A Sneak Peek of Android 3.0, Honeycomb

The past few weeks have been exciting ones for the Android team: we recently released Nexus S and Android 2.3, Gingerbread, and we’ve even had some of our most popular team members take a trip to space. But we haven’t stopped buzzing with excitement: today at the Consumer Electronic Show (CES) in Las Vegas, we previewed Android 3.0, Honeycomb.

Honeycomb is the next version of the Android platform, designed from the ground up for devices with larger screen sizes, particularly tablets. We’ve spent a lot of time refining the user experience in Honeycomb, and we’ve developed a brand new, truly virtual and holographic user interface. Many of Android’s existing features will really shine on Honeycomb: refined multi-tasking, elegant notifications, access to over 100,000 apps on Android Market, home screen customization with a new 3D experience and redesigned widgets that are richer and more interactive. We’ve also made some powerful upgrades to the web browser, including tabbed browsing, form auto-fill, syncing with your Google Chrome bookmarks, and incognito mode for private browsing.

Honeycomb also features the latest Google Mobile innovations including Google Maps 5 with 3D interactions and offline reliability, access to over 3 million Google eBooks, and Google Talk, which now allows you to video and voice chat with any other Google Talk enabled device (PC, tablet, etc).

Please stay tuned for more Honeycomb news from the Android team. For now, you can get a taste of Honeycomb by checking out this video.

Windows XP hidden apps

run any of these apps go to Start > Run and type the executable name (ie charmap).

Windows XP hidden apps:
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1) Character Map = charmap.exe (very useful for finding unusual characters)

2) Disk Cleanup = cleanmgr.exe

3) Clipboard Viewer = clipbrd.exe (views contents of window$ clipboard)

4) Dr Watson = drwtsn32.exe (Troubleshooting tool)

5) DirectX diagnosis = dxdiag.exe (Diagnose & test DirectX, video & sound cards)

6) Private character editor = eudcedit.exe (allows creation or modification of characters)

7) IExpress Wizard = iexpress.exe (Create self-extracting / self-installing package)

Micro$oft Synchronization Manager = mobsync.exe (appears to allow synchronization of files on the network for when working offline. Apparently undocumented).

9) window$ Media Player 5.1 = mplay32.exe (Retro version of Media Player, very basic).

10) ODBC Data Source Administrator = odbcad32.exe (something to do with databases)

11) Object Packager = packager.exe (to do with packaging objects for insertion in files, appears to have comprehensive help files).

12) System Monitor = perfmon.exe (very useful, highly configurable tool, tells you everything you ever wanted to know about any aspect of PC performance, for uber-geeks only )

13) Program Manager = progman.exe (Legacy window$ 3.x desktop shell).

14) Remote Access phone book = rasphone.exe (documentation is virtually non-existant).

15) Registry Editor = regedt32.exe [also regedit.exe] (for hacking the window$ Registry).

16) Network shared folder wizard = shrpubw.exe (creates shared folders on network).

17) File siganture verification tool = sigverif.exe

1Cool Volume Control = sndvol32.exe (I've included this for those people that lose it from the System Notification area).

19) System Configuration Editor = sysedit.exe (modify System.ini & Win.ini just like in Win98! ).

20) Syskey = syskey.exe (Secures XP Account database - use with care, it's virtually undocumented but it appears to encrypt all passwords, I'm not sure of the full implications).

21) Micro$oft Telnet Client = telnet.exe

22) Driver Verifier Manager = verifier.exe (seems to be a utility for monitoring the actions of drivers, might be useful for people having driver problems. Undocumented).

23) window$ for Workgroups Chat = winchat.exe (appears to be an old NT utility to allow chat sessions over a LAN, help files available).

24) System configuration = msconfig.exe (can use to control starup programs)
25) gpedit.msc used to manage group policies, and permissions..!

STARTUP AND STUTDOWM Trick

START UP AND SHUTDOWN

A grab bag of ways to customize the way you start up and shut down your system.

There are many small ways that you can control the way you start up and shut down your PC. This grab bag of four hacks shows you the best of them.

1.7.1 Create One-Click Shutdown and Reboot Shortcuts
Turning off or rebooting XP involves a several-step process: click the Start menu, choose Shut Down, and then select Shut Down or Restart. If you want, however, you can exit or reboot much more quickly, by creating a shortcut that enables one-click shutdowns. You can also use the shortcut to customize the shutdown or reboot—for example, by displaying a specific message or automatically shutting down any programs that are running.

First, create a shortcut on your desktop by right-clicking on the desktop, choosing New, and then choosing Shortcut. The Create Shortcut Wizard appears. In the box asking for the location of the shortcut, type shutdown. After you create the shortcut, double-clicking on it will shut down your PC.

