Black And White LITE Awesomeness in Black and White 2010-06-10T12:08:19Z WordPress http://localhost/?feed=atom admin <![CDATA[How to change Wallpaper of Windows 7 Starter : Easiest way Out]]> http://coolabhay.com/2010/06/how-to-change-wallpaper-of-windows-7-starter-easiest-way-out/ 2010-06-10T12:08:19Z 2010-06-10T12:08:19Z I am using Windows 7 Starter from past 4-5 months, but I never noticed its wallpaper, there is no option to change it not even in the Picture Slide Gadget of Sidebar. But Internet makes it possible. I found a application which changes the wallpaper of Windows 7 Starter.

Just Download it and run, choose your wallpaper and log off !

File Size:40 KB

Yes its necessary, and when you log in back you see a changed Desktop wallpaper.

old dexktop

My Desktop earlier

starter wallpaper changer

Running the Starter Wallpaper Changer, and browse your favorite wallpaper

popup

Clicking on apply pops out this window

logging off 

Logoff your computer

new dexktop   

When you login, Say Hurray !!

 

Download Starter Wallpaper Changer

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admin <![CDATA[Convert video files to multiple formats;Convert flv to avi,3GP etc;YouTube video download;Mobile Media Converter]]> http://coolabhay.com/2010/06/convert-video-files-to-multiple-formatsconvert-flv-to-avi3gp-etcyoutube-video-downloadmobile-media-converter/ 2010-06-09T11:07:07Z 2010-06-09T11:07:07Z First of all sorry for that X-tra long title of this post.

mmc

Mobile Media Converter Home Screen

  

But that isn’t the issue, here im going to introduce you a media converting software, which i guess is the best media converting software I’ve ever used till date.

I just bought a new phone Micromax X330 (I will review it soon), and i needed to convert some flv video files to 3GP, so i simply switched to FLV to MP4 Converter by MP4kits.com, which would convert flv to mp4 which are also supported by my phone. But something went wrong, that software was not recognizing the flv files, may be because of the old version. I didn’t checked !

After a little search and jumping from site to site I found three-four flv to other formats converter, but not all worked, some just don’t recognize the flv files. But this thing, MMC I mean Mobile Media Converter worked well for me, and surely its gonna work well for you too, coz it has got many other options.

You can not only convert your flv files but other media files also to not only 3GP but other media formats also.( LOL )

You can even download YouTube video with it.

It also has the option to trim your videos, and also to set quality of video.

converting ya video

MMC converting your videos

youtube download option

YouTube Downloader

multiple formats option

Convert your video to multiple formats

see the conrted files

Left one is the converted file in 3GP format, with medium quality of video, notice the memory size difference

Download it click here

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admin <![CDATA[Browser War : Speed | Fastest Web Browser]]> http://coolabhay.com/2010/04/browser-war-speed-fastest-web-browser/ 2010-04-16T17:05:22Z 2010-04-16T17:05:22Z Which one is your favorite web browser ?

Is it Chrome, or Opera or mighty Firefox or you still like Internet Explorer.

browsers

It started with- I don’t know which one was the first browser.

And today we have variety of choices of browsers, and we can use one which suits us well.

You might have used Internet Explorer if you are a Windows user and Safari if you use Mac OS X, but which one is the best in all.

Here I’m going to look for the fastest browser. You would have seen that Safari and Opera claims to be the fastest browser on Earth (are they available on Venus). Well they are not wrong in saying that, but not two browser can be awarded with same tag.

 

Download  >> microsoft.com firefox.com opera.com apple.com google.com
Browsers   >> Internet Explorer 8 Mozilla Firefox 3.6 Opera 10.5 Apple Safari 4.0 Google Chrome
Initial Startup Medium Slow Fastest Fastest Fast
Browsing Sites Bad Fast Not so good Good Good
Closing* Slow Fast Fast Fast Fast

*closing- Yeah! that’s closing, we sometimes open a browser mistakenly and when we hit the close tab ah ! Internet Explorer wont close at that time only, it even shows not responding message.

