Ruby on RAILS, updating a record in the database using form_for and update_attributes

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Ruby On RAILS, updating a record in database using form_for

This post will be of use to you only if you happen to be a newbie to Ruby and Ruby on Rails and currently working on the Shovell web application from the book "Build Your Own Ruby on Rails Web Applications" by Patrick Lenz.

This post will be helpful to you if you are trying to add a feature to the Shovell application where the users of the Shovell should be able to update/edit stories posted by them.

After completing the Shovell application as guided in the book "Build Your Own Ruby on Rails Web Applications" I wanted to add edit functionality to my stories of Shovell application and after a few hours of struggle (I am very new to Ruby and Ruby on RAILS RoR) I was successfully able to implement the edit functionally to Shovell's stories.

This is how I achieved it :)


--Display a "edit story" link next to the "Submitted by" link on the show story page.
(validation done: dispaly the "edit story" link only if the current story being displayed is submitted by the current logged in user.)

Add this portion of the code to your /views/story/show.rhtml file within the submitted_by class

<% if logged_in? %> <% if @story.user.login.to_s == @current_user.login.to_s %> <%= link_to 'edit story', :controller => 'story', :action => 'edit_story', :id => @story %> <% end %> <% end %>



The submitted_by class after adding this code looks like this

Submitted by: <%= link_to @story.user.login, :controller => 'account',:action => 'show', :id => @story.user.login %>
<% if logged_in? %> <% if @story.user.login.to_s == @current_user.login.to_s %> <%= link_to 'edit story', :controller => 'story', :action => 'edit_story', :id => @story %> <% end %> <% end %>

--Once the user clicks on the "edit story" link, take him to /views/story/edit_story.rhtml page pre-filled with all the story details and tags. Allow user to make changes and save the updates.

Create a new file named edit_story.rhtml in /views/story/ and add the following code to it.

<%= error_messages_for 'story' %>

<% form_for :story do |f| %>

Title of the story:
<%= f.text_field :name %>

link:
<%= f.text_field :link %>

Description:
<%= f.text_area :description %>

Tags:
<%= text_field_tag 'tags', @story.tag_list %>

<%= submit_tag %>

<% end %>

Add the following code to your story controller named story_controller.rb located in /controllers/story_controller.rb

def edit_story @story = Story.find(params[:id]) @story.user = @current_user if request.post? and @story.update_attributes(params[:story]) @story.tag_with params[:tags] if params[:tags] flash[:notice] = 'Story was successfully updated.' # redirect_to :action => 'edit_story' end end note: this controller part of the code should be added anywhere above the protected section.

All the code above looks self explanatory but in case you have a question please leave a comment.

Other questions that got answered by this post:
1.How to use form_for to update data in the the database in Ruby On RAILS. 2.How to use form_for to update a record in the database in ROR.
3. What method to use to update a records in the database using Ruby on RAILS.
(hint: @story.update_attributes(params[:story] )
4. How to fetch all the values of tags from a the current story and set it as value of the text_field_tag (hint: <%= text_field_tag 'tags', @story.tag_list %> )

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Get Xcerion XIOS/3 Internet Operating System Beta Invitation

I just received a beta invitation to try out the Xcerion XIOS (XML based Internet Operating System). To learn more about Xcerion XIOS visit this page on wikipedia : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xcerion_XIOS

Visit this link : http://xcerion.com/screenshots/ fro a detailed intro of Xcerion XIOS

Currently this Internet Operating system is supported by on IE6+ but they have Firefox support on their top priority list.

Be the first few to try it, drop me a line with your email address if you would need an invitation :)

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How to use my camera mobile phone as webcam?

With the help of WWIGO (Webcam Whereever I Go) software available free of cost from http://www.motvik.com/ it's simple to use your camera phone as a webcam.

WIWIGO is a free software that allows you to use your camera mobile phone as a webcam over the bluetooth connection between the mobile phone and the computer. It gives better video quality than any average webcam, is compaitable with all applications that you would generally use your webcam for and if FREE.

All you need is a camera phone with bluetooth, a desktop or laptop with bluetooth and WWIGO s/w on your mobile and computer.

To know more about WWIGO go to about WIWIGO page here : http://www.motvik.com/about-wwigo.php

To see a list of supported camera mobiles that can be used as a web camera with the help of WIWIGO s/w and to download WIWIGO "mobile camera/webcam" software visit this page : http://www.motvik.com/download.php

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Meet Digital Inspiration fame Amit Agrawal at BarCamp3 Delhi

You can call him blogging Guru, the first professional blogger of India, Amit Agrawal who runs his blogs at http://labnol.blogspot.com and http://www.labnol.org is going to share his wisdom at BarCamp3 Delhi on 8th of Dec 2007, I wish I could have written it a little in advance and made the message reach a few more readers of my blog.

Watch these videos to and you will know what I am talking about.

Amit Agrawal featured on CNN-IBN

Amit's life journey as a blogger.


To know more about Amit visit his personal page at: http://www.labnol.org/about.html

If you are a blogger and you can make it to Delhi by tomorrow, this is the session you will never want to miss. If anyone can do a favor to video record his session and share it, it will be a great help to the whole blogging community :)

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Absolutely interesting video, Web 2.0 bubble

It is like touring the internet on a jetplane ;)

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Digital photo frame price comparison India

Here is the news that came on www.tech2.com today about the launch of digital photo frame in India by Transcend . The price of the digital photo frame launched by Transcend in India as mentioned on www.tech2.com news post is Rs. 5500. You can read the full full story on www.tech2.com website link given below.
http://www.tech2.com/india/news/general/transcend-launches-digital-photo-frame-in-india/23145/0?utm_source=dailynewsletter&utm_medium=email

If you are a regular reader of my blog you might remember my post about affordable digital photo frame available on www.futurebazaar.com, the post is still available at this link http://tpops.blogspot.com/2007/10/affordanle-hi-tech-digital-photo-frame.html

After reading about the launch news on tech2 I was surprised to see the price tag Rs. 5500 , I remembered that the digital photo frame that I had mentioned in my post was available for only Rs. 3999. So, I went back to my post and clicked on the link to the product purchase page to see if the product is still available and to my surprise the digital photo frame is still available for sale on futurebazaar website for Rs.3999.

