Facebook Chat on Your Desktop

11 02 2010

//Good news!! You can now access Facebook chat right from your desktop, coool. Hmm, technically… facebook has implemented the Jabber XMPP protocol, which is an open messaging protocol.

Which messenger supports XMPP?

Pidgin, Miranda, Adium, among others.

Security Issues(from facebook):


How to use it?

Just follow the instructions over here.





Google Buzz! The New Facebook?

10 02 2010

//Yeps … another quick post on Google, hope the next post will not be on Google, lol!!  Well… Well …Who is not on Facebook? Apparently most of us have a Facebook profile. Hmm … now Google is joining a race that has started years ago, with its new Google Buzz, a new social component (built in G Mail). What is Google Buzz?

Watch the video below to have a better idea!

I found it cool, but most of my friends on Facebook have a Hotmail or Yahoo account. I don’t know why most girls have a Yahoo account, lol. And Google buzz required a Gmail address; I don’t think that Facebook devotees are going to switch to Gmail just for this. Hope it will not end up like Google Profiles; clean, simple and good looking but no one use them!

There’s no guarantee that Google is going to be successful with this new service but who knows!! I am still waiting for the “Buzz” to appear on my Gmail profile :(. I will try to update(Update: G.Buzz is not that interesting :() this post later on. Stay tuned and Happy Buzzing 😉

Try Google Buzz





YouTube Server in Mauritius

6 02 2010

//Yeps, again…. another quick post, lol. A friend of mine just told me that videos on YouTube are loading super fast. I’ve checked it out and wow… watching videos on YouTube is just WOW!!! YouTube videos load pretty fast, no need to wait “for years” now. Is there a mirror server somewhere in Mauritius or it’s something else? Hmm, la question se pose.

[Youtube]

P.S: Thanks ‘<% @-way %>’ for the tip and Google Rocks. 😉





Google 5 Privacy Principles. Really?

28 01 2010

//Another short post!! Well … Today Google published “5 Privacy Principles” to give us an idea on how they handle our private information. Truth or Fiction? I will let the Take a seat, enjoy the video and finally ask yourself this question “Is that true?”.

Btw, Happy Privacy Day ;).





God Mode in Windows 7

17 01 2010

//Hello …. I am back! Still working on final year project …. oufff, now it’s time for a small break. This is my first post for 2010. Ok … for this post, I will remove all fluff, magnanimous words and keep things as simple as possible.  Windows 7 God Mode allows you to change all Windows 7 settings from one place. Really easy to activate and damn useful.

Step 1: Create a new folder on your desktop

Right Click > New Folder

Step 2: Rename the new folder to:

GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}” (without quotes)

Step 3: The folder icon will automatically change to

Step 4: Double click on the new icon “GodMode” and enjoy!

The new folder will acts as a shortcut to Windows 7 God Mode. Hope it helps!! BRB 😉