 

And The Winner Is …

Okay I will be a little particular here.

 google-chrome-logo_  Safari Logo_ Opera_logo_Firefox-logo_ie8-logo_

Google Chrome and Safari worked almost same but the Opera didn’t performed up to the mark, Firefox has its own place and as always no performance by Internet Explorer.

Being a Chrome user I will say Chrome is the fastest in speed and Safari is fast too. Opera is fast but lags a little.

How I tested ?

This was easy, while surfing Internet. Firstly I downloaded Opera and Safari for Windows, Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer were already there with me.

I many times opened and closed these browsers after some time intervals, surfed some heavy sites, long page sites and of course Google.com. And lagging was seen while many tabs were opened and I scrolled up and down. Huh ! Opera almost stopped but not every time, Safari and Chrome just showed me blank screens for a while but Chrome lagged a little. Firefox is best as always and should I say anything about Internet Explorer, as its every time same with IE- SLOW, SLOW and SLOw  oh sorry its SLOW !

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admin <![CDATA[Edit PSD Image in Gimp-Free Picture Editing Software]]> http://coolabhay.com/2010/04/edit-psd-image-in-gimp-free-picture-editing-software/ 2010-04-15T11:54:32Z 2010-04-15T11:54:32Z GIMP is a free picture editing software, with loads of features. You may say what can be better than Adobe Photoshop, but my friend this is a free software, while a licensed Adobe Photoshop costs around 800$ (INR 40,000).

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Main screen and function rich toolbox of GIMP

GIMP stands for

GNU Image Manipulation Program

I’ve Windows 7 with atom processor in Lenovo Ideapad, I don’t have Adobe Photoshop, I was required to edit some pictures of a new Wordpress theme, but no free picture editor provides a function to create transparent PNG images but Gimp do. Its features wont let you miss Photoshop, at least I didn’t felt any inconvenience working with Gimp. I edited some of the picture , see below:

home

about 

contact

These pictures were good enough to be admired but I changed the icons in these images. Notice the tilted image in about.jpg, rotating a image in Gimp is as easy as in Photoshop.

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You can Download GIMP from gimp.org

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admin <![CDATA[Voice Changing Software]]> http://coolabhay.com/2010/04/voice-changing-software/ 2010-04-13T07:22:31Z 2010-04-13T07:22:31Z Ever thought of chatting to your friends by changing your voice.

This is easy by using some voice changing softwares.

FakeVoice was first come in my mind, but it isnt free and comment about that software changed my mind. Then I moved to MorpheVOX Junior which is a free software for changing voice and includes some sound effects also, like Alarm Clock, Screech !, Drums Rolls and Cymbal and Cuckoo.

morphe vox jr

 morphevox jr Main Screen of MorpheVOX Jr.

Another was MorpheVOX Pro, which isnt free but consists of loads of sound effects.

morphevox pro   morphe vox proMain Screen of MorpheVOX Pro.morphe vox pro sound effectsMany more sound effects.

Download MorpheVOX

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admin <![CDATA[Make a Free Phone Call | PC to Phone Call]]> http://coolabhay.com/2010/04/make-a-free-phone-call-pc-to-phone-call/ 2010-04-12T17:48:10Z 2010-04-12T17:48:10Z My today’s day went in this thing only. I searched the web, surfed loads of websites and finally created a list of sites providing free phone calls. Well but this list consists of three sites only, that was also time consuming!

Well we all know about sending free SMS from Internet to phone, I was bored, thought of free phone calls, and found these great sites which provide free phone calls.

1. First was Ibibo.com

ibibo free call

 

On this site create your account, get your mobile activated and get a 3 min phone call every month. Well I wasted my 3 min today itself ! Huh!

 

2. Second was Youcall.com

 

youcall

 

Much better than ibibo, just get registered and gt some registration credits and you can call with that credit but this isnt free after that. Who cares!

3. Third , last and my most favorite one was Evaphone.com

evaphone logo

evaphone

 

This is the bestest, among all, just type the number to be called, view a small ad and bang!    No ! no ! your screen wont blast, you will be connected to the phone number you were calling . Coolest !

