Wednesday, August 03, 2011

Top 10 Popular Software

A computer needs good software if the user wants to make the most out of his machine. Generally we try to explore new software according to our needs. It’s necessary to have good software in your computer, if not then it is of least use. I’m devoting this article with the top 10 software programs that were either the most successful or the most innovative in the modern era of desktop computing. So, check in some top software from this section which are damn good and gives their best shot.

List of Top 10 Popular Software

1) AVG Anti-Virus 2011

AVG Anti-Virus 2011
Computer viruses spread like forest fire all over the computer world. Here, an anti-virus comes as a savior which protects your computer from viruses and malicious programs. AVG anti-virus is a strong competitor which can blow its contenders out of the race. The latest edition offers real-time protection against today’s most deadly threats. It lets you chat, download and exchange files with confidence, play games, and watch videos without hassle.
2) VLC Media Player
VLC Player
The best and most popular video player ever, VLC media player still holds the ground. This music player lets you play audio and video files in real-time and streaming modes. You can get frame-by-frame advancement, granular speed controls allowing for on-the-fly slower or faster playback, and live recording of streaming video.
3) Camfrog Video Chat
CamFrog
Are you crazy about video chat and looking for the perfect mix of video, audio, and text socializing? If you’re looking for a cool video chat program that serves a diverse community, CamFrog is the right place to land. It helps you join live-video chat rooms from around the world. Camfrog, all-in-one chatware program features everything from music lessons to sign language to non-English chatting, and integrating video, audio, and text components.
4) YouTube Downloader
YouTube Downloader
This is the most popular free program that lets you download and convert online videos (legal content, to which you have the rights) for later viewing on your desktop or mobile device. This tool also helps you get HD videos. It has the ability to convert files to MOV, MP4, 3GP, WMV, AVI, or MP3.
5) FreeZ Online TV
FreeZ Online TV
Most of us love the idea of free TV. If you are an internet user, then you can keep in touch with live channels, even if you’re away from your TV set. FreeZ Online TV is a free program that lets you watch over 500+ free online channels of daily and live broadcasts.
6) TeamViewer
Team Viewer
If you want to share your desktop with another person via web then this will be an excellent screen-sharing and file-transfer app that can be used to facilitate business collaborations, remotely access a second computer, and cure computer problems. You can share screens securely, send files, and control access rights with ease.
7) MyVideoConverter
MyVideoConverter
It’s a great-ware to transform your computer into a Movie Studio. It features high fidelity video output, super fast conversions and can convert between all major video formats. It can convert video files from formats like DivX, MPEG, SWF, VCD, MOV, ASF, DVD, 3GP and AVI all in few mouse clicks. This all-in-one app is incredible considering the lightning-fast conversion speed.
8) PhotoScape
PhotoScape
This fun photo-editing app lets you fix and add some funny effects to your images. This tool supports all major image formats from JPEG and PNG to animated GIFs. You can easily view, edit, print, or add frames to your photos. Photoscape includes quite original and innovative features.
9) Advanced SystemCare Free
Advanced SystemCare Free
When it comes to keeping your system clean, Advanced SystemCare Free is a must-have tool. This comprehensive PC care utility takes a one-click approach to help protect, repair and optimize your computer. Its Quick Care option includes the ability to clean your Registry, perform a rudimentary malware scan, fix and remove broken shortcuts, delete junk files, and erase browsing tracks.
10) WinRAR (32-bit)
WinRAR (32-bit)
This is a lightweight, flexible, and easy-to-use archiving utility that takes full control over RAR and ZIP archives, along with unpacking a dozen other archive formats. You can start creating an archive by dragging and dropping your files into the interface or by browsing through the Folder Tree side panel (when enabled). Performance wise, this tool is superb in both creating and unpacking archives with a blazing speed.

Top 10 Alternatives for Microsoft Office

Microsoft Office is a leading suite for office productivity software, but it sure isn’t the only option. Microsoft Office has many bugs and numerous security problems, and even costs a small fortune. You require a lot of space in your hard drive to install this software and if your RAM has low capacity then it will slow down your computer speed. There are many reasons why Microsoft Office is losing its ground in the market of word processing software. So, isn’t it better to go for good alternatives?

