Monday, March 7, 2011

Most Valuable Google Chrome SEO Extensions

Google Global
Google Global, Developed by Redfly LTD (Redfly Marketing) is an extension that allows you to see how Google search results appear in different countries, regions and cities. Google global has default countries set and allows you to add customized locations so you can see how search results appear in the exact location that you require. Excellent for SEO/Marketing companies who work with clients in different regions.

Chrome SEO
The Google Chrome SEO Extension provides easy access to Search Engine Optimization Tools that can help you with Competitive Analysis, Keyword Research, Backlink Checks, PageRank Checks and other daily SEO tasks.

SEOmoz SEO Toolbar for Chrome
SEOmoz has rebuilt its popular Firefox toolbar as an extension for Chrome!
SEO Toolbar Highlights
- Easy access to SEOmoz link metrics while you surf the web
- An analyze Page overlay, exposing metrics and page elements
- A SERP overlay with detailed link metrics
- Simple highlighting of nofollowed links.
- Quick access to powerful tools.
- Ability to display the toolbar at the top or bottom of the page

View Linkscape Metrics Right on the Toolbar
- Page Authority and Domain Authority.
- mozRank™ (mR) and mozTrust™ (mT) for every URL that you visit.
- Domain mozRank™ (DmR) and Domain mozTrust™ (DmT) too!
- The number of URLs and domains linking to the page.

SEO Site Tools
Seen on http://j.mp/searchenginejournal as "The SEO Tool That May Make You Switch to Google Chrome" and http://j.mp/SeoMoz this tool is the most comprehensive SEO Tool on any browser... not only does it pull more metircs from more sources, including social media reactions, it also enhances common tools like Yahoo Site Explorer and Google Webmaster tools with links anchor text and pagerank.Even nofollow link hilighting, popout ability, color themes, even more below... also http://j.mp/SiteToolsPrivacy

SEO Status Pagerank/Alexa Toolbar
The SEO Status PageRank / Alexa Toolbar is:
* Simple
* Light-weight
* Very fast
* Will improve Alexa rank for visited sites
It shows the PR and Alexa rank for every website visited right on the button itself.
Unlike other popular extensions that bog down the Chrome browser, the SEO Status Toolbar is the fastest and most light-weight Page Rank extension that I've seen. It was written to be lightening fast and very simple. It WILL NOT slow down the loading of a website as it calculates the data on a seperate thread from the main browser. The PageRank and Alexa rank do not rely on a third-party website to gather its data, but retrieves it from Google and Alexa directly. When the button is clicked, it shows more data such as an Alexa traffic graph, ranking number, and useful tools for the avid webmaster.

SEOQuake
Displays the Google PageRank, Alexa rank and other SEO parameters of any webpage, highlights nofollow links, text density, check and compare urls.

Site Geo IP Locator
If you click the icon in the a tab that opened a web page, it shows the IP address of current web site, locate the IP geolocation on the map. If you click the icon in a blank tab, it shows your current IP address. This extension is great for SEO research and web developers.

SitezMeter
Shows the PageRank of webpages you are browing. Plus SitezMeter displays traffic charts from Google Trends, Alexa and Compete. This handy SEO tool shows you the Google PageRank of webpages beside the address box. The PageRank value is cached locally, so it doesn't have to hit the server every time you switch tab. Moreover, click the icon in the popup window provides extensive information about web sites traffic - instantly find out how popular a web site is, its rank, and how fast it is growing. Please check out the screen shot for more detail.

Chrome Flags
The extension displays a country flag indicating the physical location of the websites you're visiting. The extension also provides access to detailed information regarding the website's servers, owners, traffic and trustworthiness.
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The Daiwa Lease, a giant of the construction industry of Japan, in recent days has presented EDV-01 protoype, a module housing for natural disasters.

