It’s been a while we had some visual treat. So I thought why not look around for some beautiful high quality widescreen wallpapers and serve you with some relishing awesomeness!? Click on the wallpapers and you will be redirected to the download page.
Something in Blue by blubbelOo
Apple Splash by Mota.ru
Summer Feelings by ggrrr
Sunshine by SocWall
Jellyfish by synthesys
Artists have been credited with links for you to find more works done by them. Enjoy! 
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Some hazy information regarding the minimum requirements for Windows Mobile 7 is coming from Eugene Pavlov, the Product Manager of HTC Russia. In one of his tweets today, he (seemed to) mention the minimum requirements for Windows Mobile 7. The screenshot of the tweet:
Although the specifications seem unbelievable, one cannot deny the fact that it is as per THE Project Manager at HTC Russia.
However, the twist here is that HTC Europe replied to Eldar Murtazin (Editor-in-chief, Mobile-review.com) in a tweet that Eugene is wrong. In fact, the minimum requirements for WM7 is much less compared to what is stated by him.
For some unknown reason, the HTC_Europe twitter account does not exist now.
Eldar Murtazin, then wrote on his blog (Russian content) about a response that he got related to the minimum configuration for WM7. The translated version is as below:
NOTE: This is a Russian to English translation done using Google Translate and modified for better reading. [View original]
So, I guess this is pretty much it! Minimum requirements for Windows Mobile 7 won’t be out of the blue but then that would again be a bold statement to make. Moreover, devices which will be released on Windows Mobile 7 later this year will be having these specifications so difference in opinions is justified.
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While I write this, it’s less than 4 hours for the much anticipated Apple Event of 2010 where Steve Jobs and Phil Schiller will announce the Apple 
This could very well be the patent that will rule 2010 as far as Tablets are concerned. The figure clearly shows the proximity detector being used on a Tablet computer. It’s only until 10 AM PDT on Jan 27, 2010 for us to find out the truth.
Some of the important patents acquired by Apple are:
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Quick tutorial
Recently I had to revamp a video of a family function with some overlaid text and images and I used VirtualDub after a long time. Thought this would be really helpful for anyone who wants to overlay an image / logo on a video and want it to be done really quick. So follow these simple steps.
1) Open the video file in VirtualDub [Download VirtualDub].
2) Setting ‘Compression’ parameters first:
3) Now click ‘Video’ > ‘Filters’. In the Filters window, click ‘Add’ button.
4) Here, select the option ‘logo’ from the list and click OK.
5) You will see a window like the one shown below. Here you can specify the image to be overlaid on the video and some related options.
6) Once you are done playing with the settings, click OK a couple of times to close the ‘Filter’ windows.
7) Finally, click ‘File’ > ‘Save as AVI…’
This method is very efficient, time saving and does not require bulky software.
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Didn’t I tell you that the guys at deviantArt are crazy geniuses? Well, some of them are Winboys too. A deviantArt user kAtz93 made a superb Windows 7 theme called ‘Glow Air’ that caught my attention. Yes, it is a full fledge theme and not a themepack.
Glow Air is for those who seek slick1 and edgy themes with some extra glare. Glow Air turns windows sharp edged and with extra faded and translucent borders. It flaunts a cool new ‘Start’ button too!
How to install Glow Air theme on Windows 7?
Installation of Glow Air is a bit tricky. Follow these steps:
1) Download Glow Air theme by clicking the link given below.
2) Extract the RAR file to a folder, let’s name it ‘GA’.
3) Now go to ‘GA’ > ‘uxtheme patch’. Here run the UXThemePatcher.exe. [There are two such files. One for Windows 7 x64 and the other for Windows 7 x86. So use it according to your Windows 7 architecture]. This will enable third party themes to be installed on your computer.
3) Now again go to ‘GA’ > ‘Theme’ folder and you will find a ‘Glow Air’ folder and Glow Air.theme file. Copy these two and paste them in ‘C:/Windows/Resources/Themes’.
4) Now go to ‘C:/Windows’. Here, you need to take ownership of ‘explorer.exe’ file. [Don’t know how to take ownership? Read this small tutorial]
5) Once you have taken the ownership of ‘explorer.exe’, rename it to ‘explorer.exe.old’ [This will be your back-up].
6) Now proceed further according to your Windows 7 architecture.
For Windows 7 – x86 (32 bit) users
For Windows 7 – x64 (64 bit) users
7) Finally, go to ‘C:/Windows/Resources/Themes’ and double-click ‘Glow Air.theme’ to apply the theme.
If at all you find the Start button not properly displayed, restart your PC and hopefully everything will be fine.
Phew! Enjoy!
Download Glow Air theme for Windows 7 / 14 MB
1 I am much into Alliteration these days.
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Taskbar Previews is a real-time thumbnail of the window displayed when you hover over it’s icon in the taskbar in Windows Vista and 7. If you have noticed, the open tabs of the Internet Explorer are also displayed in the taskbar previews but other browsers are not supported. However, with a small trick, you can enable Taskbar Previews for Firefox 3.6 in Windows Vista and 7.
How to enable Taskbar Previews for Firefox 3.6?
1) Open Firefox 3.6 and in the address-bar, write ‘about:config’ and press Enter.
2) Click ‘I’ll be careful, I promise!’ button and you will be presented with a huge list of configuration options.
3) In the ‘Filter’ box, write ‘browser.taskbar’ and you will be able to see some entries below.
4) Double-click the entry ‘browser.taskbar.previews.enable’ to set it to ‘true’.
There you go! You’ve unlocked the ‘Taskbar Preview’ visual treat for Firefox.
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I wish to keep this short and sweet. So, without an intro paragraph (which you don’t read anyway ;) ), here goes.
Desktop Currency Converter is well, a currency converter (duh!) with some decent features. It is a small widget-like app that stays on your desktop and converts the amount inputted in one currency to the other. It fetches Forexview’s currency conversion data.
Features of Desktop Currency Converter:
» Fresh currency conversion data is fetched from the Internet.
» Works in offline mode too.
» It is a calculator too. (See screenshot)
» Converts among 55 different currencies.
» Decimal precision values can be pre-set (0 digits, 2 digits, no-limit)
» Supports cut, copy and paste.
» Works on Windows 2000, XP, Vista and 7.
Download Desktop Currency Converter / 752 KB
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