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tN Giveaways: NEXT AWESOME GAME

Sun, 11 May 2008 03:44:22 -0500

Are distressed of those violent adrenaline rushed game, which come with less creativity and no brain stimulation? Here is another bubbling game to get out of that distress, its called "Aqua Words". "Aqua Words" is available for $19.95, but it will be free for our visitors as a time-limited offer. You can download and install it now. Please note that you have to install it before the Giveaway offer for is over. No download fees, no charges, no cost at all. You don't have to be even our member. All you have to do is, go to our page: gameBlix giveaway , which is part of our game site: gameBlix.

"Aqua Words" is a new kind of word puzzle game with a mascot, a well-known hero - Aquatic! This is a right game for word games fans. Link bubble letters to create bursting words cheering a lovely dancing man! No shooting, no violence, just a little kind Aquatic seeking for help! Be the first in creating words! be creative and chill. Here are the specs:

System Requirements:
Pentium 200 or higher, Win9x/ME/2000/XP/Vista, DirectX 3.0, 32 MB RAM, 1 MB Video RAM

Publisher:
Realore Studios

Homepage:
http://www.realore.com/aquawords/

Instructions:
Unzip the package you've downloaded, and carefully read the instructions which you can find in the readme.txt file. This readme.txt file is included with all our downloads. Follow the instructions carefully to install and activate the software.

tN Giveaways: DONWLOAD GAME FROM technoNix FOR FREE

Sun, 04 May 2008 07:51:43 -0500

GET YOUR FREE STUFF FROM technoNix

Here's everyone's gift from technoNix. We are giving away "Star Fighter" game, all for free. Star Fighter is available for $9, but it will be free for our visitors as a time-limited offer. You can download and install it now. Please note that you have to install it before the Giveaway offer for Star Fighter is over. No download fees, no charges, no cost at all. You don't have to be even our member. All you have to do is, go to our page: gameBlix giveaways , which is part of our game site: gameBlix.

"Star Fighter" is a awesome action packed 3D scroll shooter game which comes with 12 missions (for that longlasting fun), dozen of enemies (for that longlasting distress) and pretty amazing graphics. The game makes you experience the Breathe taking adventures of intergalactic warfare and staying in to it for a long time. Here are important details about the game:

Controls:

>> Cursor keys, A/W/S/D and mouse - movement
>> Ctrl, Alt and left mouse button - fire
>> Esc - exit

System Requirements:

CPU 1 GHz; RAM 512 MB; Direct3D-compatible video with 64 MB aboard; DirectSound-compatible sound; DirectX 9.0.

Instructions:

Unzip the package you've downloaded, and carefully read the instructions which you can find in the "readme.txt" file. This "readme.txt file" is included with all our downloads. Follow the instructions carefully to install and activate the software.

technoNix eco-compute: REALLY SIMPLE TIPS TO SAVE YOUR PC POWER-1

Sat, 26 Apr 2008 10:08:25 -0500

Global warming and energy-power loss are serious concern for mankind (atleast as long they stay on Earth). From organizations to businesses to normal users everyone needs to go green in order to achieve clean and less money consuming electric bills. Today, we start a "Eco-Computing campaign" for everyone to save their PC-power, make most of it and thereby, less power bills. here some of the simple tips to start with:

>> SWITCH-OFF. A typical 150-watt PC consumes about 876 kilowatt hours per year. At an electric rate of 10 cents per kWh, that's $87.60 a year, before taxes and fees! It is NEVER bad to turn off the computer. Computers are now designed to handle 40,000 on/off cycles. This is considerably more cycles than the average user will initiate in the computer’s 5-7 year life span. Turning your computer off helps reduce heat stress and wear on the system. The surge of power used by a CPU to boot up is far less than the energy used by the unit when left on for over 3 minutes. By turning off your PC and peripherals when they're idle, and by employing power management while they're on, you can cut energy consumption dramatically. If you use your computer 6 hours a day, you could save 75 percent or more.