The transport of these prefabricated units is via helicopter or truck and setup takes just 5 minutes. The project is very innovative and once activated ' EDV-01 (Disaster Emergency Vehicle) is completely autonomous for at least one month. The electricity needed is produced by solar panels on the roof. Hydrogen gas is produced through a system of electrolysis. The toilet does not require water and connectivity is provided via a satellite link.


Source: http://www.daiwalease.co.jp/edv-01/edv01_concept.html
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How to Enable HTTPS in Facebook

Starting January 26, 2011 Facebook will provide you the ability to experience it's social media platform entirely over HTTPS. Users should consider enabling this option if using Facebook from public Internet access points found at coffee shops, airports, libraries or schools. The option will exist as part of it's advanced security features, which can be found in the "Account Security" section of the Account Settings page.



More on Facebook Security
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Rename VM files in VMWare Server 2.0



Renaming Virtual Machine files is not as easy as renaming the file itself. Of course the root folder can be renamed and readded and run without problems, but simply renaming vmx files and trying to run them will result in:
"Power On Virtual Machine" failed to complete
There are several articles on renaming vmx and associated Virtual Machine files, but the easiest way to do this, I've found, is to create a new virtual machine, run through the custom settings, and "Use an Existing Virtual Disk", that being the Virtual Machine you are trying to rename.
READ MORE - Rename VM files in VMWare Server 2.0

Free Live Chat Software

Seeking a solution to close more sales online? Want to improve customer satisfaction?

Comm100 Live Chat is the enterprise-grade live chat software for website. It is delivered as a FREE SaaS application and hosted by Comm100.

Comm100 free live support software allows your website visitors to have a live chat with your customer support and sales representatives and have their questions answered instantly.

Comm100 free live chat software promotes your sales, reduces operating costs and increases your customer satisfaction.

Features:
100% FREE with No Limitation
Comm100 live chat software is 100% free. You can have all the features and add as many operators as you wish in your account. No catch, no hassle.

Have Your Live Support System in 5 Mins
Just sign up, get the chat code and paste it onto your web pages, you can provide live support to your website visitors. Easy to use even for non-tech users.

Chat Live Anywhere & Anytime
Comm100 live chat software not only offers web & desktop clients, but also works on various mobile platforms, including iPhone, BlackBerry, Window Mobile, Symbain & other Java-based platforms.

Offer Instant Help to Your Customers
Your website visitors can get live help from you simply by clicking on the live chat button on your web page. Imagine the big smile on their faces! Both text chat and voice chat are supported.

View All-Round Visitor Information
See who are on your website, where they come from, what they are viewing, how many times they have come, if they have chatted before, what they have said, etc. Identify those with purchasing potential.

Proactively Invite Prospects to Chat
Feel frustrated when you see visitors come and go and just can do nothing? Not anymore! With Comm100 live chat software, you can proactively invite your visitors to a chat and make them your customers.

Keep Your Own Branding & Style
You can personalize the chat button, chat window, pre-chat window and offline message window with your own branding. A series of professionally designed built-in templates are also provided.

Follow up on Customer Query by Email
Chat transcripts & offline messages can be automatically or manually attached to a ticket, so that you can easily follow up on your customer queries until they are solved. Smart Auto-Follow-up is supported.

Freely Customize Interface Language
You can translate the visitor interface into any language you want. Several built-in language packs are provided for quick use, including English, Spanish, German, Japanese and Chinese.
Enjoy High Stability & Security

Industry-leading technology and infrastructure to deliver maximum security, redundancy and performance capability.
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Browser Compatibility Check for Internet Explorer Versions from 5.5 to 9

IETester is a free WebBrowser that allows you to have the rendering and javascript engines of IE9 preview, IE8, IE7 IE 6 and IE5.5 on Windows 7, Vista and XP, as well as the installed IE in the same process.