In my opinion Rs.3999 is pretty reasonable price for a digital photo frame and I would not want to spend Rs.5500 if the same product with all the same features is available for just Rs.3999.

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How Channel V India might be unknowingly promoting the porn site indiashottest.com

Currently channel V India is showing this tv commercial(watch the commercial below,caution: NSFW, NSS content) to promote its contest "India's Hottest".



If you are done watching the commercial ;), you would have realized that you don't hear "www.indiahottest.in" anywhere in the commercial or maybe I missed the name of the website in the commercial. I am assuming that a large percentage of viewers like me will miss the official domain name of this contest and as a general tendency if they want to explore about the contest a little more, they will do what I did, they will type www.indiashottest.com and unfortunately will land up on this adult/porn site named "www.indiashottest.com", the site looks like this(see the picture below, this picture has been blurred and cut short to not to display p*** content and links).
Whereas the intention of the commercial was to promote "India's Hottest" contest and direct all it's users to "www.indiashottest.in".
The official site for the "India's Hottest" contest of channel V India is "www.indiashottest.in" and it looks like this (the picture below).

Owners of www.indiashottest.com must be celebrating this huge amount of sudden free traffic. Great free promotion!!!

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How to change,customize default phpmotion website logo?

If you are a new phpmotion video sharing script package admin and have no clue about how to replace the default website logo as seen in the picture below

to your own customized logo that reflects your site's business brand, something like the one you see in the picture below

All you have to do is create your own logo file, name it "phpmotion.gif" and replace the default phpmotion logo file named "phpmotion.gif" with your logo file.
The default phpmotion logo file "phpmotion.gif" is located in /phpmotion/images/ directory of your phpmotion installation.

One thing that you need to keep in mind that these file names are case sensitive if your installation is running on linux server.

Important--Please remember to even have the filenae extension in smallcase letters. So, the right filename would be "phpmotion.gif" and any file name like "phpmotion.GIF" or "PHPMOTION.gif" etc.. would not work if you are running your phpmotion video sharing script installation on a linux server.

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How to change, customize phpmotion video player logo?

If you are a phpmotion video sharing script administrator and want to change the default logo "LOGO" of the video player, as seen the picture below to



your own customized logo, as seen in the picture below,


All you have to do is:
replace the default logofile of phpmotion named "playerlogo.png" with your own logo file. The logo file "playerlogo.png" is located in /phpmotion/image_s/ of your phpmotion installation directory.

Steps to change the default video player logo of phpmotion video player would be:
-- your own customized logo for for your site named "playerlogo.png".
-- to the directory /phpmotion/image_s/ of your phpmotion installation and delete the default "playerlogo.png" file.
-- your logo file to the same location /phpmotion/image_s/

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How to use Google Transliterator independent of orkut and blogger ?

On many occasions I felt the need to use "Google Transliterator" just to convert all my Hinglish typing to Hindi so that I could copy and paste the Hindi output and use it anywhere I wanted.

Unfortunately I don't see any independet service for "Google Transliterator" like the one we have for Google Translate :(। But here is an easy way to use "Google Transliterator" without the hassle of using orkut's or blogspot's Transliterator feature. For this to work you must be a iGoogle user.

Go to this link: http://www.google.com/transliterate/indic/about.html

look for something that looks like this...



Click on the the "Add to Google" button on the page on the above link and follow from there. You will find that link on the bottom of the above mentioned page.

Or, just click on the "Add to Google" button below and follow from there.



This is a one time work and will save you a lot of frustration everytime you need to convert your Hinglish to reusable Hindi using "Google Transliterator".

This is the complete post here, you wont get anything more by clicking on the the "Read More" link below :).


Type rest of the post here

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myntra, should we call it cafepress, zazzle of india?

At Myntra, there is something for everyone, whether you just want to create a customized gift of yourself or your friend or you want to make some quick bucks by creating your own designs. don't worry if you are not creative enough to design something you can make some quick money by just referring your friends to buy from Myntra. There are a variety of products to choose from, you will find everything, starting from t-shirts, mugs, mouse pads, key chains, posters, coasters and many more gift products.

Starting from just a few products with not much of customization options, http://www.myntra.com has grown to a full fledged customizable merchandise gift service of India.

Check it yourself and explore all that www.myntra.com has to offer, I am sure you will find more that expected.

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create your own animated clips on gizmoz

Express Yourself with Gizmoz Video Clips

This is the outcome of playing with http://www.gizmoz.com/ for a few minutes, if you have a little patience and a better portrait pic and are a little creative you can create wonderful clips like this, give it a try go to www.gizmoz.com

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Print your pics and designs on t-shirt, mugs, photos, online in India

The giant in printing solution is finally here with its online photo printing and customized t-shirts, mugs and other merchandise printing solution. With the entry of HP with its popular service called Snapfish all Indian online consumers have a great choice now to get their digital designs or photos printed on t-shirts, mugs and other merchandise. The version of Snapfish can be found at www.snapfish.co.inThere are a few small players in this domain who have been trying to come up with something solid for a few years now but after the entry of HP's www.snapfish.co.in, all these small players will have to sure give up and look for some other venture because when it comes to quality and service it will be impossible to match up with the standard of such a huge player as HP.

One such venture that will get affected is www.itasveer.com, iTasveer is a very new local entrant and was really coming up with a lot of great features, similar to www.zazzle.com, but with this they will have to go into re-thinking over their future strategy.


As the introductry offer HP's www.snagfish.com is giving 20 free photo prints to everyone who signups to www.snagfish.in.
If you were really looking for such reliable and quality service so that you could get your photos or designs printed either for your own use or or for gifting purpose it's the right time to give it a try.

I personally, always wanted and was waiting for this service to be available. There are few other players in this domain like www.cafepress.com, www.zazzle.com to name a few that would make a great difference if they start offering their services to Indian consumers.

