Google on its homepage @Google.co.in celebrated the 80^th Anniversary of Alam Ara which was the First Indian Movie with Sound.

Alam Ara (The Light of the World), directed by Ardeshir Irani, was the India's first movie with sound or talkie that is debuted at the Majestic Cinema in Mumbai (then Bombay) on March 14, 1931.

Ardeshir Irani (1886 - 1969)

Here is the newspaper advertisement and movie poster for Alam Ara published in 1931.

The lead roles in the movie were played by Master Vithal and Zubeida Begum Dhanrajgir who were famed as the first talkie actor and first talkie actress of India respectively.

Inspired by the movie version of Jerome Kern's Show Boat (1929) released by Universal Pictures, Alam Ara had a total of seven songs and the music is done by Ferozshah M. Mistri and B. Irani. It also features the hit song "De de khuda ke naam per" which happened to be the first song of the Indian cinema as well.

But the most unfortunate news is, the film is no longer available in its original format as the fire at National Film Archive of India, Pune, in 2003, destroyed the last surviving prints of this classic by Ardeshir Irani.

Continue Reading >>Google Celebrates 80th Anniversary of Alam Ara - First Indian Movie with Sound

With the main goal to research and gather knowledge on how people use the Web and help open source community by providing them best tools and services, Mozilla Labs has started Test Pilot program.

By joining the Mozilla Labs Test Pilot team you can help Mozilla to make Firefox beta and other products that are still in development better!

After becoming a Test Pilot, once or twice a month you'll be receiving a new user study that logs data while you use Firefox, a survey exploring the usage of new interface or feature for statistical purposes. All your user study data and survey answers collected will then be submitted anonymously to Mozilla and aggregated with the data from other users that help improve the existing and beta products. You can control the data submission process by choosing automatic submission or ask you before submitting your data.

To become a Test Pilot, download and install Test Pilot add-on for Firefox and after successful installation you can see a test pilot icon at the bottom right of your browser window. Click on it and select 'All Your User Studies...' to check out your current studies, finished studies, study findings and settings.

Have any Questions on Test Pilot like who will analyze your browser data etc?? Please go refer Test Pilot FAQ

Continue Reading >>Join Mozilla Labs Test Pilot Team and Help Improve Mozilla Products

Many of you may often struggle with the normal built-in WordPress registration process as it's too basic and boring. In order to help you break free of the boredom and make registering at any WordPress site more user interactive, Facebook has recently released their Registration Tool for WordPress that supplies a customizable registration form which can be auto-completed by existing Facebook users.

Here is how you can integrate the all new Facebook's registration tool into your WordPress site's registration process:

1. First download and activate Facebook Registration Plugin for WordPress.


2. Go to Facebook Registration Plugin Settings page where you'll have to enter your Facebook Application ID and Application Secret to successfully integrate the plugin into your site's registration system.
   
   Wondering what is your Facebook App ID and Secret?? They are nothing but your App's OAuth client_id and client_secret which you can find under the Core Settings of your Facebook App. To get them, first you'll need to register yourself a Facebook App if you didn't already and then add your site url and domain to allow Facebook enable authentication on your site and all its subdomains. Just follow the steps below to get it done.


3. To use Facebook Developer zone and create your very first App head on over to facebook.com/developers and when requested for permission click Allow.


4. After you're in there @ Facebook Developers zone, you can create an application by clicking "Set Up New App". Under the essential information do enter your App Name, Agree to Facebook Terms and hit "Create App" to complete your App registration.
   
   

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5. Once completed, you'll be landing on Edit App section where you can provide some basic information and stuff about your App. To find your Application ID and Application Secret head on to "Web Site" section core settings. There you'll also find appropriate fields to enter your Site URL and Domain.
   


6. Now as you've come to know what is your Facebook App ID and Secret, copy/paste them on the Facebook Registration Plugin Settings page and click Save Changes.

That's it!! You're done with the Integration of Facebook Registration Tool into Your WordPress Site Registration system.

Given hereunder is the snapshot of how your WordPress site's registration form looks after integrating this Facebook Registration Tool:

Hope this helps...
Try it yourself and let me know if it helped you!