Download IETester
(IETester v0.4.8 zipped installer for people unable to download .exe files due to proxy limitations)
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Best check cashing service in whole bay area

Money Market Financial Inc is the best check cashing service in the whole bay area. It's located in downtown Santa Cruz on Pacific ave. Santa Cruz itself is a beautiful city on the northern edge of the Monterey Bay, about 72 mi (115 km) south of San Francisco and largest city of Santa Cruz County, California in the United States of America.



A typical check cashing service charges fees more than a bank from 5% up to 10%. Money Market Financial Inc started on 1% and now they're settled on charging only 2.25% for most checks brought in. This enticing interest rate on check cashing is what most believe for the influx of customers all the time. Employees are very trained and tries hard to give quick service. Needless to say, they are very customer oriented and wholeheartedly helps customers with any questions.

After validating checks with proper identification as per California Check Cashing law, Money Market Financial Inc makes things quite easy in friendly manner. As opposed to myth, most individuals tired of their bank's unreasonable hidden fees and charges, they prefer to hop into check cashing services like Money Market Financial Inc. Those individuals often prefer to pay small fee to cash their checks quick. There are independent students who are not yet eligible to get bank accounts target Money Market Financial Inc as their favorite check cashing destination than any other businesses because of the quality and quick services. New legal immigrants whose papers are in process and have no way to go and open a bank account equally get served. And there are other group of individual who filed bankruptcy due to loss and can't turn thereafter checks in the bank because of no credit say check cashing services like Money Market Financial Inc a life saver. Unlike other check cashing business in the nearby town,every new customer in Money Market Financial Inc is a guaranteed repeat customer.

Money Market Financial Inc as any other check cashing business also offers pay day loan or cash advances. Cash advances work by lending money out on a short term basis. It operates under California Deferred Deposit Transaction Law. Any naive or first time customer are intimidated at first. But the fees charged are as per the law. Some components are constantly lashing out against the already passed deferred deposit law. They are spreading propaganda to dilute consumer's mind as:

  • Payday loans become a trap and are not used on a one-time basis as originally claimed by the industry.In Money Market Financial Inc., it is found that once approved a customer gets his/her loan, they pay it back in time. After few months they come in to get loan again because they are short of money for some reason. It's totally not true that customer's are trapped whatsoever in paying chained debts. They've a choice.
  • Payday loan rates are way too high, especially given their low risk.Comparing the hidden charges and other service fees that bank would charge their customers and what it adds up in just the matter of few months, the rate set according to the law on payday loan seems justifiable.
  • Payday lenders are virtually unregulated in California.This is not true in case of Money Market Financial Inc. It is found that all payday loan activities in Money Market Financial Inc is regularly examined by the inspector appointed by CA government.
  • Consumers are easily deceived by payday loans.It is found that Money Market Financial Inc describes all the terms and conditions upfront before enrolling Customers in their Payday loan plan(which includes the payment including the fee for any bounced checks). It's after the Customer's consent, they initiate the loan process. We're told if bank hadn't charged for the bounced check, they would've never charged their customers the extra fee.
 In a summary, Money Market Financial Inc is also the authorized bill payment center for almost 99.99 percent of consumer's bill. Be it your telephone bill or water bill or TV bill, it's all there. They also offer
Western Union Wire Transfer. You can buy money orders, send/receive faxes, make copies, buy postage stamps, buy NETSPEND Visa cards, Prepaid Cellular, Long Distance phone cards, etc. Apart from that, one can also buy real nice dirt-cheap high quality silver jewelleries off the store. It is also discovered that few local vendors buying in bulk from them and re-selling through other means.

They also have UNA-UNICEF store moved in. UNICEF Store shares the lobby with the Money Market Financial Inc. Many times, people say Money Market Financial Inc is their One Stop shop. If you've anything to do with money, Money Market Financial Inc is your place. It is equipped with high resolution security cameras constantly recording every movement taking place inside the premises. Many criminals have been busted in the past because of surveillance cameras. You'll feel safe with your money in Money market Financial Inc.

