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We love Macs. We adore the Apple logo. We know it's not just  "some kind of fruit company" ! So now, as I test my PC for some Mac Mac-king, I will provide you the list of sites that I found very useful.  [Photo Courtesy : wired.com] Oh! I forgot to give an Introduction Introduction Hackintosh  is a term used in the  Apple Macintosh  user community to mean different things throughout that platform's lifespan, but now generally referring to the use of  Mac OSX  on non-Apple hardware. Currently, the most common Hackintoshes are  Intel  based, although some programmers have made  kernel  patches to work on  AMD -based computers. Prior to the  Apple-Intel transition , the term most often referred to an Apple-manufactured Macintosh computer that its owner had performed various  hardware hacks  on. The alt.hackintosh  Usenet  newsgroup gives its description as "Clever programming on Apple's Macintosh." Things to Remember Before you begin it i

1. lifehacker : This website is about everything, actually everything. There is nothing you wont find here. Starting Downloads of the day to the Tips and Tricks, life improvement, home improvement, savings, software, gizmos, gossips etc. This one deserves to be on the bookmark of any Internet user. 2. Cracked : Simply hilarious. One look at their banner and you get what the site is about. Don't get fooled by the strange name of the site though, it is incredibly informative but only the tone is funny and cool. 3. We Chose The Moon :  This site chronicles the entire journey of Apollo 11 from the Earth to the Moon and back. Complete with astronaut speeches, superb sounds and rich visuals, prepare to embark on a journey to the Moon. When you safely return back don't forget to collect the certificate for the completion of the mission. Serious! 4. Hotel 626 : I will keep this as a surprise. Or more correctly as a shock. Go through it. You will find what is in store

  Many people face a problem when it comes to drawing the controls with rounded corners. So I got down and dirty with some simple drawing and came up with this. All you have to do is to call this Sub Procedure with the parameters passed to it and you are done. Enjoy!   1: Public Sub DrawRoundedRectangle( ByVal objGraphics As Graphics, _ 2: ByVal m_intxAxis As Integer , _ 3: ByVal m_intyAxis As Integer , _ 4: ByVal m_intWidth As Integer , _ 5: ByVal m_intHeight As Integer , _ 6: ByVal m_diameter As Integer , _ 7: ByVal g As Graphics) 8:   9:   10: Dim path As New GraphicsPath() 11: 'Dim g As Graphics 12: Dim BaseRect As New RectangleF(m_intxAxis, m_intyAxis, m_intWidth, 13:

This is my first theme for Google Chrome I have named it urWeb. Supports all resolutions Simple theme, recommended for everyone More coming up You can download it here Download urWeb Chrome theme How to install Download the file Drag the file to Google Chrome and drop it There is no risk in installing this, really, it won’t harm your computer at all Enjoy! For all those interested in making your own themes, you can try the Google App Chrome Theme Builder, or for a start just rename urWeb*.crx to urWeb*.zip. Open the compressed file and see the simple magic. Hope you like it Released under Creative Commons License LGPLv3 © Sarthak Ganguly

One of the scariest games I have ever played in my life, Angry Birds can take your breath away. I spent two sleepless nights after suffering from shock and trauma after I played Angry Birds. The catapults, the laughs of the brutal green pigs give out an eerie aura to the whole atmosphere which is very scary to say the least. Just kidding! One of the funniest games I have ever played, Angry Birds can be both entertaining as well as addictive. The whole gameplay is very simple but the levels become harder as you move up the levels. The whole game is online, your game progress is automatically saved, no hassles. All you need to do is go here http://chrome.angrybirds.com/ There are two versions – Standard Definition(SD) and High Definition(HD) for lower and higher quality graphics versions respectively. Select you option and PLAY!

I got a new modem from Siti Infeon DNA-A201BE-I from BSNL, my ISP. I got an installation disc, an ethernet cable, a USB cable and a Quick Setup Guide in the box. First I set it up using the Ethernet cable. Then put the Setup disc in the tray and run the Setup.exe file. The Autorun launcher did not work. Running the Setup.exe a BSNL Broadband Setup Wizard started. It checked some requirements like Operating System, Java Runtime, Flash etc. I had to install an older version of Flash to allow the installer to continue. Then I selected Home install. Now it proceeded to the next step, I selected Broadband, other option being Home Network. My LAN card was configured by the installer. In my opinion this was the only useful work it did. Then it asked me to connect my modem so that it could be detected and the registration completed with my UserID and Password. But my modem was not detected . I tried with USB mode, tried discovering my modem otherwise, called up BSNL tech cell(wonder n

