I have taken all the wallpapers from wallpapaerstock site, and I recommend it if you like to have cool wallpapers. So, all wallpaper credit goes to the original authors. I would like to take a small credit for composing the themes pack.
How to install?
1. Download themes pack.
2. Double-click on .themepack file.
![Theme 1to5[5]](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_vxCZzq5_SRhD1LvkfMNvAq3y8pT9Z5qXr93m9J0q6GC3mbJ4SfbJ0aqB04VWm8eU6sbujTL0J-9Y1QFZ0VwlBND5nX1L8lmZPSqefeMiIZ8SaNsbIOAoTy0mAP3pxymTannh6pLf_Ui4RB=s0-d "Theme 1to5[5]")
Theme 1 Theme 2 Theme 3 Theme 4 Theme 5
Theme 6 Theme 7 Theme 8 Theme 9
Theme 10 Theme 11 Theme 12 Theme 13 Theme 14
Update: You can download the whole pack from the link given below:
14 Windows 7 Themes (skydrive)
After reading our how to install Windows 7 from USB, and installing Windows 7 on external hard drive guides, several readers have been asking us about creating a multi-boot USB with XP and Windows 7 on it.
In this guide, we will show you how to create a multi-boot Windows USB flash drive with Windows XP and Windows 7. Once you have this multi-boot USB, you will be able to install XP and Windows 7 from the USB stick.
Required things:
1. A USB flash drive with a minimum of 4 GB space
2. Windows 7 installation DVD
3. Windows XP installation CD/DVD
Procedure:
1. Connect the USB flash drive to your Windows machine and move data present on the USB flash drive to a safer location.
2. Download WinSetupFromUSB Zip file, extract the contents to desktop. Open the folder, right-click on WinSetupFromUSB (.exe) file and select Run as administrator option.
3. Once the tool launched, select the following options:
# Removable
# Windows will be installed in \WINDOWS
Also make sure that your USB flash is shown in USB Disk Selection box. Once you are done with the above mentioned tasks, click RMPrepUSB button.
4. This will launch RMPREPUSB tool. In this tool, you will need to enable the below mentioned options.
A. Make sure that your USB flash drive is selected in the first box
B. Under Boot Options, select XP/BartPE bootable [NTLDR]
C. Under File System and OverRides section, select Boot as HDD (C:2PNST), and NTFS options
D. Select File –> USB option in Image Tools box
Finally, click Prepare Drive button to see a message from the tool. Click Ok button. Click Ok button on the next screen as well.
5. Wait for a few minutes till you get a Command Prompt message saying “Operation Completed”.
6. Close the PREPUSB tool.
7. Insert your XP CD/DVD into the optical drive. In the WinSetupFromUSB tool, click Browse button next to Windows 2000/XP/2003 Source box to browse to the XP installation files present on your CD/DVD. Alternatively, if you have the XP installation files on a local drive, you can browse to that folder.
8. Click Go button and wait for a few minutes to see the following screen:
Click Ok button. Remove the XP CD/DVD from the optical drive and insert Windows 7 DVD.
9. Select Vista/7 setup/PE/RecoveryISO option and browse to the Windows 7 installation files folder. Finally, click Go button. Please note that this operation may take hours. Don’t close the application if you see “Not Responding” message in the title bar.
10. Wait for the Done message before you click the Exit button.
11. Now, it’s time to download another small file named Bootfiles from here. Extract the contents to desktop. Copy menu.lst and winsetup.lst files to the USB flash drive and replace the old files with new ones. Click Copy and Replace option when you are prompted with the Copy File message.
12. Your multi-boot USB flash drive is ready. Reboot your machine and start installing XP or Windows 7 from the USB.
Note: When you select Windows XP setup in the boot screen, you will see two options:
First part of Windows XP setup
Second part of Windows XP setup
You should choose the first part of Windows XP setup, but on the following restarts you choose the second part of the setup.
Source: InToWindows
Recently, details of Intel's upcoming Atom SoC (System-on-a-Chip) processor (codenamed 'ValleyView') have been leaked on August 15 at Chinese Web site Baidu. According to the leaked document, the company will release one, two, and four cores Atom SoC processors. The clock speed range of the processors are 1.2GHz to 2.4GHz and supports a Generation-7 graphics processing unit (GPU), overall almost seven times faster than current Atom processors.
