Sunday, 19 June 2011

USB Disk Security 6 for Windows

 

Award-winning protection to secure your PC against threats from USB drive.

To download and install USB Disk Security please follow these instructions.

1. Download USB Disk Security 6 from the links below:

Download Link 



2. Save the installer

When the File Download dialog box appears click the "Save" button and download it onto your computer.

3. Run the installer

Please run the installer and follow the Setup Wizard to complete the installation.

Saturday, 18 June 2011

Re-classification of Saharanpur as "Y" class city for the purpose of HRA

No. 2(14)/2010-E.II(B)
Government of India
Ministry of Finance Department of Expenditure
New Delhi, 15th June, 2011.
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Subject:- Re-classification of Saharanpur as “Y” class city for the purpose of House Rent Allowance – regarding.

The undersigned is directed to invite attention to this Ministry’s O.M. No.2(21)/E.II(B)/2004 dated 18.11.2004 & O.M. No.2(13)/2008-E.II(B) dated 29.08.2008 regarding re-classification of cities on the basis of the population figures of 2001 census for the purpose of HRA to the Central Government employees and to say that the Government of Uttar Pradesh vide their Notification No.2176/9-7-09-53J/1998 dated 01.10.2009 reconstituted the area of Saharanpur (M.B.) by adding certain areas within its Municipal limits and renamed it as Saharanpur Municipal Corporation, which resulted in an increase in population of ‘Saharanpur Municipal Corporation’ to qualify it for classification as ‘Y’ class city for the purpose of House Rent Allowance to the Central Government employees.
2. The President is, accordingly, pleased to decide that Saharanpur city (within its Municipal limits) shall stand re-classified as “Y” class city for the purpose of grant of House Rent Allowance to the Central Government employees posted there.
3. These orders shall be effective from 1st June, 2011.
4. The orders will apply to all civilian employees of the Central Government. The orders will also be applicable to the civilian employees paid from the Defence Services Estimates. In respect of Armed Forces personnel and Railway employees, separate orders will be issued by the Ministry of Defence and the Ministry of Railways, respectively.
5. In so far as the persons serving in the Indian Audit and Accounts Department are concerned, these orders issue in consultation with the Comptroller & Auditor General of India.
sd/-
(Anil Sharma)
Under Secretary to the Govt. of India

How to Disable the Shutdown Event Tracker in Server 2003 / 2008?

A nice feature that can sometimes by annoying is the Shutdown Event Tracker, that allows you to comment every time you shut off a server. While I do understand the auditing requirements to have this in place on production server, this feature is unnecessary for development and test servers and can be disabled.

To disable Shutdown Event Tracker we need to open the Group Policy Editor, the Group Policy Editor can be opened from pressing "START > RUN > GPEDIT.MSC " then press ENTER


From the navigation menu on the left side navigate to "Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > System", then on the right side double click "Display Shutdown Event Tracker"

Change the option from "Not Configured" to "Disabled" > Press "Apply" then press "OK




Note you can also use this to enable Shutdown Event Tracker in Vista although I have no idea why someone would want to do that.
A restart is not required for this change to take effect.

MS Office Key Remover 1.0.0.4

Office Key Remover 1.0.0.4

Office Key Remover is a small tool which removes Microsoft Office's license information on your machine! This way you're able to change the license key of Microsoft Office.
This application may require administrator rights!

Screenshots:
Office Key Remover:




Instructions to change your Office product key

  1. Run Office Key Remover
  2. Choose which version's license data you want to be removed
  3. Start one of the Office products
  4. Enter another product key once you're asked (see screenshots above)

Requirements: 
· NET Framework 3.5 (or higher versions)


Changelog

Version 1.0.0.4:
  • Updated installer (can uninstall now)
  • Updated administrator rights check to avoid problems
  • Several smaller improvements
  • False installer AV detection was fixed
  • Installer can uninstall the application now   

Download

India's $35 Tablet "Sakshat" to Launch this month...finally....

