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Nvidia GeForce Graphic Cards performance Chart
Nov 15th
ATI‘s Radeon series graphic cards have a simple linear kind of naming. It’s easy to guess the performance of an ATI card by just looking at its name.
On the other hand, selecting an Nvidia card for your desktop can be a headache, thanks to their confusing naming hierarchy (used to be much better when the series went as 8600GT, 8800GT, 9800GT etc…). With the present naming system it is just impossible to make up a chart in your mind to find a rough performance of the card. This performance chart from the GeForce website could help you find the right card for your PC. Make sure to get it printed and keep it with you when you go out shopping for an Nvidia GPU.
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Backdoor Trick to Enable Facebook Timeline (If you haven’t done it yet!)
Nov 14th
How to enable FB Timeline for your profile (if you haven’t done it yet!) in just 8 simple steps.
1. Search for the “developer” app in the search bar above. Make sure before doing this you have a phone number confirmed. You can check this by going to Account settings>Mobile.
2. Allow the app to access basic information from your account.
3. Click on the “Create new app” button. Top right.
4. Use a unique app name and app namespace. Tick I agree.Click continue and type in the captcha.
5. Click on “Open graph” in the left side bar.
6. Fill in the blanks in the following page and click “get started” button.
7. Click on the “save changes” button at the bottom of the next pages. No need to edit any content. Click on “finish” at last.
8. Now go to your profile and see a new box that says “enable timeline” Enjoy 
The video here shows the steps:
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Symbian Vs. Android
May 28th
Presently I own a Nokia N-97 – serves fine. Pretty much a lot to me, as it is the smartest phone I ever had, relatively. This post is a Symbian vs Android comparison to help a buyer decide which one to buy (more of a Buy-Android-post).
Okay, here is a hard fact I’d like the post to open with. Symbian OS – Series 60 or S60 is outdated. The reason it feels very outdated must be the deprecated feel Nokia bears with it in the present time. Nokia isn’t very enthusiastic about releasing anything into their ‘old’ OS, proved time and again after the release of Symbian^3. New universal applications, updates and good support are hardly there for S60.
But, if I’m comparing Android with Symbian it has to be the new Symbian^3 OS. S^3 is much more efficient than any other mobile OS. It can run good even with a smaller processor and lesser RAM. I agree its good to be efficient, but that is not even a proper excuse for anything. Though S^3 – the new OS, has a much better UI and gets almost everything that other mobile platforms get, but you see it won’t be long before S^4 comes in. The same trend is projected to continue with the release of Symbian^4 as we saw when it went from S60 – S^3. I don’t see why I’d buy a Symbian^3 based phone today just to wait for some months and find out that I don’t have an access to any of those latest applications.
Even standard applications (mail/chat/blogging etc) in the OVI market for S60 OS are cheap rip offs of Android or iTunes store. They seem to have been developed by a bunch of amateurs. While Android and iPhone get such polished applications. Very small design details (which make a big difference) and UI intuitiveness goes with each and every application (mostly iOS, due to their vigorous app screening before releasing). You’d definitely want to have that after you’ve paid so much for your beloved phone.
Image via CrunchBase
Android gets everything. You name an app and the market has it. This is because, it is new. Developers are enthusiastic to develop great applications trying to utilize the immense potential the OS has packed in it. The trend is going to be like that or better for some time now. It won’t get old like S60 anytime soon.
You won’t miss out on what the whole world is following, if you use the today’s world standard – Android. If you want to get the full use of your smart phone and keep in touch with the latest innovations you should get an Android based phone.
Fix for portal 2 sudden crashes
May 12th
Apparently everyone except the Skidrow crackers had this problem with Portal 2. Here is a fix from Skidrow that helps to make the game run smoothly without sudden crashing. LINK
Have fun and buy the game if you like it.
Google +1 button
Apr 6th
Like the ubiquitous Facebook ‘like’ button, Google has launched an experimental feature ‘+1 Button’ 
. It is basically a recommendation service that for the first phase of release will only be limited to the Google search page. Later it will be another button all over the web (expected) that will enable you to share the stuff you see online. Google would definitely work hard to avoid privacy issues that it faced just after a few days of release of Buzz.
To enable it for your Google account you can visit the Google experimental page in Google Labs and click on join. Remember you cannot use two experimental services at a time.
Note: The +1 button will take some time/days to appear with your search results. Be patient.
Meanwhile have a look at the video.
via [Official Google Blog]
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