http://blog.hafees.com A blog by Hafees Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:59:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Finally the much awaited thing happened! When I browsed application store today and accidentally checked the supported device list, I was surprised to find I8910 Omina HD in the list. At present there are 125 applications including 26 free applications - Not a big list, but great to start with. ... http://blog.hafees.com/news/samsung-application-store-finally-supports-i8910-omnia-hd/ This is festival time in India, and I thought it is also the right time to buy a new mobile as most companies will have some offers. After spending a lot of time with mobile comparison sites, user forums I had decided to buy the Samsung Omnia I8910 HD. I ... http://blog.hafees.com/gadgets/proud-owner-of-a-samsung-omnia-i8910-hd/ In India, the default download server selected is an Indian server ftp.iitm.ac.in which is very slow and causes very slow download speeds even if you've a 2 Mbps broadband connection. This was very obvious when I tried to upgrade to the Ubuntu 9.10 Release Candidate. I was getting download speeds ... http://blog.hafees.com/linux/ubuntu-change-download-server-and-fix-slow-updates/ Unarguably, Microsoft Windows Live Writer is the best tool I've used for offline blogging. It has a simple and user friendly interface, supports images, tables, maps and video. Further it has the ability to enhance features by adding plug-in. The generated HTML code is also clean and XHTML valid. Some ... http://blog.hafees.com/tips-tricks/live-writer-tips-for-offline-blogging/ Microsoft has officially started using Twitter. When I checked just before writing this, they have around 4000 followers. But there are only 3 tweets so far and the last one is updated 7 hours ago. Url: http://twitter.com/microsoft It's Twitter day at ... http://blog.hafees.com/news/look-who-is-tweeting-it-is-microsoft/ Windows 7 beta will shutdown in every two hours from July 1st 2009. If you want to continue using Windows 7 you will need to download the Windows 7 RC1 (release candidate version). It will work till March 2010. From March onwards it will also shutdown in every two hours ... http://blog.hafees.com/news/windows-7-beta-will-shutdown-in-every-two-hours-from-today/ The much awaited browser from Mozilalla is released finally after a long time. Mozilla had released three release candidate versions before releasing the final one. It is time for another 'war of the browsers' - Internet explorer 8, Firefox 3.5, Opera 10, Google Chrome 2 and Safari 4. Download: ... http://blog.hafees.com/news/firefox-3-5-final-version-released/ When searching, both Google & Bing(the latest search engine from Microsoft) allows some keywords or expressions to filter the results or control the way how search is done. These can be very useful for finding the best results. Following are some of the easiest and most useful search modifiers. ... http://blog.hafees.com/tips-tricks/most-useful-search-tricks-for-google-and-bing/ Manufacturing costs of the latest iPhone 3GS 16GB is calculated as $178.96 (Around 8,700 Indian Rs). Interestingly, the priciest part is the memory - 24 $. Check the below table for full details (Source: iSuppli). Price in India - Is it justifiable ? In ... http://blog.hafees.com/gadgets/manufacturing-cost-of-iphone-3g-s-and-the-price-of-iphone-3g-in-india/ After the release of the iPhone 3GS, more details about the hardware used to power the gadget is spreading in blogosphere. Some of the interesting facts are, 1. The processor is under clocked. The processor used in iPhone is capable of a clock speed of 833 MHz but ... http://blog.hafees.com/gadgets/iphone-3gs-more-hidden-than-revealed/