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Thursday, 29 December 2011

Siri workaround for iPhone handsets:developed by hacker 'chpwn'


Apple's iPhone users who were restless for using the company's much publicized virtual personal assistant Siri can hope to do so....hacker 'chpwn' have developed ways for them.He has designed a download (posted its details on his blog ) which installs Siri from Apple itself. The tool ,Spire,will download Siri while it installs.
For those having jailbroken handsets ,this one is a solution...but its not enough.After that's done u are not quite ready to talk to the virtual assistant
 Apple still requires authorization to use Siri, so information from an iPhone 4S is still required. To insert this information, Spire allows you to enter your own proxy server address. “Spire uses a new method to obtain the files necessary for Siri, so it doesn’t have the copyright issues encountered by previous attempts,” the blog post explains. “Similarly, rather than directing all traffic through a specific proxy server (and the associated privacy issues), Spire allows you to specify your own proxy server.”

According to "chpwn," users must access an iPhone 4S' data and proxy to make Siri think it's running on an iPhone 4S.
Just how will you gain access to that information? "Chpwn" won't provide it, but on his site, he suggested a host of options, including buying an iPhone 4S and asking a friend for access to his or her authentication tokens.
iPhone 3GS and iPhone 4 owners have been hoping to find a simple way to add Siri to their devices for months now. Unfortunately, there isn't a simple method available, as evidenced by the hoops folks must jump through just to get Spire working properly.

Bye the way Google is reportedly developing its own version a natural language processing enhancement to its Voice Actions application that is code-named "Majel.
We already using the search using voice ...lets see if Majel would prove itself more efficient than Siri.
For those who are in a hurry and couldn't go through all the stuff i have mentioned above ,here is a video.Just see it and get the major points


            

Saturday, 24 December 2011

Firefox games platform

A few months back, Google was planning to turn his browser chrome into a gaming platform....they are still planning on this in order to grab the massive chunk of cloud app market share...

Now in this segment, Mozilla has also stepped in and thinking if gaming platform is apt for its browser Firefox.
As we know,Mozilla has launched his app development project which gives guidelines regarding app development and how developers can run them in Firefox.

Its an open project and other browsers can easily adopt it(if they take it seriously).
You may be aware of the Full Screen API, the Mouse Lock API, the Gamepad API, Websockets and WebRT than can be leveraged for online gameplay within the Firefox window.Moreover the browser id can be used to identify players.Its the first time that Mozilla has thought about making a browser,Firefox in this case,into a gaming platform.

However it still lacks gamepad API(although Chrome has such API) and also it is not as popular among gamers as Chrome.It lacks that buzz which currently chrome owns.
We should notice that Mozilla has such gaming ideas and also Firefox has gained HTML5 capabilities...
if they execute their plannings sooner their strategy can become successful ...

Top 5 Gadgets of 2011

1.  Apple iphone 4S


This iteration retained the original design of the iPhone but boosted up by dual core specs and introduced a revolutionary voice recognition based artificial intelligence called Siri. Siri pretty much does everything a virtual personal assistant could be expected to do. The iPhone 4S was announced on October 4, a day before the passing of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs.

2. Apple ipad 2



It provided a sucker punch to the competition from Android as it released before any tangible Android tablet hit the market. It also became leaner and meaner with a slimmer design and dual-core internals. "And ya the iPad 2 was the last Apple product to be unveiled by Steve Jobs."

3. Samsung Galaxy Nexus : A phone with a soul



Armed with Google's latest version of Android called Ice Cream Sandwich and its uber cool 4.65-in reinforced Super AMOLED HD display, the Galaxy Nexus is top dog in the ANDROID ARMY.

4. Amazon Kindle Fire



It came armed with a super affordable $200 price tag, a forked version of Google's Android (customized by Amazon), dual core architecture and, most importantly, integrated Amazon's considerable cloud based services. But bUt buT , not a ipad killer definitely.

5 . Aakash Tablet



What's so special about it? It's made in India,  it's cheap and bundled with Froyo (Android 2.2). At $50, it was pricier than it's original $35 tag, but still the cheapest tablet around. For students (i.e. the targeted market) the price tag will be even cheaper. Moreover , in first quater of 2012  it's Gingerbread version  with higher specs and nearly same price will be launched .






Wednesday, 5 October 2011

Most amazing iphone ever : Apple iphone 4s BUT....

Our only question is where’s the legendary water-drop model shape ? The four-inch screen ? The seamless frame ? Wait for the next generation of iPhone. The best product is always the next one. Yes, the iPhone 4S is pretty badass in itself, but everyone was expecting too much, so it’s hard to avoid being disappointed. The announcement of the iPhone 4S means we have to wait until next year for the iPhone 5!

Anyways here's the 4s description ->

* Coming with iOS5 (as expected)
* Retains the same design from iPhone 4 with an addition of Apple A5 chip (Double the Power)
* 8 megapixel camera, 1080p video capture
* It comes in black and white variants and will be available in the US from October 14 with pre-orders starting from October 7

Most importantly Apple has introduced "Siri" , a software that works on voice commands but the plus here is that it has a sought of intelligence which will make your life easier unlike other voice controlled softwares which always end up giving pain in head , throat and a..

Check out this video to experience " Siri "

Monday, 12 September 2011

Intel powered Windows 8 tablet


A Samsung tablet expected to be shown at a Microsoft conference next week will be powered by an Intel chip, according to a source familiar with the device.

Windows chief Steven Sinofsky is expected shows off an early version of Microsoft's Windows 8 operating system running on a tablet from Samsung at the BUILD developers conference next week in Anaheim, Calif.

At least one version of the tablet being shown--and possibly distributed to some attendees--will be based on Intel silicon, said an industry source who is familiar with the device.

The fact that Intel is inside could be viewed as a surprise because many Windows 8 tablets are expected to favor competing ARM processors from suppliers like Qualcomm, Texas Instruments, and Nvidia--the latter is the same supplier whose chips currently power Motorola, Samsung, and Sony tablets that run Google's Android operating system.

It is not clear if other Windows 8 tablets will be shown at the conference running on ARM processors. Nvidia, for example, is expected to have a quad-core chip for tablets and smartphones ready by the end of this year.

Thursday, 8 September 2011

Hum something to search something




Yesterday i saw promo of VH1 LEGENDS 2011 , it's background music included a tune of some legendary song and i was like for 2 hours kept humming it. At night started to google out the song but you have to write something to search something and i only had a tune.

So found an awesome... website MIDOMI.COM which asked me to hum the tune/song and it will try to find out the name of that song , after 2-3 tries it gifted me the name GREEN-DAY:BOULEVARD OF BROKEN DREAMS and yes it was exactly the same song i was looking for.

So give it a try if you wanna find a song and don't have any detail about it.

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