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Microsoft Tellme : Apple Siri...

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Apple has proved its quality in an Australian Blog Tech AU . Both the Windows Phone  and the Apple iPhone 4s have been equipped with their intelligent jeeves on their respective smart phone operating Systems. In an open comparison between the Apple Siri and the Microsoft Tellme, a windows Phone and an iPhone 4s were kept side by side and were given same voice commands and it is how they did interpret the commands... Original : "Create a meeting tomorrow at 10 AM." Tellme : Searching for "creating a meeting tomorrow at teen anal"... Siri : OK, here's your meeting. Note that you already have a meeting about TAE Course at 8:45 AM... Original : "Send text to Simone." Tellme : Searching for "stain detector simo"... Siri : OK, I can send a text to Simone Arnold for you... What would you like it to say? Original : "What time is it in Perth?" Tellme : Searching for "what time is it impo"... Siri : In Perth, it's 5:00 PM. Origi...

Grand Sunday Quiz 2

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1)Identify this person and how is he realated to facebook? 2)Identify her.She is the current CEO of which tech giant? 3) The Half-Life series of video games share a science fiction alternate history . Nearly all of the games are first-person shooters on the GoldSource or Source engines, and most are linear , narrative , single-player titles. But which company develops ,produces and publishes the game? 3) Who founded Pirate bay(any one) ? 4)Twitter is a very popular micro-blogging site.But its banned in China. Which micro-blogging site is famous in China? 5) This is the screen shot from which movie? The film documents the impact on the development of the personal computer of the rivalry between Apple Computer and Microsoft . It spans the time period of the early 1970s to 1997, when Steve Jobs ( Noah Wyle ) and Bill Gates ( Anthony Michael Hall ) develop a partnership after Jobs returns to Apple Computer. 6)This symbol is generally called as hash. What is the technical name f...

Android Rooting

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We jailbreak an iDevice specifically an iPhone, in the same way an Android device is rooted. In layman terms it means that you are cracking open the hood to access the parts of the operating system that were intentionally locked so that u do not mess them up.Rotting basically allows you to do what your Manufacturer does'nt want you to do. Technically it means giving yourself access to the lowest level of Android's Linux subsystem. Rooting provides you with many superb facilities that were inaccesable but the darker side is that if anything goes wrong while rooting then there can be serious repercussions. Although it is purely legal to root your android as it is an open source,but it can void your device's warranty. If you are rooting Android in wrong methods or if you are not aware of what you are working on then you can potentially destroy your Android. Rooting is not for the ones who are perfectly happy and satisfied with their smartphone and do not want any changes in it...

Quiz Time 7

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1)Identify this CEO of a games company which was in news lately? Clue- CEO is nicknamed ‘The Mighty Eagle 2)This game is produced by EA and Dice.It has become the year's best-seller with 5 million copies in a week after its launch.Which organization criticized the game for its violence against animals. 3)Why were these product of Google in news recently? 4) He is an American rower and entrepreneur . He competed in the men's pair rowing event at the 2008 Beijing Olympics with his identical twin brother and rowing partner.Identify him and why is he known in the field of technology? 5) He is an Indian computer scientist . He graduated with B.Tech (Mechanical Engineering) from Indian Institute of Technology Madras . Since May 2005, he has been working at Google . He currently leads development of Google Custom Search . 6)Who said this- The best way to predict future is to invent it This latter became the hallmark of which famous company. 7)Identify him- 8) Yahoo! Babel Fis...

More Easter eggs!!!

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Windows Speaks Slangs 1. Go to control panel 2. Open up the "speech" properties 3. In the preview box, type "Crotch" 4. Press "preview voice" Instead of saying "crotch", the voice will say "Crow's nest". Sam's Voice - Microsoft promotes health food 1. Go to control panel 2. Open up the "speech" properties 3. In the preview box, type "soy" 4. Press "preview voice" 5. Enjoy! Minesweeper Secret - Reveal Mines Instructions - Minimize or close all running applications. Launch Minesweeper, then type xyzzy . Next hold down either shift key for one second. Now when you move the mouse cursor over a Minesweeper square you will see a tiny white pixel in the top left corner of your desktop screen. This pixel will change to black when your mouse moves over a mine. You may need to change you desktop background to a solid color other than white or black to see the pixel. Secret - Stop Timer Instructions - Lau...