How to get Windows Media Center in Windows 8

Microsoft’s response to those who bemoan Media Center’s loss is that no one is using it. They cite a statistic picked up by the software that states only 6% of users ever launch it. However, it appears that that 6% are very fond of the program, despite the presence of many other free programs for maintaining a digital library, such as VLC and Media Player Classic. Originally, Windows was going to drop the program entirely, but, in the face of vocal opposition, have softened their stance. While they still aren’t packing it with Windows 8, they’re making it easier for fans to get it.

How to Get Media Center on Windows 8 Pro
Windows Media Center is available for those who bought a copy of Windows 8 Pro via Microsoft until February 2013, A great offer for all Pro users. What are you waiting for...? Head over to Microsoft and download your copy of windows media center.

Else follow this steps to get your copy
-Visit the windows website here
-Scroll down and you will find a box where you can enter your e-mail to receive a free Windows Media Center package for Windows 8 Pro.


How to Get Media Center On Regular Windows 8 Version

If you didn’t purchase the pro-version of Windows 8, but you still want Media Center, you have two options:

a) you can get the Pro Pack upgrade, for $69.99, which will also get you the ability to log in remotely to your PC, and switch between languages and keyboard configurations with no sweat.
If those features sound appealing, the upgrade pack may be the way to go, but for other regular Windows 8 users.

b) Or for anyone who wasn’t looking to spend quite that much, Windows Media Center is available by itself for $9.99.

Get iOS 6 on older versions of iDevices

One thing you can’t blame Apple for is dropping software support for their devices too quickly. Newer iDevices have been coming out thick and fast lately, but official iOS support for last two or three generations of devices isn’t too bad in many people’s book. If you have an older iPhone or iPod Touch that got ditched by Apple, then i've got good news for you.

Introducing Whited00r, the biggest community about iOS modding and firmware cooking in the world.
Whited00r provides modded Software Update for your older iDevices. it is the best solution for your Apple device, both for power and inexperienced users.

Whited00r will automatically jailbreak your device, and the installs the latest version of Cydia on it. The biggest advantage of the tool, is that you will get true multitasking, and apps will keep in running state in the background.

Here is a list of all the devices that are compatible with the latest version of Whited00r.

• iPhone 2G
• iPhone 3G
• iPod touch 1G
• iPod touch 2G

Disclaimer: Please follow this guide at your own risk. We are not responsible if your device gets damaged or bricked during the process.

Here is how you can get iOS 6 on your older iDevice.

Backup your Data

The installation process is safe and tested, but you are doing this at your own risk. For this reason we suggest that you backup your data and transfer your applications from the device back to iTunes on your computer by following these simple steps: 

Right click on your device name in iTunes, select "Backup" and then "Transfer Purchases".

Download the firmware

Download the right firmware for your device.

iPhone 2G

Whited00r 6.0 Normal

Whited00r 6.0 Unlocked

iPhone 3G

Whited00r 6.0 Normal

Whited00r 6.0 Unlocked

iPod touch 1G

Whited00r 6.0

iPod touch 2G

Whited00r 6.0

Installation

Open iTunes, click on restore holding ALT (On MacOS) or SHIFT (On Windows) at the same time and select the whited00r Software Update (.ipsw) from you computer.

installation could take up to 15 minutes, your device might restart a few times during the process.

Setting Up Your Device

Set up your device and enjoy the new features of iOS 6.

Enjoy!!!

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Google Releases its Maps App for the iPhone

Google has released its Maps application for the iPhone.

Back in June, Apple unveiled iOS 6 with much fan fair: the release included great long-expected additions, which included the big surprise of ditching Google Maps for Apple’s own system. While great additions were brought to the table, Maps in sixth generation iOS has had its own share of post-launch issues and inaccuracies (for London users, as an example, all of the Underground stations magically disappeared from an iOS version to another). Google has seized this opportunity to bring back its Maps to the iPhone, this time as a standalone map. Overall, we think you should give it a look.

Description
Navigate your world with Google Maps, now available for iPhone. Get comprehensive, accurate and easy-to-use maps with built-in Google local search, voice guided turn-by-turn navigation, public transit directions, Street View and more. Use Google Maps to discover great places to eat, drink, shop and play, with ratings and reviews from people you trust. Sign in to save your favorite places and quickly access all your past searches and directions from your computer, right on your phone.


Search
* Find addresses, places and businesses around the world with Google local search.
* Discover places to eat, drink, shop and play, with ratings and local reviews.
* Sign in to sync your searches, directions, and favorite places between your computer and your phone.

Directions
* Get voice guided, turn-by-turn driving directions.
* Find your way by train, bus, subway or walking directions.
* Access live traffic information in cities across the world.

Street View and imagery
* View 360-degree panoramas of places around the globe with Street View.
* See inside more than 100,000 businesses worldwide.
* View high resolution satellite imagery of locations around the world.

Simple and easy to use
* An entirely new Google Maps experience on your iPhone.
* Newly designed and streamlined interface for even easier navigation of your world.
* Use gestures to explore the map and browse results.

You can download Google Maps from the App Store for free.

iPhone 5 Jailbreak is here

iOS 6 users have been waiting for an untethered jailbreak for some time now, but it seems that there’s finally a set date for it. A hacker by the name of “Dream JB” has announced that he’ll be releasing an untethered jailbreak for iOS 6.0.1 on December 22, and it will be compatible with newer iOS devices like the iPhone 5, iPad mini, the 4th-gen iPad, and the new iPod Touch.

