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Google Opt-Out Privacy Feature

Posted: March 3rd, 2010, 12:04pm PST by Bashar
To all those who question Google’s ethics, fear their privacy violation, and have DOUBT about “Do Not Do Evil” motto, Google proudly gives you this.

Google Opt Out Feature Lets Users Protect Privacy By Moving To Remote Village

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Seriously Twitter? You Wanna Share My Phone Number?

Posted: February 27th, 2010, 1:31pm PST by Bashar
No really? You wanna share my email address and phone number so that my friends can find me? And you’re setting it to default? Here are two simple words for you Twitter SPAMMERS & PRIVACY.

For the first time Twitter has really failed me. It seems the Google Buzz is doing it’s things already on them.

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Is Sony Vegas Movie Studio Windows 7 Supported Or Not?

Posted: February 15th, 2010, 7:37am PST by Bashar
Few years ago, I got this HD Sony Camcorder to enjoy HD video quality family videos, and it has served me quite well, despite it’s few short comings. Sony, which have developed the technology with Panasonic, use the AVCHD high definition recording format to record their HD videos, making it compatible with Blu-ray Disc format. But here comes the problem. Dealing with these large HD files turns out to be not easy at all.

For first, sharing these videos files with others is not easy because of size, and the difficulty to find a suitable player for it. Converting it to regular formats would always compromise the quality. Second, editing these HD videos, on top of being intensive on resources, is not easy to accomplish at low cost as well, for there is a huge lack in good reliable free or cheap AVCHD editing software out there. But having made the huge investment already in the camcorder, I swallowed the extra bullet and bought what seems the best AVCHD editing tool out there that is affordable, which happens to be Sony Vegas Movie Studio. Mac Final Cut handles AVCHD files, but only directly from the camcorder while they’re in their original file structure. Pretty silly if you ask me.

Sony Vegas Studio could make better conversion than the freely provided tool with the camcorder. Something to wonder about really, given that it’s from the same company selling the camera. Looking the other way however, I managed to enjoy a slow-life video editing on my old XP machine, until it could handle no more all the pressure. Now I have a new Quad-core Windows 7 machine, a beast hungry for giant task to do. But what I realized when I started editing 5 Gigs of videos is that Vegas Studio kept crashing on me on and on. I split the videos into halves, and then into 3 parts, to no avail. And here I wasn’t even dealing with HD videos, but normal SD ones from the same camcorder. It would get to the point where it crashes once I open the project, giving messages like:

Exception 0xC0000005 (access violation) READ:0×0 IP:0×0In Module ‘VegasMovieStudioPE90.exe’ at Address 0×0 + 0×0Thread: ProgMan ID=0xDF4 Stack=0×5DBF000-0×5DC0000

I Googled and found this is a pretty common error, to which Sony tries to claim has nothing to do. Some say it doesn’t support multi-core hardware, others say it’s Windows 7. But if you go to Vegas Movie Studio System Requirements, you see that it supports Windows 7.

And frankly, multi-core is old stuff now, and for such video editing, you would assume they will support it. But hey, let’s ask them just to make sure. I filled up the long form, answered all questions, and once I submit, this is what I got.

Really? It’s “not supported on any Windows 7 operating systems”? That’s weird, cause I could swear your page still reads Windows 7 supported! So now I’m like out of luck?

Ohh well, guess I’m gonna have to upgrade my self to Vegas Pro 9… for FREE ;).
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Color e-book readers fall this year?

Posted: February 15th, 2010, 6:41am PST by Bashar
Could this happen so soon? Qualcomm is showing off a new colored e-reader that is based on what they call “Mirasol” technology, which they claim draws less power than the e-ink technology, but gives back colors instead, [update] and has no backlight[/update]. Not just colors, but not bad video quality as well.

If anything is gonna drive me away from the Kindle it would be that thing I bet. The new gadget is promised by the fall of this year. Will keep my eyes peeled, and so better you do.
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What Happened In My Birth Year?

Posted: February 12th, 2010, 6:15pm PST by Bashar
whathappenedinmybirthyear.com is a fun site that asks for nothing from you but your birth year, and then starts telling you the stories of that year.

I tried to sneak into the year 2012 to see whether the world ends, but alas, it does not have information for that year yet. Maybe it’s because the world has ended then, and all records were lost. Or maybe they just read the past.