Other online printing solutions in India that will be adversely affected are:
www.PicSquare.com
www.MeraSnap.com
www.eYaadein.com
www.RangeelaPhotos.com
www.PhotoMasti.com
www.123Shots.com
www.iTasveer.com

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Pics from Lonavala and Matheran trip

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Matheran n Lonavala

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Affordable Hi-Tech digital photo frame, buy online in India

Gone are the days when you had to ask your NRI cousin or onsite friend to bring back a digital photo frame for you ;). You can buy hi-tech, feature packed digital photo frames right here in India. The one I saw is available online for just Rs. 3999, though the original price as shown on the site is Rs. 10000 you get a huge discount of 60% on this digital photo frame and that brings the price down to Rs. 3999. It packs all the features that you might expect in a hi end digital photo frame and even features that you wont expect, like alarm clock....


Here is the list of things that you can do with this:
--You can view slide show of the photos while MP3 songs are being played in the background.
--You can play movies.
--You can set the view on Calendar and Clock mode and use it as a desk clock cum calendar.
--You can play only songs and use it as your MP3 player with built in speakers
--You can set an alarm in the clock.

List of features:
--High quality matrix 7# TFT LCD
--Supports many digital Photo/ Audio/ Video formats, such as JPEG, MP3, MPEG-1, MPEG-4 etc.
--Supports music/picture multimedia display.
--Compatible with many memory cards: SD/MMC/MS/XD/CF etc. and can browse multimedia files from them directly.
--Simple to use: insert memory card from digital camera into digital photo frame to browse photos directly.
--Built-in stereo speaker 2*2W.
--Two Operating Interfaces: 8 keys on the side of machine, infrared remote control.


Thant's not all, when you buy this digital photo frame you also get a "Adata 512 MB Pen Drive" absolutely free.

I would have sure placed my order for this digital photo frame right now if I already dint have one.

The product is available on Future Bazaar and here is the link where you can see more details and order the product.


Buy digital photo frame link



http://www.futurebazaar.com/b2c_futurebazaar/b2c/zmenuHandling.do;jsessionid=(crmj2e1_CRP_03)ID0805517550DB10695240765752265143End;saplb_*=(crmj2e1_CRP_03)37182050?query_star=photo+frame&category=*&x=0&y=0&query=photo+frame*&min=0&max=0&min1=&max1=">http://www.futurebazaar.com/b2c_futurebazaar/b2c/zmenuHandling.do;jsessionid=(crmj2e1_CRP_03)ID0805517550DB10695240765752265143End;saplb_*=(crmj2e1_CRP_03)37182050?query_star=photo+frame&category=*&x=0&y=0&query=photo+frame*&min=0&max=0&min1=&max1=">href="http://">http://www.futurebazaar.com/b2c_futurebazaar/b2c/zmenuHandling.do;jsessionid=(crmj2e1_CRP_03)ID0805517550DB10695240765752265143End;saplb_*=(crmj2e1_CRP_03)37182050?query_star=photo+frame&category=*&x=0&y=0&query=photo+frame*&min=0&max=0&min1=&max1=

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Record streaming audio, voicechat audio, audio form video and everything else

Mp3mymp3 is a small, free and very powerful software that can record audio from any source. It can record streaming audio, voice chat or any audio for that matter that is playing on your computer. It records audio directly from your sound card and saves these recordings as MP3 or WAV file. There are many possibilities with this software, you can . .

record audio from video clips that you see, record streaming songs, news or podcasts from websites or just record the voicecalls chat while using gtalk, yahoo messenger, msn messenger, skype etc.. If you can hear it, you can record it.

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Directly from DishTV to computer

The ad goes like this "DishTV on Computer, double up your computer as a TV. The pioneer and the leader of DTH in India, dishtv, brings yet another revolutionary product, at least thats what they call it. A product that offers live tv on computer, digitally. It makes the computer doubleup as a television. Company says that it offers a dual advantage as it can bot be connected to your tv as well as your pc and you can enjoy your tv wherever you are :). Is that such a big deal?? I am not sure, I used to get my TV signal on my PC even before through a TV tuner card :). It wasn't digital though :(. This dual benefit comes for a price though..

You need to shell out about Rs. 1000 extra for the set that support this feature. If you ever dreamed of getting digital signal directly on your comp without the hassle of a tv tuner card, this is the rite time to give it a try. I will wait till it comes bundled with Internet and HDTV signals on it :)

if you are looking for more information : http://www.dishtvindia.in/static/vga.htm

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Set Video as wallpaper. . .

Using versatile VLC video player, you can easily set any video to play as your background wallpaper. Going a step further from the Active Desktop, VLC player has this hidden gem. AP art from being a great free and lightweight video player with most formats supported, VLC can set a video to run as your desktop wallpaper. All your desktop icons will still be visible and operable and the coolness factor is immense!!.

First you need to download the latest version of VLC from www.videolan.org. since VLC already includes CODECS for almost every popular video formats out there, you don't need to worry about CODECS.

After installing VLC player on your machine, just open the video file in VLC and right click it while its playing. You will see the wallpaper option in the right-click menu. Click it and your video will start playing as your wallpaper, you can also enable the sound to play as the movies continues.

If it is a very small video, you might want to loop the video so that it continues playing.


This article also answers these following questions:
How to set video as wallpaper on windows machine ?
Can I listen to sound while video is playing as the wallpaper?
How to set video wallpaper using VLC media player?

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Tips for strong. sturdy password

Online security is a big deal and keeping your password safe, strong and sturdy is the mantra for survival in this online age. You can not afford to be careless about password anymore. Whether its the password of your email account, your social networking site account or your bank account, you have to be very wise while setting you r password. Any ignorance here can have a very disastrous outcome.

Here are a few tips that will help you to choose your password wisely :)

The most secure types of passwords have three specific qualities:
1)They are at least 8 characters long.
2)They must have a mix of lowercase and uppercase alphabets. (like KuMaRdEePaM).
3)They must include numbers and special characters (like @$^!23423)

Three thumb rule to follow in order to keep

your password secure are
1)Don't keep your password as something that can be easily guessed (like words that can be found in a dictionary, dates, names etc.)
2)Don't keep the passwords and usernames for sensitive information (like bank accounts and email ids) and for non-sensitive information (like online greeting sites, online forums etc.)
3)Make sure that your password is safe against hacking by including special characters and change it at least once every month.

