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Monday, March 01st, 2010 | Author: Taranfx

WiiMote is the best Gaming gadget you could ever dream of. Though Originally designed for Nintendo Wii console, WiiMote can be used by interfacing to PC, MAC via Bluetooth. What you need: 1. Bluetooth dongle (Integrated BT might not work, try your luck) 2. Right Bluetooth stack (BlueSolelil or WIDCOMM or Toshiba). 3. Software to control WiiMote (GlovePie on Windows or WMGUI and  Read further »

Monday, March 01st, 2010 | Author: Taranfx

OCR or Optical character recognition has potentially infinite benefits: A printed page can be quickly be converted to Text for editing and Re-use. Whether they are  notes from meeting, an instructor, an old document, a Book, a letter that needs to be turned into a template, an text-image taken from Digital cam or phone, Online OCR tools can help. There are lots of software based solutions that let you do all this. But with the beginning of cloud computing, everything wants to go online. OnlineOCR is one such free service. Another good one to lookout for is Read further »

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Wednesday, February 10th, 2010 | Author: Taranfx

paypal PayPal has now officially declared that it has cut-off all transactions to India over the next few months. Paypal sucks, that’s no new fact to everyone who’s reading this. They charge hefty transaction surcharge and still provide zero satisfaction. This eBay company is filled with ignorance that no one else but users understand. Let’s give them what they deserve: Alternatives. “Google Checkout” and “Amazon Payments” are, perhaps, the best Payment gateways, but they are limited to US and UK. I’ll walk you through the best alternatives for Read further »

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Tuesday, January 26th, 2010 | Author: Taranfx

Apple made it hard for iPhone users to take self-portrait. If you are tired of failing on getting a good one, iSnapMe is the solution to this problem.

Picture taken with iSnapmeSimulated screen (actual iSnapMe photo)iSnapMe installed Read further »

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Wednesday, January 20th, 2010 | Author: Taranfx

3D desktops can add alot of utility to your multitasking. We’ve seen how we can get a 3D desktop on Ubuntu, here’s how we an get 3D desktop on Mac (Leopard, Snow Leopard) Bumptop adds the third dimension to both Windows and Mac to make “real world desktop”. You can create visual “piles” of files or stick notes to the wall, size design, layout everything is there after fully customizable. In addition, there’s also a cool search feature that’s invoked Read further »

Thursday, January 14th, 2010 | Author: Taranfx

Despite the User’s demands, Apple has never heard them on getting Adobe Flash on iPhone. Of course, we miss that eye candy and embedded Rich graphics (RIA) on iPhone browser. Hail, it’s now possible! Yesterday, I saw a project on reddit that talks about getting Flash runtime using Open source Javascript project. The  Gordon Read further »

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Wednesday, January 13th, 2010 | Author: Taranfx

This hack may not be everything that could replace a Tablet but sure is quiet near to be one and more evidently, fun. You can use your Macbook TrackPad an use it as Touch panel that acts like a Tablet. As a result, you can draw sketch and Scribble your Masterpieces in Apps like Photoshop. The app costs $25, free to try, needs Macbook with Snow Leopard. Though you can use fingers for the gestures, drawing and sketching works best with Inklet stylus. The Read further »

Sunday, January 10th, 2010 | Author: Taranfx

Transform Windows to Mac OS LeopardIf you are tired of watching the same look and feel of Windows [XP, 7 or Vista], or you envy Mac OS X Snow Leopard for X reasons, it’s try to change the UI and transform the Experience. All of the transformation packs are straight forward and easy to install. Note: We recommend creating a restore point or backing up the files manually before attempting any of these transformations (list of files affected can be found on the author’s page) Transform Windows XP to Mac OS X Leopard Read further »

Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009 | Author: Taranfx

Backups are good idea but what about the Cloud data,  are they secure enough ? What if someone hacks into your Gmail and cleans off everything? Backupify comes to the rescue.  Backupify is an online service that allows you to backup all your  cloud applications: This includes: Gmail, Google Docs, Twitter, Facebook, Wordpress, Facebook, Delicious, Flickr, Photobucket, Basecamp, Zoho. And all this is free only for new users who singup before till January 31, 2010. The service will be free for lifetime. What’s more Read further »

Sunday, December 20th, 2009 | Author: Taranfx

Mac provides best in the class User experience. But Mac people feel left out in the dark as far as drag n drop file sharing is concerned. Filling in the Gap, Droplr adds drag and drop support to OS X for sharing just about everything. Droplr adds a drop zone to the OS X titlebar that makes it super simple for sharing media like pictures, screenshots, video, files, notes and snippets of code, and other files. “drag and drop” anything, Twitter integration, keyboard shortcuts can make users addicted forever. The App comes with 1GB of free cloud storage. For more checkout the video in action: Get it Here: Read further »

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