Tech Junky

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!

The Sony Ericsson W890i is a slim follow-up to the W880i. The phone features Walkman Player 3.0, a 3.2 mega pixel camera and Sony’s great user interface.

The Walkman 3.0 interface is pretty well organized and easy to use. The home screen has a soft key for the Walkman player, and there is also a hard key on the side for the same. The SensMe feature analyzes a song’s
tempo and sound to judge its “mood”, and then presents out the songs on a graph for the user to select. The 3.2MP camera captures luminous, crisp photos.

The phone’s buttons are a little crammed together, but this isn’t much of a problem. The W890i is a good option for people wanting a nice, simple music-phone.

Computer errors are a part-of-life for almost all computer users. Although these errors may leave us helpless at times, knowing how to resolve them can help us enjoy trouble-free computing for a long time. This article covers a few uncommon computer errors, their causes and methods to fix them.

Code 39 Error

The following message with error code 39 may be displayed on your computer screen due to the existence of a missing, corrupt, or incomplete CD-ROM driver.

"Windows cannot load the device driver for this hardware. The driver may be corrupted or missing. (Code 39)"

When this problem occurs, you may not be able to view your CD drive in Windows Explorer. This error can be resolved by updating the CD-ROM driver on the system. To do this, follow the steps listed below:

1. Open the Start menu, select Run , type sysdm.cpl , and select OK .
2. In the System Properties dialog box, open the Hardware tab, and then select the Device Manager button.
3. Browse through the Device Manager window and locate the faulty CD device—or any other device that is generating the errors, and double-click on it.

Note : The faulty device is marked by a yellow triangle with black exclamation mark within it.

1. Open the Driver tab and select the Update Driver button to update the driver of your device and resolve the error.

Error 126

Error messages with error code 126 may be displayed due to one of the following reasons:

* Missing, corrupt, or damaged DLLs.
* Failure of an application to connect to a database because an essential client-side DLL, such as WinSQL Oracle Driver, Oracle ODBC Driver, and Microsoft Oracle Driver is not specified in PATH variable of your system.

Discussed here are a few error 126 messages and their resolution methods.

“ Specified driver could not be loaded due to system error 126 (SQL Server)”

Missing or corrupt client-side SQL Server ODBC driver from the computer causes this error. This driver is usually shipped with your Microsoft Windows operating system. However, if you receive the error, you can resolve it by downloading and installing the latest Microsoft Data Access Component from the Microsoft Support Website .

“Error 126: The specified module cannot be found”

This error 126 message is displayed due to a missing or corrupt Srvsvc.dll file. You can resolve the error by replacing the DLL with its original file. To do this, perform the steps listed below:

1. Insert the Windows XP installation disk in the CD-drive.
2. At Start > Run , type CMD , and press Enter .
3. At Command Prompt, type the following command and press Enter .

expand E:\i386\srvsvc.dl_ C:\Windows\system32\srvsvc.dll

Note: Here E: represents your CD drive and C: represents system root.

1. At Start > Run , type Services.msc , and press Enter .
2. Locate the Server service, right-click and select Start .

Application errors such as the ones discussed above may also occur if you do not take proper care of your system and are not vigilant about how you use your computer. Some of the tasks that you can perform to maintain an error-free PC are:

* Regularly update it with service packs, security releases, and patches released by software and device driver manufacturers.
* Get your system a reliable registry cleaner tool so as to maintain a healthy and optimized registry.
* Install a good antivirus program to perform regular full system scans to make sure that your system is free from viruses and spyware.
* Use Disk Cleanup and Disk Defragmenter tools to maintain a healthy hard disk.
* Avoid opening unsolicited e-mails and visiting dubious Websites.

This is something really big and cool from Microsoft. It seems to be a normal table. Until it’s switched on.

Actually, Microsoft Surface is a Multi-touch product which is developed as a software and hardware combination technology that allows a user to control it through his hand gestures or physical objects.

At a glance, Microsoft Surface looks like a normal table. But it’s not that simple. It’s a sort of a computer that uses the tabletop as its high-resolution display, identifies objects like mobile phones, digital cameras etc. placed on it’s surface and replaces the conventional keyboard and mouse with fingers on the screen.

The device appears to be quite innovative and interesting when seen in the videos released by the company. In one example, people place their mobile phones on the table and in an instance the information relating to the device’s model, memory and much more is displayed. In another example, a girl is shown painting on the table with her fingers and even with a paint brush.

These are just a few of the possibilities of the Microsoft Surface. You can’t visualise all this in your mind. So why not give some videos a shot. You can watch videos showing the device’s functioning and get more information on this device at the Microsoft Surface’s site.