A Techie’s Blog

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…

Yes, I have faced this problem. Not one time but two times. First my PC had only Windows XP. Than I installed Ubuntu. Than due to some problem, I again wanted to format Windows XP and install it. After doing this my GRUB bootloader was gone, and I can only start Windows XP. Second time, I wanted to triple boot i.e Windows XP + Ubuntu + Windows 7. Now again after installing, my GRUB is gone. So, many of you must have faced a similar problem. Now today, lets learn how to solve this problem and restore GRUB bootloader. Read more…

Yes, its true. If you are a student, than you can get Windows 7 Professional genuine license key for just 19 $ . Not just Windows 7 but many more softwares also. As we know, the MSDNAA website gives students access to genuine softwares like Windows 7 , Windows Vista, XP, Visual Basic, and many more softwares. But getting access to MSDNAA website is not that easy. So today, we’ll see how to get access to MSDNAA website and get these genuine softwares. Read more…

Heared this name? Dropbox. A very simple name but it can do wonders. In this digital age, we love our files very much. We can’t even think of loosing our important / precious files. That’s where Dropbox comes to the rescue. Ofcourse there are many websites which allow you to store files online, but dropbox is something different. It’s a somewhat new concept. I have been using Dropbox from more than a month and I love Dropbox. Lets see what makes Dropbox too good to use. 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 :)

Samsung has launched a new waterproof mobile in the market, named Samsung MARINE B2100. So now you know what’s so special in this mobile. Its a mobile phone having features like waterproof, dust resistant and shock resistant. This phone can also be pronounced as an “Outdoor phone”. Let’s take a look at it. Read more…

I own myself this LCD, so lets do a review of Samsung 2233SW. This is a high glossy black LCD. You can fall in love by seeing its beauty. First of all lets see the technical specs of this monitor.

Screen Size: 22″

Resolution: 1920 x 1080

Brightness: 300cd/m²

Contrast Ratio: 1000 : 1

Response Time: 5 ms

Viewing Angle: 170˚/160˚ (CR > 10)

Power Consumption: 40 Watts (Typical)

Video Signal: Analog (D-sub), DVI

So now, lets start the review. Read more…