RSS Ticker Puts Latest News On Your Ubuntu Linux And Windows Desktop

We all know that RSS feeds are used to publish frequently updated content from the internet. News – RSS Ticker is an open source RSS feed ticker for Windows and Linux that delivers the latest news headlines from around the world to your desktop. By default, it comes with feed from the BBC website only.

To begin, hit the “?” icon before the beginning of the feed ticker. This will bring up File, Edit, Control and Help menus. Add feed subscriptions from File menu, configure preferences from Edit menu, and play, pause, reload, speed up and slow down the speed of feed ticker from Control menu.

To customize News – RSS Ticker, head over to “?” –> Edit –> Preferences. Options include, changing the ticker scrolling speed (dimension delay), font change, feed refresh time, clock appearance, opacity, font color selection, etc. To manually refresh the feed, click Get Current Feed button (in Preferences).

To change the default feed subscription, go to “?” –> File -> Open RSS feed and enter the feed title or URL. Once done, you can position it just below the taskbar and keep tab on latest news.

News – RSS Ticker is native to Linux based operating systems and has been ported for the Windows platform with MinGW. Hence, it works with both OS formats. We would recommend also having a look at Snackr which is a similar application but with more eye candy. It must be noted that since Snackr is an Adobe Air app, it will take more RAM than News- RSS Ticker which is developed natively for Linux.

SMSConfirmation: Get Push Notifications For SMS Delivery Report On iPhone

Don’t you just hate it when you send a text and forget all about it, only to return back to your iPhone’s Messaging app to find out that message sending failed due to a network error? Even if you don’t hate it, apparently the jailbreak community does, and that’s why SMSConfirmation has been made, which is a Cydia tweak to let you know if your text message was sent or not. The cool part? You don’t have to check the status of the text yourself; the tweak displays a push notification which is impossible to miss.

After you have installed it to your iDevice, the tweak will start displaying push notifications a lot like the one iOS used before iOS 5 (pop-ups). The tweak does not make use of the new Notification Center and banner notifications of iOS 5.

After sending an SMS, you don’t have to wait for the status of the text message to update. You can navigate away from the Messages app to any other area of the device; SMSConfirmation will display a delivery report for your sent message.

There tweak does not have any customizable settings. The only way to disable it is to uninstall it from within Cydia. Being a heavy texter myself, I personally appreciate this tweak a lot. The tweak is available for free at the ModMyi repo in the Cydia store.

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StatusBulletin Turns iPhone Status Bar Into A News Ticker For Notifications

Apparently, a lot of developers over at the Cydia store aren’t big fans of the way notification banners are displayed in iOS. The main purpose of a banner is to notify users of a new change in an app, but without proving to be too much of a distraction. The stock banners in iOS are a bit too much in height for some people’s liking, and that’s why there are many jailbreak tweaks that focus on making the banners thinner and more pleasing to the eye. The latest to join the ranks of such tweaks is StatusBulletin. This Cydia tweak does make iOS notification banners thinner than before, but that’s not all it does. The best feature of StatusBulletin is that it gives your notifications the appearance of a news ticker. The banners will adhere to the status bar of your iPhone, and rather than ending the preview with the usual dots for long notifications, you will be shown the entire message thanks to the auto-scroll feature of StatusBulletin.

Unlike most tweaks dealing with notification banners, StatusBulletin does have a few customizable settings, letting its users change any visual aspect of the banner they want. Within the StatusBulletin menu in the stock Settings app, you can choose between smart titles and custom title settings. The second option is there to let users choose the apps for which they want the banner to display the app name. In smart titles mode, the tweak chooses those apps itself and notifications are shown based on the type of notification and the app to which it belongs. If you want to control the color of banners, go to the Banner Style option of the tweak’s menu and select the color scheme you like the most. It is possible to make the banner adhere to the current color of the status bar, or there is the option to make it black or silver permanently. For users of BiteSMS, there is the option to toggle on the Hide BiteSMS Button.

