OUYA : The Affordable Gaming Console

OUYA is the console under spotlight now. It has become the fastest kickstarter project to reach the million dollar mark, raising a staggering sum of $8,596,475 in just 30 days!If you are wondering what exactly is this thing, OUYA (pronounced as ooh-yuh) is an upcoming gaming console for TV, running on Android. The product is still a prototype and is expected to be released in march 2013.

The Box

OUYA, as opposed to the design of popular gaming consoles in market like Wii, Xbox or Playstation, is in the form of a cube, with dimensions resembling that of a Rubic’s cube. The silver and black colored box possess a physical button on top, a HDMI port for connecting to the TV, an Ethernet port and a USB 2.0 port.

“What?! A console that will fit in my pocket? Where do i insert the game disk? And how in the earth would i play with this thing? You gotta be kidding me! ”

No. The device don’t run games from disks like conventional consoles. As i mentioned before, this wonderbox runs on Android. You might be able to download games from OUYA app store, that is expected to be set up soon by the developers.

And to play with this thing, you’ve got a nice and sleek controller, which in its developers’ words, is a “Love letter to console gaming.” They further explains in their Kickstarter page, that “It will have everything you’ve learned to love: fast buttons, triggers, laser precise analog sticks, a D-Pad – and it will have a touchpad for any games making the trek from mobile or tablet to the TV.”

The hands behind the wonderful design of OUYA is that of famous designer Yves Behar, who designed OLPC (One-Laptop-Per-Child) laptops and jambox.

Features

OUYA is no match for Xbox360 or PS3. Even though not a completely different platform, OUYA is much different from other consoles in the market. The aim of the project is to make console gaming available at absolutely low cost. The titles will be at least free to try. The hardware specs are:

• Tegra 3 quad-core processor
• 1 GB RAM
• 8 GB internal storage
• HDMI connection to the TV, with support for upto 1080p HD
• WiFi 802.11 b/g/n
• Bluetooth LE 4.0
• USB 2.0 (one)
• Wireless controller with standard controls (2 analog sticks, D-Pad, 8 action buttons, a system button, a touchpad)
• Android 4.0
• Ethernet

OUYA is reported to be running on a customized version of Android 4.0. And will feature an exclusive OUYA store for apps and games.

Game developers are already excited about the device. Many developers have already made statements with optimistic anticipations. The fact that anyone can make a game for OUYA, Provided – every OUYA console is a dev kit and there is no need to purchase a license or an expensive SDK, might pull more and more developers into creating for OUYA ecosystem. OUYA allows any android developer to publish their app for it.

The only condition is that at least some gameplay has to be free. That includes free, free to play and free trial possibilities. The box is hacker friendly too. It is easy to root (Without voiding your warranty!) and everything could be opened up with standard screws. The developers’ of OUYA encourages hackers to create their own peripherals, which can be connected via USB or bluetooth.

The popular studio, Square Enix have already announced their flagship game ‘Final Fantasy III’ for OUYA. Also, Twitch TV app and access to OnLive video game streaming service will be included out of the box.

The Future is bright

The real charmer about the device is its price point. The console was available for $95 for early birds at kickstarter and then for $99. As the kickstarter campaign is over, you can pre-order it via their website for just $109.

One major thing that kept people away from consoles were the cost of its titles. But with OUYA introducing its low-cost console with all titles playable for free at some level or another, it certainly seems to be a ‘would-be-success’, especially in countries like India. If Boxer8, the developer of this wonderbox delivers what they promised, the future is bright for OUYA.

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Juice Defender Ultimate For Android (Battery Saver)

Juice Defender Ultimate (4.99$ App)

In this post I would be giving you link to the so-called best battery saver of android Juice Defender.

JuiceDefender - Battery Saver is a powerful yet easy to use power manager app specifically designed to extend the battery life of your Android device. Packed with smart functions, it automatically and transparently manages the most battery draining components, like 3G/4G connectivity and WiFi. It has powerful presets ranging from normal usage to extreme usage.

       

It can increase the battery life of the phone hugely. This app has received good reviews from big sites like cnet, etc.

Download Link : http://www.mediafire.com/?ntl5ss4be42wa5i

Instructions : There are two .apk files in the rar file. Extract the both files and copy them to your phone. After copying the files install the JuiceDefender 3.8.0. After installing it don't run the app. Now install the other file which is JuiceDefenderUltimate 3.9.0 and you can now run the app. Enjoy :-)

PS : For installing the app the option 'Install Apps From Other Sources' must be enabled or the procedure will not work.

