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Nokia has come with its own new model after the release of Blackberry Storm. Nokia has announced officially that new mobile Nokia 6260 will be released and available in January 2009.

The Nokia 6260 slide comes with a 5-megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss lens and LED flash, Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP and WiFi, 3G/HSDPA connectivity up to 10.2 Mbps.The camera also has a numeric 2.4 inches keypad and a 320 by 480 display. Nokia 6260 can be connected to TV with TV-out functionality, stereo speakers. Nokia 6260 has 200 MB internal memory and also supports microSD card technology for additional storage. Nokia 6260 has six hours span of call and 400 hours standby time. Uploading images and videos to websites, blogs and social networks is faster with Nokia 6260, which features lightning-fast speeds over both cellular and Wi-Fi networks.

It will be hitting the market in early January in Europe priced at 200 Euros.

The missing parts have finally arrived and Gmail is now equipped with voice and video chat. If you have a microphone and a webcam,  you can now video chat with your friends directly from Gmail by downloading and installing a special plugin.

The Gmail voice and video chat plugin supports all major browsers which includes Firefox. It gets installed automatically on all the browsers.

The plugin at present works only on on Windows, hopefully in future, it'll will also work on MacOS and Linux.

Unlike Skype though, The Gmail voice and video chat doesn't support direct calls to telephone. But anyway having a PC to PC voice and video chat from Gmail is definitely advantageous.

You may download Gmail Voice And Video Video Plugin By Clicking On This Link

I get many email messages asking me about which is the best software to download. After receiving these emails I finally decided to post my suggestion on this blog. From my view point Google Pack is the best software which can be downloaded.

What is Google Pack?

  Google Pack is a free collection of essential software from Google and other reputed software companies. The software in Google Pack helps you to detect and remove viruses and spyware, organize your photos, browse web faster. It is also useful in installing  and maintaining a number of application programs.

Earlier Star Office which costs $70 was available with this pack for free. But now Google is not offering this product perhaps to promote their own online software called Google Docs.

1. Google Pack can be easily downloaded from their website for free. The advantage of downloading Google Pack is that you get essential software for free which is free from viruses and malware.

When installing this software you get choice of choosing the software applications you would like to install. The installer checks if you already have the applications it's installing. If it finds that a application is pre-installed then it looks for the updates and notifies.

Google Pack contains following software:-

1. Google Earth
2. Norton Security Scan
3. Google Desktop
4. Firefox web browser with Google Toolbar
5. Adobe Reader
6. Skype
7. Google Toolbar for Internet Explorer
8. Spyware Doctor
9. Picasa
10. Google Photo Screen Saver
11. Google Talk
12. Real player

To go to the download page of Google Pack click on this link.

I have  five GMail accounts. It is a really time consuming job to check each and every email account by going to  GMail and logging. Therefore I wanted a application which simplifies this job. Finally I found a Firefox browser add-in called GMail Manager which really simplifies managing multiple  GMail accounts. 

GMail Manager is a Mozilla Firefox extension that allows you to manage multiple GMail accounts and receive new email notifications. GMail Manager displays account details including unread messages, saved drafts, spam messages, labels with new mail, space used, and new mail snippets.

 

Features :-

• With GMail manager you can manage multiple GMail accounts

• Now you can receive new mail notifications

• GMail Manager includes support for GMail hosted accounts

• Tooltip with account details and new mail snippets

• One-click access for loading your GMail account

• It can detect Mailto: links 

• GMail Manager includes quick mail compose for your GMail accounts

• This Firefox add-on has a customizable icon placement in the Firefox's toolbar/statusbar

• Ability to import/export account preferences

I am quite sure you will also find this Firefox add-in very useful.

To go to the download page of GMail Manager click on this link.

Many Linux newbies ask me how to configure DSL In Ubuntu Linux for a broadband connection. It is actually very easy to configure. In this blog post I'll show you how to configure PPPoE dialer for DSL broadband connection. Remember to connect to the Internet using DSL connection you must have a Ethernet card which is also known as Network Interface Card or NIC and a DSL modem. Your NIC card will usually be recognized by Ubuntu Linux and will be called eth0 interface. Now to configure PPPoE dialer for DSL broadband, boot Ubuntu Linux and log into your user account. Open a terminal window and follow the following procedure.

1. Now type a sudo pppoeconf command in the terminal window. Next you will be asked for your user account password. After entering the correct password the pppoeconf program will start with the opening screen as shown in the following snapshot. If your network interface is present in the mentioned ethernet devices, select Yes and press enter.
2. The next screen will open as shown in snapshot below. Here you will be asked whether you would like to modify the configuration. Click on yes and then go to the next screen.
3. Now Popular Options screen will be shown. Select Yes and press enter.
4. In the next screen your username will be asked. Here enter the username given to you by your DSL provider. Select Ok and press enter.
5. Now your password for DSL broadband connection will be asked in the next screen. Enter your password, select Ok and press enter.
6. Now USE PEER DNS screen will be shown. Unless you want to modify your primary and secondary DNS just select Yes and press enter.
7. Next you will be shown LIMITED MSS PROBLEM. just select Yes and press enter.
8. Next screen will tell you that your dsl is configured. If you want to start your Internet connection automatically at the boot time select yes or otherwise select No and press enter.
9. In the next screen you will be asked of you want to start your dsl broadband Internet connection select Yes and press Enter. Your Internet connection will be established now.

