Microsoft, Yahoo Officially Anounce the Partnership

"Bing to Replace Yahoo Search."

Yahoo and Microsoft, as expected, have announced a major partnership. After a year and a half of failed talks, the pair finally have come together and cut a deal. Many changes were necessary for the deal to take place - a new search engine from Microsoft (Bing) — but now that it’s here, it promises to change the face of the internet.

The pair will hold an estimated 28 percent of the search market, or roughly a third, behind Google, which will hold roughly two thirds of the market. The deal will last for 10 years.

As previously anticipated, Microsoft’s new Bing search engine/algorithm will be replacing Yahoo’s search. Yahoo’s page will keep its look, but behind the scenes it will be powered by Bing.

We will continue to experience search as a vital part of our Yahoo! experiences and will enjoy increased innovation thanks to the scale and resources this deal provides.

How To Install Dual Operating Systems

By the special demand of my frnds i would like to throw some light on this.....


This article goes through the process of dual booting and shows you how to dual boot on your computer. To dual boot an operating system you need the .ISO image of the the operating system that you want to install. Eg.you want to install “Ubuntu” on your computer which has Windows Xp or Windows Vista you can download the .ISO image from http://www.ubuntu.com/download and burn it to a disk. You may also want to try the new windows 7 beta (RC) which u can download from torrents.

If you would like to dual boot your computer with Windows 7 beta you can just Google “Windows 7 beta build 7000 torrent” and select one of the results to download the torrent. you need to have a torrent client like “utorrent” or “Bit-torrent” to download torrents.

If you don’t know what your doing then don’t do this! You can mess up your whole computer if you don’t know what you are doing....haha !

NOTE: If you want to install UBUNTU then download wubi from here. Wubi installs ubuntu as a program inside Windows so it is recommended that you install it this way.

To burn an .ISO image to a disk you need to have the right program to burn it to. I recommend that you use infra-recorder to burn the ISO file and burn it to an empty disk. You may burn the ISO image to a CD or DVD. if the ISO image is “less than” 700 MB then you can use a CD if it’s more than 700 MB then you should use a DVD obiously, if its more than that then you’re gonna have to use a dual layer DVD which can hold up to 8.54 gigabytes. We are going to use Infra recorder...k.. To burn an ISO image just follow the below steps

1. Put an empty CD or DVD in your Optical drive (place where you put your CD or DVD)

2. Open Infra recorder and click on “Write Image”

3. Select the .ISO image and click open.

4. For write speed select the lowest speed possible to get
better results ( Higher the speed of burning process,greater the chance
of disk unfunctionality is possible...so do care..)

5. Then click OK and wait for it to finish

After that make a new partition.

Note: If you cancel the process your CD or DVD may not be usable again unless it is a CD-RW or DVD-RW.

To make a new partition follow these steps:

This process applies to Windows Xp and Windows Vista.


(You can also open run by Pressing Windows key+R on your keyboard if you’re on XP)

1. Click on start

2. Right click on Computer and click on “Manage”

3. from the left side bar click on “DISK MANAGEMENT”..

which is Under Storage.

4. After that right click on your main hard disk

mostly C drive.. and click on “Shrink Volume”

5. Then enter the amount of space you want to shrink it to (15 GB or more is recommended).

After you’ve made a new partition & burned the CD put it in the OPTICAL DRIVE or the place where you put CD or DVD, and change your boot order to DVD drive.After you change the boot order press any key on the keyboard when it says “press any key to continue…” to boot it from CD. While installing make sure you install it on the “NEW PARTITION”. If you install it on your main hard disk drive then you’ll loose all your data on that drive.

Then follow steps and install the operating you want to install....enjoy..!!!

Run Multiple Virtual Desktops on your computer

Running Multiple Virtual desktops on your computer is easy with Desktops. This little program is from technet.microsoft.com by Windows Sysinternals. Since it is from Microsoft you do not have to worry about viruses or something like that. Using desktops lets you easily switch to a different desktop in just a matter of seconds. So, with desktops you can check your email listen to songs or something like that and on the other desktop you can browse the web or just chat with friends. You get 4 virtual desktops with this application and it just weighs about 115 kb.

Windows 7 to include “Windows XP Mode”

One of the biggest flaws with Vista was that programs which worked in XP, just work properly. But it seems Microsoft have learnt from a few of their mistakes, as they will offer a virtualisation based “Windows XP Mode” in Windows 7 Profesional and Ultimate editions. This seems to be a brilliant move and could potentially do wonders for Windows 7.....!