>> NETWORK NEVER DIES. By turning off your broadband modems and routers when not in use, you also make your network more secure. Some power strips have timers that automate this task--but don't use such a strip for your computer, external storage device, or anything else that could lose data if turned off inadvertently. Also remember, Network connections are NOT lost when a PC goes into low-power/sleep mode. Newer computers are designed to sleep on networks to prevent loss of data or connection. CPU’s with Wake on LAN (WOL) technology built-in to network cards can be left in sleep mode overnight to wake-up and receive data packets sent to the unit.

>> POWER SAVERS. Enable power management software to put computers in low-power mode when not in use.

>> MANDATORY. Tell workers to turn off printers, monitors, computers and other desktop devices when they leave work. A typical multifunction laser printer and fax machine uses 300 watts when printing, 85 watts when on standby, and 10 watts when idle. To reduce your electric bill, plug your peripherals into a power strip and turn off the strip when you shut down your PC. (It's safest to keep the PC and monitor plugged into an uninterruptible power supply.

unplug all the wall chargers for PDAs, music players, digital cameras, and other gadgets when you're not actually charging, or use the power-strip trick mentioned above to shut them off. They can draw up to 5 watts per hour apiece, even when nothing's plugged into them. Laser printers and fax machines in particular are energy spendthrifts.

>> DISCIPLINE. Choose specific times for off-hours maintenance and Increase your memory (RAM) to reduce disk usage.

>> NEW UPGRADES. Consider energy-efficiency products such as thin clients, LCD monitors or Energy Star-rated PCs. An LCD monitor uses about one-third the power of a CRT display with the same screen area. You'll also save energy by switching from a desktop PC to a laptop, and from a laser printer to an inkjet. A typical laptop uses about one-quarter the power of a similarly equipped desktop.

>> SCREENSAVER POWER LESSER. To get to your computer's power-management settings in Windows XP or 2000, right-click the Desktop and choose Properties,Screen Saver. Click the Power button to the right of the Energy Star icon, and select the Power Schemes tab of the Power Options Properties dialog box. For desktop PCs, choose the Home/Office Desk power scheme (it's likely on by default). Under 'Turn off monitor' and 'Turn off hard disks', pick times you feel comfortable with: 'After 15 mins' for the monitor and 'After 30 mins' for the hard drive strike a nice balance between saving power and being a nuisance.

>> SLEEPY. Save energy when your computer is not shut down completely by setting the power management into “sleep” mode after a certain amount of non-use.

KEEP WATCHING. WE'LL BE BACK WITH MORE GREENER PC TIPS.

DOWNLOAD TORRENT ONLINE WITH BITLET.COM

Fri, 18 Apr 2008 13:59:59 -0500

Ever wanted to download torrent without downloading additional software? With BitLet.com, you can download torrent without loading your computer with lots of software. BitLet uses a java applet that needs Java Runtime Environment to be installed on your computer.

The best thing about online applications like bitlet is that there is no configuration needed. Just paste your torrent’s metafile URL and download the file. This useful web-app can also download only audio files from torrents, Give handy bookmarklets to inject a direct "download by bitlet" link in many torrent search engines.

Check it out : http://www.bitlet.org

GET FREE OPEN SOURCE APPS IN ONE CD

Fri, 18 Apr 2008 12:52:14 -0500

Trouble finding your favorite softwares on different CDs? Try OpenDisc.

OpenDisc is a collection of Open Source Software for Windows Operating system. It is a downloadable ISO that can be used to reinstall softwares in case of complete reinstall of windows.

Some of the applications include Blender, GIMP, Nvu, FileZilla, Firefox, Win HTTrack, SeaMonkey, Thunderbird, TightVNC, WinSCP, Audacity, Sumatra PDF, VLC and many more.

According to OpenDisc:

OpenDisc is a collection of high quality open source software for the Microsoft Windows platform, aimed at users exclusively using said operating system. The two goals of the disc are to provide free alternatives to otherwise costly equivalents, and to educate people about the Linux operating system. The disc will be updated periodically as new versions of software are continually released, and users are encouraged to volunteer in a number of ways, including suggesting new software to add to future versions to translating the text into different languages.

