How to Create QR Code with Goo.gl

How to Create QR Code with Goo.gl

QR codes have become quite a norm with newspapers, websites and magazines where people are asked to click a picture and read the QR code to perform certain actions. Now you will be able to do the same without having to worry about using software to create the codes.

Google publicly launched their URL Shortener with extra feature where you can convert a URL to QR code which can then be read by a mobile device.

To create a QR code with Goo.gl, just shorten the URL and add ".qr" to the end of it.
For example http://goo.gl/UQDfJ  is the shortened URL for http://tipsterhub.blogspot.com, adding .qr to the URL ( http://goo.gl/UQDfJ.qr) will display the QR code which you can then download and add to your webpage or application.

Source: Techie-Buzz.com

9 Fun and Useful Plugins for your Google Chrome

9 Fun and Useful Plugins for your Google Chrome

Here are some of very useful plugins to make Google Chrome more fun to use.

Google Translate
This extension adds a button to your browser toolbar. Click the translate icon whenever you want to translate the page you're visiting. The extension also automatically detects if the language of a page you're on is different from the language you're using for your Google Chrome interface. If it is, a banner appears at the top of the page. Click the Translate button in the banner to have all the text on the page appear in the new language.

Mini Google Maps
Google maps in a click away.Mini Google Maps comes in handy when you're looking for browsing on a map but want to find it quickly and get the job done.

Pendule
This extension is very useful for Web Designer and Developer, It has all the features like disable CSS, Show password, Color picker, Validator and so on. try for yourself, I’m using it and I like it so far. Try also the Web Developer plugin.

Awesome Screenshot
Capture the whole page or any portion, annotate it with rectangles, circles, arrows, lines and text, blur sensitive info, one-click upload to share. Support PNG and shortcuts.

Lazarus : Form Recovery
Lazarus saves everything you type so if the worst happens you can recover the whole form by simply clicking a menu item. The data can be encrypted and is saved on your machine so you know it's safe. 

Lorem Ipsum Generator
Chrome Extension that generates random "Lorem Ipsum" text. It uses a minimalist and well looking design. Many other extensions of this type - in other browsers - simply complicate this task, using really extensive code, XHR, etc. The main purpose of this one, is to use the less amount of code (and also memory) and help the developer/user to get the job done.

Firebug Lite
Firebug Lite is not a substitute for Firebug, or Chrome Developer Tools. It is a tool to be used in conjunction with these tools. Firebug Lite provides the rich visual representation we are used to see in Firebug when it comes to HTML elements, DOM elements, and Box Model shading. It provides also some cool features like inspecting HTML elemements with your mouse, and live editing CSS properties.

Shoutcast
Tired of work? , why don’t you relax a bit?  Listen to a music with this Chrome extension,  It gives you access to different Internet radios around the world.and it’s free that’s the good thing about it. The SHOUTcast Radio Chrome Extension allows you to explore SHOUTcast stations, search by key word or browse across 20+ popular music genres.

Google Dictionary
Want to know the meaning of that word? Just double click it using this plugin and it will give you the meaning of it, One good features of it is that it supports different languages.

How to Refill Canon PG810 and CL811

How to Refill Canon PG810 and CL811

This refill instruction is for Canon Pixma ip2770, Mp258, MP245, MP268, MP276, MP486, MP496 using Canon PG810 and Canon CL811 cartridge.

Follow this steps:
1. Remove the sticker on the print cartridge
2. Verify each colour on the cartridge
3. Drill a hole in the cartridge
4. Refill the cartridge according to correct colour

Note: 8ml to 10ml for PG810 (Black Cartridge)
3 to 4ml per color for CL811 (Color Cartridge)

How to Remove Ink Low Warning:

for MX series: U051, U053, U059, U140, U150 means Ink has run out

If you encounter error after refilling the cartridge. All you have to do is this.

For IP Series Printers: Press and hold the paper feed button down for 5-8 seconds, it will allow you to override the counter. The cartridge will print , however, the ink level display may not show.

