MS-Dos Turns 30 !!!

Last week it was the birthday of MS DOS and it has turned 30 now! So, today I am gonna share the story behind this prodigious OS. In fact I would go one step further and say that it was only because of it Microsoft became one of the big guns in personal computing and its founders some of the richest men on the planet.

Happy Birthday MS DOS

Thirty years ago on 27-July-1981 Microsoft finalized a deal with Seattle Computers to purchase their operating system which was then called QDOS (Quick and Dirty Operating System). This OS was designed by Tim Paterson of Seattle Computers. Tim designed this OS in just 6 weeks for some in house hardware!

Microsoft bought the rights to QDOS for a sum of $50,000. After QDOS was purchased by Microsoft they renamed it to MS-DOS (Microsoft Disk Operating System) and then they bundled it with the IBM pc. It is said that Microsoft kept there deal with IBM a secret from Tim Paterson and his company, Seattle Computer Products. If Seattle Computers would have been aware about such a big deal they would have sealed a deal with IBM themselves and then Microsoft would not have been what it is today.

Later Microsoft offered a job to Tim Paterson and Tim worked with Microsoft until 1998.  He now runs Paterson Technology, a small company that develops unique hardware and software products near Seattle, Washington.

MS DOS was updated many times uptill 1994 before it was finally replaced by Windows 95.

Which Type Of Geek Are You ??

Hi Geeks, Today I am presenting an infographic that depicts 56 types of geeks.


Now, Let us know which type of geek you are using the comments section below. 


Enjoy..

Google Plus vs Facebook

Few months back Facebook was the market leader in the social networking arena but now after the introduction of Google Plus things have changed. No doubt that if you go with numbers Facebook still rules the market with 750 million active users but if we have a look on the rate of growth then there is no comparison to the success of Google Plus. In mere 3 weeks it has got more than 20 million active users. And that’s a big number.

The War Between The Social Networking Giants

I believe people at Facebook won’t be sitting ideal and they won’t let Google plus steal the show so easily. So, get ready to see a war between these social networking giants. 

Below I have presented an infographic that depicts this clash of titans. 

Print Preview in Google Chrome

If you have a habit of printing webpages then chrome would not have have been a good choice for you earlier. But now google has done its homework and this time they are back with chrome 13. Now in chrome 13 you can print webpages more efficiently. This enhancement is print preview in google chrome.

Chrome 13 is different because it has a special feature that uses a built in PDF plugin to convert the page you want to print into a pdf file and along with it there is also another feature that shows the print preview of the page.

Print Preview in Google Chrome 13

If you hit Ctrl+P in chrome 13 a nifty frame opens up on the right side of the browser, giving you all sorts of options to print the page as you like. This improved print functionality also allows you print a two sided copy, hence helps in saving paper too.

Well I can’t wait anymore! And I am thinking to try this out soon. 

How to make Firefox Transparent

Firefox is undoubtedly one of the best browsers in the world and my personal favourite. But despite of its cool features and superb addons it has lagged behind in looks. I mean if you don’t use any themes for firefox you are bound to feel it dull and boring. Today I am going to guide you on how to make firefox transparent.

  

In the default firefox theme the top title bar looks transparent and the rest of the browser looks solid. And I feel this looks really awkward. So, lets get started.

New Transparent Look for Firefox

I prefer this addon to any theme because it gives an Aero glassy effect to the Firefox toolbar and the best part is that it preserves the look of the icons, tabs etc. So, now you can have a transparent browser and I bet you will love it.

You can download this addon here:

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Facebook Chat On Google Talk

Do you have a habit of chatting with your friends till long ? Do you feel that the facebook sidebar widget is pathetic and creates problems while chatting? Today I am going to guide you on how to do facebook chat on Google talk.


Personally, I don’t like facebook chat and it has become even worse after their sidebar gadget update. More over if you are chatting with one of your friend on gtalk and other on facebook then it is quiet inconvenient to switch between the two.


So, Now here is an easy solution for the above probem. With a small hack it is possible to integrate facebook chat on google talk.

Integration of Facebook Chat in Google Talk

So here we go..

• Install PSI IM on your machine (http://psi-im.org/download)
• Now Add your Google Talk account into it. Do it like this Google Talk How-To for Psi 0.12 or Configuring Psi for Google Talk
• Once your Google Account is added into your PSI Client, right-click on your Google Account and select the option that says "Service Discovery".
• Enter jabme.de in the address field and hit enter. A list of available services will be populated.
• Select "JabMe XMPP Transport" and right-click it and select Register.
• In Jabber ID field enter like this “yourusername@chat.facebook.com” .For Example in my case it was something like geekrevealed@chat.facebook.com and enter your Facebook password. Find your Facebook user name. Select language of your choice and click Register.
• Add and authorize everything and you are done.

!! Happy Chatting !!

Who unfriended you on facebook ??

Are you a power facebooker?? Do you have many friends on facebook and want to know who among your friends has unfriended you?? Well today I am going to guide you on how to know who unfriended you on facebook.


As we all know, Facebook is lacking this feature and it doesn’t bother notifying you that who has unfriended you. But by using some simple hacks you can keep a track of people who have unfriended you on facebook.


