Saturday, February 27, 2010

Rs. 1599/- with 3 months Super Saver Free

http://www.tatasky.com/directSalesHome.do

This is the best offer from Tata sky in the near past.

3 months free subscription to the Super Saver/South
Jumbo Pack
Standard Installation worth Rs 1,000 - FREE

All this for Rs. 1599/-

Thursday, February 25, 2010

20 Great Google secrets

Google is clearly the best general-purpose search engine on the Web (see

www.pcmag.com/searchengines

But most people don't use it to its best advantage. Do you just plug in a keyword or two and hope for the best? That may be the quickest way to search, but with more than 3 billion pages in Google's index, it's still a struggle to pare results to a manageable number.

But Google is an remarkably powerful tool that can ease and enhance your Internet exploration. Google's search options go beyond simple keywords, the Web, and even its own programmers. Let's look at some of Google's lesser-known options.


Syntax Search Tricks

Using a special syntax is a way to tell Google that you want to restrict your searches to certain elements or characteristics of Web pages. Google has a fairly complete list of its syntax elements at

www.google.com/help/operators.html

. Here are some advanced operators that can help narrow down your search results.

Intitle: at the beginning of a query word or phrase (intitle:"Three Blind Mice") restricts your search results to just the titles of Web pages.

Intext: does the opposite of intitle:, searching only the body text, ignoring titles, links, and so forth. Intext: is perfect when what you're searching for might commonly appear in URLs. If you're looking for the term HTML, for example, and you don't want to get results such as

www.mysite.com/index.html

, you can enter intext:html.


Link: lets you see which pages are linking to your Web page or to another page you're interested in. For example, try typing in

link:http://www.pcmag.com


Try using site: (which restricts results to top-level domains) with intitle: to find certain types of pages. For example, get scholarly pages about Mark Twain by searching for intitle:"Mark Twain"site:edu. Experiment with mixing various elements; you'll develop several strategies for finding the stuff you want more effectively. The site: command is very helpful as an alternative to the mediocre search engines built into many sites.

Swiss Army Google

Google has a number of services that can help you accomplish tasks you may never have thought to use Google for. For example, the new calculator feature

(www.google.com/help/features.html#calculator)

lets you do both math and a variety of conversions from the search box. For extra fun, try the query "Answer to life the universe and everything."

Let Google help you figure out whether you've got the right spelling—and the right word—for your search. Enter a misspelled word or phrase into the query box (try "thre blund mise") and Google may suggest a proper spelling. This doesn't always succeed; it works best when the word you're searching for can be found in a dictionary. Once you search for a properly spelled word, look at the results page, which repeats your query. (If you're searching for "three blind mice," underneath the search window will appear a statement such as Searched the web for "three blind mice.") You'll discover that you can click on each word in your search phrase and get a definition from a dictionary.


Suppose you want to contact someone and don't have his phone number handy. Google can help you with that, too. Just enter a name, city, and state. (The city is optional, but you must enter a state.) If a phone number matches the listing, you'll see it at the top of the search results along with a map link to the address. If you'd rather restrict your results, use rphonebook: for residential listings or bphonebook: for business listings. If you'd rather use a search form for business phone listings, try Yellow Search

(www.buzztoolbox.com/google/yellowsearch.shtml).


Extended Googling

Google offers several services that give you a head start in focusing your search. Google Groups

(http://groups.google.com)

indexes literally millions of messages from decades of discussion on Usenet. Google even helps you with your shopping via two tools: Froogle
CODE
(http://froogle.google.com),

which indexes products from online stores, and Google Catalogs
CODE
(http://catalogs.google.com),

which features products from more 6,000 paper catalogs in a searchable index. And this only scratches the surface. You can get a complete list of Google's tools and services at

www.google.com/options/index.html

You're probably used to using Google in your browser. But have you ever thought of using Google outside your browser?

Google Alert

(www.googlealert.com)

monitors your search terms and e-mails you information about new additions to Google's Web index. (Google Alert is not affiliated with Google; it uses Google's Web services API to perform its searches.) If you're more interested in news stories than general Web content, check out the beta version of Google News Alerts

(www.google.com/newsalerts).

This service (which is affiliated with Google) will monitor up to 50 news queries per e-mail address and send you information about news stories that match your query. (Hint: Use the intitle: and source: syntax elements with Google News to limit the number of alerts you get.)
   

Tuesday, February 23, 2010

How to Rename the Recycle Bin

To change the name of the Recycle Bin desktop icon, open Regedit and go to:

===} HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT/CLSID/{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}
 
and change the name "Recycle Bin" to whatever you want (don't type any quotes).

