Does anyone stand a chance against the iPad?
The same that is happening in the world of smart phones is happening in the iPad world. Just as Apple has, the best iPhone and nobody can touch it, so it seems to be the case when looking at the competitors of the iPad. Samsung towards the end of 2010 released the Galaxy Tab and it did not fair to bad, but it still did not even come close to the iPad. HP publicly announced the release of their HP Touchpad, which will be launched in June 2011, but also made one big mistake. Their product will be launched after the debut of the competitions iPad 2, so if they stood any chance in getting a head start it surely is lost.
There are many other versions available later this year and we do have some information on some of them like the JooJoo from Fusion garage, which is currently the closest to shipping. It is also the most feature-barren of the iPad competitors and cost $500. It is an extremely simple tablet with a 12-inch screen and does not even have a SIM card slot for 3G.
Archos Tablet only has a 600 MHz processor and may be many peoples answer who does not want to pay $500 and upward. They will sell their tablet for only $179 and may have thought it will attract more interest when it is released in April, but we will have to wait and see.
Dell is also cooking up tablets of their own and the one they showed off is the Streak, but the size of it removes it from the iPads competition and relates more to the mobile Internet devices. Asus started the netbook craze and their 9-inch tablet, the Asus Eee is speculated as being able to run a Google mobile operating system.
Compal with their 7-inch Android 2.0 which runs with the Tegra 2 processor will be able to support video playback of 1080p and still maintain great battery life. According to Nvidia, they have several partners in the pipeline to design tablets with the Tegra 2 chip, so it can be expected to see more of this sort of tablet soon. Notion Ink also use the Tegra 2 chip and runs Android in their 10-inch tablet called Adam and use Pixel Qi screen technology that is great to use in direct sunlight.

Is it enough?
However, will all these features from some great companies be enough to remove the iPad from its throne? There is over 80 competitors and each try their best to come up with a new concept, whether it is size, hardware, or software to outshine the iPad. Not even lower prices and great applications can shift iPad from the throne, or so it seems currently and it is speculated that the iPad will definitely stay ahead of the pack through 2012 as well.

written by Andy G

http://www.bravofiles.com/

Software and drivers downloads

Facebook has been busy this week, making a lot of changes. The latest in line is upgrade in photos.

The first change is related to resolution of photos, which are being shared. You can now share photos that are up to 960 pixels wide (up from 720 pixels) and photos will load twice as fast. Photos that you have already uploaded to Facebook will be displayed at the higher resolution too.

The next change is related to photo viewer, most of you might like it. Facebook has replaced its highly criticized black lightbox with a more pleasing white Lightbox. By moving to from a black to a white background, opening photos from the mostly white news feed should be less jarring. This could reduce fatigue from rapidly dropping in and out of the photo viewer and keep users browsing the site for longer.

What you think about the changes? Let us know.

About the product:

Protect Your Online World with the new Panda Internet Security 2012.
Protection for your Family. The new Panda Internet Security 2012 is a security suite that allows you to use the Internet for anything, like shopping and banking online, with total peace of mind and without any interruption.
It protects you from viruses, hackers, online fraud, identity theft and all the other known and unknown threats.
In addition, it keeps your inbox spam-free, and allows you to browse the web privately and securely with the entirely new Panda Safe Browser.
With the Parental Control, your children can browse the Internet safely.

Maximum Protection
The Panda Cloud Technology offers a new protection model based on the user community where everybody contributes. Your computer will always be updated, always protected. Your computer won’t limit the detection capacity because the large virus detection database is located on the Internet (Cloud).

Minimum Impact
Because the database on the cloud, not in your PC, the resource consumption is dramatically reduced. The protection is light and the performance impact is the minimum.

Easy to use

The product interface is advanced and intuitive for all kinds of users. You will find all what you need in an easy to use interface, providing all the needed information in just a click

How to get Panda Internet Security 2010 License free for three months?

Microsoft is running a promotion & giving away license for three months to all. You need to download from here (Click on Download Free*)

You only need to install the exe & it will be ready for three months without any registration code.

