Screen shot of my upcoming site..!!

PHOTOSHOP easy TUTORIAL : Web2.0 icon

Web 2.0 is an interesting topic and with web 2.0 applications currently being developed for the iPhone, I thought now would be the best time to re-introduce you all to the art of 2.0

The Shape

To start of with we use the custom shape tool and select a shape that is not to complex (usually a star or a circle).
For mine, I choose a heart to make it a bit different, create the shape on a new layer from the background and also hold shift while creating it to make sure it's proportional to the original image.



Now to make it more interesting we apply some blending options.
Below is the blending options ticked and what settings have been changed:

Outer Glow
Overlay: Normal
Colour: Darker than desired gradient colors..i used yellow here..

Inner Glow
Didn't change any options

Gradient Overlay
Opacity: 90%
Gradient: Used a default 3 color orange toned one and
Angle: 122'

Pattern Overlay
Pattern: A 3x3 pattern i created of 3 white pixels diagonally on a transparent background

And this produced the following result


And like all web 2.0 logos it must have a highlight and due to my interesting shape, I simply pressed ctrl + J to duplicate, removed all the blending styles and changed the layer to overlay and reduced the opacity and finally moved the layer slightly left and up


Important aspect of Web2.0 is the text,the texts should not be filled with styles it should simple and attractive.Intelligent way to grab attention is using a larger text below an smaller text,u can see it below..!


And now to just finish it off to your liking, i played with some patterns and few satin brushes..and this the final product..!!



I hope you liked this tutorial,do send in me ur comments...!

Screensaver helps in solving crime

The police in Genk forced a breakthrough in twelve unsolved cases last year by use of screensavers.

“The traditional wanted notices on the bulletin board now display regularly on the computer screens of our officers,” says Frank Mulleners, chief of the GAOZ police district.

The system has caught on from the Netherlands. The Genk police force was the first in Belgium to adopt the system. Other forces have reportedly already expressed an interest in using this method to imprint the image of wanted criminals on police officers’ memories.

Protect your email against spam

If your a webmaster you will know how annoying it is to find you have about 200 e-mails in your inbox about “free prize” and “you have won £1,000,000″ and all sorts of random stuff like that, this can happen for many reasons but one is spam bots, which do the same as search engine spiders and search the web but for e-mail addresses, save them to bring them back to the owner so you can be spammed to high heaven, there are ways to prevent this or cut down the chance.

Here are the most common used examples.

1.) Display an image with your e-mail address on it, this is the only 100% foolproof way but it can annoy customers/visitors because they cant copy and paste it.

2.) Display your e-mail address like:

email[at]gmail[dot]com

3.) Use code tags for your @ symbol. Put the symbols between the opening and closing HTML code tags tags.
email @gmail.com

4.) If you are using contact forms then the way to stop spam with forms will be using CAPTCHA which requires the user to enter a code from a dynamic image displayed to prove they are human.

iPod user struck by lightning

Listen to an iPod during a storm and you may get more than electrifying tunes.

A Canadian jogger suffered wishbone-shaped chest and neck burns, ruptured eardrums and a broken jaw when lightning traveled through his music player’s wires.

Last summer, a Colorado teen ended up with similar injuries when lightning struck nearby as he was listening to his iPod while mowing the lawn.



Contrary to some urban legends and media reports, electronic devices don’t attract lightning the way a tall tree or a lightning rod does.

“It’s going to hit where it’s going to hit, but once it contacts metal, the metal conducts the electricity,” said Dr. Mary Ann Cooper of the American College of Emergency Physicians and an ER doctor at University of Illinois Medical Center at Chicago.

When lightning jumps from a nearby object to a person, it often flashes over the skin. But metal in electronic devices - or metal jewelry or coins in a pocket - can cause contact burns and exacerbate the damage.

A spokeswoman for Apple, the maker of iPods, declined to comment. Packaging for iPods and some other music players do include warnings against using them in the rain.

Lightning strikes can occur even if a storm is many miles away, so lightning safety experts have been pushing the slogan “When thunder roars, go indoors,” said Cooper.