List of Top 10 Alternatives for Microsoft Office

1) Google Docs
Google Docs
Google Docs can be very useful for organizations with simple content development requirements, or those who need occasionally to collaborate on documents. It’s a free web-based word processor that provides a functional but minimalist approach to documents, spreadsheets, presentations, and forms. You can create and edit documents online while collaborating in real-time with other users. It allows data storage up to 1GB each in size. It supports most popular file formats, including DOC, XLS, ODT, ODS, RTF, CSV, PPT, etc.
2) Adobe Buzzword
adobe buzzword
Adobe Buzzword is the first Flash-based word processor that brings some advantages over Google Docs, such as WYSIWYG printing, great image/text flow abilities and a smooth, fast 3-D interface. This best online word processor is perfect for writing reports, proposals, and accessing online or work on with others. You can access the latest version of a document, share feedback, and respond to one another’s comments from any computer.
3) Zoho
zoho
Zoho has rich features set that can satisfy demanding users. It provides stronger sharing and collaboration than does Google Docs. Zoho.com involves more than 22 free online apps from CRM to Mail, Office Suite, Project Management, Invoicing, Web conferencing, and more. You can insert images from your computer or internet and invite someone to see and edit the document you are working in.
4) ThinkFree
ThinkFree Office
This online service provides free web office suites with 1GB of online storage. It provides a Microsoft-compatible suite plus the multi-user backend collaboration, Web, mobile and enterprise services larger shops need. It can be used on different devices with different OS such as Android, Windows Phone, iOS to view, and edit your documents.
5) Etherpad
etherpad
This is a web based app for word processing and the first online office suite. It works in real-time procedure and you can watch your editing task. You can see all editing of the document instantly on the screens of all participating users. It enables new and productive ways to collaborate on text documents. You can use Etherpad for meeting notes, drafting sessions, education, team programming.
6) OpenOffice
OpenOffice
OpenOffice.org is a credible rival to MS Office. It’s an excellent alternative for those looking for a full featured office-suite. You can use it for word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, graphics, databases, and more. The interface is similar to that of MS Office, and even advanced Office users will find the features they are looking for.
7) Corel WordPerfect Office X4
Corel WordPerfect Office X4
This is an ideal solution for home and office, which includes even more tools to do the work faster. It combines its legendary word processing tools with a full suite of productivity software to make your workflow easier. It has a “Microsoft mode” to emulate Office menus and keyboard layouts, an E-mail client with Outlook-class power and a mountain of fonts and clip art.
8) Kingston Office
Kingsoft Office 2010
Kingsoft Office includes full featured office apps such as Kingsoft Writer, Kingsoft Spreadsheets, and Kingsoft Presentation which are designed with the familiar Microsoft Office 2003 user interface and functionality. It lets you export to Adobe PDF (Portable Document Format) directly from any app.
9) Atlantis Word Processor
Atlantis Word Processor
Atlantis Word Processor offers a fairly similar set of features as Microsoft Word. It lets you access many features by one-click buttons on the main program window. This small, fast, and innovative word processor has powerful autocorrect features that helps you keep from making the odd spelling mistake, and automatically hyphenates words (or lets you choose when) in a justified document.
10) KOffice
kOffice
kOffice is a free office suite software that includes features such as KWord, KSpread, KPresenter, Kivio, Karbon14, Krita, Kugar, KChart, KFormula, and kexi. There are eight packages in the suite such as spreadsheet, presentation software, Diagramming,Graphing, image editing and others. It’s an open-source app, meaning it’s open for anyone to improve and does not cost anything.