For MP Series Printers: Press and hold the STOP/RESET button down for 5-8 seconds, it will allow you to override the counter. The cartridge will print , however, the ink level display may not show.

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How to remove Windows XP Splash screen during boot up

How to remove Windows XP Splash screen during boot up

Do you ever wonder what is happening behind Windows splash screen during boot up? or Are you having boot up problems and would like to know what it going on behind that Windows Loading Logo? To find out, you can disable the splash screen by making a small change to the Boot.ini file.

Follow these steps carefully!

1. Right click "My Computer" Then select "Properties"

2. On the Advanced tab, click the Settings button in the "Startup And Recovery" section.

3. In the "Startup And Recovery" dialog box, select the Edit button in the "System Startup" section.

4. The Boot.ini file will open in Notepad; locate the line that ends with the /fastdetect switch and replace with /SOS switch (/fastdetect switch only).

6. Save the Boot.ini file, and close Notepad.

7. Click Cancel to close both the "Startup And Recovery" dialog box and the "System Properties" dialog box.

8. Restart the computer to see the effect.

Once the computer restarts you will notice that the Windows Splash Screen is no longer present. Instead you can observe some of the boot up operations that Windows XP performs during the startup stage.

To renable the splash screen, follow the same procedure but replace the /SOS switch with /fastdetect

How to Root Android 2.2 Froyo with one click

How to Root Android 2.2 Froyo with one click

Z4root is free root tool that allows you to root and unroot your android 2.2 phone directly within only few second.  Here are the step by step instructions to root your Android 2.2 device with Z4root.

How to Root Android 2.2 Froyo

Step 1: Download Z4Root file from here

Step 2: Install Z4Root on your Android Phone.

Step 3: Enable your android phone USB debugging mode  (Menu>Settings>Applications>Development)

Step 4: Launch Z4Root on your android phone. Then Click on the Root button.

Step 5: Wait for few second for rooting process. Android phone will automatically reboot once root complete. Enjoy your root android phone.

How to Unroot Android 2.2 Froyo by Z4Root

Step 1: Launch Z4Root on your android phone. Then Click on the Unroot button.

Step 2: Wait for few second for unroot process.

Step 3: That's all. Now your phone has been unroot.

How safe is this?

Should be 100% safe - nothing on disk is changed besides the root binaries, so if something goes wrong, simply rebooting the device should fix up any and all issues.

Compatible Phone Devices

Samsung Galaxy S (All variants)
Backflip
Sony X10
Xperia Mini
Drod 2
Galaxy Tab
Galaxy I5700
Galaxy 3 I5800
Droid X
Samsung Acclaim
Cricket Huawei Ascend
Motorola Cliq
Huawei 8120
Hero
Optimus T
Droid 1 (z4root 1.2.1)
Garmin Asus A50
Motorola Defy
LG Ally

Incompatible Phone Devices

Desire (requires nand unlock)
Desire HD (requires nand unlock)
Magic (unknown)
Evo (requires nand unlock)
G2 (requires nand unlock)
Archos 70 (unknown)
LG Optimus One (unknown)
myTouch 3G (unknown)
Wildfire
Droid Incredible

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Canon LiDE 35 Installation Fix for Win7 64bit

Canon LiDE 35 Installation Fix for Win7 64bit

If you have hard time installing Canon LiDE 35 Scanner to windows 7 64bit version try this solution from bullsworld.net

1. Open Device Manager locate the scanner device (it probably has a yellow exclamation mark next to it).
2. Select Properties then update driver.
3. Choose Browse my computer for driver software then Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer.
4. Look for Canon Inc. in the manufacturer list, then select CanoScan LiDE 60.
5. Click next and ignore any warnings about the driver not matching your hardware, that’s it all done your scanner should now work.

Note: You may need to run ScanGear CS before the drivers will show up, get it from Canon’s US site ScanGear CS 64bit

How to find Drivers for unknown device

How to find Drivers for unknown device

When we buy any hardware the drivers come along with it on a disc. If the driver disc is lose we always look for device driver from the manufacturer's website. But what if we are not sure of the manufacturer of the hardware? I myself use Lavalys Everest (and alike) to identify the unknown device, but what if those software is not available at hand? This is quite a situation that make this excellent trick come in handy.