K750i - Tips & Tricks

Here's your one-stop thread on everything to do with your k750i phone:

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Advanced camera usage
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1 = Opens menu with "picture size" ready to select
4 = Toggles Macro mode (for close up photos)
7 = Toggles Night mode
* = Toggles Light (I also find this is the fastest way to use the light as a torch in the dark)
0 = While in video mode toggles length of recording.

Mute camera sounds; Before opening the lens cover hold # to toggle between silent mode easily.

Change brightness = <>

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Light up clock in standby mode
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Press the volume button

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Mute a phone call without rejecting it
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Press the volume button

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Hidden Smiley
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hope all these tricks were useful...!!

cheers..!

SONY UNVIELS THE NEW PsP

Looks like word on a new PSP is not a rumor after all, but gospel truth.

Unfortunately, the revamped PSP did not come with what most people are looking forward to - the supposed 8GB of flash memory as well as a second analog control.

What this new PSP has is a lighter and slimmer body, weighing 33% less while being 19% slimmer than the previous model.

The most notable addition would be a TV out port that enables you to play your games or watch movies when hooked up to a big screen TV.

Not only that, the new PSP comes in a bunch of new colors when it is released this September.

while those who already own a PSP won’t be making an upgrade anytime soon.

Windows Mobile 6 announced

Microsoft's finally ready to take the wraps off Windows Mobile 6, the long-awaited successor to Windows Mobile 5 (what else?) that's been baking in the oven for a while now as "Crossbow." The platform formerly known as Pocket PC Phone Edition has become Windows Mobile 6 "Professional," while its more pocketable little brother, the Smartphone, has become "Standard" and plain ol' Pocket PCs are "Classic."

Major new features include:

- HTML support in email
- Windows Live for Windows Mobile
- File transfer capability in Windows Live Messenger
- New versions of mobile Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint with rich editing
- Remote wipe capability for stolen and lost devices
- Call history in contact cards
- Tight Vista integration
- "Calendar ribbon" for more easily viewing schedule by day or week
- New versions of .NET Compact Framework and SQL Server built-in

No carrier or manufacturer announcements have been made at this point regarding availability or upgrades -- all eyes are on next Monday for that. Stay tuned for details to come fast and furious from us ahead of some fanfare at 3GSM in Barcelona, including full hands-ons with the new OS in both Standard and Professional form!

iPhone facts from the first reviews

Here are some important facts of the much hyed iPhone,

• The mobile version of OS X or whatever it is the iPhone runs takes up 700MB of the device's capacity. Pretty heavy..!
  
• There's no way to cut, copy, or paste text!dats a big mistake.
• No A2DP support. That, friends, is such a huge bummer right there.
  
• Sorry, music can't be used as a ringtone -- even if it's just a raw MP3. No additional ringtones will be sold at launch.
  
• On a PC the iPhone syncs with Outlook for calendars AND addresses! Noice.
• It supports Exchange in some capacity, according to Walt, but he doesn't exactly say how.
• Pogue again confirms document file reading -- but not editing -- for PDF, Word, and Excel (only).
• Adobe Flash support is officially out. It's just not in the browser. Neither is there any other kind of embedded video support. Sorry everybody, that's that.
  
• It will take snaps, but won't record video. How can Apple love YouTube as much as it does and not realize cellphone-shot movies make up a sizeable chunk of the crazy crap you find on there?

More facts below....!

• Oh, and no MMS. And sorry, no voice dialing, either.
• Contact groups can't be emailed as contact lists.
  
• Apple sez between 300-400 charges the iPhone will lose battery capacity -- you'll send it in and get the cell replaced for a fee. Meh. We knew this would be the case, but still, meh.
  
• Apple can (and supposedly will) be rolling out periodic updates -- no surprise there.
• Battery life is, somehow, almost as mind-blowingly good as Apple claims for calls, music, and movies.
• As we suspected, users are prompted with lists of WiFi networks if you're not nearby a trusted hotspot. We've seen this on other phones, and we're afraid this would get friggin annoying.
• It's said to be very scratch resistant. The facade both front and rear apparently just doesn't pick up marring like regular iPods do.
• Voice quality is said to be good -- not great.

Do you guys think the hyped gadget is worth of cost???!!!!!