So we eat on Facebook, We love on Facebook, We Fight on Facebook, We upload pics on Facebook, We plan Event on Facebook….We Love Facebook. But of late we also get & forward(knowingly or unknowingly) Spam on Facebook. We all hate SPAM so here are few tips that will help us reduce the chances of getting & forwarding spam on Facebook. Stay safe & Spam free

If it is too good to be True, It is Untrue (Common Sense)

First thing first, Facebook doesn’t track profile visitors, All Profile Visitors Apps are fake.  OMG! Look at this, Oh! Boy you stalked me come see my “special pics” & things like that should ring warning bells in your head. Check if same message is getting posted on many friends & if many are getting Tagged(in pics or post), 95% of times common sense is all you need to avoid Spam

Never run any Script in your browser, No matter what it Claims To Do

A Script may claim to take out genie from a bottle, GIve you free iPad 5, make you millionaire….or simply Track your visitors, Find people having crush on you. While you are running that Script waiting for Genie to come out it is spamming your friends wall, messages, Chat messages etc. DON’T USE THEM

Use Website Rating Application/Extension

Using good anti-malware, anti-phishing extensions will make not just Facebook but your overall Online experience safer. There are many Antivirus or Internet Security softwares that have them. My favorite among free ones is WOT, it supports almost all major browsers & Operating Systems.

Download WOT from here

Never Click on Short URLS

Always check where you are headed when you click on short URLs. Use sites like http://linkpeelr.appspot.com/ (It has Chrome extension) or Download Extension from here for Firefox. Again, it makes not just Facebooks but your overall online experience better & safer.

Share this Post

Tell people how to keep Facebook Spam Free, after all we All love Facebook. Share this post to tell others & reduce chances of getting Spam.

LIke our post ? Got more ideas ? Let us know in Comments

GoDaddy is an Internet domain registrar and Web hosting company that also sells e-business related software and services. In 2010, it reached more than 45 million domain names under management. GoDaddy is currently the largest ICANN-accredited registrar in the world, and is four times the size of its closest competitor.

GoDaddy is currently running a promotion which allows user to register a top level domain(TLD) for only 1.49$, 1.67$ including ICANN fees.

Using this promo code you can Register or transfer any available .COM, .US, .MOBI, .BIZ, .NET, .ORG, .CA, .CO.UK and .IN domain name for just $1.49!*

This coupon code is limited to one order per customer and will expire after 10,000 redemptions or on 11.59pm 16th February whichever comes first.

You can only pay using Credit Card. PayPal, Gift card or AllPay can not be used for making purchase in this promo offer.

Coupon Code : WINTER149

Make use of this promotion & save good amount of money, before time runs out.

Don’t forget to share the post if you like it

PDFZilla is a powerful Windows application that allows you to convert PDF files to many filetypes in very simple way. You can convert PDF to Word in only three clicks. Also,

• Editable – Edit Your PDF Documents In MS Word!
• Easily – Convert PDF To Word Document Just In Only 3 Clicks.
• High Quality – Convert PDF To Word with ALL text and Graphical Data.
• Page Selection – Convert Selected Pages of PDF File To Word document.
• Over 20 Languages Supported - Besides English, PDFZilla Also supports German, French, Spanish, Italian and all Unicode Language PDF Files.
• Batch Mode – Convert More Than 10,000,000 PDF Files to Word Documents at One Time.

PDFZilla Screenshot

PDFZilla Key Features

Convert PDF to Word

Convert PDF to Word with all text and Graphical data.

Convert PDF to RTF

Convert PDF to Rich Text Files. You can edit all text and graphic by Windows Wordpad.

Convert PDF to TXT

Convert PDF to plain text files. You can edit text by Notepad.

Convert PDF to Images

Convert PDF to BMP, JPG, GIF or TIF files.

Convert PDF to HTML

Convert PDF to HTML files and automatically generate the Index file.

Convert PDF to SWF

Convert PDF to Shockwave Flash Animation files which can be published on websites.

Page Selection

Convert all the pages, or partial pages of PDF file.

Easy to use software

Add a PDF File -> Select the Output File Format -> Click on Start Converting button, then just have a cup of coffee

PDFZilla is giving away free license key till 5 February,2011. So make use of this great giveaway today

Use Registration Code:

8061822TWDV6YUK

You can Download yours from here

One of the best mobile apps I have used till date is Google Goggles. It allows you to search about things just by taking their pic. It works great and has been able to recognize almost 95% of the books on which i have used it so far. Given the 5% were local language rare books, i can say it worked great.

Google today announced two major addition & one improvement over last version. It can now read barcode better, can return search results for print ads & can play Sudoku….yes, you read it right.

Both Android & iPhone version will have the updates for Print Ad recognition & Sudoku playing capability. Faster barcode reading ability was confirmed only for Android version.

Here is update from Google blog:

Google Goggles 1.3 with improved barcode scanning is available for download in Android Market. Recognition of print ads and Sudoku solver is now enabled for the Google Goggles app on Android, as well as the Goggles component of the Google Mobile App on iPhone.

