All new BlackBerry web-kit browser – Video

Posted by BA on Feb 25, 2010 in Uncategorized | 0 comments

I’m waiting for this browser to be out soon. Though BlackBerry browsers have grown significantly decent in terms of performance and capability, web-kit browser show in this video is a big leap both in terms of performance and capability. Obviously RIM has a tough competition out there

Source: http://www.blackberrysoftware.us/

Go green – Guides to green home computing and Green SME computing

Posted by BA on Feb 10, 2010 in Uncategorized | 0 comments

This page will serve as an index to our environment friendly posts focused on green computing.

• Power Consumption – Laptops are Better than Desktops
• Monitor power consumption – CRT vs LCD
• How much power does my computer consume
• Power saving for green computing
• Green way of shopping online – Amazon.com
• Go-Green – What is it all about?
• BA’s Brain Waves goes Mobile enabled
• 2010- Lets go green

Power saving for green computing

Posted by BA on Feb 10, 2010 in Uncategorized | 0 comments

Green computing is about environment friendly ways of computing including materials used in construction, ways of use to improve power efficiency and conserve resources and once the divce has reached the end of useful life, dispose It off or recycle it in an environment friendly manner.

While we will discuss other aspects on the blog as well, we will continue to emphasize on power saving for home computing and computing in small to medium enterprise. In larger organizations, the power conservation is based on the similar principals but will need different equipment.

We will keep a close eye on power consumption of different electronic equipments around you especially equipment related to home computing including monitors, CPU boxes, network equipment, speakers etc.

So stay tuned for power efficient computing and other related posts on basitali.com

Take a photo and buy the item from Amazon. Just amazing!

Posted by BA on Feb 7, 2010 in Uncategorized | 0 comments

Amazon shopping app fro BlackBerry

Amazon.com has long been optimized for mobile experience but today I came across this interesting app by Amazon.com for BlackBerry devices. You simply go to http://www.amazon.com and it offers you to download the app. The app is simple to install and use. It has normal options of searching products, reading descriptions, viewing reviews and checking out product photos and eventually buying it right there and then fromt he app.

The feature that impressed me a lot is called “Amazon Remembers”. The feature allows you to take a photo of an item that you want to purchase and Amazon suggests a product same or similar to it.

Here’s how it actually detected my BlackBerry charger

The app showed me the number of steps I need to perform to make the feature work. I grabbed my BlackBerry charger and took a photo right away to see how it works.

OMG! Its dead accurate. There is definitely sitting there identifying items for us

BerrySnooper – A Walkthrough

Posted by BA on Jan 31, 2010 in Uncategorized | 66 comments

BerrySnooper is a BlackBerry software that allows you to find your lost BlackBerry or stolen blackberry. This post is a walkthrough of BerrySnooper, how it works and what are the restuls.

BerrySnooper can be downloaded from BerrySnooper’s website. The setup is simple and straightforward and download is available over the air. Once you purchase and download blackberry, you will get the registration key in your email inbox.

First time you run the software, you will have to enter the registration key and configure the software for its tracking and alerts parameters. For example, where do you want to send alerts when you phone is stolen, how often you send the location information, what are you remail addresses etc.

There are two ways you can ask the phone for its location and then there are three ways you can check for the resultant location:

Step 2: Grabbed somebody’s phone and sent an SMS to my BlackBerry

Step 3: Waited for a few seconds till I received the location of the phone in SMS

Clicking on this link shows a map too:

This result can also be viewed in your email

Other interesting features:

• You can always logon to your web-console to change your BerrySnooper settings, view your last known location or change your current BlackBerry handset (the software is locked against your handset to detect change of sim or change of handset)
• Works with both Blackberries with or without GPS. When its without GPS, network infromation is used to find the location.
• GPS enabled phones also find approximate location when indoors
• The app restarts automatically and runs in the background without disturbing the user.

Conclusion:


BerrySnooper is a great tool to find your lost/forgotten  phone. It also lets you know about the location of your BlackBerry if stolen but I’m not sure if you’ll be able to retreive the phone  yourself. I recommend you take police with you if you are chasing somebody who mugged or stole your phone.

Watch Hajj TV transmission live online

Posted by BA on Nov 26, 2009 in Uncategorized | 83 comments

**Update 5/11/11** To watch Hajj 2011, please CLICK HERE

Hajj Mubarak to all Muslims around the world. If you are one of those who are looking for a stream to watch Hajj 2009 Transmission online, I’ve found a good link for you. To watch this transmission you need to have Real Player installed on your system. If you dont have a real player, simply download it from here.

To watch the transmission either visit this site or CLICK HERE after you have installed the real-player on your system. Please note that this transmission is in English, unlike the Saudi TV where you only get to hear Arabic commentary. This feed is from Huda TV that is based in Jeddah.

While you watch this hajj transmission live online, please do pray that Allah Almighty forgive us and calls us again and again to be part of the Hajj again and again. Hajj is probably the largest gathering of people on earth that is repeated every year.

Today is the day of Arafah, tonight the pilgrims will spend their nights in Muzdalifah and will return to their tents in Minah. Stoning of Jamarah and Tawaaf of the Holy Kaaba …. its all happening there and as I was unable to go this year, I’m watching it live online.

O Allah, Pardon us!

One of the feeds, I’m trying to embed here as well. If you have appropriate media player installed, you’ll be able to watch it all live here:

Live Feed from Saudi TV – Hajj Transmission , 2009, Arabic Language

***** UPDATES *****

The link above, like other online tv links is not very reliable. You can also try following alternate sources to watch Hajj online – live.

Saudi TV 1 – Arabic
A live feed on Forum Pakistan

Pre-historic file recovered by Microsoft Excel

Posted by BA on Oct 29, 2009 in Uncategorized | 0 comments

I just started Microsoft Excel and it has recovered a file that was originally created back in year 1601. Yeah, no kidding. The date is January 01, 1601. Following is the screenshot. Any comments?

Microsoft Word banned in US

Posted by BA on Aug 17, 2009 in Uncategorized | 0 comments

Microsoft has been in trouble in Europe as reported earlier due to the law suites forcing them to ship Microsoft Windows 7 without their well known Internet Explorer browser. Later, they had to ship new copies of Windows XP without it as well.