Around Me:Top 10 Torrent Sites of 2009

Most of the Web user used to download the files from torrent because this is free and fast.Even though many free file hosting site are available most of them use torrent because hosting sites are limited and they cant be paused and continued whenever we need.They are many more advantages in torrent than that of hosting file sites.Here there are some of the sites which ranked Top in the year 2009.

Mininova – Mininova is the successor to Suprnova, one of the original big torrent databases of the Web.

Isohunt – Currently in a legal dispute with the Canadian Recording Industry Association, Isohunt is a longtime favorite of P2P users. The community at Isohunt also helps police abuse within their network, and reader comments and votes help to identify those torrents which should be avoided.

The Pirate Bay – April 18, 2009: the Stockholm district court has sentenced the four Pirate Bay founders to a year in prison, and over $USD 3.5 million in fines. This is as punishment for violating their country’s copyright laws.

YouTorrent – Still in beta testing format, this new torrent site claims to be the largest legal torrent search engine today. Accordingly, the result sets are much smaller than the “pirate” counterparts, but definitely try this site for yourself.

Kickass Torrents – the new player in the market with some great technology and fast indexing.

BTJunkie – One of the leading torrent search engines with great syndication across other torrent search sites.

Bitsoup – Bitsoup is a growing favorite amongst P2P downloaders.

Torrentreactor.to – Torrentreactor has made a comeback from a hijacking and an uncooperative hosting service. They have moved to a different server setup and a Tonga country domain outside the USA.

Fenopy (formerly Bitoogle.com) – the ‘original’ bittorrent search engine, which has now morphed into a metasearch engine. The results from your Bitoogle searches will point to various other torrent search sites. This site has been redirected recently.

Torrentz – very quick torrent search engine with great indexing.

Around Me:10 Google Wave Extensions

 

Google Wave is an amazing open source service and it has great potential to replace social networking sites in the future. I have been trying Google Wave for past few weeks to understand its working procedure, usability and extensions support.

At the first moment, Google Wave looks like a different geeky world. But once you get familiar with its basic concepts, it becomes a friendly tool. I have found some interesting Google Wave Extensions which will add extra fun to your waving experience.

List of Google Wave Extensions and Gadgets

1. Wikify

As we know, Wikipedia is a biggest encyclopedia on the internet. Wikify gives you an additional functionality to find difficult terms and phrases on Wikipedia.

Add Wikify address in your wave list to use Wikipedia on Google Wave.

Wikify Address: wikifier@appspot.com

2. Dr. Musical Wave

Dr. Musical wave is a simple extension for music lovers. It gives information about what music is being played on last.fm.

Dr. Musical Wave Address: dr-music@appspot.com

3. Dr Weather

It is a weather related extension which gives you an idea of weather in the city. Add Dr Weather using following address.

Dr Weather Address: shiny-sky@appspot.com

4. Tweety

If you’re a Twitter addict, tweety is currently the best extension available on Google Wave. Tweety allows you to update and track your Twitter timeline from single wave.

Tweety for Google Wave: tweety-wave@appspot.com

5. URL Shortening

Twitter’s default url shortening service, bit.ly can be used in Google Wave. You don’t have to leave your on-going wave; bit.ly bot allows you to trim long URLs in same wave.

Bit.ly for Google Wave: bitly-bot@appspot.com

6. Hangman

It’s just another puzzle game where you need to guess the letters in blank field and if you lose the game, you will be hung as shown in image below.

Try Hangman: wavehangman@appspot.com

7. Chess

Play chess on Google Wave.

Chess Import Link

8. Flippy

Flippy is a cool extension to surprise someone in your wave group by flipping the text. Do try it once.

Flippy for Google Wave: flippy-wave@appspot.com

9. Cartoony

Cartoony can be used to enhance the conversation style. It adds a balloon around each word that you type in a wave.

Cartoony for Google Wave: cartoonybot@appspot.com

10. Stocky

Stocky is an amazing tool for traders and investors in stock market business. It displays latest value of each stock in a wave.

Stocky for Google Wave: stocky-wave@appspot.com

Around Me:How To Get Google New UI

GOOGLE which is No.1 search engine has now introduced something new which many of them cal it as UI[User Interface] it just made its home page as cooler than what it is like this.With some new stuff like New Logo,Buttons And cool search options.

