Opera Mini - new browser in iPhone OS

Everybody knows how control freak Apple is. That was the reason why Opera developers held their breadth until the App Store approved the Safari compitator.

I wanted to try how this blog looks on the Mini. Here are some screenshots.

First screenshot: Doesn't look that good


I disabled the "Load Image" - for faster load time.

The I switch on the 'Mobile View'. This is the best view - without any plugins in server side the feature works great and the Google ads are all gone. For a webmaster, this might be a missed monetizing opportunity, but for a site visitor it sure is a best browsing experience. I wish it also remove Kontera ads.

This is the settings page: The output above is the result of the settings show below:


Tabbed Browsing


Settings

Will Google Maps Navigation replace standalone GPS?

Newly announced Google Maps Navigation caused shares of satellite navigation device companies to fall substantially amidst fears of the death of standalone GPS. Is it really the death or the rumors of the death have been greatly exaggerated? In the Navigation Application, Google uses search engine to find addresses, Google Street View for photos of locations, and live traffic data in its turn-by-turn GPS software. The application is available in the new Droid phone. Let?s see some advantages and disadvantage of Google GPS attached to mobile phone. Advantages of Google Maps Nav.: It is a free service Comes with phone and doesn?t need an extra gadget, easy to carry and you are less likely to forget it at home. Real-time updating Linked to the HUGE Google search database Disadvantages: It is device specific ? only phone it supports now is Motorola Droid. More may be (are) coming but it will take time.  Multi-tasking ? using GPS and calling somebody would be difficult. It would certainly add concern to the traffic safety. Dedicated data connection is required ? there are many places where Google service might not be available. Mobile phones usually have smaller screen as compared to dedicated GPS. More the screen are better the details on the map. Mobile phones' smaller form factors usually don?t allow for extra battery (like iPhone). Constant use for long period of time might not be practical in some situations. Google will certainly add advertisement in future. Would like smaller screen and ads in it? GPS manufacturers knew it was coming. Sometime back, TomTom started offering its own mobile GPS application for iPhone for $100. But free application is lot more cheaper! It is to be seen if Apple will beg Google to make one for iPhone. Official video on Google Maps Navigation: Professionals would certainly go for standalone GPS but causal users like myself would certainly be happy with the new device and new application. Death is a harsh word; but it is sure that they wouldn?t sell like hot cakes anymore. GPS manufacturers need to step forward in innovating their products, cutting the prices, and offer better value to the customers. It sure is not a dead end!

Want to buy my blog ?

Well, this is not an offer! I am not finished yet! I have many things to write about and I am lovin' it!
But this nice widget by technorati.com is cool way to boast about the value of your site!



My blog is worth $4,516.32.
How much is your blog worth?

Well, if you have a blog you too can get it and place it in sidebars. I have seen big numbers in many sites. Tell me about you!
Tags: technorati, wiget, website value

Webmail - Unlimited Storage in Yahoo

News on 27 March 2007 announced the unlimited storage capacity of Yahoo. Today I was welcomed by the following screen when I was logging in it.

Well, it seems it is happening for sure. Despite this big upgrade, the attachment sizes are still limited to 10MB for free accounts. I am wondering if it will bother a general user? 10MB is somewhat small when you talk about unlimited storage space. If you are compled to make maximum use of it there are software like HJsplit , a small and free software that allows you to cut a big file into small parts which can be sent as attachments in separate emails. But one needs to take considerable amount of time to send gigabytes of data with a free account.
One biggest disadvantage these email services have is that you have to log in frequently. They erase all of the emails if you fail to log in for some specified time depending upon the provider. In the long run, it's nice that "unlimited space" is available, but common users like myself wouldn't be able to make much use of the available space. I've had gmail for well over a year and have barely scratched the surface of my available space and I've made strides to fill it up. I have all sorts of backed up data in there. I don't know what I will do with the unlimited space!
If you want to compare different offers other email providers have visit thisnice comparision of web based emails in wikipedia website.
If you think Yahoo is the only one to offer unlimited space and create all these hypes then you are wrong. rediff one of India's largest email service provider has started offering unlimited storage some time back and aol is offering such service since August 2006 (Please comment if there are any others too).

Nice and Free Software : Text Magician

I had a really big text file and I didn't know how to open it. Then I found this small software developed by David Pye. It helped me to divide the file into smaller pieces so I can keep open them and play around with. Apart from splitting files it can do lot of other useful things with text files.
It is a simple interface with all options squezed in one small GUI. It looks like the following screenshot without much menus and toolbars.