Note that every device has a vendor and Device id associated with it. If you can find this ID, you can find the manufacturer. To find Vendor and device id in windows is not that hard just follow this steps

   1. Open Device Manager (Control Panel>System>Hardware>Device Manager)
   2. The hardware whose drivers are missing will appear as Unknown device, so it's easier to locate the 
       device.
   3. Right click on the unknown device and click on Properties.
   4. Under the Properties window click on Details tab and select Device Instance Id from the drop
       down box.

   5. You should see a code similar to this

        PCI\VEN_10EC&DEV_8139&SUBSYS_813910EC&REV_10\4&DC268A3&0&3880

   6. The portion of the code highlighted in RED is the Vendor ID and the portion highlighted in GREEN is
       the Device ID. In this example:

            Vendor ID = 10EC
            Device ID = 8139

   7. Once you have obtained both the IDs, proceed to PCI Database. There you can either search for the
       vendor from the vendor ID or directly get information about the device along with the vendor name by
       searching with the device ID.

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How to Make Ubuntu Look Like Mac OSX

How to Make Ubuntu Look Like Mac OSX

Do you like OSX GUI but don't feel giving up your Linux? then try a script called Macbuntu, an easy to use Mac OSX transformation pack dedicated to Ubuntu. Macbuntu will install all the necessary apps, icon and other resources to make your ubuntu desktop look just like OSX.

How to install Macbuntu 10.04 v2.3  Lucid Lynx
Open a terminal and type the following commands:

$ wget https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/macbuntu/macbuntu-10.04/v2.3/Macbuntu-10.04.tar.gz -O /tmp/Macbuntu-10.04.tar.gz $ tar xzvf /tmp/Macbuntu-10.04.tar.gz -C /tmp $ cd /tmp/Macbuntu-10.04/ $ ./install.sh

How to install Macbuntu 10.10 v2.3  Maverick Meerkat
Open a terminal and type the following commands:

$ wget https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/macbuntu/macbuntu-10.10/v2.3/Macbuntu-10.10.tar.gz -O /tmp/Macbuntu-10.10.tar.gz $ tar xzvf /tmp/Macbuntu-10.10.tar.gz -C /tmp $ cd /tmp/Macbuntu-10.10/ $ ./install.sh

After Macbuntu finishes setting everything up, restart your computer and enjoy your new MacOSX-looking Ubuntu. And if you ever decided that you want to go back to regular Gnome Desktop, Macbuntu comes with an uninstall script.


How to remove Macbuntu 10.04 v2.3 Lucid Lynx
Open a terminal and type the following commands:

$ cd ~/.macbuntu/10.04-2.3/
$ ./uninstall.sh

How to remove Macbuntu 10.10 v2.3 Maverick Meerkat
Open a terminal and type the following commands:

$ cd ~/.macbuntu/10.10-2.3/
$ ./uninstall.sh 

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How to type upside down letters

How to type upside down letters

Have you ever wonder how to do this?

¡ƃop ʎzɐן ǝɥʇ ɟo pɐǝɥ ǝɥʇ ɹǝʌo dɯnɾ xoɟ uʍoɹq ʞɔınb ǝɥʇ ˙uʍop ǝpısdn ǝʇıɹʍ ןןɐ ǝʍ ʇuɐɔ ʎɥʍ

Why would you want to type upside down?

• Put it in instant messages like MSN, AOL, gTalk
• Put upside down text on Twitter, MySpace, MSN Messenger, Facebook, YouTube
• Create very strong passwords
• Type upside down ... just for fun!

How does this websites flip text up side down and backward? This is because of JavaScript program converts English letters to unicode characters and symbols that look inverted, to make it look like you've created upside-down text on the computer. Most of them come from the character sets "Latin Extended" and "International Phonetic Alphabet". Unfortunately there are no upside down numbers and not enough upside down capital letters, so this tool supports lowercase letters only.


Click here and Here to try it!