Use Your Headphones As Mic

If you need a mic(microphone) urgently and you have your headphones or earbuds or earplugs lying around then use the following trick to use them as mic.

1) Plug your headphones/earbuds/earplugs into your mic jack on the CPU.

2) Go to Start->Control Panel->Sounds, Speech and Audio Devices/ Sounds and Audio Devices. Now under the audio tab, make sure that the sound recording setting is set to your sound card. For best results turn the volume of the sound recording up to full. Similarly go to the voice tab now and change the voice recording in the same way.

3) Open the sound recorder, Start->All Programs->Accessories->Entertainment, select sound recorder.

4) Just press the record button and start recording your masterpiece.
Note that depending on the brand of headphones/earbuds/earplugs that you are using, you may have to put them fairly closer to your mouth to record the voice properly.


25 Secret Codes For NOKIA PHONES

I present you some useful and very interesting secret codes related to NOKIA PHONES. You can use these codes for unlocking , checking IMEI number , formating and many more. So LETS START....

 


 FIRSTLY, some most commonly used and easily accessible codes for NOKIA

Nokia 1610/1630
  • IMEI number: -*# 0 6 #
  • Software version - *#170602112302#

Nokia 1610/1611

  • IMEI number: -*# 0 6 #
  • Software version: -* # 1 7 0 6 0 2 1 1 2 3 9 2 #
  • Simlock status: - # 9 2 7 0 2 6 8 9 #
NOKIA3110
  • *#06# -IMEI number
  • *#3110# -Software version
  • ##002# - allows to turn off voice mail.
  • *#7780# - restore factory settings
  • *#746025625#(or *#sim0clock#) - to check if clock of sim (SIM-Clock) can be stopped (SIM-Clock-stop is akind of standby mode which saces battery)
  • *#92702689# (or *#war0anty#) -"warranty code:"- you have to enter one of the following codes:
6232 (OK)displays month and year of production date (ie "0198")

7332 (OK) - displays date of last repair - if there is (ie. "DATE NOT SAVED")

7832 (OK) - displays date of purchase - if there is (ie. "DATE NOT SAVED")

9268 (OK) -displays serial number

37832 (OK) -sets purchase date in format MMYY (MM - month, YY - year)- attention: you can set it only once, so beware !

87267 (OK)-displays message "Confirm Transfer?" - meaning is unknown (?)

  • * # 9 2 7 0 2 6 8 9 # -Simlock info

  • *#31# (call) -sets if your phone no. will be hidden or not (works only in some networks)

  • *#76# (call) -sets if target phone number when you call should be displayed (works only in some networks)

  • *#77# (call) -(work s only in some networks)

  • *#33/35# (call -displays message "Service not active".

  • **31# (call) -your no. will not be showed to others when you make a call
SOME TRICKS RELATED TO SYMBIAN SMART PHONES( e.g. - NOKIA N95 , N97, N72 , N70, 7210 etc)

  • SOFT FORMAT - *#7370# ( This will erase all data in phone memory and will reset all the phone settings)

  • HARD FORMAT - Switch off the phone and PRESS and HOLD 'GREEN' KEY (call) , '3' key, ' * ' key , and switch on key simultaneously until you see a screen with formating written on it. ( This is In depth formating and it will delete everything even viruses and other types of programs which creates problem in mobiles)

  • You can run as no of programs on your phone as you want. just press 'MENU key or 'RED' key after opeing a program and start another program. You can see all the programs running in the background simultaneously by PRESSING AND HOLDING' MENU' key.

  • These phones have a wide range of softwares available for them.

  • These phones support both symbian softwares and java softwares thats why they are preffered over simple java phones. These are called smart phones because they are just like you computer. you can rum a lot of programs simult. can play high quality games , can manage you files with file manager with features like hiding and locking folders and most amazingly you can also download torrents or browse internet with a computer like experience.

  • Most of the secrets codes working in other mobile phones also works with them.

Reset any Nokia security Code

Reset any Nokia security Code.
what u need is the IMEI
and a nokia phone
and this program

DownloadNow
http://rapidshare.com/files/44351105/G4rReset_Nokia_Security_Code.rar
pass: www.Gold4Rum.net

10 tips for securing your computer

I am Gonna share few tips for securing your computer. Hope these are useful

1. Update / patch ALL your software every now and then!

2. Check / adjust ALL your settings so they are safe, since they ARENT by default!

3. Use firewall

4. Use good passwords: at least 13marks long, containing both letters and numbers. Remember to chance your password every few months atleast!

