tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24867554789148383542012-02-01T14:32:18.755+03:00My View on Technology and Life..(posing a wise pose)Snakodushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01160360368992186243noreply@blogger.comBlogger271100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2486755478914838354.post-28394831555316696212008-08-20T13:45:00.001+03:002008-08-20T13:48:41.045+03:00

As all of you know by now Windows Live Installer does not work behind proxies and this caused many of us who are forced to work behind proxies in work or university to look for standalone installers. This solution worked for a while before the standalone installers suddenly vanished and looking for new ones every time a product got updated is a major pain. Fear no more as a final solution have

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The projected heir to Google Browser Sync has a new beta prototype out in the wild. Mozilla Weave 0.2 has just got out of the Mozilla Labs doors and into our Firefox 3 browsers. It still doesn't support Extension syncing but all others are there (Bookmarks, History, Saved Passwords, Saved Form Data, Tabs). One notable feature is that there is a server location box which means that the service can

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Google Browser Sync is one of the most useful firefox extensions ever made. It syncronises all your saved passwords, bookmarks, history and even opened tabed between different machines. So far it only supports FF2. Many users of firefox were postponing adopting FF3 until an updated version of Goolge Browser Sync arrives.Unfortuanatly, Google decided to step on the hearts of thier fans and stop

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OK this is getting irritating. It seems that there is a trend for shoving lots of software in a single installer. First, Microsoft with Windows Live Installer and now Google with Google Updater. I just want to give a small message to the guys working on those installers ("STOP WHATEVER YOU ARE DOING").Fortunately there is still some hope, www.filehippo.com to the resuce. Just go there and search

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As I'm graduating from university pretty soon. It is necessary that I pass the knowledge I gained to the new generation. Don't think I'll give some study tips or anything like that. Instead I'll be focusing on the situation where you have to guess MCQs (happens all the time for me). Lots of students go about guessing in different ways. The obvious way is to guess the same letter for all the

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As Firefox 3 just started its beta phase, many of us (fanboys) want to know what to expect from this new version. I found this great post which explains the top five new features in FF3. Note that these are based on feature mockups (not final UI) they will probably get more polish before release.http://ctrlaltweb.blogspot.com/2007/09/top-five-mozilla-firefox-3-features.html Blogged with Flock

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OK let's take a break from IT and new programs and think about other people for a change. www.freerice.com is a website for charity it has a very interesting English Vocabulary game which you can play. Here is how to play:Click on the answer that best defines the word. If you get it right, you get a harder word. If wrong, you get an easier word.For each word you get right, we donate 10 grains of

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For some unknown reason the files have been deleted. A new solution has been found on this post Windows Live Sign-In Assistant 4.200.520.1 Windows Live Messenger 8.5.1302.1018 Windows Live Writer 12.0.1366.1026 Windows Live Mail 12.0.1606 Windows Live Photo Gallery 12.0.1308.1023

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All of Windows Live applications (Messenger, Writer, Gallery, Mail) are now out of beta. To download the final releases get the Windows Live installer. For standalone installers I'm still looking for them so check back soon :p Blogged with Flock

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With the ever increasing popularity of Web 2.0 based websites e.g. Flickr, Photobucket, YouTube, MySpace etc.. The demand for browser extensions for these services has been booming. No need to search for extensions no more: Meet Flock a new web browser based on Firefox code which integrates the most desired Web 2.0 features. On top of a very wonderful UI you get all those unique features:1.

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Back to blogging after a short break for holiday. As soon as I came back to my university (KFUPM) I found out that the Internet connection has gotten really really slow. Some people may say "You should be thankful, universities have the fastest connections!!". Well take a look at this and judge for yourselves!!! This is from www.speedtest.com 9 kbps!!!! I think dial up would look very shiny

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I stumbled upon this great image processing/drawing app. It has many features of the leading drawing applications but with one difference; It is totally FREE. Great tool for people who want good image processing options but on a tight budget. All it requires is .Net Framework 2.0 or higher. Download