Convert MS Office 2007 documents to PDF or XPS format

Convert MS Office 2007 documents to PDF or XPS format

Microsoft released an add-in for Office 2007 that allows you to export and save your documents to PDF and XPS formats in eight 2007 Microsoft Office programs. It also allows you to send as e-mail attachment in the PDF and XPS formats in a subset of these programs.

Portable Document Format (PDF) format ensures your printed or viewed file retains the formatting that you intended, and that data in the file cannot easily be changed. The PDF format is also useful if you intend to use commercial printing methods.

XML Paper Specification (XPS)  is a format just like PDF from microsoft that preserves document formatting and enables file sharing. When the XPS file is viewed online or printed, it retains exactly the format that you intended, and the data in the file cannot be easily changed.

How To Save Your Office 2007 documents in PDF Format:

After you download and install this Microsoft Office 2007 Add-in open the document you want to publish and then, depending on the program you are using, select Save or Publish to PDF or XPS from the Office or File menu (As shown in Screenshot).

Note: This Microsoft Save as PDF Add-in Works Only With Office 2007

How to remove PDF restriction

How to remove PDF restriction

Did you recently download a PDF files with restriction such as printing, copying text, etc. Do you wish to remove its restrictions?

You can easily remove PDF restrictions with FreeMyPDF.com. FreeMyPDF is a website that can remove printing, copying, editing restrictions from PDF files. FreeMyPDF is free and doesn’t required to sign-ups.

Just upload PDF files to FreeMyPDF.com and click Do it button, after a while PDF file restrictions will be removed and you will get a download dialog box. then save the unlocked PDF to your PC.

Note that this only works for PDFs that you can open and read without any 3rd party plugins. PDFs that require a password to be viewed cannot be unlocked by this service. This is because this is not cracking. Viewable PDFs with restrictions are not really protected, no more than a door with a broken lock, as opposed to password-protected PDFs.

Firefox for Android and Maemo is Now Available

Firefox for Android and Maemo is Now Available

Mozilla has released Firefox 4 Beta for Android and Maemo. It’s built on the same technology platform as Firefox for the desktop and optimized for browsing on a mobile phone. Firefox beta for mobile comes with many of your favorite Firefox desktop features like Firefox Sync, Add-ons and the Awesome Bar.

Firefox 4 Beta includes Firefox Sync to create a seamless Web browsing experience between desktop and mobile. With Firefox Sync, you can take your browsing history, bookmarks, tabs, passwords and form-fill data with you anywhere so you never have to retype passwords or long URLs again.

This release delivers a rich set of features, including pinch-to-zoom, which is now supported on multitouch-capable devices, and the Awesome Screen, which instantly gives you access to your recent history, bookmarks and tabs just by tapping in the Awesome Bar.

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Add Tab Feature to MS Windows Explorer

Add Tab Feature to MS Windows Explorer

QTTabBar is extension for Windows Explorer that brings tabbed browsing to Microsoft's file browser, along with a host of other great features.

Once installed, you can add it to Windows Explorer by going to "View -> Toolbars" menu and select QT TabBar or right-clicking on Menubar and select QTTabBar

 Features

• Now works in Windows 7 as well
• Desktop Bar restored for XP/Vista
• F2 rename selection functionality restored
• "Use old ListView control" option enabled
• "Display column headers in all views" option enabled
• General stability improvements
• Tabbar/Toolbar positioning now works correctly on XP
• Search box no longer mysteriously shrinks when focused
• Full Row Select can be enabled/disabled when the SysListView32 is used
• Libraries can be dropped into

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10 Best Windows 7 keyboard shortcuts

10 Best Windows 7 keyboard shortcuts

Win+D - Minimize all open windows to show the desktop
Win+E - Launch Explorer with Computer as the focus
Win+F - Launch a search window
Win+G - Cycle through gadgets
Win+L - Lock the desktop
Win+M - Minimize the current window
Win+R - Open the Run window
Win+T - Cycle through task bar opening Aero Peek for each running item
Win+U - Open the Ease of Use center
Ctrl+Win+Tab - Moves focus from Start, to the Quick Launch toolbar, to the system tray (use RIGHT ARROW or LEFT ARROW to move focus to items on the Quick Launch toolbar and the system tray) - this is my favorite!