This software can be used to edit text files the easy way. Join or split files while adding, deleting or replacing text, change to upper or lower case, capitalise all words or the start of all lines, add text to the start or end of lines, remove leading or trailing spaces, add or remove blank lines, remove text blocks, alphabetise lines in file(s), split files at specified lines or text or into a specified number of files, works on multiple files and on files of unlimited size. I wrote this for my own use after I couldn't find a program to do what I wanted, it's extremely easy to use with a simple interface.
Some of the tasks it can do are listed as follows:

1. Remove leading spaces and tabs.
2. Remove trailing spaces.
3. Remove all blank lines.
4. Add a blank line after each line.
5. Capitalize the first letter of each line.
6. Capitalize the first letter of each word.
7. Capitalize all text.
8. Make all text lower case.
9. Sort the lines in the file(s) alphabetically.
10. Remove text from the start of each line.
11. Remove text from the end of each line.
12. Remove text from everywhere in the file(s).
13. Add text to the start of each line.
14. Add text to the end of each line.
15. Add text in a new line after each line.
16. Remove a block of text.
17. Replace text everywhere.
18. Join multiple files and include dividers.
You can also split a file in the following ways:-
1. Into a specified number of files.
2. Every X number of lines.
3. Split at the end of specified text.
4. The first 17 editing functions can also be included when splitting a file.
The software can be downloaded from the developer's site.
Tags: text edit, file split, text, freeware

Free Press Release Websites

Don't know if they are viewed by many people or not but they sure do exist. Just to test their effectiveness, I have posted in one of the free press release website. Well, it was not well-prepared and I was just testing I have created a release statement like this.
With these sites around you can release a press-release on your first love or a break-up or even a statement that your can refused to eat your most expensive pet food.
I would appreciate comments on the reader's comment on their experience with similar sites.
I found some 23 such press release sites in this blog. Some costing as much as $2850 (that sounds promising!).
Tags: free, press release, website, internet

Figures made by hands with the help of shadows [E-book]

This is an old book which tells you how to create figures in the wall with the help of hands and a light source. You will love the series of novel and amusing figures formed by the hand and this is free book released by Project Gutenberg.

Cover

Well, it has nice such pictures to help you figure-out how to make figures on the wall.
Book Details:Author: Henry Bursill
Published by : Griffith and Farran
Date of the publication: 1859
Language: English
Amount of pages: 32
Format: CHM
Size of a file: 642 Kb
Download the book here

Free Children Audio Stories

Free Children Audio Stories
A Chinese Fairytale
Peach Boy
The three Little Pigs
Tom Thumb
Link stoneagerobot.com/SoundStories/
Children Stories Audio on StoryNory
Dick Whittington and His Cat
The Maiden and the Frog
The Golden Fish By the Brothers Grimm
Snow White By the Brothers Grimm
Beauty and the Beast
The Steadfast Tin Soldier
The Gingerbread Man
Cinderella
Rikki-tikki-tavi Part Two
Rikki-tikki-tavi Part One
Jack and the Beanstalk Part One
Jack and the Beanstalk Part Two
The Snow Queen
In the Cyclops Cave
Harry and Rosie Take A Train
Harry and Rosie?s New Pet
Harry and Rosie Trick Santa by Angharad Lynn
A Chrismas tale by Angharad Lynn .
A Christmas Carol By Charles Dickens
Harry and Rosie Trick Santa by Angharad Lynn
Bertie?s Christmas Storynory By HRH Prince Bertie the Frog
Tim Learns About Father Christmas
The First Christmas
Bertie Meets Father Christmas
A Visit From St. Nicholas
Christmas Writing Competition Winners
The Maiden and the Frog
Noah?s Ark
The Cat and the Mouse in Partnership By the Brothers Grimm
Kissa the Cat From The Brown Fairy Book of Andrew Lang
A Visit From St. Nicholas
Shock-Headed Peter
The Spider and the Fly
Two Poems about Mice
The Owl and the Pussycat By Edward Lear
Tim Learns The History of Soccer
Tim learns where Easter Eggs come from By Storynory
The Steadfast Tin Soldier
The Flying Trunk By Hans Christian Andersen
The Princess and the Pea By Hans Christian Andersen
The Snow Queen Part Two By Hans Christian Andersen
The Snow Queen Part One By Hans Christian Andersen (From The Pink Fairy book by Andrew Lang, 1897)
Aladdin?s Lamp
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves From the 1001 Arabian Nights
The Golden Fish By the Brothers Grimm
Snow White By the Brothers Grimm
The Cat and the Mouse in Partnership By the Brothers Grimm
Hansel and Grettel By The Brothers Grimm
Beauty and the Beast
Cinderella From the Blue Fairy Book of Andrew Lang
The Sleeping Beauty Part Two From The Blue Fairy Book of Andrew Lang The Sleeping Beauty From The Blue Fairy Book of Andrew Lang
Little Red Riding Hood From the Blue Fairy Book by Andrew Lang
Alice?s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
Interviews
Jeremy Strong Interview
Young Bond Charlie Higson Interview
The Getaway by Ed Vere
Link storynory.com/