Wanna Get this New Looks Of Google its simple follow these steps

1. Goto www.google.com not www.google.co.in (if you can’t visit google.com you will be having an option under the search text box with visit google.com link.So just click that.)
2. Enter this script in the search text box and Reload the page.

javascript:void(document.cookie="
PREF=ID=20b6e4c2f44943bb:U=4bf292d46faad806:
TM=1249677602:LM=1257919388:S=odm0Ys-53ZueXfZG;
path=/; domain=.google.com");

3.Enjoy the new UI.

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Around Me:Google Image Swirl New Feature By Google labs

Google Labs launched an experimental feature in Labs called Google Image Swirl, which builds on new computer vision research to cluster similar images into representative groups in a fun, exploratory interface.This is the new feature which looks amazing.I had never seen this type of app in net.                               This makes  image searching more interactive fun and more easier.

Around Me:Chrome Os Floods Via Torrents

The most awaited Chrome os which was released this july and was unable to get the version for download until now .Yesterday when i was going through the web i saw the chrome os hitting the Internet via Torrents.The Chrome OS image from torrents can be run using Virtual Box from Sun.or by the virtual desktop by microsoft its your choice.

Once you have downloaded the torrent you can read this step by step tutorial by TechCrunch to install Chrome OS in Virtual Box.

The default login to Chrome OS is your Google username and password(i.e)your gmail username and password.                                                                                       .

Download Google Chrome OS Torrent

Around Me:9yr Lad Wins Doodle 4 Google Contest

Puru Pratap Singh, a 9 year old, Class IV student from Gurgaon, India, has won the Doodle 4 Google Contest

The theme of the year for the Google 4 Doodle Contest was “My India”.

Puru will receive a laptop for winning the Doodle 4 Google contest and his school will receive a technology grant of INR 1,00,000 or approx. USD $2,165 from Google India.

You can check out his Doodle on the Google homepage and at Google Logos

Some of the other interesting Doodles which made it to the contest:

Puru, a student of Amity International, Gurgaon, said, "My doodle is based on the theme ‘My India Full of Life’. The ‘G’ (in Google) explains India is a land of diversity and a country which has a blend of traditions and religions. The peacock in my artwork describes the vibrant Indian culture. With ‘O’ I have tried to represent the country’s success in discovering water on Moon."
"In the other ‘G’ I have depicted Kashmir, the crown of India. ‘L’ shows the Amar Jawan Jyoti that reminds us of the sacrifices made by Indian soldiers. And we cannot think of India without Mahatma Gandhi so I have dedicated ‘E’ to him," Puru said.
Puru gives the credit of his win to his mother Arti. "We are proud his creation has been selected and will be on Google’s homepage for a day," said Puru’s parents Navin Pratap Singh and Arti. Puru has also been awarded a laptop, a t-shirt with his doodle and Rs 1,00,000 as technology grant for his school.

This announcement was made by Shailesh Rao, Managing Director, Google India and Dennis Hwang at a celebration today in New Delhi for the 46 semi–finalists and their families. Each Doodle submitted represented the immense creative talent and richness of ideas of students across the country. The champion doodler has been drawing since he could hold a crayon. In addition, all finalists will be given a Doodle4Google certificate along with a Google goody bag.

"At Google we like to play! "Doodle4Google symbolizes that playful spirit of Google and is a celebration of creativity and in this case, of India. We are excited to present the results of India’s first edition of this contest and laud the young Indian doodlers who have showcased their wonderful creativity in the form of inspiring doodles that represent the various facets of India," remarks Shailesh Rao, Managing Director, Google India.

Adds Dennis Hwang, the Master Doodler "India is a land of creative minds. For centuries, Indian art has continued to fascinate people from across the globe. It was amazing to see how young kids could come out with highly creative Doodles that truly define the culture and tradition of this incredible country. Choosing the successful entry was not easy as every Doodle depicts India in a unique manner."

Dennis Hwang was present for the awards function and gave Puru, his award for winning the Doodle 4 Google Contest.

Here’s a Time Lapse video of Dennis Hwang drawing a Google Doodle from start to finish.

[Via:Google]