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Sony Xperia SL LT26ii (Leaked Specs And Images)

Leaked Image Of Upcoming Sony Xperia SL

Sony Xperia SL 

This is the latest leaked phone. As the name suggests it is set to be the successor to Sony Xperia S. Xperia SL is posing for camera just like Xperia S. It will be a slightly bumped up version of Xperia S. It rocks the same MSM8620 Snapdragon Chipset, but with the dual core processor overclocked to 1.7 GHz instead of 1.5 GHz in Xperia S.

   
Other than that the sources say that it is the same as Xperia S. This means the same 32 GB Internal Storage with MicroSD Card, 1GB RAM and a 4.3 inch HD screen at the front.


At the back there is a 12 MP Camera (which is of same resolution) with LED flash and at the front there is a good 1.3 MP Camera for video calls. There is another good news that the new Xperia SL will ship with Android 4.0.4 (latest is 4.1.0) Ice Cream Sandwich, unlike Gingerbread in Xperia S.
   
We'll learn more information about the phone on Sony's pre-IFA in Berlin on August 29th.

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Mini Android PC !

Ever since computer was invented the size of it has decreased rapidly, initially the room sized computer was made into a suitcase type and when the revolution came in silicon industry which made size ridiculously less. The latest trend has shifted to Ultra books and Tablet PC’s which have slimness jaw-dropping compared to computers of yesteryear, further miniaturization of devices are in progress where manufactures try to bring function of PC’s in smaller devices, MK802 Android 4.0 Mini PC is one of that kind and as the name tells you it runs Android’s ICS.

Features

The MK802 looks like a USB thumb drive or mostly like size of an Standard AA battery. The dimensions are only  3.5″ (w) x 1″ (d) x 0.5″. There are basically two variants Black body with white head and white body with black head. Front end of this device has the USB port and power inlet just beside it.

To support further connection a mini-USB port is situated on the right. You can connect peripherals directly to this device as both ports supports OTG. A card slot is present in the left which supports up-to 32GB. The audio and video output is taken only from the mini HDMI port which is present at the back of the device, there is no 3.5mm jack port so this port is only way of receiving audio and video from the device. There is no power button present in the device which means as soon as you power the device it will turn ON.

Full Specification

• OS : Android 4.0 (ICS)
• CPU : A10/ 1.5GHz Cortex-A8
• RAM : 512MB DDR3
• ROM : 4GB NandFlash
• GPU : 2D/ 3D/ OpenGL ES2.0(AMD Z430)
• Connectivity : Wireless 802.11b/g, WAPI
• Expansion : Micro TF card, expandable upto 32GB
• Slot : Micro 5pin USB/ USB2.0 with OTG support
• Keyboard Support : virtual keyboard, 2.4G wireless mouse and IR
• Audio : AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, AMR-NB,AMR-WB, QCP, MP3, WMA, WAV, MIDI, M4A
• Video : WMV/ASF/MP4/3GP/3G2M4V/AVI/MJPEG/RV10/DivX/VC-1/MPEG-2/MPEG-4/H.263/H.264/1280*720P HD 30 fps, 1080P/720*480 D1 30fps
• Built-in Android Apps : Youku,Tudou,QQ,Youtube,Twitter,AngryBird,Office,Gmail,Browse,Skype
• Input Power : 5V2A
• Weight : 280.0g

Once you switch on this device it first initializes the 720p video mode and then switches to 1080p if the display supports it, this makes the look awesome, it takes one minute to boot and has classic ICS look.

Video playback is simply awesome with 1080P which runs with no glitch and there is option of Multi-channel audio output. It can access external disks up to 1TB without any problem. You can download applications from Android Play such as Polaris and Kingsoft which will make this device worthy.

Where to Buy?

This device cost is the catch, it costs around 59$ (with free shipping) and the seller can ship this product anywhere in the world you can buy this fromhere.

The bottom line : MK802 Android 4.0 Mini PC is an rare combination of low power consumption and functionality, it cost is very less compared to the work it can do. It plays 1080P videos easily and can work with application downloaded from the Google play, in the bottom line its a cheap equivalent for high cost Streaming devices and media devices, it can turn your Tv into Smart TV within seconds. Interaction is the only problem as it doesn’t support both keyboard and mouse and hence you need to get an device like Logitech MX 3200 to interact with the device. You can also tweak this device to run Linux and Ubuntu.

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How To Enable God Mode In Windows 7

God Mode

Windows 7  though very powerful could be tweaked a bit more if you have the reach to all the settings that you wanted to tweak, these hidden settings also known as God mode. God mode are actually shortcuts to various system settings that are otherwise hidden from the users.

God mode can be very easily enabled on any system with a Windows 7 installed these will give you control of your system with a handy way to access various control settings from one place.

How to enable God Mode in Windows 7?

To use these God mode all you’ll need to do is to create a New folder and rename it to GodMode.{Codes}

That is GodMode>.{code} this is how you should rename the folder, use any name for GodMode followed by a ’ .’ and the {} with appropriate code.

