Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Kindle Fire!

Coming from a long sojourn off the blog, I would like to share a whole lot of things I have been busy with. Many things got me busy for past few months preventing me from blogging regularly. I shall try my best to be as regular as possible from now on.

As you may have already guessed, this post is about Kindle Fire. If you don't know what a Kindle Fire is, here is a short description to help you get acquainted with the term. Kindle Fire or more specifically, Amazon's Kindle Fire is a tablet computer introduced by online retail giant Amazon. Kindle Fire looks exactly as you can see in the picture above and is very similar to Apple's iPad but comes with some limitations (but with a much lesser price tag of $199).

Saturday, July 2, 2011

How to Get Gmail Alerts via SMS on Mobile Phone for Free

Ever wondered how to get Gmail mail alerts on your mobile phone through sms for free? I too was looking for such a free service, also called as sms alerts, but I could not find a proper solution to do so. There are a few of them online but they usually are in a very disorganized manner.

Here am putting up one of the simplest ways to get all your Gmail mails on your sms alerts on your mobile phone through sms for free!

Tuesday, May 17, 2011

How to play Angry Birds online

Angry Birds is an extremely addictive but simple game that has been downloaded in millions ever since its first release for iOS platform in December 2009. Since then, Angry Birds has been released as a free version for Android (but ad supported) and paid versions for Symbian, Windows PC, MACs among others.

For many of those who wish to play Angry Birds online for their very own reasons, here is the link to an online version of the game. Click on the link below to start playing the game online!

Thursday, May 12, 2011

How to Register 32 bit dll on 64 bit Windows

Trying to register a 32 bit dll on a 64 bit system running Windows fails and gives the error-
Filename.dll is not an executable file and no registration helper is registered for this file type.

The reason :
This happens because even though you intend to access the 32bit version of regsvr by typing regsvr32, it actually opens the default 64 bit regsvr that lies in the system directory(of 64 bit Windows).
That is, when you run regsvr32 to register a dll, you are actually running the 64 bit version by default.

The solution:

Getting "SDL.dll not found" error

If you are getting SDL.dll not found error such as the one shown on the left(click on it to enlarge it), then follow the below mentioned steps to resolve the issue.

Friday, February 11, 2011

Webcam detected but not working/ getting a black screen on MSI Notebook

Do you have a problem with the webcam in your MSI notebook ? Is it giving blank screens or an error message such as 'cant connect your webcam. The webcam may already be in use' or maybe- 'webcam not found.' There exists a variation of problems that a non functioning webcam can cause. So if there is such a problem in your MSI laptop then kindly read the below mentioned points.

Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Facebook Hacker Cup 2011

So what is this all about ?

The Facebook Hacker Cup is an annual worldwide programming competition where hackers compete against each other for fame, fortune, glory and a shot at the title of world champion.

Thursday, December 9, 2010

Download Chrome OS

Google had announced sometime back about building an operating system that would be light, powerful and more importantly a strong competitor to Microsoft's Windows operating system. Looks like those day are not far away.

Google has made announcements about selling Chrome Cr-48 notebook, its Chrome OS based notebook. Chrome OS is in its release candidate stage (just prior to retailing) and can be downloaded freely off the net. Remember that Chrome OS is ought to be free and not sold. This is Google's main challenge to Microsoft where they are offering a quality operating system for free while the later flogs the public for their piece of software.


Google Chrome OS Release Candidate Live CD can be downloaded officially at


How to install: Download the iso file and burn it into CD-R. Boot the computer from it and when Chrome OS is loaded, click Live Installer on the desktop. Follow the instructions.

User password: user
Root password: root

Thursday, November 25, 2010

Command and Conquer Red Alert Free Download

Command and Conquer Red Alert has been made available for free download too along with Command and Conquer Tiberian Sun and Command and Conquer Gold (full game.

Also of these downloads have been added in the Command and Conquer Classics collections and have been made available for FREE and LEGAL download to promote their latest offering from the hit series.

One can download Command and Conquer Red Alert and play from the Soviet side or the Allied side as both the downloads have been made available on the official site.

