Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Opera Mini 7 Released for Android users


Opera Mini web browser for Android version 7 is released today, it is available in the Google Play store (earlier Android Market). Opera Mini currently has over 160 million users all over the world.
The Opera Mini 7 claims to provide faster browsing and makes panning around sites smoother, thanks to the newly added OpenGLES hardware acceleration. The number of Speed Dial buttons on the browser home screen is now unlimited.
The browser now has the Exit button, the absence of which has been annoying me. Opera Mini reduces data costs by up to 90% with a unique compression technology.
Opera Mini 7 now provides better Tab management. The browser now provides user interface for searching for text within a page (Find-in-page UI). The latest version supports RTL (right-to-left) text support in UI for Arabic and Hebrew.
You may also check out Opera Mobile, the premium experience when on Wi-Fi or wireless broadband. Wondering what is the difference between Opera Mini and Opera Mobile?

Download Opera Mini for Android.(https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.opera.mini.android)

Real-time Train Location Tracking on Indian Railways


Indian Railways in association with ISRO, will soon launch real-time tracking of the trains using GPS devices. The information will be used for avoiding collisions, train scheduling and alsofor helping passengers to know the exact train location for their travel planning.
The Centre for Railway Information Systems (CRIS) in association with ISRO has developeda GPS-based solution which can provide exact location of a train with an accuracy of 10 metres, and latency of 2 minutes, on a real-time basis. ISRO’s INSAT-3C satellite will aid in location of moving trains.
The GPS devices would be fitted in about 100trains, enabling the trains to know each other’s location and thus avoiding collision. The GPS application is also expected to aid inbetter planning of train schedules, especiallyin bad weather.
CRIS has integrated the GPS app with Google Maps, making the real-time location available to passengers as well, on their mobile or computer.
The facility to track train movements will soon be available on the Indian railway website at indianrailways.gov.in.

Tips And Tricks To Protect Yourself FromHacking


This is my first post on this blog and the indeed the most important one.In this post I will be covering the basic things you should know to protect your computer from getting hacked by some.Remember if you follow these guidelines it will be extremely difficult for a hacker to enter intoyour pc and to hack your data.As today everything from banking,business,studies etc is online so the threat of being hacked isbecoming more and more dangerous.Ok,so listed below are the steps you should follow
Do Not Disclose Your IP Address
This the biggest mistake you could ever do.Never Disclose your IP address to anybody because ip address is the address of your computer.Once the hacker knows the address of your computer it will be easyfor him Enter into your home(computer) and steal your accessories ( data and passwords).
Do Not Download any Suspcious Software orAttachments
A lot of people search for cracks and keygens online.Remember this is most exploited method used by the hackers to hack into the pc(personal computer).They usually attach a keylogger or virus with the crack or the keygen.Once you download andinstall it then your data will be automatically sent to the hacker without your permission.And this might lead to a disaster if you are a online business man because your sensitive information such as paypal account information,e-mail account information can be sent to the hackers.
Use Good Antivirus And Firewall Program
Do not depend upon windows firewall to protect yourself from online hackers.It is always a wise decision to use a good firewall program and do install a good antivirus program.If you dont have enough money right now go for the free antivirus and firewall program but make sure that you have a updated antivirus and a firewall
installed on your computer.
Use Secure Passwords (3D passwords)
Always use 3D passwords to protect your accounts from getting hacked.Your password must contain digits,special symbols like underscore( _ ) and characters.Do not use small passwords.Yourpassword should be at least eight characters long in length.
Always logout From Your Accounts
You should always logout from your accounts instead of closing the browser window directly because whenever you login into your account a cookie is placed bythe server into your account and when you logout this cookie is deleted.If you do not logout and the cookie is not deleted the hacker might gain access to this cookie and then he would be able to login into your account from his pc.
Make backup Of Your Data
Some viruses are made to destory your dataso it is always advisable to store your data in a backup file.various good data backup programs are available on the internet.

Tricks To Format Nokia Symbian Phones

Nokia smart phones are mostly built on symbian platform.If your nokia phone is giving you a lot of trouble like hanging over and again,restarting or a virus which is making your phone to do some crazy stuff. The best solution to get rid of all these problems is to format your phone.For nokiasymbian phones there are two type of formats.
1.Soft Format
2.Hard Format
W recommend you to first go for a soft format and if your problem is not solved then go for a hard format.
Precautions Before You Go For Any Format
1.Back up all of your data and contacts.You can use nokia PC suite to do so.
2.Make sure that your phone battery is full.
3.Do not switch of your phone while phone is performing a format.
Now here is a step by step complete tutorial with all the tips and tricks on how to format symbian mobile phones
Soft Format:This will erase all the data in the internal drive.
1.To perform you have to close any background application if running.
2.Enter *#7370# in as you enter any phone number
3.Now your phone will be formatted.All your internal data is lost.
Hard Format:Well! this might make your phone unusable if your battery get empty during this format.So first Charge your phone or put a charger because it drains a lot of battery.You might require help of one person to
1.Switch of your nokia symbian phone.
2.Then hold down these three keys simultaneously.Green (call key),* key and 3 button.
3.Now Switch on your phone while holding these keys.And format will be started.
4.When the message “Formatting” appears on the screen then release these keys.
5.Wait till the format is complete. It may take a while. This trick works only some selected nokia smart phone
or
use this *#7870#

Track your Friends and Family with Google Latitude


You can now track where your friends and family are with Google’s new feature for Google Map called “Latitude”. Google Latitude can be used on the following compatible mobile devices:
Android-powered devices, such as the T-Mobile G1
iPhone and iPod touch devices (coming soon)
most color BlackBerry devices
most Windows Mobile 5.0+ devices
most Symbian S60 devices (Nokia smartphones)
Java-enabled (J2ME) mobile phones, such as Sony Ericsson devices (coming soon)
If you don’t have any compatible mobile devices, you can still use it as an iGoogle gadget and track your friends from you computer. This service is available for use in 27 countries at the moment.
A lot of people are concerned with the privacy issue but everything about Google Latitude is opt-in. You can control exactly who gets to see your location. You can also decide the location that other people see.

Remember, Google stores the most recent updated location on their servers. So if you don’t want Google to store your location simply hide your location.