The ValleyView processors are based on the Silvermont architecture and the processors are part of Intel’s Bay Trail platform. Intel has designed ValleyView-I for industrial and automotive application purpose, ValleyView-D for desktop systems, ValleyView-T for small devices and ValleyView-M for netbooks.
The ValleyView SoC processors will have either a dual or single channel memory controller that will support up to 8 GB of DDR3L-1066 or DDR3L-1333 RAM, Intel HD audio, PCi-E 2.0, SATA 2.0, even USB 2.0 and 3.0.
According to the leaked document, Intel will release its ValleyView processors in the second half of 2013.
Source: CNET
Nokia's upcoming flagship device called Lumia 920 PureView has been leaked with image. This phone will run on Microsoft's Windows Phone 8 OS. A Twitter user named @evleaks has leaked an image of Nokia Lumia 920 with some information. The company has used its PureView image technology in the device. The device has a 4.5-inch display. The phone may become available in various types of color casing, according to the source.
Some information of Nokia Lumia 820 has also been leaked too. The alleged phone’s display is measured 4.3-inch but there is no word about actual resolution. Nokia has used Carl Zeiss optics in this device, according to the source.
We could not find more information about both devices. It is expected that Nokia will reveal details on September 5 event. We have to wait till the Nokia and Microsoft’s joint event.
Source: YouTube
AntiSec, a splinter group of the popular hacktivist group Anonymous, has claimed that it was recently able to break into FBI's servers. As a result of this breach, the group claims, it obtained more than 12 million Apple UDIDs. It has now leaked 1 million of these on the web.
The group claims that it was able to break into the notebook of a FBI agent who belonged to the FBI Regional Cyber Action Team and New York FBI Office Evident Response Team. The breach was achieved by exploiting the AtomicReferenceArray vulnerability in Java.
During the hack session, it was found out that a certain file titled ‘NCFTA_iOS_devices_intel.csv’ was contained on the machine. AntiSec downloaded the file, only to find that it contained the device IDs of some 12 million Apple users. The UDIDs were accompanied with names, zip code, phone numbers as well as other information. AntiSec has posted 1 million of these UDIDs online over here.
What this suggests is that the data has been handed over to FBI by Apple. Apple is known to be quite friendly and complacent towards security agencies. The file name contains the acronym ‘NCFTA’ which probably stands for National Cyber Forensics & Training Alliance. NCFTA “functions as a conduit between private industry and law enforcement.”
In other words, it is a body that lets security agencies gather all kinds of user data from private companies. And Apple seems to be a part of it. It is quite disappointing to note that while on the face, most tech giants blatantly argue that they would never divulge any user information to the security agencies, things seem to be different behind the scenes.
Source: Ycombinator
What are the hottest smartphone right now in the market? Undoubtedly, iPhone 4S (yes, it's still hot, because iPhone 5 isn't available yet) and Galaxy S III. Between these two, iPhone 4S was launched in October 2011 and Samsung Galaxy S III was launched on May 2012. Since the launch of iPhone 4S, the device has been on top in selling in U.S. each month. But recent report says, Samsung Galaxy S III was sold more in August 2012 in the U.S. than iPhone 4S. That is, Samsung Galaxy S III was the top-selling smartphone in the U.S. in August.
The iPhone 4S was initially launched in partnership with AT&T, Verizon Wireless, and Sprint Nextel last year in October. Since then, it has been the top-selling smartphone in the U.S. each month. On the other side, Samsung Galaxy S III was launched on May 2012. It became so popular that Samsung sold 10 million Samsung Galaxy S III smartphone in just 2 month.
Recently analyst firm Canaccord Genuity has revealed that in August 2012 Samsung Galaxy S III was the top-selling smartphone in the U.S.
T. Michael Walkley, an analyst of Canaccord Genuity firm, said, “We believe this is the first month since the iPhone 4S launched in October 2011 that it was not the top-selling smartphone in the U.S. market.”
The sales of iPhone 4S have decreased in recent month in anticipation of iPhone 5.
