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Jan
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How To Unlock, Hack and Root Google Nexus One To Load Custom OS

Category: Hacks, Mobile News, Mobile Phone, Tech Tips, Tech Tutorial, Unlock Nexus One, Unlocked Google Phone, Unlocker Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , 2 Comments

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nexus one hackedMajority of the Handsets which will be sold in Retail Outlets will have locked bootloaders, hence disabling the buyer from loading any other OS on the apart from .

But thanks to Paul & his custom built program “SuperBoot“. it’s become a lot easier to unlock, hack or root the . According to him, Superboot is a boot.img that when flashed, will root your device the first time you boot. the work is done automatically, no need to flash the system partition, no need to use ADB, no overwriting the ROM on your device, just flash the boot image.

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Jan
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How To Check Website Status If It’s Down Or Unavailable Only For You With Down For Everyone Or Just Me

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Sometimes You are browsing the web and are trying to access your favourite website like or YouTube etc but unfortunately it doesnt load & the browser gives the “page cannot be displayed” or “page not available”.

It could be a problem in your Internet Connection or it could be a virus preventing you from accessing a particular site, but how can you be sure – Whether a Website is Only Down for you or for everyone else too?

That’s where this super website  Down For Everyone Or Just Me comes in. Just access http://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/ and enter the website address of the site you want to check if its down for you or for everyone else too & click on “Just Me” button & this superb website – Down For Everyone or Just Me will let you know if the site is really down only for you or for everyone else too.

Is it Down For Everyone or Just Me

Check Out Down For Everyone or Just Me at http://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/

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Jan
5

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How To Format A SD Memory Card By Using SD Formatter

Category: Format SD Card, How-Tos, Memory Card, Mobile Phone, SD Card, Tech Tips, Tutorial Tags: Leave a Comment

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Nowadays Data Storage is becoming easier as Data Storage Devices are becoming very small, compact and easy to handle with bigger capacities in small sizes. One of these devices is A SD Memory Card which is a very commonly used these days in Mobile Phones, Cameras & Hand Held Devices. But you never know when it can stop working – Imagine you click a picture of a lifetime only to realize that the SD Memory Card is not working and the only option left is to format the SD Memory Card.

You would normally format the SD Memory Card by using the inbuilt Right Click Format Command present in Windows but according to the SD Association “SD or SDHC memory card file systems formatted with generic operating system formatting software do not comply with official SD memory card requirements and optimum performance may not be experienced“.- resulting in data loss or death of your SD Memory Card.

For The Same purpose SD Association has built a nifty little program which will format your SD Memory Card with ease. It’s called SD Formatter.

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Jan
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How To Install Ubuntu With Windows 7 Using VirtualBox

Category: Google Phone Video Demo, How-Tos, Tech Tips, Tutorial, Ubuntu, Video Tutorial, Virtualbox, YouTube Tags: , , , Leave a Comment

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I meet a lot of friends who use Windows OS’s ( & ) mainly, but they are equally interested to try their hands on Popular Open Source Operating Systems Like Ubuntu on their PC’s but at the same time don’t want to install it in Dual Boot Mode since they are not familiar with Installations.What Can They Do Now

An Alternate Method to try out a different OS with installing it in Dual Boot Environment is to run the OS in this case Ubuntu in a Virtual Environment inside Windows. This Method is Called “Virtualization”

To Install Ubuntu in Windows 7 or Windows XP, we will use a popular virtualization client called as “VirtualBox“

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Jan
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How To Install Multiple Apps In Windows At Once

Category: AllApps, Apps, How-Tos, Multiple Apps, Ninite, Tech Tips, Tutorial, Windows, Windows 7 Tags: , Leave a Comment

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Imagine – You Bought A New PC & You have just finished installing /XP on it Or you have  Reformatted your existing PC and were wondering – Wouldn’t it be nice if I could install all my favorite applications that i frequently use on my PC with a single click from one single website & not worrying about logging on to different websites to download each program individually.

Look No Further coz Today We showcase 2 Web Services which lets you to install multiple applications at once with no or minimal human interference.

1. AllMyApps – www.allmyapps.com

AllMyApps is completely free and secure to use. User interface of AllMyApps is very simple – just add programs you want to the list and click on install button when ready. AllMyApps features a huge collection of popular and shareware software’s at one place.  You can add applications like media players, instant messengers, Runtime files, torrent clients, developer tools, utilities and more to the list to install on your computer.

First you have to register with the site to use its services for free, then install AllMyApps installer to install applications in one click. Browse through the software collection according to category or alphabetically to find and add software to the list. All software’s that are featured in this site are 100% legal to use.

 

Once you are done with making your list, click on the install button. A dialog box pops up asking permission to launch AllMyApps installer to transfer data. Click on the Install button, hereafter all the programs that you have added in the list will be downloaded and installed on your system one by one without any human interaction.

Features:

  • Build and save list of software’s to install in a single setup.
  • Huge collection of popular and less popular free and shareware applications.
  • Bulk-installation on both and Windows.
  • Free web-based service featuring multiple applications at one place.
  • Find applications by categories or alphabetically.

Apart from AllMyApps, There is also Ninite Which helps us to install multiple Apps in one Go.

2.Ninite  – http://ninite.com

Go to the Ninite Website and pick the software apps you want to install.

After you made your choices, click on the Get Installer button at the bottom of the list.

Download the Ninite installer file.

Then double click to launch it.

It downloads your selected applications & installs them automatically without the need for you to click Next Everytime, as Ninite Installs all Apps Automatically.

Upon checking the Desktop & Start Menu all of the applications that you choose were installed with the newest versions.Making AllMyApps & Ninite very handy tools for every User & The Techie Geek :) !

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