Translate between languages with text to speech support, through web

You would find a couple of language text translation softwares for getting your documents or urls translated to a different language using computer. And you may also would find some softwares and services that would pronounce the text you input.


Here is a combination of above two example as an application available through the internet. This tool will help you to translate one language to other and also it will read aloud the sentence with the translated language. You can tryout this application to get a real feel of it.

Read the article on adding language translation scripts in your blog for more reach.

Paste copied text in destination page font format in MS Word 2007

It may required for most of the people to copy lot of html texts from different documents, while preparing a report or assignments. And most of the times the source and destination text formatting my be different. So if we directly paste the contents copied from a different document to our report, we have to again change the pasted text format to align and match with that of the report format. This is tedious and time consuming.

There is a special pasting option in Microsoft Word 2007 (also with older versions of MS Word) to paste the copied text as unformatted or as that of the destination page text format. If we paste the text as unformatted using paste special, the pasted text will align that of the report text format, where it is being pasted.


In order to do this, with MS Word 2007, just traverse to Home tab and select the down arrow of the Paste icon and select the Paste Special option. This will give a dialog window, which will let you choose the format to which the copied content need to be pasted. You can also use this same dialog to paste the copied text as an picture in Word document. You can also use the Alt+Ctrl+v key board shortcut to get the same paste special dialog.

Read the article on free for Microsoft Office 2007 system.

Download Skype for your mobile to make cheaper calls

Skype has made a revolution in voice chat and internet telephony with its well pronounced voice clarity. Now Skype stands ahead of its competitors in the same field, with its innovative and creating touch to internet telephony. They also provides of couple of hardwares, that can be used to directly make Skype calls with and without the help of a computer. Now with the Skype client in your mobile, you can make free calls with your skype friends and calls to other mobiles at cheaper rates.

The Skype mobile client works well on almost 50 handsets, with a data plan. It costs just a little to make and receive calls with your Skype friends or families even staying overseas. This mobile client can also be used to send instant messages to your Skype friends.
Give a try to Skype mobile client for making cheaper calls.

Also read article on using TokBox to make free video call and conferencing using web browser

Advertisement for Firefox 3 in Live search result

While was trying some search keywords related to Firefox 3 in Live search engine, I happened to notice a very important advertisement. It is nothing but an advertisement of Firefox 3 on top of all Live search results. I just entered "firefox 3 download" as the search key.

Even though Microsoft may be gaining some dollars through this advertisement, its like a two edged sword. Most of the live search queries are coming from Internet explorer with Live.com as default search engine. This advertisement is trying to convert the existing IE users to Firefox 3, in Pursuit of Dollars. I feel Microsoft Live search team need to learn some competitive ad filtering tips from Google team. Or does this shows, ice is melting?.

Have look at an another instance, where dell makes use of Hcl keyword for its laptop ad. Are you still using IE, then this is the time to change.

Enjoy new lively virtual internet world from Google

The instinct of humans to socialize are continuously being chosen now days, to get an edge in online business. Virtual World is the recent idea in this array. The virtual life stir was accelerated by SecondLife, an year back. Now big players like Google, has entered the world of internet virtual life to make the competition much more stronger. Lively is the name of Google's virtual world, and like all other Google products this is also in Beta. Like any other virtual world service, you need to download and install the client for facilitating the virtual world experience, to your desktop.


In fact, Lively is a very good service to socialize and to experience 3D chats over the internet. You can have an avatar of either boy or girl and can wear dresses of your choice from the list. You can also enjoy the cinema, concert, parties etc.. as if in your real life.

Its worth giving a try, and its always recommended to have powerful pc configuration and a broadband internet connection to experience the virtual world its full throttle.

Also read about the Second Life way to realize your dreams.

Edit photos online from Flickr using Picnik

Picnik, as you aware one of the best online photo editing service available for free, can be used to edit your photos directly from your Flickr Albums. You does not require to have any photo editing software on your computer. Only thing you need to have is a web browser with adobe flash player and an active internet connection.


Apart from Flickr you can also edit photos available in your Picasa webalbum, photobucket, freewebs, facebook, myspace etc. Get geared to experience Picnik online photo editing without any registration.

Read the article on Adobe Photoshop Express online.

Use TokBox to make free video call and conferencing using web browser

TokBox provides a web based video call, chat and conferencing service without installing any chat client on your computer. TokBox makes use of the capability of Adobe Flash to use webcam and microphone to facilitate the video call and conferencing. This is very easy to use web application for making video calls and conferencing with your friends or even colleagues.


TokBox also provides the facility to embed the video call feature to your blog or facebook profile. There is a Tokbox add-on for Firefox web browser for simple voice and video calling. The idea of TokBox could give some other big players who does magic with flash player and video streaming, to bottle the same in a different way. May be in future, we can have Yahoo video call using web browser alone, without installing any yahoo messenger client.

Get an account in TokBox to make video calls with your friends. Read the article about making free national and international calls with your Phone.

Beijing Olympic 2008 schedule and medal info gadget for your Google Homepage

You would have noticed that Google has joined the celebrations of 2008 Beijing Olympics by daily putting Olympic event specific Google logos in the search homepage. Those Olympic Google logos look so creative and attractive. Apart from these logos, Google is also providing the live Olympic 2008 schedules of events and medal information through Google 2008 Summer Games gadget.