Now to disconnect type in command sudo poff and to connect type the command sudo pon dsl-provider in the terminal window every time you want to connect. This is not necessary if you have chosen to start dsl connection while booting.

Method for configuring PPPoE dialer for connecting to Internet using DSL Broadband in Fedora Linux has considerably changed from Fedora Linux version 9. In this post I am going show you how to configure DSL in Fedora Linux. Remember to connect to the Internet using DSL connection you must have a Ethernet card which is also known as Network Interface Card or NIC and a DSL modem. Your NIC card will usually be recognized by Fedora Linux 9 and will be called eth0 interface. To configure DSL in Fedora Linux boot and log on to your Fedora 9 Linux  under KDesktop (KDE) as root user and follow the procedure described below.

1. Notice an applet with an icon on KDesktop's Taskbar (which looks like a network RJ45 connector) on the left usually at the bottom of the desktop. This applet is called Wired Network Connection applet.
2. Right click on Wired Network Connection applet. A menu will open. Select and left click on Edit Connections.
3. Now a new Network Connections window  window will open up with multiple tabs which are namely Wired, Wireless, Mobile Broadband, VPN and  DSL. Left click on DSL tab.  
4. Under DSL tab in Network Connection windows left click on Add Button as shown in the following snapshot.
5. A new window will open having a title Editing DSL Connection 1. In this demo I've kept Connection name as DSL connection 1 which is a default. If you want to get connected to the Internet automatically check the Connect automatically Checkbox. I am leaving it unchecked as would like to connect to Internet manually.Now enter your username provided by DSL Broadband service provider. Now type the name of your DSL Broadband providers name in the Service textbox. Next enter your password for DSL connection. Now left click on OK button.
6. Now Configuration of DSL in Fedora Linux is complete. To get connected to the Internet left click on Wired Network Connection applet on the KDesktops Taskbar and a new menu will popup as shown in the snapshot. Select and left click on DSL connection 1 and you will be connected to the Internet.

Happy surfing!!

T-Mobile G1 is the  first phone running Google Android . The phone  runs on Google's Android Operating  System. The application provided on Home screen on the G1 has a desktop with shortcut icons just like the one on Windows mobile devices. But unlike windows mobile offers the user three screens  for storing more shortcuts than will fit on just one screen. You can scroll between the desktops by dragging sideways across the home screen.

The G1 comes preloaded with applications like Google Maps, Gmail, YouTube Player, Google Talk and Calendar.  There is a web browser on the G1 which uses the same rendering engine as Google Chrome web browser. The G1’s browser comes with a clever multi-page window pane which  lets you surf multiple websites at the same time.

You can receive mail from Google's Gmail or any other POP or IMAP account. Email, Text Message, IM  alerts are shown immediately on the notification bar.

One-Click Google search is provided on the G1.

Other applications can be downloaded from the Android  Market. Android Market hosts services provided by the developers. Download and install your favorite software, music or games and more.

Features:-

Carrier :- T-Mobile

Manufacturer :- HTC

Camera :- 3.2 MP with auto focus

Input :- Capacitive Touch Screen, QWERTY keyboard, Trackball

Operating  System:- Android 1.0

Connectivity :- Bluetooth, IEEE 802.11 b/g

Battery :- 1150 mAh

Size :- 117.7 mm x 55.7 mm x 17.1 mm

Weight :- 158g

Skype is a free software which works seamlessly over your Internet connection. With Skype you can talk, chat or make video calls free of charge. You may use Skype to make local, long distance and international calls to phones and cell phones at cheaper rates. When you use Skype, you don't have to worry about time, cost or distance.

When you use Skype, you can also instant message anyone on your contact list. You can also have a group chat with up to hundred people. Conference call is also possible with nine other people.

Use Skype on your laptop or on mobile so that you can keep in touch when you are on the move. A wide range of mobiles support Skype. Also available are the range of WiFi and cordless phones which have built-in Skype. Skype also works on the devices like Play Station Portable.

Pretty cool features are also available with Skype. All one needs is a webcam to make free video calls.

Use Skype to call your friends and a voice chat with the best quality available.

Main features of Skype:-

• Call anyone else on Skype, anywhere in the world free of charge.
• Best sound quality
• Free video calls
• No special configuration required works with all routers, firewalls and NAT.
• End to end encryption of calls to ensure and safeguard your privacy.
• Skype is based on cutting edge peer to peer technology developed by creators of Kazaa.
• Very easy to use.

Things you need to use Skype:-

1. For video calls you need WindowsXP
2. Internet connection preferably broadband. GPRS not supported for voice calls.
3. Speakers and microphone or headset
4. A webcam for video call
5. PC desktop or laptop with at least 400 MHZ,128 MB RAM and 16MB free disk space.

Latest version for Skype is Skype 4.0 Beta 2 for Windows.

Click here to go to the download page of  Skype 4.0 Beta 2 for Windows.