WHY MONEY MARKET FINANCIAL INC IS BETTER THAN BANKS AND WALMART'S MONEYCENTER?

- It is opened even on weekends. On Weekdays, it's open till 8 pm. People drop their jaws when they are told, 8 PM open time. They've got flexible opening time.

- Unlike others, cashing a check is instantaneous in Money Market Financial Inc. Banks could hold check for a week. Walmart can't go over $1500.

- Customer service in Money Market Financial Inc is outstanding. It's privately held company. They deal personally.

- Foreign Currency exchange. They beat easily the airport,bank or any other rates. Expect to find even the rarest currency

- Recently, they started new service, Cash for Gold. Bring any gold items and they'll pay you happy.
This article is not published under any financial influence or  for making comparison with any big corp in any way. There are times when we forget to use our common sense.
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Officially iPad will be killed by iPad 2 on March 2nd, 2011

Android Honeycombs are already on the market.Motorola's Xoom tablets based on android honeycombs are being appreciated for it's features and specs. Apple will unveil iPad 2 tomorrow, March 2, 2011 as speculated. What happens next when Apple launches iPad 2?

  • Current iPad owners would have or already had 'Oh shit, I should've waited ..' moments.
  • Officially kills the iPad version 1(I've to reiterate) and the price would plummet unbelievably.
  • There will be more competition, be ready for price war

One thing will remain same, iPad 2 won't have FLASH support no matter in which self it manifest itself. Not so long ago, Apple chief has already declared that there is no future for Flash. So, don't expect to see FLASH. As thought, it will definitely be thinner and slimmer than the old version. That could mean, iPad 2 will be more focused towards cloud computing. That means, more restrictions to end users. New iPad 2 owners will find that they've no control over their own devices, everything they enjoy will have more price to pay for. Slim device and cloud computing seems quite futuristic and applaudable but personally, I think we're not yet ready for that. Apple has set standard for being innovative but not to forget, there are flopp products too they introduced in their line of product history. iPad 2 could surge it's sales but based on hype.

If you ask me, I give thumbs down to iPad 2.
READ MORE - Officially iPad will be killed by iPad 2 on March 2nd, 2011

UFO SIGHTING Cumbria



Seeing is believing. Millions of people can't be wrong. This Cumbria UFO Video clip accidentally taken by Robert Atkins during his dog walk out is in media and recent. Videos posted were made no sense, just played in the normal speed on Youtube and didn't quite see anything except few nan0-second dots appearing on the screen. Quite frankly, it appeared as a glitch on his camera's lens. I still couldn't figure out and as a result I thought to dissect the video frame by frame in playable format. I used VLC player to play it in 0.06 secs slow motion mode and while doing so, I recorded the playback using other tool.



This UFO was traversing in an unimaginable speed. It was doing that in zigzag pattern. While doing so our technology based camera virtually captured it as three UFOs on the screen. Further analyzing, It appeared to be only one UFO at blazing speed, faster than light and zooming in a zigzag course. Those two dimmed objects initially appeared and captured somewhere on the screen were actually the reflection of the UFO traversing along a zigzag path. Our camera couldn't capture such a high speed action rather showed as some blinks of black dots.

Conclusion: We're still petty and insignificant in terms of the technology they're using if it's real. What makes them travel fast? Our physics can't have solid answer yet except some concepts. With that speed, they' could round the planet in a matter of few minutes.
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An animated projection of Computer Virus's life presented in a hilarious manner. I came across this animation and couldn't help myself to make it one of the posts on my blog.

It starts with an animator sketching some stick figure and all of a sudden...





Thank you for reading my post.
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KeyScrambler - A must have FREE anti-keylogger tool for added security

KeyScrambler is a must-have security tool for every internet user. It encrypts your keystrokes and scrambles the output defeating every keyloggers' logging mechanism. The only thing malicious keyloggers would record
are those meaningless,scrambled texts on their saves.