How to Remove or Uninstall Microsoft Office 2010

If you didn’t know, uninstalling and reinstalling is one of the first easy method to attempt to fix the software problem but that won’t be possible if the uninstaller got corrupted. As a tech guy I am always prepared with tools to make my repair job faster and easier. One of such important tool is a portable removal tool that can force the uninstallation of a particular software.
Most of the computer that I have repaired has Microsoft Office installed. Some is as old as Office XP and the latest one I have seen is Office 2010. It is indeed one of the most commonly used software to open and edit Word Documents (.doc), Excel (.xls), even though it is very expensive with alternatives such as OpenOffice.org and LibreOffice that can be downloaded and used for free. When faced with problems that I cannot fix in Microsoft Office, I would fully remove it and then attempt to reinstall.

First I would attempt to uninstall Microsoft Office 2010 from Control Panel. If the Windows system is not too corrupted, most of the time the uninstall process would be successful. However there are times when the user themselves screws up their Windows with untrusted cleaning and optimization software.
If this happen and I couldn’t uninstall Office 2010 using the standard procedure, the next step is to try to use the Microsoft Fix it 50450 tool (MicrosoftFixit50450.msi). This tool is only 680KB in size and is able to fully remove Office 2010 suites without damaging other Windows components. Just run the Fix It tool and follow the on-screen instructions.
Uninstall Office 2010 Fix It
[ Download Microsoft Fix It 50450 ]
Most of the time the Fix It tool provided by Microsoft is enough to remove any trace of Microsoft Office 2010 but here is another keeper in case you need to go as far as booting into Safe Mode for further cleanup. Another tool called Remove Office 2010 created by Refuse To Suffer can strip out Microsoft Office 2010 when the standard uninstall process won’t work. It is only 112KB in size and advisable to run it in Safe Mode to prevent issues uninstalling components such as Sharepoint Workspace (or known as Groove in Office 2007). All you need to do is boot into Safe Mode, run Remove Office 2010 and click the Go button.
Remove Office 2010
[ Download Remove Office 2010 ]

Apple will Launch iPhone 5 in October, Not September

Earlier China Times reported that the iPhone 5 will be released in the second week of September with an initial order of 4 million units. Now we came to know that the 5th generation iPhone will be released in October. According to AllThingsD, Apple will launch the 5th generation iPhone in October, iPhone 5 will not be released in September. According to John Paczkowski of AllThingsD, his source familiar with Apple’s plans is certain though, that the 5th generation iPhone won’t release until October. You have to wait until October to buy the 5th generation iPhone.
iPhone 5
Well, It is expected that iPhone 5 will feature dual-core A5 processor, larger screen, gesture sensitive home button, metal back, 8 megapixel camera, new cloud-based functionality through iOS 5, 64 GB of storage, tapered back, and dual mode communications. The design of iPhone 5 will be similar to the design of iPhone 4. iPhone 5 will include Qualcomm’s dual GSM/CDMA Gobi chipset and it will support both CDMA and GSM networks worldwide.

Does Google + override facebook ?

I have started using google + from few days for now ( although not geeky )
There are lot of debates happening between facebook and google lovers, typical
human psycology. There are only few who gave their honest feedback for new googles venture.

Although I am not big fan of social networking sites, I am an active member of facebook ( orkut...long back ).

I felt google + is an improved version of facebooks features..
there are no add-ons. Google+ is fast and integrated nicely and wisely into google products. Even though circle concept looks cool..featurewise its not different than Facebook. Like concept was a big hit for facebook and now we have 'plus' concept in G+. Privacy was one of the main concept google promised about for G+ and implemented. I remember this much privacy is already there in FB.

I couldnot find anything new in google+ and disappointed with it.
People are joining to G+ just to explore what they get new in + app ( as I did ).

We expect more from google, a brand itself. What do you say ?? post your comments........

Microsoft Posts Satirical Video Aimed At Gmail To Promote Office 365

Microsoft has targeted Google in it' latest satirical video aimed at Gmail, emphasizing the fact how the “Gmail Man” walks around looking inside people’s email showing advertisements based on keywords. Using the video Microsoft is promoting their latest offering Office 365, the newly launched BPOS (Business Productivity Online Suite) replacement, is a more private alternative for businesses. “You email is your business,” the video says. “Google makes it theirs.” - full-video after the jump.