Once you have configured StatusBulletin in the perfect way, just exit the Settings app and wait for a notification to show up. If the content of the banner is longer than the width of your iPhone’s screen, you will see the reason behind putting “bulletin” in the tweak’s name. Long notifications don’t disappear until the complete message in them has been shown via the automatic scrolling functionality offered by StatusBulletin. Most of the times, the tweak gives the illusion that it is using the status bar to display the banners, and that really looks awesome.

StatusBulletin is a free tweak, and you can give it a try by heading to the ModMyi repo of the Cydia store.

Dell Inspiron M101z price in India, Dell Inspiron M101z notebook price

Dell is bout to launch its notebook 11.6-inch Inspiron M101z which is really handy because it is ultra portable in India t about a 20k range. Previously we have seen that Dell has given its target audience some good laptops and Notebook of which they can be proud of.

The launch of Dell 11.6-inch Inspiron M101z is very soon to happen as the announcement has been made and the date just needs to be decided. The Dell 11.6-inch Inspiron M101z is bigger then Dell’s previous notebooks as they it is expected that the audience will like it.

The features of Dell  Inspiron M101z is quite interesting and it is expected that it would sell in India once it is launched. This Inspiron M101z laptop which is really portable has a forward hinge design in keeping with the tradition of the Dell line which began with the Dell Inspiron 14R. It has a six full battery yet the laptop is so handy that it weighs just 1.6 kg.

Priced at 20,900 Dell  Inspiron M101z is quite a keeper as it has all the essential features of a good notebook and it is bound to fulfill all the customers needs.

Dell  Inspiron M101z has specifications like it has a dual core processor with K125, K325 which speeds up the laptop and makes it more comfortable. The AMD processor is integrated with ATI Mobility Radeon 4225 graphics and this device supports up to 4GB of DDR3 RAM and 320GB 7200 rpm hard drive. The laptop looks really good with its sleek looks and it comes in four colors which are red, purple, black and blue with 11.6-inch LED-backlit display screen with 1366x768 pixel resolution.

As far as Dell Inspiron M101z connectivity is concerned then it has 3 USB ports, HDMI port, VGA, ethernet, and a multicard reader slot. The wireless connectivity standards are pretty high with Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n and Bluetooth 3.0. the operating system with Dell  Inspiron M101z Laptop is Windows 7.

Dell Venue price in India, Dell Venue price, Features Android Froyo 2.2 OS

Dell Venue price in India is Rs. 22,399 and Dell Venue Pro price in India is Rs. 23,999 is you wish to buy from online store. But if you wish to buy from official Dell India site, Dell Venue price in India is yet to be listed there. Dell Venue price in India is among the high end smartphones in Indian market.

Dell Venue smartphone has Google Android Froyo 2.2 operating system. The Dell phone announcement and the introduction was really all hush hush and not much attention was given to the introduction of the phone.

The Dell venue which is one of four Android phones promised by Dell to its target audience would be launched in December of this year. It would be a busy year ending for Dell as they also have a laptop lined up to launch now this phone.

The interesting Dell Venue features has Android Froyo 2.2 phone and a Windows 7 Operating System and that Dell Venue seemed to be inspired from Dell Venue Dell Venue Pro running Microsoft Windows Phone 7. Apart from this Dell Venue has a advanced camera of 8 megapixel and a 4.1-inch 24-bit AMOLED display.

The other Dell Venue features are that it has a display with the Gorilla Glass technology and has an 800x800 screen resolution. The phone Dell Venue soon to be launched phone has 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon QSD8250 microprocessor which would run this phone at a much faster speed.

All Dell Venue features would help the Android phone to run at a much faster rate and it would be loved by the users. The Dell Venue offers only 1 GB memory but it can be improved to 32 GB by inserting a MiCro SD card. Dell Venue smartphone is almost a laptop with very interesting features like it has 512MB RAM and 1GB ROM.

Watching videos in this phone named Dell Venue would definitely be fun as the phone supports H.264/MPEG-4 AVC and WMV video codecs. Email services would also be of the high order the phone supports ActiveSync, Push Email, POP3, IMAP and Microsoft Exchange and has a decent browser. The phone is a real miracle worker as it has the correct things and features and is very hot phone.

