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It has been a long time since I wrote something, something I love to . Bored with the monotonous life I’ve been living since the past few months; daily college routine, the thing between me and my laptop <3 , outings with friends and blah blah . In simple words ,”Kabhi khud ke liye time hi nahi mila.”. So I decided to live up my day today . I never  [ Read More ]

iPad Artist – Sumit Vishwakarma

Posted by Mayank February - 7 - 2012 0 Comment
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iPad Art By Sumit [click] How many times in life do we meet persons who live up their passion and work for it? Sumit Vishwakarma, a Jabalpur Engineering College gradute presently living in California, is now counted among the world’s top iPad Artists. The artworks of Sumit has widely been appreciated in many famous painting sites and also he had showcased them at Macworld. Using just an iPad and a brush  [ Read More ]

Ubuntu HUD: The future of menus

Posted by Anurag Sharma January - 31 - 2012 0 Comment
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Gone are the days when we have to navigate through tons of menus to get our task performed. With the introduction of Ubuntu HUD in the upcoming version 12.04 embrace a better way to perform the tasks, as Mark Shuttleworth says “ It’s a way for you to express your intent and have the application respond appropriately. We think of it as “beyond interface”, it’s the “intenterface” While using the HUD, there  [ Read More ]

Memetic Labs

Posted by Mayank January - 23 - 2012 0 Comment
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I heard about Memetic Labs from a friend on Facebook. Upon visiting its fan page I was really excited to see the company’s office interiors. It is a Delhi based company working  on Data Analytics and Mobile Internet.  They haad their office design by Nandita Kumar, a renowned local artist. The best part is that, the whole design has been made using the old and abandoned furnitures (do they appear  [ Read More ]

All The Way To December

Posted by Mayank December - 25 - 2011 0 Comment
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The year 2011 is coming to an end  finally! We saw some ups, some downs but the contribution it made in the technology field was just amazing. Here at Sparklates we have collected the most sparkling five inventions made this year in the technology field. Take a look 1.The Stark Hand : Created by Mark Stark, the stark Hand is an artificial hand .It is extremely comfortable and inexpensive. The  [ Read More ]

How To Activate GOD Mode In Windows

Posted by Mayank December - 3 - 2011 0 Comment
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From windows 7 the users can now access all their configuration settings using the GodMode feature.It was first revealed by CNet’s Microsoft Correspondent, Ina Fried. Here are few simple steps to activate it on your computer too. Step 1 : Right click and create a folder. Step 2 : Rename the folder to “GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}” <without quotes> and press Enter. The icon would now appear like this : Open it and  [ Read More ]

How To Choose a Secure Password

Posted by Mayank November - 28 - 2011 0 Comment
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To be safer online and fill loopholes created by Cyber Criminals the first step is to set up a strong password for your profile. So here are steps to create a strong password : No Two Apples Are Alike : Don’t use the same password for all your accounts. Your password is prone to be revealed by Cyber Criminals from the sites which have very less security. Length : The  [ Read More ]

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The only thing standing between a hacker and your Google account—and more importantly, your sensitive information—is your password. Even if you had the strongest password you could possibly randomly generate, if by chance someone discovers that password, he is in. But not from now on with two-step verification, your password isn’t enough by itself. 2-step verification adds an extra layer of security to your Google Account by requiring you to  [ Read More ]

Google Wave Sunsetting in 2012

Posted by Mayank November - 26 - 2011 0 Comment
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As per the mail sent by Google team , they would be shutting down the Google Wave  completely on April 30, 2012 so please backup all your data as soon as possible . From January 31, 2012 all waves would remain read-only. If you would like to continue using Wave, there are a number of open source projects, including Apache Wave. There is also an open source project called Walkaround  [ Read More ]

Have Fun With Ubuntu

Posted by Mayank November - 24 - 2011 0 Comment
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  There are a lot of things in Ubuntu which makes it stand alone in the league from other OS. Try some of these and live a easy life : Restore your session even after shutdown ::: If you wish to resume your work even after you have shut down your computer, Ubuntu has got a feature for this. Go to System > Preference > Startup Applications In the options  [ Read More ]