Tech Junky

Studio is Dell’s latest offering. This new range of notebooks stands in between the Inspiron series (low end) and the XPS series (high end), thus becoming a mid-ranged product. It’s design cues like the tapered lines, hinge design, slot-loading optical drive and a rainbow seven colour palette have been somewhere inpired by it’s latter. Bringing more to it’s cool body, Dell has even added an Apple-flavored dock to the Windows Vista residing in the notebook. The pricing for the 15-inch model starts at $799. You can get LED backlighting, a Blu-ray drive or even upgrade to the 17-incher but that will obviously bump up the price.

Windows XP has a feature that a lot of older users of Windows won’t be familiar with – Hibernation. For those who have no information regarding hibernation, it’s a special form of shutdown in which the current state of Windows is saved to your hard drive, and your machine is completely turned off. When you again turn on your computer, it resumes from hibernation and reads the saved state data and restores the system to that same state. The applications and windows that were opened at the time of Hibernation will once again be on your screen.

The hibernate feature is not enabled by default. You can enable it by going to Control Panel > Power Options. In the Power Options Properties dialogue box, select the hibernate tab and then check the ‘Enable hibernation‘ box.

It’s a good feature that works well in theory, but in reality, most people don’t really use it as they prefer to shut down their computers completely.

Another thing is that even if you don’t use the hibernate feature, you still get that huge file. This is because
Window XP still takes all the contents of the RAM and dumps it onto the hard drive in a file named hiberfil.sys.

This implies that your hiberfil.sys depends on the amount of RAM you have. Windows won’t allow you to delete the file while your PC is running.

To delete it, just follow these steps:
* Right click on the desktop and select ‘Properties’.
* Select the ‘Screensaver’ tab and click on the ‘Power’ button.
* In the “Power Options Properties” dialogue box, select the ‘Hibernate’ tab. Here, uncheck the “Enable Hibernation” box and click OK to exit.

The next time you restart the PC, the file will be deleted.

Apple is once again in the spotlight, and it’s all because of the recently revealed iPhone 3G. The latest version has the 3G capability and some more features that the original iPhone lacked.

1. Price Factor: The first-generation iPhone was for sure innovative. It also was an expensive gadget. The initial 8GB and 16GB models sold off for $599 and $699 respectively. The prices dropped as time passed but still many didn’t buy it. Now with the latest iPhone on it’s way, you spend significantly less money to get the device. The 8GB version will now sell for $199 and the 16GB will sell for $299. The price drop will put Apple’s smartphone into the reach of many more consumers.

2. 3G Capability: If you use your mobile phone for Web activities, then 3G is certainly an aid for you. The first-generation iPhone didn’t support the 3G connectivity but with the latest version coming, 3G is at your footsteps. According to Apple, 3G will enable you to load Web pages up to 2.8 times faster. That’s surely a big help for mobile web users.

3. Better International Support: From a user-removable SIM card to a multilingual keyboard that can be changed, new features in this model make it much more viable for international use. Wether you want to swap out your SIM card, or need to access the Web while you are abroad, this model proves to be better than the original.

The iPhone 3G eliminates some of the features and capabilities that were missing from Apple’s initial cell phone. But everyone will not want or need to buy an iPhone 3G as Apple will be realeasing an iPhone 2.0 software upgrade, which will be free to all first-generation iPhone users.

I recently logged into my Orkut account and accepted a friend request that I had received. Upon accepting the request I gave that person’s profile a visit but there was something unusual about that profile.

The profile had a totally different look which contrasted the default Orkut look. The above screenshot is what the profile looked like. While I explored the profile a bit, I came across a ‘get this theme‘ link on the top. Upon clicking that link, I got directed to a themes page which had some themes displayed. There were 12 themes on that page and among those, 7 were ready to be chosen and others had the coming soon tag. Beach, Country side, Spring time, Winter, JR – the friendly giant were some of the themes available. All of these carried a good design and were a nice replacement for the default interface.

But I couldn’t understand this theme-thing completely. While these worked perfectly with one profile, I couldn’t get them to change another profile’s look. When I visited my skinned profile from another account, I couldn’t see any change and neither could I find any ‘get this theme’ link. Contrary to this, my skinned profile showed everything correctly and was carrying the theme pretty well.

Maybe the Orkut team is upto adding this feature to user profiles but it’s not ready yet. I don’t know wether this feature is available to some users or users of any specific country like happened in the case of ‘Orkut Applications’, which were initially available to people residing in Estonia. Some people might have experienced this thing but it’s surely not available publicly. Did you encounter something of this sort ?

New to blogging? Wondering where to begin from? Don’t worry, it’s not as difficult as it seems to you. A blog basically is a website, usually maintained by an individual known as blogger, with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video.

You can start a blog on any topic you wish to or expertise in. While blogs based on technology are quite popular, you can write on any theme you like. To get started, you can register for a blog at Blogger or Wordpress. Both of these services are free, reliable and are among the best. Creating a blog is easy and you should not have much trouble. You’ll need to choose a title and URL for your blog.

Once you are over with setting up your blog, you can begin posting content. As such, there are no hard and fast rules on how to blog. Some tips mentioned below will help you move ahead and create a better blog.

1. Stay on your theme: The content of the items in the blog should all connect to a general theme. Most of your readers will be interested in the content that relates to a specific defined topic.

2. Clarity and simplicity: You need to write your blog entries in a clear and easy to understand languange. Keep in mind that your blog can have global readers.

3. Keywords: Include keywords related to your content in the title of your post. The title serves as an introduction and helps attract attention.

4. Be updated: If you are gonna write about a specific topic, say technology , then stay informative about that sector so that you create the impression that you are knowledgeable.

In the beginning, blog audiences are small but with time and quality content, they tend to increase.
So get goin and start your blogging adventure!