Awesome Google !! (in-built features)

About Google

Google built-in features

Google’s mission is to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful.

The above lines are from official Google page. Other than search through your words only Google can serve you in many way & we often go for the help of any application or any website providing that feature without knowing that there are a lots of things in built in the browser itself which you are using for years, hence can't get through it. Let you know something :  

Weather

• To see the weather for many U.S. and worldwide cities, type “weather” followed by the city and state, U.S. zip code, or city and country.

Stock Quotes

• To see current market data for a given company or fund, type the ticker symbol into the search box. On the results page, you can click the link to see more data from Google Finance.

Time

• To see the time in many cities around the world, type in “time” and the name of the city.

Sports Scores

• To see scores and schedules for sports teams type the team name or league name into the search box. This is enabled for many leagues including the National Basketball Association, National Football League, National Hockey League, and Major League Baseball.

Sunrise & Sunset

• To see the precise times of sunrises and sunsets for many U.S. and worldwide cities, type “sunrise” or “sunset” followed by the city name.

Calculator

• To use Google’s built-in calculator function, simply enter the calculation you’d like done into the search box

Book Search

• If you’re looking for results from Google Book Search, you can enter the name of the author or book title into the search box. Then, click on “Books” from the left-hand navigation to view book content. You can click through on the record to view more detailed info about that author or title.

Earthquakes

• To see information about recent earthquakes in a specific area type “earthquake” followed by the city and state or U.S. zip code. For recent earthquake activity around the world simply type “earthquake” in the search box.

Unit Conversion

• You can use Google to convert between many different units of measurement of height, weight, and volume among many others. Just enter your desired conversion into the search box and we’ll do the rest.

Public Data

• To see trends for population and unemployment rates of U.S. states and counties, type "population" or "unemployment rate" followed by a state or county. You can click through to a page that lets you compare different locations.

People Profiles

• If you’re looking for someone you just met or a long-lost friend, enter the name of that person plus some identifying words about him or her to see a list of people with that name.

Currency Conversion

• To use our built-in currency converter, simply enter the conversion you’d like done into the Google search box and we’ll provide your answer directly on the results page.

Local Search

• Local Search
• Movie Showtimes

Health Search

• Health Conditions
• Medications
• Poison Control
• Suicide Prevention
• Flu Vaccine Finder

Query Refinements

• Related Search
• Fill in the Blank

Search by Number

• Package Tracking
• Patent Numbers

Get full go here : http://www.google.com/help/features.html

Set-up guide for Hotmail/Gmail account in "Evolution"

Evolution

Here it is recommended for Ubuntu users who often use a mail client that they should go for "Evolution" instead of Thunderbird or Postler or any other client. As Thunderbird suffice all its requirements through  its Mozilla powered Add-ons but still for most of the Operating System Evolution is recommended. Often we go for the settings provlem in this mail client while it is more user friendly in case of Thunderbird. Here we provide the easy setup guide for Hotmail (live)/Gmail users : 

Hotmail :-

When you open up Evolution for the first time you’ll see a setup assistant

• Forward until you get to the “Identity” screen.
• Enter you full name and your full email address. 
• If you want your hotmail account to be your default address leave the tag next to the box.
• Press forward until you reach the “Receiving Email” windows.
• Pick “pop” from the drop down list.
• Fill in the following information:

Server:  pop3.live.com

Username: xxx@hotmail.com (use full email address)

Security: SSL

• Leave the rest as it is

In the next screen you’ll have to make some decisions for yourself.

• Now we hit the “Sending Email” screen.  Enter this:

Server:  smtp.live.com

Encryption: SSL

Username: xxx@hotmail.com (enter full email address)

• Leave the rest as it is

Finally go for a entering password dialog box & it is all yours.

Gmail :-

Here we need some help from our own Gmail account.

• First go to gmail using your internet browser and log in.
• On the top of the page there should be a “preferences” link (next to your email address).
• Now click on the “tab” where you see “imap” and “pop” mentioned.
• Make sure pop and imap is enabled.
• If that is done, open evolution.

As we already have an account the Wizard won’t appear.

• Go to “Edit -> Preferences” and in the window that pops up you will be able to add a new account.
• In the “Identity” window, enter your name and your email address.
• Now you’ll  hit the “Receiving Email” window again.
• Once again choose “pop” from the dropdown list.
• The server is : “pop.gmail.com” and your username should be your full gmail address. The security should be SSL.

Choose as you see fit in the next window.

• In the following window, called “Sending Email” enter the following :

Server type: SMTP

Server: smtp.gmail.com

Security: SSL

Username: xxx@gmail.com (enter full email address)

• Leave the rest as it is.
• After completion of the next window press apply and then in Evolution press “send/receive”.

Encroach your VideoLAN more with some hotkeys !

VLC Media Player (Hotkeys)