Children?s Literature Audio Stories
Aesop Aesop?s Fables - Complete Menu
Baldwin, James Robinson Crusoe Written Anew for Children
Baum, L Frank Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz
Baum, L Frank Little Wizard Stories of Oz
Baum, L Frank The Marvelous Land of Oz
Baum, L Frank The Lost Princess of Oz
Baum, L Frank The Road to Oz
Baum, L Frank Sky Island
Brooke, L Leslie Johnny Crow?s Garden
Brooke, L Leslie Johnny Crow?s Party
Brooke, L Leslie The Golden Goose Book
Brooke, Leslie L The Story of the Three Little Pigs
Burgess, Gelett More Goops and How Not to Be Them
Burgess, Gelett The Goop Directory
Burnett, Frances Hodgson A Little Princess
Burnett, Frances Hodgson Sara Crewe: Or, What Happened at Miss Minchin?s Boarding School
Burnett, Frances Hodgson The Secret Garden
Carroll, Lewis Alice?s Adventures in Wonderland
Carroll, Lewis Through the Looking-Glass
Collodi, C (transl Carol della Chiesa) The Adventures of Pinocchio
Crane, Walter Baby?s Own Aesop
Denslow, W W The Three Bears
Grahame, Kenneth The Reluctant Dragon
Grahame, Kenneth The Wind in the Willows
Grahame, Kenneth The Wind in the Willows
Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm Fairy Tales
Harris, Joel Chandler Uncle Remus
Hoffman, Heinrich Struwwelpeter
Hope, Laura Lee The Story of a Stuffed Elephant
Kipling, Rudyard Just So Stories
Larned, William Trowbridge American Indian Fairy Tales
Lear, Edward The Owl and the Pussycat
Lofting, Hugh The Story of Doctor Dolittle
MacDonald, George The Light Princess
Marshall, HE Our Island Story, Part
Marshall, HE Our Island Story, Part (duet)
Montgomery, Lucy Maud The Golden Road
Montgomery, Lucy Maud The Story Girl
Moore, Clement C ?Twas the Night Before Christmas
Mulock, Miss The Little Lame Prince
Nesbit, E Five Children and It
Nesbit, E Railway Children
Newell, Peter The Rocket Book
Newell, Peter The Slant Book
Potter, Beatrix Great Big Treasury of Beatrix Potter
Sandburg, Carl Rootabaga Stories
Sewell, Anna Black Beauty
Sidney, Margaret Five Little Peppers and How They Grew
Spyri, Johanna Heidi
Stevenson, Robert Louis The Cow
Turner, Ethel Seven Little Australians
Twain, Mark The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Williams, Margery The Velveteen Rabbit (duet)
Williams, Margery The Velveteen Rabbit
Wilde, Oscar The Canterville Ghost
Wilde, Oscar The Happy Prince and Other Tales
Wyss, Johann David The Swiss Family Robinson
Teenagers might find these books especially appealing:
Alger, Horatio Ragged Dick
Burroughs, Edgar Rice The Gods of Mars
Burroughs, Edgar Rice A Princess of Mars
Defoe, Daniel Robinson Crusoe
Haggard, H Rider King Solomon?s Mines
London, Jack Call of the Wild
London, Jack White Fang
Montgomery, Lucy Maud Anne of Green Gables
Montgomery, Lucy Maud Anne of Avonlea
Montgomery, Lucy Maud Anne of the Island
Montgomery, Lucy Maud Rilla of Ingleside
Stevenson, Robert Louis Treasure Island
Stratton-Porter, Gene A Girl of the Limberlost
Twain, Mark A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur?s Court
Twain, Mark The Prince and the Pauper
Wells, HG War of the Worlds
Wells, HG War of the Worlds
Verne, Jules A Journey to the Interior of the Earth
Link librivox.org/childrens-literature/
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The Best-ever Freeware List

This is a BIG list of "top 300 Freeware software!" categorised in different heading. The links leads directly to the website of interest.
The list contains wide ranges of software like Office softwares, games and Wallpapers too. Too bad, they have not reviewed the software (or at least there is no description)
If you like to read comprehensive reviews on the software there is another site which has 46 freeware categories and they have reviewed each of the freeware. You can read, review and download software of your requirement and that too for free.