Direct Download Links For Official Windows 7 SP1 Integrated Bootable Disc Images

Microsoft Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (SP1) is available for download since past few months now, the free SP1 update to Windows 7 was pushed as KB976932 via Windows Update publicly in February this year. Microsoft has now made available official direct download links to bootable Windows 7 SP1 integrated disc images in standard .iso format, these new SP1 slipstreamed images has the added advantage that users will have an up-to-date installation just after the initial setup.
These direct download links are from Microsoft's official mirror provided by Digital River and allows users with the usual 30 days of evaluation time after which they need to activate using a legitimate key. These .iso files can be burnt as bootable DVD discs or bootable usb sticks as demoed here -

Official Windows 7 SP1 ISO Download Links (English) :

Tuesday, August 02, 2011

HP Gas online consumer portal

If you are a HP Gas customer, booking your cylinder has never been easy, until now. Those cylinder booking telephone numbers won’t be picked up by the Office personnel and you are only left with visiting the Distributor’s Office personally (or through a proxy) and make a booking.
But now, you can do the same ONLINE. Not only can you book your cylinder (refill) online, you can also apply for a new HP Gas connection online.

HP Gas online booking

Just visit this customer portal and sign up with your consumer number (if you are already a HP gas consumer) or Sign up for a new HP gas connection.
Enter your consumer Number and select your State, District, City/town and your HP Gas distributor.
If everything is correct, you will be shown your name in the next screen which you have to confirm. Then enter your email address and a password to set up your HP Gas online account. Before you can login to your account, you should confirm your email address by clicking the link that HP gas has sent to your email (Depending on your email provider and security settings setup by you, the email from HP Gas may sometimes land in your Spam folder, so be sure to check that too).
Once you’ve confirmed your email address, you should visit the same link given above and login with your email address and password set by you.
There, you can see your (consumer) details and your Distributors details.
On the left hand side, you can find ‘Internet Booking’ through which you can book your cylinder online. If you reside in Delhi and Kerala, you can also track your booking status.
Consumers in other cities can also see the status (fewer details) by visiting the same Internet booking link once a request for Booking has been made.

RTO Offices in Hyderabad – Secunderabad for Driving License and Vehicle Registration

You may have to visit your nearest RTO Office in Hyderabad / Secunderabad depending on the location of your residence to register your vehicles such as Bike, Car etc (Two Wheeler / Four Wheeler). It is also necessary to visit RTO office to get a driving license whether it may be learners license, permanent driving license or even for the renewal of the existing driving license. Following are the list of RTO offices in Hyderabad / Secenderabad of Andhra Pradesh. You need to select the office based on your area of residence. Some parts of the Hyderabad / Secunderabad are comes under one or two RTO Zones. You have to inquire at concerned Zonal offices to get the info on the RTO which you have to visit for registrations or license. Here is the list of RTOs in Hyderabad:
1. JTC, Hyderabad, Door No. 6-3-646, Opp. Eenadu Office, Khairtabad, Somajiguda: Areas comes under this RTA Office are Abids, Ameerpet, Bajara Hills, Barkatpura, Afzal Gunj, Basheer Bagh, Indira Park, M.J. Market, Bag Lingampalli, Punjagutta, Gowliguda, Nampally, Domalguda, Erragadda, Putli Bowli, Begumpet, Sanath Nagar, Nallakunta, S.R.Nagar, Khairatabad, Chikkad palli, Feel Khana, Vidyanagar, Gandhi Nagar, Himayat Nagar, Jubilee Hills, Kavadiguda, Mushirabad, Adarsh Nagar, Ram Nagar, Maharaj Gunj, Begum Bazar and Somajiguda.
2. RTO, East Zone: D.No.16-11-16/U/52, Street – West Prakashnagar, RTA East Zone Moosarambagh, Malakpet: Areas / Mandals that falls under the jurisdiction of this RTO are Amberpet, Dilsukhnagar, Yakutpura, Moosaram Bagh, Saidabad, Chandrayanagutta, Dabirpura, Nalgonda x-Roads, Deewan Devi, Tilak Nagar, Malakpet, Riyasath Nagar, Asif Baba Nagar, Nallakunta, Noorkhan Bazar, Chaderghat, Santosh Nagar and Vidyanagar.
3. RTO, South Zone, Hyderabad: D.No.19-5-28/3/13, Street: Kishanbagh: The mandals / areas that comes under the purview of this RTO zone are Barkas, Jahanuma, Chatrinaka, Kishan Bagh, Charminar, Gowlipura, Falaknuma, Kokaki Tatti, Petla Burz, Hussaini Alam, Lad Bzar, Moghulpura, Shalibanda, Puranapool, Bahadurpura and Sultan Shahi.
4. RTO, West Zone, Hyderabad: Salarjung Colony, Tolichowki: Mandals / areas that comes under the jurisdiction of West Zone are Gosha Mahal, Mehdipatnam, Jumerat Bazar, Mallepalli, Vijayanagar Colony, Ahmed Nagar, Lancer 1st & 2nd, Tappa Chabutara, Golconda, Subji Mandi, Asif Nagar, Towli Chowki, Masab Tank, Nielogur, Mangal Ghat, Lunger House and Red Hills.
5. RTO, North Zone, Hyderabad: Main Road, Trimalghery, Secunderabad: Following are the Mandals / areas that comes under the purview of RTO, Noreth Zone: Minister Road, Osmania University, SD Road, Bowenpalli, Mettuguda, Parsigutta, Begumpet, Secunderabad Station, Chilkalguda, Padmarao Nagar, Maredpally, RP Road, Park Lane, PG Road,
Ranigunj, Vasavi Nagar, SP Road, Warasiguda, Mud Fort, Tarnaka, Shanti Nagar, Contonment Area, Kaka Guda, Seethaphal Mandi and RK Puram.

