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Dailymobile.se reveals all new Samsung S8300 AMOLED Touch Screen mobile phone. This phone is being build on the success of Samsung U900 Soul,

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A New Zealand based iPhone Wannabe Mat Brady designs a new concept for iPhone. Mat is currently an unsatisfied user of Nokia N95 and wants to switch to iPhone. But wait a moment, he isn’t happy with the features of current iPhone also, so what exactly he wants is a customized iPhone with added features. So he presents his idea and is hopeful for consideration.

Here is his message to the Steve Jobs:

“Hi Steve,  As you can see I’ve made a few design suggestions to your iPhone. I’ve held off getting an iPhone until it gets a better camera. (See pic) Let me know when I can get rid of my N95.”

Cheers,
Mat Brady

Now the question arises that why does he want to go for an iPhone? I mean when he is asking for added feature, he could have asked for added features in any other phone or PDA, but Mat himself explains that he actually has become a fan of Mac since he bought 17″ MacBook Pro and 24″ iMac.

Now if we analyze the Mat’s proposed design, it seems to be quite nasty but interesting.

Source: Mat’s blog

Google, which we know as a tech giant of todays age is also hit by the economic crises. Each Year in the holidays/christmas season, they used to give away cash bonuses upto $30,000 to its employees. But this year Google gives G1 Android phone worth $180. It was kind of a dog food for Googlers. Google is considered one of the best place to work across the world, but this year, Googlers have got disappointed.

This is the official email by Google to its Employees. Email revealed by ValleyWag:

Googlers,

The holiday bonus is a Google tradition - it’s a great way to thank everyone for their hard work. In the past, we’ve done this in cash. This year, we’ve decided to give Googlers a different kind of present - a Dream phone (this is the same device T-Mobile markets as the G1). We’re really excited about getting the phone to more Googlers in more countries, and also seeing all the cool new things you do with it.

Shipping these special edition phones in such a short time frame (they were designed especially for Googlers with a ‘droid’ on the back) and making sure they would work anywhere in the world was no small feat. So a big thank you to the Android and Legal teams for making this happen. While these phones do not have SIM cards, they are unlocked so they can be used with the network provider of your choice. Plus - thanks to more fancy footwork from the Android team - they’ll work immediately as WiFi devices!

Gizmodo has shared an interesting and anonymous conversation between the Googlers about their dream Christmas Bonus

You must have seen many short URL(s) everywhere on the internet. Short URL(s) promise cleans up all the shitty long URLs and transform them into clean and short URLs. Did you ever felt curious what lies behind those small and short code type URL? Ever wanted to see what it leads to? What exactly is the original source it is linking to?

Well, the problem is solved now. A Google employer initiated a startup called Long URL Please! This is basically a browser extension that can be installed within the matter of clicks. This extension works in the background when every web page loads, replacing short urls with the proper ones, so that you can tell exatly where links will take you.

Of course, this service can be used to reduce uncertainty. So you will really know where this short URL is gonna take you. You can decide there whether or not to continue clicking that URL. I found this service handy and very usefull. A good thing is that they also offer API for web apps that means this service can be implemented easily in your apps. Do check them if you’re planning to work with their service.

LongURLPlease.Com supports these short URL services so far: adjix.com, bit.ly, dwarfurl.com, ff.im, idek.net, is.gd, ln-s.net, loopt.us, ping.fm, piurl.com, piurl.com, poprl.com, qlnk.net, reallytinyurl.com, rubyurl.com, short.ie, smallr.com, snipr.com, snipurl.com, snurl.com, tinyurl.com, tr.im, twurl.nl, ub0.cc, ur1.ca, url.ie, urlx.ie, xrl.us, yep.it, zi.ma, zurl.ws

AppleInsider revealed that iPhone Nano that has been considered a rumor only, are actually already on sale in Thailand. Are the rumors turned true? Below are the photos. Courtesy: AppleInsider

The Boston Globe reported yesterday that GateHouse has filed a lawsuit against The New York Times, accusing NYTimes’ newly launched Boston Global Newton website for copying content from GateHouse’s Newton’s local website Wicked Local Newton.

GateHouse claimed that Boston Global’s use of its content constitutes unfair business practices and has alleged the company of copyright infringement, trademark dissolution, unfair competition, false advertising and breach of contract.

GateHouse also blamed that NYTimes’ newly launched website YourTown Newton illegally copies contents from various news sources and blog features. They suggested that if NYTimes want to compete, they should hire their own journalists and should generate original content, rather then just illegally copying.

