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Have you been hearing a lot about an Internet thingy called twitter? Do you want to try your hands on it but don't know where to start ? Then this article is definitely for you. In a single sentence, twitter is a microblogging site were you can post short messages that cannot exceed 140 letters. These are called "tweets". To get updates (or tweets) from a person you have to "follow" that person. People whom you follow might or might not follow ...

Blogging Junction, a site about blogging and technology is holding a contest where you can win premium wordpress themes, softwares etc. Here is a detailed list of prizes First Prize: Theme Junkie FashionPro Theme ($19.95) + Theme Junkie ClearType Theme ($19.95) + Handy Backup Standard License ($30) Second Prize: OIO Publisher Advertising Manager Wordpress Plugin ($47) Third Prize: Theme Junkie FashionPro Theme ($19.95) + Theme Junkie Cle...

Microsoft has finally spoken about the first service pack of Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008. As expected, SP1 will not bring groundbreaking changes, but will include all the previously released hotfixes plus a new Remote Desktop client that takes advantage of RemoteFX introduced in the server-side with SP1 for Windows Server 2008 R2. For Windows Server 2008 service pack 1 will be a big deal. Sp1 will introduce two new desktop virtualization...

Microsoft has made available, a Windows phone 7 emulator for those who want to try the new interface. You can download it from Microsoft Download center. The download size can vary depending on the components you want to install. The whole package includes : Visual Studio 2010 Express for Windows Phone CTP Windows Phone Emulator CTP Silverlight for Windows Phone CTP XNA 4.0 Game Studio CTP Also Engadget reports Microsoft confirming that WP7S...

After Steve Jobs unveiled iPad, lots of people (including me) were disappointed. Everyone was expecting a revolutionary, life changing product and iPad just couldn't live up to the hype. But as the pre order opened up, estimates has come out that $54M worth iPad has been booked in the initial 6 hours. How far this momentum is retained even after the release of the product is to be found out. Tech Crunch, a popular technology website has rolled...

HP has released two new videos featuring the new HP Slate. For those who don't know, the "Slate" is a tablet PC from HP that runs Windows 7. The new video shows HP Slate using Adobe Air apps like flash ( that its opponent iPad lacks). So here are the videos ...

Here are a few old ways to shut down/restart your computer, the geek way! Windows XP: Press windows key and then press "U" twice to shutdown Press Windows key then U and R to restart Press Windows key and L twice to logoff Windows Vista/Windows 7 Press Windows key and then press "Right arrow" thrice and U to shut down Press Windows key and then press right arrow thrice and R to restart Press Windows key then press right arrow thrice and...

To celebrate the arrival of spring season, Microsoft has added a  new theme called "Czech Spring" to its Personalization Gallery. Czech Spring contains some amazing wallpapers to spruce up your desktop. So go ahead and download the theme for free from here. Note that they are for Windows 7 only. You might also want to check out The Wild and Back to Nature, two themes released by Windows Blog....

Opera has released the final version of its Opera browser. With the new Office like menu bar and transparent look, the user interface has certainly become more linear and provide larger screen space than any other browser. Other important additions are 1) Private browsing (finally) 2) Opera Carakan JavaScript engine 3) Opera Presto 2.5 rendering engine 4) Opera Vega graphics library 5) Opera Widgets for Desktop 6) Non-modal notification m...

Which version of iPhone OS do you think, Steve Jobs uses ? The latest beta version of iPhone OS 4.0? Then think again. The story began when an Apple tech site called 9 to 5 Mac received an email from Steve Jobs. Here is the pic from 9 to 5 mac. (more...)...