Govt and Private Banks Toll Free Numbers

Like to contact your banker to resolve issues cropped up during any transaction? It may take several tens of minutes to give the details of your problem and finding solution for it. Most of the banks are suggesting and some are even making it mandatory to contact the customer care through phone banking for some transactions and queries. Toll Free Numbers of Banks will provide free call services to your bank. These numbers will save your money apart from finding solution to your problem without going to the Bank. Following is the list of Toll Free Numbers of various PSU Banks and Private Banks.
1. State Bank of India – 1800 44 1955
2. ICICI Bank – 1800 333 499
3. HDFC Bank – 1800 227 227
4. Punjab National Bank – 1800 122 222
5. Syndicate Bank – 1800 44 6655
6. Indian Bank – 1800 425 1400
7. ABN AMRO – 1800 11 2224
8. ICICI Bank NRI – 1800 22 4848
9. Citibank – 1800 44 2265
10. Canara Bank – 1800 44 6000
11. Development Credit Bank – 1800 22 5769
12. IDBI Bank – 1800 11 6999
13. Lord Krishna Bank – 1800 11 2300
14. ING Vysya – 1800 44 9900
15. Corporation Bank – 1800 443 555
16. Kotak Mahindra Bank – 1800 22 6022
General services / transactions you can get through phone banking by calling toll free numbers are:
1. Account Balance / Statement
2. Credit Card Transactions
3. New Offers from the Bank
4. Cancellation of Credit Card
5. Stop / Cancellation of Cheque
6. Request for Check Book Issue
7. Change of Address / Phone Number / Email

APSRTC Central Call Center Services and Numbers

The Andhra Pradesh Road Transport Corporation (APSRTC) has become the first such transport organisation in the country to have a Central Call Centre (CCC) with the objective of ensuring the comfortable and convenient travel of the over 1.52 crore passengers who use the 22000 buses it operates every day. You can dial 80199 99999 or landline number 33773377 for enquiry and other services of the APSRTC.
The call center service would be of immense help to officials and passengers in any emergency and in everyday RTS operations. Till now, passengers did not kow whom they should approach in case of difficulty in traveling. The CCC service of APSRTC is the first 24/7 facility of its kind among all the State Road Transport Undertakings in the country. The service is outsourced to www.abhibus.com, a company that already handled the back end operations of the passenger reservation system for APSRTC.
All that passengers needed to do was to dial the mobile number 80199 – 99999 or the land line 22773377 for any type of issues related to APSRTC. To access the land-line you need to add STD code of the city from which he or she was calling. The call lands at the CCC and the caller is taken through a 5 stage IVR for general enquiry, information on reservation and cancellation, grievances, marketing schemes or to drop their suggestions or appreciation. The APSRTC will have four officers in shifts round the clock monitoring the call center’s operations with 20 incoming lines. Following are APSRTC call center numbers:
1) Mobile: 80199 – 99999
2) Landline: 33773377