How to Change Desktop Wallpaper in Windows 7 Starter

How to Change Desktop Wallpaper in Windows 7 Starter

Windows 7 Starter is the edition of Windows 7 that contains the fewest features. You can't have Aero theme in this version. You can't change desktop wallpaper, Screen Saver, Themes and Visual Style. In fact, you don't see "Personalize" menu in desktop context menu.

With this "Personalization Panel" created by HB860 for Windows 7 Starter and Home Basic Editions brings Personalize Panel of Windows 7 Ultimate Edition to low-end restricted editions.

It allows you to:

    * Change Desktop wallpaper
    * Theme support
    * Aero glass support
    * Desktop context menu integration
    * Change window and taskbar color
    * Portable version also available

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Secret Codes for Android Phone

Secret Codes for Android Phone

While I was browsing the web, I found some interesting codes for Android phone which can enable/disable lots of hidden settings and show many useful information about the phone. These hidden codes can be used in any Google Android mobile phone to access things which are not accessible by default.

    *#*#4636#*#*

This code can be used to get some interesting information about your phone and battery. It shows following 4 menus on screen:

    * Phone information
    * Battery information
    * Battery history
    * Usage statistics

   *#*#7780#*#*

This code can be used for a factory data reset. It'll remove:

    * Google account settings stored in your phone
    * System and application data and settings
    * Downloaded applications

It will NOT remove:

    * Current system software and bundled applications
    * SD card files e.g. photos, music files, etc.

PS: Once you give this code, you get a prompt screen asking you to click on "Reset phone" button. So you get a chance to cancel your operation.

    *2767*3855#

This code is used for factory format. It'll remove all files and settings including the internal memory storage. It'll also reinstall the phone firmware.
PS: Once you give this code, there is no way to cancel the operation unless you remove the battery from the phone.

    *#*#34971539#*#*

This code is used to get information about phone camera. It shows following 4 menus:

    * Update camera firmware in image (Don't try this option)
    * Update camera firmware in SD card
    * Get camera firmware version
    * Get firmware update count

WARNING: Never use the first option otherwise your phone camera will stop working and you'll need to take your phone to service center to reinstall camera firmware.

    *#*#7594#*#*

This one is my favorite one. This code can be used to change the "End Call / Power" button action in your phone. Be default, if you long press the button, it shows a screen asking you to select any option from Silent mode, Airplane mode and Power off.
You can change this action using this code. You can enable direct power off on this button so you don't need to waste your time in selecting the option.

    *#*#273283*255*663282*#*#*

This code opens a File copy screen where you can backup your media files e.g. Images, Sound, Video and Voice memo.

    *#*#197328640#*#*

This code can be used to enter into Service mode. You can run various tests and change settings in the service mode.

WLAN, GPS and Bluetooth Test Codes:

    *#*#232339#*#*

    *#*#526#*#*

    *#*#528#*#*

WLAN test (Use "Menu" button to start various tests)

    *#*#232338#*#*     - Shows WiFi MAC address
    *#*#1472365#*#*  - GPS test
    *#*#1575#*#*          - Another GPS test
    *#*#232331#*#*  - Bluetooth test
    *#*#232337#*#  - Shows Bluetooth device address

Launch GTalk Service Monitor :

    *#*#8255#*#*

Codes to get Firmware version information:

  *#*#4986*2650468#*#* -PDA, Phone, H/W, RFCallDate
   *#*#1234#*#*     - PDA and Phone
   *#*#1111#*#*       - FTA SW Version
   *#*#2222#*#*   - FTA HW Version
   *#*#44336#*#* - PDA, Phone, CSC, Build Time, Changelist number

Codes to launch various Factory Tests:

    *#*#0283#*#* - Packet Loopback
    *#*#0*#*#* - LCD test
    *#*#0673#*#* OR *#*#0289#*#* - Melody test
    *#*#0842#*#* - Device test (Vibration test and BackLight test)
    *#*#2663#*#* - Touch screen version
    *#*#2664#*#* - Touch screen test
    *#*#0588#*#* - Proximity sensor test
    *#*#3264#*#* - RAM version

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Boot your Droid X into recovery mode

Boot your Droid X into recovery mode

It’s always good to know how to get it into recovery mode. This little trick probably won’t be used much until the Android hacking/developing crowd gains root access to our new Droid X, but you might as well know about it now. And no, this won’t brick your phone.