Continue Reading >>How to Integrate Facebook Registration Tool into Your WordPress Site Registration Process

As per the Whois Data Reminder Policy (WDRP) adopted by Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) in 2003, each domain registrant will be reminded annually by the ICANN-Accredited Registrar for review of their current Whois contact information data, and make any corrections to keep the contact data up-to-date because as per the terms of domain registration agreement, the provision of false Whois (contact) information can provide grounds for cancellation of domain name registration.

So at least once a year, it becomes mandatory that you verify your submitted Whois Contact Data for your Domain Name and make any corrections if needed. Anyways you'll be getting a email notice from your registrar, reminding you to verify the correctness of your current contact information and in case of inaccuracy prompts you to update it with corrected data to comply with the notice.

Use the form below to get your WHOIS Information Page URL

http://www.whois.net/whois/

Continue Reading >>False Whois Information Can Cancel Your Domain Name Registration

No doubt Google Adsense is one of the bloggers' main source of online revenue using which one can generate considerable amount of revenue each month. This leading ad serving application run by Google Inc. is sometimes attributed as the gold mine for professional bloggers online and a 'life line' for many bloggers all over the world.

After opening an account with Google Adsense, verifying your address is a must follow step to protect the security of your account and enable to receive payments. To enable payments all you've to do is enter and submit your Personal Identification Number (PIN) mailed to the payment address in the Account Information section. This PIN must be entered before any payments can be issued to you. In the meantime, your account remains active, and you may continue to show ads and accrue earnings. Here is the step-by-step process of how to enter your Google AdSense PIN and enable payments:

1. Go to www.google.com/adsense/ and log-in with your account email address and password.


2. Under the Home tab, click on Account settings in the left navigation bar.
   


3. In the Account Information section, you get to see a "verify address" link, click on it.


4. Now enter Personal Identification Number (PIN) as in the mailer sent to your payment address and click Submit PIN.
   
   

That's it!! You've successfully verified your account address and enabled payments. Now go order your money!!

For more info on AdSense payments, check out Google AdSense payment guide @ www.google.com/adsense/payments

Continue Reading >>To Enable Payments Enter Your Google AdSense Personal Identification Number (PIN)

Time has taught me that blogging is not a separate task set aside to be done sometime later, but it has to be done now-here with enthusiasm cause after-all the power of enthusiasm is the creative force behind everything. But it's not always so enthusiastic to log-in to blogger dashboard whenever something interesting is found on the web and wanted share it with blog readers. This is where the need for a blogging tool that facilitates instant write-up is felt and fulfilling it there's a wonderful extension provided for Google chrome users.

Blog This! tool for Chrome enables you to readily create and publish a new blog post with a prepopulated link of the page you're on.

All you have to do is simply install this blogging extension from Chrome Web Store and you'll get to see a 'B' sharing button on your browser toolbar which when clicked takes you to your blogger account in a new application windows with a link and blurb of the post pre-populated, where you can just type an intro or whatever content you need to add, and voila! you have a new post ready to be published or save as draft.

Continue Reading >>Write Blog Posts with a Prepopulated Link Using Blog This! tool for Chrome

There are currently thousands of iPhone apps available for iPhone users, some fun, some practical, but if you work in a business that requires you to take part in conference calls, which require you to log in to a call using a complicated code that changes frequently, then a new app may just be for you: A conference call app for your smartphone that is easy to use.

Created by UK based online conference call provider, Powwownow, the iPhone app is the product of research and listening to their customers' feedback. And their research showed that their customers need an easier way to access their conference calls, and Powwownow have done just that, as the users of the app can join a call at the touch of a button. For remote users, the app will automatically search for the best dial in number by geo-locating the user, which will avoid the cost of an international call and remove the risk of incurring any expensive and unnecessary fees.

As well as conducting conference calls, the app also schedules calls for you, invite the relevant participants from your contact list, and send you email reminders of any upcoming calls so you'll never be left out of the loop. It also has the added option of letting you personalise your conference call system with the option of using their free call recording service, desktop sharing and even the chance to choose your hold music, making this app the first of its kind in the world.

Available to download for free at the Powwownow website, the only charge you'll incur is the cost of the call, which you'll be able to view on your bill. And if you're unsure about how to use it, there's a handy demo to guide you on your way. Powwownow app is also available in the App Store, just search for 'Powwownow' in the App Store.

