Add Google Calendar into your Firefox sidebar

Here's a quick way to make sure you never need to open your Google Calendar in a tab again: Open it in your Firefox sidebar instead. Discovered at Firefox Facts, it adapts some code from iGoogle and streamlines it down to just the calendar. This is a great hack if you can't or won't use the Google Desktop Sidebar.

Log in to your Google account first, and then load up this Google Calendar link in a regular tab.

Google Calendar in Firefox's sidebar offers access to most Calendar features.

You'll see your Google Calendar load, but in what appears to be a stripped-down version. You can Quick Add events, Create events, and Hide agendas while the calendar shows you a multiday listing of your schedule at the bottom. Bookmark the URL, and then in your Bookmarks folder right-click on the bookmark and choose Properties. Select the Load this Bookmark in Sidebar and you're good to go. Whenever you click on your Google Calendar bookmark, it'll open in the sidebar.

Incidentally, this worked flawlessly with the All-in-One Sidebar plug-in, which gives you such a wide range of sidebar options that I've forgotten what the native Firefox sidebar is limited to.

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Nvidia readies mid-range GeForce 9600 GT

Nvidia has begun attempting to tempt its graphics card manufacturer partners with the GeForce 9600 GT chip, leaked presentation slides have revealed. Nvidia will pitch the part as "big on performance, easy on the wallet".

The GPU, apparently codenamed 'D9M', is a DirectX 10, Shader Model 4.0 product designed for PCI Express 2.0 cards. It'll be fabbed at 65nm, and Nvidia claims it will deliver a performance boost of up to 90 per cent over the GeForce 8600 GTS.

The 9600 GT's core will be clocked at 650MHz and connect to memory over a 256-bit bus running at 900MHz, DailyTech notes. It's not yet known how many unified-shader Stream Processors the chip will contain.

Slides leaked to Spanish-language site Chile Hardware, indicate the card's need for a 400W power supply and its provision for dual-link DVI with, interestingly, HDCP copy-protection supported in this mode - provided board vendors implement it, of course.

The site adds that the 9600 GT will come on cards fitted with 512MB of GDDR 3 memory. It'll do SLI, but only with one other card.

The GeForce 9600 GT's release date isn't yet known, but past reports have suggested a February introduction.
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GigaSmilies

GigaSmilies is a free smilies application that lets you to insert different smilies on Bulletin Boards, Blogs and social networking sites like Orkut.


Initially GigaSmilies was developed by Santhosh(gigacore) and Charan,then Zeeshan Quireshi & visio159 joined in.I came to know abt them through digit forum,all of them including me (zyberboy) are members of Digit Forum.

Later visio had developed a smiley addon for firefox known as unismilies which has now merged with Gigasmilies.Unismilies has some unique smilies set.

GigaSmilies is very simple to use. Just Click on the smiley you want to add in the forum. The Smiley URL along with the [IMG] Code will be copied to clipboard automatically. Then you can paste the code into forums.

New Features
1. Smart Swap
2. Aqua Smilies.
3. New UI
4. Code Generation(Selectable IMG,HTML, Orkut and URL tags)
5. Settings Panel
6. Turn on/off Smart Swap from Settings, Status Bar and Tray Mode.
7. Quick Smilies Set Selection from main window and Tray Mode.

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Must Have Firefox addons

Firefox is one of the best browser one can get,its fast, secure and highly customizable.There are lot of firefox addons which can add more functionality into the browsing.I was using opera in dial-up,and it was slick and fast .When i got BSNL Broad Band i used to browse often and felt the need for more options to configure the browser to my browsing style,so switched to Firefox two years ago,even though it was heavier than opera it was easy to configure and has lot more option. Opera is a good browser but, there are some things that i do, which is only possible with Firefox,like changing the background of websites to my desired color depending upon the color of the visiting websites background.

So here is a list of very useful Firefox addons that i currently use with my browser.

Accessibar:

Its a toolbar which offers manipulation of webpage display, like user can change back ground and font color of a page by selecting it from a color table,one can easily adjust text size color,fonts etc.Clicking image hide buttons hides all images from the webpage you are visiting automatically.Text to speech option is also available which can read the web page text aloud when you sit there relaxing.

AutoCopy:

A very useful addon which automatically copies selected text to the clip board.Just selecting the text in a web page copies it, then you can paste it anywhere.

Autofill Forms:

Its one of my favorite addon which can easily fill registration forms by just pressing Alt+j.This addon fills forms with Name,e-mail,address etc in just a second ,users can create multiple profiles according to his/her needs.

Dictionary Lookup & Dictionary Tool Tip:

Two nice addons to lookup the meaning so of a word easily,just selecting the word and choosing "define" will give you the meaning.

Video DownloadHelper:

Gives a download link for flv videos, by using this addon you will be able to download videos from sites like youtube and google videos,its also works with other online video sharing sites.

GreaseMonkey:

One of my favorite firefox addon which can do really kool things for you when browsing.You have to use it to believe it,but its not an easy addon for a beginner to use without knowing about adding, configuring scripts in grease monkey .There are many scripts avilaible for this

Userscripts a one such site which host a no of greasemonkey script.

IE Tab:

This addon can open websites in Internet Explorer within the firefox window,This addon is helpful in opening websites which only renders properly in IE.

New Tab Button On Tab Bar:

May be the first firefox addon people will install after Firefox installation.Adds a new tab button in task bar.

Online Bookmark Manager:

This addon can take backup of your bookmarks to an online server,so you can use your bookmark from anywhere.It can easily sync your bookmark with online backup.