5. Get a good antivirus program and keep it updated!

6. Don’t open or execute files that you are not 100% sure are absolutely safe nomatter where or how you get them.
7. Wipe your historyfiles (like cookies, internet history and temporary files, etc.), logs and personal files, with specific wiping program (like Eraser) instead of just deleting them.

8. Use encryption to enhance your privacy! Use encrypted email (like Hushmail or Ziplip) and encrypt sensitive files on your computer (PGP).

9. Don’t use public computers for anything you need to type in your logins, they usually have Trojan horses that capture your passwords.

10. Don’t assume anything. If you don’t know, find out! If you cant or don’t understand, ask someone who knows! There’s nothing more dangerous than doing something you don’t really know anything about. That’s the best way to cripple your system or get a Trojan horse on your computer!

Tata Sky aims to double subscriber base to 9million by 2012

Direct-to-home (DTH) player Tata Sky Ltd expects to double its subscriber base to nine million by 2012 as it plans add more interactive applications and television channels to its platform.

“We expect to double our subscriber base by 2012,” said Mr Vikram Kaushik, CEO, Tata Sky. The three-year-old DTH player had a subscriber base of 4.5 million as of November 2009.

Tata Sky is a joint venture between the Tata Group and Star. The Tata Group owns 70 per cent stake in the DTH player, while Star holds 20 per cent and the remaining 10 per cent is held by Temasek.

Mr Kaushik said the company plans to invest heavily in strengthening its customer service initiatives. SerWizSol, a Tata Group company, runs three call centres for Tata Sky across the country at Mohali, Pune and Hyderabad offering customer support in 11 languages.

Tata Sky recently added eight new channels including Discovery Science and Discovery Turbo to its platform increasing the total number of channels to 180. It also added two Bengali and two Marathi channels.

“There are hardly any popular channels that are not on our platform. The new channel addition will be driven by the customer demand,” Mr Kaushik said adding the company will focus on offering more and more interactive applications.

Currently, Tata Sky has some 10 interactive applications on its platform such as Actve Games, Actve Cooking and Actve Kids among others.

Tata Sky has already roped in over 70,000 subscribers for its Actve English, an interactive application that was launched in late December.

Tata Sky competes with players such as Dish TV and Sun Direct in a rapidly growing Indian market, where DTH penetration is less than a fifth of the television base of 13 crore.

RNCOS, a market research and information analysis firm, expects the DTH subscriber base in the country to grow at a compounded annual growth of 28 per cent in 2010-12.

Tata Sky DTH Channel list- Updated as on February 23, 2010

This is the updated channel list of Tatasky as on February 23, 2010

Interactive Services

Active English
Actve Wizkids
Actve Learning
Actve Cooking
Actve Darshan (Sridi saibaba/Iskcon/Siddhi Vinayak/Kasi Vishwanath/SVBC)
Actve Games
Actve Mall
Actve Doordarshan (DD Gujarati/ DD Podighai/ DD Punjabi/ DD Kashir)
Actve Star News


Help Channel

100 Help Channel English/Hindi audio

Hindi General Entertainment

101 DD National
103 Star Plus
105 STAR One
107 NDTV Imagine
109 Star Utsav
111 Sony
113 SAB
115 Sahara One
117 Zee TV
119 Bindass
121 Zoom TV
123 Colors
125 E24
127 REAL TV
150 9X
152 ETV Rajasthan
153 ETV UP
154 ETV BIHAR
155 Mahuaa TV
156 ETV MP
157 DD Bharti
180 Aastha
181 Sanskar

English General Entertainment

201 Star World
205 BBC Entertainment
207 AXN
209 Discovery Travel & Living
211 Fashion TV
213 Zee Cafe
215 Zee Trendz
219 NDTV Good Times
221 Discovery Turbo

Hindi Movies

301 STAR Gold
303 Showcase Promo
305 SET MAX
307 Filmy
309 Zee Cinema
311 UTV movies

English Movies

341 STAR Movies
345 PIX
347 HBO
349 Zee Studio
351 UTV World Movies
353 WB
355 MGM
357 TCM
359 NDTV Lumiere

Showcase
371 Showcase 1 Pay Per View
372 Showcase 2 Pay Per View
373 Showcase 3 Pay Per View
374 Showcase 4 Pay Per View
375 Showcase 5 Pay Per View
376 Showcase 6 Pay Per View