For more information on Powwownow and their services, visit Powwownow's Official Website @ http://www.powwownow.com/

Continue Reading >>Powwownow – The Brand New Conference Call iPhone App

Toshiba introduces the L650-X5310 laptop that offers users with a friendly solution for smooth computing and interactive environment. The Toshiba L650 is loaded with technically advanced features and flexible specifications which make it ideally suitable for business as well as personal use.

Toshiba L650-X5310 laptop comes with the perfect blend of technology and performance with its highly advanced Intel Core i5-520M Processor and Windows 7 64-bit Home Premium Operating System. Its Maroon Brown color body with Mesh pattern makes it glossy and eye-catchy.

The Toshiba L650- X5310 is loaded with other key features and technical specifications like:

• Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit or optional Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit depending upon the users requirements


• 39.64cm (15.6 inch) High Definition LED display CSV Screen having an aspect ratio of 16:9 and resolution of 1366 x 768 pixels for crisp clear display


• Intel Core i5-520M Processor with processing speed of 2.93GHz (Turbo mode)


• 4GB DDR3 RAM (expandable up to 8 GB) and 500GB SATA hard disk with 5400 rpm speed


• ATI Madisson-LP 1GB Dedicated Graphics for running high-end graphic programs and applications


• Connectivity features LAN having speed of 10/100Mbps, WLAN of type 802.11b/g/n and Bluetooth V2.1+EDR


• Frontal camera with Face Recognition Feature and for providing easy video conferencing

Toshiba L650-X5310 laptop provides an excellent security to its users with its Slot for Kensington cable lock, User power on password, Supervisor password and HDD password. This amazing laptop from Toshiba comes with a standard warranty of 1 year and is priced at Rs. 57,799/- Indian Rupee (INR).

Continue Reading >>Toshiba L650-X5310 Laptop - A Perfect Blend of Technology and Performance

Whenever you encounter issues with your ISP's DNS servers set for your network connections, there are chances that you cannot access your favorite website, or the servers becomes so busy that it slows down to the point that it doesn't respond and sending packets becomes a snail's pace. This is a common problem faced by DSL subscribers and rarely by ADSL Broadband users as well.

The best solution to this DNS server connectivity problem is simply changing the your network's preferred and alternate DNS server addresses manually to either OpenDNS server addresses or Google Public DNS servers.

Google Public DNS is a new, simple, and much faster when compared to openDNS and comes very handy in cases when DNS servers of your Internet Service Provider aren't responding in a timely manner. Head-on to my previous post to know - How to Setup Google Public DNS IPs for Your Internet Connection

Google Public DNS Servers Ping Test

On a server ping test with command prompt, you can notice that the Google Public DNS servers responding swiftly when compared to that of OpenDSN server ips'.

OpenDNS Server Ping Test

Although Google Public DNS is trying to impose an edict on the internet, BSNL Broadband service which is most common and famous in India, provide server speeds that blows Google Public DNS way out of the water with an approximate round trip time that ranges between 25-40ms with absolutely 0% loss most of the times.

BSNL Broadband Servers Ping Test

Here is the chart comparing the response times of OpenDNS, Google Public DNS and BSNL Broadband DNS Servers:

As you can notice from the chart, BSNL Broadband DNS ping response time is just 26ms and is much faster when compared to that of Google Public DNS and OpenDNS.

Continue Reading >>OpenDNS vs Google Public DNS vs BSNL Broadband DNS Servers

Before getting into the actual process of how to setup Google public DNS IPs for the internet connection, let us first know what this DNS and Google Public DNS IPs actually are, and why should we try using Google Public DNS IPs for internet connections.

Domain Name System (DNS) is an essential component of the web's infrastructure as it serves as the Internet's phone book that translates human-friendly computer hostnames into IP addresses to render the corresponding web-pages.

For example, the domain name www.publicdns.com translates to the addresses 192.0.32.10 (IPv4) and 2620:0:2d0:200::10 (IPv6). And by default, your computer network settings are configured to use your ISP's DNS servers and every time you type a domain name or its IP address in your browser, your computer performs a DNS lookup before the web page starts loading. So the more the internet usage is, more will be the number of DNS lookups bearing much load on your ISP's domain name servers and ultimately slowing down your browsing experience.

