Twitter Finally Gets a Competitor In India In The Form of ‘LiL’!

Finally Twitter has a competitor, to match its wits against. The name is LiL or better known as LifeinLines. This service allows you to share your experiences and thoughts instantly through email, voice-mail, video, SMS/MMS, and Gtalk.

The best feature of the LiL is that it allows you to shares your moments, thoughts and lets you communicate via just about every electronic communication method there is. Read more

Step-by Step Guide to Jailbreak/Unlock the Apple iPhone 2.0 2G for Apple Mac Users!

Over at the iClarified, a really interesting and highly beneficial post has been put that provides the readers with a detailed walkthrough on how to Unlock/Jailbreak Your 2.0 2G iPhone. This procedure has been detailed for both Mac and Windows platforms. Now, that we are talking about Apple iphone, then, we’ll prefer to start with the instructions for Mac users. Read more

A Sneak Peek into the Assembly Line of the Apple iPhone 3G!

Over at removeTheLabels, a post has surfaced giving a surprising insight into what can only be termed as the assembly line for the new Apple iPhone 3G.

According to the post, the author’s mother had purchased an iPhone and was about to change the wallpaper, when she stumbled upon three pre-loaded images in the device. The first two images are sort of blurry, but still show a possible mechanical assembly line with iPhone 3Gs in it.

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Lexmark Unveils the Arrival of Six New Printers in its Home And Proffessional Series

Lexmark, a global developer, manufacturer and supplier of printing solutions and products has recently announced the launch of a new series of wireless printers in both its personal and professional series. The new personal printers include the X4950, X5650 and X6650 models, and the X4975, X6675 and X7675 are the models available in the professional series.

The products are specifically designed and crafted for corporate or for personal usage with the state-of-the-art wireless technology that lets users print from elsewhere around their office or home. Read more

iphone 3G Jailbroken

Just after five days of launching of the new iPhone 3G, the iPhone Dev Team has released a new version of its jailbreak software. It has been able to successfully crack down the iPhone 2.0 software.

Highlights of this new jailbreak software:

• The new Pwnage Tool will let you to jailbreak all those iPhones and iPods currently using the new iPhone 2.0 software.
• In addition to jailbreaking, it will also enable you to unlock the first generation iPhones. Hence, you will be able to use them on any mobile network.
• It also facilitates the installing of some unofficial applications like video recording apps or game emulators, that otherwise Apple doesn’t allow you to have on your iPhone.

It will support the iPhone 3G, the iPod touch and the classic iPhone.

This new 2.0 version Pwnage Tool will be extremely beneficial for all you out there owning a first generation iPhone or iPod touch. Read more

Google Launches Google Docs Templates Directory!

Via the Official Google Blog, Google has announced the launch of ‘Google Doc Templates Directory‘. Google Docs is an application suite that consists of Google Documents, Spreadsheets and Presentations.

You can start using these templates, by visiting the ‘Template Gallery”.

Over there, you can choose the desired templates according to the document that you need to work on, such as spreadsheets and other applications. You can also sort these templates categorically like, “Resumes” or “Personal Finance”. After the selection of the template, you then have the option of previewing your selection and to select the desired template, you can hit the “Use this template” button to fill it with your own content. At present the template gallery consists of 309 different templates. These templates consist of ones created by Google and also from various third party websites such as TemplateZone or Avery.com. Read more

Google Launches Google Mobile App! Apple iPhone Gets its First Taste of Google!

According to the Official Google Blog, Google has announced the launch of the Google Mobile Apps for the newly launched Apple iPhone 3G. The Google team has designed this software specifically for the Apple iPhone and it hopes to make the user search experience faster, easier and more efficient. The Google Mobile App is as of now only available in the US App Store, but it is also expected to be released in other countries soon. Read more

Microsoft Halts the Sale of the Windows XP from 30th June 2008

Despite protests from PC users who are unwilling to use the Windows XP’s successor, Vista, Microsoft Corp. is scheduled to stop selling its Windows XP operating system from the 30^th of June 2008. A group of vocal computer users who rallied around a “Save XP” campaign posted a petition on the industry news site, InfoWorld for Microsoft to keep selling XP until its next operating system, Windows 7, is available. The software maker has announced that it expects to release Window 7 sometime in 2009.