What you think about the updated app ? Let us know

There is a small party going on and you want to play DJ, mix music and make people move. Can’t find a software that helps you do that effectively? Don’t look any further as Virtual DJ has a free version for home users that allows them to mix music effectively & easily

Details about Virtual DJ:

VirtualDJ features everything you need for imaginative performance and mixing:

• Two virtual decks for loading audio and video tracks, short clips and karaoke
• Extensive browsing functions utilizing ID3 tag and custom information fields
• Comprehensive mixer with all the features that you would expect from a traditional mixer (EQ, gain, crossfader)
• Audio and video effects processors
• Linking video to audio tracks for pre-selected visual enhancement to the audio
• Sampler for recording and playing back audio clips on the fly ClipBank for playing back video clips on the fly
• Smart and User-Defined (IN/OUT) Looping engine
• Real-time recording of your mixes ( Audio and Video ) Real-time webcasting of your sessions

Additionally, VirtualDJ includes many innovative features to help you spend less time with the tedious, time-consuming aspects of DJing and mixing

VirtualDJ is available for both Windows & Mac. It can be downloaded from here:

Link: VirtualDJ

RockMelt-The fastest growing browser amongst social website lovers. The browser which was amongst Top Ten Trending topics on Twitter for 2010(technology) has rolled out it’s first & big update for 2011.

Version 0.8.40.147 contains over 40 bug fixes & a dozen features including:

• Chromium 8 and the Chrome Web Store
• Better, faster Feed
• Reduced memory usage, improved performance of Feeds
• New keyboard shortcuts
• Other updates

Most noticeable change is update to Chrome Web Store which allows to use Chrome Apps within RockMelt.

Like always, your browser will download the update automatically within the next day or so. If you want it now, open the RockMelt menu, choose “About RockMelt” to download the update, and then restart to apply the update.

Details of Enhancements:

• Upgrade to Chromium 8 – RockMelt now supports Chrome Web Store apps!
• Updated New Tab page to allow for management of Chrome Web Store apps
• Faster, more reliable feeds – Feeds are twice as fast and perform better than ever
• Preference for viewing Favorites / All friends in Friend Edge is now synced across all your RockMelt browsers
• Updated keyboard shortcuts
• (Mac)Upgraded chat experience – Incoming chats do not steal focus and the RockMelt dock icon displays profile pics, as well as the number of unread chats
• (Mac)Reduced memory usage of feed windows, especially when left open for a long time
• (Mac) Improved performance of opening and scrolling through feeds
• (Windows) Spell checking in chat, Facebook messages, status updates, sharing, comments, and tweets

42 Bugs Fixed

• Fixed issue with empty Facebook Feed and Facebook Profile affecting certain browsers
• Fixed several issues causing crashes
• (Mac) Fixed issues preventing unfollowing of Twitter users
• (Mac) Fixed issues with opening search results in new tabs
• (Windows) Fixed layout issues with chat messages
• (Windows) Fixed drag and drop removal of Facebook Profile and Facebook Feed
• (Windows) Fixed Windows 7 issue with having multiple RockMelt icons in the taskbar

Apple® today announced that the Mac® App Store? will open for business on Thursday, January 6. By bringing the revolutionary App Store experience to Mac OS® X, the Mac App Store makes discovering, installing and updating Mac apps easier than ever. The Mac App Store will be available in 90 countries at launch and will feature paid and free apps in categories like Education, Games, Graphics & Design, Lifestyle, Productivity and Utilities.

“The App Store revolutionized mobile apps,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “We hope to do the same for PC apps with the Mac App Store by making finding and buying PC apps easy and fun. We can’t wait to get started on January 6.”

The Mac App Store lets you browse new and noteworthy apps, find out what’s hot, view staff favorites, search categories and read customer ratings and reviews. Like on iPhone®, iPod touch® and iPad™, you can purchase, download and install apps in just one click and start using them immediately. Purchased apps can run on all of your personal Macs and updates are delivered directly through the Mac App Store so it’s easy to keep all of your apps up to date. The Mac App Store is available to Mac OS X Snow Leopard® users as a free download through Software Update.

Mac developers set the price for their apps, keep 70 percent of the sales revenue, are not charged for free apps and do not have to pay hosting, marketing or credit card fees. To find out more about developing for the Mac App Store visit developer.apple.com/programs/mac.

Apple designs Macs, the best personal computers in the world, along with OS X, iLife, iWork, and professional software. Apple leads the digital music revolution with its iPods and iTunes online store. Apple is reinventing the mobile phone with its revolutionary iPhone and App Store, and has recently introduced its magical iPad which is defining the future of mobile media and computing devices.