As the best alternative to your ISP's DNS servers, you have the option to use Google Public DNS which is a free, global Domain Name System (DNS) resolution service that boasts itself to speed-up your browsing experience with improved levels of security and performance. And literally it can be easily understood that the IP addresses used by Google public DNS servers are called Google Public DNS IPs which are as follow:

• 8.8.8.8
• 8.8.4.4

Often times, these Google Public DNS IPs come most handy when there are some DNS issues with your ISP that is blocking your favorite website, in which case you can access the site if you can setup Google Public DNS IPs for your internet connection. You need to have administrator/root privileges to change these DNS server settings.

How to Setup Google Public DNS IPs for Your Internet Connection on Microsoft Windows XP

1. Click Start, click Run... and type control and then click OK. This takes you to your Windows Control Panel.
   


2. Depending upon the way your control panel items are displayed, choose Network and Internet Connections in category view or Network Connections when the objects are displayed in classical view.
   

      Control Panel Category View and Classical View (click to enlarge)

3. From your network connections listed, select the active connection for which you want to want to configure Google Public DNS. Whether it may be your Ethernet (LAN) connection or wireless connection, right-click on it, and click Properties.
   

   

   Network Connections

4. Under General tab where it says "This connection uses the following items" select Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) and click "Properties".
   


5. Before actually changing your server settings, make sure you write down your current IP settings and the DNS server addresses for future reference or backup purposes.
   
   Now, replace your preferred and alternate DNS server addresses with the IP addresses of the Google DNS servers: 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4
   
   


6. Finally click OK and then Close Network Connection Properties window.

That's it!! You have setup Google Public DNS IPs for your Internet connection. To test how successful your new settings are, try browsing as you would normally do and if you can access the webpages then everything is working correctly.

Try this yourself and let me know how it works for you!

Continue Reading >>How to Setup Google Public DNS IPs for Your Internet Connection on Windows XP

Wearing conventional eyeglasses not only effects the appearance by often making a bump on the bridge of the nose but also covers a girls beautiful mascara and eye shadow. And even worse, people can even call "four-eyed" (just kidding) sometimes. These are some of the cons of conventional eyeglasses that're influencing people to prefer wearing contact-lens, especially the youth and girls are inclined to wear contact lenses as they feel they're more advantageous. But for the matter of fact, there are more disadvantages than the advantages of wearing contact lenses, and the biggie trouble is one has to wash the lenses everyday and put them intact. Also one-day disposable lenses are too expensive to buy for most people.

But now, there's a great way of protecting eyes and keeping the beauty at the same time. Introducing you the eyeCard - the perfect light weight tool for reading without giving any stress or difficulty to the eyes.

Made up of shatterproof plastic measuring just about 85 X 50 X 2mm, the light Eye card is very easy to wear as you just have to clamp it onto your nose and due to its flexible nature it doesn't slip down from your nose! The eyeCard promises to give a better visibility to your eyes more than any of the conventional specs, and also makes you feel comfortable in reading and watching nearby things.

The handy case that comes along lets you to easily carry your eyeCard everywhere without any difficulty and once you get used to wearing it, you hardly know they are there. Also for girls, the beautiful mascara and eye shadow will never be covered!(a big +1)

Continue Reading >>Swipe into a Better View with eyeCard

In the past couple of years there has been a growing trend on the internet for personalization. People have personalized profiles for forums, discussion boards and social networks. This is also reflected in the personalized homepage sector. Many websites offer a widget-based start page that users can customize. This is a growing area of the web, with a lot of competitors vying to be the start page for millions of internet users. Step forward myhomepage, a new contender for your browser homepage.

Myhomepage is an online personalized homepage, bookmarking tool and online password manager. It also has some form fill functionality that allows you to login automatically to supported websites. It was conceptualized and founded by Max Aengevelt and Massimo Agostinelli who are two young entrepreneurs from Europe. You can check out their CrunchBase profiles here and here. Myhomepage is approaching the personalized homepage from a new angle – by offering lots of different features for users.

They are aiming to be the website you have as your browser homepage, however they are different from other competitors because they are not widget-based and they are not a news aggregator. This might be negative to you, but the features it does have might be more beneficial.

My Homepage

The first feature of myhomepage you will see is the My Homepage. When you sign up, you will be presented with a screening offering popular websites for you to add to your homepage. You don’t have to pick any or you can pick all of them. My Homepage is your start page, save all your favorite websites here and then log in and navigate the internet easily and efficiently.

