How to run Windows XP from a USB stick

Recent days, there are so many Linux comes with live CDs. This is an alternative way for those who doesn’t want to install Linux on their hard drive. The live CD also become a problem solver when the system wont boot up or something happened with the system & you may rescue the files with CD. Beside the CDs, one of merely known Linux named DSL are comes with damn live USB! Note that this method required a computer which have ability to boot from USB devices.

By the chance, I heard something about Windows XP live in a USB flash disk. This is much interesting for me & would like to tried it. In a seconds, there was a secure link referred to the download page from Google. It size’s about 54MB & the link are here.

After it had completely downloaded, the packages are being extracted with WinRAR ~ since it is compressed with RAR format somehow. Finally, there are 7 files extracted from it. The first 2 files are the manual in Germany & Russian language. You might not found the English documentation because bartPE are seems developed by a Germany. First of all, we need to provide a USB stick with minimal size of 256MB. Then, make a fresh quick format with hpusbfw.exe tool includes in the packages. See the picture below.

After the format process done, reboot the system & make sure to activate the USB boot sequence from BIOS ~ while the USB disk are still plugged in. Let the computer booted from it & it will displayed a boot process in the monitor. The boot processes are taking much times depend upon the USB storage speed, so it would be great if you also preparing a coffee & a cigarette during waiting the desktop showing up.

The default desktop background is covered by dark bartPE pictures. In the left corner are showing up a “Go” button ~ representing a Start button in a real Windows. Have a click on it, it will raise a list of simple menu pointing to the default applications such as Windows Wordpad, the Calculator program, Paint image editor & a file manager called A43 replacing the Windows Explorer instead.

Note that this USB live also equipped with the fully functionality of command prompt. From the picture below, it’s DOS are actually come from a real Windows XP.

To view the detailed system information, take a tour to About menu. It will displayed a core simple information likes the system environment & other embedded programs.

Look at the picture below again, an About link from Paint programs shows you the exactly same as the About you might found in a real Windows. However, it is a Germany entirely. Doesn’t have to confused with it.

Although it has great advantages, eg: to rescue the system, it’s legality to use is being asked. This one link from several address pages are showing about the proprietary law legality. For me, it might be fine as long as the needed are still in a right condition. Have a nice mobility with it.

BSNL - 500 Mbps...???? Start dreaming...!!

Smart homes may become a reality soon
Remember all those stories about remote-controlled gadgets at home. These have remained dreams for Indians. Not any more. Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) is all set to install and test a killer application that will offer broadband speeds of at least 500 mbps (250 time the current speed) to homes through fibre optics network in Kolkata. Such speeds will be the basic enabler for these dream technologies.

Currently, BSNL offers a broadband speed of 2 mbps that can be stretched to 16 mbps allowing limited internet-based value added services like gaming and steaming video. Mbps is the speed at which a certain volume of data travels every second. Faster speeds help run more intelligent applications.

BSNL is currently working on two technologies. One that will offer speeds of 100 mbps and the other that will allow at least 500 mbps. The 100 mbps project will allow users to make his/her entire house a local area network on which all gadgets like TV, refrigerator, washing machine, micro-wave, gizzard, water filter or the lock at the main door and the gate will be connected. All these can be controlled remotely through a wireless gadget like the cell phone or any other handheld devices.

Read the full article here....!

And how many years should we dream about this..??

Fun Code: Make Images Fly Around Your Screen.

OK, this is a "fun code", and as suchs, it's not designed for something to ue on your host-page, more something you can show to your friends for a good laugh.

Here's how it works.

1. Go to a webpage with images on it, (the more, the better), a Google image search for anything works well here.
2. Clear your Address Bar of any URL that's in it, and input the following code:

Quote:

javascript:R=0; x1=.1; y1=.05; x2=.25; y2=.24; x3=1.6; y3=.24; x4=300; y4=200; x5=300; y5=200; DI=document.getElementsByTagName("img"); DIL=DI.length; function A(){for(i=0; i-DIL; i++){DIS=DI[ i ].style; DIS.position='absolute'; DIS.left=(Math.sin(R*x1+i*x2+x3)*x4+x5)+"px"; DIS.top=(Math.cos(R*y1+i*y2+y3)*y4+y5)+"px"}R++}setInterval('A()',5); void(0);

3. Press the RETURN/ENTER button on your keyboard, and voila, look at those pictures fly, woohoohoo....*ahem*.

How to send a secret message to your feed readers only.

