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Vikas is a Technology Blogger from the Bangalore.

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VLC Media Player 1.0 is out

8 July 2009

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When it comes to multimedia players, no other player comes even near to the performance of the VLC player. It is one the best multimedia players around and also one of the most downloaded multimedia player.VideoLAN, the people behind VLC player have just released the version 1.0 of the VLC player [...]

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Gmail finally comes out of Beta

8 July 2009

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After 5 long years since its launch, Gmail has finally come out of Beta and it is about time as well. With a lot of amazing features and recently launched Google Labs applications, Google was being questioned as to why Gmail and many of its other products are still in beta. Therefore, Google has now [...]

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Firefox 3.5 out

30 June 2009

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Mozilla has finally released Firefox 3.5. Firefox 3.5 comes with a lot of changes and improvements. Many new features like Private browsing, Location aware Browsing are being introduced in this version. You can also now share your location with websites using Location Aware Browsing. Firefox 3.5 now has full support for the HTML5 <video> and [...]

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Nokia N97 Bloggers meet – An Account

28 June 2009

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If you have read my blog recently, you might have read that I had been to the Nokia's Blogger's meet recently.Well, it was organized by Nokia India to familiarize us with the thought process gone behind creating Nokia NSeries Phones like the recently released Nokia N97. Axel Meyer, the Design Head of Nokia NSeries explained us [...]

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Nokia N97 Bloggers Meet – Live Blogging

9 June 2009

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1:40:37 PM: Stay Tuned at 2pm IST for the live blogging of the Nokia N97 Blogger’s meet 2:27:51 PM: The blogger’s meet starts with a introductory video of N97. 2:32:01 PM: The host introducing Axel Mayer now. 2:33:08 PM: Axel Mayer starts his keynote. 2:36:09 PM: Axel detailing on what goes behind the concept of [...]

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Google releases a Mobile application for Nokia S60 Phones

4 June 2009

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Google Mobile Team has launched a mobile application for Nokia S60 devices. This mobile application is designed to make searching for content on the web, very easy for the mobile users.

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Circuitcity.com Is Back

28 May 2009

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After almost 5 months, Circuit City, one of the most popular electronic chain is back. The website along with all its customer data has now been bought out by Systemax for around $14 Million Dollars. And according to the new CEO, the new website will feature lower prices, faster shipping and a wider selection of [...]

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Show Related Posts in WordPress without any plugins

28 May 2009

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It is always good to avoid as many plugins as you can and instead implement the feature with a code, since too many plugins hamper the loading time of the website and thus leading to a very slow website. How to implement Related Posts in WordPress without any plugins? It is very simple. Just go [...]

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Highlight Author Comments in WordPress

18 May 2009

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I always wanted to know how to highlight my comments so that it always appears distinct from other comments and also appear easily to the other visitors. Here are few steps through which you can achieve the same

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Wolfram Alpha – A Highly Impressive Scientific Computation Engine

18 May 2009

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Finally, after a long wait, the much hyped “Wolfram Alpha” went live a few days back. And I must say, I am very impressed with the data and the visualizations this search engine churns out. Though many people say that it is a Google Killer, I somehow would want to differ on that. This is [...]

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