter, Architect, Developer Relations. “As a calculator, it’s unparalleled—solving and visualizing complex mathematics that would choke a premium scientific calculator. But that’s really just the tip of the iceberg.

Across thousands of domains, with more continually added Wolfram|Alpha uses its vast collection of algorithms and data to compute answers and generate reports for you. Parts of Wolfram|Alpha are used in the Apple Siri Assistant; this app gives you access to the full power of the Wolfram|Alpha computational knowledge engine. Domains covered by Wolfram|Alpha include:

MATHEMATICS Elementary Math Numbers Plotting Algebra Matrices Calculus Geometry Trigonometry Discrete Math Number Theory Applied Math Logic Functions Definitions	PHYSICS Mechanics Electricity & Magnetism Optics Thermodynamics Relativity Nuclear Physics Quantum Physics Particle Physics Statistical Physics Astrophysics Physical Constants
CHEMISTRY Elements Compounds Ions Quantities Solutions Reactions Chemical Thermodynamics Protecting Groups	ENGINEERING Acoustics Aeronautics Electric Circuits Fluid Mechanics Steam Tables Psychrometrics Refrigeration Structures
MATERIALS Alloys Minerals Crystallography Plastics Woods Bulk Materials	STATISTICS & DATA ANALYSIS Descriptive Statistics Regression Statistical Distributions Probability
ASTRONOMY Star Charts Astronomical Events Planets Moons Minor Planets Comets Space Weather Stars Pulsars Galaxies Star Clusters Nebulae Astrophysics	EARTH SCIENCE Geology Geochronology Geodesy Earthquakes Tide Data Atmosphere ClimateLIFE SCIENCES Animals & Plants Dinosaurs DNA Sequence Lookup SNPs Proteins Human, Mouse & Fruit Fly Genomes Metabolic Pathways
COMPUTATIONAL SCIENCES Cellular Automata Substitution Systems Turing Machines Computational Complexity Algebraic Codes Fractals Mathematica Image Processing	UNITS & MEASURES Conversions Comparisons Dimensional Analysis Industrial Measures Batteries Bulk Materials Paint
DATES & TIMES Date Computations Time Zones Calendars Holidays Geological Time	WEATHER Current & Historical Weather Forecasts Wind Chill Hurricanes Clouds Climate
PLACES & GEOGRAPHY Maps Projections Geodesy Navigation Distances Geomagnetism Geocoding Countries Cities Elevation Data Oceans Lakes Rivers Islands Mountains	PEOPLE & HISTORY People Genealogy Names Occupations Political Leaders Historical Events, Periods & Countries Historical Numerals & MoneyCULTURE & MEDIA Books Periodicals Movies Video Games Fictional Characters Mythology Television Networks & Programs Awards
MUSIC Musical Notes Intervals Chords Scales Audio Waveforms Instruments Songs	WORDS & LINGUISTICS Word Properties Dictionary Lookup Word Puzzles Anagrams Languages Document Length Morse Code Soundex Number Names
SPORTS & GAMES Football Baseball Olympics Stadiums Lotteries Card GamesCOLORS Color Names & Systems Color Addition Temperatures Wavelengths	MONEY & FINANCE Stock Data Indices Mutual Funds Futures Mortgages Present Value Currency Conversion Tips Bonds Derivatives Valuation Wages Sales Tax
SOCIOECONOMIC DATA Demographics Countries US States US Counties Cities Economics Agriculture Energy Salaries Unemployment Cost of Living Health Care Housing Social Statistics Crime Military Religion	HEALTH & MEDICINE Body Measurements Growth Charts Exercise Diseases Mortality Data Medical Test Data Teeth Vision Drug Data HospitalsFOOD & NUTRITION Foods Dietary References
EDUCATION International Education Universities School Districts Public Schools Standardized TestsORGANIZATIONS Companies Hospitals Foundations International Organizations TECHNOLOGICAL WORLD Communications Satellites Space Probes Photography Barcodes	TRANSPORTATION Airports Airlines Aircraft Flight Data Road Transport Gasoline Prices Bridges Tunnels TidesWEB & COMPUTER SYSTEMS Website Data IP Lookup Notable Computers Data Transfer Port Numbering String Processing Hashing Unicode Lookup

Wolfram Alpha app is available to download for Android, iOS and Nook devices. Recently Wolfram Alpha team drops app prices from $49 to $2.99 only. So this is the best time to download this app.
Download Links: Android | iOS

[How-to] Convert .XPS file to .PDF

Pushpendra Pal — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 18:10:44 +0000

Microsoft introduced a new file format with Windows Vista operating system, named XPS (XML Paper Specification). Like Adobe Systems’s PDF format, XPS is a fixed-layout document format designed to preserve document fidelity, providing device-independent document appearance. PDF is a database of objects, created from PostScript and also directly generated from many applications, whereas XPS is based on XML.