This is by far the most important tool you should have if you do a lot of online logins. Time is critical and we can't totally rely on Antivirus, AntiSpywares and Firewalls only. This will add a layer to your computer security.

When you install this, reboot your computer to make sure it installs in kernal level properly which means it will directly interfere with keyboard drivers to give you added protection.

KeyScrambler can be downloaded free as a browser addon.

Here is a download link.
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Delete or Remove undeletable file and folder in Windows 7 by taking ownership

Today, there was a strange encounter with a file inside a folder or to be precise say a .FLV file downloaded off Youtube refused to obey any normal file system command requested. I have Windows 7 Professional 32 bit , it's kind of new to me and there are lot of things yet to be discovered.



Once in a while, I organize my downloads and then I back it up. While doing so, this one .FLV file took forever to respond.  The problems I faced were:
  1. It wouldn't move to other folder or location at all, Windows Explorer just takes forever and keeps showing with 'discovering/calculating' message
  2. Tried to rename the file, and the explorer window didn't respond. When I fired further clicks, I saw 'Not responding' at the window's title bar. 
  3. Then I tried to delete it, and it wouldn't delete. Pretty adamant.
  4. I tried to check the properties of the file and my Windows 7 acted like nothing happened. I did that several times and saw no effect at all. It didn't show me any window or any message box. That was strange. 
  5. Now, I really needed to get this thing off my system. I did malware checks. I found out it's clean. I rebooted in safe mode(F8 key during bootup) and tried to delete it with no luck. I saw it has lock icon on it. After seeing, lock icon I thought some encryption is preventing me to do things.
  6. Back to normal mode, I tried to disable the Bitlocker encryption of Windows 7 but found out and remembered, encryption was already disabled. 
  7. I installed Unlocker for Windows 7, hoping that would definitely delete the culprit. But even my favorite tool in XP failed in Windows 7.
  8. I had this kind of problem in Windows XP when filename or folder name is awkwardly long and saved in last sub folder of  many folders hierarchy.( eg: c:\folder1\folder2\folder3\folder4\folder5\long file name) In those cases, I simply start to delete from last subfolder and it works. I checked if it's the same issue in Windows 7 and it was not.
  9. I tried to run that FLV file and out of shock it played. Hmmm... 
So, there was nothing wrong with the file. It's just something not letting me do file actions under Windows 7 environment. I searched microsoft and found they've some ownership settings running on file system for security. I didn't use Vista much but found out that  it is a known feature on Vista too. File ownership determines the permission level granted to certain users so that nobody could make unauthorized changes to the file / folder besides granted user. I was thinking Administrator could do anything. But I was wrong. Or may be bug where Administrator is restricted to perform system maintenance or may be lack of knowledge. I think, the FLV file must have different permission level from where it was generated first and it didn't just match with Windows 7's permission settings, so Windows 7 simple refused it's existence.

More searches, I found there was this little registry hack which will let you 'Take Ownership' of the file manually. I clicked, downloaded and run the registry hack. There was 'Take Ownership' shortcut menu added to my context menu. I right clicked on that FLV file, clicked 'Take Ownership' and voila. I could move the file , rename it or even delete it. The whole drama was because of this mismatched file permission settings.
 

Afterward, I tried to find if there is automatic Ownership of all files and folders under Administrators right in Windows 7 and I couldn't find a single solution for that. May be Windows 7 is not meant to be that way.

NOTE: This should work for all undeletable files and folders in Windows 7, can't delete file or folder in windows 7, can't remove file or folder in windows 7 , kind of things.
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Pin your favorite folder to Windows 7 's taskbar

We all know how to pin our favorite programs to the Windows 7 taskbar. Simply right click them, and select the 'Pin to the Taskbar' option. We don't have similar option for folders.  Here's how we do that.



