Google Talk tips and tracks

Filed Under: Tutorials / Tweaks    by: Ritesh

More and more people are switching over to GTalk from other messengers.

Reason: Its low on memory, and very sweet & simple.

Here are a couple of tips and tricks to make your experience with GTalk more interesting :)

  • To make your text BOLD, place a * before and after the text. Example: *This will be bold*
  • To make your text Italic, place a _ before and after the text. Example: _This will be Italic_
  • For line break, hit Shift+Enter
  • Pressing F9 will open Gmail to send an email to the person you’re talking to
  • Pressing F11 will make a call to the person you’re talking to
  • To switch between multiple chat windows, press Ctrl+Tab
  • You can show your homepage simply by entering it in your away message. It will automatically turn to a link.

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Google Recycled Mini Wireless Mouse

Filed Under: Technology / Gadgets    by: Ritesh

Are you looking for an environment friendly gadget?

Google MouseThis new Google Mini Wireless mouse, is built out of recycled plastic. This gadget comes in 2 vibrant colors (blue & red). It has the basic features of a scroll wheel with 800 Dpi resolution for optimal speed.

It has a WiFi dongle stored inside for easy USB connectivity to your notebook computer. It comes with a price tag of $19.20, which is roughly INR 750. A little steep for an optical mouse I’d say, but then it comes with a brand name, and its environment friendly.

You can directly order yours from the Google Store.

Forgot your MMC/SD card password?

Filed Under: Technology / Gadgets    by: Ritesh

MMC, SD cards are used extensively on mobile phones. These days, mobile phones are just like mini laptops where they are capable of handling most of the functions, so quite possible, that you store your important files/documents on your card.

There is always an element of risk of loosing your cell phone, and so you password protect your card, so if your mobile is stolen, atleast you know that your data is safe.

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Login to Multiple GTalk Accounts

Filed Under: Tutorials / Tweaks    by: Ritesh

Gmail GTalkDo you use more than one GMail account for chatting on GTalk? Do you keep switching between accounts, for the core reason that you feel helpless that you cannot login into 2 different GMail account simultaneously?

Here’s a quick tweak, which will allow you to login into two different GTalk accounts simultaneously on the same PC.

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Deepika moves closer to Ranbir

Filed Under: General Ramblings, Mumbai    by: Ritesh

Much has been spoken about Deepika Padukone expressing her love for Ranbir Kapoor, by moving to Cozihom Housing Society, very close to Ranbir’s pad.

Deepika moves to CozihomQuite a few people have got the facts wrong, all thanks to our fantastic media. According to Indiatimes, Deepika moved to Cozihom (which is correct). But they go on to add that Cozihom is located bang opposite Ranbir’s bungalow (which is incorrect). Cozihom & Krishna Raj (Ranbir’s bungalow) are atleast about 300m apart on the same stretch i.e. Pali Hill.

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Access Facebook via Email

Filed Under: Tutorials / Tweaks    by: Ritesh

FacebookMost of the offices/schools have been blocking social networking websites like facebook, Orkut. I’ve mentioned earlier, about proxy websites to browse blocked sites.

But what if you dont have access to the Internet, or have access only during lunch time, and still want to see what your friend just wrote on your wall.

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Microsoft Word Shortcuts - Part 2

Filed Under: Tutorials / Tweaks    by: Ritesh

This is the second part of the series, MS Word Shortcuts.

Part 1,Part 3

Here is a list of 10 keyboard shortcuts that you could use while using Microsoft Word.(In no particular order)
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