Source : Ubergizmo
Windows 7 allows you to optimize performance of your laptop and save power when it's running on battery. However if you want to improve your laptop behavior while it's on battery you can use a free app for Windows called Aerofoil. Aerofoil will automatically load and disable certain Windows features when your laptop is disconnected from power supply. With Aerofoil you can disable aero glass, turn off speakers, turn off gadgets, turn off sidebars, etc... All these optimizations will save you up to 25% of battery power, which is not negligible if you're traveling and do not have a power socket near you.
Before proceeding to below steps make sure you download Aerofoil app for Windows from this link on your laptop and continue following steps below.
Step 1: Once you have downloaded the installation file, unpack it on your computer, start the installation and follow on-screen instructions.
Step 2: Once installation is finished and you rich Power Profile window, Aerofoil will create two new power profiles.
Step 3: Under On Battery drop down menu select Power Saver, and under On AC drop down menu select High Performance. Click Next to continue.
Step 4: Check all the boxes to allow Aerofoil manage the volume of the speakers, the component of gadgets and the Windows power profiles. To continue click Next.
Step 5: Click Finish button.
Step 6: The Aerofoil icon is displayed in the taskbar and the software will start automatically. Click on its icon to display information about the mode and enabled options.
Step 7: When you right mouse click on the icon located in the taskbar, you can manually enable or disable the automatic shutdown, change the mode of energy management, turn off speakers, …
Step 8: If you unplug your computer, the Aerofoil icon changes color and apply your settings optimized for energy savings.
Step 9: You can quickly hibernate your computer by clicking right mouse on the icon and clicking Hibernate.
Step 10: Press any key on the keyboard to get out of standby and find your desktop and software as they were.
After the change in Terms of Service (TOS) by Google, now it’s time for Microsoft. They have proposed a new TOS mainly concerning policy on privacy and dispute settlement issues. Microsoft informed its clients about the changes in policy via mail, saying that the new TOS will in effect from October 19, 2012.
Compared to the previous policy it can be said that the new policy is going to benefit Microsoft at least in two ways. The first case is about the usage of customer data. The new policy has granted Microsoft the authority to use customer data across its cloud properties. The previous user data usage policy that such data is subject to be used “solely to the extent necessary to provide the service” is replaced by the announcement that Microsoft reserves the right to use user data to “provide, protect and improve Microsoft products and services”. That means Microsoft gets the authority to extract content from Hotmail, SkyDrive and Office Suite to personalize Bing search results for individual users.
Again, because of the new policy US users will no longer be able to file any lawsuit against Microsoft. They have to settle disputes with arbitration rather than litigation. The newly added class action waiver contract also gives Microsoft safety from all class action suits. Previously such changes have been noticed in the TOS of Sony and Netflix.
Source: The Verge
At last, the season long wait is going to be over. Apple sends out the press invitation for its next event of possible iPhone 5 release. They sent out e-mail invitation to the media persons on September 4. It’s basically an invitation only event. It will be held on September 12 in San Fransisco.
The image of the invitation hints out that Apple is going to name their next smartphone as rumored “iPhone 5”. Numeric number “12” illustrates the date of the event & there is a shadow under 12 which indicates a large 5 which actually depicts about iPhone 5 launch. The invitation reveals little about what will be announced. The tagline says only, “It’s almost here.” Apple may release iOS 6 on the same day.
We all are waiting for September 12. TTJ will cover all the news on that day…stay tuned.
Source: VB
The height, width, screen-size, and more were all calculated based on those aforementioned schematics. Better yet, we’ve also got an iPad mini render that compares the device in size to the current Retina display iPad with a 9.7-inch display. That comparison is also based on the dimensions garnered from the schematics.
You can make animated GIFs for free from your smartphone, which is probably what you are using to shoot photos and video anyway. You’ll need an app like GIFBoom (the runaway favorite for iPhone). It’s available for free from the App Store and for Android from Google Play.
You may log in with Facebook, Twitter or an email address. Choose a video from your phone’s camera roll. GIFBoom converts your video into single frames. Choose up to 20 sequential frames to make your animated GIF. You then have the option to have your GIF play backwards or forwards.
You can also make GIFs from still images stored in your phone or take pictures (in a quick series like a flipbook). You can choose up to 20 images for your GIF. If you want to save a GIF to your own camera roll, go into the app’s “Advanced Settings” and turn on “Save to Camera Roll.”