Retailers and major computer makers will now be unable to sell the Windows XP. Once computers loaded with XP have been cleared from the inventory of PC makers, such as Dell Inc. and Hewlett-Packard Co., users who cannot operate without Windows XP will have no choice but to buy Vista Ultimate or Vista Business and then legally “downgrade” to XP.

However, Microsoft will still allow smaller mom-and-pop PC builder shops to buy XP for resale through the end of January, 2009. A version of XP will still remain available for ultra-low-cost PCs such as the Asus Eee PC. The company also assures that it would provide full technical support for six-year-old Windows XP through 2009, and limited support through 2014.

Current release from the Companys’ site states “Each product we offer has a carefully mapped lifespan and becomes unavailable at a predetermined time after the release of a new version. We do this to help ensure you have a good computing experience, and to support continuing innovation. That’s why we no longer sell Windows 95 or Windows 98, for example. Strong customer support for Windows XP has made the decision to stop selling it difficult. But after more than a year of consulting with industry partners and customers, we’ve decided to continue with our plan to stop selling Windows XP on June 30, 2008. Please note: We will continue to support Windows XP until 2014.”

Delhi High Court Goes High-Tech

In a recent PTI release, KC Mittal president of the Delhi High Court Bar association’ announced that the Court is going through major renovations and a new make over. The premises of the Delhi HighCourt is supposedly going to get a complete wi-fi facility.

“We have identified 10 hot spots where the instruments would be put in place so that lawyers and others could have wireless internet access in the court premises without facing any glitches.”

The court president has consulted various authorities to implement an e-filing system so that petitions could be filed through the internet, and lawyers could contact their colleagues by just dialling the concerned chamber number.

MTNL is working on the projects of connecting all the chambers through Intercom.and the wi-fi feature is expected to be functional before the end of this month

KC Mittal has also undertaken a project to set up a railway reservation counter inside the court premises. Additionally, he also issued a statement that “Security is a major concern for us and it is also being spruced up with scanning machines being set up at the gates so that unwanted elements could be prevented from entering the court premises,” and so major steps have been taken to spruce up the security in the court complex, in view of the recent terrorist attacks targeted on court premises througout the country.

Microsoft Gives into Public Demand and Announces the Extension of Windows XP Support Until 2014

In accordance to public demand and pressure Microsoft has finally given in. The company has decided to offer technical support for Windows XP with updates and security patches for an extended period until April 2014. However, the compnay declared that it will not go back on its decision to discontinue Windows XP sales after June 30.

This implies that after June 30, Microsoft will stop distributing Windows XP as a stand-alone product, as well as stop licensing it to PC manufacturers like Dell, HP, Lenovo, and others. However, it doesn’t mean that XP will disappear overnight. Consumers may still find copies of the software or computers pre-loaded with it for months, as stores and PC makers typically work through their inventories. Also, as per an announcement made at Computex earlier this month, the software ginat said that “’nettops’ better defined as PCs with limited hardware or ultra-low cost PCs will be available with Windows XP until the end of January 2009.”

Additionally Microsoft is allowing customers , under another program, to downgrade Vista systems to XP through a loophole in the company’s licensing terms. So those purchasing a copy of Vista will also be able to run XP at no additional cost.

Microsoft’s move to extend the deadline for technical support is primarily influenced by large business customers, who haven’t yet upgraded their systems to Windows Vista. The companies have been reluctant to switch to Vista due to the costs and heavy system requirements involved. So, the prediction from recent analysts is that “large business customers might just skip Vista and continue with XP until the release of Windows 7, which is scheduled for release in 2010.”

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