Dell Streak 4G table launch at CES 2011 features, specifications and price

introduced at the ongoing Consumer Electronic Show at Las Vegas by the technology giant Dell. The latest 7-inch touchscreen tablet by Dell is one more to join the tablet bandwagon at this year’s CES which is largely seen as the tablet show by experts. Dell Streak touchscreen tablet features Google’s Android software v 2.2 Froyo and runs on T-Mobile’s high speed 4G network.

The launch of Dell Streak touchscreen tablet is seen as Dell’s aggressive move to make it big at the tablet market this year and to launch its product amongst the tough rivalry posed by the iPad, Samsung Galaxy Tab and Motorola Droid Xoom that also got launched at the CES 2011.

The Streak tablet from Dell features a dual-core processor by Nvidia Tegra 2 and offers support for Adobe’s Flash multimedia software. T-Mobile, a unit of Deutsche Telekom AG which is USA’s no. 4 carrier will run Dell Streak on its 4G network and according to the company the tablet will be available in coming weeks.

Dell ventured into the tablet market in 2010 by introducing a 5-inch Streak model and still has long way to go to make a splash in the tablet market already dominated by Apple’s iPad and other tablet players that have proved their mettle recently to become iPad’s biggest rivals such as the Tab or Xoom Droid.

Dell Streak tablet is the first 4G product by both Del and T-Mobile. Dell Streak tablet also called Streak 7 is a true successor of the 5-inch Streak launched by Dell last year. The other specifications of Dell Streak 4G include 7-inch WVGA TFT multi-touch display with Gorilla Glass technology with 800 x 480 pixel resolution. Powered by Android v 2.2 the tablet has Dell Stage 1.0 UI layered over it. We can expect the Dell Streak 4G tablet to get an update to the other Android versions such as Gingerbread and Honeycomb.

Dell Streak features also include a 5 MP camera at the rear with 720p HD recording, a 1.3 MP camera with video call facility, full HTML supporting webkit based browser and 16 GB of internal memory that can be expanded further to up to 32GB via microSD card. The connectivity features of Dell Streak 7 4G are Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 2.1 and built-in support for 4G network. The tablet also supports Microsoft Exchange e-mail, calendar and contacts. The price of Dell Streak 4G tablet is yet to be announced by Dell.

At the CES 2011 Dell also introduced Dell Venue, its latest smartphone that runs on Android but without a wireless carrier and gave a sneak peak into another 10-inch tablet that the company is still working on.

Dell Vostro 131 features, Dell Vostro 131 Price in India

Dell Vostro 131 price in India is 30,000 INR and the user is free to choose their own configuration for the laptop as well as between the available colors of Aberdeen Silver and Lucerne Red. Dell Vostro 131 features also include DigitalPersona finger print reader, Chiclet keyboard that has backlighting as an option and Express Chipset of Mobile Intel HM 67.

Dell Vostro 131 features

To meet the specific needs of small scale businesses, the new Dell Vostro 131 features an extremely portable and sleek design allowing users to carry it anywhere with ease. Weighing a little over 3.6 pounds, the Dell Vostro 131 features are improved from the previous model of Vostro V130 adding many significant features mainly the battery strength needed for working long hours without power to charge the machine.

The most important Dell Vostro 131 features include the 6-cell Lithium-Ion battery (also available in 4-cell) which can last for approximately 9.5 hours. The machine runs on a 2nd Generation core i5 processor and features a 13.3 inch LED display with Intel HD 2000 graphics and HDD 320 GB. The Dell Vostro 131 features also include operating system of genuine Windows 7 Professional SP1 32 bit.

Other smartphone Dell Vostro 131 features designed for business professionals include HD webcam, Bluetooth 3.0 + HS Support, two USB 3.0 ports and HDMI for sharing files and information. You can also access the Windows Mobility Center and Dell Support Center with three separate Quick Launch buttons. The Dell Vostro 131 features also include hard drive storage of 500 GB and 6 GB RAM with DDR3 memory.