Tech Ninja

Tech Ninja: March 2013

Saturday, 16 March 2013

Block Facebook/other website on your computer

facebook blocking
  This tutorial will help you to block a specific website like Facebook.This will be useful if you want to prevent students/employees from accessing certain websites in colleges/offices.

  1. First,run the Notepad program as administrator.                                                                      
  2. Now you have to open a host file.Do this by clicking File > Open and browse through the following address C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc.
  3. Then,Paste the following code below # 127.0.0.1 localhost                                                       # Blocking Facebook
                        127.0.0.1 login.facebook.com
                        127.0.0.1 www.facebook.com  
    To block other websites,just replace the facebook url to their respective url's.

    Now, Save the host file.Try opening that website.......It won't open.

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Sunday, 10 March 2013

Gmail Tap

New innovative keyboard from Google,To be more precise it is a Morse code keyboard with only two keys   [. and -] and a space key.

Features

  • Two keys: dot and dash
  • Space bar: added to increase typing speeds
  • Multi-email mode: dual threaded keyboard (Warning: power users only)
  • Predictive text mode: autocomplete re-imagined
  • Optional audio feedback: engage all your senses

If  you want to Tap the keyboard,first you need to learn these codes.....
 

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Tuesday, 5 March 2013

Year Of Mobile OS

 
Android is certainly leading the race of open source Mobile OS. However,2013 will see launch of devices loaded with different OS.In Mobile World Congress 2013, Mobile operating systems like Firefox,Tizen,Sailfish,Ubuntu were presented in their respective booths.

FIREFOX OS :  

                      Firefox OS is a new mobile operating system developed by Mozilla's Boot to Gecko (B2G) project. It uses a Linux kernel and boots into a Gecko-based runtime engine, which lets users run applications developed entirely using HTML, Javascript, and other open web application APIs.
Go to FIREFOX OS HOMEPAGE for more details.

TIZEN OS : 

    It is an open source system that aims to offer a consistent user experience across devices. Tizen's main components are the Linux Kernel and the Webkit runtime. The Tizen project resides within the Linux Foundation and is governed by a Technical Steering Group (TSG) composed of Intel  and Samsung.  source:Wikipedia

 SAILFISH OS:

           The Sailfish OS is a mobile-optimized operating system that has the flexibility, ubiquity and stability of the Linux core with a cutting edge user experience built with the renowned Qt™ platform.



                                                                                                                                                                   UBUNTU MOBILE OS :

        Ubuntu is the open source desktop Linux software adored by geeks all over.The Ubuntu Touch mobile OS is backed by a  British company Canonical, it strives to be an elegant and immersive gesture-based experience.

    HTML5 is fully supported but Ubuntu is not limited to HTML5. To use the full power of the hardware, you can develop native apps, using OpenGL and QML, with C or C++ and Javascript compiled for extra performance.Major game developers like EA, Valve and Unity Technologies are now committing to Ubuntu. source:Ubuntu



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Saturday, 2 March 2013

Dual Screen Smartphones Era begins :NEC Medias W Hands on


Finally,we can see the prototype of big screen smartphone aside from tablets and phablets.NEC Medias W, a dual screen Android smartphone is spotted in Mobile World Congress 2013.

       This "Big Guy" comes with Two 4.3 inch LCD displays and runs on Android Jellybean. The two LCD displays can be used either together or separately.You can play a video while checking your mails and FB feeds or  browse two websites at the same time.You can also use both the displays together like one massive 5.6 inch screen.It comes with 1 GB RAM and is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon dual core processor.There is a 8.1 Megapixel camera on the back and is equipped with a 2100 mAh battery .16GB of internal storage is available.

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