It won’t be put directly onto the release candidate due to come out on May 5th, but instead will be available as a free downloadable plug-in.

Windows 7/XP MS word

What is XP mode and how does it work? Essentially, its a licensed virtualized copy of Windows XP SP 3. Your Windows 7 Pro/Enterprise/Ultimate licenses will receive access to download this plug-in and it will run inside Windows’ own Virtual PC framework. Anyone wanting to run a XP program has to simply install it while XP mode is on. You can then run in the future as a virtualised program, without having to resort to further hassle.

Microsoft claims nearly 100% compatibility with current Windows XP applications in XPM. But we have to wait and see how smoothly Virtual PC can be integrated into 7 itself. We also have to wait and see how XP Mode will be licenced and provided. Will it be restriced only to corporate licences, or will it be available to retail customers as well???

Overall, this may be an extremely smart move from Microsoft. For adminstrators, the cost of upgrading may be an issue, but compatibility problems are also a major issue. XP mode might get rid of this issue and convince enough adminstrators to upgrade. Windows needs 7 to be successful, and XP Mode will certainly contribute.

enjoy d change !

Morro, Microsoft’s own free antivirus software

Software giant Microsoft close to supplying “free” antivirus software. Over the last couple of months, Microsoft has been busy with endless projects. Especially, with Windows 7 RC and the highlyregarded Bing search. Thus, the release of the “credit crunching” complimentary,...HAHA...use it for free.... :-)

Initiate OpenOffice even more briskly

OpenOffice matches Ubuntu perfectly, a cost-free program with great features. Though, it also has the tendency to open very slowly in comparison to other programs; this really does agitate users. To make OpenOffice open faster, all you need to do is go to Start-up manager, well that is what it is called in version 9.04.
System >> Preferences >> Startup Applications in order to find the program.

Then, add a new entry and in the command field, put in

openoffice -nodefault -nologo

The only thing that required now is to restart your system. It is now cached, so when the Gnome desktop begins, OpenOffice will also start, as it is basically moving it to a start up program and therefore making it start up super-fast.

Enjoy !:-)

How to download YouTube videos, and then convert them from .flv to .avi

sudo apt-get install youtube-dl ffmpeg

- Then use this code to download the video,

youtube-dl -o example.flv “http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQyZLehrIUw”

- To convert the video to .avi format

ffmpeg -i example.flv example.avi

Just to let you know, you should edit the name of the video and video link. Mine is just an example, however it is a good video on one of the Britain’s Got Talent shows exposing the new hit wonder, DJ Talent. :-)haha....enjoy !

How to convert Ext2/Ext3 file system to Ext4 (in 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope)

First of all make sure you have Ubuntu 9.04 installed so that you have an Ext3 file-system.

- Back-up all of your valued data.

- To convert the partition, reboot from the real CD, and run this code:

sudo bash
tune2fs -O extents,uninit_bg,dir_index /dev/sda1
e2fsck -pf /dev/sda1

In this case, the partiton you need to convert is /dev/sda1.

-Next, you must change Ext3 to Ext4 quite simply like below,

# /dev/sda1
UUID=XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX / ext3
relatime,errors=remount-ro 0 1

Change this code to:

# /dev/sda1
UUID=XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX / ext4
relatime,errors=remount-ro 0 1

No doubt you can tell that all that has changed is Ext3 and Ext4! You now MUST save the changes.

If you are upgrading from ext2 to ext4, when converting the partition use this code instead:

sudo bashtune2fs -O extents,uninit_bg,dir_index,has_journal /dev/sda1
e2fsck -pf /dev/sda1

That should be it for most people, all you need to restart your computer and voila, you are now running from an Ext 4 file system. However, if you come across the dreaded error 13 when restarting, it might be because it did not like one of the updates. This might help though,

sudo bashmount /dev/sda1 /mnt
grub-install /dev/sda –root-directory=/mnt –recheck

You have now successfully completed the conversion! enjoy !

Alter the colour of your Ubuntu

In order to change the colour of your Ubuntu, use the following command:

sudo apt-get install gnome-color-chooser

In future you can then discover the colours, under System >> Preferences.

Sun Microsystems Merges With Oracle

Sun Microsystems gets acquired by Oracle. This is the hot news making rounds on the net. This is a news which could have wide ramifications for the Open Source crowd. Why? Because Sun Microsystems creates some of the most well received, robust open source software around. Just to put it in perspective, let me list some of them which come to my mind.