The Indian government had in July this year, declared its intentions of launching a $35 tablet, Sakshat, for students and teachers. It looks like this project is finally set to take off with the laptop being expected to be launched sometime this month.
These tablets will be powered by Linux Operating System and will be made by HCL Technologies. It is rumored that Microsoft had offered Windows CE to the Govt of India, but looks like the Govt finally settled on Linux.
Specifications:
  • Operating System: Linux
  • Display: 7-inch Touch Screen
  • Keyboard: Built in
  • RAM: 2GB
  • 32GB hard drive
  • Connectivity: WiFi, USB port
  • Power: 2 watt
  • Video conferencing facility
  • Multimedia content
  • Will support Open/Libre Office, SciLab and Internet browsing.
To begin with, 10,000 Sakshat tablets will be delivered to the Indian Institute of Technology, Rajasthan in late June. Over the next four months more than 90,000 tablet units will be made ready for delivery
They will cost Rs 2,200, but the government plans to further subsidize the cost by 50 per cent. This will bring down the cost to end-users to Rs 1100/-, that’s around $35.
 

Friday, 17 June 2011

Post Office Saving Accounts to be taxed from Current Fiscal

The government has decided to levy tax on the interest obtained on Post Office savings schemes from the current financial year.
The Central Board of Direct Taxes ( CBDT )) has brought out a notification in this regard recently, which stipulates that any interest earned beyond Rs 3,500 (in case of individual accounts) and Rs 7,000 (in case of joint accounts) will be taxable from the running fiscal.


The CBDT-- which is the administrative authority of the Income Tax Department-- has issued the notification to all the tax collection ranges across the country for implementation.


Taxpayers will have to reflect this investment on their income tax returns.


"Taxpayers who now invest in the post office saving accounts schemes will now have to show the interest earned on this scheme while filing their income tax returns. Interest upto Rs 3,500, in case of single accounts and and Rs 7,000 in case of joint accounts, is exempted," a senior I-T official said.


The Assessing Officer (AO) will compute the tax on the interest earned, beyond the exemption limit, accordingly, he said.


The current interest rates for Post Office savings deposits is 3.5 per cent per annum.


The minimum investment limit in this scheme is Rs 50 while the maximum limit is Rs one lakh for an individual account and Rs 2 lakh in case of a joint account.

Source:toi 
Economic Times dated 16th June, 2011

Wednesday, 15 June 2011

Nokia Mobile Shortcut Codes

Nokia Mobile Shortcut Codes


These Nokia codes will work on most Nokia Mobile Phones
(1)*3370# Activate Enhanced Full Rate Codec (EFR) - Your phone uses the best sound qualitybut talktime is reduced my approx. 5%
(2)*#3370# Deactivate Enhanced Full Rate Codec (EFR) OR *3370# ( Favourite )
(3)*#4720# Activate Half Rate Codec - Your phone uses a lower quality sound but you shouldgain approx 30% more Talk Time.
(4)*#4720# Deactivate Half Rate Codec.
(5)*#0000# Displays your phones software version, 1st Line : Software Version, 2nd Line :Software Release Date, 3rd Line : Compression Type. ( Favourite )
(6)*#9999# Phones software version if *#0000# does not work.
(7)*#06# For checking the International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI Number).(Favourite )
(8)*#147# (vodafone) this lets you know who called you last.
(9)*#1471# Last call (Only vodofone).
(10)*#21# Allows you to check the number that "All Calls" are diverted to
(11)*#2640# Displays security code in use.
(12)*#30# Lets you see the private number.
(13)*#43# Allows you to check the "Call Waiting" status of your phone.
(14)*#61# Allows you to check the number that "On No Reply" calls are diverted to.
(15)*#62# Allows you to check the number that "Divert If Unreachable (no service)" calls are diverted to.
(16)*#67# Allows you to check the number that "On Busy Calls" are diverted to.
(17)*#67705646# Removes operator logo on 3310 & 3330.
(18)*#73# Reset phone timers and game scores.
(19)*#746025625# Displays the SIM Clock status, if your phone supports this power saving feature "SIM Clock Stop Allowed", it means you will get the best standby time possible.
(20)*#7760# Manufactures code.
(21)*#7780# Restore factory settings.
(22)*#8110# Software version for the nokia 8110.
(23)*#92702689# Displays - 1.Serial Number, 2.Date Made, 3.Purchase Date, 4.Date of last repair (0000 for no repairs), 5.Transfer User Data. To exit this mode you need to switch your phone off then on again. ( Favourite )
(24)*#94870345123456789# Deactivate the PWM-Mem.
(25)**21*number# Turn on "All Calls" diverting to the phone number entered.
(26)**61*number# Turn on "No Reply" diverting to the phone number entered.
(27)**67*number# Turn on "On Busy" diverting to the phone number entered.
(28)12345 This is the default security code.

Note:Some of these codes will not work in all models.