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Facebook, as you know, is the World’s most popular social networking website. It has got an Alexa rank of 2. So you can say that its very popular and widely used social networking site.

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Valentine’s Day is near and I thought to write a blog post for this occasion. First of all, whats the definition for a typical geek? A typical geek is a one who stays away from social life, talks less and keeps on doing programming stuff. And yes, geeks stay away from social life but they do like social networking websites. So incase, you want to show the feelings on Valentine’s day and don’t know what to do or what to gift, then read on, this post is for you. Lets start. Read more…

Apple has launched iPad, a shining new gadget. The CEO of Apple, Steve Jobs has unvieled this new device, which is a lookalike of iPhone. It resembles like a big iPhone. Ofcourse it operates via touch like the iPhone. As said by Steve Jobs, this iPad is intended to offer good web browsing. It also has iTunes, through which you can play and view the video and audio. Read more…

Ok, so you like that Youtube video very much and want to download it. But you don’t have any software through which you can download it. Or you want to download that video without taking the help of any software or without installing any new software. Many people are just tired of installing new softwares. So for those people, this website comes to the rescue. Simply paste the URL of that Youtube video on this website and voila…your download will start. Lets see in detail. Read more…

You all must have heared about Google Wave. So, some people might be thinking what it is. Google Wave is a communication and collaboration tool. It is a Web based service to merge email, instant messaging, wikis, social networking, etc. It is believed that Google Wave will replace traditional email systems and incorporates a more interactive chat like system.

Wave encapsulates conversations between different people and shows real-time responses in line. Basically a Wave is shared and yes, ofcourse it is live. Different people can communicate and work together in a richly formatted text, videos, photos, maps and more.

To nearly one million users, a “preview release” of Google Wave was done. The initial 1,00,000 users are allowed upto 20 additional users.

Google Wave is written in Java using OpenJDK. Google Wave is still in development. If you have an invitation, then you can login from wave.google.com

Apple has recently announced that over 2 Billion applications have been downloaded till now from its App store. Apps can be downloaded in 77 countries from App store. There are paid and even free applications available to the user to download. The company claims that the app store is the World’s largest application store. It includes more 85000 apps for the iPod and iPhone.

On this special occasion, Steve Jobs, the CEO of Apple said “The rate of App Store downloads continues to accelerate with users downloading a staggering two billion apps in just over a year, including more than half a billion apps this quarter alone” In addition, he added “The App Store has reinvented what you can do with a mobile handheld device, and our users are clearly loving it”.

Well, yes, I agree with Steve jobs saying that reinvention thingee. Many users are enjoying apps for their iPhones. And this Apple iPhone is still selling like hot cakes. There is too much craze for iPhone. Afterall, who don’t wants to “touch”.

This post is about the codename of various Windows operating systems. Codenames are the names given by Microsoft to the products in development stage. Before appearing on the shelves, that means during development stage, they are known or recognized by codenames. Did you ever know that Windows Vista is codenamed as “Longhorn”. Lets learn about some more codenames. Read more…

AMD is going to take another step to tackle its competitor. Yes, ATI HD 5XXX series is coming this September 10. This next generation graphics processors are code named as “Evergreen”. This next generation graphics processors are supporting Direct X 11. As we all know, Microsoft Windows 7 has Direct X 11. So AMD is getting us prepared for Windows 7. Afterall, we all are eagerly waiting for Windows 7, right.

Again this time, AMD will be the first to launch graphics cards with Direct X 11 support. The current generation of ATI cards also are very VFM (Value for Money) cards, as compared to Nvidia. In my opinion, ATI is ahead now also in competition. ATI’s HD 4850 and newly launched HD 4770 are a great success in the performance and price ratio. People are buying 4850 without much thinking. And in many places there is not even stock of 4770. This says us that 4770 is a great success because of its advantages.

Ofcourse, in India, we’ll have to wait for these new cards to arrive. And lets wish these cards are priced good. According to reports, 5870 will be priced around $300. But believe this or not, I don’t know.

We’ll come to know only on September 10 about the performance and price of these new cards. I can say that if you are thinking to buy a Graphics Card, then wait… AMD has something new in store for us. Gamer’s now you have a point to rejoice :)