NYTimes’ spokeswoman stated that their website has been legally aggregated and linking to the content from various sources through RSS. She says they link back the content to their original sources. She further said that they have been doing what thousands of other websites on the internet are doing.

Now it is difficult to say that who will win because syndication or linking to content is a common practice. Google (the search giant)’s entire infrastructure is based on crawling and syndicating to the websites. Blog aggregators, news aggregators are very common; we can take an example of Google News . They syndicate the entire content from news resources.

Your opinion is important, you can express it in the comments below.

In this tip, I’ll teach you how to use your mobile phone as a webcam. Now you don’t have to stick in front of your webcam, you can move alongwith your phone’s camera, as this service uses bluetooth for transmitting.

I know this is quite old, but I found countless number of people asking me if they could use their phone as a webcam. This service was told to me by a good friend of mine Ahmedij.

So here it is:

This service is known as WWIGO (pronounced ‘vigo’) stands for Webcam Wherever I Go. With wwigo, a camera phone can be used as a webcam with PC or Laptop using bluetooth as the transmission medium.

It consists of two software components.

• mobile component that resides on phone and streams video to PC.
• PC component that recieves video.

Features:

• Use Camera Phone as Wirless Webcam
• Record videos with wwigo PC application.
• Use along with to do video chat.
• Live Upload with to share video.
• Video Quality better or comparable to off shelf webcam*
• Works with popular Bluetooth Stacks on PC

This service can be used with the following mobile phones:

• Nokia 3230
• Nokia 3250
• Nokia 5500
• Nokia 5700 ExpressMusic

• Nokia 6110
• Nokia 6120
• Nokia 6121 Classic
• Nokia 6260

• Nokia 6290
• Nokia 6600
• Nokia 6620
• Nokia 6630

• Nokia 6670
• Nokia 6680
• Nokia 6681
• Nokia 6682

• Nokia 7610
• Nokia E51
• Nokia E61i
• Nokia E65

• Nokia E70
• Nokia E90
• Nokia N70
• Nokia N70music

• Nokia N71
• Nokia N72
• Nokia N73
• Nokia N75

• Nokia N76
• Nokia N77
• Nokia N80
• Nokia N81

• Nokia N90
• Nokia N91
• Nokia N92
• Nokia N93

You can Download WWIGO here. Or you can checkout their official website for more info.

These are probably the best list of Free online video converters and downloaders. These are online platforms; that means they use their own server resources and give you the fast conversion and downloading. I have tried these utilities myself and they are just wonderful.

These converters are so easy to use, you can convert a video that is saved either in your computer or somewhere on the internet, you just have to enter its location, chose the format you want to convert to, it will take few minutes to convert and will then provide you the download link.

The most trusted and reliable video converter is MediaConverter.org . I have been happily using it.

MediaConverter enables conversion in different formats and from various online portals. You should give it a try.

Another one is Vixy.Net

A very useful desktop application to download and convert videos is Viditop

If you guys know anyother good one, do let me know through the comments box!

There are a lot of PC users that know little about “Spyware”, “Mal-ware”, “hijackers”, “Dialers” & many more. This will help you avoid pop-ups, spammers and all those baddies.

What is spy-ware?
Spy-ware is Internet jargon for Advertising Supported software (Ad-ware). It is a way for shareware authors to make money from a product, other than by selling it to the users. There are several large media companies that offer them to place banner ads in their products in exchange for a portion of the revenue from banner sales. This way, you don’t have to pay for the software and the developers are still getting paid. If you find the banners annoying, there is usually an option to remove them, by paying the regular licensing fee.

Known spywares
There are thousands out there, new ones are added to the list everyday. But here are a few:
Alexa, Aureate/Radiate, BargainBuddy, ClickTillUWin, Conducent Timesink, Cydoor, Comet Cursor, eZula/KaZaa Toptext, Flashpoint/Flashtrack, Flyswat, Gator, GoHip, Hotbar, ISTbar, Lions Pride Enterprises/Blazing Logic/Trek Blue, Lop (C2Media), Mattel Brodcast, Morpheus, NewDotNet, Realplayer, Songspy, Xupiter, Web3000, WebHancer, Windows Messenger Service.

How to check if a program has spyware?
The is this Little site that keeps a database of programs that are known to install spyware.

Check Here: http://www.spywareguide.com/product_search.php

If you would like to block pop-ups (IE Pop-ups).
There tons of different types out there, but these are the 2 best, i think.