Windows Vista and Windows 7 has got built in integrated XPS document Writer and if Microsoft Office 2007 has XPS plugin which allows users to create XPS files. You can view XPS files with Windows XPS viewer available for Vista and 7, but if you has Windows XP operating system then you need to convert these files to PDF. There are some online tools too to view XPS files.

XPS files generally open in Internet Explorer and one need to have .NET framework 3.0 and higher to open those documents, though there are some Mozilla Firefox add-on to open it in Firefox. You can convert XPS files to PDF and then in DOC formats.

Convert XPS to PDF file:

Open XPS file in Internet Explorer. Download XPS viewer add on for IE if you not have one.
Now install CutePDF Printer to create PDF files. This virtual printer installs a “printer subsystem” on your PC. This will virtually allows Windows applications to create professional quality PDF documents.
Now you need to open your .XPS file and go to File and Print, select PDF from the printers list. Now click on Print, this will convert XPS file to PDF file. Now your file is ready to save as PDF.

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Import Splinder Blogs to WordPress

Pushpendra Pal — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 17:05:47 +0000

WordPress is the best and award winning weblog publishing platform. With the rise of WordPress powered blogs and WordPress core features, it is difficult to survive for other blog publishing platforms. Splinder, an Italian blogging platform is closing down at the end of this month. To help those bloggers who uses Splinder for their blog publishing platform WordPress released an automatic process to migrate from Splinder to WordPress. WordPress added Splinder importer for their wordpress.com service.

If you use Splinder and want to migrate towards WordPress, then follow the steps below:

1. Export Splinder Blog:

This should be the first step to migrate from Splinder to WordPress. You need to export your Splinder data to your computer.

Log in to your Splinder bog.
Click on Blog link at the top.
Now click on Configure link at top of the page.
Click ‘“Esporta blog e attiva redirect’ available at right-hand sidebar.
Download this exported data to your PC by clicking on ‘”Clicca qui per scaricare il file con i contenuti del tuo blog” link.

2. Import downloaded file to WordPress blog:

Follow these steps to setup and upload blog data to WordPress.com

You can import this file to your existing WordPress.com blog or create a new WordPress.com account.
Login to your Word Press blog account.
Now go to Tools >> Import in left side of WordPress admin page.
Click Splinder link from the list given and choose Get Started.
Upload exported file from your computer to WordPress.com servers.
Do some basic settings like Author assigning and check Download and Import file attachments.
Now click Submit button to start import process.
Wait for the process to complete, generally it takes only few minutes. An email will be send to your mail id when import process completed.
Now setup Redirects from Splinder blog to your new WordPress account. To do this click “Attiva redirect” button on Splinder blog.

If you face any problem in setting up WordPress blog or migrating from Splinder to WordPress.com, feel free to ask us using comment section.

[How-to]Find Forgotten Wi-Fi Passwords

Pushpendra Pal — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 17:36:09 +0000

Are you forget your wireless network password? Many times we forget account passwords because of not using them regularly or by allowing browsers remember passwords for us. This facility makes us lazy and sometimes we forget our basic email account password too. There are many tools to recover them. Here is a method to find your wireless router password or security key. Retrieving this can be easy if you can access the admin panel of the router, but this isn’t always an option– like when you aren’t in charge of the network, or you forgot that password too.

Fortunately there’s an easy-to-use program that can retrieve the security information for networks saved on your computer. Just follow these three easy steps.

What you’ll need:

A network you’ve lost the security key for
A computer connected to said network OR
The network information stored on your computer

If you have access to above listed things then follow these steps:

Step 1: Download WirelessKeyView (or the 64-bit version of WirelessKeyView) to a computer that can connect to the wireless network.

Step 2: Extract the zip to a location of your choosing and then run the downloaded program.

Step 3: Take note of the security information for the networks you’re interested in. Whether you want the hex value or the ASCII value is determined by what key type was used for the network encryption.