The majority of internet searches are for websites that are frequently visited, such as Yahoo or Google. This saves users time because they can access bookmarks straight away. Browsers also offer bookmarking, but myhomepage is an online service. This means wherever you go, you will be able to login and find your bookmarks – any time and any place.

My Bookmarks

Bookmarking is at the heart of myhomepage. You can bookmark websites in three different ways: through the search bar on the website, through a bookmark button on your browser or by importing them from your browser. It's really easy to add bookmarks and add them to your My Homepage. You can either do it as you save your bookmark, or on the My Bookmarks tab, right click the bookmark, select Add to My Homepage and it will be added straight away.

Bookmarks are organized by tags. Tagging works really easily, just select or create a tag when you save a bookmark or go back and tag a bookmark after you've saved it. Tag it with as many tags as you want, with as many words as you want too. You can quickly find your bookmarks again by selecting the tag from the My Bookmarks tab menu. You can also email your bookmarks to your friends – a great way to share websites.

Password Vault and Auto Login

Another feature that is key to myhomepage's concept is the Password Vault>. Users can save password information for every website they have bookmarked.

This is beneficial for two reasons. Firstly, you never have to remember a password again; you can easily find it when you log in. Secondly, you can also increase your online safety. The safest passwords to use are often the hardest to remember. But using myhomepage as an online password manager you can use a very difficult password without worrying you'll forget it. Myhomepage also offers auto login and form fill support for selected websites. This makes it even easier for you to log into your bookmarks. Unfortunately, they don't yet offer every website and they don't allow you to select the form and let them process it. You have to let them know which website you would want them to support via email. Customer support is prompt and helpful.

You might also want to check out this video showing a demo of the site


In conclusion, it is interesting to see how myhomepage is targeting internet users. The website focuses on helping people organize their online work and life. It has a lot of benefits, the biggest two being it is online and it offers auto login for selected websites. These two features make it stand out from the rest of the crowd because a lot of services in this area work through your browser which unfortunately means you can't access them from another computer or a different browser. With myhomepage you can access all your bookmarks from work, school or home.

The website does have a few areas it could improve. Firstly, more sites for the auto login would be great - perhaps a way to train the system when it comes across new websites with a login form rather than having to email them. It would also be great if there was more customization involved – specifically on the personalized homepage. A great idea would involve more social features – rating public bookmarks, seeing the most popular bookmarks etc. Overall, myhomepage is a very good web service. It will be interesting to see how they develop further and what new features they will implement. You should check it out if you have a hard time organizing your bookmarks and online work. It's completely free and enjoyable.
www.myhomepage.com.

Continue Reading >>myhomepage.com – A Review of an Online Bookmarking Website

This error message is most common when the browser fails to resolve the server's DNS address. As you may already know, DNS is a web service that translates a website's name to its internet address on the servers and a unresponsive DNS server or inability to access the online network may end up showing this error message.

Troubleshooting tips for "This Webpage in Not Available" Error Message in Chrome

1. Check your internet connection and try reloading the webpage or go to another page.
   
   


2. Restart any router, modem, or other network devices you may be using.


3. Check your DNS settings and makes sure the server addresses both preferred and alternate are correct.
   
   Contact your ISP or network administrator to know your Preferred DNS and Alternate DSN server addresses.


4. Customize Google Chrome and try disabling network prediction feature as given below:
   Go to the wrench menu > Options > Under the Hood and deselect "Predict network actions to improve page load performance."
   
   
   If this does not resolve the issue, then it is recommended that you select this option again for improved performance.


5. Add Google Chrome as a exception program in your firewall's or antivirus software's settings so that it is not blocking incoming network connections for Google Chrome.
   
   
   If it is already added to the list of exception programs and services, then try deleting it from the list and adding it again.


6. If you use a proxy server, check your proxy settings to make sure the proxy server is working. You can adjust your proxy settings so as not to use a proxy server even only if you feel it's unnecessary for your network: Just Go to the wrench menu > Options > Under the Hood > Change proxy settings... > LAN Settings and deselect the "Use a proxy server for your LAN" checkbox.

Continue Reading >>Troubleshooting Tips for This Webpage in Not Available Error Message in Chrome