However, what’s mysterious about this whole thing is that the jailbreak won’t come from the iPhone-Dev Team, which has been the go-to hacker team for iOS jailbreaks in the past. Instead, it comes from this new guy, Dream JB.

if you are skeptical about this, Dream JB has promised that he’ll post up a video proving that the untethered iOS 6 jailbreak is real. “the video will be a single-take shot of the entire jailbreak process, including a restart and usage of the device to prove it is untethered.” - Dream JB

You can follow DreamJB on his twitter page for any questions. 

Follow TheGeeTeam on twitter for more updates on this jailbreak or tweet InnoCentGee for any comments.

Twitter Announces Photo Filter Feature

Twitter has announced new photo features for its service that lets you edit, filter, and refine your images. From today you’ll be able to edit and refine your photos, right from Twitter. The latest versions for iPhone and Android introduce a few new ways to enhance the images you tweet.

Apply one of eight filters, ranging from black & white to vintage, to add a new look and feel to your photos. Take a bird’s-eye view to see how each filter would affect your photo in a single grid view, or swipe through looks to compare your options. Frame the action which helps you to crop and pinch to zoom in order to focus attention. Auto-enhance allows you to make your photos pop with balanced light and colors by tapping the wand.

Heres a video description of how the Photo filter works... Enjoy...

if you have twitter already just update or download on the Google Play Store or Apple App Store.

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Why Windows 8 Boots so Fast?

You know that Windows 8 booting speed is fast, but have you ever considered “why it is so” and how Microsoft did it to give you the great PC experience ever. Microsoft engineers have done a great job on reducing the Windows booting time at its lowest by making several transitions and that’s why you can get into the Windows 8 and ready to use it in as less as 7 seconds.

Windows 8 can pass the power on self test (POST) screen, render BIOS to Windows and loads graphical window while keeping you at the manufacturer start screen or logo. Once you get into Windows, can choose the desired OS to start with if the system have dual copy of Windows or configure other settings from the same menu like system recovery options, command prompt, system image recovery etc.

Windows 8 is remarkably fast, and you might have no chance to interrupt the boot. Means, you may don’t see options like ‘Press F2 for setup’ or other similar options which can be seen and used in previous versions of Windows.

Below is the comparison graph to have clear idea about how fast you can boot in Windows 8 than Windows 7.

In most modern PC’s containing Windows 8, all you can see is the manufacturer logo for a very little time and then immediately taken to the Windows 8 desktop screen without seeing any BIOS message or Windows booting screen as in its predecessors.

What methodology Microsoft engineers employed or what has been removed/added to make Windows 8 so fast? Have a look on the below facts to explore the ideas behind Windows 8 fast booting.

Why so fast?

Windows 8 booting systems were moderated and redesigned in a way that it takes minimal set of hardware resources and battery energy or power drain. As a result, minimal set of input/output requests are made to access the required boot parameters.

In traditional Windows OS i.e., Windows 7, firmware interface tends to close the entire user sessions, kernel sessions and broadcasts messages to devices, windows services, drivers, printers and running applications to close down any running handles as Windows station is shutting down. If any running applications couldn’t be turned off properly, windows forcefully closes them down after saving any unsaved data on hard drive to make sure that they were not lost.

Where as, Windows 8 turn off only the user session and keep the kernel session running in hibernate mode. Unlike full hibernation, only the exact system state and memory content is stored on disk using ‘hiberfil.sys’ system file and Windows can easily restore them and reinitialize the drivers at very next time you begin using your PC. 

Below are the graphical differentiation between normal boot and Windows 8 boot model, hope you’ll have some clear idea from it:

Though, you can take more benefits of this great boot time by adding an SSD and placing windows on it as SSD reads and access data more fast than traditional hard drives. This great improvements in Windows 8 can draw many other benefits too and make you able to keep Windows running in standby mode over a week or so without having any speed difficulties.

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Google I/O 2013 set for May 15

Google is moving back to their usual May timeline for Google I/O 2013 After hosting a rather late Google I/O conference than usual towards the end of June earlier this year. May 15-17, 2013 will be the dates for the upcoming developers conference, with registration starting sometime earlier in the year.

Google confirmed the dates on their developer's twitter page, the company hasn’t mentioned any other details on what’s to come at the conference, but we’re guessing that Project Glass will make a big appearance on stage. We’ve seen it in action before at Google I/O 2012, but it’s possible that the company may announce public availability for the product, or a release date.

I/O 2012 was huge for Google. They announced Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, Nexus 7,  Nexus Q and Project Glass, updates for Google+, Google Maps, and YouTube. Hopefully we’ll see the same kind of action come this May.

Unfortunately, Google doesn't have nothing on their I/O website, we’ll just have to sit and wait for registration to open in next year.

Google announces 10 GB file transfers in Gmail [Report]

Google Drive and Gmail have teamed up for a new project to allow their web mail service users send enormously large files across Internet. The company has declared it would allow its users to insert files of up to size 10 GB directly from Drive into their messages. This is what users have been wanting since long.

Gmail's product manager Phil Sharp writes in a blog post "Now with Drive, you can insert files up to 10GB — 400 times larger than what you can send as a traditional attachment. Also, because you’re sending a file stored in the cloud, all your recipients will have access to the same, most-up-to-date version."

To use this feature all you need to do is click on the Drive icon while you’re composing a message and proceed. Along with it, Google is also introducing some smart assistant technology that will be assigned with the task of double-checking if your recipients have access to any files you’re sending.

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