GIFBoom is also a social network, similar to Instagram. In fact, it’s tough to tell the difference between the two when you log on. You can browse by popular GIFs and search by tags. Any GIF can be “reboomed” (reposted) to your own newsfeed.
Source: Mashable
The record was previously held by another U.S. technology company, Microsoft, at its height in 1999.
Apple became the most valuable company in the U.S. when it reached a $346.74 billion valuation in mid-2011, topping Exxon Mobil for the first time. It surpassed Microsoft’s market capitalization in 2010.
Apple setting a record valuation now is especially impressive given the passing of co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs in October as well as its relatively modest price-earnings ratio: 15.57. Amazon, by comparison, has a P/E of 291.73, and even Facebook’s beleaguered stock is still trading at a P/E of 68.51.
Source: Mashable
The HiddenRadio & Bluetooth Speaker is the simplest and most intuitive product ever.
ELEGANT INCONSPICUOUS DESIGN, SUPERIOR SOUND
The HiddenRadio & Bluetooth Speaker is based off minimal, timeless design and user intuition. When asleep it hides all its functions, being silent and unanimated. To turn it on you simply twist and lift the cap; the further you lift the cap the more internal volume is created and will amplify to over 80dB of crystal clear sound. This unique design connects and captivates the user through its intuitive functionality.
THE FREEDOM OF BLUETOOTH
The speaker wirelessly supports iPhone, iPad or any other smartphone, tablet or computer via Bluetooth technology. If you have multiple speakers throughout your home, you can enjoy radiant sound, while seamlessly switching between them. Don’t have a Bluetooth device? It’s not s a problem: the HiddenRadio has a 3.5mm audio input plug that allows you to plug-in any device without Bluetooth functionality. We’ve also added a great built in AM/FM radio.
ENDLESS SOUND QUALITY
The rechargeable batteries support a whopping 30+ hours of streaming music: easily enough for a weekend away or to get you through the busy workweek. We’ve tested it along side the leading products on the market and The HiddenRadio has excelled in both sound quality and volume power.
DESIGN THAT WILL BE LOVED IN ANY HOME
We’ve spent 4 years and over $50k of our own money perfecting the patented mechanism. As the end result, The HiddenRadio holds the most powerful and clear sound within the purest, sleekest, compact form.
We have a great factory already set up and we are almost ready to start production; we just need your help to get there. If we can pre-sell just 1000 units we can make it happen!
WHAT YOUR CONTRIBUTION WILL HELP US DO
On top of the $50k in development we’ve spent ourselves, we still need:
- $62k, Injection molding tools
- $30k, Global Bluetooth certifications
- $33k, First production run
BE PART OF THIS GREAT PROJECT
The HiddenRadio is a clear simple answer to both classic, unobtrusive home decor and complete clear sound quality. We can’t wait to share this great project with you. With your support, when you see the HiddenRadio on the shelf of a retail store you will have the satisfaction of knowing YOU helped make it happen.
Here’s what the press has been saying:
“John Van Den Nieuwenhuizen’s radio concept is unassuming and inviting; it truly looks like something that is good to touch.”
Mocoloco.com
“The HiddenRadio, a quiet little concept with some poetic ergonomics”
Core77.com
“The simplest gadget ever?...Makes the iPod look like a busy piece of design.”
Wired.com
“Every now and then there’s a beautifully simple design that is so intuitive it beggars belief as to why no-one else had thought of it.”
Gadgetrynews.com
“Meant to go against the grain where most devices these days come with more buttons than a nuclear arsenal control panel”
Ubergizmo.com
“Absurdly clever.”
Boingboing.net
FAQ
Q/ How long will the batteries last?
A/ The rechargeable batteries last over 30 hours.
Q/ How will I know it will support my phone, tablet or computer?
A/ Bluetooth is a global standard designed to work on any device.
Q/ How loud is the sound?
A/ We’ve tested it over 80dB, basically it will easily fill the space of a large apartment.
Q/ Is shipping included?
A/ We are offering free global shipping only for Kickstarter backers!
Q/ When will you start to manufacture?
A/ Once we get to 1000 units we’ll begin production immediately. I hope you can help us bring this great product to market.