Visit it at: http://www.theopendisc.com/

HOW TO GET YOURSELF FIRED...

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 08:39:09 -0500

Not satisfied with your job? here's how you can quit.

Technology-centric job matching site, itzbig-where candidates find jobs by matching their profile with job requirements, will now tell an easy way to get yourself fired from your job. Itzbig has launched "Get Yourself Fired" , a move to create a viral marketing campaign around your job-termination, after which you may run back to itzbig for a better job (or for a better salary, if you will). An easy way to leave that "not really perfect one".

At the site, you superimpose your face on a variety of compromising images to then e-mail them to your friends (or boss) and therby, you make good bonding with your colleagues (or outrage those who have not been good to you, specially your boss). You can also peruse some humorous work-stress tips and enter for a chance to win a $10,000 sweepstakes by entering a profile on itzbig.

Itzbig’s partner for the campaign is Third Rail Creative, an award-winning creative advertising and design agency, which has co-working experience with Charles Schwab, Chick-fil-A, Continental Airlines, Honeywell, and The Home Depot, among others.

Overall, this is pretty commendable idea. Actuall, itzbig has created brialliant initiative for their business generation and brand building. Kudos to them.

RSS TO SMS CONVERTER: SEND RSS TO CELL PHONE

Sun, 13 Apr 2008 09:22:53 -0500

For all the RSS addicts out there, here is a new Web App that can send posts from RSS feeds directly to your cell phone. Named Pingie, this service can send RSS feed updates as text message. This has some clear advantages from the traditional methods:

1) It does not require a data access plan or a GPRS enabled phone
2) No need to run any special software on cell phone

Pingie allows users to subscribe to an RSS feed and sends text messages on cell phone when the feed is updated. It’s free and can work with just about any mobile device. However it may not work with all the countries or network providers.

Have a look at Pingie yourself, and while you are at it, subscribe our RSS feed: http://feeds.technonix.com/technonix

FLICKR BRINGS VIDEO SERVICE TO SITE

Thu, 10 Apr 2008 03:01:42 -0500

We already know that there are good (even better!) substitute for YouTube. Flickr,the photo sharing site, has also joined the trend! Flickr has announced they're adding video playback capabilities to their popular photo service. Clips are limited to 90 seconds and 150mb, what they're calling 'long photos' as they refer to them. Unlike YouTube, where videos from professional media and amateurs alike are uploaded for the world to view, Flickr members can limit who the videos are shared with, through privacy settings. Sharing digital photographs online is now commonplace, with Flickr users having uploaded 2bn worldwide. However, video sharing is less lucrative, with 55% of internet users just playing their video clips on their cameras or on their PCs - without sharing the footage over the internet.
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Yahoo! Unveils OneSearch2.0: Voice based search

Thu, 03 Apr 2008 13:18:41 -0500

Yahoo! has unveiled its new version of search," Yahoo! OneSearch 2.0" that promises to allow users surf the Internet using their voice. With the voice-enabled search, users can search for anything by simply speaking.

Yahoo! claims that OneSearch 2.0 allows search that return relevant results for practically every kind of query. Users need not Worry about how to speak their query on mobile. They just have to sipmly say it. In addition, users can personalize voice search, as it tends to adapt to the users' voice as more frequently used. Not only this, the multi-modal input allows users to switch between speaking and typing at any time, they like.

Other features also include, "Search Assist", which suggests text completion and search just like mainstream Yahoo! search engine. Right now, 'Search Assist' is available for the iPhone, and is expected to become available on additional AJAX-compatible devices over the coming months. OneSearch 2.0 also has an idle screen search service that allows integration of the search box right into the main screen to get one-click access to Yahoo! OneSearch.

For now, Yahoo! OneSearch 2.0 is available for selected Blackberry devices including the 8800 series, Curve, and Pearl in the US, and can be downloaded from m.yahoo.com/voice. However, the company plans to make it available globally and support additional devices over the coming months.