This would help you get the live game schedules, events and corresponding stadiums through internet. Another pretty useful features is that, they have integrated the medal scored by each countries with Google Maps. This would help you get an overall distribution of 2008 Summer Games medals after each event. Add this gadget to your iGoogle homepage.

Also read the ways to watch Olympic 2008 events live through web

Download Aero Theme for your Firefox 3 web browser

Aero Fox theme very well forge the look and feel of Windows Vista with Firefox web browser. This theme makes the Firefox web browser much more appealing without compromising its performance. The theme extends the power of black pronounced by Windows vista.


The Aero Fox theme stands first in number downloads, last week. This theme is a must try one for all Firefox fans. Download Aero Fox theme for Firefox 3. If you do not have Firefox 3 yet, then this is the time to make a change.

Learn ways to change Firefox theme without restarting Firefox.

Tips to avoid the atm and credit card theft and fraud

The plastic money (credit and debit cards) has become a prominent medium for making payments. ATM and Credit cards are indispensable part of urban life, with its usage convenience. Even as the technology leaps forward, the thiefs are also keeping the same pace with technology. Now a days there are lot of incidents are happening across the globe, related to credit or atm card fraud and thefts. In this needy hour, I thought of sharing you all
some tips that would help you, to a better extend, to make yourself safe from card theft or fraud.

Avoid theft of credit card

• Always keep credit in a safe place, and keep it close to your body while traveling.
• Never keep all your credit cards together in your wallet/purse.
• Always use a swiping machine which belongs to your credit card service provider, to avoid cloning of your credit card.
  
• Always remember to take the credit card back once you swipe at the point of sale or any restaurant.
• Never give your credit card to strangers for inspection.

Avoid theft of ATM cards: All the points above with respect to credit card also applicable to avoid theft of ATM cards.

• Never seek the help of strangers when you face some problems with your ATM card, or while taking money from ATM.
• Inspect the surroundings of the ATM machine for any wireless camera that faces the machine keyboard (Number pad).
• Ensure that there no extra wrapper or adapter (card cloner) to the slot for inserting your card.
• Always use the ATM that belongs to your Bank, so as you won't be confused with the interface.

Avoid card scam and fraud

• Never reveal your card or bank details to any incoming calls to your phone, claiming to be from your bank.
• Never respond to the emails which is asking for bank and personal details; like your date of birth or mother's maiden name etc.
• Avoid providing your date of birth to anyone in the social network, hide it from every one or at the most only to your friends.
• Never disclose your PIN to others.
• Always make online payments through trusted websites, look for "https" and secure trusted certificate sign in the portal before you enter your card details.
• Periodically change your PIN.
• Never use your vehicle registration number as your PIN.
• If you find that your card has been stolen and cloned, immediately report the customer service section your bank and follow their advice.

These are some tips compiled from various sources, to help you. Please share and follow this tips, only if you find this useful.

You can also refer some safety tips for signing your cheque (check). And checkout some basic computer security tips too.

Watch Olympic events live through web with streaming channels

2008 Olympics will be held in Beijing, the capital city of China. Here is an option for all viewers, who does not have access to television, to watch Olympic events through the internet. The web sites which provide the live streaming of 2008 Olympic events are NBC Olympic channel and BBC Olympic channel.
And there are some peer-2-peer Olympic live streaming channels from Veetle and myp2p.
Also there is exclusive Olympic channel on Youtube, which is also responsible for official IOC contents of Beijing 2008 Olympics. Please share if you have some other links to watch Olympic events live through internet, as comments.

Get Original Xbox Game Support for your Xbox 360

Xbox was Microsoft's first product into the gaming console market to compete with Sony's PlayStation and Nintendo GameCube. And Xbox 360 was the second product launched by Microsoft into the video game console market. The Xbox 360 provides an integrated Xbox Live which would allow players to take up the games online and to download the compatible games and shows.

There are some compatibility issues in Xbox 360 for playing the old Xbox games. And Microsoft is providing the updates to get original Xbox game support for your Xbox 360. This update can be done both online and offline. Checkout the ways to get original xbox game support for your new Xbox 360.

Also download free Flight Simulator X Trial from Microsoft, if you have passion for flying!!!.

Download the PowerISO Virtual Drive for Windows, Linux and Mac

It may be required to keep the backup of your game CDs/DVDs and you may have to mount the same while playing the game. Its always better to have the images of those CDs/DVDs virtually in the hard disk other than putting into the CD/DVD drive every time.


PowerISO is a very good disk image software that can help users to open, create, edit, compress, encrypt, mount and extract ISO image files. There is a free trial available to download. Experience the virtual drive facility with PowerISO. This is available for Windows, Linux and Mac operating systems.
Checkout the free games available for your apple iPhone.

Get free legal six months key for Kaspersky antivirus

Kaspersky Anti-virus (KAV) is one of the best anti-virus solutions in the world. Their efforts in protecting personal and enterprise computers from viruses, trogens and malwares are very much recognized all over the world. I wish to share some thing interesting for all the KAV users and to be users, you can get free legal key for Kaspersky Anti-virus.

Its pretty simple only thing you need to do is to register at YuvaYantra.com. They are offering a free legal six months key for Kaspersky Anti0virus version 7. Just try out by yourself.

If interested, see the article on anti-virus review and comparisons.