Google unveils free pc to phone calls in US and Canada

Free PC to phone call via google's gmail and gtalk.

There are so many companies providing PC to phone call services but now the good news is that from today google has launched its free pc to phone call for US and Canada for the rest of the year atleast.

So big challenge for key players like Skype etc.

Calls to other countries are also very cheap. Check out the rates here.

Calls to the U.K., France, Germany, China, Japan—and many more countries— are as little as $0.02 per minute.

Dial pad is very much like a normal phone dial pad. Now there is one more option in your chat list as shown below:-

Click there and then dial pad will come up and then dial as usual.

You will also be able to receive calls on your PC if you take a free phone number from Google.

Presently this feature is rolled out for US based Gmail users. There may be a possibility that you may require to install the voice and video plug-in if you haven't already.

Official details are here.

Blackberry Torch 9800

BlackBerry Torch 9800 has a latest Blackberry 6 OS, bigger and content-friendly screen and it offers the enterprise class security and device control and a more user-friendly experience. The operating system Blackberry 6 is designed to give more integrated and dynamic experience. 

It has new browser called the webkit browser and it is completely revamped in Torch 9800 giving pinching and zooming features and tabs that enables swaping between web pages.The browser also includes tabs for easy and quick access of internet, features like book marks and sharing of webpages via e-mail, text, Facebook, Twitter and more.

Features of Blacberry Torch 9800:-

• Camera - 5 MP camera with flash, video recording, continuous auto recording, image stabilization, geotagging and new scene modes.
• Battery Backup - Talk time of up to 5.5 hrs and standby time of up to 18 days on GSM. The music playback time delivered by it is 30 hrs and it gives a video playback time of 6 hrs.
• Touch Screen - High resolution 3.2 inch HVGA touch screen, slide out QWERTY keyboard and an optical keypad.
• Fully loaded smartphone with GPS, Wi-Fi and 3G.
• Networking Features like support for BlackBerry Messenger, Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, Google Talk, Yahoo Messenger, AIM and Windows Live Messenger.
• 8 GB memory expandable up to 32GB via MicroSD card.

Official Webbsite:- Visit Here

See Live Demo Here:- (Courtesy: You tube)

How to extract audio from DVD video?

The tool to extract audio from DVD or video is known as Audio Ripper/Extractor.

There are many softwares available on the net for Ripping and extracting audio from DVD video.

Now extract your favourite audio from the video available with you and do whatever you want to like play it in your ipod, make cd of your favourite audios etc.

Here are two most commonly used and preferred:-


1.) DVD Audio Extractor - Developed by Computer Application Studio, it is a powerful software DVD audio extracting / ripping tool. It can help you to extract audio streams from your favorite DVD-Audio and DVD-Video discs and save them as OGG, MP3, Wave or FLAC files.

Features of DVD Audio Extractor are:-
Easy-to-use interface
Ultra-fast extracting speed
Rich audio formats support
Multi-channel capability
Resample to arbitrary sample rate and more

More Features

Download it from here

2.)Xilisoft DVD Audio Ripper - Developed by Xilisoft, an award-winning supplier in video and audio converting software field. With Xilisoft DVD Audio Ripper you can even choose which segments to extract. It also has a built-in player to preview your selection and you can even take a snapshot of a certain scene.

It will maintain the high quality of extracted audios.

Other features are:-

Rip DVD audio.
Convert to MP3, WMA, WAV, M4A, AAC, AC3, and OGG
Customizable audio settings before conversion
Built-in movie player

For More Features and downloading it do visit here.

Download it from Here.

I hope you have found it very usefull.

Some other tools that may interest you are:-

1. Codecs for Media Players
2. Video Converter for IPOD, PSP, Mobile, Computer format
3. Voice operated Media Player

Air and Road Distance Calculator

Great and simple Air and Road Distance Calculator.

Bing has come up with a new distance calculator application to find air and ground distance between the two places in a very simple way.

Here I will tell you how to use that application in a very simple way:-

Go to Bing and select Distance Calculator Application, which will give you a distance between two places on the Bing Map.

First of all enter the name of the place and add it. You will find it in your places option below the input box.

Then, select another location from the disambiguation box.

You will also find the flag placed at your inputted locations. You can also drag the flag to the required location for exact and refined results. As soon as you add second location it will give you the Distance between two locations.

You will find two icons one with Aeroplane giving you Distance in Air miles other one of Car or Bus giving you Distance in miles or Kms depending upon your preference selection.

Watch this video for more idea on this application:- Courtsey Youtube




For more applications available in Bing Maps just visit their explorer section here

You may like other Calculators in my blog like Area Conversion Calculator and other converters so don't forgot to visit Converter Section in this blog Here

How to see private photo albums of others in Facebook

Here is a cool way to see photo albums of others in Facebook without being a friend of them.