This tool is very handy when helping friends or relatives who can never remember their network keys. It’s also great for adding new devices to a WiFi connection when the network admin is off at school, work, or got lost time traveling. If all else fails, the option always exists to fully reset the router, but this method is far less intrusive.

5 Best Chrome Extensions You Must Have

Pushpendra Pal — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 06:35:43 +0000

Google Chrome is the third most used web browser after Internet Explorer and Firefox. It is super fast, secure, extension rich and most updated web browser. To make chrome better there are thousands of extensions available at chrome store. Extension adds some additional functionalities and features to Chrome browser. All of these are tested, secure and free to use. Here are 5 best Chrome extensions we found useful for everyone.

Awesome Screenshot:

If you take screenshots of webpages, add this extension to your arsenal. This is the best screenshot taking extension for Chrome browser. In addition to turning selected areas, visible portions, or entire pages into a PNG file, you can annotate the grab, save that and then share it via the AwesomeScreenshot.com site. USe this link to install Awesome Screenshot.

Xmarks Bookmark Sync:

If there’s an extension that’s necessary for users of multiple computers—and even multiple browsers on the same or multiple computers—it’s Xmarks. This is a multi platform bookmarking extension to backup and synchronize bookmarks. It ensures that your bookmarks, tabs, and even passwords are synchronized no matter what browser you use, be it Chrome, Firefox, Safari, or IE. Install Xmarks on Chrome.

Adblock Plus:

Advertisements plays a primary part in websites but in most cases there are no use to some user. Adblock extension for chrome will strip out most of the ads from many websites and block the pop-ups, ads and bothersome banners, images and YouTube video ads. This great tool will ensure fast, efficient and clean web browsing with obnoxious and intrusive advertisements. Use this link to install AD Block Extension.

Lastpass:

Lastpass is the best and free password storage and filling out forms is available across platforms and browsers. LastPass supports Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer, and Safari as a browser extension (and Opera, Opera Mini and more via Bookmarklets). Use it and the full installer to import all passwords stored with other tools like KeePass, 1Password or Roboform, as well. Download and install Lastpass for Chrome.

FB photo Zoom:

FB Photo Zoom is a simple, light-weight extension that integrates directly into FB so you can see the larger images of photo albums, profile photos and more whenever you hover over a zoomable image. Go to extension settings to control image zoom and other features.

5 Websites to Download YouTube Videos for Free

Pushpendra Pal — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 09:36:59 +0000

People browse and watch millions of YouTube videos daily. Some videos are very interesting and you want to download them for later viewing, but unable to do that because YouTube does not offer video download support. If you like some YouTube videos and want to download them on your hard drive, there are many websites and pc tools to do that. Some offer different video resolutions and audio formats. Today we cover some best online tools.

1. KeepVid:

KeepVid is among best, simple and easy to use websites that offer YouTube video downloading. You can download almost all YouTube videos in all the video resolution available to that video. Video can also be downloaded in FLV and MP4 formats. To download videos from KeepVid you must have JAVA installed on your computer.
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2. VideoDownloadX:

VideoDownloadx allows you to download and save videos from popular video sharing websites such as YouTube. Use VideoDownloadx from your browser: Internet Explorer, Firefox, or Chrome. No registration or download is required and videos can be saved to your PC. You can also convert video in popular formats such as FLV, MP3, MP4, MPG and 3GP. This is also very similar to KeepVid but with more features.
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3. SaveVid:

Savevid.com is a tool which gives you the ability to download videos from streaming video sites. This website is highly popular and can download videos in FLV, MP4 and HD quality.
SaveVid suports these websites: YouTube, Dailymotion, Metacafe, Break, Veoh, MySpace, Blip.tv, WeGame, 5min, Game Trailers, LiveVideo.com, FaceBook, Vimeo, current, Funny Or Die, eHow and Megavideo.
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4. SaveYouTube:

This is another website with great feature to download YouTube videos. Paste video URL in the box and hit enter to save them on your PC. You can also download YouTube videos online without even copy-and-pasting the URL. Just write ‘save’ in front of the URL in the address bar and hit enter.
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5. SaveTube:

Another good website to download YouTube videos for free. This KeepVid look alike site has very simple process to download videos. You must have to install free version of JAVA on your computer.
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There are dozens of more websites which offer YouTube video download features. But here we listed only best website with easy and simple to use features. Share other websites using comment form.