Try: Google Toolbar (http://toolbar.google.com/) This program is Free
Try: AdMuncher (http://www.admuncher.com) This program is Shareware

If you want to remove the “spyware” try these.
Try: Lavasoft Ad-Aware (http://www.lavasoftusa.com/) This program is Free
Info: Ad-aware is a multi spyware removal utility, that scans your memory, registry and hard drives for known spyware components and lets you remove them. The included backup-manager lets you reinstall a backup, offers and multi language support.

Try: Spybot-S&D (http://www.safer-networking.org/) This program is Free
Info: Detects and removes spyware of different kinds (dialers, loggers, trojans, user tracks) from your computer. Blocks ActiveX downloads, tracking cookies and other threats. Over 10,000 detection files and entries. Provides detailed information about found problems.

Try: BPS Spyware and Adware Remover (http://www.bulletproofsoft.com/spyware-remover.html) This program is Shareware
Info: Adware, spyware, trackware and big brotherware removal utility with multi-language support. It scans your memory, registry and drives for known spyware and lets you remove them. Displays a list and lets you select the items you’d like to remove.

Try: Spy Sweeper v2.2 (http://www.webroot.com/wb/products/spysweeper/index.php) This program is Shareware
Info: Detects and removes spyware of different kinds (dialers, loggers, trojans, user tracks) from your computer.
The best scanner out there, and updated all the time.

Try: HijackThis 1.97.7 (http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/downloads.html) This program is Freeware
Info: HijackThis is a tool, that lists all installed browser add-on, buttons, startup items and allows you to inspect them, and optionally remove selected items.

If you would like to prevent “spyware” being install.
Try: SpywareBlaster 2.6.1 (http://www.wilderssecurity.net/spywareblaster.html) This program is Free
Info: SpywareBlaster doesn`t scan and clean for so-called spyware, but prevents it from being installed in the first place. It achieves this by disabling the CLSIDs of popular spyware ActiveX controls, and also prevents the installation of any of them via a webpage.

Try: SpywareGuard 2.2 (http://www.wilderssecurity.net/spywareguard.html) This program is Free
Info: SpywareGuard provides a real-time protection solution against so-called spyware. It works similar to an anti-virus program, by scanning EXE and CAB files on access and alerting you if known spyware is detected.

Try: XP-AntiSpy (http://www.xp-antispy.org/) This program is Free
Info: XP-AntiSpy is a small utility to quickly disable some built-in update and authentication features in WindowsXP that may rise security or privacy concerns in some people.

Try: SpySites (http://camtech2000.net/Pages/SpySites_Prog…ml#SpySitesFree) This program is Free
Info: SpySites allows you to manage the Internet Explorer Restricted Zone settings and easily add entries from a database of 1500+ sites that are known to use advertising tracking methods or attempt to install third party software.

If you would like more Information about “spyware”.
Check these sites.
http://www.spychecker.com/
http://www.spywareguide.com/
http://www.cexx.org/adware.htm
http://www.theinfomaniac.net/infomaniac/co…rsSpyware.shtml
http://www.thiefware.com/links/
http://simplythebest.net/info/spyware.html

Usefull tools…
Try: Stop Windows Messenger Spam 1.10 (http://www.jester2k.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/j…r2ksoftware.htm) This program is Free
Info: “Stop Windows Messenger Spam” stops this Service from running and halts the spammers ability to send you these messages.

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All these softwares will help remove and prevent evil spammers and spywares attacking your PC. I myself recommend getting “spyblaster” “s&d spybot” “spy sweeper” & “admuncher” to protect your PC. A weekly scan is also recommended

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Intel conducted an online survey to find out how important the usage of internet for women is, and why really they use internet, and would they prefer using internet to sex. This study shows interesting results. Half of the women from ages 18-34 say that they prefer internet. Yes! guys, that’s true! and most women use internet for blogging and for comparing the prises of different commodities and goods.

WSJ tech news reported:

An online survey commissioned by Intel has found, among other things, that 46% of women would rather go without sex for two weeks than give up the Internet for that long. The numbers get bigger for certain age groups; 49% of women aged 18-34 would make that choice, and 52% of women aged 35-44.

Now all I have to say is; beware guys! hehehe. I mean in todays world, men have been facing challenges in their sex life, now this is just another hurdle.

In my opinion, that study doesn’t depict eastern or asian girls; I mean most of them are sex addict and even they use internet mostly for dating purpose. ROFL what you think about it? do mention in comments