RIM’s BlackBerry 10 Ready Program Is Attracting Converts

If you’re looking for a good barometer of enterprise interest in Research In Motion’s forthcoming BlackBerry 10 operating system, the company’s BlackBerry 10 Ready Program is one place to check.

With its offers of free BB10 training and the opportunity to easily upgrade existing BlackBerry Enterprise Server licenses, the program was designed to woo RIM’s bread-and-butter customers to its new platform. And it appears to be doing just that.

RIM says that more than 1,600 businesses in North America have registered for BlackBerry 10 Ready since it was announced in December — among them, government agencies, Fortune 500 companies and universities. And, according to Bryan Lee, senior director of enterprise accounts at RIM, BlackBerry Enterprise Server 10 is currently in beta testing with some 130 major government agencies and corporations.

“We are very enthused by the engagement and response of our customer base,” Lee told Reuters. “In terms of verticals and segments, we are seeing good activity levels across all of our segments from small- and mid-market to large enterprises.”

That’s encouraging news, and it bodes well for RIM, which is struggling to regain traction in the enterprise market it once dominated. The company is scheduled to debut its first BlackBerry 10 device at an event on Jan. 30.

Great relief to iPhone 4 users !!

Apple has now decided up a new thing to bring about a great relief for its US iPhone 4 users. Apple has now decided that the phone that changed everything will now be available even with Verizon Wireless in the United States from February 10. Qualified Verizon Wireless costumers will also have an exclusive opportunity to pre order iPhone 4 on February 3, before the general availability.
Now the customers can choose between AT&T and Verizon and whichever you choose you will get all the great features of iPhone 4 including FaceTime video calling.

All you need to know about the iPad and why should you be waiting for it ...

Apple is a company, loved by everyone for all its wonderful products. So it is hardly surprising that roumors about the all new iPad 2 have already been flying about all over the net. It is supposed to be the next Apple's tablet and far better than its previous version. iPad was surely the best holiday gift this year and thee following is what we can expect in iPad 2 releasing somewhere this year :-


Two Cameras : Yes, seems like Apple has finally heard us and are planning to put a front facing and a back camera.

USB port and SD card slot : Though many resources say that Apple has a USB port and an SD card slot up its sleeve for its next iPad for uploading photoes,videos documents etc, we were not convinced for the same. This is because the company has never done such a thing before and why should it as it is moving towards making everything wireless and they already have the wonderful iTunes to do the job.

GSM and CDMA : It is possible that Apple would be creating a better iPad from which one can enjoy internet without wi-fi or 3g also.

Apple is also planning to include a much faster processor, fix in much more memory compared to its previous version and also make a thinner body like the mac book air.

It is also suggested that the iPad pricing won't change much from that of iPad 1.

The automatic download button for Youtube Videos.

Isn't it true many times you like a youtube video very much but have no option to download it. The same thing happened with me. I really liked songs with videos but you don't get them for free anywhere on the net, so the only option was to download it from Youtube but how. After a long time I came across "Streaming Video recorder". Its a really nice tool to download media from any, yes any website.
For this all you need to do is paste the url into the software or start that media on your web browser. As the media starts loading the software prompts you to download it. If you want to download press yes or no. You can even convert the video file to any other format using the convert option. And the greatest thing is that it is FREE. Yes absolutely free. Though you can buy it but I don't find any point in it (You need to buy it to use the convert option). You can download it from the website for free.

AVG Free - A really appreciable free Antivirus

Some weeks ago my laptop had virtually, nearly stopped working. Nearly all my softwares were infected by viruses and all the setup files would refuse to startup. I also had Kaspersky 2010 installed on my Laptop and even it would not startup due to the virus. However I had a lifeline yet left with me - My Safari web browser.

Now on as I googled Free Antivirus this Avg Free was the first link and so I decided to try it out. I downloaded(101 MB) and run the setup and quickly it started scanning my Lap. After about an hour it could successfully detect 676 viruses in about a some hundred thousand files scanned. After that all the softwares could run properly without any problems and some softwares even reinstalled themselves again.

So in a condition the #2 Antivirus : Kaspersky did not work a free AVG antivirus worked. But however I do not blame Kaspersky for anything. Now I have started using Kaspersky again and it manages the viruses quite well. But thanks to AVG for the Free Antivirus which saved my Lap. The AVG antivirus can be downloaded from this website : AVG official website

Google 's new OS

Google's upcoming Chrome operating system - a new OS that will, according to the search giant, arrive on netbook computers sometime later this year - is also going to offer a feature Google engineers have dubbed, unofficially, "chromoting." Now what's chromoting ? It's remotely accessing your PC applications via the browser. In other words it an be called a remote desktop app for your new cloud computer.

This was first uncovered by U.K. tech news site 'The Register' earlier in this week, this news comes directly from a Google engineer who posted the following on the Chromium Google Group, an online message board for discussing the open-source project behind the Chrome browser and Chrome operating system:
We're adding new capabilities all the time. With this functionality (unofficially named "chromoting"), Chrome OS will not only be [a] great platform for running modern web apps, but will also enable you to access legacy PC applications right within the browser.
When requested for more details, the engineer also told that its functionality would indeed be "something like" Remote Desktop Connection, a Windows technology that allows you to connect to a remote computer from the computer you're currently using.

For more info : Google Blog

Apple's Safari 5 hits Mac and Windows

Steve Jobs unveiling the iPhone 4 was not the only news emerging from Apple’s WWDC. Apple also declared the launch of their Safari 5 web browser which they expected to offer Mac users a 30% performance increase as compared to its previously released version. It comes with the Safari Reader and allows users to select Google, Bing or Yahoo! as the search service supplementing Safari’s search field. The download is now available on the Apple's website.

The browser has many new cool things aimed to 'Improve the way you view the web. And powerful new tools to help developers enhance and customize the browsing experience altogether.' 

The new Safari 5 includes the following new features :-

Safari Reader

Safari Reader removes annoying ads and other visual distractions from online articles. So you get the whole story and nothing but the story. It works like this: As you browse the web, Safari detects if you’re on a web page with an article. Click the Reader icon in the Smart Address Field, and the article appears instantly in one continuous, clutter-free view. You see every page of the article — whether two or twenty. Onscreen controls let you email, print, and zoom. Change the size of the text, and Safari remembers it the next time you view an article in Safari Reader.

Even Greater HTML5 Support

Web standards are the future of the Internet. The world’s most innovative browser, Safari continues to lead the way in support for HTML5. Safari 5 supports over a dozen new HTML5 features that allow developers to create interactive content and media experiences that work right in the browser — without the need for third-party plug-ins.

Better Performance

The world’s fastest web browser gets an engine upgrade. Enhancements to the Nitro Engine in Safari 5 mean you experience web browsing at greater speeds than before. Powered by the Nitro JavaScript engine, Safari 5 on the Mac runs JavaScript up to 30 percent faster than Safari 4, 3 percent faster than Chrome 5.0, and over twice as fast as Firefox 3.6.