MySQL - The most widely used database online.
Java - Was released under an Open source license.
OpenSolaris - The free as in beer and freedom UNIX operating system.
OpenOffice.org - The robust office suite which is a part and parcel of any Linux distribution.
VirtualBox - The virtualization software that most open source enthusiasts have grown to love.
Netbeans - The Java IDE
Sun xVM Server - The open source virtualization software for data centers.
Sun Microsystems is no doubt a awesome open source company. Will it stay that way under its new master namely Oracle ? Only time will tell.

Ext4 File System

Ext4 file system (4th extended file system) is the next generation file systems, retaining backward compatibility with the previous file system, ext3. Ext4 was released as a functionally complete and stable filesystem in Linux kernel 2.6.28. Ubuntu 9.04 was released with support for the ext4 file system.

One of the most evident advantages of ext4 for end users is the drastic reduction in time taken to do an fseek operation of your hard drives. The other advantages of ext4 file system over ext3 are - it provides better performance and greater reliability. Also it increases the maximum file system size to a whooping 1 exabyte. Compared to this, ext3 supports a maximum of only 16 TB of file system size.

Bottom line : A drive with ext4 file system cannot be mounted within older Linux distributions as they don't have support for ext4.

Google Chrome OS To Officially Make It's Debut In 2010

Hey guys, Google has eventually come out with the announcement that it is developing a unique Operating System - called the Google Chrome OS.

It will be Open Source, light weight, speedy, simple and secure. Google says the new OS will be targeted at Netbooks and will make it's debut in next year i.e 2010. As the name suggests, Google Chrome OS will in all probability be a browser centric OS; in that, most applications will be residing in the cloud. The OS will run on x86 and ARM architecture.

It is totally based on the Cloud Computing and all the data will be available for storage on d net itself...

Really exciting news for sure....enjoy..!!!

All about Ubuntu !!!

How to install VLC media player 1.0.0 in Ubuntu

VLC media player is a highly portable multimedia player for various audio and video formats (MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, mp3,).It can also be used as a server to stream in IPv4 or IPv6 on a high-bandwidth network.It doesn’t need any external codec or program to work.

First edit /etc/apt/sources.list file

gksudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

add the following line

For Jaunty Users

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/c-korn/vlc/ubuntu jaunty main

For intrepid users

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/c-korn/vlc/ubuntu intrepid main

Save and exit the file

Install GPG key using the following command

sudo apt-key adv --recv-keys --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com 7613768D

Update sourcelist using the following command

sudo apt-get update

Install vlc using the following commnd

sudo apt-get install vlc mozilla-plugin-vlc

Using VLC

Open VLC from Applications—>Sound & Video—>VLC media player



Privacy screen click ok




VLC 1.0.0 screen




Version details

XP tricks

Stopping Unneeded Startup Services
and Making XP boot faster !

To reduce the number of services that start on bootup, you can access two different
areas of Windows XP.

The first is the System Configuration Utility. You can do that by entering the
command “msconfig” in the run menu.

Start  Run  msconfig

The Services tab shows you the services that start when the computer boots. You can stop a service from starting by simply clearing the check box next to the service and clicking OK.
However, before you do so, there is another way to disable services that you
may prefer because the interface gives you more information about the service
in question.

Open Control Panel  Administrative Tools Services or

Start  Run  services.msc

Stop Error Messages from Displaying
on Startup

Run the Registry Editor and go to

HKEY_LOCAL MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Windows

Create a new DWORD called NoPopupsOnBoot and give it a value of 1.
Exit the Registry and reboot for the setting to take effect. To disable it, either delete the DWORD value or give it a value of 0.

Disabling the Boot Logo

To remove the boot logo, follow these steps:

1. Select Start/Run , type msconfig, and click OK.
2. In the System Configuration Utility, click the BOOT.INI tab.
3. On the BOOT.INI tab, click the NOGUIBOOT check box option. Click OK.

A Flying Start for the Start Menu

A simple Registry tweak can give speed up your start menu and sub-menus.
Open the Registry Editor, and navigate to and select:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop

Double-click the

MenuShowDelay

icon on the right, and change 'Value data' from its default of 400 (milliseconds) to something speedier, like 0. When you have finished,press Enter.

Pop Up a Message at Start Up

To pop a banner which can contain any message you want to display just before a user
is going to log on, go to the key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System

Now create a new string Value in the right pane named LegalNoticeCaption and enter the value that you want to see in the Menu Bar. Now create yet another new string value and name it LegalNoticeText. Modify it and insert the message you want to display each time Windows boots.