Command	Code	Hotkey
Fullscreen	key-toggle-fullscreen	f
Leave fullscreen	key-leave-fullscreen	Esc
Play/Pause	key-play-pause	Space
Pause only	key-pause	[
Play only	key-play	]
Faster	key-faster	+
Slower	key-slower	-
Normal rate	key-rate-normal	=
Faster (fine)	key-rate-faster-fine	Unset
Slower (fine)	key-rate-slower-fine	Unset
Next	key-next	n
Previous	key-prev	p
Stop	key-stop	s
Position	key-position	t
Very short backwards jump	key-jump-extrashort	Shift-Left
Very short forward jump	key-jump+extrashort	Shift-Right
Short backwards jump	key-jump-short	Alt-Left
Short forward jump	key-jump+short	Alt-Right
Medium backwards jump	key-jump-medium	Ctrl-Left
Medium forward jump	key-jump+medium	Ctrl-Right
Long backwards jump	key-jump-long	Alt-Ctrl-Left
Long forward jump	key-jump+long	Alt-Ctrl-Right
Next frame	key-frame-next	e
Activate	key-nav-activate	Enter
Navigate up	key-nav-up	Up
Navigate down	key-nav-down	Down
Navigate left	key-nav-left	Left
Navigate right	key-nav-right	Right
Go to the DVD menu	key-disc-menu	Shift-m
Select previous DVD title	key-title-prev	Shift-o
Select next DVD title	key-title-next	Shift-b
Select prev DVD chapter	key-chapter-prev	Shift-p
Select next DVD chapter	key-chapter-next	Shift-n
Quit	key-quit	Ctrl-q
Volume up	key-vol-up	Ctrl-Up
Volume down	key-vol-down	Ctrl-Down
Mute	key-vol-mute	m
Subtitle delay up	key-subdelay-up	h
Subtitle delay down	key-subdelay-down	g
Audio delay up	key-audiodelay-up	k
Audio delay down	key-audiodelay-down	j
Cycle audio track	key-audio-track	b
Cycle through audio devices	key-audiodevice-cycle	Shift-a
Cycle subtitle track	key-subtitle-track	v
Cycle source aspect ratio	key-aspect-ratio	a
Cycle video crop	key-crop	c
Toggle autoscaling	key-toggle-autoscale	o
Increase scale factor	key-incr-scalefactor	Alt-o
Decrease scale factor	key-decr-scalefactor	Alt-Shift-o
Cycle deinterlace modes	key-deinterlace	d
Show interface	key-intf-show	i
Hide interface	key-intf-hide	Shift-i
Take video snapshot	key-snapshot	Shift-s
Go back in browsing history	key-history-back	Shift-g
Go forward in browsing history	key-history-forward	Shift-h
Record	key-record	Shift-r
Dump	key-dump	Shift-d
Zoom	key-zoom	z
Un-Zoom	key-unzoom	Shift-z
Toggle wallpaper mode	key-wallpaper	w
Display OSD menu on top	key-menu-on	Alt-Shift-m
Do not display OSD menu	key-menu-off	Alt-Ctrl-m
Highlight widget on the right	key-menu-right	Alt-Shift-Right
Highlight widget on the left	key-menu-left	Alt-Shift-Left
Highlight widget on top	key-menu-up	Alt-Shift-Up
Highlight widget below	key-menu-down	Alt-Shift-Down
Select current widget	key-menu-select	Alt-Shift-Enter
Crop one pixel from the top	key-crop-top	Alt-r
Uncrop one pixel from the top	key-uncrop-top	Alt-Shift-r
Crop one pixel from the left	key-crop-left	Alt-d
Uncrop one pixel from the left	key-uncrop-left	Alt-Shift-d
Crop one pixel from the bottom	key-crop-bottom	Alt-c
Uncrop one pixel from the bottom	key-uncrop-bottom	Alt-Shift-c
Crop one pixel from the right	key-crop-right	Alt-f
Uncrop one pixel from the right	key-uncrop-right	Alt-Shift-f
Random	key-random	r
Normal/Repeat/Loop	key-loop	l
1:4 Quarter	key-zoom-quarter	Ctrl-1
1:2 Half	key-zoom-half	Ctrl-2
1:1 Original	key-zoom-original	Ctrl-3
2:1 Double	key-zoom-double	Ctrl-4
Very short jump length (integer)	extrashort-jump-size	3

Gmelius : Advanced Gmail UI

Google started excavation on its new user interface for Gmail on the last year.  Till now it is not so popular and everybody is not in love with the new design. But it is so recommended for a better guidance at your mail reading. There are a lots of browser extensions available in the net-market like Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Opera Mini. But people using other browsers may not have access this extensions & another thing must be noticed that the most popular browser Google Chrome is compatible from Chrome 18. 
After all Gmelius is a cross-browser extension that proposes a better and cleaner Gmail inbox. 
Get it : Gmelius

• Make Gmail header auto-expandable.
• Remove the "People Widget".
• Customize Gmail navigation icons.
• Add a subtle row highlight.
• Add Homogenize the appearnace of your incoming emailsa subtle row highlight.
• Add attachment Icons.
• Make the Google logo clickable.
• Add-Scroll to the top of your inbox according to the menu Google+.
• Move emails labels from the left to the right of your inbox.
• Regain some space in your inbox.

  

Finally GIMP 2.8 stable version is released

What are the different & new features available in the newer version of GIMP (2.8) 

GIMP 2.8 stable released

• Single window mode: Single main window instead of overlapping floating windows (also optional for the users those are acquainted with the previous versions. 
• On-Canvas Text editing : Editing text is not performed in a separate window anymore.
• Multi-Coloumn Dock windows which makes the GIMP UI a lot more customizable.
• Improved screen real estate for dock able dialogs using "save" now saves the file in the GIMP XCF format and it can't be used for saving PNG and other files. for non-xcf file types, we have to use the 'export' menu entry.
•   It's easy to create layer groups which can be organised in tree-like structures brush system and tool preset improvements. 
• Now easy to tag brushes and patterns, new slider widgets. 
• A new set of default brushes and tool presets from RAMON MIRANDA
• New open window navigation which displays a small preview fro each tab 
• Tools rendering on canvas have been ported to cairo to provide smooth antialiased graphics
• A new 'lock pixels' feature 
• Support for JPEG2000 and loading 16bit RAW data
• Export color values to CSS, PHP, JAVA, PYTHON, or PLAIN TEXT.
• Core integration of the graph -based GEGL library
• Export to PDF
• New Tool : Cage transform which maes it possible to easily warp parts of objects using an adjustable user-defined polygonal frame && more n more