Apply Online for Aadhaar Cards- Unique ID in Andhra Pradesh

The Government of Andhra Pradesh has started issue of Aadhaar Smart Cards for the people of the state. The issue of cards for Hyderabad and Ranga Reddy districts have been started long back and the process is still undergoing. The Government has also proposed to start issue of Aadhaar Cards in five more districts of the state initially and this has been announced in the Budget Speech of 2011-12. You can also download application forms available in English and Telugu Languages. To proceed with online registration, you need to enter your Ration Card No and get the details before entering family members particulars. If you have downloaded the Aadhaar application for offline submission, you may require to attach these documents or certificates along with printed application form.
Aadhaar cards will be considered for issue and implementation of various schemes like pensions, Arogya Sri, MGNREGS, LPG Connections, Student fee reimbursements and scholarships. Govt. Housing and subsidized Rice schemes under PDS. It is estimated that Govt. of AP has already enrolled six lakhs people under Aadhaar scheme.
You can now apply online for Aadhaar cards through this website aadhaar.ap.gov.in OR through this link http://aadhaar.ap.gov.in:8080/aadhaarregistration/login.htm . You have to log on to the above site and register all the details of your family members.
Contact details for Aadhaar / UID Cards (All India):
UIDAI Helpline – 1800-180-1947
Fax – 080-2353 1947
Email – help@uidai.gov.in
Letters – PO Box 1947, GPO Bangalore – 560001
Official Website – http://uidai.gov.in/
First phase of Aadhaar enrollment has been under progress in Hyderabad, Rangareddy, East Godavari, Srikakulam, Adilabad, Anantapur and Chittoor. It is estimated that about 50 percent of enrollments were completed in these districts. But the delivery of unique number cards has been delayed due to logistic problems. The second phase of enrollment process for Aadhaar will commence from August 2011 in the remaining 16 districts of the state.

Documents and Certificates Required for Aadhaar Enrolment

This article will provide you information on the documents or certificates to be attached or produced in the process of enrollment for Aadhaar Cards. Though there are small variations in Aadhaar requirements at the state level in different states, following are the general certificates to be produced by all the members of the family for Aadhaar Unique ID enrollment. There are only three important proofs or copies of certificates you need to provide while applying for Aadhaar cards. These are Proof of Address, Identity and Proof of Age (This may be optional). Following are the accepted proofs:
For Proof of Name and Identity: You just need any one prrof from the below list which contain your name and photo:
1. Voter ID
2. PAN card
3. Ration / PDS photo card
4. Passport
5. Pensioner photo card
6. Driving license
7. Photo ID issued by recognised educational institute
8. Bank ATM card with Photo
9. NREGS job card
10. Government photo ID cards
11. Arms license
12. Kisan photo passbook
13. Photo credit card
14. Freedom fighter photo card
15. Address card having name photo issued bu department of post.
16. CGHS /ECHS photo card
17. Certificate of identity having photo issued by group A gazetted officer in letterhead
Proof of Address: You need any one from the below proofs:
1. Passport
2. Insurance Policy
3. Telephone Landline Bill (not older than 3 months)
4. Post Office Account Statement/ Passbook
5. Bank Statement / Passbook
6. Voter ID / Driving License
7. Water bill (not older than 3 months)
8. Government Photo ID cards
9. Ration Card
10. Arms License
11. Property Tax Receipt (not older than 3 months)
12. NREGS Job Card
13. Electricity Bill (not older than 3 months)
14. Signed Letter having Photo issued by registered Company on letterhead
15. Freedom Fighter Card
16. CGHS / ECHS Card
17. Credit Card Statement (not older than 3 months)
18. Signed Letter having Photo issued by Recognized Educational Instruction on letterhead
19. Pensioner Card
20. Signed Letter having Photo from Bank on letterhead
21. Vehicle Registration Certificate
22. Address Card having Photo issued by Department of Posts
23. Certificate of Address issued by Village Panchayat head or its equivalent authority (for rural areas)
24. Income Tax Assessment Order
25. Certificate of Address having photo issued by MP or MLA or Group A Gazetted Officer on letterhead
26. Kissan Passbook
27. Registered Sale / Lease / Rent Agreement
28. Caste and Domicile Certificate having Photo issued by State Govt.
Proof of Date of Birth: You need to submit any one from the list below:
1. Passport
2. Birth Certificate
3. SSLC Book / Certificate
4. Certificate of Date of Birth issued by Group A Gazetted Officer on letterhead