Mostly all the advanced applications like gmail offers password's strength checker to help you select a strong password.
You can visit this link to check strength of a password www.microsoft.com/protect/yourself/password/checker.mspx

This article also answers these following questions:
How to set a strong, sturdy password ?
What is the tool for checking the strength of a password ?

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Lonavala video

I was on a random tour last weekend and happened to visit a few places. Few important places that I visited during my visit are Pune, Lonavala and Matheran. We had four days of life filled with life and loads of fun.

This is one of the video that I captured at about 5PM in some part of Lonavala. This place was just a few KM before we reached the famous Ambey Valley Projet. Ambey Valley Project is a venture started by Sahara India Group owned by Subrata Rai.

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Remove Hide navbar from new blogger template :)

If you are like me, in search of a magic code that will remove or make the top navbar of the new blogger template invisible, it must be a lucky day for you as its been lucky day for me.

It was on my mind for a long time to get rid of that annoying navbar on the top of my blog, you wont find it anymore there so stop looking at the top, and today I was lucky to make it disappear.

I started by googling for the clue on 'how to remove the navbar from three column new blogger template ...

first landed on my all time favourite blog Amit's Labnol, http://labnol.blogspot.com/
here is the link to the article on labnol that gave me initial clue: http://labnol.blogspot.com/2005/12/disable-hide-blogger-navbar.html

It din't work for me, the reason, either I dont understand english or I was sleepy :).
I was not getiing the position in the template where I was supposed to insert the CSS code.

I googled for some more time and there it was clearly written on where exactly to insert the CSS in the blogger template. I found it on Ramain's blog in this article http://hackosphere.blogspot.com/2007/06/did-your-navbar-re-appear-suddenly.html

Would love to help you If you are stuck getting your navbar removed :)

To see where exactly I inserted the code to make it work, please click on the above image.

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Yahoo Mash invitation opens for beta testers

Yahoo has secretly opened invitation to it's social networking service called "Yahoo Mash". So, If you are already not bored with trying so many social networking sites you should give it a try. If you are looking for an invitation

to get into Mashing Yahoo Mash, you can either leave me a comment and I will start a profile for you, please allow me 24 hrs time, or you can go to www.inviteshare.com for some open invitations.

Yahoo Mash Officlial Blog: http://blog.mash.yahoo.com/
Techcrunch article n Yahoo Mash: http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/09/14/yahoo-invites-us-into-mash-its-new-social-network/

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So, What does EDU2.0 means??

You would have heard of Web 2.0 and I am assuming that you are a little familiar with the meaning of Web 2.0.

Here is what Wikipedia has to say about Web2.0
"In the analysis and promotion of web-technology, the phrase Web 2.0 refers to a perceived second generation of web-based communities and hosted services — such as social-networking sites, wikis and folksonomies — which aim to facilitate collaboration and sharing between users"

If you think of education on the same line as Web 2.0 what you will get is Edu 2.0.
Edu 2.0. is a second generation of Web Based Education system. What "Web 2.0" is to internet, "Edu 2.0" is to education".

Here is a little snippet of Edu 2.0 from the site itself :
Name
edu 2.0, meaning 'next generation education'.

Mission
Make teaching and learning more efficient and enjoyable.

Service
Free web-based education site with comprehensive features for teachers, students and parents. Anyone can teach and/or learn using the system, whether it's at school, at home, or on the move.

History
Founded in 2006 by Graham Glass.
Graham is a serial entrepreneur and winner of the 1996 Entrepreneur of the Year award.

Location
We are based in the beautiful city of San Francisco, California.
source: http://www.edu20.org/company/about

Now lets have a look at some of the milestones that www.edu20.org has already achieved.
Latest Milestones:
Sep 11, 2007 - EDU 2.0 on KillerStartup.com
"EDU 2.0 is featured in the top 10 startup at KillerStartup.com."
source: http://grahamglass.blogs.com/main/2007/09/edu-20-on-kille.html

Sep 3, 2007 - EDu 2.0 passes the 1000 member mark
"In the two months since launch, edu 2.0 has passed the 1000 member mark."

Aug 14, 2007 - EDU 2.0 Internationalization
"The first phase of edu 2.0 internationalization is almost complete"
source: http://grahamglass.blogs.com/main/2007/08/edu-20-internat.html

For a detalied milestones of www.edu20.org , visit : http://www.edu20.org/news

Overall, www.edu20.org is a great start that has potential to revolutionize the future of education, hope it helps the humanity and changes life globally.

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Flight simulator in google earth,

Yeah, Google Earth has a full fledged "Flight Simulator" game built into it. If you are surprised that how come you never noticed it, chill, isn't so obviously visible to everyone who uses GoogleEarth. Flight Simulator with GoogleEarth come as an Ester Egg, so you only have to use some trick to get it up and running on your system.

If you already have Google Earth on your desktop, Great!!! just run an update of GoogleEarth so that you have the latest release. Once you are done with the update of the GoogleEarth, start your GoogleErath, let it completely load and once loaded, press Ctrl+Alt+A on your keyboard. It means, hpld down bolt Ctrl and Alt keys and at the same time press "A" key on your keboard while the CAPS is on and you will have the start screen of the FlightSimulator of GoogleEarth right in front of you.

What are you waiting for, its time to take a long flight in almost real looking simulation. Have Fun :)

More Resources :
More about Google "Flight Simulator' in "Google Earth"
http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2007/08/google-earth-easter-egg-flight.html

Google Flight Simulator Slashdotted
http://games.slashdot.org/games/07/09/01/2038210.shtml

Google Earth update page
http://earth.google.com/

Related Keywords:
Google Flight Simulator
Flight Simulator
GoogleEarth Flight Simulator

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Which one is your favourite?

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Is it really possible to grow and flower in the harsh environment of society?

Is it really possible to grow and flower in the harsh environment of society?

Osho's Words:
It is certainly difficult in the harsh environment of the West to grow into meditation. But it is not impossible. It is certainly arduous, because the whole surrounding is against meditation.

Everything is mind-oriented and meditation is a state of no-mind. The whole education, the culture, the society, the people, they are all believers that there is nothing beyond mind. Mind is their whole world. And meditation simply denies mind and wants to go beyond it.