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admin <![CDATA[Free Download Full Music Albums]]> http://coolabhay.com/2010/04/free-download-full-music-albums/ 2010-04-12T03:58:57Z 2010-04-12T03:58:57Z full-albums screen shot

full-albums.net that’s the site providing you full music albums free for download. This site is a directory of various albums uploaded on rapidshare.com, megaupload.com, hotfile.com etc.

 full-albums

Click Here to go to full-albums.net

How to do download full albums ?

Its easy, just go to full-albums.net, in search type the album name and its artist. In next screen you got to see many albums uploaded.

 

full albums

Chose the album with perfect match to your search term, click it. Now you can see media files in the zip file. Download the album by clicking on a server from server list provided on that page.

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admin <![CDATA[Five Easiest Ways For Downloading YouTube Video]]> http://coolabhay.com/2010/04/five-easiest-ways-for-downloading-youtube-video/ 2010-04-09T18:19:09Z 2010-04-09T18:19:09Z Downloading YouTube Videos is a easy task, but different ways are meant for different people, which one you like from the ways given below.

 

1. Use Real Player

Just Install Real Player and you can download flash video from not only YouTube but also from other sites also, you can download any flash file loading along a page using Real Player. On YouTube videos it just shows an option download this video, see picture_

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Download Real Player

 

2. Use Orbit Downloader’s Grab++

Its another flash getting software, use it to download any type of flash on the loaded page.

grab

Download Orbit Downloader

3. Use Replay Media Catcher

Its an easy to use software but isn’t free, simply turn it to recording mode and load a YouTube videos page and let it work. It will download your video to a folder you specified or to a My Recordings Folder.

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Download Replay Media Catcher

4. Use YouTube Downloader

This is a free software, and is simple and lot easy to use. Just type in the video url and next moment you have that video.

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Download YouTube Downloader

5. Use PWN YouTube

This is the easiest and most preferred way for downloading YouTube Video, just add a PWN YouTube Bookmarklet to your browser, play the video, Click PWN YouTube and Click the Video file type you want to download and its done.

PWNbyoutube

Add The Bookmarklet

Right Click the Below Link and chose ‘Bookmark This Link’.

PWN YouTube

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admin <![CDATA[How to remove Write Protection on SD card]]> http://coolabhay.com/2010/04/how-to-remove-write-protection-on-sd-card/ 2010-04-09T17:32:06Z 2010-04-09T17:32:06Z Have you ever encountered a problem in writing or formatting your SD card, with a message “The disk is write protected”

Like this one

write protected disk message

Here’s the Solution !

well I had this problem today on my friends SD card and I foolishly surfed Internet for an hour until when I came to know the solution is on the SD card only, a lock, See picture

SD Card lock

I didn’t noticed this thing and was looking for a solution to my problem, and saw many many forums over this topic discussing about Disk Write Protected cant Write or Format it, this is the case of a SD card I never had this situation with a Pen Drive !

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admin <![CDATA[Turn Your Picture(Photo) to Cartoon]]> http://coolabhay.com/2010/04/turn-your-picturephoto-to-cartoon/ 2010-04-09T08:28:21Z 2010-04-09T08:28:21Z Doing this is a simple job, just use Photo to Cartoon, which you can get from caricaturesoft.com

The software you will download will look something like this

photo to cartooncartoo0photo0to befunky

photo to cartoon

This is a bulky program, it worked very very slow even my Lenovo Ideapad with 1GB ram hanged, it works fine if you have lots of patience in you.

Look what I did with my photo,

abhay cartoon abhay

This isn’t too good, you can do this in your videos too by just using Windows Movie Maker, see this video

Well I looked for alternatives and I found some interesting things over Internet.

First was Cartoon.pho.to

cartoo0photo0to

On Cartoon.pho.to, upload a portrait photo, or provide it by url, then click some settings and see your picture animating

animated abhay This is what it made for me.

and another site I liked was

Befunky.com , this flash based site allows you to upload a picture and add effects to it, you have limited choices in free version, you can pay 4$ a month for loads of picture effects present on this site.

befunky

So enjoy wasting time on these things, make your cartoon and let me see it .

Did You Know !

You can attach photos along with your comment, ever noticed there’s link below for inserting images.

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