Do you want to run a contest to increase your feed readers count? Do you want to know the trick to send secret message to your feed readers only? Here on this article I will give you a trick about it.

This trick will work on all software platform. No matter you are using wordpress, blogger, movable type or even a hand coded html. This will work.

So here it is.

1. First insert this code below inside your html head.

find </head> inside your theme/template, and replace with this code below.

<style type=”text/css”>

.hello-feedreader {display:none;}

</style>

</head>

2. Save your theme/template and done.

Now each time you want to send a secret message to your feed readers, all you need to do is just wrap your secret message on your post with a div, span, or p with hello-feedreader class.

example:

This is your post, people can read this post on your blog. every people can. then if you want to give your feed readers a secret message, just wrap it with a class hello-feedreader. look at this below paragraph, the below paragraph will appears on feed readers or email only.

<div class=’hello-feedreader’>THIS IS THE SECRET MESSAGE, this paragraph will show on feed reader or email only.</div>

easy right? submit your comment here if you think this post is useful, or if you have any question about it.

 

Google translator

These Google guys are really too good:
Try the following software by Google :
http://www.google.com/transliterate/indic
Type any Hindi  /  Tamil /   Telugu  /  Kannada   / Malayalam   
regional language word in English (same way as we pronounce it) and press "SPACE bar"...
It gets translated to that regional language.
That too, it is very accurate!!!! ! 

Caution : Cntrl +C is dangerous !!

I am not sure how many of us are aware of this...

We do copy various data by ctrl+c for pasting elsewhere.  This copied
data is stored in clipboard
and is accessible from the net by a combination of Javascripts and ASP.

Just try this:
1) Copy any text by ctrl+c
2) Click the Link:
http://www.friendlycanadian.com/applications/clipboard.htm
3) You will see the text you copied on the Screen which was accessed by
this web page.

Do not keep sensitive data (like passwords, creditcard numbers, PIN
etc.) in the clipboard while
surfing the web. It is extremely easy to extract the text stored in the
clipboard to steal your
sensitive information.

VSNL Announces Construction of $250 Million

VSNL (NYSE:VSL), a leading communications solutions provider, announced today the company is constructing a new TGN Eurasia Cable System linking Mumbai directly to Paris, London and Madrid via Egypt. The new cable system is being built in partnership with SEACOM and Telecom Egypt (TE), and will provide VSNL with 1.28 terabit of new capacity on this route during 2009.

The TGN Eurasia Cable System will offer express connectivity between India and Europe, and will also have future options for additional connectivity in the Gulf region as well as multiple locations in Europe. The TE North solution was selected based upon TE’s long experience in operating this route in a highly reliable fashion as well as offering diversity from both current and future consortium systems.

When combined with VSNL’s significant capacity ownership on other cable systems and its privately owned TGN Atlantic and TGN-TIC cable systems, the TGN Eurasia Cable System will enable the company to offer seamless and diverse connectivity between India, South East Asia, South Africa, Western Europe and the USA.

“The plans to build the TGN Eurasia Cable System coupled with our recent announcement to build the TGN-Intra Asia Cable System is a major step towards VSNL’s vision to offer seamless global connectivity at affordable prices,” said Mr. Vinod Kumar, President, Global Data Solutions, VSNL. “The TGN Eurasia Cable System will serve the increasing demand for bandwidth in the region and offer more options for route diversity and redundancy. Moreover, the path will complement the SEA-ME-WE-3 and SEA-ME-WE-4 cable systems and will enable us to provide global express capacity solutions from India going West, and with TGN-TIC, from India going East.”

“This partnership with VSNL allows connectivity for the SEACOM network into emerging global markets including key destinations like India and Europe as well as onward connectivity to South East Asia and the USA,” said Brian Herlihy, President of SEACOM. “We are thrilled to enter into this partnership with a truly international provider with a world-class submarine cable network, to support our customer connectivity needs.”

“Telecom Egypt admires VSNL’s expertise and global leadership in the bandwidth business and their proven skills in cable development and build-outs,” said Mohamed Elnawawy, VP for International, Wholesale and Regulatory Affairs of Telecom Egypt. “We look forward to working with VSNL as a TE North anchor customer. VSNL’s track record of innovation will enrich the project and empower the customers.”

This system was made possible through VSNL’s partnerships with TE and SEACOM, which will help cater to the surging demand in bandwidth from Africa to both the developed and emerging markets. VSNL maintains a global transmission network of over 206,356 route kilometres comprising of both terrestrial and submarine cable assets.