So I can understand, it is difficult. But even in the West you can find silent moments when society cannot interfere. In your own room, in the middle of the night, when everybody has fallen asleep, when the noises of city life have disappeared, you can find the East just in your bedroom.

When you have some time, weekends, holidays, you can move to some solitary place, you can go to a forest. Don't go where everybody else is going, just avoid those places. And you can always find.... The West is not as populated as the East. Here it is very difficult to find a place where people are not.

I have heard a story about the first astronaut. When he landed on the moon, he found a few Indians sitting in a corner, smoking beedies. He said, "My God, how did you manage it? You don't have enough technology, particularly space technology, you don't have anything at all, how did you manage to reach, and not only one person, a whole group?"
They said, "It is very simple, there is no need of any technology. We just stood upon each other's shoulders and went on standing. Finally we reached the moon."

It is so crowded in the East, it is very difficult to find...but the West is not so crowded. You can still find very silent, very peaceful places which have not been spoiled by the society, which is mind-oriented. Trees don't get educated in your universities, nor have the mountains heard anything about the Vatican. Just take a small boat onto the ocean, and you are out of the West. You don't have to go far away, just on

a river or the ocean. Just stop your boat there and the sunrise will be as fresh as it has ever been, West or East does not matter. And the starry night above will be as young and as beautiful and as unpolluted as it has always been from eternity. So you just have to be a little alert to find moments, spaces where you can relax, where you can meditate.

I'm not telling you to meditate sitting in a London street. That is possible when you have known meditation and you have passed on that path many times, then it doesn't matter whether it is London or New York. Anywhere you can slip inside yourself.
And your inner being does not belong to the East or to the West; it is transcendental to all dualities. But the problem certainly is there and the only way to solve it is, when you can manage to come here, be here. Then forget the West completely and don't waste your time on anything else. Put your whole energy into meditation.
Once you are centered in your being, once you know the inner path, then wherever you are you can manage to go to the center without any difficulty. Even when you are dying, it will not make any difference. You may be sick, it will not make any difference.

A strange thing happened with one great English philosopher, C.E.M. Joad. He was always against George Gurdjieff. And in modern times Gurdjieff was the only man, very authentic, who has taken the message of inner crystallization from the East to the West.
Many others have gone to the West: most of them are just hocus-pocus; they have gone to the West just to earn money. Now all over the West there are Indian monks, Japanese monks, Tibetan monks, but these are not authentic people.
Their only desire is to exploit the gullibility of Western humanity. Because the West has developed its mind to such an extent, you cannot defeat it intellectually. You cannot defeat it in wars, but it has forgotten its inner world completely, so completely that any idiot can exploit it, saying they will show the way.

The West has become lopsided. The intellect has gone very far and the heart has remained very small, untrained, uneducated. So when somebody comes and brings a message about the heart, the West has no way to understand whether the man is phony or authentic. As far as I know, nobody has made such a tremendous effort as George Gurdjieff to bring the Eastern methods of self-realization to the West.
But even a man like C.E.M. Joad, a great philosopher, who has written many beautiful books on philosophy, laughed whenever George Gurdjieff's name was mentioned: "That man is just a cheat, a fraud. There is nothing inside, no center. What crystallization? He is just using these words and cheating people."
But C.E.M. Joad fell sick and death was coming close, and the doctor said, "You are not going to live more than six weeks. So whatever you want to do, do!"
At that moment he realized, "Perhaps there may be something inside: I had been denying it only intellectually, I don't really know. And I have been laughing at that man Gurdjieff, but my laughter was insensitive. I have not understood him at all, I have never gone to him and he was teaching in London itself."
Finally he asked a friend, "Can you bring George Gurdjieff to my place? At least I can ask his forgiveness for making a fool of him without understanding him or his message. I have been criticizing him without understanding him."

Some friend brought Gurdjieff and Gurdjieff sat by the side of the bed of C.E.M. Joad. Joad said, "Please forgive me. I may not have another chance to see you again because my death is coming closer."
Gurdjieff said, "Forget about all that. It is death that has inspired you to call me. It is death that has made you waver about your whole life-long stand that mind is all. But it is good! There is enough time. Six weeks will do. Even six minutes are enough. And a man of your caliber can even manage in six seconds. Just close your eyes -- I am sitting here by your side -- and watch your mind. Don't do anything else, simply watch."

When death is so close, one is ready to do anything. If death had not been so close, Joad would have argued that except mind there is nobody who is going to watch, but there was no time to argue. It was better to experiment with what this man is saying -- there can be no harm.
He was amazed when he started watching the mind. He forgot about Gurdjieff, he forgot about his death, he forgot by and by all the thoughts, and there was an immense silence in the room surrounding him. It took almost three hours. When Gurdjieff woke him up, he told him, "I am immensely happy, watching your face changing deeper into silence, watching your eyes, that they have become unmoving."

You can see even from the outside, the eyelids, whether eyes are moving or not. If there are thoughts inside or dreams or anything, your eyes will be moving. If thoughts stop, dreams stop; if there is nothing on the screen of the mind, the eyes stop.

So Gurdjieff was watching, sitting there, as Joad's eyes stopped moving and his body was almost relaxed, as if there was no fear of death, and his face started changing with his inner experience. As the witnessing grows, the face starts having a certain grace, a certain beauty.
Gurdjieff said, "You have done it. Now these six weeks are enough. You continue. And you have twenty-four hours every day. While you are awake, lying down -- you have been told to rest which is good -- use this opportunity that has been provided by death and you will die a very crystallized being. You are intelligent enough to understand the situation, that before death comes, you have to know something in you which is deathless."
There were tears of gratitude in C.E.M. Joad's eyes. He didn't say a single word, but those tears said everything, his gratitude, his apology. And those six weeks were the most important in his life. His last statement to his friends was, "I had never thought that it would be Gurdjieff finally who would help me on my new journey, who would help me to know something that is immortal and eternal."

So wherever you are, just go on meditating. And it is just a question of a little intelligence to find a silent corner, a silent space. Once in a while move into the forest, to the ocean, to the mountains, and just meditate. The West cannot prevent you. If you cannot come here then you have to find something there. But whenever you are here, devote your total time to meditation.

