Thursday, October 19, 2006
Unless you are staying in an underground cave for more than a year without an internet connection, there's a healthy chance that you have at least watched, if not downloaded, an online video on Youtube or Google Videos.
The online video sharing space has exploded in the recent months with the entry of new players like Metacafe, Blip.tv, Revver, Yahoo Videos and so on. Millions of video clips, technology shows, music albums, movie trailers are available on these video sites for online viewing or they can also be downloaded to your hard drive for offline viewing.
The downloaded video files are generally in FLV format (Flash Video) which is an Adobe standard for video compression. It has fast becoming the web standard for delivering online video (replacing Apple QuickTime, AVI, Windows Media and Real rm formats) because Flash Video can be viewed inside Macromedia Flash Players which is shipped by default with most web browsers. [Flash Video Editing Guide]
A lot of us know how to download Google Videos or Youtube videos from the internet but what do we do next ? Can we make the FLV video files searchable ? How do you edit FLV files ? All your questions and concerns are answered here:
Read more at 10 Interesting Things You Can Do with YouTube or Google Videos
Wednesday, October 11, 2006
Amazon used to be a large river in South America - but that was before the world wide web. This month the web is 15 years old and in that short time it has revolutionised the way we live, from shopping to booking flights, writing blogs to listening to music. Here, the Observer's Net specialist charts the web's remarkable early life and we tell the story of the 15 most influential websites to date.
Johannes Gutenberg took the idea of printing by moveable type and turned it into a publishing system. In doing so he changed the world. But he did not live to see the extent of the revolution he had brought about. If you'd told him in 1468 - the year he died - that the Bible he had published in 1455 would undermine the authority of the Catholic church, power the Renaissance and the Reformation, enable the Enlightenment and the rise of modern science, create new social classes and even change our concept of childhood, he would have looked at you blankly.
But there lives among us today a man who has done something similar, and survived to see the fruits of his work. He is Tim Berners-Lee, and he conceived a system for turning the internet into a publishing medium. Just over 15 years ago - on 6 August 1991, to be precise - he released the code for his invention on to the internet. He called it the World Wide Web, and had the inspired idea that it should be free so that anyone could use it.
Read more at The ObserverMonday, September 25, 2006
If you frequently use the 'My Computer' window, then you should expand the functionality to your liking. You can add Administrative Tools, Printers and Fax Devices, Scheduled Tasks, Network Connections, Recycle Bin, and My Network Places to the window by using this tweak.
To do this, follow the next steps:
To open the Registry Editor, click on the Start button on your taskbar, then click on Run and type "regedit" and click on OK to start the regedit utility.
Expand HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MyComputer\NameSpace.
Create a new KEY and choose one of the values below:
{D20EA4E1-3957-11D2-A40B-0C5020524153} for Administrative Tools
{2227A280-3AEA-1069-A2DE-08002B30309D} for Printers and Fax Devices
{D6277990-4C6A-11CF-8D87-00AA0060F5BF} for Scheduled Tasks
{7007ACC7-3202-11D1-AAD2-00805FC1270E} for Network Connections
{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E} for Recycle Bin
{208D2C60-3AEA-1069-A2D7-08002B30309D} for My Network Places
Reboot and the changes will show up the next time you open the 'My Computer' window.