Haptic Clock Beats The Time Into You

Have a mobile phone that you do not want to look at? Is it that bad, or maybe it is awesome, but you are just annoyed to look at it to find out something as simple as current time? Then here is a very interesting Java Mobile application that is written by Che-Wei Wang and makes your phone to literally beat the time into you.

The Haptic Clock is a small clock program for Java powered mobile phones.  The clock conveys time through  a sequence of vibrations so you never have to pull the phone out of your pocket to tell time.

 

Long vibrations are the number of hours of the current time on a 12 hour clock, so 6pm and 6am are both 6 vibrations.  The shorter vibrations are the number of minutes divided by 5. So 4 vibrations is 20 minutes and 7 vibrations is 35 minutes.  Example: (3) long vibrations and (6) short vibrations means it’s 3:30.  Just in case you do want to see the time, the screen displays the time with tick marks for hours, minutes and seconds.

Instructions: Press ‘5′ to vibrate the current time. Press ‘0′ to exit program. UP and DOWN to control the speed of vibrations. Time alerts (vibrations) will occur automatically every 15 minutes on the hour.

A Two Way Pager Is a Wonderful Communications Solution for Businesses

Communication services are the hub of any business. You and your business partners, and co-workers, need to be able to stay in touch with each other. One of the best, and most cost-effective options, can be to lease two-way alpha-numeric pagers. Two way alpha numeric pagers have the availability of nationwide paging and the bonus of lower costs to your business than a cell phone plan.

By leasing your pagers you are able to have 24/7 support and replacement options. This allows you to be rest assured that even though your employees may not take the best care of your pagers, the pagers are covered and can be replaced in the event of unintentional damage. Also, by choosing to lease your pagers rather than buy them outright, you are able to upgrade when new models come onto the marketplace.

One of the best two way pagers on the market today is a two way alphanumeric pager with nationwide two way paging and internet capabilities. It is small and easy to use with its full QWERTY keyboard.

With these types of two-way pagers, you can send and receive internet e-mail virtually anytime, anywhere. With nationwide coverage, a local telephone number (or an 800 number), and an internet e-mail address, the two way pager provides a low-cost framework for creating a dynamic, online community that goes where you go. You will be able to connect to the internet to check weather, sports scores and news from anywhere in the United States.

If you own a small business and would like the option of having your own secretary without the hassle of hiring one, you can use an operator dispatch service to handle your calls. It is a cheaper option than a traditional answering service. It allows your customers to call your dispatcher, and they will page you with the message your caller gives to them. This service generally runs below $20.00 a month and can be a much more cost effective option than hiring your own staff or using a traditional answering service which will easily cost your business twice that amount per month.

Another option available with many two way pagers is voice mail. This gives your callers the option of either paging you or leaving you a voice mail message you can call in and listen to.

This advanced two-way pager is available for about $200 new or under $60 for a refurbished model. They can be leased for an even better price and with less risk to your business if they are damaged by your employees. Nationwide two way paging plans generally start at about $15 per month and go up from there depending on how many messages you require per month.

Two way alpha numeric pagers can be a perfect alternative to a cell phone when you need to keep in touch but do not need the abilities afforded to you by a cell phone. By leasing your two way pagers you can help to save your business money and also insure you can upgrade to the latest models when they are released into the marketplace.

Leasing pagers can be a cost effective method of communication for your business and staff. Visit All Page of Houston online at http://www.allpage.com to see the two-way pagers, alpha-numeric pagers, and nationwide paging available. Wherever you go, we keep you in touch with our local, state-wide, regional or national coverage pager plans.

Oracle ships Windows version of 11g database

Finally this is out ... After a long time

Oracle has released the Windows version of its flagship 11g database, a few months after the company shipped the Linux version. Along with assorted performance improvements, the Windows release features beefed-up integration with Microsoft's platform on both the administrative and developer levels.

Administrators can now execute backup and recovery jobs with Windows Volume Shadow Copy Service, according to Oracle. The database also features tight links with Microsoft's Visual Studio integrated development environment, the company said.

Even as Oracle adds richer support for the Windows platform into 11g -- a result of a working partnership between the two companies -- it is competing vigorously with Microsoft in the database market. Microsoft is set to launch SQL Server 2008 in February.

Other new features in 11g include:

-- Oracle Real Application Testing. This enables customers to use real-life production workloads to test the effect of potential changes within IT environments, before actually conducting the change, the company says.

-- Oracle Advanced Compression, which can compress data by three times or more, according to the company.

-- Oracle Total Recall, a system for querying historical changes to data.

Pricing information was not provided.