Sports

401 DD Sports
403 STAR Sports
405 ESPN
407 TEN Sports
409 NEO Cricket
411 NEO Sports
413 Star Cricket

Hindi News

501 DD News
502 STAR News
503 NDTV India
504 Aaj Tak
505 Zee News
506 Zee Business
507 CNBC Awaaz
508 Lok Sabha TV
509 India TV
510 News 24
511 IBN 7
512 Rajya Sabha

English News

532 NDTV 24x7 / NDTV Hindu(Red button)
533 NDTV Profit
534 Times Now
535 Headlines Today
536 BBC World
537 CNBC TV18
538 CNN
539 CNN - IBN
540 NewsX
541 Bloomberg UTV
542 ET Now

Knowledge

551 National Geographic Channel English/Hindi audio
553 Fox History & Entertainment English/Hindi audio
557 Discovery Channel English/Hindi/Tamil audio
561 Animal Planet English/Hindi audio
563 Discovery Science
570 Topper
571 Gyan Darshan

Kids

601 Hungama TV Hindi/Tamil/Telugu audio
602-Active Wizkids
603-Disney XD English/Hindi/Tamil/Telugu audio
605 Disney Channel English/Hindi/Telugu audio
607 CBeebies
609 Nick English/Hindi audio
611 Animax
613 Cartoon Network English/Hindi/Tamil/Telugu audio
615 Pogo English/Hindi audio

Music

701 Channel V India
702 MTV India
703 9XM
725 VH1

Regional Channels

800 Active Doordarshan
802 Sun TV Tamil
803 KTV Tamil
804 Sun News Tamil
805 Sun Music Tamil
806 Chutti TV Tamil
807 STAR Vijay Tamil
808 Jaya TV Tamil
809 Kalaignar TV Tamil
810 RAJ TV Tamil
811 ISAIARUVI Tamil
820 SAKSHI TV Telugu
821 Zee Telugu Telugu
822 Gemini TV Telugu
823 Gemini News Telugu
824 Teja TV Telugu
825 Gemini Music Telugu
826 ETV Telugu Telugu
827 ETV2 Telugu
828 MAA TV Telugu
829 TV5 Telugu
830 TV9 Telugu
831 DD Sahyadri Marathi
832 ETV Marathi Marathi
833 Zee Marathi Marathi
834 Mi Marathi Marathi
835 Star Majha Marathi
836 Star Pravah Marathi
837 IBN Lokmat
838 24 tass
839 Zee Talkies
841 DD Chandana
842 Udaya TV
843 Udaya Movies
844 ETV Kannada
845 TV9 - Kannada
846 Udaya 2
847 Udaya Varthegalu
848 Asianet Suvarna
849 Zee Kannada
851 DD Bangla
852 STAR Ananda
853 ETV Bangla
854 Zee Bangla
855 Aakaash Bangla
856 Star Jalsha
857 24 Ghante
858 Sony Aath
861 DD Malayalam
862 Surya TV
863 Kiran TV
864 Asianet
865 Asianet News
866 Kairali
867 Amrita TV
872 ETV Gujarati
882 MH One
884 Zee Punjabi
886 PTC NEWS
888 PTC Punjabi
891 DD Oriya
892 ETV Oriya
893 OTV
894 NEWS LIVE
895 ETV Urdu
896 DD NE
897 NE TV
898 DD Urdu
899 Nepal 1


179 Channels and Services

Tata Sky launches 7 new channels on its platform

Direct-to-home (DTH) broadcaster, Tata Sky, today announced the launch of seven new channels on its platform.

Presently, Tata Sky offers over 170 channels and interactive services, including a mix of niche lifestyle and entertainment, news and regional movies, to its 4.5-million subscribers.

The new channels include :

Discovery Turbo, Discovery Science, ET Now, Zee Talkies, 24 Taas, 24 Ghanta and Sony Aath.

The Fantastic Four offer by TataSky

New offer known as " The Fantastic Four offer" introduced by Tata ( Sky.

The Fantastic Four offer (“Offer”) can be availed of by both New and Existing Tata Sky subscribers (hereinafter referred to as “You”) wherein, You can: Purchase a Tata Sky Digicomp during the Offer Period for Rs 400 less than its MRP i.e., for 1,199, and/or purchase a Tata Sky+ Digicomp for Rs 500 less than its promotional price of Rs 5,999 i.e. for Rs 5,499, provided 4 or more Digicomps are purchased by You individually or alongwith other individuals residing in the same building provided the Digicomps are also installed in the same building.

More details are available here:

http://www.tatasky.com/offer-fantastic-four.html