All I would like you to do is to become so centered that you know the path very well. Become so acquainted with it, that even in the crowd of any Western city you can manage to go inwards. Nobody can prevent you.

One day, while decorating the bathroom, Hymie Goldberg repaints the toilet seat, but forgets to tell Becky about it. So when she uses the toilet, she gets stuck to it. She sits there screaming and crying until Hymie comes and unscrews the seat. He helps Becky to the bed and lies her face down. Calling the family physician, Hymie does not tell him what has happened, but explains that there is no way that Becky can come to his office. Reluctantly the doctor agrees to call by on his way home. When he arrives, Hymie shows him into the bedroom, where Becky gets up on her hands and knees to display her problem.
"Well, Doctor," says Hymie, "what do you think?"
Stroking his chin, the doctor replies, "I think it is lovely, but why such a cheap frame?"

So whenever in the West enjoy all kinds of stupidities that are going around. There are so many idiots in the West. Forty-three percent of people in America believe in flying saucers. Never before has there been such a great crowd of idiots in the world. Millions of people believe in crystals. It seems humanity is on the verge of absolute insanity.

So enjoy. When you are in the West enjoy all kinds of foolishnesses that are going around in the name of New Age. And while you are here, meditate, so that you can get in contact with yourself. That is the only religion there is. All else is simply exploitation of people who have lost grip of themselves, of life, who have forgotten how to approach their own being. And they have become vulnerable to exploitation by any kind of conmanship.

And there are so many people doing all kinds of things that it seems soon there will be no possibility for any authentic religious movement. All these fake and fraudulent people are destroying possibilities for any authentic movement. So while you are there enjoy all the games that are being played in the name of spirituality.

Here things are absolutely simple. Except witnessing, I don't teach anything else. So just witness your mind and the meditation will be happening. And once you have got in tune with your being, you know the way, you know the how. Then it does not matter where you are. Alone or in the crowd, in the silences of the forest or in the noises of a marketplace, it is all the same. You can simply close your eyes and disappear inwards.

source: www.osho.com

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Is revenge something related to anger or something else, and how can we overcome this problem?

Is revenge something related to anger or something else, and how can we overcome this problem?

Osho's Words:
Only the ego can be touched. It is very touchy. If somebody just looks at you in a certain way, it is touched. He has not done anything. If somebody smiles a little, it is touched; if somebody just turns his head and does not look at you, it is touched. It is very touchy. It is like a wound, always open, green. You touch it and the pain arises. A single word, a single gesture -- the other may not even be aware of what he has done to you, but he has touched it.

And you always think the other is responsible, that he has wounded you. No, you carry your wound. With the ego your whole being is a wound. And you carry it around. Nobody is interested in hurting you, nobody is positively waiting to hurt you; everybody is engaged in safeguarding his own wound. Who has got the energy? But still it happens, because you are so ready to be wounded, so ready, just waiting on the brink for anything.

You cannot touch a man of Tao. Why? -- because there is no one to be touched. There is no wound. He is healthy, healed, whole. This word ’whole’ is beautiful. The word ’heal’ comes from ’whole’, and the word ’holy’ also comes from ’whole’. He is whole, healed, holy.

Be aware of your wound. Don’t help it to grow, let it be healed; and it will be healed only when you move to the roots. The less the head, the more the wound will heal -- with no head there is no wound. Live a headless life. Move as a total being, and accept things.

Just for twenty-four hours, try it -- total acceptance, whatsoever happens. Someone insults you, accept it, don’t react, and see what happens. Suddenly you will feel an energy flowing in you that you have not felt before. Somebody insults you: you feel weak, you feel disturbed, you start thinking of how to get your revenge. That man has hooked you, and now you will move round and round. For days, nights, months, even years, you will not be able to sleep, you will have bad dreams. People can waste their whole life over a small thing, just because someone insulted them.

Just look back into your past and you will remember a few things. You were a small child and the teacher in the class called you an idiot, and you still remember it and you feel resentment. Your father said something. Your parents have forgotten, and even if you remind them, they will not be able to remember it. Your mother looked at you in a certain way and since then the wound has been there. And it is still open, fresh; if anybody touches it, you will explode.

Don’t help this wound to grow. Don’t make this wound your soul. Go to the roots, be with the whole. For twenty-four hours, just twenty-four hours, try not to react, not to reject, whatsoever happens.

If someone pushes you and you fall to the ground -- fall! Then get up and go home. Don’t do anything about it. If somebody hits you, bow down your head, accept it with gratitude. Go home, don’t do anything, just for twenty-four hours. And you will know a new upsurge of energy that you have never known before, a new vitality arising from the roots. And once you know it, once you have tasted it, your life will be different. Then you will laugh at all the foolish things you have been doing, at all the resentments, reactions, revenges, with which you have been destroying yourself.

Nobody else can destroy you except you; nobody else can save you except you. You are the Judas and you are the Jesus.

source: www.osho.com

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Internet on the move in India, Airtel, Reliance, Tata Indicom, Hutch

Data cards offer an easy and affordable way to get connected to the internet when you are on the move. Here are a few of the popular options to get connected to the internet in India when you are on the move.

Airtel:
Airtel’s data card is a quad band GSM/GRS/EDGE PCMCIA data card, it has the features of a SIM card, kit enables you to send and receive SMS make voice calls and obviously get connected to internet no matter where you are. This card is compatible with all popular Windows and Mac.

For Airtel’s various tariff plans, go to http://www.airtelworld.com/Level2_t3data.aspx?path=1/24/34

Reliance:
Reliance offers two different connectivity options, through normal PCMCIA card or USB card. These on the move internet connectivity, USB/PCMCIA, works on RelianceCDMA2000 1x network with a max speed of 144kbps.

For Reliance’s various tariff plans, go to http://www.reliancecommunications.co.in/Communications/Netconnect/netconnect_tariffs_details.html

Tata Indicom:
Tata Indicom also offers same two types of connectivity as Reliance, through PCMCIA

card or USB.

For Tata Indicom’s various tariff plans, go to http://www.tataindicom.com/t-business-data-plug2surf-tariff.aspx


Hutch:
Hutch’s offers in terms of connectivity and compatibility are similar to Airtel.