http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/1562/expand_the_functionality_of_my_computer
Friday, September 15, 2006
Wanted to Browse fast in windows. Remember these commands. | |
Windows Run Commands | |
Accessibility Controls | access.cpl |
Add Hardware Wizard | hdwwiz.cpl |
Add/Remove Programs | appwiz.cpl |
Administrative Tools | control admintools |
Automatic Updates | wuaucpl.cpl |
Bluetooth Transfer Wizard | fsquirt |
Calculator | calc |
Certificate Manager | certmgr.msc |
Character Map | charmap |
Check Disk Utility | chkdsk |
Clipboard Viewer | clipbrd |
Command Prompt | cmd |
Component Services | dcomcnfg |
Computer Management | compmgmt.msc |
timedate.cpl | ddeshare |
Device Manager | devmgmt.msc |
Direct X Control Panel (If Installed)* | directx.cpl |
Direct X Troubleshooter | dxdiag |
Disk Cleanup Utility | cleanmgr |
Disk Defragment | dfrg.msc |
Disk Management | diskmgmt.msc |
Disk Partition Manager | diskpart |
Display Properties | control desktop |
Display Properties | desk.cpl |
Display Properties (w/Appearance Tab Preselected) | control color |
Dr. Watson System Troubleshooting Utility | drwtsn32 |
Driver Verifier Utility | verifier |
Event Viewer | eventvwr.msc |
File Signature Verification Tool | sigverif |
Findfast | findfast.cpl |
Folders Properties | control folders |
Fonts | control fonts |
Fonts Folder | fonts |
Free Cell Card Game | freecell |
Game Controllers | joy.cpl |
Group Policy Editor (XP Prof) | gpedit.msc |
Hearts Card Game | mshearts |
Iexpress Wizard | iexpress |
Indexing Service | ciadv.msc |
Internet Properties | inetcpl.cpl |
IP Configuration (Display Connection Configuration) | ipconfig /all |
IP Configuration (Display DNS Cache Contents) | ipconfig /displaydns |
IP Configuration (Delete DNS Cache Contents) | ipconfig /flushdns |
IP Configuration (Release All Connections) | ipconfig /release |
IP Configuration (Renew All Connections) | ipconfig /renew |
IP Configuration (Refreshes DHCP & Re-Registers DNS) | ipconfig /registerdns |
IP Configuration (Display DHCP Class ID) | ipconfig /showclassid |
IP Configuration (Modifies DHCP Class ID) | ipconfig /setclassid |
Java Control Panel (If Installed) | jpicpl32.cpl |
Java Control Panel (If Installed) | javaws |
Keyboard Properties | control keyboard |
Local Security Settings | secpol.msc |
Local Users and Groups | lusrmgr.msc |
Logs You Out Of Windows | logoff |
Microsoft Chat | winchat |
Minesweeper Game | winmine |
Mouse Properties | control mouse |
Mouse Properties | main.cpl |
Network Connections | control netconnections |
Network Connections | ncpa.cpl |
Network Setup Wizard | netsetup.cpl |
Notepad | notepad |
Nview Desktop Manager (If Installed) | nvtuicpl.cpl |
Object Packager | packager |
ODBC Data Source Administrator | odbccp32.cpl |
On Screen Keyboard | osk |
Opens AC3 Filter (If Installed) | ac3filter.cpl |
Password Properties | password.cpl |
Performance Monitor | perfmon.msc |
Performance Monitor | perfmon |
Phone and Modem Options | telephon.cpl |
Power Configuration | powercfg.cpl |
Printers and Faxes | control printers |
Printers Folder | printers |
Private Character Editor | eudcedit |
Quicktime (If Installed) | QuickTime.cpl |
Regional Settings | intl.cpl |
Registry Editor | regedit |
Registry Editor | regedit32 |
Remote Desktop | mstsc |
Removable Storage | ntmsmgr.msc |
Removable Storage Operator Requests | ntmsoprq.msc |
Resultant Set of Policy (XP Prof) | rsop.msc |
Scanners and Cameras | sticpl.cpl |
Scheduled Tasks | control schedtasks |
Security Center | wscui.cpl |
Services | services.msc |
Shared Folders | fsmgmt.msc |
Shuts Down Windows | shutdown |
Sounds and Audio | mmsys.cpl |
Spider Solitare Card Game | spider |
SQL Client Configuration | cliconfg |
System Configuration Editor | sysedit |
System Configuration Utility | msconfig |
System File Checker Utility (Scan Immediately) | sfc /scannow |
System File Checker Utility (Scan Once At Next Boot) | sfc /scanonce |
System File Checker Utility (Scan On Every Boot) | sfc /scanboot |
System File Checker Utility (Return to Default Setting) | sfc /revert |
System File Checker Utility (Purge File Cache) | sfc /purgecache |
System File Checker Utility (Set Cache Size to size x) | sfc /cachesize=x |
System Properties | sysdm.cpl |
Task Manager | taskmgr |
Telnet Client | telnet |
User Account Management | nusrmgr.cpl |
Utility Manager | utilman |
Windows Firewall | firewall.cpl |
Windows Magnifier | magnify |
Windows Management Infrastructure | wmimgmt.msc |
Windows System Security Tool | syskey |
Windows Update Launches | wupdmgr |
Windows XP Tour Wizard | tourstart |
Wordpad | write |
http://home.iitk.ac.in/~sansor/commands.html