But you can do much more with a shutdown shortcut than merely shut down your PC. You can add any combination of several switches to do extra duty, like this:

shutdown -r -t 01 -c "Rebooting your PC"
Double-clicking on that shortcut will reboot your PC after a one-second delay and display the message "Rebooting your PC." The shutdown command includes a variety of switches you can use to customize it. Table 1-3 lists all of them and describes their use.

I use this technique to create two shutdown shortcuts on my desktop—one for turning off my PC, and one for rebooting. Here are the ones I use:

shutdown -s -t 03 -c "See you later!"
shutdown -r -t 03 -c "You can't get rid of me that quickly!"
Table 1-3. Switches you can use with shutdown Switch
What it does

-s
Shuts down the PC.

-l
Logs off the current user.

-t nn
Indicates the duration of delay, in seconds, before performing the action.

-c "messagetext"
Displays a message

Some Cool Firefox Tricks That Might Make You Crazy

Some Cool Firefox Tricks That Might Make You Crazy

* chrome://browser/content/browser.xul :: Opens another Firefox inside a tab in the the existing Firefox window.
* chrome://browser/content/preferences/preferences.xul :: Opens the Options dialog box inside the Firefox tab.
* chrome://browser/content/bookmarks/bookmarksPanel.xul :: Opens the “Book Marks Manager” inside a tab in the Firefox window.
* chrome://browser/content/history/history-panel.xul :: Opens the History Panel in the Firefox tab.
* chrome://mozapps/content/extensions/extensions.xul?type=extensions :: Opens the Extensions window in the current tab.
* chrome://browser/content/preferences/cookies.xul :: Opens the “cookies window” inside a tab in the Firefox window.
* chrome://browser/content/preferences/sanitize.xul :: Opens the “Clear Private Data” window inside the current tab.
* chrome://browser/content/aboutDialog.xul :: Opens the “About Firefox” Dialog box inside the tab.
* chrome://browser/content/credits.xhtml :: A scrolling list of names. The one’s who we must thank for creating Firefox

And My favorite ;)
* chrome://global/content/alerts/alert.xul :: Dancing Firefox.

These were firefox tricks, i knew,Do try them.

How You can make Con Folders?

Create Con Folder:

we can not create con folder simply why?
and we can create con folder by some hacking why?
give me a solution of this

yeh we can from cmd prompt

goto command prompt
type in prompt e:\> "mkdir \\.\e:\con"
verify by typing "dir \\.\e:\con"
delete the file or folder "rmdir \\.\e:\con"

(if u want to create a folder name con in E: drive)

it s a reserved word for "console" so yoc cant create, but as above mentioned way you can by cmd prompt. you also cant create followings.
AUX,PRN,CON,AUX1 etc

follow this    

d:\ md con\.\

for deletion

d:\rd con\.\

hello try this create a new folder > press space > Keep press ALT & type 0160,

hit enter.

now u can give any name to it, what ever it may be.

create a folder by name con in ur mobile and copy it to the comp simple....

the names which cannot be created are

CON, PRN, AUX, CLOCK$, NUL, COM1, COM2, COM3, COM4, COM5, COM6, COM7, COM8, COM9, LPT1, LPT2, LPT3, LPT4, LPT5, LPT6, LPT7, LPT8, and LPT9.

Any Type of secret code "mobile"

Code "619"

Any Type of secret code
"mobile"

*3370#
Activate Enhanced Full Rate Codec (EFR) - Your phone uses the best sound quality but talk time is reduced my approx. 5%
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#3370#
Deactivate Enhanced Full Rate Codec (EFR)
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*#4720#
Activate Half Rate Codec - Your phone uses a lower quality sound but you should gain approx 30% more Talk Time
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*#4720#
Deactivate Half Rate Codec
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*#0000#
Displays your phones software version, 1st Line : Software Version, 2nd Line : Software Release Date, 3rd Line : Compression Type
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*#9999#
Phones software version if *#0000# does not work
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*#06#
For checking the International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI Number)
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#pw+1234567890+1#
Provider Lock Status. (use the "*" button to obtain the "p,w" and "+" symbols)
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#pw+1234567890+2#
Network Lock Status. (use the "*" button to obtain the "p,w" and "+" symbols)
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#pw+1234567890+3#
Country Lock Status. (use the "*" button to obtain the "p,w" and "+" symbols)
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#pw+1234567890+4#
SIM Card Lock Status. (use the "*" button to obtain the "p,w" and "+" symbols)
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*#147#
(vodafone) this lets you know who called you last
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to be contd.