For Hutch’s’s various tariff plans, go to http://hutch.in/4business/edge_data_card.asp

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Capture, record and share using JING by TechSmith

JING available at www.jingproject.com both for windows and mac users allows you to capture images, record your screen movements and share it instantly. This is how it works..

Anytime you want to capture any screen shot you use JING to capture the screen, do the modifications to the image with the help of quick pointer, rectangles and labels and click on the share button to share it. The moment you click on the share button, JING instantly creates a link that you can share with anyone on the internet and the get instant access to the screen shot that you just captured right now.

The best thing about it is, it's free. "Video Demo of Jing"

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Free group call, from mobile, blackberry or pda

Lypp, previously Gaboogie, offers open, extensible conference calling and group calling platform for free. The service is still in beta and only available on request. Lypp promises to offer . .

• Scheduled and Instant Group Calling / Conference Calling
• Automated Outbound Dialing
• Dial-In Reservationless / Always On Conference Rooms
• Contact and Invitation Management
• Call Recording and RSS Feeds
• Real-Time Call Management and Caller Status
• Redundant, Scalable Architecture

That's not all, this free conference/ group calling service comes with comprehensive API to enable third-party developers to extend and integrate every feature of the Lypp platform.

In simple words, Lypp allows you to "conference / group call" using your existing phone/mobile/blackberry/pda for free. Lear More

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India- Book Movie Ticket Online

Booking movie tickets in India will never be same again, with the launch of www.bookmyshow.com, life of all Indian movie goers is going to be so easy.

The concept of online movie ticket booking in India is not new, www.bookmyshow.com is the best online movie ticket booking website available. Other theater owned online movie tickets booking services in India like PVR, iMax etc. were all very basic and not of much use. Currently, www.bookmyshow.com offers services in these major cities . . .

Mumbai- Western
Mumbai South & Central
Navi Mumbai
Delhi
Gurgaon
Noida
Gaziabad
Faridabad
Bangalore
Hyderabad
Ahemdabad
Chandigarh
Pune
Agra
Aurangabad
Indore
Kanpur
Latur
Lucknow
Ludhiana
Mangalore
Meerut
Nashik
Panipat
Vadodara


All you need to do, once you are on www.bookmyshow.com is

>>select your city
>>select the movie
>>select the name of theatre with the timings
>>select the seat
>>make payment

and you are done.

I am sure this venture is going to be great success. It's time for big companies and investors in India to start realizing the real need of people and develop applications like www.bookmyshow.com to make life easy, not come up with another social networking site and wonder why it failed.

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Chakde India, Transformer, two must watch movies . .

If you are planning to go for a movie this weekend and haven't decided about one yet, I have a suggestion or two. If you have some kind of soft corner for bollywood movies "Chakde India" is a must watch. To read a short and simple review of the movie "Chakde India" go here. For those of you who is still not a bollywood movies fan and wants to hold on to only hollywood, "Transformer" is the best movie ever, and here is another short and simple review if at all you need some motivation to push you to the nearest theater.

Type rest of the post here

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20 things that you should "not do" to get there, 40 things you shd....

It seems it's season to learn to "not to do certain things", in order to be successful in our career and in love life ;). I was reading this very nice book "What got you here wont get you there", it talks about 20+ things that one should "not do" in order to be a good manager/leader and reach the next level. "What got you here wont get you there" is indeed a great book and I would suggest it to everyone who is willing to stay in a corporate culture and be successful. During this same period I came across these 40 other things that one should "not do" in order to avoid failing in bed with your gal. To know the list of 20+ "not do" things you should grab a copy of the book "What got you here, Wont get you there" and to know the list of 40 things that you should not do in bed with your gal, continue reading..

I am not sure about the origin of this list but its worth a read at least for some fun. You can find it here at http://nikhildev.com/blog/2007/08/21/hilariously-funny/

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Annie's another addictive song, princess

This song by Annie, called "Princess" is the title song from her album "Princess". I found this song as addictive as Mahiya. You can listen to all the songs from princess album here http://www.muziq.net/songs/annie/princess/

Type rest of the post here

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Book all your bus ticket online, all major Indian cities covered

A few clicks and you have your bus ticket in your hands. www.redbus.in offers onilne booking of bus tickets from all the major cities of India. This website has all the services that you might expect in a full fledged online bus ticket reservation service. www.redbus.in is in existance for about an year now and has a huge base of bus-network covered. The list of cities covered by www.redbus.in as of now . . .


List of cities covered by this indian online bus ticket reservation are:
Allupuzha
Aurangabad
Bangalore
Belgaum
Bijapur
Calicut
Chennai
Chidambaram
Chilakaluripet
Coimbatore
Cuddalore
Delhi
Dindigul
Ernakulam
Gadag
Goa
Gulbarga
Guntur
Hospet
Hubli
Hyderabad
Kadapa
Kannur
Kollam
Kottampatti
Kottayam
Kutuparamba
Lonavala
Madurai
Mahabaleshwar
Mantralaya
Melur
Mumbai
Mumbai Darshan
Nagercoil
Nasik
Nathdwara
Nellore
Ongole
Pattanamthitta
Pollachi
Pondicherry
Pune
Rajapalayam
Shirdi
Srivelliputtur
Thalasserry
Thirupathi
Thiruvalla
Tirunelveli
Tirupur
Trichy
Trissur
Trivandrum
Udumalaipet
Vaitla
Velankanni
Vijayawada
Vishakhapattanam

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Hacking web based emails like yahoo, hotmail gmail etc . .

If you ever wanted to hack any web based email or any other web based services, here is an easy way to do it.
>>Download this easy to use set of applications. from here
>>Unzip and read the read-me instruction file.
>>Give it a try

This hack is only for the purpose of demonstrating the vulnerability of insecure WiFi networks and insecure web mails.

Its very easy to not to fall prey of this technique, all one needs to do in order to stay protected from this attack is, use https:// not http:// every time you use any web based services.

note:this hack only works on unsecured WiFi networks on unsecured web services.