Right-click any folder of your choice, drag it to the empty space of Windows 7 Task bar and drop it as soon as you see 'Pin to Windows Explorer' flashing. You read it right, it'll pin the folder to Windows Explorer's jumplist. Not simply to the taskbar.

Hope that helps. 
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Cold Reset or Hard Reset Steps for all HP Printers

Restoring an HP Jetdirect print server to factory defaults (known as a cold reset) will erase all previous configurations and may require network administrative knowledge, permissions, and access to reconfigure it. A cold reset also allows the HP Jetdirect to broadcast DHCP and BootP packets, which will allow it to be configured by a DHCP or BootP server.





HP Color LaserJet 3700 series
Turn the printer on and allow the printer to start the power-on sequence, then press and hold the green checkmark key until all three lights on the control panel are lit. When Select Language appears on the display, press the Down Arrow key until Cold Reset appears on the display. Press SELECT and the printer will perform a cold reset and continue its power-on sequence.

HP Color LaserJet 2500 series
Hold down the green GO button while turning on the printer. Continue to hold the GO button until only the bottom three LEDs are on. Continue to hold the GO button for approximately five seconds after that (until the Attention light turns off).

HP Color LaserJet 4500, HP Color LaserJet 8500 and 8550 series
Hold down the green GO button for approximately five seconds while turning on the printer.

HP Color LaserJet 4600 series HP Color LaserJet 5500 series
Turn the printer on and allow the printer to start the power-on sequence, then press and hold the green checkmark key until all three lights on the control panel are lit. When Select Language appears on the display, press the Up Arrow key until Cold Reset appears on the display. Press SELECT and the printer will perform a cold reset and continue its power-on sequence.

HP Color LaserJet 5 series
Hold down ONLINE while turning on the printer.

HP Color LaserJet
Hold down ONLINE while turning on the printer.

HP LaserJet 9000 series HP LaserJet 4200, 4300 series
Turn the printer power off.
Hold down the SELECT (Checkmark) button, and then turn the printer power on. Continue holding down the SELECT (Checkmark) button until all three printer control-panel lights flash once and then remain on. This might take up to 10 seconds.
After the message SELECT LANGUAGE appears on the display, press the UP ARROW button or the DOWN ARROW button until COLD RESET is highlighted.
Press the SELECT (Checkmark) button. The printer performs a cold reset and then continues its power-on sequence.

HP LaserJet 4250, 4350 series
Turn the printer power off.
Power on the printer and watch for the memory count to begin.
Hold down the SELECT (Checkmark) button, when you see the memory count begin. Continue holding down the SELECT (Checkmark) button until all three printer control-panel lights flash once and then remain on. This might take up to 10 seconds.
After the message SELECT LANGUAGE appears on the display, press the UP ARROW button or the DOWN ARROW button until COLD RESET appears on the display
Press the SELECT (Checkmark) button. The printer performs a cold reset and then continues its power-on sequence.

HP LaserJet 9000mfp, HP LaserJet 4100mfp
Hold down the 6 key while powering on the printer. After all the LEDs come on, release the 6 key. Caution: The LEDs will flash initially. Do not release the 6 key until all LEDs are solidly lit on. Press and release the 9 key one time. Cold Reset is then displayed. Press and release the 6 key one time.

HP LaserJet 8000, HP LaserJet 4100, 4050, 4000, 5000 series, HP LaserJet 5 series
Hold down GO while turning on the printer.

HP LaserJet 2200, 2200dn, and 2200dtn
Hold down the GO button. Turn the printer on and continue to hold the GO button for five to ten seconds. Release the GO button after the Attention light turns on. (If the button is held down for 20 seconds or more after the LEDs come on, it may reset the page count and remove the serial number.)

HP LaserJet 2300
Turn off the printer. Turn it on and hold the green checkmark button until all three lights are on. When the lights are on, stop pressing the checkmark. When Select Language appears, press the Up Arrow button to select Cold Reset and press the green checkmark button again.

