Sunday, February 20, 2011

Why QWERTY?



Ever wondered why those 6 letters made your keyboard formation. Why not they just have the 'abcd' layout instead of the qwerty. Well there are a number of logics behind it. The inventor Christopher Latham Sholes used his brain to the extent and patented this keyboard layout. Now I answer Why QWERTY?
The QWERTY keyboard was originally for typewriters now inherited by the computer keyboards.
The keys were arranged in such a manner that the keys which were pressed consecutively their type heads were placed at an distance so that they do not jam up the type writer. Earlier fast typist used to jam up the typewriters.
Alternating hands while typing is a desirable trait in a keyboard design, since while one hand is typing a letter, the other hand can get in position to type the next letter. Thus, a typist may fall into a steady rhythm and type quickly. However, when a string of letters is done with the same hand, the chances of stuttering are increased and a rhythm can be broken, thus decreasing speed and increasing errors and fatigue. These days almost every phone has the QWERTY layout. In the QWERTY layout many more words can be spelled using only the left hand than the right hand. In fact, thousands of English words can be spelled using only the left hand, while only a couple of hundred words can be typed using only the right hand. In addition, most typing strokes are done with the left hand in the QWERTY layout. This is helpful for left-handed people but to the disadvantage of right-handed people. For example the word "minimum" and "pumpkin" could be typed only using the right hand "TRY IT FOR YOURSELF".
Another fact about the QWERTY keyboard is that you can type a lot of words without leaving the same row like the word "Typewriter" could be typed in the same row without jamming the type heads of typewriters.

Saturday, February 19, 2011

12 More File Formats added to Google Docs


Google Docs makes viewing the documents even more faster than first downloading them and opening them locally, it is just like service at your doorstep (Yes, in your Gmail Inbox!). It is used by millions of people around the world, now it just got a lot more useful. Earlier it only supported formats like PDF, Microsoft Word and PowerPoint files.
Today, Google has launched a dozen more file types for its viewer:
  • Microsoft Excel (.XLS and .XLSX)
  • Microsoft PowerPoint 2007/10 (.PPTX)
  • Apple Pages (.PAGES)
  • Adobe Illustrator (.AI)
  • Adobe Photoshop (.PSD) [Yay!]
  • Autodesk AutoCad (.DXF)
  • Scalable Vector Graphics (.SVG)
  • PostScript (.EPS, .PS)
  • TrueType (.TTF)
  • XML Paper Specification (.XPS)
In Gmail, there is a "VIEW" button for all these file types now. Yay! It supports PSD too! :D
Google Docs Viewer is available for any website, click HERE for more information.
But keep it in mind that can't create files using Docs. Viewing the PSD file on Google Docs was an unusual but awesome feeling, it is good to have a quick peek on the files before downloading them and cluttering your hard disk with unwanted files.
The VIEW button for a PSD file

Angry Birds: So damn Addictive!


Ever since Angry Birds entered our devices, we've stopped thinking about those Farms, Cars, and even Guns! We've been unwittingly stuck to its play-style. But the thing is, we become so engrossed in launching those birds from catapults... That we've never questioned, why birds need a catapult at the first place?! Why do the pigs have eggs, and why do they need 'em?! Why don't we just use the bombs everytime?!
If you are a hardcore Angry player, you know how seriously serious this game can become. 
As you go through different levels, you'll come across six different types of birds, each possessing one special power: Multiply, explode, accelerate, dropping egg bombs, boomerang and extra strength. Those pigs laugh on us when we are not able to kill them. And this makes the game even more intense.
 We've tried this game Nexus S, and with cute graphics and simple game play, this game can't be counted below Awesome-ness.
You just have drag the catapult string, and break those forts in order to kill the pigs.
This may sound boring, but believe me, it is So Damn Addictive!!
It is absolutely FREE for the Android users, but the iOS will have to spend there $0.99 to get this in there AppStore. Grab this game till its Hot!
Have a look at this trailer of Angry Birds, you may get a Hint!


Drop down a comment to tell us on which platform you use it!

Friday, February 18, 2011

Stay Away From Spamming

Today People on Facebook are victims of  stupid filthy spammers. We all hate spammers, we see false rumors that Facebook would be deactivated or it might face shut down. If Facebook shuts down then Mark Zuckerberg  our hero will live on the streets moving here and there and he would never want that. So never believe in such rumors and don't be a victim of spamming by posting these sick rumors on your friend's wall.
How to efficiently stay away from spamming on Facebook ??
Heres how 
Don't ever join those pages which ask you to invite these many friends to see what happened they are a big SPAM
Stay away from untrusted applications. Some of the applications on facebook I recently found is 'find your valentine' it posted your result to all of your friends' walls. Be careful from these kind of applications 
'Make Facebook a  better Place to be social'
  
STOP SPAMMING!!!

Make your Windows Complete


You have windows 7 and lack the basic softwares in it. We will tell you what softwares which are from Microsoft should be running there on your computer.
How about a free antivirus?
 You all might be using different antiviruses for your pc but they eat up your RAM like monsters and make your PC as slow as a turtle.. How about trying a free light on ram anti-virus
 And its trust-able.
Trust me even I use it, yes I am talking about Microsoft Security Essentials. An Antivirus serving all your day to day purposes like scheduled scans and everything else you need from an antivirus. Its free and fast..
 Next up is the windows live essentials pack i guess why they named it essential it has fulfills your need just the way they were meant to be.. Whether you want to Read a mail or edit a movie, Write a blog post its all in there.  
What else could be your basic need on windows ? 
Yes you guessed it right the web.. Now how will you get to my blog if your browser is missing from your PC you got to have the Microsoft Internet Explorer read our earlier review and you'll know why you should have it ..
Do you change your settings often? Then why not have the God mode enabled Complete access to your PC settings and not to forget you should get updated to the new Office 2010 the new powerpoint is just so amazing options like filters and photo extract which could be done using professional photo editing softwares like Photoshop, GIMP etc can be now done in just Microsoft powerpoint there are other interesting features in Office 2010 also .
Hope this post gets you updated on your windows 7 even vista or xp would do  for all of these softwares except for the IE .. Enjoy your Complete Windows.

Thursday, February 17, 2011

Google Changes its Navigation bar

The largest search engine over the web has rolled out a few changes on its home page. They have Made their navigation bar a bit more beautiful. They have done away with those underlined Links at the navigation bar and now they have added more color to it and also a blue bar indicating which service you are currently using. There is even a settings icon on the extreme right. The navigation bar gives google a better look and you all guys might be dying to see it. Below is the screenshot of the new navigation bar.


Above is the older navigation bar and below is the new one

We know you might be Dying to use the google's new interface So here we give you the link try it out yourself 

The link Might not me working in some browsers, we cannot do anything about it 


Facebook photo viewer and Search [Updated]

Facebook's all new photo viewer design has been rolled out to many users now. There is no longer a separate page for every image, the photo viewer opens in a lightbox over the page for the selected image. One major benefit from the facebook's perspective, for this lightbox feature is that, users will not 'loose their place' from now onwards. The 'like' and 'comment' buttons lie at the bottom left corner of the photo box and the comment box sits beneath the the photo. Overall this is a good and fast photoviewer, but we can't open images in a new tab in it.


To revert back to the old photo viewer just remove '&theatre' from the URL. 

The Facebook Search is what that has impressed us, it segregates the Instant results into different categories, ie, Pages, People, Groups, etc.




Innovation is what keeps facebook going..! And that is what makes it 'more than 500 million active users'!!!


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