Vitalist - Online Getting Things Done (GTD) Software

Vitalist is a web-based application designed specifically for David Allen?s methodology of Getting Things Done. Vitalist compliments the GTD system by offering an inbox, actions, projects, and ticklers.

Other features include:
* A mobile edition
* iCal and RSS feed
* Recurring actions
* E-mail and SMS reminders
The free version is advertising supported. Users can upgrade to a premium account which removes the advertisements and adds features:
* SSL encryptions
* Collaboration
* File attachments
* and a soon-to-be-added calendar

Vitalist is perfect for anyone needing to Get Things Done. Easily organize actions and projects online. From grocery lists to business projects, track it all with Vitalist.
Vitalist website Via: link
Tags: getting+things+done, GTD, productivity, software, web

Freewares : partition and system info tools

Partition Managers:Partition Resizer - zeleps.com/
Ranish Partition Manager - ranish.com/part/
SwissKnife - compuapps.com/Download/swissknife/swissknife.htm
TestDisk - cgsecurity.org/index.html?testdisk.html

System Information and monitoring:
AIDA32 - sofotex.com/AIDA32-download_L9326.html
ATITool - techpowerup.com/atitool/
ATI Tray Tools - guru3d.com/article/atitraytools/189/
CPU-Z - cpuid.com/cpuz.php
Everest - aplusfreeware.com/categories/util/optdiag.html
Gkrellm - bill.nalens.com/
K1 - clanpkm.free.fr/K1/?lng=en
Motherboard monitor - majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=311
SpeedFan - almico.com/speedfan.php
Sysmetrix - xymantix.com
WCPUID - hp.vector.co.jp/authors/VA002374/src/download.html
WhatsRunning - whatsrunning.net/whatsrunning/main.aspx

Freewares: Office Suite and PDF tools

Office Suite
602PC Suite free edition - software602.com/products/pcs/download.html
AbiWord - abiword.com/
OpenOffice.org - openoffice.org/
qjot - xtort.net/xtort/qjot.php
TreeDBNotes - softviewer.com/treedbnotes/free_index.htm
PDF Utilities:CutePDF - cutepdf.com/Products/CutePDF/writer.asp
Foxit PDF Reader - foxitsoftware.com/pdf/rd_intro.php
Free PDF - webxd.com/zipguy/frpdfdl.htm
Ghostscript/GSView - ghostscript.com/
PDF 995 - pdf995.com/
PDFCreator - sourceforge.net/projects/pdfcreator/
PrimoPDF - primopdf.com/

Freeware: Network Tools and antispam software

Anti-spam
K9 - keir.net/k9.html
MailWasher- mailwasher.net/
POPFile - popfile.sourceforge.net/
SpamBayes - spambayes.sourceforge.net/
SpamPal - spampal.org/
Network Tools
CMDTime NTP Utility - softshape.com/download/
Ethereal Protocol Analyzer - ethereal.com/
Gencontrol - gensortium.com/products/gencontrol.html
hamachi - hamachi.cc/
NetMeter - readerror.gmxhome.de/
NetProfiles - netprofiles.danielmilner.com/
NMap - insecure.org/nmap/
Ntop - ntop.org
PingPlotter - pingplotter.com
PuTTY - chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty
RAS Graph & Stats - forum.flashfxp.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=2400
RealVNC - realvnc.com/
TightVNC - tightvnc.org/
Ultr@VNC - ultravnc.sourceforge.net/
WinSCP - winscp.com/

Freewares : Emails, instant messangers and IRC

(pull)Mail programs(/pull)Foxmail - fox.foxmail.com.cn/english/i.Scribe - memecode.com/Mahogany Mail - mahogany.sourceforge.net/Pegasus Mail - pmail.com/PopTray - poptray.org/Thunderbird - mozilla.org/projects/thunderbird/(pull)Instant Messengers(/pull)AMSN - amsn.sourceforge.net/index.phpGaim - gaim.sourceforge.net/Google Talk - google.com/talk/IM2: im2.comMercury Messenger - mercury.to/Miranda IM - miranda-im.org/Pandion - pandion.be/PSI - psi.affinix.com/qip - qip.ru/Skype - skype.com/SIM - sim-icq.sourceforge.net/TerraIM - terraim.sourceforge.net/Trillian Basic - trillian.cc/downloads(pull)IRC Clients(/pull)BersIRC - bersirc.com/BitchX - bitchx.org/download.phpHydraIRC - hydrairc.com/NodeIRC - node.sourceforge.net/TinyIRC - tinyirc.net/XChat - silverex.org/news/