What this done is simple. When I click on a Button the progress bar will show for 5 seconds and then some other work can be done. Well, here it is. 'Simple Timer demo by Sarthak Ganguly 'Released under GPLv3 Share Alike License.   Public Class MainFrm 'Say 2 seconds is the default timeout 'You can change it from here or make it a 'property with Get and Set statements 'you can increase it to 3,4,5... seconds Dim timeLimit As Integer = 50 * 100 '(milliseconds) Dim temp As Integer = 0 Private Sub clickBUT_Click( ByVal sender As System. Object , ByVal e As System.EventArgs) _ Handles clickBUT.Click 'Start the timer aTmr.Enabled = True End Sub Private Sub aTmr_Tick( ByVal sender As System. Object , ByVal e As System.EventArgs) _ Handles aTmr.Tick 'The timer ticks :) with Step 100ms progBar.Value += OneStep() 'Stop the Timer temp

Linux Mint is a Linux Debian based Operating System which was developed in order to overcome the shortcomings of Ubuntu. Linux Mint is one of the most famous packages of last year. It will not be wrong to say that Linux Mint is much better than Ubuntu and there are number of reasons and facts for Ubuntu users to switch to Linux Mint. No need to install Linux Mint is similar to Ubuntu is many ways because it was basically forked from it. Just download the image and burn it to a disc. Then boot from it. There is no need to install, you can use and enjoy it right out of the box. I assure you you will not be disappointed. You will get the download link at the bottom of this page. The Linux Mint Menu The menu has been improved. If you turn on 3D effects, you can view a partly transparent menu. You can also now right-click on an item in the menu to edit it. You also have the option of changing the menu’s default behavior from showing what you looked at last to defaulting to your favorites

Some of the lesser known things you can do with the new Windows Problem Steps Recorder As the local PC guru you're probably very used to friends and family asking for help with their computer problems, yet having no idea how to clearly describe what's going on. It's frustrating, but Microsoft feels your pain, and Windows 7 will include an excellent new solution in the Problem Steps Recorder. When any app starts misbehaving under Windows 7 then all your friends need do is click Start, type PSR and press Enter, then click Start Record. If they then work through whatever they're doing then the Problem Steps Recorder will record every click and keypress, take screen grabs, and package everything up into a single zipped MHTML file when they're finished, ready for emailing to you. It's quick, easy and effective, and will save you hours of troubleshooting time. Burn images Windows 7 finally introduces a feature that other operating systems have had for years - the

You can enable “God-Mode,” a term devised by the Microsoft development team, which provides a single place to access all Windows settings without needing to browse options and folders in the Control Panel. To use it: Create a New Folder Rename the folder to God-Mode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C} Note that you can change the “God-Mode” text, but the following period and code number are essential. The folder icon will change — double click it to show the God-Mode window: The window shows nearly 50 sections with quick links to configuration options. Strictly speaking, it’s not a God Mode since all the options are available elsewhere. It’s more akin to an “all tasks” list — but you may find it easier than stumbling through Windows numerous screens and panels.   Warning The trick appears to work on both the 32 and 64-bit versions of Windows 7. Vista 32-bit and Windows Server 2008 32-bit should also work. However, it is known to crash 64-bit versions of Vista — and yo

The Best Command Line Tricks : - Save A List of Files to a Text File by Extension dir *.ext /s /b > files.txt This command line will create a file called files.txt . When you open this file, there will be a complete list of all the files in that directory and all subdirectories with the .ext extension. You can then open up this text file in any text editor and work this the information.By changing the ext part, you can select different files. For example, if you wanted to list all of the PDF documents, you would type: dir *.pdf /s /b > files.txt Get Your IP Address Information ipconfig /all This will retrieve a pile of information about your network connection and IP information. From this command, you can get: Host Name Primary DNS Suffix Node Type IP Routing Enabled WINS Proxy Enabled DNS Suffix Search List Connection-specific DNS Suffix Network Adapter Description Physical (MAC) Address DHCP Enabled IP Address Subnet Mask Default Gateway DNS Servers G

or so you thought Google Motion Beta A new way to communicate The mouse and keyboard were invented before the Internet even existed. Since then, countless technological advancements have allowed for much more efficient human computer interaction. Why then do we continue to use outdated technology? Introducing Gmail Motion -- now you can control Gmail with your body. Easy to learn Simple and intuitive gestures Improved productivity In and out of your email up to 12% faster Increased physical activity Get out of that chair and start moving today Try it here http://mail.google.com/mail/help/motion.html