You’ll need to replace the ‘code’ with the various codes listed below for activating various settings, though you will need to keep those curly braces as they are. Once that is done, the folder’s icon will change to resemble a control panel and will contain dozens of control options.Now just click on that icon and you will see the new settings control panel with the intended settings.

• GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}

Example: GodMode.{00C6D95F-329C-409a-81D7-C46C66EA7F33} Control panel features Code

• Enter a default location.{00C6D95F-329C-409a-81D7-C46C66EA7F33}
• Use biometric devices with Windows.{0142e4d0-fb7a-11dc-ba4a-000ffe7ab428}
• Select a power plan.{025A5937-A6BE-4686-A844-36FE4BEC8B6D}
• Select which icons and notifications appear on taskbar.{05d7b0f4-2121-4eff-bf6b-ed3f69b894d9}
• Store credentials for automatic logon.{1206F5F1-0569-412C-8FEC-3204630DFB70}
• Install a program from the network.{15eae92e-f17a-4431-9f28-805e482dafd4}
• Choose the programs that Windows uses by default.{17cd9488-1228-4b2f-88ce-4298e93e0966}
• Assembly Cache Viewer.{1D2680C9-0E2A-469d-B787-065558BC7D43}
• Manage wireless networks.{1FA9085F-25A2-489B-85D4-86326EEDCD87}
• Network.{208D2C60-3AEA-1069-A2D7-08002B30309D}
• Computer.{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}
• Devices and Printers.{2227A280-3AEA-1069-A2DE-08002B30309D}
• Remote App and Desktop Connections.{241D7C96-F8BF-4F85-B01F-E2B043341A4B}
• Windows Firewall.{4026492F-2F69-46B8-B9BF-5654FC07E423}
• Windows Explorer.{62D8ED13-C9D0-4CE8-A914-47DD628FB1B0}
• System.{78F3955E-3B90-4184-BD14-5397C15F1EFC}

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WinRar 4.20

WinRar 4.20 Download

In this post I'll be giving you the download link of WinRar which is known as 'The World's Best Archiver.

Salient Features of WinRar

1. It has the highest compression ratio among all the other compression softwares.
2. It has a good GUI (Graphical User Interface) compared to others in the market. 
3. It can extract many types of compressed file extensions like .rar, .zip, .7z, .jar, .iso and many others while it's direct competitor WinZip can extract only .zip files.
4. It is aimed at power users because it has many features.

You can download the setup here and the keygen can be found here.

Important: The keygen provided here will be flagged as a virus by many anti virus softwares because it is a crack. There is no risk involved in it. If you think it is a virus, then please don't download it.

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Downloading With Torrents

How To Download Your Favorite Apps, Movies, Songs, etc with Torrents

In this post I'll be showing you how to download your favorite apps , movies, songs, videos, tv shows, etc with torrents. Torrents, typically ending in ".torrent", are control files for the peer-to-peer file sharing technology called BitTorrent .The only prerequisite is an application called utorrent (Click here to download now). 



Now once you have downloaded it and installed it, it's time to look for the movie ,app or any song you want.      For Example, If I want movie named 'sss' then I'll type in a search engine (google, yahoo, bing etc) 'sss torrent' and results will be displayed. Choose any link from the results and you're good to go. Personally, I prefer all users to search from trusted torrent sites like thepiratebay.se , fenopy.eu , torrentz.eu , bitsnoop.com , kat.ph and extratorrent.com because some torrent sites host dead torrents (torrents with no peers i.e. we cannot download them) and are not trusted. So let's move on with how to download torrents. Once you find the file you want to download you will see a link on the webpage of download this torrent. Check that the torrent file is having many seeders (On many sites shown by green) and less leechers(mostly shown by red colour). This is because the more the number of seeders, the higher is the downloading speed. Now after checking the things I mentioned above click on the 'download torrent' link and Windows will automatically open utorrent and ask you to select the files you want to download. Select the files you need and voila! the download will start automatically. That's it!

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A preview pic showing the selection of files to download with utorrent.

Advantage of downloading with torrents

1.  Most movies, apps, songs etc are not available for download directly.
2.  But even if they are available to download they want you to complete surveys.
3.  Downloading speed of torrents is generally more than that of direct download provided that you             download a torrent with many seeders.
4. Torrents can be paused and stopped and still be downloaded. This is not the case with direct downloads (except few) which once stopped cannot be resumed.

So that's it. I hope you found the post informational. If so then please follow my blog.

PS :- Torrentz.eu is a search engine for torrents. So you should search for torrents on torrentz.eu. Thepiratebay.se hosts the best quality torrents. So mostly go for torrents on thepiratebay.se

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