Freeware: Encryption and data security

(pull)Encryption and data security(/pull)Axcrypt - axcrypt.sourceforge.net/Blowfish Advanced CS- web.bsn.ch/lasse/bfacs.htmEraser - heidi.ie/eraser/default.phpFile Shredder - sys-shield.com/fileshredder.htmKeePass - keepass.sourceforge.net/GnuPG - gnupg.org/PGP Freeware - pgp.com/products/freeware.htmlPicoCrypt - picofactory.com/picocrypt.htmlTrueCrypt - truecrypt.org/WindowsCleaner - winnowsoft.com/internet-eraser.htm

Freeware: Defrag / Desktop Enhancements

Defrag SoftwareDIRMS & Buzzsaw - dirms.com/OpenVMS - execsoft.com/freeware/freeware.aspDesktop EnhancementsAveDesk - aqua-soft.org/board/showthread.php?t=17372CursorXP - stardock.com/products/cursorxp/download.htmlDesktop Sidebar - desktopsidebar.com/Filehand - filehand.com/Glass2k - chime.tv/products/glass2k.shtmlKapsules - kapsules.shellscape.org/Konfabulator - konfabulator.com/infoLost Goggles - lostgoggles.com/MobyDock - mobydock.com/Panorama - ivory.org/panorama.htmlRainlendar - ipi.fi/~rainy/index.php?pn=proj...ject=rainlendarRunFast - idiogensoftware.com/runfast/index.htmSamurize - samurize.com/SlickRun - bayden.com/SlickRun/Snippy - bhelpuri.net/Snippy/TaskSwitchXP Pro - ntwind.com/taskswitchxp/tclock2 - home.inreach.com/2tone/tclock2/tclock2.htmTrip - trip.glenmurphy.com/Weather Watcher - singerscreations.com/WinRoll - palma.com.au/winroll/

freeware : CD/DVD Burning

Freeware : CD/DVD BurningBurn4Free - burn4free.com/Burnatonce - burnatonce.com/Burrrn - burrrn.net/CDBurnerXP - cdburnerxp.se/CDRDAO - cdrdao.sourceforge.net/CDR Tools Frontend - demosten.com/cdrfe/Deepburner - deepburner.com/DVD Decrypter: mrbass.org/dvdrip/Easy Burning, DropCD & Audio CD - paehl.de/cdrImgBurn - imgburn.com/ 

Freeware: Compression / Decompression:

7-zip - 7-zip.org/
bzip2 - sources.redhat.com/bzip2/index.html
ExtractNow - extractnow.com/
FilZip - filzip.com/
Info-Zip - info-zip.org/
IZArc - florida.plus.com/izarc/
QuickZip - quickzip.org/
TUGZip - tugzip.com/
UPX - upx.sourceforge.net/
Zip&Go - handybits.com/zipngo.htm
Zipgenius - zipgenius.it/

Freeware: Audio Editors and Players

Freeware: Audio EditorsGungirl Sequencer - ggseq.sourceforge.net/pmwiki.php/Main/HomePageHammerHead - threechords.com/hammerhead/introduction.shtmlJesusonic - jesusonic.com/soft.phpKRISTAL Audio Engine - kreatives.org/kristal/index.phporDrumbox - ordrumbox.sourceforge.net/Tu2 - brambos.com/news.htmlAudio Players:1by1 - rz.uni-frankfurt.de/~peschBilly - sheepfriends.com/?page=billyCoolPlayer - coolplayer.sourceforge.net/DeejaySystem MK1 - deejaysystem.com/prod_mk1.aspDeliPlayer. deliplayer.com/Foobar 2000 - foobar2000.org/iTunes - apple.com/itunes/Jet Audio Basic - jetaudio.com/Mixere - mixere.sourceforge.net/Mixxx - mixxx.sourceforge.net/monoRAVEik - mono211.com/monoraveik/mr1200.htmlMoreAmp - sourceforge.net/projects/moreamp/Musik - musik.berlios.de/musikCube - musikcube.com/QCD Player - quinnware.com/Sonique - sonique.lycos.com/Winamp - winamp.com/XMPlay - un4seen.com/xmplay.htmlZinf - zinf.org/

Freeware: Spyware removal

Freeware: Spyware removalAd-aware - lavasoft.de/software/adaware/Bazooka - kephyr.com/spywarescanner/index.htmlCWShredder - intermute.com/products/cwshredder.htmlHijackthis - spywareinfo.com/~merijn/downloads.htmlMicrosoft AntiSpyware - microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspxSpyBot Search & Destroy - spybot.safer-networking.de/SpywareBlaster - javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.htmlSpywareGuard - wilderssecurity.net/spywareguard.htmlWinPatrol - winpatrol.com/