Just paste this script in address bar after reaching the profile page of particular person:-

javascript:(function(){CSS.removeClass(document.body,%20'profile_two_coLUMNS');tab_controller.changePage("photos");})()

This is applicable only to those albums which that person has shared anytime earlier with others as default.

How to safeguard your account?

So to prevent yourself from such type of hacks just go to privacy settings of your facebook account and set privacy settings of all the albums to "only friends".

Read Newspapers on Mobile

Read English and regional newspapers on the go on your mobile using a special application know as NewsHunt.

Developed by Eterno Infotech Pvt Ltd. A company funded by Rediff.com India Ltd.

You should have GPRS enabled mobile phones to read News Paper on your mobile and NewsHunt application installed on your phone.

It can even deliver regional language newspapers on phones not having that particular language font. Presently there are 15 English as well as regional language newspapers including the top regional dailies like Dainik Jagran, Dainik Bhaskar, Sakal, Eenadu, Prajavani, Deccan Herald, Dainik NavaJyoti, Dinamalar, Malayala Manorama, Matrubhumi, Dina Malar, Indian Express and many more are available through this application.

Check the compatibility of your handset on their site. Around 500 popular mobiles are already listed there.

Download NewsHunt here or from your handset by sending sms 'hunt' to 57333 to receive a link for the free download.

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• Call Free worldwide using this application.
• Learn how to watch free TV using Internet. 
• Listen FM on your computer for free

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Airtel My Tune Service – New Launch

After Idea and Tata DoCoMo its time for Airtel to provide My Tunes services on the similar lines.

My Tunes service will help the user to Listen the song of his choice while calling others.

Airtel has announced the launch of My Tunes Service today. Initially it is for Delhi Circle.

There are 23 categories and around half million songs to choose from as in the case of caller tunes.

The service charges are Rs. 15 per week or at 30 paise per minute.

Area Converters

Here are few sites where you can resolve problem of Area conversion from one unit to other.

• Area Converter – Visit Here
  
  
• Calculate and measure the square foot, square yard, acres, guntha, biswa, bighas or square inch volume of any given area – Indian Land Area Conversion Calculator here.

Top Free Temporary Email Ids or Mailboxes

Why Temporary Email Ids
Most of the time you have to register at some sites with valid email ids. But you don't want to expose your email id as this may lead to flow of spam in your ids. Therefore best way is to have temporary or disposable email ids which remain valid for little time and expires after that. Moreover you don't require registration in these sites too. Here is a list of few Popular Service providers providing free temporary Email ids or mailbox.

• 10MinuteMail - Provides 10 minute email id.
• Mailinator - One of the topmost and favourable temporary mailbox provider like something@mailinator.com
• DontReg – This is one of the bigger and safest temporary email service providers.
• PookMail – Provides multilingual temporary email ids in the format like something@pookmail.com
• MyTrashMail - Another good one with format with added advantage of secure temporary mail box on signup like something@trashymail.com
• SpamBox – Provide free email id with facilities like lifetime span and in the format like something@spambox.us
• GuerillaMail – Provides free email id with 15 minutes validity period and offer a temporary email service for your website too.
• SpamHole - Provides 2 hour long temporary email inbox in the format like something@spamhole.com.
• SpamFree24 – This is also very popular temporary email service provider.
• MailExpire - Provides temporary mailbox with validity period from 12 hrs to 3 months
• TemporaryInbox – Provide free email address in different formats
• MailEater – Provide free email box in format like something@MailEater.com
• Jetable – Provide free email id with facilities like lifetime span plus email forwarding etc.

HP Compaq Presario C794WU (Free Drivers Download)

Free Drivers download for HP Compaq Presario C700 Series:-

Windows XP drivers for C794WU Compaq Presario Model:-

   

First of all Install Chipset and then reboot: Download here

   

Then Install Intel Matrix Storage Manager: Download here

   

Graphics Card Driver (Intel 965): Download here

   

Wifi driver (Atheros): Download here

   

Realtek RTL8139C: Download here

   

Install this before Audio & Modem Driver and reboot:-

MS-UAA for SP2: Download here

   

MS-UAA for SP3: Download here

   

Audio Driver (Conexant High-Definition Smart Audio 221): Download here

Soft Data Fax Modem (Conexant HDAUDIO with SmartCP) Driver: Download here

   

Install this before HP Quick Launch Buttons (.Net Framework): Download here

   

HP Quick Launch Buttons: Download here

here

USB Mass Storage Device: Download

   

Touchpad Driver (Alps): Download here

   

Webcam Driver (Cyberlink): Download here