HP LaserJet 2100, 2100n, and 2100tn
Printers with firmware v 19991018 or higher can cold reset the HP Jetdirect using this method: Hold down the small JOB CANCEL button. Turn the printer on; continue to hold the JOB CANCEL button for seven to ten seconds, then release. Do not hold the JOB CANCEL button longer than 10 seconds. Printers with older firmware can cold reset the HP Jetdirect; however, the page count and serial number on the printer’s Configuration page will be lost (the serial number is, however, also printed on the back of the HP LaserJet 2100 printer). This procedure is for reference only and should be avoided if possible. Print a Configuration page. This will ensure that a hardcopy of the current page count and the electronic serial number is available. Turn off the HP LaserJet 2100 printer. After the power is off, press and hold JOB CANCEL. Turn the power on, and continue to hold JOB CANCEL until all of the LEDs come on or for five to 20 or more seconds after all of the LEDs come on.

HP LaserJet 5Si and 5Si MX
Hold down ONLINE while turning on the printer.

HP LaserJet IIISi, 4Si, HP LaserJet 4, 4V, 4 Plus series
Hold down ONLINE while turning on the printer.

HP LaserJet III and II series
Hold down the STATUS button on the card while turning on the printer - hold the button for at least 40 seconds.

HP Business Inkjet 3000 series
Turn off the printer. Press and hold the green SELECT key while turning the printer on. When all three status lights on the control panel light up (sequencing through the lights), release the green SELECT key. After Select Language appears on the front control panel, press the Down Arrow to "Cold Reset." Press the green SELECT key.

HP 2500c, 2500cm, 2500cxi, and 2500cse Professional series (Inkjet)
While holding down the GO button, turn on the printer.
When the printer is done initializing, Print Head Not Aligned will appear on the front panel. Realign the print head through the Diagnostics menu.

HP 2200, 2250, and 2600 Professional series (Inkjet)
Press and hold ITEM and RESUME together while turning on the printer (pressing POWER).

HP Deskjet 1600c and 1600cm printers
Hold down the BLUE button on the front panel for five seconds while turning on the printer.

HP Deskjet 1200c and1200 ps printer
Hold down SHIFT while turning on the printer.

HP Designjet 5000 series or 5500 series
Press the TOP button and make sure the plotter icon is on the display of the front panel, then press ENTER. Press the Up or Down Arrow until I/O Setup is on the display, then press ENTER. Press the Up or Down Arrow until ENTER is on the Display, then press ENTER. Press the Up or Down Arrow until Card setup is on the display, then press ENTER
Press the Up or Down Arrow until Advanced is on the display, then press ENTER. Press the Up or Down Arrow until Reset card is on the display, then press ENTER.

HP Designjet Color Pro GA
While holding down the GO button, turn on the printer.
Initializing. When the printer is done initializing, Print Head Not Aligned will appear on the front panel. Realign the print head through the Diagnostics menu.

HP Designjet 1050c or 1055cm
Press the TOP button and make sure the plotter icon is on the display of the front panel. Press the Up or Down Arrow until I/O Setup is on the display, then press ENTER. Press the Up or Down Arrow until Network card is on the display, then press ENTER. Press the Up or Down Arrow until Advanced is on the display, then press ENTER. Press the Up or Down Arrow until Reset card is on the display, then press ENTER.

HP Designjet 500 or 800 series
Press TOP, Highlight the printer icon, and then press ENTER. Press the Up or Down Arrow until I/O Setup is on the display, then press ENTER. Press the Up or Down Arrow until Card Setup is on the display, then press ENTER. Press the Up or Down Arrow until Advanced is on the display, then press ENTER. Press the Up or Down Arrow until Reset card is on the display, then press ENTER.
READ MORE - Cold Reset or Hard Reset Steps for all HP Printers

GarminFone = Garmin GPS + Android Smartphone

Garmin's Car GPS devices are outstanding. I've one with me and I always wondered if there were phone capability on it's GPS devices.  And here we have Garminfone Android Phone.



