Things to remember while buying Digital Camera

The film roll is passe and film cameras are out. It's the digital era and the toy to be seen with is the digital camera.

However, if you don't know a megapixel from a megabyte and the only thing that zoom means is going somewhere real fast -- don't fear. Here's your guide to buying the ultimate digital camera and making you the master of the megapixel.

• If you are looking at pictures on the Internet or postcard size for your home album and things like that, a 3.2 megapixel is more than enough.
• Get more than a digital zoom. Say cheese to an optical zoom because it'll give a much better picture than a digital one. It helps digitally compose a picture on the PC.
• To make sure your camera doesn't run out of steam get one that comes with AA rechargeable batteries or preferably lithium ones. They may be more expensive but they last longer and recharge quicker.
• If you don't want to put in software, all you have to is attach your camera to the PC. It recognizes and downloads the images and you can start working with them.
• You can always change your camera's memory to make room for images.
• However, this dream camera costs plenty. A beginner's camera will cost you anywhere between Rs 9000 to Rs 15000. And for a high-end camera, the sky's the limit. Some may cost more than Rs 2 lakh.
• While the digital camera does have many advantages it does take away the anticipation associated with waiting for your pictures to be developed the old-fashioned way.
  

And of course the biggest advantage of a digital camera, you never have to develop a bad picture ever again. Just don't forget to say cheese. Cheeeeese.

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Tips to make your PC run faster

During a typical day at the office there is an excel sheet that has to be made ready, powerpoint presentation arranged, word file to be checked, also some chating to be done online with the girlfriend, and if the system slows down then don't worry.

Here are some tips to turbocharge your Windows Xprience.

First is a hack to make menus display faster. Now first you will have to access the registry. So click on start, then click on run and type in regedit.

The one for the start menu is HKEY_USERS, then you can see a string of numbers like S-1-5-21-etc.

Select one, click on control panel and then, desktop and finally MenuShowDelay.
Now lower this number to somewhere between 25 and 75 since the default number is 400, the menu shows up in double time.

Now if XP is taking too long to say shutdown you could try out this hack.

Type regedit to enter the registry.
Goto HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE then SYSTEM followed by CurrentControlSet then Control, then, Session Manager, and finally, Memory Management.
Now change the value of ClearPageFileAtShutdown to 0.

Close the Registry, and restart your computer. Your shutdown time would now have been reduced significantly.
But you if did not follow what has been said above then you know that techies can be schizophrenic too.

So I went online to scout for a software which could do all the dirty work for me. The result is CCleaner or in layman terms Crap cleaner.

Available at http://www.ccleaner.com/ccdownload.asp Cleaner is a system optimization and privacy tool which allows you to access complex tweaks quickly and easily and whats more, its free.

On a parting note in case your Windows XP is still slow then how about using a paper and a pencil.

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Gizmo tracks stolen cellphones

A resident of Visakhapatnam has lost not one not two but thirty mobiles.


The experience of losing so many cell phones got him thinking and he started experimenting with making devices that could track mobile thiefs.


N V Satyanaraian, an M Tech and a scientist, finally managed to do something about it.


Hours of experimentation resulted in software called Stolen Mobile Finder, a unique device to track down mobile thiefs of which he now holds the patent.



This Visakhapatnam resident claims that once the software is installed, it is difficult to change the sim card of the phone.


If the thief tries to change the software, the handset asks for a password and accepts whatever password the thief puts in.


However, then the software starts its trick.


"Rs 900 will be reduced everyy hour from the sim card and this will happen without the thief's knowledge. It requires no operator help. The mobile will take care of this on its own and inform the real owner of the status of the phone," says he.


And there's more. As soon as the theft is identified, the software transfers the entire address book to the actual owner of the phone within seconds and regularly communicates with the owner about incoming and outgoing calls.


It also uses some old fashioned psychological pressure. The software makes the mobile emit a loud alarm at odd hours even when the cell is switched off.


"The incoming calls, outgoing calls and vibrator mode of the mobile is suspended and gets into the dormant mode. The thief's voice can be picked up and his intentions can be monitored," says Satyanaraian.


Besides this mobile thief catcher, Satyanarain has another wonder up his sleeve.


He is developing a micro-windmill mobile charger, which harnesses wind energy.


The Research and Development Division of the Department of Science and Technology at the National Innovation Foundation and some venture capitalists fund his innovations.


Satyanaraian has already won a national award for his innovative inventions and is now negotiating with mobile phone makers to use his software, which he recently got patented.

Source : CNN-IBN