Disposable Email Address in Yahoo

Some times you may not be interested to share your real Email Address due to the fear of spam or some thing else. In such a case disposable Email ID is a nice solution to the problem. In this type of service you will get an email ID and you can use it as your normal email ID as long as you are sure that you are not spammed.

Of late every site is asking for our email address so that they can send updates directly to our inbox. But majority of them are just spamming us or promoting their business via our email which is not desirable at all. So never share your important mail ID with any site on the internet.
Just create a temporary mail ID to handle the spammers. Whenever you thinks that there is no need of it you can just delete it. Yahoo supports this type of email address. You can add up to 500 disposable email addresses in Yahoo.
How to set disposable Email ID in Yahoo?
Here is the procedure for Yahoo All new Mail (also applies to yahoo classic mail).
Log in into your Yahoo account and click on “Options” (appears at right hand side corner below the web Search) and select “More options”  you will get a new page.
On this page click on “Disposable email address” and then click on “Add new address”, follow the wizard, the new ID will appear in the list. Whenever you want to delete the ID just select the ID and remove it.
The procedure is cool and it will not take much time.

PAN Card Status

Permanent Account Number(PAN) is issued by Government of India to Indian citizens. Nowadays PAN card is mandatory to open new bank account , to receive salary that is above the taxable limits, and to purchase or sale of assets.

If you want to verify your PAN card number online then you need your name and date of birth to do this. If you know DOB and Name correctly you can get PAN of any person.The verification can be done by visiting Income Tax India efilling Website.
If you have applied newly for the PAN card and want to track the status of the PAN card then you can visit TIN-NSDL.com website and enter the acknowledgement number or Name and Date of Birth to get the status of your PAN card. You have to check this website after 24 hours of your PAN card application submission.

How to Track Speed Post Online

Have you ever worried whether your parcel reached the destination or not? India post provides online tracking system by using which you can check the status of your speed post online by just a click.

If you want to track the Speed Post online then at first note down the 13 digit article number that is present on the acknowledgement receipt. Article number starts with the letter E and ends with IN.
Visit the official website of India Post i.e. Speed Post Tracking to track your speed post.Here enter article number and date of booking. If you want to get email alert when your article reaches destination, you can enter it in the email field. Of course email is optional. If you can’t remember date of booking then click here.
You can even track speed post by just sending an SMS from your mobile. This is a premium service, so cost of the SMS may be high because you have to send it to 55352.The procedure is as follows

SP EN123456789IN send to 55352. Replace EN123456789IN with your article number.

How To Verify An Indian Company Online

Numerous companies are coming everyday and we don’t know how many of them are genuine. In order to verify a company is genuine or not Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA), Government of India maintains database of every company registered in India.

If you want to check each and every details regarding a company like:
  • Company Registration Number
  • Company Identification Number (CIN)
  • Company Category like limited by shares or not
  • Whether the company is Private LTD or Public LTD or Government Company
  • Authorized Capital of the company
  • Company Date of Incorporation
  • Company Address details etc.
Then click on Company Master Details.
If you can’t remember the company name exactly then you can also check by a particular word by which the name starts or ends or it may present anywhere in the company name by clicking on Check Company Name.
If you are unable to find a company in the search results that means the company is not registered within India or it may be considered as a fake company.