The first Android-powered smartphone fully-integrated with Garmin's premium GPS software, the 3G-enabled Garminfone smartphone gives you the same navigation experience found on Garmin's standalone GPS devices--including voice-guided and on-screen directions, real-time traffic, weather, and gas prices. The mobile Web browser includes enhanced functions, including pinch and zoom capability and embedded location awareness that links information found on the Web to navigation and mapping functions--enabling you to navigate directly to a location from a Web page.


The Garminfone is ready to go with the included car kit--simply plug it in and snap it in the car mount and you'll be on your way in no time. Garminfone also features a bright 3.5-inch display, and a 3.0-megapixel camera with geotagging capabilities so you can share location details about the places around you.


The Garminfone provides easy access to both personal and corporate e-mail, calendars, and contacts supported by Exchange Server and Gmail. Other features include 4 GB of internal memory, microSD memory expansion (with 2 GB card included), Wi-Fi networking (802.11b/g), Bluetooth for hands-free devices and stereo music streaming, multi-format digital media player, and up to 4 hours of talk time.

It's built-in GPS software is what set it apart from the rest. Why worry to pay another over $100 for extra GPS map/software??
READ MORE - GarminFone = Garmin GPS + Android Smartphone

Microsoft Arc Touch Mouse - Insanely geeky and futuristic

Microsoft has unveiled the Arc Touch Mouse. It's artistic, it's fantastic, it's ultra-modern and it's unconventional. The Arc Touch Mouse forms itself from flat to curved shape and ergonomic to every hand. It can be used on any surface. It has 2.4 GHz Nano transceiver and Microsoft BlueTrack technology for wireless setup. Flexibility in shape is what makes this mouse unique from others. It's therefore extremely portable too.




Microsoft obviously tried to retain the effect – using haptic feedback to make little vibrations and a little speaker to make little clicks, all to simulate the feel of a mouse wheel.

A single charge on 2 AAA battries would last six months. As of right now, this Arc Touch Mouse is available as pre-order and special pre-order rate is $69.95 on major online retailers like Amazon.com. Expected shipping is on December of 2010 and price gonna go up next year if you missed the pre-order.
READ MORE - Microsoft Arc Touch Mouse - Insanely geeky and futuristic

Logitech HD Pro Webcam C910 with 1080p



The Logitech HD Pro Webcam C910 is HD in every way. Record at Full HD 1080p or make a video call in HD 720p on most major IMs and Logitech Vid HD.

For more info, click the link below:



HD Pro Webcam C910
Noteworthy Features

•  Full HD 1080p video recording


•  Fluid HD 720p video calls in 16:9 widescreen


•  Precision Carl Zeiss optics and autofocus for razor-sharp video and brilliant 10MP photos


•  Noise-cancelling dual mics for HD-quality stereo audio—a first for HD webcams


•  Convenient cable management system reduces clutter


•  1-click video upload to Facebook and YouTube


•  Easy HD calling on included Logitech Vid HD and most major IM services
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Calibre - Simple yet astonishingly powerful ebook manager

Calibre is a free open source ebook management software. It catalogs ebooks residing in your hard drive or the one downloaded from internet. Once ebooks are in Calibre, you can efficiently manage your ebooks like giving it proper tags, fetching publishers info and all other stuffs. All these tasks are automated if you are connected to the internet, it does everything for you.

















It has built-in reader. So, once you've your ebooks in the calibre, you can read it on your computer.

But, if you have external ebook readers like kindle and nook, it's another excellent tool to must have. It easily syncs to all ebook reader devices available today in the market. Even more, it does the conversion of ebook in proper format so that it can be transferred, properly displayed and read on those devices.

See the Video demo, what it can do.
http://calibre-ebook.com/demo

Download it here
http://calibre-ebook.com/download
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