Download Command and Conquer Red Alert (Allied version) from Link
Download Command and Conquer Red Alert (Soviet version) from Link

Monday, November 22, 2010

Command and Conquer Gold Full Game Free Download

Command and Conquer Gold full game can now be downloaded for free, thanks to Electronic Arts who have added the game for free download officially on their Command and Conquer Classic collection.

This game had two options, the GDI and the NOD downloads. You can download whichever side you feel like playing.

Command and Conquer Tiberian Dawn can be downloaded for free at
GDI here and NOD here

Visit Command and Conquer Tiberian Sun Free Download to download the game for free and legally too.

You can additionally visit Command and Conquer Red Alert to download that version of the game for free!

Friday, November 19, 2010

Command and Conquer Tiberian Sun Free Download

Command and Conquer Tiberian Sun is a real time strategy game developed by Westwood Studies and released in 1999. This game was a big hit with the strategy based game players and had a huge fan following.

Command and Conquer Tiberian Sun is now available for FREE and LEGALLY on the official website. Electronic Arts, the publisher of the game had decided to make this game available for free download to the masses as a means of promotion for their latest in series.

Thus it is a good news for all Tiberian Sun lovers as they can now get this game for free! Command and Conquer Tiberian Sun is being issued along with its expansion named FireStorm.

You can also download download Command and Conquer Tiberian Sun and Command and Conquer Gold (full game) for free and legally too.

Download Command and Conquer Tiberian Sun + FireStorm from their Command and Conquer Classics collection at LINK

Thursday, November 18, 2010

Play Mafia Wars Atlantic City from PC

Mafia Wars Atlantic City which was launched for mobile play can now be played through your pc too. Atlantic City is costlier in terms of stamina and energy needed to play there but the advantages are many. You will get free boosts everyday(I got +200 energy on my 1st visit) plus the rewards are very cool ones.

Do give Atlantic City a visit. Now it can be played from your computer (pc) too. Use the following link to visit Mafia Wars Atlantic City page from your computer :

http://m.mafiawars.com/mobileweb


UPDATE:
Many people are complaining about Boardwalk (ie level 2) is not getting unlocked even though Uptown (level 1) has been mastered.

The thing is that Atlantic City implementation though computer is very buggy. Many people are unable to unlock successor levels, or they are not getting the completion rewards. For me it works just fine. Click on the image below and check out. I was on Boardwalk, I completed the bronze master and unlocked the next level. So it is working fine for me.

On doing a bit of research online and consulting my Mafia friends, I understand that its looks like a glitch from Zynga which is creating all such problems. The web interface for the above mentioned link was different and was later changed to what it is now. This new interface causes the unlocking problem for some. Not all players are facing this problem it seems.

We cannot do much about it. But try the following in case they work for you. No guarantees here friends.
1. Many players have reported that the link is working perfectly on Google Chrome browser. So if you are on Firefox, Opera or any other browser, just give Chrome a try. 

2. I found this online, contributed by a Mafia Wars player. Just try it and see if it works.

Found a workaround for the locked into uptown problem... Right click on the first job and copy link, paste it in your url address box and change the job number to 2001 and story to 10 like "http://m.mafiawars.com/mobileweb?xw_controller=StoryMobile&xw_action=dojob&iframe=1&job=2001&storyId=10" - your info that follows, the tracking id and such shouldn't be changed. The problem is they're sending you to storyId=9 and job=2019 to 2024 - which should be later in the mobile chapter... My guess is someone screwed up when they fooled around with the next chapters.
When you do this, you'll have to complete a different set of jobs for uptown and you'll have to do it every time you log into mobile until you can get to boardwalk then go back to uptown.
3. Go to this site : www.iphonetester.com
   Type : m.mafiawars.com in the address bar of the iPhone you see on screen.

These methods are not guaranteed to work for everyone. One could try and see his luck.

I would be grateful if people using the above techniques report here whether it worked with them.
Also, kindly report if http://m.mafiawars.com/mobileweb is working normally for you guys.