Aadhaar Enrolment Form

Aadhaar is a 12-digit unique number issued by Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) to all residents of India. Aadhaar will be easily verifiable in online and it is a cost-effective way. It is unique and robust enough to eliminate the large number of duplicate and fake identities in government and private databases.

Why Aadhaar?
Once a person is on the Aadhaar database the person will be able to establish identity easily. Aadhaar will become the single source of identity verification. Residents would be spared the hassle of repeatedly providing supporting identity documents each time they wish to access services such as obtaining a bank account, passport, driving license and so on.By providing a clear proof of identity, Aadhaar will also facilitate entry for poor and underprivileged residents into the formal banking system and the opportunity to avail services provided by the government and the private sector. Aadhaar will also give migrants mobility of identity.
Using Aadhaar as an authentication mechanism, residents should be able to access up-to-date information about their entitlements, demand services and redress their grievances directly from their mobile phone, kiosks or other means. In the case of self-service on the resident’s mobile, security is assured using two-factor authentication (i.e. by proving possession of the resident’s registered Mobile Number and knowledge of the resident’s Aadhaar PIN). These standards are compliant with the Reserve Bank of India’s approved standards for Mobile Banking and Payments.
If you want to download Aadhaar card Enrolment Form or Application Form then you can click on Aadhaar Enrolment Form to download it. But remember all the states may not use this form format. For instance Andhra Pradesh government has prepared separate form for the enrollment process.
For details regarding Aadhar card and status of the card do visit Aadhar Card Status.
For more information regarding Aadhaar card visit the official site http://uidai.gov.in/.


Aadhar Enrolment Form

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http://dl.dropbox.com/u/20653362/enrolment-form.zip

How to File Online Consumer Complaint in India

Department of Consumer Affairs India, has provided a website to file online consumer complaints. Consumers who want to file online complaints can log on to www.ccccore.co.in and register yourself to file a complaint.

People can also use the national consumer help line toll free number 1800 11 4000 to get more details regarding consumer rights. There are other tolled numbers also available 011-27662955,56,57,58 (Normal call charges apply). Time to call these numbers is in between Monday to Saturday 9.30 a.m. to 5.30 p.m.
If you want to file your complaint via mobile then use the toll free number 1800 180 4566. Government frequently publishes consumer rights in the form of a campaign known as “Jago Grahak Jago”.
For more information please visit the official site of Department of Consumer Affairs

AADHAAR Card Status

Aadhaar is the brand name of Unique Identification Number (UID). The hindi word Aadhaar means foundation or support. UID is controlled by Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI).

If you want to download Aadhar Enrolment form then visit Aadhar Enrolment Form. People enrolled for Aadhaar will be given printed acknowledgement form with an Enrollment Number, that helps the person to make queries about the card status through online or via mobile.

How to check Aadhaar card status

Now you can verify your Aadhaar card application status online. For details visit the direct link of the Aadhaar card website Check your AADHAAR Card Status or try alternate link AADHAAR SITE. Some times the server may be down, so you may unable to check the status. In such a case please try after some time.
People of Andhra Pradesh can even have online Aadhar card by visiting http://aadhaar.ap.gov.in. You can download Aadhaar Enrolment Form either in English or Telugu.
Aadhaar card will have a 12 digit unique identification which is recognized all our India and it will be issued free of cost. It is the right of common man. So never pay for this service. If any person is demanding money to give Aadhaar card or for any complaint regarding Aadhaar card, report it via Consumer Online Complaint.
Depending on the enrollment agency, people will be issued an Aadhaar card within 60 to 90 days. If it is over 3 months and still you don’t get the card use Aadhaar helpline to get your card status. To know the status of your Aadhar card, call the toll free number 1800 180 1947. It is based in Bangalore. Please don’t post any comments regarding your Aadhaar card status. I recommend you to go the link provided above to find your card status.