Instructions…

1.  Turn your phone off.
2.  Hold down “Home” and press “Power” until the Motorola logo appears.
3.  Release  ”Power” and continue to hold “Home” until an exclamation appears.
4.  Release “Home” and press the “Search” button once.
5.  Your phone will now enter recovery.

To get out of it, simply use your volume up and down buttons until “reboot system now” is highlighted and then press the camera button.

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Destroy the Web, one page at a time

Destroy the Web, one page at a time

Do you love shoot-em up games? or just bored doing all the same stuff everyday? then try this cool firefox add-on that turn any webpage to a shooting target instantly!


Destroy the Web is a game add-on for Firefox, built specifically to take advantage of the new features introduced in Firefox 3.5. A first of its kind, the goal in the game is to destroy each and every Web page, competing for the high score against players around the world!


Destroy the Web is all about one thing: destruction! In general, experiment destroying different kinds of
elements in different order, and aim to clear out the pages completely for extra points. Since the game can be played in any Web page, the outcome is always unpredictable...


Installation

• You need Firefox version 3.5 or higher. If you don't have the latest version of Firefox click here.
• If you are already using Firefox 3.5 or higher, you can install Destroy the Web clicking here
• After installing the add-on, restart Firefox. And a Destroy the Web button will appear besides the address bar.

Playing the game

• Press the Destroy the Web button in the Firefox toolbar to start a new game.
• 3, 2, 1 GO! Start clicking everywhere in the page to destroy its content!
• You've got 30 seconds to do as much damage as possible...
• TIME! Once done, submit your score and see how you rank in the leaderboards.

:: The Destroy the Web button will be enabled until the page has finished loading. You can press it during a game to cancel it.
:: If during a game you navigate away from the page then it will be canceled. This includes: closing the tab, choosing another tab, opening another page, and such.

How to Move installed Apps to other Drive

How to Move installed Apps to other Drive

Most of the time we install lots of software like games and Apps in Drive C and result in getting our drive full, I find it irritable when i need to install software and find out that my primary partition just cant hold enough of my software and i have no choice but to relocate it manually or worse uninstall some of my software installed. But with Steam Mover i can easily move installed Windows apps and games from my Drive C:\ to other drives like Drive D:\ with a push of a button.

Steam Mover is a freeware portable apps that can easily move installed Windows Apps and Games from one drive to other drives (like Drive D:\ or E:\) Steam Mover was originally designed to help hardcore gamers move their downloaded games to other drives, in order to free up space on their primary hard drive. But it turns out that it works well with other applications too.

Note:  Works only in Windows 7 and Vista, and only on NTFS formatted hard drives.

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Create a Word Cloud Online

Create a Word Cloud Online

Do you strive to have one of this word cloud but don't know how to do it in photoshop? Worry no more here’s a simple way to make an interesting graphic of words or topics that you want. Using an Online Word cloud generator called Wordle.


Wordle is a toy for generating “word clouds” from text that you provide. The clouds give greater prominence to words that appear more frequently in the source text. You can tweak your clouds with different fonts, layouts, and color schemes. The images you create with Wordle are yours to use however you like. You can print them out, or save them to the Wordle gallery to share with your friends.

The images you create with Wordle are yours to use in any way you choose. You may print it to T-Shirts, business cards, brochures, upload to your facebook account.The only drawback is that you cannot save it to your computer because Wordle is a Java applet, and Java applets are not permitted to write anything to your disk. But you can take a screenshot of the Wordle applet by pressing "Print Screen" key and paste it to MSPaint or other image editing software.

Create your own