[How-to] Play WAV Audio files in Gmail without Downloading

Pushpendra Pal — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 18:16:22 +0000

To control the whole web is a policy of Google. Company always try to make new applications and tools similar to existing but popular services. Gmail, Google+, Google chrome OS and Brower, Android are just the example to prove this strategy. Now Google offer a new extension for its Chrome browser that can play WAV media files within Gmail without downloading them to your computer.

WAV Player for Gmail is the Chrome browser extension that can play WAV audio within Gmail. No need to download the actual file to your computer. WAV player extension adds an embedded player within Gmail messages that contain audio files in WAV format.

How WAV Player for Gmail Extension Work?

Are you surprised with this feature? and thinking how this extension works to play WAV audio files. There is a simple trick to make this happen. Actually, this extension simply inserts an HTML tag in emails that contain .wav file attachments, so that you can play the file without having to download it. It can particularly come in handy if your voicemail messages are in WAV format or when you don’t want to download the file.

You can see in picture that the player has a play/pause button, progress bar, timer and volume control. Hit Play button to play WAV audio files. Volume button will works as it does for other media players. So you can easily control media file playback from chrome browser.

The extension will work fine without restarting Chrome browser, but if you have problem playing WAV files, simply close the browser and reopen it. By default the WAV player will be added to all of your mails that have WAV files as attachments. Mostly your chats from Gmail and Google talk have WAV format audio. Now you can play those files without downloading them.

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Backup and Synchronize Media Across Web Services Using SocialFolder

Pushpendra Pal — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 10:20:00 +0000

There are many solutions like Dropbox that make moving files stored on your computer easier, SocialFolder is one of them and best alternative for DropBox. SocialFolders automatically backs up social media content and allows you to easily transfer photos, videos and files between services.

This desktop application works for your social profiles in the same way as DropBox does for your files. The service automatically syncs your photos, videos and files from the web with a desktop filing app that you can access offline. When you connect to the Internet again, the changes will automatically be made in the online versions. SocialFolder also syncs content from one service with another, allowing you to have all albums in your Flickr account automatically added to your Facebook account. SocialFolder can also be used as a service to automatically backup files and synchronize them over all social services.

How to Backup & Synchronize Media Using SocialFolder:

Download SocialFolder on your PC.
Register and login to your SocialFolder account from this desktop application.
Connect your account with all the services you use, like, Facebook, Flickr, Instagram, PhotoBucket, Google Docs and others.
Click synchronize files across SocialFolder locations from your other social accounts. This way SocialFolder will download your files over cloud storage and make them available when you need them.
Click the blue icon in the system tray to open your SocialFolders location. You should see one folder for each Web service you are connecting to SocialFolders. If all you want to do is back up your media, you’re done. Free account can synchronize up to 2000 files but you can upgrade to premium account and get unlimited space for file storage.
If you want to transfer files between services (or from your computer to one or more services), it’s almost comically easy: Just cut and paste files into their folders within the SocialFolders location.

You can manage your files remotely from your pc. Share your view over this service using comment form.

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Microsoft Office OneNote Arrives for iPad

Pushpendra Pal — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 09:09:36 +0000

Here’s a good news for all Microsoft fans who use Apple iOS devices and want some good office productivity suite for their device. The wait is now over as Microsoft delivered Office OneNote application for iPad that takes full advantage of the device’s resolution and screen space. Microsoft OneNote for iPad and iPhone is a note-taking app for capturing all of your ideas and to-dos on the go.

Most of the iOS device owners uses Evernote to fulfill their need of personal electronic organizer. Microsoft OneNote app has almost all of Evernote features and some new ones. Here is a list of these features:

You can create searchable notes with text, pictures and bullets.
Make and manage to-do lists with check boxes.
Synchronize notes with free Microsoft SkyDrive online storage to access, edit and manage them from virtually anywhere, from your PC or almost any web browser.
Tabbed user interface and table rendering
Access your notes online at www.skydrive.com anytime.

You have to register for a free SkyDrive account (if you haven’t one) to use this app. SkyDrive is a cloud storage service by Microsoft.

With free version of OneNote user can create, access and edit up to 500 notes. When you reach to this limit you can still view, delete and synchronize these notes. To edit and create new notes you have to upgrade OneNote license with one time fee of $4.99 for iPhone and $14.99 for iPad.

So if you’re a die-hard Microsoft fan, or just looking to see what else is out there besides Evernote, check out OneNote and let us know what you think in the comments section.