I my self could never try this hack because I dont have access to any unsecure WiFi network but I tested the tools and they all worked fine.

to learn more you might want to refer this and then follow on from there

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Learn to manage your mailbox, keep your inbox always zero

We all have have the same 24 hrs. in a day and learning to manage one's time is one of the most important life skills. The above video is a muct watch if yo want to live your life out of your emails.

It can be one of the most important soft skills that one can have in todays faced faced life. This wonderful approach helps one to keeps his inbox zero.

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Virtual Barber Shop (Audio...use headphones)

Its simply mind blowing. It's very rare and creative. I had never witnessed a sound affect like this ever before. It totally freaked me out. Make sure that you are using a good piece of headphone with moderate volume level.

Important: I noticed that the quality of this sound file is not as good as the one that I experienced from my desktop. I have uploaded the file that I used, for you to download. Beleive me the downloaded file gives 100000% better sound affect than this one on my blog.

link to download

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Dance Moves, sweet and fun, easy to learn...

Sweet Dance Moves, If you don't have some time on your hand to enjoy this fun "Sweet Dance Moves" learning player, I would suggest you to skip this post for now. If you have just started your server updates now ;) and have got a few minutes to waste continue reading..

It was long back that someone introduced me to this and ever since then I wanted to share it with rest of you. This easy to use and follow dance steps is created by Napoleon Dynamite is available at http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/napoleon

If you google for "Sweet Dance Moves" you should be able to find it somewhere in top five results.

screenshot of the sweet dance moves player in action

As you see on the player, it has got different music beats that you can play for the following dance steps :
-Turkish Twist
-Greedy Buffet Patron
-Pepto Bismol
-Walk like an Egyptian
-Drunken Grandpa
-Crouching Llama, Hidden Emu
-Ride the Snake
-Diagonal Moonwalk
-Pass it on
-Snappy Dresser
-The WindUp
-Stomp to my Beat
-Guitar Wail
-"Little Teapot"Spin
-Belgian Shuffle
-Hail to the King
-Revenge of Belgian Shuffle

Go try it out to know what all these steps mean :)

I still have no idea about why is it called "Sweet Dance Moves".

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Indian Schools to Get Intel Portable PCs in August

Is it really worth??? Would you call it innovation??

Read the news available at the following link and then come back to read the rest of this post: http://www.tech2.com/india/news/laptops-pcs-laptops/indian-schools-to-get-intel-portable-pcs-in-august/10391/0


Configuraton of the INR 18000 cheap and innovative portable PC:
The innovative computing device,
powered by Intel's Celeron mobile processor 900Mhz,
comes with Wi-Fi and Ethernet connectivity,
with a seven-inch LCD screen,
256-512 mb RAM,
flash memory of one-two gigabytes capacity,
runs on Linux and Windows XP operating systems,

Now go and read this post on one of my friend's blog:
http://nikhildev.wordpress.com/2007/05/27/my-review-of-my-hp-compaq-3228au/

Why will someone invest 18K in a useless portable PC that will become obsolete even before you buy it when one can get a high end fully loaded laptop for about 33K to 36K and not to mention it will stay good and useful for almost 5 to 7 yrs.

What do u say?

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Mobile phone spy, tracking, monitoring software application...

With technology getting into our everyday life deep and deeper, security and privacy is becoming big concern. You never know when you are leaking out all the information about you to some malicious hacker or someone spying on you. It might be your desktop PC your notebook PC or your newly bought Mobile Phone that has been compromised and you are all screwed.

Let me introduce you to this SCARY!!! mobile phone spy application without talking anymore about anything else. FlexiSpy, If this is not the first time you are reading about it, I am sure you wont need to continue reading this post, for the rest of us this might be as useful as it was for me :)

FlexiSpy available at www.flexispy.com for a price, it's not free, is a mobile device spy software application that can do everything that you can possibly imagine to do as a bad/good spy.I don't know if it will do more bad than good or vice versa but yo u can decide that for yourself, tagline of FlexiSpy is 'Protect your children','Catch cheating spouse'. This mobile phone spy software is compatible with . . .
Symbian, Blackberry and Windows Mobile devices.
Features of FlexiSpy mobile phone spying/ monitoring/ tracking software:
-Remote Listening
-Control Phone by SMS
-SMS and Email Logging
-Call History Logging
-Location Tracking
-Private Data Deleting
-SIM Change Notification
-Phone Scream Lock
Click on the images below to see the enlarged/clear picture, to check if your mobile falls in the supported/exploitable list of FlexiSpy, mobile phone spying/ tracking/ monitoring software application.

Symbian phones supported by FlexiSpy mobile phone spy software
Nokia N70, Nokia N90, Nokia 6681, Nokia 6682, Nokia 6670, Nokia 6630, Nokia 3230, Nokia 6260, Nokia 7610, Nokia 6620, Nokia 6600 (myphone :) ,:( ), Nokia 6680, Nokia N72 and Samsung SGHD730




Symbian9 phones supported by FlexiSpy mobile phone spy software :
Nokia 5700, Nokia 6110, Nokia 6290, Nokia E50, Nokia E61i, Nokia E62, Nokia E65, Nokia E70, Nokia E90 , Samsung SGH-i520, Nokia N72, Nokia N73, Nokia N75, Nokia N76, Nokia N77, Nokia N90, Nokia N93i, Nokia N95, Nokia 3250, Nokia 5500, Nokia E60, Nokia E61, Nokia 93 Nokia n71, Nokia N80, Nokia N91, Nokia 92, LG KS10JoY



Windows mobile phones supported by FlexiSpy mobile phone spy software :
cingular-2125, cingular-3125, cingular-8525, palm-treo750, samsung-blackjack, sprint/PPC6700SP, sprint/ptr700whk, verizon/mot_q/ verizon/SPHIP830WS, verizon/vzw_pn820, verizon/vzw_xv6700




Supported Blackberry Mobile Phones.
BlackBerry 7130, BlackBerry 7130e, BlackBerry 8700c, BlackBerry 8700g, BlackBerry 7130c, BlackBerry 7100g, BlackBerry 8700v, BlackBerry 8700r, BlackBerry 7100v, BlackBerry 7100x, BlackBerry Pearl, White BlackBerry Pearl, Red BlackBerry Pearl, BlackBerry Curve.

To learn more about it go to www.flexispy.com

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