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Microsoft has recently released new versions of the new Live Suite which includes:Windows Live WriterWindows Live MessengerWindows Live Sign-In AssistantWindows Live MailWindows Live ToolbarWindows Live Photo GalleryThey decided to go with a single installer for the whole package which (in my experience) the most awkward installer ever. Not only that it takes ages to run but also it fails to

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As I am done with my summer training work and quite bored with World of Warcraft at the moment. I started reading a nice book "Windows Presentation Foundation: Unleashed". I also downloaded Visual C# Express 2008 beta. My aim is to get a command of the new WPF approach to developing .NET applications. I will be making a series of tutorials here so stay tuned.. :D WPF is the new user interface

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I have been having a problem with sharing files from Windows Vista. The problem occurs when I try to access the shared folder form other PCs running earlier versions of Windows with the default Guest account. After searching around I found out that Guest accounts in Windows Vista are denied by default from accessing Network shares. There are two ways to fix this thing: Don't use the Guest

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Ever was explaining something technical to someone on the phone? Don't you just hate when that family member asks: and where is the OK button? Feel free now with this new tool you can share your desktop view and just point him/her to the hidden OK button. This application is (obviously) integrated with MSN passport and MSN Messenger (though it can function without Messenger). You can even specify

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Just stumbled on this new Beta service from Microsoft. It is basically a free 500MB of file storage. You have 3 zones to add files to: 1. Private for files that are only for you.2. Friends for files that you want just your friends (MSN Messenger Contacts). The awesome thing about this feature is that you set special permissions to each folder (which friends gets to see, change, delete stuff in

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 This tool is absolutely brilliant, true IDE AI. You can kiss Code Completion good bye. ReSharper goes the extra miles that the built-in code re-factoring and intelligence tools in Visual Studio doesn't. Code optimization, Code completion, Code Formatting, Coding standards etc.. whatever you can think of is there. From my personal experience using this tool: Go Get this now! Programming will have

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Microsoft has just released some update Packs for Windows Vista. These packs fix some very important issues in Windows Vista namely: 3D graphics performance for some games.File and Folder Copy for large sizes.Issues when saving AVI files. These packs are highly recommended for everyone using the the new OS. Download Links:pack1 (2.1MB)pack2 (9.4MB) Update: After installing the packs and testing

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Recently I am having a desire to start blogging in arabic for several reasons:1. I should help (if I can) to enrich the arabic presence in WWW.2. I need to work on my arabic writing skills.On the other hand, there are reasons that make me not want to do it:1. I can barely put some stuff here to keep it updated. How about two blogs?2. I may get into trouble blogging in arabic since I'll talk about

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Here is the temperature now I'm not exaggerating this is from www.weather.com. I don't know how we withstand this. We should all star in super hero comics "immune to fire damage" :0

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Another great add-in for Outlook which let's you access your Hotmail e-mail from within Microsoft Outlook 2007 or 2003. I tried it myself and it is a bit buggy since it is in beta. The problems I encountered maybe due to the "wonderful" Internet connection we are having these days in KFUPM (thanks to ITC). Update: It is now out of beta. Download

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I found this great add-in from Microsoft's web site to enable saving to PDF directly from any Microsoft Office 2007 product. Great for publishing documents online. Download

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A nice article about how it is impossible to make all people happy about you and your behavior.  I say and I quote here from Red Forman (from that's 70's show) "When I die I hope I'll be buried face down so that all my critics can kiss my ...". Just kidding :)  رضاء الناس

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A new extension made by.. Guess who? open source? wrong guess... Microsoft!!!! It is a great extension to help blogging about a certain site. I am now using it to make this post. Basically it just fires Windows Live Writer and adds a link to the page you were viewing when you clicked on the extension. Very helpful when blogging about a new favorite site. Check the link below to download it.

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This is my first post using Windows Live Writer Beta2. I have to say am really impressed with the quality of this product and specifically the support for various blogging sites (so un-Microsoftly :). I like this new trend at Microsoft of acknowledging that other companies do exist. About the program it is really helpfull when blogging you don't have to go the blogg, enter your credentials and

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Hello and welcome to my blog I intend to make an IT oriented blog with focus on Software Development. Hope you all enjoy it.peace....

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