Friday, July 30, 2010 (Last Friday of July) is the System Administrator Appreciation Day. Yes, today marks the 11th annual celebration of systems administrators everywhere. It’s a day when you should stop and appreciate the people that keep those servers running and those backups fresh, not shake your fist at them for your poor 99.9% uptime. On this special day, I would like to advice to employees on the proper use of the System Administrator’s valuable time! ...

What if your phone automatically went silent when you step into the movie theatre? Texted your significant other when you finished your long commute? Or automatically turned down the volume when a particularly loud friend called? It can; here’s how. Android application Tasker gives you total rules-based automation for your Android phone. It’s not free, but it offers a free 14-day trial download. Tasker can do nearly anything on your phone. It’s mostly limited by your imagination. Here are some up-front ideas about neat automations that come to mind: ...

Can’t wait to share this video – “Facebook is a Stupid Idiot” Farmville fans! Ha..ha..

Microsoft has confirmed the hardware partners that will be launching Windows Phone 7 handsets Greg Sullivan, senior product manager for Microsoft, told that he could expect handsets from Dell, Asus, LG, HTC, and Samsung at the launch later this year. It confirms certain former rumors. We always thought Dell would be launching a Windows Phone 7 device, the Dell Lightning. And HTC exclusively confirmed to us that it was also launching a Windows Phone 7-powered handset too. ...

Dell has released its own browser based on the Firefox platform, called the Dell KACE Secure Browser. The Secure Browser uses virtualization technology to provide a safer web experience to users and organizations. When using the Secure Browser any changes or malicious files inadvertently downloaded from the Internet are contained within the secure browser, keeping the underlying OS and computer secure from hostile changes. Any changes resulting from browser activity may be quickly and easily reset to effectively “undo” such changes and return it to its initially installed state. Secure Browsers also offer the option of specifying “white” and “black” lists to control what processes may be started or what sites may be visited. ...

Image by Carlo Nicora via Flickr The founder and CEO of Facebook Mark Zuckerberg has made it official !! As of today morning, the largest social networking site is now 500 million members strong and growing!! “As of this morning, 500 million people all around the world are actively using Facebook to stay connected with their friends and the people around them. This is an important milestone for all of you who have helped spread Facebook around the world. Now a lot more people have the opportunity to stay connected with the people they care about.” ...

After iPhone 4 reception issues and free cases chronicle – so called ‘Antennagate’, Apple posted an article in its website. It says every smartphone has a cellular antenna and can lose signal strength if you hold it in a certain way. It compared iPhone 4 alongside other smartphones – BlackBerry Bold 9700, HTC Droid Eris, Samsung Omnia II Understanding attenuation and signal loss: The opposite of amplification, attenuation happens whenever a signal is obstructed. All antennas — including television, radio, GPS, and cellular antennas — can experience attenuation. And with most antennas, the density and composition of the human hand can cause attenuation to a greater degree than some other materials. On a mobile phone, signal loss typically occurs when your hand attenuates the most sensitive part of the antenna. In the photos and videos below, we demonstrate how different grips cause attenuation on many popular smartphones — including iPhone 4 and iPhone 3GS. ...

This now-famous iPhone 4 Antenna Song was played before Steve Jobs took the stage to address the ‘reception issues’ at the iPhone 4 Press Conference. Lyrics of the song, followed by the video: “there’s an awful lot of hoopla around the iphone 4 anttenna when you grip it with the death grip and you’re call slips away the media loves a failure in a string of success the facts won’t ever matter if they can make bigger messes sure i can make it happen but in terms of daily usage i’ve yet to drop a call so this whole damn thing is stupid and you can call me a fanboy i’ve been called worse things but gizmodo just ridiculous pulling their anti-apple strings you bought a stolen prototype get over it and move on or hey even better let’s all sing this song” ...

The other night, when I started roaming in and around outskirts of the City of Pearls, I updated my status on Facebook - ‘At Shabad, Charminar…2.15 am…having dinner in ‘Chowki’ style! Jagne ki raat’ via text message. When we reached home in the early morning at around 4.30 am - one of my friends who came along with us started worrying about my status message – his brother might see my FB message and acquaint his parents the real story! ...

1. Super Mario This sweet geek used FuSoYa’s Lunar Magic Super Mario hack to pose a proposal to his girlfriend spelling out “Lisa… will you marry me?” in gold coins. That’s one way to get the princess! [via] Mashable