Orkut Helper:

A very good addon for orkut fans,it can easily scrap all your friends at a time,it also adds many more options, which can make orkutting a pleasing experience.

Paste and Go 2:

Another useful addon which adds two menu options "Paste and Go" when right clicking in address bar and "Paste and Search" when right clicking in search bar, so you don't have to hit "Enter" every time you paste something there.

Smiley Xtra:

Allows you to post Smiley's in orkut ,blogs or forums easily,it has a huge collection of smiley's for every occasion.

Intel Launches superfast new 45nm chips

Intel has kicked an already down AMD by celebrating the arrival of 16 new chips across its laptop, PC and server lines.

The fresh chip dump marks the arrival of Intel's first laptop chips manufactured with a 45nm process that allows for faster, more energy efficient products. Intel CEO Paul Otellini emphasized the mobile strike at this week's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas where chip-filled gadgets are all the rage. Along with the laptop parts, Intel pushed out a number of new 45nm desktop and server processors that complement parts released in November.

On the laptop front, we find the following chips all with a 800MHz front side bus:

* Core 2 Extreme X9000 at 2.8GHz with 6MB of L2 cache
* Core 2 Duo T9500 at 2.6GHz with 6MB of L2 cache
* Core 2 Duo T9300 at 2.5GHz with 6MB of L2 cache
* Core 2 Duo T8300 at 2.4GHz with 3MB of L2 cache
* Core 2 Duo T8100 at 2.1GHz with 3MB of L2 cache

With the desktop chips, customers will see the following with a 1333MHz front side bus:

* Core 2 Quad Q9550 at 2.83GHz with 12MB of L2 cache
* Core 2 Quad Q9450 at 2.66GHz with 12MB of L2 cache
* Core 2 Quad Q9300 at 2.50GHz with 6MB of L2 cache
* Core 2 Duo E8500 at 3.16GHz with 6MB of L2 cache
* Core 2 Duo E8400 at 3GHz with 6MB of L2 cache
* Core 2 Duo E8200 at 2.66GHz with 6MB of L2 cache
* Core 2 Duo E8190 at 2.66GHz with 6MB of L2 cache

And closing things out on the server side, we find four chips with a 1333MHz front side bus:

* Quad-core Xeon X3360 at 2.83GHz with 12MB of L2 cache
* Quad-core Xeon X3350 at 2.66GHz with 12MB of L2 cache
* Quad-core Xeon X3320 at 2.5GHz with 6MB of L2 cache
* Dual-core Xeon E3110 at 3GHz with 6MB of L2 cache

Intel loves to perform these types of shock and awe processor displays and loves the grand showings even more when AMD is facing tough times. The folks at AMD - struggling to find four-core parts - no doubt appreciate Intel's enthusiasm.

Now i am wondering what will happen to AMD,they are the ones who brought dual core processors first in the market at reasonable price.Hope they can compete with intel, otherwise intel will dominate the market which is not good for customers.

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Windows Keyboard Shortcut Keys

Do you know all the keyboard shortcuts? If you don't know, here are some of keyboard shortcuts in Windows you probably want to know to speed-up your work. Shortcut keys will help us provide easier and quicker method for navigating.

Alt Button

• ALT+ENTER: View file properties for the selected item
• ALT+ESC: Cycle through items in the order they were opened
• ALT+F4: Close the active window, or quit active program
• ALT+SPACEBAR: Display the system menu for the active window
• ALT+TAB: Switch between opened windows
• ALT+Underlined Letter: Display the corresponding menu
• ALT+- (ALT+hyphen): Displays the multiple Document Interface (MDI) child Window's system menu

Ctrl Button

• CTRL+O: Open an item
• CTRL+A: Select all items
• CTRL+B: Bold text
• CTRL+I: Italics text
• CTRL+U: Underline text
• CTRL+C: Copy
• CTRL+X: Cut
• CTRL+V: Paste
• CTRL+Z: Undo
• CTRL+F4: Close the active window
• CTRL + drag a file(s): Copy selected item
• CTRL+SHIFT + drag a file(s): Create shortcut for the selected item
• CTRL+RIGHT Arrow: Move the insertion point to the beginning of the next word
• CTRL+LEFT Arrow: Move the insertion point to the beginning of the previous word
• CTRL+DOWN Arrow: Move the insertion point to the beginning of the next paragraph
• CTRL+UP Arrow: Move the insertion point to the beginning of the previous paragraph
• CTRL+ESC: Show the Start menu

Shift Button

• SHIFT+DELETE: Delete selected item permanently without placing the item in the Recycle Bin
• SHIFT+CTRL+ESC: Display the Task Manager
• SHIFT when inserting a CD: This will prevent the CD from playing automatically

Function Button

• F1: Displays help
• F2: Rename the selected item
• F3: Search for a file or folder
• F4: Display the address bar list in Windows Explorer
• F5: Refresh the active window
• F6: Cycle through screen elements in a window or on the desktop
• F10: Activate the menu bar in the active program
• SHIFT+F10: Display the shortcut menu for the selected item

Windows Button

• WIN: Display or hide the Start menu
• WIN+E: Open Windows Explorer
• WIN+L: Lock desktop
• WIN+D: Minimizes all opened windows and only show the desktop
• WIN+BREAK: Display the System Properties dialog box
• WIN+F: Search for a file or folder
• WIN+F+CTRL: Search for computers
• WIN+TAB: Switch between open windows
• WIN+M: Minimize or restore all windows
• WIN+R: Open the Run dialog box

Misc Button

• BACKSPACE: View the folder one level up in My Computer or Windows Explorer
• ESC: Cancel the current task

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