[via ResearchBuzz]

UPDATE: OK This is fun. My brother followed the link from my blog, and this is what he got.

Apparently, the site reads the Referral URL.
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Create your Audiobooks on iTunes

Posted: February 9th, 2010, 8:49am PST by Bashar
More than a year back, I developed the habit of being a regular audiobook listener, and I usually get a book or two monthly through Audible. The Teaching Company is another source I’m quickly falling in love with, though a bit pricey. In both however, it’s quite easy to download all the media files, and import them into the iTunes as Audiobooks. On other occasions, you might find your self importing the MP3 files from an Audio CD, or downloading them as separate files from the internet. If you try importing such files to the iTunes library, you’d be frustrated to see at first that they are imported as regular ungrouped Music.

For an audiobook you usually want all your audiobook files grouped, in order, and to have your media device remember your last location. This CNET article explains how to do just that in 8 simple steps. A separate article suggests converting your audio files to AAC as part of the process to save more space if you like. I didn’t bother.
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Kindle battery problem caught in action

Posted: January 31st, 2010, 4:31pm PST by Bashar
Remember that Kindle battery problem I mentioned earlier? It’s been paparazzied.

Clearly, the Kindle still has about 25% of it’s battery, and it’s complaining about low battery, after which it went almost empty immediately.
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Do you want Facebook in हिन्दी?

Posted: January 29th, 2010, 2:16pm PST by Bashar
As someone who knows more about me now probably than my mother, I have to ask “Why do you think I’d wanna use that हिन्दी?” I mean, what is it anyways? Or is it just showing off that your users translated it for you?
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Gmail Authentication Icon for Verified Senders

Posted: January 24th, 2010, 2:59am PST by Bashar
While this may seem a bit obvious for a moment, anyone who have dealt with PayPal or eBay might have noticed the great amount of scam emails that is sent. Such emails try to fake the identity of the sender, pretending to be PayPal for example. And while a spam filter as good as Gmail usually catches all those emails, suppose one slips through to the inbox, or you unaware assume the email in Spam folder was legitimate, click the link, get the PayPal login screen, and put in your credentials. What if it was just a site 100% identical to PayPal, and you failed to spot the domain url?

This little new Gmail Lab feature called Authentication icon for verified senders helps identify the matching identity of the sender for such popular sites, PayPal and eBay only for now, thus preventing an accidental uncalled for disaster. The Gmail Lab seems to have a couple of new features you might like as well. Give it a look.

As a side note, I wish Gmail Lab would have a sort by add date so that we can easily tell what’s new to look for.
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Top 100 Anticipated 2010 Games

Posted: January 15th, 2010, 12:58am PST by Bashar
Games Radar have published a list of top 100 anticipated games of 2010. I’m extremely thrilled to see Prince of Persia: Forgotten Sands there. Hope it matches the old trilogy in quality, and it seems will be between Sands of Time and Warrior Within. Also, Mafia II. Sequel but not related to best Mafia game ever, Mafia. If you haven’t played Mafia I already, I say do it. There is also the long awaited StarCraft II, ohh and… Metal Gear Rising. That came out fast I think.
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Google Opt-Out Privacy Feature

Posted: March 3rd, 2010, 12:04pm PST by Bashar

Seriously Twitter? You Wanna Share My Phone Number?

Posted: February 27th, 2010, 1:31pm PST by Bashar

Is Sony Vegas Movie Studio Windows 7 Supported Or Not?

Posted: February 15th, 2010, 7:37am PST by Bashar

Color e-book readers fall this year?

Posted: February 15th, 2010, 6:41am PST by Bashar

What Happened In My Birth Year?

Posted: February 12th, 2010, 6:15pm PST by Bashar

Create your Audiobooks on iTunes

Posted: February 9th, 2010, 8:49am PST by Bashar

Kindle battery problem caught in action

Posted: January 31st, 2010, 4:31pm PST by Bashar

Do you want Facebook in हिन्दी?

Posted: January 29th, 2010, 2:16pm PST by Bashar

Gmail Authentication Icon for Verified Senders

Posted: January 24th, 2010, 2:59am PST by Bashar

Top 100 Anticipated 2010 Games

Posted: January 15th, 2010, 12:58am PST by Bashar