First Way:- The first solution is a greesemonkey script called Unfriend Finder for Facebook that you can integrate with your browser and it will notify you whenever anyone unfriends you on facebook. The only problem with the script is that it only supports few browsers like firefox, opera, chrome and safari. This script adds an Unfriends menu to your Facebook sidebar and an Unfriends link to the top right side of your account.

• Chrome users can get it here
• Firefox users can get it here. But they need to have Greesemonkey script already installed.
• Opera users can get it here

        ScreenShot of Unfriend Finder for Facebook  

Second Way:- The second way is using an external service called Who.deleted.me. Who.deleted.me lets you find out who among your facebook friends have deleted you.

• Simply go to the website and click the button that says Login with facebook.
• Now you will be prompted by facebook connect to allow the app to acess your account info. Click on “Allow and use”.
• From now onwards whenever anyone unfriends you on facebook you will receive an email notification for that.

Now by using any of the above mentioned tricks you can find who has unfriended you on facebook.


!! Happy facebooking !!

BlackBerry Vs Iphone Infographic

Blackberry phones are probably one of the best among the smartphones. These phones are designed and manufactured by a Canadian company called RIM (Research In Motion) started in 1996. Blackberry was the 1st brand to take smartphones in the business arena. The device is named as Blackberry because its black button keys on the black color phone resemble Blackberry fruit seed.

Iphone on the other hand is a series of Internet and multimedia enabled smartphones designed and marketed by Apple Inc. iPhone has given smartphones a new dimension by bringing hell lots of apps that run many productive services in complete operating system.

So, here I present an infographic depicting the war between these two smartphone giants.

How to write upside down on facebook

Updating your Facebook status upside down fascinates many people. And when people search for how to do this they come across certain moronic answers. Actually, I was also fascinated by this and hence I thought of writing a how to guide for this. So today I will let you know how to write upside down on facebook.

Moronic Answers On Internet.

First Way: There are some websites like 

• http://www.en.fliptext.net/


• http://toolsgeek.com/upsidedown.php


• www.sevenwires.com/play/UpsideDownLetters.html 

which allow to write the text upside down later you can copy this upside down text and paste it where ever you want.

Another way: Another way to do this is to sign up with a facebook app FlipMyText. Apart from the upside down text Flipmytext also offers some other cool effects too.

Yet Another Way: If you don’t want to use the above two methods there is one more simple way ;-) .Ofcourse you can copy paste upside down characters from here:

• ˙ ' ¿ , ؛ „ 


• z ʎ x ʍ ʌ n ʇ s ɹ b d o u ɯ ʃ ʞ ɾ ı ɥ ƃ ɟ ǝ p ɔ q ɐ


• 6 8 Ɫ 9 5 ᔭ Ɛ 2 1 0

So, you can use any of the three mentioned methods to write upside down on facebook.


!Have a nice day!

Facebook connect’s Security breach

Hulu a streaming video site have publicized that they have discovered some loopholes in facebook.

Previously, Hulu had announced that they have come up with a new feature that allows Hulu users to comment on a specific instant within a video. Both the comment and the portion of the video can be shared on your Facebook profile by clicking a button on the video player’s page. This feature uses facebook connect. Connect is a service that lets Facebook users log into third-party services using their Facebook account information.

Copyright- Venturebeat

But shortly after launching their Facebook Connect feature they noticed that a small number of users were seeing someone else’s account information upon logging in to their accounts through the feature. The company said that highly sensitive information such as account passwords or credit card numbers should not be compromised as a result of a bug.

Hence, Hulu said it won’t roll out Facebook Connect integration to the site again until the company can ensure that privacy breaches won’t occur in the future.

How to Zoom Facebook Photos

Do you want to have a closer look at your friends photo without visiting his profile? So, here comes the solution. Today I am going to tell you how to zoom facebook photos just by a mouse hover.

So the solution is a simple plugin. You can simply installing a plugin “Facebook Zoom”. Facebook Zoom allows you to zoom in to profile or album pictures just by a mouse hover. When the mouse is over a thumbnail on facebook page, a tooltip appears with the bigger image in it.

So, this plugin helps you to save bandwidth as well as your precious time. Here is the screenshot.

Screenshot of Facebook-Zoom

Download this plugin:

• Mozilla
• Chrome

Geek Revealed is Live Now!

Hi Pals, Geek Revealed is here.


Geek Revealed is a top class Grade-A technical geeky blog. We assure our readers for our quality posts, innovative information, and cool ideas. Well, regarding our scope I would say that this blog is for bloggers, social junkies, technology lovers and all budding, newbies, full-fledged geeks and nettie’s.


Now focussing on who is behind this blog: I am Ankit, I started my blogging journey two years back with the Google’s blogspot  platform and Since then I always tried to deliver my readers the bestest content from all across the web. I can assure you that we aim at quality and throughout this blogging journey I will be committed to deliver utmost Quality and Ground-breaking information and I won’t let any of my readers to get bored or jaded.


I hope during this journey we will make more friends and develop good relations with some fellow bloggers too.

So, Stay Tuned..